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ASHBURN ADVANCE. V(){, VIII. FIGHT WHIPPED SAYS GEN. OTIS Cables War Department That Reb= els Have Been Subjugated. AGUINALDO IS HIDING OUT Filipino Government No Longer Exists—Its Officials Are Scattered. A Washington special says: Genera! Otis summarizes the situation in Lu- zon in a dispatch to the war depart¬ ment Friday in which l c says that the insurgent government can no longer claim to exist, its troops and officials uro scattered and Agtiiualdo in hiding. The dispatch follows: “Manila, November 24—Claim to government by insurgents can he made no longer under any fictieV; its treas¬ urer, secretary of interior and presi¬ dent of congress in onr hands; its president and remaining cabinet offi¬ cers are in hiding, evidently in differ¬ ent erals central aud troops Luzon in provides; email hands its scat¬ gen tered through these provinces acting as banditti or dispersed playing the role of ‘amigos,’ with arms concealed. “Indications are that Aguinaldo did not escape through the lines of Law- ton or Wheaton, but fled westward from Bayambang railway station. Tel¬ egraphic communication to Dagupan established, probably to Han Fabian today; hy relaying nine miles of track with material at hand, railway com¬ munication to that point re-establish¬ ed; labor of troops must attend main¬ tenance.” Fuller details of the sharp engage¬ ment between Carpenter aud tho in¬ surgents in Iloilo reached the war de¬ partment Friday in the following dispatch from General Otis dated Manila: “Ill Pansy, 21st instant, when Dick- man drove enemy in vicinity of Jnro, Carpenter, with two battalions of the Eighteenth infantry and Bridgeman's battery, bad severe engagement at Pavia, north of Iloilo. His casualties were five killed, twenty wounded, now in Iloilo hospital; others, slightly wounded, with Command. Enemy driven northwest ; reported very heavy lor-s. Particulars not received. Car- penter passed on to insurgent's strong- bold, Santa Barbara, which he captur- ed on the 22nd instant without loss. Nothing received from column under the immediate command of Hughes, which is moving rapidly and operating north and west of Santa Barbara. Ap- parentiy the Vissayans are friendly, not taking active part; enemy consists of 2,000 Tagnlos.” A later dispatch from General Otis gives the result of tho fighting at Iloilo as follows: “Hughes, Iloilo, reports enemy driven back into mountains; insur¬ gent capital, Cobatuan, captured. Only serious action that of Carpenter nt Pa¬ via; total casualties five killed, or since dead of wounds; twenty-seven wound¬ ed; captured ten prisoners, eighteen cannon, six rifles, quantities of am- unition. Enemy’s casualties not sta¬ ted.” ItOEB CASUALTIES HEAVY. Arrivals at Pretoria Estimate Killed and Wounded ut 1,000. Unconfirmed reports continue to rive at Cape Town to the effect that General White recently onught the Boers in a trap at Ladysmith, indne- ing detachments of the beleaguering force to venture into the open country, •when sortie parties from the British camp captured them. estimate Late arrivals from Pretoria the Boer casualties at 1,000 men, half of whom were killed. They also say the race coarse there is being pre- pared for a laager, in the event of a siege, and the guns of the fort are trained on it in case the prisoners at¬ tempt to escape. From President Kruger down, every one is in favor of fighting. They be¬ lieve they will succeed in annexing all the beleaguered towns. The flag of the united rcpublio, now ready, bears the orange cross. Tammany Eaves Parnell Homestead. The Parnell homestead in Wicklow county, Ireland, now advertised under foreclosure proceedings, will not be sold. Tammany Hall, at a meeting of the executive committee held Satur¬ day, guaranteed the claims the |10,000 needed to pay off against tbe home¬ stead. ______ Jail as Hospital. Twentr-five of the men injured in the wreck on the Omaha and Fort Dodge road Friday are being cared for at Dennison, la. Accommoda¬ tions were so limited that a number of the leas) injuyed jail, have been lodged iu the couaty which has been fitted up as sn emergency hospital. Official Organ of Worth County. Orders for Job Printing Given Prompt Attention. FACETIOUS dOYNTON H s Speech at Chick* mauga