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Newspaper Page Textcinn O JL, lVAl JLiLJLJJJJ VOL. XVI. ST. HELENS, OKEQON, FRIDAY, MAHCII 31, 1809. NO. 15. JL EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome or the Telegraphic News of the World. TKKSK TICKS FROM TUB WISES Aa Interesting Colleotloa or Items From the Tm HemlalTberea PtiMiUd la a Ooadeasad Form. rive tnouisna norueieeker ar on their way from St. Paul to North Pa elno com! points. A dispatch to th London Evening ew irom Brussels revive! the rumor Out Cardinal (nibbont may b the next . pop. - Another battle hat occurred at Ho IIP, In which on American wa killed and IS wounded. Th rebel lout SO killed nd 800 war wounded. General Otle Informs the war de partment that ba cannot ipare at pre ent the volunteer now In the Philip, plnet, but bo pei to be able to do ao aoon. During the abeenoe ol John Dian and .wife, of Greenfel, Manitoba, from their farm, their residence caught Are, and their dt ohildien were burned to death. Severe weather eontlnoea throughout Great Britain. Great Iota bat occurred among livestock, and London bat ex perienced the beaviett tnowfall of thia winter. The Argentine transport Villa Ralna haa been wrecked in Cameionea bar between Cape Raao and Copede Bah las, Northern Patagonia. Mo lott of life It repotted. Ex-Secretary John Sherman, wboee death waa reported on board the eteamthlp Parit while en route home from Kingaton, Jamaica, It ttitl alive and bopet are entertained of hie reoov ery. He will be brought to the United Statea on the cruiaer Chicago. , Aocordlng to advioe from the Ori- " ent, tli emperor of Corea baa oreated a eenaation by appearing In a full unl form out In American fashion. Hit attendant! have also been attlted in American styl. The emperor, It It atated, baa cut off hit topkuot or abort queue, which from time Immemorial hat adorned the top of the Coreaa em peron' bead. The Peking ooiretpondent of the London Tims says: The Deutsche Zeltung pnblithet a long article ahow log how the United State la (lowly but turely obtaining a commercial foot' ing In Turkey and the Eait generally. The writer warnt Austria and other European atatea of the danger of which they ate threatened. America 1 de scribed aa a "aerioua trade rival." The Alatka boundary ditpute la oauting eei lout concern In adminittra tlon eirolea at Washington. , Reorganisation of the American forcet In the Philippine! It In prepare tion for a decisive move against the enemy before the rainy season begins. The mountain banditti of Panay Isl and attempted a aerious attack upon Ho Ilo, but they weie repulsed with the lost of 300 men by General Miller. Secretary Long ba Instructed Rear- Admiral McNalr to abolish in June the construction course et the naval aoad- my, established by Naval Constructor Ilobson. . . Theorists in the disturbance at La redo, Tex., over the carrying out of the state health officer's regulation la aupptesslng the smallpox epidemic oeema to be passed. A temporary border line between Alaska and Canadian possession will probably be located to obviate possible difficulty between American and Can' dian miners, pending a permanent set tlement of the dispute. Governor Rogers, of Washington, hat offered a reward of 1360 for the ar rest of George O. Evans, ex-deputy tate auditor,who it charged wijh forg ing state warrants, and also aa addi tional (950 reward for hit conviction. Attorney-General Godfrey, of Kan aas, haa discovered that the late legis lature by mistake repealed the law which provides for all appointments of city officer. The supreme court will be atked to declare the new law onoon atltutional. - The enormont mastodon tusk recent ly discovered near Dawson, and which Dr. O'Leaiy, formerly of Portland, Or., arranged to present to the Portland city museum, will be bronght from Alaska by Uucle Sam, who will not charge any freight for the transporta tion. Fifty Cuban soldier from Mariano kidnaped three former Spanish gueril la and took them Into the bush, where the prisoner were maltreated. Two were rescued by a detachment at the 8econd Illinois regiment. Three of the Cnbant were arrested, charged with murder. It la reported that Aguinaldo i not disheartened over the continued defeat of bla foroes, and proposes to keep up the war against Amerloan rnle In the Philippines to long at he can bold hi follower in