Weather To-Day: PARTLY CLOUDY; WARMER. VOL. xlv. isro. to--*. JUDGE CONOR ELECTED SPEAKER - An Interesting Fight Between u Connor, Overman and Craig. FIRST CLASS SELECTIONS MADE FOR THE VARIOUS OFFI CERS OF BOTH HOUSES. I C.C. DANIELS CHIEF CLERK OF-SENATE Brevard Nixon Elected Chief Clerk of the House- White Men Only are to be Emp'oyed. Yesterday was much a repetition of the day before, except that the members lagan to get a line on the candidates for places or the candidates to get a line on members according to the point of view. All day long in the hotel lobbies the work went steadily on, though in a more quiet way than the day before. The interest was still centered in the Speakership of the House and all other matters were of subsidiary importance with the Representatives and. in a de gree. even with the Senators. Casually mingling with the crowd, no especial work appeared to be going forward, hut the friends of the candidates were active for all that. The day trains brougnt in all members save a few who had been kept at home unavoidably, and the new arrivals promptly addressed themselves to t la task of filming out how the wind was setting. And it was no easy task. In deed, it was rather amusing to note how utterly at sea most of the members were up to the hour for the caucus to meet. The contest for the Speakership this year was different from past contests, in that there was no tight for principle in volved. It was merely a good-natured y *., F-. -4, \ •V n p .'-'. Vi V'o /V' Vs-- n • • "~ / / HON. 11. G. CONNOR, Who Will bo Elected Speaker of the House To-day. rivalry among the members to do honor to their favorites, and the bitterness of factional fighting was 'Entirely wanting to it. ! At least was the ease up to the hour of the caucus. All tin* members felt that whichever way the contest for the Speakership went the house would have a clean, capable and impartial presiding officer. The least inten-sted of all. ap parently, were tin* candidates th mselves, who took things easy and seemed to fol low the policy of lotting the office seek the man. This is a good omen for a harmonious and pleasant session. MEMBERS TALK LITTLE. In the main the members are very chary about discussing matters that will come before the present Legislature. Not so much perhaps that they have not deti nite ideas as that they wish to wait and see what others are thinking. The one thing upon which all tln- Democrats seem to he at one is that the ignorant negro \;ote must he eliminat ed. I heard of but one memte r who did not share this opinion. As to the method by which the result is to he accomplish ed. they are not very particular. They want rt to be certain and effective. The Louisiana plan is a favorite and nearly all of those who talked expressed them selves as favoring if, unless it should ap pear that it was unconstitutional. Noth ing can he plainer than 'that tin- num bers of the Assembly have come up from their constituents with imperative instruction to take steps to make an end of the ignorant and corrupt negro vote. They are waiting for time and eonsidera tion to develop the best means, hut there is little difference of opinion as to what must he done. HOUSE CAUCUS. Though the caucus was scheduled to begin at 8 o’clock, it was 8:20 before Mr. Francis 1). Winston, of Bertie coun ty. rap|K-d for order and called Mr. W. B. Council, of Watauga, to the chair. “This,” said Mr. Council, on assum ing the gavel, “is indeed an unexpected honor. To he even temporary chairman of such an organization of North Caro linians is enough to make any man proud. I shall not detain you by any remarks. Perhaps it were not proper that I should do so, hut I must sin cerely thank you tor tin- honor yon have done me.” On motion of Mr. I>. It. Julian, of Rowan, the temporary organization was made permanent. Mr. Henry A. Gilliam, of Edgecombe, The News and Observer. LEAK ALL 10RTH CMOUM HUB II 188 All GBCUUTNN. was elected secretary and Mr. 11. McD. Robinson, of Cumberland, assistant sec retary. At this point Mr. J. Frank Ray. of Macon, moved that all persons except Democratic members be excluded from the ball. Mr. S. L. Patterson, of Caldwell, in troduced a resolution to the effect that all persons except Democratic members and ex-members of the House be re quested to retire. Mr. Julian went him one better and amended