S1E
HILL
VOL. VI.
HILLSIIOUO, OREGON, THURSDAY, APUIL 27, 1899.
NO. 6.
SBR0
V
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TKIISK TICKS FROM TIIR WIKKM
An lelore.tlHg Collection eMleen. Trum
lee Twa Moml.pberas Fmeoatod
la a Cada4 Form.
Tli majority of tho wounded In llu
(jtilngua engagement were Nebraska
nieii.
Tim Asiatic liner, Oleiiogli1, sank
Hi Cily ol Kingston in log near T
CO.IS,
Hum IIihm, negro, win burned t
Urn slak In Georgia. Ho had killed
, Alfred Craittord, a whit fanner, nmr
J'liliiiiiiln, mid outraged hi wilo.
" Majur-Geueial Oil al Manila reports
Unit una o( in regiments under hi.
command ha rcoeived aoina, culilo
grams reading "Don't enlist bJve."
Tli Duke of Tetuan, ex minister cif
foreign affairs, has been appointed
Npelu'l delegate tu lit nn confer
ence, w It lull tu meet at Tit lliignii
licit lliontll.
Coiiliaeta wore signed In London
Friday wlilcli formally transferred tu l
single orgs iuili.m practically all ul
the large producing copper mines In
the United Slate.
Tha senatorial election (or tlia now
cottc wa held at Madrid, ami paaaod
nit tranquilly thionghotit Ilia country.
They Imva resulted In giving tlia gov
ernment a larger majoiity In tlia ann
ate tlinn It lil secured In the chamber
vf deputies.
President Kvlaya has granted an op.
llrin, In (urea until January 1, 1000, tn
Mi. ChailHa Nieoll, British counsel al
Managua, tu purchase tha rallroatla and
leamlxml of Nicaragua, wilh Ilia
worksbopa a'piiertaining to them, lor
tha train of 0,000,01)0 pen (lilvur).
At Oakland, Cat., John MoCaun, a
Inlaii!, waa twaln to death during a
quarrel which began dining game of
dice In bailor bop, Cornelius
Tuwinci.it, Democratic comity ecu
trnl committeeman, I accuwdof strik
lug b blow which proved fatal. II
la under at rest, are also Frank
Kniuillard, Frank tlMaitlim anl Kd
Itnactt, alt suspected of complicity In
tha crime.
i " 1 Tha btI court wilt recommend thai
General Milri be reprimanded heoaun
ha fuiUJ to ad vine thw secretary of war
ol Ma objections against canned roast
beet, and lor hi dlsuussing in news
paper matters solely In tha Jnr ix.lln
llmi ol a couil o inquiry, Tho rourt
Duds substantially that General Miles'
alh'Rutiuii at to tho nupalutahility ol
cutinml roaal ImmiI are iimliiinail, tint
proof aa lo the n.o of chamlaaU In re
Irignralrd Iwaf ta not aufflaleiit, ,
Three young girl imritht-d in the
burning ol an orpliaDi' home at llama,
Ohio.
Conimir, tbn Indian who murdoretl
riiilip Walkar, liaa buen captured ut
Kamhinpn,
Fir (h'alroyed tha ilcp.iitniHiit itoro
of Kwor A Co., at Mawramla, I'u. Ui.-a,
1100,000; Insurance, 160,000.
. Preahlvnt MuKlnlti? haa aocvptod an
Invitation to attend the Ohio aline on
OHiupinaiit of the (1. A. It. in June.
Tlia American Car A Foundry Cora
puny, at Ji'fTnrnoiivillo, Ind., Im rcHwil
the wage of ill 3,000 employee 10 put
(Wilt.
At Blotu FiiIIh, Jodgo (liirliind km
ti'iico.l llud Elk to be hanged June 10
for killing pollomnun who tried to
riMkt hi in.
It Ima Ixwn dcidd by tho (lurinnn
Koviirnniunt to adopt the Knvllxh
Thornycrolt ayatum of wator-tobo boll
eta In all Herman mn-o(-wnr.
Heading railroad repulr ahnp mo
ohiinlca and othnr eniploypa will have
their waijpa adtanuod from 6 to 10 pi
omit. Two tbouaand nion will be
nffticlud. .
The new iternwheol reronno otitlm
Nunlvmi had htrr trial trip al San Fran
cluco. She la lor uae on (he Yukon,
and will be towed to Ht. Miihuola Uy
A I. II.. .. .
p Uoinp Iiim dutormlned to announoo
' to the people of Culm lilt in p port of an
AmnrluHU protnotoiate until such time
ai atablo, independent government uiny
b formed. ' " , -
Sorloua itndent iloti linve occurred at
the unlveuity of Kieff, Ituaalii, the
, rioten amaglilng windows with atonoa.
