The Weather To-day: ISSSo'KSII! FAIR.
The News and Observer.
VOL.XLVII. NO. 37.
LEADB ALL NOOTM CAROLINA DAILIES 1 IEIS AID OVULATION.
COULDN'T FOLLOW
f THEIR VICTORY
Say Kruger Favors Uncondi
tional Surrender.
YET’TIS HARD 10 CREDiT
AS KRUGER LEADS AX ATTACK
OX GLENCOE.
SO SAYS A DISPATCH FROM LADY SMITH
Boers in Sweling Numbers Surround Kimber
ly, Wires Cecil Rhodes. Beer
and British Gallantry at
Elands Laagte.
Lotml-on, Oct. 23.—N0 yet re
eedwtl tends to dispel the apprehension
cun-sod tty Lord WolseJey's Hr inf sum
mary cf the sitwattiom. A rietermiritzf mtirg
dispatch says that the censor now iter
mitts iso messages to be sent fnonn- the
front. Other dispatches the
•Boers as boasting that IhwwVee is abso
lutely cart off, and assert that dewpiite the
British victories, tin' situation is still me
certain.
It a i >l **ars certain, however, that the
brilliant \ u-tory at Eliandisliaiayte was pro
ductive of no effect for the relief of Gflent
eoe aard line very reticenlr*' nnd brevity
of Lord Wolseley’s cotnimiumina,t3on arc
only too ominous. It seems to be worded
to prepare the public for Had news and
it is only too likely that General Yule hias
been cvanprilled to abandon the wPa-ulded
wad thopri-Hoowrs ut Dundee hetannse his
force is too weak to hold thle four and a
half ir.vdes separating Dundee from Glen
coe.
Probably General YnSe believes lu* can
better protect DuiwVe from an en-eany ad
mnebng from the northwest by co«ceai>-
trating all his available stremgth at (41en
coe. where there arc 3,500 and batteries.
In Hike meantime efforts will be made
to re-open the railway and to got reiiir
fonc im**i ts froan Ladysmith.
If is expected that Corunna n-dauit Eras
tiMUS has by this time joined commandant
General .Twtibort and that their com
bined columns anuonint.s to siotne
or 11,000 men, whfllc the FVeo Sit ate
Beers, now tiiireatering Ladysmith from
the East and a column reported to lx*
(Miffing through Zululand nnust lie reck
oned with.
In short, General Kir George Kite wart
White has been unahle to follow up his
successes and is obliged to remain at
Ladysmith without being ail le to restore
railway conmmioiiication which is probably
broken at other poi intis liesfides Elamls
laagte. Thru* the enemy, tham.glln tShieir
original plan, which is supflfcsed to have
1 >en ii i -CoSonei (Kiehiiers. failed, may be
fairly credited wtttn having isolated Gen--
era! Yule's brigade and divided the Brit
ish forces its Xatah
Gen»ral Yule may find hintiself in ii
tight place, ricding all his in
Indian and Btmnese fighting to extri
eate himself.
It is cede evident that the War Of
fice has news which Has 4«-cn withheld
from the public. ami if the Kitniation. as
here sketched. Ss conhrmeid. Boeir diivi
si*mbs may be exptx'h d at other frontier
points.
It is regard/d as not impo-S'-ibb* that
General White may yet Im* f-oanqadhal to
ccf« amt rate all the Natal forces at Lady
emfitlh ami await the arrival of tlie ammy
corps.
A dispatch to the Times from Golets
burg. Cu-ix* Colony, says:
“The situation today (iMonduy) is
grave. The -Boers are 550 strong and
will Ik- reinforced from Driekop. Xo de
fence* is ]¥).ssilde. The town guard will
retire on Xaauwpo-ort on the aipix-araim-a
of the enemy.