the resolution to include mem bers of the State Democratic committee. Here Mr. W. R. Allen, of Wayne, made the point that nobody, could vote on this or any other question until there was some sort of roll made out and it had been ascertained who was en titled to vote. Thereupon the roll was called by the secretary. And this roll call opened up wha: appeared to la* the beginning of a pretty tight that would result in an early test of strength. J “I notice in the roll-call." said Judge Allen, “that Greene and Pamlico coun ties arc put down as represented by Republicans and Populists. That is incorrect. The li.rst count showed that the Republican and Populist candidates were victorious and they were given certificates, hut the second count re ■ '*'•• XV HON. LEE S. OVERMAN. He Was One of the Best Speakers who Ever Presided Over the House. vealed the fact that they were beaten and the Democrats elected and the clerks have so certified. 1 therefor* move that Mr. Sugg, of Greene, and Mr. Pool, of Pamlico, be admitted to this caucus.” This meant two more votes for Con nor, but the other side did not seem to realize it until the motion had been passed without opposition. Then 'Mr. Julian rose and said lu had not at first understood the matter: that Pool and Sugg were contesting foi seats and he did not think it fair to admit them to the privileges of the cau cus until their claim had been settled. He therefore moved to reconsider the motion. Mr, J. A. Leak, of Anson, saw no rea son why they should not he admitted, since they held a certificate declaring that a recount had showed them elected. Mr. Walter A. Moore, of Jackson, fa vored reconsideration. Mr. Winston thought the matter could be easily settled by a vote. “For voting, you know, is one thing we are not afraid of.” Mr. Ray thought before proceeding with the caucus further the question of who should he excluded ought to In set tied. Mr. Winston favored sending out everybody except members. Mr. Patterson defended his resolution on the ground of precedent set both by the Legislature and by Congress. Mr. Julian didn't think any good Dem llON. LOCKE CRAIG. Who Will 'take a Great Speaker in th Near Future. ocrat ought to be excluded from a Dem ocratic meeting. Mr. Justice thought the object of a caucus was secresy and the only way to secure that was by excluding all outsiders. Mr. 11. A. F ousbee. of Durham, didn’t sec why there should he discrimination. If one Democrat wen- excluded all ought to be. This ended the discussion and the motion was passed requesting everybody except Democratic members of the present Legislature to retire. This done the caucus resumed discus sion of tliis question at length. It was d o d-d to admit the gentleman from Pamlico to the caucus, hut not to vote. This was considered sort of a dog-!uil. both sides seeming to fear a test ot strength on it. Mr. Winston moved that a committee he appointed to fix the number of house employees, clerks and laborers. 1 his was passed. Mr. I>. 11. McLean moved that no one hut white men be employed when they can le had from the highest to the I lowest servant. This was unanimously I carried. I (Continued on Sixth Page.) KAUEIGH, N.C., WJiDNJiSOAY MORNING, JANUARY i, 1899 WOOD TAKES ACTION Order Affecting Santiago’s Customs Receipts. MASS MEETING PROTESTS MEANWHILE WOOD WILL GO TO WASHINGTON. UNCLE SAM HAS A HARD NUT TO CRACK It is Ft It to be Absolutely Necessary that There Should be but One Responsible Head to the Customs Sfrvice in Cuba. Santiago do Cuba, Jan. J.—Majqr General Leonard Wood, the American military commander here, lias cabled for permission to go to Washington for two days, and hues been granted leave of ab sence. Hi- will leave Santiago on .board the United Stati-s Transport Mississippi to-night. The reason of the General’s departure is unquestionably the order received from Havana to transmit the entire eius toms receipts each week to that city. A.s cabled last night, compliance with these instructions would involve the abandonment of many necessary public improvements, would throw 10,OOP Cu bans out of employment, and would send them to the hillts to become bandits, and would revive Spain's practice of mone tary centralization which caused most of her troubles in Cuba. It is believed General Wood is desir ous of seeing the President on this mat ter. There