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. i . . I . . . . , i r i t , i i i i j ii ill ' ii h i riw .3 w n n w . i iiui i i i ii i i i i i w . THE PRICE ur BiLtn, IIUV1HWIV M II- lill' 11 n ' 111 I IIUI' rtimaiJT i4ii. ii i i f u i 1 1 in i Eugene City Guard. I. L. I AMI'HII I . Pronator. EUGENE CITY OREGON EVENTS OF THE DAY A i. I ..i. f k ('lleatloa of Itaaa Prea Ihe Two Meaulapharo Freaanled la Coadaad rum. Tha Alaaka boundary diapot it Milling m-p lull- ! I II ill II dm I nlslr- i, .in oiralM at Waahington. Keorganitatlon of tlie American force in tlia Philippinee ii in prepara tion for deoiei vi MM againit Ilia n . my before tlie rainy eeaion liegini. Tlia mountain bamlitti of Panay ill and attempted lerinua attack uon llu Ilo, but they were repulsed with the Iom of 300 mm ii by General Miller. Secretary lying liai instructed Hear Ailmlral McNair to abolish in June the construction couiae at the naval acad emy, established by Naval Constructor llobaun. The criiia in the disturbance at La redo, Tel., over the carrying out of the itate health officer1! regulations in iiippieaiing the smallpox epideuiio eeiui to Im) paaaed. A temporary border line between Alaaka arid Canadian poaaeaaiona will probably bu looatol to obviate poaaihla ilifflcully lietween American ami Cana dian mineii. Miiiding a permanent eet tlement of the diapute. Uovernor Kogeri, of Waahington, haa offered a reward of $250 for the ar rant of George I). Kvam, ai-deputy atata auditor, who ia chargel with forg ing atate wurranta, and alao an addi lional - luward for hia conviction. Attoiiicy-Geiioral Godfrey, of Kan aae, haa dlicovcrnd that the lata legia lature by miftak r . j I . I the law which providei for all appointment! of citr offioera. The aupreme court will be aaked to declare the new law unoou etilulional. The enonnooa maatodnn toak recent ly dlecovored near Dawaon, and which Dr. O'Leaiy, formerly o( I'ortlaml, Or., arranged to pieaent to the Portland i ill muaciiin. will Im lirought from Alaaka by Uncle Sam, who will not charge any freight for the tranorta- lion. Fifty Cohan aoldiera from Mariano kidnaped three former Spaniah gueril laa and look them Into the buah, where the prlaoneia were maltreated. Two weia reamed by a detachment of tlia Kecond lllinoia legimnnt. Three of tlia Cuhani ware arreated, ohaigetl with murder. It ia repotted that Aguinaldo ii not dliheartonnd over the continue. I defeat of hia (oioea, nod proHKtea to keep up the war agniuat AmerinHii rule in Ilia Philippine ao long aa he MO hold hia follower! in line. Oeneiul La (tarda, Who lulu-. I the Inauigent chief to quit, waa decapitated by hia order. The Utah legialature a.ljoornod with. mi electing a United Statei eoiia tor to auoceeil Henatur Cannon. Uovernor Hogera, of Waahington, haa vetoed the two achool tcll-hook billa paaaed by the recent legialature. M. Camhon, the French imbaaea dor, baa railed at the department o( atate and eeivod formal notice of tlia aigning of the 1 1 nee tiealy at Madrid. The navy department haa been ad vlned of Ihe arrival al Manila of tlia hattle-ahip Oregon and Irta. Admiral Dewey . -.1.1.-1 that the Oregon ia in a tit condition for any duty. A tornado haa awopl ovar a laige area o( the South. The lni of life and deal ruction of proierty haa been ei- I " heavy In Tenneaaee, Alabama, Arkamai ami Miaalaalppl. Oeorge Dewey, Jr., haa receive.) a letter from hia father, the admiral, In which be aaya ha ia in good hallh. al though aomewhat latigued. The ad miral eipreaeed the hue thnt hit taak Would be fill lahed heloie long. The California legialatuie haa ad j.. mi. cd without electing a United Htatea aenalnr. Nineteen lailule war tnkeii daring the laat day'a anaaion, and 101 l.allota einc th ooiiveuing of that body. Two eiploaioui have occur ted at tha government ammunition factory al lliiurgea, in the ahell tilling ihop. Three men were killed and live were injured. At Maraeillea a oami.lge ex ploded, blowing up a quantity of U ajOWtVtfi Three men were tnjiire.l mid great dainnge waa done to Ihe building. The liuparcial, of Madrid, aaaarta that a lepiiblieati plot haa been diacov red in the province of Seville; that tinea of the leadeia have been auealed, and that Cailiat iiiovemeiita have taken place al I'eipigiiau, capital of tha Kienoh department of the Kaalern Pyr neea, where arma are laid to be ac cumulating. Hy the burning of tha Wiudmi ho tel, in New York, IK pereuna lot Iheii livea, and olhera will probably die from inj.it i.