W.Mther To-Day: RAIN.
VOL. XI,VI. NO. in.
laiFlllWm CAROLINA DAILIES IN lEIS AND CIRCULATE
Gen. Wheeler’s Defence
A COMPLETE REFUTATION OF
BONSAL'S CHARGES.
Wheeler Shows He Acted Under Shatter's
Orders, Proving by Officers Bonsai's
Attacks on him Unwarranted.
Washington. March 20.—Adjutant
General Corbin today made public the
statement ■which General Wheeler has
felt called upon to make in order as in*
says "to refute certain allegations which
reflect upon the cavalry division which I
had the honor to command.’’
j. ae statement is exceedingly volumin
ous. really making another history of the
campaign lief ore Santiago, and it is ac
companied by an appendix made up of
letters from officers who were oonneet
e.. with General Wheeler in his opera
tions. to support the allegations lie makes. |
Wheeler was guilty of disobedience of
chi ration that some statements were
made before the war investigating com
mission regarding the battle of I>a Guas
imas which do great injustice to the part j
of the army which fought that battle.
Steven Bonjsal stated that General
Wheeler was guilty of disobedience of
oirders. General Wheeler says that to re
main silent and neglect to refute the un
truthful charges made by Bonsai won a!
be disloyal to the soldiers and the coun
try. He notes that it is with the approv
al of Major General Miles, command
ing general, that he makes the explana
tion now submitted.
The history of the movements begins
with the quotations of a statement by
General Lawton before the war commis
sion to tin* effect that he had been di
rected by the General commanding to
proceed to and capture Siboney. Gen
eral Wheeler tells how the troops land
ed: how he had pointed out to Shaft " !
the necessity of pursuing and beating the
Spaniards before they could retreat b>
iuiid their strong breastworks at Santia
go. and how Shatter and many officers
fully concurred in the necessity for a
speedy movement. He reports Shatter sj
order to "proceed to Jaragua and throw
forward pickets to Juraguacito.” (Other
wise Siboney.) He quotes various or
ders to show Shatter’s anxiety to get
Wheeler rapidly forward, m order to
reach Lawton, Whom he found on the
road just before reaching Siboney.
Wheeler tells of the reeonnaisanee i; ■
made personally and of a consultation
that night with General Young and Col
on el Wood. He says the Cubans predict
ed that the Spaniards would leave Sibo
ney and Santiago that night. When the
advance began next day, General \\ bind
er says, the regular troops and artillery
were ordered upon the main Siboney aud
Santiago road, while the 1 tough Riders
and some of the other cavalry organiza
tions were “on the recommendation of
General Castillo sent by the less fre
quented and most difficult road.” The
Spaniards were found in the same posi
tion next morning about three miles irom
Siboney and General Wheeler gives a
description of the action that followed.
He says that the dynamite gun upon
which great reliance was placed failed to
reach him. and it was for a time very
doubtful whether the men in front of
him were Spaniards or Cubans. In an
hour the tight was won hut the enemy's
retreat being precipitate, his men being
exhausted and all being on foot, pursuit
was impossible. At this point General
Wheeler includes congratulatory reports
from Shorter upon the engagement.
lie points out that Shatter was the only
officer in Cuban waters senior to him*
that he. Wheeler, was the senior offieer
on shore and of course much was left to
his discretion, lie quotes Shatter’a tes
timony before the commission to the ef
fect that the fight had good results:'that
ii taught the Spaniards that they had
different men from the Cubans to light.
Wheeler submits that this shows beyond
controversy that what lie did was strict
ly in accordance with general orders:
that the I.a Gmisimas tight was made in
strict obedience to the spirit of and prop
er interpretation of the orders received
from General Shatter.
