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BRITISH ARE BADLI WHIPPED
OVER TWO THOUSAND OF WHITE’S
7VRMy SCl’RRE/NDE'R. TO BOERS.
A Repetition of Kajuba Kill In the Bat*
tie Before Ladysmith.
All England was astounded Tuesday
by the announcement from the war
office of a crushing British defeat and
the capture of the Royal Irish Fusi¬
liers and the Gloucestershire regiment,
the cream of the English troops in
South Africa.
The news was received early in the
morning aud oame in the shape of a
dispatch from General White, who
takes the entire blame for the disaster.
Defeat would have been sufficient to
oause displeasure, but the announce¬
ment of the capture of more thau 2,000
men, together with almost fifty offi¬
cers, had added to the seriousness of
the situation.
Subsequent dispatches show that
the capture of the troops now at
Ladysmith is serious, and news of a
further retreat would not bo
ing. The Boers occupy a strong po-
sition and an attack on the remaining
troops was impending.
White’ll l>iBpMt<:h.
The dispatch from Genera. White,
commanding the British forces a
Ladysmith, reporting that the Royal
Irish Fusiliers, No. 10 mounted bat-
tery and the Gloucestershire legiment
were surrounded in tho tuviiv'w.!! lulls by the
and t after lo«in<r
casualties have not yet been ascer
tnirlpd
The following is the text of General
White’s dispatch to the war office:
Ladysmith, Oct. 30.— (10:30
p. m.) I have to report a disas¬
ter to the column sent by me to
take a position on a hill to guard
the left flank of the troops. In
these operations today the Royal
Irish Fusiliers, No. 10 mountain
battery and the Gloucestershire
regiment were surrounded in the
hills and after losing heavily had
to capitulate, The casualties
have not yet been ascertained.
A man of the Fusiliers, employ¬
ed as a hospital orderly, came in
under a flag of truce with a letter
from the survivors of the column,
who asked for assistance to bury
the dead. I fear there is no doubt
of the truth of the report.
I formed a plan in the carrying
out of which the disaster occurred
aud I am alone responsible for the
plan. There is no blame what¬
ever to tlie troops, as the position
was untenable.
General White, in a subsequent dis¬
patch gives names of officers taken pris¬
oners. They number forty-two,of whom
five were wounded.
At the government office no effort
was made to conceal the feeling of
dismay caused by the receipt of the
news from General White. One offi-
cial said to a representative of the As¬
sociated Press:
It is inexplicable, and I am
sorry to say that its moral effect
is inestimable. We have lost
heavily in many wars and have
had regiments almost wiped out,
but to have regiments captured,
and by the Boers—it is terrible.
An official of the war office said to
the representative of the Associated
Press:
“This disaster is more likely due to
the craze of our younger officers to
distinguish themselves, obtain men¬
tion in the dispatches and earn the
Victoria cross, than to the fault of that
splendid veteran, Genoral White, in
spite of his avowal.”
The war office has sent the followiug
dispatch to Bulier:
“Three extra battalions of foot and
one mountain battery, with reserves,
will leave England during the course
of ten days to make good the casual¬ I
ties. ”
The New» in London.
A London cable dispatch says:
There was a continuorfii stream of
callers at tlie war office until a late
A GALE AT NEWBBRN.
Hurricane Causes Great Damage In
North Carolina Town.
A special from Newbern, N. C,,
says: “A hurricane passed through
this section Monday night. In the
city thousands of dollars of damage
was done by the tide, whioh was two
feet higher than during any hurricane
ever known.
“Small boats were thrown into the
public streets aud at miduight the
firemen fought fire from lime barrels
catching fire standing waist deep in
water.
“Many tons of salt and sugar in
bag* melted and ran into the river.”
FATHER L03T HIS LIFE.
Saved His Little Girl But Was Killed
By the Cars.
News has been received in Zebulon,
Ga., of the sudden death of Mr. Oran
Jones in Florida iB an effort to rescue
his little girl, who had gone on the
railroad track to get her dog out of the
danger of an approaching train. Mr.