“The Driekpc force is (*sl:in:Ut(-d .-it
1-*OO men. v,.*> re]suit of the* lighting
at <HeuCoe has Ih-cii placard-oil at Bcfhu
lie. till.* frontier town on tlu* east Ixmdon
line, as a brilliant Boor victory.”
London, Oct. 23.—A special dispatch
from Cmpe T<-wn Sninday, s-a.vs that ad
vices received there ifrten Pre-torfla re
port President Kmg**r as now lx*>ing in
favor of an utneot.ditiena’ surrender. Il
is adkled that, it is exipectetd the exe-cu
tive counci 1 will meet on Monday or
Tuesday to discuss the advisability of
such a step.
Tlw* report, it is stated here, must be
accepted With reserve.
STORY OF ELAXDSLAAGTE.
London, Oct. 23.—The British victories
in Xatal. following each other in quick
succession, though aoeoratpaatied bv
heavy hisses* on the side of the victors.
linar striking testimony to the valor of
the vanquished Boers. They appear to
h-avo fallen victims to the very plain
which they counted on to drive the Brit
ish into tin* sea. They have (been lent
en in detail by counter strokes carefully
considered and brilliantly carried out in
the face of courageous opposition, which
has done much to incrc-a.se British respect
for the burghers, whose splendid valor
and determination, it is -universally ad
mitted, reached the highest level.
Fuller accounts of Saturday's battle at
Eiiamdslaagte emphasize the splendid gal
lantry exhibited on bolth sides, and the
sawpedority of tin* British in a pitched
Hattie, although tin* ll'ootk fought with
the greatest tenacity to the last, only
vielding when further lighting -was hope
less.
An armored train with the men of the
Manchester regimeint. appeared on the
left at Ladysmith, ait daybreak, Siatur
day in support of the Johannesburg im
l>erial light horse and the Natal held ar
tillery, with the object of reopentihg eom
mttnw-ation at Elandslaagte. The artil
lery took up a position albove the town
and shellc-d the railway station, from
which the Boers ran out and, the Brit
ish mtomited infantry entering the place,
released the English prisoners.
The Boers, numlwring some 1,000 men.
with three guns, ot'cupietl a (*oin;nianding
pos-itiion. They potmd such a Well di
rected tire on the British and their
scouts were so active, that the (British
force steadily retired until rei infer co
ntents arrived when tin* mounted infan
try was sent, to drive tin' Boer scouts
from the ridge on the right.
A huge force of |nixed cavalry, in the
meanwhile, swept -over tin* plain and
up the hill (ini the right. Lan-cors were
met with a heavy fusilnde, -AChiih* op tin*
left a British battery opened fire with
good effect.
The British infantry which had debark
ed from tlu* railway train in tin* interim
advanced steadily over the plain and up
the rocky ridge, previously cleared by
flit* cavalry. The Boer artillery dropiwd
shrapnel into tin* advancing eoTmninis. but
tin* British fin-ally sealed flu* hill, whence
they overlooked the broad valley to three
rocky bills, forming tin* Boors’ position,
three camps being ill tin* center. On tin*
left miter the Boers had a battery of
large guns. The smaller hills- were also
strongly held. On the Boer right was
the station in the valley on the British
left.
Tlu* latter’s cavalry was on.ivo-th flanks
and a battery cm the right was Jmisy
throwing shrapnel at the Boers' batteries.
The British Infantry formed for the
attaCK in extended oilier IwhDrtd the brow
of a hill, the Devonslhires on the left with
four companies of the Mamnhesters and
some Oi the Gcaidons on the right.
At about live p. mi. the infantry ad
vanced through the valhy as steady as
on a field day. Ilallif way down the
slope they met a terrific infantry and
artillery fire. 'Flic men fell rapidly and
the wounded were carried to the rear.
But in spite of the steady work of the
Boer guns and the sharp shooters eon
eea-kvi behind the rocks, the increasing
fire of the advancing British infantry
gradually gained the uitper hand, and
Mane lusters at;*l Gordens. edging toward
the right, gained the top of the ridge,
tints outflanking the enemy's left.