was a mans meeting this afternoon of business men of all kinds to protest against the order from Ha vana. The members of the San t'arlos Club are in a fever of excitement. '1 hey say as previously iminted out, that the main eau«-e for complaint under Spanish rule was the continued demand for money obtained from tin* different provinces, wliich. they claim, could remain in the province and Ik* spent there. Colonel Valent**, the Cuban who was appointed chief of the gendarmerie was quite outspoken on the subject. I It* said the Cubans had fought thirty-years against this policy, and they were ready to fight thirty more if necessary. Americans who art* familiar with the' situation here agrt-e in saying Ihe Cu bans have good cause for comp'nint, in this instance. A GOVERNMENTAL PROBLEM. Washington. D. C., Jan. 3. —The ob jection of tin- citizens of Santiago to the execution of the War Department's program requiring the customs collect ions at that port and at all other Cuban towns to he sent to Havana, has brought the War Department face to face with another of the many problems connected with tin- administration of affairs in Cuba that require speedy settlement. The order is felt to la* absolutely neces sary, the interests of good government requiring that there should Ik* hut one respon .hie head to the customs ser vice in Cuba. It was pointed out at the War Department to-day that if San tiago at one end of the island and Ha vana near the other, were allowed to keep their customs receipts, such prov inces as Puerto Principe and Pinar del Rio would lit- without funds to make any public improvements. The officials are disposed to allow each of the military commanders of the seven departments into which Cuba is now divided to sub mit requisitions bused upon estimates or cost of such public works, as sanitation, harbor improvements and road and bridge buildings as it is deemed desir able to undertake. The Cabinet which General Brooke is about to call to his assistance in the administration of tin island probably will examine into thes necessities and propose an allotment of llit* total customs collections and inter nal revenue taxation in proportion 1o the needs of the communities and in accord ance with principle of justice and good government. In all likelihood these allot ments will require tin* approval of the Secretary of War. In the case of San tiago. it is the belief of one of the highest officials of tlie* War Department that tlu- transfer of money from that, sub-port to Havana will he almost nomi nal, for the needs of the province at large probably will absorb the gre-ia-r part of the actual cash. The whole subject is now under consideration, fail ing directly under the purview of Assi taut Secretary Meiklejohn. anti some order on the subject may he expecteo at an early date. HI lIItOWS WILL BE RETURNED. Lansing. Mich.. Jan. 3.—There is hard ly a question of doubt to-night about the re-election of Senator Burrows. It is only a question of how large his ma jority will he. Nearly 80 members have signed the call so.-» to-morrow night’s caucus, and the Burrows people claim that of this number only two are at all doubtful. His vote is placed at any where from 80 to 00. MRS. BRICE ADMINISTRATRIX. New York, Jail. 3.—Catheiiiu* Olivia Brice, widow of tin* lit** Calvin S. Brice, was today appointed administratrix of his state. The petition states that no real property was left by the deceased and that his personal estate is valued at st>oo,- 000. TO FIX TIIE RESPONSIBILITY. Board of Survey to Investigate Rejec tion of 300,000 Pounds of Beef. Washington. Jan. 3.—-The Board of Survey appointed by the Secretary of War o> examine into and report upon | tin* responsibility for the loss of 300,-1 000 pounds of refrigerated la-el' ol Swift A Company, which was rejected by General Milu* upon the arrival at Ponce, Porto Rico, and which was sub sequently thrown overboard while cn route on the return voyage, met to-day, hut decided that inasmuch as the pro ceedings of a hoard of survey were sub; joet to review that they would not be made public. The board is instructed to ascertain if proper effort was mailt* to feed this beef to the troops in Porto Rico, and ii\ the riHponsibility in cast proper effort was not made. To ascer tain whether, as reported in the testi mony before the war commission, the