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Country for a Long Distance Swept by Our Army. FIGHTING ATTENDS THE MOVEMENT Five Members of North Dakota Regiment Killed and Two Wounded—Troops Con centrate at Sfouth of River—Two Com panies of Fourteenth Guard Lamban and Rest Go Forward. MANILA, April 15— (New York World Cablegram.)—I have just re turned tonight from Paite on the east ern side of Laguna de Bay where I left Major General Lawton. The general was detained there trying to float the launches captured from the rebels. His expedition has been advancing north ward, driving the Filipinos before it. The troops marching on land are sup ported by the gunboats on the lake. Every town on the line of march since my last previous dispatch was sent has been captured without striking a blow, for all the inhabitants fled on the approach of the American troops, leav ing the towns deserted except for the Chinese residents who remained. These Chinamen will be deported to Manila for fear they would be massacred when the natives return. r n.rvur^rviv^iv rAuiuc^iv. General Lawton is marching north along the road between the hills and the lake, with the gunboats Rapidan and Laguna de Bay abreast of his troops. The enemy is retreating north ward On Wednesday the troops crossed the Paghanjan and concentrated at Lam bun, at the mouth of the river. After leaving two companies of the Four teenth regiment to guard the entrance of the river, the troops marched to Longas and found it deserted. Furni ture which had been dropped in the flight of the natives was scattered along the trails leading into the hills. Major Weisenberger’s sharpshooters were sent toward Pactos Anoontenca in the afternoon. They ran upon a nest of rebels in some trick bushes which afforded a splendid cover. Five men of the North Dakota regi ment were killed and two were wound ed, two of the former dying after hav ing been brought to Longas church, where Father McKinnon administered the sacrament to them. The main body of the Americans while at dinner in Longas, heard the firing and advanced to the support of the sharpshooters. A scout from a hill saw the little fight and many white coats running into the hills. The La guna de Bay. at the beginning of the fight, shelled the hills, making them too hot for the enemy. 'Jhe Americans entered San Antonio at sunset without meeting with any re sistance. Twenty unarmed prisoners, hearing copies of the proclamation of the United States -Philippine commis sion, which they had somehow secured, were afterward released and sent out side our lines with bundles of procla mations to distribute. Starting in an easterly direction along the road to Paghanjan a party of sixty sharpshooters under Lieutenant Southern of the Washington regiment came upon a trench across the road about a mile out of Santa Cruz. Lieu tenant Southern was wounded. The Americans then advanced with the mounted guns and the Fourteenth infantry battalion in the center, Linck’s battalion of the First Idaho on the right and Fraine’s battalion of the First North Dakota on the left, both flank ing. The trench was carried without loss to the Americans. Four monuments on the border of the village celebrate the proclamation of Filipino independence, issued last year, and glorifying “Aguinaldo, the liberator.” The troops on entering the abandon ed houses found them in perfect order. A few guerrilla shots were exchanged, and one member of the Fourteenth reg iment was shot in the leg by his com rades who were aiming at a Cariboo. One Filipino was killed and five wounded in the encounter beyond Lon gas. This was an ambush. Eight members of the North Dakota regiment, moving in single file through the woods, received a volley from a clump of bushes fifty feet away. But one got off unhurt. He dragged a comrade with four bullets in his body to the main force and then led the troops back to the spot of the attack. The Filipinos were easily scattered. Additional Filipino dead found north of Santa Cruz swell the number of the enemy killed on Monday to 150. in cluding Paole Aguirre, one of the lead ers, and twelve officers. Alger R turns from Culm. WASHINGTON, April 15—Secretary of War Alger returned tonight from his trip to Cuba and Porto Rico. In an interview tonieht he said: “I had no adequate idea of the won derful possibilities of Cuba and Porto Rico before my personal investigation nd I return to Washington with renew ed faith. The duty we have taken upon ourselves of holding Cuba in trust for civilization is a noble one. “The problems are meeting satisfac tory solution and I see no reason to fear the future. None of the serious questions which have already arisen or will arise are insurmountable. Havana is beginning to feel the benefits of American control and the advance and development will be enormous. I was agreeably surprised to find so little dis tress on the islands. The amount of rations for distribution among the peo ple is rapidly decreasing and as fast as the people find employment they will cease to be dependent upon us for food. Ei-Quevn Dowager Very III. SAN FRANCISCO. April 15.