Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 46, Petersburg, Pike County, 23 March 1900 — Page 6

Sto f ifer (Countg graottat —_- .:■ —- WL MeC. STOOPS, Editor mmA PtvfvMw PETERSBURG, i INDIANA. Senator Penrose reported favorably, j on the 16th, from the commerce committee, the trill to change the name of the steamer Paris of the American lino « to Philadelphia, A bill was introduced in the senate, on the 13th, by Senator Foster, author^ izing the construction by the government of a cable from some port on the coast of the State of Washington to Cape Nome and other points in Alaska. Officials of the Paris exposition said, on the 13th, that there was no foundation for the report circulated in the United States that the date of the opening had been postponed a fortnight. The exposition will be opened April 15, as advertised. Rev. Sheldon, in the Topeka Capital, ie 15th, in d louncing those pe^who dodge the tax assessor, made theHK&tement that an Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe baggageman in Topeka pays three times as much taxes as one of the highest officials of the road. The Berlin papers discuss the proceedings in the British parliament .with reference to the profanation of a the English church in Dresden by Boor sympathizers, expressing their regret and attributing the act to street rowdies, but denying Great Britain’s right to complain. It is learned that the purpose of the government to acquire the Island of St. Thomas, D. W. I„ for a reasonable consideration from Denmark, has notbeen abandoned, notwithstanding the statements attributed to the Danish minister indicating a decision not tc part with the island. Senator Proctor, on the 13th, intro duced an amendment to the house Puerto Rican bill, authorizing the president “in his discretion” to appoint an officer of the army or navy as governor of Puerto Rico, his service, not to extend beyond three years from the passage of the act. The foreign mission board of the ReformedijChurch in the United States, at a meeting in Allentown, Pa., on the 14th, elected Miss S. L. Wiedner, of Flatrock, 0., teacher in the girls' school at Sendai, Japan. She will sail in May. The election of other mis sionaries was postponed until April.

The Railway Age, of the 16th, says: “Although more miles of new rail* load were built in the United States last year than in any year since 1890 there is every indication that the present year will witness even greater activity. In the aggregate there are nearly 59,000 miles of road projected.” Mrs. Mary Foote Beecher Perkins died; on the 14th, at the home of her son, Chas. E. Perkins, at Hartford, Conn., aged 94 years and nine months. Oh the same day her brother, Rev. Thomas K. Beecher, the elder and last surviving brother of Rev. Henry Ward Beecher, died at his home in Elmira, N. Y., aged 81 years. Prof. Chas. Young, of Princeton, N. J., announces that preparations are now being made by him to observe the total eclipse of the sun which will take place on May 28. The work will be mainly spectroscopic, including particularly a determination, both visual and photographic, of the position of the corona line. » ,_ 's „ Under* date of Bloemfontein, March 13, Lord Roberts telegraphs to the British war office: “By the help of God and by the bravery of her majesty’s soldiers, the troops under my command have taken possession of Bloemfontein. The British flag now flies over the presidency, evacuated last evening by Mr. Steyn, late president of the Orange .Free State.” The state department has been notified that the Persian government is about to send a minister to Washington. For ten years this post has been vacant, the, incumbent having left in dudgeon, owing to the merciless ridicule heaped on him by the American paragrapher on account of his queei name—Hadji Hassan Gooli Ehan, with a half dozen additional syllables.

Representative Ray, of New Yor|; chairman of the house committee on judiciary and at the head of a special sub-committee on trusts, introduced a joint resolution, on the 15th, proposing an amendment to the constitutioa giving congress the power to regulate »_ and repress monopolies and combiuiv tk>ns and to create and dissolve corporations and dispose of their property* The delegation of Creek Indians which had been in Washington for some time conferring with the Dawes commission, signed a new agreement, on the 15th, which will be transmitted to tht senate. They protested against a provision eliminating the tribal courts being inserted in the agreement, \ au J hope to prevail upon the congressional committees to permit these courts to remain. At a largely-attended meeting ol representatives of the shipping and wharf companies of Hamburg, on the 18th, a resolution was adopted to send a protest to the imperial chancellor, Prince Hohenloh*, against the enactment of the pending meat inspection bill, on the ground that the measure would inevitably “lead to a disturbance «f trade relations with friendly •Utes.**

