HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Signal, 1899-2-9, Page 6SEPERE FlCNiINC
IN INE PHILIPPINES
Uncle Sam Has Another War on
His Hands.
FILIPINOS ATTACKED MANILA.
Del... ■.ok by the A.♦.trle.a Tr%p
a.d Warship Newel Com• Llk• a
5►.ek to tic• Aulharltlo• at WaA-
l.at.. Doo. 014. Rap•rte the l.•nr-
g oate De lva Beek With Coald•roble
1..•• Amorlr,■ l'a•asItl.. Estlm.t.d
at 175. Few Fatal.
Washington, Fob. f1. -The following
message was evolved yesterday morning
b7 the Secretary of the Navy from Ad-
miral Dewey, dated Manila. Sunday
morning
"Insurgents bore lnangurntsd general
e ngagement Saturday night, which was
aontlnued today. '1h. American army
and usvy Is generally .uocsyaful. Inoue
gents bare been driven beck and our
lines advanoed. No cusu•IN.5 to navy."
Sew. cum• I. • cheek.
The news cams Idle • Upset, for the
Admlol,tratIon, trough apprfeed that •n
u gly situation prevailed In the Philip
pinee, bad clung steadily to a hope that
by tact -and patience actual fighting
might he averted. and even those public
men wbu felt that acidities would fol
low ah sold the treaty be retitled and the
Potted States ■!tempt to oocupy the
Moods, believed Mit Agulnaldy would
pot forte the fighting when the treaty of
peace wait t0 its meet critical stege.
Some Senatorial opponent' of ratidc.Non
of the treaty adhere to their positron, Out
the gement opinion in Washloglon las{
night was that the news from Manta
Meares the ratlnatlon of the treaty this
afternoon.
anAnom.IMr. Witasllo.w
The situation I. regarded hero as
rather anan.olou■ from a diplomatic
•tsudpolnt. legally the Filipinos are still
Spanish subjects. 'therefore if battle.
operations continue outelde of the IIuoIW
of Manila, as laid down In the protocol
It will amount to a reenmotion of the
War with Spain, at least technically.
Officials noted one little tlaw• Is
Dewe,'* despatch. In that be spoke of
the Amerlan army and any as "gener-
ally s.eeeedut," eeeswtsr just the ham
Intimation that at some point the result§
were not as satisfactory as .t others.
. stolid...• las lie.. Otl..
Every oonfidenoe, however. 1s telt -that
General Otls a master of the Atuatlon.'
7 be forma under Die oommend, an shown
by the records of the Adjutanl-Generel's
Office, Dec. 10, the data of the last re-
port,
esport, were 21.649 troops Approximately
01,000 men are on their way to jeln lien
o ral Otis to four separate expedition.,
though pope in exacted to reach Manila
for throe weeks or a month. It, s crus
that only 5,000 of Uenersl. Ota' soldier.
=�anf�lr 60idler.
ve , .n ond.rt-•rough discipline and
- training for montb., some as much a
e ight months, and (many p.r$lr-Ioted In
the engage.wnts attending the capture
of Maalla, anal are practically as good as
repliers.
Streeeth of the Enemy Not Knows.
No one here know" the real strength
of the Insurgents opposed to General
Otis. Ssill the beet belief of 6he authori-
ties at the War Department 1s that they
number about 30.000 men, but they
are not comparable to the A m.rlan
forces In personnel, discipline or quality
of areae It M taeowe {bat they have
none Mattears, some Remington. .nd •
variety of other firearms, and ft is ena-
meled that they have been quite ole0ti-
fully supplied with ammaoltloa from
°Melds.
Diplomats Are 1st• d.
e Diplomats took a lively interest 11 the
news, realizing tb.t the Government of
the United states will call upon :hem
very early to .se to It that no old of any
sort 1. rendered to the F:hpina., •nd
that no filibustering expedition .hall
leave their soil with monitions of war
or supplies for the Insurgents. Special
precaution. will be asked to be taken at
Singapore and Hongkong, principal
polate of the ea•wrn trade, to prevent
the despatch of ,enrols carrying morel
.argues in .Id of the insurgents.
t
D ERAILS Or THE FIGHTING.
1 he Aggreselre ritlplo.' Fought Hravdy,
He. Were 66.6.., Hack.
Manila, Feb. 6. -The long -expected
clash between the Americana and Fili-
pinos Me oome at Iasi. It came at 8.45
nn Saturday eventng, when three daring
Flllpinoe darted past the Netreega
Heglment'e pickets at Santa Mere, bat
satire.: when challenged. They repeated
the experiment without drawing the
s"o.trles' fire. Dot the third time Cor-
poral Greedy challenged tha Filipinos
an I then tiled. killing one of them and
wounding another.
.5a Ineffectual ►n.11.de.
Almost immediately afterward" the
Filipinos' line from Cahoon to Santa
Men oommtuned a (unlade, whleh was
ineffectual. The Nebraska, Montana
mud North Dakutn outpost" replied
v6goroasly, and held their ground until
reinforcements' arrived.
'1 he Filipinos in the meantime Orman-
tramd at three polar". Calvoren, Gagel-
an n and Santa Mesa. At about 1
•'Nook on Sunday morning the Filipinos
muted a bot fire from all three places
"h. sitaneopsiy. 1'h1e wart anpported by
the fire of two siege gone at Batik Hallk,
and by advancing their ■kirnil.her. at
Pain end I'anda,un. The Americans re-
minded with a terrible fru. hat owing
to the darkness they were unable to
determine ISa effect The iltah Light
Artillery dwell, succeeded In silencing
the native batten. The Third Artillery
. I.o did gond work on the extreme left
The engagement bated over .n boar.
lianl,,,ot. 1"5 a Hand.
The U.S. cruiser Charle"tnr, and the
g unboat Concord, .tenoned off Malabon,
opened Gas f/tt1R Pelt .cooed batteries
on the Flllpinon' postilion at Calvooan
and kept it op vlgornosiy. At 2.45 there
wee another funned. along the entire
line, and the U.S. neakning doable-tcr
robed monitor Monadnock opened fire on
the enemy from off Malate.
With daybreak nn Sunday the Amen
eats. advltnond. 7 he California and
W t-hlegton regiment. made n splendid
sheep en I drove the rilipinne from the
v111.ge of Peen and Santa Mesa Th.