Jones was rpu over and killed by the
cars after having saved his ohild.
Mr. Jones was raised in Pike county j
and had many friends in Zebulon.
hour Tuesday evening, everybody
anxiously inquiring regarding Mon¬
day’s casualties, but the war office de-
dared that nothing had been received
since Sir George White’s dispatch
communicating the news of t he cap-
ture of th» Royal Irish Fusiliers and
the Gloucestershire regiment.
The delay in getting further intel-
ligence was attributed in part to the
break down of the east coast cable, but
it stands to reason that the war office
must be possessed of further news,
which it is probably not thought ad-
visabie should be published as yet.
The disaster has caused a feeling
akm to npnafceriiHtion and in Gloucos-
tershire and the north of Ireland,
where the captured regiments were re-
cruited; the black and gloom prevails,
families awaiting with beating hearts
the names cf the killed and wounded,
which are fuily expected to reach a
high figure. Many homes are already
in mourning in c msequence of losses
sustained by these regiments in previ-
ons engagements.
Public anxiety; was_increased by a
specml dispatch from Ladysmith, pub-
l«shed m the late editions of the Lon-
dou afternoon papers to the effect
that before darkness Monday the Boers
^occupied the old position held by
their heavy artillery, 7 which General
'Hiite had reported silenced by the
of *he naval brigade from the
Powerful and had opened fire again.
The d.spatcyurther says.
ihe situation is one of grave
aMljty ’ Beyond doubt the Boer
retirement yesterday (Monday)
was a ruse to draw General White
into the hilly country and away
from the British camp.
Tins last sentence is significant and
confirms the opinion of many experts
here that General White is allowing
himself to be outgeneraled by Com-
mandant General Joubert.
Boer Spider; Britinh Fly.
From the scanty advises received it
seems tolerably certain that the di.au-
ter was simply 7 a repetition of the bat-
tie tie of 01 Maiuba Aiajuoa hill nui, tnougn though on on a a larger larger
e
lowe d to march into a trap set for
them, It is simply a case of the Boer
snider 1 ' and the British fir r '
W1 XV hue . May „ Be B«n«red „ .
General Sir George White s honest
admission of full responsibility and
iu 0 S ome U circles^as vfrtu&lIv^lacfruThis
ities and it is even rumored that the
persede him The report, however,
is discredited in well-informed quar-
tel .\
About .... six thousand fresh . , troops will
arme at Cape Town wi bin a few days
from England and will be available to
"XTrive iXl^tvth^eZof will a
week 28,000 troops have been
landed in south Africa.
These men nr. intended for General
fen- Redvers Builer’s army, but they
will undoubtedly be detached to Natal
if the situation should become peril-
° U 1 ,, nrmv •„
B
reach the huge total of 89,634, of
other 20,000 miscellaneous but excel
lent coloni al troops.
TURNER TALKS OF KRUGER.
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Colored Bishop Says He Sympathises
With England and Gives Reasons.
During the Southwest Georgia an-
nual conference of the African Metho-
dist Episcopal church at Columbus,
Bishop Turner in an address said;
“In my visit last year to South
Africa I talked with President Kruger
aud with President Steyn of the Or¬
ange Free State.
“I liked Steyn because he recog¬
nized the authority of the African
Methodist Episcopal church. Kruger,
for a while, did the same because he
did not want white men to be tamper¬
ing with the blacks.”
The bishop exclaimed: “I sympa-
tliize with England, but I fear Kruger
because be is calling on the Lord, and
I believe if Kruger will promise to do
better that God will hear him.”
FATAL HOTEL FIRE.
Webster House at Montreal Burns
and Three Lives Lost.
The Webster house at Montreal,
Canada, was burned Tuesday morn-
ing. Several persons are supposed to
have been burned or suffocated. Three
bodies have been recovered, one of
which was identified as that of a scrub
woman.
Louisiana Lifts Quarantine.