line. General La Garda, Who advised the lnanrgent chief to quit, was decapitated by hi order. Miner Mews Items. Seld Back, Jr., and hi company of native-born Chinese expect to take a hand In the entertainment of the Na tional Editorial Association, which con vene in Portland. Or., on July 4. John M. Downey I dead at Sugar Lake, Mo., of brain fever, aged 60 year. He was" known a the apple king, and waa one of the proprietor of the Reece & Downey orchard, one of th largest in the country. LATER NEWS. lion, William 8. Mason, mayor Portland, Or., died his horn In that olty after an Illness of about sis weeks. Liver complications. suDorluduced bv an attack ol die grip in February cauaea nit ueatn. Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred C. Gir ard, chief surgeon, has been ordered to Vancouver barracks. Wash., as obiet surgeon of that department Acting Assistant Surgeon T. G- Holmes bs been ordered to new Fort Spokane. wash. The Pari correspondent of the ton don Observer telegraphs that a furiout fight ocourred on the Boulevard St. Michael between parties of Dreyful and antl-Dreyfu students. Several persons were injured and two cafes were wrecked. Fifteen hundred employes of th Philadelphia clothing manufacturera have (truck (or Inoreas of wave, abo lition of sub-contractor and an agree ment that the waget will not be duoed. Other operative were thrown out of work, making in ail 8,000 per on out. The Amerloan army, some 10,000 strong, Is advancing against the Fill pino Insurgent, numbering 19.000. The Americans are successfully driving the rebel from their stronghold after stubborn resistance. The American lose I quit heavy, but not nearly large a that of the insurgents. so In the storming of the rebel capital the Killed In the Second Oregon were: Company B. Private II. B. Adams; D, William W. Cook; L, Charles Herbert, uuy Miuard. Tbirty-eigbt were wounded. The First Washington in fantry bad aeven wounded, one mor tally, Captain Fortson, whose borne I near Seattle. riie Cuban military assembly bat decided that dissolution of the astern bly at the present time wonld be preiu oiciai to lite interest of the army, The assembly ha cent Senor Uelre and Villallor to Washington to en oeavor to ootain tne president' co operation in Its efforts to raise more money for the Cuban troops. Spanish officers at Madrid acquaint ed with the Philippine island con tinn to predict the failure of Major ueneral Otis' campaign, notwitbitand tng tne American success. They lay that while the American will un donbtedly win all the battle, they will loss the campaign itself, owing to the aptitude of the Tagalos to conduot war of snrprisee and ambuscade. Th United Bute district attorney at ban Fianofeco has been inatrncted by the United State attorney general to bring toit against the San Francisco Dry Dock Company to secure possession of Mission rock, in that harbor. It I proposed to establish a naval coaling station there. The dock company claim th rook under title from the state. China baa flatly refuted to cede Sao Man bay to Italy. Secretary Alger and party have left Washington on a visit to Havana. The British, German and . Amerloan ministers at Peking bav addressed note to the Tsnng-li-yamen, demand Ing a settlement of the Shanghai fur sign settlement extensions question. ... Work In the mint of the Hotel Windsor, In New Yoik, continue with unabated vigor, A great many charred bone ar being found, but cannot be put together to form entire skeletons. Tb Erie Limited Jumped the track 10 miles from Akron, O., the engine and baggage oar going into the ditch, almost instantly killing the engineer. and aeriously injuring the fireman and one passenger. A rear-end collision between two freight train on the Flint & Pere Mar quette railroad near New Boston, Mich., in a heavy fog, killed tb fire man and badly injured the engineer of tb rear engine. According to a "retort from Seoul. capital of Corea, the whole Corean oabinet ha been dismissed and two of he minister have been banished be cause of wholesale changes made by the cabinet in provinolal offices Queen VIotoria la likely to receive sn unprecedented honor by the city of New York. On May 94, the queen' birthday, the national, state and city Hags will be flung to the breete from II publio building in Greater New York in honor of the queen. General Porter, United State am bassador