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VOL. III.
CITY OF MALOLOS TAKEN BY T1IE
ADVANCING AMERICANS,
RUSH OF TROOPS IRRESISTIBLE.
American IuM* NVm Twenty While the
Behel• Suffered Great Slaughter and
Wcro Forced to Retreat.
The war department at 1 :S9 o’clock
Friday morning gave out the follow
ing dispatch from Gen. Otis:
“Manila, Mauch 31.—Adjt. Gen.,
Washington: MacArthur
Malolos at 10:15 this morning. Enemy
Retired after slight resistance aud fir
ing the city. Particulars later. Hall
Lad several engagements beyond Mari
■vuina. Casualties twenty. Enemy
being driven. "Otib.”
Strong Opposition Encountered.
Thirther advices state that Major
'General MacArthur advanced to attack
Malolos, the seat of the insurgent gov
ernment, at 7 o'clock Thursday morn
ing.
He was met with strong resistance,
the rebels resisting desperately, but
losing heavily.
the They are now in full retreat toward
north, where Aguinaldo and the
cabinet have been for two days.
The Americans finally drove the
Filipinos back. Although there were
three lines of strong intrcneliments
along the railroad track, the enemy
made scarcely no defense there.
General MacArthur and his staff
were walking aloDg the track abreast
of the line with everything quiet, when
suddenly bullets they received a shower of
from sharpshooters in trees
and on honse tops, but these were
speedily The dislodged.
enemy’s loss was heavy, although
the jungle afforded them such protec
tion that the Americans were unable
to see them, and in the firing were
guided by the sound of the Filipino
shots.
Tho American artillery was handi
capped for tho same reason.
Thursday night’s long line of camp
fires made a beautiful sight, with the
Twentieth Kansas regiment on the
left of Guiguinto station and the Penn
sylvania regiment on the right, beyond
the river.
The provision train was delayed by
broken bridges, bnt the stores of grain
and flocks of ducks in the locality fur
nished ample food and forage.
The hospital work is remarkably
efficient, as it has been throughout the
whole campaign.
The telegraphers keep abreast of the
line and maintain a constant connec
tion with the city.
DEMOCRATS IN CONFERENCE.
Banquet at Topeka, Kansas, at Which
Brian Was Present.
A democratic conference and ban
quet under the auspices of the demo
cratic state central committee of Kan
sas was held in Topeka Thursday
evening.
Prominent speakers, including Col.
W. J. Bryan, of Nebraska; Champ
Clark, of Missouri, and Allen O.
Myers, of Ohio, were present. Covers
were laid for more than a thousand
guests.
The meeting was in the nature of a |
conference of the democratic leaders.
the politcy of the party in the cam
paign of 1900 being touched upon,
Mr. Bryan himself was given the most
prominent place, his subject being
“Democracy.”
Mr. Bryan stood out squarely for the
Chicago platform and said that there
hnd been no retreat from the position
taken in 1896.
“We are not only holding our own, ,, .
he declared, “but we are gaining back
those democrats who left us without
fully understanding the nature of the
struggle.”
GENERAL FLAGLER DEAD.
RemaiUft Sent From Old Point Comfort to
Washington.
A dispatch from Newport News.Va.,
snys: The remains of General Daniel .
E. Flagler, chief of ordnance. L uited
States army, who died at Old Point
Comfort Wednesday, were taken aboard
the steamer for Washington Thursday.
ICE FOR OTIS’ TROOPS.
Bids Opened At Chicago For Erecting a
Plant At Manila
Bids were opened at Chicago Thurs
day at the division army headquarters
for the construction of a largo combi
nation refrigerating and ice manufac
turing plant for the government at
Manila.
The bid of $193,152 by the DeLa
vergne Refrigerating Machine Compa
ny of New York was the lowest,
’/here were several other bids, includ
ing $205,820 by Theo Yitter, Milwau
kee, and $215,613 by the Frick Com
pany of Waynesboro, Pa.
FAYNE MOORE RELEASED.
