Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 87, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 March 1901 — Page 1

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Captured by Gen. Frederick Funston Last Saturday in Northern Part of Luzon.

Daring Project of the Venturesome Kansan to Beard the Filipino Leader in His Hiding Place Successfully Carried Out.

MARCHED INTO THE

And Seized His Man With the Aid of a Small Force of Trusty Native Scouts.

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Funston and Aguinaldo Now at Manila, Having Arrived There This Morning on the Gunboat Vicksburg.

MANILA, March 23. General Frederick Funston's daring project for the capture of Aguinaldo in his hiding place in the province of Isabella, Island of Luzon, has proved completely successful. Aguinaldo was captured there on March 23. The United States gunboat Vicksburg, Commander E. B. Barry, with General Funston and Aguinaldo on board, arrived here this morning. Captured rlth DIHlculty. MANILA. March 2S U a. m. Aguinaldo was captured with great difficulty. Valuable tlocuments were found on his person. LONDON, March 23. A dispatch from Manila says that several members of Aguinaldo's staff were captured with him and brought to Manila. Tho insurgent leader and his men were captured near Casiguran. A dispatch from Manila, printed in last Sunday's Journal, outlined General Funton's scheme for the capture of the wily Aguinaldo. It was a case of cunning against cunning, and the Kansan won. The dispatch said: "General Funston is now engaged In a daring project, which promises to be the greatest and most romantic achievement of his eventful career. In January, from his hiding place In the province of Isabella, Aguinaldo wrote letters anathematizing the bubchiefs who had taken the oath of allegiance to the United States. Later Aguinaldo organized insurgent forces in southern Luzon to join him in a rendezvous in Isabella province. The rebel officer intrusted with these ordeis secretly negotiated with the Americans. On securing the necessary information General Funston planned Aguinaldo's capture, and, with General MacArthur's authorization. General Funston proceeded, two weeks ago, to make the atempt. General Funston. with Surgeon Major Harris, Captain Newton, of the Thirty-fourth Infantry; Lieutenant Admire, of the Twentysecond Infantry; Lieutenant Mitchell, of the Fortieth Infantry; six veteran scouts and a company of native scouts, all picked rr.cn, embarked on the gunboat Vicksburg and were landed on a remote beach above LIer. It was arranged that Aguinaldo's emissary, with the native scouts, should pass themselves off as insurgent troops, who. having captured General Funston and ethers, were taking them as prisoners to Aguinaldo. At the right time, when brought before Aguinaldo, General Funston was to give a signal, when the tables were to be turned and Aguinaldo was to be seized. Six days' march Into the interior were contemplated. Treachery was considered possible, but every precaution was tken. The troops in New Viscaya and New Iciji and the sunboats Vicksburg and Albany were to co-operate with General Funston's forces." The province of Isabella, where the capture of Aguinaldo occurred, is about 2u0 miks northeast of Manila and about seven-t-five miles north of Daler, on the eastern coast, which place was made memorable by the capture of Lieutenant Gilmore and his party from the gunboat Yorktowu, In April, ISM. Isabella province is wild and mountainous, and especially along the coast, where the high range known as the Grand Cordellinas Oriente extends for a hundred miles or more from north to south, the highest point of the range being, but a Uw miles from the shore. Rugged trans, in some places but a foot or two in width, lead across the mountains, frequently crossed by rushing streams, and where tUe overflow their banks the trails are waist deep in mud. It was to this uninviting district that General Funston and his mall band went a short time ago. It was a part of the island .hat had never been visited by American troops. EXD OF AVAR IX SIGHT. Agulunldo' Cop tu re Will Cauif a Collapse of the Insurrection. WASHINGTON, March 2S. Official news of the capture of Aguinaldo had not reached the War Department up to an early hour this morning. The President had retired before the Associated Press bulletin arrived and was not awakened. The capture of Aguinaldo will be a source of great satisfaction to the President and