—Hon olulu advices of April 5 say: The ex Queen Dowager Kapiolani is seriously ill. She had another stroke of apo plexy about a week since, and in place of becoming better, she failed from day to day. Not even her most inti mate friends are allowed to see her. Prince Cupid Kalanianole returned from Kona on the steamer Manna Loa on April 4, having been summoned to hasten to the bedside of his aunt. The physicians are hopeful, but the case is a desperate one. THAT COMMISSION. The Samoan Tribunal, Duly Instructed, Prepares to Start. WASHINGTON. April 15—After hearing this morning from the British and German embassies, the state de partment was enabled to announce positively that the three parties to the Berlin treaty had agreed upon the in structions to be given their Samoan commissioner and that it was certain that the commission would leave San Francisco April 25 for Samoa on the Badger. The instructions to the commission ers are identical, the three govern ments having accepted a form which compromises the differences which have existed up to this point. The com mission will be empowered to deal with the situation as it finds it in the Samo an islands upon its arrival. This ap plies to Sets necessary to place the af fairs of the islands in a peaceful and satisfactory condition for the time be ing, and whatever the commission does in this direction is understood to be of a temporary character and subject to the approval of the three powers. As to the merits of the bitter con troversy between the representatives of the powers on the islands which led up to the unfortunate outbreak of April 1, the commissioners are expected to make a thorough, impartial investi gation and report the results to their respective governments. The latter will by ordinary diplomatic exchange apply any corrections that may seem to be necesary. The commissioners will have no pow er to alter the treaty of Berlin. They may make recommendations to that end, and where they are unanimous it is probable that the reepmmendations will be accepted for changes in the treaty. To Be Mustered Out lx May. WASHINGTON, April 15—The pro test of Governor "Lee of South Dakota against further retention of the volun teers from that state in the army cre ated some excitement at the war depart ment today. Adjutant General Corbin, when hie attention was called to the matter, was pronounced in his criticism of the gov ernor’s action. He said the president and the war department were doing everything in their power to bring about the prompt mustering out of the volunteers now in the service, but it was manifestly absurd to think that all the boys from the northwest can be discharged until their places shall have been filled by others. It is believed the president will see his way clear to order the mustering out of all the volunteers in the Philip pines within the next thirty days. In the meantime he is holding off in order that he can give men there who desire to enlist every possible chance to do so under the best circumstances. The president is inclined to offer volunteers who desire to remain in the service commutation for travel, pay and rations from the Philippines and back again, which would net them something like 5500 apiece. He is also in communica tion with General Otis to ascertain as nearly as possible how many volun teers will consent to remain in the serv ice. If he finds he can give these men full pay and allowances to which they would be entitled if they were discharg ed from the service in the Philippines and then should re-enlist and should travel back at their own expense, he will do so. To Attend the Currency Caucus. WASHINGTON, April 15.—Repre sentative Payne of New York is here on his way to Atlantic City where the caucus organized by the republicans of the last house will meet Monday to ex change views, preparatory to the fram ing of a currency reform measure to be submitted to the next house in Decem ber. It is the purpose of the curren cy committee to frame a bill in terms if that is feasible; if not, to agree as far as possible upon the general princi ples to be embodied in the measure. Threats of Mrs. George. CANTON, O., April 15.