Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 21, Number 21, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 2 August 1899 — Page 2

CRITICS ANSWERED. Geo. Alger Defends His Course with Reference to the Army. ■e Confines His Statement to the Question of Army Appointments, 1 and Denies Charge of Misuse of Fonda. Washington, Aug. I.—One of Secretary Alger’s last oflicinl acts was to prepare a statement covering several matters regarding the conduc-Apf the war which have been the subject of criticism in the public press, particularly with reference to the appointment of staff officers in the volunteer army. The statement follows: “I am led to make the following statements on account of the many criticisms which have been made by the public press, and especially on account of a recent article which appeared In the London Times, containing assertions which have no foundation tn truth. "At the commencement of the war with Spain and for several years prior to that time the regular army consisted of only 25,000 men, with the minimum number of officers prescribed by law. The situation • can be partially appreciated when It is remembered- that within 60 days from the declaration of war the strength of the army was Increased to 273,000, and everything for the equipment of this great force. Including clothing, tents, transportation! medical supplies, camps and camp equipage and all that pertains to equipping on army for service had to be manufactured, transported and distributed for use. Army Officer Appointments. "From the statement referred to the public might be made to believe that the volunteer arm>*was officered by men selected through political Influence with the secretary of war by special favor and without any regard to fitness for the duties they were to perform. As Is well known, tlie volunteer force, with the exception of three regiments of engineers, three regiments of cavalry and Ten regiments of Immune Infantry, was made up of regiment* from the various states, the officers of which were all appointed exclusively by the governors of the respective states from which the regiments came, and any ' officer found unfitted for service and discharged was rep Tared by anothef In tire same manner. The president had no voice or control In the matter. , "The returns of the volunteer army show that In August, 1898, there were 207,244 enlisted men and 8.785 officers in those regiments. This, with the regular army recruited up to the war strength, made an aggregate force of about 275,000 officers and men. "The volunteer officers appointed by the president numbered, all told, 1,032. Os this of regimental officers In the regular service, owing to appointments In the volunteers, special recruiting and mustering details, had so reducetffhMr number that to have taken a larger number for service with the volunteers would have seriously Impaired the efficiency of the regular regiments. Thonsnnds of Applications. “For a little over 1,000 appointments made by the president, the number of applicants was over 25,000, and each application was accompanied by a certificate of his ability, and In most Instances the military service, either In the regular army or a state organisation, and not Infrequently In both. Three certificates showed that each one was as well quulllled for the position he sought and to which he was appointed os could be possible for men In civil life in this country. Os the number appointed there were, for Instance, 26 major generals, of whom 19 were taken from the regular army and seven from civil life. Os these seven all but,one were graduates of West Point inllltany aendemy and all had distinguished themselves In command during the civil waT\ x "Os brigadier genecals there were 102 appointed, Gfi from the regular nrmy and 30 from civil life. Those from civil life had all seen service during the civil war or on our western frontier, and nil had proved themselves competent to commund. , ms Own Appointments Few. ■ F ~ "It has been stated and repeated many times that the secretary of war made these appointments, when the truth is that very few were made upon his recommendation, although he caused the enUre list, with the recommendations, to he compiled and placed before the president for his selection. I would only be too glad to have had the honor to have made these appointments. No better, no more loyal or mqre patriotic set of men us n whole ever served their country, and their appointments were a credit not only to the appointing power, but to the country they served. There were exceptions, but that could not have been foreseen, in every walk of life men are found who cannot carry out satisfactorily the work they have undertaken. “There were three regiments of cavalry, the officers of which were appointed by the secretary of war. Col. Leonard Wood, now a brigadier general and commanding the departments of Santiago and Porto Principe, was, one of these. Col. Grigsby and Col. Torrey, both good .officers, were the other two. There were three regiments of engineers, tha colonels of which were all graduates of the military academy, and not only the officers, but the enlisted men, were selected with a view to their special Illness, ami In most Instances upon the recommendations of the colonels themselves, and all proved themselves most efficient. "There were also ten regiments of Immune infantry, of whose colonels eight were graduates of the military academy, who were selected for special tlness to command, and In the short time these regiments were In service developed remarkable proficiency. Denies Misuse of Money, "Criticisms ns to the amounts und methods of expenditures which could Imply the wrong or. careless use of money were also made by the London Times. This charge Is false. So far as the conduct of the service was concerned, no person with any knowledge of the facts can ever charge truthfully, and no one can ever show that a dollar was misappropriated, stolen or embezzled out of the hundreds of millions of dollar* that were expended. The records are an open book, und 1 will be glad to have them rigidly examined, and usk my successor to open those accounts to the country whenever properly called for, In order that the entire truth muy be known. "K. A. ALG ICR, "Secretary of War'--•‘Waahlngton, D, C„ July 31. 189." Is Liberated. I‘aria, Aug. 1. —Le Soir announces that Col. Du Paty de Clam was liberated at three o’clock Monday afternoon. He immediately drove to his home and retired to bed. alleging excessive fatigue. He declined to sec anybody. Gen. Bru'gere, military' governor of Paris, has the power to override the decision that there isno case against Col. Du Paty de Clam, but it is that he will countersign the acquittul. Canadian Statesman Dead. Ottawa, Ont., Aug. i. : Sir James Edgar, speaker of the house of commons, died at Toronto Monday night.