Trunpa diaporaud the mob and nnoBtud
400 atndenta.
The Major inveatlgaling com mi I toe
of the Missouri stale si-nuto, whluli bus
been turning over the affiilra' of (he
state and municipal oflitea In Ht. Louis,
has made a report lo which It finds
millions of dollars' worth ol property
in Ht. Louie lias escaped taxation.
Speaker Reed has decided to beoome
a member ol the law Arm ol Simpson,
Tbacber & fiarnum, ol Now York, It
Is understood that lieed will lesign
. his tout in conaresi and remove to New
York, The statement has been made
thitt Mr. Iteml la guaranteed a yearly
Income of 50,000. .
, Mhirtr M.w. Hnni. i , !
Gen. Wheeler has recently had sot ai
out! buttons two buttons t hut woreshot
from his' uniform during the war ol
tne rebellion.
The aeoietnry of the Intel lor linn a p.
proved the plana of Director Waluutt
for the continuation ol surveys in
, Alaska during tha summer of 1809.
Disaffection in Jamaica against the
government la giowlng and the senli
intuit to demand annexation to the
United Btutos Is gaining forco. t
'Ak '. .V" . .
LATtH NEWS.
The rl.i In the Missouri silver at
Omaha Ima reaultvd In driving DUO
Hipla from thi'lr homes and th nearly
totui aiibiuergniicu of bottom lands, six
lilies long ami two wide.
Henry Ilrunot, who ia ooi.IIiih.I in
the Tuy lor villa jail at i'nnn, 111. for
tha inuidiir ol hU annt Jiinn Iliuiiot,
made a aiiniud confession impliaiiilng
his mother, Anna Ilniuot, in their mm.
J limes and Joseph Caldwell, brotlmrs,
living on a ranch near Wiliiamsport,
N. 1). , ijnarralod and Jamea shot his
brother to death with a illlo. lie then
coin in it ted aoloiil by dt inking car
bolic add.
K.Unrd Scott atabbixl his eon at
Jamestown, N. Y. The fiitbnr had
been drinking and abusing the joung
man'a mother, which resulted in a
quarrtd. The victim is In a critical
condition. The father ia under arrost.
Advli rs rncvived at Now Orleans
from lllnenetds, by the stoamshlp Jurl,
state that pandemonium rolgni In
that oily the night ol April 18. Drunk
en native soldiers paraded the atiHots,
llring at innftiuisivo cltiua and into
house. Hevoral peisons were wounded.
The first street-railway ordinance
which provide for a t-eeut fare, 10 per
cent eompiinna'.ion to the city and the
option for rauntuipal ownership has
been introduced in the city council at
Chicago, Tha coiupuny socking a 20
yeal (raneblau ondui thwao terms 1
the Chicago Western Elevated Kuilioud.
Tho members of the Hamonn oommis
linn have arrived in Han Francisco and
will go to Apia ou the ttansport Maduer.
Judge Tripp the Ameiii an' repiesent
alive says t.'iat the ctnoiuissiouers are
in thorough harmony In their dnsito
to avoiil international complication!
and are lu accord ou the main issue
Involved,
John Fagn, 77 years old, living at
Spriogdaln, Wash., applied for a pen
sion. Ills son, J sine i'age, company
I), St-ound Oregon volunteers, was
killed at Manila, March 1. He was
80 years old, alngle, and the sole sup
port ol hia luther, who la a widower.
This Is the Drst application for pension
Mod in Washington ou account of the
lata war.
A story has touched Victoria from
Alaska to the oPect tbut a party of six
returning Klondikurs, one ol whom Is
aald to have been bringing out consid
erable tivusure, have been drowneil
nail Fifv-Milo, whnre tbe river trail is
now Impassable. The stoty was given
at Kkagway by a late arrival, but It is
unconfirmed by lb other lute comers.
No names wore given.
Governor (inge has appointed Dun
ilurns a United Htstna senator from
CslKoinla to succeed tilvphvn M.
White.
Kx lliivernor Itichard J. Oglesby fell
dead near Lincoln, Neb. He had huou
lu ill health for soma tioie, but toe enJ
waa uneiwoioil.
Daniel K. Urewer, a piotuincnt Chi
cago physician, in a lecture, advocated
the establishment of aTarpoian lock in
Chicago, u n lens the city secures a new
oode of criminal law.
The jury in the Windsor hotel flro
it New Yoik, brought in a verdict that
tbe fire waa cuuaed by accident. The
police still have (10,000 worth of un
claimed Jewelry und other vuluablci
recovered from the Die ruin.
