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en shells Into the tower and roof. Company L and part of Company G, of the, Californians, charged into the church but were unable to ascend the single flight of steep steps leading to the stories above. After the incendiaries had retired a company of the. Idahos and the Washington Guards, stationed on cither side of the building, picked off the Filipinos as they were smoked out. Many of the rebels, however, escaped into the brush in the rear of the church. The .Americans captured fifty-three of the rebels, and during the. fighting about the church twenty of the rebels were killed. Some 2,500 women, children and nocombatants were allowed to enter the American lints. after promising to go to the houses of friends and remain there. EXCITING INCIDENT. Another intensely exciting incident occurred during the engagement. The Washingtons and Idahos. and Companies K ami M. of the Californias, made a charge across the rice fields between Paco and Santana In the face of a terrific fusillade. The ground to-day, over awhich they passed, is covered with dead and wounded natives. The former are being buried in groups of five or six about where they lay, and the latter are being brought to the hospital. It was at this stage of the fighting and at Caloocan that the Filipinos suffered their heaviest losses. The Fourteenth regulars were in a particularly tight place near Singalon and Colonel Du Boce was compelled to rush past them with the reserves In order to prevent the regulars from being cut off. In the last line twelve men were killed before the rebels retired. Both sides cheered frequently during the engagement. The American “hurrahs” were almost invariably met by derisive “vivas.” Among the natives the Ygorotes were especially noticeable for their bravery, about 700 of these naked savages facingartillery fire with their bows and arrows. The scene at Manila, when the alarm was given on Saturday night, was wildly exciting. The American soldiers in the theaters and at the circuses, were called out, the performances were stopped, Filipinos scurried everywhere and the rattle of musketry and the booming of cannon outside the city was plainly heard. *The residents of the outskirts of Manila flocked into the walled city with their arms full of articles. All carriages disappeared as if by magic, street cars were stopped, the telegraph lines were cut and the soldiers hurriedly, but silently marched out of the city to the stations assigned to them. The stores were closed almost instantly; foreign flags were to be seen flying from many windows and a number of white rags were hung out from Filipino huts and houses. On Sunday immense crowds of people visited the water front and gathered in the FORECAST FOR INDIANA. Fair Weather and Continued Low Temiieratnre To-Day. WASHINGTON. Feb. 6, 8 p. m.-Forecast for twenty-four hours; For phio—Clearing in the early morning; fair Tuesday; continued cold; fresh northwesterly winds. For Indiana and Illinois—Fair; continued cold; northerly winds. Weather conditions and general forecast— The storm which occupied the west gulf coast Sunday night is central to-nigl>t in Georgia and the depression extends northeastward to the middle Atlantic General rains have fallen over this district as far as southern Virginia, and snows from the Ohio valley northwestward and eastward to the lower lakes and New- Jersey coast. There were also light scattered snows in the upper lake region and from the middle Mississippi valley southwestward. Throughout the West and Northwest fair and continued cold weather has prevailed, although in the northern slope and northern plateau there has been a rise in the temperature of from two to ten degrees. In the East and South the temperature changes have been slight, except from southeastern Louisiana northeastward into northern Georgia, where they have fallen from eight to twenty-four degrees. On the Pacific coast fair weather has prevailed with no decided change in temperature. Heavy frost occurred in Los Angeles Monday morning. Recent heavy rains in the south Atlantic States have caused a rapid rise in the rivers in that district, and in many places they •have passed or are rapidly approaching the danger lines. Necessary flood warnings have been issued during the past two days wherever indicated. Snow is indicated in southern New England and middle Atlantic States, followed by clearing in the interior and rain in the east gulf and south Atlantic States, followed by clearing, except on the Atlantic coast. General fair weather is indicated in the remaining districts. The temperature will fall In the east gulf and south Atlantic ♦States, except in Florida, and in the remainfng districts will change but little. Light to fresh northerly winds are indicated on the Atlantic coast, except Florida, where they will continue southerly, shifting to northwesterly by Tuesday night Local Observations on Monday. Bar. Ther. R.H. Wind. Weather. Pre 7a. m.. 30.18 13 7.'. N. E. Cloudy. T Sp. m.. 30.10 17 82 N. E. Lt. snow. 0.03 Maximum temperature. 19; minimum temperature, 13. Following is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation on Feb. C; , . Temp. Pre. Normal 32 0.13 Mean 16 0.03 Departure from normal —l6 —o 10 Departure from Feb. 1 —32 —O3l Departure from Jan. 1 —54 *0!23 •Plus. C. F. R. WAPPENHANS, Local Forecast Official. Yesterday’s Temperatures. Stations. Min. Max. 7p. m. Atlanta. Ga 56 58 48 Bismarck. N. D *3O 4 4 Buffalo. N. Y 12 2*> 20 Calgary. Alberta *8 4 Cairo, 111 18 2o l£ Cheyenne, Wyo *26 *6 6 Chicago. 11l 4 16 10 Cincinnati, 0 26 20 16 Concordia, Kan 4 18 10 Davenport. Ia 4 12 4 lies Moines, Ia 2 14 8 Galveston, Tex 38 38 36 Helena. Mont *2O *6 *6 Jacksonville. Fla 64 80 72 Kansas City, Mo 10 16 12 Little Rock. Ark 20 22 22 Marquette. Mich *l2 ,8 and Memphis, Tenn 20 20 20 Minnedosa, Man *3O Nashville, Tenn 26 2.8 22 New Orleans. La 62 76 44 New York 24 30 30 North Platte, Neb *l6 12 4 Oklahoma. O. T.. 10 IS 18 Omaha, Neb 0 14 10 Pittsburg. Pa 16 22 22 Qu’ Appelle, Assln *2B *2O *26 Rapid City, S. D *l6 S 4 Salt Lake City *lO 12 6 St. Louis, Mo 12 18 16 St. Paul. Minn *l6 *6 *4 Springfield, 111 8 16 12 Springfield, Mo 10 16 14 Vicksburg, Miss 32 32 28 Washington, D. C 26 30 2S ♦Below zero. Denver’s Coldest Dity. DENVER, Col., Feb. 6.—To-day was the coldest of the winter in Denver. The weather bureau thermometer registered 2 1 below zero. Cheyenne. Wyo.. reported 28 below zero. The weather is faif. The Rio Grande narrow gauge over Mar-* shall Pass, which was closed on Saturday because of the blizzard that raged until Sunday morritng, is now open. The line between Alamosa and Durango over the Cum-, bres range is still closed, as Is the road to* Santa Fe. It is expected, however, that twelve hours will see the line opened. The struggle to get into Leadville over the “high line” on the South Park progressed to-day with increased vigor. The reports of Superintendent Zenlnger, at Como, show that between Kokomo and the gold tamp there is probably the worst stretch of snowslide* In the State. There are six between Curtin and Wheeler, varying from five to 7<>o feet deep. "I think, with good luck,” said Mr. Zeninger. “we should reach Climax in two days.” Climax 1s the first large station east of Leadville. On the South Park seven locomotives were required to push the rotary up a hUI with an ordinary grade-. It was so cold this morning that powerful freight locomotives “died” with the engineer’s hand on the lever.

