, Waather To-Day: FAIR; WARMER. THIRD EDITION) The News and Observer. VOL. XLV. XO. 156. Natives Again Rotted / ' THEY KEEP UP A RUNNING FIGHT FOR TWO HOURS. Americans Under Generals Hales and Wheat on Hurl Them Back to Guada -loupe and Mar'quina. Manila. March 7. —12:15 I*. M. —A de tachment of General Hales’ and General Wheaton's brigades were engaged for two hours this morning, clearing the country in front of their lines on both sides of the river, the enemy concen trating with the apparent purpose of cutting off the garrison at the water works. The rebels bolted at the first sign of the advance, but they separated into small bodies and kept up a running fight. By a series of rapid advances, followed by Hank movements, the enemy was completely routed as far out as Guadaloupe on the right and almost to Mariquina ou the left. The casualties reported arc Captain •O’Brien, of Company F, First Wyoming volunteers, and two men were slightly wounded. The rebel loss was heavy. No rebels were visible at noon. GUN-BOAT CLEARS THE RIVER. Manila, March 7.—11:23 A. M.—At daylight this morning the en my were discovered trying to mount a gun acres the river from San Pedro, and the 'Sixth artillery promptly shelled the rebel battery. Temporarily stop ping work, the enemy poured a fnsilade of musketry across the river, but a gun-boat moved up and cleared the banks of the stream with rapid fire guns. All was quiet during the night. Postoffices have been established at Negros, Cebu, and Iloilo, and the clerks left yesterday for their respective posts by the steamer Espana. SHALL PROTECT FOREIGNERS. General Orders Issued to the Troops to This Effect. Manila, March 7.—0:45 p. m. Tiii> afternoon General Hales’ brigade con tinued the work of driving out the reb els from the country between the reser voir and the water works, a distance of about three miles. The country is now clear on the left of the river, but the enemy is still in front of General Wheaton’s line. Near San Pedro Macati they have been actively attempting to make the positions of the Sixth artillery unten able. their sharpshooter keeping up a constant fire all day. Private Lovejoy, Company C, A\ ash ington volunteers, was killed by a stray bullet. Major Bell, Seventh United States cavalry, Private Young, Company M. Twentieth infantry; Private Curran. Company H. Twentieth and Private Sparks. Company, First Wyom ing volunteers were wounded today. This morning the enemy in front oi . General Overshine’s line sent out a flag of truce, but retired when Lieutenant Koohler, with two men, advanced to meet it. This afternoon they again show ed a white Hag, and a general, with two officers and an interpreter advanced. When the Americans were within about 200 yards of the rebel party, the latter dragged rifles from behind their backs and opened fire upon them, but fortu nately without effect. Hawthorne’s battery fired two shells, killing several of the enemy. In accordance with instructions to the land and naval forces, a general order was issued today directing the United States troops to give particular atten tion to the specific duly of furnishing full protection to the lives and property of all German. Austrian, Dutch, Italian and Portugese residents, ami with the co-operation of the resident. German Consul, to give aid and assistance when ever necessary. At 3 o’clock this afternoon the tem perature was 84 degrees fahrenheit. The heat is intense, especially on the lines, where twenty-five men were tempo rarily prostrated during the day. AT WORK ON THEIR DEFENCES Manila, March 7.-10:20 a. m.—The rebels are busily preparing their defences ar various points, and are most aggres sive near San P sir » Macati, where their sharpshooters main f ain a persistent an noyance. Scott’s Battery on the hill top is tin* centre of fire from both sides of the river. General Hales withdrew his outposts from the left bank of the stream and is now occupying ins original position. Further trouble is probable in the vi cinity of the water works, when the ecbels rally. hut it would I** almost an impossibility for them to interfere with the water supply, owing to the strength <>f our position. THE ISTHMIAN CANAL ROUTES. Cabinet Discusses the Difficulties of Making the Surveys. Washington, March 7. —The President brought to tin* attention of the Cabinet at to-day’s session the provision of tin* River and Harbor act relative