Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1899 — Page 2

JASPER COr\TY fiDNRAT. F. E. BABCOCK. IWhlKr. - - -

SUMMARY OF HEWS.

According to mail advices brought from the Orient l>y the steamer Empress of Japan. wnNptoar Chinese were hilled and 123 wounded by the Russian soldiers in the recent riot at Talien-Wan. Cion*. A Russian interpreter wa* killed by The Chinese. The charities founded hi Austria by Baron Manru-e de Hirsrh and carried on since his death in WWi by the late baroness will benefit nnder her win to the « tent of $l,150,«0l». Roth the adopted sons receive large legacies* including the splendid Moravian estates.' The dead bodies of Weston R. Turner and his wife, a well-to-do couple. each about GO years old. were found in their home at Falls Church, Va. Turner «widently had shot his wife while she was asleep and then put another bullet through his own head. The United States Torpedo boat Somers, which has made several nnsuci-essful attempts to cross the mean since it was purchased iu West Prussia at the beginning of the S|ianish war. broke- down again off Plymouth. England, and was towed into port disabled. Churchill Guthrie and A ngns-tusS. Flournoy of Kansas City, who were reported captured and shot as filibusters in Nicaragua. arrived at New Orleans from Bluefields on the steamship Rreakwater. The Government had ordered the gunboat Mach ias to Honduras to protect the Americans.

After attempting to murder his wife and G-months-old babe. Walter Miller, aged 30, foreman in the lietroit so*|* works at Detroit, sent two bullets into his own brain and died almost instantly. The couple had quarreled, and Mrs. Miller, accompanied by their children, had gone to live with her mother. At Kansas City, George R. Fearous. an attorney, was found lying in the Eighth street tunnel beside the tracks the other afternoon unconscious, and died sotm after being taken to the police station. The top of the skull was laid liare. Apparently he had been struck by an electric ear nnknown to the motorman. Guests of two Broadway. New Tort, hotels were routed out of lied and throw* into a panic early the other morning by flames which destroyed several buildings between the two hostelries. Coming so soon after‘the Windsor horror there was wild excitement, but u« casualties. The hotels were the St. Cloud and the Smart. In the city election at Beattie. Kan.. two tickets were in the field, one composed of women and the other of men. Mrs. Charles Totten was elected Mayor and Mrs. Sheldon. Mrs. Scblighu Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Ketiin and Mrs. Watkins to the Council, .while Miss O’Neil, candidate for clerk, won easily. The police judge and marshal arc men. The west bound Burlington fast mail made a record breaking ruu into Omaha recently. It left Chicago late --n account of a wreck in the yards. At Crestou it was an hour and six minutes lartr.wnd it arrived in Omaha twenty-nine minutes late-. The run from Crest on. 164 miles, was made iu 113 minutes, including stops, or 103 minutes actual running time, two stops being made. •. D. 11. Diekasoti. chief Clerk of th*-Colo rndo House, disappeared near the end of the session and it was openly charged that be had stolen the public utilities bill iu order to prevent its being signed before adjournment. When found Pirkason was knocked down by a nx'inber of The House and was dragg-si to tlie Senate chamber, where he was fomd to deliver the missing bill to the clerk. Twenty-five inmates «f the State Indus trial Home for Girls, in OtailHenthe, Momade a break for liberty the other day. armed with butcher knives and other weapons. They drove hack the guards, but were finally run down and capTured by the police after a long chase. The girls objected to being kissed by the superintendent. That official admits that he kissed the girls, hut says it was only in a fatherly way. The Court of Appeals has affirmed the decision of the lowhr courts that John R. Can*enter, who-r'disappeared from bis home in St. Louis two years ago. is legally dead. The ease was the suit of Mary K. (’arpentcr against the Supreme CouncU, liegion of Honor, for $2,006 on a certificate issued to her hnshand, who disappeared from home Jan. 30. ISHT. and has not since been heard from. At The Time of his disapix-arance he had made several remarks tending to sttieide. Judgment was awarded the plaintiff.

BREVITIES.