beef had been chemically tested, and whether tin* United Stall's was respon sible for its loss. which involves a recom mendation as to whether Swift & Com pany should lit- reimbursed. A board of survey has no power to administer oaths. It cau only find on information and recommended, subject to review of the appointing officer, in this case by Secretary of War Alger. The board will invcßtignte the questions with which they art* charged. They intimate that the proceedings are not of great importance, in reality only involving a recommenda tion as to whether Swift & Company should be paid for the beef. Such a recommendation, however, necessarily involves fixing tlit* responsibility for the rejection of the beef. ' CRAVEN FREED Os STAIN REPUBLICANS LOSE THnEE IMPORTANT OFFICERS. hes« (fflces, Clerk of Supe ior Tour’, Register ts L'eec's and County Tieasurer, Now Fi!l*d by Democrats. Newborn. X. (’., Jan. 3. —(Special.l- The commissioners of Craven county m: t at the court house lien* today for tht* lull-post- of passing on the bonds of the various Republican officcrs-elect who had not previously qualified. E. W. Car penter. C. C. U.iuc-It and .1. B. Willis Avert* on hand with tht-ir bonds, but the isiiiit w.-ts raised and sustained by tin board that inasmuch its the officers have failed to present their bonds on the day required by law that, tin* respective offi ces wi re vacant. These offices art* Clerk of Superior Court, Register of Deeds and County Treasurer. As soon as it . was known that it va enney existed, Judge Henry R. Bryan, the presiding Judge of the district, ap pointed W. M. Watson Clerk of the Court and Mr. Watson filled the other vacancies in appointing Ernest M. Green Register of Deeds and Thomas Darnels County Treasurer. Thus were negi-oism anti Republicanism tetri:,d in Craven county. Ix-t us hope it will he forever. Our people generally wen- surprised at the outcome of the meeting. But their gratification exceed ed their surprise. CHAPEL HILL NEWS ITEMS. Young Lady Led the Junior Class—Ral eigh Boy at Head of Freshman. Chapel Hill. N. <’.. Jan. 3. —(Special.) Th«» spring term of tht- University opens to-morrow. A large number of acces sions are expected in both tlu- ncadamie and the professional schools. Miss Marcia Latham, of Plymouth, N. C., enjoys t.lu* distinction of having led the junior class in the University, making a very high average. This is Miss l.itthiim’s first year at the Uni versity. she having entered the junior class lasi September. Mr. Ivory Lewis, of Raleigh, led the freshman class; Mr. J. K. Hall, of Dunlap, Iredell county. N. C., led tlu* sophomore class, and Mr. A’. J . Jones, of Tennessee, led the senior class. Prof. J. Howard Gore, of Columbian University. Washington, D. C.. will lec ture here early in the s.sston on “The Arctic Circle.” Mr. Gore is an Arctic traveller of with* experitmee and has visited the spot from which Andre started on his balloon journey. Tht- Messrs. Long, five in number, to gether with Mr. Bryson, bagged 173 birds in true day’s hunt last week. JEALOUSY CRAZED MAN’S DEED. Murders Wife ml Two Children, and Then Shoots Himself. St. Louis. Jan. 3.—A special from Bloomington, 111., says: “Today at Minier, west of the t-ity, John Lytton shot his wifi*, two children and then himself. All are dead except the husband, who cannot live. Jealousy was the cause.” A BRIEF CABINET MEETING. Washington, Jan. 3.—A cablegram from General Otis at Manila was read at today's Cabinet meeting. It is said lo have stated that tlu* news from Iloilo was reassuring, but t lu* details were not made public. No other matters of importance were brought forward and the meeting adjourned at an unusually early hour. SPANISH CABINET CRISIS. Mail lid. Jan. 3.