to the oo»»tni*«tion of an isthmian canal. The purpose was to decide upon tin* meas ure- to (a* adopted to carry out the direc tion- of Congre-s to make a thorough o* atrdnation of th<> various rout s, Nicaraguan and Panama, and re port the result to the next ses s’ojqof Congress. It was realized that the task set was well nigh impossible of compliance on account of the enor mous amount of work involved in a leads ill iim carouna Dine in Ills and oklctw. thorough examination of even one route, as was shown by the fact that the Walker commission under the Admiral s energetic direction was not able to pre sent more than a mere outline of Jhe survey made last summer of the Nica raguan route. No decision was reached to-day as to the details, hut it is believed that the President will have recourse to the plan of appropriating om* or two ad ditional members to the Walker com mission and extending tlit* functions of that body to cover tin* whole field in Colombia as well as in Nicaragua and Costa Rica. ARMY WINTER HOSPITAL. Ships From Cuban Ports to be Thor oughly Fumigated. Savannah, Gn., March 7.—The army winter hospital at this place forty seven buildings and L'ttX) cots—will be opened for patients tomorrow. Not . all pf the buildings have been complet ed, but the Government has determined lo begin the occupancy at once. The first shipment of invalid soldiers from Cuba will he received on Thursday by the hospital ship Missouri. Major Ap pel. in charge of the hospital, has re ceived a cablegram from Major Arthur, the surgeon in charge of the ship, to the effect that she lias sailed (from Culm with two thousand invalids and direct ing that ambulance transportation meet the vessel on Thursday. A novelty in the ambulance lint* has been provided. It is a trolley car arranged with a double row of suspended cots. It will accom modate fifteen invalids at a time. One; hundred nurses and hospital attendants will arrive from Fort McPherson and Huntsville tonight and tomorrow in an ticipation of tin* opening of the hos pital. Before the Missouri will Ik* per mitted to come up to the city she will be thoroughly fumigated at the Federal quarantine station at Sapelo. Orders have been issued by the Surgeon Gen eral of the Marine Hospital Service at Washington to the effect that all trans ports and other ships from Havana and Cienfnegos for United States ports ar riving after March 4th shall lie fnmigat- ; ed with steam and formaldehyde gas j before being permitted to pass tin* quar- | amine line. On and after March 15Mi the same regulation will apply to all si>ins from any port whatsoever in Culm. WILL MEET IN APRIL. Republican Committee to Formulate a Financial Measure. Washington, March 7. —The commit tee appointed by tin* Republican caucus of the House of Representatives to formulate a financial measure for the consideration of (he next Congress will meet at Atlantic City for the purpose of taking up tin* question on the 17th of April. This was decided at a meet ing of the committee held to-day in the room of the House Judiciary committee tit which General Henderson, chairman, and all the members of the committee wre present, .so other meeting will lie held until then.and nothing was don ■ beyond deciding the time and place of meeting. It is expected that the finan cial question will then hi* takm up comprehensively and the entire summer given up to the question if necessary. BLIZZARDY IN RICHMOND. Richmond, Va., 7.—The snow storm which set in about 12 o’clock last night continued until early afternoon today. It wits accompanied h.v a cold w nd which made it somewhat blizzard-like. It did not much interfere with traffic, however, 'i’ll** street car lines soon had their tracks cleared of the snow and their cars running. The flood situation has improved, the water having been sub siding all day. Both the lower and the upper gas works are in a disabled con dition. however, the water having hist night Hooded the engine rooms of the works and the supply of gas on hand having bee nexhausted, the city tonight , is without gas-light. Il is expected that this condition will lx* remedied by to morrow night. The waters have grad ually fallen away from the tracks of tin* .Tames River Division of the Chesa peake and Ohio Railway, lint no trains have been run on that, line today. It is expected that traffic will lie resumed tomorrow. Fulton, i lie* Southern snh , urb of the city, has continued today ; to la* cut off from street car communi cation with the city proper. The water today, however, disappeared from Alain, | Franklin and Cary streets, Richmond. GERM ' R VL RESIGNS. Berlin. March 7.