The News Briefly Told. htoriKj. ▼ Commencing March 12, a 10 per cent increase of wages goes into effect at J every department of the Riverside iron and steel plants in Wheeling, W. Va, About 3,000 men are affected. The Bpansh cabinet council decided to suppress the pensions of a',1 former ministers. Senor Bllvela, tho premier, says the government has begun at the top in seetlng an example of economy. 4 A dispatch received from Manila y announces that the American authori ties there have undertaken the protec* tion of German Interests, and that tho cruiser Kaiserln Augusta has left Ma nila hay. The Bombay correspondent of the Morning Post says: ‘‘The Bubonic plague is raging here with unparal leled severity. According to the of ficial returns there were 072 deaths last week, but these oulte underrate the mortality. In view of the failure of the senate to confirm the nomination of Rear Ad miral Schley and Rear Admiral Bamp son for advancement for heroic con duct in battie, speculations is rift in naval circles as to the action which will be taken by the depattment. The London Dally Chronicle this morning publishes another Installment y of alleged revelations by Comte Ferd inand Walsln Esterhazy tfs to his re latlons with the French general staff. v It adds but little to what was already known, donate Esterhazy himself la in Paris. y The Pekin correspondent of the Lon i don Times says: “Since the tsung It j yamen returned Italy’s dispatch Blr t’laude McDonald, Britsh minister to ) China, lias presented a note supporting Italy's demand, and it is probable that Italy will now take possession of Ban Mun bay, encountering practically no resistance." It is generally expected that in u««! annual convention of the Daughters of the Revolution at Philadelphia in April one of the principal topics of ilia •cussion will be the proposed consolida tion of their organization with the Daughters of the American Revolution. For several years many efforts looking toward consolidation have been made, but have always fulled because no mutual concession could be ugreed upon. Monday. There is good reason to believe th«tv the president will offer the position of librarian of congress to Herbert Pn> nam of Boston. Because of the Insulting msaner in which China refused Italy's rcouest for a port at Ban Mtin bay the Italian minister will not further communicate with the tsung li yamen. ' Lloyd's agent at Singapore announ ces the arrival there of the United States transport Grant, which sailed from New York on January 19 with re inforcements of troops for the Philip pine islands. The president lias pardoned Prof. Leroy Barrier, convicted in Minneso ta in March, 1898, and sentenced to ► two years In prison and to pay a tine of $500 for sending obscene literature through the mails. I When the n*wv state board of chari i ties of Kansas investigated the insane asylum at Topeka it found four luna tics running the heating plant, while the men employed to do the work were sitting around a beer keg playing cards. The war department has requested of the attorney general an official in terpretation of the Foraker amend ment to the army appropriation bill, prohibiting the granting of any “fran chises or any concessions of whatever kind In Cuba, during the military oc cupation thereof by the United States." A telegram has been received at the Harvard college observatory from Prof. J. E. Keeler at Lick observatory stating that Swift's comet was ob served by Hussey, March 4. at 63 56 Greenwich, mean time, in right ascen sion 3 hours, 48 minutes and 3 seconds and declination 27 degrees, 7 minutes and 32 seconds. The commission of eleven members appointed by the republican members of the house by the representatives to prepare a financial measure for the next session ol congress hold 1 oro llrainury meeting In the room of the house commit* on judiciary. The especial ptf • of the meeting was to decide time and nlace when . and at .«* work shall be begun. | ( umiIi;. . A eon has been closed for a 300-ton. Ik sugar factory at Fort Scott, Kansas. The seventy-second ballot has been taken for I'nltcd States Senator in the legislature of California, but still there is no election. The government In its various ex ecutive branches has already begun tile work of carrying Into effect legislation enacted by the recent cougreaa. William Jennings Bryan arrived at Fort Worth, Texas, and was euthu-.; j — ant a ally received by 2.000 people. II 1 will address the Texas legislature. Assistant Secretary of War Mtlklo John has made a public statement if I customs receipts at ports on the islai.u j, of Pretoria for tlie mouth of January. 