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THE CENSOR ENGLISH OFFICIALS CUT OFF NEWS FROM THE FRONT. BIG BATTLE EXPECTED, Hobarts Bald To Have Begun His Advance Northward From the Free State Capital. London, April 3 The war office . Ued no further ins tonight and the few dispatches reee-H ed f r mi the seat -of war bear evidence of having been jelayeel by the censor. According to a special dlspatc h from Pretoria, dated Saturday, Iord Hub erts has commenced his advance north ward. The dispate h says that there an- dajly skirmish, s and that a bis attle In lmmin"nt. Tli In, however, ir.jv tefor lo t!i; op era t ion ptea'din th" engage m at Kar.-c hiding, which bas apparently flnart-'l the way. as we'd us seemed an advantageous position whence the next operations may he conducted. Tueker's livl.in is now strongly or ciip.ving the Boors c a-rijj at Karee Sid ing, with the way i i.-ar to Hrandfort, which In ri-ported already e-iaruatcd. orders have ln-cfi received at Cape town for the Ligh'h division to be dls-t-mburked and sen! north imnicdlalelv on its arrival there. Tlx.' Boer forces iti the neighborhood .if Pa.jrdebe-ig reported t' In- act ively i-mingcd in .iU-iiipUnK to capture Brltiph horses left -in the veldt o.vvliig to thur weak condition. Six hundred re-fuges rent hack from Capetown ar- utr-iraled. the Kimiv 1 ley n.iUtnry authontii-;. refusing assistance -jr " flliniv Celt! lo J for red. ihu h Kaffir l i ning is repoit.il at Klip.Um. An active i an:p iu is in progress mi the part of the loy-ilii-ts of Cup" Col- my for the aniiej it ion of tie- lepui.in-s Uiid the punii-hi!,- ::t. of tin- colonials Mho servo In th.- !;. i- aims. Moi legs In support ( ii.is oiiey hav- bed lii-ld jn many impnt-timi t -r utid-t tin- auspic s of ti,.. Snilh Alii-an J.-.-il.O". "I to- transport ! i -u of i i h-ms to ' . Helen. i i aro'ii-'iiK tic- any- i"f ii,. IN" is, who throat -n to ti-ialiai- I.) n-nding the Bniish prl'iiitets to K o mal ipoon, t.'iiulc I t ! the uoist le ver d-ii in South Ai.'ioa. The imnffior? Norfolk called fi-..r.i vitllijmpen Sjt'jrd.iy for Cup'-tnv. n mill had an oiitlins; tsto- setnl-off. Hp :.klrig lit Trow lit idgo S;t in-lay evening, HI. H-ili. Walter llenc- 1 .!,?. tin mbe-r of parliament, for Wet H i ly. Liverpool, t.ai-1 that I-.-n th-- v. .11 villi ftvi r, Great ii Haiti "iiou'd ha . lo that til- pe.ip).- of A-iilh .Mil a. ra marter what their ' 1 . ! liecai m jailthx. h.'iv .--s.-.y I llheiiy. i!. 1 o-.Jl i not .i n lieti the: i;"!-.",a! e!: -!ei.i ivould talic il e. Vim It v. utiid not !. until after lln- ,15. e.-,.. t ... ,.1 had rooi tileted their tajk. LIFE !H KiMSERLY. Cecil Fihodes and His Party Had No Great Hardships, ltnilon, Apii! yr.iiK ant 1 'i- i -a itl observed ill ll'i oi'l litehes, joIIi l l- Mn and mull, no ut id- ir ,ifiii. natives (luriiiK tie- i. of Kimii-i Ji and Miifekini;. but . tur-se stoties ar beKinnltiK: Id ciri ulate in 1-1.. i jy h n on that subject. Iti ehfoit .Si.if,uliv riKh'harid iniin of ' ' . I:),."!' s. In ready a know led ! 1 that d.nir.M later ftMBeS of the Kimherley s -,t I He th UHliVeH HCI-t? feedilU When I ossible. ,. liU'ilst b-jis. Now ii Is -rial -1 thai the HrKt. teli-xram m-tit fioiti Klnilie.ley lo 'Capetown affr lift si-a-- v.as lais-d Has for frcuh aaliuun for Khod V par- When the natives wen- slatving lo death ll In aid that Ithodes an I lie frii'lids bad iiei,ly of f I and had tiiubtly banquets. Kt en the f umaliiv of dri-kKlriK for dni'ier was not nban loned, as l.dbnim, enmneer of th - I liners conipany, v. . killed while in tie act or puttlntr on his i-venin-.t sun to Join a illnner patty at lihodes' lions, a lew days before Ihe r-lose. in v . I me!.1.. RUIH LEFT BY LORD ROBERTS. Destruction of Boor Property Ey the British Army. London. A p! II 3. This terrible