NEWS IN BRIEF. Compiled from Various Sonroes. FICTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. In the senate, on the 12th. Mr. Rawlins (Utah) occupied the floor during almost the entire session, in a discussion of the Philippine question. He went deeply into the constitutional phases of the question. His argument was largely leaal and technical. He is opposed to the holding of the Philippines. Eighty-six private pension bills were passed.In the house, an urgency deficiency appropriation hill, carrying $1,439,580. was passed. In the contested-election case from the Second district of Virginia, R. A. Wise (rep.) was given the seat occupied by W. A. Young (dens.) by a majority of seven votes. In the senate, on the 13th, Messrs. Allen (Neb.) and Butler <N. C.) reaffirmed their advocacy of the free coinage of silver at 16 to 1. Mr. Turner (Wash.) began an extended Bpeech on the Puerto Rican bill, maintaining that the pending measure was clearly unconstitutional, and would bn so held by the supreme court upon test......In the hoflse the conference report on the Puerto Rican bill was adopts by a vote of 166 to 120—persons present and not voting 10. The vote .was on party lines, though nine democrats voted with the republicans for the bill. In the senate, on the 14th, Mr. Teller (Col.) and Mr. Turner (Wash.) made elaborate speeches against the holding of the Philippines, reaching that position from radically different premises and both basing their arguments on constitutional grounds..In the house the District of Columbia appropriation bill, carrying $6,608.S78, was taken Up? and under the latitude allowed in its discussion many speeches on divers subjects were delivered. A resolution setting aside alternate Fridays for the consideration of private bills reported by the claims and war claims committees was adopted, and several minor bills were passed. In the senate, on the 15th, the bill appropriating $2,095,000 for the benefit of the people of Puerto Rica being under consideration, Mr. Jones (dem., Ark.) offered as a substitute a bill to return the duties to those who had paid them anl providing for absolute free trade between the United States and Puerto Rico. The bill had not been • disposed of when the Quay case was called up. Mr. Wellington (rep., Md.) presented an elaborate argument against the seating of Mr. Quay, and the remainder of the session was consumed in a running discussion of the constitutional questions involved.In the house the District of Columbia appropriation bill, carrying $6,606,378, was passed, and also a bill granting the abandoned Fort Hays military reservation to the state of Kansas for experimental station and normal school purposes. In' the senate, on the 16th,' the Puerto Rican relief appropriation bill ^carrying $2,095,000, to be expended by th^presldent "on public education, public works and other governmental and public purposes,” was passed. An order, was made to take up the case of former Senator Qua> on April 3, and discuss it until disposed of. .. In the house, it being the first private bill day under the new rule, six bills of no general interest were passed. No other business of importance was transacted. PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

The Great Northern Railway Co. h:>.s decided, to abandon over one hundred miles of its line in western Montana, building nearly as much new track, in order to avoid some bafl grades5 and marshes. Work will begin as soon as the weather will permit. With a view to the preservation of the trees and shrubbery in the Island of Puerto Rico, Gov.-Gen. Davis has issued an order prohibiting the felling or cutting of any trees, shrubbery' or any living wood within the public domain on the island. ' The unveiling of the monument dedicated by citizens of Key West, Fla , to the heroes of the battleship Maine, who died in Havana, February 15, 1S98, and who were buried at Key West, took place on the. 15th. Over 10,000 persons were present. Jean Baptiste Desche.mp died at St. John's hospital, Port Townsend, Wash., on the lath, at the advanced age of 102, having been born in Paris, February 2Sf 1792. He was an inmate of the hospital for six: years. He was a direct descendant of the famous Deschamps who figured prominently in French history during the reign of Napoleon. Col. William J. Bryan left Austin, Tex,, ou the 15th, for his home at Lincoln, Neb., where he will spend a few days attending to personal business, and will then go to California, thence to the state erf Washington, Oregon, Idaho and other western states for a month's speech making. Commander Richard Wainwright assumed his new duties as superintendent of the naval academy at Annapolis, Md., on the 15th. The ceremonies consisted merely of the hoisting of the superintendent’s pennant at the peak of the ship “Santee,” upon which he and his family are temporarily quartered, and the firing of a salute of 13 guns. Gen. Otis cabled, on the 15th, that he had just shipped for Barcelona, Spain, 533 Spaniards, including 84 officers and 427 enlisted men of the Spanish army, who had been rescued from the Filipino insurgents; also the wives of eight officers and fourteen children of the families of officers.