Nehmen. Regiment alert dl.tingul,hed
1'.rlf, capturing enteral prisoners and
one bdvritrtr, and a very earring position
•t the reservoir whlnh le nnnnented with
the waterviorka. The Kansa* and Dakota
reg,menta nnmpelled the enemy's nest
Rank to retire to Catenate. There was
Intermittent firing et vaHod& perinea all
day long.
$0 Amer4tane Mined. --
The Inns of the Filipinos cannot las
entli $ted at present, but they are knees
M bu ennelderabls. The Amerloon !omam
an detineated at 90 teas killed add 155
wounded Tbe Ygewa{sa, armed with
►ears .nd meows, made • ver, deter
5 e, a nand la the fa0. of IM tow 4116
8Afl
r►/iY.
alt and tell nman)the dead ares t ire rt``►1 E`
Geld. Several attempts were orad* In ALM
city (ID, bmIsMdaj 60 an'daslnate Aslerseen
Waco..
I 11 LATC1T MULLSTINI.
Action Co.ba wo All $sudsy -The Troop
5.9.,.d H•reieolly.
Wasbleatoa, Feb. 6.-(15.55 a.1111./ -
The following supplemental da.p5M8
from (lea. O11s has just been made
pub! Is:
"To Adjutani-Geedra) : Manila, Feb- k
" Feb. 6.-la.•rgenb la large furoe opal.-
ed
paafed intact on our outer Ilut. at 6.46 last
evening; renewed attack serosal Guise dor-
leg eight: at 4 o'clock this looming souse
Ilse ragaatd; •11 attaok' rrpuioad; at day-
break ennead agorae ineurguuta. and
bar. drlveo them beyond lines they fur
firmly oretried, eapturl•g several villages
and their define* worle. Lrurgeat lows 1.
dead ■ ld wounded largo, Our own casual -
thee tbce tar ratlmarr4 .1 175; very few
111.1. Troop* enmumeartle ■•d seting fear -
id 'let -titled' ice
Irony.dank. .4 enemy,
pity held 1a check sad
absolute quiet prefabs; I.5urgrota have se-
cured geed meaty Menerr rube. a few arid
pleoee and quit! Orlus gum, wftb au.eual-
tlua, during last month.
"(Signed) Ott.."
taADlfib EICI7'!D.
(lea. Rios nepert. That Ao.rioan ex-
torter t.6... W.re l'rptured.
Madrid, Feb. 6, -Intense ezelt•ment
was caused here by the receipt haat even•
ing of the following official despatch
from Gen. Rios, the Spanish commander
in the Phillpplo.5.
"The insurgents have violently moaned
and captured ninon the whole of the ex-
terior American line. The Americana at-
tired • vigorous defence •I the exterior
barriers.. using their ■rtlllery as well as
the squadron.
"The warships destroyed and burned ('al
I0orau. 1'a and several towns In the
aelebborh Both sides suffered ma-
terially. Very sharp drleo eontlnue.. The
91Ndsk troops have been eonneed W (1u■►-
ters. but a sergeset ha* been wounded by
a serer ballet. I3650.d) Rios."
The popular sympathy here 10 on the
side of Agulnaldo, but thinking people
are anxious regarding the cooeeluenoaa
of the fighting especially on account of
the Spanish prisoner* atilt In the hands
of the insurgent.
%pat■ 55 111 Itesp•et Treaty.
The Spanl.b Oovernment has N0 Dews
of the conflict at Manila, and 15 fa added
that the Government of Spain will ".ot
in the most correct manner and scrupul-
ously respect the treaty of Fvfe"
M• Wool. Too Mash.
Otmeral Rios, oomm.ndlug the Span-
ish troops In rho Philippines, (labial that
Agulnaldo offers to release the Spanish
prisoner' on the payment of 5600.000 and
the handing over to him of the annon,
rides and-ey.000,000 cartridges beloeging
Io the Spaniard& The licaeriktumuot tiara,
replied tb.1 46 ewold not .00ept this
transaction as It would be equivalent to
Indirect protection of the Insurgents,
which woola be a breach of the Spaniels
agreement with the United States. Ago-
Inaldo, It appears, still retains the civil
prisoners' and the monks.
Thousands of Vlllpinw Killed.
London, Feb. 6.-A Manila d.5paWb
to The Morning Poet toy,: " Last Light's
(Saturday) .na to -day's (MuDd.yl en-
gagemente have proved a veritable
slaughter for the Filipinos, their 9111.4
being reported se asnoa.tlag ee thous-
and.. The Amoebae foreeecould scarcely
Dave been better deposed. It Is now
known that the astaok was fully expect-
ed, and that every precaution had been
made to meet the enemy.
"Firing slackened at noon (Sanday1,
the enemy being apparently demoralized.
The Amarioan troops, however, are fully
equipped to meet a possible attack to-
night.
"Agulnaldo's pries". wereary has been
ar eeted ■■ a spy at Manila. Perfect
quiet now reigns f0 the city. Mors than
• hundred wounded Filipinos Mhos from
the trendies are Deng oared for en *be
American boepitata."
w tear LONDON 'APRILS SAT,
Amereue May Mayo a Series ad Tell -
seem Campalges.
j.oedon, Feb. 8. -The Daily Cbrenlole
mays: The Filipinos have helped 60 &More
the ratification of the prom treaty.
The Standard sale: The paucity of
news and the boldness of tits rebels In
DIM, attack upon Manila are ominous,
and It 1s not unlikely that the Areertoane
W11 bans a series of toilsome campaign■
over the soottered Islands.
The Daily News says: The fact that
American blood has been abed will
serum, we imagine the immediate rail -
Meilen of the peace treaty. The Filipino
have shown tbelr unfitness for self
government at the very outset by • rash
and untimely manifestation,
Agnnelllo T.kes rre.eh Leah
Washington, Feb. 6.-Agonefile, the
representative of Arulnaido here, left
Washington at midnight H• was an-
doubtedly advlaed of the skirmish, and
the euppo.ltion Is that be went away le
get out of trouble. 'ills secretary says be
ham gone to Ilaltlmore.-
Azonrllln Heading for Caa.da.
