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FILIPINOS WILL
FIGHT AGUINALDO
Many Ex-Rebels Offer to Join
American Army.
LOADED TRANSPORT ASHORE
Isdlaai Wild Supplies tot Coaipaiy ol
TwesiyKcoa1 Isfialry GrosKko 01
Small Lisas' la tba
Eail al Liiob.
MAN' I LA. Nov. M.-JlftiwU Ma.abo-
!. a former Filipino chief, I prepared
lo Mart In pursuit of AgulnaWo with
101 picked native suportrd by Anwrl-
car troops. Other ex-rebels will be
uwil In a camitaln In the country.
Their oflers have not been formally
miid-. yet, tut th'-y arc ready If the
authorities will accept hvr services.
Agiili'nldo hi supp su-d to be In North-
mii l.tiiun, according in Mitterro-ul by
t'x-r.b'l traders now In Manila un
confirmation from ihT source.
Ai tipsy, a rwn-gad native prl M long
an Insurgent Imd-r '. northern Lusnn,
hnii written to friend In Maiil.a ak
111 for HiT'Um n-w and r"uetiug to
! r funned whether a diTNon lu.
u-vn rrarhH coni'-n'tna: thi relation
t'lrrn fhurth and tt and th dln
p lton .f rhur 'h, proix'rty. ltipllm
rent him ronCiln the Irformatlon that
tli ( hurrh nn l ulalr Hill be ta-pariite
and that entire rdltrltru freedom
wilt I, allowed.
THANSl-OItT IXMANA AOnOl.'ND.
WA8IIINOTON. Nov. JO.-Quarter-munter-Crnrral
Ludlnvtim recWved a
Clf dlxpatrh tCMlny fr.im Colonel Mil
ler, chief quarlermaater at Manila, con
firming the prea report of the ground
ing of Hie trannport Indiana on the
ra( aide of Iula De Holllo. one of tho
.mailt r Inland, of the Philippine group
eat of Lufon. Colonel Miller's dis
patch la ai follows:
"Indiana aground. Nor. 7. She la
reported at not damaged. Palmer,
quartermanter,- with the transport
PennxylvanU and a llhtw draught ven
ue) left Manila Sunday In order to re
lieve her. Nothing more necetary."
When the Indiana ran aground ahe
waa loaded with suppllr and a com
pany of the Twenty-second Infantry
detailed to art a. the garrison at Hulol.
PLOW TO PACIFIC COAST.
Russian Government Imposes Puty on
Flour Sent ta Vlndlvostock.
TACOMA. Nov. VS. Thf Itusslan
government will m Jitnuary 1 put a
duty of SO certs a barret on flour for
Siberia. The object Is to monoiwllae
the rapllly growing trade fir Plack
sea millers.
It will be a hard blow to Pacific coast
millers, who have been building up a
big trade at Vladivostok with Siberia.
The completion of the Trans-Siberian
railroad will. It I" feared, cut oft the
movement of trnn.-Pnclflc trade to
HuHsInn port.
MISSIONS ON TACIFIC COAST.
Metbodlxt .ML'ttliinury Committee Mukea
an Appropriation for Work
Among Japanese.
NEW TORK. Nov. :. The K'nirai
missionary committee of the McthiHllst
Kplsoopal church met again today.
HiNhop Cranston, cf Portland, Oregon.
presldiHl. There was IS020 appropriated
for Japanese mixtions on the Pacific
coitst and Hawaiian Islands,
APPORTIONMENT OF THE HOUSE.
Stutes Which Have Disfranchised the
Negro Will Probably Not Have
Their Representation De
creased. WASHINGTON. Nov. 20. Represent
ative Hopklna. of Illinois, chairman of
the house committee on tho census,
which committee will have charga of
legislation affoctlng the apportionment
of the house, today expressed the op
inion thnt there would be no decided
efTort during the next session of con
gress to decrease congressional repre-
..REMOVAL, SALE..
For the next sixty days our entire
stock of furniture and carpets will
be closed out at less than cost. Call
early and avoid the rush.