Justice Scott Lets Her Go On Her Own
Recognizance.
A New York dispatch says: Justice
Scott released Mrs. Fayne Strahan
Moore Saturday on her own recogni
zance on the charge of stealing silver
v>' isliA t\ from the Waldorf-Astoria. This
was taken on the application of
loijf \trict attorney.
Moore N had been previously re
\ti the indictment charging her
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BIG RAILWAY IN TROUBLE.
Kecclvcr* Are Appointed For tho K. C. P,
nml G. It, K,
A special from Kansas City-, Mb.,
°avs; a receivership for the Kansas
City, asked PittsbUVg and Gulf railroad was
of Saturday night of Judge Gibson E,
tho circuit court, by Charles
Grannie and other stockholders Rnd
creditors.
The application was granted and
Judge Gibson appointed the following
named officials of the road as receivers:
E. L. Martin, Vibe president; Robt.
Gill ham, general manager, and J.
Met). Trimble, attorney, all of Kansas
City.
Considerable mystery seems to sur
round the affair. President A. E.
Stillwell, of the road,when telephoned
at his denied home at 1 o’clock Sunday morn
ing any knowledge of a receiv
ership, It is believed that the receiv
ership is a friendly one.
The interest due Saturday amounted
to $575,000, and it could not he met.
When this fact became known a move
ment was inaugurated to secure the
appointment of a receiver who would
be specially friendly to tlio eastern in
terests of the road. This move was
checkmated by the preparation of the
papers for the appointment of local
receivers.
Judge Gibson was, applied to late
Saturday appointment night. Tho petition for the
of a receiver was signed
by Charles A. Braley. E. F. Silver and
John A. Eaton, of the law firm of
Trimble & Braley.
The outstanding debt of the system
is $23,000,000 of bonds. The interest
due amounted to $575,000. The
equipment of the system amounts to
$40,000 to $50,000 per month, which
consumes the earnings arid diverts
them from the interest fund. The re
ceivership does not involve any inter
est of the Port Arthur system other
than the main line of the Kansas City,
Pittsburg and Gulf railroad. The
northern lines, Kansas City, Subur
ban Belt and Port Arthur Canal and
Dock company, together with other
interests, are said to be upon a firm
financial basis.
ADVICES FROM KAUTZ.
£tate Department. Given Out News Re
ceived From Samoa.
The following was given out at tho
state department at Washington Satur
day afternoon:
“The secretary of state has received
from the secretary of the navy a tele
gram .addressed to him by Bear Ad
miral Kantz relative to Samoan mat
ters. It is dated New Castle, N. 8.
W., March 30*, 1899, ancf reads as fol
lows :
<( ( Mataofa people obeyed orders to
leave government reservation. Since
then have become aggressive, killing
Private Holloway and three British
sailors. Our man killed guarding
American consulate. German consul
general issued incendiary proclama
tion, saying that my proclamation was
untrue and ho should uphold provis
ional government. The British forces
net in concert with the United States,
shelling rebels where they can be
renejjed.’ ”
A copy of the dispatch was sent to
the German ambassador.
SHARPSHOOTERS ANNOYING.
American Soldiers Compelled to Sleep
In the Trenches For Protection,
A Rpecial of Sunday from Manila
stated that the troops under General
MacArthur were still resting at Malo
! , os ’ the ' vhe , day. !’ e everything Hostilities , . was elsewhere, quiet . , dur- ,
ing so
far as officially reported, were limited
Jo , xveen an occasional th f, uls urf?ent , exchange ; “ n(1 of . shots , troops , be- ,
forming the , lines of General Law on
nnc Ge,lel ; nl E™ 1 ’ ° xte ndin » from ihe
works to La Lomu. .
But this shooting has been just act
ive enough to make the lives of the
soldiers a burden and to compel tbe
officers to sleep in trenches, .clothed
and in readiness to repel possible at
tacks.
WINTER REIGNS IN DAKOTA.
Heavy Snow Fall Creates Serious Condi
tion Among: Stockmen.
