Weathei To-Day: FAIR. VOL. XI.VI. NO. (i. LEADS ILL mmu CAROLINA WILES 11 NEWS AND CIRCULATION. Another Pierce Battle WHEATON DEFEATS 2.000 FILIPI NOS AT PASIG. The Insurgents Lose Heavily—Wheaton Oc cupies Pasig and Pateros —Ameri- • can Advance Slow but Sure. Manila, March 15.-42:40 1\ M.— General Wheaton’s brigade continues the work of clearing out the rebels around Pasig. The Washington volun teers have captured and burned Patrros. meeting with a sharp tire from the enemy while crossing the river. To-day's fighting was like that of the past week, the insurgents occasionally making a stand, but eventually fleeing. Their loss is supposed to have boon small, ns the Americans were unable to see the enemy in the thickets. The progress of the American ad vance is slow. 4:40 P. M.—‘General Lloyd Wheaton, commanding the United States flying column, attacked and defeated a force of 2,000 Filipinos at Pasig this after noon. inflicting a heavy loss upon them. The American loss was slight. The Americans captured 350 Filipinos. Many bodies of rebels killed in the engage ment are floating down the river. 0:35 P. M. —“Private Fern off, of Com pany 1,. Twentieth region nt, was killed; Private Newman, Company F, Twen tieth regiment, wounded; Private Carol!, Company A, Twenty-Second regiment, wounded: Private Marshall, Company B, Twenty-Second regiment, wounded; Private Coombs, Company C, Twenty- Second regiment, wounded; Private Rog ers, Company “L, Twenty-Second regi ment, wounded. About 350 Filipinos surrendered at the town of Tnguiff to the Washington regi ment, and 175 Filipinos were captured at Pasig by the Twentieth regiment. Our troops found 100 dead Filipinos and 30<> new graves near Pasig. The prisoners were unarmed, and. therefore, it is presumed they executed their threat of throwing their arms into tlie river. FILIPINOS WERE ROUTED. London, March 15. —The Evening GOLF CONTEST CLOSES. Final Championship Cup Won By 11. M. DeForest, of Philadelphia. Palm Beach, March 15. —The annual tournament of the Florida East Coast Golf Club at Palm Beach closed here today, having been in all respects the most successful event of the kind ever played in Florida. The winners were: H. M. DeForest, of the Philadelphia Country Club,the first championship sup; B. F. Sohunnier, of the St. Paul Club, the second championship prize; J. A. Farm well, of the Washington Park Club, Chicago, the Consolidation cup; A. S. Carpenter, ot the Philadelphia Country Club, the handicap match cup, and C. L. Tappin. of the West Brook Golf Club, Long Island, the qualification cup. The championship contest was re sumed this morning, in which DeForest beat Taylor, 5 up, \ to play, and Sohunnier beat Ramsey by the same score. In the iinals several 'hundreds followed the players over the links, and the contest bet ween DeForest and Sehurmier was close through the tirst half; in the second the hitter fell off somewhat, and DeForest played a strong, steady game, winning live up and four to play. All file other contests were full of good work. SMALLPOX IX VIRGINIA. Richmond, Va., March 15.—There art* a good many cases of smallpox scattered throughout the Eastern part of the State, but the disease is of a mild type. Deaths are rare. In a few counties ii has not been deemed wise to hold the courts this month. Prisoners from com munities where the disease prevails are not being brought to the iteuiteutiary here, lest it should be introduced in the prison, and this policy has been entirely successful. The information obtainable in-night as to quarantines that have been established is meagre, but no quarantine is maintained here. THE BRIBERY CASES. Harrisburg, Pa., March 15. —The legis lative bribery committee met 'n 'he House chamber to-night to hear testi mony on the charges of alleged bril < iy in connection with * ire consideration in the House of the McCarrall Jury Bill, which bill the Anti-Quay members de clared was introduced to aid Senator Quay in his trial at Philadelphia on the charges of conspiracy. Several witnesses testified that they had been offered money to support the bill. Representative Charles B. Spat/. (Deni.), of Berko county, denied tin* charges of bribery made by witnesses last week. THE SENATORIAL DEADLOCKS. Washington, March 15. —No change was rejsirted to-day in the Senatorial deadlocks in Pennsylvania an 1 C tlifor nia. Xews this afternoon publishes the fol lowing dispatch from/ Manila: j "General Wheaton has completely routed the Filipinos and has occupied Pasig Taguig and Pateros. Several hundreds of the enemy were killed and J as many were captured, j "General Otis says this is the great est victory sine. l February sth. The Americans will now press toward Agui naldo’s headquarters.’’ THE OFFICIAL DISPATCH. Washington, .March 15.—The following dispatch was received lliis morning from j General Otis: | "Manila, March 15th. I "Adjutant General. Washington. ‘Three thousand insurgents moved down last night to towns of Pasig and Pateros. on shore Laguanda Bay front ing Wheaton's troops on Pasig Riv r line; by heavy fighting Wheaton has dislodged and driven them hack, taking 400 prisoners and inflicting heavy loss in killed and wounded; he reports his loss as very moderate: he now occupies these towns with sufficient force to hold tlu'in. • Signed) "OTIS.” LIBERTY OR DEATH. THEY CRY. New York, March 15.—Sixto Lopez, the Secretary of Agoneillo, ihe repre sentative of Aguinaldo, leader of the Filipinos, with, Dr. Jose Lopsada. a member of the Filipino Junta, who sailed for Southampton to-day on the American Liner St. Paul, said that they were sorry that “the Americans, who boast so much about freedom are trying to make their poor people slaves.” i "The Filipinos were fighting for lib erty long b; fore the United States came into existence,” remarked Lopez, "and they are not going to give up tin* bat tle because tht' task-makers have been j changed from Spaniards to' North I Americans. Our cry is lib; Tty or . death,” WHITE IMMUNE'S GO OFT. Joy Leads tj> Discharges of Fin arms but Nothing More. Savannah. Ga., March 15.—The Sixth United States volunteer infantry : “Each of us goes to liades Ins own road, and darn the oxi>ense.” Captain Morris, is understood to have left the Xorna before she sailed, and it is presumed that his reason for doing so was that he did not believe her to be equal to the task of fighting her way around the world. THE XORNA’S EXPERIENCES. Norfolk, Va.. March 15. —Late in 1890, or early in 1X97, the yacht Xorna touch ed at Norfolk. Here she got in trouble and was libelled for repairs and for pro visions furnished. She was released, the matter fixed up, and after a couple of weeks' delay the yacht proceeded. Commodore Weaver married a lady from Suffolk, and Mrs. Beaver was, at the time the yacht was here, a passenger aboard her. Subscriptions Avere taken for a book of art atul descriptive writing by the newspaper men in the party, which was to be delivered through the American News Company. Whether or not this contract was carried out is not known. Numbers of newspatier men were entertained aboard the Xorna, and Ihe papers at the time were filled with sensational accounts of the Commodore’s affairs and the yacht’s experiences. SHERMAN HAS PNEUMONIA. He is a Passenger on the Steamer Paris. , Fori do France, Martinique, March 15. —John Sherman, who is a passenger on board the American Line steam; r Paris, Captain Frederick Watkins, which ar rived here to-day from Trinidad, with the party of excursionist* who are making a tour of the l West Indian Is lands, is suffering from pneumonia, de veloped from a cold caught while at San Juan d • Porto Rico last Wednes day, the* gu st of Brigadier General Fred Grant. HIS COXDIiiQX IMPROVED. Sr. Pierre, Martinique, March 15. On the arrival of the American Line* steamer Paris. Captain Watkins, from Fort de France, this evening, Mr. Sherman’s physicians reported that his condition was much improved and gave ground for encouragement. WILL NOT BE RECOGNIZED. The Committee Appointed by The Cu ban Assembly. Washington. March 15.--The commit tee which was appointed yesterday by the Cuban military assembly at Ha vana to conn' to Washington, it can be stated, will not be recognized in any official capacity. BRITISH STEAMER ASIIOIiE. Norfolk. Va.. Mareli 15. —The British steamer Bra tor. Captain Baquiri, Cuba to Baltimore, iron ore laden, 1,829 ton nage, ran ashore one and one half miles south of Cape Henry, one and one half miles off shore, at 3 o’clock this morning. The Merritt and Chapman tugs Harold and E. V. MeCnuby, and tin* barge John Hagart.v have gone to her assis tance. AN ALABAMA TORNADO NEGRO CHURCH AT AVONDALE BLOWN DOWN AND WRECKED. Bedstead Blown 100 Feet With a Sick Woman Who was not Hurt. Other Apparontly Miraculous Escapes Birmingham, Ala., March 15.