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MOUNTAIN WILDS his advisers. Coming so soon after the surrenders reported by General MacArthur of prominent Filipino officers and the successful establishment of civil local government by the Taft commission, they feel that the end of the rebellious warfare la the islands is near at hand. With the expected collapse of further opposition, which it is confidently believed will foilow, the hope is expressed that it will not be necessary to maintain such a large standing army in the islands as is now contemplated. The disposition of Aguinaldo now that he has been captured will be an interesting one for the administration to determine. The possibility of his capture at any time always had been kept in view, and that of his future has been a matter of Informal discussion by the officials here. It is not believed, however, that any definite line of action was ever determined on in regard to the matter. The attitude of the government for a long time past has been one of comparative indifference to Aguinaldo's capture, It having been determined to crush the rebellion without regard to his whereabouts. His recent activity in directing the course of operations against the American forces probably brought about the recent change in this attitude. As the leader of an insurrection against tne United States government Aguinaldo may be tried and executed, a lesser punishment meted to him by executive clemency, or complete amnesty extended. While the question of punishment rests with the military authorities, it is believed the President will make the matter one for determination primarily by the authorities here. Bit VAX 3iLC II I.TEHi:STKD. Had -No Word of Commendation, How ever, for tin Drnrc Funitton. LINCOLN. Neb., March 2S.-Mr. Bryan was notified by telephone of .the news of General Funston's capture. He had retired, but answered the call, and evinced his Interest in the report, but no great surprise. He was told that there could be no reasonable doubt as to the authenticity of the cablegram, but positively declined to express an opinion until he was more fully Informed and personally satlsf ed that there had been no mistake. Mr. Bryan of late has been giving less attention to the Philippine question, and though his Interest has not ceased, he has paid more attention to domestic problems. Lopes Says There Are Other Leaders. BOSTON, March 2$. Senor Sixto Lopez, formerly secretary to Aguinaldo, was informed of the Associated Press report this morning announcing the capture of the noted Filipino leader and was asked if he had any comment to make up it. Senor iopez expressed doubt as to the correctness of the report, but said that, even If it were true, there were other Filipinos besides Aguinaldo who would take the leadership, and that the defense of the Filipinos would continue. The policy of the latter would not be affected. Senor Lopez would not talk at length, saying that he would prepare a statement for the press in a few days. The Anti-Imperialist League has arranged for a mass meeting in Faneull Hall on Saturday evening. Erving Winslow, the secretary, could not be seen this morning. In FuiiMtuna State. KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 2$. General Funston's home Is in Iola. Kan. The telegraph office there had closed when the news of the general's brilliant achievement was received. Governor Stanley is in Guthrie, O. T. The news from Manila was promptly wired to the chief executive of General Funston's home State. General OtU Pleased. CHICAGO, Feb. 2S. Gen. Klwell S. Otis was awakened this morning with the news that Aguinaldo had been captured by Gen. Funston. "I am very glad to hear It." said General Otis. He added, however, that he made it a rule never to be Interviewed after he once retired for the night, and he smilingly declined to say anything further. f EMILIO AG I' IX ALDO. Sketch of the Filipino Chieftain Life So Far nm It I Known. Emillo Aguinaldo is of Filipino-Spanish blood the native predominating to such an extent that he is as dark in complexion as the darkest kind of Afro-Caucasian halfbreeds born in the province of Cavite about thirty-one year. ago. His r as u t lUHr-o ana his father was, nroCbly' a Spaniard. Come cosüps assert a C cCcsr' othera

