Weather To-Day! FAIR; COLDER. The News and Observer. VOL. XLVI. NO. ‘2O. LEADS ill NORTH CAROLM DAILIES 11 NEWS 110 CIRCUL&'dI. In the Filipino Capital VICTORIOUS ‘ AMERICAN ARMY RESTING AND FEASTING. The Patience and Endurance of the Private Soldiers the Most Noteworthy Feature of the Campaign. Manila, March 31.-3:55 p. in.—The i American iluir was raised over Malolos j at 10 o'clock this morning. The Kansas | regiment and the Montana regiment, on j entering the city, found it deserted, the j ITcsideucia burning and the rebels re- j treating toward the mountains in a i state of terror. It is believed they can not in future make even a faint resist ance. The American loss was small. It is evident that the rebels had for some time past abandoned till hope of holding their capital, for the Americans found there evidences of elaborate prep arations for evacuation. On the railroad the rails and ties for about a bad been torn up ami probably thrown into the river. The only prisoners captured were a few Chinamen.- They said Aguinahlo left Malolos on Wednesday. The principal citizens of Malolos, their families and goods have been taken into the country over the railroad, while others departed on foot, carrying their possessions and driving their catttle and other animals before them. Most of the rebel forces were removed yesterday evening to i cushions east of the railroad, leaving only a small band in the strong trenches in front of Malolos. General Mae Art'll nr started for the rebel capital at 7 o'clock this morning with two rapid fire guns Hanking the track, two guns of the Utah battery on the right, and two guns of the Sixth artillery on the left of the rafiids, firing continually. Tin* Kansas and Montana regiments moved niton Malolos and the Nebraska and Pennsylvania regiments and the Third artillery kept along the right of the railroad. The only effective stand made by the j rebels was at a bamboo and earthen work, half a mile from Malolos and on the right, where the Nebraska regiment, as was the ease yesterday, had the hard est work and suffered the greatest loss. Colonel Fuustou, always at the front, was the first man in Malolos, followed by a group of dashing Kansans. The Filipino fiag. which was flying i from the centre of the town, was hauled down by some men of tho Montana regiment who triumphantly raised their own. From the columns of sYnoke arising from the city it seemed as if the whole place was ablaze. It turned out, however, that only the Presidencia, or govern ment building and a few smaller build ings, had been set afire by the rebels before they evacuated the place. From the reports gathered by the American officers, from prisoners and others, it is believed that the rebel army is constantly losing strength on account of desertions, and that although ’ the enemy may make one or two more stands, the forces of Aguinahlo will de generate, in perhaps a month, to a few hundred who may continue waging a guerilla warfare in the mountains. , The American troojis behaved splendid ly. They advanced steadily against suc cessive lines of trenches, through woods and jungles and suffering from frightful heat. In addition, the American volun teers were handicapped in fighting by the fact that their Springfield rifles are of shorter range than the Mauser rifles in the hands of the rebels. Under those circumstances, the steady advance of our troops is a really remarkable achieve ment. But tho most noteworthy feature of this onward sweep of the Americans is the patience and endurance ot the private soldiers. They h-'ve never hesitated to plunge across any kind of difficult coun try, against any number of the enemy, and in the face of positions of. entirely unknown strength. The victorious American arm* is feast ing on coeoanuts and bananas and en joying a well earned rest, while the hos pital train is carrying the wounded to Manila. NGUIN'AEDO'S ESCAPE A PROB LEM. Manila. March 31, U>:37 a. m—General IMPERIALISM IN THE CHURCH. Georgia State Baptist Convention in Session at Savannah. Savannah, Ga., March 31.