Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 24, Jasper, Dubois County, 17 February 1899 — Page 2

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la. Bee. .loim Wilhams. D ll.il. tin- ranking biahoe of tin- episcopal church in nu -Hed at tin cpiscopal r-silcm-o in Middle tOW Hi Conn., in ÜM Tth, aged II venrs. His death a uk sodden snd unexptwted, - - Duke I'i - formerly Spanish Minister t Mexico, ta likely to he b - ignatcd by tin- Madrid government ns its niinist-r to Washington, to exchnnge tin- rat i t'u al ions of tin- treaty ot Pari. Duoln sb II'Ahok i- an America ii. Tic remains of On. .lohn A. Kawlin were interred at Arlington eme t ry, Va.. with appropriate cercmon it -., 4in Um Btb, after having ben irntisfi rn d from the Congressional rt-iiii

t rv. whin- they. hul reposed for WIM .i rs.

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ically ill of pneumonia it the executive mansion in ir I- MB, The disease Nat eitle henvil on hi lung, ami in his taenia condition tin' ph aletaas la alten. lau-- greatly fear that he Mm not st ;i il h von! iiiiu il onsla light, t apt l. . i.i. im lias received tel. t ram. at W ushiugton. announcing that Lieut, (astn.-r. f. S. A., anil two enUated mi ii. who disappeared In the fronen wilderness of the Klondike last uviist. have arrived s.ifolx at Wcare,

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NEWS N BRIEF. I Compiled from Various Sources. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

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river. Ifta. RthtUI Allen, a hulv of high s rial station in ev York city, ami eon. aected with diet i ngu isbed families in the south, dud in the Meropolltan opera house, Saw Fork, oa t ntghl

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The Nebraska statu board of agriculture has begun to receive reports touching the stock losses In that state as a result of the late Severs weather. The indications are that laweh loss has luen sustained by both cuttle anil sheep uw nera.

Island ly f be IIS .! I ; rubs,

ill' S.S. t I.' open sea I .IN, iisdi. 11 in I hi -.'ii ami i.t

(Wimnail viun.i s sata, on th. tth. aft offered a resolution eoastri ol i . l . as holdln tin- IM and Poi i" it Icons i o 'upytn name rslatton t. t be I nitod suit of the war, as th.it 0C I

ami gave nt Iff that ti

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8th, durinff n performance of etiii." which she bad attended r adopted daughtar, Mis .Mice

queen repent of Bpaftahaaaijjrued 'et ree COIIVOkinff the rnftt - OH lary SO. snd re-establlshinar the

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HaJ, Henry (). Heistand. of he ail jutant trtTural depart nient. has been detailed n military attache of the United States commissioners to the Paris exposition. He is expected to leae a B h i Jfifi m ftbOUl the first of June for I'uris.

The Manitoba hotel, a Winnipeg, the large al hotel buildinsj la the Canadian west, was bvraed OB the morning of the 8th, and is a total loss. The building was erected at a cost of 000 and was crowded with guests. owing t the curlers' bonnpiel in pn Mgrtaa,

.Ml the young lady students of Behren extraction in attendance at the faahionabla hoarding school conducted by the nuns of Sat red Heart convent in Omaha Neb., have been dismissed. There snare eighl in the party. The mother superior declines to explain the action, Appreciating the Impossibility of op crating a campaign boa IVashingi a, Gen. (Mis has been notified that the president leaves in his hands the funduet of the war, but he Is directed to act rigorously ami t.. briag Aguinaldo and his follow, is im., subject ioa with ull poaaJblc diapatch.

The mail facilities between Cuba ami the I'nited States are to be still furtlur increased. In addition to the f';e sailings a week fnun Poii Tania, 1'la.. to Havana a steamship will have Port TsmpO, On the IMst. with mail for Havana. San .ti:an, PonCC, l'ort Antonio and Santiago.

