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FUNSTON CAPTURES
FILIPINO LEADER
Aguinaldo Taken to Manila on
American Gunboat.
A RAW CAN NOW BE REDUCED
Coafldeally Believed Tkat Collapse of Firtber
Oppoililoa li at Haia - Only 50,009
Met Will Be Kept la the
Pblllsplati.
MANILA. March 21 General Fred
erick Kurintoii",! losing iirJct for the
capture f Agulnaldo In hi" hiding place
In tin- province 'f Isabella, Island of
Liuii, hi iirovd completely kucrea"
fnl. Agulnaldo wn cipture tle-re on
March 23.
Th - t'nli",! Htat" gunboat Vlcksburg.
ciimintifi,), r !3. H. lUrry, with Oeiicral
Kunm..n uti'l Agulnaldo on board, ar
rived li-iv thin morning.
Th- pnvltir of Isabella, where the
en pi ut nf Agul'ialdo iK'i'urnil, In on
th- ll:in.l uf Lizi about 20i miles
n-r t ti'-.iMt of Manila nnd about 75 mlks
li"t:li nf tal-r, en the eastern coast,
which wiin ih-'I'It) memorable by
tin- 1 iiiiuif of Ll"iitenant fJllmre ami
hiit party from th- gunboat Yorktown
In April. ISW. IjtatM-lla province in wild
.in. I mountainous. It H a part of the
lelutid that hud n?vr before rvn vla
ltd by Anvrlcan troop..
!ik-mI Kunton ilatui. h ouiHi,'1
In it ill-i'iii 'li from Manila to the Ao-ilat-
l I'niw a f day affo, wore to
iiiiik'- u trio ovr th Iobt'lla mun
t r t n h to Atfuliial'l'-'n IrVlliiK ia-e. a
coiiifanled by Major Hrrui and Cap.
lain N-.vt m. of th Thirty-fourth In
fantry: U mti'iiant Admlr. of the Tw'n-ty-n.voii!!
infantr-; Llfutonant Mitchell,
of th' Fortieth Infantry: nix vet.-ran
M-outn and a criitajiy of native ncout,
all iilrltt'd men.
Thi-y wto to t inndis by the frun-
bo.it Icknbunc on tk ri'tnoie bca"h to
i hi nor'.h of Itaior niui wore to proceed
ocr!anl iriiUI'il by a fornv r oflloer of
Amiln.O'lo who had bcti"'''d to Funn
ton the K.liplito b-a-l.T-H atxxle. To d.-i-.lv.'
ih- cii'iny It wa arnmft'M that
AKU'noldo'a rejirenentallve w'bo bad
Kiveii the Information ti the Americana
oh-'iiM b-a.l rlie native ai-outs. th.y to
itMinie the character of liinurtronta ctlll
loyal to the rebel caune. They were to
make U aniwnr that they hail cap
tur'tl '!enenl Funt.tf and other Amer.
lean dllli.-iii of hlKh runk and werv tak-
Inif them Into th camp of th liinur-
iri'tit chief tu be delivered a prison
x of w ar. The pretended prisoners
w .-re to thr)W axlde their nsnunuxl ch.ir
aoter mi. 1 Amilnaldo.
l'l'NISH MENT NOT 1K;1DKU ON.
WASHINOTON. Maruh 27. Oftldai
iiewn of the capture of Aguinaldo had
not reached the war department up to
a late hour tonlitht. The president had
retired before the Associated Iress bul
let In arrived and will hear the news
for the first time In the morning.
With the expected collapse of further
opposition, which It Is confidently be
lleved will follow, hope ig expressed
that It will not be necessary to main
tain such a lanse standing army In the
Islands as Is now contemplated.
The disposition of ARulnaldo, now
thai he haa been apprehended, will bi
interesting for the administration to
determine. Aj the leadT of an In
surrectlon nKainst the Unlt.'d Stnies
government, Aguinaldo may be tried
and ex.vuted. a lesser punishment met
ed out to him by executive clemency, or
complete amnesty extended. While live
question of punishment rests with the.
military authorities, It Is believed that
the president will mnke the matter one
for determination primarily by the au
thorities here.
AKMY TO BE REDUCED.
WASHINGTON. March 27. The pros-
eni plans tn ine w w-i uvimiuuviu
template the maintenance of 50,000 men
In the Philippines until order haa been
completely ePiuuoen-u uiolvi 111 --iv
posed civil government and the gurri
sons enn be safely reduced to a pe
fisitlnir.
