The Weather To-day: FAIR. The News and Observer. VOL.XLVI. NO. no. LEADS ALL NORTH CAROLINA DAILIES II NEWS AND CIRCULATION. , CENSORSHIP AT MANILA BROKEN Correspondents * Say Truth Has Been Suppressed. THEY APPEAL TOGEN. OTIS HE PROMISES TO AMEND MAT TERS AT ONCE. FILIPINOS’ TtNACiTY UNDERESTIVIATtID Thd Situation Well in Hand a Misrepresent tion. Ihe Assumplion that War Can be Soon Fnded Without Increas ed Forces a Dream. Manila. July 11. via Hong Ivong. July 17.—The constantly increasing si rictm >s of tiie censorship of press di'-patchcs from Manila, which has pre vented the cabling to the United States of any that did not reflect official views of important events and conditions, re sulted in, a united effort on the part of corrcsp-ondents here to secure an abatement of tin* rigor of the censor ship. The initiative in this direction was taken, a month ago, and resulted in the framing of the statement which was presented on- Sunday. July 1). to Major General Otis, commanding the military forces of the United States in the Philippine Islands, with request for per mission to telegraph it to the United S t ates. The correspondents also asked that they he allowed to cable to their respec tive papers all facts and the different phases of events as they transpired here. The correspondents had two long inti rviow's with General Otis, in the course of which they explained that the evident purpose of the censorship was not to keep information from the enemy •but to keep from the public a knowledge of the real condition of affairs here. It was also asserted by the correspondents that newspapers printed in Manila, which reach the cnvaij quickly, are per mitted to publish statements similar to those which correspondents arc forbid den to cable. It was made clear to General Otis that the objection was to tin* system and nut to the tvjisor. • General Otis finally promised greater liberality, agreeing to pass all matter that he might consider not detrimental to the interests of the United States. General Otis appointed Captain Smith, iff his staff, censor. The statement of the correspondents is as follows: “The undersigned, being staff corre spondents of American newspapers sta tioned'nt Manila, unite in the following .stateanemt: / “We believe that owing to the official dispatches from Manila made public at Washington the people of the United Slates have not received a correct im pression of the situation in the 1 fc hi 1i | pine Islands, but that these dispatches have presented an ultra-optimistic view that is not shared by the general officers in the field. N “We believe the dispatches Incorrectly represent the existing conditions among tlie Filipinos in respect Jto discussion and d’emoralixation resulting from- the American campaign and to tin* brigand character of their army. “We believe that the dispatches err in the declaration that the situation is well in hand, and in tin* assumption,that too insurrection can he speedily ended without it greatly increase! force. We think tin* tenacity of the Filipino purpose lias be- n underestimated and . that t he,.s tat emends are unfounded that volunteers sue willing to engage in fur ther service. "The censorship has compelled us to participate_in tins misrepresent. vt ion by exiv-ing or altering tineoniroverteil statements of farts on tin* plea, as Gen eral Otis stated, that they would alarm the people at home, or have tin* people of tiie United States by the ears. “Specifications: Prohibition of hospi tal reports; suppression of mil reports of field ojierations in the event of fail ure; numbers of brat prostrations in the 1 eld; sysmtematie minimization of naval operations, and suppression of complete reports of the situation. < Signedi * "John T. Met‘auteheon. Ifarr.v Ann- D'-ong. Chicago Record; Oscar K. Da vis p. G. McDonnell. New York Sun; Robert M. fell ins, John P. Dunning. L. J ncs. T!o> Associated Press; Joint F. Will Dinwiddie. New York. Her ald: E. S. Keene. Scr-ipps-Mi-Rae As s o-iation; Richard Little, Chicago Tri bune.” UP THE DEPARTMENTS. Washington. D. C.. July 17.