declare that he was a learned professional T

man. It n generally urvlerstcod in Manila, however, that hi past cannot be accurately remembered by any of the inhabitants of Cavite earlier than his fourth year, at which time he became an Inmate of the family of .1 noted Jesuit. He was treated there as a menial, holding the position of "mnke-a-learn" boy that is, one who was learning the trade of a house servant. It was not long before the neighbors noticed that the bright-looking servant was receiving more than the usual amount of care and attention at the hands of his employer, and that he was dressed better than many of the sons of wealthy Filipinos who lived at home. t It is reported that when he was seven years old Emilio was better educated than most Spanish boys of his age in Luzon, and he showed remarkable proficiency as a student. He entered the medical department of the Pontifical University when he was about fifteen years old. According to one account he was making good progress toward his degree as a doctor of medicine when he upset his whole university career by Joining the Masonic order. Soon afterWard he went to Hong-Kong and knocked around for teveral years, practically a political refugee, because of his Masonic alllliatlons. Senor Jose Leyba. Aguinaldo's aid, in May, lw, told J. L. Stickney, correspondent of the Chicago Record, that his chief was educated at the law schocl In Manila, and that he returned to his native province to practice law some time before the outbreak of the rebellion of ISM, and Mr. Stickney heard that he even held a position under the government as collector of taxes or In some similar place. After the rebellion began Aguinaldo did not take any prominent part in it until Dr. Jose Itizal was executed by the Spaniards, but soon thereafter he was participating In the negotiations with the Spanish captain general for the "pacification" of the islands, and was recognized as one of the leaders of the Insurgents. The so-called "pacification" has been described In different wiiys. according to the bias of the writer describing it. On the one hand, it Is claimed that the rebel leaders, foreseeing that, for lack of arms, they would fail to drive the Spaniards from the archipelago, decided to make terms with their oppressors, in order to secure the reforms they desired without further lighting. Accordingly, they agreed to surrender all the arms In the possession of the rebel forces and to disband their troops in consideration of the agreement of the captain general to carry out certain Important reforms in the government, and, further, to pay to Aguinaldo and his colleagues in the insurgent ranks the sum of $M"M.0uo, Mexican, equivalent to about $400,000 in American gold. This agreement was made in January, 1SSS, and one-half the agreed sum was paid to the native leaders, who at once left the islands. Those who believe that they were actuated by lofty motives of patriotism say that this money was left in bank in Hong-Kong until it should be known whether the Spaniards fulfilled their promises. Then, it is claimed, when it was seen that none of the reforms was forthcoming, they used this sum for the purchase bf arms and ammunition with which to attack the Spaniards in Cavite province. HIS RETURN TO MANILA. Another version of the transaction, however, represents the Filipino chiefs as having divided the first payment of $400,000 and as then quarreling over the distribution of the second sum of SLW.OOO because some of them thought that Aguinaldo had received too large a share tf the first payment. It is dertain that when the Maine was blown up in February, 1S9S, Aguinaldo was in Singapore, and that he was then all ready to sail for Europe, Intending to live in Paris. That much I know from his secretary, who would not have given out such an admission unless it was true and known to be true by other people. It was only when the disaster to the Maine raised the possibility of war between the United States and Spain that Aguinaldo decided to return to the Philippines for u renewal of the revolt. Aguinaldo did not arrive in Hong-Kong until several days after Admiral Dewey had sailed for Manila. He had had some kind of a negotiation with the United States consul at Singapore relative to the part he was tc play when the Americans attacked the Spaniards In the Philippines, and he began to "work" the consul in Hong-Kong in a slmi'ar way. It need not be supposed, however," wrote the correspondent of the Record, "that he was at all deceived by any promises these two men may have made to him, for he was too well posted in the responsibilities that are intrusted to mere consular representatives to imagine that they could bind the United States; but he was 3hrewd enough to see the advantage that would accrue to him personally If he should be able to tell the Filipinos that "he had secured the co-operation of the United States. It was evident that he would be able to pose as the biggest man in Luzon if he could convince his former associates that he had been the means of bringing the Americans to help the natives throw off the yoke of Spain. Aguinaldo is entitled to a great deal of credit for his foresight, for it was by this move that he became the Filipino dictator." On the 17th of May he was allowed to cmbark in the McCulloch In Hong-Kong und was ta!en to Manila bay, with about frly natives who had been living a precarious existence In the British colony, and who were glad to go back to their homes Inan American dispatch boat. When Aguinaldo and his rather motley group of follow.-rs landed In Cavite there were not one hundred Filipinos in that town, but the men who had come from Hong-Kong with him were sent into the interior to tell the people thai a new savior had come to rescue th?n from the Spaniards. Within a week the natives Legan tc flock Into Cavite, coming ty boat across the bay during the night, because the Spaniards had possession of tb neck oi land that connected the point upon which Cavite was situated with the rest of Cavite province. A GREAT MOGUL. These men found Aguinaldo installed as the "great mogul" of the Filipino cause. He was In constant communication with Admiral Dewey, who gave him boats, coal, cannon, Mauser rifles and ammunition. When he told them that he had been the means of brining about the destruction of the Spanish fleet, through his "alliance" with the United States, they saw nothing improbable In his claims. Naturally they accepted his leadership at once, and he went on to arm them with rifles received from Admiral Dewey and with others brought over from Canton. His successes in driving the Spaniards inside the walls of Manila added still more to his prestige, and it was not a cause for surprise when he declared himself dictator. That he was probably the most able of all the Filipinos may be admitted, for he had the wit to take advantage of circumstances which a man less shrewd and ready would have overlooked. But It was the opportunity that made him the leader of the natives. He would never have reached the altitude he obtained had it not been for the extraordinary incidents connecting him with the defeat of the Spaniards. After that his success was assured and easy. Referring to Aguinaldo's personality and