highest towers to watch the bombardment. There were no street cars or carriages to be seen, and the streets were almost deserted. The Minnesota troops, acting as police, searched every native and arrested many of them, with the result that while there were several attempts to assassinate American officers on Saturday, there were none on Sunday. Absolute order was maintained. The United States flagship Olympia steamed ac ross the bay on Sunday morning and took up a position near the German cruiser Irene and the British cruiser Narcissus. off the Mole. She is still there. The Americans are determined not to give the Filipinos a chance to recuperate. The official list of the dead and wounded has not yet been submitted for publication, and it is impossible, owing to the fact that the regiments are scattered, to obtain a reliable list except from headquarters. Two Filipino commissioners from Iloilo and four rebel officers were arrested here this morning after boarding the steamer Uranus. Many suspects have been arrested in various parts of the city. ♦- DEWEY’S ALLEGED THREAT. Filipinos Warned flint Manila Might Re Razed. HONG-KONG. Feb. 6.—The following dispatch was received here from Manila before the outbreak there occurred: “Rear Admiral Dewey, in an interview, said the Mor.adnoek is guarding one end of the city, the Monterey the other and the army protects the rear. He added that he had sent word to Aguinaldo that if, accidentally, the insurgents entered Manila, he would reduce it to mortar and stone.” The insurgents are an armed mob, the dispatch adds. Incapable of government, and are angry with Admiral Dewey for seizing vessels flying Filipino flags. The admiral, the correspondent says, is not favorable to annexation, but he believes in the gradual withdrawal of the United States troops. He also says the United States is morally bound to establish a stable government in the Philippines. VIEWS OF GEX. MERRITT. Night Attack Wlmt Might Have Been Expected from Spanish I’npils. NEW YORK, Feb. 6. General Wesley Merritt, in an interview to-day on the Philippine outbreak, said: “That the attack on our lines should have been made at night is what one would expect from the tutelage of the Filipinos in war—that of the Spaniards. Night attack is a favorite operation of Spanish commanders, and during the time that the insurgents were besieging Manila, before our movement against the city actively began, the two antagonists used to shoot liberally at each other in the dark, and during the day remain inactive. Their common practice, moreover, when fighting in trenches, is to thrust their rifles over the top of the breastworks without exposing any part of the body, and trust to luck to hit something. The night attack as a regular method of warfare characterizes the art of war in a low stage of development. Soldiers trained in the best schools of modern military science prefer, as a rule, to light their battles in daylight, since then there is less chance of mistake and a greater opportunity of working out with mathematical precision. The chiefs of semi-civilized forces, from the Khalifa to Aguinaldo, prefer a dash in the dark, hoping to terrorize the enemy by the unexpectedness of attack. “Without doubt the insurgent assault on Manila was preconceived and deliberate. That it was planned by Aguinaldo 1 do not care to assert: but, of course, the patent piobabuity is that it was, since he has lately seemed to be undisputedly supreme. The blow' which we have been compelled to deliver ought, now, in my judgment, to be vigorously followed up. If it is the Filipinos will quickly realize who is master and submit. Our policy up to the time of this battle has been one of extreme conciliation, based upon the hope and expectation that ignorant as the Filipinos were, they might eventually be brought to understand that we bring them freedom and prosperity, and not a repetition of Spanish tyranny. “Unfortunately, they are a people peculiarly likely to misapprehend forbearance and consideration. Tney immediately attribute them to fear or weakness; they respect nothing except force, for it is the only thing that the Spanish have ever presented to their eyes that it was possible for them to respect. All this the English residents at Manila and colonists at all the Oriental British ports at which 1 stopped on my way home repeatedly told me. They predicted that the insolence and license of the Filipinos would infallibly grow, until we should be forced to bring home to them the fact that our power could not be resisted. Then, it was declared, they would abandon resistance. “The military organization of the Filipinos will scarcely, I think, survive this defeat- certainly not, if we at once strike hard again wherever they show’ front. Their organization, of course, has always been exceedingly poor. There is probably not an officer among them who has any respectable knowledge of modern military science. Their ablest soldier is Pio de Pilar, the Bast Indian, and yet I doubt very much if he has ever in his life read any of the books of the profession. His consequence proceeds rather from his personal qualities as a fighter than from his ability to direct operations. His force, courage, combativeness and implacability inspire confidence in his men, and to the extent that he is thus a natural military leader he is a dangerous and, from our point of view, a bad man. There is no question in my mind that even Aguinaldo has stood in awe of him. It is even possible, that Pio de Pilar and his faction coerced Aguinaldo into sanctioning the assault. In the latter’s communications to me he reminded me, in excuse for his inability to accede at once, that he had to consider the wishes of his chiefs. He mentioned no names, but it was generally understood among us that he referred principally to Pio de Pilar. The latter’s influence, whatever it may be, can be counted on ?