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AMERICAN TROOPS C/2 C*3 oc; Lawton, Wheaton and Ovenshine’s Men Swoop Down Upon Insurgent Trenches. RESISTANCE STRONG, BUT THE ONSLAUGHT WAS SUCCESSFUL Country Was Cleared From Manila To Bay Lake On the South—Two American Officers Killed. 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 w r ounded. The rebels resisted desperately at the stronger of their positions and left fifty dead in the trenches. Many more wounded were left behind by the rebels in their retreat. The heat dur¬ ing the day was overpowering and there were many prostrations 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 and the Thirteenth and Fourteenth infantry, the Fourth cavalry and a detachment of light artillery wfere 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 qn 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 was* enfiladed on both flanks. The rebels 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 Paranaq.ue, when he swung around and halted on account of the heat. • During the march Americans were prostrated on all %ides, 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 rebelu 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 and Las Dreyfus Goes Aboard. A dispatch from Cheyenne, French Guiana, says: The French Sfax left the islands at 6:20 Saturday morning with Dreyfus on board. The latter embarked on the warship at 7 o’clock Friday morning. General Wood Comes Home. 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. MINERS GETTING TOGETHER. In East Tennessee They Are Rapidly Joining the Big Association. A Chattanooga dispatch says: The miners of East Tennessee are rapidly joining the United Mine Workers’ as- sociation and putting themselves in position to resist aggressions from the operators and also to secure good / prices for their work. It is said that they will fully backup the miners at Soddy, who are locked out because they are refused recogni¬ tion as members of the association. The movement has been progressing quietly for several mouths until now the plans are perfected. FAVORS OPEN SESSIONS. Germany Is Opposed To Plan of Se¬ crecy In Peace Conference. The chief delegates to the peace con¬ ference at The Hague met Saturday to discuss Germany’s complaint against the secrecy imposed upon the dele¬ gates and the consequences of mislead¬ ing reports published and it is under¬ stood that Count Munster, of the Ger- man delegation, was instructed to pro¬ pose that the protocols for the plenary js Pinas, while a long line of insurgent trenelies facing our south line has been cleared. The insurgents have again proved their facility as dodgers, betw r een 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 heavi¬ 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 advancing 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 Las 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 succession of small hills, with boggy ground between the high, thick grass and rushes in the hollows, whioh greatly added to the difficulty of the advance, but gave shelter that saved many from the enemy’s bullets. Our men threw away their blanket* 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 tow ard the lake. During 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 tw r o streams and entering the town without firing a shot. He then ad¬ vanced upon Paranaque. The women and children, and, for that matter, many men remained in the towp. No houses were destroyed, though many were torn by the shells from 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. is net-worked The whole country with trenches, and the enemy scurried from shelter to shelter. DEPOSITORIES NAMED For West ladies and Phi ippines By the War Department. The following institutions haye been designated as depositories of the war department: Ford & Co., For Porto Rico—De and the American Colonial bank, bond $500,000 each. For Cuba—The North American Trust Company, bond $1,500,000. For the Philippine Islands—The In¬ corporated Bank of India, China and Australia, bond $500,000. JAPAN ASSITS CHINA. Vessels Captured In the War Will Be Returned By the Japanese. A Seattle, Wash., special says: A wefll authenticated story comes from Japan to the effect that all the men-of- war captured from the Chinese in the late war between the two countries are to be returned to the Chinese govern¬ ment. This is part of the policy decided on by the Japanese to protect her neigh¬ bor from the inroads of the powers. It is said that the only requirement to be made is that China invests so many millions in new war vessels to be built under Japanese directions. Forts Named For Officers. By direction of the president