CALAMBA CAPTURED. Gen. Hall, with 1,000 Mea, Takes mm Important Town on lagans de Bay. Manila, July 28.—Brig. Gen. B. H. Hall, with 1,000 men, has captured Calamba on Laguna de Bay. The loss to the United States forces was four killed and 12 wounded. After the light a dozen men holding up their hands and shouting “Castillanos,” met the American cavalry. Even Spanish soldiers embraced the Americans hysterically. There were 50 Spanish prisoners at Calamba, of whom some were civil officials and some were soldiers. They had been given the choice of joining the Filipino army or becoming servants to Filipinos, and chcse the army, Intending to surrender at the first opportunity. Most of the civilians reached the American lines during the fighting, but the insurgents took others away with them in their retreat. , Thursday Gen. Hall brought to Manila the Spaniards whom the expedition had released from captivity of more titan a year. The force comprised 400 of the Washington volunteers, 450 of the Twentyfirst infantry; 150 of the Fourth cavalry, and two guns of the First artillery. Calamba is a town on Laguna de Bay about 30 miles southeast of Manila. It is much farther south than the United States troops have yet penetrated oil land. It is in the province of Laguna. It has a population of ,11,470, and is 27 miles from Santa Cruz on the eastern shore of the bay. Its capture is not considered of any strategical importance, except as a part of the plan to harass and worry the insurgents. Manila,- July 27. The transport Sherman sailed Wednesday for San Francisco via Nagasaki and Yokohama, witli the California infantry, consisting of 48 officers and 950 men; two batteries of the California.heavy artillery, nin% officers and 66 men and 275 dißekprgeil soldiers of other regiments. POISONS A FAMILY. Mrs. Ororvr Crabtree Confesses an Awful Crime nt Carml, lll—llrother Dead; Parents Mick. Carml, IIi„ July 28.—Mrs. George Crabtree, 16 years old, confessed Thursday to having put poison in coffee with stillßin TITBi hi ii n i murder her attip* mother and father, Walter S. Warthen. The result of the act was that her brother was killed and her parents and a neighbor were made deathly sick. Mrs. Crabtree suid she did not mean to kill her brother. She expressed regret as to her father and stepmother, saying that her father objected to her visits to see her child, which is in possession of her husbaod. ’ Mrs. Crabtree confessed to huving put rat poison in the coffee and afterward poured some of the poison on the eubbage. She is said to be the Victim of an ungovernable temper and has threatened (o end her life several times since her separation from her husband. It is said by the neighbors that she lias been considered a wayward girl, and her father sought to hold her in restraint, at which she took offense. She is a kleptomaniac. Kntnl Hon time Party. Indianapolis, Ind., July 29. —A special to the Sentinel from Evansville, ind., says: August Mattingly, 17; l’earl Cheuney, 14, and Marion Onana were drowned in the Ohio river in front of the city Friday night, and three of their companions narrowly escaped. About five o’clock p. in. Mattingly, in company with John Chenney, William Cheuney and Pearl Cheuney, of this city, and Misses Teresa and Marion Onana, of Henderson, Ky., started out for u hay ride, and reaching the river at 7:30 o'clock, decided to take a skiff ride. They were out about an hour when their boat was caught in the curmit and capsized in front of the mail line wharf boat. Fifty or more people were on the wlmrf boat, but none offered to go to the rescue, lliuiiiikp by n Storm. Omaha. Neb., July 29.—A specinl to the Bee from Clear Lake, Deuel county, S. 1).. says; A hail and windstorm struck this vicinity about four o’clock Friday afternoon and did considerable damage. The storm covered a strip of territory four miles wide and ten miles long, wiping out wheat fields that would have yielded 25,000 bushels of grain. Several farmers have lost their entire crops. Considerable window glass was broken uud stock somewhat hurt by the liuilstoiies, which were of large si/e. Ordered to Mnniln. Washington, Jiffy 29. The navy department has ordered a battalion of marines, 358 in all, to proceed to Manila und take station at the Cavite navy yard, to reenforce the small contingent now there. The war department will furnish transportation for the marines, carrying them on steamers leaving San Francisco on the Bth and 15th of August. HIS Battleship Launched. Brest, Franeif. July 26. -The battleship Suffren was Intmched here Tuesday. She is the largest ship in the French navy, being of 12,500 tons displacement. Wanes Are Raised. St. Louis, July„2t>.