1899. aggregating 1117.481. The republican city convention nmn ' mated Zina it Cartel foi mayor «f Chicago. Mr Carter has served one term as president of the Uuird of trad?, lie |s a member of the drainage canal board The transport Thomas formerly the Minnewasks, lias arrived at Newopd News front Hauttago. havtug on board the Twenty-third Kansas, rolotod In fantry. I.leuiriiant Colonel James IF*' k commanding Although uu ottt. tal Info*matton on that point has yet reai bed Washing ion the authorities are ewntdeul that the new dpantsh cabinet will sm-nra the ratilb slloti u( the peace 11eatv Habv a luoih aet Into a dia I* t*i* latest thtag lairo.lu.ed into society by the doling and edlualv* young tnotV era ot New Vm 8 * 'to lit **■! iN- hi at one la considered loo pie. tons in j throw away. The ram nulla* appointed hy the ra publics* hwtta# of repreaenialivea to fix mutate a Hn*a- la I meo.ur# fur the consideration of »*»l vungraa* wilt m*.i sl AHaail ' !*■' •" P"*l<- •’ of taking up th* guaalUin un Aptil \' Wednesday. All volunteers In Cuba are to be returned at once for muster out of service. A Roman Catholic priest has been tortured and murdered by the Chinese near Iehung. Tellurlde ore yielding $18,978 to the ton has been found on the Colville reservation, Washington. Two subscriptions of $100,000 each and one of $50,000 were received by the St. Louis world's fair committee. Him Hall, champion of Australia, defeated Charlie Lawler of I»utsvill«i Ky., in ten rounds at Memphis, Tenn. General Gomez held a conference with General lirooke about paying the Cubau soldiers. It Is said the $3,000,000 will be distributed In a fortnight. The Quay faction of the Pennsyl vania legislature neld a meeting at Harrisburg and is confident of re electing Its candidate. The Kansas legislature has passed a law providing for manufacture of binding twine In the state p; nltentiary. Appropriation Is made for machinery Rudyard Kipling s health continues to mend Blowly. Cp to the present beef tea is the only diet, and nothing will be added until his condition will permit. On the advice of the war department the treasury accounting officers have held up payment of about $250,000 to the Atlantic Construction company on account of harbor Improvement work performed at Cumberland Sound, Ga. The secretary of the treasury has received from Superintendent Pritchett of the coast and geodetic survey a strong protest against the arrest of two officials of his department at. New Orleans during the Mardi Gras festivi ties in February last. Dr. Cabell Whitehead, assayer of the railed States mint, has been tendered and accepted an Important position in th service of the Turkish government. He will shortly depart for Constanti nople to enter upon the duties of the office, which will be virtually that of director general of industries. Senator Thurston wilt remain In the east for some time looking after matters having a direct bearing on the reorganization of the volunteer army under the bill which was recent ly approved by the president. Now that the approlation bills have been signed, there Is n pressing demand for these measures, especially among hold over congressmen remaining in the city. Tlmrrta;. The Maine legislative judiciary com mittee has unfavorably reported a bill incorporating an ice trust, capitalized at *60.000.000. Attorney General Monnett of Ohio has filed demurrers to all the answers or the oil companies doing business in Ohio, he claiming that the state law is not unconstitutional. The president has appointed Evan L. llarryte of Colorado, consul at Tu nis and Cyrus S. Radford an assistant quartermaster of marine corps. General Ludlow has cabled to the war department from Havana that the deaths in that city for February, 1899, are 51 per cent less than for February, 1898. Emperor William and his family commemorated the anniversary yes terday of the death of the kaiser's grandfather. Emperor William the First, by depositing wreaths on the masoleum. The design for the statue to be erected In Hollywood over the grave of Miss Winnie Davis, the “Daughter of the Confederacy,’’ has been chosen and approved by Mrs. Davis. The design, which is by Zolvey of New York, is the figure of a sitting angel. General Ludlow has cabled that the deaths in Santiago for February. 