manner. Mr. Stlckney wrote: "When he made the passage from Hong-Kong to Manila bay In the McCulloch I accompanied him, and saw Mm every, day thereafur until late in June. At first he was simplo and unpretending. nnl wai apparently grateful for any attention the navy officers showed him. It was not fill he found himself installed in Cavite as the dictator of the Philippines that he began to 'put on airs.' It has always seemed to me that greatness was forced upon Aguinaldo tc a marked decree. While he was a man of shrewd cunning, he never seemed to have the elements of greatness, even as a Malay. For a long time he could not be Induced to venture north of the city of Manila, because he knew that the people In that part of Luzon had not a high regard for him prior to the destruction of the Spanish fleet by Dewey, and he was afraid that his own career after that event was not sufficiently well known to them to insure their yielding to his pretensions. Only when the so-called Filipino Congress was obliged to meet at a point north of Manila did Aguinaldo venture out of his beloved province of Cavite. He had always feared the men of the north, and it was only because Filar and Luna were absolutely necessary to the Filipino cause that he was willing to give them important places In tho army." One of the few known Incidents of Aguinaldo's career during the past year, save the occasional proclamations that hav. emanated from his hiding places, was that of his saving Lieutenant Gilmore and the members of his party from the Yorktown from being shot by order of General Luna. This was at San Isldro last summer. The men were taken from the prison where they had been placed while Luna was deciding upon their fate, and marched to the plaza. Their hands were tied behind them, but they walked erect and dellant, like American sailers, and halted In the middle of the plaza. A great crowd had gathered about, and a strong force of Filipino soldiers were present. Luna was In immediate command, and looking on at the scene was Aguinaldo. A squad of little brown soldiers was marched out for a firing party, but before they brought tluir rifles to their shoulders Lieutenant Gilmore exclaimed: "As an American officer and gentleman, I protest against being shot with my hands tied." Aguinaldo, who had been watching the Americans keenly, gave a sharp order to Luna, and after a brief consultation the men wore marched back to their prison. During this period of a year or more he is supposed to have been hiding in Isabella (CONTINUED ON PAGE 2. COL. C.) ONE KILLED, EIGHT HURT