Major Francis H. Dodgo, of the pay
depaitment, recently relieved fioui
duty at Denver, has been selected by
the war department to disburse the (!),
000,000 allotted by the government ful
tha pay of the Cuban troops.
The United States Wots ted Com
pany, with a capital of ) 0,000,000,
and the American Plumbing Supply Si
Lend Company, with, an authorized
capital of $35,000,000, have been In
cot porn ted under the laws of New Jet
ley. N. M. Dyer, captain of the crniscr
Hiiltimore, now at Mnniln, will retain
at onoo on account of stcknoss, and will
arrive In lloston, Juno 90. The family
has notified Uultimote city ofllclals,
ami they will present him with a
word.
The president lias appointed Colonel
James F. Smith of the First California
regiment, to he a biigaiiier-goneral of
volunteers. The regiment ia now in
the Philippines. Ueuerul Smith will
be assigned to one of tho btigiulca ol
Uonoral Otis' nimy,
At Sptiugfleld, Mo., a bold attempt
waa made to release from the county
jail Jack Kennedy, Bill Hyan and Hill
Sheppaid, who are held here pending
trial for the receut train robbery on
the Kansas City, Fort Scott ft Mem
phis road, near Macomb, Mo.
In tho United States supremo court
an opinion was handed, down in the
case of Oliver Wendell Holmes, jr.,
vs. U. D. Hunt, holding that copyright
on a book, the contents of which have
been publiihod serially without being
previously copy lighted, ia invalid.
Captain Wild, of the United Statos
cruiser Boston, has protosted against
the promotion of Colonel Millui to ho
brigadier-general as a rewind for tho
capture of Ho Ilo. It appears that this
capture had been effected and that tho
place waa simply turned over to Col
onel Millei, who, up to that time, had
nothing to do with Its captuie. This
action la indorsed by Admiral Dewey.
There are 450 employes to every 100
miles of railroad in the United States.
. The Kiowa Indians in Kansas re
cently chose ns "madlcine man" tho
white widow of the previous incumbent
of the oftlce.
Mrs. McKinley, wife of the" presi
dent, hot listen and the heirs of the
late George D. Saxton own the oil and
mineral rights in 800 acres of land in
the vicinity of the Scio (O.) oil field.
They did not know it until informed
by a man who wanted a lease.
THE FILL OF QUINCUA
Filipinos Were Driven From
a Horseshoe Trench.
NF.UttA.SK A MKN FIGHT HARD
Tha Am.rlraa Troop. C'ntlaa4 Tk.lr
Arftaao .nil Oncupl.d tb
Tuwa.
Manila, April 25. Four men of the
Nebraska regiment, including Coloael
Ktotsenhitrg, Lieutenant SIsaoD, and
thiee men of the Fourth cavaliy, were
killed, and 44 wounded in an engage
ment at (juingiia. The Filipino ie
treatnd with small Ions.
The engagement devolopad ir.to a ills
aatrous, though succensful, fight. The
insurgents had a horseshoe tiench,
about a mile long, encircling a lice field
on thw edge of a wood.
Major I'.ell, with 40 cavalrymen, en
countered a strong outpost. One ol his
men was killed and five were wounded
by a volley. The American retiied,
carrying their wounded under fir and
with great diflli-ulty, being closely pur
sued, fog enabling the enemy to creep
up to them. Two men who were carry
ing a comrade were shot in the arm,
hot they continued with their burden.
Major Hull scut for reinforcement
to rescue the body ol the killed cavalry
man, and a battalion of the Nebraska
cgluient, under Major MufTord, ai
med and advanced until checked by
volleys lioiu tho enemy 'i trenches.
The Americans lay about 800 yards
from the trenches behind rice furrow
under fire, for two hour. Several
men were su nut ruck, one dying from
the effect of the heat aa they lay there
waiting for the artillery to come op.
Finally the second battalion arrived,
and then Colonel Stotsenborg, who had
spent tho night with hia father at Ma
nila, came upon the fluid. The men
Immediately recognized him and
rained a cheer. Colonel Stotsenburg,
deciding to charge as the cheapest way
out of tha difficulty, led the attack at
the head of his regiment. He full
with a bullet In the breast, dying in
stantly, about 200 yards from th
breastwork.
Lieutenant Piston fell with a bullet
In his lieiiit, the bullet striking him
near the picture of girl, suspended
by a ribbon from h is nock.
In the meantime the artillery had
arrived and shelled the trenches. The
Filipinos stood until the Nebraska
troops ware right on the trenches, sod
then they bolted lo the eecond line ol
the trenches, a mile back.