Gen. Roberts has sent a column south from Bloemfontein to joint hands with Gatacre, who has crossed the Orange river from Cape Colony. The two forces haye between them the Boers who have been operating in the Dordrecht and Stormberg districts and who recently retired to the Free State. In the British house of commons, on the 15th, Mr. Balfour, replying to a question by Mr. William itedmond, said that her majesty’s government would not accept the intervention of any power in the settlement of South African affairs. Dr. Charles E. Cameron, a practicing physician of Boston, was placed under arrest, on the 15th, on the charge of stealing 100 book plates from some of the most rare books in Harvard college library. Dr. Cameron comes from one of the oldest and most respected families in Canada. Francis Truth, head of the Divine Healing association which bears his name, and whose advertisements have been spread over the whole country, was arrested at his office, in Boston, on the 15th, charged with using the mails for fraudulent purposes. The prisoner was locked up. It is said that his business brought in $30,000 r. week. i Lord Roberts reports that the wounded British officers and men he 'iound in Bloemfontein had been well sared for.

The miner* employed at the works of Coulter A Huff, in the vicinity of Greensburg, Pa., will be given an advance of ten per cent, on April 1> There will he about five thousand affected. The advance was unsolicited. Secretary Long issued, on the 13th, the order constituting a general board “to insure efficient preparation of the fleet is case of war and for the naval defense of the coast** The order designates: the admiral of the navy at chief of the bureau of navigation. Snow fell and ice formed in New Orleans, and! generally throughout Louisiana on the night of the 15th. Some damage to fruit and vegetables is reported. J. PierpOnt. Morgan announced, on the 16th, the closing of the British war loan. The amount of applications received in New York was about $50,000,000. Herr Von Puttkamer, ex-vice-presi-dent of the Prussian ministry and brother-in-law of Prince Bismarck, died at Varzin, on the 16th, aged ?l years. LATE NEWS ITEMS. In the senate; mi the 17th, Senator Cockrell introduced a bill to increase the limit of cost for the purchase of a aite and the erection of a public building at Joplin, Mo., to $105,000; also a memorial of the eastern or emigrant Cherokees, praying ?for the payment to them per capita of the fund pledged to them by the ninth article of the treaty of 1846, and found due them by the award of the legislative department of the United States as authorized by act of congress of March ,3, 1893... .The house spent the greater portion of the session in pronouncing eulogies upon the late Monroe L. Hayward, senator-elect from Nebraska, who died before taking the oath of office. After prolonged deliberation upon the Russian demands for exclusive railroad rights in Asia Minor, the sublime porte has proposed a compromise whereby the railways would be constructed by Turkey and Russia in partnership. The Russian embassy insists upon the original demands, which the Turkish military commission strenuously opposed.