New York, Feb. 8.-A deltoids Se
The New York Herald from Albany mays
that Agoneillo, representative of the Fili-
pino Junta In Ihle errantry, peened
through that oft, but night en roue for
Canada. Anoording to Information m-
ethod M the oorrespontent of The Her-
ald, the United States Government has
no Inte.tlon of making an •rreet of
Agonolllo, and w111 allow him to proceed
scram the Cauedlan line.
tgasws le a right.
London, Feb. 6. -Mary Lynn', the
Oneida woman, ohargel with assaulting
Esther Dortater, another .naaw, has
been sent to jail for 90 days In default
of a fine.
111.•1 Shore en B• No More.
Duffels, N.Y.. Feb. 8,-A New York
deepateh to The Evening News says:
When Second Viee President and Gen-
eral lieneger Jame. D. Layng of the
West Shore Hatband retiree April 1.
them. w'11 he po more West Shore Hail -
road. The entire absorption of the read
has boon decided upon b7 the New York
Central, and the "West Shore Railroad'
an a name w111 dteeppear from the ears.
tickets and advertising matter, and the
name of the Central w111 to sabatltnwd.
rngland Laughing at John Italy.
N.W York, Feb. 6.-A London despatob
to The 'lime. 14 as follows: All England
la laughing at John 11.17, the released
Jynamlter, now Mayor of Llmerlrt. who
-at the tint meeting of she Menials/el
Connell, end that If dleorder did not
cease be ehonld be obliged to call In
"the enemies. of the people." That la,
the pollee
N►, King le d•ttor.
Winnipeg. Feb. n, -Rev. Dr. King,
who h.. Leen eerinnlely 611 with prom.
monla, Is "lightly ImprovediS le hoped
now that the oriole hes hem p•em& and
that Ik. King la on the road to speedy
r.ees.ry.
8.
The Gloomy Reports From Congo
Free State Confirmed.
Tae K 1 the Selgla.s ■as la-
mmed the Nativw a.d Dlmtaa„►aa
t►• Preetlgo et W Altos-A.{w•rp Met,
shoats Lew M1111... .oto eaglets.
rro•eh ..d ours$... Will u.d..bted-
ly Sutler Rhode. Agola to th. Pore.
London, Feb. 6.-"rlvle advice' from
the Congo oon5rm the gloomy reports
Mat bar• found 18.1r way Into print,
and even more. The administration of
the Pree State bas ool)apeed over tea
greater part of IM vast territories, 504
the remaining force', when tem last mall
left, were being eo0aentraled at the bead
of the railway. Morse of ,Mtloae were
abaodor.•d, and the slather denroy•d the
remainder. Antwerp oommerolal bourse
w111 loos millions and trade will be para-
lysed far 7•.r..
-nears
ablalea1a.��Wps
rtul trouble frleed by
nears anal miselonariee-at�'ilen7(Brbtid
se plaited to the dhyredlt of the B•lgit•
°Moers, olnll and mllleary, whore one
thought bee been to maks • personal
profit by explolalag Ihe enmeshed noes,
regardless of what followed. The gravest
feature of the situation Is Gm loss of
white prestige throughout Oentr.l Atries
Freaeh, (Hyman .ul Musllsb people will
Mee ;ebly 'sutler
Cecil Rhodes •Intel Leopold on Satur-
day, and It l■ 11)t impossible that we
soon may hear that h• bas arrange: to
tato the Congo off the hands of the Bel
glen mouarob.
A Central News despatch from Brussels
says that .demo have been received there
from the Clog° Free Sete that Major
Lotbalre, commanding • force of Congo
troops. has defeated, with beevy loss, the
tribe of Mong.la anolbale who re'ently
killed and ate four Belgians.
F*ENCIt 0054.0 PttOI'Oa t Lt.
Lord Sall•b.ey Sold a• Hav• 1'ledg.d
Nrltale Not t. Ia•rfere.
Brussel', Feb. 6 --King Leopold boo
postponed decision on the French pro -
poral* to puroha•o the Congo Flea State
013111 the time expire", In 1000, whoa the
Belgian Chambers have the right 60
determine *hetner Belgium shall annex
Congo.
11 6. reported that Lord 3all,bury la
aldtng the growing Angle Frenoh entente
b7 pledging 1915 England will not oppoaa
Franco asS. 4hru ge4el*ga of pre-ernpiton
In Congo.
King Leopold'' finances are nearly ex-
hausted, and 111 h1 immersible for biro b
pp$le the'a•Oaq/ xemie6N6s le !'aemogatF
the upper reglono of the Congo, now held
by the Batmen tribes. Further spread of
the revolt may fora. him to appeal 10 the
Belgian Chambers for Immediate help,
or to ask the French Government to
midst him.
In any event. England. under present
condition., 1. 0eeotia100g with Fraise
not to Interfere In Ne affair.
WH¢ME IS PRINCK LUDWTIG?
Lawyers .,n Advertt.Ieg I. Knalteed b
-- ib771aeiaa Pria...
6.'-b own''
teen dwa.d to the dleappearann• of
PrIDea .-..Ludwig Carl of Lowenstein-,
Wertbatta. He we' last seen In England.
In October, with the Prloo• pf Wales, be
was a guest of the Duke of Portland at
Welbook Abbey.
Now a•London law firm 1s advertising
a revert for the Prince to forward hie
address, saying that important business
awaits his attention. The Prince's wife,
who 1s a daughter of the Earl of Wax
borough, repudiates the mien of the
lawyers. She declares that else knows Mr
busbssd a oafs la . distant oleos, Dat
refuel" ie q edema The Princess ad-
mits that sumo dlerepotable people have
rvoently tried to blackmail her regarding
her husband, but gives no names. The
lawyers who advertised for him believe
that he a still in England.
*0 OSLONIrs TO LOOK A PTEA.
Apaei•h C.blset H.• Dee1d5 to Abolish
t•• C.Lalal Portfolio.
Madrid, Feb. 6. -The Cabinet at IM
'meeting on Saturday decided W cabalist,
the Ministry of the Colonlea, and • de-
ems ordering the taking of the step w111
las immediately pr.oenDeo to the Queen
Degeot for her signature.
Premier Saga.a h.. been authorised
to revoke the suspension of the oanmtHo-
tlonal guarantee whenever he thinks
proper. it Is stated that Senor Sagan
will roma to an ande»tanding on the
"object with the Minister of the Interior,
rbe0r' Capdepon, who says that .the men -
sure Will be pat lab force with 1lttle
-
SHIPSUILDSB* WOshgl7Yra'
Meagre. I1•N8 Solo.