—-The Republic Iron and Steel company, of East St. Louis, increased the wages of its 1,000 em- | ployes 16 per cent. Superintendent i Uanpeter. of the plant, said that the raise hud been made beeuuse of the general prosperity the plant is enjoying. Lynched. Jackson, Miss., July 27.— Stunley Hayes, a negro charged with rape, was lynched near Brandon Tuesday night. Decides Not to Healsn. Citpe Town, July 26. —It is understood that President Kruger has definitely abandoned the idea of resigninjjfi

A RULER ASSASSINATED^ President Hesresax of Man Doming;* Killed nt Mors—His Career. Fort De France, Island of Martinique, July 27, — Gen. Ulises Heureaux, president of the Dominican republic, was assassinated at Moca, Santo Domingo, at half past four o’clock Wednesday afternoon. The name of the murderer is Ramon Caceros. He succeeded in making his escape, but an energetic pursuit was at once begun. Washington, July 28.—The state department has received confirmation of the death of the president of San Domingo in the shape of the following dispatch from the United States consul at Porto Plate: “President Heureaux assassinate!.” Consul lteed, at San Domingo, also confirms the report, but neither gives any details. The official confirmation of President Heureaux’* death was communicated

PRESIDENT HEUREAUX. to the president at Lake Champlain by the state department and the following cable message was sent by his direction: "Lake Champlain, via Washington, July 27.—HU Excellency, Wenaslao de Flguereo, President of the Dominican Republic, Santo Do mlngor"la the name of the American people und tn my own I offer to your excellency and the Dominican nation most sincere condolences by reason of the death Os President Heureaux. "WILLIAM M’KINLEY.” Wenaslao is the officer next in line to President Heureaux and succeeds to the office of president. Ulysses Heureaux, the late president of Santo Domingo, was born about 1838. Little Is known of his early life except that he we u power Jn the,politics ol lhe MU/< a Wtimlndian republic when he was ayoufig man. His first real prominence was attained during the war with the Spaniards In 1806, when he communded the Santo Domingo army. After the cessation of hostilities he became very prominent in politics. He held several positions of trust and honor, und tlnally, In 1882, he was elected president. He served one term. In 1887 he again was placed in the presidential chair, and Has been elected continuously ever since. Heureaux faced dozens of revolutions during his long period qf officeholtllng, but he always came out victorious. • Forkde France, July 29.—The funeral services over the remains of President Heureaux, which took place at Santiago de Lus Cuballeros five o’eldek Thursday evening, were attended by a large number of people, and were conducted with great solemnity. The body, which "laid lain in state throughout the day, was buried in the cathedral. The governor of the province superintended the public mourning. Thursday, throughout tlie island, cannon were fired hourly and Hags were placed at half mast on all public buildings. The government lias issued a decree ordering a period of nutiona! mourning for nine days.* The city of Santo Domingo is in a state of great unrest and business is entirely suspended. The people fear an outbreak. Thursday night a band of armed men attacked Moca, where iVesident Heureaux was kilted, and fired a number of shots. It is reported that tlie forces supporting the assassin have been augmented considerably. Kentucky I’opnllst* Meet. Frankfort, Ky., July 28.—The populist state convention Thursday named a full state ticket. John G. Blair, of Nicholas county, was nominated for governor by ncclumntion. The plntform adopted indorses Whnrton Barker, of Philadelphia, for president and Ignatius Donnelly, of Minnesota, for vice president. It reaffirms the former populist national platform and declares in favor of government ownership of all public institutions as a means of stamping out trusts, emphasizing the government ownership of railronds. Knur Hanged. Baltimore, Md., July 29.