pie. tnrtj Is paint' ij by 11 spctl al 1 ot-ropoitd-i-nt of the Manchester Guardian of tin whol-snle desiriietuiii of pioperty u the truck of the 'oiii-h .,-lvain-e thro' the CratiKe l-'ee State: "The way from l:loi utfonleln to Kim lint ley is 11 line of d notation. Tile fariii liouses have not merely been sacked Ihey havit been savanelv desUoyi-d, tic morrttrs smashed, plan s w r'- lied, wot ks torn from i looks, chiidii-u's tos ami Isioks wantonly d stroyed. livm tin buildings theiiiiilvis have been bin toil or seriously danoiged. HKTAI.l ATION' V'iH KT. HKLKNA. Capetown, March ::i.Th Hist bnn-h of ptin-lvrn tailed v-.iay for St lie lena. London. Apt II 3. Th tratikjuu tatlon of thn prisoners to St. Helena Is aroiis I11K the anger of the liners, who thrnit en to tetallatc by K.-iidIng the IhltKh prisoncrit to Koomatipooit, reputed 10 he the wort fever den In South Afrl'ii. FA 1 LI ' 1 ! !' in mns. New York, At II 3 .-.Michael lion ocdly, art Iron nietcliHtit, has filed a pe. tltJon In bankruptcy. Llal,;iiili, 111!' JIT; mMs, )r.3,UlO. aim (if mm m. CorrotportJnn'ti Inrtul In Snoortl t 11 Eravj Wcmin, I-oraloti, Aftil 2. Mm, (Vonjen tol- devotion t. her hindiutiil and ihe I'.oeriaupe tnlKht ! thonht to apM-al Irn -ifdlby to ,,. chlvHlry of ny foe, but neither her ncx, lu r kki. nor her nil fortune i-pare her from the JIImi and FHiits of whih- 1 01 repondcnt. M01 timer Monpo. ho Is lookian for siilij.-etn f,,r hl lirtish In tin; track of Hi- Mar, and who painted the portraits of General and Mm. I'ronje, writee: "I'oor old Mrs. ( toiije wan in hu h a hurry to depart from the liritish camp that phe left her bio k hair in a tent. This wan ut once seized upon by an en-ti-rpriKinR Tummy .Mkins and dtHtrib uted In Imks to those drxiruUK of re tainliiK some memory of the fair lady." Julian Ralph Is indebted to a Biitlch correspondent for the following picture of Mrs. Cronje: 'She Is a thin, de crepit old woman, and In her rough Htraw hat, dirty idd black dress, and without cloak or shawl of any sort, she presented a hopelessly miserable, drag liled. woe-beKotie appearance." Jle also (sends from th same source this revised version of the Incident ol a llrltish otl'H er Kivillg General t'ronjt a cliiar. "t'lonje sniok-d it and then sent hi! secretary to ask for more. " 'Oh, no,' said the kindly olliccr. 'I.el him have a pipe of some Boer tobacco That's good enough for Mm.' "It was a sentiment applauded by al who heard of it." ,Tlie pallant general who defeated an held In check Methiien's superior forci for a month is described by Charlef Hand as havinK "a shifty-eyed, und'-r. hand look which would have set tht most complaisant house-do); harking.' This In ih,. ,...,....i i..,. ,.p 11,. I spoiolents of London papers In promot ing j-.iiKiaii'l k professed policy of "fitu. i'iK for equal rights for all the uhit' rai -M -skis. Cook inform me that tln-ii projected tour, starlim,' lale in Atnil to the South African ha 1 1 letieids. Is lill- I ill well. They expect to conduct i hie.e party over these muesome places but the riKenls an- unable to say af to vvhelhe) ihi.y are relatives of t fir kill-d. Meanwhile the women of fash Ion who went to Capetown are return illK. lliKKllsted with their experience, es .eiinliy with (Ii- i-ost of living, whki i- enornniiis. DES MOINES SALOONS TO OPEN. Saloon Men Vln In Their Fiht foi Open Saloon. j ! s Moiiir-s, la.. April It ..-. : unlikely tiial every saloon in the cil; ! 01 lies .Moines will t.r- running wl.Ii ip'ii, as ol' old, tomorrow- evening, am j not later than Wodne day timrnltig ; The J'olk coin;! .,- i o .. . 1 , 1 of sii-i vism i ..ill licet t-imoirow for tin- i-inpos- ol I canvassing ti e s.-i .