—Aditional cross-examination of Mrs. Mary Pin ley opened yesterday's proceedings in the trial of Mrs. George for the murder of James D. Saxton. This was chiefly directed toward proving that the wit ness had been coached for her direct testimony. Mrs. Mary Nauman related conversations of Mrs. George. In one Ihe latter told of having kept Saxton from entering the Althouse home by pointing a pistol and making him come away with her. Military Burixl for Tabor. DENVER, April 15.—The late post master and ex-United States senator, H. A. VV. Tabor, was honored with a military funeral. The body was es edrted by the local companies of the Colorado National Guard from the cap itol, where it had lain in state since 2 p. m., to the Church of the Sacred Heart, where solemn requiem high mass was celebrated at 9 o’clock by Rev. Francis Roy. The edifice was crowded and the floral tributes were numerous and beautiful. Capt. Dorst Is Drat*. ST. LOUIS, Mo., April 15.—Another oldtime river captain, R. A. Dorst, is dead. Captain Dorst engaged in the river husiness when it was at its height, 1810. Ho navigated both the Missouri and Mississippi rivers, and was the first to take a steamboat up the former to the Itccky mountains. Although in his 81st year, Captain Dorst kept employed almost up to the time of his death. Noteil Athlete Dead. CHICAGO, April 15.—Matthew Clark McEwan, one of the most prominent amateur athletes in the United States, is dead of pneumonia, in this city. Mr. McEwan was a member of the Clark family, thread manufacturers. He was graduated from Edinburgh university and was for three years captain cf the Scotch international football team. Plans for President's Trip. CHICAGO, April 15.—United State: Senator Thomas H. Carter of Montana, ex-chairman of the national republican central committee, is in the city. He is enroute to Butte, Mont., from Wash ington. He said President McKinley is going to make a tour of the western states during the month of July, and that his stop in Chicago was for the purpose of arranging a few details for the president's sojourn in this city. Advances His Forces Eight Miles from Lumban.. CORDS RIVERS; THREADS JUNGLES I>rlve» the Kueinjr Before Hlm a» Ile Uoee Marching Along;—North Dakotana Un Aer- a Croaa ITlre—Volleys Fired from. Concealed Trench at a Distance of Fif teen Yards—Five Men Killed, and.Two. Wuuiulsdi MANILA, April 14— (New York World Cablegram.)—General Lawton’s expedition, yesterday advanced to a. point eight miles north from Lumban and occupied Paite, the military center of the Laguna d.e Bay district They forded two rivers and marched through tangles of underbrush, driving a small, number of the enemy before them. Fraines’ battery of North Dakotans marched twelve miles from Pagsajan to Paite. In taking Paite in the after noon the North Dakotans were Ln the center and the sharpshooters flanked, when the column suddenly encounter ed a cross fire of the rebels^ Sh.arp> shooters were moved out quickly and a squad of five of the North Dakota men was surprised by a volley at fif teen yards from a concealed trench. Two were killed and two wounded, one mortally. The Daaotans’ sharp shooters rushed down the steep in cline and took the trenches by dusk. The total losses of our forces were five killed and two wounded. The expedition is practically living on the country. All the natives have fled. Our forces are sufficient for au. vancing and driving the enemy, but it cannot garrison what it takes, ucu eral Lawton has carte blanche in the movement and will use his own judg ment. The lake insurgents’ loss yes terday was small. Three outposts last night were slash ed by Bolo men. Two dying Dakotans said: “Let’s smile and die game.” The launches captured on Tuesday are worth $60,000. The army’s ar mored launches were of great assist ance in shelling the trenches from tue MANILA, April 13.-4:05 p. m.