Wanvil F. I/olaud. proprietor of the illfated Windsor Hotel. died at the Grenoble Hotel in New York. Mias Helen Gnnld has reeeived the OIE eial gold badge of the New York fire department. presented To her is recognition •f her work at the Windsor Hotel fire. The steamer Waesland. from Philadelphia. reported at tjneenstown that Herbert RnthTen. a saloon passenger, died dating The voyage and was buried at sea. Youth and beamy, with millions of money, wore joined together in holy matrimony at New York when Virginia Fair became the bride of William K. Vanderbilt, Jr. Clyde Mattox killed Lincoln Straaty, •n Osage ranchman, at l'onea. City. L T. la the White House Club saloon daring a quarrel in which Swinner was the aggres•or. Mattox used a knife. An east-bound freight train «a tike Pennsylvania road struck and killed two ■ten and fatally injured another near Greenshurg. Pa. The men were walking aa the tracks and were run down. A regular battle has taken place near Holguin. Cuba, between the bandits and ■h of tjK Second immune regiment, two outlaws and one aoldier being killed. A special from Tampico, Mexico, says: “The forests for miles around Tampico •re a burning furnace, and as far as the 4pe can see there is a continuous streak tir* smoko w At Omaha. Neb.. Thomas H. Cooley. iße cashier of the 8t Paid. Mmneapohs . yemd vtived

EASTERN.

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WESTERN.

ICx-Cournvftsinsiiiii Jww w •limA v« {ptfii&di ui swwkJtj y-inavr afl Wichita. Kim. Mrs. largeixtill auiff I<«1® FWflfim* the- ißleped kidmg>/ < r< IficnlW- terrain Lapiaure,. have n'nimt>i IN* CSnrasp* ff«r mtiaJL It is aerawmnocff nltoiti tribe BsEnSwiaiE mn<St>ss «f nwCiimi's miSE tpnhuAilsr ii»i>£ ifc* sicvt convention at Ikes Mnnws 10-wcit ioWjml «T Clbiratgn. At Nevwftu <C9cr~ CUL. Ddfiwswaa Wi£Kwni K3r»ty wars -sibrn aaii kiillinA by Ki JCootv, whom ibr- wars tmjibjf: tw* arrest.. Monre wucajw'd *♦* aibe Ifcfflk. At Uhanm. <Wm. uflo* yur« in Oftw <,-®se off GoffT-ge Bnn,l. mi itaiial! ffur kiißUinrr his- «ofr «roC <owM<hinnn ®t East Liiwovwwil, has hroughit m a xovAkv od m*C writer.. Ylbe Missouri Htw lias pure*! ■ MS imdifliitisj; ®be saJb- of tmilfc oe xreasa treated wiith xlbtoiiMtalbs Ite pswahy foe so Affine 3s a fine not tw> exoeei SWW Articles off HMvnvofl’MMin mow liiirtff ns Missrmni *y nlbe Itaw Fhwmte ZLoir Minins Ormmmiy, b bat ISUMM* shore* at tUKdi. TPbe -sdarettnilibc* aw mjastTy St. Ijonistans loin ft. RrMtU-SrOlro- litas noriitiwif the trustees off IV*oju«ff»i raiiwßfitty. at Graunville, Oftnn. tkatt iff wnnibni She voMmns yeor it miD raise sK*Mlt» he will! gmsmt the jnstitntioa mwfc «*****. Judge Ranks off o*wft&n£ toss appoinst«iF.C Homo* ww«w ffw alio- Otwaramt Water Iwt* amt Slrggiy ClMnpaury of OamxmttT The wwiisvwfcig* mats asini for by the State Ttrnjtt Gtesgoais off New Yost James Reed. ageff ventcs. <refl«**d. mas tutneed at Kansas Cliny- Kow«£ shift Mbs. Susie Blafco-iks *• •Atiacfc in bn- iimne ns a St off jealousy. Hr <6*4 om trite saoae soalFold <cm mifandk kits CaQftnr. Mamin Meet. «rs in KM. I TV- Sqpntnr CohsU at InfiiaiuagMUts kacs bold that am unyiksv off a raiftami am awnwinp to* *fw*« hwb ffiMaa a taiitewani Teiieff Jtssonisttffti an xatw off telacy mttnqmsbrs Ins rtjjta to* hiime sant asarat the At Baadfinc tbmnu. Ohoa. Mr. E H. W«fkralknwc, rnkorns kusimaiff mam UM nfaomgy-t>no*r ■chaswo- ami gftmtms a Kwniit tax off SWA on <r«>Hb Any stem. t» <SH«J mil oiassrs. snnst »<** a sax off 13En» mlbttfc •w:iun*f*fi iam tke soo-sanifcs' >&Br ins mrbi off tfee Cbates Hamm, one off osas «xsnasnn&ffff brffitw any «ftwanffe off Jmw'A. Tbr wmtk4Miaaa BnOmctem fmss«e*r train Sterna tbaaka mas ffwrsiflni Iteve ami at taftf naOes BMorth off rkskmOin, Mm. Sscvm fttrsoas aw HaartL Swotml nCkn. aoooai - tin* -Amins oaar noiOni ffumia a tout? toot nteakaat.