—lt is expected that on Saturday next Senor Sagastn will sub mil to liie Queen Regent tin* question of confidence in tin* Cabinet, and that Her Majesty's* decision will be given promptly, so as to allow a speedy settle ment of the Cabinet (-risk. GOES 10 COHGRESS Peace Treaty May be Trans mitted To-day, MESSAGE WILL BE BRIEF PRESIDENT WILL LEAVE PUSH ING TREATY TO FRIENDS. ARVS SIIZED IN HAVANA RESIDENCES Ho r orab!e Conduct of Castellanos will 3robabl be Officiary Pecognized. War lnvts {•gating Commission to Inves t:got i B-t-f Scandal. Washington, D. ('.. Jan. 3. —The treaty of peace negotiated at Paris, will be submitted to Congress almost imme diately tm its re-convening —probably to morrow. Although a tempting opportu nity offers for tlu* presentation of a most forible argument for the speedy ratification of the treaty, in the shape of a ringing message to Congress on the subject. President MvKinh-y has decided to leave tin* presentation of the merits of the treaty to its friends in the Sen ate. Accordingly, the treaty will go to tin- latter body with the briefest mes sage of transmission by the Presi dent. Although it is admitted unofficially, that the text of tin* conventions liar been published in the newspapers with absolute accuracy, the Executive still in sists ujmui maintaining official secrecy as to the treaty, as a courtesy to the Senate, which will he allowed the privi lege of making tin* document public in its own discretion. PRIVATE HOUSES SEARCHED Havana, Jan. 3.—General Ludlow has caused several private houses to In st arched for arum. Eighteen rifles wore seized at No. 40 Compostole street, and eight rifles were taken )HJssossiou of in a bouse mi Tonientorc wtrect. The searches wore made in tin* middle of the uighi and Avert* submitted to quietly. Tin* A morion u military commissioners art; pleased with the honorable conduct of General Castellanos and sympathiz with him. They will probably make a representation to President McKinley to suggest some recognition of the Span ish commander's conduct. The United States transport Michigan, from Savannah. Ga., on December 3lst, with two battalions of the Third Ne braska regiment, has arrived here. Telegrams received from Mantanzas announce the arrival there of General Castellanos, who will not leave his ship. Tht* United States flag was hoisted at Mataiizas on Sunday. .Tht* sugar grinders of Mataiizas and Havana Provinces started grinding cane yesterday. Colonel W. 11. Mabry, of .the First Texas regiment is dying of cerebro-tspi nal meningitis, with which lit; was at tacked on Saturday last. At h'consulta tion of surgeons at the Quemados Camp where the Colonel is being eared for. hope of his recovery was given up. Col. Mabry was recommended by Generals Ue and Keifer a few days ago for ap poiutmeut to the regular army. BEEF INVESTIGATION NEXT. Washington. D. (’., Jan. 3.--The war investigating commission has decided to make a thorough investigation of the complaints made about the beef furuisli ed (hi* army in the expeditionary 111.1- paigns. Summons wen* made to-day for the appearance before the eonimis s n next Friday of Major Daly, the chief surgeon of the army headquarters at Tampa, prior to the departure of tli Shafter expedition, who made a vigorous report, forwarded by General Miles, i\ condemnation of the beef. Tin* Swift Packing Company of Chicago will bo heard next Monday in defense of these supplies. There was only one witness to-day. Colonel James M. Moore, Assistant Quartermaster General of the army who appeared merely to .correct some errors in the report of previous tesri mony. SMALL-POX IN TYRRELL. Tyrrell’s Roprt sentative —Columbia De sires Its Charter Amended. Columbia. X, (’.. Jan. 2.—(Special.)— ltepreuenfative-eh-ct William Maitland has left here for Raleigh to repres. at Tyrrell county in the General Assembly about to convene. Mr. Maitland is a man of good common sense and judgment and may be expected to render a good account, of iiis stewardship. I! is expected that there are two cases of small-pox in Tyrrell county. Both persons came here to spend the Christ mas holidays from affected localities elsewhere, and it has not yet been defi nitely determined that the disease is real ly small-pox, but the scare is general nevertheless. Application will he made to the Gen eral Assembly to amend tin* charter of the town of Columbia. ARTESIAN WELL A SUCCESS. Growth of Industries in Sans >rd—Good Trade Looked for in '99. Sanford, X. ('.. Jan. 3.—(Special.)