at Paria, answering an In quiry of a correspondent, said he was unable to discuss rumors to the effect that he may succeed Alger aa, secretary of war, aa all information on the sub ject ought to oome from Washington, The Spanish government haa ordered the prosecution of General Weyler's or gan, til ftauionale, and of several re publican and Car list newspapers for publishing, with offensive comments, report that the queen regent wat about to abdioate and to marry an Austrian archduke. The offending pa peri have been seized. According to a prisoner captured by ur troops, Aguinaldo hai announced that he will personally mast th re tervei at Maloloi and maioh on Manila within 80 days, nnles the Amerioan withdraw In th meantime. The con jentration of the rebel foroes la the vicinity of Malabon give color to the itatement of the prisoner. A special to the Denver New from Albuquerque. N. M,, iiysi Red Pip kin, the noted trainrobber who was Mptnred recently at Moab, Utah, was brought to Albuquerque from Wlnne mnoca, Nev where he waa wanted on charge of holding up a Santa Fe pas senger train. H will be brought be fore United 8tates Commissioner Whit ing on a oharge of being conoer ned In the hold-op ol a Santa Fe Pacific train at Grants last year, and also of killing deputy sheriff. ARKANSAS RACE WAR ftnany Negroes Have Been Killed by Whites. ME COUKTBY GREATLY EXCITED eke Blaeki la th Little Wear District Had Planned ta XxtrnlRte th White. - Texarkana, Ark., March 95. A race war I on In Little liver county, and during the last 94 hour an Indefinite number of negroes have met theirdeath it the hands of an infuriated white population. Seven are known to have been lynched, shot to death or slain in tome manner, and the work i not yet ;lone. The bodies of the victims of the mob' vengeance are hanging to the limb of trees in various part of tb county, strung op wherever overtaken while that of another, who wat shot to death : while trying to escape, . was thrown into a creek and left there. The oountry I In a date of most in tense excitement. White men are col looting in mobs, heavily armed and de termined', negroes are fleeing for their live, and th community 1 in an uproar. Th exaot number of negroes wbo bav been summarily dealt with, or those wbo may yet fall into the handa of the mob before order Is restored, may never be known. Seven bodies have been found, and other victime re being hunted, ami will meet ilmllar fate when ran to earth. Little River county Is in the extreme southeast corner of the state, bordered en the west by tbe Indian territory snd on tbe south by Texas. The negro population ll large, and hat for a long time proved very tronblesome to tbe whites. Frequent murder have oo- rarred, and tbeftt and figlit have be- some common affaire. FAMINE IN RUSSIA. farrlbla Stories From th Voice Prev, Ibom Prompt Aid MaeoaMry. Bt. Petersburg, March 95. The newspapers of the city publish pitiable account of the condition of the so- called famine distiicta of Russia, pectally Samaria, in the eastern part 3f European Russia. The effort of the Red Cross Society have ataved off the horror of actual atarvation. but the society's fund are almost exhaust ed, ami the dire distress, compelling tbe consumption of all kind of garb age, ha produoed an epidemic of terri ble mortality, with typhus, scurvy and other pestilential diseaee. Tiie peasants are compelled to sell sverything, and are living in oold, lamp and filthy cabins. Weakened by hunger, they fall ready victim to ty phus and acute scurvy. Unless the government givee prompt aid, the Vol- ia province! appear doomed to a repe tition of the horrors of 1891 and 1809, .THE BATTLE AT ILO ILO. fhe Anerleaa Leas Was Oaa Klllod and Fifteen Wound. d. Manila, March 95. Detail of tb fighting at Ilo Ilo on March 18 show that 400 rebel riflemen from Panla were met by eeven companies of th Eighteenth regiment, United Statea in fantry, and a battalion of, Tennessee volunteers. Supporting these troop were three two-inch Hotohkias guns under General Miller. ; North of Jaro, across the river, tbe Americana were met with a heavy fire. One man was killed and 15 wounded of the Eight eenth regiment, and there were sev eral cases of sunstroke. General Miller eatimatea that 60 rebel ' were killed and 100 wounded. Kelaforeementa for Otis. Washington, March 86. Additional reinforoeinenta