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Lawton, Ovenshine and Wheaton Make Deter
mined Move Against Rebels.
FILIPINOS RESIST DESPERATELY BUT HOPELESSLY.
Two of Otis’ Officers Killed—Four Thousand Insurgents Driven
From Trenches.
A special from Manila says: At day
break Saturday a force of 4,500 men
under Generals Lawton, Wheaton and
Ovenshine advanced from San Pedro
Macati, sweeping the country between
the bay of Manila and Bay lake, south
of Manila. By noon the country had
been cleared almost to Paranque.
The Americans lost two officers killed
and twenty-one soldiers wounded.
The rebels resisted desperately at
the stronger of their positions and left
fifty dead in the trenclfes. Many
more wounded were left behind by the
rebels in their retreat. The heat dur
ing the day was overpowering and
there were manyprostrations of Amer
ican soldiers from that cause.
General Lawton’s force consisted of
battalions each of the Twenty-first
and Ninth infantry, six companies of
the Colorado volunteers and a detach
ment of artillery. The Nevada cavalry
was under General Wheaton aud the
Thirteenth and Fourteenth infantry,
the Fourth cavalry and a detachment
of light artillery were under General
Ovenshine.
It was scarcely dawn when the
troops, in a long, silent procession,
wound up the hillside behind the
American trenches and formed a skir
mish line. Concealed in the jungle,
the advance rebel outposts fired a few
shots before being seen.
The opposing forces occupied two
ranges of crescent shaped hills.
The artillery, the Colorado infantry
and the Nevada calvary swung around
the hiil top on the left and opened the
battle at 6:30 o’clock. The rebels
made no response from the hills, and
the Colorado men cautiously advanced
through the thick grass until they were
confronted by a trench, from which
a few weak volleys were fired. A spir
ited response followed, and a charge
into the trench found it to be deserted.
In the meantime part of the Thirteenth
and Fourteenth regiments formed in
skirmish line, extending a mile to the
right, and supported by the rest of the
regiments, swept down the valley and
up the hillside toward another trench.
Approaching through the morass se
riously hampered the Fourteenth, and
the rebels taking advantage of this,
poured a galling fire upon them for
thirty minutes. The Fourteenth was
twice compelled to withdraw for the
purpose of finding a safe crossing in
the swamp. Finally the trench rebels was
enfiladed on both flanks. The
fled to the woods and sustained se
vere loss.
General Lawton then pushed his
entire command south, through the
center of the isthmus, until a few
miles south of Paranaque, when he
swung around and halted on account
of the heat.
During the march Americans were
prostrated on all sides, owing to lack
of water and exposure to the sun. It
is estimated that 40 per cent of the
troops were exhausted.
The double turreted monitor Mo
nadnock and three other vessels shell
ed Paranaque, and the rebels promptly
evacuated the place.
A dispatch received Sunday says:
The Filipino occupation of the pro
vince of Cavite has been broken, and
as the result of the present movement
the Americans now control the import
ant coast towns of Paranaque aud La3
Dreyfus Aboard Warship.
A dispatch from Cheyenne, French
Guiana, says: The French Sfax left
the islands at 0:20 Saturday morning
with Dreyfus on board. The latter
embarked on the warship at 7 o’clock
Friday morning.
Wood Gets Leave of Absence.
General Leonard Wood, military
governor of Santiago, has been grant
ed leave of absence in order that he
may bring his family back to the
United States.
NEGROES GET MEDALS.
Soldier* In the Tenth Cavalry Are Reward
ed For Heroic Work.
George H. Wanton, Fitz Lee, William
H. Tompkins and Dennis Bell, all
members of the Tenth cavalry, a negro
regiment, have been awarded medals
of honor for distinguished gallantry at
Tayabacoa,Cuba, June 30, 1898, where,
after a force had succeeded in landing
and had been compelled to withdraw
to the boats, leaving a number of
killed and wounded ashore, they vol
untarily went ashore in the face of the
enemy and aided in the rescue of the
wounded comrades, who would other
wise have fallen into the hands of the
enemv ;
NINETEEN DIE OF HEAT.
Fearful Record of Fatalities For One Day
In New York City.
Heat caused the death of nineteen
persons in New York and vicinity
Thursday. Of these four were wo
men. There were twenty-one prostra
tions, the victims of which are still in
the hospitals with more or less hope of
recovery. Wednesday’s official death
list numbered twenty-six and Tues
day’s seven, making a total of fifty-two
deaths.
