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K h x J HOT FIGHT AT GftVITTE Insurgents South of Manila Of fer Desperate Resistance HARIIKST WOKK OF Till CAMPAIGN Henri Try to Turn liwlmii riunk Antorlcnin Gain Only ll llundinl Ynril During the Ihiy Our lo In III EtiRnRPineiit 1larcd ill KUty Mamia Juno 11 The fighting nt Las Pinns continued hotly all day long General lawton culled out the whole lorco of 11001 men nnd nt o oclock lio was only nlili to push tho Insurgents Imck WK yards to tho Zajmto river where they are intrenched The insur gents resisted desperately nnd nggross ively They attempted to turn tho left flank of the American troops Tho American loss is conservatively esti mated at 00 The linttlo continues After firing in volleys for u short tlmo the Americans were ordered to lire when and where they could soothe enemy It was every man for himself and tho best our men could do was to aim at the faint mists arising from tho enemys Kinokoloss powder General Lawton though exhausted by the mornings fight rallied by sheer will jxiwur and was tho commanding figure In the bat tle Ho went along tho lines directing and encouraging tho troops Genenl Whoaton and General Oven nhino were equally courageous In fact the generals wore among tho few men on tho battlefield who rofused to take shelter under tho hottest tiro Tho only approach to tho lighting ground was by a narrow winding road where tho rebel bullets dropped thickly wounding several of onr mon Before dark last night tho Fonrteonth infantry swam tho Znpote river charged nnd carried tho tranches Tho insur gents broke for tho woods before tho Fourteenth ronohod thorn Almost at tho some timo tho Ninth and tho Twelfth crossed a bar of tho sea and came xip on their loft flank at a point where a body of marinos with Maxim guns landed under protection of tho whips batteries and flrod upon tho enemys loft roar with a demoralizing effect Tho Twonty Hrst crossed to river by a bridge as soon ns it could bo mended Sixty llvo dead Filipinos vrero found in tho trouchos most of them shot through tho hoad Soveral 5 inch smooth boro guns woro captured with ammunition marked U S Navy Yard After crossing tho rivor tho troops wero withdrawn with tho exception of tho Ninth and Twonty Hrst those regi ments bolng loft with four guns to guard tho bridge As thoy wero boing formed into companies tho insurgents commenced to flro volleys from tho bamboo junglo 300 yards away Tho regiments formed into lino rapidly and coolly though under tiro and choering rushed to tho woods driving tho onomy aniilo awuy tho Filipinos disputing every foot Tho Fourteenth encamped across tho river tho men caring for iimny of the Filipino wounded At daylight yesterday tho rolwls at Oavito Viojo dropped two shells from a Trig smooth boro gun mounted in front of the church in tho nuvy yard The only damage dono was splintering the top of tho hugo shears on tho mole The gunboats Calloo Manila and Moquito then proceeded to dismount the gun After breakfast tho rolwls opened tiro along tho bench to Bacoor After silencing tho big gun at Cavito Viejo tho gunboats ran close along tho shore bombarding tho roliel iKsition Tho rebels replied with ritlo tiro and with tho tiro of some small pieces of ar tillery So vigorous wus tho enemys fire that at 920 u in tho gunboat Hel ena joined tlie small gunboats already named and tho Princeton Monterey and Monaduock from their anchorages dropped occasional big shells among the rebels This apparently only served to incite tho rebels as thoy kept up an incessant tiro of niuskotry and artillery near the mouth of tho Zaoto river two miles north of Bacoor Tho tiro of all noven warships was concentrated on this point shortly after noon when tho tipper bay presented tho appear unco of being tho scene of a great naval battle Tho insurgents were eventually forced to abandon their gnus after holding out for about four hours only to bo con fronted by General Lawtons force on laud ami in their rear where there was heavy lighting Itcport Prom General OtU Washington Juno 14 Tho follow ing has been received from General Otis Manila Juno 13 Adjutant General Washington Lawtons troops had se vere engagement today with enemy in strong intrenchments at crossing of Zapote river near Bacoor Cavito prov ince Has driven onomy with heavy loss our casualties somo thirty Insur gents in this southern section not mo lested until thoy threatened an attack iu strong force on Manila Thoy are now scattered and in