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aHcers era hold over. The people of the traa were so engrossed in a natural gas ' ami me ace boom that they allowed norata’ittaari to go utterty by default. Mr*. W. R. Chadman, a well-known reside at of Kansas City, Mo., attempted to horsewhip City Attorney John A. Oliphanr at Perry, Ok. Mrs. Chadman acensed Mr. Oliphant of slandering her. Olipbant took the whip from the woman’s hands and severely whipped her. The new syndicate opera house block, a three-story brick and stone building, in Gtawford. Neb,, burned to the ground. The origin of the fire is unknown. Furnature. fixtures and mail matter in the pest office were destroyed. The heaviest loser was F. E. Jandt, general store. Warm weather has enabled the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture to get a very fair idea of the damage to the winter wheat of the State. Reports from the various counties south of the Platte indicate that the loss is the heaviest in the State’s history, being more than onehalf. . Sixty thousand miners in Illinois and the four competitive States laid down their tools the other morning and spent the day in celebration of the eight-hour day. which has been in force in union mines for one year. At nearly every mining center there were public exercises and speaking by prominent labor leaders. Judge Shiras of the Federal Court at Dubuque has decided that under the bankruptcy act innocent third parties can hold their securities. The court holds that mortgagees cannot be compelled to yield possession of property in their hands which has passed into their possession before proceedings in bankruptcy were begun.

At a conference of ’longshoremen at Cleveland, at which all ore-receiving ports were represented, it was decided to demand that the ore unloaders’ scale be advanced to U cents. Subsequently a joint convention of the ore shovelers, lumber sad coal handlers was held, and unanimous action was agreed on by the three branches of the organization. Five men working in a deep, narrow trench at Joplin. Mo. lost their lives by a cave-in that caught them from both sides. Four of the men were buried under eighteen feet of earth and rock and their bodies have not yet been recovered, fffcar. a man named Neighbargar, was covered to the waist and died from his injuries before he could be dug out. At INnaisoa, Ohio, six masked burglars entered the house of Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Crocker, an aged and well-to-do couple, and hound and gagged them. Mr. Crocker was tortured by having lighted matches put to- bis feet to compel him to reveal the hiding place of his money, but refused. Mrs. Cteeker was subjected to barbarous indignities. The robbers secured only $97. A fire which started in the engine room «£ the Pacific folding paper box factory, at San Francisco, spread to the building •ccupied by Miller. Stoss & Scott, wholesale hardware dealers, totally destroying the factory and the hardware warehouse. The printing and publishing house of the Hitks-Jmld Company was also damaged by fire and water. The loss will probably amount to $500,000.

Samuel Jacobs reported to the Kansas City police that his 3-year-old son had been stolen. About 10 o'clock on a recent night Jacobs and his wife went across the street to visit a sick woman. They left tta baby asleep. When they returned home- they found the baby’s crib empty, with the bedclothes thrown over the footboard. as if some oue had hastily gathered up the- child. The mother became hysterical and the father searched the premises, but no trace of the lad could he found. The police believe the boy was kidnaped.

SOUTHERN.