1899, are 51 per cent less than for Febru ary. 1898. Minister Sampson at Quito has re ported to the state department that in the battle that ended the revolu tion in Ecuador 600 were killed and several hundred were mortally wound ed and 400 prisoners taken. The president has appointed George W. Garrett of Arkansas a commis sioner to examine and classify lands within the land grant and indemnity land grant limits of the Northern Pa cific Railroad company In the Missou la land district iu Montana. Friday. According to a disputch to the Ixin don Times from Sydney, N. S. VY., no fewer than 200 persons perished in the hurricane ou the north coast of that island. A combination has been effected whereby all the leading shipbuilding plants on the lakes, except the I’nion Dry Dock company of Buffalo, are in cluded In what will he known us the American Shipbuilding company. Chief Quart* minster l,ee of the de partment of the lakes will open bids March 30 for the erection of a large refrigerating plant und Ice making machine ut Manila under the plans and specittcutionu recently revised by expert*. The following statement has Iteen issued, showing the total number of deaths reported to the adjutant gen eral’s orthe between May I. lx#K. and February 2k IHS># Killed In action. 32#; die.| of wounds. 123; died of dis ease ■ 2 77 total. 731 Companies D and F of the Tenth i to mimes were loyally welcomed by the colored people on their arrival in Washington Captain Charles I. Beatty denounced aa false the report* that | the members of the regimeiii had llred i ou eltiten* and children In the house of common* the secre tary of Hale for the colonies, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain answering a one* lion said the rxoorta from the j I ailed Kingdom and Canada from July last to Ire* ember 31 allowed an In I t tease of over I per cent, as a result of the preferential tariff In pursuant* of the administrative i«ilb * of bringing borne all the volun | leer troop* 1 >< ml iit aultt i palion of the n> huugr of rwllftration t of the treat* of peace with Mpala. orders were Issued for the muster out at Savannah lia , of the One Hundred ami KtaDeth regtmeal of the ! Indiana volunteer Infantry now a' Mat saga* Wheaton’s New Brigade Ad vances on the Enemy. INSURGENTS PLAN Of ATTACK FAILS They rind It Safer and Mora (’omfortahla to Stay In Trendies — No Outbreak la Apprehended In Manila — I lly Wall Po liced, hut Preaenie of Women, However la Huron raced Work for the Twenty Second. MANILA, March 13—General Wheaton’s newly formed divisional brigade advanced at 7 a. m. from San edro Marat I for the purpose of cor ralling the enemy. It is now moving on I’uslg, meeting with but slight re sistance. The rebels are in full retreat. A gunboat Is clearing the Jungle along the river banks, which have been carried as far as Guadaloupe. The purpose of the move is to clear the country to l,agune de Hay. The Filipinos apparently had plan ned an attack upon the lines of Gen eral Otis and General Hale this morn ing, but their courage seemed to fail them, though they tired signals and afterwards kept up the fusillade along the American front for an hour. Our troops, in obedience to orders, re frained from shooting, with the excep tion of two companies of newly ar rived men, which replied until they had suppressed a regiment of Aguln aldo's Red brigade. This body of reb els seemed under better order than the others. A white man was seen among the officers, endeavoring to lead them to the attack, but appar ently all efforts to induce them to leave the trenches were futile. The American authorities in Mani la say the city is now so effectually policed that a serious outbreak is im possible. They believe that the na tives are cowed. I he presence of the families of offi cers is discouraged, and many are leaving on hoard the United StateB transports, some going to Japan for temporary residence. General Otis bus has remarked: "Manila is no place tor women. Tnls is a war, n»-r a pic nic. The British cruiser Narclsms he.* sailed for various ports 'n the island of Luzon on \ cruise to la'ic on Brit ish subjects who desire nr Hectiui: This afternoon the Twentieth and Twenty-second infantry and several companies of the Oregon volunte»rs marched to San Fedro Macati to join General Wheaton’s new divisional brigade, which is to consist of the Twentieth and Twenty-second infan try, eight companies of the Washing ton volnunteers, seven companies of the Oregon volunteers, three troops of cavalry, mounted, and a battalion of light artillery. Although the *"jin which fell this morning has cooled the temperature to 82 degrees, many dropped from the reck*, overcome by ihi hc.it. Sev eral soldiers were sunstruck in the streets of Manila this morning. Brig adier General Charles King has recov ered from his ic.diBpoBitkn and re sumed