At six the bugles sounded the
“charge” and the British swept ahead.
(Continued on Second Page.)
DEAD UNDER THE BEAM
SAD [FATE OF TWO WORKMEN MOVING
TIMBER.
One of Them Killed and Oth°r Fa'ally In
jured by Falling Timber. The In
jured Man Married.
Madison, X. C., Oet. 23.—(Special.)-
While Will Hopper and Riley Pierson
were removing timbers from the new cot
ton mill at Avalon, both were struck
by an upright piece of timber, which kill
ed Opper at once and fatally wounded
Pierson. Pierson is married.
Man Killed Near Marino.
*
Marion, X. C., Oet. 22.—(S|M'cial.)—
Last night at Samuel Weaver’s, two and
a half miles east of Marion, Edward
Turner shot and killed William Pvatt.
The Weaver family, composed of lewd
women, has been giving tin* co mini unity
and courts nmeh trouble. Several
fights have occurred there in tin* past
five months, but none of fatal r(*siilt l>e
l'ore. Sam, the husband and father, a
man of weak intellect, was driven
from home two weeks ago.
The facts of tin* homicide, as I gather
them, are: A woman was talking to
Turner. Pyatt caught her by the arm
and led her away. Turner followed
them, a scuffle ensued when Turner
drew his pistol and shot Pyatt through
the body. The latter fell and died al
most, instantly. Turner has thus far
evaded arrest.
BRYAN IS READY FOR THE FRAY.
He Begins Today his [Two Weeks of
Speech Making in Nebraska.
Lincoln. Neb., Dot. 23. —I'-o-lonellW. .1.
Bryan arrived in Lincoln to-night and af
ter three hours' rest started for S-trows
burg, where he will begun luin two weeks
of ypeeeh-'mokiflilg in Nebraska tomorrow’.
He Said his health was excellent antd hie
was confident of being a foie to conclude
liiis campaign as scheduled. Mr. Br.vaai
said Ms long tour in Nebraska hlul no
sp-cial significance. 'll<* Iriixl in the past
m*gleetcd Jus home K-tate and In* was sim
ply rededmiing iwomSscs of sfieeches miade
long ago.
Horner Scrubs Down Durham.
Oxford. X. C.. Oet. 21.—(Special.)—
In a game of football here today Hor
ner’s second team defeated Durham
Graded School by a score of 21 to 0. The
features of the game were the playing of
Hill. Tnrrentine. Emerson and Arm
strong for Horner, and Summerell for
Durham. Time of halves twenty and
fifteen minutes. Umpire, Keanu; ref
eree, Oldham, and time-keei>er, Britt.
An Aged Embezzler Captured.
TMiimonJd. Va„ <b-t. 23. -John Kelley,
ail aged ’white mail. Charged with em
bezzling at the Cairnegtie Steel AVorks,
Pittsburg, Pa., two wisps’ pay oif Inis
crew of helpers, was arrested' Here today
and leaves toniKM-roiw tnoming tor Pitts-
Hu-rg in c;h'.'irgc of Detective Miilicn rd
that city. The alleged off cause was com
mitted in the 19th of August.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 34, 1899.
VENGEANCE FOR .
FILIPINO STINGS
Major Cheatham Drives them
From Calamba,
ONE AMERICAN KILLED
CAPTAIN GFY HOWARD KILLED
FROM AMBUSH.
AGUINALDO WANTS TO CONFER AGAIN
Otis Replies that a Commission Accredited
to Any Other Tfan the General-in-
Chief of the Insurgent Trotps
Will not be Recognized.
