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Weather To-Day: RAIN. The News and Observer. VOL. XLVI. NO. n. LEADB ALL NORTH CAROUNA HUES I lEIS AND CIRCULf fjON. Strangled At Its Birth A REBELLION BEGUN BY BANDITS OF NEGROS. Their Town, Labzid, destroyed and Their Forces Captured and Scattered —Filipino Tactics Adopted by Our Troors. Manila. April 0. —0:43 p. m. —Colonel Smith, the Governor of the Island of Negros, reports that a number of bandits, headed by a man named Papaissio, at tempted a rebellion on March 27th, and killed several officials of Jnmumaylan. He also captured other officials and is sued a proclamation calling upon the natives to rise and exterminate the Americans and Spaniards. Major Sime, and two companies of the California regiment were dispatched by water to the scene of the disturbance, and Colonel Duboee and two other companies of troops were sent overland. On April 2nd this forces marched 12 miles and captured Labzid. the headquarters of the bandits, and destroyed the town. The troops also captured 35 prisoners and scattered Papaissio’s forces, thus effectually quelling the rebellion at tin* outset. There has been a week's respite in the hostilities, chiefly in order to allow the Filipinos to digest the proclamation of the United States commission. The rebels remain remarkably quiet. The sharpshooters of General Lawton's line have borrowed the Filipino tactics and are harrassing the rebels at night, picking off some of them nightly. Malolos-is resuming its natural aspect, business is going on, preparations are being made to establish a permanent camp for the troops there, ami the sol diers are cleaning the city. A third of the American force at Ma lolds is sent nightly to form an advanced THE CRUISER RAtEIGH | j SHE WILL PROBABLY BE ALTERED AT PORTSMOUTH, N. H. The Cost Will be About a Quarler of a Million. Changes in Her Biilers. Her Hull May Not Be Lengthened. Washington, April <5. —Secretaiy Long says that it is probable that the Ral eigh. now on her way home from .Manila, wild lx- sent i mutually to Po ts- mouth. N. 11.. to undergo the extensive alterations being planned by the board of naval bureau chiefs. Represen'ativt-s of the Norfolk Navy Yard interests, led by ex-Representative Bowden, have been earnestly pressing the departments to have the work done at that yard, and while this may be ordered, the present disposition is toward Porismoiitn, on (In ground that the Norfolk Navy Yard has now on hand all of the work that it can handle, untie i ...-, unu-m is vir tually idle. A rough estimate of tin amount of money to Ik- expended on the alterations ot ihe Kaleigii places un total irt a quarter of a million ddlars. The Itoard of naval bureau < lib-fs has completed the plans for tin- alterations of the cruiser Cincinnati, and these arc of interest because they are similar to the changes to be in-noe in -lie sister ship Raleigh. The greatest defect in tl. -> type of sliii> deveio|M-d in the nan- w limits of the tire-rooms, making them unbearably hot in ordinary -weather, and entirely so in warm climates. To meet inis difficulty it has been determined to replace the six big Scotch shell boil ers with American sectional tubuar boilers. The ri-sult will be to mince -tlx- space needed for the sam“ amount of boiler power, lO.UOO horse t - in this case, to give some additional coal capacity and make it possible, by sepa rating the boilers, to ventilate the lire rooms thoroughly and thus reduce the temperature. It will probably be un necessary to lengthen the hulls as oiigi nallv projected. THE CORPORATION W INS. Case of Taylor vs. the .Mutual Reserve l-'iiml Life Association. Hit .inond. \ a.. A| ril <i. —’1 lie- most inqiortaiit case decided by tin- Supreme Court of Appeals to-day was that ot Taylor vs. the .Mutual Resent- Fund Lilt- Assm ialion. a New York corpora tion. In this cas. .1. M. Taylor, the plaintiff, a citizen of Virginia, became a meinls-! - of the company, which is a mutual as sessment company, in 1-SS2. The com pany, the hill alleged, subsequently raist-d its, assessments on tin- plaintiff's -ju.l i«-y to a sum in excess of that stipulated for tin- certificate of membership or pol ity of insurance-, lie. therefore, tiled a bill in the Law and Equity Court of this e.'