reached Manila thia morning, aa i Indicated by the receipt of a diapatoh from General Otia, saying that th transport Sherman had ar rived with the troop in good condi tion. The Sherman followed tbe Grant through the Sue canal, these preceding the transport Sbeiidan over tbe same loote. The Sheridan is ex pected to reach Manila in about two weeks. , . These three vessel will add about ,000 fresh regular troops to the mili tary forces In the Philippine islands, and are expeoted to aid materially in the plan which oontemplate the com plete subjugation of the insurgent be fore the opening of tbe rainy season, about th middle of April. The Solace ha reached Manila. Robots Usa Fol.oaeu Ballots. New York, March 95. A dispatoh to the Herald from Washington saysi Report received at the war department from tbe medical officer serving with troop In the Philippine show that Aguinaldo'l army i using brass-tipped ballet. Several American soldiers have been wounded by the poisonous projectiles, and in consequence the wounds are more difficult to heal than those caused by the ordinary bullet. A Walk-Out at ritUbai-a-. Pittsburg, Pa., March 95. Six hun dred employes of the Fox Pressed Steel Company bave quit work because tbe firm refused to grant, an advance of 10 per oent in their wage. Tho Barriabnrt Scandal. Harrlsbnrg, Pa., March 95. The house bribery investigating oommittee, in pursuance of a resolution adopted by the house yesterday, began today formal, examination ot all the 804 member in that . body. It will take everal day to question all the mem ber. ' ' Berlin, March 95. The German bat tle-ship Oldenburg broke her anchor and went aground near Kiel today dur ing a heavy mow storm. THE PRICE OF SILVER. fb RmalUra' Trait to Adva'aa It Tea Par Cant. Topeka, Kan., March 95. Mr. John T. Graham, of Denver, who- owns ex tensive gold and silver mine in Colo rado and New Mexico and Coppermine in Utah, passed throned Topeka to day on hi way to hi home. Mr. Graham operate smelting plant at hit various mines, and he ha been in New York in attendance at the meeting of smelter operator which resulted in the perfection of a gigantic trust, with a capital of $05,000,000. While in this city Mr. Graham made the important statement that tbe first step made by the new trnst would be to advance the price of silver 10 per cent. . "This la a trust that will prove bene ficial instead of oppressive," said Mr, Graham. "All the smelter operator wbo entered into the combine sinned a contract agreeing not to raise the price on treatment of oie for 10 year. The advance in silver will be made within a very short time, just as soon a tb combine can be perfected." TORTURED BY FILIPINOS. Terrible Biprl.ne at Photograph! A. R. rotors. San Francisco, March 95. A letter from Captain McQuesten, surgeon of tbe Twenty-eighth regulars, now at Manila, telle of tbe release of A. R. Peters, a photographer, who waa cap tured and tortured by the Filipino. Peters was made prisoner while tak ing picture outside the line fie waa thrust into a filthy Jail, where be was visited by a native captain, who tested hi (word on bi body and promiaed to kill him. The rebel chief then called in a number of naked savages, all armed, who executed a war dance and made passe at Peters, one of them woumUng him in the arm. The next morning he waa taken to Malolos. where he found eight Americans, two fcogliahmen and a Spaaiard. From here be finally secured hi release through the intervention of American officials. "The savagee wbo attacked Peters, continues Captain JUctjueeten, "were of the tiibe known as headhuntera and cannibal. They live in the interior of the island, and will not abow any mercy after thia to any unfortunate white man who may fall into their bands." Leper Sottlomoat at Molokal. San Francieco. March 95. Rev. W, H. Tubb will soon visit the leper set tlement on tne Island of moiokai, aa the agent of a local improvement club, and with tbe indorsement ot Senator Dwyer, the author of the concurrent resolution adopted by tbe recent legis lature to convert Molokal into a na tional leper eettlement. He will re main among the leper for four months, and will work in connection with oommittee to be appointed by President McKinley to Investigate the matter. There are a number of lepers in the San Francisco pesthouse and the citi sene ar anxious to have them- removed to