-.ml pctiiion of eon -e-it and, a: soon as that Is aoooui lei'hed, lie-,,. np,j i,e nothing in tin I ..ay if saloon no 11 opening then duels j "I'i'ele ia:l ile no immediate if,ins;ti-i j 1 tin- 10 tio'i of the beard, though it : jiio,',n tie' l mp-'i alee penpfe ale i.-i- Uii to opp the op -infiiil! of raloiitu i?i ihi-i city limb r the tp.-w petition ol onset:!. V.'l-ut v -r a. tarn t'e v ir.-tv I lake, hovel- I. i ol; ei e a li- lull.- tmi-l J ' , 1 1 ' l I i i y lap-;., i I 0 e 1 hi- ,0 I i-.ii . an i :::lt In 11 n thing i-l'.-, i!n- aiei th j Icons v.iil be i-n-ibb d to ( out -aire j.t ji.eo of luptoct in tin- iiii.-rv-iiin time. I Tie- pie', ut si Hue of tin. s.iio.e, ;;i, 1 t. nip' I . la-e 1 e.;i is tin.;; Tile liofiiil ol sii ivisois wij en n vie s ti.e in-iv .e:iri.. of 1 ol!et!t Hgd lilel I g", n. Tia- .- .i!o ne w ill 1 r 1 : ; 1 1 ; J i t i 0e. I'ile tempi fwt Hopie V, i i J p peal to a lllgher t 1 f II ! 1.1 ! -Ihe lilrliii -nit - on the grMtiinis that the hi,-! pe'lli'.u nf i-i.n:,-i:; v.:-s the on-- ,'.lii,-: Ihe lioitid should hav examined: n,;,. because of. the liaoiliii I, i;ey of Its ptib iliatloii, through lie fault of ihe cam. ly auditor, tle-ie should e.i:-l tm rei son why the temperance 1 lenient I'lotiM rmt In- 1 real oil fair now, w I'.'-n th in Mii-ment is properly .bcfnic iln- board: that both nr.. now before Ihe board in their legal ilothes. and tti.it it Is Ha duty of thel body I 1 e::amiii - tie- Mrs one ;:ied. It Is not unlikely that In the event the court d.-id.-s against the temper unci people, an appeal will la- taken from Judg" Holmes' recent ib-i ision in tin- mandamus pr iceedlngs. in I hi meantime both sides are gelling i-adj for tin- meeting tomori-ov.-. WOMKN'H S VNIilCATK A FA I I.I ' UK. Chicago, April The Wom-m's Lam. syndicate Is neailng an Int-loilotis end. tine of the last ails of 1 .is coneerr which. In the zenith of Its career ir Is;:!, sold I ."'.''! lots In South Waukegan Hi., to ,t.'.i Moineti in all parts of thf county, will be a judicial decree entered In th- circuit court of Lake county for the sale under loreclonuie of the pro perty. There was n blanket mortgagp mi the whole property, of which the P'irihiisets had no knowledge. They Ins- I.VKi.1'). The affair was managed hy women. Hundreds of women all liVi-t the I'nlted Slates have had deep cause to regret their reliance on the promises of tlie prouiotetH of the Win na n's Land Syndicate. TU.VI JOHNSON Koll CHAIRMAN. Cleveland, ., April 3 As a result of Ihe democratic prlmailes In this city, ex-Congressman Tom L. Johnson, th millionaire slngle-ta xer. will control the d -mocratii' convention of the Twen-ty-tlrst district. That Johnson will be a delegate to Ihe demiK'lallc national convention In Kansas City Is regarded ns a certainty. Ills friends now announce that he will he a candidate? BRiilnst Senator Jnner for chairman of the democratic nation. al executive commit tec. HUE REPLY ARGUMENT OF STANDARD OIL ATTORNEYS, SAY IT IS NOT A TRUST Attorneys Attack Antl-Trubt Law and Assert that Misdemeanor Must Be Shown, Lincoln. Neb., April 3. Alfred l. l-M-Jy, John M. Thurston, J. M. Wool woitli and McCoy ,t Olmsted, attorneys lor the Standard Oil company, have libd Willi the clerk of the supr me court their answer to the peiiiion of the attorney general that the company lie ousted front doing business in the state because of violation of til" anti trust law. This answer is in cojise :piciue of the supreme court's action al the last sitting in overruling the Standard Oil company's demurrer, which was based on the ground of al leged lin k of original jurisdiction. In the answer it is argued tli.it the supreme' court has no original juris diction in the case, because the state constitution limits its original juris diction lo revenue, mandamus, jun warranto and habeas corpus cases, and :-ivil cases to which the state is a par ty. The case, it is alleged, is