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VOL. XVII. RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1899. SO. 25. W&m STHDT mo unuE ULI.LI U Uinil IUU IIUillL Ho Will Go Directly to mont Home. HU Vcr. HE DEPARTS FROM MANILA- duns Boom, DaaJs Play and Sailors Cheer hoens of Caps l eft Bobbin on the Water in tli c Wckc of t!i Departing Olwiipia. .lAMf.A, i.y .aiie. llio cruiEor (lvni.iu, v it !i Adiuirnl Dcwev cn 1 M ... I ((.ml, left licre on Ltr homeward jour- ii oy to the l nitcd States at 4 o'clock J-ntunluy afternoon. As sho stcoincd piwnv t ho Oregon, Baltimore aud Con- ronl fired an adcairul'tt ea'nto. At the lift Flint tbo hand cu tho thgship's nfter deck played hvu! y air Bud her white clal Bailors crowded 'l.o tlurkd and i;nve a tro nioudijiiu cheer. As tho Olytnpia pass- i'd tho OrcyoD, tho crew of that. battle- ilnp nave nine chcor;fur the Olympia, 1 !. ... who r B onueu ny throwing their cap o lii'h that doonn of iliera wero left I'l'hl.in iu tho wnko of the cruiser. I lieu followed tho uuisest linlf hour know u iu this li ni hor niuco tho battle nlncli linked its isnruo with that of Powt v. Tho din of tuns aud brasa Und echoed through the nuoke, a fh-et f steam Iauuchos nhrikcd their whittle, tho musicians cf tho Haiti moro played "Homo, Sweet I funic," her lU;,' signaled "( lood-Rye," and those of tli Oregon raid 'Plcnpant Voyage. I ho merchant vessels in thoso waters (lii ei( thoir Hug., tho ladies on the ilei'liH of tho vessels of tho ileet waved handkerchief.", nnd tho Kreut, black I'.ntish cruiser Powerful, wh'ch lay tho furthobt out, F.alutod tho Olympia. I ho latter a l aud then played "(Sod Nino tho (vuecD," and to tlm the crew of tho Powerful responded wi'.h hearty cheers for the Dlynipia. The last music heard from Admiral Dewey's ship was "Auld Lang Syne,"vhiIothoguns from tho forts at Cavite and from tho Mon terey, on guard eft Puranaque, too far to he audible, puffed white clouds of Muuke. The Olympia wai disappear ing past Cnrrogidof Island wbeu a bat tery before tho Waited City spoke Ma nila a last word offiircwoll. A New Memorial Association, t'or.fMr.fs, ()., Special. A number f f the Southern delegates to tho Ohio Water-Works Association, accompanied by a party of ex-Union and ex-Confed- trate soldiers, visited tho cemetery at Camp Chase, where '2,000 Confederate dead are buried, aud tho result was the organization of n memorial association having for its object tho promotion of frntornnl feeling between tho North aud South. Tho following temporary rdhcera wero choseu: Rev. John Hewitt, of Columbus, president; General Waltor Payno, of Fostor:a, Tire president; Mayor Sauiuol Swartz, of Columbus, secretary, nnd Col. W. II. Knauss, of Colutnbn?, treasurer. A permanent organization will be clTecled at tho Confederate memorial exercises in this city next mouth. The Rtina Mercedes Sighted. Cai'E Henry, Vn. , Special. Captain (iiay, of Big Kinnakett Life Savins Station, 10 miles north of Ilaterm, ro- ports a largo cruiser in tow of two tng with another tug followiug, passing lm station bouad' North, at 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon. Tho tugs wero o! a lark color and carried two masts each. no . i . lue cruiser vas rninteu white anc carried two masts and two sniok tadv. Tho vessels wero too far of hove to signal, but tho cruiser is pro sinned to ba tho Koina Mercedes. Tb Mercedes will reach quarantine at Fisherman's Island early Mondaj morning nnd unless the crew has i clean bill of health from Santiago.thej wilt bo detained there tire davs before coining into Hampton Roads. A 5i Southern Combination, Know ii.r.K, Tksn., Special. A con solidation of Southern steel and iron and railroad interests, which will be reorganized with a capital of $!, l'Oit.000, lias been practically complet ed. The syndicate is headed bv capi talist, interested iu tho Virginia Iron, ' cd and Coke Co. President (ieorge I. Carter, of the latter com ran y, has been working on tho consolidation fchome for tho past twelve months. Asked to Recognize tits Expositio-, l!mr,iELrHiA, Pa., Special. Gov ernor Stono has rent to tho Governor of all the States of the Union, a letter requesting that they officially recognize the Xatioual Export Exposition, to be held hero next fall, asking that they invite tho various