Moiokai. . Lolaad Woll Soearod. New York, March 95. The Herald say a: I Warren W. Leland will receive each day until hie new hotel ia com pleted a sum said to be 150 on "use and occupancy polioiea," which be for tunately held. Thia will be entirely apart from tne insurance he, will re ceive on furniture. Tbe "use and oc oupancy" policies provide for the pay ment to the Insured for eaoh day his business ia not in operation. President May Coma to tb Coast. Washingon, March 85. It ia now believed that President McKinley will take an extended vacation thia aummer if publio business will permit. Last spring he wanted to make a trip through the West, visiting Yellowstone Park, and going as far aa th Pacific coast, and he may see hi way clear to take that trip thi summer. ( Ta Replace Stat Arms. Washington, March 96. Tbe ord nance bureau of the war department has sent a circular to the governor ot each state of the Union, stating that the arm and ordnance stores furnished the volunteers during the Spanish war will be returned to the state in kind. Ta Parole the Yoanger. St. Paul, March 95. A bill which ill permit the parole of the Younger boys, which waa defeated in the aenate yesterday, was reconsidered and passed today. Tbe former bandits can be pa roled with the approval of the board of pardons it the measure becomes a law. Aa Klsetrle Vehlele Company. Trenton, N. J., March 95. Artioles of incorporation were filed today with the secretary ot state of the New Eng land Electric Vehicle dt Transportation Company, with a capital ot $95,000, 000. The company : is authorised to manufacture appliances for operating vehicles and to manufacture and oper ate the vehicle themselves. Buffalo ftotaras from Manila. Washington, March 95. Tbe Buffalo sailed today from Manila for New York. She comes by way ot the Sues canal, and will now ply regularly on that route between New York and Manila, making two round trips per year, at least, bringing invalids borne and oarrylng .. out supplies for the American fleet in the Philippine. atelde on tbe Btase. London, March 95. Th Vienna eorrespondent-of th Standard say a that tbe popular acres, Lolo Balxolla. ex. claiming " Tia love that kills," shot herself with a revolver on the stage in full light ot the audience dnrlng a per formance at Cilli, Styria, and wa re moved in a dying condition. Fail. March 95. Pari I fullering from the scourge ot influenza. Tire death during tbe last eeven day have been 988 above the average. IA DECISIVE VICTORY Forces of Aguinaldo Met by Otis' Brigade. MANY OF TUB ENEMY KILLED Aatsrleaa Laasea War Sllaht S. Orogoa Wa Incog la tb Battle aad Manila, March 97. Th movement of the American troop today awept the Insnrgents back toward Malabon General Harrison Gray Otia' brigade i In front of La Loloma, where there i a stretch ot a mile of rough, open oonntry. Tbe insurgent trenches in the edge of the wood ar four leet deep, and fornish a good bead cover. Tbe American troop advanced on the double quick, yelling fiercely and occasionally dropping in the grass and firing by volley. The natives stood until the American were within 900 yard of their position, and then broke and ran for the wood. About 80 of tbem were killed in the outskirts and 70 of them on tbe road Th Montana and Kansas troop met the hottest resistance in a strip from which the rebels have greatly worried the Americans recently during the night time. . Ninety minute after tbe start at 6 o'clock tbe whole front, for a dis tance of three mile to tbe north, had been cleared. General Hale' brigade bad simultaneously swept in a north westerly direction, rooting the enemy snd burning the town of San Francisco del Monte and a number of soattered huts. The line was then opposite Nova lichee, the artillery advancing along a good road from Loloma to Novaliobee, the wagons oarrying pontoons, tele graph suppliee and ammunition follow ing. The infantry moved in splendid order. Smoke from tbe burning huts marked the line of the Amerioan advance. Ambulances and horse litters, led by Chinese, brought in the wonnded. emong whom were a few Filipinos. The Americans who were wonnded en dured their injuries bravely, one group which bad been brought into the hos pital singing "Comrades." Tbe Pennsylvania troop took nine prisoner, among them a great naked captain of the Macaco bee tribe and one Japanese. All the prisoners were