The Nebraska regiment lost two pi I
valcs and had many wounded, Includ
ing two lieutenants. The Iowa iegi
tne nt had svvetal wounded. The Utah
regiment had one ofTlcei and thiee men
wounded. riiiitoen dead Filipino
were found in the trenches. Their loss
was comparatively small on aocount of
their safe shelter.
The Americans carried the second
trench with small loss, and are holding
the town tonight.
Colonel Stolsenhurg had won a repu
tation as otio of the Ins vest fighters in
the army. He always let) hia regiment
and had achieved remarkable popular
ity with his men since the war began,
although, during bis Drat colonelcy,
the volunteota who were not used to
the rigid discipline of the regular
troops thought him a hard officer. The
loss ol the Nubtatika regiment in the
campaign is ihe greateet sustained by
any regiment, and today' disaster has
greatly saddened oftloeis and men, who
promise to take fierce vengeance lu the
next fight.
BURNED ' AT A STAKE.
Georgia Nrgro Cat With Knlva aad
Then Met ou Flro.
New nan, (4a., April 85. In the pies-
ence of nearly 2,000 people, who sent
aloft yells of defiance and shouts of joy,
Sum Hose, a negro who committed two
ol the basest acts known in the history
of crime, was burned at the stake in a
public toad one and a halt miles from
hero, this afternoon.
Before tho toich wb applied to the
pyre, the negro was deprived of hit
ears, fingers and other portions of his
nnntouiy. The negro plead pitifully
for his life while the mutillation was
going on, but stood tho ordeal of fire
with surprising fortitude. ' Befofe the
body was cool it was cut to pieces, the
bonus wore oruslied into email bits,
and even the tree upon which the
wretch met his Into was torn up and
disposed of as souvenirs. Tbe negro
win cut in several pieoes, aa was also
hia liver. Those unable to obtain the
ghastly relics direct paid the more for,
tunate possessors extravagant sums oi
Jiem. Small pieoes of bone went at
85 oenta, and a bit of the liver, crisply
cooked, sold or 10 cents.
Sam Hobo killed Alfred Cranford, a
white farmer, near Palmetto, and out
raged his wife, 10 days ago.
Demands Cog-hlnn's Removal.
.Chicago, April 85. The llllnoli
Slants Zoitung, in a furious editorial
on Captain Coghlan's utterances at
Now Yoik, demands hia removal, con
cluding: "Tho American government
should get lid of officers of the kind of
Coghlan." '
, The Counterfeiters' Plot.
Philadelphia, April S3. Secret serv
ice men say the counterfeiters arrested
hero and in Lauoastor, Pa., Intened to
attempt to bribe a trusted official ol
one of the United States sub-treasuries
and dump $10,000,000 of couutoifoit
notes diiectly upon the government.
The gang had a ISO bote and a (100
note partly finished, and planned to
make plates for a f30 note. They had
paper and machinery to carry out th
plan'.
HAS ENTERED A PROTEST.
Oormaar Tako Ksc.itilra to tho I'ltor-
of t'ata!i (kUo.
Washington. April 2(1. The German
government has entered a formal pro
test against tbe laimuage used by Cap
lain Coghlao at tbe Union League
Club banqoet. The protest waa hxlged
1th Secratarr Hay tbrouKb Get man
Ambassador von Holleben, Secretary
Hay replied that the language could
not be regarded aa official or a public
utterance in th aeiiae that would war
rant the department in acting. How
ever, th navy department was fully
competent to take such action aa the
case seemed to require.
Ther ar aeiul-ollklal Intimations
that the ambassador will not so much
concern bimself with the course ol
Coghlan as with tha United 8tut-s in
dealing wilh Coghlan.
Hay Ktre..o Itlaoppro.al.
Berlin, April 20. It is announced
in a semi-offlolal''nota today that
United State Kecre'ary of State John
Hay has expressed 1 1 the German am
bassador his strong tiisapproval of the
conduct of Captain -4Joghlan, of th
cruiser Kaleigh.
FORTY-EIGHT HEW WARSHIPS.
fuel. Sob's Kbvjt fipowlai at Baoia
Ka.