# irreconcilably hostile to us. “I think we may expect that defeat at Manila will have a disastrous effect upon Aguinaldo’s authority. His supremacy has been based on his notable successes in wresting the island from the hands of the Spanish after we bad destroyed the Spanish fleet, and upon the Importance which he has assumed in the eyes of his followers by reason of confronting us so long with an army. The feebleness of his power having been made manifest there is every reason to suppose that his numerous rivals, suppressed for the time, will rise to dispute his authority. When they have come to nothing through factional differences and possibly conflicts, they wall be entirely amenable to our guidance and rule. I think. They are really docile and amiable people, without much stern stuff—not pugnacious and irreconcilable as our Indians are.” General Greene said: “They have one general who is a man of no mean ability as a military commander. His name is Pio de Pilar, but he is not a Filipino. He is a fullblooded Indian. Aguinaido showed to Gen. Merritt that he (Aguinaldo) rather stood in awe of Pilar. 1 met this man once. He was extremely hostile to the Americans, and showed that he was not of the sort to be conciliated. Another fairly able insurgent commander was a man named Noriel. He was a man. however, whom we could at least treat with.” General Greene was not quite so confident as General Merritt about the result of yesterday’s battle, lie called attention to the three months’ lighting in 1897, when the insurgents inflicted upon the Spanish a loss of three hundred or four hundred killed and about two thousand wounded. “In ninety days,” said General Greene, “I’ll tell whether we’ll have any more trouble wdth the insurgents.” I) ru mi in e r Charged with Muriler. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Feb. C.-Early this morning the half-clad body of a white woman was found on a bridge across the Cumberland, in the outskirts of the city. Evidence pointed to preparations for throwing tHe body into the river. Brought to the city, identification was established and J. D. Clark, a lumber drummer, arrested on the charge of murder. The woman was known as the wife of Clark, but whether she is his wife or paramour has not been fully established. Never Examined Meat. CHICAGO. Feb. 6—Prof. C. S. N. Hnllberg. department of pharmacy, of the University of Illinois, issued the following statement to-day. “The statement appearing in various newspapers of Feb. 4 that I had examined canned heef and found in it fluoride of ammonium and sodium is absolutely untrue. 1 have never examined any canned beef or ether meat and have distinctly so stated repeatedly.” Pol ice Protect n Priest. BUFFALO. X. Y.. Feb. 6.—A squad of police were called out to-day to protect Father Martinelii. priest at the Italian Church of St. Anthony of Padu. from the violence of several hundred men and wom-n. Between 3,000 and 4.000 members of the church are Italians, and about 600 are Sicilians. The trouble is the result of an effort on the part of the latter to have Father Kioske, of Scranton. Pa.. Installed as priest in place of Father Martinelii, who has officiated for six y#ars.

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1899.

REJECTED THE MEASURE DEPUTIES DID NOT APPROVE THE TRIAL REVISION BILL. a Decision of the Parliamentary tommittee—Another Dreyfus Rumor— Forecast of Victoria’s Speech. PARIS. Feb. 6.—The parliamentary committee, by a vote of 9 to 2, to-day rejected the government s bill providing that all cases of trial revision be brought before the whole Court of Cassation instead of before the criminal section of that court. The committee's decision was reached after the premier, M. Dupuy, bad presented the government's views and had strongly urged the adoption of the bill. The committee also resolved to publish all the documents connected with the report of Mazau, first president of the Court of Cassation, on his inquiry into the charges of M. De Beaurepaire. M. Dupuy declares that the government will resist all amendments to the revision bill and make its passage a question of confidence. A dispatch to the Patrie from Cayenne, capital of French Guiana, says that orders have been received there for the return of Dreyfus to France, with the statement that a vessel lias been sent to bring him. THE QUEEN’S SPEECH. What Her Majesty Will Say to Parliament To-Dny. LONDON,, Feb. 6.—The Queen’s speech at the opening of Parliament to-morrow will make the usual reference to the pacific relations existing between Great Britain and foreign countries, and will then deal with tli© recent operations in the Sudan and with the affairs in Crete, expressing the hope that the Cretan question is in a fair way of solution by the appointment of Prince George of Greece as h'gh commissioner of the powers in Crete. The speech will also refer to the invitation to attend the Czar's peace conference, which has been accepted, and contains a very sympathetic reference to the assassination of the Empress of Austria. It mentions the anarchist conference at Rome and the probable necessity for the alteration of the law of Great Britain with respect to Anarchists is foreshadowed. The speech then expresses great concern at the fact that the plague continues in certain localities in India, and pays tribute to the efficacy of the measures taken to extirpate it and to the devotion of the officials. Cape Colony is complimented upon its patriotism as demonstrated in the recent vote for naval defense, and there are very sympathetic allusions to the disaster in the West Indies. Finally, the speech announces that bills will be introduced for the municipal government of London and for the promotion of secondary education, etc. The usual official banquets on the eve of the opening of Parliament were given this evening, with one exee.ption. As the Liberal members of the House of Commons had no official leader until this afternoon they did not have a banqueting host. Lord Salisbury entertained the Conservative peers, and the Earl of Kimberly, Liberal leader in the House of Lords, entertained the Liberal peers. The Conservative members of the House of Commons dined with A. J. Balfour, first lord of the treasury, while *he Liberal Unionists were the guests of the Duke of Devonshire, lord president of the council of ministers. After the banquets the Duchess of Devonshire gave a reception to the members of both parties. VALUABLE CONCESSIONS. English 31. P. Secures a. Monopoly from the Chinese Government. LONDON, Feb. 6.