greatly terrified, expecting to be exe cuted immediately. ; General MacArthur' division, con sisting ot the brigades of General Har rison Gray Otis, General Hale and General Hall, supplemented by Gen eral Wheaton's brigade, advanced at daylight and cut the enemy's forces in two. They captured the towns of Polo and Novalicbee on the left, and San Francieco del Monte and Marlquina on the right, clearing tbe rebel trenches in front of the line north from the river to Calocan. They also secured possession of tbe railroad, practically cornering the flower of Aguinaldo's army at Malabon and in tbe foothill at Singalon, 90 mile apart. The troops engaged were the Third artillery, Oregon. Montana, Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota and Minnesota volunteers; the Third, Fourth, Seventh and Twenty- second regulars, the Utah artillery bat talion and Twenty-third regiments. The Amerioan caanalties were slight Aaiarleaa Hirer oa tba Rampafo. Sacramento, March 97. The Ameri can river ia on the rampage, especially in the neighborhood of Folsom. Word was received today that water waa pouring over the great atone dam at the Folsom prison last night to a depth oi IB lees, and at last accounts waa rising rapidly. A great log boom, whiob was held together with cables. has collapsed. About 15,000 logs came down the stream, representing over 9, 000,000 feet ot lumber. Tbe Sacra mento river ia slowly rising. No Kseapa tor Filipino. Washington. March 97. It is under stood here that General Otis baa so far matured his plan of ostmpaign that within a week oi ten days he will be able to begin a movement whioh le ex pected to mark the destruction oi Ag uinaldo's army. ' Although stragglers and fugitives may infest the inland of Lnson for some time it i believed that after General Oti baa delivered hi next blow tbe Insurgent 'army, aa an organisation, will have ceased to exist. A Swooping Victory. New York, March 97. The World prints the following Manila cable under date of March 97: . A aweeping victory over Aguinaldo' forces haa just been won by the United State troops. The total American loss 1 estimated at about 100, including both killed and wounded. The Filipinoa Ice ia be tween 800 and 400. Hnntor On far Hondaraa. Washington, March 97. Dr. Hunter, United Statee minister to Honduraa. ia about to leave for his post. The min ister will demand reparation for the killing of an American named Fear during the revolutionary disturbance in Hondurae. Pear wa (hot by a Honduras (entry. Roaalara Ordered for Cuba. Washington, March ',7. The second United State infantry i under order to go from Anniston, Ala., to Cuba. Before sailing eight companies and headquartera will go to Savannah, and four companies to Augusta. LI Buna Chans Again la Faor. Peking, Maioh 97. It is learned on good authority that Li Hung Chang is again upon the point of returning to power, and that be has been restored to favor with the Chinese government. CHINA'8 SORROW.'- Two Mlllloa Foopl Are Starring aa Sba t Yellow Klvr. Washington, March 27. Citizens of tbe United States residing in Che Foo, China, have made an earnest anpeal through Consul Fowler, at Che Foo, to the charitable in America and else where on behalf of the sufferers from the appalling Yellow river flood of this year. These flood have been do scribed by tbe natives a "China' tor' row," and the petltionere state that never before was the distress so great and heart-rending ae cow, Tbe moat conservative estimate place the number of starving at 9,000,000. and time will undoubtedly augment the distress. The petitioner tar that they are daily, almost honrly, in receipt of re port from their countrymen in tbe in terior depicting tbe condition, of the famine tefugee; hundred ot village are submerged, cities surrounded by water, homes, furniture, clothing, in fact, everything, is nnder water or de stroyed; the ' natives themselves sre living in straw hots; many have abso lutely no shelter from the winter'a cold and snow, are subsisting on bark, wil low twigs, roots, etc. The summer's crop bave been a failure, the seed for next spring's sowing is gone, and there Is nothing for the starvuig millious to hope for in tbe future. TOSSED HIGH IN THE AIR. U Haw Iajarad by a Boiler Xsplaalea la aoottlo. Seattle, Wash., March 97. A boiler exploded in tbe basement of a combi nation lodging house and saloon