New York. April 88. A special to
the Tribune fluid Washington says:
The completion within a few months
of two great battle I HS. the Kenrsurge
and Kentucky, urvei to call attention
to the remarkable rate at which the
American navy ia growing at the pre
ent tune. Except among naval offi
cers, who watch this progress, few per
sons realise that 48 , warships are now
under construction tor tne United
States, Involving expedllures under ex
isting contract aggregating 133.336,
BOO fot ball end machinery alone
These vessel, wbeb equipped ready
lor aea, will have coat over 150.000,
000. Eight of them are first-class sea
going battle-ship, aa good ai any
afloat, wlthouttakin; into a count the
superiority of the gi;nner, machinist
and officers to man tr.em. Sixteen are
torpedo-boat dstro)rs, averaging 2D
knots speed; focr ee heavy harlxir
defense monitor; on is a staler cruis
er to the New Orleans, and 18 are tor
pedo-boatl.
HAS AN AXE TO GRIND.
John Hall Will Mot Akrofato Utoa
Htilw.r Treaty far .SulUlMg.
New York, April IS. A special to
the Herald from Wa4tiingtoneays: Al
though willing to abi'gaMAba JUlaiUUii
tiolwei treaty, Ureal I'f
it plain to the United ft
expects an H1r'T"l1iV,Sf"'
action. This equivalent will be exact
ed during the negotiations of the
American-Canadian coin in inn ion, which
is to resume sessions in Washington in
Autiust next.
It Is because of a demand for con
cessions equal in value to that which
will lie given to the United States in
the abrogation of the Clayton-Uulwer
treaty that the negotiations have not
progressed with the promptness at first
expected.
It is apparent to the officials now
that Gieat Britain proposes to use the
proimsition to abrogate Ihe tiealy to
further its own aims in connection
With the settlement of the Alaskan
bonndaiy and reciptocity questions.
Gieat Britain ia determined to make
every effoit to secure emry to the
Northwest Territory through Alaska,
and the United States is not wiltiug to
give it to her. It may be, therefore,
that she will aoggeat that in return for
such an outlet alio will surrender all
her rights in the Nicarugnan canal.
President McKinley and Secretary
Hay have determined not to entei into
any negotiation with either Costa
Kica or Nicaragua respecting the Nic
aragua canal until the new Isthmian
canal commission has submitted its re
port. The Nicaiagua canal commission
will teport within a short time, and
the prcsi lent will then announce the
petsontiol of the isthmian commission.
The new com in i as ion will then proceed
to Panama and later to Nicaragua, and
it is the expectation of the president
that It will submit its teport in time
for consideration early tu the next ses
sion of congress.
WORK OF A MOB.
Th Alleged Accomplice of niu
Hose
Hanged Near Palmetto.
Palmetto, Ga., Aptil !6. The body
of Lige Strickland, the negro preacher
who was Implicated iu the Cranford
murder by Sum Hose, was found
swinging to the limb of a persimmon
tree within a mile and a quarter of
this place early today. Before death
was allowed to end the sufferings of the
negro, his eats were cut off, and the
small finger of the left hand was sev
ered at the second joint. Those tro
phies were in Palmetto today. On the
chest of the negro was a scrap of blood
stained paper fastened wilh an ordi
nary pin.
On one side of this pa net was writ
ton: "New York Journal. We mnst
protect our ladles, 33-90." The other
side ol the paper contained a warning
to the negroes of the neighborhood. It
road aa folows: "Beware, darkies.
You will be treated the same way."
Before being finally lynched, Stiick
land was given a chance to confess tc
the misdeeds of which the mob sup
posed him to be guilty, but he protest
ed his innocence until the end.
CARRIED OPEN LAMPS.
Kxploilun In m Coal Mine Killed Font
Men and a Boy.
Denver, April 24. A special to the
News from Albuquerque, N. M., says:
Four men and a boy employed in Cook
St Whlte'B coal mine at Madrid lost
thoir lives at noon today, Orders are
Btrlot to the effect that only safety
lamps shall be used In the mine, hut
two men, some time after the foreman
had made hit rounds, rallied in one"
lumps.
ENTIRE PARTY DEAD
Timber Cruisers That Left
Seaside Were Poisoned.
CAUSED BY EATING CASSED FOOD
HodlM of Throo of tho Mow Fi
forties S..rrhlD( for tho
Fourth.
eoo
Astoila, Or., April 20. Tbat tha en
tire party that left Seaside April 7 on
a timber cruise are dead is an aasuied
fact as tbe bodies of three have air
leady been found and smirch i (till in
progreo for tha fourth, who wa the
oldest and weakest member of the
party. i
As soon a P. II. Doty' body was
found and brought into Seaside Satur
day afternoon, Louis Chance, known as
"Indian Louie," and John Burke were
engaged to start out in search of the re
mainder of tits party, who consisted of
P. E. Heikman, a civil engineer, of
this city; W. T. Kad'r. a timber lo
cator, of Portland, and A. J. Cloutrie,
of Seaside, who accompanied the party
as a goide, as he was thoroughly famil
ial with that section of the country.