—William Pritchard Morgan, member of Parliament for the Merthyr Tydvil division of Wales, has arrived here from China. In an interview he confirms the report of the success of his mission to secure concessions from the Chinese government which provide for opening up the rich province of Sze-Chuan to the trade of the world. The agreements have been formally signed, and Mr. Morgan has been appointed foreign financial, legal and technical administrator of the province. All the foreign ministers at Peking approved of the concessions except the French minister, who strenuously protested against them on the ground that they constitute a monopoly and are an interference with treaty rights. Mr. Morgan’s prospecting and exploring expedition, consisting of a dozen British, American and Chinese officials, including Prof. Monroe Ferguson, the scientist, of Pittsburg, started for SzeChaun on Jan. 1. William Pritchard Morgan, M. P.. and his associates are acting in partnership with an American syndicate and the Chinese authorities. The contract gives Mr. Morgan’s associates control of all the mines and oil Helds in the province of Sze-Chuan. The Americans provide 25 per cent, of the capital. the Chinese officials provide 30 and Mr. Morgan is to provide the balance. The_ capital of the company to start with is $5,000,600. and it is proposed to administer SzeChuan on lines followed by Cecil Rhodes in South Africa. Epidemic of Influenza. BERLIN. Feb. 6.—lnfluenza is epidemic, here and many of the public officials are suffering from the disease, including Baron Von Buelow, the minister of foreign affairs. The chief state attorney, Von Moos, is dead. Prince George of Prussia is recovering. Half of the guests invited to the last court ball were unable to attend, owing to the fact that they were suffering from influenza. New Lender for English Liberals. LONDON, Feb. 6.—At a meeting of Liberal members of Parliament, at the Reform Club, the Rt. Hon. Sir Henry CampbellBannerman, formerly chief secretary for Ireland, and later secretary of state for war, was elected to succeed Sir Vernon Harcourt as leader of the Liberal party. Cable Notes. An official denial has been received from the government of the Congo State of the report that the Belgian post at Rojas. on the Nile, between Fashoda and Uganda, had been captured by the Dervishes. A severe cyclone visited northern Madagascar Saturday night, the district of Mejanga, on Bembaetoka bay on the west coast, suffering severely. The new government buildings there collapsed and there were other large property losses. SAFE IN CANADA. (Corn'lnded from First Page.) hostilities will necessarily aggravate the situation of the Spaniards in the Philippines.” The Imparcial says: ‘The attack on Manila was the judgment of God on the Americans, who, after despoiling Spain, are beginning to feel the consequences. If only the Spanish prisoners had been released we should regard the affair with complete indifference. The insurgents number 80,000 men, of whom 7,000 are armed with Mausers and 10.000 are armed witii Remingtons, If they continue the struggle the Americans will he driven out of the Philippine Islands.” To-day’s Cabinet session was chiefly devoted to a long discussion of Philippine matters. General Correa, minister of war, expressed his pleasure at the “good relations existing between General Rios and General Otis.” Dispatches from Manila describe a conference between General Otis and Aguinaldo, some days back. at which, when Aguinaldo learned of the “intention of the Americans to attack and capture Iloilo and other ports.” he declared that he would begin hostilities if the United States sent any reinforcements to the Philippines. The conference “failed to arrive at any understanding.” According to the same dispatches it would seem that the insurgents lack ammunition, as they have beer, seeking to purchase it everywhere and have been offering high prices. They recently gave it out that General Rios had delivered to them 5.000 Mauser rifles and 3,000,000 cartridges in exchange for prisoners, but this General Rios denies. Wire Nails Advanced. CLEVELAND. 0., Feb. 6.—The American Steel and Wire Company to-day advanced the price of wire and wire nails $2 a ton. making the price $1.45 a hundred base at mills to jobbers, and w ire nails $1.60 a hundred. Mile* Did Not Lead the March. PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 6.-The Philippine situation prevented Major General Miles from fulfilling his promise to lead the gr'd

march at the German-American charity hall, held at the Academy of Music to-night. That ceremony was performed instead by Alexander Van Rensselaer, accompanied by Mrs. Alfred Harrison. Mrs. General Miles immediately followed with Captain C. Groom, of the First City Cavalry. Miss Miles was also present. Notwithstanding the inclement weather there was a large attendance and the ball was a brilliant success. OTIS’S LOSSES. (Concluded from First Page.) Charles Snodgrass, private, Company B, Twentieth Kansas, variola: Fred Maxwell, private, Company K, Twentieth Kansas, variola. Feb. 3, James Owen, private. Company L, Third Artillery, variola; Miles K; Kyger. corporal. Company I. First Washington, typhoid fever; Chester W. Hubbard, private. Company K. Third Artillery. variola; Olavus T. Felland. private. First Dakota, variola. Feb. 4, Bert Doyt, private, Company B, Second Oregon, veriola. ♦ OTIS’S ASSISTANTS. General and Staff Officers on Duty in the Philippines. WASHINGTON, Feb. 6.