Pinas, while a long line of insurgent
trenches facing our south line has
been cleared.
The insurgents have again proved
their facility as dodgers, between 3,000
and 4,000 warriors who seemed des
tined to be captured having disappear
ed, the majority sliding away under
cover of night, after fighting the
Americans all day. Some others came
to meet our troops with protestations
of friendship.
The Thirteenth infantry lost one
man killed and six wounded; the
Ninth infantry, one man killed and
five wounded, the Fourteenth infantry,
three wounded, and the First Color
ado volunteer agiment, eleven wound
ed. Saturday’s work was the heayi
est and hardest our army has seen.
Tho battlefield stretched across the
entire isthmus from Laguna de Bay to
the harbor. While the troops were
advanping the army gunboat Rapidan,
in the river near Taguig, shelled the
enemy, killing several of them. The
monitor Manadnock and the gunboat
Helena shelled Paranaque and
Pinas all day with the full power of
their batteries.
The rebel sharpshooters kept in hid
ing until the American lines had pass
ed, and then attempted to pot strag
glers from the trees. Thanks to their
poor marksmanship, this was without
result. *
The whole country proved to be a
suceession of small hills, with boggy
ground between the high, thick grass
and rushes in the hollows, which
greatly added to the difficulty of the
advance, but gave shelter that saved
many from the enemy’s bullets.
Our men threw away their blankets
coats and even haversacks, stripping
to the waist and trusting to luck for
food. Water could not be obtained
and there was much discomfort after
the canteens were emptied.
At the outset the Colorados, the
Ninth infantry and the Twenty-first
infantry forced the line of insurgent
trenches, wheeled to the left and drove
the enemy toward the lake. During
g this maneuver, the Filipinos in con
cealed trenches on the right opened
an enfilading fire, but the brigade,
partly owing to the high grass, had
few hit.
The Ninth infantry crept around to
the right, flanking the trenches, driv
ing out the Filipinos and killing many
of them.
The Americans camped for the night
south of the town, and in the midst
of a heavy rain.
At 6 o’clock Sunday morning Gen
eral Wheaton advanced upon Las
Pinas with a troop of cavalry, the
Twenty-first infantry, the Colorado
regiment, part of the Ninth infantry
and two mountain guns, crossing
two streams and entering the town
without firing a shot. He then ad
vanced upon Paranaque.
The women and children, and, for
that matter, mauy men remained in
the town. No houses were destroyed,
though many were torn by the shells
frpm the warships. Everywhere the
Americans found white flags flying.
So far as can yet be ascertained, the
Filippinos’ loss is about fifty killed,
about 350 wounded and twenty taken
prisoners. whole country is net-worked
The
with trenches, and the enemy scurried
from shelter to shelter.
DEPOSITORIES DESIGNATED.
By the War Department For Porto Rico,
Cuba and Philippine*. j
The following institutions have been !
designated as depositories of the war
department- °
For Porto Rico—De Ford – Co.,
and the American Colonial bank, bond
$500 000 each ;
For Cuba—Tbe North American
Trust Company, bond $1,500,000. j
For the Philippine Islands—The In
corporated Bank of India, China and 1
Australia, bond $500,000. i
REDUCED WHEAT ACREAGE.
Fourteen State* Show Big Decrease In
Usual Amount of Cereal Sown.
wheat’ acreage indicate °J reduction of
about 470,000 acres, or 2.5 per cent.
Of the twenty states reporting 10,000
acres or upward in spring wheat, six
report an increase aggregating about
245 000 acres aud fourteen a decrease
amounting to about 715,000 acres.
There is a reduction of 7 per cent in
North Dakota, five in Minnesota,eight
in Iowa three in Wisconsin, one in
Nebraska and one in Oregon. On the
other hand there is an increase of four
per cent in South Dakota and of 6 per
cent in Washington.
NO NOTICE RECEIVED
By Governor of Maine Regarding Resig
nation of Hon. Thomas B. Reed.
A dispatch of Thursday from Au
gusta, Me., says: Secretary of State
Byron H. Boyd and Private Secretary
Smith say that Governor Powers has
positively not received any notifica
tion from Hon. T. B. Reed of the lat
ter’s resignation as congressman from
Maine.
NEGROES ISSUE APPEAL.
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Council of United States Address
Southern States Governors
and Officials.
