The Weather 1 o-Day: RAIN BY NIGHT. The News and Observer. VOL.XLVII. NO. 69. lbw ill north aMLiIIiOM I news amp ct/ jUUTiom. THE AMERICANS LEO OUT TO BE SHOT When Aguinaldo Interposed and Saved Them. THE STORY OF GILLMORE Ag TOLD BY SONNEXSH El X, AX ESCAPED PRI SON Ell. EFFORT TO KEEP FILIPINOES IN SOUTH Whereabouts of the American Generals. Cordon F.xim San Fabian to San Isidro. MacArthur .Prepares For a Clean Sweep. Aguin aldo’s Mother at Manila. Manila, I Km*. 1. —{Friday—12:50 A. M.)—When the landing party from the United States battleship Oregon, under Lientenant Commander McCraekin, took the town of Yigan, Province of South lloeos, last Sunday, they found then* an escaped prisoner. A. L. Son nettsheiu. who furnished the first au thentic account of the experience of Lieutenant James C. tiilinore. of the United States gunboat Yorktown. who, with a party of the Yorktown. was caje lured by the insurgents near Boiler, on the East Coast of Luzon, last April, while making an examination of the mouth of the river in an armed boat. Mr. Somienshein was imprisoned at Afcxa for a long time with Lieutenant Gilmore and seven sailojv. but contrived to escape carrying a concealed note, written in naval cipher. dat«sl Abra. Xw vende r 19th, addressed to "Any Xattl Officer."’ and saying: "You may have perfect crarafidem-e in auythiug the bearer says.”’ Tin* note was signed "Gilmore." Ac cording to Mr. fSonnensheil}, when Lieutenant Gilmore's launch entered the river, front Baler harbor, under cover of Ensign W. 11. Standley’s gun. the landing was received with three volleys. Two of the Americans were killed and two mortally wounded. Every man was hit. Lieutenant Gilmore receiving a flesh wound in the leg, and his foot stuck fast in the mud. It was a choice between surrender ami being slaugh tered. Lieutenant Gilmore asked the term* of release. The insurgents pro posed that lie should procure the deliv ery to them of the arms ami munitions of the Spanish garrisons, undertaking, if this were accomplished, to send the Spaniards and the Americans to the Yorktown. A sailor of Lieutenant Gil more's party carried this proposition to the garrison. The Spanish command ant replied that it was an insult to Spanish arms, and expelled the sailor, a Spanish soldier, tiring upon him as he went. The Americans were then hound hand and foot and taken to San Isidro, where General Luna ordered their execution. They wore marched to the plaza, and in the presenec of a great crowd, were aligned to be executed. Lieutenant Gilmore said: “Aw am American officer and gentle man, I protest against being shot with my hands tied.” , Aguinaldo interfered and prevented the execution. When General Lawton ap proached Han llsidro last dune the Americans were removed to Abra, where they were kept <*ontiiiod in cells for two months. Subsequently they were allowed liberty, but the report that Lieu tenant Gilmore was given a bouse and servant is untrue. He had the same quarters as the men. and it he Ameri cans were given the same ■allowance as the Spanish prisoners—live cents a day with which to buy rice and bananas, virtually the only rations. General MacArthur is now in Bay am bling (or Bay a m bunt preparing to sweep tin* country on lioth sides of the Manila Da gup an Railroad. General Wheaton is at San Fabian and General Lawton nt Tayug. 'l'he cordon from San Fabian to San Isidro covers all the roads and occupies all the towns on the line. The Ameri can policy is to prevent any more in surgents escaping to the north and 1 to force them toward the country west of the railroad. Major March, with » imraiiou of the Thirty-third infantry. Ge*up»* Vigan. The remainder of the regiment is on ihe way. General Young, with a handful of cavalry and the Macabubis. is in Vigan. and Lient-Col. Howze, with tour d»ci nv'ed com panic* of the Thirty fourth infantry, barefooted and fagged, is struggling toward Vigan ft.mi Aliaga. When last reported he was wii.hin fifty ntfh-s of his destination. There are 5,(100 Spanish prisoners in Abra Province, whose release through the military • iterations is exp cited root. It is learned that Aguinaldo had a large amount of stores at Bayombong, Province