- Mr. V. T. Coleman and Misses A. B. and E. M. Coleman, of Brooklyn. X. Y.. are spending the winter in Sanford They are domiciled at Mr. T. E. White’s. The artesian well has proven a sue cess, and it is to he hoped that our citizens will profit by the good example of Wilson and other towns, and make the plant the property of the town. The manufacturing enterprises here would consume water sufficient to pay inter est on a good sum to begin with, and it is expected that the two lines of rail way will he gootl patrons. Our town is anticipating a good trade daring the year 185)!). There are al ready hi operation here one foundry and machine shop, two wood working plants, a clothing factory, broom fac tory. with the prospect of another one in the near future, one of the best equipped printing offices in the State, and other industries such as saw mills, smith shops, wagon shops, etc. There have ht-cn erected within tin past twelve months some fifty odd dwell ing houses, and one builder alone has the contract for building ten more this spring. Tht* brown-stone industry is looking up. the Aldrich Stone Company having had to work day and night during the month just closed, to fill its orders. REINFORCEMENTS ARRIVING. If Americans Land Armed, Insurgents Will Fight—Preparing to Resist. Manila. Jan. 3.—Advices just received from Iloilo say sa.v tht* retells at a meet ing Saturday ratified the action of a delegation which assured the Americans that they might land unarmed, but that if the latter landed armed tlu* natives would be iincontrolla'ble. It is further said that every prepara tion is being made for resistance upon the part of the rebels and that rein forcements are arriving from Negros and the neighboring islands., in spite of the efforts of the United Stat s cruiser Bal timore and the gunluuit Arizona to scire them with searchlights. The Spanish gunboat El Cano is still at Iloilo, but as her status is not defined she has not been molested. It is understood that she is destined to go to Snmboagan. a town of tlu- Philippines islands on the south west extremity of the island of Min danao. Th American troops are restless. The rebels are drilling on the beatu. evening and morning, in full view - of the Ameri can expedition which is still afloat. The California volunteers were ein barkfd on four transports today. Their destination is unknown. The natives hero are quiescent, hut watchful. SOLID VESTIRULED TRAINS. The Atlantic Coast Line's Improvements in Through Service. Washington, D. C.. Jan. 3.—Com mencing on the first of this month the Atlantic Coast Line put in service on their Florida and West Indian Limited solid vestibuh-d trains, with coaches aml j Pullman palace sleepers through to | Jacksonville and Port Tampa, Fla. Commencing January Kith, they wifi put in service for the season of IS!):: their New York and Florida special train, composed entirely of Pullman palate* vestibuled, sleeping, compartment, dining, library and observation car-*, heated by steam, and lighted throughout ' by electricity, leaving New York daily except Sunday, 12:20 p. in., and this I city at 0:20 p. ni., arriving at Jackson ville at 1:10 p. m.. and St. Augustine, Fla., 2:20 p. m. next day. THE MASSACRE CON FI RM ED. Rios Cables Madrid Corroboration of the Ghastly Horror. Madrid, Ja-n. 3.—General Rios cables from Manila continuing tin* report that all tlu* Spaniards at Balabc an island of the Philippine group situated thirty miles south of Palawan, have been as sassinated. with the exception of the women, whose release is being asked ft n*. HESTER’S MONTHLY STATE MENT. New Orleans, La.. Jan. 3.—Secretary Hester's New Orleans Cotton Exchang, statement issue to-day covers tin* month ly movement to December 31st. Compared with December last year this is ahead of last year in round figure: 138,000 hales; and ahead of year before last 328,000. The total for December was 2.133.003. against 1,083.44(5 last year: 1.590.291 year before last. The amount brought into sight for the four months from September to December 31st. inclusive, shows an ineiea.se of 420.000 bales over last year and an increase of 1.327.000 over tin* year before last. The movement from the Ist of Sep tombtr to December 31st shows receipts at all United States delivery ports 5.827,- 670, against 3.330,278 last year and 4,- 958,81)5) year before last. Southern mill takings exclusive of quantity at Southern out ports 301.087 bales, against 404.301 bales last year. Interior stocks in excess of those held at tin* commencement of the season 623.007 against 560,080 last yea.. The total amount of the crop brought into sight during tin- four months ending December 31st is 7.723.400 bales, against 7,206,333 bales last year. Northern spinners took during Decem ber 539.010 bales, against 302,883 last year. Foreign c.