The provost guard is in absolute Control at Manila. All fears of a native uprising in the city were dispelled bj the pioaapitode which quelled the outbreak on the C.th. The streets were deserted, asj the evening of Um Tth. by i.ine o'clnck, tu. il not a light was to lie seen in the native quarter. The Spanish premier, ienar Bagtata, in an interv iew, is quoted as sav lag) on the Tth. that he wuuhl imniediatel y abtnli to the queen reg nt a decree (invoking the eortes, ami that bt expeted to have a majority of 30 favtiiah!e tt the approval of the treaty of peace with the i'nited States.

The remains of the late Col. .lames A. Beaton, oonunander-in -chief of the ti. A. K.. MOM laid at rest in Roee Hill as etery, Chicago, on the th. Cosnrades uf 'i um iiia post conducted the Mr vice i at Memorial hall, in the pah li- library building, ami at the grave, while other posts f the eity attended nml assisted in the simple rites of the order.

Commodore t romwell has notified the American holies al ll.n.iua that he will join cheerfully in their plans to decorate the graves of the victims of the Maine on the anniversary of the ilisaster. He explains that his delav in CO-OJX' rating with tlu ni was ib to the fact that he did not know WhctlM. Admiral Baai peon's aqaidroa would arrive before the 1Mb,

i'nited stai. Consul Oeneral Wildman, nt Bong Kong, says tguinakk) i acting andar tin influence of Knglish, American ami Japanese capitalist and atlv tuturers who reside in Hone Kong, but who are at present in Shanghai, out of dancer. Mr. Wild man has information to the effect that .lap. in has recently woM large quantities of modern arms ami ammunition to Againahfo, 9 ii The president has caused to be promulgated the sentence in the ease of Charles I'. Began. TI inrt-tnartial st nt nee Was dismissal from the arm v. ami the president commuted this to ,i vi nr.' suspension from dutj . which covers the remainder of the time prior to Qea. Bagan's retirement in January, ltO, Tin sentence does not deprive htm of his pay. but ("huts off hin allowances, Which amount to quite a Inrge um.

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military academy bill, carrying Was i.,kt 0 Ui and pSISttt in hs senate on the 6th. In executive immm ii, the Parts tnaty of peace with Sualii vvjs r.. tilled by a vote of 5T tu .'7.

I araid great ei Itemt nt and enthusiasia on i th. part of the majority. After the doors I were opened the McEnery declaratory

r soiutieny were taken up la in- amis . it being suspension day, quite a numlier ,.r i.iiis were passed, s..me at ttisai important. Anmng others, the census Ml was p.tssxi ttv B VOM of 14 10 4--n the senate, on ths 7th. the resolution d.- !. ratary ttf b poltey of thts soeasrarasnt in the Philippinen was under discussion for tWO hours, hut nu vote was reached and the resatUtton ftuStly went to ihe calendar The Indian appropriation MU was taken up, but had Ml been complete. 1 when the senate atljourned In the hoiis.. in public hultdtng Mils, carry Ins, or .1 itheririnB appropriations ac-gr. -gatlnc lil.Mi M were considered and laid aside with favorable rsoonnasadatMsa. In t ti- "tnate. on the sth. the s,.s,.n was etinflneii largely to the transaction of routine business The Indian appropriation hill wis completed and paaaed, and the lefrtBiative, executive nnd hidlclal approprlation hill w.is taken up, Mid .'4 pages of it disposed of a few bills of Minor importam . w.-re p iss. .1. . . In the house, it beim; the second day shotted to the conplderatlun ..f public beilillnp hills. '.'I BUch bills wtre t ivuraliiy ;.r;. .1 upon. I But one of the hills go favore.l was pa !. however, iiii-iness beinif blocked hv filibuster-