TKAIMK AMI IWSSEXfiHHS MAXGLEO IX A RAILWAY XVHECK. Collision on the Chicago fc XorthweMteru nt Little Hup id, Wis., Caused by an Open Switch. DEPERE, Wis., March 27. A collision between a paf-renger and freight train occurred on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway at Little Rapids live miles south of Depere this afternoon, resulting in the killing of one and the injuring of eight others, ar. fellows: Dead Harry A. Jones, Green Bay, Wis., engineer of passenger train. Injured John Donnelan, fireman of freight, serious; M. L. Peterson, express messenger, Milwaukee, serious; Conductor Ralph Izand, left shoulder dislocated and head severely cut; Albert Schoettle, brakeman on passenger, knee badly bruised; Daniel Gibbon, of Fond du Lac, head cut and thumb smashed; Daisy Rogers, Appleton, and Mrs. Hauch, Sheboygan, Injuries slight; John Young, Milwaukee, fireman on passenger, cut about head, taken to Appleton. The wreck was caused by an open switch. The north-bound passenger, due at 2:40, crashed Into a heavy freight standing on a sidetrack. The passenger does not stop at that station and was going at nearly full speed when the collision occurred. Both engines were completely wrecked. The passenger engine, falling on its side, crushed out the life of Engineer Jones. Fireman Donnelan, of the freight, escaped death by Jumping. Both engines were completely wrecked, the baggage and smoking cars were thrown sideways off the track, the front end of the baggage car being wrecked. Most of the Injured were taken to St. Vincent's Hospital at Green Bay. RIOT AT WILKESBARRE SILK -MILLS St PEIUXTEXDEXT AM) ASSISTAXT 3I()Iin ED, Former Knocked Sennele with a Stone Fight Hetween I!o. Women iintl n Squad of Policemen. WILKESBARRE. Pa., March 27.-A mob of breaker boys and men and women sympathizers with the striking girls of the liamford silk mills, of this city, set upon Superintendent Spears and his assistant this evening, and for a time It looked as though there would be blood shed. The superintendent was on his way to this city when the crowd of boys met him and with mud and stones fired volley after volley, yelling and Jeering. When the city line was reached the mob numbered rive hundred, many women and men Joining It. Three policemen on reaching the scene, met the mob and ordered It to disperse. Spears and his companion entered a traction car and the mob surrounded It, demanding that they be ejected. The conductor first refused to comply with the demand, and the windows of the car were smashed. Later the two men were ordered tc get off the car. The appearance of the superintendent was the signal for another outbreak. The police surrounded the men. and while the riot progressed Spears fell senseless, with a deep gash in his jaw, lr.P.ieted by a stone thrown by a member of the mob. The officers then drew their revolvers and succeeded in dispersing the crowd. They. too. were assaulted, but not htrlously injured. No arrests have been rüade. Superintendent Spears is charged with having repudiated an agreement entered Into between a former superintendent anS the striking mill girls. The girls were on strike for eight weeks, and returned 10 receive an advance in wages of 5 to 25 per cent. The management discharged Superintendent Shoemaker, who arranged the settlement, disclaiming all knowledge of the negotiations, and refused to grant the demand. Another strike wai inaugurated three days later, and is now on.