A dispatch from Pierre, S. D., states
that a furious snow storm raged
throughout that section all day Sun
day and drifted badly.
This, in connection with the snow
already on tbe ground, created a seri
ous condition fov stockmen to face, ns
the long period for which winter has
Beltl on has prevented the cattle from
grazing and the hay supply is practi
cally exhausted.
RAY’S IMMCNKS RETURN.
Arrive at Savininnli From Culm on Trans
port Sedgwick.
The Third United States volunteers
(Ray’s immunes) arrived at Savannah,
Ga., Sunday from Sagua do Tanamoa
on the transport Sedgwick. The reg
iment will go into detention camp at
Sapelo, the federal quarantine station,
for five days.
With the regiment there are a num
ber of ladies, the wives oV officers.
These will have to undergo tisinfec
tiou and quarantine the sam D as the
private soldiers. Bay’s regiment was
the first volunteer command to go to
Cuba after the cessation of hostilities.
It has had a nine months’ tour of duty.
GERMANS ARE SURPRIZED.
They Dy Not Relieve Reported Bombard
ments at Samoa.
A Berlin special says: The German
government was taken wholly by sur
prise with the news from Samoa. A
well-informed individual states that
tho government is skeptical as to Ad
miral Kautz’s instructions. He adds
that Herr Kore, the German consul,
would have protested, as his govern
ment had instructed him to strictly
conform to the Samoan ant.
ABBEVILLE. GA., THURSDAY, APRIL 6. 18911.
IT IS THOUGHT THAT THE STRUG
GLE IS NEAR AN END.
REBELS RETIJRHIIIG TO HOMES.
General Oils Is Congratulated I5y Dewey
Ou I lie Magnlftticnt Work of tho
Arifty In Philippines.
A Manila dispatch under date of
April 3d says: The natives continue
returning to their homes. They are
coming in all along tho American
lines, and many of them, seeing tho
promises of good treatment are ful
filled, are inducing their relatives to
return to their homes.
Major General EdwardS. Otis, com
mander of the American military
forces, has received the following mes*
sago-.
“Hearty congratulations on the most
magnificent work of the army.
“Dewet.”
The United States Philippines com
mission,the last member of that body,
Colonel Charles Deriby, former minis
ter to China,having arrived in Manila,
will discuss the situation. The com
missioners are hopeful of a speedy
restoration of pence, believing hostili
ties will soon he confined to the habit
ual revolutionists.
Brigadier General Harrison Gray
Otis sailed for home on board the
United States transport Sherman Mon
day. He says he believes the insur
rection has received its death blow.
The Shermau also has on board the
sons of Colonel John Ilav, secretary
of state, and Senator Fa'e, of Maine,
who have witnessed much of the fight
ing with the army, and the bodies of
Co'ouel Harry C. Egbert, of the Twen
ty-second infantry, killed on March
30th, and other officers who have re
cently fallen in battle.
General Wheaton lins assumed com
mand of -the brigade lately command
ed by General Otis. The Third and
Twenty-second regiments of Whea
ton’s command are returning to Ma
nila.
Messages Aro Reassuring.
Tie following cablegram was re
ceived at tlie war department early
Monday morning:
“Manila, April 3.— Adjutant Gen
eral, Washington: Present indications
denote insurgent government in peril
ous condition; its army defeated, dis
couraged and scattered. Insurgents
returning to their homes in cities and
villages between here and points north
of Malolos, which our reconnoitering
parties have reached, and desire pro
tection of Americans. News from Vi
sayan islands more encouraging every
day. Otis.”
The war department officials were
pleased by the cheering dispatch from
General Otis. It contains a great
deal of encouragement to them, and
those who know General Otis well say
he is not a man to take a roseate view
of the situation unless there is reason
for it. It is argued at the department
that the Filipinos have never been
used to the kind of warfare that tho
Americans have given them, and for
reason they are now aware that it will
be impossible for them to accomplish
anything by fighting.