criminal in its nature, and should go before the district court. original jurisdiction is denied for thy further reason that the anti-trust law. under which action Is brought, itself provides "for the enforcement of the provisions, thereof In the first .in stance by the dlstrfi't courts of thc jtate," It Ik argued that the attor ney general's showing is not sufficient to constitute a cause of action. Tin- section in rebuttal of the attor ney general's showing to substantiate the existence of intrust Is as follows: "The defendant is informed and be lieves that tin- individuals whose names are mentioned in th agreements, in said petition contained, entered into said agreements, but defendant denies that any of said parties were then stockholders of defendant, and denies that it at any time or in any manner became a party to said agreements or cal l ii-ii out the same. ln-fendant is also Informed and believes that said 1 1 us I agreement was abrogated and tin- jtiiiyt thereby created dissolved on j ,'iiai-i h 21, IW, as per the resolution ' in said petition contained, and that all j control of corporations by said li us 1 I'-. s 1 hereupon ceased." j Continuing, the- answer says: j "The sole basis of the plaintiff's 1 lause of actio nis the charge that tlx: j defem'ant has violated said criminal ' statute, and has been guilty of u mis jdcurannr thereunder, and defendant I alleges and insists, that no action will j lie against this defendant for a for feiture of lis right lo hold property or (carry on business in the stale of Ne Jbtaskd, and that defendant cannot be ' denied the right or prohibited from do J ing any business In the stale of Ne- braska until it has been convicted of ! a. mij-'leiucanor under said provisions I of said statute, and a judgment of a fompeient court has been duly entered ' . -iablislilng f-uch conviction." j ATTACKS ANTI-TRUST LAW. I The answer conclude.", with nil a(- mpt lo establish the uneotisli I ut ion- ii of the anti-trust law. Among the allegations nr.- that it deprives per sons of liberty and propi rty without due process of law; that It violates the 1 iglll of the people to be sei lire In their persons, nouses ana cuecis against un reasonable searches and seizures; Hint it imposes excessive tines and inflicts cruel mid unusual punishments; that It is class legislation, permitting labor ing men to enter Into certain contra'-is and denying that, right to other per sons, and a number of other reasons. It is also argued that the law violates 111" constitution of the I'nlted Slates, which provides that congress shall have exclusive power to regulate comim-ree among the several states, and that 110 slate shall pass any ex post facto law or laws Impairing the obligation of otitracls. Wherefore It is prayed that fiefeiid nnt "may go hence without delay and tec-over Its costs herein expended." ASKS I'KFINITI-; OUHKliS. The attorney general has tiled an amendment 1 0 his motion of March 17, In which he asked that a more' definite mandate he issued to Judge linker In the Omaha National hank case. Jn the amendment the court Is ask"d to Issue a peremptory writ of mandamus to the district court of Douglas county, and especially lo Judge Baker, commanding thai the Judgme nt of March l.'l, and the order 11 led March lit. In favor of the de fendant, be set aside, and Judgment entered for the state, or commanding the court to forthwith grunt a new trial. STI'IiHS' UlfJIIT TO OFFICII ib-oige W. Stubbs, Judge of the Sev enth Judicial district, has (lied a de murrer to the Information of Samuel W. Christy, who contests his seat. The demurrer Is cm these groumls: That no application Is shown to have been made to any prosecuting attorney to file the Information; that no cause of action Is shown; that It In not shown that Christy received