command at the San Fedro Ma cati bridge. The enemy is very active north of the river, tho igi not doing any firing just now. In all probability the current week will see the beginning of an active campaign on a scale hitherto unknown to the Filipinos. For the last few days there has been unusual activity at headquarters and there is every in dication of reorganization of the en tire corps in the near future. Since the arrival of the American reinforcements several changes have been made, the most important being the appointment of a divisional bri gade under General Wheaton, consist ing of the Twentieth and Twenty second regulars, eight companies of the Washington and seven companies of the Oregon volunteers;three mount ed troops of cavalry and a battalion of light artillery. All the troops hav» disembarked. A battalion of the Fourth regular infantry is ilccady on the firing line, assigned 10 General MaeArthur's division. The others have been hf Santiago province Muse# l« Ike Ikcl Howt W A8MINGTON. H f*. Mtreh I? The secretary of war has sent Uie f«.! j lowing order lo Mato* lleir* tl Wee- j ley Merrill al Goveroot a latte 1. Sea 1 \'iti * it) direction of the yi»,M*st you j will, upon the arrival of t ie H>» wta ala with the retnataa of tti*r e>l||era who were hilled or have d' »! at San tiago aad l*otto Mtio hie a Si'ln t w lute order all Sags ha'f iwa*u i and detail a su®* teat guard of h mu, Nt the tssheia tahen off the sh » and »» pressed to their form m h. :te* SUDDENLY SUMMONED. Cong reinnian (Irnnr, of .lebraika, Din In Omaha. OMAHA. March 13.—While on his way to the Burlington depot In a car riage Saturday evening Congressman W. I* Oreene of the Sixth district died suddenly of heart failure. With the congressman at the time were j. B. Donovan, F. B. Prince and J. C. Reeves, all residents of Madl Ison In Madison county, this state. Mr. Greene expired without a word or a moan, und the three gentlemen did not know of it until they left the carriage at the doorway of the depot. When removed from the vehicle no signs of life could be discerned by those around him. He was borne to the opposite doorway leading out upon the platform, but at this point It becume evident that he was eltner dead or desperately sick. He was then placed on the floor and a young medi cal student who was near at hand pronounced him dead. In the hope that he might still he alive, word was at once sent to Dr. S. H. Smith, and his companions worked bis arms backward and for ward, but to no purpose. When It was certain that Congress man Greene was dead Coroner Swan sou was informed and he went at. once to the depot. He decided to hold an immediate Investigation and a private room on the first floor of the depot was used for that purpose by the de pot master. Meantime the Ixwly was removed to the coroner's undertaking establishment at Seventeenth and Cuming streets. Coroner Swanson requested the men from Madison county to remain In the city until an inquest could be held. This they readily agreed to do, and returned to the Arcade hotel. Mr. Donovan then wired Senator Allen of Mr. Greene's death and the Burling ton officials sent word to Kearney, the congressman’s home. Congressman Oreene left Kearney Friday morning and arrived at the Arcade hotel In this city early Friday evening He came to look after some business In South Omaha. This was concluded Saturday afternoon and ho was on his way home when he died. William L Greene of Kearney was born on a farm in Pike county, Indi ana. October 3. 1849. and moved with his parents to Dubois county In the same state, where, during his early youth, be worked on a farm in the summer months and attended school in the winter, thus acquring an edu cation which fitted him to enter the academy at Ireland, Ind., which insti tution he attended for three years. He engaged In the profession of teach ing, which vocation he followed until he began the study of law. In 1876 he was admitted to the bar In Bloom ington, Ind., and began a successful practice in the Indiana courts. In 1883 he removed with his family to Kearney, where they now reside, and resumed the practice of his profession; as a practitioner he has been very successful and made for himself more than a state reputation as a criminal lawyer; in politics he was originally a democrat, but in 1890 he cast his lot with the populist party, being one of the founders of that organization. In 1892, without solicitation on his part, he was brought out before the state legislature as candidate for United States senator and camp within two votes of being elected, his supporters