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THE RED CLOUD CHIEF.
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WIDE WORLD NEWS.
HAPPENINGS OF VITAL IN
TEREST. A KrUf flnmninry of Rffitli In Whlrli
l'enpln are Deeply Intereelod Hhort
Hrnlrnrri Conveying i World of In
formation to Our llritdera.
Thurdir April 7.
It Ih ssld tlmt the government will
make ji place for General Joe Whoclor,
and not send liltn to the Philippines,
Tlicrc In renewed uneasiness over
the situation In tin,- Transvaal. It Ih
said President Kruger expects it climb
with Knghmd.
Mr. nntl Mrs. Antonio Navarro, the
latter formerly Mury Anderson tiio
actress, arrived In Now Yorkyesttvday
from Knglund.
The graves of the confederate dead
wore decorated at Augusta, (In., yes
terday with appropriate ceremonies.
The nieniorlnl day parade wiih headed
by the band of the Third Nebraska rog
iment, kindly loaned by Colonel Vif
qtiuln. A Denver dispatch nays: United
States Senator Henry M. Teller had an
alarming fainting attack at Longmnut
yesterday afternoon, lie had attended
and ttpokc utthefnneralof ex-Attorney
General llyron L. Cnrr. After the
funeral he fainted at the church. He
wild taken to the Carr residence and it
was about llftocn minutes before hu
regained consciousness.
The, monthly Nummary of Imports of
merchandise of the I'nited States Is
sued by thu bureau of statistics, sliows
the total imports of merchandise lnr
Ing March STU.o'.'ll.Oiltl; Increase, S1I,
300,000; total for nine mouths, ending
March 31, 18011, S.IOO.Oin.SDys tnerease,
S 14,800,000; the domestlo exports dur
ing Mnreh. I HUD, amounted to SI (',', I Dr.,
lis."., 88,(100,000 less than for March t8Dri.
The movctnrnt of gold and silver
during March, 180S), Is given as follows:
(Sold imports, $:i,187,ft7r; gold exports,
Sl.lOD.st.V, silver imports, 83,1:15,85":
silver exports, 8.V"7,0."3.
l'rlduy, April '18.
Imperialists and anti-Imperialists of
Chicago have each formed leagues.
The hardware manufacturers of the
country are engaged in the formation
of a trust.
Snm T. .lack, the well-known theat
rical manager, died yesterday of cancer
of the liver.
Tho Union Pacific contemplates
building a line of road from North
IMattc up the North Platte river to the
Iron mines of Wyoming.
A statue of (icneral (Sraut was un
veiled yesterday at Fairmont park,
Philadelphia, Miss Rosemary Sartoris,
(Seueral (! rant's granddaughter, un
veiling It in the presence of President
MeKlnley and his cabinet uud an Im
mense crowd.
A tornado struck the town of Kirks
villi", Mo., ut supper time last evening,
cutting a patch (iOO feet wide. The
list of dead is nearly 100, and hundreds
are wounded. l.',000 people are home
less. The work of rescuing the people
was at once taken up.
Captain Coghlnn will keep his com
mand of the Italelgh, as President Me
Klnley's admiration for him as a par
ticipant with Dewey in the Manila bay
battle, overshodows his desire to rebuke-
the ltalelgh's commander for Ills
utterances at the I'nlon League club.
Approval has been given by the state
board of health of Illinois to the plan
juoposcd for establishing at the uni
versity of Illinois a school for the in
struction of municipal health otlleer.s
throughout the state, with particular
.cforenco to sanitation and hygiene.
Such a school is maintained In connec
tion with the Ohio state university at
Columbus.
Kordinand W. Peck, the Tnlted
States commissioner to the Paris ex
position of 11)00, was olllelally untitled
yesterday of the allotment of ftn.OOO
square feet for railroad, automobiles
and bicycle exhibits. This makes a
total of noo.OOO square feet of snaot al
lotted to American exhibits, or double
the amount of the original contract.
Hnturilny, April SI).
Tho hospital for feebleminded youth
at (Slenwood, la., burned. Tho io In
mates escaped. Loss $'.'0,000.
Morning dispatches report a heavy
blizzard raging In the lllack Hills.
Deadwood, S. 1)., reports 0 inches of
suow.
Mrs. .lesse L. Sloane, divorced wife
of tho wealthy New York society man,
Henry T. Sloane, and Perry ltclmont,
weru married yesterday.