- -Upon one scaffold, and simultaneously, four negroes were hanged at 9:48 a. m., in the Baltimore city jail yard. Three of the men, Cornelius Gurdner, John Myers and Charles James, paid with their lives for criminally assaulting Annie Bailey, a 13-year-old negress, while Joseph Bryan, the fourth member of the quartette, killed Mary Pack, a negress with whom he had lived. His Fifth Murder. Los Angeles, Cal., July 27.—Sheriff \V. F. Pierce, of Kirkwood, K county, Oklahoma, has arrived here to tuke Clyde Mattox, who is to stand trial for murder. Pierce says that the crime for which Muttox has been held to answer now is the fifth murder, lie was pardoned once by President Cleveland and once by President McKinley. Muttox w ill be shackled and no chance given him so escape. Was ■ “Fake." Indianapolis, ind., July 28.—A special to the Sentinel from Spencer, Ind., says: The Wolfangel murder |hat was reported near Denmark, this county, is a fake. The man did threaten to kill his family, but wus arrested, and has been in jail here since last Sunday. Mill In Ashes. Winona, Minn.. July 26.—The flour mill of the Davis Milling company at GatesvlHe, Wis., was totally destroyed by fire Friday night. Loss, $60,600; insured for one-third value. The fire is thought to liuve been caused by the explosion of dust.

TERRIBLE FATE OF A NEGRO. % ■ 11 "f"— , After Heine Hnnated ssd Shot His Body Is Cat to Pieces hr Georgia Moh. Atlanta, Ga„ July 26. A special to the Journal from Brinson, Ga., says: Charles Mack, the leader of the gang that haa been robbing and raping in this vicinity, was lynched at Saffold, and his body cut into hundreds of pieces. Mack, after being identified, was taken to the big oak tree near the Ogletree home on which fjjpmmins met his death, and strung up. As his feet left the ground hundreds of shots from the mob were fired into his body. After he was dead he was taken down and his body cut into small pieces and distributed among the mob, which numbered two or three hundred. Mack is the man who led Sammins into the Ogletree home, and, after robbing the inmates, assaulted Mrs. Ogletree in her husband’s presence. Houston, Tex., July 26. —Some two weeks ago a negro was lynched in Grimes county. Monday night a church at Fuqua Prairie was burned by an incendiary. Suspicion fell on John and Randall Hamilton, negroes. The latter was first found, and with a rope around his neck he confessed that John burned the church. John was found at his home, and his answer to a demand for surrenderwas a volley of buckshot, Van Wright being fatally wounded, and Tuck Moody'slightly injured. The negro escaped badly wounded, but was recaptured Tuesday at noon, and at once strung up. No further trouble is expected. PERISH IN GOLD FIELDS. v Only a Woman of Party of Seventeen Survives—Her Terrible Story. San Francisco, July 26.—The steamer Bertha arrived Tuesday morning from St. Michaels, via Unalaska. Out of a party of 17 people of the Bens expedition, who left Port Townsend June 11, 1808, for Kotzebue sound, only Mrs. H. W. Bens, of Clay City, Ky., survives. For 12 weeks she watched over her sick husband, and when he died she was left alone. After walking nine miles she found apabin in which three fishermen were wintering. Here she became sick of scurvy, but finally reached St. Michaels and took passage- far Francisco on the Bertha. She will go to Bay City, Mich., where she has a .mother, brother and sister, ft was not' until Mrs. Bens reached Nulate on her way south that she heard that the members of the party whicli had been left behind on the steamer Elk had all died during the winter and spring of scurvy. Stories of privations at St. Michaels are confirmed by the passengers, who say there are hundreds of men there without beds or money to buy food. The rush from Dawson continues, and will add to the destitution at the coast ports. Want More Pay. Milwaukee, July 28. —A special from Ironwood, Mich., says 500 miners employed in the big Norrie mine, owned by the Oliver Mining company, have made a demand for an increase in wages amounting to about 20 per cent.. The company is given three days to