Re¬ plete With Sensation. ARRAIGNS LATTER DAY VOLUNTEERS Compare)* ilicm With the Veterans of Ci Uhliculcs tin* ltecent Spanish* American War. Tho exercises of dedicating the 107 monuments and markers of the state of Illinois on the battlefields sur¬ rounding the city of Chattanooga were held Thursday at Orchard Knob, the site of oils of the principal memorial shafts nml famous during tho civil war as the headquarters of General Grunt. Among the visitors were Senator Cnllom, Governor Tanner und stall, Commissiojer of Pensions II. Clay 1’vans. General H. V. Boynton, rep¬ resenting the secretary of war, aud a large delegation from the confederate camp of Chattanooga. Major Charles A.Connelly delivered tho speech presenting the monuments to the governor of Illinois on behalf of the Illinois commissioners. Governor Johu I?. Tanner, of Illi¬ nois, received the monuments aud in turn presented them to tho govern¬ ment. General H. V. Boynton, chairman of the national park commission, in receiving the monuments, said in part: “The citizens of any state, or of any nation, might well be proud to stand on this historic snot, with the right to stand hero us the military associate of General Grant, participants with him each in his appointed rank in that miracle of military history, the storm¬ ing of Missionary Bidge. First, to¬ ward this point, and then from this point he delected that series or mem¬ orable battles which have given Chat¬ tanooga a world-wide fame. “What of the soldiers who won the battles which these monuments com¬ memorate aud the great captains who commanded them? Did General Grant spend his time about the commissary stores in the capacity of a pure food commissioner? Did he send his staff officers throughout tho limits of his command to gather evidence to prove that the war department did not know mu re than a thing or two about war? Did be fill the press of the land with interviews criticising everything and everybody but himself? When he tel- egraphed General Thomas from Louis- ville to hold Chattanooga, did Thomas reply, ‘We are out of tho proper brand of meat, and it can’t he done,’ or did ho reply, ‘Wo will hold tho town till starve?’ Did General Thomas and p,jn general officers send a round robin to Washington concerning the condi- tion of their stomachs, their temper- atnre and their pulse, and promptly furnish a copy of it to the press? “And what of the soldiers who serv- e d under General Thomas? They went about the streets of Chattanooga B ud the horse and mule corrals, pick¬ ing up kernels nml scattered corn. They gathered about the refuse heaps of the commissary stores where moldy bread was thrown,, whittled off the mold, and filled their haversacks with the crumbs; and when interrupted by the play of the seige guns, they would look up at the smoking summit of Lookout and exciainr. ‘If these ra- tiuons hold, Mr. Johnny Beb, we’ll get you yet.’ “The monuments which Illinois hero dedicates are to such officorsand men. Let the small,, but the loud persistent crowd of grumblers of the national guard in the war with Spain, who filled the land with their baseless gronnings, take notice of the kind of soldiers which an Anferican state de¬ lights to honor. “And those who fought against these iron men were soldiers of a like mold. .When union veterans gather, that fact should never be forgotten, and ever be held as a matter of pride, since, together, they fix the universal and undisputed standard of American pluck, endurance and heroism on the field of battle, “This great park, embracing seven battlefields, is being established with absolute impartiality as a military ob¬ ject lesson and an illustration of the powers of the American soldier in bat¬ tle. More than a thousand historical tablets attest this impartiality. The like of it was never seen before in any land.” THE CHARLESTON DOOMED. Nsvy Department CoiiTlneeil That Vvs.el Cannot lie Saved. The following cablegram was receiv¬ ed at the navy department Thursday from the commander of the United States naval station at Cavite, P. I.: Cxvitr, Nov. 23.