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y' Tfiefdusly;
Murdered at Ne-
grbs; Island." ,v
His Mutilated Body Found
fa the Eskalante
River.
Memorial lay Celebrated
the Cemetejr of Ma-
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'Flowers and " Flaga Placed oir the
Graves Filipinos Suffering Prom
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Manila, Tuesday Evening, May 30,-1
General Smxthr who sailed for Negros
island to rescue Captain George H.
Tilley,-of the signal corps, who was fir
ed upon r-by natives under eover of a
flag of truce and cut off from rejoining
his companions-un board - the cable
ship, from which he had landed, found
the body of 'Tilly in the River Eskal
ante, near, where it was last seen. The
head of the dead -captain - was badly
mutilated. The body was brought to
Ilqilo, where it was buried today.
Aguinaldo is apparently unable to
reorganize the insurrection in Cavite
province under the direction of Gener
al Trias, . who Is said to have iecentTy
offered to surrender to the Americans
if, he received a promise of pardon.
The Filipinos . under Trias are wholly
demoralized . and are suffering from
a scarcity of food.
There have practically been no hostil
ities for several days. General Law-,
ton inspected . the lines from Caloocan
to JPasay. ' - - ,
- Twtf smaIttunboats" harreailed for
Cebu, where it i believed they wilt
have a strong influence in keeping or
der. MEMORIAL, SERVICE.
Memorial services were held in Pa
co cemetery this morning. Requiem
mass was celebrated by Chaplain Mc
Kinnon, of the First California infan
try, and an appropriate ceremony by
Father McQuaid preceded the decora
tion of thegravesof the thousands of
soldiers of all religions who are buried
beneath the great shade trees in the
former Catholic cemetery. - Upon -the
e-ra.vfts were nlaced flags, white flow
ers and green leaves. Several English- -men
and Spaniards were present; ..
The majority "of the headstones. on
the soldiers' graves bear the epitaph:
"Killed in action." One stone was in
scribed: "Comrades, He Helped us to
Make this American Soil."
The grave of the Spanish general,
Montero, who died defending Zambo-
ango against the Insurgents, remained
bare, forgotten in an obscure corner of
the cemetery.
This afternoon on Battery Knoll,
Chaplain' Stoll, of . the First Montana
infantry, delivered an invocation ana
Chaplains Pierce, " of the Fourteenth
infantry, and Grossey, of the Thir
teenth Minnesota,, delivered orations.
Business was entirely suspended and
the flags on the shore and on the war
ships in the harbor were at half m?t.
OTIS' REPORT. .
Washington, , May 30. The : following
despatch gives the deiails of - Captain
Tilley's death . on the island ot Negros:
"Manila. SMav --30.. Adjutant' General,
WashlngtoA: The cable company ves7
sel placing a ca"ble between Hoilo and
Cebu ran to Eecalante, on the east
coasf of the'island 'of Negros to remove
cable connections. , Captain-Tilly,' of
the - signal corps, accompariled by a
boat with the captain of the vessel and
three men visited the town, the . natives
making friendly demonstrations; While
there they were ambushed. : The. ves
sel's captain and, one man escape I to
the vessel In a; launch, Tilley and two
men taking, to .the-wate and were not
rescued-. The vessel then reported at
Utoilo. General Smith ' was .-informed,.
who " immediately took seventy-five
men "and -proceededto Escalante.wKe
reports ,-this inorning , that the body of
Captain Tilley. was - found t floating in
the river; with : marks ' pf : violence; on
the head. The body was"sent to Hoilo.
Smith remains'at Escalante"" for the
presents (Signed) Otis.' -1" -
c' TO ADOPT GUERILLA TACTICS;" -
" ManflaTrMay SO. General Otls fle
jTContimiued on fifth pJagoOi
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HOtJCr.ED ALIKE
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Memorial Day Heartily Gel
" :ebratedVat' Rich-
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-.Itlchmond, 'Ya. May 3D. Not In
yeai-Jia memorial day been so hea?t
ily and unanimously observed as was
the case intbis cityT today; AH united,
In decking: 'the' grayet: those jKs
fell thirtyfive years, ago And njjne
was forgotten, -whether they wore the
blue or' thev ; gray. Thousands, aseem
ble,da t Honywood where thousands
confederates - lie burled-and listened to
an address by Bishop fenick, not Ions
since returned from Africa.. The grave
of the federal soldiers, at Seven. Fine,
were : decorated by Phil Kearney post,
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GRAVES OF CONFEDERATES
DECORATED.