While there is disappointment be
cause the movement for the capture of
a large force of Filipinos was not suc
cussful, it is believed the pressing of
the insurgents steadily toward the
north, capturing their capital and driv
ing them from place to place has a
very discouraging effect upon the na
tives who hove been following Agui
naldo.
It is evident by tho reference which
General Otis makes to reconnoitering
parties that he is having the country
thoroughly covered, and that the in
formation which they are giving him
is the basis of the dispatch received to
day. It is believed that desertion will
soon deplete tho army of Aguinaldo to
little or nothing. That portion of the
dispatch relating to the Visayans re
fers to the operations of which Iloilo
is the capital. The group includes
Panay,Bohol, Cebu, Negros and others
of less importance. The rebellion
against the United States authority
was not very serious in these islands,
being stirred up by emissaries of Agui
na ldo at Iloilo.
ASTOR CLAIMS EXEMPTION.
Asks to Bo Relieved of Paying Personal
Taxes In New York.
William Waldorf Astor, who recent
ly arrived in New York from England,
appealed before the tax commis
sioners Monday and filed an
application for the taking off
of his personal taxes, estimated at
$2,000,000, on the ground that he is a
non-resident. Mr. Astor is proprietor
of The Pall Mall Gazette in London.
Mr. Astor was asked if he had given
up his citizenship. Mr. Astor an
swered that he had not, but he declar
ed that he is a non-resident.
The president of the tax board said
that the matter would ho referred.
SIGNAL SERVICE PLEASED
Over Final Completion of Military Tel
egraph In Cuba.
A Washington dispatch says: The
signal service is congratulating itself
over the final completion of the mili
tary telegraph system of Cuba. The
work of construction, beguiF&t Playa
del Este at the landing of Shifter’*
expedition, has been pushed with vigor
under the management of Colonel
Dunwoody, the tho chief signal officer of
department of Cub#,
SPRING ELECTIONS HELD
In Various Cities of Michigan, Ohio and
Montana.
A special from Detroit says: Mon
day's elections ill Michigan liaVe not
shown any marked change in the gen
ei’fti politic:!! coniplexioti bf the state:
Which iB normally republican: bitt the
result shows quite heavy democratic
gains in some of the larger cities: no
tably so in Detroit, Grand Rapids,
Saginaw, Jackson and Kalamazoo.
licans On a generally light vote the repub
hold their own in smaller cities
and throughout tho ratal districts.
Of these about two-thirds of the new
judges aro republicans. Judge
The republicans re-elect
Claudius B. Grant as justice of the su
preme court, by a majority of at least
20 , 000 .
Thomas 13. Borkwortk, democratic
candidate for Judge justice, ran nearly (1,000
ahead of Grant in Wayne
county (Detroit), thousand and plurality Grant in received
only a Kent
county (Grand Rapids), which, in re
cent years, has shown much heavier
republican majorities,
Tile contest over circuit judges in
Detroit was extensively split up and
resulted in the election of three demo
crats and two republicans re-elected.
Democratic candidates for judges of
the Detroit recorder's court won easily.
Mayor Loenneokor, democrat, was
re-elected Jackson—a by democratic a majority of 1,000 at
gain of 750.
The democrats carried Battle Creek,
electing all officers excepting one al
derman. The democrats elected mayor
and three aldermen at Kalamazoo, and
the republicans city treasurer and two
aldermen.
Tho elections in Ohio were general
ly for municipal and township officers,
While local issues Usually control
these spring elections, yet there Were
other influences in some places.
John B. Farley, democrat, was
elected mayor of Cleveland over Rob
ert E. MeKisson, republican, the in
cumbent, by a plurality of about 3,-
500.
McKisson’s defeat was due to the
defection of republicans who voted
against him because of his bolt from
Senator Hanna and bis party during
the contest before the legislature a
year ago last winter. The whole
ticket suffered somewhat on account
of the opposition to MeKisson, but
not enough to defeat any of the other
candidates. The vote was very heavy.
At Columbus a republican mayor
was elected for the first lime in twelve
years.