In addition General Wheeler insists
that leaving this evidence aside, the facts
stated by Lawton in his report to Shat'
. ter of ' June 23rd aud Lawton's
* sworn evidence before the war investi
gating commission would show that he
fought the La Guasimas battle in strict
compliance with the express wishes of
General Shatter, his commanding gen
eral. Wheeler quotes Lawton’s state
ment that he had been ordered by Shatter
lo proceed against: Siboney. and declares
that practically bis orders were the same
as Lawton's. He insists that the Span
iards were in a position where it was
advantageous for the Americans to at
tack them rather than to allow them to
tight, in their block houses and other de
fenses which they occupied at the tiin -*
Lawton received his orders. Says Gen
eral Wheeler: "The least delay and tie
opportunity would have boon lost. 1 know
that he (Shafter) wanted tin* enemy im
pressed with American bravery and d**-
terminatiou. 1 knew that the American
people and the Administration had sent
us to Cuba for a special purpose and that
it prompt attack on tin* Spaniards would
aid in attaining that purpose. The
dread of yellow fever added to and em
phasized the imperative necessity of
prompt action upon my part. The vic
tory was due entirely t«» the ehivtilric
courage of the IHI4 brave American sol
diers who fought the battle. The state
ment that they were ambushed is abso
lutely untrue. The statement that they
were aided in any way. shape or form
by any other troops is also untrue. The
nearest American troops were about four
miles off when the tight commenced, and
the victory had been won and the ene
my bad been in precipitate retreat, fully
two hours before they reached the field.’
General Wheeler proceeds to point out
tin* difficult position of the troops at tin*
end of the battle, drenched with rain,
hungry and tired. He claims the victory
was due to the cavalry division entirely
and quotes the Spanish reports to show
that the Spaniards believed the American
force which whipped them aud diove
them from the field was ten times as
large as it actually was.
He refers to a statement by Bonsai
that. Lawton had declared that every
mail who had fallen in the Guasimas
tight had been needlessly sacrificed, and
he says:
"It is my duty to say that this srav
ment is absolutely untrue.”
He tells how General Lawton after th *
fight congratulated him (Wheeler* an 1
points out how unsoldierly it would have
been for Lawton to have criticised his
senior officer in that fashion. He says
the statement that the Guasimas tight
had tin* effect of drawing the soldiers
five or six miles into the interior’ was
also a mistake. The advance was only
three miles and would have only been
necessary in any ease to find proper
camping ground. In this connection he
again quotes Shafter in an order '•> him
to advance Lawton’s division, made b*-
<ause it would have been impossible to
have camped tin* entire army within
three miles of tin* coast at Siboney
Touching General Miles’ stateme"! be
fore tin* war commission where tli J t of
ficer said that Lawton had told hint that
then* was a scheme on foot to leave him
tLawton) in tin* lurch, and have a tight.
General Wheel; r points out that Gen
eral Miles was careful to say that he
only repeated what Lawton gold him.
Taking up the charge that Wheeler
had 'been reliev 'd of command on tin*
night of the thirtieth mid had no com
mand during the battle on the following
day. General Wheeler says all these
statements are absolutely fals .
Thereupon he shows he was assigned
to Ids command on June 24th and tells
what he did day by day in the exercise
of that command. He says on the 28th.
2Dth and SOfli he suffer d from fever,
yesulting from exposure, but neverthe
less continued his duties and was put
upon the si<k rc*i>ort. He admits In*
was ignorant of tin* conference' held
by Shaft r and his generals on the 30th.
hut Shafter explained this by saying
he understood AV'heeler was sick and his
physician had advised against letting
him know of the proposed battle next
day. Notwithstanding this, Wheeler
says Ik* learned that active preparations
were being made for operations and tit
daylight on the next day in* rode to
the front and exercised command. He
tells of tin* various on! rs lie gave to
Sunnier and tin* r ports to Shafter of
what was doing, which supports Ins
contention. He tells of the weakness
of the line at San Juan, and says that
many officers insisted that the ridge
could not bi* held, and In* learned th*.*
same statements had been made to
Shatter. Says Wheeler:
“I did everything in my power to
discourage tliis fe ling and tohl those
j who came to me that the enemy had fled
[from us at La Guasimas, ami that we
j had driven them from their forti
fications on San Juan ridge;
that they would expect ns to attempt
to take Santiago the next day,
that there was no possible danger of
their making an attack upon us that
night and that if they did we could hold
the ridge. ’Hie fighting was more or less
severe during the day, but by night wo
were well intrenched, and 1 regard d
our position as impregnable.”