A Washington dispatch says: The
Afro-American council of the United
States has issued an appeal to the gov
ernors, Legislators and judicial officers
of the southern states “to prevent
lawlessness and to secure to all citi
zens the protection to which they are
entitled under the laws.”
After reference to the burning of
Sam Holt, the lynching of Lige Strick
land and the political riots in South
Carolina and North Carolina, the ap
peal says:
“Since the first day of January there
have been twenty-eight cases of lynch
\ ing in the south and every one them
colored. This is not only an unwar
ranted outrage upon them, but demor
alizing to the white race. It terrorizes
and unmans the former. It familiar
izes the latter with lawlessness and
crime, creating in them contempt for
lawful authority and desire for mob
rule. It is hurtful and destructive to
the best interests of both,
“We deplore, condemn and de
nounee in unmeasured terms criminal
assaults upon women, by whomsoever
committed, and desire the apprehen
siou and legal punishment, of every
criminal guilty of the crime. All we
ask is that the regular machinery of
justice be employed aud the accused
given a fair, impartial trial—the course
pursued with -white men charged with
the same offense. In most of the
southern states the white people are in
a large majority and in all of them you
are in absolute control.
“Every branch of the government—
executive, legislative aud judicial—is
in your hands. The judges are all
white men and the jurors are almost
exclusively composed of white men.
Colored offenders have little chance
for escape when guilty of a petty of
fense and if guilty of a serious crime
their conviction is certain. This fact
is known to all men. There is, there
fore, not the slightest excuse of justi
fication for a resort to mob violence
against colored criminals.”
GERMANS ARE DISSATISFIED.
The People Think Government Was Cheat
ed In Buying Carolines.
A Berlin dispatch says: The ces
sion of South Sea Islands to Germany
focused attention the past week.
A curious feature was that while ©n
receipt of the news the press as well as
everybody at first expressed satisfac
tion, this changed rapidly as the week
advanced, and the terms of the bar
gain became known. Not only did the
radical and social press severely criti
cise the terms as exhoritant and far be
yond the value of the islands, but a
large portion of the press reflecting
tho views of other parties did the same.
The Frankfort Zeitung says:
“Th# text of the agreement shows
that Spain retains all the advantages
of ownership, retains full liberty for
the clerical orders; has a coaling sta
tion in each group of the islands and
is put, commercially, on the same
footing as Germany, while she merely
cedes to" Germany the onus of the cost
of the administration and receives an
exhorbitant price (seventeen millions) would
which probably no other power
have paid.”
FITZ GOT MOST MONEY.
Though He Was Defeated Ry Jefferies
His Purse Was Largest.
The New York Times prints the fol
lowing: The division of spoils of the
Jeffries-Fitzsimmons fight wa3 as fol
lows:
Half of the receipts went to the Co
ney Island Sporting Club and half to
the contestants. The amount taken
in at the door was $85,270.
Half of the admission money
amounted to $42,635. Of this Fitz
simmons received 60 per cent, or $25,-
581 and Jeffries 40 per cent, $17,054.
The purse said to have been offered by
the club was $20,000. In the event of
Jeffries winning, this was to be equally
divided, thereby making Fitzsimmons’
to™! receipts $35,581, and Jeffries
$2/,0o4.
H ls declared that Fitzsimmons
won!d not make tlie matcb until he
bad been guaranteed the largest end
of tbe P urse and the S ate money,
owhl g to his reputation and position.
Manager Brady accepted 40 per cent
for bls man > believing that in the long
ruu 8Ucb aa amount and a decision
were wortb G0 per cent aud a d<if eat.
FLORIDA’S FISH COMBINE.
All Dealers In the State Have Organized
Into a Pool..
The headquarters of the Florida
Fish Company, just organized,, with a
capital stock of $100,000, is in Jack
sonville and the incorporators are men
engaged m the business from all parts
°* Florida. It is a consolidation of
a " interests in the state.
A11 01 " dera wil1 b * handled by the
m£dn office in Jacksonville,, and per- i
tbe sons fisb wbo dealers bave for of N the ears state been will Aeeeing j
now
have to go out of business or else pay
cash.
A branch office has been established
at Tampa
PICQUART GETS RELEASE.
French. Officer Was Imprisoned For Dis
closing Confidential Documents,
A Paris special says: Lieutenant
Colonel Picquart has been provision
ally released from custody. Picquart
was imprisoned in July last, charged
with communicating confidential docu
ments, and he has since been accused
of fabricating a document intended to
compromise Major Count Esterhazy.
