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Said to Have Received Twenty
' Wounds in His Last Fight
THE STORT NOT BELIEVED,
, Rebels Attack McArthur's Men. and are Re
pulsed With the loss of Scvenly-f.vc
Killed and a Large Number Wounded.
Manila, By Cable.—Aftor catling
tke railroad anil telegrspn at Apalit,'
seven lui^ja e?utb, for the purpose of
savoring connection, the Rebels attack
ed Oeuoral.MaeArtbur’H lines at Hun
Fernando, ot 4:30 Friday morning.
They metiyitU an unexpectedly warm
reception, nnd wore repulsed with a
Iobb of 75 killed, 00 prisoners and many
wounded. Tho rebel force is estimated
to bayo been 5,000 mon. They ndvauced
steadily from tho juugle north of the
city and then divided, with the evident
purpose of surrounding the Americans.
The outposts of the Iowa regiment dis
covered the enemy and retired to tboir
lines, where the entire division awaited
in an entrenched position. The Iowa
Regiment and tho Kansas Regiment
received tho first shock of the attack.
Reserving their lire until the enemy
was within (100 yards, the first volley of
the Americans hit the rebels, who re
turned the lire wildly, the rest of their
line failing to advance. Tho Americans,
who thoroughly enjoyed the novelty of
the situation of nwniting an attnek, sal
lied forth and the insurgents thereupon
turned and fled into the jungle. Our
loss was 14 men wounded, the major
ity of them only clightly hurt. Gen
eral Funstou's brigade of Kansas and
Montana troops, and General Male’s
brigade, the Seventeenth Regimentand
the Iowa Regimont, constituted the
force engaged.
Aguinaldo is reported to have per
sonally conducted the attack, and prep
arations were made for several days to
bring forward troops from Candaba
and others from Dagupan were trans
ported by rail. Along the front of the
Kansas Regiment, 3!) rebels dead were
oounted.
A Spanish officer who has been a
prisoner in the bands of the rebels, and
who was released by Aguinaldo, has
oome through our lines to Manila. He
claims to have been a witness of the
assassination of General Luna. Ac
cording to his story, the relations be
tween ihs two Filipino leaders had been
strained to the breaking point because
of Luna’s attempt to assamo control of
afiairs and tho final rupture was forced
by Aguinaldo issuing secret orders to
the provincial government. Thereupon
Luna demanded- copies of the docu
ments, and Aguinaldo replied curtly
that Luna was a general of the army,
and that the civilian government did
ngt concern him. LunB, after opening
the reply at his headquarters, in the
presence of his officers, exclaimed hot
ly: “He will bo dead tomorrow. ’ One
officer who was friendly to Aguinaldo
hastened to wuru him, and Aguinaldo
called together twenty trusted soldiers,
follow-ttMVusmeu of his, and statioued
them around his house, with instruc
tions to kill anj' one attempting to ou
ter, regardless of rank. Luuaappeored
the next day and saw Aguinaldo at the
window. A member of the guard said:
“Aguinaldo has gone to inspect
troops.” Luna then exclaimed: “You
are a liar!” drew hia revolver, struck
the guard and tried to force an en
trance into the house. Before be could
Hie his revolver one of the guards
bayoneted him, another shot him iu
tbe back nnd others stabbed kirn. Iu
all lie bad twenty wounds. Luna’s
a'cLo-do-eawp was killed in tbe same
way.
The hostile natjvcn of Cebu are more
meualiing. Hostilities ugainst the
Americans buvo begun there.
. Attacked a Convoy Wittuhe Holy Carpet.
London, Ry Cable. —The Cairo cor
respondent of The Daily Mail says: “A
party of Beduuan Arabs recently at
tacked a convoy of .Egyptians, with the
Holy Carpet of Mahomet, between
Mecca and Medina. A tierce confliot
ensued. Four soldiers and thiee civil
ians of tli? convoy were killed and the
rest noil. The Bedouins hold the enr-
pet for rsnsom. ”
l ocomotive Runs.
During the psst few months, the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad has mate-
rially extended the runs of the passen
ger locomotives on through trains.