—At about 4 o’clock this morning a small body of rebels attacked the camp of the Third artillery from the swamp near Paomboan, a mile and a half west of Malolos. Two privates were killed and a lieutenant and two others were wounded. With the coming of daylight the American forces scoured the district, driving the rebels northward and kill ing several of them a private sol dier of the Montana regiment was wounded. Francosci Reyes, the man wuw re cently purchased the Spanish gunboats at Zamboanga, island of Mindanao, has received advices to the effect tnat the fleet sailed for Manila and returned a few days later with the vessels strip ped of their guns and ammunition. Tne purchaser’s agents and native crews for the vessels on board the American steamer Butuan were conveyed to Zamboanga by the Unitea States cruis er Boston, and were instructed to await for ihe arrival there of the United States gunboat Petrel. Instead of do ing so, after the Boston sailed from Zamboanga, the Spaniards transferred the gunboats to the agents of Senor Reyes and the fleet left Zamboanga un escorted. They soon returned and re ported having been boarded by rebels, who removed the gunboat s arma ments. If the instructions of the Amer ican naval commander had been obey ed their capture would have been im possible. Zamboanga is fortified and still gar risoned by Spaniards, and the affair is regarded as suspicious. Brooke Gets the Army Kolia. HAVANA, April 14.—The original rolls of the Cuban army were delivered to Governor General Brooke this even ing. Senor Domingo Mendez Capote, vice president of the recently disband ed military assembly and long promi nent in Cuban affairs, volunteered to attempt to obtain them from the special executive committee that survived the assembly. The rolls were delivered to him on his request. Twelve generals and many officers of the First and Second army corps of the Cuban forces met at Bayamo yes terday and decided to name General Maximo Gomez as the representative of the Cuban army to the Americans with full power to treat for the army. There were 120 votes in favor of Gomez and twelve against him. T.ouhet Returns Tliunks. WASHINGTON, April 14.—The state department today made public the fol lowing message from President Loubet of France in reply to that sent yester day by President McKinley: PARIS, April 14.—To His Excellency, William McKinley, President of the United States, Washington: I am deep- I ly touched by the sentiments which I your excellency was pleased to express toward me on the occasion of the sign ing of the ratification of the treaty of peace between the United States and Spain, and I heartily thank you there for. I especially desire to assure your excellency of the sincere desire of the overnment of the republic and its pres ident constantly to draw closer the bonds of traditional friendship which have so long united the two great re publics. EMILE LOUBET. No Call for Troops. WASHINGTON, April 14.—It is stat ed at the war department that General Otis has not called for additional troops and insists that his present force, reinforced by the six regiments under orders to proceed to Manila, will ■ be ample. No action has yet been tak- j! en by the war department looking to ( the mustering out of the volunteers | and nothing will be done until the ar- j rival of the regulars. General Otis 1 will then be autnorized to re-enlist I such of the volunteers for six months as may desire iO serve for that length I of time. I; BRITAIN YIELDS A LITTLE Concent* to Unanimity In Fludlng* vt.th* CommlHlon. BERLIN, April 14.—The United States embassy at noon today gave the correspondent here of the Associated Press the following statement: We have received from the foreign office an account of the latest conflict in Samoa., 't.he German, government expressed sympathy and. took, occa sion to urge the adoption: of the una nimity rule in the findings of the Sa moan commission in order that the German commissioner, Baron S^eck von Sternberg, might sail for Samoa at the earliest moment possible. The German government urged only that the early arrival of the commission will prevent further serious bloodshed. This morning Baron Von Buelovr In forms the American ambassador <hat Great Britain has at last agreed to the unanimity rule, the United States also agreeing, and that the commission can probably proceed to the islands with out delay. The German press this morning gives yesterday's news calmly and mostly without comment. The Cologne Gazette remarks: “Wa need not say that hi the guilt of the manager of the German plantation is proved Germany will approve of his arrest and demand for his punishment. We will not aefend the behavior of a German abroad merely because he is a German.” The Cologne Gazette atso admits that Dr. Raffel (the German president of the municipal council of Apia), acted illegally In closing the chief justice's office, and says: “The other powers, we hope, will also admit the illegal acts of their representatives.” The Tageblatt calls the arrest of the German manager of the plantation, on which the ambuscade took place. 