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' -Comprehensive Review of th Import
ant Happenings of the Pasf Wk
t Called From tha Telegraph Cbluinns.
The. transport Senator has
Irrived
t Manila with reinfoiOementi,
An anti-American feeling id
lieing
treated in Havana throggh tl)B
ef the Cubarf assembly.-''.I
DP
factions
feethle-
pjtdH 1 C(tvHERALD
; , . ' hAviA Pa haa shfnTMf
three
0-inch
uvifiat ' Til
nn tn Port Wilrfrin.Vl
western
Y ""tity 'Jiinitiof PortJownsrnd,
ash.
aCCfet
I vxlie Allan line orrsteamerij
' N-lEelcntiof the other rans-Atlin
io lines
t cabin
byGeStfcil W to $45 for fir j
,. i taaaV$AOiiot second cabuvto. Lil
erpool.
- TJifi xgngxw ipat closed apbrojpqialjrdi
tbtel fVovt $1,700,000 to be hpprti jr.
' ad in $Vaobjngton n(J Oregon
Jbl jj 9J,W) J)ftfbor,.Huj!4ry ci
1 Sjifcin BirrTprUtio5 f.illl. J ,
under
Admiral Dewey has raised his flag as
" affiriral on boara theVip)ymba at Ma
: ' fljWUla. Salntes weWAfliven J tji'flag ty
- wth' British ardvUerjw cruiseraini
'""'port, and by the"tMted States-neeU.Jt
Ad nim I DeWlpfcw; Jialds' t&fti i'gfi
qT resta,nnjlh8-rTrrr8TrBrv ce the
..i ' - Dnited gtrite's army or navy,!an,fnks
.Kith the Highest-omoera -in ine-pnnoi-
14,50oi
3l,:iua,'-inl'MiDay corresponden M'ty'
- Morning- Post-tays: .The. i jpubonjq
,J?airue tojagirie )l6T? w'th nprajjleji
' severity. Acoorairilr to official frbtuwsii
tkM ntnim 01 Q rl a at Via aa
- . 'v'tru. iv . j b rft! ui
tbe'auTOIifideVraW'thB'mp.rlality. .
-eA 3 no ThanQbuppBteil )itt&&;i
" "J'"'3i J 'Jin YiilliiU SUM H HI Jl
Beading, Pa., hainimippad-) foan m-
ma iftst'T'loadB 6f projectiles of various loalilbersi
ki lunoiii,, 0 tne, : aprioia; .avy-yara,,,. .rneyimiu
iot tiiois t' intetide fo both 'Aheiiarniyi anrJ'iiafyl1
, - WITIIWI" I'll' '-iyin 1 I
vi lru Dili ;, ..,:.,. ..i i i Nr .. Mt.rll I l-'I'MJ IJ
in (.inn vinj Advice fromtiJaneatti Alaskait saji
!Jm7i,"4ihU,a,:ie'iilMi)eT
?m ic i .i trict baa caused otiLte a rush of minerrs
7;6 the Ubilkat ;ooontr The find Was;
i i iiibiIA on. Tlikin i creek, which "nda
into uiV,an;.flj;;i??:m0.!r
liHainea1 iM'iion.'i,Tiiii r.iiiim, j,,,, ',
nil Negotiations jiavehaen oon eluded fori
: tie building by the qiamps of twd and
perhaps three large ships of 'the Ori
ental & Occidental Steamship1 tJom-1
i pany ot which com panj1 i JpKh' D.
r8precklea Is president. The nevt vesaeU
i will be about 6,000 tons each. q t ,
A I
The lives of nearly 100 persons were
Jeopardized .by a fire which broke Out
In the Lackawanna Valley House block.
at IJoranton, Pa,v and communicated to
.iiw booouq,. uii.r'1: pnu ,ipr,n, .novrsf
The occupants were taken iouj Bafely,
tut clad only in their night clojhes, J
The Eighth United States volunteer
regimeat is now being mustered out,' '
The1' Covington, Ky., post office vhaa
. been robbed of stamps and money to
; Sbe ambiiilst'of (20.000. , : ---rii
'' "The J pope has undergone at) i opera
' .Uon .for Removal of a Iqng-stapding
' ovsthich suddenly became inflamed.