General Wheeler says the statement
that lit* had told General Kent of his
!<1 sire to retreat was absolutely untrue.
| adding:
j "1 was emphatic and positive and
(earnest against retreating front tin*
i lime we took San Juan Hill until July
j Kith when Santiago surrendered.”
| He attached General Kent’s denial of
; this same star meat along with eonsiil
' erablc other evidence of the same char
-1 aeter. He says the publishing of the
errors he seeks to correct, has brought
to him many offers from army officers
familiar with th facts, to write him on
1 1 he subject in refutation, and lie adds
jin tin* shape of an appendix to his own
report a number of letters from such
officers. He quotes General Lawton in
a letter to himself as pronouncing his
(Wilder's) history of the < ampaign “a
very just and accurate description of
what occurred,” and he quotes Gov
ernor Roosevelt as follows:
"1 have read Bonsai's book, and it
makes me extremely indignant. He
seems to hav: selected you as an i-spe
cial object of at lack. Os the Guasimas
light lie knows absolutely nothing."
SLAIN WILL MAKE A PROTEST.
Madrid. March lib—Senor Silvela. Pre
mier and Minister of Foreign Affairs, hit 1
a conference today with the French Am
bnssor regarding the liberation of Sp.an-
Lish prisoners in tin* hands of the I'ib
pinos. Spain, it js reported, has deter
mined to protest' to the Civilized world
against the alleged attitude of tin* Amer
icans in hindering the efforts of General
Rios. Spanish commander in the Philip
I pines, to have the prisoners liberated.
RALEIGH, X. C„ TUESDAY MORNING, MARCH •>!, 1899.
FIVE WERE MURDERED
CHILDREN FOUND IN A BURNING HOUSE
IN KANSAS.
Father Belitvad to be the Assassin. Rode Away
While the House Was Burning. He
is Now Under Arrest.
Hutchinson. Kan., March 20.—A crtin *
was revealed here today when the coro
ner and nis assistants removed the dead
bodies of the five little children i'n.m the
house occupied by duo. Moore which was
burned at an early hour. A coroner's jury
investigated the case, and in accordance
with tin* jury's returns Moore, the fa
ther of the children, was arrested on a
charge of murder. The tragedy has caus
ed much excitement here, and there is
some talk of lynching the prisoner.
When th.e firemen and neighbors reach
ed the burning house the father was the
only member of the family of seven
found qjitside. llis actions were queer,
and he would not talk. While the build
ing was still burning and his children
were within the burning walls, he took a
horse from his stable and rode away.
When tin* firemen entered the house
after having partly quenched the flames,
they found the five children side by side
in a b(*d on the floor, all dead, but not
badly burned. The skull of eat it child
was deeply indented, aud from tin* dents
long fractures extended. All nut one
of the children had been stabbed in the
neck. The throat of the three year old
boy had been slashed so deep that the
spinal column had been severed.
Upon these facts and tin* strange be
havior of the father the authorities base
their charge of murder.
ASKS FOR A SUMMER CAMP.
Alger Promises Atlanta’s Request Shall
Receive Due Consideration.
Washington, March 20. —A large dele
gation from Atlanta, Ga„ waited <>n
Secretary Alger at the War Depart
ment today and requested some of n<*
troops \yhich are to In* brought back from
Cuba during the next months be put in
summer camp at Atlanta.
Secretary Alger promised to give Ih■tr
ough consideration to their suggestion,
and indicated that the plans of the de
partment regarding the bringing home
oi the volunteers in Cuba might neces
sitate the establishment of mu oi mm<*
camps at Southern points, during tSe
coming summer to serve as midway sta
tions prior tii the journey to their homes
at more distant i»oints.
THE PRESIDENT AT JEKYL.
Meets Reed, But the Two Hold No Con
versation.
Brunswick. Gn.. March 2t). —President
McKinley rests tonight on Jekyl Island,
the beautiful winter club home of a
number of Eastern millionaires on Saint
Simons' Sound, ten miles up the coast
from Brunswick.
With him are Mrs. McKinley, \ ice
President and Mrs. Hobart and Senator
Hanna. They are the guests of Ex-
Secretary of the Interior Cornelius N.