of Xneva Vizcaya, which Gen eral Lawton's troops have probably cap tured. The stteamer Francisco Reyes has taki-n a cargo of supplies to Dagupan, where a base will be etc*)bUshed. Hos pitals have been equipped- at San Isi dro, Cabanatuau and Tayug. Many of the American troop* are suffering from exhaustion, fever or dysentery, and are in mid of 1 Hospital fir atm nt. <'aptflJti Fowler's march after General Alcjandrino's brigade, w tii one company < f the Thirty-third regiment was one of the bravest incidents of the war. Tin company left Dagupaai alone, under or ders to locate vhc enemy. Captain Fowler had Imm n warned by the natives that he and his men would be extertnfranted. The guides deserted them beforeManga 1 aren was reached. AH of Alcjnnd.inn’s artil lery was focussed ii]K)n the main street, along which, the Americans advanced. The gums were manned by Spaniards who said afterward that they had fired over the heads of the Americans ns tihey desired that the latter should win, hoping thus to gain their own freedom. Major Johnston, of General MacAr thur’s staff, brought here by special t aiu Clmribian. Seen tary of The Treasury n the so-called Filipinb Government, and Mariana Lin Gap. a Chinese half-breed, director of railways and post of tin s, both of whom surrendered, in Bayambaug, with thtSir families and servants. AGI ’IXU LI JO’S M (>TI l Ell. Manila. Dec. I.—(Friday, 12:50 a. m. - Agu Iran Ido's mother has arrived' here and has been given shelter by ’Settor Le gatee, «. prominent amigo, who was ’Secretary of tlie Treasury before the outbreak and avho resigned when it came. It stems that Bueneniraino’s .party took refuge in a bandit village, which had offend A grain* kl a am asylum, intending to sell him to the Americans. The ban dits assassinated half of Btiencamino’a guard ami propos'd to ki*e*p Agumaldn/s mother for ransom. THE CREW OF THE URDANETA. Further Details of Their Fate in a Cablegram from Watson. Washington, Nov. 30.—A dispatch to the Navy Department from Admiral Watson at Manila, recemsl today gives additional details of the fate of the crew of the gum-boat Urdanefa. which was attacked and destroyed by insur gents some time since. The dispatch folloAvs: “Manila, Nov. 30. “Oregon's force turned over Yigan to portion of Wheaton’s command on 28th. Returned here with one hundred and sixth recaptured Spanish prisoners. Taking of Yigan creditable to naval force. Coxswain Green® and Appren tice Powers of Urthmeta’s crew es caped insurgents, reijiorted ora flagship. Report Cadet Woods mortally wounded; died fifteen incmites. Mitchell, Drraav ujond, Stone and Grey killed outright. Bodies of Wood and Grey oidy recov ered. Buriul place unknown; will «#• >leaver to locate.-. Farley. Herbert and Prarke alive and well October 30th. Present whereabouts mi known. T’rdati eta fougilt till gnus failed; made gal lant fight, date September 17th.’’ THE FIGHT AT PAVIA. Manila, Nov. 30.—10:10 p. nk) —Dis- patches just received from Iloilo, Island of Panay, Mv that at one o’clock on the evening of Sunday, November 20th, the Eighteenth regiment encountered an en trenched force of the enemy n't Pavia, who ojieited a heavy fire. The leading battalion replied, and after several vol leys the Nineteenth flanked the Filipinos, driving them out of their trenches. The enemy retreated to the mountains. At the beginning of the fight one captain and one private of the Eighteenth were killed. SUCCESSOR TO SETTLE. 63 Ballots and no Election. Chicago and Louisville Platforms Affirmed. -Frankfort, Ky., Nov. 30.—The Seventh district Democratic Congressional Con vention convened today to elect a sue-* eessor for the late Congressman Settle. John It. Allen, of Lexington, and 'June W. Gayle are tin* two leading candidates with J. It. Julian, of Frankfort, \ strong third. The convention which Avas expected to sound the aranti-elestiou key-note for the Goebel Democracy, as well as to nominate a candidate to succeed Evan Settle, deceased, convened at 2 o'clock, but owing to a tie rap in the Committtee era Resolutions, it accomplished nothing this afternoon. The hitch m the com mittee arose over the question, of re affirming the phi,tform of the LouisA'ille Convention at. which Goebel was nomi nated. Two members of the Committee on Resolutions, who objected to the reaf firming of the Louisville platform gave in. and resolutions reaffirming ls>th the Chicago platform of 189<> and the Isniis- A’ifle platform, together with denuncia tion of Governor Bradley for calling out the militia on election day, were adopted. ,At 10:30 o’clock 47 ballots had been taken but no nomination had been made. The vote stood: Alien, 29; Gayle, 23; Julian, 20; Moody, 20. Necessary to a choice, 48. The convention adjourned at 10:49 until tomorrow, having taken. 