—The fiercest tornado ever known in this vicinity visited the town of Avondale on the eastern outskirts of the city at 5 o’clock this morning. It came from the south with rain and lightning. Passing immediately in front of the Avondale cotton mills, it blew down the negro Methodist church and utterly lemolisned it. Three new frame houses and a second negro church a short distance away were next destroyed. Mrs. R. (’. Foster was ill in bed. and her husband was watching at her side. The house was taken from over her bed and the bedstead blown a hundred feet away. Strange to say, Mrs. Foster was not hurt. The negro school house and negro Baptist church were torn to pieces. Mrs. Annie Johnson was buried under her house and had to ‘lx* dug out. She is badly cut and bruised and is in a critical condition. Arthur O. ‘Hudgings. a white hoy. was also buried in the wreckage of his fath er’s house. His arm was broken, and In* was seriously injured. At this house the four walls were blown away and a bed containing three children left in the middle of the room. Tin* children were not scratched. Th 1 in jured hoy was in an outer wing and th-* main building crushed this in. HEAVY STORM IN GEORGIA. Hemmed in b.v Rising Waters— Many Washouts. Atlanta, Ga., March 15. —Heavy rains yesterday and last night did considerable damage to railroads in Georgia and Ala bama. Numerous washouts were re ported to-day on both the Southern Rail way and the Nashville, Chattanooga end Sr. Louis. The first train to get rlm tugh either way between this city and Chat tanooga since last night arrived here to-night on the Southern. The Nash ville, Chattanooga and St. Liuis which abandoned its trains to-dav expect to get their morning St. Ivouis-Chicago train through to Chattanooga to-morrow, although serious obstacles will be en countered north of there. Rome. Ga.. is i cing hemmed' hi' by fast rising waters. The two rivers there forming the Coosa, rose seven feet in four hours to-day and it is expected th • water will inundate the lower section of tin* city before morning. No train reached Rome on any road until noon, when a passenger train on the Southern came in from “Chattanooga. A tres'l ■ and 300 feet of track are washed out three miles below Rome. There were were several washouts on the Selma branch of the Southern, ami n > trains were sent out on it from Rome until to-night. No trains are running on the Rome and Decatur, a large trestle being washed out near Attalla, Ala. The Rome road connecting that city with the Nash ville. Chattanooga and St. Louis at Kingston. Ga., is closed to traffic, a trestle having been carried away by the flood. At Rogers Station on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis road over 100 feet of track was washed away. A train on the blast and West road left Cartersville to-da.v for Pell Coy. Ala. Several miles out of Carters vide, it was caught by back water from Pet tis crock, the fires in the engine were put out, and at hist reports the train was standing in tho water with the passen gers on board waiting to he rescue-1. .It will l>e impossible to got another « ngloo to the train until the Hood .subsides. The storm did $50,000 worth of dam age in the- vicinity of Gadsden. -Via. The Cliutta-noogu Southern road lost -i.>o feet of track. The Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis road lost two bridges and a half mile of track. The x lurhyrn Railway lost its trestle at Gads-len an 1 considerable track between that city and Rome. Many road bridges have b en washed away in Bartow comity, Ga.. and the damage will he SIOO,OOO. APPEAL AGAINST EXPRESS CO. Case May Yet go to the U. S. Supreme Court. Atlanta, Ga.. March 15.—The ease of the Railroad Commission of Georgia against the Southern Express Company in the matter of alleged overcharges by the latter in demanding that shippers furnish revenue stamps for packages is not to end with the decision of Judge Spier, who held that, as the question was one arising out of internal revenue, the Railroad Commission of Georgia had nothing to do with it. Governor Candler after a conference with the Attorney General, instructed that official to appeal the ease to th Circuit Court of Appeals and to the Su preme court of Ihe United States if necessary. THE KILPATRICK ARRIVES. Savannah, Ga., March 15.