—Tin* pul. beat ion of the war correspondent’s “For mal Indictment of General Otis’ *’ uiitn agcineiit o( the Phili]q>im> campaign caused a sensation in the departments here. Secretary Hay has received ad vices as late as today from civil as well •’ ,s .military couriers in the Philippines wl.ieli led him to dtelare that the sit uation t nere was certainly improving materiulh and that the ]iros]M*ets for tin* tuliire had brightened very much. Willi tln-M* advices, the Sceretarv said Gen. Otis had had nothing to do. and they were from disinterested persons whose opinions must carry weight. Generally there was strong disinclimi- tion adhibited l.y the officials to discuss the last “round robin.” General Miles, win. wits acting as Sec retary of War u.n the absence of Secre tary Alger and Assistant Secretary Mei keljohtt. would not comment upon the dispatch and Adjutant General Corbin took the same attitude. “CENSUREH WITHOUT CAUSE.” Corbin Declares all Bulletins Received Have Been Given the Public. Washington. July IT.—--Regarding statements that (-.able dispatches receiv ed in Washington and other news re garding the war had been censored con trary to the usual custom, Adjutant General Corbin today said: “’Pile censure of so-called censorial press is without just causa* and evidemtly made under misapprehension of facts. There has been no information received from General Otis that lias not been given to the press promptly on the 1 mi le tin hoard in the hall of this office. “The standing instructions of tin* President and Secretary of War air that tin* public shall hr given all infor mation we receive; this has been done' and will continue to he done. Os course, plums of campaigns tliar would be* of help to Aguinaldo and other rebels have mot and will not be promulgated, but all facts or events that have trans pin d have been given in full." OTIS. WHY PLAY THE OSTRICH? London. July 17.—Most of the morn ing papers t-omment upon the joint state ment of the American correspondents at Manila regarding the cfmsurship there. The Times says: “General Otis cannot conceal nor ex plain away tin* great fact that In* fails t<> bring tin* war to an end. IL> might just its well cease playing the ostrich and allow tin* correspondents to tell the public what they see.” The Daily News says: ’The moral of it is that the corre spondent will turn when you tread too hard upon him, and that his determina tion to Jet tin* eat out of tin* bag may still prove a blessing to modern slates.” FELL DEAD IN THE BANK SUDDEN DFATH OF TdE CASHIER, MR. W B. BI6GFRS. A Gal'ant Fx-Confecbrate Who Was Wounded at 'even Bines, and a Man Gr«a.ly Bfckved by the Community. Lexington. X. (’., July 17.- (Special.) W. P>. Riggers, cashier of the Rank of Lexington, dropped dead in the hank today from heart failure, lie was in his oNtli year. lie was a brave (Confederate soldier, being corporal of Company R. Fourth Infantry. He was severely wounded at Seven Pines. He was an officer in the Presbyterian church here and took a leading part in all charitable matters. His wife- and adopted daughter survive him. , Mr. Riggers was most highly respected and- loved by all our people. The whole town and county mourns his loss. • MERRITT AND MILES AT ONE. No Controversy Regarding the Number of Troops for the Philppines. Washington. July 17.—A statement was prepared at army headquarters to day and given out for publication in which it was said: "There has been some discussion in the press recently relating to tut alleged difference of opinion regarding the num ber of troops to D* sent to the Philip pine Islands on the first instant.” Then follow a number of letters from General Miles and General Merritt, in which each recommended what troops he thought necessary to be scut to tin islands. 'these estimates, according to ea of dames. When tin* explo sion occurred the people hid under any thing which could shelter. Pieces of the vessel Went hundred* of feci in the air. '1 he great mass of burning oil resembled it volcano. The steamer's mooring line parted and tin* buttling and shattered hulk drifted into deep water. Michael Miehaclson, all oiler, was terribly burn ed about the head and may die. He was the only man in the engine room when the pump broke. The'break in tin* pipe Wits between decks. REMOVED FROM HIS OFFICE. Director of Public Safety Impeached For Misconduct. Columbus. Ohio. July 17.—'I'lu* city council tonight, by it vote of fifteen to three, impeached and removed from office Jos. Y\'. Dusenbitry. Director of Public Safety. The resolution removing him charged that he lms been guilty of misconduct in oil ice, in that lie li.