consider the proposition. The company claims that the men agreed to ask for no further raise for a year when their last raise was given in December. It is thought an agreement will be reached without any trouble. It is said the miners are taking advantage of a scarcity of men. In all, 2,000 men are employed in the Norrie. The New York Strikes. New York, July 26. The clothing workers’, freight handlers’, newsboys’ and messenger boys’ strikes gained headway Friday. Leader Pines, of the Brooklyn trolley strikers, issued a statement to the effect that the trolley strike was still on. The striking tailors otj the East side swelled their numbers to 3,000. Nearly 8,000 were out iq the afternoon, and several mass meetings were held at night. Three thousand more men are expected to quit work in Brooklyn this week. Assure* Italy of Justice. Rome, July 27.—An official communication says that the United States secretary of. state, Mr. John Hay, has instructed the American embassy to assure the government of Italy that the United States will adopt every legal measure warranted by the facts to insure justice in the Tallulah affair. The communication adds that Secretary Hay expressed to the Italian charge d’affaires at Washington the regret of President McKinley for the deplorable occurrence. Ordered to Santo Domingo. * Washington, July 29. Secretary Long hns issued orders detaching the cruiser New Orleans from the North Atlantic squadron at Newport and directing her to proceed at once to Santo Domingo city. Orders were issued also to tlie Muchius, now at St. Thomas, to proceed to the Banie port via San Juan. Pertah In * Burning Town. Guthrie, O. TANARUS., July 29. —The town of Kale, having a population of 800, in Day county, was destroyed by fire Thursday night. Henry Johnson and Richard Saints were burned to death. The loss is $30,000. Fifty Hones Burned. Berlin, July 27.—A great fire raged Wednesday at Marienburg, in west Prussia. Fifty houßea were destroyed. The buildings destroyed include the rathhaus, which was built in the four* teenth century, and 17 historical houses built over arcades, in the Italiun style, in the market place. The loss will amount to several million francs. Falsi Mine Disaster. Hazleton, Pa., July 28.—8 y an explosion of gas at the colliery of Cox Brothers <fc Cos., at Derringer, ten miles from here, nt noon Thursday. one man was killed and six seriously burned.

FIGHTING THE FEVER. Preen.tlon. Are Being Taken to Parent Spread of “Yellow Jnck Beyond Soldiers' Home. Washington, Aug. L-The cial advices received up to eight o clock Monday night show a total of 37 cases and seven deaths from yellow fever a the soldiers’ home at Hampton, Va. One new case occurred at the home Monday. Thus far the disease has been confined to the home, but all surrounding towns are excited and a Ti K or °“* quarantine is being maintained. Dr. Waadin, of the marine hospital service, is in charge of affairs at Hampton, and is working in cooperation with the local boards of health. He has strengthened the cordon about the town of Phoebus, which he report/s is in a very bad sanitary condition. The fact that only* one new case appeared Monday is encouraging to the officials here, who are taking every measure to prevent a spread of the disease. They feel that the fact that the affected locality is in the hands of the government and under one management wijjl be of great value in dealing with the scourge, and enable better results to be obtained than where epidemics break out in commercial places. Already a number of inquiries have been received by Dr. Wyman from quarantine officers throughout the United States asking whether they shall impose a maritime quarantine against Norfolk. He has replied that there appears to be no necessity for such restriction in the case of either Norfolk or Newport News. Dr. Wasdin’s official report of his examination of existing conditions at the soldiers’ home reached Dr. Wyman Monday. It is dated Sunday and notes the fact that the doctor has seen all the cases of suspected diseases at the home. He sums up the history of the contagion as follows: “Early in July an ‘old soldier’ entered the home for a short rest, and soon afterward appeared at the dispensary, where he Informed the physician tn chargs that he was but recently from