a majority of the voles cast In the Judicial district, or that he received more votes than did Htubbs. Monslgnor Thomas It. Moran, vlcnr, general of the Cut hollo dleircne nf j Tdeiiton, and rector of St. I'aul'n I church In Princeton, N. J., hns died of pneumonia, lie became ill March 24. Witt Ull M CfflCES. Dc&mocTf.td AWftt the Action of th Cduri of Appnala, Trunkforl, Ky,, April 3. Th demo rran .ro one, upon the derision of tie court of appeal this week, if In tii'ii favor, ns en n Hi" iippcdt ion now ex pens, to take poi-KC ssloii eif tint stale "dices. Adjutant tb-m nil Colli-r of the Taylor fac tion ib-elaies that "any such attempt will b.i i' sisted to the last drop of blond." Judge 4 'nut rill state s that he will ex tend the April term of the Kjaiiklm circuit court one week in order to try the conspiracy cases. Youtsey has waived an examining trial and will be he ld for the grand jury without bail. Hanker N. H. Wit herspoon, brother-in-law of Henry Youtsey, Governor Taylor's stenographer, who Is believed to know a great deal regarding the as sassination of duelled, c harges Andrew Scott, a democratic attorney, with at tempting to bribe youtsey to confess. Scut tsays he. has no authority to offer money to any witness and that the e liarge is mere presumption. Captain John Davis was released on t.'i.oiKi bail, his bondsmen being I'ost inastcr Laker of Liiiisville, L, J.Craw ford of Newport and former Commis sioner of Agriculture Lucas Moore of Le-baiion. Mr. Taylor went to Jxniisvllle Mon day, to be- present when the court of appeals takes up his case, and it Is stated that he doe-s not intend to re turn to Frankfort. He has made pre parations to abandon the capitol, his family having been removed to Louis ville anej his household effects shipped. INDIANAPOLIS AS A REFUGE. Many Kentuckians Sojourning In That City. Indianapolis, Jnd., April 3. Charles 1. Finley, ex-secretary of slate of Ken" tuiky, whose name has been promi nently mentioned in connection will the troubles in K'c-ntui ky, which re sulted in the death e,r Senator Goebel is; in the e-tty, and has been for a wee k He is staying with Sheriff Clark at the county jail. Other Kentuckians an- In the e-it.v who have been prominent in republican politics in Kentucky. Governor Mount has officially i ec-ognized Mr. Taylor as governor of Kentucky and has said he will not honor any reeiuisition coining from Governor licekham. It is said this avowed position- of the governor lias caused Kentuckians who do not feel safe at home or who arc wanted there by the authorities in connection with the.- Goebel Investigation to come here, and some of those here have ex pressed themselves us fe-e-llng pe-rfectlv safe from being sent, buck to Kentucky even should papers-e-ome for their per sons. Mr. Finley arrived here nearly a wees ago and his presence in the oily w as announced by one of the local morn ing papers, but was denied by the other papers. II was not until todaj that his address; was known. MCKINLEY'S SUMMER TRIP. He Will Open the Campaign on Hia Trip to the Pacific. Washington, D. C. April 3. The re publican campaign will b opened by the president himself. H will begin about the- middle of the summer, wh'-n the HattlcKhlp Ohio Is launched in San Francisco. President MeKInlpy will a! tend the i-erenionles. Governor Nash of Ohio, and many prominent (ihioans will also In- fhere. The president will make his trans continental trip the occasion for an elaborate swing around the: circle. Go ing west he will follow the route eif the Northern Paelllc, touching at all of the large cities in the great northwest and reaching the coast at Scalttle. He will then travel south to Sun Francisco, and after the Ohio has been launched the presidential party will slart on their return eastward, traveling