DEATH DEALING
TEXAS FLOODS
Wide District Swept By Madly
Raging Waters.
LIST OF FATALITIES UNKNOWN.
Current© Were So Swift That
Everything Was Carried
Away.
Information received in Austin,.
Texas, Friday night from the flood
stricken district along the Colorado
river to tho northwest of the city,fully
confirms former reports of loss of life
and property. All telegraph and tel
ephone wires are prostrated, while
great tracts of wheat and corn have
been devastated by the raging waters.
Several people are known to have per
ished, and many-more are unaccounted
for at present.
The reports say the river rose so
rapidly at San Saba that farmers and
people living in the lowlands were
unable to make their escape. H. H.
Wells, a prominent farmer living a
few miles north of the city, in 1 attempt
ing to rescue his family by boat, lost
two daughters aud barely succeeded
in saving bis own life and that of bis
wife and one small child. The boily
of one of the daughters, Lydia, w«,s
recovered during the day hanging from
the top of a tree.
During the day something like 100
people, who had been swept away in
the first flush of the flood, were res
cued by means of volunteer parties in
beats from their perilous position in
tree tops. There are quite a number
of these unaccounted for, and it may
be that they have been drowned, al
though searching parties are still out
looking for them.
The entire wheat crop was swept
away by the flood, thus entailing a loss
of thousands of dollars. Cattle, horses
and hogs were drowned by the hun
dreds, and their carcasses have been
washed away by the current. From
all reports obtainable below San Saba,
the entire country lias been laid waste
and the loss from the flood is almost
beyond accurate estimate at this time,
though it is thought to be in the
neighborhood of $100,000.
Friday at noon the water began re
ceding very rapidly, and it is believed
the worst is over.
During the flood a large number of
houses were swept away, and many
that withstood the flood are under wa
ter and their contents are wrecked.
There was no direct news from Ma
nardville during the day, but indirect
information via Llano is that the con
dition there is about the same as pre
viously reported. The town has been
badly devastated by the Hood, and
while no loss of life is assured, quite
a number of negroes are reported
missing, and it is presumed that they
have been drowned. Here the river is
falling rapidly, aud it is believed that
the flood has about subsided.
CANAL COMMISSION
Appointed By President McKinley—Mem
bers Will Determine Plan.
The president Friday appointed the
following commission to determine tbe
most feasible and practicable route for
a canal across the Isthmus of Panama:
Rear Admiral John K. Walker, United
States navy; Hon. Samuel Pasco, of
Florida; Alfred Noble, civil engineer,
of Illinois; George S. Morrison, civil
engineer, of New York; Colonel Peter
C. Haines, United States army; Pro
fessor William H. Burr, of Connecti
cut; Lieutenant Oswald H. Ernest,
United States army; Lewis M. Haupt,
civil engineer, of Pennsylvania; Pro
fessor Johnson, of Pennsylvania.
By the terms of the river and harbor
act, under which this commission was
appointed, the commission is to exam
ine and investigate all the isthmus
routes and report to congress upon
two or more of them. Congress ap
propriated $1,000,000 to defray the ex
penses of the commission. Admiral
Walker, who is at the head of
the commission, says that lie will
call the members together at the
earliest practicable moment.
MANY LYNCHERS JAILED.
Gov. Sayers Had Attorney General to In
vestigate Killing of the Humphrey*.
Governor Sayers, of Texas, made
public Sunday tbe report of the as
distant attorney general, Morris, who
went to Athens, Henderson county,
Texas, recently at the governor’s in
stance, to investigate the lynching of
the- Humphreys brothers at that place.
The report reviews the entire situa
tion attendant upon the lynching, and
©ports that the united efforts of the
-;tate and county officials have resulted
in the apprehension of twelve persons
charged with being in the mob, and
that the apprehension of all those be
lieved to bo sruiltv will follow.
MEDIATION PROBABLE.
Transvaal Trouble May Be Settled By
The United States.
The Westminster Gazette (London)
says a rumor is current from a well
informed source that it has been pro
posed in a responsible quarter that the
United States mediate between Great
Britain and the Transvaal.
It is added that the suggestion is
being considered and “it is even not
improbable that such mediation mev
be undertaken.”
FRENCH MINISTRY IN DANGER.