-ty, alleging that tin* assessment complained of was illegal and extortion ate. and averring that tin- company had threatened to declare his policy forfeit oil unless tin- assessment complained of was paid w'thin a given time. And he prayed Vital tin* company he enjoined from carrying out this threat, and that the court determine what was a reason able assessment. Tin- company -demurred to tin- bill, on tin- ground, among others, that Ike line a mile north of the city, with pa trols and sentries ahead of the line. General Mae Arthur’s volunteers are receiving Krag- Jorgensen rifles, the Filipinos having discovered that they could effectively empty their Mauser rifles and retreat lwffore the Americans approached near enough to use their Springfield rifles with effect. Advices received here from Samar, an island forming a province of the Philip pines. say the revolutionists there are weary. Their leader, General Lukban, of Chinese ancestry, has deserted with the funds. The inhabitants are desirous of American rule. THE SPANISH PRISONERS. Rios Reports to Madrid That They Are Well Treated. l/omhm, April <>. —The Madrid corre spondent of the Times, says: "The Government, has received a dis patch from General Rios announcing the return to Manila of the commission that went to secure the liberation of the Spanish prisoners in the hands of the Filipinos. “The commissioners report that the prisoners are well treated, hut are scat tered over the country, so that Agttin aldo himself is ignorant of their number and location. “General Rios says the Tagnlos require a ransom for some, hut are ready to liberate many out of friendship. Not a few of the Spanish prisoners are now living with the rebels.'’ subjects was not within the jurisdiction of the courts of Virginia, ami tin* de ! uiurrer was sustained. I The Court of Apiveal-s, .ludgt- Buchan an delivering the opinion, affirmed the ( decree of the lower court, holding that tin- court of this State cannot exercise i visitational powers over the cor|K>rnttions I t>f another State, and that any decree unilertakiug It* exercise such powers would be nugatory, because the court would Ik- without powt»r or authority to enforce it. AtIAINST THE RAILROADS. Inter-State (Commission Finds Uinlue j Preference Shown. Washington, April (*. —The Inter-State Commerce Comniissitni to-day in an opinion by Ctnnmissioner Prouty. rend eretl its decision in the case of the hoard of trade of the city of Dawson. On. i against the Central of Georgia Railroa-l Company and the Georgia and Alabama Railn id Company. The complaint is that those carriers violate tin- act to regulate tin- commerce by charging high er rates to Dawson, than to Etifaula, Ala., anti Amerieus and Albany. Gn.. towns in tin- stH-liom of eountry sui—ountl ing 1 la-wson. After fully t- inside-ring tin- conditions and circumstances, invlud ing tin- situation of tin- localities, pus sible transportation via Chattnliooelnx river, railway competition anti the com petition of markets, anti tin- basing point system of rate making as its practiced in the South, tin- commission holds: "1. That it is undue preference for the Central of Georgia Railway Company to charge any higher rates on freight from New York or other Eastern cities to Dawson than those which arc maintain ed from the same points of shipment to Eiifaula. 1 "2. That it is undue preference for the Central of Georgia Railway Company • r the Georgia and Alabama Railway Com pany to charge any higher rates on freight from Nashville. Cincinnati and Chattanooga to Dawson than those in effect from the same points to Albany. "2. That it is undue preference for tin- Central of Georgia or Georgia anti Alabama to charge any higher rates on freight from New Orleans t> Dawson than those which are in effect from New Orleans to Amerieus or Albany. “4. That so long as the Southern basing point making system- of rale making is adhered to it is undue prefer ence for the Central of Georgia, or the Georgia and Alabama to charge any higher freight rates to Dawson than those which may he in effect to Amerieus from any of tin- points of,shipment above . mentioned." 4 ________ —• WAKE FOREST THE VICTOR. Defeats Atlanta Technalogists by a Defeats Atlanta Technologists by a j Atlanta, (in.. April (Special, i ! Wake Konst defeat <1 tin- ball team of 1 School of Technology here this afternoon by a score of !» -to 2. It began t'o rain | ;1 < soon as iJit- game was called, and - continued throughout the entire game. The T clinologists put up a good game, ! showing marked improvement over last 1 year’s team. They were lacking in team work, and were out-classed by the North Carolinians. ■ . Batteries: Tcchui i’.og.v. «-einngmun | and Ealitte; Wilke Forest, Honeycutt j and Turner. Hits: Technology. •>: Wake Forest, 14. Errors: Technology. 