-- received. Tlia nuiulier ol miaaing ia 00, ami 67 weie injured. Jewelry to the value of l, 000, 000, t--longing to gueata, waa loaL The in.laor waa a laige but old building, and burned very rapidly. NImmv Now Ham. Reid Hark, Jr., and hia company ol native-bom t'bineae expect to take a hand in the entertainment of the Na tional Editorial Aaeoriation.wlileli con vene In 1'orlland, Or., on July 4. John M Downey ia dead at Sugar Lake, llu , of brain fever, aged 00 T.it- He waa known aa tha appla king, and waa one of the proprietors of. tha Keeoe ,v Dow ney oichard, oue of tha largeat in Ihe country. The Taooma (Wata.) nolle aay thai J. Sohwarta, who a I or ling to Dawaon dvloaa haa been aenlanoeil to eight year' iapriaonment, ii the "King of Diamond Swindler," who la noloriuul in Euiope and America. The Faking correapondent of tha London Timea aaya: Kir I'laude Ms Donald, the Urlllab miBiitar, haa been urging the laung-li-yauien to grant tha Belgian demand for a oeaaton al Hankow, but China decline, and tha Britiah advocacy of Balgiau'a propoaal ia regard! aa uuraaaonabla and inooa-ialeoL China haa flatly refuaed to cade Han Muu bay to Italy. Sectetary Alger and party bare left Waahington on a viait to Havana. The Brltiab, Oerman and American mtniatera at Peking have addreaaed notaa to the Taung-li-ramen, demand ing a settlement of the Mhanghai for eign settlement eitensions question. Work in the rains of the Hotel Wiridaor, in New York, continues with unabated vigor. A great many charred bones are being found, hot cannot be put together to form entire skeletons. The Erie Limited Jumped the track 10 miles from Akron, O. , the engine and baggage oar going into the ditch, almost instantly killing tha engineer, arid seriously injuring the fireman and one passenger. A rear-end collision lietween two freight trains on the Flint Ac Peie Mar quette railroad near New Boston, Mich., in a heavy fog, killed the fire man ami badly injured the engineer of the rear engine. According to a report from Seoul, capital of i ...... tha whole Coiean cabinet has been dismissed and two of the ministers bare been banished be cause of wholesale changea made by the cabinet in provincial offices. tueen Victoria is likely to reoeivr an unprecedented honor by tha city ol New York. On May 34, the queen's birthday, the national, state and city flags will lie flung to the breexe from all public buildings in Greater New York In honor of tba qaoen. '! i i! Porter, United Htatea am baaaador at' Paris, answering an in quiry of a correapondent, said be was nnabla to discuaa rumois to tha effect that be may auoceed Alger aa aecretary of war, as all information on the sub ject ought to come from Waahington. The Hpariiah government has ordered the prosecution of Ueneral Wuyler's or gan, El Naoionale, and of several re publican and Caillst newspapers for publishing, with offensive comments, reiort that tha queen regent waa about to abdicate and to marry an Aualrtan archduke. Theoffending pa pers have been seised. A ... l.i. g to a prisoner captured by our troop, Agmnuldo haa announced that he will personally mail tha re- aerveaat Maloloa and match on Main i lit within 30 days, uiiIumi tho Americana withdraw In the meantime. The con centration of the rebel forcea in the vioinity of Malahon give color to the itateiuunt of the prisoner. Arrangement! have bean made at the navy department (or the etiliatmeiit of 1 1 in ii.. I nuinlier ol macliiniala of the flnt claaa and ordinary acumen on board the recuiving ihiie Wahaeh, at lioatoii, the Richmond at Ieagu iil nd, the Vertimnl at New York, and the Fiankliu at Notfolk, and at the navy recruiting station at Chicago. Five thouaand homnaeokeia are on their way from St. Paul to North Pa cillu coaat poind. A dispatch to the London Evening News from Brussels revives the rumor that Cardinal Oibhoiis may be the null poi. Another battle has occurred at Ut Ho, in which one American was killed and 15 wounded. The lobels lust 2U killed and U00 were Wounded. Otineral Otis informs the war de partment that he cannot spare at pres ent Ihe volunteers now in the Philip pine, but hupei to be able to do ao eoon. Dining the alisence of John Dlan and wife, of ' ii lei, Manitoba, from their farm, their residence caught tire, ami lb., t five children were burned to deuth. Sever weather continues throughout (treat Britain, (treat loaa has I among HvesltH-k, and London hai ex perienced the heavieit inowfall of thii winter. The Argentine lianiporl Villa Ueina haa been wrecked In Caiiieionea bay between Cape Kaao and ('ape tie Bahial, Northern Patagonia. No Ion of lilt is repot tid. The Japaneie oroiier Chitoee, the handiwork of tha Union iron worki, at San Kriinclaco, and the tlrat war vesael i. mil iii tbat ."it for a foreign power, hai sailed for the Orient. Kx-Secictary John Sherman, whose death waa ieporte.1 ou board the steamship Paria while en route home from Kingaton, Jamaica, ia atill alive and hoies are enleitalned of hia recov ery. He will bo brought to tho United Htatea ou tha cruiser Chicago. According to advices from the Ori ent, the emperor ol l ore hai cieated a sensation by appearing in a full uni form cut in American fashion. His alien. lanta have alao hen edited in American stylo. The emperor, it ia alalod, haa cut off hia topknot or short quene, which fiom time iiumcurtWial baa a.loined the top of the i jVo.m em peror' heads. Tha Peking con esiHut. lent of the London Timea aaya: The Deotachr Zeitung publiahea a long article show ing how the United Sute i slowly . but surely obtaining a commercial foot ( tug in Turkey and tlie Eaal geutrally. I Tha writer warna Austria and oilier ' Km.. i .'