There are now about 65,000 troop in
the Philippines and China and the ori
ginal plan was to maintain an army
n&w .v vmw
PI B I NETjj
D CUITAINS.
f M.ooo men tn th" Philippines until
a stable ip'Vt-rnmcnt hod Im -nubllh-cd.
but It haa been found to be Irn.
practicable to do so.' under existing clr-
MtnHlHnc- with the short time Inter
vening until the flrt of July rn-it, when
the entire voltinUer army must m dis
banded, I'll- failure of the iUn In due to a
lack of available oflli '-n In thin country
o organize th new rgim-rit authoriz
ed by congrvH, and riot so much to the
difficulty of recruiting regiment.
IKADIC CNBIIOKKN.
Nebraska Ukely to He l'nreprwntd
In th Henate for Next Two Years.
IiIN(,'OLN, March 27.-An unavall-
lug cnference of the It'-publloans of
the legblaturu anvl an equally futile
effort to hold a caui.-us under th new
call markei the closing tt niggle In the
Nebraska "na4nrlal canvass. The In
dications at inilnlght tonight are that
the d MdK k will outlast the ttession,
th-' last legislative day of which Is to
morrow, and thil Nebraska for two
years will be unrepn-wented In the up
per housu of congress, barring, of
course, the pisslblllty of an extra
Hi on.
I)av und iilgU haH b-n marked by
vain aiK"aJs to the p n Hepubllcans who
are hol.llng irut ngalnst D. E. Tliomp-
son to cease their oiMH-sitlon. enter the
ciuclis an 1 give him th-ir votes In Joint
iiv-ntion. Counter propositions have
c nie from the anti-Thompson men to
th majority members to abandon
Thompson and take up any other two
lb-publicans In the s'ate, but it was
Ilk ..wise without result. Th--se propo
sitions fulling so far a- the short term
vacancy Is concerned, attention wis di
rect -d toward solving the long-t rm rid-
lie, but It tiroved even nvre compli
cated.
MAKTIAt, LAW I 'I If POSED.
Uussian Government Has Made Conces
sions tii Agitators to Prevent
Furthor Trouble.
ST. PKTEKSW'RO. March ST. It la
reliably r-portil that at a ministerial
committee meetlnif held In the presence
of C.rand Duke Yaldmir. commander of
the St. IVtersburg garrison, a proposal
to place the capital under martUl law,
shild Indications presage further difTl
ciilllcs. was heatetlly debated.
M. De Wltte. the finance minister,
was cnergi-tioRlly oppi.! to the estab
lishment of martial law owing to finan
cial reasons, not to mention the disas
trous effect which It would have upon
llussli's lndustr'. commeiv and com
mercial standing with foreign capital
bits. Tlu commlltiv accordingly sauc-tl.m.-d
the lulng of a circular, which
has been issued by the ministry of the
Interior.
It Is rumored from trut worthy
sources that the government has de
cided to maku unohVial concessions to
the students and accordingly the mili
tary regulations against the student
agitators are set aside for the present.
Prlson rs will not be drafted into the
armv.
NO SHOW OF FOKCE.
Cruiser New York Will Not Be Per
mitted to Fright 'n Sultan of
Morocco.
WASHINOTON, March 27. Secretary
Ivuig today cabled an order to Admir
al Rogers on board the cruiser New
York at Tangier, to proceed at once
with that vessel to Manilla. This Is an
abandonment of the plan to have the
New York convey United States Consul-Central
Guniiere from Tangier to
Marargnn, In the attempt to collect
American claims. It Is the purpose of
the state departrnBnt to endeavor to ad
Just thes; claims and otlvr outside is
sues igainst Morocco without any show
of foive, an.l in the ordinary practice
of diplomacy.
WILL REPLACE JAPANESE.
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
Have Ordered Two Thousand
Italian Laborers.
TACOMA. Mart 27 The Northern
Pacltlc and Great North.rn Companies
have placed orders In the East for
two thousand Italian laborers to do
construction work in Washington and
adlolnlng states tills summer. They
will rake the place of Oriental laborers
nnd are expected to arrive early m-xt
month.
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ENGLAND ALSO
ENTERS PROTEST
Unites With Japan and America
Against Manchurian Treaty.
CHINA REFUSED TO SIGN
Dlillict Victory Osloef ky the Three Powen
RsitliM Pay Trlbite el Reipect
isf1 AHeclloa Is America!
Dtatf.
WA8IHNOTON. March 27.-The Brit
ish governm'nt Is pPJtesting against
the Chinese making a convention with
any power touching territorial or finan
cial matters ur:il the pMient troubl"
In that country are concluded. Al
though the Russian agreement Is not
specifically referral to, the British
minister used languige similar to that
used by Secrvtiry Hiy In the American
protest.
The c fled -of the British action is to
place the United States, Japan and
ISre.it Hrita.n In formal opposition to
the signing of a' convention by China
with any power pending the settle
ment of the Chlnjse troubles. The
course of Great Britain is the iw,re
significant from the fact that that gov
ernment and Germany have a written
alliance routing to Chinese affairs.