ing on !li" part of thus, whose bills h uJ li jt h.t 11 so actetl upon

PERSONAL ANJ GENERAL.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. Tn t!ie nenate. on the 0th. the ca'lre ps'ii Beaaion waa devoted to ponakler stion of the legislative, executive and jlldkial appropriation bill. M pages of which wen- disponed Of before the seilet, went into executive session for the remainder f the day.... In the house several hills of minor importance were passed, aftei which the sundry civil appropriation! bill vvas taken up for general debate, which occupied the remainder of the session. The Vorthern Paper Co., with a aap ital stock of H, MM ,000, all of which bad been subscribed by leading capitalists in XeW llrk ami lioaton, vvill iiuincdiatciy begin the construction d" mills Ii the Penobscot river, in Maine, with a capacity of M0 tons of nenrapaper ler day. They have pVrchaaed al t "t.u.oou aerea of timber lands, and secured a water pnvver ample at all tinier fur the operation f their mills. In t be house o. commons, on the (tth, the parliamentary secretary for the forviirn office, lit. Bon. lfm s;'- .lohn Brodrrick, repaying u a question on the subject. Mid bt r majesty' govern menf was awaiting the arrival of consular dispatcbea from Samoa l. fort r xpnsasing an opinion regarding the recognition of Matasfa as kin of ilea.

Th

latest Happenings Withii the Porders of Our Üvn Stak. 1 . s,n., I'nlla. Mnaadti Inaf., ivb. in The lniina

gas Im '! his never suffered frm sola wcUtht I so severely us ROW, tllT0 itciog Intense snfferiiisj reported froM ail parts nf the distrlet. Tha gaa pre Mara is low, brcanac tin- scrvlee ha never l .u bail! for such eotulit ions, and thousands of people have rental ned in bed t keep warm, with the thermometer registering from . to below zero. Relying ahollj upon gaa, but few (ami lit - have -tovts that will burn coal or wood, and thh kiml f fuel is not on Ulf In re rxeepl a! one WOOd van!. Vndereoa, Nwood Hartford City, Marion, Uexandris, Ualeville. Albany, Katon,

and a fiOMB o'lur towns arc siinilarly I situated. In tin- iH.on r iistricts of 1

Muitcic half a tlet n families are huddled toaether, ronublninar tln-ir bed-

cl.ithiug. tad with beds taxed to full ' capacity, praying for lb cold spell to j

Gen. Otis i Gradually Di it ing tjM Filipino Army Gathered Around Manila. THE MONAD.'.'OCK USrD HER BIG GUNS.

.tfler Ihr lloiiil. trtl it.enl the AiikiIibii Vswoys atsvsd srssaai MaMaally. S reiilll II.,' I neu. Ilelore Hit in mill MsewM'taa I ,,r,r PasttMns M the tru mnl I 1 tun lim nl t .0 au.

THE MILKS INVUiRY.

U- Hi tilt. 1 mi , ihe . MasBWSasaai rre.,r, ; to I I lir 1 r 1 WaaltlagtoM, rVb, Ii, n ,, from t he IMiilippiu-s int 1 war it pariui. nt centers ssj thi i'ehrnury. when tin- coufi f in to Inveatlgata ben. Mllea' iieef chargea will caavene. format ion. evenas 1,1 ihe en

I hi judkcioualy guarileii, aad j frain from expressing unv , making saj forreaata in ihe ..

well niiiiersttMMi, However, t, Qen. Miit 1 and the woMarissar; ui's departaaanl urr nrepating of et ktcuac vv hieb m ill he ubn the eoajrt, USB one lending to

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Manila, rVb. 10, ftW 1 m. ThAim i lean forces aft 3i W this aftauraona made a eumliined attack upon aloo-

can, und reduced i i" short order. aad Ihe nth t a signal from the tow r of ! ia cinni f the l.uiiui ehnreli. the I'nited State th'.i- lipon ami i-

blcturretcd monttor Monadnock I depart saeat, mein il lire from the bav. vvilh the hi ISotli I he It- t itiiou v of I o

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DU terial Imiii'Ii uiti In the con

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work, and frost n t bat

- K..rc Munis fell troiu cxii thi et!! whüi going to when found wa to badly

ihe died.

Maltis nt i ii.Mn neie, 1 1: d.. I 't !

Lux attempted to kill

i-it v w it Ii laudanum.

Hard. I. !is Katie herself In this

Die wuinan and

Delaware Hiiiboii tleis't.

Sweeny's hotel, the Saratoga Co. annex nnd Bchaeffer'a cafe la Saratoga. N. .. were burned, on the 9th, ami Dwver's talooa, the Sheridan hotise, the sp. iic. r house aad Uourke's alley i were danuuri d.