TO MEET HERE

MIXERS EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE WILL COM'CH OX KltlUAV. Meeting Will Consider and Act on President Mitchell1 Report of Ilia Vinlt to Xew York. FEARS OF J. P. MORGAN XEW YORK II AX K Ell - I II O MOT RH DOES XOT XVAXT TO HR AHHITEH. Afraid Hint "Half of Xevr York Would De nt M- Heel" If He Conferred with the Labor Lenders. DECLINES TO SEE MITCHELL IX HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT OF TUR JIIXRHS CXIOX. Hellere There Will He Xo Strike of Anthracite DITKer Interview with a Delegation. WILKESBARRE, Pa., March 27. A call has been issued by President Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers of America, for a meeting to be held in this city on Friday morning at 10 o'clock of the presidents and secretaries and the executive boards of three Pennsylvania anthracite districts. President Mitchell and two members of the national executive board will be in attendance and report on their visit to New York. A meeting of the national executive committee has been called at Indianapolis to be held at the same hour as the meeting here. Any action taken on President Mitchell's report here will at once be wired to Indianapolis, and It is expected will be promptly ratified by the national board. Seventeen of the twenty members of the national executive board are Western men and will gather at Indianapolis. National Committeeman Dilcher and Organizer Chris Evans, who are members, left Scranton last night for Indianapolis. CONFERENCE WITH MORGAN. llev. PhllllpA nnd Other Talk with the Great Promoter. NEW YORK, March 27. A delegation composed of live men representing trade interests in the Pennsylvania anthracite coal regions with the Rev. Edward S. Phillips, acting as chairman, held a conference to-day with J. Plerpont Morgan in the private office of Mr. Morgan in this city. The conditions of unrest in the anthracite coal region at present were set forth in the briefest possible form by Father Phillips, who presented the delegation to Mr. Morgan, and to whom Mr. Morgan expressed his interest in their errand and his willingness to make personal effort to prevent a strike, though he declined to hold a public conference with the labor leaders. The delegation which met Mr. Morgan today comprised the Rev. E. S. Phillips, from Hazelton, and Edward Lauterbach, the treasurer, and A. T. McAlester, the secretary of the Hazelton Board of Trade; J. II. Sorbey, president, and L. W. Marquardt, chairman of the manufacturers' committee of the Pottsville Board of Trade. Arangements for this meeting were made last week by the officials of the various boards of trade of the coal region of Pennsylvania through Rev. Father Phillips as chairman. The conference lasted less than haif an hour. Father Phillips made a brief presentation, saying that the delegation was there merely trying to bring about some action that would prevent a strike; that it was ready to act as an intermediary body, or to be used in any way that would compose any differences existing. Father Pnillips asked Mr. Morgan if he would meet John Mitchell, president of the United Mine Workers' Association, who has been in New York for several days. Mr. Morgan in reply said In substance that his attitude up to the present has been toward the prevention of a strike. He said he was mucn interested in the mission of the delegation, and he assured them that they could rely upon him to do all within his power to prevent any action that would paralyze business. He remarked, however, that he was disinclined to hold a public conference with the labor leaders, Indicating as a reason for this attitude the belief that should a public meeting between himself nnd labor leauers be held the publicity thereof and possibly attendant conclusion might hamper me achievements oi the best ends which all were seeking. In other words, as Mr. Morgan remarked, should he hold a puolic meeting or conference "half of New York woald'bc upon my heels." Mr. Morgan added that the ends sought could best be achieved through other channels, and he assured the delegation that he might communicate with the boards of trade later. "You may rest assured that I believe there will be no strike." remarked Mr. Morgan. Mr. Morgan shook hands vith the members of the delegation and they parted. Mr. Morgan after the conference declined to make any statement relative thereto DENMARK WANTS $4,000,000. Condition on Which the Went Indian IslandH Will De Sold. LONDON. March 2S. The Dally News published the following dispatch from its Copenhagen correspondent: "I am enabled to state, on the very best authority, that Denmark has communicated to the United States the following conditions for the sale of the Danish West Indies: First, $4,000,000 to be paid to Denmark; second, the population to decide by vote whether to remain Danish or be transferred to the United States; third, if the vote is favorable to tho United States, then the inhabitants are to become immediately not only Amerlcaa subjects, but American citizens; fourth, products of the island to be admitted to the United States free of duty. It is supposed here that Washington will not readily accept the third and fourth conditions." Murdered by Burglar. NEW ORLEANS, March 27. John Favilona and his daughter Annie were murdered by burglars last night. The burslari r&nracktd the premUts filter Lilllrj their

victims. Favalona kept a grocery and fruit Hand and closed up Iiis place atxut 13 o'( lock.. When he did net open this mornInsj neighbor forced their way In and Uicuvcrcd tho crime.