—The Geor gia State Baptist Convention began As seventy-seventh annual convention hew? this morning. Ex-Governor W. «1. Northern is the presiding officer. Tin* adress of welcome was responded to by Rev. Hr. Lansing Burrows, D. D.. prayed has < olio, lie said. The shells of Sampson rail the guns of Lee have made for ii- an < pen door. Hr. Burrow* deelnred Unit tie wii - an expan ioiiisl and an iin - p*nuliM, He wa* calmly watching the devi Supm ot* of the Providence of God end wa > not troubled ahniit what the future might bring fori It, Hall's brigade advanced to day from Marianina up to the Matt*) river valley almost to Montalban, driving the enemy to the hills on the north. The rebels were in considerable force at the junc tion of the rivers Xanca and Ampit with the Mateo; but the American artil lery soon scattered' them with heavy loss. The American loss was one killed. Lieutenant Gregg, of.the Fourth infan try. General Hall eventually returned to the waterworks. General King advanced from i’a;: Pedro Maeati, establishing headquar ers at Pasig. Recently issued copies of the Ropubli ea Filipina, Aguinahlo'* official organ, contain n proclamation to the effect fhai certain parties are raiding the northern towns and ordering the same to join tlie Filipino army immediately or tnlp* the consequences when Aguinaldo shall have finished with the Americans. This is construed as meaning that Maeaholas, the Governor of the five northern provinces, is unfriendly to Aguinaldo. If this bo true, Aguinaldo'* retreat is undoubtedly cut off at tho railroad beyond San Fernando. The Republics Filipina on Ma'vh 23rd, published tin extra edition containing a statement to the effect that the Ameri cans had attacked Pasig, that many of them were killed, and a majority of the remainder were wounded, while 1v: <» of them were taken prisoners. A second paragraph in the same edi tion assorted that the Americans had ravished three hundred ol' the Filipino's fairest daughters, and called upon the natives to "defend their honor with their lives against oppressors who spared neither age, sex nor condition, murder ing whole families in cold blooded re venge.” The American steamer Roanoke r<*. eontly picked up a native boat, contain ing a dozen Spanish prisoners wh > had escaped from Dagupan, and hai,l been nearly three days afloat with neither food nor water. They reported that the prisoner* ex pected" to lie killed when tin* Americans advanced, lmt knew nothing of the fate of those in the southern towns. NATIVES TO FIGHT NATIVES. The Government Will Probably Employ Them in the Rainy Season. W ashington, March 31. —Tin* following' dispatch was received tit the War De partment early this morning; ' "Manila, March 31st. "Adjutant General, Washington. “Troops lasting at Malolos, consider able portion of city destroyed by lire. Our casualties one billed, fifteen wound ed. llaJl has returned with his troops to former position north of Manila.' It is said at the War Department ■ that General Otis will n *t make a cam paign during th rainy season, no: is it believed that hie will at present chase the Filipinos into) the inmmr.-uu i'm-t --netsses of Luzon. The* officials Vun.siocr it evident that the light that was i:i Aguinaldo has been whipped out of li in and it is lulieved he cannot hold the Filipino army together much longer. If General Otis advises, the War De partment will approve a cessation of ac l five hostilities or further forward move ment, 'when little can b, accomplished save chasing the Filipinos without uefi nite results. A short rest will determine I whether the Filipinos intend to keep up j a gn iri'il'a warfare and f *o a plan is already nuafnring to meet any Mich con dition. Natives wil '•■.* employed to fight the guerillas, and as the Government I can give them better pay ami afford them : greater protection that Aguinahlo there is no doubt about the ability to employ natives in this way. If there must hi I guerilla lighting during tin* rainy sea -1 son, which will soon he upon the IMiilip , pines, the Unit <1 States will not yiacri- I tied its troops in such warfare if natives c;ui lie obtained. "1 am an imperialist through and through. I want to see Jesus Christ King of Kings ami Lord of Duals. I am an expansionist. I want to sec the Knowledge of the Lord God cover the earth as the waters cover the great deep. "The question which now confronts the Christian people of this country." paid Dr. Burrows, "is shall we go in and possess these lands? Shall 'we enter these 'open doors?" The church, lie said, can make use ol the sword whirii is <.irving the way ot civilization. Dr. Burrows' address was listened to with most intense interest, and there was a strung temptation to ap plaud his ideas of imperialism and ex pressions as applied to the church. This in lhod of approval is not conn ten aißCrtl ,n Southern church assemblages, how ever. POSTAL GETS BIGHT DU WAV. Kiclrmorid, V.i., March 31. -By a de i i-ioii Iwmded down in the l niteil