-ts neglected his du ties, devoting a large part of Ids time to it banking business in which lie is interested, and in acting as one of the owners and managers of a theatre. It is further charged that lie has been reck less and extravagant in the expenditures of bis office, and that In* lots openly de fied the powers of the council and “con temptuously refused to comply with its reasonable requests.” The resolutions set forth that "he has flagrantly shown disregard of Ins pinin duty by knowingly appointing as mem bers of the police force notorious ex convicts, criminals and other men id' low character to the humiliation of the city and the respectable members of - itch force, which disreputable appointees he still retains,” also, “that lie* has levied heavy assessments upon the mem bers of the police force, of which he has compelled payment* without any known reason therefor, and which he re fuses to disclose, and lie lias thereby forced many unwilling persons, and per sons who can ill-afford. to pay him these large sums of money, without any bene fit whatever to those who pay.” THE FEVER AT SANTIAGO. Santiago, July 17. The yellow fever situation continues to Improve. Oik* death was officially reported today. The victim was a soldier in tin* hospital at Bonn ato Cana,', (duly one new ease is reported for the day. This is a volun teer nurse in tat* yellow fever hospital, w ho was supposed to be an immune. On Saturday last two of tin* striking employes return * I to work, and moM of tln ui were busy dur ing Lie day iniiu m ;ig union and non union nun i.u the otmr lines to quit work. In t'iii *:*!•’ re.* Fit strikers were partially sm . < s* fful, but they ma le no inroads on tin* rit:.ni..g <>l tio* Putnam Avenue ears, d tis lint* is prav.it aiiy iutii't. not m re til :t hull i dozen or its employes being affiliated with tin* strikers. The Coney island ( mpanv reaped a vie b harvest on all of its lines during the’day. ♦ President Uos strike, nor cause for it,” said Mr. R . siter. “Von be, you lie.” came from o(lt) throats in answer to this assertion, and it looked for a time as if serious trouble would ensue. Fortunate ly wiser heads governed the more active strikers, ai: 1 no damage was done m either of the ofibers of the company. Early in the al'tem ton smail-sized bould ers and stumps of trees uen* thrown oil tin* Flatlir.sli Avenue tracks in front of the Midwood Club, but all these obstructions’ were removed in time to allow a limited number of ears to make tin if scheduled trips. Considerable dif ficulty was experienced on the Nostra ml Avenue and cross town lines, but no serious mishap occurred. All the ears were manned by two or three ji.olieemen, and tine presence ol tin* officers on hoard the e.irs prevented in a great measure any outbreak on tin* part of the strikers of their sympathizers. Chief of Foi'ico Devery the gnater pa it of the afternoon in Brook lyn. He allowed nearly half off the New Vork policemen, who had been on duty since early yesterday, six hours leave of absence, and in (lit* mianiime their places were taken up by others who had managed to snatch a few hours sleep earlier in tin* morning. When asked for his opinion of tin* str.ke am! its probable outcome. Chief Devery said: this strike should never have occur red. The men will surely lone. They are m,t organized, am! I think the whole matter will be adjusted inside of twen ty-four hours.” ANOTHER STRIKE COMING. New York. July 17. -General Master Workman Parsons was in conference Tor several hours tonight w ith the exec utive et nimitiec eff the employes of the Metropolitan Street Railway < mipnny. Ain ;■ tat* e.'ai I<* relict* Mr. Parsons an noiuiccd that a strike of the Metropoii tan employes is now inevitable unless i resident \rtda ml recedes from tin* position lit* lias taken. THE STRIKE AT CLEVELAND. Cleveland, Ohio, July 17. Tiie con ductors and niotormen of tin* Big Con solidated Street Railway system, who were on a strike last mouth, went out again at 4:ln this morning. Eighteen hundred men are affected. They claim the company inis not lived up to the agreement it made. All tin* lines were tied up from o’clock until after S when the operations of tin* Euclidc Avenue line with non-union men under police protection was. undertaken. Cars wej*e run at five minute intervals on that line lint:l evening, but no attempt was made to mint* cars on the other lines, Henry A. Averett. President of the company, issued a statement this even ing in which lit* says the terms of the agreement with tiie strikers has been strictly adhered to. but that it was impossible to inaugurate ail the reforms promptly because of (lie eoiilimiecl inP r fereiiet* with the non-union crews, and lie holds the union men directly responsible for this. He says that he will operate (he cars if lie is given police pr»teetioii. Protection lias been promised by Mayor Farley, and it is said that :lm militia will la* called out if the police are’ tin able to preserve