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..
<if Augusta, who is secretary of the
Southern Baptist Convention. Hr. Bur
row s said that tlu* welcome was ac
cepted in the spirit in which it was
ext tided.
Hr. Burrow- toiirhcd iipnt the policy
of imperialism during his address.
Tremendous change* had occurred
s lice the convention met in Augusta
a year ago, Hr. Burrows said. He
-poke of the war and its results. The
opjortunity for which w> 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
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A CORNER OF LUZON THAT WILL UVE IN HISTORY.
to Admiral Kantz, Mr. White has
deemed it advisable to denounce this as
a libel and as untrue, adding that neither
Washington nor lie knew* anything of the
Samoan bombardment sooner than tie
German Government.
GERMANY GROWLS A -YARNING.
Berlm March 31.—The comment on the
Samoan situation continues I lirl.v mod
erate. though tin* papers naturally de
fend the German offirials ami throw all
the blame on the American and English.
The Kreutz Zoitnng reminds Great
Britain and the United States, that Ger
many is not Spain, and that German
patience has its limits. "There are eon
oeivnble national combinations it s:, N s *
"besides the Anglo-German entente."
i .. Cl BAN DELEGATES.
Washington, March 31. —The delegate*
from t'hc (’iiliU'ii assembly, Messrs. \ il
laluti and llevin, called informally at the
State Department to-day and hail a long
conversation with S eretary Hay. The
a Hairs in Fuba were freely ‘discussed,
and tlu* delegates presented the resolu
ticn of the Cuba a Assembly. Secretary
Day assur d the delegates that the Uni
ted State Government: would not in
crease the amount to pay tlie Cuban
army above the three million dollar*
already sent to Cuba. lie said this
matter could not lie further consider il.
lie also informed them that the Presi
dent would not consent to any scheme
for raising money by the Cuban As
senility to pay tin* Cuban troops. Later
the Sicretary mentioned the mill ?<> 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.