Manila. Oct. 23.-5:50 p. nn —The Su
surgA-nts around Clalnmulbu an«l Angdes
luave liotliercd the Anwricans lately with
their r/ii-etuited attacks which like most
of the Illipiuo attacks, cc.i:w;st of slwoot
ing a lot of aaniiumnition c-nto tlln'ir oipiKt
nents camp from long range. Major
Cheatham's battalion of the Thirty
se-ve-tli inifaintry, tlirec (*»irQ«in,ies of the
Twxiiitj’-tirsit infantry, a battery of the
Fith airtillery arid a Gatling gun sallied
out this nVorning from OahnmuKba, dirinc
the Fil'pinos from thefir treiiirluis ,-md
pursued th-eni for three miles, infiidtiiing
heavy loss on them. One Amerienm was
killed air*l three were wou-ndnl in- the
Twenty-first.
Lien-tenant Fugers with twenty scouts
of tlu- Thirty-sixth regfimenlt, n'comijoiitcr
limg near Lalbno. enco-untercid a party of
mounted Filiphi-os. He killed six off them
a-nld OBQ'iturt'd eight, with ten rifles.
F(«ir mr-Ti- from tlu* gontssit MariveloS
were bmd ashore IK miles from- Iloilo
by a flag (vs tnu-e. and tthe insm-rgetins
killed one them, won ended one. e4i.]itimxl
a third. The giiuiloat was unaild<* to fire
for fear of wounding the Americans.
The second batt ul'ion of tlu* NLneteemtJi
regime-l it. Major Ifceefe ctmMua.ndiing em
barked for U-ciilo to-day to rc-enifone** tlie
troops there. ~
AMERICAN CAPTAIN KILLED.
Captain Guy Howard Ambushed by
Filipinos. Klir e Routes the Foe.
Washington, October 23.—The follow
ing telegram eomfinqiug tlu* report of
the death of Captain Guy Howard was
mieived at the War Department from
General Otis today:
“Manila, October 23rd.
“Captain Guy Howard, Assistant
Quarter master of volunteers, killed yes
terday near Arayat, while on launch
Rio Grande River by concealed insur
gents. His clerk, a civilian, employee
and native wounded. Scouting detach
ment, Thirty-sixth volunteers, encoun
tered insurgents southwest Santa Rita,
scattering them, killing six, capturing
eight and ten rifles. No casualties. Gen.
Lawton operating at San Isidro. The
forwarding of supplies to that |*>int con
tinues attended with some difficulty on
account of lack of transportation, which
will Ik* .supplied soon. Insurgents'South
ern Luzon attacked Calamba. These
were driven off. Xo casualties.
“This morning Kline, commanding at
Calamba, vigorously attacked insurgent
for#e concentrating on his front, routed
them- from trenches mid pu'rsuw-d three
miles. His casualties one private killed,
one corpora 1 and three privates wounded.
Enemy’s loss unknown.”
AGUINAI A X)\S OVERT! RJKIS.
Wasliiingtoni, Oct. 23.—General Otis’
account of the last peace overturn* is, as
follows:
Manila, Oet. 22.
“October 2Hlh message received al An
geles Hinder flag of truce expressed de
sire of Ilonortiblc 1 'resident Agmii-aldo
to send ( (nninission to MaXilla to arrange
(lii'ti-cultics Connected with (Jidi'vcry of
Krmuiwh piiso-ii<*.rs and to d'is<-iLss matter
oil particular character. Reply returned
Chat eoni-iii'isision a* i:*-(!lt(d by any one
oftli-er thtan Gencnal Aguinaldo, General
in chief of insurgent forces could not he
recogniz'd or rcc(*iv(*d. No llaitea* ooa’-
re*4pondericc.”
CASTRO ENTERS CARACAS.
He Meets With a Warm Reception-
All Want Peace.
Caracas, Venezuela, October 25. —Gen-
eral Cipriuuo Castro, the insurgent com
mander, during the recent revolution,
has entered this city. A warm reception
was accorded him. There was no
trouble when Castro arrived and no fear
of renewed lighting is felt, as every
body wants peace without retaliation.
Star Pointer Will Race no More.