at his instance going to Mr. Allen and assuring that gentleman s election. In 1895 he was elected judge of the Twelfth Judicial district. He was elected to the Fifty-fifth congress as a populist, receiving 19,378 votes against 14.841 for A. B. Cady and 436 votes for A. D. George, prohibition. In 1897 he was elected to tne Fifty-sixth con gress over Norris Brown, republican. WASHINGTON, D. C.. March 13 — The death of Representative Greene of Nebraska adds one more to an un usually prolific de.ath list for the Fifty fifth congress and created a painful Impression, for while the late Ne braska member occupied a somewhat unique position as one of a party with comparatively small representation, his ability was generally recognized as far almve the average and second to no populist on the floor of the house. OMAHA, March 13.—John T. Malla lieu, Norris Brown, C. W. Hoxie, C. B. Scott and Mayor I). B. Hostetler, all of Kearnev. came in yesterday morn ing at 6:30 and left two hours later on the Union Pacific with the body of Congressman Greene, who died sud denly at the Burlington depot Satur day night. • — (•reone's K<*inn Ins »t Hum*. KEARNEY. Neb., March 13.—Tba remains of Congressman Untgiie ar rived here yesterday in ohof an escort and were met at th« depyt by members of the Kearney bur and a large crowd of symputhizliM» c'ti/eus. A funeral proceggion of cun-lgtH sev eral blocks In length followed .he «e mains to the home of the family. The Hags In public and private bull Hugs are floating at half mast. The Kear ney bar met and appoint ■ 1 a commit tee to confer with the farnilv In refer ence to the funeral arrana< i:ieiu‘i and also a committee consisting of «x Judaes tiaslln. Hamer, bl.i'lttir and Mr. Marston to draft r solutions of condolence to he presented at the ses sion of court March 20. The funeral services will be held Tuesday at 3 o'clock at the residence of the de ceased State officials, member* of congress and other prominent ,>fft i«l» jr. ■ \ |»*< ti-d . Casualties of Hri..tutO.ii. SAN ntANCUCO. Cal.. Marrn 13 - Minister Sampson at Qnllo has re ported (o the state department that In the battle that ended ihe revolution lit Ecuador Sou were killed and several hundred mortally wounded and t SI pi i-oners taken. klgUsi ts t hiocImi IH| SWW YORK Mart k 13-UmHard Kipling passe. I a restless at ah m at tonal of sttfferina a good deal of tain Today however, ke was in t- t letter la yet ao one outside it s dl-'Silm'i and Hla family has bee« per-p) t« I to see hint Today Mr Kipling m« Hts iw* chtl drea Im a short lime Hi* I.til* gut, Klsta la aow suffl tentlf uonrrel ft-iut her si-kliras to run- .ilmttt. *!■ though she Has aol vet Ms ottuilo Ike hotel The phyateta ts have de rided tka< within two weeks the pa tient will he well eaouab * to some pleasant spot He Is Not Likely to Rest Till the Fighting Is Over. A TEW MORE POSTS TO Bt TAKEN Driving Off tli* Tagal* anil Oils' Advance the Work In llantl—Navy Departmrn Desirous rhnl for the (inoit of the Ser vice the Admiral Take Care of Uuna If anil Take Krrded Heat. WASHINGTON. I). C., March 11.— The statement can be repeated on the authority of the navy department that Admiral Dewey will not be relieved at Manila until he chooses to make appli cation for such relief. So far he has not given any intimation of a purpose to apply for relief in the immediate future and from the few declarations he has let fall the department has every reason to believe thst he does not contemplate any such action. Consequently there is no foundation for the story that Admiral Schley or any other admiral hus bepn wedded to take command of the Asiatic sta tion. So far as the navy department is concerned the directing officials are not only willing hut anxious that Dewey shall complete his task and they deprecate the circulation of such stories as those alleging that he is to he relieved, for the reason that by constant reiteration the impression might ho conveyed to the admiral tha'; the department would like to relieve him. In the ease of a man of Dewey's punctilious feeling the mere sugges tion, if he had the slightest reason to believe It had an official foundation, would lie sufficient to induce him to apply immediately for relief rather than to embarras the department. Ab Dewey himself fixed the limita tion of his stay by the length of the task before hint, it may he a matter of interest to record the belief of many naval officers that after all, the PIHI IH UI Ilium W ll.ll ill BIRIII. Dewey has established himself In Manila; lie has assisted in the taking of Iloilo; he has sent forces to Cebu in