on tbe corner of Washington end South Sec ond streets, tonight, injuring six men Three were fatally injured. The boiler was located under a aide. walk, and all the injured were passing by when the explosion tseurred. Two men were almost over tbe boiler and were thrown about 50 feet in tbe air. Besides having their bones brokea, they were severely out by broken glass, The force of the explosion waa suffl eient to throw pieces of the boiler 100 feet in the air. All the windows in the adjacent buildinga were broken it is tiiouebt that tne explosion was rlne to tbe carelessness of the engineer, who allowed the boiler to run dry. Almost Wiped Otr the Mop. Nashville, Tenn., Maroh 97. Tba little town of Liberty, in Dekalb ooon ty, is almost wiped off the map. A fnriona cyclone (wept over it .last night, wrenching trees from their roots and felling house in all directions. The Chris :inn church, a handsome brick structure, waa blown to piece in the outset, and people were panic- stricken. Tbe damage to property in the storm's path is enormous, but no fatalities are reported. ' Lynehlag la Mississippi. Jackson, Miss., Maroh 97. Three negroes were taken from sn officer of the law and lynched by an armed mob near Silver City, in Yazoo county, last Saturday morning. After being shot to death the bodies ot the victims were sighted with bandies of cotton-bale ties and thrown into the Yazoo rirei. They were the ringleaders ot tbe ne groes in tbe race encounter on the Mid night plantation early last week. : Keeh'a lareatlgatioa. Berlin, March 97. Professor Koch, the celebrated bacteriologist, who in 1884, at tbe head of the German cholera commission, vieitod Egypt and India and there discovered the so- called "comma" cholera bacillus, will start with an expedition next month for tbe tropics to continue his investi gation a to the nature and origin of malaria. The reichatag has made a grant ot 60,000 marks in aid of the un dertaking. Bala la California. San Francisco, March 97. The rain fa still falling in all parts of Northern California without signs of cessation. News from the valley section show that the rivers are rising, but there is little danger of flood just at present, nnles the rain should become more heavy or the weather warmer, in which case the snow in tbe mountains would melt more rapidly than the water could be earried off. Saortnna Continue to Improre. Santiago, March 9 7. Mr. Bhermar Is feeling very much better this even ing, and hi physician regard hi con dition aa very much improved. Dar ing the afternoon he sat on the deck ot the Pari viewing Santiago. The United Statee cruiser Chicago i ex pected here by daybreak tomorrow, and Mr. Sherman will be immediately transferred to her. Lako Steamer Ashore. Eacine, Wis, March 9 6. The Goodrich passenger steamer Atlanta it on the beach two mile south of this city. The steamer wa oaught in tbe drift ice, which wa driven . in by the southeast gale. She is reportedlbadly listed. The passengers are still aboard. A life-saving crew has gone to the res cue, . Baeeeesor to Alger. Paris. March 27. General Porter. United States ambassador, answering an inquiry ot a correspondent, said he waa nnahla to diacuaa rnmnra to tha effect that he may succeed Alger as secretary ol war, a all information on th subject ougbt to come from Wash ington. Faabla Takes Bis Hundred Men. San Francisco, March 97. Thi transport City of Puebla sailed foi Manila tonight with 600 men of the Ninth regiment ot infantry. Lieuten ant Vitate, military attache ot th Italian legation in Washington, waa also a passenger. Twenty Thousand Men A treated. Cincinnati. March 37. Local iron foundrvmen have granted a 10 rer oent Increase in wage to employes. The agreement affects 90,000 men. NEAR REBEL CAPITAL The American Army Steadily Pushing Onward. MA5Y THOUSANDS ARE ENGAGED Tb Stubborn Resistance ef th Intar Snt Surprise th War Departmeat. Washington, March 28. Th war department tonighrrecelved the fol lowing: "Manila,' Match 98. Adjutant General, Washington: MacArtbur's advance is beyond Newcanayan, two miles .beyond Polo, nine miles from Manila, and fifteen miles from Malolos. The railroad will be repaired to tbe advance point tomorrow, ; and tbe troops will be supplied by cars Mac Arthur will press on tomorrow. He ia now in the open country. The insur gent are etoutly resisting behind suc ceeding