- Professor Wallace P. Day,' a director
v ol the Illinois1 college "of roiiBlc, and
' ' well known among nuisicall celebrities
East and West, Is dead at JtdkBdnvUie',1
r"Tfla.
By a collision between a passenger
rain andhelpflxliJocoinotive on the!
Cl .1 n til.. ll.i O ! I
ruuinurii ruuiuu near iiui oiirints,
; 'JJevada. the two engineers and the fire
teen of the two enuines were killed.
Itiisald the UuiteiJ States tur iecl
( diipatuh d Madrid protafng agiJllrt
1 Mhe fatael ittepjuit lielng" cabled (rom
) commanded the Spanish troops in the
' V' KlfalrT-fias fallen In kanT woiiona of
i :W. OaliloxiiiaUnd. ti4 .loijg-biitii)ieti dry
i cpell Is tnoitgrTl to be over."ii pres
i --:-..Bnt rain will save the wheat crop in
I critical districts and add to production
where growth is favorable,
It is reported in Madtid that Spain
i authorized General Kioa to offer the
'j i F ! PMV PPil,e republic 500,000 for the te
JiiIll)iUie oCtlHUSiiiuifvCiiUoners. The
i ::.. :. . . offer was indignantly declined, and the
insurgents asked 17,000,000.
i It is reported on good authority that
the interests of the lioyal Baking Pow
der Company, the New York baking
Fowidor Company atul the Cleveland
linking Powder Cuflwuny have been
ef j;ot n.xkVI) to William Zvlatfi for between
911,000,000 and 12,000,000.
Affairs are ,?UH iun8(i,tjs'tory 1n
Samoa. The provisional soveriiment.
it appears, iJ' iourlfir'maiiwitli the na
tive and British snhjeots, and almv
with the" MrriiiitR of '3i Britiah sub
jocta, and is tRxing the Malietoa people
t'i, and the MaUafi 'pWipVll'each.
.ln)M iLord lltvraehall. one of the joint hiith
noiuuiissioners from Ureat Britain, who
was sent to take a leading part in the
negotiations between the United States
and Cluiadtified suddenly in Washing'
ton. He expired in half as hour after
EflitfJiwIStl. NwpEilure wa
,-ii--if j:
The Baker Chain Company, at Pitts
' tnrg, Pa., has advanced the wages of
; Hi-vemployes-from 6 tolO per cent.
' ''Artioles ofWr'OaQof theaik
Bteel Coumanv has been filed with the
secretary of TOtiMf W'JriWj'ilwith
(C9 l.jC''rl RVl'-k.ff 11.000,000. The
afMvftWIMBSiiinire.
fouudry property of the
Paik Brotheri
.Pittsburg, and to
manufacture any foiui of irou or utoel
LATER NEWS.
It is said Rudyard Kipling will be
elevated to the peerage on January 1,
1900.
At Tien-Tsin, China. 200 persons
broke through the ice where three riv
ers meet, and 106 were drowned.
A severe snowstorm has prevailed
generally over the states east of the
Mississippi daring the past week.
Continuous skirmishing is reported
at Manila. A few Americans are
wounded and occasionally one killed.
Another rebellion has broken out
in China. An army 10,000 strong is
committing serious depredating in the
central provinces. ,
The Argentine training-ship, with
President Sarmiente, has arrived at
Valparaiso, where great festivities
have been prepared in his honor.
The republican deputies at a meeting
held at Madrid, have decided upon a
vigorous republican propaganda. Pais,
the republican paper, has been seized.
A message received at Harvard col
lege observatory fiom the European
Association of Astronomeis announced
the discovery of a faint comet by Dr.
Wolfo.
A severe earthquake shock was ex
perienced at Yokohama, the disturb
ance visiting localities of the great
n shock of 1891, with some loss of life
and property.
a Goveinor Smith, of Montana, has
vetoed a bill passed by the late legisla
ture legalizing boxing contests. Such
contests are absolutely forbidden by
the law in force.