Nowton, Mo., was storm and
twelve persons were killed. .. f fam
ilies are homeless. Many persons are
missing. Damage to property beyond
estimate.
Mrs. George, who has boon on trial
at Canton, ().. for the murder of George
D. Saxton, was found not guilty by
tho jury. Sho has been thu recipient
of many cougiatulatory messages.
As a result of the Klrksvllle, Mo
tornado '00 families are homeless,
nearly SO dead bodies, and 70 Injured
have been recovered from the ruins.
Tho work of rescue continues. Vari
ous peculiar phases of the storms ac
tion are noted. One of the strangest
occurrences was tho flndtugof n eroou
lug baby unhurt out In a Held far from
any house. The baby has not been
identified. Another unidentified baby
was found where It had been crushed
to death by tho violence of the wind.
Among tho horrors of the storm was
(hiding of tho corpse of , ltl-year-old
girl, -with a 2x4 scantling driven
through her body. The body of a
little girl was found, with the limb of
a treo sticking through Its neck.
Sam Hose, a negro, thu murderer of
Alfred Cranford and the assaulter of
Cranford's wife, was burned at tho
stake two miles north of Newman, Ga.,
yesterday in the presence of S.SOO peo
ple. At Fulton, Mo., Kdward Palmer shot
and killed Thomas (Sanaway, a com
panion, In a quarrel over a girl. Pal
mer's mind, is unbalanced. (Sanaway
was a member of the Fourth Missouri
volunteers.
At Smith Centre, Kansas, Mrs. Stock
man, shot and killed her husband,
Charles, Stockman, from whom she
hiuVreoentlybeen divorced, lie was
drunk, and was raising u disturbance
&t her house. She surrendered.
The cruiser Detroit has arrived at
Uluollcld. Its arrival tins had n good
effect on Governor Torres, and he has
come down a little from hlnhlgh borne.
A great many articles of wearing ap-
Enrol, papers and pieces of jewelry
earing tiir names of Klrksvllle people
were found strewn over the county
east of Lancaster, Mo. Thry were
blown from Klrksvllle, twenty-flvo
miles, by the tornado, Among other
things was a 0100 note.
Hunday, April 111).
Union miners will be reinstated at
Paua, 111.
Smallpox epidemic Is stamped out at
Key West and quarantine raised.
Kansans have requested the presi
dent to promote Colonel Funston.
Six tboilHiinil iloltiirx linx ln.pn rntki'il
for the Klrksrllle, Mo., tornado suffer
ers.
(Sencral Otis demands of Filipinos
unconditional surrender. He offers to
grant amnesty.
Mrs. Anna (Seorge, recently cleared
of a murder charge at Canton, ()., will
lecture on "Wnmau's Right.''
Kmperlor Wilhelm of (Scrmany was
amused by reading the song recited by
Captain Coghliri. "I loch, der Kaiser."
A Hour trtist anil a vinegar trust nro
under process of incorporation, lllcy
cie manufacturers aro trying to com
bine. The Wado court of inquiry has made
up Its report and forwarded same to
the president. It Is said the board
tlnds no chemicals were used.
At Wardner, Idaho, striking miners
blew up the mills. Property damage
92.'i0,(Xn. Tho miners lire in un ugly
mood and the governor has been ap
pealed to for protection.
Monthly, May I,
Vice President Hobart is a very sick
man yet,, but is improving.
Olliet tirnvnllM nt Wnrilnoi- liltitwi
Tho Wardner rioters are back at work.
The war department received no ad
vices from the Philippines yesterday.
Thu outcome of the ncirotinthins. Is In
doubt.
At Keosenlmurs Corners, near Ro
chester, N. Y., a train on the Roches
tor fe North Ontario railroad was
wrecked. Two lives were lost and
many passengers injured.
In a statement made yesterday Dr.
Nicholas Serin of Chicago said' that
John P. Altgeld had made his last pol
itical light. The ex-governor Is a very
Sick mail, his old trollllte. lfwm.lnt.ir.
ataxia, bothering him again.
Tnt-eday, May .
Yesterday being Dewey Day, It was
pretty generally observed all over thu
country.
At Maueh Chunk, Pa., tho prema
ture discharge, of a cannon in the cele
bration of Dewey Day, killed three
persons.