Formerly, engines were changed on an
Uvarago every 100 or 150 miles. It was
t that the mountain grades of
;imore and Ohio Railroad would
*”,.»*xts<i8ion of tho runs,
rimant
and
A GREAT WESTERN STORM. ‘
Boardtnan and New Richmond Almost En
tirely Destroyed.
St. Paul, Minn., Special—The op
erator at Burkhardt station near New
Richmond, Wis., reports: “Many peo
ple killed and injured in New Rich
mond.”
Minneapolis. —There are rumors
that tbe tornado at New Richmond,
Wis., has killed 250 people. The news
hds not been confirmed. Tbe wires
seem badly down bnt it may be the
country offices ore simply closed for
the night. The storm passed beyond
the Twin City, tbe dangerous part
going toward New Richmond and Hud
son, The other division of the storm
did little damage near Glencoe and
points southeast of there.
St. Paul,—A tornado is reported to
have swept over Hastings, Minn., and
Hudson and New Richmond, Wis.,
being probably the centre of the hard
storm that gave St. Paul and Minne
apolis such a bard rain and blow from
5 to 8 o’clock. One report places tbe
number of dead at the last named place
at 200. Wires are down from here and
it is difficult to verify any of the re
ports.
Minneapolis.—A special to The
Times from North Wiscouin Junction,
says: A courier from Boardmnn, just
in, reports that the whole town has
been wiped from tho face of the earth,
and while no definite news can be ob
tained at time of the casualties, it is
presumed that many were injured, nnd
possibly some killed. It is known
that Dnvo Hefiron is severely injured
and his wife killed. A courier just iu
ssys that New Richmond haB also been
wiped off the map, and that 200 or 300
people are injured.
Underground Connection.
London, By Cable. —At a largely at
tended meeting of Peers, Commoners,
engineers and others held in tho House
of Commons, a resolution was adopted
to address a petition to the first Lord
of tho Treasury, Mr. Arthur ,T. Balfour,
relative to the projected tunnel between
Ireland and England. Tli6 Marquis of
Londonderry, who presided, read let
ters from Lord Roseberry, Field Mar
shal Lord Garnet Wolseley, Lord
Charles Beresford, member of Parlia
ment for York City, ond others favor
ing the Bcheme, on the ground that it
would not only unite England and Ire
land more closely, but would tend to
bring tho United States and the United
Kingdom into more fntiir.ate accord.
The proposed route is a distance of 25
miles, under 85 fathoms of water, and
the estimated cost of the undertaking is
£12,000,000 (800,000,000..)
Dreyfus Leaves the Ir.land.
Cayenne, French Ouino.By Cable.—
The French cruiser Sfax left the ialnnds
at 0:20 o’clock Saturday morning, with
Dreyfus on board. The lntter em
barked ou the warship at 7 o’clock Fri
day morning.
—
The.Latest Dispatches From the
Seat of War.
INSURGENTS STILL FIGHTING.
A 70-Year-Old V\ email Assaulted.
BHiimF-ronr, Conn., Special.—Mrs.
Margaret Roberts, aged 70 years, liv
ing near the Ferry Creek bridge, is in
a precarious condition as tbe result of
au assault by an unknown negro. She
was found lying on the floor of her
kitchen by a neighbor, unconscious
and gagged. Wheu she recovered
sufficiently she stated that a middle-
aged negro had broken iu the door
with a shovel and gagged her. The
authorities are searching for the negro,
but ou account of the serious condition
of the woman she was unable to give
an adequate description of her assail
ant.
Site Selected for Elizabeth City’s Public
Building.
Washington, |D. C., Special—The
Treasu. y Department has selected a
site for the publio building at Eliza
beth City, N. C. Tbe building will be
erected opposite the present city hall.
The council of the Protestant Episco
pal diocese of Southern Virginia con
vened in Danville Thursday. Bishop
A. M. Randolph, of Norfolk, presiding.
The session was mainly for organiza
tion and announcement of standing
ommittees.
A. J. Cassett has been elected to suo-
oeed the late Frank Thompson, as
president of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Co.