Bliss, whom the President promised to
visit last year. In another cottage on
the island is Speaker Thomas B. Reed.
1 All persons in any way concerned in
j their presence at Jekyl assert positively
' and unreservedly that the visit of the
[two rival political leaders at the same
■ time is a mere coineidem*. Whether
any improvement of their strained per
sonal or political relations will be one of
i the accidents of their inevitable meeting
!on the island no one will predict. The
| Speaker probably will leave Jekyl to
: morrow afternoon or Wednesday and the
. President on Wednesday afternoon,
j When the President arrived at the isl
! atid to-day Speaker Reed, some club
! members and it score of pretty girls in
j summer frocks were at the water’s edge
, to greet tin* party.
I The big'Speaker’s attitude was eharac
; teristic, bis hands behind his back and
bis bead thrown back and upward,
j When the President walked ashore Mr.
Reed smilingly raised his hat and said:
I "How do you do Mr. President.”
i Mr. McKinley acknowledged the greet
■ in*; with a low bow and said: "How do
Ivon do Mr. Speaker?'’
| The President and Mrs. McKinley
I entered a carriage and drove away, and
j tin* Speaker strolled off with a pretty
! girl. Late in the afternoon the Presi
j dent and Vice President Hobart went
out driving.
The President and party are quartered
I in the cottage of Frederick Baker, who
is in Europe traveling.
TRINITY DEFEATS BINGHAM.
Durham. X. March 20. —(Special.)~
Tlu* baseball game played this afternoon
at Trinity Park resulted: Trinity, 17;
Bingham School, 0. Batteries: Trinity—
! Smith. McAfee. Person; Bingham—
| Mangttm. Keith. Legrande. Hits:
‘Trinity. 17: Bingham. 1. Hit by pitched
1 ball. Trinity. 3. Struck out, Bingham,
14: Trinity, 5. Base on halls. Trinity 2:
! Bingham. 0. One visitor reached second,
three reached first. Legrande made the
I only hit for tin* visitors. Three base hits,
Smith; two base hits, Jordan, McAfee.
STEAMER STRIKES A SNAG.
The Ethel Quickly Sank —Her Passen
gers Were Rescued.
Savannah, Gu.. March 20. —The steam
er Ethel, plying between tliis city anti
Augusta, struck a snag in Herschman
Lake, one hundred and fifty miles up the
river yesterday and quickly sank. She
bad twelve passengers aboard. They
were rescued by the steamer Cook, of the
same line. The Ethel carried a heavy
and valuable cargo, most of which was
lost. 1: is thought tiff* steamer can be
raised.
ON NOW TO DURHAM:
BRANCH OFFICE OF NEWS AND 03SERVER
TO BE ESTABLISHED THERE.
In Order to Facilitate Work on Our Great State
Edition. Durham io Have a Splen
did Representation.
In order to facilitate work on our great
forthcoming State Edition, we have es
tablished an office in Durham to bo di
rectly under the eye of Mr. Hal David.
Manager of the enterprise. Durham is a
a thriving and growing city and will no
doubt take hold of the enterprise with
as much avidity as the good people of
Wilmington, Asheville, Charlotte,
Greensboro. Raleigh, etc., have done.
We ask that each citizen of Durham ap
point liimsclf as a committee of one to
further the good work, and give Mr.
David and lys assistants a patient hear
ing while he explains the plan. etc.
Tin* time has come when all of North
Carolina should he advertised to the
world in her true colors. Her cities, and
they are many and thriving, should he
given a just representation in an issue
ot ibis character. Durham is one of the
great manufacturing centers, containing
some of the greatest factories in the
country. Her people are progressive,
wide-awake and arc* always looking to
the advancement of their city.
The News and Observer will m i s
great issue disseminate such intelligence
regarding Durham as will be read and
pondered upon. We desire to have rep
resented the city and county, officials,
members of the bar. tobacco factories,
manufactories of all kinds, business
houses, physicians, etc. Knowing me
people of Durham as we do we are con
fident that the Durham representation
w.ll be as great as any in the State.