.in atatea ol the danger of which they ata threatened. America is de- scnl'o.1 as a "serious trade rival." A special to the Denver News from Albuquerque, N. M . says: Bed Pip kin, the noie.1 Irainroliber who was oaptured recently at Moab, Ulab, waa brought In A Ibiiqiiaiqite from Winue niucca, Nev., where ha was wanted on a charge of holding up a Santa Fe pas senger nam. He will be broaght he I. ui United Stales Comintaiitiiier Whit ing on a charge of being coticei lied in the hold up ol a Santa Fa Pacific train al Omni laat year, and also of killing a deputy sheriff. HOME RILE OFFERED Commissioners' Address the Filipinos. to ASKED TO LAY DOWN I II II K AK.MS The I ..nr. i I Unrl.r lllillfatlun. to K.tL.rr I r ., . In II, r Ilaa4. The crew of tha new defen.lei of Ametica'l cup hai been ie levied by I'aptam F P. w . .. i. al Dear lale. Me. Tha Usk was a difficult one, aa 161 ol the hast seamen of the island made ap I plioalion for a place among the crew. Captain Neall.ol Ihe Fourth cavalry, who raoeally disappeared, leaving hia financial affair in a bad tray, haa re mined fiora Men. i and reported at tho Presidio, and ha haen placard un der arreal. It i atalad thai thai aavou. ago in l.ia account haa baaaj made good, and it il doubtful whether lie will ba oourl-oiartialad or merely taprlmandad. New York, March 34. Tha Journal's Manila correspondent cablea today that the addreas to the native of the Phil ippine islands, drafted hy the Ameri can commission, in behalf of the Unit ed Statei government, and emliodyiiig the viewi of the president, ha bevn made public. After being translated into all the native dialects, it is to he disseiniuated throughout tho archi toil ago. The addresi aaiurei the Filipino ol the intention of the American! to de velop powen of lelf-government in tin people. Il eiplaim that the Ameri cans have assumed international ohliga tions which would make them reSorii ible to the whole civilited world for the itabl government of the Philip pine. The oomraliiinn, It ii eiplained, ia to interpret lo the nalivea the purpose and intentions of tha president toward them, and alo suggests tha establisl merit of suoh government as shall suit the oapacity ami requirements of the Filipinos and lie continent with the inteieiti of the United Htatea. The protection of the United Statei ii not to bo esarcieed in any ipirit of tyranny or vengnanoe; but, having destroyed tha Spaniih power and accepted the overeignty of the ialandi, the United States ii bound to reatore peuce in the Philippinea. To t It ia end all itiiurgeiiti are invited to lay down their arma ami place their tritit in the government that emancipated them from the op P re i.in of Spain. The majority of the cominiiiioneri incline toward giving Ihe Filipinoa a sort of tribal or provincial local anion -"in, under central government, which shall be military until a purely i v 1 1 system is proved to lio feasible. NEWS OF HAVANA. Cuban tolsjsll Will Probablj 111 ulva Otller New. Havana, March 31. Tho military aiiiDiy, owing to the alisenco ol a i il. i ii in held no meeting today. The fueling is now that, ai it ia clearly im Niaible for the anomhly to ralie-fundi for the u, of the at my, the moat logic al ooitrae, all thing! cuniidered, would be to diaband the army and dilutive. A motion lo thii effect will undoubted ly ho made auoti, and will provoke a hot contest. The Cuban generals, Dial, Montungiiedo, Kohau, Nodarae, Betanooiirt and Peraaa, held another aecret mooting tonight. It ia iupoed that, having oouinltod their command. they are now ready to take the lide of (teneral (tomei agaimt tho aaaembly. Order have been i-.-u.