retreat Doubtful if they mako further stand Otis Tho news of tho heavy lighting al most in sight of Manila and adjacent to tho navy yard at Cavito whore Admiral Dowey landed his forces more than a year ago was received with intenso in terest hero It is evident to the officials that the insurgents aro either far stronger than has been realized or that they have ooino to tho end of their re sources and aro making this last sheer desperation Otherwise it is hard to understand why thoy should come dowu to tho shore of tho bay and fight tho warships lour Children Drowned Iu lie 1lulte Nokth Platte Neb June 1 i Four small children named Christen sen were drowned in the Platte river last night One fell into the water and the others wero drowned while attempt ing to rescue The bodiei were recov ered BLAND AGAIN UNCONSCIOUS Dcntli nt rniiions Mlnnnrlan It ThnuKhl to I In Nrnr St LoriH luno 1 A dispatch from the Associated Press corrcsjKindeiit at Lebanon says thnt at 10 oclock last night Mr Hland was reported resting quietly but wholly unconscious Tho Increased brightness shown by him early in tho day and tho seeming change for tho better in the condition of tho patient has been followed by a more pronounced state of coma An each alternate day is a bad day with him tho family fear tho result today In his extremely weak condition another sinking spell would probably prove fatal as his recuperative ovors were considerably weakened Saturday when he was revived only by the vigorous use of tho electric brush on the extremities IliMilnr nt OMiolii llurin OscroiA Neb June IU Aliout noon the Omaha Klovator companys building was discovered to lw on lire Osceolas fire department turned out Thinking the lire extinguished tho llreinen re turned to their homes but wero later called out when tho building and con tents were burned to tho ground Tho cribs wero filled with corn nnd tho bins with wheat and oats Still IIkIiI Against Clilin St Ixiiis June 12 Tho parishioners of St Patricks church in East St Louis are still holding out against tho appoint ment of Vicar General Gluso a German priest as their rector by Bishop Janssen A heavy guard is kept about tho church building and parochial residence and Father Cluse has not yet been able to gain admittance to either Gulf Itii ulver Ask Privilege St Louis Juno IS Receivers For dyce and Withers of tho Gulf railroad applied to Judge Thayer of tho United states circuit court for permission to is sue 1000000 of receivers certificates That amount is wanted to make neces sary improvements along tho lino Judge Thayer named June 20 as tho date on which tho hearing will toko place Viola Horloekrr In New York Hastings Neb Juno 12 Miss Viola Horlocker who in under a 5000 bond on tho charge of having attempted tho life of Mrs O F Moroy by sending her a box of poisoned candy on Monday April 10 is in Now York city with her sisters Miss Zora and Mrs Lou Nance Phillips where she has gouo to recup erate Sharkey Willing to Meet Jeffries Paso Roihks Cal Juno 12 In tho course of an interview yesterday regard ing the Jeffries challenge Tom Sharkey expressed gratification at tho prospect of an early light with tho champion I will meet him anywhere said Shar key I am ready to jxwt my forfeit at any timo and will be prepared to enter tho ring within six weeks llutriilii Strlku Is Spreading Buffalo June 12 Tho strike of tho freight handlers at tho Erie docks for an advance of one cent an hour in wages was considered at a mooting of tho Freight Handlers union yosterday and a sympathetic strike of tho iusido work ers of all tho freight houses was or dered About 1000 mon havo been called out Miiy Arbitrate Cleveland Strike Oikvfland Juno 13 There is a pos sibility that the street railway men Btriko may bo settled by arbitration President Little Member Owon and Secretary Bishop of tho state board of arbitration arrived in this city last ing coming at tho roquost of Presidont Everott of tlie big consolidated company Their arrival was a surprise to tho strikers Tho state board has no au thority to compel the submission of labor trouble to arbitration but if they can indnco both sides to consont to it tho right to tender thoir good oflioes and proceed to reach an agreement SPARKS FROM THE WIRES Tho strike on tho Buffalo docks has extended to the coal heavers at tho Del aware and Ijickawnnua chutes A San Francisco gambler Gustav Froy Tuesday shot and fatally wounded his wife and then killed himself Tho Congo independent state accord