.''Ex-Commissary-General Eagan, who
Jias remained in Washington since the
crjurt-martial suspended him from the
service lor an attaox on uenerai Allies,
bas left Washington for the West. He
ill go to Honolulu, where his son has
interests in coffee plantations.
sensation has been oaused in
Fuditce by a report that 12 dynamite
cartridges were found behind the Tou-
ktOnUraenal reoently destroyed, and by
the further reoort that some peison not
yef.'itlentifled fired three revolver shots
at I'll 1 arsenal sentry, none of them
if A suit for 1 7 0,000 damages against
Jtnlss''. Hill, as president of the Great
tfortbdrri Railway Company, has been
(tarnriibneed in the BUDerior court at
l.eiyttlij jby( W. F. Hays, who claims that
ine ffifiie granieu uiui hd eiciusive uuii
trnpt,,tq,fijl in tidelands at Smith Cove
reoenMy: purchased by President Hill
Ifor docking purposes.
General Roloff estimates
thet ,totjii number of men in the Cnban
army at (J,Q00, of which 25,000 are
offioera or officials holding commissions
rind .entitled to offioera' pay. The
Cubans! themselves express astonish
ment at the' proportion, although ad
mitting that they would not be sur
prised if It was one to three.
ii 1 : ill i: I '
Paymaster-General Carey will go to
Cuba with $3,000,000 to pay the dis
banded Cuban ioldiers.
Josephine'' Molina, the 6 year-old
ctaughtar o(, Jtdyard Kipling, and the
oldest ,ofhi9jtbVee children, died in
Newl York ffOinl pneumonia.
'Idisbitcri't.a'eNew York Herald
rom fria ,u(iayar,a, Venezuela, an
nounces, that, the. , United States gun
boats :' Annapolis and Vicksburg have
stilled frou) VJGuayara for Jamaica.
' The fntffgerrts 'made an attempt to
capture the , waterworks near Manila,
nut were repuiseu dj ine uregon ana
Nebraska "troops-. Seventeen rebels
"weie killed, ami many wounded. Two
AmeHoutiWeW W Winded.
-Tri5Bflfl6firmilBer Talbot, Com
mander Gamble, has arrived at New
vork. f.om RBrmllliB
The Talbot was
ordered there by the British govern
ment toiawrpOjCi the body of Lord
HerBheltofci
( It M flHn4edr,tha more than 75
per) cent of tiidJntlra alack of the Ore-
Jorj ShorLitSailrbad j Company has
ueen saeooeu' io exepange unoer
. I . . m Vu V-s n.Lin. n i
the ofto tj haXion Patifio Railway
CoAaimjr$iuBly pobLished.
4hj5xp6irjn of-i jowdermaga
KoeSiairToukmtfranci i,i more than
W people werefilled. I l is rumored
that one of the soldiers guarding the
magazine caused the explosion as an
aot of. revenge. He is o et the vie-tinia.'0'-111
14 ksnoil nA -
GsnnraljQtis hhs,.perfe :ted,a plan of
campaign which is desig ieti, rto crnsh
tli'iifferlWTKoitidK.tl e, Js argents
near ManyjrAflspoa u.(ba rein
forcements arrive he will jroake a gen
tern'Bsalu anljtto.Hen imy's jungle
stronghold. I
Admjra.yoejjnieh! , pif'eornmand
of Germany1 Asiatic t efitj arrd who
has'ilVeK:ATlrr)lW DUwV piWoh double
W M'a,n1ra',"W"nUel seK and
Prince Heniy putii'lto co uijjar..,, The
htfrigei'tlb'tt saa, -im . to ihwi ijnjpeior
WiUiarn).-..friBndijWp, krArerioa,
Pjripce Ueurj, wh,Q ia irother of the
Wnperp, eipg PopuUr
in: tb Unit-
; .-j;uo!1
ed States. ,
Krnin. rrttvirtfl w i
hve been oom-
p-.t.i.t. .-ii -r',"i I
ine to the lieaddnarti
s of the-N a
atioiv at Den-
tional Lh'd'S'tdck' ilsoo
ver, lor the past mouth
the1 offioera of
the association esiltnaU (lie losses from
the recent storms to
cattlemen wha
haw bmdi 0n tha ope
iange at W per
i i..