—A list of the general and officers on duty in the Philippines, prepared at the War Department, is of interest at this time. They are as follows: Major Generals—-E. S. Otis, military governor; Thomas M. Anderson and Arthur MacArthur. Brigadier Generals—M. P. Miller, commanding troops at Iloilo; H. G. Otis. R. P. Hughes, Samuel Ovenshine, Irving Hale, Charles King. Lieutenant Colonels—T. H. Barry, Major Putnam B. Strong, and Captains Der C. Cabell and S. S. Saxton, all assistant adjutant generals. Major J. S. Mallory, inspector general. Lieutenant Colonel E. H. Crowder, judge advocate. Lieutenant Colonel J. W. Pope, Majors S. R. Jones and C. A. Devol, Captains C. C. Waleutt, A. W. Kimball and C. G. Sawtelle, jr., all in the quartermasters’ department. Captain J. J. Bradley, on special duty. Lieutenant Colonel D. L. Brainard. Majors S. A. Cloman and R. H. Fitzhugh. Captain S. B. Bootes, Major William H. Anderson, Captains S. M. Milliken, C. IX Coudert, C. R. Krauthoff, all of the commissary department. Captain J. B. Handy on the staff of General King; Captain J. F. Evans, on duty in connection with levying duties, etc. H. W. Cardwell, S. F. Bourns. William O. Owen, William D. Crosby. E. R. Morris, S. O. L. Potter, G. H. Penrose and G. F. Shields, all surgeons with the rank of major. H. O. Fitzgerald, John Demenitt, T. D. Kolher, William Gambrill, William R. Schofield, J. M. Sears. Theodore Sternberg, all majors and additional paymasters. Lieutenant Colonel C. L. Potter and Major J. F. Bell, of the engineer corps; Lieutenant Colonel R. E. Thompson, Captains E. A. McKenna, E. Russell, G. E. Lawrence, P. K. Perkins. William W. Chance and G. H. Tilly; First Lieutenants F. H. Bailey, William O. Bailey, A. J. Rudd. C. E. Kilbourne and W. C. Cannon, and Second Lieutenant C. H. Gordon, all of the signal service. THE TENTH PENNSYLVANIA. Friend* of the Keystone Fighter* Relieved of Anxiety. PITTSBURG, Feb. 6.—The news of the battle at Manila caused much anxiety throughout Washington, Fayette and Westmoreland counties, where the Tenth Regiment was recruited. Receipt of the list of killed and wounded brought relief inasmuch as none of the boys of the Tenth were reported seriously hurt. AH on the list are well known here except Joseph Sheldon, of Company H, said to be from Washington. As no Sheldon is on the company roster, the wounded man is supposed to be Sergeant Joseph Shidler, son of a well-known resident of Washington. Major Everhart Bierer, of the Tenth, aged thirty-fonr years, who was wounded, is the youngest son of Captain John Pierer. of Uniontown, who has another son, Captain Daniel Bierer, of Company C. Tenth Regiment, in the fight at Manila. Major Bierer entered the state miiitia about ten years ago and gradually worked his way to major. He was in command of the reserves that made the gallant charge in the face of the enemy’s galling tire across an open field at the battle of Malate, when the Tenth Regiment lost so many men and so disastrously routed the Spaniards. Major Bierer is a mining and civil engineer by profession and when he went to Manila resigned his position as chief engineer for the Oliver <& Snyder Coke Company. 11# has a wife and five children. FOREIGN COUNTERFEITERS. Six Sicilian* lielil at New York for Federal Examination. NEW YORK, Feb. 6.—Six Sicilians were arraigned before United States Commissioner Shields to-day, charged with uttering, selling and having in their possession counterfeit $2 and $3 treasury notes. All were locked up to await examination on Saturday next. The prisoners are, it is believed by the police, all members of'a gang that has been operating in the larger cities of the United States since April last. They are Albert Anselmo, Giovanni Cinquemino, Joseph Castetle, Giovanni Parretto, Giovanni Pinr.ino and Mino Guido. The capture of these men was made by secret service agents, who believe they have all of the gang. Castelle and Anselmo have served time in prison in this State for counterfeiting. When the rooms of Cinquemino were searched, five lithographic stones, from which the police say the counterfeit bills were printed, but from which the impression had been removed, were found, together witii a lot of paper, ink and coloring matter with which to stain the bills and give them a time-worn appearance. The bogus bills first appeared in St. Louis in April last, and soon afterward they were afloat in this city, Philadelphia and elswhere. It is estimated that fully $15,090 worth of these counterfeit bills have been put into circulation through the medium of this gang. FOR ROBBING MAILS. Contractor* and Stage Driver* Arrested by Fostofliee Inspectors. EL RENO, I. TANARUS., Feb. 6.—Postoffice inhis son, Albert Robertson, subcontractors; his son, Albert Robertson, sub-contractors; N. E. Robertson, C. E. Robertson and J. H. and Tom Essecks, stage drivers, on a charge of robbing the mails. They covered star routes from El Reno to Arapahoe, eighty miles west, and from Bridgeport to Cloud Chief, seventy-five miles southwest, and supplied more than one hundred offices. The prisoners are charged with numerous robberies that have occurred since Oct. 10, JBOB. The officers recovered about S2.(XX) worth of merchandise, including seventy-five silk dress patterns, about 500 silk handkerchiefs, clothing, toys, shoes, gloves and all manner of mailable articles. The stuff was found concealed in four counties. FREEZING AND STARVING. Negro Miner* Who Were Kun Ont of Virden, 111., in De*titute Condition. ST. LOUIS, Feb. C.—The negroes whose importation from Alabama caused the fignt at Virden, 111., a few months ago. in which several miners were killed, are freezing and starving in a grader’s camp on the Mobile & Ohio Railroad near Cahokia. Their condition is so desperate that at a meting of the St. Clair County Board of Supervisors Supervisor C. W. Droit, of Cahokia, asked that relief be extended by the county. Unaccustomed as they are to cold weather and very thinly clad, their condition is said to l>e pitiable. The work of grading is finished and there seems nothing for the unfortunate negroes to do but get back to the South the best way they can. California’* Senatorial Deadlock. SACRAMENTO. Cal., Feb. 6.—When the vote for Uflited States senator had been taken to-day Senator Shortage (Rep.) introduced a resolution requiring the joint meetings to remain in session in the future from 12 noon to 3 p. m. each day until a senator be elected. Short ridge represents the Burns forces. His resolution was opposed by the anti-Burns faction of the majority and by the minority. The resolution "as laid on the table. The vote to-day shows the deadlock to be unchanged. THE GRIP CURE THAT DOES CURE. Laxative Bronro Quinine Tablets remove the causo that produces La. Grippe. The genuine lyu 1* B. Q. on each Tablet. 26c.