Ottawa, kelt. 5. -Daring Ih. mn.th of
Jennary 96 death' took pixie* In Ottawa,
of ',Minch 16 were the mull of nnntaglnne
diseases. is the tame month law year R4�
deaths tank plea from all Massa
floc
Tromso. T7.• aril Clyde Oeetr•ihnl
Meavlly Pressed With Work. .
London, Feb. 6. -The shipyards on the
Thames, Pyne and Clyde are bonding
more 'hips for the British navy than
ever before. A11 the royal dockyards are
working overtime As .n 1 stbnoe of the
energy dl.played, It may tei stated that
1n Mareh, 18118, the battleship Goliath,
12,950 tone, was launched at Chatham,
and within three weeks the Irreal.t,ble a
keel plate was laid. The Irresistible,
16,000 tone, was launched In December,
and lad month she battleship Venerable,
15,000 tons, was laid down. Thum three
battleships have 000upled one slip within
ten months, • world • record.
SALISBURT WAS CURT.
The British Premier Repllod t.. the
Nultae'a Ambee•.der Coolly.
Constantinople, Feb. 6. -The Sultan,
becoming •!armed at the nonelOelon of
the Anglo Egyptian Soudan convention,
recently In•trnoted the Turkish ambassa-
dor In i.nndon to we Lord Salisbury, and
anent. for the safeguarding of Turkey's
right' ID Egypt. Lord Salisbury replied
that the present tint* for snob an •1''
r•angsment was inopportune.
Italy i• Tokio( • H..d. -
London, Feb. 6,-A Central New'
despalob from Rome says: "The Agenea
filberts Bates {bat Admiral Broebetti,
on Newel the Fler.mose., 1. proeedldg to
join the other three Italian warship" In
Cbineee waters, when he will sedum'
eommand of the squadron- The ooneen-
tnsion .0 these motels a moat important,
as It onnesrna the aeenp•tton of Italy of
• part of the Oolf of Perblll.
,nate,.)•, Merdtr and awl.04..
Lima, Oblo Feb. 6.- Frank Bien shot
end hletanlly killed Edward Brossard
soil Mary Anderson at Weatmlh.ttr,
seven m11es asst of here. Saturday and
)ihmedtstely afterwsri• ennmitted .eat•
nide Jonlnn.y Was the .etas., Bleb and
Mimi Anderson having been engage! pre
•lots to Browsed a appearance on the
an.ne.
A Rig Orale wo,•.w.nt
(1060*•. Pak 6, --General Manager
Chamberlain of J H HnoSh'. railroad
and eteemehlp Ilnee mays he expecte b
move 16,000.000 halitosis of grain from
Dnletb and (hinagn to the w via the
Parry 1l.snd and Caned. At.anllc Rall
w• 'emeasee` .
BRITAIN'S LOVED QUEEN
M.. Simko. tae Rewr4 t. Loo/t8 or
M•tg. red 56,6. Pair la Mak. 44411
r. a•a.r.5s l'r,.••ar.
1.00.100, Feb. 6. -The likelihood of Her
Maje.y becemlug • greet greet greed
mother Is uau.ing ea 11{11. ..'IMtIOo
896 has alre.de 32 areal-gnndablldren,
but If all goo. wall she will In May put
•notber record to her wonderful career,
when the ountloement of Primmer Hope
rob Reuse le azp.otel. For a sovereign
to have great-grsaFgraudoblldren is
wltboul parallel lu history.
CLAIMS AN "
Alleged to de • Dlwlw.re by t8. 01d
toe 156.8 Roel of B
itHnburgb, Feb. 6.-A new heir has
turned up for the UW and estates 0t the
Earl of Buchan, one of the indust fami-
lies in 8outlaad. 1t is alleged that • man
now employed is surveying • rellwey
tine In Chili le the rightful heir, Ineaead
of lord Caldron', and lawyme have takeu
up lila claim. The old ivy married Min'
Smith of Stirliag, and Lord eardrum,
born iD 1650, le their eon. She died and
the Furl married_ la Ln 1570, Mies
JasaglC'2t is o1*1 , r, on behalf
of the man In Chili, that be is the son
by a secret marriage, *blob preceded
both of these marriages, and wblob was
constituted legal by decimation In Soot
land. The old Carl bad quarrelled with
Lora C'ardross over the •entementef the
.5
.51.5, and 11 le mid threatened *bred
forward • real herr. The ones Is 1St* 60
b•oomo • came sel.9,..
GET TM5I1 HONKY BACK.
Cortes Family of Manila to Det '1,000.
000 C•aawatod by $pyla.
Manila, Feb. 0.-Oener.l Otla bas
ordered to be restored to the rich Cortese
family aB the property wblob the Span-
ish eoefeoatml. TM value of the property
M eatlmated a1 51,000.000.
Waabington, F.L- 6. -Ramon Cortes
and Maximo Gorton and wife are In
Washington awaiting aolfoo by the War
Department upon t5elr petition to have
returned to them simile properties In the
Pbllpploee- They are pleased .t the re -
$alta
HI1.9..ck Likes t►• ('ser,
Loudon, Felt. n. -Mr. Ethan Allen
HIIch'sock, the retiring American .m-
bussafor to Russia, who was recently
appointed United States Secretory of the
Interior, arrived in London on Saturday
on ills way to WaSbington. In an Inter-
view be meld that he had a profound
admiration for the young potentate, and
expressed himself strongly 54 to the
User's frankness. sincerity and •nter-
pras- He soon a. she idea that the
C>s.r's peace prop,gande le Looplred by
tiny bat the highest motives.
Probably a Ca..rd.
Paha, Feb. 6.-A rumor 1. current
hoe that the Mabdlate bane stormed the
Scop of Rehr. In the Soudan.
A CYCLIST SUICIDES.
Walter M.1o, Slows Out Ills Igraine is
Els Motel .t Slekm•ad Hill
5 .I on SSSwrd•v.
l_Yblf(IrN 501. Pe4 0. -TM usual
Alltelinton4
9t1F1.m.l�wd errade swstgntaga5 Satur-
day morning when the sad Intelligence
of the salclde of Mr. Walter Holm, the
youthful proprietor of the Palmer House,
was ooaveyed from neighbor to neighbor.