industries of their States to take part in it. Worsted Yarn Trust. Capital $50,000,000. Philadelphia, ra., Special. Tho Itecord says: "The worsted yarn trust, to be known aa tho united States Worsted Yarn Company, with a capital of .0,000,000, is practically nn assured fact, and oil that remains to be done is the matter of formal organintion. Negro Desperado st Bay. Washington, D. C, Special. Hum phrey Taylor, a negro suspected of the Rosenstein murder, at Slidell, Md. hot and killed Police Sergeant Fritz 1 assau, wounded Policeman Gow, snd kept a posse of a half dozen officers at lay from tho loft of a house for nearly two hours. Dozens of vjots were ex changed between the officers aud the fugitive, who only surrendered when l reparations were made to burn the premises. Filipino Commissioners Arrive. Manila, By Cable. Two military and two civilian iilipino commission- r, appointed to co-operate with three citizens of Manila, in negotiating terms of peace, arrived hore at 8:13 a. m. Sat urday, lhey nave submitted no new proposition, but want an armistice. ponding the session of tho Filipino t.oogres. Major General Otis has -re- lused to entertain the proposal. Rv. Dr. Edward Everett Halo has i .signed tha pastorate if the South Cougrsgational church, in Boston, af ter a ssrvics oi forty-three years. SOl'THER.N COTTON SP1MERS MEET, An ,mPfnt Gtttaeriojrof Mill Men at Lharlctte. iue inira annual utHnn "oatbern Cottoo HDinner' mei in Charlotte last Thursday. There were over iuv prominent cotton mill men in attendance, representing rf ecction of the South, while a nnmbor of commission men froja Northern cit ies were a4o present. A boot fiftv new members were elected. Thia one of tho most successful and UroW attended convention yet held by the nrnuciaiion. Tbo meeting was called to order by President D. A. Tomnkino. hn dressed tho Association as follws: An association of mannfrtnrra should bo founded npon the basis of a fentiment einressed bv Robert Y. Hayne, who speaking npon the subject of n rtwlUilroad said: 'I know of nothinc excent t!i Christian religion that can be com pared with the influence of a free so cial and commercial intercourso for softening asperities, removing preju dices, extending knowledge and pro moting numan Happiness.' llio purpose of this association is to promote free social and commercial intercourse. It is no part of its rmr. pose to uudertako any sort of control of the bUfeintHS of its mtmtora Whatever actions may be taken will relate to geueml subjects as for ex ample, freight rates, export trude. and such like subjects. Chambers of Com merco and Boards of Trade exist in all parts of tho world to bring about co-operation of special manu facturing interests for the general benefit of the interests represented. These organizations do not undertake to control businesses of individuals oi corporations, and yet legislative bod ies in this country and abroad confei with these organizations as to propel legislation relating to trade and man ufacturers. " At tho afternoon session the follow ing oflicers wero elected for the en suing year: President Dr. J. II. McAden.Char- lotte. Vice President J. F. Verdery, An- gusta, Ga. Secretary and TreasurerGeorge B. Hiss, Charlotte. Mr. E. II. Sanborn, representing the National Manufacturers' Associa tion, delivered a lecture before the Spinners' Association. He told how tho United States are rap idly extending their export trndo to all parts of tho world, and said that a gain of $20,000,000 had been made in onr commerce dar ing the i &it year. Mr. Sanborn said this country is now rapidly approach ing Great Britain in her commercial interests abroad. He showed steriop tican pictures of the goods on exhibi tion by the Association in Caracas, Venezuela, as well as the foreign ports in which the United States trado is extending. The convention then, after some routine business, adjourned. A banquet was held at the Central Hotel, at which 20O mill men were present. An unusually large attendance at tho Teachers' Assembly atMorehead City, June 13-18, is predicted by State Su perintendent of Public Instruction Mtbane, who is deeply interesting himself in the matter. The State printers have begun the the delivery of the laws and Senate journals of 1899. Suit has been brought in Burke 1 Superior Court