Kevi*Ionl*t* mid Antl-HnTl*lonl*t« Engag*
In lllotoua Upinnnntratlon*.
Slight riots occurred in Faria Thurs
day eveniug between the revisionists
and the anti-revisionists, after a meet
ing addressed by M. Francis de Pres
sense, of the Temps, in the Clichy
district of Paris. There were several
fights between riotors and Finally police who
charged the populace. the re
visionists made a move toward the
residence of M. Zola with the object
of demonstrating, but the police inter
fered. Several revolver shots were
fired during the disturbance and twen
ty persons were placed under arrest.
In the lobbies of the chamber of
deputies Thursday there was much
talk of the possibility of the overthrow
of the Dupuy cabinet. Gossip says
that president Loubet is not too well
pleased at the failure of the govern
ment to take greater precautions to
prevent the Anteuil demonstration,
and would not be adverse to a change
of ministers in any event. Lists of
probable members of a new cabinet
are passing from hand to hand. Much
depends upon the outcome of the
threatened demonstrations at the
Grand Prix.
M. Dupuy presided at the cabinet
council when the measures to be taken
were considered.
Tt iB announced that the government
has decided not to allow any of the
generals who are mixed up in the
Dreyfus affair to take part in the
review at Long Champs on July 14th.
The refusal of the government to
allow M. Joseph Lasies, auti-Semite
and anti-revisionists deputy for Greers,
to interpellate on the Dreyfus affair,
led to a renewal of violent scenes in
in tha chamber Thursday. His motion
was finally shelved by ail overwhelming
majority.
OTIS EXPLAINS SITUATION.
Wires a Satisfactory Report of Affairs In
Philippines.
The situation in the Philippines is
described by General Otis in the fol
lowing cablegram to the war depart
ment:
Manila, June 8. —Adjutant General,
Washington.—Result movement Mo
roug province was to drive insurgents
into mountains, capturing Antipolo
and other towns in that section with
point of land projecting into bay.
They retreated and scattered before
our advance, leaving twenty-five
dead on the field; our loss, four
killed and few wounded,mostly slight.
City of Morong on only land route
around bay, garrisoned; all other
troops withdrawn. Inhabitants of
province profess friendship, ask pro
tection; large numbers wish to enter
Manila; refuse as city population in
creasing too rapidly. Leading natives
throughout island, including active
insurgent leaders, seek permission to
send families to Manila; considered
only place of personal security. Otis.
The conclusions drawn by the war
department officials concerning the
condition in the Philippines given in
the dispatch of General Otis are that
the insurgents are little more than
marauding bands which continually
decrease when the men find that there
is life and liberty under the American
government.
BURIED UNDER LANDSLIDE.
Report That Twenty - Fight Railroad
Workmen Are Crushed to Death.
It is reported from Little Rock,
Ark., that a landslide occurred at Ross
Hollow and engulfed twenty-eight
men, all of whom are supposed to have
been killed.
Ross Hollow is a pass between two
small mountain ranges about twenty
eight miles west of Little Rock, on
the line of the Choctaw and Memphis
railroad, now under construction from
Little Rock to Howe, I. T. A large
force of graders has been engaged in
grading the road through the pass,
and, according to the report, it was a
part of this force of men that were
caught under the falling earth. Tho
report could not be confirmed.
PARIS STILL “STUCK.”
Steamer Only Chance* Position With
Shiftinc of the Wind*.
Advices from Falmouth, Eng., state
that a change in tbe wind has some
what shifted the position of the Amer
ican liner Paris, now on the rocks
near the Manacles, seriously hamper
ing salvage operations. The heavy
sea has stopped the work, which is not
likely to be resumed for a fortnight.
LYNCHING IN CUBA.
Bandit Chief Taken From Hi* Captor* and
Swung Up By Citizen*.
An official report from Holguin dis
trict, Cuba, describes the lynching of
Antonia Garcia, h bandit chief, who
was taken from the gendarmerie by
indignant citizens and hanged. Hol
guin is one of the most lawless districts
in the island.
Several of Garcia’s accomplices have
offered to surrender to the American
commander at Holguin, who cabled
Major General Leonard Wood for in
structions. General Wood’s answer
Was:
“Make to terms with them; arrest
the criminals.”
MINIFEE NOT THE MAN
Who Committed Assault On Little OlH.
Reward* Are Withdrawn.
