Country for a Long Distance Swept by Our Army. FIGHTING ATTENDS THE MOVEMENT Five Member* of North Itiikiiti Hrgltnenl Killed and Two Wounded—Troup* Con centrate at Mouth of Klver—Two Com panic* of Fourteenth Uoard I.aiuhun and Heat Ua Forward. MANILA, April 15.—(New York World Cablegram.)—I have Just re- j turned tonight from Paite on the east ern side of loiguna de nay where I left Major General Lawton. The general wan 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 gunljoatH on the lake. Every town on the line of march since j my la«t. previous dispatch was sent j 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 l the natives return. FREDERICK PALMER. General Lawton is marching north along the road between the hills and r the lake, with the gunboats Rapidan and loiguna de May abreast of his troops. The enemy Is retreating north- j ward On Wednesday ihe troops crossed the Paghanjan and concentrated at Lam bun, at the mouth of the river. After leaving two companies of the Four theenth regiment to guard tha entrance of tha river, tha troops marched to Ixmgas and found it deserted. Furni ture which had bean dropped in the flight of the natives was scattered along the trails leading into the hills. Major Weisenberger's sharpshooters ware sent toward Pactos Aneontenca in the afternoon. They ran upon a neat of rebels In some trick bushes which afforded a splendid rover. 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 Ixmgas church, where Father McKinnon administered the sacrament to them. The main body of the Americans while at dinner In Ijongas, heard the ilrlng and advanced to the support of the sharpshooters. A Bcout from a hill saw the little tight and many white coats running into the hills The La guna de Hay, at the beginning of the fight, shelled the hills, making them too hot for tha enemy. The Americans entered San Antonio at sunset without meeting with Hny re sistance. Twenty unarmed prisoners, bearing copies of the proclamation of the i nlted 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 h 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. Llnck'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 (dump 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 hack 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 K> turn* from Cult*. WASHINGTON. April l'». Se. retary nf W»r Aluer returned tonight from hla trip to Culm and Porto Rico. In an Interview tonight hr mild: “I hml no adequate Idea of the won derful poaaibllttleg of Cuba and Porto Itlio before my pt-raoiial Invewtigation ud I return to Washington with renew ed fnltb. The duty we have taken upon oureelveM of holdlna Culm In truat for civilization U a noble one. "The problem* are meeting autUfuc lory aidutlon and 1 aee no reason to fear the future. None of the aeiloua quratlona wbteh luire already arisen or will arlae are inatirnoMiatable, Havana I* iM-ginnlng to feel the heneHta of Aiuerleaii eontrol and the advume and development will he enormous. | wa* lgieeabl) aurprUed to And Ml little dls Ireaa on the lalanda The amount of rallou* for dlallibutlon among the peo ple ta ratddly d<< teasing and aa faat aa : the people And employment they will : f#**e tO *" ili-ii.n.l.m upon uh for food i I i'Pnr-1 l»«a«ge» Vert III HAN I'RANCUMt). April II Hon olulu gdvkeea of April & any The ■>> Hueeii I Hi wager Kapiolanl In aeiloualy III rthr had aiioilor atnke of a|-> piety a I eamhoiit up the former to tie R< c-ky mount tin* Mihough in hi* HDt year. Captain Horst kepi imp'd)»d almost up to ihs time of his death. *•<<•«! II. *.|. CIIH’ MIO April 15 M iMiu » riarh Mi Knan. uih* of lh» iuoj.1 |iroiuin<*iil nuialvtir nlhlatra In |hr l iiitnl Hl.it.-. la ilrail «»f piiaunmaU In IhU i ll), Mr M. Kwnn *■* a i.i.-mi.«*i ..i «h*> t'Url* Urally. ihr.-a.t m.in 'fa.luiai. He »4, irailuainl from IMtulmiah uniieralty ami wa» foi Itw.e yenre • .iplnln of th« rtiuitli International fouithill train 1 ' Ml* \*.*i ' : • . I .... I - s' Had.i I I M u i r* .IMIMIMU .11 lur I*4>tonal republican *'»iiu«l .omunttva. i. in ih.< rIt» l|# In entoute to lluii. Moni frum Auk It# HM Crval.lrn* M Kilt la* I* to iiwI*.- a tour of Ihr neater* atnian iluriai the month of July, and thni hu atop m rki>'i|n «u for the |iiii}h«- .»f nrranaiHa a f»-n .i-mlla for »h# |*rr»i.