A Shreveport speoial says: The
cold weather has put an end to quar¬
antine and the embargo will be raised
agaiust all quarantine points in Louis¬
iana.
HOBART SLIGHTLY lflPROVED.
Vice President Felt Better Tuesday
Than For a Week Past.
A special from Patterson, N. J,,
says: At 6 o’clock Tuesday evening,
it was announced that Vice President
Hobart had passed a very comfortable
day. He bad taken an interest in af-
fairs, was very cheerful and enjoyed a
natural sleep.
He himself says that the day was
one of the best he has passed in a
week.
REMOVALS HOLLOWED.
Two Railroad Officials “Checked Out"
By Investigators.
The railroad and business worlds
were startled by two sensational nn-
uouncemeuts at Atlanta, Ga., Tuesday
morning.
Mr. George C. Smith, president of
the Atlanta and West Point railroad,
and also president of the board of con¬
trol of the union depot, announced
that Colonel Albert Howell, Sr., who
for seventeen years has been union
“k?
moval from office of Mr. Thomas ,T.
Hunter, who for the past ten years has
been auditor of the West Point road.
Mr. E. W. Sells has been appointed
acting auditor of the Atlanta and West
Point and the Western Railway of
Alabama to succeed Mr. Hunter.
The sudden and unexpected changes
are the result of an examination of the
books of Auditor Hunter, which be-
gan some days ago. About ten days
ago Mr. Hunter left the ofty tempora-
nly. During his absence
countants were secured from New York
to examine his reports.
As a result of the investigation in
the Atlanta and West Point office, the
accounts in the union ticket office
were also examined, the work having
begun last Friday.
At midnight Monday night the ex-
perts and the representatives of the
associated railroads, the Southern,
Georgia, Central and Atlanta and
West Point stated as a result of their
abors Colonel Howell had been
“checked out, and Mr. Hill was then
placed in charge of the office
ihe following official notice was
issued . by President Smith of the
change in the auditor’s office:
“Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 31, 1899.
‘‘Effective this date Mr E. W.
Sells is hereby appointed acting audi-
tor of the companies, vice Thomas J.
Hunter.
“All communications pertaining to
the auditing department will heieafter
be addressed to Mr. Sells, at Atlanta.
G* “Gmohor 0. Smith,
President and General Manager. ^
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GROWTH OF I HE SOUTH.
" 7
List of New Industries Established ... . ,
the Past Week.
Among the more important of the
Bew Bnlustries reported during the
f ast f w eek are ft bleacbery and dye
bouse . ^ Georgia; - factory
in a clear in
South Carolina; coal mines 111 Alabama
ftnd Wes( , y irginia; cotton m ill s in
Mi s 8 issippi and North Caroliq* a
cottonseed oil mill in Texas; a dredg-
mg company in Virginia; an electric
light company and flouring mills m
South Carolina; a handle factory in
Alabama; a hardware company in
Texas; hosiery mills in Tennessee; ice
^ aotones m ^ Carolinas; iron mines
“ PP ’ 7 '.aro nia
£2sZ"ssr'£Ff.'t& „ i
Carolina; a soap factory in West Vir-
giuia ; a steamship company in Ala-
bama; tannic acid works in North
Carolina; a telephone company in
Kentucky; tobacco factories in Ken-
tacky and North Carolina.-Trades-
maU (Oba ttanooga, Tenu.)
'blNNERY BOILER BURSTS.
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One fta, K„,ed «n t » .ed Tw.
Others Fatally Injured.
By an explosion Tuesday morning
at Ben Reed’s ginhouse, five miles
southwest of Gainesville Ga. one
“d“othTrs we ™Inorralfy 7 Jer iJimed.
the cm, and Lon H-/eed, Mooney, the en- of
g„,eer.
Je es P ,oslr,n occuried while % the
*
men were at work and is supposed to
“ ave been caused from cold water hav-
ing been pumped into the hot boiler,
' w "s 8 °ld bad.y lopaiied.
en S* n ® an<l l)OII f were blown
up through the second story, knock-
ing a hole in the top floor and roof of
the building, and carried by the ter-
rific force a distance of 125 feet.