ing to a dispatch from Brussels has of fered Spain 5000000 peaotas for tho Canary islands Wagon trains aggregating 1000 urmy mules havo boon ordered from southern camps to Chickamauga Park where thoy will 1h sold at auction by tho govern ment quartermaster Another chapter of crime has been added to the Taylor Loo feud iu Ken tucky Tom Messor one of tho Leo faction was shot down uear his home at Middleboro by unknown parties Fire at Napersvillo Ind Monday destroyed an elevator containing 1000 bushels of corn tho Chicago and East ern Illinois railway station and soveral cars Tho town was saved with dill culty Mayor Jones of Toledo Monday gave out ageuoral letter to tho public in which he states that ho may becomo an independent candidate for governor of Ohio if he finds the reform movement sutllciently strong Tho factory of tho Marietta O Tor pedo company blew up Monday and two men uiyno rorrer aim uai nano wero killed Tho factory was totally ruined Tho explosion broke window glass all over the city Frank Simpson and Thomas Jones surrendered to tho San Francisco police Monday admitting that thoy wero tho wheelmen who on May 27 ran over Hon Timothy Guy Phelps near his country home at San Carlos While attempting to arrest three men whom he caught in tho act of robbing W A Shauglinessy Policeman Victor Stromlierg of Chicago shot and fatally injured Mrs Nellio Leeman who was on the opposito side of tho stroot Governor Sayers of Texas has received acceptances of his invitation to attend an antitrust convention at St Louis Sept 20 from Governor Tanner of Illi nois Shaw of Iowa Bushnell of Ohio Pingree of Michigan Thomas of Color ado Poyuter of Nebraska and Bradley of Kentucky nrcnm fl nr 1 f v THE NOltFOLK NEWS THURSDAY JUNE 15 1899 rn rr KBDEiLrUl Americans Sweep Clear the Country South of Manila INStWJLWT LOSS IOUIt HlMUlEI tfho American Ioa Is lour Killed mill Twenty live Wounded Cnliirmln Volun leer Itecelvo Itriint of the Ilnttlo Uneiny U Ik Disorganized mid Hunted Washington June 12 The war de partment received tho following rejKirt from General Otis Manha Juno 11 Tho terrific heat yesterday did not permit the troops to reach the iKisitions at tho hours desig nated This enabled a majority of the Insurgents to escape in scattered organ Iwttions south and westward which they effected during tho evening nnd night The movement was a great suc cess however Tho enemy was disor ganized and routed suffering heavy loss Tho troops aro resting today at Lis PimiH and Paranaquo Tho navy did excellent execution nlong tho shore of the bay but many Insurgent detach ments retired in that direction pro tected by the presence of women and children whom they drovo along with them Our loss four killed and some thirty wounded Report of the casual ties later A estimate of tho enemys loss is ubout -100 Otis Two Tom ns Occupied Manila Juno 12 The Filipino oc cupation of the province of Cavito has been broken and us a result of tho pres ent movement tho Americana now con trol tho important coast towns of Para naquo and Las Pinns whilo a long lino of insurgent trenches facing our south lino has been cleared Tho insurgents have again proved their facility as dodg ers between 0000 and 4000 warriors who scorned destined to bo captured having disappeared tho majority slid ing away under cover of tho night after fighting tho Americans all day Somo others camo to moot our troops with protestations of friendship Tho Thirteenth infantry lost ono man killed and six wounded tho Ninth in fantry one man killed and five wounded the Fourteenth infantry threo wounded nnd tho First Colorado volunteer regi ment 11 wounded Saturdays work waa tho hardest our army has seen Tho battlefield stretched out across tho entire isthmus from La gnna do Bay to tho harbor Whilo tho troops were advancing tho army gun bout Napidan in tho river near Taguig shelled tho enemy killing soveral of them Tho monitor Monadnock and the gun boat Helena shelled Paranaquo and Las Pinns all day with tho full power of their batteries Tho robel sharpshooters kept in hiding until tho American line s had passed and then attempted to pi t stragglers from tho trees Thanlcs t their poor marksmanship this was with out result Strip to tho WulHt The whole country proved to be a suc cession of small hills with boggy ground between tho high thick grass and bushes in tho hollows which retarded tho advance but gave sholter from tho enemys bullets Our men throw away blankets coats and oven haversacks stripping to