A special from Belhaven.N. C., sty a:
The Old Dominion Line steamer, Ter
River, Captain Willis, rescued Captain
Eqnila and one man of the sloop “Wel
come Home,” which wee capsized in a
squallat the month of Pnntego river.
The sloop was loaded with potatoes.
She was towed iaaide the river and tbe
erew landed at Mekely villa.
Congressman Henderson, who la
most likely to he the
House, ts a famous singer.
Though Driven Back, Always Appear to Re
Close Enough to Shoot at Our Men—Ba-
ooor Full of White Flags.
Manila, By Cable.—Geu. Lawton
rode five miles along tbe coast to Ba-
coor, without dtyoovering any reported
enemy. He found the town full of
white flags, butffhere were no soldiers
there. The women and children, who
had fled to the woods during the bom
bardment, were camping in the rains
of their homes. The shells had almost
knocked the town to pieces. The big
church was wrecked, and many build
ings were destroyed. Even tho trees
and shrubbery wore torn as if by a
hail storm. Several hundred women
and children came into the American
lines for refuge, anil tbe road from Ba-
coor was covered all clay long with pro
cessions of them, on foot, and in carts,
driving animals, and carrying goods on
their heads. The appearance of the
battlefields testified to the fierceness
of Tuesday’s fighting. Trees along the
river, between tile lines, were almost
torn down by bullets. The officers es
timated that 100 Fillipinos wero killed
and 300 wounded during the engage
ment, The next battle will probably
lo fought at Imus. Tho American
troops will control the coast to Cavite.
Getting Ready for War.
London, By Cable.—Commander-in-
Chief Lord Wolseley has been busy
for several days and evenings at the
War Office, preparing for possible
eventualities in South Africa. Tbe ef
fective lists of the first-class reserves
have been prepared and transportation
for the First Army Corps has been -pro
visionally guaranteed. The officers on
furlough have been warned to hold
themselves in readiness to return to
their regiments. The general trend of
news, however, is more paoific.
Cotton Outlook.
The Weather Bureau’s report, issued
Tuesday, says that cotton is doing
well iu the Carolinas and Georgia, al
though making Blow growth in the last
named State. Its condition in Tennes
see. Alabnmu and Mississippi is gen
erally improve^ bat poor stands are
reported from Tennessee and Alabama.
In Florida, and generally over the
central portion of the cotton belt, the
crop continues late. In Texas it is
well cultivated and growing rapidly,
with few complaints of insects.
Otis' Report of the Fight.
Washington, D. C., Special.—The
following cablegram has been received
from General Otis!
“Manila, June 13.
“Adjutant Oeneral, Washington:
Lawton’s troops had a severe en
gagement to-day with the enemy in
strong entrenchments at the crossing
of the Zapote river, near Bakoor,
Cavite province. He has driven the
enemy with heavy loss; our casualties
are some thirty. The insurgents in
this southern seotiou were not molest
ed until they threatened an attaok in
strong force on Manila. They are now
scattered and in retreat. It is doubt
ful if they will make further stand.
‘‘Otis ”
1,500 Cabs t Want Money.
Santiago, By Cable.—Since last Sun
day 1,5000 Cuban soldiers in this pro
vince have signed a request to be paid
375 each, on condition of surrendering
their arms. Major General Leonard
Wood, military governor of the pro
vince of Santiago, accompanied by his
family, left here for the United States
Wednesday afternoon, on board the
Boston Frnit Company’s steamer, Ad
miral Dewey.
While famine is now treatening the
southern provinces of Russia, the cor
respondent of The London Times at SL
Petersburg writes that the condition
of the seven provinces of East Europe
and Rnsaia is worse then it was during
the famine of 1802. Quite half a popu*
lotion of 11,000,000, he says, ere under
going terrible suffering, starvation and
disease.
Mr. Bland’s Condition Alarming.
Lebanon, Mo.,Special —Represents-
iive Bland’s condition was such Wed
nesday night as to exoite oomment of
a grave nature. He had been sleeping
■inoe 8 o'clock, and his respiration was
alow and labored. His pulse is weaker,
and it is feared that his prolonged sleep
is tbe beginning of tbe end.