7; Wake Forest, b. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, APRIL 7, 1899. GOES POST HASTE - TO BLUEFIELDS The Detroit Ordered There by the Government, TWO WARSHIPS ASKED TORRES' DOMINEERING POLICY TIIK E ATE NS j ROllil >E. HE DEMANDS DU TIES ALREADY ONCE PAID Then Issues a Decree Doubling the Duties j American Merchants Under this Oppression Appeal for Pro'ection, and the War ship is the Answer. Washington. April (».-- The cruiser De troit, which is now lying off La Guyara, Venezuela, has been ordered post haste to Blueliekls, Nicaragua, for the protec tion of American interests in that quar ter. On the way she will touch at 1 Fort Linton, Costa Rica. where her commander will put himself im commu nication with the United States Consul ait that print and where he also may receive further instructions. She is also likely ‘to make a very brief stop at Grey town. | Her dispatch under hurry orders - at? the urgent request of ’he S* i*e Dcpait ment, to which American r s-idents both ift Blucticids and in Costa Rica have appealed for protection of American m ter eats. The arbitrary uml extortionate policy adopted by General Torres, si* i’.iuc ticlds, who on w.t.< ■.... "Cca-ion has made hints If persona non grata to this Government, and whose res i/afi >:i to power sit th.s ii tote wed tiy acts which American residents resent and protest ag.a.n-:. .s tae mam cans • of the vessel's dispatch. 'The Siam Department at i.e has cabled destructions to tin* I nitial States diplo matic representative sit Minefields to lodge sin energetic, protest with the Ni j enraguan Government against the action j of General Toma, and a disregard of • this protest will he followed up by a more positive step on the part >f this Government. In Costa Rica the American Im-tmcss interests and residents are in trouble as a result of an insurrectionary mov»- ment. It is understood that the insur gents arc levying forced loans on them besides collecting exorbitant and louble duties on imports. DUTIES ILLEGALLY DOl BLED. New Orleans, La., A]nil »>.- A letter to title Ficayune from Minefields, Nica i ragita, dated March 21st says: j “General Torres, the special agent of i President Zelaya. yesterday tigain n >vt ' fi d the merchants they would have but 24 hours to again pay the In ties I which had been paid to the treasurer of Nicaragua wlro served after the revolu tion began. Torres also undertook to prohibit the American consular agmi. from cabling to Washington or the Fresident of Nicaragua ;,t Managua, ib is in charge or ~ . s w hich j lead to Loth the capital anil Sau Juan del Stir, the cable station. im ...... -..r,.,! c-.UMii. after discover ing that it would be impossible to secure satisfactory information from Torres, withdrew with the American merchants who aeco'tni]<:inicd him to the palace. At this mooting Torres also decl'mJ to state what steps w ill be taken to fort:" the American n.orch inis to suonu' to double charges. A vessel was eharte: - 1 promptly, and after considerable difficulty a clearance was secuml from Torres and, this vcs-rl sailed for Fort Limon, C«-sta ltica, with di.-patch- •biv ru in lit. The'Consul, in the despatch, asks that at least two warships be sent to Minefields at once. The next move 'Torres made was to issue a decree doubling the duties not withstanding the fact that the schelu'e of duties f,,ir this section of the republic has been fixed by a law passed by Congress. This law lias never been amended o'* rep a led. Wry energetic ilemonsirn: on on the part of the American Nav.v is greatly needed. BRYAN Wilt ES ACC EI TV NCE. All Speakers at Jefferson Banquet Should Support Chicago Platform. New York. April O.—E. V. Brewster, who is managing tin* Chicago platform Jefferson dinner to be given in this city, received Abe following telegram from Win. J. Bryan to-day: "Lincoln, Neb,, April oth. “Eugene V. Brewster. Brooklyn. N. Y.: "Will attend dinner April 15th. All speakers should be supporters of Chicago platform. (Signed.) "W. J. BRYAN.’’ MR. SPAINHOUR WILL CONTEST. Mr. J. F. Spa inhour is here attending court and says he has not yet given ill* the solicitorship. It is true that tin* number of counties pdaeed in the crimin al district takes away the emoluments of the office, hut claims the place from principle, believing that the frauds com mitted in many of the counties, if shown up. will clearly prove that he was i eluded. LIST HONORS TO TOE NATION'S DEAD Mustered into Silent Ranks Sleeping at Arlington. THEY DIED FOR FREEDOM AND THE NATION DELIGHTS TO 1)0 THEM HONOR. THE PRESIDENT AND HIS CABINET THERE And Ollier High Dignitaries of the Government and Officers of the Navy. Together With aVast Corourse, Ga hered About the Graves. Washington. April G.