IN
B0STC3J
Boston,- May ' 30. The half doaen
graves of confederate soldiers-: Jn Bo
ton cemeteries were decorated- ?by th
camp of fifteen confederate veterans, $&
this. city. A bronzed iron, marker ww
placed on each - southerns soicuerriTi
grave. The marker is squarejiWUh tw4
bars crossing each other in the form ot
thirteen states. It was
Un enlarged duplicate of the confeder-
ate badge and a copy of the desiga of
the confederate battle flag. There is a
gmve in a Concord cemetery of a con
federate veteran, and the G. A. R;
post was asked by - the confederate
camp ofBoston to decorate it. In the
forenoon the confederates joined ixfr
the services in St. " John's Episcopal
church in Charlestown by invitation ot
G. A. -R. post 149. ' -
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FLAG Oft THE SUNKEN MAINE. 1
Havana,' May 30. Decoration ?-day;
was observed here in an - appropriate
manner. This morning a flag was
-raised at the masthead of the eunken
Maine and thegraves of - the victims
decorated. The graves of fifty soldiers
and civilians who' died - here since the
occupation were also decorated and
Lthere- were appropriate services." TGen- J
eral Xee made a speech in- whichhe
said this was the -first time the graves
of American soldiers had been decora jt-
-ea t a foreign land.. He feelingly jat-i
lUded to the cementing of the norW
aid south by the war which freed
Cuba.
CEREMONIES AT ARLINGTON.
Washington, May 30. Memorial day
ceremonies at Arlington cemetery were
more impressive than usual. President
McKinley and cabinet attended.
ATLANTA MAY LOSE
THE FEDERAL PRISON
Because of a Squabble Among Eeal
Estate Sealers.
Washington, May 30. The last ses
sion of congress made a substantial ap
propriation for the establishment "of a
federal prison at Atlanta, Ga., but
there i3 now some hitch as to the se
lection -of a site and Attorney Gener
al Griggs, who visited . Atlanta some
time ago to select the site, is becoming
somewhat annoyed at the manner in
which some citizens of that city are
acting. Some - real estate men there
Want a certain location wihle others op
pose, the. result being that nothing def
inite has been determined upon, and
rumors are rife of . injunctions against
the city if certain sites are selected.
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you ow to your eyed, thaJt of prop
erly caring1 for, them Ybn , can't
be Udo careful wfith natture's rich-
; t bieasing-rour yes4ffht, ::Pro-
?teci tnem jronr tne Dngntjmmgai
(by wearing a -pair oif our smtaked
. gaiases. We have 43iem. - in . all
Vstyles. . Examinations free. "
S. U MqKEEr- ;
.Scientific Optician,
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CREW CAPTURED
Manila, 11:10 A. H Wednedai May
?r"The third engineer and another'of
Acer and some of tbecrew 'of "the hos
pital hip ReHefvwhile- sailing in a cat
boat yesterday off Paranague, were
captured by insurgents, who put off
from the shore in b4ats - -
SPANISH AMBASSADOR
ARRIVES III HEW YORK
Show Himself diplomat -iaJ)ieu
sing Philippine War , ;
New York, May 30.. Ike de Arios,
the new Spanish ambssBador, arrived
today on the steamship Kaiser Wil-
helm der GrosseHe said - he would , , r, , , , , .
proceed to Washington at once u,d.Bhip te 8lnkin V are leaving it in
dut youLJ be establish the
United States When asked about the '
war in the Philippines he said: "Oh. I
that must soon be over.- The TJnitd ;
States is too powerful "for the FUir
pinos."