- gssBassS r^-.
who hag lived in
’., for tbe past forty
> bounty of bis
‘ Vie found
THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
Hie Sooth.
The will ef the late Wm. H. Taylor,
of Brooklihe, bequeaths 85,000 to Hol
land College, Winter Perk, Fla.
The Georgia Pharmaceutical Associ
ation met at Warm Springs, Ga.,
Tuosday. President Tyner read a pro
test against the war tax on proprietary
goods.
The seventh annual council of the
Episcopal Diocese of Southern Vir
ginia, concluded its labors at Danville,
Va., and adjourned to meet in Lynch
burg next year ou the last Thursday in
May.
The grand lodge of Masous of Vir
ginia Tuesday, at Washington and
Lee Uuiversity, laid the caraer-stone
of the John Randolph Tucker memo
rial Hall, which structure i» to be
used as the law building of the Uni
versity.
At Yazoo City, Miss., John Sharp
Williams nooouuced himself a candi
date for the long term iu the United
States Senate. ThiB complicates the
race between Governor McLaurin and
Private John Allen.
John Kimbrough, a negro brute,
attempted to criminally assault the
10-year-old daughter of Postmaster Hill,
of Hartman, Tenn., Saturday. A mob
has been formed to intercepUhe negro,
who has been captured and is being
taken to jail.
It is said that Henry Watterson has
telegraphed leading gold Democrats
who remained with the party to meet
in Now York June 14-17 for conference.
It is added that the meeting will be of
importauce.
Under the decision of Gov. Merriam,
the ten supervisors assigned to Virginia
are to be divided equally between the
Republican and Democratic parties.
The districts to be given to each party
will be agreed upon and thou the ap
pointments will be made.
The National Association of Local
Freight Agents convened in Norfolk in
twelfth annual session Tuesday and is
presided over by President Malcom
Townsend, of New York. Addresses of
welcome were delivered by Mayor
Johnston and Mr. M. B. Crowell,
agent of the Old Dominion Steamship
Line.
Foreign.
Secretary Hay has a report by cable
from Prof. Tripp, the United States
member of tbe Samoau commission.
Mr. Tripp reports the work of the com
mittee proceeding smoothly and satis
factorily.
A Bombay dispatch says that the
riots which broke out last week in the
Tinnevely district of the Madras Pres
idency, are assuming alarming propor
tions, They have already spread over
an area of a hundred square miles.
The Italian general arrested at Nice
is General Gillettn. He was examin
ing the fortifications on the frontier,
and a number of plans of fortifications
were found on him. General Gillette
was temporarily released while the pa
pers found npon him weresentto Paris;
but the result of their examination was
an order for his re-arrest. It is said
that the papers prove the charge of es
pionage.
The North.
Superintendent E. Benjamin An
drews, of the Chicago publ ic schools,
has had his life insnred for $10,000 for
the benefit of a pension fund for teach
ers. Hu has made the fund the resid
uary legatee, and is urging other
school officials of Chicago to do
likewise.
John C. Sheehan and bis friends,
who are going to make war on Richard
Croker for the control of Tammany
hall, are said to have received intima
tions from tbe Platt people of a willing
ness and a desire to aid them in the
contest.
Tbe contributions to the Dewey
home fund received at Washington
Saturday amounted to $553, making
the total so far received $(1,081). Ad
vices show that contributions incon
siderable amounts are being made to
newspapers, to banks and commercial
bodies in all reotions of the country,
and the indications ara more encour
aging than at any time since the food*
was started.
Miscellaneous.
The village of Bay of Islands, a set
tlement on tho western coast of New
Fonudland, forming part of what is
oalied the Frenoh shore, was destroyed
by forest fires Tuesday. Sixty-nine
houses were bnrned and 37 families
rendered homeless.
The aeeond race of the series for the
enp between the Yankee of the White-
bear Club, 8k Patti, and the Dominion,
of the Royal St. Lawrence Club, at
Montreal Tuesday was a walk over for
the Yankee, the Dominion breaking her
meat in making tbe second bony of the
race. ,
01 III Ml 10
The
Rebels are Fleeing Before
Capt> Cable-
SPANISH PRISONERS LEFT;
Natives Flooding Into Bacoor—Otis Issues
Supplies to the Inhab.tants—Death of
Congressman Bland.