DetaiN oiil.v atll to the inagnit ude of the succeai whicn the American troops achieved around Maalka, The government is entirely satisfied wild den. Otis' management of tha situation ami disposed to l't him exercise his judgment without speeiiic direc

lions ii the ImIi the Ve

The governments invited to nannthe pi see of holding Iba rowing pence conference have agreed to meet at The Hague. The conference a ill probably meet about March 1. Andrew Carnegie ras offered the city of Atlanta, tin.. 1100.006 for a fr-e public library, tha conditions being vote HfOOO per year to t be main t enance vote 15,000 per year to the maintenance of the instil ution. It is estimated that fully 50 per ent. Of the live stocl, in the Kuckc Mountain country have perished dining the recent cold weather. The lo.se of sheep are especially severe in .i . , , i

sou i nvvesiei n uioi auo. Tom Darnell, champion horseman.

who went to Tampa. Pia, as a rough Available cash balance, rider, was shot ami killed at Central. I f-d reserve, 1227.-716,003.

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adopted n resolution indorsing tha votes of Senators Allen and Thurston an the peace treaty ami declaring Mr. McKinley t be the greatest president sil.ee Lincoln. The remains of the late Gen. Van t aprivi. the former imperial chaueet lor of Germany who lil at Croasen, went buried, on the 1 0th, in the fami lv vi ult on the taprivi estate a! ."ky ren. Bntperor Frances Joseph, on thi ;uii. accordad a farewell andieasie ' tlMrlemagne Tower, tha Caited States minister to ienna, who presented his h tiers of recall. The statement of the condition of the I ft iisnr J issued on the Otl. showed

$273,3 i:i,6;

Dispatches ree, Ived ! Washington, M the Ith, contained the startilag an aOUliceiiient that Aguiiialdo had niaile an ntinek in force upon the Ann-titan lines at Manila. Later dispatches atBt i t' ll that the fighting vv.is L . (i up at Intervall ail night, aad mm waa rigorously oa tha Morning of the r.in. The insurgents were driven back af nil points, and fien. Otis reported that be wai master of the nit mit ion. During the engagement Admiral Dewey affectively bombarded the latreaah Mttnatl of t In insurgents.

N. M . on the Ith, by A. .1. Powler, whom DarneU bad threateaed and a;tempted to kill. Darnell had a horse saddled on which ha Intended to Make his eacape after killing I'ovvler. .1. v. Bpilnger, secretary of the Continental Land ami CstUeCooaxhetthJ received word from its Montana and Texas ranches that the losses of lite stiM'k would ! very great as reaett of the long and general storms and t old. The annual meeting of the stockholders vf the Baltimore A Ohio railload, which has adjourned from month ti month since Novembi r I. ami which was to have been held on the Sth, aas again postponed, this time until the red. Gor.-Gen, Brooke wishes to provht! a place in the Cuban admini at ration for Gen, Maximo i MUMI if one can be found or created to suit bit abilities and acceptable to his tastes. Th is far no definite suggestion baa lieen made. Th- state meal i made by high military authority that Gen. Eagnn iii ask for retirement, and thai his request will be granted shortly. This will Opea the way fur the appoint sent of a new commloary general, ami Col. Weston. It is also stated, will reeelva Iba promotion, It is assert, d in Washington that the report of the War invest igati e. COfll mission will bt unanimous. It will contain a flat contradiction of Gen, Miles' statements in regard to lad beef ami will COD! mend the ivnr department, Secretary Alger and t,-n. Shafter. No more lighting n expecletl in the Philippinen, but information if two Important movements will he looked for daily. The port of floilo will lw occupied by nieriean troops. A eo'itimn will ! ami to Mslolos, (he si-at of tin Agulnaldo government, with orders to capture Aguiiialdo if poaathle. H'-ports received at the war depart mi'iit show that ot Americana aere killed nnd about 170 i it i I fed in the fighting around Manila. This list floei not inehule three RWTI who are iniü'--ii.g. two who died from their WOtttttfa and Col. W. Smith, w bo died in I little from npnplexy. The Plrst vTaahlntf ton snffeTed tin- most severely. 40 nu n bring killed. The state department has declined to recognise the claim f the A astro Hungarian government for indemnity on nccounl f tim Hungarian Htrikrri killed bj Sheriff Mnrtin's ponat at Basic ton, i'a,. BepteMbag 10, iy;.