People of Durham we are with you.
do by us as you would In* done by. The
fame of the News and Observer's edition
has spread from Cherokee to Currituck.
TWO BODIES ARE FOUND.
Exhumed From the Debris of the Wind
sor Fire.
New York, March 20.—Two bodies
Charred beyond recognition, were found
in tile ruins of tin* Windsor Hotel to
day. One was the body of a man, the
other tluit of u young woman, probably
.* ,■n*rvant of the hotel. The number of
dead known is now 12. Several hundred
men, working in eight hour shifts, are
delving in the debris. They have brought
to light many of the personal effects of
the guests. It was thought that today’s
work would reveal many bodies, and tin*
disappointing result has led to a revision
of estimates of the number of dead still
entombed by the piles of brick. Must
of the guests of the hotel have been ac
counted for. In lln* "missing" lists now
published are the names of a number of
servants of the hotel and of people who
have not been seen since the tire, with
the result that their friends have report
ed their disappearance to thi* police. The
list of people missing from their homes is
always large in New York, and just now
a large part of this list is charged up to
the Windsor Hotel fire.
A list of missing, which includes all
who have been inquired for by friends
and of whom no tidings have been re
ceived is in the hands of the police. It
numbers fifty persons.
The injured Were reported today as
doing well. Mrs. Alice AN’. Price, of
Macon. Ga., who is at Bellevue hospital
suffering with a sprained back aud
fractured ankle, is improving.
Mrs. G. M. Sorrell, who was rescued
from the burning hotel and taken to the
home of Dr. Murphy in A Vent 47th
street, is fast recovering from her in
juries. General Sorrell, her husband,
came up from Savannah, Gn.. today.
THE REPORTS ARE FALSE.
Henry Denies the Statement of Revol
utionary Condit ions.
Washington, March 20.—The AA'ar De
partment today received the following
dispatch:
“San Juan Porto Rico, March 20th.
Adjutant General, Washington:
"Newspaper reports of conditions irve
and reported interviews with me stating
chances of uprising are absolutely fals *.
There is a great deal of idle, childish
talk on the part of the ignorant, but as to
any resistance against law and order of
any masses it is absurd. There lias al
ways been political agitation here, less
now than ever before; truth should be
known in the United States and island
not injured by false statements.
(Signed) *TIENR\.
(’<LAIMENCEMENT PRCM; RA MME.
AA'ake Forest. N. March 20.—(Spe
cial) —The programme of the approaching
commencement is now completed. On
Monday evening. May 22. Senator M. 11.
Justice of Rutherfonlton will make the
i address before the Law Department of
the college. Tuesday evening Hon. AA r . AA T .
Kitchiu. of the Fifth Congressional dis
trict will give the annual oration before
tin* Alumni Association. The address
before the Literary societies will be
made Wednesday morning by the famous
scholar and writer. Professor A\. I‘.
Trent of the University of the South,
who is withal a charming speaker. The
baccalaureate sermon will be preach
ed on Wednesday evening by Rev. John
O. Rust, of Nashville. Tcnn., lie is con
fessedly one of the most brilliant men
among the Baptists of the South. Os
course the graduating exercises full on
Thursday, May 25th.
President Taylor lectured on Friday
evening last before tin* Horner School,
at Oxford on "The Little Servants of the
South.”
Local representatives of the order
wish it announced that the Carrollton
will be headquarters for the visiting
in iiilkts of the Knights of Pythias.
Repulse of the Banditti
MILLER DRIVES THEM BACK TO
THE MOUNTAINS.
Aguinaldo Condemns to Death Those Who
Advise Him to Surrender —Am ri
can Troops Loot Dwellings.
Manila, March 20.—1:4t) p. m. —'The
mountain bandiiti of l’atiay Island re
cently threatened a serious attack upon
Iloilo, but they wen* repulsed with a loss
of 2(H) men, by General Miller.
McNeill’s battalion ol" the California
regiment, under Lieutenant Colonel Du
boee has been ordered to embark on tin*
transport Indiana tomorrow, in order to
reinforce the garrisons of tin* towns of
Bais and Baguyan. on the east coast of
tin* island of Negros, where Colonel Smith
is in command. This is only a measure
of precaution, its Major General Otis
says he does not anticipate trouble there.