At Cincinnati the republicans have
a plurality of 7,000 and the present
democratic mayor was elected two
years ago by almost as large a plur
ality.
At Toledo an independent republi
can was elected on Pingree issues,
assisted by financial complication.
At Dayton the democrats made mu
nicipal gains, but the republicans
gained in the township, which seems
to be the case throughout the state.
In the smaller cities as well as in
the rural districts the republicans
claim gains. As a rule, tho vote was
light.
At Canton, the home of President
McKinley, James Robertson, republi
can, was elected mayor by thirteen
plurality, a change from the present
democratic administration.
The result of the Butte, Mont., elec
tion is a majority of about 500 for Mc
Carthy, democratic, candidate for
mayor. Tho republicans elected the
city treasurer, police magistrate and
four or five of the eight aldermen.
In Missoula, Webster, republican,
was elpeted mayor and a republican
majoiity in the council is elected.
Collins, republican, is elected may
or of Great Falls; the council is demo
cratic.
Anaconda elects the entire demo
cratic city ticket except police magis
trate.
In Livingston, Smith, democrat, is
elected mayor, with practically tho en
tire democratic ticket.
IN FAVOR OF REVENUE ACT,
Tlio United Supremo Court Hands Down
Important Decision.
A Washington dispatch says: Tn tho
supreme court of the United States
Monday a decision was handed down
by Justice Beckham confirming the
validity of the revenue act imposing
taxes upon the transactions of boards
of trade and similar institutions.
In another case a similar opinion
was rendered with regard to taxes
upon transactions at stock yards.
BOARD HAD DAY OF REST.
No WUnegsu* In flic Beef Inquiry Were
.Examined Monday.
A Washington dispatch says: The
beef inquiry board had no witnesses
before it Monday. Major Lee, who
represents Major General Miles, pre
sented an additional list of witnesses
for the board to summon aud this list
was considered in the executive ses
sion.
Among those who are ready to
testify is Major Daly, who first made
tlie charge that the refrigerated beef
had been chemically treated. General
Miles will affio be given an opportu
nity to reappear.
A RUN OF ACCIDENTS
IIa;>pen l„ ,, Missouri Town—Five Men
Dose Their TAves.
Five men were killed in three acci
dents at Joplin, Mo., Monday. Three
were killed by the caving in of a
sewer.
At the “Old Shoe” mine Dan Car
sv.iv , was knocked down the 120
, ‘ L J and died soon after. At the
' * aud Zinc company’s mine
j - ad 4
fslHnV Toi V-mlb, a miner, was killed by
* *
JUDGES CONSTRUE LAW TO SUIT
THfilR CONVENIENCE.
GOMEZ WRITES OF HIS TROUBLES.
Indites n tetter to Ills Wife lit Santo
Domingo and Presents His
Side of the Case.
A special from Havana says: To
day, its under the the Spanish regime,
bribery and fraud direct the Cuban
courts. This is tho firm conviction of
the military administration. Gover
nor General Brooke is taking tho mat
ter tip ftnd intends to clean out the cor
ruption, to revise tho judicial pro
cedure, to change the court personnel
and to abolish the barbarous practice
of incommunicado, by which a judge
may imprison for life a person ignorant
of tho accusation against him and of
tho nnmes of his accusers.
It is true that the statutes allow on
ly three days’ detention incommunica
do, bnt a judge, tinder the make practice
that lias grown up, tuny a new
commitment at the expiration of the
third day; another at the expiration limit. of
the sixth and so on without
More than this, the evidence in
criminal causes is taken by clerks,
who for a consideration, write into
the testimony tilings never uttered,
thus often making tho best friends of
the accused appear to condemn him.
Apparently the whole criminal and
civil systems have been arranged so
as to make it easy to buy aud sell jus
tice.
Gonifz Reviews Ills Troubled.