in official and diplomatic circles m Washington a denial is authorized of published reports that there have been conferences with a view to the dispitch of additional war ships and United States soldiers to China, and that news of the gravest character had been received from the United States minister to China. Mrs. Lida Greycraft, the , largest woman in Indiana, died suddenly at her home in s Russia ville, on. the 18th, aged 32 years. She was sitting at m table with her husband, Joseph Greycraft, playing dominoes, when she fell from her chair dead. Her weight was about live hundred and fifty pounds. Frank Cass, 18 years old, was killed at Levin Lakes, Cal., on the 18th, in a friendly boxing bout with Bert Wliidden. In the eighth round Whidden struck Cass with a six-ounce glove on the left side of the neck. Death resulted in half an hour. Capt. Joseph Nicholson, for 21 years warden of the Detroit (Mich.) house of correction, died on the 18th. The captain was widely distinguished as an organizer oand manr«ger of prison industries. Gen. Sir William Stephen Alexander Lockhart, commander-in-chief of the British forces in India, died in Cdlcutta on the 20th. He was born in September, 1841. CURRENT NEWS NOTES!. Fhank E. Bundy, city chamberlaiu of Elmira, N. Y., confesses to a shortage of $30,000. Squire M. M. Powell committed suicide at Pekin, 111., by jumping into a cistern and drowning himself. King Martin, a negro, was hanged at Kaufman, Tex., for criminal assault. The hanging was private. Col. William J. Bryan celebrated his fortieth birthday anniversary, Saturday. A banquet in his honor was held at Lincoln, Neb., at night. Representative Lorimer, of Illinois, has introduced a bill providing for a general increase' of the salaries of mail carriers. John Sanders, aged 50 years, a •farmer, who lived three miles south of Benton, 111., was found dead in bed Friday morning.

Gen. Joe Wheelgr intends to make u fight for a seat in the house as soon as his resignation from the volunteer army is accepted. Armour & Co., was incorporated under the laws of Illinois with a capi*ol of $20,000,000. The state fee amounted to a small fortune. William Wallace Cnldcr was hanged at Lewiston, Mont., for the murder of F. McRae and his sheep herder, in Fergus county, over « your :««*• The state department has been notified that the Persian government will send a minister to Washington. The post has been vacant ten years. The car house of the Dubuque (la.) Street Railway Co. was destroyed by fire Friday. The loss is estimated at $25,000, with $15,000 insurance.. Dr. Albert B. Strong, widely known as a writer on surgical and medical subjects, died Friday, in the state institute for insane at Kankakee, III^ At the meeting of Yale corporation Friday, it was announced 4hat a gift of $150,000 had been received as an endowment for the new school of forestry. By the the fall o? “hang” at the Mononguheia furnace at McKeesport, Pa., one man was cremated, two fatally burned and two others badly injured. T. J. Wallace, of Cooper county, died at his residence, near Bunceton, Mo., at the age of 63 years. Mr. Wallace was one of the largest land owners and most prominent citizens of central Missouri.

NEWS FROM INDIANA. Latest Happenings Within the Borders of Our Own State. Weathc* Prophet Dies. Huncic, Ind., March 16.—William E. Petty, for 30 years known as the “Weather Prophet of Delaware county,1* died here, aged 65 years. His prophecies concerning the weather were taken as authority by the farmers and citizens generally. He had no scientific knowledge of meteorological conditions, but his friends assert that hit. forecasts failed less often than those of the official prognosticators, with whom he often differed. Bxh«he4 a Skeleton. i^rawfordsville, Ind., March 16.— Workmen tearing down the old Parke house, which has stood in Crawfordsville for 60 years, found a human skeleton buried under the floor of one of the rooms. It is thought by some that the bGnes are those of John Lafollette, a stock dealer, who disappeared under suspicious circumstances about 40 years ago. Murder and Sulelde. Evansville, Ind., March 16.—Alfred Gregory, aged 36, a farmer living in Pike county, near Winslow, fatally shot his wife and ended his life by shooting himself through the heart. The husband and wife have not lived happily fe r the last year. Six children survive the parents. Gregory owned one of the la rgest farms in Pike county. Records Broken. South Bend, Ind., March 16.—During the last week the Commercial Athletic club of this city has played havoc with the records of the Northern Indiana Bowling league, whose clubs are located in South Bend, Elkhart and Mishawaka. All previous records for high scores were broken, while many team averages were equaled.