cent o
f the ent'ira arurninttl .Thlnj in
round
i'tiWrs1, wouldi amount to over
750;O0O fceadiJj-oIjihO
,Iui!iilid') nil
The royal crown'6!
tlatea baut, t:Temots
Persia, 5 whloh
ages, tsi in the
form of a pot of floweis,- surmbuntetl
W an u,mt Dy xae
ft'B
by an uncut ruby the size of a ben's
lol lofllll'l
Kkbrd stallion.
rthe property of General
WJiiiiiiiditckx
waa found it!
join! WiokSirl'
son, at Nashville, Tenn
the stable with his stifU
and the stnt:
son $17,000 some yeard
fcU's sal
Senate in Session in the
Middle of the Night.
THE LAST LEGISLATIVE DAY
Some Important , Bllli Dlnpoted of
Befor the Adjournment of the
' Fifty-Flftli CoiiKregi.
Washington, March 6. Excitement,
confusion, heavy strain and hard work
characterized the last legislative day of
the 65th congress, in the senate. At
times the confusion was so great in this
usually staid and decorous body as to
render the transaction of business al
most impossible. Toward midnight or
der was being evolved from' the seem
ing ohaos of the early part of the day.
When the senate convened at 11
o'clock it faced the taek of considering
two of the great appropriation bills,
those for the army and for supplying
the general deficiencies. The former
carried appropriations exceeding $80,
000,000, and the latter $20,000,000.
With a determination to complete the
appropriation bills, the senate began
immediately at 11 o'clock in the morn
ing to consider these matters, and at 8
o'olook at night the army bill was
passed, the deficiency bill having been
passed nearly three hours before.
Other bills were passed as follows:
To incorporate the National White
Cross of America; amending the in
ternal revenue laws relating r.o distilled
spirits and for other purposes; pro
viding a site for the Washington public
library bcilding.
A bill providing for a government
exhibit at, and to encourage the Ohio
centennial exposition, to be held at
Toledo, and appropriating $300,000,
was passed.
The conference report on the Alaska
criminal code bill was presented and
agreed to.
In the Houae.
At 11 o'clock the house entered upon
the last legislative day of the session.
The final conference -report upon the
bill to codify the criminal laws of
Alaska was adopted. Slow progress
was made on conference reporta The
District of Columbia appropriation bill
and deficiency appropriation bill were
sent back to conference.
The house passed the army appropri
ation bill with all the senate amend
ments and the bill now goes to the
president. ,
The conferees on the rirer and har
bor bill modified the Nicaragua canal
paragraph appropriating $1,000,000
for an examination of all routes, under
direction of the president. The report
of the commission making the exami
nation will be made to congress, and
no provision is made for beginning
work. - v
Two items from Oregon which were
in dispute and upon which there was
a seeming split have been compro
mised. The Yanuina bay item has
been modified so as to have the project
examined by a board of engineers. The
house yields on the boat railway provi
sion so far as not to repeal the law for
the projeot, but strikes out the appro
priation made by the senate. '
SANTIAGO IN A FERMENT.
Withdrawal of Fundi Pule a Stop to
Publle ImproTemenU.
Santiago de Cuba, March 6. Be
tween 2,000 and 8,000 men have been
suddenly thrown out of woik in the
province of Santiago, over 700 in the
immediate neighborhood of this city
Although Governor-General Brooke has
wired $30,000 leonired for the Febru
ary pay-roll, there is still a deficit of
nearly $20,000, and the orders from
Havana still hold good limiting the I
expenditure during the month of March
for the entire province to $10,000. The
effect of this order on Civil Governor
Castillo, Mayor Bicardi and other Ca
bana prominent in official oirclea ia
simply paralyzing.
Groups of men on street corners, in
clubs, cafes, eU, openly abuse the
American administration, saying that
the Spanish was infinitely preferable,
as in the worst times during peace con
eiderably more men were engaged on
public works under the old regime than
are now so employed.
The new regulations have brought to
a standstill all the public improve
ments, inoluding the dredging of the
harbor, roadmaking and sewerage.