03 bal lots Avithout making a nomination. Victims of the Paterson Wreck. New York, Nov. 30. —The bodies of the six Iversons killed in last night’s Avreck on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, were positively identified today. Those killed were: ALEXANDER CRAIG, of Scranton. I’a., business manager of the Scranton Tribune. ESTHER S. CRAIG, his wife. ESTHER OIIA'IG, their 13-yeur-old daughter. JESSE CRAIG, their 11-year-old daughter. MRS. MAY BEItT ROE. wife of David Roe. of Ithaca, X. Y. WALTER JACOB WA LB ROOK, 19 years old. of New York city. * Mr. Walbrook was a student at Cor nell. The accident wiped out the Craig farai ily. Tky were on their way to spend Thanksgiving with relatives in Brooklyn. All of the injured persons -in the hos pitals at, Paterson are doing well and it is believed that all of them \\ill re covet. . „ .. _ . JAußJit RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY MORNING, DECEMBER 1, 1899. THE HIGH HOPES OF MO, CHAMBERLAIN On the Alliance Between Fng land and America, EXPLAINS USE OF TERM THE ALLIANCE MAY BE WRIT TEN OR UNDERSTOOD. A GUARANTEE OF THE WORLD’S PEACE Mr. Chamberlain Thinks That a Triple Alli ance, the Parties Being Great Brita : n, the United States and Germany, Is Most Desirable. London, Nov. 30. —Joseph Chamber lain, the Secretary of State for the Col onies, in a speech, at a lunched at Leicester today, said that ever since the great split in the liberal party he had found himself a mark for the slan ders and misrepresentation# of “the baser sort of politicians,” but that he had found compensation in the generous appreciation of the majority of his coun trymen. Continuing Mr. Chamberlain said lie was deeply gratified that the foreign il lations of Great Britain were so satis factory and he asserted that the cO'in* try owed a debt of gratitude to Lord Salisbury for the great improvement in Great Britain’s position. ; It Avas espe cially gratifying, he said, to note the friendly relations existing between the Anglo-Saxon, branches, saying that the understanding between the United States ad Great Britain was indeed a guarantee of the peace of the world. This statement Artis greeted with cheers. The world, he asserted, was not *g3v erued entirely by interest. Sentiment was one of the greatest factors. Refering to the attacks of the for eign press, Mr. Chamberlain said those neAvspitpers had not even spared “the almost sacred person of the Queen.” This, continued the speaker, provoked natural indignation, “which mpy have serious consequences if one neighbors do nut mend their ways.” An outburst of cheering greeted this threat of the Colonial Secretary. It was a matter for congratulation. Mr. Chamberlain asserted, that the worst of these “disgraceful attacks" did not appear in the German paja'is. Dealing with the attitude of the for eign relations, Mr. Chamberlain said: “I rejoice, and it is perhaps natural, for I have taken a personal interest in the matter, in the friendly feeling which 1 hope is now permanent between the two great branches of the Anglo- Saxon race. I have so many friends in the Uraitd States, almost as many as l have here, and I can conceive of no greater disaster to tin* two countries than to find themselves hostile to each other. Yet I remember, when I first, visited America, my surprise and as tonishment at tlu* evidence given me by statesmen and politicians and in articles in the press of constant suspicion of the objects of Great Britain, constant doubts as to her integrity and a generally un favorable estimate of our prospects and character. ’’This ill-feeling