(Icneral MacArthur has sent ofllcers
to (Sencral Autonla Luna, tho Filipino
commander, under a Hag of truee, ask
ing uu exchange of prisoners.
Troops held at various points arc tin-.
der orders to hold themselves in readl- I
ness to go to Wardner, Idaho, If there
are any signs of more trouble.
The condition of John P. Altgeld is
somewhat better. Doctor Serin, how
ever, thinks he will never be able to
stand another long campaign. i
A Canton, S. I).. special says Mrs.
I'.unleo llrown, a farmer's wife, living
south of town, shot and killed Chas.
McCullogh, a farm hand, claiming hu
assaulted her.
Tho trustees of Columbia university
at Washington, I). C have called .1. .
II. Canflcld. late chancellor r,t the Ne
braska university to be librarian of
that Institution.
Mrs. M, L. Mandarasay, a wealthy
lady of San Antonio, Tex., wife of a
Hungarian nobleman who was ban
ished from this country twenty-live or
thirty years ago, was murdered and
her body burned. Robbery Is believed
to bu the Incentive, and a Mexican la
borer who worked on the place ha7
ucen arrosieu on suspicion.
AVeilnrNiluy, May ,'J.
The bodies of TO, dead soldiers from
the battlefields of Cuba and Porto ltico
were yesterday interred in the Arling
ton national cemetery.
The rumors of an immense combina
Mon of tho steel Interests are practi
cally con tinned. It Is to have a capi
talization of about 38()(),OOD,IMiO.
The situation in Samoa continues in
a strained condition. The whites aro
at the mercy of the lvbcls, due to tho
orders of the powers to cease hostili
ties. James Uulmo Cantlehl, president of
tho Ohio university and at ono time
chancellor of tho Nebraska university,
has accepted tho position of librarian
of the Columbia university.
Tho contract to furnish the silver
service for the battleship Kentucky
has been let to a Philadelphia firm at
a cost of 80.000. Tho service will be
composed of more than seventy pieces.
At Stockton, Cal Mrs. Hassal, who
was morbidly infatuated with Mrs.
William Hickman, killed thu latter
and then shot herself. The two women
wero found locked In each other's em
brace. Striking miners at Wardner, Idaho,
are gutting obstreperous again, and
their throat'lo clean out tho company
of regulars there before reinforcement's
arrived has caused great excitement.
Troops are being hurried to the scene
in iiruvi'iii irouuie.
The democratic central committee of
Cook enmity, Illinois, adopted a resolu
tion for thoappointmentofacommitteo
to sit as a court to try committeemen
against whom charges of disloyalty
have been made. It Is said every mem
ber of the county committee who fav
ored or worked for the election of John
P. Altgeld for mayor Is to be removed.
The Michigan society of tho sons of
the American revolution held a dinner
at Detroit last night at which (Sencrals
Merrltt, King and Wheeler, Secretary
Alger nntl other distinguished eitlons
spoke. Hitter denunciations of antl
Impcrlallsts was the principal thenio of
each speech. President McKlnley's
course in conducting attains in the
Philippines was warmly supported.
To Have I'eanut Trim.
Nkw Youk, May 3. A consolidation
of tlm peanut Industry of tho country,
under tho control of a 'single com
pany, with a capital of 93,000,000, i
about to bo effected.
AFFAIRS OF STATE
EVENTS OF INTEREST TO
AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Timely Mention of thu Doing of Inn Na
tional Congr, Departmental nntl F.x
ecotl Ufflelal Action, nail Movement)
f Army and Navy.
Tlitirmlay, A fll 27.
Advices received from Apia, Samoa,
report severe lighting between large
bodies of friendly natives nml the reb
els. The contract to supply fuel for the
public building at Nebraska City, Neb.,
for the next fiscal year has been award
ed to the Johnson Coal company at Its
inn or oi. i, '.i.
The comptroller of the currency has
authorized the First National bank of
(Jenoa. Neb., to begin business with a
a capital of S.'iO.DOO: president, C. K.
(Sreeiii cashier, W. J. Stewart.
It Is generally conceded In Washing
ton thnt the president will be obliged
to call for at least a portion of the
volunteers as authorized by the last
congress. The reports from the Phil
ippines Indicate a protracted campaign
ami the necessity of additional troops
to hold positions captured. The veter
an volunteers, including the First Ne
braska, who have been fighting stead
ily since February il. will within a
fortnight, begin to embark for home.
