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Comprehensive Review of the Import
ant Happening; of the Fast Week
Culled From the Telegraph Columns
China has flatly refused, to cede San
Mun bay to Italy. ' .
Secretary Alger and party have left
Washington on a visit to Havana.
The British, German and . American
ministers at Peking have addressed
notes to the Tsung-Ii-yamen, demand
ing a settlement of the Shanghai for
eign settlement extensions question.
Work in the ruins of the Hotel
Windsor, in New Yoik, continues with
unabated vigor. A great many chaired
bones are being found, but 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 the engineer,
and seriously injuring the fireman and
one passenger.
A rear-end collision between two
freight trains on the Flint & Pete Mar
quette railroad near New Boston,
Mich., in a heavy fog,' killed the fire
roan and badly injured the engineer of
the rear engine.
According to a report from Seoul,
capital of Corea, the whole Coreau
cabinet has been dismissed and two of
the ministers have been banished be
cause of wholesale changes made by
the cabinet in provincial offices.
Queen Victoria is likely to reoeive
an unprecedented honor by the city of
New York. : On May 24, the queen's
birthday, the national, state and city
flags will be flung to the breeze from
all public buildings in Greater' New
York in honor of the queen.'
General Porter, United States am
bassador at Paris, answering an ; in
quiry of a correspondent, said he was
unable to discuss rumois to the effect
that be may succeed Alger as secretary
of war, as all information on the sub
ject ought to come from Washington."
The Spanish government has ordered
the prosecution of General Weyler's or
gan, EL Naoionale, and of several re
publican and Cat list newspapers for
publishing, with offensive comments,
a report that the queen regent was
about to abdicate and., to marry an
Austrian archduke. The offending pa
pers have been seized.
According to a prisoner oaptured by
our troops, Aguinaldo has announced
that he will personally mass the re
serves at Malolos and match on Manila
within 20 days, unless the Americans
withdraw in the meantime. The con
centration of the' rebel : forces in the
vicinity of Malabon gives color to the
statement of the prisoner. .
Five thousand borueseekers are on
their way from St. Paul to North Pa
cific coast points. . ..
A dispatoh to the London Evening
News from Brussels tevives the tumor
that Cardinal Gibbons may be the next
pope. - ; :
Another battle has L occurred at Ho
lie, in which one American was killed
and 15 wounded. The rebels lost 20
killed and 800 were wounded. .., .,..
General Otis informs the war de
partment that he cannot spare at-present
the volunteers now in the Philip
pines, but hopes to be . able to do so
soon. , .; . . ' . ..''' "
During the absence of John Dian and
wife, of Greenfel, Manitoba, from their
farm, their." residence, caught fire, and
their five children were burned to
death. v
- Severe weather oontinnes throughout
Great Britain. Great Jobs has occurred
among livestock, and London has ex
perienced the heaviest snowfall of this
winter.
The Argentine transport Villa Reina
has been wrecked in Cameiones bay
between Cape Raso and Cape de Bahias,
Northern Patagonia. -' No loss of life is
reported. - - -- -----
Ex-Secretary John Sherman, whose
death was reported on . board the
steamship Paris while en route home
from - Kingston, Jamaica, is still alive
and hopes are entertained of his recov
ery. He will be brought to the United
States on the cruiser Chicago.
- Aocording to advices from the Ori
ent, the emperor of Corea has oreated
sensation by appearing in a full uni
form cut in American fashion. His
attendants have. also been : attiied in
American style. The emperor, it is
stated, has cut off bin topknot or short
queue, which from time immemorial
has adorned the top of the Corean em
perors' beads.
The Peking corespondent of the
T,ntilnn Timed anvil: The Deutsche
Zeitung publishes a long article show-
ing how the United States is slowly
but surely obtaining a commercial foot- j
ing in Turkey and the East generally.
! The writer warns Austria and other
European states of the danger of whioh
they are threatened. Amerioa is de
scribed as a "serious trade rival,"
LATER NEWS.
Polo has been burned and abandoned
by the Filipinos. .
Japan Is considering a project for the
nationalization of railways.
A school of psychology will be held
at Chicago from April 8 to 8, inclusive.
The Twelfth New York volunteers
have arrived' home for muster out.
Secretary of War Alger has arrived
at Havana on a tour of inspeotion.