At SSit-itrop. Texas. Elisha Swan, a 19-jear-olil negro, was hanged. Brig. lien. D. W. Flagler, ehieT of ordasaw. died at Old Point Comfort, Va. At IVaJlas, Texas, three tires, evidently off iavendiary origin, have set the officers t* seeking for the incendiaries. 1 E. Dickerson, director of the defnnet First National Bank of Asheville, N. C., mas sentenced to ten years in prison. Robert Lynch and Robert Finch, two pemainsnt citiaens at Brandon, Tex., were | shot and killed while trying to “ran the tawa,’*' 1 A collision between the pilot boat Underwriter and the British steamship Atala at Ckahnette, La., seriously damaged both WWCflFm"*" • At Colombia, S. C.. the city hall and opera Loose was totally destroyed by fire. Ike- aggregate loss is about $70,000, insurance s3svst*>. Miss Jane Fuller, daughter of Chief Justice Fuller, will be married to Nathaniel Francis. Jr., of Boston, April 12, in St. John's Church of Washington. Richard Hale and Thomas Johnson, white men, and Sam Rives, colored, were hanged at Troy. Ala., for the murder of : Mrs. Ira Meyers and her daughter-in-law, Mbs. E. Meyers. The steamer Rowena Lee. plying be- , tween Cairo and Memphis, sank in sev-eaty-ttxe feet of water opposite Tyler, Mew and alt on board excepting Captain Carvetl and a pilot were drowned. At Feast eighty persons were on the boat. Manager W. B. Bryant of the Southwesteea Telephone and Telegraph Company at Hillsboro, Tex., committed suicide by shooting himself through the heart. It develops that bis acconnts with the company are several hundred Georgia's twenty-year convict lease, oat off which have grown so many investigationu. so many scandals and so much alleged ernefty. has expired, and the lessees gam «p the convicts. Under a new arraagement convicts will be leased for fiveyear terms only. Rev. G. W. Montgomery was decoyed fteaa his home at Cameron, W. Va., the other might and terribly stoned by a crowd ass men who waylaid him. The assault warn the oatgrowth of a vigorous campaign. against unlicensed saloons the minister had conducted, and it created intense

FOREIGN.

Man Rose I.eclereq, a well-known actress. as dead at London. The French Senate has adjourned nntil May St and the Chamber of Deputies adjaaeard until May 2. The passenger steamer Stella sank in a •ar m the BfigWah channel. One hundred and twenty fires were lost. Chant de Yillagonxalo, former Spanish aaakaasadar to Russia, has been appointed Spanish ambassador to Great Britain. Mat Get. MacArthur has entered Ma-

s lolos, the seat of the so-called insurgent government, the natives burning the city and simultaneously evacuating it. Hong Kong authorities are pressing for au extension of the territory ceded to Great Britain by the of Canton and Nanking ou the ground that more land is needed for British Government buildings. A committee of the Greek Chamber of Deputies having declared that the election of Zaimis, the president of the council of ministers and minister of foreign affairs, was invalid, owing to bribery and intimidation, the cabinet resigned. Extension of woman suffrage and laws to promote the welfare of the women in Cuba and the Philippines will be discussed at the thirty-first annual convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association at Grand Rapids April 27 to May 4. A wealthy gentleman named Tourret was shot dead on the Bois de Boulogne, Paris, by a man who mistook his victim for President Loubet, to whom M. Tourret bore a striking resemblance. The murderer, whose name is Ozouf, and who is 38 years old. is thought to be insane. Agoncillo, the representative of Aguinaldo at Paris, says the Filipinos hope to draw the American troops into the center of the archipelago, as far away from the fleet as possible, and trust to the coming rainy season and terrible fevers to work more injury than rebel bullets ever could. The name board of the new French bark Mareehal Lannes, ot 1.711 tons, Captain Le Petit, which sailed from Swansea for San Francisco, together with large quantities of wreckage, including hatch and a skylight, has been washed ashore in Broad Sound and near the entrance to Bristol Channel, on the Welsh coast.

IN GENERAL.

The report of the murder of sixteen prospectors from Kentucky has been received at Juneau, Alaska. No details are at hand, but the story is to the effect that the gold seekers were killed while asleep by Indians, who wanted their kits and supplies. The loss is reported of the schooner Stella Ehrland, which sailed from San Francisco Feb. 26 With a party of scientists sent by the Smithsonian Institution to investigate animal life in the tropics. The vessel was wrecked off the coast- of Lower California. AH on board were saved. It is now publicly admitted that the Dominion of Canada is without defense and has no army worthy of the name. This statement is made upon the authority of the head of the supposed army, the general who commands it. Gen. Hutton is a first-class imperial officer, who haa seen, active service in various parts of the empire. The American Potteries Company, the the name given to the proposed $27,000,000 trust to include the potteries of the United States, is dead. The projectors, it is said, spent $250,000 in trying to effect an organization, but failed because of overcapitalization. They could not persuade investors to buy stock. It is said the property to be included was intrinsically worth $7,000,000, but had been appraised for sale to the trust at $12,000,000. The trouble arose in convincing investors that dividends could be paid on $15,000,000 more than the highest valuation. ’