order. There has been a little disorder today, but nothing of a serious na'ure. PROTOCOLS OF CONFERENCE. Our Delegates to lit* Instructed by Ca ble to Sign Thtun. Washington. July 17. —Secretary Hay lias received all of the protocols of the Hague Peace Gtmifcrt net* proceedings. Included among tin* papers is tin* draft of the arbitration and mediation treaty, which is regard.tl as the most inquirt ant achievement of the conference. The document, like all of (he proceedings, is in French, the diplomatic language al ways used on such occasions, and file translations are now* lit ing math* at the State Department. As there is occasion for the utmost haste in completing the work of the conference, our Government has con cluded not to depend upon the slow-gt*- ing mails to ctw ninn nit-ale to its dele gates its approval of their work, bur will by cable empower them to sign the protocol's in the name of the United States. Tin* treaties will, of course, have to lie submitted to the Senate for its approval. » INGALS DECLARES IT FALSE. Cincinnati. Ohio. July 17. —The follow ing telegram was received today from M. E. iittgalls in response to it query as to tin* truth off the report that he was about Jo have the* Big Four Railroad Company to become the arbitrator for tin* Vanderbilt-Morgan interests: "Hut Springs, Ya.. July 17.—Tin* As sociated Press. Cincinnati: There is not a word of truth in tin* report. "M. E. INGALLS.” BATTLE WITH OUTLAWS fHF. SHERIff’S MEN BADLY BEATEN IN THE CONFLICT. Robb rs Tsc.ip°d Without Losing a Man. An other Pors t Organized .and Tent in Pursuit of them East I.as Vegas. N. 7\L. July 17. — Meagre details were received In*re today of a pitched battle between a sheriff's posse and tin* gang of outlaws who held up a Colorado and Southern passenger train at Folsom, A’. M., a few* days ago. 'tiie affray occurred near Cimarron. C. *L Farr, of Watsonburg, Colorado, a member of tile up so. was killed. Deputies Love and Smith, of Springer, N. M.. were probably fatally wounded. \V. 11. Reno, chief of the secret serv ile department of tlu* Colorado and* Southern Railway, was a iso wounded. The robbers escaped to the hills with out h sing a man. Another posse was organiged at Cimarron, and is now in pit is;:.t of tin* robbers. Marion Lit roll, live slock inspector, arrived here tonight, bringing further de tails el the fight at Cimarron, as lu> had learned them at Springer. “It occurred this morning." he said, "in tin* canon above Cimarron, in a very rough piece of country. The news was tilt phoned to Springer from Cimarron just before I left there. The posse was led by Sheriff Ed. Farr, of Walsenluirg, anti Marshal J*’«.raker, of New Mexico. ! in* posse numbered six men. The force divided, advancing upon tin* out laws from three directions. * “Sheriff Farr was killed and Henry Love, and a man named Smith, members of tiie posse were wounded. Foraker re turned and telephoned that all of his posse bad been wounded. "Word was received late today that the dead hotly of one of the train rob bers concerned in the Folsom train rob bery on the Colorado Southern railway, had been conveyed to Cimarron, N. M., fre in tin* scene of tin* tight, ami was afterwards taken to Springer, where an inquest was held bmight. The dead man is known by the name of Wm. Mc- Ginnis, Alias G. W. Franks, and came from Magdalena, N. M.. where lie is known as "Broncho Buster.” The other t wih robbers abandoned their horses and tied pursued in the hills bv a posse 'of 20 men. "Later accounts rs the tight state that the train robbers were overtaken tit about o’clock Sunday evening in tin* canon, ten miles above Cimarron. They were preparing to go into camp ami re plied in the negative to a demand to sur render. A tight then ensued, in which about fifty shots were exchanged. Sheriff Ed. Kuit received tin* first i wound in the wrist, but bandaged it and i renewed tin* battle. He was shot a sec ond time through the body, and fell dead. I*’. 11. Smith, another member of the posse, was shot through the log. 11. N. Love siisrained a dangerous wound through tho'Hpgh. The fighting lasted about forty-live minutes. Special Officer Reno remained on the scent* until S o’clock Sunday night, and then left for Cimarron, to secure medical aid. which was secured tit Springer. It took him nearly four hours to make the trip to Cimarron, a distance* of ten miles, through the heavy rain, and intense darkness." ORDERED TO THE CAFE. London, July 17. —The Daily Graphic this morning publishes a rumor that a battalion of tlu* Scotch Guards and a battalion of the GrcnadieeriS have been ol tiered to the Cape. PRICE FIVE CENTS. FIVE VICTIMS OF & TOE VEHELf .A Ihe Feud Began About Two Years Ago, A HOI BATTLE YESTERDAY FIVE MEN WERE KILLED O!”