—Admiral Yon Knorr, 1 commander-int-chief of the navy, has resigned. *His intention to take t'* ; s ; stou was announced last autumn, llis I resignation has been accepted, and he lias been placed on the retired list. A successor has not yet been appointed. THE WILKES COl N'TY BONDS. Greensboro, N. C,. March *. —(Spe- I cial.l—Judge Goff w'**od .Ttldec Averv iodav continuing the Wilkes county bond ; injunction to be heard in April, the time | to be agreed upon later. SUCCESSOR TO SENATOR GRAY. Republicans Working Hard to Harmon ize All Factions. Dover, Del., March 7.—Only live days remain before the final adjournment of the legislature, ami strong effort is be ing made to harmonize the Republi can factions, thus securing the election of a successor to United States Georg** Gray. With this end in view a letter wqs handed to every Republican member of the General Assembly today signed by Congressman C. 11. Grosveuor and Secretary Charles Dick, of the Repub lican National Committee, urging an early and final settlement of the Sena torial question. The letter says: “We «lo not assume to advise in re gard to your duty as members of tin* Legislature, but do want to impress on you that in close and bitter contests the will of the majority is a safe guide. The Republican party at large is inter ested not only in gaining a Senator, but also in the future success of the party in Delaware.” The communication is regarded as favoring Addicks, as he has the supi*ort of a majority of the Republicans. Eighty-nine ballots have been taken since the voting for Senator began on January 17th and the deadlock has con tinued unchanged, the slight shifting of the votes each day not affecting the re sult. The belief hero among the loaders is that the Legislature will adjourn finally on Monday next without tilling the vacancy and that Delaware will got along with only one Representative in the upper branch of Congress until 1901. PRESIDENT WILL COME SOUTH. The Trip is for Rest, and ITc Will Make no Speeches, Washington, March 7.—The President to-day definiti ly decided t*» take a short trip South for rest, his destination being Thomasville. tin., where he will he the guest of Senator Ilannn. The Presi dent will lie accompanied by Mrs. Mc- Kinley and some of their relatives who are at present stopping at the White House. It is the purpose of the Presi dent to make this trip onf* exclusively for rest, so he will make no speeches and hopes to he relieved of public at tentions as much as possible. THE FASIIODA QUESTION. A Satisfactory Settlement Expected in a Fortnight. Paris, March 9. —The following semi official note was issued this evening: “A satisfactory settlement between France and Great Britain of the ques tions arising out of tin* Fashoda inci dent may be expected within a fortnight- The delimitation of the respective terri tories has so far advanced that th** starting points and general direction of the frontier nave already been arranged, and Great Britain lias admitted that France is entitled to a commerical out let on the Nile. • HAYWARD FOR SENA TO 11. ll** is Nominated in the Republican Canons at Lincoln. Lincoln, Neb., March 7.—M. L. Hay ward, Republican, was nominated for United States Senator in th** Republican caucus here to-night. He will be elect ed in the joint session to-morrow. Hayward was the Republican candi date for Governor last fall, being de feated by W. A. Poynter, Fusion. KIPLING IS CONVALESCING. New York, March 7.—Air. Doubleday tonight reported both Rudyard Kipling and his little daughter. Elsie, to be slow ly but surely convalescing. Air. Kipling has not yet been informed of the death of his child. Josephine, and he will not lie told until he is practically well. She was his favorite, and the physicians dread the possibility of an ill result should he learn of her death ill any manner. Some of the more important cable grams and messages are daily read t*» Air. Kipling, and occasionally he is al lowed to read them himself. Every such message is carefully censored, how ever, to prevent the father from reading even an illusion to his loss. Great quan tities of flowers continue to lit* sent to the Grenoble by friends of the Kip lings. At 10 o’clock tonight Dr. Doubleday saitl that Air. Kipling had done splendid ly during the day and 'had mad** more progress toward recovery than on any preceding day. Mrs. Kipling, accompanied by her sis ter, Airs. Dr. Dunham and Dr. Conland. nf Battleboro, Vt., early today left the hotel, where th** author lies. Shortly after 2 o’clock they returned with flow ers in their hands. It was presumed that they had been to the funeral of Mr. Kipling’s daughter. Josephine. A RECTOR DISAPPEARS. “Wichita, Kansas, March 7.