Cleveland. 0., Oct. 23. —The famous
stallion Star Pointer has been taken off
the track by his owtiner. W. ,1. White.
The great pacer's h*g will never again ts*
in condition for racing. His trainer. D.
.1. McCil'arj’ has -h(**n released sund Point
er has been pint in the stud at Mr.
White’s t vve-mrlnute villa farm.
IT he Techs Wipsd up by Sawanee. £
Atlanta. Ga., (let. 25. The team from
thk* Georgia Tekimudugi-eal Kk-bool wei**
defeated by tlie iKcwianee eleven, by a
score of 32 to 0.
STRIPPING THE SHAMROCK.
Sir Thomas Lipton Goes to Chicago.
Another Challenge in 1901.
New York, October 23. —-The crew of
the Shamrock began work early this
morning stripping the yacht of her
racing rigging at her berth in the Erie
B nsin. Her topmast was sent down on
deck and then transferred to her storage
lighter, after which her running gear
was unrove and all her sails taken from
the yacht’s hold and transferred to the
lighter. Captain Hogarth said that lie
expected to take the mast off tomorrow
mid to have tin* yacht under jury rig
b.v tin- end of the week.
Tomorrow night Captain Hogarth,
Captain Wringe and Shamrock's crew
will meet Captain Barr and tlu* victo
rious Doer Isle hoys from the Columbia
in Prospect Hall, Brooklyn. A feast
ami general entertainment has been
prepared for the vanquished and the vic
tors by tlu* yacht masters, yacht engi
neers and yacht officers association.
A variety entertainment w ill he provided
after dinner.
Sir Thomas Lipton will go to Chicago
tomorrow. lie has already expressed
his intention of challenging in 1900
as la* does not care to try to get ready
for next year. He will give way, how
ever, to anybody desiring to challenge
before him.
Will Fife, tlu* designer of Shamrock
is still very seriously ill at tlie Fifth
Avenue Hotel. So much is he suffering
from inflammatory rheumatism that a
frame had to Ik* build over his bed to
prevent even tlu* belclothes touching
him. It is said that it is extremely
doubtful if he can return to England
with Sir Thomas Lipton.
A Revolution at Panama.
‘Washington, October 23. —A cable
gram has been received at the State De
partment from United States Consul
Gtidger at Panama stating that a revo
lution has broken out there and that
martial law has been declared.
Murdered his Young Wife and Himself
Bristol. Tenn.. October 23. —At Alley,
Scott county. Ya.. last night, Walker
Davidson shot and killed his young wife
and then shot himself. Davidson is
still alive, with no hopes of recovery.
Drink is said to have caused the crime.
ROGUE MAKES RICH HAUL
/
MRS.STOCKWEIL, AN AM, RICAN, LOSES
VALUABLE JEWELRY.
Her Loss Worth 15,000 Pounds Sterling, That
is to Say Nearly $75,000. She Re
fuses to Discuss the Matter.
London, Oct. 23. —Late this afternoon
it was announced that a sensational bur
glary had taken place yesterday at the
Savoy Hotel, where the room of Mrs.
Stoekwell, widow’ of a New York jeweler,
was entered and robbed, at is understood
of jewelry valued at 10,000 pounds ster
ling and hank notes and other negotia
ble currency to the amount of 5,000
pounds sterling.
Mrs. Stockw r ell has been staying at the
hotel for some time with a nephew.
The apartment was entered while they
w’ere at dinner. On returning to the
room, Mrs, Stoekwell found the door
locked on tlie insidi\ An alarm was
raised and the door forced. The room
was found' empty, but it had been thor
oughly ransacked.
The management took prompt meas
ures, had the hotel doors closed, sum
moned detectives, ami searched all serv
ants and strangers. Nothing, however,
was discovered.
The burglars had escaped, the thick
I'og enabling them to get away.