—With full hon ors of war, upon the crest of tin* south ern slope of Arlington cemetery this afternoon, the Nation, represented by President McKinley, his Cabinet and other high dignitaries of the Government. , 'the commanding general of the army and other distinguished officers, all the regular and militia organizations of the District and a vast concourse it' 15,11*10 pi >1 le, paid the last mi n! * of -honor and resp.ct to the bodies of 231, officers | and men who gave their lives on distant battlefields for their country during the S|imH.sh-American war and who were to-day mustered info the silent army that sleeps in the last bivouac of the brave. The spot selected is in the new add’i i lion to the cemetery looking out, upon the broad sweeping Potomac. In ihis burial lot, which covered two acres !i>. j ixtent, in parallel rows, the wooden boxes containing the caskets were ranged and separated by great mounds of earth. | A,t 2:20 tin* Presidential party, which had been caught in a jam at the Poto mac bridge from which it required a I dozen) mounted polic, to extricate them, i reached the enclosure. They were* fol -1 lowed by (tenoral Miles and bis stuff, hhe military attaches e*f the British and G rman Embassies, all mounted and the* I military escort. As they arrived the solemn strains of the Dead March in Sa:.! silenced the* vast assemblage, and with heads bared tin* crowd soi.nl at the grave sid while the Presidential party advaueed and the military dispositions were made. The nnlita”v was under the command of Colonel Francis L. Guenther, and consisted of the District National Guard, the lignt battery with two Hotchkiss guns, a battalion of naval militia and the regular miops from the arsenal at Fort M-yer. The President accompanied by .Secre tary Gage*. Secretary Ling. Postmaster General Smith. Secretaries Hay. D'tch eoek and Wilson. Assistant Secretary Taylor. General Corbin. General John M. Wilson and Colon"! Bingham, came forward with uncovered head and took ; his plac in the open space faring tin graves. i'e was followed by General Miles and lii.s staff m full uniform and other distinguished guest uehidiiig some of tin* representatives ,»f foreign coun tries. Just as the I‘resident arrived a pathetic incident occurred, when aged Air. and Mrs. O'Dowd pressed througji the lines and placed a Punch of roses on til • casket of tiie-u* soil, John O'Dowd of the Seventh infantry. The parents of Lieutenant Wood also came forward and deposited a beautiful wreath of tbwers and the sword of that gallant officer upon his casket. Immediately the band broke out in the sweet strains of "Nearer My God to Thee.” and Post ( haplaiu C. W. Free land. of Fort Monroe, in the eedesiastitcal robes of his office, with ltev. Father McGee, of S-f. Patrick's church, followed oy threi purple gowned acolytes, advanced to the graves and the funeral services began. They were very simple but very impres sive. Rev. Freeland read the military com ma tul service of the Ep'seop i ldnirch. beginning with “Man that is horn of woman." uml concluding with the prom ise of heaven contained in the words: “! am the Resurrection and the Life.” As he pronounced the words "Dust to dust, earth to earth." the soldiers at the side of each grave crumbled n clod of earth upon each casket. The vast concourse j hared their lietnls so the solemn words and scene, and thousands joined in the Lord's prayer. Rev. Father McGee j then consecrated with the church ly power invested in him the earth into which the bodies of the Catholic sot diers were placed. Meantime from Fort. Meyer, boomingdown the wind, came', the dull crack of a gun every half hour. I and the national ensigns on the staffs I there and at the Lee Mansioni were run , down to half mast. As soon as the religious servie *s had been concluded Hanking detachments of i itlii- Fourth aiwl Fifth artillery fired three ear-smashing, soul-uplifting vol leys. and in tin* solemn hush that fol lowed the salute the bugle sounded ' "Taps." The last religious and military rites to the dead heroes wetv over and the Presidential party and the military departed, leaving the work of actual in- ' ) ferment to follow. As each o' the caskets weighs almost five hum!tee pounds ami requires eight m m to handle j it will be two or three days before all j the bodies are in their graves. It is now believed by the Attorney 1 General of Arkansas, that the new anti * trust law of that State will destroy all ,lul>or organizations within its borders. I Endorsed by Gef Alger POWELL PROCESS OF PRESERVING BEEF BY CHEMICALS, Last Page of Armour’s Letter Thus En dorsed Returned by Request —Inconsist- encies of Eagan’s contract. Washington, April * *.