Two thousand men are idle as the re
sult of the pantsmakers' strike at Phila
delphia. - . ' :
Half the business portion of Har
rison Valley, Pa., was destroyed by
fire. Loss. $40,000. '
By a collision between freight trains
near Pittsburg two men were killed and
two fatally injured. , v
The funeral of ex-Governor Francis
Harrison Pierpont, of the Virginias,
was held at Pittsburg.
- Denmark proposes to demand cession
of a treaty port in China, and will Bend
out a cruiser lor the puprose. -
Arrangements have been completed
for construction of a railroad from Al
va ratio to San Andreas Tuxeto, Mexico.
War department officers express un
qualified satisfaction with the work of
the volunteers before and around Ma
nila. -
The search of the Windsor hotel
ruins, at New York, for dead bodies
continues. Parts of human remains
were found. '
- Two carloads of Eastern oysters are
on their way to Willapa harbor for an
artifical propagation experiment by
oysterinen.
The steamship Tacoma. whioh has ar
rived at Tacoma from China and Japan,
brought 827 Japanese, most of them of
the laboring class.
Rear-Admiral Sampson arrived at
Santiago de Cuba on board the cruiser
New York, and was given a royal wel
come by the people. ":'
' Queen Victoria has been petitioned
to force President Kiuger, of the Trans
vaal, to reform existing abuses, whioh
bear heavily on the Uitlanders.
The statistics of fire insurance busi
ness transacted in the state of Wash
ington for theyear of 1898, shows risks
written amounting to $82,83,718.
: lu the victorious charges on the in
surgents at Polo, Sunday, General Irv
ing Hale fell wounded it is thought
seriously while directing the advance.
" Hon. William S. Mason, : mayor of
Portland, Or., died his home in that
city after an illness of about six weeks.
Liver complications, superinduced by
an attaok of the grip
in February,
caused his death. -
Lieutenant-Colonel ' Alfred "C Gu
ard, chief surgeon, bas been ordered to
Vancouver barracks. Wash., as ohief
surgeon of that, department. Acting
Assistant Surgeon T. G. Holmes has
been ordered to new Fort Spokane,
Wash.,-; .. "Tr'T
-'- Tbe Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Observer telegraphs that a furious
fight occurred on the Boulevard St.
Michael between parties of Dreyfus
and anti-Dreyfus ' students. Several
persons were injured and two cafes
were wrecked. T' . '
Fifteen hundred employes of the
Philadelphia - clothing, manufacturers
have struok for increase of waves, abo
lition of sub-contractors and an agree
ment that tbe wages will not be re
duced. : Other operatives were thrown
out of work, making in all 8,000 per
sons out. ' ' - ' V; '
The American- army, some 10,000
strong, is advancing against . the Fili
pino insurgents,1; numbering 12,000.
The Americans are successfully driving
the rebels from their strongholds after
stubborn resistance. The American
loss is quite heavy, but not nearly so
large as that of the insurgents. , ,.
, In the storming of the rebel' capital
the killed in the Second Oregon were:
Company B, Private H. B. Adams; D,
William W. Cook; L, Charles Herbert,
Guy Millard. Thirty-eight were
wounded. The First Washington in
fantry nad seven wounded, one mor
tally, Captain l ortaon, whose home is
near Seattle. , ' .
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The Cuban military assembly has
decided that dissolution of the assem
bly at the present time would be preju
dicial to the interests of the army.
The assembly has sent Senor Heire
and Villallor to Washington to en
deavor to obtain the president's co
operation in its efforts to raise more
money for the Cuban tioopa. ' ;
. Spanish officers at Madrid acquaint
ed, with, the Philippine islands con
tinue to predict the failure of Major
General Otis' campaign, notwithstand
ing tbe American suocess. They say
that while the Americans' will 'un
doubtedly win all the battles, they will
lose the campaign itself, owing to the
aptitude of the Tagalos to conduot a
war of surprises and ambuscades. -
The United StateB district attorney
at San Francisco has been instructed
by the United States attorney general
to bring suit against the San Francisco
Dry Dock Company to secure possession
of Mission rock, in that harbor. It is
proposed to establish a naval coaling
station there. . The dock oompany
claims the rock under a title from the !
state. I
'TIE AMERICANS ADVANCING
Great Battle Near
Rebel Capital.
the
REBELS SET FIRE TO MALABON
The Stubborn Resistance of the Insur.
ente Has Surprised the War De
partment Manj Thousands JEng-agreil.
r Washington, March 28. The war
department tonight received the fol
lowing: -(:- : f
"Manila, March ' 28. Adjutant
General, Washington: : MacArthur'a
advance is beyond Newcanayan, two
miles beyond Polo, nine miles from
Manila, and fifteen miles from Malolos.