Several detectives from Bow street
and Scotland Yard are hard as work on
the ease, but thus far there is no trace
of the thieves. Mrs. Stoekwell declines
to discuss the matter.
iXew York. o<*» 23.—Airs. Lorise
Stoekwell, whose linisbaml was vice
president of tin* firm of TSffa-ny until
Cumilpany. is lielieved to have been the
victim of the robbery. During itmaiiuy years
Mrs. Stoekwell made a ecilloelh it r(f jew
el's of great value and stem* of Tiffany’s
moist famous work found tits way fcnito
her coClectkMM*. A di.alirjatnld necklace
worth many thousands was well known.
Slw* usually took thus necklace with
her and it was probably secured by the
thieves.
Tlie Freight Embargo Case.
Washington. Oet. 23.—The United
States Supreme Court toduy granted
leave to the State of Ixmisian-a to file
a bill for un injunction against the
State of Texas prohibiting the enforce
ment of a trade embargo in connection
with the yellow fever quarantine of the
latter State. The question of jurisdic
tion was argued by Attorney Farrar on
behalf of Louisiana and by Attorney
General Sinit.h, of Texas.
To Study War in the Transvaal.
Washington, October 23. —Colonel
Summer, Major Storrey, Captain Slocum
and Captain Gibson have been detailed
to proceed to Soqth Africa and observe
and report upon military operations in
the Transvaal.
Oliver Gray Was Not Lynched.
St. Anne’s, Miss., Oct. 23—The report
that John Oliver Gray had ls**n -ap
tured and lynched was a mistake. Gray
was captured and is now iu jail at Car
thage.
FONSTON STIRSUP
MGR, CHftPELLE
Funston is Densely Ignorant
of Philippine Situation.
OR HE WAS MISQUOTED
THE FRIARS ARE HELPLESS
CHAPELLK DECLARES.
SOME IN PRISON UNDERGOING TORTURES
The Statements Voiced by the to
Church Property do not Represent the
Sentiments of the Whole
People.
Washington!, Oct. 23. ‘Arelibisihop
Cbd pelle, otf New (l-rlcans. Apostolic
Delegate to Cuba, Porto Rico and the
rfliiPilppiucts, today gave out tlie follow
ing statement to The Associated IVess:
“In answer to General Fuustxm’s state
ment, made in am 'address to the stu
dents of Stanford University, that ’lf
Congress would drive out the friars and
confiscate every inch of church property
the Ijottnin would drop out of tlu* insur
rection within one week. The inhabi
tants of Luzon are completely under the
church,’ I deem it proper to make the
following public statement:
“Knowing what I do from, most re
liable authority of General Funstoil’s
broad-mindedness and sense of fairness,
I do mot believe that he has been, quoted
correctly. He may have stated that the
insurgents demand this as a condition of
peace; hurt that he gave them as (has own
sentiments I cannot credit. From my
owm experience I know’ bow easily it is
to be misquoted. All I van say, is, if
General Funston did make this state
ment, he m-atmi-Tested a dense ignorance
of the work dome 'by the religious or
ders in this ardhapelago. On the very
face of it, however, it shows quite plain
ly that it ilad not come from cu** ns well
posted as General Fme-tom should lx* on
affairs’ in Luzon.' 'He is quoted as say
ing:
“ The inhabitants of Luzon are com
pletely under the churdh.’ Now I would
ask 'how earn this he -possible when every
priest (with the exception of a tow na
tives) In the island of Luzon outside of
the walk'd city of Manila is a prisoner
of the insurgents? For the past eighteen
months this state of affairs has existed
and during all this ix-riod more than
three hundred and fifty friars have been
‘Umleirgoing unheard of torture in insur
gent dungeons. This lieing a fact, it is
-hard for me to see how tlw* isAandls can
be ‘under the friars.' It looks to me as
though just the opposite were the case.