Under date of April ,', (Sencral Otis
cabled the war department as follows:
Lawton at Norzagaray and Angat.
Ills two columns united have driven
enemy north and west. Slight casual
ties; names not reported. Only means
of communications is by couriers.
MacArthur has taken portions of Oil
umplt south of river. Movements at
tended with dllllcultlcs on account of
the juugle. heat, and strong intrench
merits. His casualties yesterday, three
killed, eleven wounded.
The following additional list of cas
ualties in tho First Nebraska regiment
in the Philippines were reported Wed
nesday, having oceurod Tuesday even
ing during an advance on Cahunplt:
Private Harry McCart. killed. Wounded:
Major Frank D. Kagcr, foot, severe;
Second Lieutenant W. C. Dungaii, com
pany C, eye, severe; Artificer John
Holler, company C, arm. moderate;
Private Charles 1. Caldwell, company
F. thigh, severe; O. M. Legg, company
L, abdomen, severe: (Seorge Wagcck'.
neck, severe; Wlllard Carter, forearm,
slight; Francis Ha.cn, neck, severe;
Harvey Majors, shoulder, severe; Cor
poral Charles Drowsier, C. foot, mod-
orate; David Gillespie. K, shoulder,
slight; Lucius V. Panghorn, 1, knee,
severe.
I'rldwy, April U.S.
Frank L. Schopp, of (Sothenburg,
Neb., has been appointed a railway
mall clerk.
Tho following cablegram was re
ceived from Admiral Kaut. by the
navy department: Apia. April IX
Via Aukland April U7. Secretary Na
vy, Washington: The receipt of tele
gram of March L'l and April 'J is ac
knowledged. Coal cannot bu obtained
at Apia: must bo ordered from Auck
land. Kvcry thing Is quiet at Apia. I
am not aggressive on Mataafa rebels,
but I am protecting United States con
sulate, United Stntcs property and thu
Sainoan government as established by
the decision of the chief justice of tho
supreme court. Kautz.
(ienornl McArthur's division crossed
the Kio (Srande river yesterday and ad
vanced on Apallt, completely routing
thu flower of the Filipino army. The
enemy was very strongly entrenched
on the river bank. (Sencral Whcaton
sent Colonel Funston across with two
companies of the Twentieth Kansas, a
fouplu of privates swimming the swift
stream with a rope for thu purpose of
guiding the raft. This was done un
der a galling lire. Tho men crossed In
quads of twenty and put the Filipinos
to flight. The Montana and Kansas
regiments crossed tho bridge on the
stringers in single file, while tho First
Nebraska regiment, acting as a reserve
ittackcd the rebels in three lines of
trenches, driving them out, killing
sixteen and wounding many.
Nntiinluy, April 3I.
Kverybody at the national capital is
praising me volunteers.
Nebraska postmasters appointed:
Ulsworth, Sheridan county, Hurvev
Weir, vice J. H. Williams,' resigned:
Mitchell. Scott's HlulV county, James
K. Kussell, vice II. K. Kussell.'resigncd.
(Sencral Corhin said yesterday that
every volunteer who participated in
thu fighting In thu Philippines since
peace was declared deserves a medal of
honor. Hy tho terms of enlistment,
they were entitled to withdraw from
'Aw service, but they had remained
roluntarily. performing more than was
cquired of them.
The end of the Filipino Insurrection
is in sight In tho opinion of army and
navy ofllcials. A telegram received
from lleneral Otis announced that
Agulnnldo had taken what Is regarded
is the llrst step towards surrendering,
uuineiy, requesting a cessation or Hos
tilities. The news produced a pro
'omul feeling of relief at Washington.
Immediately upon receiving from
Washington the dispatch of (Sencral
)tls In regard to Filipinos asking ces
sation of hostilities. Proslilnnt M...'ln.
ley sent the following message of con-
jCrniuiuiuiiis unci tiiuuxs to tUCKOlillerS
m the Philippines: "To Otis, Manila.