two forts in Alaska have been named in honor of General John Gibbon and Colonel Henry C. Egbert. The- latter was killed while leading his regiment in battle in the Philippines, March 26th. To Take Place of Paris. The American line has decided to build in this country a $2,000,000 ship equal to the St. Louis and St. Paul to replace the steamer Paris, ARBITRATORS MEET. They Will Endeavor To Settle the Dispute Over Boundaries In Venezuela. The Venezuelan arbitration commit- tee held its first formal meeting in Paris Thursday. There was a large and distinguished assemblage. Baron de Maartens is the umpire, and on one bench wero the arbitrators, Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Brewer, of the United States supremo court; Baron Bussell, of Kilowen, lord chief justice of England, and Sir Kichard Henn Collins, lord justice Of appeals. The commission decided to meet only four days next week, omitting Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays. By arrangement of counsel, Sir Kichard Webster opened the British case, the procedure providing for speaking by him first, then two Vene- with possibly 6 two counS^then^Vene- zuela, and next Great Britain, Vene- zuela making the final speech. Sir Richard Webster made a geogra- phical and historical review of the 1 boundary subject, entering exhaustive- j lv into a discussion of the general ! question presented. i MORE MEN FOR OTIS. Three Additional Regiments Will Be Formed In the Philippines. Pursuing a policy determined upon some months ago, General Otis is | organizing three regiments in the Philippines composed of officers and | | men of the state volunteers who de- sire to remain in the service. The army bill authorized this kind of en- listment in the Philippines. If the full complement be made ' cannot up from those discharged volunteers in I the Philippines, the regiments will be j organized and officered in skeleton form until recruits can be sent from the United States to fill them. General Otis and volunteer officers in the Philippines have been consult- ing to see how many men will enlist. The number has not been very large, as there seems to be a desire of the volunteers to return to the United States with their organizations. j These three proposed regiments of regulars will sail from San Francisco on the 22d and 24th and those under ! orders for Manila will give General Otis 33,000 fighting men. The field and staff officers and cap¬ tains of these three regiments will be selected from the volunteer and regu¬ lar officers who have demonstrated their special fitness to command and w'ho have distinguished themselves in action. SENATOR COCKe ARRESTED. He Is Charged With Embezzling the Funds of a Bank. A decided sensation was created at Charlotte, N. C., Thursday morning by the announcement that the grand jury of the federal court had found a true bill against William J. Cocke, of Asheville, for embezzlement, abstrac- tion and misappropriation of the funds of the National Bank of Asheville. Cocke was at one time cashier of this bank and it is alleged that these irregularities occurred during this period. There are ninety-tw-o counts in the indictment and the bill is the largest ever drawn in the state, covering twenty-five pages. ! Cocke was arrested in _ Asheville while in bed Thursday morning. He gave bond in the sum of $15,000. Oocke is one of the most prominent j young politicians in western North | Carolina He is state senator from Buncombe county, and was the young- : est state senator m tbe last legislature, j He was mayor of Asheville at the age of 21. His wife died under unusual cir- cumstances some time ago and there were rumors of foul play, but Cocke was acquitted of all blame regarding his; wife’s death. There was $30,000 in- ; surance ou her life. All these things j are been being placed revived under now indictment. that Cocke has j OLYflPlA LEAVES SINGAPORE. Next Stop By Dewey Will Be At Colombo, Ceylon. A cable , , dispatch ,. , . , from Singapore states that the Umted States cruiser Olympia, with Admiral Dewey on board, safied from that port at day- hght Thursday morning The next stop made by the cruiser . will D6 at Colombo* Island of Coylon. FILIPINOS DISAPPEARED. Lawton Could Not Find Insurgents After the Big Battle. A Manila special says: The Filipinos retreated several miles southward af¬ ter Tuesday’s engagement to the strongly fortified town Imus. The shelling of the American war¬ ships drovo the rebels from Bacoor, so that the Americans control several miles of coast. General Lawton with his staff and a troop of the Fourth cavalry, started to ascertain the nature of the insurgents’ position. He rode five miles along the coast to Bacoor without discovering the enemy. He found the town full of white flags. But there were no soldiers. HERMAN DEATH LIST. Storm In Nebraska Town Killed Ten and Injured Twenty-Five. A special dispatch from Herman, Neb!, says: Ten persons dead, twenty- five in i ured ’ five ot "‘b 0111 wiU die > and half the remainder suffering from very serious wounds, sums up the list of casualties resulting from the cyclone that wrecked the town on last Monday night. HAVEMEYER TALKS. Head of Sugar Trust Gives Much Information. HOW THE BIG TRUST WORKS -- Sugar King Declares the Customs Tariff the True “Communism ! of Pelf.’ Mr. Henry O. Havemeyer, president of the Ameriean Sugar Refining com . ( P^. — examined Wednesday by ! the industrial commission in session a t Washington, in connection with in- I vestigation of trU8ts , His testimony related . . . almoat . wholl y to the 8n f? ar l “- dustry and he opened with a vigorous attack upon the customs tariff which he declared was the “mother of all , trusts, . ,, , becoming such , , by providing turriartide. " Tie declared that the sugar company j undoubtedly tried to do its utmost to i enlarge its business, bnt did it in a wa 7 which they consider the only proper one, i. e., by making the price ; so low as to defy competition. He ; said: It is my opinion that corporations ; are under no obligations whatever to an 7 of the states for their existence, Quite the reverse; the states are under obligations to them. If the plant of these industries consolidated was ca- Fable of being put on wheels and moved from state to state, you would And very active bidding for them. It , ' s no * an unusual thing for certain ; localities to guarantee free taxation! {or twenty years, free water and in j some instances give the land to oor- ; porations to have them organize under : their statutes and locate in their states. ; There is no such thing as monopoly in these days except that which re- salts The from true patents “communism and copyrights. of pelf” is j the customs tariff bill. It says to the people: “Here is the law we have en- acted foi; robbery. Do not ’ your com- plain Oi it, but do your utmost to attack and injure the machinery en- gaged legislate in shall extracting from you what we j be taken from you.” Tariff Is Attacked. i Continuing hie statement, lie assert- ; ed that a tariff of 10 per cent was as high as any tariff should be. He con- tended that sugar is discriminated against in the tariff in the interest of the Louisiana cane growers, the beet sugar makers and sugar growers of the Hawaiian islands. To these inter- e sts he contended the United States contributed $24,000,000, which was taken annually out of the pockets of the people. The protection on sugar amounted to only one-eighth of a cent a pound, or about 3A per cent adval- ' 0 rem. I ought to be twice as much. “What the sugar refining business ; has paid, or is paving represents noth- f ng more than an" adequate return on the capital invested,” he said. “What congress should^ have done : wag to have put an internal revenue ; tax on the American production of su- gnr . The representations made in congress concerning the trust, he de- clared, were untrue and if it was a f ac t that the people suffered from trusts they must blame the protective tariff system of which the trusts were merely the machinery. No advantage had ever been taken by his company! of the protective system beyond the I one-eighth of a cent given. He ad- mitted freely that the company did all i possible to advance its own business interests. He did not think the cor- porations were under obligations to the different states, bnt that the reverse was true. He referred to the anti-trust laws of some of the states as a problem on dis- honesty, specifying the Missouri law. There were always two classes of peo- pie in a community—the industrious and those who want to live off them, <<But for the olamol . aga insttrusts,” he gaid „ it could be go ld for three timeg its cap i talization ... Y et he thought the refineries could be duplioated for $35,000,000 or $40,- qqq 000 LOUBET CABINET QUITS. Usual Break-Up Occurs With the French Ministry. A Paris special says: The cabinei has resigned and President Loubet has accepted the resignations of the ministers, but has requested them to maintain their offices until their suc¬ cessors are named. It is presumed that M. Loubet will summon the presidents of the chambers at one - in order to consult with them on the formation of a new cabinet. On leaving the chamber M. Dupuy ob¬ served to a group of deputies in the lobby: “We hand over the business to luckier, but not more courageous men. ” PROTECTION FOR LOUBET. His Second Trip