Await War Orders. Wabash, Ind., March 16.—French, residents^ of the Indiana gas belt, and there are many of them employed in the various manufacturing establishments, are receiving from the department of war at Paris notices that they may be called at short notices for military service by the French government. Will Be Feted. Indianapolis Ind., March 16.—The l>oard of trade and Commercial club d irectors have decided to give a public reception to Hugh Hanna next week to celebrate the signing of the cur-, rency bill which has been fostered by the monetary commission of which Hanna was the active head. w Smallpox. Brazil, Ind., March 16.—A case of smallpox was reported from Posey township, four miles west of here. The patient is William Meyers and he is staid to be quite ill. The quarantine of (’lay City, this county, which had been in force for o^or a month, has been declared off. oGot • Spanking?. Evansville, Ind., March 16.—Willie Goldver, aged nine years, who con fessed that h3 had set several buildings on fire just to see the department make a run and the firemen fight the flames, was given a whipping in police court upon order of Judge J. G. Winfrey. First Photograph. Wabash, Ind., March 16.—Warren Sebring, of Silver Lake, upon reaching his one hundred birthday, was photographed for the first time in his life. He was born in New Jersey in 1800, and in 1815 came to Wabash county.’ Blower* Strike. Marion, * Ind., March 16.—The oper ators of the blowing machines in tht Wilson & McCulloch fruit-jar factory have struck. They had demanded pay for the making of ware that was broken while being finished. Asks for Receiver.' Indianapolis, Ind., March 16.—'The state has instituted receivership proceedings against the live stock exchange at Inuianapblis, alleging that is a monopoly and seeks to restrain legitimate competition.

New Superintendent. Evansville, Ind., March 16.—Dr. John F. Glover has been appointed superintendent of the Southern Indiana Insane hospital here, vice Dr. George C. Mason, who tendered his designation because of ill health. I Heirs to Millions.’ 1 South Bend, Ind., March 16.—Zachariah and Frederick Sheneman, farmers of Liberty township, have been informed *by their attorney that they are heirs to a $4,000,000 estate at Berlin, Germany. Sneak Thief. Portland, Ind., March 16.—A sneakthief entered Dr. C. W. Maskey’s office, tapped the safe, and secured $30. Several dollars ir silver and a few oldfashioned “shin-plasters” were left. Dropped Dead. Auburn, Ind- March 16,—Jesse Harnish, a well-known resident of Jackson township, died suddenly while cutting wood with his son, in a woods near Duncan lake. -- County- Attorney. Shelbyville, Ind., March 16.—The county commissioners, before adjourning, selected Erasmus McDaniel as county attorney, vice Wray & Campbell. Fatally Burned. English, Ind.. March 16.—Miss Anna Gardner, of St. Croix, while burning broom sedge, caught her clothing on fire, and was fatally injured. * No Asset*. Logansport, Ind., March 16.—Thomas Hardin, a Miami county farmer, has confessed bankruptcy, owing $1,167, with no assets.

1 . The Miracle Wrought in Engli ndby the Brave Irish Lads ii South Africa. SHAMROCK DAY OBSERVED EVERY WHERE Bvldrace that the Loyal XrSa h Soldiers Have Done More fee the Caaee of the Green lsl< than' Years of Political Asltattos Conld Have Accomplished. London, March 18.—Shamro k day premises to vie with Primrose day in the hearts of the people, judgin $■ from the enthusiasm with which, 3 or the ! first time in the history of the lation, loyalists all over the United Kingdom tore celebrating and everywhere the j green is conspicuous. From Castle to Slums. FrQm, Windsor castle, where the queen observed the day by we ring mi sprig of genuine four-leaved shami rock, to the east end of the si ims cf London, where the ragged urchin glories in his morsel of greet weed,' nearly every one sports some! ling in the shape of a green favor. A wont from her majesty has turned i he emblem fit semi-disloyalty into s badge of honor and has made the sh unrock the most prized of all the plants in the British isles. j | By the queen’s order the belli in the curfew tower of Windsor cast] e, honored St. Patrick this morning; Irish airs played by the Grenadiers enlivened the queen’s luncheon, i ,nd on London’s Mansion house floats a now, loyal Irish flag, with the Unk n Jack in the upper corner, and a c •owned harp in the center of a green Held, as distinguished from the Iris i flag which bears the harp without the j Union Jack or Crown.