Promotion of Dewey and Otli.
Washington, March 6. The presi
dent has sent to the senate the nomina
tion of Rear-Admiral George Dewey to
be admiral of the navy under the act
approved March 2, 1899, and that of
Brigadier-General Elwell S. Otis, D.
S. A., to be major-general by brevet,
to lank from Fehruaiy 4, 1899, for
military skill and distinguished serv
ices in the Philippines. The nomina
tions were confirmed.
Old Wage to Bo Restored.
Providence, R. L, March 8. The
Lonsdale Company, employing 2,500
hands, gave notice today of an advance
of wages on April 1. The States Cot
ton Company, at Pawtucket, employ
ing 600 hands, and the Albiob and Val
ley Falls mills, at Albany, also prom
iee to restore the wages paid to tht
1893 cut-down.
Rain Making at Lot Angeles.
Los Angeles, March 6. Under the
direction of Piofessor T. S. C. Lowe, a
series of experiments are to be made at
artificial rainmaking. A committee
feas been appointed by the chamber of
commerce .here to raise $9,000, the
lianioiint deemed necessary for an ap
paratus and chemicals for bombarding
the skies. Rain is veiy much needed
The
GuVrKf JagkMrtie'e and the conditions have been U
tbrable many times of late, but tbeit
has been no rainfall.
rOR PUBLIC WORKS.
Appropriation for Oregon, Washington
and iciano.
The following are the Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho items as carried by
the appropriation bills passed by the
65th congress: ,
RIVER AMD HARBOR BILL.
Oregon.
Tillamook bay, $25,000; month of
Siuslaw, $30,000; entrance of Coos
bay, $150,000; Upper Columbia ana
Snake , rivers. $7,600; Coos river,
$3,000; canal at oasoades, $75,000; Co
lumbia at Thiee-Mile rapids and noat
railway at the dalles, $50,000; Long
Tom river (transfer of surplus), $3,000;
lower Willamette below Portland, and
Columbia below Willamette river, $50,
000; Coquille, below Coquille City,
$40,000; Claskanie river, $13,000;
goaging waters of Columbia, fl.uuu;
upper uoqnme, ftf.uuo; uoiuinoia, ua-
low Tongue point, $7i,ouo.
Washington.
Olvmpia harbor, $15,000; Everett
harbor, $50,000; Puget sound, $20,000;
Cowlitz river. $3,000; Lewis river,
$10,000; Chehalis river, $3,000; Pend
tOreille river, $10,000; Swinomish
slough, $20,000; Willapa river and har
bor, $5,000; Oakrogan river, flB.OUO,
Idaho.
Clearwater, river, $10,000.
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.
Oregon.
Custom-house, Portland, $200,000;
public building, Salem, $50,000; tender
for thirteenth lighthouse district, $100,
000; post lights on Columbia and Wil
lamette, portion of general fund of su
perintendent life-saving service, Ure
gon, Washington aim uaniornia,
800; river cutter, rorth Facirio coast,
$112,500; launch for custom service,
Astoria, $2,500; Clackamas fish sta
tion, salaries, $3,420; quarantine sta
tion, Astoria, portion of fund,
Washington.
Publio bnilding, Seattle, $150,000,
fence marine hospital, Port Townsend,
$15,000; improvement quarantine sta
tion, Port Townsend, $26,200; estab
lish lighthouse, Burrows island, $15,
000; lighting Puget sound, portion of
fund; Washington fish station, salaries,
$3,480; quarantine station. Port Town
send, maintenance, portion of fund;
improving Gray's harbor, $25,000; col
lectors of customs, Port Townsend,
towards enforcing Chinese exclusion
aot, $110,000; compensation ot 12 com
missioners to examine and classify
lands in land grant and indemnity
land grant limits of Noitbern Pacific
Railroad Compnay, in Montana and
Idaho, $10,000; for publication ol
monthly reports of commissioners in
land ofiice Coeur d'Alene district,
Idaho, and for expenses of hearings,
$3,838; allowing Oiegon, Washington
and Idaho for survey and resntvey oi
lands heavily timbered, mountainous
or covered with dense overgrowth, rates
not exoeeding $25 for standard and
meander lines, $23 for township, and
$20 for seotion lines.