The concurrence of these protests
probably explains why the Manchurian
agreement has :iot been signed,
IMPERIAL DECREE.
INDON, Mrjh 27. Th-; officials of
the Japanese emljassy confirm the re
port that an Imperial decree has be-n
Issued by the court at Sian Fu. through
Uu Kun Yl, the viceroy of Nankin,
ordering that tha Manchurian conven
tion should not De signed March 26, the
date fixed by Rusnia. An Intimation of
this decree has bee.n telegraphed to the
various governments.
AGREEMENT NOT SIGNED
PEKIN. Mirch 27.-The Chines.- had
net signed thi Manchurian agreement
last night when the time expired.
RUSSIAN COURTESY.
PEKIN. March 27. The bodies of the
American marines who were killed dur
ing the slego of the legationj and bur
led in the Russian legation were re
moved for shipment to the United
States.
The courtesy of the Russians deeply
moved all the Americans. Two Rus
sian companies participated In ail the
ceremonies. Russians guarded the dis
interred bodies ail night and rendered
all the Russian military honors to the
dead.
General Chaffee wrote to M. De Giers
an expression of his feelings and of
the feelings of th officers and men
of the entire command. M. De Giers,
referring to tha- Incident, said:
"It was only .natural. The Russians
and Americans fought side by side dur
ing the selge ani were virtually broth
ers." It Is recalled that In the case of an
American marine who had done duty
beside a Russian soldier and who was
buried wlthmt a coffin, the Russian,
with tears streaming down his face,
leaned Into the grave an 1 arranged the
earth as a rest for the body. Those who
were present say it a
Ing scene.
- ., no.
t-
PARTITION IN SIGHT.
NEW YORK. March 27. -The Tribune
says'-
Wu Ting Fang, the Chinese mimsiei.
who was In this city last rnnt. .-p 1
to b? much concerned about the seizure
f Manchuria by Russia and Inclined
to believe that if other powers allowed
China to be forced to part with the
province th? result would be the parti
tion and dismemberment of China.
His inquiries indicated that he felt
much concerned ajid thought American
intervention at this time would be the
most effective aid China could have.
He said he had no information about
the attitude of the powers toward China
other than has been given in the news
papers.
REBELLION GAINING STRENGTH.
Brother of Sultan of Turkey Proclaimed
Ruler in His Stead.
LONDON. Mar:h 27. Advices receiv
ed fram Constantinople are to the ef
fect that affairs are rapidly reaching a
dangerous pass ilu-re. Turkish finances
are In an ln?xtricable confusion. Gov
ernment salaries re from six to eight
months in arrears. Upward of il.OiK),
000 (Turkish) are due for war mater
ial, while the military expenditures are
dally increasing. In order to cope with
the rebellion in the province of Yemen.
In Southern Arabia, and the possible
rising in Macedonia.
There is no doubt that the Ottoman
troops received .a severe check at the
hands of the Anb Insurgents who, In
a manifesto denouncing the sultan, pro-
claimed his brother. Mohammed Resha
Effendl. to be sultan, wlth.the title of
Mohammed V. The young Turk's par
ty has adhered o tt Arabian procla
mation and the open enmity of Abdul
Hamld. the sul'an, haa spr-ad to the
palace and .h9 sultan 'a alvisers. li
ft Bey la said to be preparing for flight.
The patrols of Constantinople have been
diubled. Mohimmedana and Chris
tians are arrested hourly, and larg
numbers are dally shipped to Asia
Minor.
The tension between Bulgarians and
Mussulmans In Macedonia Is extreme.
It Is reported tha another band of ma
rauders haa crossed Bulgaria Into Ma
cedonia.
DEAL AN ACCOMPLISHED FACT.
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
Interests Have Acquired Chica
go, Burlington & Qulncy.
NEW YORK, March 27.-The Tribune
says:
The acquisition of the Chicago, Bur
lington & Qulncy Railroad Company by
Northern Pacific and Great Northern
.nurests. which for many ces Has
been regard! as a certain development
of the near future and that, too, des
pite the emphatic and compru-.,a..pr9
drums of President James J. 11.11.
which have been taken to be 'techni
cal' is now by comnvn consent an ac
complished fact and close to the sLae
it formal ann.juncement, a beiirf great
ly strengthened by the course of Bur
lington and Northern Pacltlc the
stock market.
Various aurmlse and "tips" were
afloat aa to terms on which tiia Cuii
trol of the Burlington stock was to be
retired in exchange for Js lr cent
collateral trust bonds guaranteed by the
Northern Pacific, according to the sev
eral reports, at the rate of $187, $200 and
even $220 In bonds for $100 in stock.