HAWAIIANS EXCITED.
They Are Told .That Their Affair s
Are Under Our Direction.
According to a dispatch tiii brought , .
from Honolulu, residents of the Haw-
•ii.D M„,a, „r« 1„ „ gmt .t.t, o*
from Assistant bec. etaiy of the It”” lreas
srr5.I“".T'of' Sfi,r,.a. into itrol £'h™, JZ i»
islands was under the 1 a contiol of the
war department.
CHICAGO BUILDING BURNED.
Flames Cause Loss of Nearly Quarter
Million Dollars.
At Chicago,Wednesday morning, the
five-story building, 39-43 West Wash¬
ington street, occupied by the Empire
steam carpet cleaning works, M. Mc¬
Gregor & Co., manufacturers of ma¬
chinery; Frank Swett & Co., saw man-
ufacturers.and Becker Bros..electrical
engine manufacturers, burned,causing
a loss of 1125,000.
Huntsville In Luck.
Another sewing machine plant rated
at $300,000 is in sight for Huntsville,
Ala. The proprietors live in the New
England states.
NEW SYSTEM TESTED.
Two Battleships Demonstrate Work-
ing of Marconi Telegraphy.
The cruiser New York, flagship of
Rear Admiral Farquhar, and the bat-
tleship Massachusetts returned to
New 8 York Wednesdav night, after
being employed for three days in evo-
Intions for the purpose of demonstrat-
ing tho working of the Marconi sys- I
tern of wireless telegraphy under vari- |
ons practical conditions.
STEAMER SUNK;
CREW PERISH
CaptHlil . Vv&S trlS Only
j Survivor of Disaster.
CAUGHT IN THE HURRICANE
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i
Toil Men Were f Sedl to Go DoWil With
Ifle nreCil trullc UluClS are ISI
Unaccounted euovwuii u hr iui.
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Ihe steamer Navahoe, updam Sta-
pies, arrived at Charleston, S. C,
Wednesday morning from New York
' i 0n Monday she encountered the gale,
,
^
i
eigbteeen hours.
On Tuesday, about fifty miles east
of charleston lightship, she rescued
c 1 ‘ . ' j b Gaskill ’ sole survivor ' of
the , crew of the steamer George , L.
Colwell, of Detroit, bound to New
York from Fernandina, Fla., with a
car „ 0 o{ ] nmber Captain Gaskill wm
6linaini j t „ a piece of wreoknsre 0 f his
, 0Ht V „ SS( .|, to whioh he had clung for
twellt two hmlrs . -
Captain Staples and bis officers dis
^ Mre and skill in rescuing Car
! ftaski!1 _ At first a skiff was low-
® * f t. again g „ t the Tro^’hS thia of W The «w
Bteam . n the , rew struggled man-
fully in the anRry Ke a until hauled i.
by |ife lin<!a . Captain Staples steamed
near the wreckage, a line was throw
to ( . aptain Gaakil]> who made it fa-
ar0UU:1 ijifj vvaist and was hauled
, d
He had been badly bruised. H>
waR kill(1 ly cared for on board ami ,V
now in 8t. Francis Xavier infirmary ‘ in
Charleston progressing favorably.
Captain Gaskill sav' that the storm
h ; m witll fu „ f oroe MolldaT f,...
fore daylight. The fury of the wind
am j^ yf 0Vl8 «>f the waves caused his ves-
Be 0 spring a leak. Heavy V -eas were
ahippeil . The pumps ere worked,
but became choked and the cargo shift-
e d in the hold. The vessel broke into
■
This was about ten miles northeast
of Cape Bomain. Captain Gaskill ami
CIW of thirteen clung to wreckage,
which turned over several times. He
BBW ten of hi. crew engulfed in the
waves, and is of the opinion the others
shared ljke f ate s. Captain Gaskill la-
ments the loss of his crew deeply and
C ers of the Navahoe for theiT noble ef-
si.oob adrift.