Alaska.
Agents at seal fisheries, $12,950;
food and sustenance, inhabitants of St.
George, $19,500; protection of salmon
fisheries $7000; expenses of courts $9.
500; education, $30,000; reipdeer, $25.
000; register and reoeiver Peavey land
district, $6,000; general appropriation
covering protection of seals in Behring
sea.
DEFICIENCY BILL.
1 For transportation of destitue citi
ens from St. Michaels to Seattle, San
Francisco and Port Townsend, $2,500j
The states get their respective shares oj
general appropriations in the fortifica
tions and armament hill, the postoffici
and the agricultural bill.
NAVAL BILL.
Repair marine corps' barracks, part
of fund.
Naval station, Puget sound, $103,
107; repair of marine corps' barracks,
part of fund.
INDIAN APPROPRIATION BILL.
Oregon.
XVlHDiatll nismiujr, ,,uu, oiitui
agency,$l,200; Umatilla agency,$2,000;
tri il . a oi ortA. c:iA,
Warm Springs agency, $1,200; support
and civilization of tribes in Middle
Oregon. $6,000; support Klamath res
ervation, $5,0U0; soppoit nana wans
reservation. $5,000; Grande. Rondi
and Siletz, $12,000; Salem school,
$92,600.
Washington.
Colville agency, $1,500; Neah Baj
agency, $1,200; Tulalip agency, $1,200;
Yakima agency, $1,600; removing Spo
kanes from Coeur d'Alene reservation,
$5,000; education D'Wallish. $7,000;
education Makahs, $3,000; Yakimas,
$8,000; Colville and Puyallup, $14,
000; commissioner to sell lands of Puy
allups, $2,000; annuity to Chief Moes,
$1,000; employes, Colville agenoy,
$1,200; Nea Perces agency, $1,600;
Fort Hall Indian fund, $6,000; Nei
Percea teachers, $6,000; Sisseton and
Wahpeton fund, $18,400; instruction
of Shoshones and Bannocks, at Fort
Hall, $30,000; Shoshones, Bannocks
am! Sheepeateis, Lehmi agenoy, $13,
000; civilization of Josephs and Nei
Peroe, $7,500; Nea Peroea in Idaho,
$5,000; incidental expenses, Idaho,
$1,000; Sawmills, Net Percea reserva
tion, $3,000. v
REFUSED BY CHINA.
Italy's
Demand for tho
Lease of San
Mun Bay.
Pekin, March 7. The tsnng-li-yamen
bas returned to the Italian charge
d'affaires, Marquis Salvago Raggo, his
dispatch containing the demand of the
Italian government for a lease of San
Mun bay on ine same conditions a
Ili09e uuuer uiuu uoruinuv uuiua mu
Chau bay, accoinpnniyng it with a let
ter declaring that the Chinese govern
ment is nnable to grant the request.
;i IM IS IN If
Portion of Company G
Under Heavy Fire.
TWO OREGON BOYS WOUNDED
An Engagement Near , Manila Water
works Thirty Imurgenti Killed and
Many Wounded.
Manilai March 8. The rebels have
been concentrating in the vicinity of
the reservoii. Today a patrol of com
pany G, Second Oregon volunteers, was
taken in ambush. Two men were
wounded, but the organization held
their ground under a heavy fire until
the remainder of the company, assisted
by two companies of the First Nebraska
legiment, flanked the enemy, killing
80 and wounding several more. Two
battalions of the Twentieth regular in
fantry have reinforced General Hale's
brigade.
All the native huts have been de
stroyed at Mariquina, and the country
there is pretty well cleared, but the
rebels were returning in small bodies
at sundown. Apparently they have
secured a new supply of smokeless am
munition recently, as there has been a
noticeable difference during the last
few days.
The Spanish commissioners who are
endeavoring to secure the release of the
Spanish prisoners in the hands of
Aguinaldo have returned to Malolos to
offer $2,000,000 for their release. As
Aguinaldo has been demanding
$7,000,000, it is not likely their mis-
sion will be successful.