The railroad will be repaired to the
advance point tomorrow, and the
troops will be supplied by cars. Mac
Arthur will press on tomorrow. He is
now in the open country. -The insur
gents are stoutly resisting behind suc
ceeding lines ot intrenchments, from
which our troops continually drive
them. , Manila is perfectly quiet, and
the native inhabitants appear to be re
lieved of : anxiety and fear of insur
gents. Captain Krayenbub, commis
sary lieutenant, Third ' artillery, is
mortally wounded. OTIS."
Manila. March 28. The United
States troops under Brigadier-Generaf
Wheaton captured the town of Malinta,
beyond the Tuliahan river, today, af
ter a sharp fight. Colonel Harry C.
Egbert, of the Twenty-second regular
infantry, was killed. Prince Loewen
stein, formerly aid-decamp on the
staff of Brigadier Miller at Ilo Ho,
somehow got in front of the firing line
and was shot in the side; dying al
most instantly. A German who ac
companied the prince was wounded.
' The United States gunboat .Helena
and other gunboats have been shelling
Malabon, about a mile northwest of
Calooan, for several hours. The insur
gents made a fierce resistance to the
American advance up the railroad at
Malinta. ' In addition to the fatal
wounding of Colonel Egbert, several
men of the Twenty-second infantry and
several men of the Oregon and Kan
sans regiments were killed. : '
- . Evidently . anticipating a bombard
ment by the fleet, a thousand rebels
vacated Malabon last night, leaving a
few to burn the town. General Wliea
ton's brigade, composed of the Second
Oregon regiment and the Twenty
second and . Twenty-third ' infantry,
stretched out along the railroad from
Calooan to
the Tuliahan . river, was
prevent the withdrawal,
powerless to
owing to the natural obstacles and to
the strong opposition. A column of
smoke at daybreak was the first intima
tion of the enemy's 'intention, but
others followed at various' points, all
soon blending in a . dense balloon
6baped cloud. The flames of tbe burn
ing rice mills and large buildings could
be plainly seen from Calocan, despite
tbe strong sunlight.
By 11 o'clock in the morning the
only' building of importance not de
stroyed in the center of the town was a
large stone ohnrob, but even at noon
fresh fires were started among the na
tive huts in the outskirts of Malabon,
although the general, exodus took place
much earlier. ., Many of the rebels
sought refuge in the suburbs, Navotas
and Casag, or were driven inland by
the shells of the Helena, Callao, Ning
dapan and Laguna de Bay. "r . " ' '
'. Washington, March 28. General
Otis' dispatch, reoeived at 10 o'olock
tonight, recording MacArthur's ad
vance to Newcanayan, marked a direct
and important step by the' American
troops, in tbe opinion of the acting sec
retary, Meiklejohn, and . Adjutant
General Corbin. . Both expressed tbeir
satisfaction at what had been accom
plished. The former dispatch regard
ing this branch of the operations, had
not been so promising, inasmuch as
they had stated that General MacAr
tliur, although he bad driven the en
emy, could not gain a point north of
Polo on account of the roughness of the
country. .With easy railroad commun
ication to tbe advanced point, the diffi
culty in forwarding commissary sup
plies will be- considerably lessened.
Every step forward is regarded as so
much ground gained, and an approach
nearer the insurgent headquarters at
Malolos now stated to be but - IS
miles from the vanguard of the Ameri
can army. " The tenaoity of the Fili
pinos in the past few days' fighting
has somewhat surprised the war offi
cials here, who did not ' think them
capable of putting up and maintaining
the contest they have..
" Washington, March 28. The war
department has received tbe following
cablegram: ' - 1
Manila,; March 28. Adjutant-General,
Washington. MacArthur has
driven the enemy, strongly intrenched
in large force, north of olo. He will
continue to press them. V The insurg
ents have strong intrenchments from
Calocan to Malolos, which have taken
them months to construct. - ; OTIS.
London, March 27. A dispatch to
the Times from Buenos Ay res says that
thn Pnnta da Atacama award recognizes
Part of the Argentine and part of the
Chilean boundary lines. j
GOVERNMENT. ORGANIZED.
Situation at the Island of Negros Con
tinuei Satisfactory.