Yollr tllPvlKIIm. nhnnntn.ni. tl.A
.enlevements of McArthur's division
1.1111 trie proposal by the Insurgents of
suspension of hostilities most gratify
ing. Convey to oftieers and men heart
felt congratulations and gratitude for
'.heir signal gallantry and triumph.",
The beef Inquiry board has conclud
Ml Its hearings. Its report will fol
low soon
Following up tho burning at the
take of Sam Hose at N'ewnan drove,
Jtt., a mob yesterday lynched "Llge"
Strickland, tho negro preacher whom
iam Hoso said hired him to kill Cran
ford. They swung him up instead of
burning him.
The United States Worsted company,
with an authorized capital of $70,000,
OWl, and tho American Plumbing Sup
ply and Lead company, with an au
thorized capital of S.I.I.OOO.OW), wcJro
incorporated yesterday In the otllec of
the secretary of state of Now Jersey.
Secretary Hay bus been notified bv
the French ambassador that Spain
would nccept through him the SJ0.000,
000 to be paid under the treaty of pcaco
for the Philippines. The payment will
be made to tho ambassador" as soon a
the president returns.
Mondny, May 1
The following additional deaths In
tho First Nebraska regiment arc re
ported fronl Manila:
Company II Private Otto Kostcn
licrgor, April L4.
Company D Private Chas. Schwartz,
April ail.
Company LPrlvatu Martin O. Legg,
April '.'8; Corporal Francis Hanson, ty
phoid fever, April S.",
Company I Private Maynard Sayrcs.
A train of nine coaches arrived nty
Washington yesterday from New York
hearing the bodies of soldiers who died
in uiiua and Porto Kioo. The train
went on to Kosslyn. where the bodies
win tie kept until Interment is made
ut Arlington.
A special from Washington says.
Secretary Hay has cabled Instructions
to Minister Merry of Minefields Inform
ing him that thu United Stutcs could
not permit the double assessment of
American merchants at lllucflclds on
goods imported into that port.
It was announced yesterday that the
monetary lelslation upon which the re
publican caucus committee has been
engaged for the last fortnight at At
lautlu City, N. J., will bu completed
Monday and thut the committee will
then adjourn subject to thu call of thu
chairman, Mr. Henderson of Iowa.
The conference between (Sencral Otis
and Colonel Mangucl Arguleses and
Lieutenant Jose ltormil. who came to
Manila from (Sencral Luna under :i
Hag of truce yesterday to ask for n
cessation of hostilities, was fruitless.
It is understood that the Filipino com
missioners were given the terms upon
which the Americans will consent to
negotiate. The Filipinos admit that
they huvo been defeated and It Is ex
pected that they will return with
freah propositions from (Ser-i-al Lima.
TiiMilny, Muy 2.
W. II. Alexander of llcatrlee has
been awarded the contract to supply
fuel for tho federal building there nt
8487 for the next fiscal year.
Admiral Dewey has sent the follow
ing cablegram to the uavy department:
"Apparently reliable information, ten
of the Yorktown boat crow, including
(Sllmorc, ure prisoners at insurgent
headquarters. Am continuing Investi
gation. Dkwkv.'
Acting Secretary Melklejohn has re
ceived a conscience contribution of S10
hi gold coin. The contributor In his
letter said: "This is for stationery of
the government destroyed and used by
mo while a clerk in the war depart
ment." "Kx-Ci.F.itK." Mr. Melklejohn
forwarded the letter to the secetury of
war.
Luis Munoz Kivcra, former prlmlcr
of Porto ltico, has arrived at Washing
ton to discuss with the authorities the
condition of alLiirs on the island, par
ticularly the depressed commercial
conditions. Senor Kivcra belongs to
the liberal element In Porto lMcan
politics, who warmly support the au
thority of the United States.
The last move In the negotiations
terminating tho war with Spain oc
curred yesterday, when Secretary Hay
paid to tho French ambassador, M".
Ciimbon, the S'JO,000,0(H) provided by the
treuly of peace for the cession of tho
Philippines. The payment was mntlo
In four treasury warrants of S.I.OOO.OOO
each, and was receipted for by M.
Cauibou.
Wrilncailiiy, Mny 3.
The postolllco department has estab
lished a postotllce at Klsmere, Cherry
count, Nebraska, with Carrie F. (3 lies
as postmaster.
The president has appointed Colonel
Funston of the Twentieth Kansas to
be a brigadier general of volunteers hi
recognition of his gallant services.
A Washington dispatch says u letter
from Havana announces that Colonel
Kd IJ. Sler of Lincoln has arrived in
the city and is occupying an important
position in theolllce of the auditor of
customs for the island.