through th southwest and visiting New Orleans and many other large cities in the south. In all the cities to be visited elab orate; arrangements will be made to en tertain the party, and of e-ourse the prr-sident will make a speech upon ev ery occaaion. It Is probable also that he will Btand a good share of the time on the back platform of his private car and talk at thn smaller towns visited. TO FEED ENGLAND'S CHARGES. Sheldon to Try ' to Cet 1,000,000 Bushels of Corn. Topeka. Kan., April 3. Governot Stanley lias given his personal Indorse;, merit to the Jtev. Chin les M. Sheldon's proposal to send l.Wui.iMH) bushels ol Kansas corn to the starving people of India, and will preside over a mass meeting In encouragement of the move ment, to be held Sunday night. Mr. Sheldon says he has already received one subscription of $1,000. It Is pro posed to uppednt agents, whose duty It shall be to collect the corn by coun ties, a committee to arrange with the railroads for free transportation tn fs'cvv York and another committee t arrange for three government ships to transport the corn to India. yni'xii incm wiens a nk:iikss. Stamford. Conn., April 3. darenei Jossup, while, aged 23, has been mar ried to Julia Merrltt, colored, aged 42 and who weighs but 1)5 pounds, TJ11 marriage has startled the community ol MluntiH, whero Jessup lives. His par ents are estimable people, his grand father' being quite wealthy, and hit friend are distressed over the wedding Luzora. GENERAL OTIS IS ORDERED TO MAKE HASTE. RAINY SEASON AT HAND Ordeal of the American Soldier in the Philippines Dally Crow More Severe, Manila, P. I., Feb. 16. (Special Corre spondence.) "Make Haste" is ever the prodding cable message of the secre tary of war to General Otis. The hemp ports would not now be open but for the Insistence of Mr. Jtoot. General Otis wanted to let the insurgents in Sumar and Leyte and Southern Luzon "enjoy their independence" a little w hile longer. The insurgents rather welcomed the opening of the ports. It meant that hemp was going out of the southern provinces and rice coming in its place. With plenty of fod in sight the robber bands, as deiietal Otis calls them, finds it just ho much easier to pick up a din ner while em the march. Our troops are now in every province of Luzon. Of the "robbe-r bands" which are pasterlng us, one in the southern prov inces that 'of 'the, I Uama.rines num bers more than l.OdO. probably nearer 2,000. The garrison at one of the hemp ports, Albay, is heavily besieged. Be fore we occupied the southern provinces we estimated that two-thirds the num ber of insurgents in them was 2,000, all told; now we make it 5,W0. In six weeks that we have been prosecuting a campaign there we have captured only 300 rifles. They have not been turned in for the $30 reward, but have bee 11 taken by force. No provision train dares to move along the roads of two-thirds of the; provinces. One officer estimated that for every rifle we have captured in the south a company had to walk ten miles. Kv ery Filipino goes for hjmself. He meets his fellows at a rendezvous after the chase is over. They attack only when they can surround a patrol or a sin gle soldier or find our line exposed, ith cover for retreat behind them. Our- men are showing themselves to be prodigies of endurance in this very thankless work. Nevertheless, when a regiment 1ms had a month of It, it must have rest, no matter how many prodding messages come' from Wash. Ipglon. The best portion of the dry season is past. The heat, will steadily Increase from now until June. Sunstrokes, rare in January, will be common in March, April and May. Then the sun balances the accounts of those who have been prodigal of their strength in the two preceding months. The general opin ion of officers now is that the