It is reported that many cattle on the range are suffering from faasen limifs. This usually proves fatal, fn the senate, on the 10th. the entire Peudon was devoted to oonaideretionol the ltfia)stlve, executive ami judicial appropriation bill. Little progress was made, the time being largely taken up with debate on minor topics. . ... In tiie house general debate on the Sundry civil appropri.it ions bill ;u concluded. During ihe course of th del Bte Mr. Hepburn, chairman if the interstate ami foreign commerce com mittee. gave notice that be would offer the Nicaragua canal bill as ail

.amendment to the sundry ivii bill 'Ihe supreme military court at Ma I drid. which has had under conaiderI ntiori the loss of the Spanish squadron

ai Santiago da t uba, on July las, has decided to prn- cute in connection with the disaster. Admiral fcrvera ami Commandant Bmlllo Dia tie Moren, form r captain of the destroyed cruie er t 'rlstobal oloa, . lino. an. the headquarters and stronghold of Agninaltlo's foTCCS sin" his disastrous attack oa Manila, wa. galMntlj mptared by the troops undet Gen. titis. supported by a heavy tire froM Ihe ships of Admiral DevveyY fleet. The nativea were mowed down like grass, but the American loss wn light. The Berlin correspondent "f tin London Ball" Mnil says Bmperor v i I ' In in disapprove- tf the COOt itiua nee of the condominium in Samoa, ami will also -i rtainly propose a nonfen nee of the three powers ufler he has n Reived tin etatetnenl of Dr. Joannes Raffel, pie Ideal of the municipality of Apia With the therm. meter at :M th'givci below Rero, at nine o'clot k ni night, i the loth, oiii- Lady and two men were bnptired hv Bev. Wharton, of tin Chrintian church at Coal Hun. on i e Muskingum river, a hole was eu' in tin ice. and Ihe candidates for hap tam a ere haunrroed. "Aunt Diev" liibbs, aged 10 rears, was found froaen i death, on tin loth in h. r home at Bhnwnee, Kas.. where she had lived alone for ,v ar. Sh- had apparent 1) butt herself bj a fall, ami Was tmahle to call for help. A diaastrous blaae in VVri Badem Wis. mi the mil,, destroyed several bnsltieM block . The l.a t rosse fir department vvas called on for nssisi tnre, bul did not arrive in time to ho of serv ice. 'I he peach nnd apricot crops of Ycr. con ami (edar countiea, Mo., arc reported killed, i h haut i rstiaaatad

' at more than lon.oou.