was due, no doubt, to many causes, due to the fact that the United States has never lieen ar war with any great power but England, due to theirNtraditiows, extending over a century, due to a feeling that the sympathy of Great Britain was not with them in their Civil War, and to the general belief that the people of Great Britain Avould see with satisfac tion any harm that might befall them. “It appeared to me almost useless to contradict these mistaken opinions. But what the asseverations of states men could not do was done by the sym pathy avc Avere able to give when the United States found itself the object of tin* suspicion which has so often accompanied our own transactions Avhen engaged in a war of justice against oppression, a war in favor of civilization and good Government. Our action pro veil to th<* Americans that we Avere imbed one inople, of the same thoughts and guided by the same principles. The assurance that was given them in the course of the Spanish War will, 1 be lieve, never la* forgotten, and has placed our relations in art admirable position. The union, the alliance, if you please, the understanding between these two great nations is indeed a guarantee of the peace of the world. But there Is something more which I think any far seeing English statesman must have long desired, that avc should not remain permanently isolated from the continent of Euro|H*. and I think it must have ap peared evident to everybody that the natural alliance is between ourselves and the German Empire. We have had ■our differences, quarrels and conten tions, but they have all been about liett.v matters. These difficulties have been gradually removed, until now 1 cannot conceive that any point • an ar’rae in the immediate future which can bring ourselves and Germany into an tagonism of interests. On tin* contrary. I can foresee many things in the fu ture Avhich must cause anxiety to the statesmen of Europe, bill in which our interests are clearly the same as Ger many’s and in which the understanding of which I have spoken in the ease of America, might if extended to Germany, do more perhaps than any combination of arms to preserve the peace of the World.” A new triple alliance, bet ween the Teutonic race and the tAVO great branches of the Anglo-Saxons, Avould, said the Colonial Secretary, be a potent influence in the future of the Avorld. The speaker explained that lie used the word “alliance,” brat it mattered little whether they had an alliance committed to paper or ‘an understanding which existed in the minds of the statesmen of the respective countries.” A determination in every ease to look for favorable motives upon the part of those with whom friendship was desired would be an enormous ad vantage to both the nations concerned and others. HE PUT SPRAGUE TO SLEEP. Teddy McGovern, Champion Bantam weight of the World, W ins Easily. Hartford, Conn., Nov. 30. —Terry Mc- Govern. champion bantam-weight of tbe world, made short work of Eddie Sprague, of Streator, Ills., this afternoon at the Nutmeg Athletic Club, disabling him in less than on*» minute in the sec ond round. He practically disposed of his. men in the first round, ii-hen after a fierce exchange of blows McGovern landed a heavy bloiv on Sprague’s solar plexus that laid him on the floor. Sprague went down three times in tlie first round, slipping once and re maining down another time until eight seconds aa ere called off. For the re mainder of the round he managed to keep away from McGovern. Sprague landed two hard bloAvs on McGovern, otic of them on the jaw which staggered Terry. In the second round McGovern sailed ih with right and left swings on Sprague, the latter finally going down and remaining on the floor until counted out. He had to be assisted to his cor ner. RESTRICT REPRESTENTATION. Bill With Which Crnmpacker Would Rain Blessings on the Sonth. Wshiragton. Nw. 30. —’Representative Edward D. < Yuirapnckcr. of Indiana, a •member of Election Uommittee No. 3 ira the last Ctengrev#, arrivul in Was’v angton today and i citi rated his intention of pressing for legislative action at the ooiuioK session o* Ccugsretrs a bill to - restrict the ‘repre-eutatiosi of the Souih •ern States to the votes actually east in the Congressional elec+irais. “I believe the enactment of such a lw.” said Judge Cln in quicker. “would tie one of the greatest blessings that <-onld hapi»en to the South. Their local jioHtical interests would be offset by a desire fur a large representation ;u the Electoral College, and there would lie a tendency 'toward granting what would lie fair. I do not forget that the race problem of the ‘South cannot be remedied by legislation. We cannot legislate brains for the ignorant negro. The racial question is one that must lie solv ed by gradual development of the negro race, but the eonditicus should In* mask' equal for all voters,/ NO PART IN THE CONTEST. Bryan Neither Favors Nor Opposes Any Candidate For Speakership. Austin. Tex.. Now 30.—AV. J. Bryan's attention having been called to a re port from Washington that it was hint ed there that lie av«s inclined to fa vor the nomination of SuJzer for Speaker by the Democratic Congressional con tingent, expressed himself as follows oil the matter: "I have not said or written anything for or against a;uy candidate fer Speak er. 1 haA-o not takin any part hi the ecu test and shall not. The Democrats in Congrtvs art* entirely competent to •settle the question of leadership for themselves, and I hnve no doubt that tlu* caucus will make a wise selection." Naptha Launch’s Long Voyage. IVnsncola. Fla.. Nov. 30.—The Nap tha yacht Zebu, of NeAV Orleans, .i 2 feet long, having on board (’apt. E. W. Detuning and his two daughters, ar rived here this evening after an event ful journey of <5.(H)7 miles. The Zebu left New Orleans on July Bth, went rap the Mississippi river and tributaries to the great Inkps, therice through the Erie canal to the Hudson and doAvu to New York. The party sailed down the Atlantis coast and around the Flori da peninsular into the Gulf of Mexico ami u]i to this city. Contiug through the inland passage of Fast Pass on Novem ber 24th, the yacht Avas blown high and dry on the beach. After hard work the Zeba was floated ora Thursday last. She will sail tomorrow noon for Noav Orleans. Race to the Philippines. Washington, Nov. 30.—The cruiser Noav Orleans has arrived at Colombo on her way to Manila. This brings her up to the cruiser Brooklyn* for the first, tinn* since their ocean race to the Phil ippines began. The Brooklyn arrived at Colombo yesterday and will coal probably in time to get away ahead of the New Orleans. Tlu* latter has been gaining or late, how caw, and has bet tered her position by two days against the Brooklyn since leaving Aden. At this rate the iiwlieatiieaiH are that the .Wav Orleans will lie the first to ar rive at Manila. Garland Gutted by Fire. Garland. Texas, Nov. Bi).—Fire tonight destroyed tin* business part of the town. It started in tin* News office ami binned two dry goods stores, three groceries, bank, drug stores, the postoffiee, two barber sin ps, a saddlery > ore and a number of other buildings, The loss will be heavy. THE WAR OFFICE IN LONDON BESIEGED Waiting in Agonized Sus pense for Casualty Lists, GEN. METHUEN WOUNDED IT IS MERELY A FLESH WOUND IN THE THIGH. GEN. JOUBERT RETREAT'S TO COLENSO It is Said He is Hurrying Back to Oppose the Advance of Col nel Baden-Powell. A Boer Reverse at Weenen. Loudon, Nov. 30. —The bank late has risen from five to six i>er cent and there is great excitement in the city. Today 1 icing pay day, the stock exchange mar ket Avas unusually active. The scenes at the War Office today were distressing. Crotvds have gathered since early morning, among them wo men dressed in the height of fashion with pale, anxious faces, touch the el bows with their poorer sisters from the East end as they ask, trembling, for some- news from the front. It is ru mored that a rough estimate of the losses it already received at the War Office but so far no information is given out. GENERAL METHUEN WOUNDED. Isimion, Nov. 30.