Citizens of Dallas, Ga., have with
drawn the reward offered for the ar
rest of Minifee. It develops that he
is not the negro who committed the
assault on little Leomie Smith.
It is rumored that Minifee was at
work on the railroad above Chattanoo
ga at the time the assault was made
on the little Smith girl.
CITY OF ATLANTA AND ROADS
HAVE BEEN CALLED TO TIME.
DEPOT MUTTER MUST BE SETTLED
Delay TVIU No Longer Be Allowed—The
Communion, Tired of Waiting;, I*»ue»
An Important Order.
The Georgia state railroad commis
sion has taken up the Atlanta passen
ger station matter again.
An order was issued Wednesday di
recting the railroads and the city to
appear before the board at its next
regular meeting, on June 27th, and
show their hands.
The commissioners desire to know
what progress has been made, if any,
by the roads, tlie city and state to
ward solving the problem. The last
time the roads and the city met before
the commission, the latter’s represen
tatives asked permission of the board
to return to the city council and con
fer over the verbal proposition which
liad been marie by the roads, and from
that day to this the commission has
not heard anything official from any
of the parties interested.
The commissioners are tired of wait
ing and now propose to call up the rep
resentatives of the city and the roads
and see if an agreement can be
brought about between them. It is
the purpose of the commission to have
the roads make a proposition to the
city in writing, if this can be accom
plished. Then it will rest with the
city either to accept or decline the
proposition. In the event the city de
clines, it will then be the commission’s
turn to take some definite and positive
action.
At Wednesday’s meeting of the com
mission Judge Spencer Atkinson offer
ed the following, which was adopted:
In re, application of the mayor and
council of the city of Atlanta for bet
ter depot facilities in the oity of At
lanta.
Whereas, At a meeting of this com
mission held on the 24th day of March
last passed, the above entitled matter
came on to bo heard, each of the sev
eral railroad companies against whom
complaints were filed being represent
ed, and as well as the complainants,
the mayor and council of the city of
Atlanta, and whereas tha hearing of
said matter at the request of the mayor
and council was adjourned in order to
give the authorities of the city of At
lanta time for further consideration of
the matters involved, and whereas ths
results of any conference which may
have been held between the said par
ties has not been communicated to this
commission, and whereas, the commis
sion is of the opinion that sufficient
time has elapced since said adjourn
ment to enable the parties at interest
to have fully conferred, it is now or
dered,
That the said mayor and council of
the city of Atlanta, and as well that
the several railroad companies do ap
pear before this commission at its
meeting, to be lield on the 27th day of
June, 1899, then and there to make
report of their conference in the prem
ises, and then and there to enter upon
a general consideration of the matters
and things involved in the several pe
titions filed in the above stated mat
ter.
Let each of the parties be served
with a copy of this order by forward
ing the same by due course of mail.
As the matter stands now, there is
no agreement between the roads and
the city, and there is no immediate
prospect of one being reached. So far
as can be learned, it is not likely that
the roads will be able to submit a
proposition in writing by June 27th.
Indeed, the representatives of some of
the roads are doubtful if all the lines
can unite on any plan looking to the
erection of a new passenger station in
Atlanta. Their interests are so diverse
and the space occupied by tbe old sta
tion is so small that the chances are
not encouraging.
The action of the state railroad com
mission looks as though something
tangible wonld result. In the mean
time, the people of the state are taking
a very deep interest in the subject.
All over Georgia the newspapers are
ringing with editorials condemning
the roads, the city and the state for
not getting together and giving At
lanta a handsome modern station.
PORTO RICAN FRANCHISES.
Award of Privileges Is Being Considered
By the War Department.
The war department is considering
the advisability of judiciously distrib
uting some municipal franchise* in
Porto Rico for the construction of
suburban trolley roads, electrio and
gas lighting systems and other publio
works.
Tbe broader franchises for steam
railroads and telegraphs will not be
allotted yet.
Contrary to general belief, the For
aker resolution passed in congress for
bidding the allottment of franchises
applies only to Cuba, and not to Porto
Iiico.
EVANS IS CRITICIZED
By G. A. B. Men For Decent Action In
PenMion Matters.
Commissioner of Pensions H. Clay
Evans was severely criticized at
Thursday’s session of the state en
campment of the Pennsylvania' G. A.
R. held at Wilkesbarre, for his recent
action in the matter of pensions. A
resolution was submitted requesting
the national encampment to investi
gate.