—The Rev. Mr. Von Herlich, rector of St. Johns Episcopal church, who went to New York several months ago to secure $lO,- 000 to pav off the church debt beret lias not been beard from. All efforts to find I*iin have been futile, and it is thought he met with foul play as he carried considerable money. TIIE RECTOR IS FOUND. New York, March 7.—Rev. John 11. Von Ilerlieli. of Wichita. Kansas, has • it*i*n at the Bancroft Hons** for several months trying to raise money to lift a mortga’ge on his church. He went to the 'Tenderloin poljce station Sunday night and told Captain Price that Charles W. Pattri. a proof reader living in the hotel, had robbed him of his gold watch. Pattri was found at a house in tin* Tenderloin and gave th** watch hack to Rev. Von Herlich. who then wanted to let the matter drop. The detectives kept the watch anti looked up Pattri. Rev. Von Herlich claims to have be i friended the man who robbed him. RALEIGH. N. <’., WEDNESDAY MORNING. MARCH 8. IStKI. PLUS FOMIN ' BATTLESHIPS The Three Will be Largest Ships in Our Navy. THEIR SPEED 18 KNOTS FURNISHED WITH BELT OF AR AIOR 7\j FEET BROAD. A FORMIDABLE ARMAMENT OF GU'S Six r rulsers of the Unarmcred r ype Will Prcb ably be Built at Once Requisition on Treasury*for $3,000,000 fjr (’ubin Army Washington, March 7. —The plans for the three big battleships authorized by the Naval Appropriation Bill just pass ed are being worked out. The general features of th** ships have been defined, subject to the approval of the Secretary. 'I ll** battleships will be a thousand tons arger tliau the Maine and Missouri class, of a total displacement of 13.5(H) tons, making them by far the Lirgesl -hilis in the American navy and about equal in dimensions i,> the best typo of battleships now being constructed abroad under the new practice. Though larger than the Maine; the ships will b * laid on almost the sanm linos being only a little greater in every dimension. They will carry four 12-inch guns in turrets, l liis calibre is an inch less than the guns • a cried by tin* Oregon, hut by improved design they will lie almost equal in pene rative power. The 8-inch guns of tin* Oregon type, although they did very effective work at Santiago and Alanila, have been abandoned. But instead of 8-ineli guns tin* new ships will have no less than sixteen 0-inch calibre, all rapid tirers, and twenty 6-pounders. The speed if the ships will he 18 knots, an advance of two knots over the Oregon class, but just equal to th:>t of the new Maine. For protection agHuwtt the enemy’s shot, ihe battleships will have one belt of ar mor 7 feet, 0 inches broad, running clear around the water line, three feet, six inches above and four feet below. Altogether there is a notable absence of new features in the designs of the battleships which fact, taken in connec tion with the small amount of progress represented in the designs for the Maine lass may he an indication that our naval designers have very nearly ap proached the ideal battleship in their work. As far as these particular ships are concerned, the fact that the Navy Department is limited to S3OO per ton in tin* purchase of armor makes it impossi h* to build them in the absent*** of furth er legislation, and the department will be obliged to content itself with the mere preparation of detailed plans during Ihe coming summer. The six cruisers of the umarmored type provided for can, however, hi* built, as chief constructor Hiehborn has already been working out tin* designs pon linos approved by tin* Board of Bureau Chiefs. It is tin* purpose* of the Navy Department to place contracts for lies** ships at the earliest possible mo ment. They represent a type of cruisers which would be of tin* greatest, value just now for our foreign service. Tin* plans call for vessel? of about 2,60(1 tons, and the ships \yill be improved Alarblohoads. so