the waist and trusting to luck for food Water could not bo ob tained and there was much discontent after tho canteens were emptied At tho outset tho Colorado the Ninth in fantry and tho First infantry forced the first lino of insurgent tronches wheeled to the left and drovo tho enemy toward tho lake During this maneuver tho Filipinos in concealed trenches on tho right opened an enfilading fire but tho brigado partly owing to tho high grass had few hit Tho Ninth infantry crept around to tho right flanking tho tronches driving out the Filipinos and killing many of them Tho Colorado regiment advanced to tho luko Two companies encoun tered trenches on top of a knoll where tho Filipinos stood waist high above tho trenches pouring u volloy upon tho advancing Americans The Colorado troops charged and drovo them out Lieutenant Colonel Moses being wounded in tho arm as ho jumped into tho trench In the meantime General Wheatons column advanced ono and a half miles toward Paranaquo where tho Americans found a strong trench on a ridge out of which tlicy drovo the Filipinos by hard fighting The onomy tried to flank tho dismounted troops of the Fourth cavalry accompanying Ma jor Lawton and at tho same time thoy made their only advance throwing a skirmish lino to flank the Fonrtoonth infantry But they were easily re pulsed tho American artillery coming to the crest of tho hill and shelling them Luvton Nurrow Kucupe About 3 oclock in tho afternoon Gen eral Wheatons brigado headed by Gen oral Lawtou circled to tho south of Las Pinns encountering a largo force of Filipinos in tho shelter of the trees General Lawton had a narrow escape In tho first volley of tho enemy tho horses of three of his staff ofllcvrs wero shot from under him Tho Colorado regiment bore tho brunt of this attack and dispersed tho Filipinos Hardly had they finished off that lot tvhen a largo force appeared in tho rear which tho Ninth infantry and a part of tho Colorado regiment drovo away By this time nearly tho whole division was around Lus Pinas Tho Americans camped for tho night south of tho town iu tho midst of a heavy rain At u oclock Sunday morning General Wheaton advanced upon Las Pinas with a troop of cavalry the Twenty first infantry the Colorado regiment and part of tho Ninth infantry enter ing tho town without firing a shot He then advanced upon Paranaque The women and children and for that mat ter many men remained In the townB No houses wero destroyed though many were torn by the shells from tho warships Everywhere tho Americans found white flags flying So far as can yet le ascertained the Filipino loss is about fiO killed alout 350 wounded and 20 taken prisoners PRISONER ISSHOT DOWN Troup nt MutirliMtcr Tnll to Irevcnt An miMlnutlnn of Tom linker BAiutocitsvitLK Ky Jnno 12 Since the change of venuo was granted at Manchester Clay county for tho Baker murder trials to be held here in the Knox county courts this city has been iu n state of excitement It will be im possible in this place which has a pop ulation of between 2000 and aOOO in habitants for such a tragedy to occur as that at the villago of Manchester Satur day under the shadow of tho court when Tom Baker the present defend ant was shot dead while a prisoner of the court As Tom Baker had killed William White a brother of Sheriff Beverley White of Clay county aud ns tho crowd saw tho rifle fired from a window in the sheriffs ofilco at the time Baker fell dead into the arms of his wife it iu thought thnt thero may bo unother trial soon When Jcsso Barrett turned stntes evidence last Fri day Jim and Dee Baker and Charles Woolton were released as well as Bar rett the confession showing these par ties were not implicated Tho new in dictments were returned ugainst Tom Baker and his son Jim and Wiley Baker a brother of Tom for killing Wilson Howard nnd Bnrch Storr The four defendants were released by Bar retts confession nnd now tho fifth by assassinntion leaving only Wiley and Jim Baker to bo transferred to tho jail here until additional arrangements havo been niado at Manchester Colonel Williams who had his battalion and gatling gun ut Manchester tho past week and hns dono effective work not only in quelling tho mob Saturday night and in bringing refugees into court earlier in tho week but also in holding back tho fighting feudists all week was expected hero yesterday with Wiley and Jim Baker guarded by the militia A special from Manchester says The town remains deserted None of tho families that fled to tho