Manila, By Cable.—Capt. Cable, of
Gen. Wheaton’s staff, with three com
panies or tbe Twenty-first Regiment,
reconnoitered in the direction of Imus.
The rebels, who were apparently ex
pecting an attack, retired, leaving be
hind them 20 Spanish prisoners, who
joined the Americans. The rebels
have probably gone to the mountains
along the lake. According to native
stories, tbe rebels carried 100 dead and
300 woundod through B-scoor after the
recent battle. The natives are now
flooding into Bacoor and it is probable
there arc many soldiers in plainclothes
nmong them. The whole section is
practically without food, and Major
General Otis has ordered the distribu
tion of rico and beof to the inhabitants.
Many people still refuse to credit the
story cf the assassination of General
Luna by the guard of Aguinuldo’a
headquarters,though the report to that
effect is most circumstantial and from
a good source, lvumors of assassinations
and disasters from the rebel camp are
so frequently printed in the local pa
pers that they have come to be regard
ed with indifference. The latest is that
the governor of Cebu has been killed
by natives because of his friendship to
Americans.
a prominent oommeroial man, with
exceptional means of leurning of tho
Fillipinos’ movements, claims to know
that General Luna-is still alive, add
ing that if he were dead, and if his
death occurred a menth ago, people
would have expected a collapse of the
revolution to follow. The failure of
the Fillipinos to follow up the peace
negotiations strengthens the impres
sion that their overtures were merely
to gain time and in order to lure the
Americans to show their hands. *
A Glowing Account Cabled by Otis.
Washington, D. C., Special—Gene
ral Otis cabled Thursday as follows:
“Manila, June 15.
“Adjutant General, Washington:
“The success of Lawton’s troops in
Cavite provinco was greater than re
ported yesterday. The enemy, num
bering over 4,000, lost in killed, wound
ed and captured more than one-third.
The remainder is much scattered and
have retreated south to Imus, their »
arsenals. Of five pieces of artillery-
three were captured. The navy aided
greatly on the shore of the bay, land
ing forces occasionally. The inhabit
ants in that country rejoice at their
deliverance and welcome with enthusi
astic demonstration the arrival of our
troops. “Otis.”
Carrying Spanish Prisoners.
Washington,Special.—A representa
tive of Ceballos & Co., the firm which
contracted for carrying home the Span
ish prisoners from the Philippines, ban
appeared at tbe War Depat tmeijt and
had a consultation with Quartermaster
General Ludington, relative to the
payment for the service. • Claims in- A
volving about $1,500,000 are involved.
There have been taken home to Spain
about 10.000 men. There are othera yet
to be sent from the Philippines aa soon’
as tlieir release is procured from tbe
Filipinos. No money has been paid,
owing to lhe failure to adjust accounts.
Rear Admiral Crosby Dead.
Washington,Special.—Rear Admiral
Pierce Crosby, retired, one of the last
of Farrngut’s active officers, in the
stirring sea fights of the civil war, died
here Thursday night, of diabetes, aged f
79 years.
Bronze Medals for the Men who Took Part
in the Battle of Manila.
Washington, D. C., Special.—The
Navy Department has received the
1,799 bronze medals authorized by t
Congress for the officers and men who
participated in the battle- of Manila
Bay. The mndala are handsome N
product! of the jewelers’ art, one faoe.
showing a baa relief of Admiral Dewey,
while the reverae shows the idealized
bead of tbe American sailor.
Barrow's Story of the Kidnapping.
New Yoke, Special.—George Bar-
row went on the stand Thursday, in *
his own behalf. Tbe first be aaw of
the Clarke baby, he said, waa on Mon
day afternoon, May 22, when ho met
his wife at Jersey City. She hadCar-
rie Jones and the bdby with her.
he read about the kidneppii
Clarke baby, he became ansi
charged hia wife and Carrio . ..
the crime. They broke down,
and eonfesaed. Then, he r
as to whaV to do. Carrie Ji
to take the baby
oouldn
not went t
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