General Maximo Gomez, in a long
letter directed to his wife in Santo
Domingo, reviews his differenees with
the so-called military assembly. He
begins by describing the situation as
it was when Robert P. Porter, as the
special representative of President
McKinley, visited Cuba after the as
sembly’s representatives at Washing
ton had obtained a promise of $3,000,
000 from the president. The writer
proceeding, Rays:
“This actiou on the part of the as
sembly's committee I approved. It
was then that Air. Porter appeared
and asked me ns commander-in-chief
to decide to accept the $3,000.000, to
aid in its. distribution and in the dis
arming of the army and to proceed
forthwith to Havana to assist the
United States military goveror, Gen
eral Brooke. I agreed, and on arriv
ing at Havana, I conferred with Gen
eral Brooke concerning the payment
and tho disarmament. It was decided
that General Brooke should request
Washington to ship to Cuba the
$3,000,000 which had been obtained
by the representatives of the assem
bly. I saw to tho adjustment of all
of the questions that led up to the
termination of the ridiculous armed
situation, and began to entertain
hopes of an early return to Santo Do
mingo.
“The assembly then called upon
me to visit its president, saying that
tho object sought was an unofficial
exchange of ideas. Bnt they placed
me upon tho bend: of the accused, my
crime being that, I was inclined to
accept the $2,000,000 which the as
sembly itself, through its representa
tives,lmd induced President McKinley
to promise, a matter ns to which T had
not been consulted. It appeared that
1 find broken o IT negotiations for $13,
000,000. To all this I replied that I
had acted in the best faith, but that
nothing had been lost, as I would
withdraw the acceptance I had given.
They then requested me to array my
self on their side in order to give
strength to their resolutions, I an
swered that I had always dono so and
would continue to do so except in
cases where the course of the assembly
was opposed to my conscience, to my
sense of justice and to my idea of the
best interests of Cuba.
“Regarding the matters under con
sideration I said 7 had no hope of ob
taingiug more than the $3,000,000 from
tho United States and disapproved
asking charity, contending that the
only method left was to raise a loan
for which tho assembly lacked ade
quate authorization. Furthermore, I
pointed out (hat the soldiers could not
wait; that already tli y were too great
a burden upon the people of Cuba and
that longer delay appeared to mo to bo
cruel.
“The conference ended without ac
complishing anything. I saw I could
not make myself understood by the
assembly and decided not to bo mixed
np in its doings, but to await develop
ments. A few days later three men
whom I did not know visited me and
said tlmt several millionaires stood
ready to facilitate a loan of many mil
lions, bnt that, the matter was possible
only with my co-operation. I an
swered that I could not consider any
proposition of the kind and regarded
it as strange that any one would be
ready to lend money without a guar
nut eo.”
MISTAKEN FOR LOU BET.
Wealthy Citizen of Paris Shot Down For
The French President.
A wealthy gentleman named Tourret
was shot dead Friday on the Bois de
Boulogne, Paris, by a man who mis
took his victim for President Loubet,
to whom M. Tourret boro a striking
'1 he murderer, who name is Ozouf
,
id who is thirty-eight yew* old, U
oou * ht t0 he mMn9 ‘
ALABAMA DEMOCRATS MEET.
They tndnrite ihe Proposed Constitution*!
Convention After ft Hard
A special Wednesday from Waslnog
toti states that the democrats of Ala
bama have, through their state con
vention, indorsed the proposed consti
tutional convention and have by sodo
ing made it a party measure. This
was done after a long and bitter fight,
and the margin was so narrow that*
in tho opinion of many leading politi
cal observers, the doubt as to the final
result is greater than ever.
The position of tho democratic
party of the state with regard to the
constitutional convention is set forth
in the following resolutions, which the
convention adopted:
1. That we favor tho holding of a
constitutional convention for the pur
pose of so regulating the right to vote
as to perpetuate the rule of the white
man in Alabama.
2. That the constitutional conven
tion shall regulate all questions of
suffrage so as not to conflict with the
constitution of the United States and
for tho best interests of the people and
taxpayers of Alabama.