It was even declared that Mr. ilill was
in Boston In conference with the leading
Burlington interests; but at the offices
of the Great Northern Railway Com
pany It was said that Mr. Hill iiad left
this city with his family on Sunday to
go to Washington with th intention
of taking a slurt cruisi in his yacht
Wacouta on Chesajeake bay and it waa
thought that he was In Baltimore. He
will return to New York thlb.wees.
LOW RATE FROM EAST.
Northern Pacific Offers Home and
PI ?a nice Seekers' Special Slim
mer Rate.
ST. PAUL. March 27. For the bene
fit jf those desiring to seek new homes
In the West ami far Northwest as well
as for pleasure uetkers. the Northern
Pacific announce that July 6ih It will
plae in effect a low first-class round
trip rate of $43 from its Eastern term
inals to Seattle and Taooma and Port
land. The dates of sale at the Eastern ter
minals will be. from July 6th till July
13th inclusive, and the final limit for
return will be August 31, 1901. The
destination must be reached not later
than July 18, stop-overs being allowed
in either direction within transit lim
its. JOINT MEETING CALLED.
Question of Declaring Miners' Strike
Will Be Decided Tomorrow.
WII.KESBARRE. Pa., March 27.
President Mitchell, of the United Mine
workers, has Issued a will for a Joint
meeting of the national executive board
and the presidents of the three anthra
cite coal districts of Pennsylvania, to
be held here Friday. The action to
be taken at Friday's meeting will prob
ably remDve the uncertainty as to
whether a strike will be declared April
1st.
FIRE IN NEW YORK.
NEW YORK. March 27. The sewn
story building at No. 440 Canal street,
owned by the Trinity Corporation, was
badly damaged by fire last night. The
loss Is estimated at $50,000.
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BOERS SUFFERED
HEAYY LOSSES
Largest Single Capture of Bscr
Guns Ever Made. .
MANY DEAD AND WOUNDED
Bubonic Plaruc Spreaa'lic Amoof Britlak
SoUlers-SIr Alfred Mllaar Threat- '
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Free Haaa-.
LONDON, March 27. -A dlspaicJ
from Lord Kitchener to the war office,
dated Pretoria. March V, says: ' - "
'"Our casualties In General Babbinff
ton's action were two killed and aet
wounded. The Boera left twenty-tar
dead and thirty woundod. Aa their
pursuit was rapid, many more Boer
casualties are likely.
"The operations of March 2J dro1
the enemy north from their position at
Kaffirs' Kraal. March 24, the pursuit wM
continued by mounted men only. Tha
enemy's rear guard was driven la toy
a combined movement On both flaaM. .
Their convoy was then sighted at L
uwfonteln. The convoy was routed wo&
th enemy's retirement bocame a tA
The pursuit was continued until th
horses were exhausted."
TWELVE NEW CASES OF PLAGUE.
CAPE TOWN. March 27. Twert
fresh cases of bubonic plague were of
ficially reported today.
PLAGU53 ATTACKING SOLDIERS
CAPE TOWN, March 27. The bubo
ic plague situation is assuming a graver
af-tK-jt. The proportion of Europe
victims of the disease is increslna
Ariomr thosj attacked yesterd8.jr were
three soldiers belonging to different
corps. A native employed to tha
navy died at Simonstown. Bight other
co :ret cass and two of European r
reported from there wnd one native ha
died. -, . . :
ENGLAND ELATED.
NEW YORK. March 27. A dispatch
to the Tribune from London says:
General Babbington's victory, with
the largest capture of Boer gnus made
in a single engagement during, the cam
paign, had a most exhilarating effect
upon the government's followers In the
house of commons yesterday. He waa
described as a really practical peace
maker who negotiated with the enenyr
in a proper spirit. "
Hearts were hardened among the Ula
lsterialists. and Radicals like Sir Robot
Reid received' little encourage me at ia
nleadine for Messrs. Saner and Merrt
man. who have peculiar views of tbelr
w r. n fpecting South Africa and deJra
a special audience at Westminster.
There has been even - more aatisfactloai
in military than in political ctreieav
over the decisive success of Britiafc
arms In the western Transvaal, the on
ly quarter where the Boer forces were
not demoralized by Lord Kitchener'
relentless operations.
General Babbtngton is a popular cav
alry officer who has waited eighteen
months for an adequate opportunity fr
showing his real mettle. There are ru
mors ilying about that Sir Alfred MuV
ner is threatening to resign tjf lesa be
is allowed to have an absolutely fre
hand in South Africa.
NEW ATtORNEY-GENERAU
Believed Position Will Be Offered P, C
Knox. .
PITTSBURG, March 27. P. C. Knox
left this city for Washington today In
answer to the summons of President
McKinley. It Is understood that Knox
will be tendered the position of attorney-general
by the president
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