hills Saturday night havo returned Reinforcements are coming from tho hills to tho Whites and Howards who aro in possession of the town They are exulting fiendishly over their arch enemy by singing dog gerel nt tho death of Tom Baker Sereiuuler Shoots llrldc anil Groom Wichita Juno 12 Whilo a party of young men wero serenading Mr and Mrs Ray Higgins near Watonga O T the bride and groom of two hours nppcared on tho front porch aud ordered the seronaders to leave Ono of tho party Harry Randall deliberately pointed bis gun at tho young couple and fired Tho bridoa face and breast was filled with buckshot She fell fatally injured shot through the lungs and died an hour later Tho groom was also shot in tho faco but not fatally A small brother of tho bride was also wounded but not seriously Report Is Denied Tun IIaoueVIuuo 12 An authorita tive contradiction is givon to the report that there is grave danger of the arbi tration schemo failing It is pointed out that althongh Germany may hes tate to recognize the principle sho has not yet raised any actual objections during tho discussion SPARKS FROM THE WIRES Many sunstrokes occurred in Berlin during last week The battleship Iowa arrived at tho Puget Sound naval station Sunday Simon Brooks colored was lynched by a mob of 600 negroes near Sardis Miss Tho American lino will build a ship to replace tho Paris lost on tho Man acles A Capetown dispatch says that tho expected exoduB from Johannesburg has beguu Second Baseman Robert Rothermel of Rock Island has been sold to Baltimore for 500 Tho Illinois state veterinarian will in spect all cattlo at state institutions for tuberculosis Major Sears corps of engineers Du luth Minn is detailed to establish har bor lines iu Porto Rico Yellow fever continues to create a panic nt Vera Cruz Mex as it is un usually violent this year J A Mageo the San Francisco ship ping promoter has become involved by the collapse of tho Klondike boom Forty strct car men left Toledo for Cleveland Sunday to take tho places of striking street car men They will bo followed by another party Au American missionary and his family at Mequinez Morocco havo been ill treated by tho ruling pasha It is understood the United States consul general is taking actiou in tho matter Word was received at Port Chester N Y that tho crow of tho three masted schooner Georgo A Howes whit h cap sized off Barnegut N J on Friday last had all been saved by an unknown schooner Four miles west of Scottsburg Ind Sunday John Taylor Mount former trustee of Fiuloy township fatally shot his wife and then turned tho weapon on himself dying almost instantly from the wound Samuel Roberts shot and instantly killed his wife her mother Mrs Lewis and then blow out his own brains at Canon City Colo Sunday His wife had obtained a divorce and mado her home with her parents The men attached to tho cruiser Brook lyn now moored at the Brooklyn nuvy yard havo decided to celebrate July 3 tho anniversary of tho battle of Santi ago when Cerveras fleet was destroyed They propose to call it Schley day In regard to the Inrtinnapolis story alxmt tho gigantic brewery combine Captain Frederick Pabst and Eugene Wuesthoff of tho Pabst and Schlitz brewing compauys deny that Milwau kee breweries are connected with the deal iu any way STRIKERS STOP CARS Street Railway Situation at Cleveland Growing Serious NKW MIN LEAVE THEIR POSTS inort to Operate tlie 1Ir Cnnftollilnteil Only Purtliilly Siireeeil Ciim Wero Hun on Tim Komi ut Irrcctiliir Interval BcencH of Dliordcr CirvnLANl Juno 13 The attempt of the big consolidated railroad company to move its cars yesterday was attended by scenes of wild disorder in various parts of the city though nobody was hurt and very little damngo was done tc property Cars were run on two lines nt very Irregular intervals but without passengers and mainly under the pro tection of policemen Tho principal work of the mobs which were composed largely of idlers and spectators was to blockade the tracks in which they wero materially assisted by ncconnuodntiiig drivers of trucks cut trolley ropes and jeer at the nonunion men Occasion ally stale eggs and pieces of mud were thrown but nobody was hurt The strikers discouraged violence but they did most effective work in inducing the nonunion men to quit and in that they were assisted by soveral women rela tives of tho strikers who boarded the cars and pleaded with the new men tc leave their posts Ono of these women was provided with money and when ar gument