3. That there shall he inserted in
such constitution a provision limiting
the into of taxation by the state, coun
ties and municipalities, and that such
rate of taxation shall not exceed the
rate now fixed by tho present consti
tution, but a lower rate if practicable.
4. That the proposed new constitu
tion shall ho submitted to a vote of
tlio peoplo for its adoption or rejec
tion.
5. That we pledge our faith to the
people of Alabama not to deprive any
white man of tho right to rote except
for conviction of infamous crime.
6. That section 39 of article 4 of tho
present constitution in ro( "ence to
the removal aud location of tho state
capitol shall remain unchanged.
7. That the provisions and restrie
tions in the present constitution ns to
corporations shall remain unchanged.
8. That, we hereby instruct, all dem
ocratic, members of the constitutional
convention to carry out the above
pledges.
Tlio resolution was put through,tin
der tho previous question call, by a
vote of 254 to 244.
At times during the discussion the
convention hall was pandemonium and
there were some sharp clashed which
suggested the probability of personal
encounters, but in the end all was
peaceful.
Strong efforts were made to recon
sider tlio resolution later, but the con
vention refused. It also adopted a
resolution setting forth, “That it is
the sense of the convention that a
constitutional convention be held.”
After this was done, tho convention
selected the thirty-three delegates at
large to the constitutional convention.
This was simply the ratification of the
work that had already been done iu
the districts. It completed the work.
SPECIAL CABINET MEETING.
Frceldont and Advigers Discuss a Variety
of Questions.
A Washington dispatch says: At
the cabinet meeting Wednesday, which
lasted until 1 o’clock, a variety of sub
jects, including a number of questions
which have arisen during the two
weeks of the president’s absence in
tho south, were discussed.
The question of raising an addi
tional force of troops to go to the
Philippines was not mentioned at the
meeting, and it is not thought that the
president has any such purpose in
view at this time.
The administration of affairs in Cuba
came up and it was practically decided
to simplify matters by consolidating
some of tho administrative depart
ments, but just wliat changes will be
made is yet undetermined.
REQUEST FROM DEWEY.
Admiral Want# More Sailors and More
TAf{Ut Vessels.
The department heard from Admiral
dispatch Dewey Wednesday in explanation of a
received from him Tuesday
asking for more ships and more men.
He reiterates his request for more
ships and says by more men ho means
more sailors.
At the department it was said that
it would be very necessary to patrol
the island more completely to prevent
arms from reaching the insurgents.
General Corbin said that the force
of men on the island, he thought,
would be sufficient to put down the
rebellion provided all surreptitious
aid could be kept from them.
ALABAMA COAL DIGGERS STRIKE.
O'cm plain of 17it* Chuck System and Wanted
an Advance.
Alabama ore miners at Fossil),
Wades Gap, Muscoda, Redding and
Alice went out on a strike Saturday,
complaining of the check system. A
thousand miuers quit work and the
output was cut off one hundred cars a
day.
Coal miners at Hargrove and Belle
Ellen struck in sympathy with day la
borers, who demand an advance of G j
per cent in wages.
TO DEMAND INDEMNITY.
Minister Hunter Will Ask rayment of
#125,000 From Guatemala.
Minister Hunter left New Orleans
for Honduras and Guatemala Thurs
day. He will demand $25,000 indemn
ity for tbe Pears killing in Honduras,
and the navy may help to collect it.
He will then go to Guatemala in the
interest of the alleged filibusters, two
of whom were erroneously reported to
lie sentenced to death, Ho cabled a
request, for a stay of proceedings until
itjr* arrivnl non the request wc.s grant.-
NO. 11.
SEW LIVES WERE LOST
PASSENGER STEAMER WRECKED
ON CASQUET ROCKS.
SHE FOUNDERED IN Jl DENSE FOG
Vessel Carried One Hundred and Fifty
Passengers—Scenes Were Most
Heartrending
The passenger steamer Stella, ply
ing between the port of Southampton
and the Channel Islands, crashed up
on the dreaded Casquet. rocks, near the
island of Alderney, Thursday after
noon in a dense fog, and foundered in
ten minutes, her boiler exploding as
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she went down.