This afternoon "Indian Louie" re
turned with tbe information that they
bad found the bodies of Heikman and
Itadir at the foot of Sugar Loaf mono
tain, some distance apart, and about
three miles from where Duty's body
was found. "Ind!n Louie" returned to
give the news, while Burke continued
to seaich for the body ol Cloutrie. Ac
cording to information received, there
were no mark of violence on tbe
bodies, and the cause of their death
can at the present time only be snr
mised, but it is generally supposed that
it was the result of eating poisoned
canned meat or vegetable.
A party started out from Seaside this
afternoon to bring back the todies, but
it may be several days before they will
arrive, as it is about 16 miles tb rough
a very rough count! y. Soma writing
may be found on one of the bodies that
may explain the cause of the cruisers'
deatlia, but it now appears quite cer
tain that they had been dead longer
than at first supposed. The last entry
iu the field notes found on Doty were
dated April 9, only two days after the
party had started out from Seaside.
P. . Heikmano was 89 years of
age, and a native of Germany. His'
era 'years tit flie'npne-riog'epsrt-nient
of the Union Pacific at Omaba.
A. J. Cloutrie was 65 years of age.
He came to this county from Portland
about four years ago, and lived at Sea
side during most of tbe time.
"Indian Louie'' today made the fol
lowing statement:
"My opinion is that Cloutrie got
hurt in some wiy, nd they all stayed
with him until he died, meantime
exhausting all their provisions.
matches, eto. After Clontrie's death
they evidently wete lost, and wandered
about seeking to recover their bearings.
Whether the supposition that the
death of any or all of the party was
due to poisoning from canned meats or
other edibles is tine, thete was noth
ing in their surroundings to indicate.
Cloutrie was one of the most practical
woodsmen in this section of the coun
try. According to the notes found on
Duty's body, the party was through its
work and on its way out."
ARMY AT CALUMPIT.
MaeArthur's Troup. Before the Rebel
Stronghold.
Manila, April 88. On General
Hale's advance on Calumpit 60 Fili
pinos and one American were killed.
Hale ic now before Calumpit. The
army gunboats aie of no further use to
the army beyond Malolos, and have
started back to Manila.
The Americans have evacuated Ma
lolos, and hold only the railroad piop
erty. rrogre.s of Lawton's Troops.
Manila, April 26. Although the
sticky condition of the ground, due to
a rain storm, seriously impeded its
piogress, General Lawton's column left
San Jose today, and is expected to
reach Norsagarav this evening.
Colonel Suiuniete is marching from
Booave with two battalions each from
the Oregon and Minnesota regiments,
three troops of cavalry and two guns.
In the meantime General MacAr
thiur's division is in front of Calumpit,
preparing to attack the- rebels' strong
hold, and General Hale, with several
suns, is threatening the enemy's flank.
A few rebels between Novaliohes
and La Lorn a have persistently inter
fered with telegraphic communication,
but the signal cotps has repaired tbe
breaks and captured severeal prisoners.
A small body of rebels atTaklay was
discovered this morning by the armoied
launch Napidan. A few shots scat
tered the rebels and diove them inlaud
from the lake.
All is quiet along General Hall's and
General Ovenshine's lines.
Another Cigar Belsur.
Toledo, O., April 86. Revenue o (fl
eets today seized 30,000 cigars with
counterfeit stamps. The total seized
iu this city is now over 70,000.
Getting Evidence.
Washington, Apiil 85. In spite of
all denials, it is true the cabinet and
the president have discussed sedition
and treason as shown in the messages
and letters sent to the soldiers iu the
Philippines and Intercepted by General
Otis. It is believed the matter will be
again taken up by the cabinet as soon
as details are sent by Otis and the
names of the persons who have fought
the government in this way will be
made public
SAVED A MURDERER'S LIFE.
How Alger Secured Commutation of the
Iat h Kentonee.
Washington, April 27. President
McKinley has commoted the death sen
tence of I'.alael Ortia, of Cagnas, Porto
Rico, who murdered Private Burke, of
the Forty -seven th New York infantry,
to life imprisonment. Secretary Alger
was instrumental in securing this act
Df clemency, as the case waa brought
lo his attention when he waa in Porto
Hioo.
Ortix was in love with a Porto Hican
girl before ti e arrival of tbe American
oldiere id that island, and waa loved
in return. Burke won the heart of tbe
dnsky maiden, and when Ottis pro
tested tho American slapped hi face
ia tha presence of his former sweet
heart. The Porto I!ioanjjf"rwa'otffarH;W
and, on ugiit fiudiog Bowl.o drinking
with several compaxrona, rutihed op bo
bind him and cot hi throat.