\|>ortg for the first four months have been 4.184,020 bales, show ing an increase over last season of 410,083 bales. Stocks at the seaboard and the 2!) leading interior markets at the close of December were 2.070.308 harts, against 1.803.138 bales the same date last year. Including ports and interior towns left over from the previous season and the number of bales of the current crop brought into sight during the four months tht* supply has he.-n 7,998,002 bales, against 7,413,087 hales last year and 0,73(5,741 the year before. Why does a lawsuit invariably wear out at the pockets first? FIRST EDITION) PRICE FIVE CENTS, TREfeCHERY AEPAHAY Spaniards Could Have Held Iloilo Indefinitely, WITHDREW FOR PURPOSE WHA INFORMED RIOS OF MIL LER’S COMING ? VILLIR HAS SITUATION WflL IN HAND <| N'oCcnflct Will be Had With Insurgent! « Possible !o Avo'd it Aguinaldo’s !n- l fliu-pce Waning Makes Cur Task Faiier. IV asliingtoii, D. C„ Jau. 3.—General Otis, commanding at Manila, has cabled the War Department that in his opinion General Miller has the situation well in baud at Iloilo and that he fully un derstands the purpost* of the President not to crowd the insurgents unduly. It is highly desirable that a hostile col lision between the American forces and the insurgents be avoided at all hazards, ut least (lending the ratification of the peace treaty, ami as General Miller understands now this purpose on the part of tho President he will be guided by it and may be relied upon to resort to force only under absolute compulsion. The officials here are now fully satis fied that the trouble at Iloilo may be traced directly back to the Spanish commander who was the senior Spanish army officer in the Philippines group, and directly in command of the Visayas group, including the principal island of Panay and tpe city and garri son of Iloilo. General •tis reports show that though beseigr-d with his 800 soW diers in Iloilo by a igx-rior force tbfl jv-sition of the SpainfJ was let..--tee. They hail rt-aßni every att]H hud intli^H great loss upon th. auil I bare was ih A reason Kj* t X‘ This wasl nor have held out hit X, v '} tlxr of particularly the cas of Hu . 1 knowledge t Luzon,, ntj.jehed to this uieut deal of interest h tis rPlM>rts that by the iuy: as (.Tenoral length AguinttWo’s attendance the That this is* party can be g n „ t j ollbte d. and Gen waning rapidly Otis feels is made to it will be found t Cn Aguinaldo has lost his control of th P majority and cannot command even 'n working coalition. Such a state off affairs would tend to make easier the) task ol the military authorities of thh United States of es tablishing pencofjpijv a temporary form of government fj>r the Philippines that will command tlye sup|K>rt of the people and receive the jhpprovnl of the civilized world. / General Otis ln, s pot yet published the proclamation l*y President McKinley which was cal/leq from Washington to him about a f week ago, Feeling full confidence in/his judgment the officials here are not disposed to question his withholding/the proclamation from the Filipinos, ttyough it would seem that the animating in preparing and cabling it was to) soothe and satisfy the Filipinos, and counteract the insidious attacks the Bpajjiteh element lias been making upon the .integrity of the Ameri cans' intentions j respecting the Philip pines. Admiral ltewtiy was heard from by cable at the Nt vy Department to-day bur made no re et-ence to ine politlcul situation in the islands, file reported that he had foi „] *| building suitable for a naval lu pfipj at Cavite, and asked authority ] . 0 p ( Department to establish ii at on it was pot gathered that there is an i msunl amount of sick ness among the American sailors, hub realizing that tl * naval occupation of Manila Bay is j H . a permanent character. Admiriil Dewey wishes to es tablish a shore hospital. x' Secretary Long! called upon General Van Bey pen and after a consul tation they cubl(81 Admiral Dewey au thority t<> establish the hospital. Medical Inspector Remits ('. Persons was select ed to take charge of flic new hospital and lu- has been, ordered to start from New York at oi4*e. The necessary as sistants will I*o selected from among the medical officA-g of Admiral Dewey’s fleet. If the wages of sin is death it be a man's own aiost thut walks ut» pay i I A