failed sho induced the nonunion men to quit by paying them Many of the cars wero loft on the lines deserted and wero afterward picked up by inspectors and taken to the barns The company says it has sufficient men to operato its cars today but this is denied Tho important event of the day was the refusal of tho company to let the state board to arbitrate the only ques tion involved tho recognition of the union The strikers says they feel greatly encouraged and thnt they will be better prepared than ever to resist tho running of cars when the attempt is resumed today Idaho Rioters on Trial Wallace June 13 The trials ol some 300 prisoners who arc charged with complicity in the riots nt Warduer on April 20 when tho Bunker Hill and Sullivan mill was blown up with dy namite by a mob of 1000 miners and two men shot and killed began yester day in the state district county Judge Stewart presiding In the cases of im peachment of the sheriff and the county commissioners tho state was repre sented by Attorney General Hays and Attorneys Borah and Forney The de fense had present Colonel Reddy and Jones and Murphy Jones presented and argued a motion to quash and strike from the records the accusations against tho defendants claiming that the cita tion to appear had been issued in illegal and irregular manner The prosecu tion asked for time to prepare a counter argument Johnson Defeats Flutter Kansas City June 13 The match race between John S Johnson of Min neapolis and John T Fisher of Chicago was decided at tho Velodrome last night Johnson winning the deciding heat in the presence of 4000 spectators His time for the mile was 207 2 5 The first heat at three miles was won by Johnson on Saturday last Though Fisher was beaten in tho match race he beat Johnsons timo later in the even ing when he won a mile event profes sional iu 203 l o Lawson of Chicago was second and Ben Monroe of Memphis was third Itloodhoundn Take the Trail Cheyenne June 18 Three trained bloodhounds from Beatrice Neb were sent from here by a special train to the point where Curry and ono of tho Rob erts brothers alleged participants in tho Union Pacific robbery were seen Friday evening and positively identified Tho dogs will be started on their trail A telephone message from Casper said there was no news at that point Long telegrams of iustnuAions and informa tion thus far received were sent out by tho Union Pacific to all sheriffs whoso assistance may bo possibly needed in tho chase Fisher Throw h Up Sponge In Eleventh Baltimore Juno 13 Harry Fisher stood eleven rounds before Joe Walcott tho welterweight champion last night and then throw up the sponge Tho Brooklyn boy took a severe drubbing at tho hands of the Barbadoes wonder and seemed only a trifle tirod at tho end His blocking tactics mode it necessary for Walcott to hammer him on the kidneys and back of tho head and his left sido and arm looked like raw meat at the finish Slany Anxious to Enlist St Louis Juno 18 Lieutenaut J F Hines arrived here from Cleveland to enlist landsmen for the navy When the lieutenant opened up tho recruiting ofilco in tho government building he was besieged by a mob of men and boys anxious to enlist Sir Blands right 1orLlic Lehanon Mo Juno 13 Mr Blands condition is encouraging His pulso is rtronger than for soveral days and ho has taken more nourishment than dur ing any day since his collapse ten days ago Collapse of Six Duy Wnlh New Youk Juno 13 Tho 0 day walk appears to havo suddenly collapsed Tho walkers havo all left the track It is understood that the affuir has proved to be a failure financially School Home Hurni Lyons Neb June 13 Tho Neary school house three miles west of here was burned down for the second timo in less than six months MAN HUNT IN WYOMING Small Army OrRanlrcil to Clear Out Hob ler Knott In CAsrrit Juno 12 Tho Wall for years a refugo for outlaws promises to bo cleansed of its desperate inhabitants Tho daring robber band which looted the Union Pacific express at Rock creek recently and escaped to the fastnesses of their dens in the in spito of tho fact that they were closely pursued over plain nnd mountain are to be systematically hunted to their death To this purpose the several railroad managers with In terests in this state aro organizing posses nnd the outlaws will be given no rest It is expected 200 men will bo engaged in the big man hunt Tho stntc ex press nnd railroad companies havo of fered an aggrcgato of 3000 each for the heads of members of the band In addition