Ortia waa seized, convicted ami sen
tenced to be shnt. .II waa to have
been executed at San Juan tbe day Sec
retary Alger reached Caguaa on hia
tour of inspection. t II, a mother and
lister of the eondetna-d man and sev
eral other native lined op on each tide
of tbe road and (topped the progress of
tbe ecretary. The mother and daugh
ter knelt and pleaded for hi life.
Secretary Alger ,onpnJed execution
of the sentence until the case could be
looked into by the president, who to
day oon.muted the sentence to life im
prisonment. - .
EXPLOSION CF BENZINE
too Forooa. Killed and aeoro In
jured la Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, April 87. By the ex
plosion of 75 gallop of benzine in the
laboratory of Frank H. Flee & Co.,
manufactoteres of chewing-gnm, today,
two men were killed, three- persons
seriously injured and over a score
othe-s were more or less injured by
flying debits. The dead are: Waller
Manwaring, aaaistaot superintendent,
and Cbarlee McKinley, engineer. Ol
those injured, Hairy liandall, an em
ploye, and Mr. Giviaov,' and hei son
sr tha most seriously hart, but
these will recover .
Tbe explosion was a terrific one,
and fot a time caoed the wildest ex
citement. No leas tbau 100 buildings
in tha vicinity, most of tbera small
dwelling, were damaged. The lab
oratory trail-ling was a two-story struc
ture. At the time of ihe explosion
there wete oiiIt four in- working in
tha building, who wer preparing a
iWiioxLirHjaiaiiuitjiUr.QUIiiiX
furnace in tbe next room, and the ex
plosion instantly followed. Man
waring was instantly killed and Mc
Kinley was so badly hurt that he died
several hours later in a hospital.
Randall's escape was remaikable.
He was blown through the tool and
landed on an adjoining building.
LYNCHED BY NEGROES.
Kansas Murderer Shot bjr
Men of His
Own Uce.
Kansas City, April 27. A special
to the Star from Galena, Kan., says:
Charles Williams, alias Jones -(colored),
was shot to death at 8:30 this
morning in the city jail by a mob of
negroes. Williams killed Laura Cnn
affai, a negiess, yesterday. The mob,
composed of about 35 masked negroes,
went to the jail, and four gained en
trance by breaking the door in. The
first man had an ax, the second a rope,
and the third carried a pistol. Wil
liams was locked in his cell, but they
lost no time in breaking the lock, and
ordered him to come out. This be re
fused to do, claiming that he was inno
cent of the charge, and asked them to
only give him a fair show.
At this the man who carried the re
volver began shooting through the bars
at Williams. Four shots took effect,
killing the murderei instantly. The
work of the mob was systematically
and cooly done. They came quietly,
did their work and dispersed without
any demonstration. The ooroner'a in
ouest today held that Williams came
to his death from the effects of pistol
shots from an unknown person. No
arrests have been made.
V.ed Strong Language.
Lomjon, April 37 The 800th anni
versary of the birthday ol Oliver Crom
well was celebrated today. Dr. Joseph
Parker, of the City Temple, delivered
an extraordinuty oration to a large
congregation, and iu the course of his
remarks attacked the Prince ol Wales
is "a oetain card playing prince."
After eulogizing Cromwell, Dr. Paiker
said: "When the prince fails, then let
the country mourn. We look to the
prince for noble deeds and high ex
ample. When J see my pttnoe and
premier on the race course, I don't
like it."
These remarks were cheered by ti e
audience, and Dr. Parker then proceed
ed to make a rabid attack on the sultan
of Tut key.
Strike at t'otur d'Alene.
Spokane, April 37. Miners in Ihe
Coeur d'Alene country struck today.
The miners' union culled out the em
ployes of Bunker Hill and Sullivan
mines at Wtirduer, and the miners of
the Last Chance mines also walked
out. The men demand $3.60 per day
ill round, and recognition of the union.
Deadman'. Island Cneo.
Vancouver, B. C. April 37. At an
adjourned session tnight the city conn
oil passed a lesolutioii by a majority of
one to wire Ottawa and uscet tain if'the
government will grant a transfer of
the lease of Deadmau's .island fiom
Ludgate to the city.
Vicksbtug, Miss.,. April 27, The
gunboat Nashville reached, here late
this afternoon and anoliored opposite
tbe city.. Ihe vessel was given an ea
thusiastio reception.
CALUMPIT CAPTURED
Rebels Made a Brief Stand
and Then Fled.