AGUINALDO. ORIENTAL DESPOT.
Cuts Off the Head of General Lagarda,
Who Advises Surrender.
Manila. March 2<).—8:40 a. m.— L 'is
reported on high and reliable authority
that Aguinaldo is taking extreme meas
ures to suppress signs calculated to cause
a cessation of hostilities. Twelve adher
ents of the plan of independence, resi
dents of Manila, have be >*i condemned
to death because they wrote advising
surrender; and all loyal Filipinos have
been called upon to perform the national
service of despatching them. On Fri
day last General Lagarda visited Ma
, lolos for the purpose of advising Aguin
aldo to quit. He argued with the insur
-1 gent leader and attempted to convince
him of the folly of his persistence in the
face of overwhelming odds. Aguinaldo
was furious at the advice and ordered
General Largarda to be executed imme
diately.
The unfortunate general was promptly
decapitated.
.Among the incidents of yesterday's
fighting was the coon-css exhibited by a
company of Washington volunteers, who
crossed the river in a native canoe under
a heavy fire —15 being taken across on
each trip of the small boat —to attack the
enemy’s trenches.
The inability of the commissary train
to keep up with the advance led to con
siderable sufferings, and many of the
men were completely exhausted when
they were recalled, and. failing front the
ranks, were strung along a distance of
almost six miles, numbers returning to
camp in the artillery ambulances, which
were always close up to the lines. The
work of the ambulances was especially
worthy of mention.
Among the dead arc several who pre
viously were reported as wounded,
j Yesterday's casualties were as follows:
I Twenty-second Regiment—('apt. Frank
P. Jones. Company E.
[ Privates Young, Aronson, of Company
j I>: Rice, Pasmir, AA’hite. Ellis, Morgan,
i St bunder. Count phonx and Porte, Com
! pany E; Edwards. Company K; Renter.
Company G; and Corporals Comeinerge
and Nelson, Company M.
Washington Volunteers Privates
| AA’esser and Bartlett and Corporal AVnt
ers. Company D; and Corporal Bricklin,
Company I\.
■j Oregon Volunteers—Private Brown.
Company M.
Minnesota A'olunteers —Private Bruce,
Company C.
All the above are more or less seriously
wounded.
DIFFICULTIES OF CAMPAIGN.
Hong Kong, March 20. —A correspon
dent of the Associated Press at Manila
says:
i "An army has seldom operate ! u:uh r
! harder conditions than have been en
j countered by the American "flying bri
' gade." The country the American troops
have traversed is intersected with la
goons, narrow and unfordable rivers and
bamboos so thick that the enemy cannot
be seen a hundred feet distant. During
the charges, the Americans were ignor
ant as to whether they were attacking
a hundred or thousands of rebels, which
amazes the foreign observers. The Fili
pinos were unexpectedly fierce at Gninta.
Had it not been for the fact that the
American liue was thin, the enfilading
tire would have slaughtered many of our
men.
"One of the prisoners captured by the
! Americans says the Filipino leaders
boast that they can continue such war
fare for years, depending upon the Amer
ican forces being weakened daily by 20
men killed, wounded or invalided,
j "Some of the high officials here think
! that lo.tflM) reinforcements are needed,
:as tin* troops now on this island are
hardly more than required to maintain
a line around Manila and police tin*
city.
j "Considerable ruin has fallen already,
and it seems that the season for rain is
beginning prematurely. It is possible
that when the steady rains begin o.ir
troops may return to their barracks and
may enable the rebels to return to their
old positions.
I "The Americans have r?fr:'iß*d Irom
destroying the buildings in the country
swept by General Wheaton’s troops. A
sentry lias been stationed before every
store at Pasig; but the soldi, rs are
bringing in loads of loot from dwelling’
houses."
j TO ISSUE A PRONUNCIAMENTO.
; Manila, March 20.—The United States
Philippine Commission has held its first
meeting, and, decided to issue a pronun
, ciamento to the inhabitants of the isl
\
PRICE FIVE (’EY’
a»ds. President Schurman will prepare
it.