The occurrence had happened between 10
In the morning, when the dammed env
last sen, and 11.46, *ben the body was
discovered cold and Melee In the front
cellar of the hotel. Beside the body was
an Enfield ride, that had been used to
a000mplieb the rash aut. The left hand
was badly blaekened, and appearances
wuold ledleae that the muzzle of the
ride had bees held to the mouth by 1t,
*bile the trigger was palled by the rlgbt
The bullet bad entered the roof of the
mouth and pawed out at the back of the
head, Musing instent deckle.
The Mils, Is situated immediately be-
low its dining room, and what seemed •
/eyeery to everyone, was the fast that
no one heard tics Mecharge of the rifle.
Dammed had taken charge of the Notal
in May, 1897, and It was generally con-
ceded that he was doing a paying bud
n ems. Hs was a strict Ml*otallee. and
paid counsel attention to bl. business.
Hie father, Mr. Harry Hulse, formerly
kept hotel on York street. and now runs
two bowls In Bradford, and Is widely
Engem through the country. i)r, Netles,
eseener m the 41.irlot, viewed the body
0. Saturday afternoon, and decided that
an Inquest was unnecessary. Two little
bey. and • young wife, *te Ie .Ii.tnrted
with grief, are tett to mourn the mad
stent TM deceased was only 27 lean
old and was a Iplgodld athlete; some few
years ago be was well known among the
bl•yoting fraternity, having won many
prlaea ■t various 00nte.t..
15'. Nle. le Ile an-_-.._-
1%slre•1. Feb. 2 rlbe Freerh-(anon•
Alam of Montreal motet be s reading
peegkt when one of their pipers le able to
957 toe editor the .nlnry of the chief Joe.
the of the (hurt M ADpenl.. le 17,•.se
teswep•per ba Jn.t entered Into a eontr.l^t
WW1 0. A. Daneerreu, by which the et-
poetmaster becomes editor of Ln Ire.te at
• salary of $600 • year, *1h n Dill up
fife 1n.arapk police of 540.045) thrown Into
a
rhe Yemaw
pan ■ grR1t
e* the he deal
A •1,500,150 0.,i 1n N.,• Stott,.
Hallfar, Feb. 8, -The dee! between R.
M. Whitney. et Bosom Meese.. President
of the Dominion Coal Cliamenv, and the
Nova geode Iron and Meet compile, hr
• large portico of she Iran .rows owned by
the latter 1n Newfmuonaad Is $hoot to he
c.anr.let,,1 The sum Involved te *1.nen.000.
Mr. Whitney's Intention le to pen ileh Iron
works in (bps Breton an ■n extensive
•ale, Sydbey and Louisburg win he 'se-
lected.
I-e*gkri. Waste • Job.
North Ray, Feb. 6.-15 penned olrele.
at Nip1.51ng 16 le minted that Mr. John
loughrtn, M.P.P.. w111 be appointed dig,
tried registrar, In anomesion to the 1.M
William Doran. A largely signed potlties
ham been clrnalated In his behalf, and It
la understood that Mr. I.ongbrin •Igni5d
h a willingness to swept the (Moe.
Vim le
Vancouver, B.O., Feb. 6. -Fire yowler.
day destroyed Moore's tobsmo .twee at
the corner of Oordooa and Hleb.re
streets. Damage, ahem 911,000; Inter -
anal unknown.
Med From Ills Injuries.
8t. Thomas, Fob. 6. -John W. Carr of
Union, who was Iajnred la Me woods •
few dare ago. la dead.
D•.th of Mrs, eerier.
Brantford, Feb. 4. -tare, Mary J. Ver-
ity, widow of Me late W. H. Verity,
pa.eed swat early yeeterday morning,
atter • lengthy Illne•. The *enemas' lady
was widely know• and highly redeemed.
Elbe was In her 66th year. She leaves •
large family, among whom are: Mee.
Owego Mnotbe0., 1'ueonte; Robert H.
Verity, general 'manager of the Verity
Plow Work.; Mee, George Nanton, Brant-
ford; Mee T. B. Cartier, Exeter: Mrs.
(IM..) D. W. H.meay. Ottawa; Mee R.
Petard, Exeter; Willl.m .1 Verity,
via•-preeidant Veen, Plow Werke; Mrs.
(Prof.) Braun, Oblrtg0, end Mee. Fred,
Burnett of tele (Sty. The late Mia Ver.
tty was • leading ebereh works,, and her
death le regretted by all.
PfNlffNIIaNY FOR LIFE.
Mrs. Or'della Botktn, the Cali-
fornia Prisoner, Sentenced
("ems arlt.la Hr.. Grant Big Radu...
neon o. J... Now 14.41011441.'. rape,
1.11.• 1. 5... 51,011, asd Mer Ase...-
abl• 7.0... Aro $:0,670,000-1eaato.
Cea natal to Meld Majority ..f Canada
-• Life etre t slosh.
A case of smallpox 1s reported in Corn-
wall, Ont
Coslm. Wagner, Ire widow of Hlobard
Wagner, the grant 0mpo.er, Is danger-
ously Ill of pueuwonle, at Vietnam
The Hay Bros.' ehelr factory Is likely
10 be rebuilt, as It Is e.6d the town will
either loan or Mums them eo the extent
of 526,V.W.
Ausording to the •awosor•' reports she
population of Hamilton a 51,011. 1 h
'167 bas asso•sabl. •Aloe. amounting to
.5 6 6 VUO
FELL ANOTHER CENT.
5o Euuoareetag *ow, M aaheSM•1e ea
>.tu,drr, Vua.eh There Nre 11.111.40
lr All r)aert.re Y►lee•.
Saturday KlrnI.g. F h 4.
L1lrrvajM wheat futures were heave enrols
today. ''•'+•try{ lad per cepu1 lower thou
)55 ertlay,
Perna wheat wan unete •ed to -day. tylia
dour *teed), to 6 reutlmes off.
('hleago futures o.•utluur on 410.11 gill
40 Oa,. IMO the market recorded • remotion
of still •uuthar twin, menus In all . .t:vp
of user 6t• per Mabel for 115, week rude!