CHARLES HEILB0RN & SON
sentatlvia of th Southern states e
rausn of th'.-lr dlsfram lilscm'-iit of the
negro, Hk suld that In all probability the
.illijei.t would be dixi'llMi-d but he
ItiouKlH that u.on the whole th com
mit te would favor the plan of biml'.i
reprentatlim upon lh number of In
iMbiUnts. DiHciisalnK tht general sub
jcit of r'Mpprtlonin-tit Mr. I lopklnis
suld:
"I think that a proposition will bo
udrpted whl'-h will Im rcase tho pres
ent membership tf Ihe house. It haa
Iwen suggestwl that we authorise one
member fur every J!8.000 inhabitants.
That scemi. to be the ratio that la In
general favor among the members of
the committee. Thla proposition would
entail an lncrea.f In the membership
of froin fifteen to twenty member.
TWO FATAL TItAIN WKFX'KS.
Trump. Fireman and Prakeman Killed
on Ivnver It Hln Orande Itallroad.
DnNVKH. Nov. 20. Two fatal wrecka
orcurred on the Denver k Wo Grande
railway this morning. Freight train
No. 70, eas'bound. on the narrow guage
line, became unmanageable on a steep
gnuie and nar (iray'a Station the en-
Cine Jumped the tra k and twelve cars
were piled on top of It.
Ilraki-man Chnrlea Shuw was Instant
ly kllleJ. Fireman Albert raswell la
still undT the wreckage and la aup-pisK-d
to be dead. Engineer Pat Ryan
and Prnketnen J. D. Dowe and Louis
Iteaie were seriously Injured.
The othr rk occurred a short
distance east of here on the standard
guage. A westbound train broke In tw-o
and the rear portion ran Into ilie for
ward part, derailing two cars. One
tramp was killed, another being bail I y
hurt.
KRCOER EXPECTED.
Will Reach Marseilles Today or To
morrow. MARSEILLES. Nov. 20. Former
President Kruger will probably land
here Thursday Instead of tomorrow.
Bad weather 'a reported In th? Medi
terranean sea and the Dutch cruiser
Ot lderland, on which he is a pa sen
ior, may hug the coast of the Gulf of
Uetioa in preference to heading direct
for Marseille, so as to avoid the croea
Mas. She will thus reach this port
tomorrow evening Instead of tonight.
Every preparation, however, haa been
made for Kruger'a possible landing to
m'nTow morning. The police and mili
tary are held In readiness.
MINK NOT SOLD.
Owner of Great Camp Plrd Mine at
Ouray Refuses to Sell to an
English Syndic ate.
DENVER, Nov. 20. The sale of the
great Camp Bird mine at Ouray to
on English syndicate Is off.
"The property will not be sotd." said
the owner. Thomas F. Walsh, who has
Just arrived her from Parts.
"Had the prospective buyera been
ready to pass over $7,000,000 cash when
the deal was first talked of. probably
the mine would have passed Into their
possession. Now I have decided ?o re
tain possession of the mine."
SENATOR DAVIS IMPROVING.
ST. PAUL. Nov. 20.-A bulletin is
sued by Dr. J. A. Stone tonight Is aa
follows:
'"Senntor Davis' Improvement haa
been more marked and continuous this
afternoon and evening. His temper
ature tonight Is 99. pulse 10S. respira
tion 32.
ELECTION CONTEST.
ST. PAI L. Nov. 20. The PLmeer
Press tomorrow will say:
It has been decided that Governor
Llnd will contest the election of Van
Snnt. On the face of the return? Van
Sant has a plurality of about 2700.
INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20. The col
lections of Internal revenue for October
aggregated 27,4G4.4."9 against $26,147,346
In the same month of last year.
BLIZZARD IN DAKOTA.
GRAND FORKS. N. Da.. Nov. 20.
The Ilrst billiard of the season occurred
Inst night. Tho atorm was genoral
throughout the state and the roads are
badly drifted. Seven Inches of snow
has fallen and the storm Is still raging.