to sjieak. being 600 tuns larger than ships of that class, and with better batteries and more coal capa city. A most important consideration is hat they will In* sheathe**! with wood over tin* steel hull and fully coppered, en abling them to keep tin* sens even in tropical waters for many months without being under tin* necessity of seeking a dry dock. The battery will be made up nf six 5-inch guns for each ship. The cost is to be* considerably more than that nf the .Marblehead, which was S674,(HM> for the amount allowed by Congress was $1,141,800 each. This difference is ac counted for by the many improvements made in the Marblehead’s designs, a no table one being the use of water tube boilers, giving much greater speed and economy. TO BAY TIIB CUBAN ARMY. Washington. March 7. —Although the Cabinet was in session to-day an hour longer than usual, the entire time was occupied in the discussion of compara tively unimportant details. The Secre tary of War stated that he had made a requisition on the Treasury Department for $3,000,000 with wliieh to pay the Cuban army, and an installment of this S. L. Rogers as the duly elected and i qualified commissioner." MR. BATTLE TALKS. ’ I saw Mr. R. 11. Battle in the after noon and asked him about the matter. • Me had been Otlio’s attorney. lie said J he hadn’t soon him since the morning after the night of the whitewashing p (only Mr. Battle didn’t call it white washing!. and knew nothing of the mat , ter. Mr. Battle said that if be had sup- posed Otho’s resignation had not neon t in good faith, lie would not have ap peared for him. • OTHO IX THE-COUNTRY. Otho was in Rhamkatte on his farm ’ and could not he seen. MR. HARRIS’ STATEMENT. t Mr. .1. C. L. Harris, attorney for o Otho, on being interviewed last night, f made the following statement: i "It is known that Dr. D. 11. Abbott >' intends to contest the constitutionality s of the act passed by the present General - Assembly establishing what is denomi ! noted as the Corporation Commission. t "The decision in the case may develop i rights appertaining to Mr. Wilson, of s which lie is not aware, and the protest - v was made because on this view Mr. 1 Wilson desired to avoid the attitude of - having abandoned any right that lie may ’ have. • : "If the Corporation Commission act ' should he declared to exist as to the 1 office imw held by Mr. Rogers, Mr. Wil -1 son simply desires to he in the position of not having abandoned his right to ’ assert bis title t" tlie* same if lie should decide to do so. “Mr. Wilson will of necessity be gov erned by the developments of the Ab ’ bott case. He would not think for ;i ' moment of permitting u vacancy to oc ’ cur, which the Governor might till in ' . the absence of the General Assembly. ' M. CAMBON iHE CHIEF GEEST. • Wars Now Rest With the People, lie • l , | Said at British Banquet. l i London, March 7.—M. Paul Cambon, " French Ambassador to Great Britain, was the principal guest this evening at the banquet of the London Chamber of 1 Commerce. j In reply to the toast the French Am . hassador said that peace and war no longer rested with Governments, hut ! with the people. He noted with great ■ pleasure the determination of the pro moters of commerce in Great Britain and France to augment the cordiality of ' the relations between the two nations and to foster “that real spirit of concilia tion by whit— all differences can be readily settled." These utterances of M. Cambon are particularly notable as reflecting the iin provemQut in the relations between Lon don and Paris. CHINA MI ST APOLOGIZE. An Italian Squadron on the Way to Argue the Matter. Rome. March 7.—'The Italian Govern ment is fully determined to obtain ni» j apology from China for the Tsung Li i Yunien's refusal of the demand of Signor Martino. Italian Minister at Pekin, of a concession at San Mun Bay. j Province of Che Kiang. to be used as a j naval base and coaling station. ! A squadron of live cruisers, with one hundred guns and 1,">00 men will soon nrrive at San Mun Bay. TROOPS LEAVE IH ’ NTS AT LLE. Huntsville. Ala., March 7.—Gamp Forse is almost entirely abandoned. Com panies A. C and D, of the Third battal ion, Sixteenth infantry, departing to-day i for Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. The battalion is commanded by Major i Ward. After reaching Fort Leavens j worth orders are expected sending the regiment to Manila.