lines ot Intrenchuients, from which our troop continually drive them. Manila is perfectly quiet, and the native inbabitanta appear to be re lieved of anxiety and fear of insur gent Captain Krayenbub, commis sary lieutenant. Third artillery, I mortally wounded. OTIS." Manila, March 98. The United 8tatet troop under Brigadier-General Wbeaton captured the town ot Malinta, beyond the Tuliahan river, today, af ter a thatp fight Colonel Harry O. Egbert, of the Twenty-second regular infantry, waa kilted. Prince Loewen stein, formerly aid-de-camp on the staff of Brigadier Miller at Ilo Ilo, somehow got in front of the firing line and waa shot in the eide, dying al most instantly. A German wbo ac companied the prince was wounded. The United Statea gunboat Helena and other gunboats bave been shelling . Malabon, about a mile" northwest of Calocan, for several hour. The insur gents made a fierce resistance to the American advance up the railroad at Malinta. In addition to the fatal wounding of Colonel Egbert, several men of the Twenty -second infantry and everal men of the Oregon and Kan- san regiments were billed, . Evidently anticipating a bombard ment by tbe fleet, a thousand rebel vacated Malabon last night, leaving a few to burn tbe town. General Whea ton's brigade, composed of tbe Seoond Oregon regiment and the Twenty second snd Twenty-third infantry, stretched oat along the railroad from Calocan to the Tuliahan river, was powerless to prevent the " withdrawal. owing to tbe natural obstacles and to tbe strong opposition. A column ot smoke at daybreak was the first intima tion of the enemy'e intention, but others followed at various points, ail soon blending in a dense balloon shaped cloud. The flames of tbe burn ing rice mills snd large buildings could be plainly eeen from Calocan, despite tbe strong sunlight. By 11 o'clock in the morning the only building ot importance not de stroyed in tbe center of the town was a large stone ohurcb, but even at noon fresh fires were started among the na tive huts in tbe outskirts of Malabon, although the general exodus took place much earlier. Many of tbe tebele sought refuge in tbe suburbs, Navotas and Casag, or were driven inland by tbe shells of tbe Helena, Callao, Ning- dapan and Laguna de Bay. WashingtonMarch 98. General Otis' dispatch, received at 10 o'clock tonight, recording MacArthur's ad vance to Newcanayan, marked a direct and important step by the American troops, in tbe opinion of the acting sec retary, Meiklejohn, and Adjutant General Corbin. Both expressed their satisfaction at what had been accom plished. Tbe former dispatch regard ing this branch ot the operations, bad not been ao promising, inasmuch aa they had stated that General MacAr thur, although he had driven the en emy, could not gain a point north of Polo on account of tbe roughness of the country. With easy railroad commun ication to tha advanced point, the diffi culty In forwarding commissary sup plies will be considerably lessened. Every step for ward ia regarded as so much ground gained, and aa approach nearer tbe insurgent headquarter at Malolos now stated to be but 15 miles from the vanguard of the Ameri can army. Tbe tenaoity of tba Fili pinos in the past few days' fighting ba somewhat surprised tbe war offi cial here, who did not think them oapable of putting up and maintaining the contest they have. Washington, March 98. The war department ha received the following cablegram: Manila, March 98. Adjutant-Gen- . eral, Washington. MacArthur has driven the enemy, strongly Intrenohed in large force, north of folo. He will continue to press them. The insurg ents have strong lntrenohment from Calocan to Malolos, which have taken them months to construct. OTIS. London, March 97. A dispatoh to tbe Time from Buenos Ayreataya that the Punta de Atacama award recognizes part of the Argentine and part of the Chilean boundary lines. Agalnalda Doooitfnl. Manila, via Hong Kong;, March 98. Insurgent papers received here from Malolos show that Aguinaldo la en deavoring to deceive bis followers into the belief that they are winning great victories. All tbe recent engagement are proclaimed as American defeats. Tha papers describe the insurants meeting with the American loreen at various points, and end their account with the assertion that tha Americans retired to their original lines after ent ering great slaughter.