EMPRESS ORDERS
IMMEDIATE WAR
Secret Decree Sent to All Gov
ernors and Viceroys.
ALLIED FORCE ADVANCING
Afalaiatratloa fun America Will Never
Receive i.desjalty Without Tillsf
Territory-Kaiser At takes
la Relchittf.
LONDON. Nay. 20. "It Is credltaLly
reported," says the Shanghai corre-
IHindent of the Dally Telegraph utiJer
yesterdny' date, '.hat the cuipuss
dowager has telegraphed a secret de
cree warning alt governors and vice
roys to prepare for Immediate war
against the allies everywhere."
ALLIES AGGRESSIVE.
13 EI; LIN. Nov. 20.-The war office hai
revived the follolng telegram from
Count Von Waldersee:
'A detachment consisting of two
companies of Infantry, a force of
mounted men and two guns under com
mand of Major Muhlenfels has been
despatched with orders to push on to
the great wall."
DISMEMBERMENT PROBABLE.
NEW YORK. N.v. 20. The China ne
gotiations, according to a dispatch to
the Tima from Washington. ' have
reached a most serious stage. The ac
tions of the powers are making par
tition almost inevitable. The United
States faces the probability that It
will either have to take a slice of China
or go without any Indemnity. In that
(are It la positively asserted by high
authorities that the United States will
go without Indemnity.
The United States may succeed In re
ducing the demands of other powers
and la now making every efTort to that
end, but with no Immediate prospect
of success.
Every nation haa disavowed any in
tention of dismembering China but that
merely relates to dismember mtnt aa a
punishment for the Boxer outrage. No
nation has pledged itself to avoid tak
ing a course which will sooner or later
make dismemberment Inevitable. It Is
firmly believed In official .circles In
Washington ihat the powers are pro
ceeding deliberately with the intention
of bringing about a situation which will
compel dismemberment.
The whole question hinges upon the
amount of money Indemnity to be de
manded.' While the United States has
not officially set a maximum figure for
the indemnity, it la the unofficial opin
ion of some of the highest officers of
the government that 200.000.000 Is all
that China cau pay. The powers are
deelroua of swelling the Indemnity to at
least twice that amount.
Two courses are considered for the
payment of this large Indemnity. Each
Is Innocent on Its face but both mean
partition, and the American govern
ment Is so sure of It that as soon as the
powers adopt eJther course this country
will .retire from the concert and lose
nil but a faint chance of ever recover
ing any Indemnity.
One course Is to xact territorial
pledges. This Is the same thing as par
tition, for It simply means, a mortgage
which Is certain to be foreclosed. The
United Stntes will not have anything
to do with the scheme.
The other plan is to have China issue
bonds guaranteed by the powers. This,
in the opinion of the American (govern
ment, means partition Just as surely as
the first schm-4. The bondholders
would hav- recourse to the snarnntora
who would not fulfill their guarantees
except by tnklng territory. Partition
by this means may appear a thlrg of
the distant future, but a high official of
the government haa recently given It
as his deliberate opinion that the bond
scheme would bring about partition al
most as soon as the other. The United
States will not guarantee any bonds.
How the United States can collect Its
Indemnity If It docs stay out la a mys
tery. The government officials frankly
give up the conundrum. The United
States will not. ft course, surrender Its
claim and give China a receipt In full.
It will endeavor in every way possible
to get Its Indemnity, but there Is no
way open In the Immediate future If the
powers carry out their plans.
The United States has, therefore, only
one way of getting Indemnity. Thnt Is
by Inducing the other powers to reduce
their demands to an Indemnity which
China Is able to pay. The administra
tion Is hopeful of success, but so far
It has made no progress and the
chances set1;; to be all against it.
The United States Bpent about -i20,-
000.000 In going to Pekln and this coun
try'a demand for damage to person and
property may range from $10,00,00fl to
$20,000,000. But the other powers are
actively swelling their expenses as
much aa possible.
ENGLISH PRESS IMPATIENT.