—1 tis officially an nounced that General Methuen was among those wounded at the battle of I Modder River. General Methfuen, it developed biter. ! Avas slightly wounded by a bullet winch I inflicted a fleeh wound in. the thigh. I Lieutenant I.sutg, of the Second York | shires, is raifothev officer killed. Ten j offUmts were wounded. The War Office today makes public I the following dispatch from the offi cers commanding at Cape Town under date of November 29th: “Kimberley all Avell to November 23d. Rail and telegraph open to Modder River. Gataere reports November 28th that the situation is unchanged.” The office has received the following dispatch from General Braller dated Pietermaritizbrarg, Wednesday, Novem ber 29th: “Mitchell, a telegraphist. has just made his way out of Ladysmith to Weenen. wltenetj he sends the following message: “On Nov. 9th we beat liack the Boers with great loss to tin* enemy. The total casualties Avere remarkaoly small. Then* were only eight men killed during the siege by shells, and hi ail the battles, etc., only a. hundred men have lieen kill .ed or wounded. “ T left Ladysmith the night of XV vemlier 25th. Since November 9th no attempt has been made to attack Lady smith in force.’ "’ The War Office lias received from the general commanding at Oa]ie Town the following: » "Received from Mix’d* r River No vember 30th: “Killed, staff. ■Colonel, H. P. N'orth eott; Second (’oldstreams. Lieutenant Colonel H. R. 'Stopford: Captain S. Earle. “Wounded, artillery/ Major IV. Lind say; Captain Farrell: Lieutenant Dim lop: Lieutenant. Frarso. Third; Grene diers. Major Count. Gleiclien: Lientenant the Honorable E. 11. Lyger. Cold Streams. Lieutenant Viscount Aeheson. Medical Co*nw*» Captain C. A. Moor®. “The casualties among the officers of the Ninth brigade and' the men of the division will follow.” JOUBERT FALLS BACK. Fsteourt, Monday, November 27. The Twelfth Lancers are repoirted t<» have attacked Piet Retiet’s force at Weeneii and to have inflicted great loss on the Boers. General HiblyaivTs tiawips bivoiuieked last >niiglit at Frere. Two Boers have been captured. One of them, a dor ter. entered the British camp under the belief it was a Boer bivouac. General .Torabert is reporteil to have retreated to Colon,so yesterday byway of Ovieveley. He travelled in an Aninii bus drawn by six horses. It is rumor ed that he is hurrying back to oppose ( N ilonel B a deal-Bowel 1 . Two b/stcourt trains arrived at Frerc last evening. There is great rejoicing at the opening of the line. Boor prisoners report General Hi* - yard’s night attack with cold steel paralyzed tin* burghers, whose loss avhs thirty killed aunt lover a hundred wounded. HEAVY BOER LOSSES. Orange River, Nov. 27. —(Monday.)— Poor prisoners here rejxirt that tlu* num ber of Boers killed at Beliiwwnt is lie lie veil to be 140, and at Gras Pan 400. Among the prisoners aix* several with enormous wl crosses ora their sleeves. It is ’reported that they fought with the artillery. SHE LLI NtG ()F I>A I WS.MI TIL London, Dec. I.—(Friday.)—The Times publishes the following dispateh from Frere, Natal, dated Monday, November 27 th: "Dulysmith was bea\ily lionJbarded toiluy.” Political reform may be all right, but ixditieam corruption lias the advantage of age uudp experience. PRICE FIVE CENTS CONDITION OF MANAUENSE. 91 Reported A No. 1, Amply Provisioned, Fully Manned When She Sailed. Washington, Nov. 30.—The Quarter master Gegicnil has received a detailed report by telegraph from Lieutenant Colonel (). F. Long, in charge of the traivsport service at San Fraraeieo, mi the transport Mananense, which recent ly arrived at Manilla after undergoing hardships in a Pacific typhoon. The re port which Avas requested because of the statements of the unfitness of the ves sel for transport service, is as follows: “San Francisco, November, 29th. “Transport Manauense sailed October 25th for Manila, auu Honolulu. Capacity 28 officers .and 530 enlisted men. Car ried 17 officers and 380 enlisted men. She was inspected by Captain Metcalf, surveyor of Lloyd’s register, who offi cially reported vessel ‘in good order and condition when she left this port, both in hull and machinery.’ She is classed ;« number one, star one. Lloyd’s. Also was thoroughly inspected, here by Treasury Department inspector of hulls and boil ers, Avho reported her in excellent condi tion. Official reports of these officers are on file ami recorded. “Treasury officials would not allow any unsea worthy ship to leave port. Maneuense was provided with all life saving apparatus, even more than Treasury Department regulations re quired. Her crew under ordinary cir cumstances numbers 32 men. *She ac tually carried from San Francisco a crew of 40 men. which fully met re quirements of Treasury officials. She carried 55 days provisions for 400 en listed men and wan provisioned for crew and army officers by agents of vessel for 160 days. Besides, she hail in her hold 000 tons measurement of bacon, flour, canned goods and other commissiry sup plies. Manauense was also thoroughly insqxKti'd by Colonels Garlington and Maus. Inspector General, and by Cap tain Bameson, Marine Superintendent ami by other transport officials. Lieu tenant Colonel Hayes also frequently inspected transport previous to depar ture. All were satisfied. The ship met Lloyd’s requirements', which are highest kuown among shipping people “Hie vessel made an average speed of 10 knots from Honolulu to Manila. Had her machinery lieen seriously impaired she certainly couhl not have made the iHstance covered in the time she (lid. I believe, and all our officials conaected with the transport service here concur, when Mamnense left here she was i>er feetly seaworthy, fully mu mud and amply provisioned.” Colonel Ballinger, in charge of the transport service hen*, said it seemed clear that the utmost vigilance had been used by everyone connected with the inspection of transports at Han Francisco, and as the commissary branch had also shown the care used by them, such hardships as had occurred must be attributable to the elements, against which no amount of care could prevail with absolute assurance. Offi cers here had received Honolulu newspa pers showing that the M.immense was all right when she arrived rhere. so that the trouble must have occurred between Honolulu and Manila. NEGRO INDUSTRIAL HOME. A Great Work for Negro Boys and Girls Inaugurated. Columbia. S. C„ Nov. 36.—A great work for uplifting negro children was inaugurated today when “The South Carolina Industrial Home” for negro Ixijs and girls was dedicated. This undertaking was started last April by Rev. Richard Carroll, a negro Baptist preacher, late Chaplain Tenth immuncs. The home is designed to give negro waifs a rmtinrentary and Christian edu eation: to teach them habits of # tidh\*>s in household work and of thrift in farm work or a*t tin* lathe yr bench. Tuske gec, Booker Washingtt n’s school. docs for the grown negro what Carroll pro poses to do for children, Carroll last siring received a dona tion! from Judge E. 11. tittle, of Bloom field. Pa. With this he bought Carpen ter Heights, the former homestead cf Judge D. A. Carpenter, near this city. In August while at Xorthfleld Sun.nu r School. Carroll ro<*eivcd a donation from Mrs. ,T. Lewis Crazier. of Upland, Pa. With this he bought Albemarle, a tract of 226 acres adjoining Carpenter Heights. But 25 children can la* accommodated mow. There will be four teachers, two of them nurses, one sustained by the Woman's Baptist Home Mission Society of Chicago. 'Several waifs are main tained by Southern white friends. The rooms were furnished by white friends and w'a.gonis, horses, etc., have been donated. Mr. Julius 11. Walker. Vice Presi dent of the Central Xatiional Bank of this city. 4s treasurer. Carroll hopes in the next few months to establish a training school for colored nurse* amd to build a home for superannuated col ored ministers. Lippincott’s Plates Saved. Philadelphia, Pa.. Xov. ‘lO. —It was learned today that with few exceptions, the valuable electrotype plates stored in vaults in the J. B. Lippiucott Com pany's building were not damaged by the tire which yesterday destroyed that pub lishing house. Secretary Mortimer of the company, said that this (means a salvage of be tween SIOO,OOO ami $150,000. With theite plates saved, the loss on the contents of the building may be rightly estimated at $300,000. The Imilding is valued at I $150,000. The only plates of importance that were in a<*tual services ami were de stroyed are not numerous. Among them are Dacostus “Idiagnosis' ’ anal Anne 'Hollingsworth’s “Salons Colopial and Republican.”