In reviewing the commercial situation Bradstreet’s says: “There is a quieter tone in several lines of business this week independent of the reduction in volume of distributive demand, resulting from continued unfavorable weather conditions in a large section of the country. The strength of quotable valnes, however, fails to show that any material slackening of underlying movements has as yet become apparent in leading lines. Industrial conditions continue of a most flattering character, with advances iu wages still a prominent feature in the iron, steel, machinery and allied trades.” James La blanche, a young French-Ca-nadian, stabbed and killed his Indian sweetheart, Olga Possami, at Pelee Point, Ont., and then stabbed himself to the heart. The point is near Pelee island and during the winter months the inhabitants are isolated. Lablanche and the pretty Indian girl were lovers and last summer they plighted their troth, but when the young Frenehmun went to call on his sweetheart a few days ago he learned that another, an American from Sandusky, had filled his place in the maiden’s heart. He was distracted. He induced the girl to take a walk with him, and when near “Lover’s Rock” he stabbed her, killing her instantly. He then threw the maid-' en’s body into the lake and after stabbing himself fell into the water after her.

THE MARKETS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $0.00; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 71c to 73c; corn. No. 2,34 cto 36c; oats. No. 2,26 c to 27c; rye. No. 2,54 cto 55c; batter, choice creamery, 20c to 21c; eggs, fresh, 11c to 13c; potatoes, choice, 55c to 65c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.60 to $5.75; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $4.00; sheep, common to ehoice, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 71c to 73c; corn. No. 2 white, 35c to 36c; oats, No. 2 white, 31c to 33c. St. Louis—Cattle. $3.50 to $6.00; hogs. $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat. No. 2,74 cto 70c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2,28 cto 30c; rye, No. 2,55 cto 57c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; hpgs. $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75: wheat, No. 2,73 cto 74c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 37c to 38c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 30c to 31c; rye. No, 2,50 cto 61c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2,74 cto 76e; corn. No. 11 yellow, 350 to 36c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 34c; rye, 50e to 61c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 73c to 74c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 34c to 36c; oats. No. 2 white, 27c to 28c; rye, No. 2,56 c to 58c; clover seed, new, $3.45 to $3.55. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 70c to 72c; com, No. 3,33 cto 34c; oats. No. 2 white, 29c to 31c; rye, No. L 55c to 57c; barley. No. 2,46 cto 48c; pork, mess, $9.00 tp $9.50. Buffalo—Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 tp $5.75; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 to $4215; sheep, fair to choice wethers, $3.50 to $5.2”; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $6.50. . ■ . New York—Cattle, $3.25 to $5.73; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 76c to 78c; corn. No. 2,42 cto 44c; oats. No. 2 white, 36c to 88c; hotter, creamery, 17c to 22c; eggs, Western, 12c to 14c.

PROGRESS OF THE WAR IN THE PHILIPPINES. MANILA MAP SHOWING THE SCENE OF OPERATIONS ABOUND MANILA.

MALOLOS IS CAPTURED.

laanrgent Capital Taken by Aneripaa Troop*—Aguinaldo Eacapea. Malolos. the Filipino capital, was captured and destroyed Friday, but Agulnaldo managed to elude the Americans and escaped in safety. After three hoars of desperate fighting the natives, realizing that further effort was hopeless, net fire to the city and fled in disorder. A targe portion of Aguinaldo’s army managed to break through the lines and the men scattered in every direction, leaving guns and swords behind. The American loss was comparatively small, considering the severe nature of the combat. Rapidfire guns had been trained upon the city and spread consternation among the native troops. MacArthur began the attack at 7 o’clock in the morning, having the city practically surrounded by his forcos. Line after line of intrenchments was stormed, the defenders failing back into the town. At last the natives found that they could do no more, so they applied the torch to buildings in every direction and began the retreat. Aguinaldo and his cabinet sought safety in flight, escaping capture. Filipinos taken by the Americans say that the native leader left Malolos Wednesday, and, with his chief supporters, headed fo* the north. Although by this move Aguinaldo may claim that he saved his capital from falling into the bands of the United States forces, it is doubtful if he can retain his influence over the native forces. Many Filipino officers consider the flight an un-called-for retreat in the face of the opposition, and they declare that the chief