connection with the uriuy. also to Negros; the principal ports of the Philippines have all been taken over 'nto American possession in large part through his co-operation with the army . There remain only a few ports of Importance, notaldy Zamboango on Mindanao and perhaps one of the towns in the Sulu archipelago, to he occupied. Expeditions are now mov ing in these directions and that branch of the work will soon be closed up. There will remain only two features of the campaign to require Dewey’a assistance. First, and near at hand, is the driving off of the Ttagals, under Agulnaldo, near Manila. With Lawton landing this morning at Manila with his reinforcements and the other reinforcements expected soon General Otis' movement in force is near at hand. The navy will aid in this. Ships can be placed in proper positions on the shores of the bav of Manila to command the country for miles nnd by co-operation with the army through the agency of the signal corps the insurgents can be shelled out of the Jungles many miles inland by the warships. The next and last feature of Dewey's tasK will he the establishment of a dose blockade to prevent munitions of war or supplies from reaching the insurgents, providing there are any insurgents remaining after Qtis and I.awton have made tlielr forward move. When this has been done, when there is nothing further in the way of fight ing for the warships to do, it is be lieved that then Dewey’s task proba bly will be regarded as finished by him self and will be time for the navy de partment to considder the question of a successor to the commander of the Asiatic station. Admiral Dewey has been instructed to prescribe his own uniform for the rank to which he has been raised, al though it is believed that he has uot given much attention to the matters of uniform of late. His flag Is blue witli four stars set In the shape of a diamond. His uniform under form"r regulations when the navy had an ad miral would be four stars on his shoul der straps, tlie end stars being on an anchor. On his sleeve he would wear two very broad bands of gold, between which would be a band of yellow half the width of the outside bands. The hands on the sleeve would extend near ly to the elbow. Iiy a special act pass-d In tlie closing hours Admiral Dewey will receive the pay of the last gen eral of the urmy. Hrjr*ii llmdetl llomimnr«l DALLAS. Tex., March 11.—W. J. Hrynn completed his lecture tour at Dallas today. He addressed s packed opera house In the afternoon and spoke to ubout 500 tailoring men at their hall tonight. Ills lecture was In opposition to territorial expansion, which he said would lie checked by the American people lowering the stars and stripes In Cuba. Porto Hico and the Philippine islands Ills tour In Texas wss in the nature of an ova* tlon. Court to Nil In Ontulis. CHICAGO, March II.—The army court of Imiulry regarding the beef continued Its wotk today at the stock yards. Investigating packing house methods. It Is expected that the tak ing of testimony will occupy Satur day and Monday and that the court will leave for Omaha or Kansas City Tuesday or Wednesday unless some thing develop# to make a longer stay In Chicago Imperative. leg#* »l l« !•«»••# I a Surer* TACOMA. March II Imbor «lr. I s In Ihs northwest are much agitated over reports which are received with ■ paneee contract laborers are being brought Into Puget Monad rtlle* Kv* ery month from ‘aw to t two Japanese laborer* are landed at Income Van couver aad Portland Practically nil pas# luspet t|oa the leyuiremeals of which are sound body and I in in raah It la said that hundreds uf these meg •re Reding employ great on carious railroad lines I CIVILIANS TO GOVERN. Ullltarjr Government In Cuba Will Likely Ite Iteplared. WASHINGTON. March II.—The ad ministration is contemplating a change in some features of the gov ernment of Cuba. It in probable that the military government will, to a certain extent, be replaced l>y civil government. The head of the govern ment must of course continue mili tary, but the change in contemplation is to have civilian officers In place of military men in the cabinet and sub ordinate positions. It is believed that experts In diffci ent lines, such as finance and revenu*1 and the management of much of th general business of the Island and of the different municipalities, will get along more smoothly than the army officers, being brought up under strict military discipline, hold not only the statutes, but the army rules nnd regu lations, as the guide In all thing*, while the civilian officers would hold the statutes as the supreme