insur gents have learned by experience to fight with Apache tactics, and that we have before us an Apache campaign. While there is no Question that by mere marching and countermarching, by hunting down the man with a rifle, We shall eventually make the islands as peaceable ns they were in the days before the first rebellion under Spain, many officers estimate the lime re quired to accomplish this at from two to four years. Provided the Sulu archipelago and Mindanao remain peaceful, we shall need at the very least .'10,000 men when the term of the present volunteers' en listment shall have expired and a great many more unless they have had a year's training at home. We- have given up the chase of Aguin aldo. No American knows his where abouts. There is no doubt that he communicates with the various lead ers of his bands throughout the island. We are now lighting plain guerrillas snd brigands who live from hand to mouth. We were ull surprised to learn the. other day that the rebels now have ion prisoners in their hands. Most of these have been taken within the last two or three months. A good proportion of them either wandered away from their line-s In disobedience to orders or had been drinking. CHINESE GENERAL CAUGHT. Americans Capture An Ally of the Filipino Army, Manila, April 3. The Chinese general, Pana, who has beim terrorizing und devastating the province of Punuy, has surrendered at Le-gnspi to Brigadier General Kobbe, who is bringing , him to Manila. pnfrte t n Pj ' Switzerland Hills, in the Philli. Province of Tnyabas, have given the Orient a veritable Joan of Arc. The Caslilllan blood Hows In her veins. The little heroine attempted the liberation of 700 starving Spanish soldiers, hem med In in mountain fastnesses and held by the rebel General Malvar. Led by this woman, a native eif Gallega, Spain, with sticks for weapons, the prisoners charged their keepers, captured their guns, and were about to regain their freedom when overwhelming numbers of their tormentors caused them to give up and return to despair and .starva tion. This amazon, who put herself In command when the courage of brave men around her had failed, was Senora Pedro C.amundl, wife of the second lieutenant, who fought by her side. BIG UAl OF IMMIGRANTS. New York, April 3. The steamship Phoenicia, which arrived Saturady from Hamburg and Boulogne, brought 2,038 Hteerage passengers, the largest number of Immigrants arriving by any one steamer in many year. ACMITS A STATE CF m ETl Otlt la Allowed Full Sway In Execute, Ing Prisoner. Wanhington, April 3. The execution of Moialc-s and Oonxale, the Phillp plne leaders, it is said at the war de partment, marks the inauguration of a new Mlicy in the Philippines. Till I the exee-utlon of the death sentence br order of the military officer in com mand in the eases of persons, native or othe-rs convicted and sentene-ed by military commissions organized under the rules of war. Morales and Gonzales were convicted by a military "commission, of the mur der of Filipinos, and were sentenced to be hanged near Bayambang, March. 30, and the press dispatches from Manila show that the sentence was- carried into effect. No official report of these cases has been received at the war de- partment. and it is stated that General Otis has acted entirely on his own re sponsibiiity in the matter, under the authority conferred by the articles ol war. There have been several other case where the death penalty was imposed by military tribunal, but up to the present instance no case where the death sentence was carried into effect All the previous eases were submitted to the president for final action and in every instance the sentence was commuted to imprisonment for life. According to the legal offU-ere in the war department, the insurrection in the