To the Races Was ; Reverse of th* First. had^fs^-evenge'for^the^ecent 1 to outrage Long j at Auteuil. When he drove Champ Sunday, to attend the Grand Prix, he was the hero of a great popu- lar demonstration, expressed in one form or another, along the whole route from the Elvsee palace to the race course. DEMOCRATS CONVENE In Harrisburg, Pa., To Nominate Judges—Platform Is Fa- vorable To Bryan. Four huudred and thirty-five repre- aentfttives of the democracy of Penn¬ met at Hariislmrg Wednes¬ for the purpose of nominating candidates for the supreme court |^ g e ’ "' iperior court jlKlge and 8tatc 8 n r Shortly after midnight the conven- tion adjourned until Thursday morn- mg without having accomplished the first and most important piece of work laid out for them, namely: the selec- tion of a candidate for supreme judge. When adjournment was had there c ere eleven candidates in the field with votes ranging from 13 to 72, the highest being a long way off from the ^ necessary o eee . he de er- mined battle arose from the fact that the nominee is sure to be elected to serve ®. twenty * years The prepared the .. p rm „ y aT ex ecutive committee was adopted by the resolutions committee. Mr. Siebert, Potter, moved to amend the plat- . . . . , . . . . . , TM<defeated b, a viv.yoc. «,l». The report of the resolutions com- mittee was unanimously adopted. A synopsis of the platform follows: “The democracy of Pennsylvania in convention assembled, again renewing our pledges of fidelity and devotion to the sacred rights of the people; true to the faith and principles of our party as declared in the platforms of our several national conventions, and proud of our matchless leader, William Jennings Bryan, realize that the issues involved in the coming campaign in Pennsylvania are honest government, clean politics and the redemption of our state from republican misrule and corruption. “The increase of public officials and clerks, and in salaries is denounced and charged with being payment for political obligations and causing a de- ficit of over $3,500,000 in the treasury and crippling charities, schools and adding to the burden of the taxpayer.” Continuing it reads: “We denounce the indecent haste displayed and the disrespect shown the people by the governor of the state m the.appointment to the vacancy in the United States senate of M. S. Quay, who to prevent a full investiga- tion before a jury of his country, pleaded the statute of limitation against tbe most ?« rions charges of crime. In this appointment, in tlie unwarranted ieduction of the appropriation to pub- He schools and his imathorized veto of the constitutional amendment resolu- tion he has violated the constitution, usurped authority nowhere granted him and perpetuated wrongs against the people and the state that demand his condemnation.” The platform closes with reference the war in these words: “We glory and rejoice in the patrio- tic devotion to the cause of our coun- try in the late war with Spain of the brave and noble men w ho periled their lives ami shed their blood in or- Her that a conflict waged for hnmani- ty’s sake might be brought to a speedy an< I triumphant close.” TRIAL OF KIDNAPERS. The Barrows Arraigned—Nurss, Carrie Jones, Pleads Guilty. The trial of George Beauregard B B ^ rrowg rov>B j or kidnapine ^’ g Marion Clarke ’ ' vho ' vas fouT ul ,. in New Cffy, w !Rockland .. county, . begun at New York’Wed- was nesday .before Justice Furtmnn At. the request of Mi. Howe, Barrow s at- torney, Mrs. Barrow was permitted to sit beside the husband during the Before ^ Barrow B case was call ed _ Abraham Levy asked that his client, Carrie Jones, be called to the bar. She at once entered a plea of guilty by the advice of her counsel. Mr. Levy said that his client w'as repentant and would throw herself on the mercy of the court. He asked that she be re- mauded for sentence, and this was done. The girl will be called as a witness against the Barrows. The work of impaneling a jury for j the trial of Barrow and his wife occu- pied the hearing'testimony court until it w'as too late to begin and adjourn¬ ment was taken until Thursday. ENQLAND IS ALERT. She Is Preparing For a Possible War In South Africa. A London dispatch says: Comman- 1 der-in-Chief Lord Wolseley has been busy for several days at the war office preparing for possible eventualities in South Africa. The effective lists of the first class reserve have been prepared and trans- ! portation been provisionally for the First arranged. urmy corps has j ! The officers on furlough have been warned to hold themselves in read! ness to return to their regiments. The general trend of news, however, is more pacific. ADOPTED