"today. New tort end o,. least. loth sold
arid there w.• 66tH, or int eue.urasb.a .4111
!hailing around. -
L.ao.aa Wheat NarWt..
Ares fork ... NIS 0 T4'
Milwaukee ... V flit . ••
St. Lutla .... O 4 0-T4 iq illL4 p,
1Wdo .. V 711y .... . �„
Dclnib. No. 1
N. r. hero .... V 0+')k o 55% 0 T H 0 Tl';4
Duluth, No. 1
MnuLespldie , 0 66% it ..
i
'1\rt•olq vas.. 0 W .... • • • •
fort ere, too. 1
herd Mewl.. 0 91 ....
Toronto 5t. Leverenee Markel.
Torre wYd,dalr snorkel today las fares
. 1 1,rtalu. r. 5114+o'' ..'a,:,ting cheaper and
�t.lass- to ,15e. ()heirs
The Yrs County Ooonelf has aM!!�P Gelewe .o►-Je•
ably oonelderell the air Hue propel* fpm le Ill" "1"' I,u 1""
K1evve I., ...,r. d uud arty bushels' of grays
Toronto to Ueorgan Bal. 1t did •o hew
ally In a resolution. -- -
Mrs Spool of Montreal gave birth to
• child on the C.P.H train arrlviug It
Otlrwa Saturuay night Bothe are doles
well at the Ottawa Maternity Hoap 1.l.
Fitly -0v Toronto publlo sellout boys
left fur Tampa as "troop." on Saturday
to amend the mammal nel•bratloa WON
as representative' of our army. Thee
aided firma.
1)r. Lewis Johnston*, one of tic• best-
knowu physicians In Nova Scotia, is dead
at Sell■rto0, N S. H. was Grano Mown
et the limonite Grand Lodge of Nova
Moils In 1887 8.
The number of emigrant. from British
perm to Canada during January was:
Eng•Pt.b 831, trials 14, Sands 14 and for-
eign 406. To Australia there went 717,
•nd to Ib• Cape 1,469.
The Deportment of Finance at Ottawa
on Saturday rewired $29.38 sonemence
money frum "Britisher," Kingston, be
lug 1125 deo, with four years' oompound
In lare58
A mac named Trel•,eau jumped from
• Grenadine Pantie train Sean ewlft Cur-
rent on Ss$acday and was found yeswr-
day germs distance front the track with
h is threat omit It le clearly • case of sui-
cide.
Forty-Ibrwe tbou.sd dollars has al
ready teen paid oo the John hewn fire
maims las '1'orooto o7 lusuranoe .00u.pan-
les doing Mistimes In Ontario. Twenty-
three tbommed MAT M MW bens Iron
torted, _ -
It Is now said Mal Senator Coe holds
tke majority of the Canada Life Co
paid-up stock, and that 1b• appeal meet
log on the 1468 hitt. w111 .0190,6*. r•
moral of bead offices from Hamlitou w
Toronto,
Prince Alfred of Sams-Coboarg-Goth.,
grandson of the Queen, w111 leave the
sanitarium at Memo, Austria, La Yin.
recovered from els nervous breakdown.
He w111 be taken to l(cjp) by his parent.
11411/ • long way.
Mrs. Coidella Deakin was..ol.need to
6�alisa tee life at Sae P".gione ter -
ttliHtta� in' tic murder at n75. Jolla'
1'. Denning of Dover, D•1., whom she
killed by means Of poisoned candy mot
through tie mails.
Viscount Hinton, the organ -grinder,
who olan,n• to be tin' heir of Karl Poo
lots, has sold bis own effigy and the
organ sends be ground so long In err
streets of London, to Mme I'nese ud•
war works and golf the mendicant buil
noes. He wept as he carted with the
organ.
A able .575 Orem Prison's boatmen
boom keeps pace with that of the Unite:
States, that not le 10 years bee there
been Ruth general prosperity In Maims.
and stocks, that the Increase in the l'n.
ted Stams exports arbores lees attention
than it would in ordinary times, a the
manutaeturer. have all the order* they
Oen 011.
The magistrate of the District of the
Cathedral at Havana has Indicted Senor
Ca.taeeda and foot members of the board
of dlr.e$oi. of the H Tramway Co
for fraud. The Indictment 1" based upon
the Shards that the directors mold M.
tramway to Castaneds, who was the Pm
est bidder, under the influence of • bribe
The deolslon of the judge hos created ■
tremendous sensation lo the fifty.
Va.saa rine a . Gold Prod..yr.
Weabington, Feb 6. -According to
Consul Brush at (Tifton. Caned*, the
output of gold front the Klondlk• ao,l
British Columbia has rained Canada to
the fifth place In the list of gold-protoc•
ing countries. While the United State.
shows an inor.a•d output for 1898, It i.
"t111 ..onnd to the Transvaal. Aceordint
to the lancet throne, the five lading
gold prolaefng nountelei for 1898 are e.
follow.: 'Transvaal 174,47,600; Uattid
Stat, 564,3431,000); Mistretta, 181,484, -
768; Kumla, 1:6,136,994; Cooed*, e1.,
190,000.
Levet Themh and Finger.,
Wlarton, Ont., Feb. e.-fel r. Vogl.
millowner, Adam•vllle, had both ban.'•
badly l•oereted by the shingle saw in b+
null on Sator0.y. the thumb one take
off AN right band, and two fingers e0
81s Left
C.•e• of Grip.
Aslte,ilH, Onl, Feb. 6.-Pi'enty Mee
of la grippe have developed at the Ineti•
tailors for the Deaf and Dumb- None o
then. are "alone.
111
Fire st Barrio.
Berrie, Feb 4--Yeetsr.ay Ore broke
eon in Voir R. Co.'s drygood. *tore, and
spread on one vide to Mrs. MoNeill'. 11, -
Ing apsrtmente, • store recently vacated
IN Frawley Jt Devlin, J. F. Jeekeoa7
photograph gallery and W,,., , Pas's dry -
goods Orme, and on the other aide to H.