NEW TORK. Nov. M.-There Is a
growing feeling of Impatience In Lon
d n over the delay In effecting a settle
ment of the Chinese question, says a
Tribune cablegram.
The English press frankly conferscs
that It Is hearing about punitive ex
peditions to one quarter or another and
thnt it considers It hardly worth while
to keep all China in a state of turmoil,
preventing thereby restoration of nor
mal trade relations In order to puninh
a few criminals who cannot be caught
while the court remains In exile.
English opinion will not be fully ex
pensed until the cues are provided by
th foreign office, but It la fairly
to assume that It supports the American
contention that ?he most urgent re
quirement of the situation Is the estab
lishmcrt at Pekln of a government with
the essential elements of stability and
aut! ority. Since there can be no sub
stitute for the empress' rule, her rela
tion to the capital seems a foregone
conclusion. The punishment of the
princes, especially Tuan, Is the chief
oh.'aele to a aettlement.
The latest dispatches Indicate that the
European powers are gradually coming
to .1 decision on the preliminaries of
peace on which general negotiations
may be opened. The trend of events
indicates that the European powers ire
slowly approaching the American posi
tion on the whole matter.
SENSATION IN THE REICHSTAG.
BERLIN. Nov. 20. Count Von Bu
low'a reception In the relchstag yester
day was decidedly cool and only once
w.s titer? any applause, when the
cnanccllor admitted that the govern
ment had asked Indemnity from China.
Then the applause was remarkable.
Heir LJeber. Centrist, and Herr Bebel.
socialists, condemned the government
f.'.r violation of the constitution In ln
curiing the expenses In China without
having first obtained the consent of the
rcicbirtag and for creating the China
colonial army. .
herr Lieber sharply criticized the em
peror for hi "no pardon" speech, for
declaring a campaign of revenge and
for saying that no decision beyond the
seas must be reached without the
emperor's consent. He branded the
German style of warfare in China as
Inhuman and cruel and referred at
length to letters from soldiers proving
this. He denied incidentally that an
American loan had served to. pay the
campaign expenses.
Herr Bebel created a sensation when
he declared faulty the empire's con
stitution, which does not provide spe
cific punishment for a chancellor who
violates It. The constitution, he said,
prevented the chancellor's impeaeh-
I ment. Herr Bebel also branded the
German methods of warfare In China
and read a score of letters from soldiers
there proving the charges he made.
General Von Gossler, minister of war.
made a most unfortunate speech. He
said the Huns once devastated Europe
and now was the time for historic retri
bution In China, and he ca led it a lucky
circumstance that the army had a
chance to wage the war. The members
of the left and center often interrupted
General Von Gossler with Jeers and
laughter.
MISSIONARIES GOING BACK.
SAIC FRANCISCO. Nov. 20. The
steamship China, which sails for the
Orient today, will take the first mis
sionaries who have ventured Into China
since the Boxer outbreak. Among thost
who will depart are Rev. Dr. Trowick
and his bride. The former is frcm
Nashville and the latter from Louis
ville. They go to Shanghai.
. ATTEMPT AT LYNCHING.
Chicago Police Have Hard Struggle to
Save a Negro From Mob of
Men and Women.
CHICAGO. Nov. 20. A mob compos
ed of men and women defied drawn
revolvers and fought with twenty po
lice tonight In an eltort to lynch Harry
Evans, a eolared man arrested on a
charge of nssault on seven-year-old
Freda Gundal.
Hundreds of persons who had gath
ered around the home of the little girl
were greatly excited when Evans, who
had been captured an hour before, was
brought before his victim for Identifi
cation. After a fierce struggle in which a
score were more or less Injured, the
police landed Evans safely In Jail.
ORDERED TO PANAMA.
British Man-of-War Gets a Rush Or
der. VICTORIA. B. C. Nov. 20. H. M. S.
Pheasant today received a rush order
from the admiralty despatching her to
Panama to protect British interests In
the revolution which has recurred
there.
DAWSON MAIL. OVERLAND.