— Charleston wrecked November 2d. Last seen November 13th, under water from stern to smokestack. Three unsuc¬ cessful attempts to get near her. Heavy typhoon since. “Letttze. ” The officers of the navy department look upon this report as dismissing the last hope of saving the Charles¬ ton. ASIIIUIKN. <iA.. SATURDAY. DECEMBER^ \m. HOBART BURIED AX PATERSON Funeral Services Impressive and Largely Attended MANY NOTABLE MEN PRESENT President and Cabinet Members Deeply Affected—All Classes Represented. With the impressive religious services of the Presbyterian church, and with the dignity duo to liis higii office, all that is mortal of tho vice president, Garret A. Hobart, was committed to tho earth at Paterson, New Jersey, Saturday afternoon. The president, Secretary of State John Hay, Chief Justice Fuller, former Vice President Levi P. Morton, former Secretary of War Alger, Secretary of the Interior Hitchcock, the supremo court justices, members of the senate, members of congress and the vice president’s per¬ sonal friends filled the beautiful Chiu eh of tho Bedeomer, and with moistened eyes and bowed heads testified in¬ tensely and eloquently as to his worth as s statesman, friend and neighbor. The chief magistrate of the country bowed his head in his hand. He was visibly agitated. There was scarcely a dry cheek in the crowded edifice,aud the widow was apparently the most composed. The city wore its most Bomber garb in mourning. All the mills, big busi¬ ness houses and stores were closed. All the pomp of an official pageunt, which was omitted in deference to the wishes of the .deceased, could not have equaled in impressiveness the scene in the church. The imposing and solemn strains of Chopin's funeral march filled the edi¬ fice with its solemn melody as the cas¬ ket was borne up tho aisle on the shoulders of tho stalwart members of the capital police and placed upon the bier prepared for it in front of the pulpit. Following it cume the bcarers, members of the senate. Fol¬ lowing them came the family, the widow and her son, President Mc¬ Kinley, tlie government dignitaries and intimate friends. They all sat close around the casket. On every side of it tho fiora! offerings were bauked in a wreath of beauty and color. The funeral services were opened hy Kev. Charles B. Khaw, who read a portion of the ninth psalm, verses 1-fS and 10-12. This was followed hy a selection from Job 34, verses 1-11, and 7-12, and concluded by a reading from the x'th chapter of Corinthians i. Af¬ ter a prayer sixty mule voices tilled the church with the beautiful melody of “Nearer My God to Thee.” After the sermon, in which tho bus¬ iness, statesmanlike and social quali¬ ties of the deceased were extolled, I)r. Magie pronounced the benediction, and in the snmo order that it arrived tlie funeral procession left the church. Through a long lane of thousands of uncovered heads the cortege wended its way to Cedar I,awn cemetery, where tlie body was placed in tho re¬ ceiving vault. Service At Hie Houma. The service at the house was brief aud simple. It was held in the library, which was banked with flowers sent hy friends of the dead vice president. Mrs. Hobart, with her son, Garrett A. Hobart, Jr., sat near the head of the casket, while near her were grouped the president aud iris cabinet, judges of the supreme court, the honorary pallbearers and the immediate friends of the family and family servants. The Rev. David D. Magie offered prayer and read a passage of scripture. The president, cabinet and supreme court judges and those present took a last look at the face of the dead, the casket was closed and all that was mortal of Vice President Hobart was carried out to the hearse and thence to tho church. There were never gathered in New Jersey, and seldom in any part of the United States, so many mourners of eminence in tho nation. They repre¬ sented distinct stages of our national life, combining the history of tre¬ mendous civil strife, now buried with the marvelous record of progress fol¬ lowing the days of Lincoln,aud mark¬ ing tbe epochs that came with the lamented Garfield and the living President McKinley. In the throng were senators from states that were territories before the war and for years after. There were Hoar, of Massa¬ chusetts, representing the old, and Beveridge, of Indiana, representing the new in national life. There were John W. Daniel, of Virginia, repre¬ senting the confederate soldier, and Hawley, of Connecticut, standing