AMERICANS LOST EIGHT KILLED
Captaro of tho City ! Otl. Strategic
Control of tho Worth Half
f Laaea. .
Manila, April 37. General Mac
Arthur has annihilated Aguinaldo at
Calompit. . -..:, : -
Tbe insurgent mad aft brief stand
against 6,(Oi! Aiiirtd:,,,,, a,..) tfrCll flJ
to the hiik. ' The Americans lost eight
killed.
The captor of Calumpit gives the
Americans strategic control of tha
north half of Lozon, and ia tha final
blow to the hopes of the rebel leaders
and the insurgent republic
General Lawton today lost communi
cation with General MacArtbcr, and
now has to cover eight miles by courier.
Tbe signal corps ia trying to estab
lish telegraphic communication again.
General Lawton ia now near Noraa-
ry. . '
The March to Calumpit.
Manila. April 17. General MacAr.
thur's division fought its way to tha
Filipino trenches before Calumpit to
day, advaaciag four miles, mostly
through woods and jangles, and crow
ing the Bag hag river. This waa ac
complished at a cost to the Americana
of six killed and 38 wounded, tbe first
South Dakota regiment being tha hear
iest loser.
After fording tbe river, tha Sooth
Dakotan pursued the insurgents to
Ihe outskirts of the city of Calumpit,
but that town was found to bo so
strongly protected that MacArthur
deemed it beat to withdraw tha tired
fighters and go into camp for night's
rest befor making the final assault.
Tha largest buildings in Calumpit
were being firsd by tbe Filipino while
the American were crossing tbe rivet,
fully a mils away, showing the en
emy' intention to abandon the village.
The Filipino hare adopted a set
tled policy of retiring fiota one position
after another, inflictiug the greateai
possible damage fipon tha advanoing
army. The forcea today were well
t!i tiled. -. -
TT!rnt uun'niumni .rim uinF..i i
The regiment was being hell in re
serve, and company K charged a dis
tance of a quarter of a mile ovei a cor
ner of the field to the bank of tbe river
near the bridge, where the insurgents,
from trench, were peppering the ar.
moied train, then about 200 vards
down the track. The company found
shelter in a ditch.
Colonel Fted Funston called for
volunteets to cross the river, and the
colonel himself, Lieutenant Ball, a
piivate of company K, private of
company , Trumpeter Barsfield and
Corporal Ferguson, of company I,
orawled along the iron girders. While
this was going on the men of com
pany K, from the ditch, were fusil
lading the trenches in the endeavor to
divert attention, but tbe Filipinos got
the range from a trench down, and
bullets soon spattered the water un
der tbe structure.
Having reached the broken span the
small but vah tons party of Americana
slid down the oaisson, swam a few
yards to the shore, and crawled up the
batik, the little colonel leading the
way to the trenches, revolver in hand,
while the few remaining Filipinos
bolted.
Colonel Funston said afterward:
"It was not much to do; we knew
they could not shoot straight, and our
beys could attend to them while we
were crossing."
GOT TWO STOMACHS. MIXED.
A Morgue Attendant's MUtaka and
It. K.ault.
St. LouiB, Apirl 28. Governor
Stephens, of Missouti, has been re
quested by Eplt Houston to commute
the death sentence of Thomas Shackel
foid, who is now in the city jail. -Houston
was an attendant at the
morgue at the time Taylor's body waa
brought there, and the doctor who held
the post mortem examination gave hint
the stomach of the mau to set aside.
Soon after a dead man was brought to
the morgue. There was some doubt as
to how he came to die, and on tha doc
tor's order his stomach waa also pot
aside. Houston says he believes he got
tbe stomachs mixed. -
Shackelford was convicted of murder
in the first degree on the evidence ad
duced from the stomach, which was
kept by Houston for the oourt..
Tran.-Mlt.UilppI Congreaa.
Olympla, WaBh., April 26. The
governor is in reoeipt of a request from
J. Hudson McKnight, secretary of tha
trans-Mississippi congress, asking that
he appoint delegates to attend tha
meeting. The governor says ha will
appoint as delegates any reputable citi
zen of the state who may express
willingness to go. -
Mm. Sawall Thanks th Caar.
Indiunapolis, April 27. May Wiight
Sewall, honorary president ol tbe na
tional council ol women., and vice-prei-ident
of the international council, baa ,
addiessed a letter to the czar of Russia,
thanking him -in tha nam of the ''
1.250,000 women of , the United States '
included In the membership of tha
coutioi I, for hit action in' cal ling con. ,
ventlojiaf tha representatives- of all
nations to consider tha disarmament of
Ihe armies of thwoi!J. ' .
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