her elghtyearold boj claim to have bun abandoned bj Mr. Lux at Hartford City some time ago. sin- came t Mum ie snd g ive as a r a-on for the rash aal th- fact that her hoy is incorrigible since ihe ii. i i r bare of Ida father and that she ha- nothittg to live for. Sh. w ill recuv -r. ailpped on in tee Hsnase. Mbbnsh, leii. Peb. W. At the Bakefl1 ice bctiiss "Logaasport' Eld Psttroeyrr, nt work rear the roof of the house, slipped and fell 4 feet, landing on Bred Vance, who was employed below, Vance was crashed to earth by the shock, but miraculous! eeenped fatal injury. Pattmeyer had several ribs broken and otherwise vas so Injured Internally that it is thought be will die, lltlooM Rotera Xwtrs Dame i-et. South liend. Ind.. Feb, 10, The manager of the Illinois track team here sent an seceptance of the Invitation ta bring a tesm to the Xotre D miic meet. Dr. Shell will have charge of the team. VII Ihe universities invited have igrifled their Intention of lending t-ams. Preliminary trials wen made aad the number of track Bten reduced. ct alt ted. Beat Alhai y. led., Pah. m- Wade md Martin McCoy were acquitted in the Circuit court if a charge if r,ecessorlei in th- mnrder if Thomas I'httts at Ni v Washington hist July. Wad- McCoy is the fatlu r 'if Martin. laother son. William, is serving a sentence of two years in the Indiana reformatory for the killing Xrlli'rn I ml I on a Heiinrry. Laporte, Ind., Feb. 10.- Thecontroea tinn of the northern Episcopal deanery f Indiana ha - closed its labors. 'Üshop White presided and gave an sddreas oa The Outlook of the Church in Indiana." The eoiniK-atinn (i!jnurneil to meet nt Michigan City April U and 2i. at which time the new Hurt hern I ieese will he organized. WoSStttted Man II. Lebanon, Ind., Feb. 10. of the t7 Lebanon and Boone COUnty hoys who ire at Manila, und who. presumably, ill took part in the battle with the insurgents, two were aonndM. The) v re George M. Bchulemlre, son of J. w. Sebulemire, of this city, and K. B, ' lampitt. who resided cast of town. I'lirt-slern Kleel OIHeer.. Klkhart. Ind.. I i b. 10. The I ri.'er f Foresters of Indiana ut their session here elected ottaers on follows: High chief ranger. Pranh K. Cooper, frown Point; vice chief ranger, B. A. Manrow, Michigan Cityi secretary. Prank H. Klein. Valparaiso; tnasurer, lacob Lewi nstein. Valparaiso. lacariaai Hallwta in aehtaoa. Brankfort, Ital.. Feb. m. The t linton County FBrMcra' institute in si si t n here adopted resolution deelar ing against the ceuntj commissioners graating franchisea of the blgnwaya for electric railway purposes, i he n nlittion was adopt) il by a vote of 115 to CI. Oaf el in Fswteenlttea, V alparaiso. Lai.. Beb, 1" Ih v . Brhwaldt, paator of the German Lutheran I'hutvh. at a biisines imetii gnf the congregation, stuioui ced that those members belonging to fraternal societies will in- barred froM allrightaof I he church ami UCI anient .

Th. S::m bet n purMar uface. III., ani

i'.i t in obbshI i se. Kokomo, I in!.. I't ii. IO. Jones tabernacle lu re hai chased by ; be Baraks Steel taring company, of Kankakt

he church will ! converted into a factory fur the Manufacture of ateej iiv n new process. Ulettta III tile Ml.it . Tipton, Ind., Beb 10, Georgs Reise n young man S3 years old, who resided wiih hi father light miles north of this citv committed suicide by bang Ing himself. About 1 .' years ago his Mother committed suicide bj hanging.

ti Rfv easa re r lasttetesl, Decatur, lad., P b. in. Dnn p. Bolda, ex-treasurer of Vom COU1 ly, Wat aria -led lu re on nn Indictment eharg I Ing embexxlemenl of several thrnaand I doltara of Count) funds. Besaratva,080 bond a lul was released.

tared .i mi rn allst iji. I India i.apolis, Ind.. Li b. Kl. Samuel C, Meredith, father of ( apt. Meredith.

former chief of the bureau oft rgruving and printing, died here Thorsds) . aged et 1 1 i -Li . .

i .. ,ns in iiui-!i . j i 1 r publisher in t be state.

guns nf ln r fore turret on h- -artiiworka with great Beet. Smjn arter the Utah battery Imiiu iiartl- thi' place fr.un the land side. I he Lilipinos rCHCrVcd their lire intil the bombardment ceased, when they tired volleys of musketry as the .Montana regiment advanced on the jungle The Kansas regiment, oa Iba ex trenn left, with thi- Third artilh i.v d ployed to the right, charged srroaa the icn. ami i-arried the earthworks. i Leering under s beavj lire. Bupported by the artillery at ths church, the troops further sdvnneed driving the enemy, lighting' every font ight lata tlM town line, and pein trai'd the Preaidencia, ami lowered the Filipino flag at 5:30 p m. Tin enemy's sharpshooters, in the jungle on tin right, lind at long range on the Pennsylvania regiment. In. t they