as a type of the Union veteran, each of them mourning tbe loss of tbeir pre¬ siding officer. ^ 0 ^ c keme Worked By a Shrewd Sharper. USED "ENDLESS CHAIN” METHODS A Concern That Offoroil I>cposltom 520 For Cent a Year—L«w Steps In. A Now York dispatch says: William F. Miller, head of tho Franklin syndi¬ cate, which has accepted tho deposits of thousands of persons in Brooklyn under promise of paying dividends of 10 per cent a week, or 520 per cent per annum, and Cecil Leslie, his secretary, were indicted by the Kings county grand jury. Bench warrants wore issued for the arrest of those two meu, hut up to quite a late hour Friduy night neither hud been found, the police saying that they had disap¬ peared in the afternoon. Friday night the police raided the premises occupied hy the Franklin syudieato on Floyd street. There was a great crowd of people around tho building and the police surrounded it. Inspector Brennan arrested Louis Miller, brother of the head of the syn¬ dicate and cashier of the concern, and took possession of 815,000 in cash. There were forty employes engaged at work in the offices and these were allowed to go. William F. Miller began the Frank¬ lin syndicate in a very small way, lo¬ cating Ins offiv-o among the poorer classes of Brooklyn, and making one feature of his business tho acceptance of very small sums of money and the alleged investment of them for tho poor people. He claimed that by in¬ side tips on the stock market he wus able to reap large aud quick profits, of which he wus willing to pay a largo percentage to his clients. lie paid the in.ercst on tho princi¬ pal each week, and his business in¬ creased. Within the past few months he advertised extensively and in all parts of Booklyu could ho found men who could toll wonderful stories of tho weekly dividends. Then some of the financial concerns in New York began to look into tho business of the Frank¬ lin syndicate and not only did many of the prominent financiers denounce as preposterous tho offer of 10 per cent, interest on money invested, but some of the hanks refused to accept Miller’s uoeount or to do business with him. It is claimed that Miller waH simply the representative of u syndicate of men who had been engaged in con¬ ducting blind pools for yehrs. Tim very fact that the newspapers and financial circles began to make inves¬ tigations aroused the public interest to such an extent and at the same time in some quaiters the public cupidity that, it is said, within the Inst, week, Miller lias received deposits of hun¬ dreds of people, aggregating n daily amount of from 880,000 to 840,001). It is easy to see, under theso circum¬ stances, how the Franklin syndicate could readily pay 10 per cent of this amount a week and still make money. Not only were the people living York within tho limits of Greater New large depositors with the Franklin syndicate, but cities *11 over tho coun¬ try contributed tho earnings of scorns of their residents to swell the wealth of the syndicate. The mail delivery daily at Miller’s office amounted to about three wagon loads and most of the letters contained money. Miller had a faculty of displaying a large amount of his wealth and tho of¬ fices on Floyd street wero piled high with greenbacks of all denominations and heaps of gold. This seemed to lend confidence to those who came with their subscriptions, and it is im¬ possible to even estimate wkero the “endless chain" would have ended. The principle of the endless chain ns developed by Millet depended upon tbe fact that his old customers brought him additional members and were allowed a commission of 5 per cent upon all money invested. Those who were drawing this income of 0 per cent became walking advertise¬ ments for the Franklin syndicate. Want Itoml Limit Extended. Secretary Gage is in receipt of a large number of requests from finan¬ cial circles to extend the bond offering limit beyond November 30. BATTLESHIP TESTED. Trial of th« Kentucky Provo* Highly 8at- t ft factory to JSuihlor*. A Boston dispatch says: Against tide, wind and a heavy head sea fur at least half her course, the new bat¬ tleship Kentucky made a record of 10.877 knots speed an hour Friday ou her official trial over tho govern¬ ment course from Cape Ann to Boone island, and hy her