- l to the police to oonllioate all revolvera oarrttHl by eiviliana, and already the remit! are a large oolleclion nf luiioellaneoiii atlill. Al I o'clock i iiii afternoon the tem perature in Havana waa HI degrees. (teneral Weyler'a decree suspending elocution! upon Judgment! will eipire with the present month, and the aitua tion, oaiecially regarding mortwagea, i aotnewliat oomplicated. Creililora and debtor! alike, in anticipation of the eipiration ol the decree, have Wen petitioning (invcrnor-Ooneral Brooke for weeka to take action with a view to an equitable adjii.tnient. The form of a new dectee haa been carefully con sidered by BJMfa BtiKike and hia ad viaory cabinet, and the decree will be iasued on or before March 31. POWDER WORKS BLEW UP. Tara Man Klllail and lava I Hurt al tha ltii.nl riant. Penn (trove, N. J., March 34. Over 8,000 pounds of smokeless powder el ploded today at the K I. DiiHint pow I.t works, InttMlIf killing three workmen and injuring a number of Dthatl slightly. The shock (rom the eiplosion ihook the country iof mile aiouml, and in this town heavy panes ol glass were brokeu in many houses. The drying house and the atorelioitae were demol- iahwd, ami other am ill buildinga about the worka damaged. Ftancia Dupont and his nephew were it work in the lahoraloiy at the lime of the eiplosion ami were slightly injured by pieces of glaas, but personally directed the care of the other injured and the recovery uf the dead. The works have been running on large government orders for stitokele powder. The cause of Ihe eiplosion haa not been determined, rala or tha apanlth I'rlaunart. New Yotk, March 34. A special to the Heiald from Washington aaya. Major -(teneral Olia and theother inem- "bers of the Philippine commission will decide whether or not the ransom of the S tn i ah prisoner held by Aguin aldo ii to be pei. i. it,- 1 A a rewult ol tepreaentation by Ainbaaaador OaMbM and the National Bed Croat Society, showing the deplorable condition of the prisoners, (teneral Otis will be gum DOwwl to act after advising with his associate on tlie commission. Oaararaaai at Kama. Bouie, Match 34. The Chinese am bassador, Sir Chili Telten, bad a pro longed interview today with Admiral Canevam, minidar of foreign affairs, proiimably regarding the Italian de mand (oi a concession at Sail Mun bay. Koine. Match 34 It is understotv) that the Chinese mi miter haa in lot mod the Italian guvertiiueut that China ab solutely tefutea to grant tha demand of Italy for conceaiioni al Han Mun hay. Berlin, March 34. A petition waa received at the foreigu office here today, aigui'd by all the (lermana in Samoa, piotestiug vehemently against th le leniioti of Chief Justtoa Cbamber and the further maintenance of th Berlin Th aIUr' Truat to .t ..... . II Tea Par Caat. Topka. Kan., March 35. -Mr. John T. (Jraham, of Denver, who owns ! tensive gold and silver mine! in Colo rado and New Mriicoand copperminet in Utah, passed through Topeka to day on hir way to hia home. Mr. Oraham operate iinelting plant! at bii rarioni minei, and he hai been in New York in attendance at the meeting of smaller operators which resulted in tha perfection uf a gigantic trust, with a capital of 106,000.000. While in this city Mr. Oraham made the imiKirtaiit statement that the (list step made by the new trait would lie lo advance the price ol silver 10 per cent. " rhli ii a trnt that will prove bene ficial instead of oppressive," laid Mr. Oraham. "All the imelter operator! who entered into the combine ligued a contract agreeing not to raise the price on treatment of ore for 10 years. The advance in silver will be made within a very abort time, juat ai soon as the combine can be perfected. " TORTURED BY FILIPINOS. Tarrlule Eiparlanra of fhutn(ra.liar A. It. fatal-. Han Francisco, March 26. A letter fiom Captain McOuesten, surgeon of the Twenty-eighth regulars, now at Manila, tells of the release of A. B. Peters, a photographer, who was cap tured and tortured by the Filipinos. Peters was made prisoner while tak ing picture! ouliide the lines. He wai thruit into a filthy Jail, where he wai viiited by a native captain, who teited liia iword on bit body and promised to kill him. The rebel chief then called in a number of naked aavagea, aH armed, who executed a war dance and made paaaei at Peteis, one of them wooii.'ing him in the aim. The next morning he waa taken to Maloloa, where he found eight Ameiicaua, two Kngliihiiien and a Hpaaiard. From here he finally aecured bii release through tha intervention of American official!. "The savagea wh attacked Peten," continues Captain Mdjuesten, "were of the tiibe known aa headhunterl ami caniiihula. They live in the interior of the island, and will not show any mercy after thii to any unfortunate white man who may fall into their hands." I.epar Sattlmt at Mulakal. San Franciaco, March 36. Bev. W. II. Titbb will iooii visit the leper aet tlemeut nn the island of Molokai, aa the agent of a 1". al impiovetuent club, and with the indorsement of Senator Dwyer, the author of tha conounent resolution adopted by the recent legis lature to convert Molokai into a na tional leper settlement. He will re main among the leeii for four monthi, and will work in connection with a uimmittee to lie appointed by Preiideut McKiuley to investigate the mat'.er. There are a nuiulier of lepera in the Han Franciaco iieitliouae and the citi seni are anxioui lo have them removed to Molokai. treaty, which ia longer bearable. character iied ai no Chicago. March 