Stales Circuit Court of Appeals to-day, the Costal Telegraph CollipilllJ obtains the right of coiqlcmimtiou of right of way along the Southern Railway in North I Carol inn, RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, SATURDAY MORNING, APRIL 1, 1899. IT CONCEDES TOO MIICHJHEY CRT Some German Papers Attack the Government. SAY WE ACT IN BAD FAITH A CHARGE OUR AMBASSADOR • DECLARES FALSE. THE PrESS. GENERALLY, HOWIVER, FAIR The De'egafes from the Cuban Assembly Kow in Washington, Are Assured that It Is Useless to Ask for More Money. Berlin. March 31. The United States Ambassador. Mr. Andrew D. White, vis ited the Foreign Office this morning and informed the officials th re that the latest proposals of Germany regarding Samoa had been favorably received at Washington. The attitude of the press is fair ami moderate, though some of the newspa p rs arc attacking tin* authorities bit terly, claiming that they arc making too many concessions to the United States and Great Britain. Tin* German press haring strongly intimated that Mr. White and the Ameri can Government showed bad faith when th y recently assured Germany that conciliatory instructions had been cabled \ Affix . '**^\ii*lt MANILA I ft \ bay iL the President, and the President informed him that there would be no other or further answer to the delegation than had already been given by the Secretary. When a mini marries an heiress he isn't very anxious for her to retain her charms. POWERS REACH M AGREEMENT Joint High Commission to be Created, IT IS GERMANY’S IDEA TO WRESTLE WITH THE SAMOAN PROBLEM. IT WILL BE GIVEN THE FULLEST POWERS No Doubt Entertained that a Satisfactory So luion of the Difficul'y Will be Reached. A Cu'e Stage of the Samoan Affair Pest. Wasington. March 31. —A Joint High Commission to settle the entire Samoan trouble has been practically agreed upon by the United States. British and tier man Governments. Lord Salisbury’s ab sence from Dual on alone delays the formal acceptance by Great Britain, though in his absence Sir Thomas Sand erson and Air. Villiers. who arc under stood to he <-specially familiar with the Samoan question, have approved the phfu for a commission. The United States has informally expressed its ap proval. and the formpil acceptance, it i* learned from the highest qua;ter. will follow speedily. As the proposition emanates with Germany, her approval, of course, is assured. This high cum- mission, it is felt, affords a p:e die solu tion to the whole trouble at the moment when Samoan affairs began to look -he most threatening. The new plan ha* been fully gone over by Secretary Hay and the British and German Ambassadors here, and its es sential details worked out. Each nation is to he represented by one memlier on the commission. It is to have practically unlimited authority, without the necessi ty of referring its decisions back to the several Governments for approval. It is felt that by conferring: such complete and final authority on the high commission the danger will be obviated of any further deadlocks and delays. Still another important provision under consideration is that King Oscar, of Nor way and Sweden, shall he the umpire in case tin* three high commissioners should fail to reach a determination. The plain, of inviting King Oscar to referee a dis agreement mee's tin* approval of the British and German authorities, and doubtless will be approved also by the United States as a means of ensuring finality of decision, though it is not known just how far this has boon con sidered by the Washington authorities. King Oscar ‘was agreed upon between the United States and Great Britain as a final arbitrator in connection with the proposed Anglo-American arbitration treaty, as well as in the Venezuelan mat ter. He is also mentioned in tie* treaty of Berlin as the one to name a chief justice of Samoa in case the three sig natory powers fail to agree on a chief justice. It was this that led to the sug gestion of his name at the present, time to act as final arbitrator. The exiieetation is that tho sittings of the commission will I*" in Samoa, where, for the time being they will have com plete authority over the whole range of (Continued on Second Page.) Their Grave tfie Ocean STEAMER STELLA CRASHES ON THE CASQUET ROCKS. Seventy People Believed to Have Perished — Captain at His Post as the Steamer Went Down. Southampton, March 31.