work showed that she is a little faster than her aister ship Kearsage, which recently was sent over the same course. The trial satisfied her builders, that hIio can justly berated as a 17-kuot vessel, although her contract calls for only 16 knots. Will Now Bo Adopted By R'bol . Filipinos. AGB1NA1.D0 S FORCES ARE SCAT IERE0. No I.otigot' Al»ln to Opi'iily Copn With Him A mt'iTcitn*, Tlu'y Will Itntort to Worry In u Tlit'in. A Muni lit special under dale of Nov. 211, stated 1.Imt tho last Filipino coun- eil of war was hold by the retreating lenders at Bnynmbaug on November 18th in the house now occupied hy General MaoArthur. It was attended ly Aguinaldo, Pio del Pilar, Oaroin, Alrjaudriona and some mein hers of the so-called cabinet. Information has reached General Mae Arthur from several sources to the rfleet that the council recognised the futility of attempting further re¬ sistance to the Americans with united forces, and agreed that the Filippino treoss should scatter and should here¬ after follow guerrilla methods. Reports of ambuscades and skir¬ mishes come from every section of the country along tho railroads. Those districts seem to be filled with small hands. Saturday four men of com¬ pany D, Ninth infantry, wore foraging beyond linmlmti, when twenty Filipi¬ nos took them in ambush, killing one and capturing the other three. The Americans resisted for half an hour, the firing being hoard ut Bamhun. Lieutenant Fraser, with u s<puid, followed the retreating Filipinos sev oral miles. The Americans found the hoilios of several American soldiers. They burned the hamlet where the tight took place. Three Filipino riflemen ambushed an American surgeon near Capas, lie shot one ami the others fled. Itetween itamhun and Angeles a mule train was fired upon hy the insurgents and a Spunianl, a former prisoner of the Filipinos, who wuk with the train, was shot. Friendly Filipino* Mnnlcrnl. At Malasiqqui, the officials who wel¬ comed (lie Americans were murdered. This was the only railroad town which llic Americans did not garrison, and on the night tho troops withdrew a hand of insurgents entered, dragged Antonio Mejia, president of the town, into the street and cut his throat. The murderers then assassinated the vice president uml live members of the town council in the same manner and told the frightened natives who wit¬ nessed the slaughter to spread the news that a similar fate awaited all frionds of the Americans. HEN. MILKS IN ATLANTA. Ilu Visit, r r( Mrl-IHM'KOII him) lCx|»r«*POM Siiltstiirtloii. General Nelson A. Milos, com- iriauder of the army of the United States, and his party, spent the day Saturday in Atlanta, (la., and left nt 11:50 o’clock, )>. in. for Washington. Tho party arrived from New Orleans Friday night, and early Saturday morning, during the, steady downpour of rain, General Miles drove out to the post at McPherson. He spent only u short time nt tlie fort, looking about the grounds in company with several of the officers stationed there, and returned to the city nearly no hour before noon. While nt the post he questioned those in au¬ thority ns to the number of men, equipment and general health at the post and seemed to bo pleased with both w hat. he saw and beard. TIIKOKY INTKRESTS OFFICIALS. f iiv«t«tl|cntloii Kognril I ng PuMtrtic- 11•>11 of tin* Mnlii«. Some iutereat )iah Ue«n created in official circloH at VVaRliin^ton, partic- ulnrly among naval officers, by the publication of tho results of what pur- ported to be a secret investigation re- garding the destruction of the buttle- ship Maine in Havana harbor, which the story said, wus blown up by gun eottoii torpedoes planted in the hay for that purpose. Diligent inquiry, however, fails to show that any official investigation has been made at the direction of the Washington authorities, although it is suggested that the officials at Havana have discretionary powers to make an iiivestigation should they see fit. A REVOLTING CHIME. Moldiur of Fort Monroo Arr««t**.d <»u Sun|tU elon of Murd«*r. A dispatch from Newport News, Va , says: The discovery of the mutilated body of a woman in Phoebus Thurs¬ day morning was followed by the ar¬ rest of Louis August, an artilleryman at Fort Monroe, who is charged with the murder. The . victim, Annie Benedict, a