Secretary of State Hay was formally
notified yesterday of the release by
thu Spanish garrison at Ponape. in tho
Caroline Islands, of a naturalized Amer
ican citizen named Mclindcr. held as a
prisoner of war since last summer.
Representative Mercer has recom
mended the establishment of rural free
delivery services at Klk City and Hen
son, Douglas county, Neb. A special
agent, who Is now in Denver, has been
ordered to Investigate the conditions
surrounding these otllces and report on
tho advisubiltty of establishing the
service.
A Manila dispatch says Agulnaldo
has sued for peace. Ho made the same
proposition as (Sencral Luna, asking an
armistice until Filipino congress meets
and decides whether Fhlliplno nrmy
should surrender. (Sencral Otis sent
word that they must surrender uncon
ditionally before peace can be assured.
Tho postmaster general has directed
the postmaster at SariFrnnclsco to take
out of the mails for Manila three pam
phlets Issued by Kdward Atkinson of
Itostou, vice president of the anti-imperialist
league. Their circulation In
this country Is not barred, but the ofll
cials claim their circulation in tho
Philippines among the soldiers would
stir up u miinity,
IlllnoU for llopklni.
Ciucuao, May 3. Ten of tho four
teen Republican mombers of Congress
from IlllnoU met In caucus hero and
unanimously decided to support Con
gressman Albert J. Hopkins of Aurora
for speaker of the national House of
Representatives.
Helena tha Nashville's Next Slop.
GHKEHVIM.K, Miss., May 1. Tin
gunbo&t Nashville left at noon yes
terday for Helena, Ark. Tho officers
kept open house from 8 a. ra. until
noon. Thousands of people wont
aboard mid took a look at tho arm
ment of the ship.
Lois In the Philippine.
WAiui"(or3"f, Miy t. A state
inont preparod by tho war dopartv
ment shows that 10 wero killed in.
tho Phlllppjncs from February td
Aifrir.'s; and 1,111 wounded. Total?
1.30'J.
NEW PROPO
PUG
Luna Renews His Request Ic Otis
for ?n Armistice,
EMISSARIEb AGAIN MEET OTIS.
Ttie
Condition Offered Almost the Same
Tlioin Tlmt tho American Com
at
mander Iterated I.utt Woek Vlllp
.am Tired of Flshtlng.
ANir.A, May .'I. Major Manuel Ar
guolles and Lieutenant Joio Menial of
thu staff of Uener.il Antonio Luna ro
turned here to-day to renew and press
tho request of General Luna for a ces
sation of hostilities. Thoy havo found
tho Held of labor a moat uncongenial
ono. Tho two oflloer wero rocelvod
In conference with Majjr-cJuncral li
a Otis.
The proposals which thev bad to
submit differed only slightly from i
thoso which they brought from tho I
Filipino commander In tho flrst place. I
They desired a llttlo time In which to '
summon their congress and expressed I
themselves as confident tho congress
will decrcj peace, because the peoplo I
desire it. They ropresont that Aguln
aldo is without power to surrender tho
army and that thu congress must do
cido that question. Incidentally tho
Filipino envoys as-crtod that Augln- '
aldo had not yet made a fair tcit of
his strength against the American I
forces, for only one-third of his army i
had been assembled together.
Tho envoys presented a letter from
Senor Mabinl, prund.'iit and minister
of foreign affairs In the cabinet o.
Agulnaldo and who Is tho buckbonu
of tho Filipino organization. Tho ,
communication is personal and unof
ficial and seconds Majjr Arguellos'
arguments.
In tho course of the conference with
the envoys, General Otis arced witli '
tho statement of Major Arguellos that '
tho peoplo of tho Philippines wanted '
peaca and ho added that requests for '
protection aro pouring in upon him
from all parts of tho country. I
Tho envoyu will see- General Otis
again to-morrow. Thoy will sleep to
night in Manila. They lunched with
.General MacArthur nt his headquar
ters on a car of tho armored train at
Calumpit before going to Manila.
Whether or not General Luna Is sin
cere in his overtures, tho negotiations
aro giving tho iusurgents a much
needed opportunity to rehabilitate
their demoralized forces. Dissensions
among tho leaders of tho rebels aro
helping on tho disorganisation of tho
Filipino army almost as much us the
American campaign.