SON OF HAVANA. Genera! Gomez Receiv s Unique Honor At Hands of Municipality. pre-j ! The municipality of Havana has -tficate j of the T “ a ® bort tbe old general thanks the for ; givers the honor conferred and says that nothing could touch him more than tb is illustration of the friendship of the people of Cuba, who can always j depend upon his loyalty. I A DESPERATE BATTLE Heaviest Fight of the War Occurs Near Manila. SIXTY AMERICANS KILLED _ insurgents and Lawton’s Men Have | ^7 „ ^llkrj . . Duel-’AmenOUJS .... Were Almost Surrounded. Advices from Manila state that Gen- eral Lawton unexpectedly stirred up one of the liveliest engagements of the war south of Las Pinas Tuesday morning, upon whioh occasion Ameri¬ can field guns were engaged in the first artillery duel against a Filipino battery conoealed in the jungle. Companies F and I, of the Twenty- first infantry, were nearly surrounded t" by a large body of insurgents, but the u c: M *“ h “to! ifnitedStat..tarretahip Moaad- noo k aDC j the gunboats Helena and Zaflro traiuei j their batteries on re¬ koor ftnd the rebe , trencbeg near Han pj naB a p morning. Bakoor was once Qn flre and the native8 stopped the ; ad of the fl ames . The fighting at Las Pinas continued hot aU d ] ong . General Lawton calle(1 out tbe wbo le force of 3,000 men an( j 5 0 ' c i oc k was only able t<) h tbe i nsurg ents back 500 yards to the Zapote river, w here they are in¬ drenched ly'and The insurgents resisted des- perate aggressively They at- tempted to turB tbe ] e ft (lank of the American troops. The Amerioan loss is conservatively estimated at sixty. At day ij gb t Tuesday the rebels at Cavite droppe d two shells from a big, 8Uloot b-bore gnu mounted in front of th@ churc b into the navy yard. The on j y damage done was splintering the ' t of the b ,i<r e shears on the mole, The boatB Callao, Mila and Mos- quito then proceeded to dismount the 8 flre A f ter breakfast the rebels opened al the beach to Bakoor. After gilenoing the big gun at Cavite the gun boats ran close along the shore, bombarding the rebel position. The rebelg rep lied with rifle fire and with the fire of some small pieces of artil- ler So yigorou8 wa8 tbe enemy’s g re t k a t at 9.09 a . m . the gunboat Hel- g q a jqjqed the small gunboats already named nnd the p r i nce ton, Monterey and Monadnock from their anchorage* dropped occasional big stells among tbe rebels, This apparently only served to in¬ cite the re b e l Sj a s they kept up an in- cessant fire of musketry and artillery near the mouth of the Zapote river two mi i es nort h of Bakoor The fi re 0 f a ll geV en warships wa* concel)t rated on this point shortly af- tgr noon wh en the upper bay pre¬ gented tbe appearance of being th* gcene 0 f a grea t naval battle. The rebe i B we re eventually forced to aban- dou thejr g after bolding out about four hours, only to be confronted by General Lawton’s force on land and in the rear, where there was heavy fight¬ ing. During the morning General Law- ton took a battalion of the Fourteenth regiment and two companies of the Twenty-first regiment to locate the rebel battery, and then two guns of the sixtb artillery and fonr mountain * were planted against it at 000 distant. • ,j, be rebels had a large gun from which they were firing home-made canister loaded with nails, and two smaller guns. Their shooting w*» most accurate. EXONERATES PICQUART. Charge of Forgery Against French Official Falls Through. A Paris dispatch says: The chamber 0 f indiotments Tuesday decided that there is no case against Colonel Piequart, charged with forgery in the Dreyfus case, or against Maitre Le- b lois, his counsel, against whom charges were also made in connection vvith the case, The judgment of the court thus finallv exonerates Piequart. EVANS DOESN’T ANSWER. Charges Are Made Against Ex-Gov¬ ernor of South Carolina. A Columbia, S. C., special says: The committee appointed by the legis- lature to investigate the conduct of tbe penitentiary by Colonel Neal, while superintendent, and general irregularities, resumed its work Tues- day. So far tho chief interest lies in the letters of explanation from Senator Tillman, and the absence of any letter from ex-Governor Evans,against whom there iR charged $175 for groceries on the penitentiary books, besides other matters, such as working a farm with convicts. BRITISH SUBJECTS REHANDED. - riai AI e rod Officers At Pretori* The tnaToTtL^lte^trmer Brit- >-h officers who were arrested at Jo- hannesburg May 15th last on the charge of high treason, in having attempted to enroll men with a view of a rebellions outbreak which began at Pretoria June 9th, terminated'Wed- nesday. The prisoners were remanded.