mulatto woman, was found by a soldier from tlie borne lying nude on her bed. The bedding and floor were spattered with blood. The woman’s body had been cut open and the entrails re¬ moved and placed in a bucket by the bedside. NO. II. BRITONS CLAIM BIG VICTORY Battle of Belmont Results In a Heavy Loss. BOERS OVERRUNNING NATAL Britain Is Becoming Thoroughly Alarmed Over Transvaal’s Aggressiveness. Advices from Loudon under dnto of Novmuhcr 21, are as follows: Before nnxioty as to tho situation in Natnl has been relieved, tliere comes news of a great battle ut Belmont. This happened sooner than was expected. Only the official account is yet to hand, hut so far as can lie gathered, the fighting appears to have been almost a repition of the battle of Klangs- luagte. A dispatch of the previous day estimated that the Itoers in that vicinity numbered 2,000 and that they had five guns, uml judging from the absence of any statement to the con¬ trary in the official report, it is be¬ lieved "that the British were Hlightly Mil parlor in numbers to the enemy. The Boers had chosen a position with their customary skill and wore strongly entrenched. Tho British hud to carry three ridges in succession, apparently the guards bore tho brunt in carrying tho last ritfcu by a bayo¬ net charge, after its defenders had been shaken with shrapnel. Nothing is said as to whether tho positions so gained were held. ComplolB ItritiMli Victory, The secretary of war lias received the following dispatch through Gen¬ eral Forrester-Walker from Geueral Methuen, dated Belmont, November 28 d: “Attacked the enemy nt daybreak this morning, lie was in u strong po¬ sition. Three ridges were carried in Succession, tho last attack being pre¬ pared by shrapnel. Infantry behaved splendidly aud revived support from the naval brigade and artillery. "The enemy fought with courage and skill. Had I attacked later 1 should have had far heavier losses. Our vic¬ tory was complete. Have taken forty prisoners. Am burying a good num¬ ber of the Boors, but the greater part of tho enemy's killed and wouuded were removed by their comrades. Have captured a large number of horses und COWH nml destroyed a large quantity of nmuuition.” Tho report concludes with a long list of euHiialtioH. Hit nut ion SHU Ohmiuro, The situation in Natal remains ob¬ scure. Fighting is reported nt both Estoourt and Ladysmith. It was at first reported that heavy living had been heard in the direction of Willow Grange, loading to a belief that Gen¬ eral tlildyard had made a sortie. Later dispatches announce that Gen¬ eral White sortied from Ladysmith and inflicted a demoralizing defeat upon the Boers. It would be premature to give full credence to either report, What is quite certain is that Ladysmith, Kst- court mid Mool Itivcr station are all isolated, and the Boors seem nble, after detaching enough troops to hold three British forces, aggregating 17,- 000 men, to push on toward Pieter¬ maritzburg with Home 7,000 men. A disquieting feature of tho whole campuigii is tho fact that all the ad¬ vancing geiierulH report meeting the Boers in force. In review of the bril¬ liant success of General Joubert in partially paralyzing the relieving col¬ umns, the question is being asked, w ] m t would have happened had he at t |„, outset of the wur, instead of sit- tillg ,i own p e foro Ladysmith, pushed to Pietermaritzburg? General Gulacre’a report that the Dutch are rising increases public unx- j 0 ty, as it tends toconflrrn rumors that have long been current. A special dis- ]jB t c h from Durban announces that „,„ r8 fij g naval guns were landed Wednesday and hurried to the front. p r j nce Christian Victor left Mooi cump before it was invested, t )( . ttl ing dispatches to Pietermaritz- burg. HESORTKD TO DYNAMITE. Effort Mtt.de To Kxtarmltiato Non-Union Ml ttnrn. The houses nt which non-union miners are boarding were blown up with dynamite at Huntington, Ark., Thursday night. Ten deputy United States marshals were sent there from Jerry Lind Friday morning. Tho strikers ure growing desperate and trouble is believed to be imminent. Dewey und Kriiinhy Invited. The committee in charge of tho Con¬ federate reunion to lie held iu Louis¬ ville next May have invited Admiral Dewey aud Lieutenant Brumby to at¬ tend.