Refugees report that tho Filipino
army Is deserting San Fernando and
massing at St. Tomas, where General
Luna's headquarters aru located and
that strong intrenuhmeuts arj being
constructed at the sides of the railway
and on the awainp front, iu tho best
positions possible.
London, May X Representatives of
the Filipino junta say they hno re
ceived a telegram from Aguina.do,
dated April 30, in which ho states that
his government has nothing to do
with tho present pcaco negotiations
which, ho asserts, aro being conducted
by a group of half-castes who aro
anxious for peace in tho expectation
of gutting high otllces under a new
government. Several of tlie.su men,
Agulnaldo says, aro members of tho
Filipino congress, where they are uu
deavoring to outvote him.
Agulnaldo disavows tho prosant ne
gotiations and adds that under no cir
cumstances will ho accept an Amer
ican protectorate.
Tho dispatch conclude with a con
temptuous reference to Major Arguul
les as a Spanish otllcur who has no
more authority to not on behalf of Ag
ulnaldo than has Luna himself.
MONETARY PLAN AGREED UPON
Hauls Itepubtlc.in Cauom Committee
Com plot r It Worlt.
Atlantic Cm-, N. .1., May 3. Tho
mtional house of representatives Re
publican caucus committee concluded
Its conforonco yesterday. Tho chair
man of tho committee, Mr. Henderson
of Iowa, said:
"Tho commltteo appointed by the
Republican caucus of tho house to
recommend financial legislation met
at Haddon hall, Atlantic City, on
April 17, aud has worked steadily and
earnestly for two week3. To-day tho
commltteo reached iiuaultnous agree
ment and is ready to meet tho Repub
lican members of tho finance commit
tee of tho senate to submit its vluws
to tho consideration of tho joint con
ference. Until such meeting, tho
work of tho house commltteo will bj
withheld from publication."
Altcelil III From Daproulon.
Chicago, May a. John P. Altgeld is
better. Dr. Nicholas Sonn said last
night: "Whllo tho ex-ovornor Is not
strong, thera Is no reason why ho
should not onjoy a considerable lease
of life If he will throw off the depres
sion which weighs him down and go
whoro ho may havo eompleto rc3t. I
do not think he will bo in a condition
for another long campaign, howovor."
II o 8, veil III lioer.
Gai.kna, Kan., May 3. A woll
Ituown Galena man fell into a fifty
foot initio lust evening In tho rear of a
joint. This distance was sufliclent,
under ordinary circumstances, to
causo sudden death, but htt not only
escaped injury, but he held in his hand
a can containing fifty cents' wortli of
boor, and so carefully did ho preserve
it that tho bubbles on the effervescent
fluid wore not disturbed. Parties siw
the tinfortuuato man fall and rope.
wero soon lowered, drawing htm opt
upharmftd 'Wd carrying his pall of
beer with blr
PAIN GETS 520,000,000,
Dnele Sim Itunil Orer tho I'rlce for the
Philippine.
Wasiiinoto.v, May 3 Assistant See
rotnry of tho Treasury Vanderllp yes
terday handed to Secretary Hay tho
drafts for 5 !0, uoo, ouo, to bo turned
over to the Spanish government
through Ambassador Cambon, accord
ing to the terms of tho peace treaty.
'I lie state department at onco sont
word to the French ambassador that
tho warrants would be turned over to T
him at any time. Shortly before It
o'clock M. Cambon strolled over to tho
titato depart mon t, and no extra pre
caution was taken to guarantee tho
transfer of such a large amount. Sec
retary Hay received tho ambassador In
the dlplomatlu room, where the trans
fer took placo with llttlo formality.
Tho amb.issador handed Secretary
Hay a formal receipt, which had been
already preparod.
The original receipt was handod by .
Secrotnry Hay to Mr. Frank A. llran- "
ngau, tho disbursing otllcar of tho de
partment of state, to bo Hied away.
Ono copy was given to M. Cambon,
another will bo sent to -United States
Minister Storcr, a third copy goes to
tho United Stntcs ambassador to
Paris. Mr. Porter, aud a fourth copy
to tho auditor of tho treasury.
'After receiving the S'-'O.OOO.OtM M.
Cafnlinn trtat tlm . .....- ..l
......... .......,. . ..u .i.,t .f,i(Mia i.iiti
put them in his card esse. Ho and v
Secretary Hay chatted over the speedy
restoration of diplomatic relations be
tween tho United States and Spain,
for this payment marked tho very last
step of tho wnr negotiations. Mr.