Santiago via a transport to a northern port; thence he started for Manila via San Francisco: beat ■ his way to the home on a freight train and | entered with his baggage. He complained i of dumb chills and fever, and was prescribed for. He mingled freely with the 1 Inmates of the home, and a short time ago 1 disappeared. From this as a possible cause'the outbreak is as follows: Preceding Friday, the 21st instant, there had been - ..noticed nothing <rt a suspicious nature. The weekly death rate was as usual. But on the 21st and 22nd there became til during the night, with sharp or iena chill, high 'fever,-some eight or inmates, men of usually good health. These seizures, although noted as peculiar, had occasioned no alarm until about Thursday, the 27th, when a death occurred, the man becoming distinctly yellow some time prior to j death. On or about the same day another ! one died without having attracted particular attention: he also turned quite yellow. Autopsies were held on both by the resident pathologist. It was then, ora little later, that the telegram was sent you asking for - an expert. I found there was 3,500 inmates, and that 35 had been taken 111 since the 21st.“ Dr. Wasdin says he a positive diagnosis in his first communication because of the assertion of Surgeon Vickery at the home that there had been no communication of the inmates with any Cuban soldiers returned since last May or early in June. With the discovery of the probable origin of the infection and the two autopsies Monday there can be no doubt, he says, about the disease being yellow fever, and continues: “I have advised MaJ. Vickery to empty the dormitories Infected at once, putting the men preferably in tents. The grounds are closed. There has been a very free intercommunication between the inmates and people of Phoebus, a public house near the grounds having been freely visited until Sunday night. I have suggested to Dr. Pettus to meet ene or more of the local boards of Phoebus and, informing them of the state of affairs, ask their cooperation In watching the village. These inmates. as I understand it. do not mingle much with people outside of the village From this tact *t would seem possible to confine it in the home.” Hampton, Ya., Aug. 1. —This usually tranquil town has been in a state of feverish excitement since the discovery of yellow fever at the soldiers’ home. Scores of people took advantage of the first opportunity to leave the place. Sunday a special train left Old Point with fully 300 of the guests of the hotels. Business in the town of Phoebus, adjoining the soldiers’ home, is suspended. It is difficult to obtain information from the home. The entrance, and in fact all points from which escape is possible, are carefully guarded. Late Monday afternoon a self-appointed guard of 15 Hamptoniana with winchester rifles went to the home to assist in enforcing the quarantine regulations. Chesapeake <fc Ohio trains have discontinued their service to the city. Newport News, Va., Aug. I.—After a day of intense excitement over the yellow fever out break at the soldiers* home Newport rests with a feeling of comparative security. The city officers and the various municipal bodies have been busy since early morning, and it is felt now that no loophole has been left in which the scourge may find its wav to this city. The universal hope now is that the disease will be confined within the home limits, and the authorities at the institution express confidence that this will be done. Although hundreds of people left the city on account of the scare, their depa'rture ia regarded with indifference and amusement, rather than as a judicious precaution, by the great majority who stay ilnoaiw The Cit I CoUncila PP ro P riated SIO,OOO for immediate use in maintaining the quarantine. Cknrged with Harder. Webb City, Mo., Aug. 1.-Mrs. John Thornton has been arrested on a war rant charging her with killing her husba.nd ’ n J!, en ' knOWn minin? en ßineer. whose body was found Sunday two miles southeast, of this place w : ith his head nearly severed from his body Mrs. Thornton left her husband a vear ago and had threatened to kill him Once she shot at him on the street. Malone V Aug. 1.-The fire at Tupper Lake Sunday destroyed 169 had nearly wiped out the town. The loss is $150,000.