That the insurgents have asked as
one of their terms of pesaee the expulsion
of the friars and tlie confiscation to the
insurgents Os all thle ohureih property is a
fact well known: tint we are told by the
Government offifieiais (and I know it to
lx* a fact from other reliable sources),
that -the insurgents represent only one
triiie out of the 85 tribes peojding the
archil tela go, so the sentiments voiced by
tlu* iD'-suirgenfs a lout the friars mid
church prtex’trt.v eannot lx- token as the
sentiisneails ctf tlu* great body of the na
tives, any more than they can be taken
as the sentLincnts of the natives toward
our people and Government.
“Whatever the natives are or have
they owe to the friars. By them they
were lifted out of savagery and brought
under tin* blessed and refining influences
of Christianity. By them they were
educated, not only in tin* schools, but in
the fields and the work-shops; were,
taught by them the very industries
which are now tin* source of their pros
perity. Mr. Peyton, tlw* agent of the
Episcopal Foreign Mission -Association
tells us that ’the natives are the most
moral and religious people on the face
of the globe.’ Now. the men who taught
them to Ik* so cannot be such men as
some narrow-minded people would try
to have us believe. Rev. Dr. Aibeel. a
Scotch Protestant missionary, also tes
tifies that ’nearly the whole population
of the Filipino archipelago has been con
verted to the Catholic faith by tlw*
Spanish monks, and a wonderful im
provement in their social condition has
been tlw* result.'
“He tb.cn goes on to show fhiat if uiuy
uue d'oubts tliiiis cimijjiroveimcmt at can easi
ly be made tnlalnlitfieslt by comparing tin*
Christian native with his iSteitlmm neigh
lx»r of the same blood —the fanatical
Moro.
“As to the oowfisicatiiioin of tlw* estatek,
you might as well talk of rc,wfiisca ting the
cist.iteH (iif the Vanderbilts, the Astors arid
other 'millio'uiiiies whowe (“stab's have,
in the eours** elf years, grown s>o warn -
derfiitly. Thea*i* would be just as niiuch
riglt-t and justice in one ease as in the
other. The estates of the religious or
ders have been acquired in the usual
way by purchase, and in the course of
nearly four centuries (have naturally
grown targe: but if even uuibiasA il Pro
testant witnesses are to lx* credited,
large as they an*, all are u«e<d for the
lietb-rnwmt and upWtrng otf the natives.
“A former British Com-iuj (a Profes
tanit). writing on this subject. Hays:
“ ‘lt was by nw aius of the estates
thiat the t rial's atgrieniltuire and
settled lialbats of life aiinlong triließ ori
ginally nomadic. It wa-s by in,earns of
these esitatcs (hat they got tlwnni to live
in viilllagi's aitfd httrodneeki nnuongst them
the arts of civilized life.
“In a short time I will start for tlw*
Philippines, and I will personally iuves-
PRICE FIVE CENTS
igate all charges made against religious
orders, titles of proix*rty, etc. Until l
have completed my work, 1 would ask
the good iK'ople of the United States
not to la* too ready to swallow as facts
the opinions of gentlemen whose previous
training and lack of opportunities to get
at the real facts do not warrant their
statements concerning tin* Catholic min
isters of religion, the intellectual ca
pacity, the moral and social condition of
the people of tlw* archipelago, to be taken
as undisputed facts by sensible and just
minds.
“I see that it is said that tlw* object of
my visit to the White House on Satur
day was to protest against tlw* looting
and desecrating of the churches in the
Philippines. This was not the case. As
to the looting and desecrating of these
churches. I am informed by a person
whose word I eannot doubt that this
looting was not done by our American
soldiers, but by the insurgents and the
Chinese*.
(Signed) “I*. L. CHA PELLE.
“Archhisliop of New Orleans, Delegate
Apostolic.”
Report of Money Order System.