—The trans port Kilpatrick was released from quar antine and arrived in port today with tin* marine el hli(snu(tso vbgkqjmec the Maine artillery, which at once went into camp. TEAM GOES TO CHARLOTTE. Philadelphia, Pa., March 15—The Philadelphia baseball club left to-day for Charlotte. N. C„ to’go into spring training. i Worse Than Armenia c>V ■ ——— .s* STARVATION IN CUBA V NDER THE STARS AND STRIPES. “The Condition of the Island is a Reproach to America and a Blot on Civilization/' Jacksonville. Fla.. March 15. —William | "Willard Howard, General Manager of the Cuban Industrial Relief Fund of New York, passed through Jacksonville this evening on his way home from Cu ba. lie goes North to purchase agricul tural implements and seeds for tlie* use of the industrial relief station which he has just, established at Guinea, Cuba. Mr. Howard said: "The condition of Cuba, so far as m.v I observations have gone, is really worse than it was at this time last year when i 1 made my first investigations. In the i rural districts little has been doin' to re | store tin* island to it* normal condition. ; The fields are vacant and the farmers ; idle. The people still remain in tho j towns and cities where army rations are I issued to them. They cannot return to ; their abandoned farms because they have I nothing to return with. “Our Government has done, and is | iloing nothing to 'enable farmers to re sume the cultivation of their lands. All Mbit it pretends to do is to distribute ration.' through local committees of Cu bans. (ii.wcrnor General iirooke and the officers miner, him realize keenly the condition of thing.;, and they cannot give any assistance except food. Ours is not a paternal Government “The condition of the widows and or phans of Cuba is heart-mniii;g. There i are thousands upon t.iousands of these poor creatures scattered over the island. They have neither homo to live in.’ f ood ito eat. nor clothes to cover them. Obc I cannot think of their future without a" | shudder. I am especially concerned for ! the poor little orphan girls, who roam ! the streets, scantily clad, asking for a bit I of food with which to keep their little : bodies and souls together. What will | become of these girls? Their future for : good or for evil, lies with tho people of j the United States. “Ajpong those widow*; and orphans I ' have as lately as last week seen individ j ual cases of destitution and physical j emaciation worse than anything that I I saw in Armenia during the two years j that I gave to Armenian relief work. And to have these wrecks of Humanity stand and look ‘ up to the Stars and stripes waving over their city hall, gives one a queer sensation. The generous American people* surely cannot under stand the condition of Cuba, or these poor creatures would he taken care of. | "1 do not speak of the sick, the infirm I or of those who nobble about, covered ! with loathsome sores, resulting from starvation. 1 cannot speak of them, for the English language is inadequate to the task. They should have been cared for in hospitals long months ago. Why it has not been done I cannot under stand. “The condition of Cuba is a reproach to the American people, and it blot ujion civilization!. We are going to do some thing to improve that condition, and we invite all lovers ol' humanity in tin* j United States to help us for the good I name of the American flag. Our Hag j should mean something to those home- I less, helpless orphans and destitute I country people. Money for these orphans {or for our industrial relief work should i lie sent to the (Vnnitineutal 'lrust Com pany. 30 Broad Street, New York City, marked ‘For the Cuban Industrial* Re lief Fund.’ ” GOMEZ OOXFEKS»\\ ITII BROOKE. Nervous Tension and Uneasiness in Havana. Havana, March 15.—The reported ; resignation of Civil Governor Mora is untrue. A certain nervous tension and uneasy restlessness, especially during the even ings, is noticeable in the vicinity of Central Bark, whore the men congre gate and talk politics. The police have orders not to allow groups to assemble and are dispersing them. This causes uncomplimentary comment about the force, the people declaring that the police are interfering with their rights and freedom. General GoniW. conferred with Gover nor General Brooke from 10 o’clock until about noon to-day. The junta patriotica dissolved last night after passing resolutions of adher ence to Gomez. It is said on good authority that the seconds <>f General Alejandro Rodriguez, chief of staff of General Gomez, and Colonel Raoul Arango, a mounted in spector of police, who was called a cow ard by Rodriguez on Monday for club bing a woman while dispersing a portion of the parade in Belaseoain street, ur rangod a duel between the two principals to be fought with pistols to-day, but the military assembly sent a notification to General Rodriguez and Colonel Arango last night, forbidding the duel, which was consequently declared off. GOMEZ WILL BAY THE TROOPS. No Attention Paid to Assembly Brooke May Disband It. Havana, March 15.