GERMAN WARRIOR DEAD GE\. COl XT GEORGE LEO VOX CAI'RIVI, FORMER CHANCELLOR. 4. Served with Distinction in Two Wars anti Succeeded Bismarck in the Cabinet—Death of a. Prince. FRANKFORT, Feb. 6.—Gen. Count George Leo Von Caprivi, the former chancellor of tho German empire, died peacefully this morning at Skyren. near Crossen, thirtytwo miles from here. He had been ill for some time. All the papers contain sympathetic allusions to the death of Count Von Caprivi. Emperor William will attend the funeral. Caprivi de Caprara de Montecuculi, as the general was sometimes called, was born in Berlin in 1831. In his eighteenth year he volunteered in the Kaiser Franz Grenadiers, and during the campaign in Bohemia, in 1860, was made a major and put on the general’s staff of the First Army Corps. He distinguished himself during the Franco-Prussian war, and as chief of staff of the First Army Corps served brilliantly at Metz and Orleans and in the following Loire campaign. Tn 18f*2 he was appointed commander of the Thirtieth Infantry Corps, at Metz: in March, 3882, was selected by Bismarck to succeed Admiral Stosch as chief of the Ministry of Marine, greatly to the dissatisfaction of the officers of the navy. He gave much attention to the perfecting of torpedoes and torpedo boats, and arranged a plan for the more rapid mobilization of the war vessels. In 1889 he resigned and was made commander of the Tenth Army Corps, stationed in Hanover, and received the Order of the Black Eagle. In March. 1890, he was made chancellor of the German empire and president of the Prussian Council, succeeding Bismarck. In July, 1880, he arranged with Lord Salisbury, representing Great Britain, the so-called Anglo-German partition of East Africa. He resigned the presidency of the Council in 1892 and the chancellorship In 1894. Prince Alfred of Snxe-Coburg-Gothn. MERAN. Austria. Fob. 6.—Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha is dead. He had been suffering from chronic cerebral trouble. Prince Alfred of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha was the son of the Duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, second son of Queen Victoria, and was born at Buckingham Palace, I.ondon, on Oct. 15, 1874. He was a captain of the Prussian infantry and unmarried. He was the only son and heir. Col. 11. Bledsoe. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., Feb. 6.—C01. H. Bledsoe, who died at his home in Pleasant Hill to-day, was one of the historic characters of the State. He served in the Mexican war and was present at the capture of the City of * Mexico. He served in the Missouri Senate one term and was appointed by Governor Stone to locate the position of the Misouri troops at the battle of Missionary Ridge, where monuments were erected by the State in 1896. Irving: Browne. BUFFALO, N. Y., Feb. 6.—lrving Browne, a well-known lawyer and writer, died at his home in this city to-day, aged sixty-four years. He was for many years editor of the Albany Luw r Journal. AVilliiini Cameron. ARDMORE, I. T.. Feb. William Cameron, one of the wealthiest lumber merchants in the South, with headquarters here, died suddenly to-day while traveling through Alabama on a train. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. An advance of 10 per cent, in wages has been ordered for the live thousand employes at the Cambria Iron Company’s worits, at Johnstown, Pa. James N. Holmes, a prospector, has been found" frozen to death on Pike’s Peak. He got caught in the blizzard last Friday night. A searching party found his body. In the New York Assembly last night the resolution urging the unseating of Congress-man-elect Roberts, because of his identification with polygamy, was adopted by a viva voce vote. Lieutenant Jacob Calvin Johnson, Fourth United States Artillery, now stationed at Springfield, 111., recruiting, was married at Mexico, Mo., yesterday to Miss Frances Howe, of that city. Antonio di Blasi, who was indicted at Boston last May on the charge of murdering James M. Ellis, a superintendent of the street-cleaning department, has been arrested in Paiermc, Italy. The strikers at Panama are still holding out, but the conduct of the government in helping to maintain transit across the isthmus, in accordance with the treaty wfith the Untied States, is highly commended. The Cleveland Plaindealer publishes this morning a story to the effect that a deal is under way by which John D. Rockefeller will transfer his vast lake vessel and iron ore interests to the Carnegie Steel Company. The transfer of the Corliss steam-engine works, at Providence, R. 1., to a syndicate of capitalists is said to he the first step in the formation of a combination that will take in all the great engine-making concerns in this country. The Walter Lippincott prize for the best figure piece in the exhibition at Philadelphia of the Pennsylvania Society of Fine Arts has been awarded to John Alexander, the American artist resident in Paris, for his painting called “A Ray of Sunlight.” Mrs. Botkin’s attorneys gave notice, at San Francisco, yesterday, of an appeal from the conviction and sentence of life imprisonment recently passed upon her. Judge Carroll Cook allowed ten days’ stay of execution and twenty days in which to prepare a bill of exceptions. The United States cruiser Chicago sailed from New York yesterday for New Orleans, tvhere she is to participate in the Mardi Gras festival. She is due at New Orleans prior to Feb. 12. It is stated by her officers that a severe test will be given her engines on the trip. The committee appointed to investigate charges of corruption against certain members of the Omaha Board of Education in connecting with the awarding of a contract for geographies to the American Book Company, reported at a meeting last night, completely exonerating tho members and the company. The stockholders of the American Worsted Company, of Woonsocket, R. 1., have voted to assign for the benefit of creditors to John W. Ellis. Ambrose Feely and G. R. Baker, of Providence. The company's statement made a year ago showed personal assets of $844,000, real-estate assets of $178,000 and debts of $312,000. It is understood here that the battle ship lowa, due to arrive at San Francisco from Magdalena hay to-day or Wednesday, will be immediately prepared for a trip to Manila. * She will stay there long enough to take on an immense supply of ammunition fur Dewey’s fleet and to