Reports as to the number lost are
conflicting, but the officials of the Lon
don aud Southwestern Railway Com
pany, which company owns the boat,
said that the drowned will not exceed
seventy. make the loss much
Other reports
higher. collapsible
Throe boats, including a
boat, are missing.
Tho Stella left Southampton at noon
Thursday, conveying the first daylight
excursion of the season to the Channel
islands. There were about 150 pas
sengers on board, and the crew num
bered thirty-five men. The weather
was foggy, but all went well until the
afternoon, when the fog became most
dense.
At 4 o'clock the Casquet rocks sud
denly loomed up through the fog bank,
aud the steamer almost immediately
afterwards struck amidships.
The captain seeing that tho Stella
was fast sinking ordered the lifeboats
launched. His instructions were car
ried ont with tho utmost celerity and
the women and children were embarked
in the boats. The captain ordered the
men to look after themselves.
A survivor states that he and twen
ty-five others put off from the Stella in
a small boat. The sea was calm, but
there was a big whirl aiound the
rocks. When this boat was a short
distance away from the wreck the boil
er of tho Btella burst with terrific ex
plosion, and tho vessel disappeared
stern foremost in the sea.
Tho last thing the survivor saw was
the figure of tho captain of the Stella
standing calmly on the bridge aud giv
ing his last instructions. The captain
perished with his vessel, owing to the
suction caused by the sinking steamer
being very great.
Continuing, the survivor referred to
said:
The suction was so tremendous that
we thought our boat would be en
gulfed. I saw five boats aud the col
lapsible boat besides our own leave the
wreck. They contained altogether be
tween eighty and one hundred per
sons. Five of the boats were soon
lost to view, but we took a boat filled
with women in tow, and the occupants
of our boat took tho oars in turn and
rowed all night long until most of us
dropped asleep, thoroughly exhausted.
“We sighted a snagboat also iu the
morning,” said the survivor, “but the
Great Western Railway Company's
steamer Lynx, from Weymouth, had
meanwhile hove in sight. She bore
down on us and took all on board.
She eventually landed us at Guernsey.”
Forty Survivors Rescued.
The Great Western Railway Com
pany’s steamer Vera, from Southamp
ton, picked np forty others of the sur
vivors and landed them at Guernsey.
Up to noon Friday 102 passengers
had been accounted for. Later ac
counts say that the Stella had 140 pas
sengers on board, and that her crew
numbered 42.
Another steamer of the same com
pany which arrived at tho island of
Guernsey about noon Friday reports
having passed many victims of the
disaster about tho Casquet rocks.
The passengers oil agree that per
fect order and discipline prevailed on
board tho Stella. The crew promptly
took up their stations when the steamer
struck, served out the lifebelts and
lowered tho boats.
Tbe scene at the moment of the
sinking of the vessel was heartrending.
Women were screaming and praying,
and people were clinging to spars and
other wreckage in all directions.
Those who hnd succeeded in getting
into the boats had a narrow escape
from being engulfed on account of the
suction caused by the sinking vessel.
The boats were adrift for fifteen
hours, during which time their occu
pants were without food or water, and
as their clothes were drenched, they
suffered greatly.
The disaster is generally attributed
to the high speed at which the steamer
was traveling in the fog.
Many pathetic incidents are reported.
In several cases men lifted their wives
and children into the boats and then
perished themselves in their presence.
One wife who was thus bereaved lost
her reason.
A large number of the survivors ar
rived at Southampton without any
clothing, clad only in blankets.
AGED MINISTER DIES.
Kev. Needham Would Have Been One
Hundred Years Old on May a.
Rev. James Needlitfm died at his
home near Pilot Mountain, N. C.,
Saturday morning. He would have
been 100 years old on May 2d next..
He was a Methodist minister, active
and energetic up to the end, his last
sermon having been preached in Win
ston last November ot. tho session of
the western North Carolina eetsDu.
euee.