|*m « M)uttit In itki* rity. Advances His Forces Eight Miles from Lumban, LORDS RIVIRS; THREADS JINGLES Drive* tlie Kuriny llcfore Him h* lie Une* Marrlilug Alone North IMhnlitni I-fi ller n ( rim l ire Volley* Fired from (,'onrenleil Trench Ml a Dlatiincr of I lf teen Viaril* Five Itlrn Kllleil unit Two Wounded. MANILA, April H.—(New York World Cablegram.) (ieneral Lawton a expedition yeaterday advanced to u point eight miles north from Lumban and occupied l’al*e, the military center of the Lug mm tie Hsty diatrict. They forded two rivers and marched through tangles of underbrush, driving a small number of the enemy before them. Prairies’ battery of North Dakotans marched twelve miles from I’agsajau to i'alte. In taking I’ulte In the ufter noon the North Dakotans were in the center and the sharpshooters flanked, when the column suddenly encounter ed a cross fire of the rebels. Sharp shooters were moved out qulekly and a squad of five of the North Dakota men was surprised by u volley at fif teen yards from a concealed trench, Two were killed and two wounded, one mortally. The Dasotans' 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. vanclng and driving the enemy, hut It cannot garrison what it takes. ueu eral larwton 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 Holo men. Two dying Dakotans said: ’’Ja*t’s smile and die game." The launches captured on Tuesday are worth $ti0,000. The army’s ar I mored isuniffhs were of great assist ance in shelling the trenches from toe I lake. MANILA, April 13.-4:06 p. in—At. about 4 o’clock this morning a small 1 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 sot ! dier of the Montana regiment was wounded. Francos*! Reyes, the man wu«> 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 anti native crews for the vessels on board the American i steamer liutuan were conveyed to | Zamboanga by the llniteo States crttls I er Boston, and were instructed to await j for the arrival there of the I'nited .States gunboat Petrel, Instead of do ing so, after the ltoston 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 gunboats 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. Hrooke fifU Ilia* Army ItolU. HAVANA, April 14.—The original rolls of the Cuban army were delivered to Governor General Urooke this even ing. Senor Oomingo Mendez Capote, vice president of the recently dlsband i 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 generuls and many officers of the First and Second army corps of the Culmn forces met at liuyamo yes terday ami 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.outlet Itrlilrill I It ink.. WASHINGTON, April 14.-The state department today made public the fol lowing message from President l.oubet of France In reply to that sent yester day by President McKinley: PARIS, April It To His excellency, William McKinley, President of the I Title*! Stales, Washington: I uui deep ly toueheii by the sentiments which your exctdl* Hey was pleaded to express toward me on the occasion of the sign ing of Hie ratification of the treaty of |M-a*e between it.«t I'nited States and Spain aud I hearti'r thank you thru for. I especially desire to u*»itr* your • zcaHaney of the almere desire of the overunteal of the repuldit and Its pres ident * ou»t an Hr to draw < loser the binds of traditional friendship which have so |«ing Mulled the two great re public*. KM ILK Lit! IIKT. I <11 (»* I r.M.p« WIRI4INUTON tpfll II It mill <>•1 At tb* war 4rj..*rt»u« nt that (Janara! tMli baa not rallmt fur a ■•titUmal troop* anil Inatata u. »t hu pr»a*nt fui'iti* •Motor «*»»♦•»• M* |»i>< pat itt UiklU »IU to am pi* \u a« tiwn haa jral :*<•« i«| PH by tb* «ar «l*|»4 taiaat I tab mg lu tb* utu*t«rinb «ut u( lb* tulunimrra aatl n uhina aa111 to tl»a# until tb* an rltal uf tb* t**ulat* ll*u«ral (Mia «lll thm to au(uMfl**>| i,« rr *nliai ati.