WAS A FIERCE FIGHT. Detailed Aeeotsl of (aster’s Eb. v a*;ement with Filipino* nt CnlnmkA. ~” Manila, Aug. I. —Sundiy’s fight at Calamba was a warm one. The insurgent* were unwilling to Abandon the place, which i* the key to the lake road, Gen. Hall, hearing that Gen. Malbar was preparing to. make an attack, sent Maj. Weisenberger with three companies of the Twenty-first infantry, three troops of cavalry and one of Hamilton’s guns to attack the insurgents. This detachment found a force of 1,000 rebels behind hastily-made intrenchmeuts. The rebel* held their fire until the contingent of the Twenty-first regiment was within 300 yards, when they fired a volley. The Americans dropped in the high grass out of sight and returned the fire. Lieut. Love, who was walking erect along the front of the men, was shot in the arm. An insurgent officer, equally brave, stood at the top of the trenches, directing the fire of the insurgents until he was killed, when the Filipinos fled. During the fighting on the north side of the town, a small body of insurgents attempted to enter on the south side, but a troop of cavalry repulsed them. The total American loss at Calamba was seven killed and twenty wounded. Sixteen dead insurants have been found. The American garrison at Morong is going to Calamba. A body of insurgents has visited Taytay, where they killed several natives who were friandlv to the Americans. DIES AT WASHINGTON. Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague Passes Away After an Illness of Three Months. Washington, Aug. 1. Mrs. Kate Chase Sprague, wife of -the former governor of Rhode Island and the daughter of the late Salmon P. Chase, governor of Ohio, United States senator and chief justice of the United States supreme court, died at her homestead, “Edgewood,” in Washington’s suburbs, early on Monday morning. She was 59 years old. For three months she had been suffering from a complication of liver and kidney troubles, but had consented to medical treatment only teif days - SKe grew ’steadily worse and the end came-a few minutes after three o’clock in the zooming. wew her three daughters, Miss Kittie Sprague, who lived with her mother, Mrs. Portia Sprague, of Narragansett Pier, and Mrs. Donaldson, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Funeral services will be held Wednesday and will be private. The body will be deposited temporarily in a vault at Glenwood cemetery, this city, later to be removedwto Columbus, 0., where the remains will be interred by the side of Mrs. Sprague’s father a&l mother. A VETERAN GONE. Death at St. Lonla of Brig. Gen. Nelson A. Cole, Who Fought tn Two Wars. St. Louis, Aug. 1. —Brig. Gen. Nelson A. Cole, a hero of two wars, died at his home in this *city Monday after a lingering illness. He went into the civil war a captain of the Missouri volunteers and came out a colonel. He had charge of the expedition in southeast Missouri and captured Fort Jackson. He participated in many of the great battles of the war with distinction, at one time acting as chief of artillery on Gen. Pleasanton’s staff. On the outbreak of the Spanish-American war he was among the first to receive the ajpointment as brigadier general, being assigned to the Third brigade, Second division, at Alger. He was subsequently transferred to the camp at Columbia, S. C., and was mustered out owing to ill health. BOILER EXPLODES. Disaster on a Michigan Farm In Which Six Men Arp Killed and Two Injured. .White Cloud, Mich., Aug. 1. —Shortly after a threshing crew had started to work Monday at Big Prairie, eight miles east, Engineer Crabtree noticed that the water in the boiler was low. The fire was ralced out and the engineer turned more water in the boiler. Almost instantly the boiler exploded, killing Charles Haight, Alfred Haight. Charles Crabtree, Bert Salter, Cecil Priest and Raymond Howe, instantly. George Overly was so badly injured that he cannot recover. Oscar Evans had his leg broken. Three of the men left families. The explosion blew the engine 150 feet, driving it through a barn and carrying half of the separator through the barn with it. Fatal Duel. Knoxville, Tenn., Aug. I.—A fatal duel took place across the line in Letcher county, Ky. William Smallwood killed his uncle Clelland Smallwood, and the younger man was himself fatally wounded by his uncle. The men had been at daggers’ points for two years, and a recent quarrel brought matters to a head- The men met upon a mountain road and both fired at the same time. Young Clelland dropped hia revolver and fell heavily to the ground. His uncle tumbled over dead, shot near the heart. . Tour Japan. San Francisco, Aug. 1. —Louis Morrison, the tragedian, will leave for the east to-day to make arrangements to take a company of players to Japan. 1* ia Mr. Morrison’s intention to leave here in May with a company of 22 people, scenery, etc., and play a year in JapanFrom there the company will go to Australia. Aged Pensioner Dead. New York, Aug. I.—Eliza Sanford, ! one of the 16 daughters of revolution-ary-soldiers on the pension list, died at Montclair, X. J., Monday, aged 94 I years. r~ ~