— 1 n the tinny j beef court, of inquiry to-day the letter! of Messrs. Armour and Company, pro- j posing to use the Fowl 11 process t >r the preservation of lieef was submitted as I evidence by Major Lee, acting for Gen eral Miles. It was addressed to the | Commissary General, dat d at the firm's Washington office, .July 12th, ISIH, and read as follows: "As supplementary and explanatory to our bid to supply dressed beef i't Cuba, we wish to say that we have the ex clusive control of the l'owell proc ss for preserving fresh meats and that this pro cess lias been tested at Tampa., the test having been completed with most satis factory results. “This test was mail.' under the super vision of C olonel John Weston, of your department, who has advised you of the result. We are advised, however, that he received four carcasses of beef which w sent him from Chicago, duly refrig erated and treated according to the l’owell process. "Part of these carcasses were envel oped in sacks or canvass and part were not. These carcasses w.ae distributed to the Third cavalry, the Sixth cavalry, batteries or artillery and the medical department anil were hung in the air on the upper deck of the transport, troop ships, lying at the.wharf in the hot sun, without, any benefit -of the fresh air or ntov men! of the shii*s. The pieces that were not wrapped fermented in less than 72 hours, while the pieces that were covered or wrappVrk kept about Kit) hours. *. “these practical tests n,-.d under the supervision of your own oiuK-er show that by means of this process, w -mped pieces of carcasses can he kept lotv,. r than the 72 hours required by ydth. spec, ideations. "We belli ve that we may safely say sin It results have never before been accomplished in the history of the fresh meat business. In view of the tests which we hav made in the past and of the result of the tests made under the supervision of your own officer, we lielieve that we are absolutely safe in the assertion that this is th only pro cess or method which wall secure the results required by your specifications. "Very’ truly yours, I Signed) “AKMOI R Ac FO.. "Per T. J. CONNOR, Supt." '1 lie testimony began to-day with Dr. 1,. Clifford Cox. Assistant Surgeon in the volunteers of t'he District of Colum bia. lie was at Tampa and in'Cuba and j testified that the eonumaud was attacked | with diarrhoea to the extent of an epi demic after eating refrigerator beef at both places. After the second attack of this character the regimental surgeon had ordered that the issue of the beef be stopped. 'Phis was done, and the diar rhoea ceased. Mr. William A. Decaindry, who has been chief clerk in the off id* of the Com missary General of the War Depart ment, for twenty years, related his con nection with the work of letting the beef contracts. At the instance of Gen eral Eagan he had first sent out 40 or 50 telegrams to dealers in beef asking for bids to supply refrigerated beef or for beef on the block, General Eagan having supplied the form. Mr. Decaindry had been instructed by General Eagan to prepare the original draft of the contract for the beef sup ply, aud after some rearranging sub mitted a draft, feeling confident that it; was complete. It was then that men whom lu* understood to be representa tives of Swift & Company brought up the question as to the length of time the beef should keep after issue. Memo randa for changes containing the twenty four hour clause were brought to him by Captain Davis, Assistant Commis- J snry General. In one of the revisions (Jen era! Eagan had interlined in his own ■, handwriting a clause refering to the time reading as follows: “Which shall not be more than 72 J hours from the time* of storing the same j in such refrigerators.” This clause, Mr. Decaindry said, he had hot at the time understood, but he had no authority to strike it out. When the 24 hour clause was inserted General Eagan appeared dubious aboyit it. but said nothing more. Mr. Decaindry said that he had been so worried by the apparent inconsisten cies in the contract that he had kept all the memoranda relating to the matter. "Atv tliev on file now?” asked Major Lee. “They tire not in the file boxes." The witness