Hay desired to know when tho Dttko
d'Arcos would urrlvo In Washington.
M. Cambon said ho thought the Span
ish minister would come in about two
weeks, still he was not certain of this,
and ho said it had been left largely to
the duko's personal convenience.
NEW DEAL1viADEIN CHINA,
Iluiili. and Knzlaml I.'ntcr Into a Now
Acroement.
Lnxnox, May 3. Tho Marquis of
Salisbury, prime minister and minis
ter of foreign nffalrs, nud A. J. Hal
sour, first lord of the treasury, an
nounced in tho houso of lords and in
tho house of commons, respectively,
tho general drift of tho Anglo-Russian
itgreemcnt regarding the spheres
of inflit eneo of the governments of
Great Rrltaln and Russia in ChitiA, an t
they havo already been made. Lord
Salisbury said lie hoped Russia would
consent to the publication of the text
of tho agreement when it arrived In a
few days.
His lordship also expressed tho
hope that the good feeling would ex
tend to the peoples of tho two na
tions. This agreement, ho said, was
valuablo as preventing tho possibility
of a collision between tho two govern- '
ments in China, and "therefore," he
bald, "it Is a guarantee of their future
agreement for n long time to coma I
trust that It will lead to futuro agree
ments on other matters."
His lordship emphasized his anx
iety not to appear to attach exaggerat
ed importance to the specific stipula
tions of tho agreement, adding: "Hut,
of course, 1 attach very great impor
tance to tho signing of this agree
ment, because It Is a sign of tho good
feeling so desirable between tho gov
ernmunts of Ruasla nnd England."
A NOTE FROM G1LM0RE.
The Lieutenant Itotohe 1 Through a Dl
pntrh From MacArthur to I.una.
Manila, May 3. Tho flrst autheu.
tic information regarding Lieutenant
.J. G. Gilmoro and his party of four
teen mon from tho United States gun
beat Yorktown, who wero captured by
the Fillpluos April 12, was received
to-day through Major Arguollos, of
tho staff of General Antonio Luna.
It is in tho form of a list of the
missing men and is slg.ied by Lieu
tenant Gilmoro. The lieutenant re
ports that ho and his party have been
brought across tho mountains from
Ualur, whero they wero captured.
This information was brought in re
sponse to a note which Majar General
MacArthur sent to General Luna by
Major Shields and Lieutenant Hayne.
These ollleers, bearing a Hag of truce,
carried tho uoto across General Luna's
lines last night, Tho note, after ask
ing for information regarding Amor
can prisoners iu General Luna's
hands, coucluded with tho messago
that General MaoArthur would be
pleased to meet General Luna.
Major Shields and Lieutenant
llaynu found a span of the railroad
bridge from St. Tomas broken.
BOSTON "TRACTS ARE BARRED,
I'hlllpplun Mali Will Not Carry tin
Antl-Imporlallitlo i'Amphlnt.
Wahiiixoto.v, May 3. Tho Postmaster-General
has directed tho postmas
ter at San Francisco to tako out of tlm
mails for Manila three pamphlets Is
sued by Cdward Atkinson of Itostou,
vice-president of the Anil-Imperial-istio
league. This order does not
apply to the circulation of tho pamph
lets by mail In this country, but bars
their dispatch from this couutry to
tho Philippines. Tho department
states that discontent aud even muti
ny among the soldier aro tho design
of these publications. Tho throa
pamphlets aro specifically described,
and under no circumstances aro they
to bo forwarded by mall to the Philip,
pines.
Dr. Canneld' New flaoe.
Nr.w Yokk, May 3. The trustees of
Columbia university havo oloctod
Dean Van Amrlngo acting president
during Mr. Low's absenea at Tho
Hague as peace commissioner. Tho
resignation of Mr. llaker, librarian,
was accepted yesterday, and Dr.
James Ilulm? C.inllold was named to
succeed. Dr. Canfleld Is now president
of t)ie University of Ohio, and has
been superintendent of schools at SU
Joseph, Mich.; professor of history,
Kngtbh literature .m.l dvlca in tho
UnlvcrsKy of Kansas and oliatrcollor'
of tho Unuu'ilty of Nebraska,
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