—The passen ger steamer Stella, plying between this port and the Channel Islands, crashed upon th dreaded Casquet Rocks, near the Island of Alderney, yesterday after noon in a dense fog and foundered in ten minutes, her boilers exploding as she went down. Reports as to th number lost tiro conflicting, hut the officials of the London and Southwestern Railroad Company, which company owns the boat, said that the drowned will not exceed seventy. Other reports make th loss much higher. Three boats, including a collapsible boat, are missing. The Stella left Southampton at noon yesterday, conveying the first daylight excursion of th season to the Channel Islands. There were about 185 passen gers on hoard and the crew numbered 35 nten. The weather was foggy hut all went well until the aft; moon, when the fog became more dense. At four o'clock the Casquet Rocks suddenly loomed up through the fog bank and the steamer almost imin.diately af terwards struck amidships. The rap tain, seeing that the Stella was fast sinking, ordered the life boats to he launched. Hiss instructions were carried out with the utmost celerity, and the women and children were embarked in 1 In* boats. Then the captain order d the men to look after themselves. A survivor states that he and twenty five others put off from the Stella in a small boat. The sea was calm, but there whs a big swirl around the rocks. When this boat was a short distance away from the wreck, the boilers of the Stella hurst with a terrific explosion, and the vessel disappear'd stern fore most in the sea. The last thing the survivor saw was the figure of the captain of the Stella standing calmly* on the bridge and giv ing his last instructions. The captain perish d wit'll his vessel owing, to the suction caused by the sinking steamier being very great indeed. Continuing, the survivor referred to said: "The suction was so tremendous that we thought our boat would hi* engulfed. 1 saw five boats and the collapsible hurt, beside our boat, leave the wreck. They contained altogether between eighty and a hundred persons. Five of the boats were soon lost to view, but we took a boat filled with women in tow, and the occupants of our boat took the oars in turn and rowed all lit grit long untd uiosit of us dropped asleep, thoroughly exhausted. "W'c sighted a sailboat at six o'clock hi the morning but the Great Western W eymouth, had meanwhile hove in sight. Railway Company's steamer Lynx, from She bore down on ns and took all on board. She eventually landed us at Guernsey.” The Great Western Railway Com pany’s steamer Vera, from Southampton, picked up forty others of tin* survivors and landed them at Guernsey. I p to noon to-day 102 passengers had been accounted for. including Mr. J. Carton and his wife. Mr. Carton is the manager of the Western London office of the American Line. Later accounts say that the Stella had 14it passengers on hoard and that her crew numbered 42 persons. Another steamer of the sain a com pany, which arrived at the Island of Jersey at about noon to-day, reports having passed many bodies of victims of tlie disaster about the Casquet Rocks. A survivor of the disaster named Bush, says the speed of the Stella in tin* log was not diminished, though the fog whistles were sounded. Bush adds that at 3:30 a. m. the engine; r showed him in the engine room a dial register ing a speed of 1 Npo knots. He says the vessel struck within twenty-five minnt s afterward. Bush asserts that, two life boats were sank with the steamer which, after resting on the rocks for ten or fifteen minutes, split in two and disappeared. Continuing, Bush said: "When the .Stella disappeared forty or fifty persons were discovered elingini; to pieces of wreckage or cabin furniture and crying piteously for help. All the passengers and crew had been providco with life belts, and there was little panic as tlie ship sank. I first slipp'd into tie.- water and then swam to one of tlu* lioats, into which 1 was helped. We rowed supposedly in the direction of Guern- CONVICT LEASE EX Cl RES. Ge< I'gia's Felons Will Now lie Leased for Five Years. Atlanta, Ga., .March 31.