—General Gomez has decided to proof'd with the plans agreed upon for distributing the $3,000,- 000 to the Cuban troops, on disbanding, Pit ICE FIVE CENTS. as though the military assembly did not exist. He conferred for two hours i«*- day with Governor Gene mI Brooke re garding details. General Brooke asked Washington sev eral days ago whether in case he dissolv ed the assembly, his action would be ap proved. The cabled reply authorized him to dissolve that hotly, if, in his judg ment, such an act was necessary. He lmpes the assembly will soon cease of its own accord to hold its sessions, but should sessions disquieting to the public mind continue, he will intervene. 1 Havana is much more quiet to-day and less excitement is noticeable. This is partly due to the fact that the assembly held no meeting. Rumors are current that its self-dissolution is a matter of I the early Juture. | At a meeting this morning the Cuban j Generals Diaz Rohau, Monteaguado, ; Xodarse, Perasa and others decided lo join with General Peuro Betancourt, Ihe commander of the Cuban troops in Ma lanzas, in a public declaration of their position. La IMscusion understands that they will side with General Gomez. The papers continue to print letters and tele grams from all points declaring adher ence to the veteran patriot's cause. J The United States military authorities publish the following statement; “We are equally authorized to say that the President of the United States will not recognize any obligation incurred by the body known as tin* Cuban As sembly, atul that all reports and asser tions to the contrary arc absolutely nn \ue.” r ! oys is perhaps due to a story publish ed iii ’ihe newspaper El Recoil cent rad o to the etfeet that a representative of an AmericaflK syndicate including Senator Hanna is fcpw here with a view of making a loaiKto the assembly. | There have bKm s >x resignations from the assembly siYus.'/ Sunday. Generals and Scnores Ccspg/les, Monteagudo. Nunez. I.eira. Mola anii,Tamayo. This afternoon's deiuouAl*®!* o * l * n fa vor of Gomez, in which allS^J patriotic clubs, with banners and bandS>«, as well as many women and children, took* { >art — was better organized than that of Ajoo day, though not so spontaneous. Seveioß thousand people paraded to the Quinta de Los Molilios, where General Gome* resides. lie made his appearance and addressed them, and the procession did not return until after nightfall. HAVANA A QUIET CITY. New York, March 15. —State Superin tendent of Elections John McCullagh. who has been organizing the police force in Havana, arrived here from that city to-day. Mr. McCullagh explained the plans he had drawn up for policing that city, which are similar to those in force in New York city, ihe force consists of about 1.9110 men. with General Menm-al as chief of police, at a salary of* $4,000 a year. About seven-tenths of the entire force are Cubans. Os these Mr. Mc- Cullagh said: "I believe after a short time they will he recognized as being as fine a force of men as there is in the country. Os course they have had their way so long and have been so lax in discipline that it will he some time before they can Ik* made to feel that they will have to obey rules." Mr. McCullagh said that the only really weak point about the force is its detective bureau. "Taking Havana in its entirety,” said Mr. McCullagh, "I never saw a more quiet city life or out' more easy to manage from a criminal standpoint. I thought I would find a most murderous lot. hut in this 1 was most agreeably dis appointed. "The Cuban assembly amounts to noth ing. 'The feeling for Gome* in Havana, is very strong, and there seems little doubt that there will be some hot politi cal strifes there before long.” TREATY WILL BE RATIFIED. It Will Be Done Immediately After Dissolution of Cortes. Madrid. March 15.—The Cabinet Council this afternoon decided that tin* treaty of peace with the United States should he ratified immediately after the dissolution of tho Cortes, which will probably be decreed tomorrow. The elections to the new Chamber will be fixed for April ltith and to the Senate for April 30th. the new Cortes to re-assemble on May 2d. LORD HERSCHELL’S SUCCESSOR London. March 15.—The Times says: "Tlie Government will probably appeint Baron Russell of Killowen Lord Chief Justice of England to succeed the late Baron Horsehell on the Canadian Com mission and the Anglo-Venezuelan Com mission. This would be a highly ad vantageous selection, while his being it Catholic would make him jiersona grata to Sir Wilfrid Laurier and a large sec tion of till' Canadians. “Though it would be difficult to spare him from his important functions at home, it would not be easy to suggest an alternative appointment.”