wen soon silenced by shrapnel shells, ami the Pennsylvania na remained in 1h trenches. As the American- advanced they burned the native huts. The rebels WCM mowed down like gras., bul the American loss was light. THE LATENT FROM MANILA. Best tMlB RiMSMrt I illpum Mm'SB TrustIn l'.vry ilii.it i .-- OUs Sa Rrws timii iioiio. Wa-bington. Feb. II. bp to tin close of office hours yeeterdaj Gen. oiis s-nt no news to the war depart meat indicating any further conflicts with the nativts. He had a f vv casualties to report, these in uii-wir to intyuirics from anxious friends of imli Vidual soldiers. anl he gave notice to the department thai be hail been obliged to buy a large number of iorsK to supp!y the t ntuspori t ioc needesd, owing to the lengthening of the American lim-. The. liors s, socalled, are r-ally the little native ponies, which, it is said at the war thpartmeut, have been found to Ih- the Im -i animals fur pack and drought purposes that tan in- scented. Bonhe big American horses hare been taken t t h lalanda by the troops, nut they have taken sick nnd died, and altogether have proven to lie wholly unfit for thi eliMate, tin the other hand. (len. Mi reported that he has mounted several troops tf cavalrv im the little native ponies with good results. The same state of affairs still boliD good, with respect to Iba iastructioa of Gen. Otis. Secretary tiger said yesterday afternoon that he had not (teat any instruct ions since the beginnlag

ot nosTiiiiies ami woiini semi none. He fully expects that 4tis win raake nu terms with Aguiiialdo. while tin- hit tee is armed, and that a condition pr--Cedenl to dialing with him at ull is the return f the insurgents to their homes nnd thesiirrnler of their arms. Certain! Gen. Otts is not expected in take any action that "ill amount to the recognition of the insurgent- as a too to he treated with en tin- ha-is o,' an Independent mat ion. There was also an shoe nee of n-ws from lloilo. THE S A MOAN TROUBLE. A New l'n.- Hiitl Oii- l.lkrlT to Itrlng Almut "I jlll oi.. I nn Kntlrttly Nn Oroaada Washington. Celt. 11. ,,. Sainoaa trouble is aaauming a somewhat hew phase, according to the view of hailing diplomatic authorities, and one likely to bring about adjustment mi lines not heretofore contemplated. Thia i. in pari foreshadow id in the otiicial statement of the partMmentnrj s..,-re lary in tin house of commons Thursday to the effect that further information would Ik- awaited before considering the recognition of M.tlaaf.i a- king of Samoa. Mataafs i- not the i-taim ant w Im has thus far received tin- sup j port of tin- British .md Uncriean au thoritles, as thej have upheld Malietos Tanna, who had been declared bj t hief fustice Chambers, an American. ia rightfully entitled tu the throne. While the announcement in tin noosti of COIIIIIMBS is open to various inter

pretations, vet it seems to implv ipiil

of tin commissary deartiii. oi, -ist in the mala f official I 1 and will he vol and nous. j tien. Eagau is -'ill at i ht . . partmeut denying himself to , iters except personal friends, i now relieved of th routine woi of : his nfBce, which is lieing Iru by his assistants, ami is free to th o.'. himself to correlating all of tin .,. torniatiou in his poaacasjion for i si ntat ion to the court. t oi. Weston, who was appoint ing niwiiiiisaaiy g-n-rHl when 1 t Lagnn was called to answer . charg-s pn-f rred against him lithe court-martial, is still in New x -The Inst news of him received

department was that he hat re from a severe sioll if illnes- tl

snlted from his eamure during ii; Cuban campaign, but was no.v crotchea, with a return of a seven tack nf sciatica, contracted . aervic- long ago in tin- west SIGNED BY THE PRESIDENT. III.' I ffalt iif I '-il- III. S,., I ,, . , Ihe tfBSSMBM st rt ( era pa or hutted .uri.