Philippines amounts to a state of waf and in that view of the cas General Otis acted entirely within his authority in ordering the execution of the two Filipinos without special authority from the president. It is stated at the department that General Olis' action is undoubtedly in tended to suppress brigandage and out lawry. in the Philippines, but some con servative officers fear that his summary action may jeopardize the safety of American prisoners now in the hands of the insurgents. THEY RECEIVED REBATES. The California Fruit Growers Make Some Disclosures. Los Angeles, Cal., April 3. F. T. Fay of the Fay Fruit company testified to day before the interstate cumrnerce commission. He has received rebates from three fruit car lines doing; busi ness in California, both when cars were refrigerated and 'When they were not, the rebates amounting from $10 to $.",0, the latter being for refrigerated cars to the extreme east. Samuel Westfall of Westfall - Bros, said that his company has had rebates for several years from the car lines, arid for a short period they received a rebate from R. Jlosbury, live stock agent of the Toledo, St. Louis & West ern railroad. , Leland Lyon of Ilecllands testified that his company has received rebates, from fruit car line companies for oiv ange shipments and small rebates from eastern roads, particularly the Clejver Leaf line. He said that, he had felt that the Earl Fruit company profits from, the C. F, X. car line to such an extent that it is only a question of time when he or other fruit shippers are driven from the fruit business. The secretaries of a number of local fruit exchanges testified that they have protested against the C. F. X. cars on the ground that they did not want to put their affairs in the hands of com petitors, but the railroads have forced them to use the cars. BRYAN IN THE NORTHWEST. Making Speeches In the State of Washington. Spokane, Wash., April 1. -Friday was aday of hard campaigning- for Bryan. He made six spe-eches In Whitman ami Spokane counties and addressed 35,000 people. At Colfax he addressed at au dience of 7,000; at Grarfteld, 2,000. At Topeka he spoke for thirty minutes to 4,000. At Farmington, 1,500 people heard him for ten minutes. At Spo kane he addressed two audiences of 10,000 each, speaking afternoon and evening in the monster tent of the ex position. He was met at the depot here by 4.000 people and escorted over the principal business streets through banks of cheering humanity. With Bryan came Governor Rogers and a. party of other state officials, and they were entertained between speeches at the residence of Coiled States Sen ator Turner, Mr. Bryan was In fine Voice. At the afternoon meeting he spoke for nearly two hours ,and In the evening he spoke for nearly as long. His speeches cov ered his usual range of subjects finance, the mists and Imperialism. j'JThe party have gone to North Y'akim and Western Washington. DEBS MAY BE CANDIDATE. Social Democrats and Mlddle- -of- the-Roaders Choice. Torre Haute, ind., April 3. Record ing to persistent report here, the home of Kugene V. Debs, nominee of the so cial democracy, a movement is on foot and well under way to amalgamate the social democ racy parly und that ele ment of the jKipulist party known a the "tniddle-of-tlie-rnnders." It Is said the plan now Is to unite Ihe two parties at the middle-of-the-road populist con vention In Cincinnati In May, and form one strong organization of the two. This moy be accomplished by the nom ination of Debs for president by the populists. He has already been nomi nated by the seielal democracy for pres ident, and amalgamation, which ha been looked forward to for a long Urn by a certain element In both parties, will, It Is felt, be effected more easily at the coming convention than at other time.