LOSSES OVER $1,500,000. Ohlonns Practically Fleeced by Debenture Companies. COLUMBUS, O.. March 27. State Inspector of Building and Loan Associations R. J. Mauck revoked the licenses of the Clermanla, National and United States debenture companies, of Cincinnati, and the Ohio and Equitable debenture companies, of Columbus, this morning, following the decision of the Supreme Court as given Tuesday. This leaves only the Payton, th-; Cleveland and the Toledo debenture companies alive and active In the State. Of these the Dayton and Cleveland companies have cut out the debenture feature entirely, and the Toledo Debenture Company has adopted an improved debenture plan, the legality and practicability of which are yet to be determined. The Supreme Court added another clau?e to it3 opinion In the decision of the State against the Interstate Company lat night which makes the state treasurer not simply the custodian of the deposits of the companies, but the trustee. That means that he Is to he the party to distribute tho tund to those to whom it belongs. "The ordinary procedure would be," said Mr. Mauck, "to make the treasurer a party 10 the proceedings. He could then ask for Instructions as to whom the funds are due. The court would in that case appoint a master commissioner to ascertain the parties to whom It should go and the amounts each should get." Inspector Mauck gave It as his estimate that the losses In the debenture companies of the State will exceed a million and a half dollars "Enough," as he put It, "to cause a panic in a time of scarce money." FIRE AT DANVILLE, IND. miLii(;s ix Tim central imut or the city iuhmm;. Lomn Intimated ut .1:30 o'clock TbU Morning to He ?HM,X0 Some of the SufTerera. DANVILLE, Ind.. March 2S-3:30 a. m.Fire, which is supposed to be of incendiary origin, started early this morning in the center of the business district on the north side of the public square and the whole half block is doomed. The square is the flte of McCoun's drug store, Leachman's hardware, Fast's grocery, Dentsey & Little's shoe store, the Odd Fellows' Hall, Wilhlte's jewelry store, Haines's drug store, Curtls's restaurant, Reichard & Son's furniture store, I'ope & Carter's general store, C. Ij. Thompson's drug store and J. W. Thompson's jewelry store. The lire department Is working hard at this hour, but there appears to be no possibility of stopping the lire before the destruction of these buildings. Sparks are flying and there is great danger of the fire spreading to other squares, although sixty feet separate the square from other business houses. The whole population Is up and assisting In the light against the flames. There is no way to estimate the loss, but it cannot be less than HüO.üöö. UNEARTHED AT ABYD0S RECORDS OF KIXC.S WHO IlEIGNEU 4,SOO YEARS REFOIIE CHRIST. Valuable Archncloglcnl Dlacoverlc by Trof. l'ctrle While Exploring In Egypt. BOSTON, March 27.-Rev. Dr. William C. Winslow, vice president of the Egypt exploration fund, has just received ofllcial word that Professor Petrle has unearthed at Abydos tho records of Kings before Mena, the founder of the first dynasty, nearly 4,k0 Ii. C. "We have found," writes Professor Pctrie, "the names of Narma Jva and a King named by a fish sign, perhaps also of two Kings, Deb and Sam, of Mena, and those earliest Kings. There are about thirty inscriptions and a heavy strip of gold with the name Aha (Mena.) In the tomb of Khasekhomul were found stone vases, each with a gold cap tied on with gold wire. Also two bangles of gold and a dinner service of a dozen pans and dishes, with 160 models of tools in sheet copper. The frequent use of ivory then Is witnessed by the discovery of forty inscribed ivories and stones and two lions cut In ivory." Regarding the statement- recently printed that bracelets of gold, with turquoises and amethysts, found in the tomb of Zer, the second dynastic King, are the only jewelry known before the twelfth dynasty. Dr. Winslow states that there are gold ornaments of the earliest dynasties in the famous Abbott collection of the New York Historical Society. TO ECLIPSE GRANTS TOMB. Illinois LcgiHlnture Iropoen a Costly MnuHoleuni for Lincoln. SPRINGFIELD, 111.. March 27. An Abraham Lincoln mausoleum that will outshine the Grant tomb on the banks of the Hudson is the project for which Representative D. E. Sullivan, of Chicago, will introduce a bill to-morrow. The total cost of the memorial in view should be, it Is estimated, anywhere from ll.Ouü.Ooü to Jl.5o0.000. Mr. Sullivan's bill will propose that the State of Illinois shall make provision for devoting Sö-JO) for the purpose, although it is not necessary the full sum shall be taken from the public funds this year. This is little enough, he thinks, to be devoted to honoring the memory of Lincoln by the State which gave him to the Nation. A bill for a JCOö.uju appropriation to erect a monument to Lincoln was before the Legislature two years ago, introduced by Samuel Alschuler. The sentiment of the House was overwhelmingly for It, but Governor Tanner had it killed In favor of a bill laying out $100,000 to repair the other Un1 coin monument located litre.