34. A pcial com mittee appointed to confer with th Ureal Noithern leave for Si. Paul to morrow. Tha iuli. ii Is aaid, will : lara-ala .tular , i ,., tk nil. ..t . - -a--r . . Hriiiuii v. irair or war tu Uanscoulineutal aud Western 'abaorbed over 13 paassagf rata. I.alaml Wall Recured. New York, March 36. The Herald says:! Watren W. Leland will receive Bach day until his new hotel ia com pleted a sum aaid to be 1 160 on "uae and occupancy polMa),'1 which he for tunately held. Thii will be entirely apart from me iuaurance he will re- oeive on furniture. The "uae and oc oupancy" ioliciei provide for the pay ment! to the insured fot each day hia buainvii ii not in oimration. I. rrl.tr.. I ttJ 0 t th (...,. I Waahiiigon, Match 36. It Ii now believed that Pieai.lent McKinley will take an extended vacation thii iiiutmer if public busineai will ienuit. Laat apring he wante.1 to make a trip through ti e Weal, viaiting Yellowstone Park, and going aa far aa the Pacific coait, and be may see hia way clear to tako that trip thia atimtiier. To llaplare atata Ann. Waahington, March 25. The ord nance bureau of the war department haa aent a circular to the governor of each -t.it.. of the Union, stating that the arma and ordnauce atorea fumiihed tho volunteer! during the Spanish wu will be returned to the state iu kind. To ferula tha Ynungera. St. Paul, March IS. A bill which ill permit the parole of the Younger boy, which was defeated in the senate y ester. lay, was reennaide red and paaaed today. Tne former bandits can be pa rolad with the approval of tho Uiatd of pardons if the measure hecomea a law. Aa Blaelrlr Venial Company. Trenton, N. J., March 35. Article of incorporation weie tiled today with lb aecretary of itate of the New F.ng laud Electric Vehicle A Tranaportation Company, with a capital of 2.'.,tnui,. 000. The company ia authorised to manufacture appliance for 0 pa rating vehicle and to manufacture and oper ate the vein. I. a themaelvea. HurTalo Kalurn Pram Manila. Washington, Match 35. The lltiffalo a led today fiom Manila for New York. She come by wav of the Sues cat al. and will now ply regularly on that route between New York and Manila, making two round ttipa per year, at leaat, bringing invalid! home and carrying out ittppliei for the American fleet in the Philippine!. London, March 35. The Vienna correspondent 0( the Standard aayi that th popular acreaa. Lolo Balxoila. ex claiming " Tli lov that kills." shot hereelt with a revolver on the stage in full sight of tlie audience during a per formance at i' illi, Sty ria. and wai re moved iu dying condition. Pat ii. March 36. IWii ii suffering from tha scouig of inflnenia. Th death dunng the laat seven days bavt been S3! tbfjftl lb aietage. Nw Hale tmw i ......... I, Oakland, 0ai, Mairh 15. The old mon i lot Comanch, which haa been bought (iom th government by a local firm, is to be converted into a fraight ferry-boat, to run on Sau Franciacc hay. Her antiu,u engine will h re place. 1 with new machinery, and sh will be remodeled at a coat of 150,000. Wahaah, lod., March 15. Th or caniaation of lb American Hohool Fur nituta Company, capital itock 1,600, 000, hai been completed, and todav il Many Negroes Killed by Have Been Whites. 1 II I COUNTRY GREATLY BXCRID Tha Blarka la tba Lltll Rlar Dlatrlci Had I'laanad tu Kltaruiluate tha Whlta. Texarkana, Ark., M-aroh 25. A race war la on in Little iii comity, and during the last 34 hours an indefinite number of nrgioei have met their death at the hand! of an infuriated white population. Seven are known to have been lynched, ihot to death or slain in some manner, and tbe work is not yet done. Tha bodies of the victim! of the mob'a vengeance are hanging to the limlHt of trees in varioui parti of the county, strung up wherever overtaken; while tbat of another, who wat shot to death while trying to eacap. was thrown into a creek and left there. The country ii in a itate of molt in terne excitement. White men are col lecting in mob, heavily armed and de termined; negroei are fleeing for their live, and tbe community ia in an uproar. The exact number of negroe who have been summarily dealt with, or those who may yet fall into the hands of th mob before order il restored, may never be known. Seven bodiei have been found, and other victim! are being hunted, and will meet a similar fate when ran to earth. Little River county ii in the extreme aoutheait corner of the itate, boulerad on the west by the Indian teriitory nn. I on the south hy Texas. The negro population ii large, and has for a long time proved very troublesome to the whitei. Frequent murders have oc curred, and thefti ami tights have be come common affair. FAMINE IN RUSSIA. Terrible Ntorla l ...... th Vulga Frav- in. r. I'rurupt A lit Nrary. 