,w. Stephens' clothing store, flames Valr',
grocery and R. H. Williams' storm and
tl,Ing roo.n.. The block of six storm was
owned by W. A. Pee, Thomas Jobn,nn,
George I'Iaxton, H O. Orobam, J. S
Johnson anal Robert King, .r., whom
loose ars about 5500, 91.500, 53,700,
95,000 and 1500 r•epen}heiy. The mer-
chants who lost are: W A. Pae, 91,008;
J. F..taekson, 5400; Valr d; Co., 51.,•
000; R. A. Stephen., 93,000; Jame
VaIr, 54,000; it P. William., 91,94)0;
Mr. MnNe111, 9300. With tbe eteeptlos
e rho last named, the loom are prttolly
covered by Insurance.
*het•• la IM wlad Nowt
Ottawa, Feb. 4. -Ron. Moen. Mills,
Blair, Fielding end Hltton have left hen
for New York, where 11 1. understood
they w161 meet the Premier, 1lr Richard
Cartwright and Sir hint. Davies. The
eonfere.se w111, 1t Iv thought, he in eon
section with the deliberation' of the high
somm151100.
Rah, 05.0531• • Potted -
Mishawaka, ind., Feb, 4. -Then was
born M the wife d Noble /tenth, In this
city, the smallest Infant ever reported In
Northern Indiana. Tee ehlld 1. •boot the
aim of an ineendeenent eleetrle light
globe and weigher one pound. Tbe physi-
elan, toe old preens Inner, says It *111 Hie
mei as to loom, What, weedy. wbite, 10u
blt.hel. at 71yµ•: rt.i, 13o bushels at 7144•;
emcee. 5110 bush.da at *8'.
oats dem. 4W nuelble at 34c to 33.'.
!brim are, 0*1 buab,.b at 41k• to 51'.
Pros •teadr�. h..a.', �buabes •, IIS'.
Hesr�
Hest. are: light, *5.247. to
Hay, 26 loads, timothy at 58 to 4f1.30, and
c4uwrr at 116 to $7.50 ..•,
Straw. 4 Lade at 84 to $7.
Mut Hsa.le cattle Markel.
Kest Buffalo, Feb. 4. IIow.'lpte of dales
cud (Imelda cattle, •beeb and toga during
the 24 hour* eroded at uuon to-d*y were:
Cattle 121 ears. sheep dud tarot,$ I8 caro.
bug. 5C8 cars. Sblpment• of rattle 97 care
• hero and Lambs 14 cart, hog. Ill cars.
l'.tlle-There were 14 loads on sale, all
Canadian stutters. Four load. erre add
■ t abate tenets to ship through. There
was no Iltye to the calve trade. etude. to
erne, 67.50 to 57.75: good l6 choice. $7 L'
17.50. She and 1.0Are, 3e mads on sale
The Market was g.wprall, steady oil the
Ions of LS to $5.05. Lamb* Good 10
ruche. 84.901 to LIG: volumes to (fond. 64.15
to 14.1)0. Sheep-4'hok-V to rater, $4.23 to
14.40: good to cboMe, 54 to $4.26: common
to seed, $2.76 to K1.73.
Hoge -The marine o.pene'd steady. with
'5 load. on sale. Medium end heavy 14
to Slid; Yorkers. Klan In t1; ply* 5.11.
to 11.70; roughs, $1.23 to 51.46: ateg.L 52.75
to $3. Clodng sales west full, live 4e5(1,
lower than the opening: good w.'110" York
tri n'•Alh obtalnebl.• at 51.96; medium end
brave, $4, and nig.. 51.05_
Britton Markets.
1lv*ped- Feb. 4.-02 110.1 - Nn- 1 Nor
sodas wheat. 5.: No. 1 nal . Its 11.1 In M 1,1
red winter. 1L nal: fors, new, 1. 'M: o I I
1. 914d• one. .Sal iter pork. 514: lard. Vi.
Ifd: {•pew, Ida; bt.en. 310111 eat. hem..
27. 6.1: 11[9.. 27s: tor, light. 25.: chard,
1.6111 wh1tt •nd ,vdored 4118.
L 411110ol- Chloe Apo( wheat doll: awl
minter. es 2d; No. 1 Northern. ea- No. 1
Val -.G. Sal: Stterakjeg d . led winter. le
Rild for Merril and 6a T 4 f.r alae. Wale
►lead,; 5. Itttd for new mud 3. 9tel for old.
futures quiet: new. M 7(4.4 for March and
3s Fed for May. Flour, 195
A 611ALLPOI 61E0E.
a.ead-Cp of the (loostf'd the •...dome
Hotel at Omaha, Neb.
Omaha, Neb., Feb. 6. -Teres eases of
smallpox were discovered at the Vendome
Hotel, 1n the centre of the alt,. on .sat
today morning. The beetle department
was notified .nd the place was at once
an.rastined,
-* sqlsitet pWie Mere hurried to
the hotel. and when 7M ge.5ta stetted to
come out as ostial they discovered that
they were prisoners 'there were many
prote.M. Tiem•W. -men Mewed 60 be
permitted to go *Way, promising to leave
the city Dy the first train, or os toot. 1f
necessary, bat none were allowed to come
oat of the hetet. l'evmal daring fellows,
who preferred ant sort of adventure to
wire abut top for ern days, 611pr.J eat
through the skynght. teal•'! the edjaeent
roofs and, making [bele way through the
snow and Ice over IDs boom top, mac•
aged to reach the ground atter many
narrow escaper. Home of them were Ota
oersted and get sway only afire a foot
ilia with the ofbe.re.
N*ITIIM COL,f , i• Pe, LITRES.
rive smarted M tatme , 2<.5*wleal 3510.4
of Fear► `---- - _..
Victoria, B.C.„--Feb. &-At W open-
ing of the sitting al the Lowteatore on
Saturday the certificates of Meter
Turner, Hall and McPhillips, Ler Vie
Soria City, were read, and the members
were formally Introduced and toot tbefr
. eat..
Hon. Mr. Martin, In moving the me-
ond reading of the 9111 60 .0.nd the
Commutation& Act,. and It wan Intended
to maks the portfolio of mines 5e lode•
pendent department, beside* conferring a
deOnite statue upon the portfolio cf solo
cation, and the President of the Council
He Intimated that It Is the Intention to
have five salaried Ministers Instead of
four.
A ('"ally Ol.,. .f Llq.or.