INSTEAD
MIIIERS HOLQ JUBILEF.
Pennsylvania Coal Companies Advance
Wages. , "
Altoona,- Pa., May 30. All the big
coal corporations In .the . bituminous
coal fields shipping to tidewater agreed
to advance the price of picked mined
icoal from forty-five to fifty "cents per
ton. The increase affects twenty
thousand miners.' This action was. in
evitable ever 6jn?fe the Berwind-Whits
company advanced their- prices to fifty
cents a month ago.. The .men of the
competing firms became ' discontented
and finally called a j convention s at
Clearfield today to consider a strike.
The action of the operators, however,
forestalled a-strike and the- convention
ended in a sort of jubilee. ,
VAST PRODUCTION OF COAL
" Washington, May ; .30. The statistics
f the production of coa-Lln the United
State8 during 1898 nave Just been com
jtetedi by Edward W. Parker., siatis
tician; of the United States - go!bieal
survey. The compilation show? that
the, total production of 11 kinds of coai
In 1898 reached the enormous figure of
219,835,993 short tons, an " increase of
nearly; ten per cent, over tleuoutput of
1897, which amounted in round figures
to 200,220,000 tons, and was up to that
A i . 11.. 1 i. n .kinl.J
in the United States.
Great Britain's product in 1898 wa
226,287,312 short tonsa slight decrease
from 11897. Practically all of the in
crease -In ; production in the United
States wris. in bituminous coal, the out
put of fanthracite coal In 1898 being
47,516,543;tong tons, an increase of only
a llttde over 700,000 tons over 1897.
COLLISION ON ELEVATED ROAD,
Chicago, May 30. While Crowds of
passengers "were bound for the Harlem
race track this afternoon an express
train on the Lake street elevated ran
nto the rear coach of a regular passen
ger train near the Oakley avenue sta
tion, injuring a,, number of persons
more or less seriously The cause of the
accidtnt was the inability of the mot
orman to control the air brakes.
THE ANTI-TRUST CONFERENCE
Austin, Tex., May 30. Governor Say-
ers-stated today that he could not
make any "suggestions as to the Texas
delegation to the anti-trust conference
to be held in Chicago June 26 to 29, un--der
the auspices of . the civic federation,
but he said a majority of the "delegates
favored the enactment by, all states of
forceful laws reaching the trusts.
CUBANS ACCEPTING MONEY.
Havaola. May 30.--The payment of the
Cfcua itirrioDs ait Santiago and Ie Las
Vieeraa'Decan today and is proceedang
satisfetsotorily. Sixty-five men drew their
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tle MaiL
San Francisco, May 30. A letter ws
received here today from -the long
missing steamer Pelican, which. left
Puget Sound last winter, for China and
has been unheard of since.. The let
ter was found in a bottle picked Up at
PotagetBay, Aka. It reads:
VLatltude, 50 north and 175 we3t; the
frail . (Signed) M; T. PattleBOn
First Officer"
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4 tal trip a severe storm came
up. It
was supposed, that the
vessel,-: was
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ed. She undoubtedly went to the bot
tom with those who did not get off in
small boats. It is believed that the
latter were swamped.
A BANK CASHIER'S
STRAIIGE DISAPPEARANCE
Hunting ior Cine f of the Whereboats
; of C- A. White.
Columbia, May 30. Mr. C. A.White, of
Athens, Ga.-and the chief of polfce of
the town are in Greenville hunting for
clues of the mysterious -disappearance
in that city a week ago . of Johff A.
Benedict, cashier of the Exchange
bank of Athens.- AH trace of Benedict
dropped from sight half an .hour after
his" reaching his hotel. Foul play ,-is
f fared- . r ' . . .,
Reading Mayr30.Edwin LeIsy to
day shot and wounded, his wifeV his
son. Frank, and-Harry Good in the
woods near this place. . Jealousy was
the cause. Good's condition is serious.
Leisy surrendered to the police.
HELLO, HENOERSONVILLE!
Te'ephone Connection?? Opened With
Asheville.