-b of lb* taliiton fur all m uttb* as may dull* *«rte4 tliat tile atatemrm that tha Marqiila «f Salialmry bu« unnaer willy aiihnmd tu tb» principle of unanimity of tha iltHlalona of ilia Httniwn ruiiimlaalon U Ineorml Tha i|tiratlon aa 1u tha t'liMil to which ttnauitulty la tip«aa*ary baf atlll to la ffitlwl, anil rvrtaln raa* arvatloita will proluilily Im* mail* by tiraal Hrltain I'hf exact trim* of tha luatrui'tlona to tha I'oniniiaalonara hava noi yvl been aarea l upon th» frwUaifllwi |Ihm IumM. WAHMINtlTON April II I»r«al4fat MiKtnlay l-la) lolte.l a illapalrh fioni Hr lb hut loan pr*at4*nt of tha I'hillpptu* i in to laatoii now at Manila. I ha WMMi- Mii mat tha pna lanta ll>4t t«H anti) laaoril baa 4oa» a'cat n»"4 au4 that th« I'lliplno* ara ttattiua tha • oniMiawlonara ttyri 4ay lu axpraaa tbalr tlaairw to bnaaif *»rnni#ai i« lyina nival an l that many utitrif ara 4a«ar)< tag from kit atati4ar4 *a* h 4a). REVERSIBLE SENTENCES. Citrloii* hiiiI ( Icier Selection Hrrnrrd hy Ih* Killlor of mi t:nter|>rl*ln|f London I’lililli'Hf ion. The clever “puzzle editor" of London Truth exercises immense ingenuity in * providing entertainment for his read ers. He offered 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 day; winds mourn ful sigh; Bright stars are waking; Flies owlet, hooting, holding revel high, Night silence holding. Solomon had vast treasures—sliver and gold things precious. Happy anil rich and wise was he. Faithful served he <}od. She sits lamenting sadly, often too much alone. Dear Harry—Devotedly yours remain I. Have you forgotten $20 check? Re ply immediately, please, and hand to yours- Grace I tai ling. Man Is noble and generous often, but sometimes vain and cowardly. t’lirefully boiled eggs ure good ami palatable. Love Is heaven ami heaven is love, youth says. All beware! says age. Trying Is poverty, and fleeting Is love. Badly governed and fearfully trou bled now Is Ireland. Exercise take, excess beware; Rise early and breathe free nir; Fut slowly, trouble drive away; Feet warmish keep; blend work with play. Adieu, darling! Time files fast ; sails are set, boats are ready. Farewell! Matter and mind are mysterious; never mind. What 13 matter? Matter Is never mind. What Is mind? Mind Is never matter. Honesty and truth are good and ad mirable qualities, us sympathy and love are endearing fruits. Politics and religion avoid nrgulng In, Here Is good and sound advice. Mr. Editor:—For tin1 Rood of suffer ing humanity, and particularly those Buffering from that most dreadful dis ease, rheumatism, we desire to inform your readers that the only specific in the world today for this disease Is our "Five Drops" remedy. "Five Drops” is the name, and "Five Drops” Is the dose, it Is not only acknowledged a j specific ly the many thousands who have teen cured by l*s use, but It Is now acknowledged to he such by the medical profession, many of whom use this remedy In their dally practice, and j they state to ua that it Is the only thing with which they can cure the rheumatism. This remedy not only positively cures this disease, but it never has failed and It never can fall to cure any and all of the following diseases: Sciatica, Lumbago, Neural gia, Catarrh, Creeping Numbness, Nervousness, Asthma, Heart Weak ness, Toothache, Earache, La Grippe, j and diseases of the liver and kidneys. "Five Drops” is not a patent medicine, but was perfected only p.fter vast re search In scientific fields, and at great expense. It never ceu be fully appre ciated until It Is used. Many of its cures border on the miraculous. Words are almost Inadequate to express tbo . great benefit which suffering human ity Is dally deriving from the use of | this most wonderful remedy. Its merits and medicinal properties are as . far above the other remedies offered ' for sale as the mountain Is above the valley. It is worth its weight in gold to anyone suffering from any of the diseases for which It Is recommended. The price Is low and within the reach of all, $1 per bottle for full size (300 doses), prepaid by mall or express, or , six bottles for $5. Anyone desiring to | test its efficacy without ordering a full j size bottle, can have a 25 cent samplo bottle sent by mail until May 10, by sending 10 cents to tbe Swanson Rheu matic Cure Company, 1C7 Dearborn street, Chicago, 111. Rear Admiral Kautz, who Is to look 1 after our Interests in Samoa, is an Ohio man, CO years of age, and an Anuapolts classmate of Admiral Dew ey, with whom, as a midshipman, he i fflade his cruise on the frigate Colo- j rado. “Laugh Out, Oh Murmuring Spring/' It is the time to laugh, the year's fresh prime. Sensible people now do the same that Nature docs -aim to be puri fied, and for the same reasons. They use that marvelous blood purifier. Hood’s Sarsaparilla, that never disappoints. It* work and worth arc known world widi* a* a household medicine. ' Catarrh “ Disagreeable catarrhal drop ping* in my throat mude rue nervous an ! dl^sy. My liver was torpid. Hood's Har saparilU corrected both troubles. Sly health Is very good.” Mrs. Ki.vira J, Smii.ky, Wi Main St., Auburn, Maine. Eruptions - “I sjicnt hundreds of clot lars to cure eruptions on my right leg with out iierinunent good. HI* bottles of Hood's Sarsaparilla completely cured me. I am very grateful.'