to this hoad money tho men will bo armed and fed by the cor porations and big cattlo companies of this section during the time they arc en gaged Thus they aro enabled to enlist n typical band of rough riders and overy man of them a dead shot The various bands of man hunters will bo accompa nied by Indian trailers bloodhounds nnd pack trains Tho six road agents who looted the Union Pacific express box will not opjmsc the small army of allies alone It is estimated that CO men on whose heads there arc prices set and who are wanted in many states are to be found hiding there ChaiKeH Against Alaskan Oniclal Seattle June 12 Tho report of tho United States grand jury sitting at Juneau Alaska investigating educa cational matters in tho territory has just been received here Tho report says that between 1884 and 1897 inclu sive 11 5000 was appropriated by con gress for education in Alaska which if it had been judiciously expended ought to have provided a school system com mensurate with tho requirements thero nnd would hnvo done 60 hod not tho general agent of education wasted tho money in useless jaunt aud in the es tablishment of schools at places where but few white people lived The report accuses him of making false statements in his official reports and concludes by asking the secretary of tho interior to relieve Alaska of this official lCemovu College 1rofeRKors Kansas City June 12 Four times the ax descended at the Kansas Agricul tural college at Manhattan yesterday ail each timo the head of a member of the faculty rolled into tho basket Thoso who were notified that their services would not be required after Juno 80 are President Thomas E Will and Profes sors Ward Bemis and Parsons Tho reason assigned by tho regents for the wholesale dismissal of the members of tho faculty is that they want to take tho college out of politics It was for this reason that shortly after tho in auguration Governor Stanley sot about the removal of the Populist regents whoso places havo been filled by men in harmony with the administration Strike Situation ut St Louis St Louis June 12 The strike of architectural iron workers inaugurated several days ago is still on with 030 men out and ten shops closed At a meeting of the Trades and Labor assem bly yesterday a resolution was adopted tendering the support of organized labor to the strikers for a shorter workday and higher wages It was thought that all the members of the allied building trades would be ordered to quit work This step was not taken as it was not deemed necessary Negotiations aro now pending which it is thought will result iu amicable settlement of the differences between the iron workers and their employers Smallpox In Iowa City Iowa City la June 12 Smallpox has broken out in Iowa City Only ono case Lincoln Popo a painter aged 22 has been reported so far Dr J O Shrader of the state board of health has instituted a rigid quarantine Exposure are few Windy Weather Garments for Women Topeka Juno 18 Henry Black an editor in Syracuse western Kansas haa started a movement for a special stormy weather skirt for women to wear dur ing the season when the wind blows al a velocity of 40 miles an hour across tha prairies In his paper the Journal Editor Black appeals to the women to turn from fashion and custom and weai during windy weather divided skirts oi better still tho trousers of their brothers or husbands Ho says ten women ol Syracuse havo agreed to inaugurate this new western Kansas reform Mlssotirlan Knds Ills Life Cincinnati June 13 The dead bodj of E C Robinson of Lexington Mo was yesterday found in a hotel room Ho had taken arsenic A note left indi cated that ho was penniless and gavo the names of his wife at Lexington Mrs J P Gordon at Lexington aud F O Robinson Groton S D Western Man For Vice President Ciiicaoo Juno 18 Senator W B Allison of Iowa is in Chicago He saya tho Republican leaders of tho west aru becoming satisfied tho vice presidential nomination will come west next tima and that Henderson has won the speak ership fight iu a walk Mondays llasehall Games NATIONAL LEAOUE Cleveland 8 1ittsuurB 5 New York a j Hostou 11 WtTEKN LKAdDE Huffato 4 Kansas Cityfi ImllutiapolU 5 St Iaul 3 - Detroit rtj Minneapolis 7 Columbus i Milwaukee 1 WESTERN ASSOCIATION JllooniftiKton U Ottumwa 8 As tho result of massing several huu dred union miners at Hillsboro Ills where they aro encamped the Driviug Park mine which has been operated by uonuuiou miners has been temporarily closed dowu s It i i