8L Petersburg, March 26. Th newspaper of the city publish pitiable accounts of tha condition of the so called famine diitricti of Buaiia, es pecially Hamaiia, in the eastern part uf European Russia. The efforts of the Bed Cross Society have itaved off the horron of actual itarvation. but the society'- fundi are almost exhaust ed, and the dire distress, compelling the consumption of all kinds of gaih age, has produced an epidemic of terri ble mortality, with typhus, scurvy and other pestilential diaeaiei. The peasants are compelled to sell everything, and are living in oold, dump aud filthy cabins. Weakened by hunger, they fall ready victim! to ty phiii and acute scurvy. Unless the government gives prompt aid. the Vol ga piovincei appear I i to a repe tition of the honors of 1801 aud 18U3. THE BATTLE AT ILO ILO. Tha Killed ti. ...... mi. I Waa On and rirtaan Woundad. Manila, March 26. Detail! of th lighting at Ilo Ilo on March 16 ihow that 400 rebel riflemen from Paula were met by leven companies of tha Kighteenth regiment, United States in fantry, and a battalion of Tennessee volunteers. Supporting these troops were three two inch Hotcbkiss guns under (ieneral Miller. Nottb of Jaro, across the river, the Americans were met with a heavy tjre. One man waa killed and 16 wounded of the Eight couth regiment, and there were sev eral . ases of aiinatroke. General Miller eatimates that 60 rebels were killed and 100 wounded. Two vi nn.... reople Ara lar.la an lbs Yellow Klvsr. Washington. March 37 Citiaons of tha United Statei reaiding in Cbe Foo, China, have made an earneit appeal, through Conaul Fowler, at Che Foo, to the charitable in America and else where on behalf of the itifferera from th appalling Yallow river floodi ol tbii year. Theae floodi have been de scribed bv th" nativei as "China'i sor row," and the petitioner! itata that never before wai the distress so great and bearl-iending ai now. Tho rooit conservative estimate placa thanumbei of stalling at 2,000.000. and time will undoubtedly augment the diitreii. The isBtitioneis say that they are dailv. almost hourly, in receipt of re- nnrts from their countrymen in the in tenor depicting the condition of hin front of L, Lolom. where E famine lefugees; hundreds of village?- ' of rough. 0Wl iirn.r ..in fur oil. Washington, March 26, Additional reinforoementi reached Manila thii morning, aa ii indicated by the receipt of a diipatch from General Otis, laying that the tldsaport Sherman had ar rived with the troopa in good condi tion. The Sherman followed the (Irani through the Suea canal, these ptecediitK the transport Sheridan over the same mute. The Sheridau is ex pected to reach Manila in about two weeks. These three vraaeli will add about 6,000 freah regular troops to tbe in ill tat. T force! in the Philippine iilandi, and are expected to aid materially in the plain which contemplate the com plete subjugation ,,f the insuigenls be fore the opening of the lainy season, about the middle of April. The Solac has leached Manila. Rabala l'a i .o, ......... Itullat. New York, March 25. A dlapatoh to the Herald fiom Washington aaya: Keporta received al the war department from the medical officers serving with troops in the Philippine! ihow that Agoinaldo'i army is' using brass-tipped bullets. Hevetal Americau soldier! have been wounded by the poisonous projectile, and in conaeque nee the woundi are more difficult to heal than thoae caused by the ordinary bullet. a Waik-nut at Pttaswaraj, Pitllburg, P., Match 35. Six ham. dred employe! of the Fox Pressed Steel a. I ... I 1... are suDnieigen, oitiei surrouunou ij water, homes, furniture, clothing, in fict, everything, is under water or de itroyed; the native! tliemielvea are living in itraw hots; many have abso lutely no sheltei from thewintei'l cold and enow, aie subsisting on hark, wil low twigs, rooti, etc. The luinmer'i crnpi huve been a failure, the leed for next ipring'i sowing is gone, and there Ii nothing for the itarving millioni to hope for in the future. TOSSED HIGH IN THE AIR. aia Man Injured by a Holler Kaploaloe In ftaattl. 8eattle, Waih., March 27. A boilet exploded in the basement of a combi nation lodging house and saloon on tbe corner of Washington and 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 pasaing by when the explosion oocurred. Two men were almost over the boiler ami were tbiown about 60 feet in the air. Besides having their bones broke.), Ihsy were severely cut by broken glass. The force of the explosion was suffi cient to throw pieoes of the boiler 100 feet in the air. All the windows in the adjacent building! were broken. It Ii thought that tbe exploiion wu doe to the carelessnese ol the engineer, who allowed the boiler to run dry. Almost Wiped Off th Map. Nashville, Term . March 27. The little town of Liberty, in Dekalb coun ty, ii almost wiped off the map. A funous cyclone swept over it