—The twenty year convict lease, out of which have grown so many investigations, so many scandal* and so much all ged cruelty, exp rid to-night at midnight, mid the les sees who have enjoyed (he profit of the felons' toil for twenty years gave up the convicts. For the sit. twenty years lessees have had the keeping of convicts and were permitted to administer punish ment. I aider the new arrangements, which were ordered by the last Legisla ture, convicts* will be leased for five PRICE FIVE- CENTS. se.v, hut seven hours later we found ourselves near tlie scene of the wreck,' and saw dozens of persons clinging to the reeks.” The boat in which Bush was a pas senger was al’t ar Wan! picked up by the Lynx. The passengers all agree that, perfect order and discipline prevailed on board the Stella. Th crew promptly took up their stations whin the steamer struck, served out the life belts and lowered the boats. The scene at tlw? moment of the sink ing of the vessel was lieartrendering. Women wen* screaming and praying and people were clinging to spars and other wreckage in ail directions. Those who had succeeded in getting into the boat* had a narrow escape from being en gulfed on account of the suction caused by the sinking vessel. The voice of Captain Books, from the bridge, was frequently heard urging tin* rowers to pull for their lives. The boats were adrift for fifteen hours, during which time their occupants were without food or water, and as their clothes were drenched they suffered greatly. The disaster is gen rally attributed to the high speed at which tin* steamer was travelling in tin? fog. It is thought probable that* the Par tons were the only Americans on board the Stella, as the list of survivors does not contain the names of .any other Americans so far as known. The second mate was the only officer of the Stella who was saved. The captain and the oth r officers, most of the crew and many of the pas sengers sank ■with the Stella. A boat in charge of tin* chief officer capsized anil almost all its occupants were drowned. A few of them wre picked up by other boats. The steamer Honlleur returned to night after having made the circle of t.ic Casquet Rocks. She picked up two boats containing women's clothing, mon y, jewelry and an opera glass ease. The last had evidently been used in bailing. Many pathetic incidents are reported. In several cases men lifted tlieir wives and children into th boats and then perished themselves in their presence. One wife, who was thus bereaved, lost ■her reason. A large number of fie 1 survivors arri ved here without any clothing, chid only in blankets. lllE STORY OF DIC. KING. London. March 31.—Tllio news of tie* disaster to the Stella spread slowly through London, in the absence of tin* usual evening newspapers, to-day being Good Friday. At ,\i afternoon ad vanced. small grou./S gathered at the Waterloo station, where many painful scenes transpired among the inquirers for friends at the railway offices. A large crowd collected to wait the a.n'ival of the train from Soubiiampitun at nine this evening, which brought the throe survivors, Messrs. David King, a Lon don merchant; Ileilbimu and Greener. .”11 of whom were wrapped in great rug* and bore traces of their sufferings. Th y were immediately surrounded ami mix iously questioned. Mr. King, who was among tlie last to leave the ship, said: "4'he greater part of yesterday was exceedingly pleasant, hut toward evening we encountered a mist, which soon de veloped into a dense fog. Th; re was. however, no apprehension. Sadden ; a great shock told us that the Stella had struck tin* rocks. The coolness of me officers considerably allayed tin* excite ment. The crew behaved splendidly, lowering the boats with ;lie gHMte.o promptitude. Every woman was supplied with a life belt.* At first *.ve thought there would he time for all the Pouts to clear away; hut the boilo-s burst, rending the ship amiid-lr'ps."* Mr. King and two firemen. Ooiorn and Bailey, wen* the last to leave the ves sel. lb* had just given up a life blt to aid a clergyman's wife, and was pull ed into a boat by Second Mate Reynolds, who was instrumental in suvim}? many lives. The boat with twenty-two persons drifted for fifteen hours ,n the intense cold and was finally picked up by the Great Western Railway's steamer Vera, from South amp ton. Mr. King 1 relieves that five beats were launched, lie Saw one upturned, wit'll children clinging to it. year terms only. and the State will clothe, feed and guard them. It is estimated that there an now in tin* State penitentiary about twenty four hundred convicts, and they are to lie distributed among eighteen euntrae ti rs w ho recently made bids for the la bor id’ the felons. The transfer of the convict* from the different camps will require considerable Jjinio and many transfer guards, and will begin to-mor row. Some of the camps under the old lease have given up all convict labor and will hi matter employ free labor; other camps will get tin* convicts again. When money talks tin* < ream of the conversation is rich.