Street Vender*’ Harres t. The street venders have done a roving trade with flags, buttons, clover, moss, bits of gTeen ribbon, etc. Houses and stores,lavishly display gre< n flags and bunting, the Irish soldiei s and sailors showing special pride i 1 wearing the national emblem. The supply of genuine sh nnrors; was so scarce that half a dozei leaves sold readily for half a crown. Troopins the Colors. The ancient ceremony of “T: ooping the colors” at Dublin castle, ’ vas especially picturesque. It was performed ; in the presence of t3 te lord lieutenant of Ireland, Earl Ci dogan, the duke of Connaught, commander! in-chief of the forces in Ireland , and a brilliant assemblage. All the trooi* wore the shamrock. Irish Industries Sale. The second day’s sale of th Industries association was op« the- London Mansion house i afternoon by the lady may ores princesses, duchesses, countess commoners attending the stalls conducted the biggest kind of i 3 Irish ned a* n tli* i, with es and which trade. Official* Hoisted the Gre -n. Most of the government official* hoisted the Irish flag, and th ; clubs were similarly decorated, the officials all wearing the green. In the churches the preachers referred to the occasion, th anking Providence that the Englis 1 had learned to love and respect the r Irish fellow subjects as they never knew them or respected them before. Lord Hassell Set the Kxnu tie. The lord chief justice, Lord Russell of Killowen, set the example in the law courts and all the judges followed his example of wearing the shamrock below their ermine collars. Looked Like a Greenhoa *e. On the stock exchange. tl le enthusiasm shown in celebratii g the day gave the room the appear mce ol a green house. The shamro< k was everywhere and there was mor 5 toasting of healths than work. A 3 a result prices were bettey, thou gh nobody knows why. L

Scenes at Aldershot. The scenes at Aldersot were iharac- ! teristic of the celebration of i t. Pat- | ricks day and at all the othei garrison towns the shamrock was ionned by all the troops privileged to ' rear it. I At , reveille the Irish bands : aade a I tout of the barracks playing “Garry Oweir^St. Patrick’s Day in th Morn- ! ing” and “The Boys of Wexfor I.” In front of the officers’ mess they played the national anthem and chee ed the queen. A Retclment of Irish Gwidi. It is understood that the que en,having approved the proposed foi mat ion of a regiment of Irish guards, will at once make the announcement on the subject. Slightly Mixed is Dub IS i . ‘1 The usual lord mayor’s pre session took place in Dublin. The lore mayor of Belfast and the mayor of Cc rk participated, but a number of nat onalist mayors refused to accept th j lord mayor’s invitation to take par in the affair. The chief magistrate ia it with a mixed reception, and there w sre disorderly scenes at several point i along0 the route of the parade. Ilf THE PROVINCE OP ONV LRIO. St. Patrick's Ray Observed Tii toagbout Ontario with Eathua&i sat. Toronto, Ont., March 18.—S’.i. Patrick’s day was observed ' hex s and throughout the province vr.1 h unnsual enthusiasm. Everybody wore, the shamrock, while the Irisli if ag wns displayed on all the public bi t Mings. Services were held in the t athollo churches, where reference wut made to the bravery of the Irish so «: iers in South Africa. Concerts and 11 nqueta at night by the different Ir sh l<>