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Wsahiagton, Peb. it. -The copy of the peace treaty w i I caring the signatures of th, - and American counsdsstoneric, i was nt tilted by th sei. ate daj', s certified by V r- i llobart. was i-igniil hv tie. pe, .... und S--retary Hay nt - .". o'elo k v lerda afternoon, in the litirarv al I rxecul iv- mansion. There vvas little fofTSMdity olis.n ! althaugb a number 'f persona wt present by invitation of the pre i. While signing the document th president and the aeeretari ol st sat at the round table, in the Cent t i the library. The en was an ontn gold osse, whi-h the preefdeat fre ajnently uw- in his official work. 'I h.' tersmoay wcopled only a few Minulet and at its conclusion Secretary 1 nsplaoed the -Jocaaaant la Ma erlassi velvet aise. and tiNik it to the st: pertutent for traaaaabanoa to W I ".t -:! the pr-silent IhCM pn-. üt irs. McKialey, Secretary list and tin lighter. Mr. ami Mrs. J. I. Brooks, and Mr. ami Mrs. S; Borth n, who are gueato at the House-. Mr. Ahmer McKinley and I t'ol. It. J. Mprntgomery, Catted H vaiaateenv NOT A CASE OF WHITEWASB Ail IMsaaarssaMSles staaasstlf Crlta seal iii- I. at', MaTatad asaf Oaaa. M i nuro1. Washington. Keb. 11. Memhers of

the eaiunet sarckued the report of tl war COtMnisaion to 1j in no s'-n-. whitewashing report, on Ihe eontrury. it i- stated, th'- commission ha- SOI failed to mmt out vi h-r then w. : tut or fault. Lor instance, it h I Kissed without criticism the an nn-iits made for transportation ' troops, and it als has found son thiticH to have beca amis, in tM -ply of medical Stores and ar-i-i:.i '

the tri Kips, though it lias . t o .

prtlli.'.t i ng ein-um-'.i in-es. -m h ,s

stale f utiprcparedness of the country, and th- difficulty of suddenly training gnen men to dieebarge duties. Touching the mtmsVdiacuasc d ti Hon an to tha character of th fiiriii-h.l to the army the eOMini 00 deehtrea thai the fioi generally wai of goml (piality. ami censures en Miles for his alleged failure to iii(lit the war department with th faults said by him to have Into i - Sovered at rVarto Bleo, OUR DEAD HEROES. H...II o h llriit(lit from asa aas l'nrlo lllr. for Hurl, I hy lr:nO on Nllvo s.

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Wnsiiinpton. Peb II. The aar ' partm. nt. aft- r a long ami ren 1 work, has maoe what it In lit t to W S full nnd enniph'te list of the the Cuban aad I'orto Rtean camps lv hoar still Interred la Cuba. propriatton has Isen made to these Iwkücs rcinovl to tin I S

clearly that iXMrecongitlotiof Mat.iafa, B tat es, sind the Boumardan, w

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Wim was upiieid bv the Hcrman be taken into consideration.

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"I li-T. . Sruf I,. Iislr.l.,n. Bavnna, Bah, 11, The battleablp Texas, t upt, Blgsbee, vvas ordered to Galveston, Tex., and sailed from Hnrant Thursday, Bhc will retam ti Bavana the daj following tin deoea lion of the graves of tin- Maine victims.

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Wsshlngton, Lei. II, lt, at dor ol the teeretary of war all soldiers now at hutne on furlough or in hospitals, Whose regiments arc doing fafcigS duty, will ie at nine discharged froal the serv ice.

bargs f.iree of undertnliera, bus v; for Porto hie, to bsffin this v i The w ar ih-utrtment, so fur. bs relted npplioatlons from friends

relativen of about :ioo dead who a to tnl charge personally of Ihe ' ' for private bo rial. The onartern ter gnernl's ofl": would 'ike to r" celve Iho names nnd atldressrs of anf othfr -rsons who are :i-ib rid '' take efinrpe of bodhn on their Sri ' In the ttited State-. Where M r'" quests if - o rtrivrd. the bodlra. tiuir arrival la New Torhi v ' ' shipped direct ta tha address it and turned over to friends, th - .van expense of the transportation bc'ns borne by the jou-ruuienL

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