by Jacob "W. Deal against J. D. Elliott, the Hcikory con tractor, for $3,000. Deal was injured by the falling of a stairway in tho new blind institution at Raleigh while working for Elliott, who was the con tractor. Bill Lone, who went to Cuba with thj First North Carolina Regiment, has presented Sheriff McDowell, of Burke county, with a fine specimen of tho Cabin knife. It has a blade about 15 inches in length. The knife cloe.es like an ordinary pocket kftife, and by eome peculiar arrangement of the lock spjing the knife makes a terrible grat ing noise when tho blade is opened that gives one a cold chill. The han dle is of brass. Both Legs May Come Off. Two negro men on Mr. J. R. Wal lace's place in Mecklenburg county, get into a dispute, which ended in Jim Hanes empting two loads of shot into Doc Johnston's legs. Dr. C. E. Walker was summoned and he savs the legs will have to be amputated. President John C. Kilgo preached the dedicatory sermon of Shiloh church in Columbus county on Sunday, Mr. Lequenx Wins a Prize. Tho Penny Magazine some time ago offered a prize of $10 in gold for the best suggestion made to curtail the liquor traffic Rev. H. D. Lequenx, pastor of Alamance and Springwood churches, sent in one and was award ed the prizo. His suggestion was to re quire no license to sell, but that every drinker or buyer be required to taKe out a license, a certified copy of it to be po&ted in every saloon, with a heavy forfeiture for selling to any one not havirg the proper paper. . Mrs. Lonist Bourdeeoule -DuEatz Cutlar. relict of the late Dr. ired Jones Cutlar, died in Wilmington Fri day. She was 60 years of age. Tho corner stone of the newMasonio Temple at Wilmington will be laid on Thursday. Col. Julian S. Carr will deliver the oration. Capt. Michael Hoke is back in Lin- colnton on a visit after -16 years absence in the West. His wife, who was Catherine Joces, of Sims, North Dakota, and his two eons, are with him. Says The Journal: "In 1864 he was appointed chief of the trans cribing department in the omce of the surveyor general of Washington, and his since resided at Olympia." Evangelist Clarence B. Strousc, edi tor of The Religions Review of Re views, is closing a revival in Wilming ton, held in the Y. M. C. A. auditorium. Mr. Strause was formerly a horse-racer and society man. His father and George Mnller, of England, were close friends, and young Strouse was on the Bristol man's prayer list. He was eventually converted at Mr. School field's meeting at Salem, Va. A Li? meeting of the incorporators of tho Kinstou and Jacksonville rail load wai held at Jacksonville last Monday, Books of subscription to the stock of the railroad will be opened. STATE SQUIBS. Peabody Scolarships. There will be eight vacant scholar ships for this State the coming year in the Peabody Normal College. Naah ville. Tenn., on account of the retire ment of the following scholarship stu dents: Kate Bagley, Emma D. Conn. Blanche Dnpree, W. G. Beeves. J. V. Simms, W.M.Stancell, L. W. Trivitte, Sally C. Smith. These perrons were appointed by competitive examination by the State Soperiutendent of Pnblio Instruction a year ago. To fill these vacancies President Payne nominates the following students now at the col lego from North Carolina: M. C. Mos ley, Elkin; L. E. Messick, Jonesville; Bessie Cheek, Whitehead ; Electa Foote, Iloaring Biver; Ethel E.Barker, Jones ViIle;T. K. Lisk, Morganton;E. M. Hampton, Jonesville; D. It. Strader, Bason. Superintendent Mebane has appointed the above and given them notice of the appointment. Thisleavea ny vacancies, to bo filled by appoint ment. Two years ago there were eight such appointments. The Naval Reserves. Governor Russell has been notified by the Secretary of tho Navy that the Naval Reserves Battalion of North Carolina will receive 82,328.15 as their fhare of the naval militia fund of the Federal Government. The money will be used for equipping tho Naval Re serves with guns, haversacks, canteens, ammunition, etc. The Government furnishes uniforms outside of this ap propriation. Tho Reserves will be armed with Lee magazine rifles of the very latest patern. They already have a large Hotchkiss gun. The appro priation last year was less than one half of what it is this year. The larger appropriation will add much to the strength