INSURGENTS STUD ACTIVE. I'll® Trouble in the PhSIlpjiBiCB ^ Re MAm !i*d«-d-iK*ar(ifnt Lender* in Centerezsee* Manila. March IS, S:30 p. m.—Gea. Otis considers Manila the most troublesome center in the situation to-day. The insurgent junta here, in conjunction with that in Hong Kong, is growing active. The military authorities have been forced to put a stop to Mabiui’s intercourse with the public. The local and foreign- press consider bis recent utterances calculated to incite the Filipinos to a continued revolt and prejudicial to American control. Tmetlnac «• America* L.nleac}. Flores, who has just arrived here, ■ lays he comes trusting to American leniency, and that he would not have dared tp come to Manila if Spain were yet in control. He cherishes the hopes and aspirations which actuated him when in the field, and desires to watch congressional action upon the question of the Philippines. The insurgents, he says, do not expect to vanquish the Americans, but are maintaining a resistance with the idea of forcing congress to accord them the best possible terms. Insurgent Lenders In Conference, A number of representative insurgent leaders from different parts of Luzon have recently been in conferrace in. Manila. Some have been placed under arrest, but the others thus fa* have not been interfered with. Detained on Suylelon. Louis Spitzel, head of the firm of Louis Spitzel A Co., contractors to the Chinese government, and himself a suspected filibuster, came from Hoag Kong to Manila last week, and was temporarily detained in custody on suspicion. It is asserted upon good authority that three loads of arms and ammunition have recently been landed on the east coast of Iuzob. Capt. Taylor, of the Thirty-ninth regiment, recently captured 12 new Maua

e» near C&lamba. Active Rebel Heotgustmtion, Reports are cu^nt here of active rebel reorganization in the Provinc of Moren^, where the insurgent leaders are said to be assisted by prominent Spanish residents. Inhabitants of this province who are now in Manila have been advised not to return to their homes, but to remain under the protection of the Americans. It is also reported that the rebels are reorganizing in the Province of the Zambeles, under Maseardo. Brigands are committing atrocities in the Province of Nueve Eciga, where they have murdered 20 natives and Chinamen. Eight other murders have been committed near Tarlac, ; The Nueva Eciga insurgents are heavily taxing local traders and farmers, with the result that business is paralyzed and there is a general scarcity of food. The funds for maintaining this guerrilla warfare are collected from the various towns of the island, whether occupied by the Americans or not, even including Manila. RavaKlng by Born ins uadi Looting. In the Province of Albay the insurgents have ceased harrassing the Americans, owing, it is reported, to a lack of ammunition, but they continue ravaging the country by burning and looting. The natives are tiring of this sort of thing, and threaten to turn against the marauders. Already the townspeople of Legaspi, Albay and Don sol are slowly returning to their homes. Maj. Allen, of the Forty-third regiment has been appointed governor of the Island of Samar, where Lukban, the former leader of the rebels in that locality, is still in the mountains. Opened Twenty Porta. Gen. Kobbe has opened 20 ports in the southern part of Luzon, and in the islands of Samar and Leyte, the result of which is to stimulate trade there, although only temporarily, as the country opened is not productive and apparently nonconsuming. Owing to the political conditions of the last 13 months products accumulated during the blockade. These will be shipped to Manila, and then the ports will be

empty. Perfidy of Municipal Prisoners. Evidence accumulates of the treason and perfidy of the municipal prisoners in the provinces of Gen. MaeArthur'a, district. The officials of several towns in Le panto and Union provinces have declined to continue in their positions, saying that they do not desire any further identification with the Americans. Travel Becoming; Danserom. Travel between the towns garrisoned by the Americans is becoming more dangerous. All wagon trains must be escorted by heavy guards in order to insure their safety. Two ambushes were narrowly averted recently; small traveling parties are attacked; single travelers frequently disappear or are found dead. Would L'-nd the Revolution. Spaniards nnd Filipinos who are conversant with the Tageio character, unite in asserting that Aguinaldo's capture would terminate the revolution. Three months have passed since ne was actively pursued. Sudden Death otMn. Grey craft. Kokomo, Ind., Mareh 19.—Mrs. Lida Grey craft, the largest woman in Indiana, died suddenly at her home in Russiaville, this county, Sunday, aged 32 years. She was sitting at a table with her- hr^band, Joseph Greycraft, playing dominoes, when she fell from her chair dead. Her weight was about five hundred and fifty pound's. A coffin was constructed especially foe* her, the largest casket obtainable being too small for the body. She wa» a daughter of George Unger, of Middle Fork.