11:* gal, saying: “Our consul is the only competent judge." The Lokal Anzeiger expresses the opinion that the affair shows the need of prompt action by the commission. The Vossische Zeltung says: “What ever action the German government takes it will find itself fully backed up by the Reich:vig.” A number of leading papers, like the Deutsche Zeitung, Scnlesslsche Zel tung and Hanover Courier, point out the necessity of a larger navy and urge the hastening of the present increase In its strength and the adoption of an additional bill for the construction of other vessels. The Reichstag interpellation on the subject of Samoa Is signed by a ma jority of the members and asks the government for information regarding the “events in Samoa which have in jured German interests so seriously,” and also requests information regard ing the measures taken or intended to be taken by the government under the circumstances. WASHINGTON, April 14— Admiral Kaut;’ actions in Samoa, as far as they are set forth in the official aispatches, are approved. He was instructed by the last mail steamer from Auckland to avoid needless collisions, but to pro tect property and life until the three treaty powers deckled how to deal with the situation. No further in structions have yet been sent to him, and if any go forward by cable within the next twenty-four hours, which is the limit of time available if the out going steamer is to be caught at Auck land, this will oe simply a repetition of former orders. Department officials point out that from accounts so far received the ad miral appears to have acted In con junction with the British forces only in pursuance of the policy of defense of foreign interests. It is expected that he will not abate his efforts to se cure the restoration of peace and it ya probable that when the nigh commis sion arrives at Apia it will find its work facilitated through the suppres sion of the rebellion.. Auglnnldo Will Not Quit. NEW YORK, April 14.—-A dispatch from Washington says: Officials me becoming convinced that Aguinaldo proposes to maintain a guerrilla war fare which will keep the island of Lu zon in constant turmoil and necessi tate the maintenance of a strong Amer ican army there. The approach of the rainy season, now only a few weeks distant, will greatly embarrass Amer ican operations and will, of course, benefit the insurgent forces. A great deal is still expected from the work of the Schurman commission, but the ef fects of its recent proclamation have not been as great as the authorities hoped for. Funeral of Justice Field. WASHINGTON, April 14.—Impres sive funeral services were held over the body of the late Justice Stephen J. Field at the Church of the Epiphany at 10:30 o’clock this morning. The church was crowded with a distin guished company gatherel to pay their last tribute of respect and honor to the memory of the great jurist. Among those present were President McKin ley, Secretaries Wilson, Long and At torney General Griggs, the Britisn, Russian and German ambassadors, the Chinese minister and the diplomatic representatives of other foreign coun tries. Statement Is Denied. LONDON, April 14.—It is asserted that the statement that the Marquis of Salisbury has unreservedly adhered to the principle of unanimity of the decisions of the Samoan commission is incorrect. The question as to the extent to which unanimity is necessary has still to he settled, and certain res ervations will probably be made by Great Britain. The exact terms of the instructions to the commissioners have not yet been agreed upon. The Proclamation Doe* Good. WASHINGTON. April 14.—President McKinley today received a dispatch from Dr. Schurman, president of the Philippine commission now at Manila. The message says that the proclama ion recently issued has done great good ind that the Filipinos arc visiting the •ommissioners every day to express heir desire to become citizens of this ountry. The message also stated that b'ilipinos coming into Manila declare hat Agulnaldo's government is lyran lieal and that many natives are desert ng from his standard each day. REVERSIBLE SENTENCES, CnlM* iiiU'liixr Sdertlon ((reared by th* Kdltor of an Enterprising London Publlrntion. The clever “puzzle editor” of iiOndon Truth exercises immense ingenuity in providing entertainment for his read er»v He ofTered a prize for “sentences whether backwards or forward.” Here are several sent in: Scandalous society and life make gossips frantic. | Frantic gossips make life and society: scandalous. Apply the same rule to the others given below: Dies slowly fading «lay; winds mourn ful sigh; Bright stars are waking; Flies owlet, hooting, holding revel high. Night silence holding. 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