Washington, Oct. 23.—The annual re
port of the money order system of tlie
Postoffice Department, shows a total is
sue during the year amounting to .$224,-
958,3(13, an increase of $20,354,472 over
last year, Tlie total earnings of the sys
tem aggregating $1,591,038. show an in
crease of $395,004. On these orders a
war revenue tax of $597,880 was collect
ed. There were 4,390 new' money order
offices added and 29,007,870 domesic
and 909,501 international money money
orders issued. The report shows that
while for thirty years past the average
amount of each order has decreased the
average during the past year was $7.28,
an increase of 40 cents over the previous
year.
Woman Brains Another With Hatchet
Albion, 111.. Oct. 23.—Mrs. Michael
Aukenbrand was killed at Kitchen’s
Bridge, near this place, yesterday by
Mrs. A. C. McLane, a neighbor, as tlw*
result of a quarrel. Mrs. Aukenbrand
was returning home from church when
the quarrel started. The two women
were in front of Mrs. MeLanes, and Mrs.
Auekenhrand had a child in her arms,
when her neighbor brained her with a
hatchet.
IT BECOMES tPI DEM 1C
EIGHT NEW CASES OF YELLOW FEVER AT
JACKSON.
There are Eight en Cases there Now Under
Treatment. Fever in the Penitentiary.
Two Cases at Flora.
Jackson. Miss.. Oct. 23.—Eight new
cases of yellow fever are reported :(n
Jackson tonight. This makes a total of
cases now under treatment. The jxi
tients are well scattered over the eJ
and llie State Board If Health issued a
statement tonight, practically declari-mg
fine disease epidemic. Tig* sriatonir'iit fur
ther s>ays that owing to the lateness of
tig* se<His»on it is not likely thiat the infec
tion will spread if dn-tbodiueid at aiwAher
place, but suggests that other towns in
the Mate take such quarantine action as
they deem proper. One of llhe now pa
tients is a Klate douvi'eit niaaned Chit ring
tail. This is the first time in history
that yellow fever has npnx'nredi in the
jK'nitontiary. Fortunately ouilv it dozen
or so of convicts are within t'lie walls.
Dr. Haralson. iu>ilector of the State
Board rt*oirts two cases nt Flora 18
miles Worth of lies*'. Many of til * citi
zens are leaving.
Scottish Rite Masons.
Washington. October 23.—The Su
preme Council of the Scottish Rite Ma
sons (’idled oil President McKinley at
tin* White House today and later (•(in
cluded its bi-ennial session by conferring
the thirty-third degrees of masonry on
till* following members of the order.
District of Columbia —J. Henry Small.
Jr.; Richard B. Nixon, and Ilalbor Nel
son.
Kansas —William Bushy, William
Green, William E. Wilson and F. X.
Hair.
Minnesota —Dr. W. B. Pinee, Jerome
Cooley, Clarence E. Stone and Sheldon
Fraser.
Indian Territory—Daniel M. Holley.
‘Missouri —Pembroke ll’. Flifcraft and
William 11. Brown.
North Dakota—A. C. Mather and
George 11. Phelps.
Tennessee —John B. Garrett.
Wyoming—W. B. 'llieks.
At large—Gen. Thomas M. Anderson,
lowa —Silas Gardner;
Georgia—Dr. A. B. Simmons.
The election to (ill vacancies in tin*
active members of tlie Supreme Council
caused by deaths during the past two
years resulted in the choice of the fol
lowing inspectors general:
Dr. Morris, of West Virginia; Har
per S. Cunningham, of Oklahoma; E.
T. Taulmiann, of South Dakota and
Inspector General Anderson, of Ne
braska.
Vacancies in office were filled by the
election of Frank Pierce, of Colorado,
t<> lie Treasurer General, and James G.
Richardson, of Tennessee to be Lieu
tenant Grand Commander.
Minister of Justice Resigns.
Madrid. October 23. —The Minister of
Justice, Senor Duran, has resigned in
otiiisequeuoe of tin* decision of the Gov
ernment, to suspend the constitutional
guarantees at Barcelona.