JOHN BULL, TOO

l.XCLi: SAM .XOT ALOXi: IX WAH.XI.XÜ CHINA AMI IUSSIA. Ill IlrltlMli Couiln linn Follovred Salt, and rrotewted AnlnM the Manchurlun .Xetf otlntion. TREATY NOT SIGNED TUESDAY XVHEV Tili: TIME LIMIT WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE EXPIRED. Decree Isned by the Court at Sl-Nsan-l'u Ordering that the Final Step He Postponed. RUSSIANS STILL CONFIDENT SAY THE AC.REEMEXT XVI IX HE MODIFIED AXD ACCEPTED. Attltnde of Japan Not XVorrylncr the Cmr'a Government Warning; to MlHlonarIcB. WASHINGTON, March 27. The British: government has protested against Chlna'i making a convention with any power touching territorial or financial affairs until the present troubles in that countrj are considered. The fact of the British protest was made known here for the first time today by a dispatch from one of the foreign ofllces in Europe. It says that the protest was made through Sir Ernest Satow, the British minister at Peking. It does not state when the representations were made, Lut from the fact that the dlpatch was received in Washington to-day it is taken that the protest occurred within the last day or two. Although the Russian agreement is not specifically referred to, it is said to be clear that the British action is directed against the Russian government. The language appears to be similar to that used by Secretary Hay In the American protest. The effect of the British action is to place the United States, Japan anj Great Britain In formal opposition to tha signing of a convention by China with any power pending the settlement of the Chinese troubles. The course of Greit Britain is thA more significant from tho fact that the government and Germany have a. written alliance relating to Chinese affairs. The concurrence of these protests probably explains why the Manchurlan agreement has not been signed. There was no definite information received here to-day at the State Department or at any of the foreign embassies as to whether the agreement had been signed or rejected. Thero was something of a stir in diplomatic quarters over the ieport. coming from ofllcial .sources, that the United States was considering the advisability of addressing Russia directly on the subject. Heretofore the American objections to the Manchurlan government have been addressed to China. Copies were furnished the Russian authorities, thoUKh the protest has been to China, and not to Russia. Several of the foreign representatives advised their government that this step was contemplated by tha United States, but there is no ofllcial Information available as to how far the consideration of the move has proceeded. Published reports having stated that Hon. Alfred E. Buck, the United States minister to Japan, who is in thi country on a leave of absence, has been ordered to return immediately to his post of duty because of threatened entanglements between Japan and Russia, it is learned in authoritative quarters to-night that there is no truth in the resorts. Mr. Buck's sixty days' leave of absence has about expired, and he is about to return to Japan in the usual course of events. Dr. MorrUon'a Advices. LONDON, March 27. Dr. Morrison, wiring to the Times from IV king yesterday, says: "Reports that the Chinese court has definitely rejected the Manchurlan convention are acquiring great consistency, and the extreme reticence of Li Hung Chang's Yamen points in the same direction." The Vang-Tse valley is again, as last summer, proving the center of stability of China. The action of tho Wu-Chang and Nan-Kin viceroys is carrying the whole of the central and Southern provinces with it. Tne movement against Russia and in favor of an appeal to the concert of powers is gaining such strength and breadth that, whatever disposition may exist at Slg-Sl-Ngan-Fu. the Chinese court may consider estranging Russia a lesser evil than Jeopardizing the authority of the throne and, perhaps, even the existence of the dynasty." "ot Signed XV hen Time E&plred. PEKING, March 27. The Chinese had not signed the Manchurii agreement latt night when the time expired. LONDON. March 27. The officials of the Japanese embassy confirm the report that an informal decree has been issued by the court at SI-Ngan-Fu through Liu Kun Yl. the viceroy of Nan-King, ordering that the Manchurlan convention should not be signed March 25. the date fixed by Russia. An Intimation of this decree has been telegraphed to the various governments concerned. VIEWS OF RtSSIAXS. Ther Think the Trent r XVHI He Signed After Modification. ST. PETERSBURG, March 27.-The correspondent of the Associated Press is Informed on competent authority that ths Russo-Chlnese agreement will be signed shortly. However, the negotiations continue and the result is not yet certainWhile it is possible the details will be slightly modified, the arrangements will be substantially as demanded. According to the Russian point of view an abatement of what are here regarded as moderate demands would be- Inconsistent with Russlxn interests and would not sufficiently safeguard the frontier and railroad. The draft of the agreement now being discussed does not mention and does not afTect UcnsUa

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