THIS IS BETTER.
American
Troops Weloomed to the
Island of Negros.
Washington, March 8. A cablegram
from General Otis at Manila, received
in Washington, indicates the satisfac
tory and agreeable reception acoorded
to the American troops which recently
landed at the island of Negros. They
were sent there by General Miller at
Ilo Ilo, in command of Colonel Smith,
to take foiroal possession for the
United States, which he did without
trouble.
Previous to the time the troops land
ed, a commission from the island vis
ited General Otis and said they were
willing to surrender, and asked that he
take the inhabitants under his protec
tion. The congratulatory address to
General Miller, embodied in General
Otis' dispatch, is particularly gratify
ing to the officials of the administra
tion, as they believe that the feeling
among the inhabitants of the island of
Neirros is such that there will be no
trouble in dealing with them hereafter.
General Otis' dispatch 1b as follows:
"Following from Ilo Ilo, 4th inst.:
" 'Government, congress and-inhab
itants of Negros to General Miller, Ilo
Ilo:
" 'We affectionately salute you and
congratulate ourselves for the happy
arrival of Colonel Smith and troops
under his orders, and beg yon to send
this salute and congratulations to Gen
eral Otis, at Manila, as representative
of the government of the United States
in the Philippines, (signed) Lascon.'
, "OTIS."
Shelled the Battery.
Manila, Maroh 8. At daylight this
morning the enemy were discovered
trying to mount a gun across the river
from San Pedro.and the Sixth artillery
promptly shelled the rebel battery.
Temporarily stopping work, the enemy
poured a fusillade of musketry across
the river, but a gunboat moved up and
cleared the banks ot the stream with
rapid-fire guns.
RESULTS OF THE EXPLOSION.
Nearly Fifty Corpses Taken From the
( Ruins at Toulon. '
Toulon, March 8. About 60 corpses
have been recovered from the scene ol
the explosion of a powder magazine
yesterday between La Seine and Tou
lon. The remains of several other vio
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tims are still buried in the debris,
London, March 8. A special dis
patch from Paris says it ia rumored
that one of the soldiers who perished
in the explosion of a powder magazine
yesterday morning near Toulon bad for
a long time past been the victim ot
systematic persecution upon the part of
corporations, and he had vowed to be
avenged. It is added that this man is
suspected of having blown up the mag
azine.
Orders to I.eae
Peking, Maroh 8.The American
marines who have been guarding the
United States legation are under orders
to leave. The Russian and French
embassies have also notified the govern
ment of their intention of soon with'
drawing their guard from their respec
tive legations.
No Dlreot Attack.
Manila, Maroh 8. While the rebels
had oonoentrated their forces with the
purpose of attacking the water works,
no direct attempt was made to capture
the American position there. Detach
ments from General Hale's and Gen
eral Wheaton's brigades cleared the
country today.
Prince Henry In Command.
Berlin, March 8. A high official of
the German navy department has in
formed the press that the appointment
of Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of
Emperor William, to the command of
the East Asiatio squardon, bad been
considered for months past, and was
finay decided upon as being the most
expedient, the emperor desiring to
show the American people that he is
thoroughly fiiendly to them, knowing
Henry ia popular in the United States.
NO RESPECT FOR WHITE FLAG.
The Filipinos Show Their Treacherous
Nature.
Manila, P. I., March 9. Detach
ments of General Hale'a and General
Wheaton's brigades were engaged for
two hours this morning olearing the '
country in front of their lines on both
sides of the river, the enemy concen
trating with the apparent pnrpose of
cutting off the garrison at the water
works. The rebels bolted at the first
sign of the advance, but they separated
into small bodies whenever the oovert
afforded opportunity, and kept up a
running fire. By a series of rapid
advances, followed by flank movements,
the enemy was completely routed as far
out as Guadeloupe on the right, and
almost to Mariquini on the left.
The casualties reported are Captain
O'Brien, of company F, First Wyoming
volunteers, and two men slightly
wonnded. The rebel loss was heavy.