await dispatches from Washington. The United States freight steamer Centennial will sail from San Francisco to-day with 1,800 tons of supplies for the United States forces in the Philippines. The Centennial will carry one passenger, Mr. James Recalton, of the Smithsonian Institution. who goes to the Philippines to collect data for the institution. The Cincinnati creditors of the National Fraternal Union, which passed into the hands of a receiver some time ago, yesterday announced they had effected a compromise whereby the seven-year policy holders will receive $14,000. The receivership will probably he lifted and the. other departments may continue business. Charles E. Runk filed a petition in bankruptcy yesterday; liabilities. $275,534. of which $135,000 is secured, $135,042 unsecured ancl $15,500 notes which ought to he paid by other persons: no assets. He was formerly a real-estate operator and treasurer of the Harlem Casino Company, and a few years ago announced himself to be worth $1,000,000. A Philadelphia company has placed a large order with a Reading iron plant for the manufacture of mosquito bars. The Philadelphia concern lias a contract with the government to provide the bars, which will be used to support netting for the soldiers doing garrison duty in the new island possessions. The orders for the bars are placed in 17,000 lots at a time. Walter H. Wilbur, of Clinton. la., has been arrested at New York on the charge of forgery alleged to have been committed on banks in Clinton. Wilbur is also accused of passing forged checks in South Bmd, Ind.. aim Atlanta. Ga. He arrived at New York several days ago in company with a young woman, from St. Paul. Minn. Wilbur agreed to return to lowa without extiadition. Sampson the Guest of Honor. BOSTON. Feb. 6. —Rear Admiral Sampson was the guest of honor at a banquet at the Hotel Tuerilles to-night, attended by 600

representative men of Boston. The principal speakers were ex-Secretary of State Olney, Governor Wolcott. Captain Higginson. Bishop Kawrence. Captain Stockton. Mayor Quincy. President Eliot, of Harvard, and Admiral Sampson. Among those present beside the speakers were Rear Admiral Howison. Rear Admiral Belknap. Captain H. C. Taylor and Captain F. E. Chadwick. CANDY TRUST PROPOSED. Lending Mnnafneturer* of Confections May Combine. CHICAGO. Feb. 6.—Negotiations are in progress in this city for the formation of a candy trust composed of about forty of the leading manufacturers of staple confections in the United States. While the projected corporation is yet in an embryonic state, its ultimate formation is considered a certainty. Confectioners have been approached within the last few days by representatives of Chicago and New Yorksyndicates.both of which are interested in the amalgamation of the candy interests. The fact that more than one party is seeking to effect the consolidation makes it possible that considerable delay may ensue before final arrangements have been completed. The Sew Whisky Trust. CHICAGO, Feb. 6.—The attorneys for the whisky trust announced to-day that the new combination will be launched before the close of IJpbruary, with a capita! approximating SRO,<XX),OOO. The American Spirits Manufacturing Company is thus assured almost absolute control df the entire whisky trade of the country. The following plants are named as those tvho are about to pool interests: J. A. Dougherty Sons, Philadelphia; Joseph Finch fc Sons. Pittsburg; Phil Hamburger Company, Pittsburg; A. Guckenheimer & Bros., Pittsburg; Monticello Distilling Compony, Baltimore; Ull-man-Goldsboro Company, Baltimore; Melvale Distilling Company, Batlimore; Thompson Distilling Company, West Brownsville, Pa.; S. Dillinger & Sons. Buffs Dale. Pa.; A. Overholt & Cos., Broad F’ord, Pa.; Wilson Distillery Company, Higspire. Pa.; Moore & Sinnott, Gibsonton, Pa.; Forest Distillery, Glenroek. Pa.; James Clark Distilling Company, Cumberland, Md.: Sherwood Distilling Company, Cockeysville, Md.; Hannis Distilling Company, Martinsville, W. Va.; Gottschalk Company, Baltimore. The new company will acquire possession of the rye plants by outright purchase for cash. Brynn X'ot Surprised. LINCOLN. Neb., Feb. 6.—William J. Bryan expressed no surprise over the ratification of the peace treaty and commented briefly on the matter. When the Associated Press correspondent asked him if the ratification of the treaty would end the fight against annexation of the Philippines he said: “Not by any means. While many have thought that the fight should he made against the treaty I have felt that the real fight is to be made for a resolution declaring the national policy. The opposition to the treaty has served a useful purpose, and the opponents of the ratification made a gallant fight, but there was never any chance of defeating ratification. Now that the treaty is out of the way it can tie treated as a domestic question and the line can be drawn between those who believe iii forcible annexation and those who believe that the Filipinos should be allowed to govern themselves. I have not lost faith in the doctrine of self-government and believe that the people will repudiate the imperialistic policy.' The Car Maker*’ Consolidation. DETROIT. Mich., Feb. 6.—The Tribune to-morrow will say: “It is positively known that eight big car companies, scattered over the United States, have been combined under the name of the American Car and Foundry Company. Thej new company is incorporated under the laws of New Jersey, with a capital of $00,000,000, half of which will he 7 per cent, noncumulative preferred stock and half in common stock. Os the authorized capital $4,800,000, divided between the two classes of stock, will he retained in the treasury for improvement and extension purposes. The companies besides the Michigan Peninsular, of this city, entering the consolidation are as follows: Jackson and Woodin Manufacturing Company, Berwick, Pa.; East Missouri Car and Foundry Company. St. Louis; Ohio Falls Car Manufacturing Company. Jeffersonville, Ind.; Union Car Company, Buffalo; St. Charles Car Company, St. Charles. Mo.; Wells and French Company, Chicago; Terre Haute Car and Manufacturing Company, Terre Haute, Ind.” A Banana Coni bine. CLEVELAND, 0., Feb. 6.