last night, touching trees from their toots and felling bouse in all directions. The Christian church, a handsome brick structure, wai blown to pieces in the outlet, and people weie panic stricken. Tlie damage to propetty in the storm's path is euoitnoui, but no fatalities are reported. I in. l.i. it la Mlllppl. Jackson, Miss , March 27. Threi negroei were taken from an officer ol the law and lynched by an armed mot near Silver City, in Yasoo oounty, lail Saturday morning. After being ihoi to death tbe bodiei of the victims were weighted with bandies of cotton-Lab tiei and tbiown into the Yazoo rivei. They weie the ringleader! of the ne groea in the race encounter on the Mid uight plantation early last week. Kuril' Inteatla-atloa Berlin, March 27. Profeasor Koch me ceienraiei nacteriologisl, who m 1884, at tbe head of tbe Uerman choleia commission, visited Egypt and India and there discovered the so oalled "comma" cholera bacillus, will tart with an expedition next month for the tropici to continue his invest! gation ai to the nature and origin of malaria. The reichstag has made i grant of 60,000 marks in aid of tbe tan del taking. Italn In California. 6an Francisco, March 27. The rain Ii still falling in all parts uf Northern California without signs of cessation PJews from the valley sections shows that the rivers are rising, but there ii little danger of flood just at present, im ies trie rain mould become more heavy or the weather warmer, in which oaie the snow in the mountains would melt more rapidly than the water could ba carried off. Forces of Afuinaldo Met b W HO Lt I I O . o MANY OK THK ENEMY KILLED " araww n"lht-( uraguu Wu Kntf4 i Ik Battle. Manila, March 27. The moves,,,,, of the American troopa today , the inaurgenta back toward Ml,JlH General Hauiaon Gray Otia' u, Bherntan Contlnuaa to Improve. Santiago. March 2 7. Mr. Shermai Ii feeling very much better this even Ing, and his phyeiciane regard his con dltlon aa very much imni&vod. Dur ing the afternoon he lat on the deck of the Paris viewing bantiago The United btatea cruiier Chicago ii ea. pected here by daybreak tomorrow, and Mr. Sherman will be immediately traniferred to her. Lake Steamer Aahor. Racine, Wig., Maroh 2 8. The Uoudrich passenger ateatuer Atlanta is on the beach two miles louth of this city. The steamer was caught in the drift ice, which was diiven in by the southeast gale. She is reportedfbadly listed. The passenger! are still Bboard. A life-saving crew has gone to the rea-eue. Porter, Suceeor to Alger. Paris. March 27. General !.,.. I C . . . . . i.... ovate amoaesauor, answering an inquiry of a correspondent, aaid he waa unable to discuss rumors to the fleet that he may aucceed A leer aa ( 'i till lit! Il T liill'ii Maaj.ll jaw ii a. i a I nrm. to grant an 'uT. B tt&V?&T per cent in their wagea. Th HarrUburi -anital. Harrisburg, Pa.. March 26 The bona biibeiy inveitigating committee, in purmance of a resolution adopted by the house yeateiday, began today a formal examination of all the 204 members in thai bodv. It will take several dayi to question all the member. Berlin, March 26. The German bat-tle-ahip Oldenburg broke her anchor ami want aground near Kiel today dur ing a heavj anow atorm. ington. ruabla Take at Hundred Mew. Ban Fiancisco, March 27. Tin transport City of Puebla sailed f0l Manila tonight with 600 men of th Ninth regiment of infantry. Lieuten ant Vitate, military attache of the taiian legation in Washington, also a paaaenger. wai country. Ihe Inanroent trr...i. ' r - - m 1 1 n , the edge of the woods are four J deep, and fnrniah a good head cuvt The American tr....p advanced ,, th double quick, yelling tiercel; & occasionally dropping in the giae)Ui firing by volley. The natives ggaj until the Americans were within too yards ol their position, and then bi and ran for tbe wooda. Alaiut '1 them were killed In the outikiruigj tO of them on the roada Tbe Montana and Kaniui troop Q(( the hottest resistance in a atrip . a which the rebels have greatly worritj the Americana recently during u, night time. Ninety minutei after the start m 'clock the whole front, for jj. lance of three miles to the north, had been cleared. General Hale's bripj had simultaneously swept in a north. weaterly direction, ranting -i, ....,,, t and burning the town of San Franciaco del Monte and a number of ecatteied huts. The line waa then opposiu Nor, liches, the artillery advancing good road from Loloma to Novalieosa, the wagons carrying pontoona, .,'. graph supplies and ammunition folW ing. The infantry movej in aplmili4 ortler. Smoke fiom the burning huts tnirkal the line of the Ameiican advinc. Ambulances and horae litteri, led by Chinese, brought in the wounded, among whom were a few Filipino. The Americana who were wounded en dured their injuries bravely, one group which had been