This afternoon General Hale's brig
ade continued the work of driving out
the rebels from the country between
the reservoir and the water works, a
distance of about three miles. The
oountry is now clear on the left of the
river, but the enemy is still in fiont of
General Wheaton's line. .
Private Lovejoy, company C, Wash
ington volunteers, was killed by a stray
bullet.
Major Bell, Seventh United States
cavalry; Private Young, oompany M,
Twentieth infantry, and Private Parks,
company I, First Wyoming volunteers,
wounded today.
This morning the enemy in front of
General Ovenshine's division displayed
a nag of truc-e, but returned when Lieu
tenant Eohler, with two men, advanced
to meet it. This afternoon they again
showed a white flag, and again two
officers and an inspector advanced.
When the Americans were within 20O
yards of the rebels the latter dragged
rifles from behind their baoks and
opened fire upon them, but fortunately
without effect. Hawthorne's battery
fired two shells, killing several of the
enemy. '
STORMS AND FLOODS.
Roaring March Weather In the Eastern
States.
Norfolk, Va., March 9. From Hat
teias to Norfolk a terrible storm ia rag
ing, , exceeding in intensity that of
February 13. The wind is blowing at
the Tate of 40 miles an hour, accompan
ied by snow and cold.
A big vessel, whose name cannot be
ascertained bas gone ashore at Gull's
island, near Hatteras. The lifesavers
are on the scene, but they fear the
storm wi'l prevent them from render
ing any assistance.
The storm came up unexpectedly,
and fears are expressed that many ves
sels have been caught off the Virginia
and North Carolina coasts, and may be
in danger.
The monitor Amphitrite is anchored
in the harbor, tugging at her cables,
and waves washing her low decks, but
it is not thought she will go adrift.
There is a large fleet of schooners ia
Hampton Roads which cannot put to
sea.
ANOTHER CHINESE REBELLION.
Serious Uprising In Central Provinces
Famine and Destitution.
Victoria, B. C. March 9. The Em
press of India arrived her from the
Orient this evening, bringing mail ad
vices of the Philippine tebellion vary
ing but little from the cable accounts
reoeived.
From China news is reoeived that a
rebellion has broken out in the central
provinces. An army of 10,000 men is
under arms, committing serious atrooi
ties and depredations. The imperial
troops have been called out to quell the
insurrection.
Famine is reported in Saghalia, ow
ing to the shortage df the potato crop.
Great destitution is feared.
Li Hung Chang has been recalled
trom the Yellow river to Peking.
A massacre ia reported at Port Roy
alist, but details are meager.
Twenty-one pirates are reported on
the West river. Many natives were
killed. No captures have been made
of the pirates.
From Java news comes that strong
fortifications are being erected.
Ambassador Choate Presented.
London, Maroh 9. United States
Ambasador Joseph H. Choate returned
from Windsor at noon today, after hav
ing been formally presented to Queen
Victoria and having passed the night
at the oastle. While the ambassador
declines to give details of the ceremony
or discuss his visit to the queen, he told
the press representatives he was much
gratified at the cordiality and graoious
ness of his reception.
Funeral of Toulon Victims.
Toulon, Maroh 9. The funeral of
theviotinis of the explos'on Sunday
morning last of a powder magazine,
which was situated lie t ween this place
and Lazyne, took place today, and was
attended by enormous crowds ot peo
ple, the funeral procession extending
two kilometers, A dozen cars carried
the 51 coffins. The minister of ma
rine, M. Lockroy, and many govern
ment and local officers followed the io
mains to the cemetery,
A Cemeut Combine.
Trenton, N. J., Maroh 9. Articles ot
incorporation were filed today for the
Continental Cemeut Company, with an
authorized capital of $10,000,000.
The Revolt In Tenesuela.
Caracas, Venezuela, Maroh 9. The
government troops have captured the
city of Calaboaao, capital of the new
state of Gnarioo, in which the revolu
tion led by General Ramon Geuerra,
supported by the Crespo party, baa
been in progiesa for several weeks,
Skagway. March 9. Fire Jn Dyea
last night destroyed the Palace and
Northern hotels, Chilcoot tram stables,
Senate saloon and courthouse. loss,
,13'000- r.UO-LHO