The document will explain the spirit in
which the United States intends to ful
fill the trust imposed, and will call upon
the people of the islands to lay down
their arms and co-operate in the interest
of good government.
—i
OTIS TELLS OF VICTORY.
Our Forces Have Possession of Laguna
To* Bay.
AA'ashington. March ID.The AA’ar De
partment today received the following
dispatch from Major General Otis re
garding operations against the Filipinos:
"Manila, March ID.—Our improvised
I gunboats, under Captain Grant. Utah,
artillery, have full possession of Laguna
de Bay. Troops, inhabitants and proper
ty on shore of lake at our mercy. AVhea
ton brigade, on Pasig river line, drove
the Filipinos northeast into Province
Morong.
"Last evening Filipinos attacked por
tion of his force south of l’asig, killing
two men and wounding twenty of the
Twenty-second Infantry. This morning
Wheaton moved against this native force
driving it to the south fifteen miles, ex
periencing very light loss. Filipinos
left 200 dead on field.”
Advices from Iloilo stales that
Lieiteenaut. Commander Cowper, of
the British gunboat Plover, with the
consent of Admiral Miller, went on a
mission into the interior oi Panay to ut
i tempt to bring about peace between the
| Americans anil natives, but the mission
j resulted in utter failure.
THREE POLICE WERE KILLED:
i
. Five of the Populace Dead and Many
A\ minded.
j Havana, March 20.—The excitement
! growing out of the conflict between the
police and the populace is rapidly subsid
ing, and ‘it is not likely that there will be
further trouble. The mob has been
taught a lesson which will probably prove
sufficient.
j During the affrays of Saturday and
yesterday three policemen were killed ami
about 15 wounded, while of the populace
live were killed and between til) and 70
j wound il, -some so seriously that they will
! probably die. The condition of Police
; Captain Jose Estramps is serious, but
I it is expected he will recover,
j Sixty arrests have been made, and or
| tiers have been issued to the police not to
j hesitate to shoot hereafter, should ocea-
I sion require it.
Arch-Bishop Chappelle, apostolic dete
j gate to AA’est Indies, sailed for New
Orleans today, in order to be present at
j the Easter services there, but be will
! return immediately after to Havana,
j 'l lie Ward Liner Havana, specially
chartered for this purpose, sailed this
afternoon for the I nited States with the
Second Louisiana volunteers.
| RIOTS IN HAVANA.
!
Policemen Attempt to Disperse Crow-.s,
and Conflicts Follow.
I jiavanu, March 10. —A serious conflict
between the police and people of Ha
vana last night resulted in much shoot
ing and clubbing. From thirty to fifty
people were wounded, some seriously.
Among tin* injured is Police Captain
Estanqies, formerly a colonel In the ( ü
ban army.
The disturbance occurred at a public
mulatto hall. A policeman asked a group
before the building to move on, when
lie was set upon and roughly handled.
Reserves then coming to the scene, almost
a pitched battle followed, several police
being seriously hurt.
Later a second conflict was reported
in which it was stated two policemen
were killed.
QUA RAN TIN E ATS AAA N N AII.
AA’ill Probably Pass Into the Hands es
tin* National Government.
Savannah. Ga.. March 20.—Negotia
tions are pending between the National
Government and the Savannah > ity gov
ernment by the terms of which the citv
quarantine station may pass under the
control of the National Marin * Hospital
Service. The mayor is favorably dis
posed towards the transfer es authori-V,
■believing the health of the city would he
not less safely guarded, and that the
local taxpayers would hi* saved ’ e 2U.UOO
a year, the present cost of tin* quaran
tine. The negotiations are the outcome
of the detention of Government trans
ports from Cuba with soldiers. Arrange
■ meats have been perfected* whereby all
i soldiers from the AA’est Indies will >c
stopped at Fort •Pulaski, fourteen miles
down the river, for disinfection and de
tention. hence if tlie quarntDii*. * station
passes into national control there will be
no open door policy for incoming vessels
i from any infected port.
Os tin many clover things in Flanni
gan's Ball, at the Academy of Music
last night, nothing was cleverer than
Miss Kiltie Hawthorne's "Musical Melo
■ dies.”
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