brought into the tiot pital tinging "Comradea." The Pennsylvania troopa took tins prisoners, among them a great naked eaptain of the Macabebee tiibe sniiona Japanese. All the prisoners were greatly terrified, expeciing to la) exe cuted immediately. General MacArthut'i division, eon lilting of the brigade! of General Hit- rison dray Otis, Oeneral Hale sod General Hall, supplemented by Uen eral W heaton a brigade, advanced it daylight and cut the enemy'a forces ii two. They capturej the towns of Polo and Novalichea on the left, and Sin Franciaco del Monte and Mariquiui on the right, olearing the rebel trench! In front of the line north from tbe river to Calocan. They also aecuied possession of the railroad, practically cornering the flower of Agoinaldo'i ai my at Malahon and in the foothilk at Sing, il.m, 20 mil. - apart. The tioopi en raged were the Third artillery, Oregon. Montana, Kanaai, Nebraeka, Wyoming, Coloradu, South Dakota and Minnesota volunteers; tha Third, Fourth, Seventh and Tweuty eoond regular!, the Utah artillery bit. talion and Twenty-third regimenti. The American casualties were slight American Klver on th Kampaa. Sacramento, March 27. The Ameii can river Is on the rampage, esiieciallr in the neighborhood of Pulsion. Word waa received todav that water wu pouring over the great stone iIhidiI the Folsom prison laat night to a depth of IS feet, and at last accounts ii rising rapidly. A great log boon, which was held together with oables. haa cllapsed About 16,000 loga came down tha atream, representing overl, 000,000 feet of lumber. Tbe Sacra lento river ii slowly rising. No Karape for Filipino. Washington, March 27. It is under stood here that General Otia baa so far matured his plana ol oampaiitn that within a week oi ten days he will Is able to begin a movement which im peded to mark the destruction of Ag ulnaldo's army. Although straggler! and fugitives may infest the island ol Ltiaon for some time it is believed that after General Otia has delivered hia next blow, the inaurgent army, as an organisation, will have ceased to exilk A Sweeping Victory. New York, March 27. The World prints the following Manila nil under date of Match 27: A iwaanln victorv over Aauinaldol forces has Just been won by the Unit' States troop. The total American loss is eetitnated at about 100, including both killed ami wounded. The Filipinos loss ia w tween 300 and 400. Huntar nil for Honduras. Washington, March 27. Dr. HuntM. United State minister to Hondtitsi, about to leave for his post. The min ister will demand reparation lor las killing of an American named Paa" daring the revolutionary diatuibancai in Honduras. Pears was shot t7 a Honduran aentry. Kegulara Orrlvred for Cuba. Washington. March 27. The aeooJ United States inlantry is under or,,rt to BO from Anniatnn. Ala., to A and iiJ Twenty Thouiand Man ArTertad. CincinnHti. March 27.-Loc, iron foundrvmcn have granted a 10 per cent increase in wages to employe. The agreement affects 20,000 men I mv uiaiuuiai,iui in Hiatus scattered through th Union. (old I ...... th Klondike. Ban Francisco, Marc'.. 35. A special from Seattle savi that tbe iteamer Laurada, which recently arrived from th North, brought Cuo.000 from th Klondike, being the'flrit shipment of t '..i k.i ia..ti Tit., a-.. . l. I 1 . -m. nn- latvk ui kiir kjijiti null -il y: . . " ""muium l-eing on th vessel hai not been made W " I'lrtlll, arrived in good puinic Deiore. Bappli., B ,, Bm,t waanington. March 27. Mail re port have been received from Manila by the insistence boreau of the war department aaying that tha auppliea ml from th United State, including a km. la nl - - . . a condition. Prii, March 25. The Journal this morning aaya it learni thai Julea Cam. Don, th trench ambaaaador to the United State, will oon b appointctl ambaaaador to Italy to aucceed M Nu card, who it about to rcaign. ' 1 V.nrrte.n , ,l I . , ..,, Sw York. March 7.-A diipatch to th Herald from Montevideo lay, Tha Am, toan miui,tr has made Prea idsnt Ceuitaa tba offr of an Am.rioan ggj to cl Ui. Montevido Before -ailing eight oomiianies headquarters will eo to Savannah. four compaiiiea to Augusta. LI Hang Chang Again In Kr Peking. March 87. It ie learned oi good authority that Li Hung Chang again upon the point of returning power, and that he hai been restor" to favor with the Chinese goveriiiuea1 liolr-u.nl! Come la Handy- London, March 27. Tbe Ma Li'l J respondent of the Daily Chiooicr says; Senor Silvela, the premier, ba J formed the queen renent that ti e ncation ol the peace treaty, by SPJJ ating the payment pf f20,oKi.tw promiae.1 by th Americans, W proved the oommercial outlook bn and that there ii nothing wbal' w lear from tha CarliaU. Stanton Sicklei. aecretarv ' g United Statela legation at Ma-!"" lor thetnptureof diplomatic r1'1'" hai been in London on aiecret mVm