New York, March 29. A dispatch
to the Herald from Ho Ilo, island of
Panay, says: Tbe transport Indiana
has arrived here with reinforoements
for Negros island, where the situation
is still ' satisfactory. - The rising of
the hill tribes were of no political sig
nificance. -
The committee of natives, with Col
onel Smith, the American governor,
presiding, proceeded with ' the work of
drafting a constitution, taking the
American constitution as the basis of
the document. . . ,
It has been formally proposed to
raise the island's revenue entirely
from exports instead of by the present
method of levying unon land values
and cedula personae, thus relieving the
laboring class as far as possible. The
natives desire the immediate introduc
tion of the English system of . educa
tion. A gentleman who has had excellent
opportunities for studying the political
situation advooates a separate govern
ment for each of the islands, with a
representative assembly at Manila for
general control, under the supervision
of an American governor-general, who
shall be free from interference from
Washington, except in regard to inter
national questions.
, The deputies for the island of Negros
will meet on April 8 to 'disouBS the
draft of the constitution.
Ensign Everhart, captain of the port
of Ilo Ho, recently re-established light
houses in the neighborhood of Panay,
Guiraaras island. Insurgents fiom
Concepoion, island of Panay, acting
under the orders of General Problador,
twice raided Clabazas lighthouse, carry
ing off the lamp and appurtenances.
Affairs in Salvador. .
New York, March 29. A dispatoh
to the Herald from Sari Salvador says:
The volcano Izalo has been in eruption
for the last three weeks, and earth
quakes havd been frequent in the vi
cinity. The report of the minister, of
finanoe shows a drop in receipts from
$9,500,000 for the previous year, to
$5,750,000 for the year just closed.
The decrease is attributed to the un
stable condition of the country. Gen
eral Rafael Guiterrez, who was recent
ly overthrown by the president of Sal
vador, is at present at San Jose, Costa
Rica. - -"'- - ';'"'"
; Developing- Costa Rica.
New York, March 29. A dispatch
to the Herald lrora San Jose, Costa
Rica, says: An English syndicate has
been formed with a capital of $200,000
to work the gold mines located in tbe
district of Abangares, province of Li
beria. . - It is currently stated that President
Iglesias, ,who is at present in Europe,
has contracted with a French firm for
the construction of the port of Tivives
as the terminus of the Pacific railroad.
The cost is estimated at 12,000,000
francs. . -: ' . ' :
Engineer Slept.
Pittsburg, Maroh 28. A freight
wreck today on the Pittsburg, Fort
Wayne & Chicago railway just below
the city resulted in the death of James
A. Bracken, engineer, and James R.
Lowe, fireman. C..F. Brandenbaugh,
a , brakeman, was fatally injured.
Some of the trainmen think Bracken
must have fallen asleep at his post.
His train, running 80 miles an hour,
orashed . into another freight train
standing on the track. .. The loss to the
company is about $25,000... .
. For Antarctic Exploration.
London, March 29. Llewellyn
Longstaff, a member of the Royal Geo
graphical Society, has contributed $25,
000 toward the fund being raised by
the British association - and the royal
society for the British Antartic expe
dition, which will co-operate with the
German Antartic expedition in explor
ation next year, though eaoh will take
a different route.
Mohammedan Rebellion In China.
- London, March 29. According to a
dispatch from Shanghai to the Daily
Mail, it is reported that a Mohamme
dan rebellion has broken out in tbe
province of Kan-Su, the most north
western provinoe of China, between the
proivnoes of Shen See and Se Chnen
on one side and Mongolia and the
desert of Gobi on the other.
! Didn't Know It Was Loaded.
San Francisoo, - Maroh 29. Kitty
Wannemacher, aged 15 years, was shot
and fatally wounded by her foster
brother, Joseph Miller, 19 years old,
while the young man was playing that
he was a highwayman,-with ar rifle
which was not supposed to be loaded.
He has been charged with murder,
but the evidence indicates that the
killing was accidental. " f ' . '.
. NoAmerlcang in Danger. :
Washington, March 29. The war
department has advices from Honduras
saying that no Americans have been
arrested and no one is imperilled. . A
report had reached this country that
seven Americans had been arrested in
that country. '
' Armed Foreigners to Be Resisted.
. London, Maioh 29. The Shanghai
correspondent, of the Daily Mail says:
The dowager empress has ordered the
governors of the maritime provinces ot
China to resist forcibly any landing of
armed foreigners. .1.