AGUINALDO'S HEADQUARTERS

should have stood by his men to the hut. Thousands of desertions from the native army are certain to follow the leader's action. The American flag was raised over Mtlolos at 10 o’clock Friday morning. The Kansas regiment and the Montana regiment, on entering the city, found it deserted, the presidencia horning, and the rebels retreating toward the mountains in a state of terror. The American loss was small. It was evident the rebels for some time past had abandoned all hope of holding their capital, for the Americans found there evidence of elaborate preparations for departure. On the railroad the rails and ties for abont a mile had been torn up and probably thrown into the river. The only prisoners captured were a few Chinamen. The United States troops rested Thursday night in the jungle, about a mile and a quarter from Malolos. Thursday’s advance began at 2 o'clock and covered a distance of about two and a half miles beyond the Gnigninto river, along the railroad. The brant of the battle was on the right of the track, where the enemy was apparently concentrated. The First Nebraska, First South Dakota and Tenth Pennsylvania regiments encountered the natives intrenched on the border of the woods and the advancing across the open, suffered a terrific fire for half an hour. Four men of the Nebraska regiment were lolled and thirty were wounded. Tor men of the Dakota regiment were #onnded jf>r of the Pennsylvanians was killed. The Americans finally drove the Filipinos back. Although there were three lines of strong intrendunents along the trade the natives made scarcely any defense there. The escape of Aguinaldo is offset by the fact that his capital fell into the hands of the American troops after such a short battle. Ever since the decisive advance from Manila into the interior waa began all the dispatches have predicted that Gw most desperate battle in the entire campaign would have to be fought before Malolos was take*. Nevertheless it capitulated in such short order that its storming was like a skirmish. Only one interpretation can be placed upon this, say officials of the War Department. That la thai the backbone of the rebellion is brok«q and that the natives will soon soreander.

Malolos the American troops Mm* splendidly. They advanced stelft) from frightful American volunteers were handicapped h fighting by the fact that their flpiiiqhW rifles are of shorter range than the Man ser rifles in the hands of the rebels. Vnßm those circumstances the steady ndvanm off oar troops is a really lemnrlmhh achievement. But the most noteworthy feature of Ibis onward sweep off the Americans has been the patience and endurance off the private soldiers. They bans never hesitated to plunge across any kind of difficult country against any number of the enemy and in the face off positions of entirely unknown strength. After-en-tering Malolos the victorious American army feasted on cocoon uts and bananas and enjoyed a well-earned rest. The country between Mari Lao and Manila presents a picture at desolation Smoke is cnrling from hundreds off ash heaps and the remains of trees and fences torn by shrapnel are to be seen everywhere. The general appearance «JT ths country is as iff it had been swept by a cyclone. The roads are strewn with tor niture and clothing dropped in flight i% the Filipinos. The only persons remaining behind are a few aged persons, hso infirm to escape. They camp beside 4a rains of their former home and heg-paas-ers-by for any kind Of assistance. Xtw majority of them are living on the generosity of the American soldiers, who gras them portions of their rations Bodies of dead Filipinos are sbabU in the shallows of the river or are rehim in the jangle where they crawled ~ta -die or were left in the wake off the hurriedly retreating army. The inhabitants whe fled from Marilao and Meycanyan kftt ia such a panic that on tables the American soldiers found money and valnahfes msß er property of value. They were not mo-lested-by the soldiers, but the fTiiinai ifflsi slip in between the armies tooted when ever they could and took paawauon *1 several houses, over which tiirj isiasil fhs Chinese flags, some of which were tam down. It is said at the War Department that the subject of mustering ia 35.M0 wohmhas not been mentioned to the Prewdsat, either by Acting Secretary off Wtor Metldejohn or Adjt. Gen. Corbin. Thom is no intention to bring forward this qwmtion at present, as. with t&e troops ML ready ordered to Manila and -which JtaaS Gen. Otis has all the ttewamamuM* accomplish what is desired off him in ths Philippines.

WAR NEWS IN BRIEF.

■ house at Mercanravan, daari. «ppr»»ii^ The men of the Thst Mmdsi son the river under fixe end did much wdeofttet^n^amL I,nrh ’ 1 ** *** *** 'fight. in the fighting about Sram^MMl to March 28 were 189 killed art G$ . m ■rhr'w* liflttST a hh oo^ha ™ £t£l?Lt Spanish vessels added tsUs 1 Bimrj