—A banana trust is said to be the latest thing in combinations. The firms that will consolidate their interests in an effort to control the banana business of the country now control about three-fourths of the business. The new organization, it is stated, will be known as the Fruit Dispatch Company, with headquarters at No. 18 Broadway, New York. Bernard F. Sullivan will be the local representative of the trust. Cleveland will he the distributing point for a large territory. Further than to say that prices would be lowered rather than advanced, Mr. Suilivan refused to-day to discuss the subject. MURDERED IN THIBET. Missionary Slain and Hi* Wife Chased for Two Months. SEATTLE, Wash., Feb. 6.—Advices from tho Orient state that a Canadian woman, who joined the China mission as the wife of Rev. Rynhart, a Belgian missionary, has just reached Chachllu with a terrible story of cruelty and suffering among the fierce mountain tribesmen of Thibet. Her husband was brutally murdered after their son had died from exhaustion. She was chased like a hunted deer for two months through the mountains on the border of China and Thibet. She was shut at time and again and with bowlders from the cliffs overhead. but finally succeeded in reaching a mission. She and her husband were attacked while attempting to cross into Thibet. DR. PEYTON RESIGNS. Surgeon Major, Appointed front Indiana, Who Cared for Many Sick. PHILADELPHIA. Feb. 6.-Surg. Maj. D. C. Peyton, U. S. V., has forwarded his resignation to President McKinley. Major Peyton, whose home is in Jeffersonville, Ind., was appointed by (he President from civil life. He was assigned to Camp Meade, Pa., and in August was sent to this city to look after the sick soldiers sent to Pennsylvania hospitals. During his service here he has had supervision over 5,000 sick soldiers in over forty hospitals, of which number about 125 died. Major Peyton’s reason for resigning is that his work is completed here and he desires to resume his medical practice. A St. Louisian’s Confession. ST. LOUIS. Mo., Feb. 6.—lnvestigation into- the affairs of the boiler inspector's office was resumed to-day by the Senate's “Lexow” committee. The most sensational testimony of the day was given by Harry G. Nuttall, who has figured in the procurement of engineers’ licenses for other parties. He admitted under oath that he had dealt in engineers’ licenses, hut said his only connection with the business was to drain all the money he could from applicants for licenses. Gnild Will Xot Accept. BOSTON. Feh. 6.—Lieut. Col. Curtis j Guild, jr.. has declined to accept the ap- j pointment recently tendered to him by Pres- j irient McKinley as a member of the Colonial j Commission Company. Guild has decided not to make a statement tit present.

“The Menus of the notable State and social functions at home and abroad pronounce Apollinaris the beverage of the select world. Apollinaris is singled out on them as the Table Water of Royalty, Princes and our own Sovereign People.” N. 3 Tribune . Served at dinners given by the QUEEN. ■N* Y, Sun •

MUYON’S BIGWEEK 5463 Inhalers Sold Druggists Unable to Keep Up With the Demand—What They Say. One Druggist Says: “Send Me Three More Gross of the Inhalers. Sold Four Dozen Yesterday and the De mand Increasing." Another Says: “Manyon’s Inhaler Is All Right. We Have Never Had an Article in Our Establish* ment Which Gave Greater Satisfaction." Still Another Adds: “I Am Simply Surprised at the Enormous Sales of Munyon’s Inhalers.” A Washington*street Druggist Remarked: “In My Fifteen Years’ Experience I Have Never Seen Any Proprietary Article Which Sold So Readily and Which Is So Highly Praised.” A Massachusetts*ave. Druggist Writes: “Send Us as Many Inhalers as You Can Spare. We Have Sold 759 This Week, and Have Not Been Able to Supply the Demand for the Past Three Days.” MUNYON’S INHALER V Common Sense Cure for Cnlarrh, Grip, Asthma. Bronchitis, Diphtheria atul All Throat Troubles. Clouds of medicated vapor are inhaled through the mouth and emitted from the nostrils after having cleansed and vaporized all the diseased pans. A sense of relief is felt at once. Doctors indorse it. Everybody praises it. It costs but SI.OO, and is sold by all druggists. PUBLIC EXHIBITIONS Will be continued in the following drug stores this, week: HENRY J. HUDER. corner Washington and Pennsylvania streets. BATES HOUSE PHARMACY. Bates House. SLOAN DRUG CO., 22 West Washington street. FRANK H. CARTER, 15 West Washington street. SHORT, THE DRUGGIST, 53 South Illinois street. CLAUDE FIELD, opposite Union Station. NAVIN BROS.’ DRUG STORES—Throughout the city. A. E. DOCHEZ. 348 Massachusetts avenue. CHAS. EICHRODT, corner West and Tenth streets. G. M. WEBER, corner Illinois and Ohio streets. H. C. POMEROY, corner Pennsylvania and Market streets. FISHER’S PHARMACY, corner College avenue and Sixteenth street. Polite attendants will be on hand to answer all questions. Everybody Is invited to give the inhaler a free trial. You are welcome to a treatment whether you purchase or not. The Demand Is Greater Than the Supply. Three factories are kept busy manufacturing them. Cured persons tell their friends, and so the sale increases day by day. CAST ASIDE ALL OTHER REMEDIES. If yon lmve u Cold fry it. If you have fht* Grip try it. If you have Cutnrrii try it. If you have Sore Throat try it. If you have a Cough try it. If you have any Throat or Lung Trouble try It. All druggists sell them, or mulled to any address for sl. MUNYON’S HOME REMEDIES cure each disease with a separate specific. For sale by all druggists—mostly 25 cents a vial. MUNYON’S SKILLED SPECIALISTS give free diagnosis and prescription for any disease. On duty all day and evening. 10 to 13 on Sunday. 47 South Pennsylvania Street. JUMPED FROM A WINDOW. .1. V. Hassell, Jr., Former Paymaster’s Clerk on the Wilmington, Killed. COLUMBUS, 0., Feb. 6.-J. Y. Bassell, jr.. son of Secretary Bassell, of the Columbus Board of Trade, jumped from the window of his room on the fourth floor of the Great Southern Hotel to-night to the pavement and was instantly killed. The family claims that the young man became siek and raised the window, falling out accidentally. Bassell was twenty-eight years of age, and served as paymaster’s clerk on the gunboat Wilmington during the late war. Losses by Fire. CLOVBRDALE, Cal., Feh. G.—The Moulton Hill winery, the property of Landsberger. of San Francisco, has been destroyed by fire, together with two hundred gallons of wine. The site of the plant is about one mile from this city. The loss Is estimated at between $75. Oft) and SIOO,OOO, partly covered by insurance.