In Full Retreat Towards
Malolos, Their "Capital.
AMERICAN ARMY IN PURSUIT
MacArthnr'a Division Bas Crossed the.
Marilao River and Is Pushing North-,
ward Filipino Circulars.
New York, March 29. A dispatch
to the Herald from Manila eayB:
Tbe gunboat Laguna de Bay attacked
the insurgents , at Bulacan. Three
Americans were wounded.
MacArthur's division has orossed
the Marilao river, and is advancing
northward. . ' "
' The insurgents attacked the Ameri
cans last evening at Marilao, but were
repulsed with severe loss. Our loss
was five killed and 14 wounded. ;
Later, Garcia, native general,
came down from Dagupan by train,
with 1,000 riflemen and 4,000 bolomen
and took positions at Marilao. A river
was between the Americans and the
Insurgent forces.
The South Dakota volunteers and
the Third artillery, acting as infantry,
were thrown forward. The South Da
kotas charged brilliantly across an open
space on the east of the railway to the
edge of some woods. They lost 10
killed and 11 wounded, including three
lieutenants.
The Third artillery, on the right, of
the railroad, charged and lost nine
wounded, two mortally.
On the left, the insurgents' trench,
east of the liver, made a stubborn re
sistance. '
Lieutenant Critchlow, with two guns
of the Utah battery, and Lieutenant
Davis, with a navy colt gun, forced 80
insurgents in a long trench on the op
posite side of the river to surrender at
the close quarters of -100 yards. The
rest of the insurgents got out with se
vere loss. Ninety dead insurgents were
counted . ' - ;
Advance of the American Troops.
- Manila, Maroh 29. General MacAr.
thut's division spent., the night and
morning at Mayeanayan, the next sta
tion beyond Polo. After reconnoiter
jng his front, he pushed along the rail-,
road this afternoon toward Malolos. '
. If the statement of the 85 prisoners
captured today is true, tbe main body
of tbe enemy has retreated to Malolos.
There are no more trenches to encoun
ter, although over 80 villages, includ
ing the larger settlements of Bulacan
and Gudguinto, intervene. .
At every railroad station circulars
have been posted signed by the Fili
pino commander-in-chiet, Antonio
Luna, ordering all spies and bearers of
news to the enemy to be shot without
trial, and instructing that all looters
and ravishers be treated in the same
manner. Further, all towns abandoned
by the Filipino troops must first be
burned. While deploring the existence
of war, the circular maintains the un
deniable right of tbe Filipinos to de
fend their homes, lives and lands
against "would-be dominators, who
would kill them, tbeir wives and child
ren," adding that this motive ought to
impel all Filipinos to sacrifice every
thing. ; - "-' "
The Washington regiment had an
exciting experience today, and ' dis
played much gallantry. The soldiers
found a band of insurgents concealed
in a stone house over which the French
flag was flying. A private approached
to set fire to the building. ' He did so, -and
the troops approached while it was
burning, and the Filipinos had appar
ently fled, but they were greeted with
a sudden volley from the balcony of
the house, resulting in the building
being cleared of the enemy in short or
der. .'....' ' ' ' " ." . ; -
THE BOYS PRAISED.
Noble Work Done by the Second Ore
. gon Volunteers.
! Washington,' March 29. There was
nothing but high-sounding praise heard
about the war department for - the Ore
gon troops, which have stood the brunt
of the fighting in the Philippines dur
ing the past few days. The fact that
the regiment's losses were much great
er than any other organization, and that
every company in tbe regiment suffered,
shows that the whole regiment had
been expoesd to the fire of the enemy.
The entire volunteer army in the
Philippines is highly praised, the Star,
this evening, giving ita half column of
editorial commendation. It speaks of
the lack of complaint among the vol
unteers in the Philippines and the sol
dierly qualities. It is well to remem
ber that the army in the Philippines
has been handled by soldiers, and not
by politicians. There is no desire now
on the part of the volunteers to come
home. 1
' France Wants Gambia and Sokoto.
. London, March 29. The Paris corre
spondent of . the Times says: The
Liberte suggests that Great Britain
should cede Gambia (at the mouth ot
tbe river Gambia, Western Africa)
and Sokoto (the most important of the
Houssa kingdoms, on an affluent of the
Niger) in exchange for the fishing rights
of the French on the Newfoundland
treaty shore. I believe, however, that
the compensation for the rights will be
pecuniary, . ..