VICTORIA. B. C. Nov. 20. Dawson
advices brought by the steamer Danube
today say that the first overland mail
reached that city November 1.
CHARLES F. HOTT DEAD.
CHARLESTON. Nov. 20.-Charlea F.
Hoyt, playwright, died here tonight.
TORNADO KILLED
MORE THAN SCORE
Bodies of Victims Blown Three
Miles Through the Air.
COTTON CROP MUCH DAMAGED
Coalisea Mostly to Teaaetsee and North
Mississippi Tbosjs Felt aa tbe At
laatlc aaa" Many Lioeri
Art Delayed.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 20.-Meagre
reports from towns along the Una cf
the Illinois Central .all road in north,
Mbeisslppi state that a tornado
wrought much havoc there. Ten per
sona are reported killed between Love
Station and Coldwater.
The tornado made Its appearance at
about 3:20 o'clock this afternoon and
swept everything In its path. Trees
were uprooted and 'enctt and out
houes were levelled to the ground.
Telegraph and telephone wires are
dewn and details are lacking.
MILES OF WIRE DOWN.
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 20,-Thi
Nashville and Chattanooga station and
eighteen other houses were demolished
ty a tornado tonight at La Vergne, i7
miles south of here. More than a mile
of telephone and telegraph wires were
destroyed.
The detail are meagre but It is
known that a man named Robertson
and his child were instantly killed and
a section boss Injured.
BODIES CARRIED THREE MILES.
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 20. A torna
do vWte-i northern Mississippi this af
ternoon causing loss of life and much
property damage. Reports from Lulu,
Tulea county, state that three negroes
were killed, their bodies being carried
a distance of three miles by the wind. '
GREAT DAMAGE TO COTTON.
LA GRANGE, Tenn.. Nov. 20. A tor
nalo struck this town today, causing
much damage and killing three turgor s
outright. The dead are: W. C. Moody
and two negro women. Eda Smith, the
Southern railway agent, was seriously
injured.
The storm made its appearance short
ly after midday and swept away every
thing in Its path. Eight residences and
three churches were destroyed. Thfl
damage to cottoa vill be great.
GREAT PROPERTY LOSS.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Nov. 20. A tel
ephone message from Columbia, Tenn.,
Mys a number of persons were killed
and great property damage done by a
tornado.
LINERS DELAYED.
NEW YORK. Nov. 20. Heavy winds
and rough seas on the Atlantic are un
doubtedly the cause of the delay of
the fleet of trans-Atlantic liners due
here from different European ports.
BOLD ATTACK ON BANK.
Down Masked Robbers Foiled In At
tempt to Loot jin Ohio Bank.
DELAWARE. O.. Nov. 20. -A dozen
professional bank robbers, all masked,
made a desperate attempt to secure the
contents of the money vault of Sperry
& WarstefT's deposit bank at Ashley,
ten miles north of liere today before
daylight.
While nine stood guard, holding the
citizens at bay with their guns, three
placed dynamite under the deposit vault
of the brick building which was the
bankers' property. It Is worth $00,u0O
and there was $15,000 In cash deposits
of the bank. Four attempts were made
to get at the cash but the Bafe door
held Its combination, while the guards
outside were shooting at a citizen who
pressed closely In upon them.
The robbers finally fled without se
curing anything. The damage to the
bark building, vault and other property
is about halt its value.
TRUSTS COMBINE.
Bankers Trust Company Absorbed by
Atlantic Trust Co.
NEW YORK. Nov. 20.-The trustees
of the Atluntlc Trust and the directors
of the Bankers Trust Co., at separate
meetings today, decided to consolidate
under the title and charter of the At
lantic Trust.
The Atlantic Trust Company was or
ganized nearly fifteen years ago and
it has at this time a capital of $15.00,u00
and $15,000,000 surplus. The Bankers
Trust was formed a little more than
a year ago with a paid up capital of
$1,500,000 and $500,000 surplus.
f RICS OF SiLVhi:.
NEW YORK, Nov. 20.-S liver, U.