* IIkhva* IIaRTI.ott, 4*>”J Ninth Avc., New York City. Asthma ‘‘I was troubled with asthm-i for many years, Irelng wort*-spring and fail. No medicine availed until l took Hood's Sarsaparilla which completely cured me. Many others heard of my cure and they use Hood's.” C. I,. lino in s, Ktna, Ohio. Never Disappoints food's IMlU^ura linpr lilt; th« non Irritating »nd on./ £(»tli*rtin (•* Ink#* tviih llomh 8*rs*p*t il Joshua Reed, of Burlington, VI., will he 98 years old this April, and will then have lived in the same house for 65 years, HIS OLD YELLOW ALMANAC. I left the farm when mother died, and ■ Iihiik' il tny place of dwellin' To daughter Music's stylish house, right In the city street, And there wu* them, before I came, that aori of aenred me tellln' How I would find the town-folks' ways ho dtlMcult to meet. They said I'd have no comfort In the rustlin', flxed-up throng. And I’d have to wear titlrr collars every wcck-duy right along. I find I take to city way* Just like a duck to water. I llko the racket and the noise, and never tire of shows; And there’s no end of comfort In the man sion of my daughter. And everything Is right at hand, and money freely flows; And hired help Is all ubout, Just listenin’ for my call. But 1 miss the yellow almanac from off my kitchen wall. The house Is full of calendars from attic to the cellar; They're painted In nil colors, and arc fancy-lllce lo see. But Just In this particular I'm not a mod i rn feller, And the yellow-covered almanac Is good enough for me, I'm used to II. I've seen tt round from boyhood to old age. And I rather like the jokin’ at the bottom of cuih page. i like the way the "S" stood out to show the week's I m In rnid disdain, and an swered 'em In pity; *‘l’d rather have my almanac than alt that costly pile.” And. though 1 tak» to city life, I'm lone some, after all. For that old yellow almanac upon my kitchen wall. i —Ella Wheeler Wilcox. In the Century. Is the stump speaker gui.ty of ut 1 terly trees-on? . , Are You Using Allen's Kcot-KsssT i It Is the only cure for Swollen. | Smarting, Burning, Sweating Feet, J Coma and Bunions. Ask for Allen’* I Foot-Ease, a powder to be shaken Into , the shoes, At all Druggists and Sbo* | Stores. 25c. 8amp!e sent FREE. Ad ' dress, Allen S. Olmsted. LeRoy, N. Y. No man ever traveled over the road to fame on a pass. ' so ONE reason Mrs. Pinkham's treatment helps women promptly is that they have confidence in her. Through some of the many thousands of Mrs. Pink ham's friends an ailing woman will be led to write to Mrs. l’inkham at her home in Lynn, Mass., and will tell her symptoms. The reply, made without charge of any kind, will bear such evidence of knowledge of the trouble that belief in her advice at once inspires hope. » This of itself is a great help. CONFIDENCE HELPS TO CURE l non tne knowledge tlmt women only see the letters asking for advice and women only assist Mrs. Pinkham in replying nukes it easy to be explicit about the little things that define the disease. Mrs. 1-11/a Thomas, of 6j4 Pine St., Easton, Pa., writes: •• Dear Mrs Pinkiiam—I doctored with two of the best doctors in the city for two years and had tio relief until 1 be^ati the use of your remedies. My trouble was ulceration of the womb. 1 suffered something terrible, could nut sleep nights and thought sometimes that death would be smh a relief. To-day I am a well w 'man, able to do oiy own work, and have not • pain, 1 used four bottles of l.ydta K I'tnkham's Vegetable Com poundand three |Mt« kagt» of Sana tive Wash and cannot thank you enough for the good it did me." Mss. M. Htutmtip, Ibis iM, Springfield, Minn., Wittes , * * Ms«. I'iNsiuM-Kor WWW mil y««ri l * a» « ((Ml »un«rvr from auiiMn. I hadlwcbat It*allot thatnna. no apt*til<>. jutnam h, latnl* ing ipall*, «4i wank mhI my ayalam waa i»«»pWlaly run dowa, I alao bod (Ailing o( womb »«. ha>t that t i»»nld atarcaly *alk i>rAu th* floor Altar lulling two t»>ttl#« af ymr VcgaUtda Couip»>w l and wilti Ik>« of Lwrangwrt, can u> I am iui«4."