The first message sent over the Afihe-
ville company's -telephone, line from
HendersonviHe was received by the Ga-
was sent by Mr. G. Stradley and
his voice came clearly and easily rec
ognizable 'over the twenty-one miles of
wire. The-conversation "between the
Gazette and the Hendeneonville mer
chant was carried on as easily as be
tween parties in Asheville. Mr. Strad- J
ley stated that he and the, other sub- i
scribers to the telephone system in
'Hendereonv431e had been notified- about
ten minutes before he called -up the
Gazette that the connection with-Ashe-viHe
had Vb'een completed '"The line
will be. open to the public today, the
charge for. a five minutes'- conversation
between the two-towns being ten cents.
Mr. Stradley, .-Jin, his 7-conversation
j-with the Gazette said that the sum
mer visitors 'were : beginning to arrive
in HendersonviHe and a good season
was expected; that the .work on the
new" hotel was progressing rapidly and
that it probably would be open to
guests about July 1. Mr. Stradley said
that boutv fifty telephones .were now
connected with the line in Henderson
viHe. J There was general rejoicing at
being In telephone jtouch with Ashe
ville."- -
At 10 o'clock last evening Proprietor
Stradley, of the "Southern hotel In
HendersonviHe, called up the Gazette
and. sent his greetings over the new
line.- - - '
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Has Made Its Ap
pearince in New
Orleans
One Case Has Been Report
ecL by tie Health
Officers.
Texas Immediately Quaran
tined Against tie
City.
The Quarantine Virtually Ties Up
..Traffic on' Two Important Kail
Boads in Louisiana,
New Orleans, May 30. The Louisi
ana state board of health last night
gave notice to several other boards of
health, in accordance with an agree
ment made , this spring, that ah autop
sy showed that Miss Johanna Grillop
who died here on Sunday, had yellow
fever. The case was regarded as a
suspicious one, but not until after the
autopsy Sunday morning could the
character of the disease be determined
with certainty. Miss Griilo was " a- 'na
tive of New Orleans.
- The board of health declares -th-.re."
is no other case in New Orleans in"the
slightest degree suspicious and no fear
or danger of Jfever. - -
The Southern Pacific railroad was
notified today by the Texas health offi
cer that' no passengers or : baggage
from New Orleans would be allowed to
enter. Texas. No other auarahtines
have been reported.
Austin,Tex.,May 30. The state board
of health today! received a telegram
from ' the ; health" OffieeK. at Nw Or-
leans, notifying" him that yellow fever
h&;maLa&tt: appearanceSereV-f 'Im? '"J
mediateljr ."upoii" receipt of "this xiiotice v
the Southern Pacific " was notified as'
follows: "Do not sell tickets over ypur
line from New Orleans to anyTexas
point or bring any person or thing-from
New Orleans." ' -
The board of health announces 1t has .
decided to quarantine against , all
places on-announcement of the first
positive case of yellow fever.
The quarantine established against
New Orleans will virtually tie up all
traffic on the Southern Pacific and
Texas and Pacific roads in Louisiana.
The seriousness of the situation is -alarming
on account - of the ' disease
making its appearance so early in the
season.
ROUSIHC WELCOME TO
WHEELER IN BOSTON
A Host of Paple Come Out to See
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Boston, Mass., May 30. About 4,500
people extended a welcome , to General
Wheeler in Boston, this forenoon.
When he came upon the erage escorted i
Dy uenerai aiacKman tnere was a
hearty round of apflause.- When he
arose to speak he was accorded a re
ception that must be a memorable one
rto him,-for it was fully five minutes
befoWthe music, shouting -and flutter.::
of Hags and handkerchiefs ceased. Hftf
spoke for about an hour and was fre-"
quently interrupted with applause. .
Twenty-five cents' ptesr 100 ptouniis vt;
flaotory, in 200 pound 4qfcv . Swtenrnanofl! '
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lot extra heavy , Sterliug 8U
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fc per pairaB long as they last.' --This
class of button we liave-;
always .'sold heretofore"-' for
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