then stated in reply to questions that Captain Davis was im el in i" ire of these boxes, and that Captain Davis was the especial confident of Gen eral Eagan. Mr. Decaindry gave some of the parti culars concerning the trial of tile Powell perservativo process in Florida. He spoke of it letter of Armour & Company, in which they argued that they should be awarded the contract because they controlled this Powell process, notwith standing their bid was somewhat higher than that of Swift & Co. “What became of that letter?” asked i Major L*e. “A portion of it is in the files,” said Mr. Decaindry, "but the bulk of it was i PRICE FIVE CENTS. returned to the writer at his request. The portion returned was the hist page, containing the endorsement of the Secre tary of War and the Commissary Gen eral. An office copy was, however, re tained.” The witness then was requested to, and did read the letter from Armour A Com pany dated July 12th, bearing on this subject, but lie said he had no remeni berance of ever having seen the letter before. This letter was then put in as evidence. Dr. Richard A. Pyles, chief surgeon of the District of Columbia volunteers, testified that the refrigerator beef sup plied the troops in Cuba had given them dysentery, but expressed the opinion that this was due to the fact that they ate too much of it. He expressed disap proval of the canned beef, and said the men would only eat it when they could get no other meat. The court then adjourned trail to morrow. TO CALL ON OUR AMBASSADOR. Bornemouth, England, April 0. —The town council this afternoon passed a resolution instructing the mayor to call officially upon the United States Am bassador. Joseph 11. Choate, to welcome him here and to express hope of his speedy restoration to health. THE PROGRAM Os GOMEZ HE WILL UNITE CUBANS IN THE WC RK FOR v ' v INDEPENDENCE. X £ mericans Corset uc h Agifa.ion Harmful to the Indus'rial of the | s | arttJ , Gomez May Give V><, Havana. April o.—The Ouftk.^niilitnt-v assembly being dead, General Jit).. Gomez will take up his programme ol solidifying the Cuban iicople into a party that shall, without ceasing, urge th * United States to withdraw from the islands. General Gomez, if reinstated, would be of great service to the United State-; in the disbursement of the Yo,000,(MW; but bis ]K)litieal programme means th keeping up of agitation ami disturbance in the minds of the people, and the weakening of American authority h,. producing the impression that every thing done by the Americans is tem porary and may sooner or later be >vor turned. American observers consider any such agitation as extremely harmful **..■ the industrial revival and the restoration of Cuban credit. Some who are high in authority, and who have exceptional op portunities of knowing the character and ideas of Gomez, think the United States Government may have trouble with him yet. His attitude has always been con sistent regarding independence so" Cuba, and lie is still working •for the same end. Tlie national Cuban party a;id the I.iga l’atriotiea continue their campaigns for the formation of the party of Cuban in dependence. Efforts are now being made to effect a consolidation of the two movements. The probability is that a union will soon be effected, and that bath organi zations will then proceed upon the same lines throughout. OUR DELEGATES TO THE HAGUE Men Chosen to Represent Uncle Sam tit the Peace Congress. Washington, April (5. —The Secretat.v of State lias announced the roust ruction of the United States delegation t > the disarmament congress, which will meet at The Hague in the latter part of Ma\ The delegation consists of \ndro>v White. Cnitisl States Ambassador at Berlin: Mr. Newell, United States Min ister to the Netherlands: l’r *side:it Seth Low. of the Columbia University, New York; Captain Crozier, Ordnance I>e partment. U. S. Army, and Captain A. T. Mahan, TVS. Navy, retired. Mr. Frederick Hulls, a lawyer of Now York, will lie Secretary of the delega tion. Tin* American commission as a whole, is regarded as an exceptionally strong body, being made tip of men well known not only in public and political life, bit in the world of letters and international affairs. They are till men of scholarship fine linguists and those attainments helpful in a congress representating th • nations of the world conducted under the diplomatic usage, which make French the accepted language. Vice President Hobart, who has been ill since bis return to Washington from Thomasville. was a trifle better last night.