ihe Bay line steamer Gaston, Cap-
tain Porter,sighted a drifting sloop oft
Tangier island, Chesapeake bay•, Tues-
day morning. On being overhauled,
John Pet .grew a young man from
oik, Ya„ was found on board
‘
I The.loop, Lloyd Hudgin, was turn-
ed adrift and soon afterward went
i Tta hoy hi,
brother went ashore Sunday night,
leaving him in charge of the sloop
which broke anchor chain and had
. been drifting th.rty-s.x hours.
two bchoonkhs lost.
A special from Wilmington, N. C„ j
ga y S: The two-masted schooner Stone-
wall, Captain Million, from Wilming-
ton to Khallotte, N. 0., with a cargo j
of merchandise, was caught in Tues- )
day’s lotte river, storm and after she blown had entered to Sha- j
was out sea.
Y essel and cargo with crew supposed
to be lost.
Two-masted schooner, Stella Lee,
Captain Williamson, bound for Shal-
lotte with cargo of naval stores and 1
produce, given tip as lost. !
The little tug, Woodward, of the ;
Cape bear quarantine station, and a
sma B launch also belonging to the j
government, were broken loose from
their moorings and sunk in the storm,
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Stoneware Trust Probable.
Aspe ei.i,„„ troa M.rnba., O.
r“ the next ?* month W» all the stoneware fas-
! ori '“ “ff.T M 11!
National o .“““S' Stoneware ” company. ’ "*™ ' \
FIFE SUES.
Widow of Millionaire Alleges That
She Has Been Buncoed.
Mrs. George Fife, daughter of the
late Nicholas Lunuing, of San Fran¬
cisco, has brought suit against George
Whittel for $750,000. Complainant
alleges that in the settlement of her
father’s estate she was not given the
full amount due her under her father’s
will.
She was allowed $500,000 and she
now affirms that she should have been
paid $1,250,000. Plaintiff charges that
she was misinformed aud did not un¬
derstand the true oondition of the
estate.
SPANIARDS REVENGEFUL.
Those In Philippines Ask Otis’ Negro
Troops to Revolt.
Advices from Manila say that Colo-
nel Smith, at Angeles, has sent to
General MacArthur a placard in Span-
ish which was found nailed to a tree
outside the line. It was an appeal to
the colored troops to join the insur-
gents in the fight for freedom and le-
ferred to “your brothers, Sam Hose
and Gray, whose blood calls aloud
vengeance. ”
WHITE HOLDING ON.
England Pleas d nt Our Evidences of
Sympathetic Feeling.
A London m e< M al says: The war
office lots received a t. Ingram dis-
latebed from Ladysmith at 9:25
Thursday morning saying that Gen¬
eral White was well and holding his
position.
An official telegram reporting the
condition of the wounded at Kiinber- j
ley adds that Colonel Kekewitch, the
British commander there, has learned
from various sources that the Boer j
losses on the occasion of the late
sortie of the British troops from Kira-
l,v.vley were very * heavy,
The London newspapers continue
to express keen pleasure at the svm- •
pathy of the United States. The St
.Tames Gazette says:
“Few more graceful examples could
j, e imagined of the courteous spirit of
American sympathy with this country,
‘
lvlli( , h , 1KS blM , u so ,,fr en evident of
! n te, than tho project of the American
ladies’ hospital ship, which will
be fitted out with many of those Amer-
ican nurses whose services were so
highly valued during the Cuban war.
This is the first example of a hospital
ship provided by a nation which is at
peace for another during the stress of
war, and the widespread and gener-
ous responses to its appeals from both
K ;,] es u f q le Atlantic show how;warmly
the merciful idea is accepted ^y the |
'
citizens in both countries.”
PLEASES AFRIKANDERS.