guide and endeavor to get along under them In the best manner possible and with more diplomacy than is possessed by tlie arnty men. It is not known whether the con templated change has reached a point further than discussion in the war de partment and with the president, but its advantages have been pointed out. and the authority of the government under control of the military govern ment has been determined. Appeal to the Legislature!. IJI'FFAIjO, March 11—The follow ing telegram, signed by Mayor Diehl, ns chairman of the hoard of direct ors of the Pan-American lOxposItlon company, and by the proprietors of ail BuTalo papers, lias been sent to the governors of u11 states, the legisla tures of which are known to he in sis sion. The governors will be commun icated witli by mail: We earnestly ask your assistance toward securing the passage of reso lutions through your legislature ena bling your slate to erect buildings and make an exhibit at the Pan-American exposition, to be held at Buffalo on the Niagara frontier In 1901. The federal government has appro priated $500,000, our state $:w0,000. Our citizens already rave raised $1, 500.000. Your enabling act can lie made con ditional upon its beiug an enterprise worthy of your state exhibit in your discretion. Your early legislative ad journment necessitates dispatch. Fur ther particulars by mail. Prlist for I tawny's Mas SAST FRANCISCO. March ll.-Gso H. Holden of Washington, who re turned from the Orient on the Hong Kong ship Maru, has in his possession I, 100 claims of the officers and men of Dewey's fleet for head money. The claims are to be filed with the court of claims in Washington for final ac tion. The head money for Admiral Dewey and his officers and men will aggregate $187,500, or $100 per head for the 1,875 officers and men of Ad miral Montejo’s fleet. The prize mon ey for the officers and men under Ad miral Dewey will amount to $400,000. plus tlie salvage of three vessels re cently raised. The money will be dis tributed by the United States district courts Speaking of Admiral Dewey Mr. Holden said: "While somewhat wor ried owing to the exacting duties and responsibilities of his position, he said his health was good. He looked fair ly well, too.” Agonrlllo Still Kxpla'nlng. LONDON, March 11.—Senor Agon clllo, the agent of Aguinaldo, has re covered from the effects of the expo sure to which he was subjected through the wrecking of the steamev Laborador on February 1, in which vessel he sailed from St. John, N. B . for Liverpool. Commenting upon the Associated Press dispatch from Manila this morn ing saying that rebel incendiaries en tered the vfllagp of Pandacan last night for the alleged purpose of tei rorlzlng those of the inhabitants wh.i do not sympathize with the rebellion. Agoncillo said that if this were true it means the Filipinos have advanc ed within the American lines. Ho added, however, that it is ab surd to suy Filipinos nre attacking or burning the place, as, he asserted, it is the center of the Filipinos' free masons. tiriieral Miller to Retire WASHINGTON, D. C., March 11— A change in the command of th< Cnited States forces at Iloilo will o< cur on March 27, resulting from tin' letln mont of General Marcus Miller who on that date reaches the age iimit of I!' years. General Miller is In the regular s<*r vice, having been promoted only re cently to tin* rank of brigadier gen eral. If he were in the volunteer set • vice his retirement would not he copi | pulsory, a precedent to the contrary having been established iu the caa«» of several other general officers wh i held commands in the army during ’tv Spuuish war. In* vallaillug truiy Fraud*. CHEYENNE. Wyo.. March II Major II. Hathaway of the lull State* army la In the city, being en gaged tn inveaiigdtlng the thaigci of fraud again*! the board that pur chaaed the government cavalry kortm here laat aprlng A mini tier of borae men with grievances have submitte-l *tatenienta The major *aya that while some grounds for complaint doutit lea* eilat. a* yet no evidence bar been secured that would juatlfy the charge of actual fraud (■•l|awi«l at Ike ( k ut*. WAHHISUTON, March It The Chicago has iieen detached from th* Squadron of Hear Admiral Hair .'ion and ha* sailed from Havana to tlamp> ton Hnadi The Chicago I* to lie omc the ilag*hip of Hear Admiral llenry L How tana who ha* been aa*lgn*d to command the ihiuih Atlanttr atallon la Pnuth Inter lea I hi* *Ullon *»■ abandoned at Ike lie-tuning of lh« Spanish war, Ike tagahip at that tlmo being lh* Newark It and two gun boat* were brought north la lake pan la tha war