Venom:Der. B.C., Feb. 6 - Heinle
effort nos being mete to proem' the Oh
of whiskey to Indians. A fine of 5250
wax Impo40.1 on a man who mill one
g lass of liquor without a lioanas
it 1. aarered that • big fond le taring
rained in YMMle to defeat the Lens'
Columbia Government and knoek oat the
alien labor law
1.6.at.•l'ol F floe was married on slat
u ralay.
t: H, HA.' Itl I./,r 5TA4 KILLED.
•e me. Yelhtr of New Fork Tr.Ih'•
--- r.r.at Illustrator.
Ingersoll Feb 2. -Mr. George H.m•
bides of the Ingersoll Port Parting
Cowpony met with an mecldeni at the
re►Id.nee of Mr. William McGrath on
Monday night whleh has rescued fatally.
Mr. Ilambidee'■ wife and family are In
Toronto .ielsing relative*, and daring
their •beenr• he Was hoarding at Mr.
Mo(lretb'e 11e went to the house for tea
• bye usual hoar, and atter supper went
op.tafrs. When going from ens of the
other hoarders' rooms to bl. owd Ls had
to am the stair.. and It Is suppose
stepped over the lending. He fell to t31-
bottom, alighting nn his heed. Ile wae
carried upstairs to his room and a physl
elan was sent for Wh,n the dortnr
arrived it was Need that he was resit-
badly shaken tp, hot hie Interim. were
not thnught serinus. '1 be people In thn
bnuse, chinking that be we. '.ot eerioud'
hart, retired at their asnel time.
Inthe' morning one of the Inmates of
the hones *ebt to Mr. HamMdgsroom
and he was eneonslna.. The domes was
Immedletly sent for, hat nothing roald
h e done He never regained embalm),
n es, and passel away Meant 11 n'elook
Coseuq.ior, of the brain 1. given as the
Moss of Ala death.
Ih easel had been a rockiest of this
town for a number of years, and has
been a valued employs of tic• Ingersoll
Pankfnc (lompany for ,ever 18 years. H•
was 56 year* old, and one of 96. sons la
Jay, the groat simnel).* illustrator l0
New York.
reetlgea Sema» W 111 Mia p.wu.
Sneered, Feb. 1 -The sta1th6n1 r .
gaoling Hos. Mr. Canteen's pnrpeetive
entry ial she Lander Cabinet ming be-
lievers hen ovary day. 16 le said aloe
that a large seeable of the 0.6910.8 1e for
appointing him M the Senate In place of
Hen. Mleh*.l Alamo, bet teas • other
tontine feels ram It went' be Memel Im•
possible en pacify the New Brenewlet
Liberals If this Mere dote
Aia[eaM[NT SY$TCNL
8s0
The Canadtan Order of Forestay
has a larger Surplus par heart, and
still larger for each 91,000 of rink
tarried, than any other Society of the
kind In Canada. 8urpIus per member
$s 1.85; per $i,uoo. oo of Insurance $io, 95
All the money received from the
monthly Insurance fees is placed tate
the Insurance Fund, and no portion of
this fund or the interest accriasg thele.
hem as be seed for any purpose what-
ever other than the liquidation of data
claim certiOnttn. Nota fraction cos
M tied for managing purposes,
All asks careful l y selected. Nine
purely Camels,. we 0011treet 50 risti
In foreign countries, thus ensuring
low death rate. Our death rate of 5
.44
of last year, and the average rata of
497 for the past nineteen years, 'posh
for themselves.
For further particulars esquire of 5170119*
Oaken or Members of Use Order, or et
R. ELLIOTT, THOS. WHITE,
H.0 t- tegenoll Hlgb See',, sefatloee
ERNSTOARTUNO, 5.0., lra.tb.<
RIPENING CREAM.
A Ilatggoslle• That N. ■alp Te. O.t or
D1me.ltr.
There ars very few things eeaseeted
wise dairying that do not amentimM
mon or Ism work-oftllmes mon than
leas, says Hoard's Dairyman. The rlpan-
lag et cream Is one of those tillage la
wiles the 'moms of the dalrym*• do-
peod' on his .0.011oo to details, as re-
gardserpentan end time. Any dairy -
lam wile lamed, to make MOW dmMK'
the winter months abould have • room,
dams or twee hex, when he gas have
coma* 5171310. MI.
some eontrol over the temperature Mlle
is Deeesary If the work la 60 as deo.
without •zeesslve labor,
II a p1... of this kind ma be peddled,
tw q.eeN.s of ripsaleg eream bee see •
very ample ewe, eves 1e whaler. Fie
Skeet W90 have sot ■ room that sea M
kept ata •ream ripening emperaltre,
we would suggest • doable box 118.
Owes out. This I. a double beg with h{r
M s11 Inaba, epees round the sides sal
e msta. If the boles could he mode ser.
maw•atly tight. so petted wtal1d be /S-
quired. But as I' le, 11 had refer M.
packed with sawdust, palpar, sum= et
sons* ether son-eondteUq m.tmtal shag
M'lean and odorless. A ... el ureas
man be eel Is • box of this kind, wed If
N la properly made, the seine will Mee
boa Ilea of its beat daring 6h* MON.
Iso to W a•rlrg 1 rough*.
Wherever dost 1. watered from trough*
in said weather teen should be • Nita
axed at the lower end of the trough ea
that with IM removal •11 the water sae
be drawn off every nlgbt. 16 afar better,
however, te water .took t■ winter la
pends where the lee w111 remain frame
all winter, only cattle, the trent tee that
Ma formed over night d the waterlog
plates. TM water ender thine la • deep
pond Is kept warmer by the ley severing,
and la amorally at the surface under the
lee mean! degrees below f ming. if the
weaning trough a allowed te 111 with Ise
It w111 keep the water miry near the trees-
iag temperature. A rooming Mack where
the lee may not Neese ■t all M. water
mach solder than 11 1s ander the lee to a
pond.
Mer 11.1104.
Smith -My wife's too much of an orthe
dot to suit me.
.lone -Makes you get to and go to
ehnreh on Sunday mornings del
Smith -No; but judging from her Mo-
lar raid' on my po.'ketbook .he evidently
believes In the theory that, man is nude s[
"dam"
Too T..ga.,
The doctor malt: "Show me your tongue
Bus the bright Ilttle mall was high
.trnngue.
"My tongue isn't get,"
She .n.wpred him quick.
"Tbs trouble's way down In my longue '-