!- RICHT AND THREE WOUNDED. R SULT PARTLY OF WHITE-BAKER FEUD The Two Factions, the Pliilpofs and the Grif fins, hid Taken Sides in this War of Clans. Manchester in a State of Terror. Louisville. July 17. — A special to the Courier-Journal from London, Ky., t. 11s [ of a reportrea'-iiingthere of the outbreak of another feud in Clay county by wl.ieli live men tost 110 ir lives today. The dead are said to he: Robert IMtilpol. Ed Fisher. Aaron Morris. Jim Griffin. Hugh Griffin. These fatalities result d from a pitch t T battle fought near Little Goose < i*( t*k. t hree milt s from Mant-hes im*. 'tin* feud dates back nearly two years. On Christmas, IPM7. .hum s Lhilpoi \wis killed by Aaron Morris, lint before he died lie shot and killed Wm. Bundy, a friend of Morris. Tin* Morris’ and Griffins were closely affiliaitd. Simo then the* feeling between Put* two fac tions has teen very bitter, and it has been aroused mcntly by roe White- Baker hostilities. ’I in* Fiiiipois. wiio ate tiie si rouges; faction in the moun tains, lnmibciing about 7hi> voters. Opt nly espoused lilt* cause of tile Bakers, while the Griffins took sides witli the Whites. Tin* story that reaches here from Manchester is to the effect that Boh 1 Itiipot was arrested this morning by Deputy Sheriff YY'asit Tnacher. \\ idle very eireim.staiiii.tl. in other respects the to port docs not show tdearly the ori gin of the trouble, nor give i reason for IMiiipot’s tit rest. I t Is \ , that while Thacker was talcing IMiiipot’s bond tin* latter was sin t from behind by a member of a crowd that had gath ered. This precipitated a general light with Wincholets an I revolvers, which was participated in by George. Gran ville, Rt bel t and I’t ter lMiilpot and F I : 1 i -her on one side, an I Ron. Morris, j Hugh. Jim and Gn u Griffin on tin* i titer. 'tiie battle began ai about !> | o'clock and raged fiercely for ten or 1 tit teen minutes. When it was over it was found that five men bad been killed outright, three off the 1 lligerents were seriously wounded, v.iilt* IV ter I'hiipot was tlu* oni.v one on either side to escape injury. Granville I Mu!;, it is said to he cut* of the most .seriously wounded, lie is it I ttiut: veti ran, having to: t a leg a Stoat* River. He is an ex-member or j the Ki u'tiwky Legislature, and is said to have killed three of four men. Ed Fisher, who is reported dead, was an other man with several nicks in his i cane. He wets hut twenty-three years old. but is said to have killed three men. An effort was at < nee begun to secure deputies: to go to pin* seat of the trouble and attempt to restore quirt, but up to ;t late hour in the afternoon there liad not been mini ugh respi a ao to make up st force that would eemnMitd respect. Tht* situation at Man; I :.e-tor is bq ]oro ide. Since* morning the place has boon in a state of terror, scarcely anyone daring to venture out off doors. Busi ness is suspended and the residents are momentarily expecting it renewal of hostilities. HIS HEADLESS BODY FOUND. London Depot. Ky., July 17. Clay county has had another killing. »i;,i; Lovells’ body has bet n found three nebs from Manchester. When found his head was severed from his body and had been beaten to a pulp. A -10-calibre revolver was found o>i:i the body. ‘Having 'killed three men and injured several, lie was probably Killed by tin* friends of one off ins victims. lit* leaves n widow anti eight children. An attcniipt had b; en made to kill Will Gray, near Manchester, (May coun ty. After throe shuts had passed til rough his clothes, out* of thorn scrap ing his body, he escaped by rnnnpig through a forest. Gray is t#y<> off the Bakers' friend's. * GOLD FROM THE KLONDYKE. Washington. July 17.—Mr. Frank A. Y anderlip. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. returned today from a month's trip through the YYost on busi ness connected with tin* Government mints and assay offices. He states that what appears to he a conservative estimate of tht* amount of gold which will come out of the Khmdvkc this sum mer is ,$!S,000.00l>. AN EDITOR* KILLS AN EDITOR. New Orleans. La., July 17.— Joseph I*. Midvov was killed tonight by YY’. I>. Roberts. '1 bev were editors of rival sensational weeklies, and had been denouncing and threatening each ether for some tine*. Bo th are under indictment in the Fed eral court for sending immoral literature through tin* mails.