Thev I hey 0 Gloat - t o Over ve 7^7^to the Vitorle* r m s Won Won Bv By
th ' Boers ’
The Havas agency at Paris publish-
odthe following extraordinary dispatch
» P1 1 hu « d i “y^ich i • , the agency says wa
Reived ‘ Jr,l6sels: through its correspondent at
“Cape TowN-The news of the
Boers’two victories around Ladysmith
has created considerable excitement
among the Afrikanders who do not
conceal their joy. Kir Alfred Milner,
«b- British high commissioner, is
much prrtubated at their attitude,
General White, in these two engage-
ments lost about 350 men killed,
wounded and prisoners. The second
victory was won by the Free. Staters :
commanded by Lucas Meyer, who
seized Colouso, thus cutting off the
retreat of General White, who is
sounded. The inves ment of Lady-
smith is complete, and the Boers are
masters of Pietermaritzburg and the
Durban railway
“News has reached General White
that Mafeking is closely beseiged, and
that the Boers have successfully re-
pulsed the sorties The surrender of
Mafeking is expected.
FUNSTON BRINGS SUIT.
Archbishop of Ireland and a Catholic
, . , , Th K ('itv Star
General Frederick Funston, who is
enroute homp fflth thp niustaved out
Xwentieth Kansas, has wired his
T ka attorney8> Gleen, Ware A
to bring proceedings against
Al ,. hbish l freland of St. Paul, for
( , iln;nul , il>el because of statements
^Ht’ir teJvh w^ 6 arCbbl8h ° P “ re '
^^SVSST^TStVS piston also instructed his
“
nr „ p „ p .i ino g . a ; n „ t ,i 1H vr nn ;tr>r n
Catholic paper of San FraudMo,
whieh flrHt printed the story.
In a recent interview in Chicago,
G^elLrFrs^ 0 ^ 0 ^
in the Philipines. The charges alleged
to have been referred to by the arch-
bishop were made by the editor of
The Monitor, soon after the landing
0 f the Kansas troops in San Francisco.
The Monitor stated, it is said, that
General Fnuston had taken two mag-
nificent chnlioes from a certain ohnrch
in the Philippines aud had sent them |
home to his wife. Archbishop Ire-
] au d in his Chicago interview was
quoted as calling upon General Funs- j
ton to deny the truth of the artiole and
sue the editor of The Monitor for libel, t
or the public would be obliged, against
its will, to believe him guilty been of the
criminal acts of whioh he has ac-
cused. j
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<>«» -<j» *»«»V Brit- :
j S«*«»..... h d d and / 00 wo .mded were count- :
a »***. at...t.,,
■» 870 pri.on.r. w.re ...t to Pr«-
toria.
MILLS TO CLOSE DOWN.
Tin Plate Manufacturers Preparing
For Indefinite Rest.
The Pittsburg plants of the Ameri¬
can Tin Plate company are preparing
to shut down indefinitely. They will
be idle probably after Nov. 15, and
just ivhen they will start up again, if
ever, is a question in which some 700
workmen are much interested. Al¬
though not yet definitely decided on,
the officials of the trust are contem¬
plating the complete dismantling of
the Monongahela and Star works and
a concentration of their business at
the plants in Indiana and Newcastle,
Pennsylvania.
NOT IN COMBINE.
Big Chattanooga Mills Decide to Do
Business Independently.
Three of the largest milling compa-
n j es j n t be south, located in Chatta-
»ooga, have have withdrawn w.tlKtrawn from from the tlie move- move
ment started in New York to form a
southern millers combine. It is
stated here reliably that the mills at
Louisville, Ky., and Sweetwater,
Tmhl. have also withdrawn.
COMMISSIONERS
MAKES REPORT
A Summary of Philippine
Affairs Compiled.
SUBMITTED TO PRESIDENT
Philippine Commission Tells of Their
Work in the Islands and the Con¬
ditions as They Left Them.
A Washington special says: In ao-
cordance witli tbe understanding
!,«„«« w«ln,. “,
the , Philippine commission Thursday ,*
morning submitted to the president
the preleminary report whioh it lia .
promised 1 to Dreuare
The report appears to be a compact
of conditions the island.- ^
summary on
fts th<! commission left them, of tin-
historical events which preceded Ru¬
Spanish war and led to the original
Filipino insurrection; of the exchanges
between Admiral Dewey and the other
American commanders and the iumir-
g T ' i
the insurrection ‘ and finally,
a statement present^ , of the capacity of the T il¬
ip.nos for self-government. A notable
by feature Admiral of the Dewey report explanatory is a memorandum of his
relation . with Aguinaldo.
The commission Tells briefly how i,
conducted the task entrusted to it
hearing statements from all classes of
P« 0 Ple in Ma^ailla as to the capabilities
f the F.lipi, os for self-government,
the lm-nts and customs of the people,
aud also tae establishment of mnnici-
pal governments in many towns, All
this matter ,s to be included m the
final report.
Turning to the history of the
islands, . the commission attaches little
importance to the divers rebellions
which had preceded that of 1896. As
t° this movement they declare that it
^oLLnce « ep«"dence ” but^soM??^ but .ole !,- to Mitlln obtain
from ”-t<. lerable abuses. To
sustain this statement they quote from
an insurgent proclamation issued at
the time. The report then tells of
*0 insurrectimn which ended by S p .^
buying off Agumaldo and his follow-
ers. Ihe vvin begun in 1836 was ter-
minated by the treaty of Bias-Na-Bate.
Treaty Ignored.
The provisions of the treaty were
never carried out, Spanish abuse be-
than 200 men being executed. Hence
s^isssps^ts&ss
the original movement The report
teU. how General Augustin came
to Manila as governor general at this
inneture L“ and war broke out between
iin and the United States Augns-
tin Filipinos sought to secure the SpainTgainst support of
the to defend
-America promising them autonomy,
but the Filipinos did not trust him.
•?. ,h 1 br
ri "to ' ft,•Lin ., ^ U ; g i Tune *
prestige Luinaldo ' Then in
‘ came
The commission’s report then vapid-
>7 sketcl >es events now historical. It
S^i^Indtvfa^
Anderson arrived and Aguinaldo at
his request, moved from Cavite to
Baeoor.
The report then states that Aguin-
a j do wished to atttack the Americana
when they landed at Paranaque, but
was deterred by the lack of arms and
ammunition. From that point on there
was a growing “the friction between the
Filipinos and American troops,
“There were no conferences,” says
report, “between the officers of the
Filipinos and our officers w ith a view
to operating agaiust the Spaniards nor
W as there co-operation of auy kind.
There never was any preconcerted op-
eration or any combined movement by
the United Steles and Filipinos 1 against °
iSoiw Q ,,
tb» Ml. of tio
lock ol attending the .tot
made at this time by General Merritt,
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toohiri n«d.r.t..diug with Aguinaldo
as to the intentions, purposes and de-
of the Filipino people. This
brings the story up to the outbreak on
the evening of the 4th of February,
with the attack upon the American .
troops following the aotion of the Ne¬
braska sentinel.
The commission then takes up tba
condition o! the country at the time
of their arrival, comparing it with con¬
ditions existing at the time they left a
short time ago.
As to the state of affairs when :h»
commission left the report say? fields
were being planted and the people,
protected by our troops, were enjoy¬
ing peace, security and a degree of
participation in their own government
previously unknown in the history of
the Philippines.
RUSHING NEW LINE.
F. C. & P. Railway Will Soon Be Con¬
nected With Seaboard. .
John Skelton Williams, president of
the Seaboard Air-Line, was in Gohim-
* oon J ' a ’ ® tr ’iction p. - ’ ^ c b ' J f 1V8 '' B y new examining line to con- tho
ne ct the Florida , CeutraUnd Pemnsn-
lar with the Seaboard’s main line.. He
is pleased with the progress made and
is confident that the eighty miles of
new road will be completed January
1st.