and efficiency of the organi zation. St. Mary's New President. The trustees of St. Mary's School have unanimously elected to the rec torship of that school Rev. T.D. Brat- tan, of Spartanburg, S. C. Mr.Brattan is rector of the Episcopal church at Spartanburg, and holds -the chair of history in Converse College for Wo- men. He is the son of the late Gen. John Brattan, and both by birth and culture, as well as personal character, is thought to be pre-eminently fitted for this exalted position. The New Rules. The penitentiary committee devoted all day to tho preparation of new rules and had a long conference with Capt W. H. Day. There were 18 new rules One of these provides that all bills must be approved by tho chairman of the ex ecutive board before being paid. An other requires that there shall be only one purchasing agent and that all pur chases must be made by him. Another prescribes a new system of book-keep ing. Some of tho committee are dis satisfied with the expenses of the cen tral prison, and say that they are too high, and that the penitentiary will go in debt this year unless there is reduc tion. Davidson Commencement. The annual commencement of David son College will take place Jnne ith to 7th. Tho baccalaureate sermon will be preached on Sunday, Juno 4th, at 11 o'clock bv Rev. J. R. Howerton, D. D., of Charlotte. Sermon to the Y. M. C. A. will be preached Sunday night by Rev. W. B. Arrowood, of Laurinburg. The literary address will be delivered by Hon. R. B. Glenn, of Winston on Tuesday. The laying of the corner-stone of the Martin cbemi cal laboratory will take place also on Tuesday, June 6th. The alumni ban quet will be given on Tuesday after noon at 5 o'clock. Commencement day proper on Wednesday, June 7th, chanced from Thursday. Reduced rates will be given on all the railroads. Mt. Olive will vote on the 18th of May on the proposition to establesh graded Bchool. Salisbury has organized a military company to bear the historic rame of Rowan Rines. Inspecting The University. Major W. A. Guthrie and Capt. W. H. Dav. members of th executive committee of the board of trustees o the University, have been on an an nual visit inspecting the University They expressed themselves highly pleased with the condition and prog ress of the University. They andress ed the students in the chapel Tuesday morning. Tar Heel Notes. The Seaboard Air Line contem plates having an additional train be tween Charlotte and Rutherfordton a train to enable people of the West ern division of the Seaboard Air Line to arrivo m Charlotte at 9 a. m., and return at 5 p. m. The train in regu lar operation leaves Charlotte in the morning and arrives there at night. The Episcopal Convention for the western diocese convened at Tarboro, Wednesday, in Calvary church. The trains brought in large crowds. The convention organized by electing Dr. M. M. Marshall, of Raleigh, president, and Rev. J. E. Ingle, secretary. The proprietor of the Hotel Dewey at Hendersonville says that as soon as they have lionized Ad miral Dewey sufficient he intends to write him to accept the hospitality of Hotel Dewey for a rest And he feels confident he can induce him to visit the-famed "Land of the Sky." The directors of the Wadesboro cot ton mill Monday declared a semi-annual dividend of 3 per cent, on the stock of the mill payable July 1 . This is the tirt dividend the company has ever declared. Major Davis, U. S. A., is now at work re-organizing the State Guard. This re-organization is made necessary by the return, of the First Noith Caro lina Regiment to the State. Invitations have been issued to the seventh annual commencement of the State Normal and Industrial College, Tuesday and Wednesday May, 23rd and 24tb, at Greensboro. J. Tillman Howard has been arrest ed in Wilmington, charged by his wife with abandonment. The case is pend ing. Howard has been released on his own recognizance. III he Cubans Want to Retain Their Arms THE PRESBYTERIAN ASSEMBLY. New Memorial Association Oriraaized. A Bif Sonthern Combination Asked t te cognize the Exposition. Havana, By Cabla Havana is in a erment again over the idea that the I Washington administration has de termined to take the arms of the Cuban troops and to retain them in military possession. This view of the latest news from Washington has beta tele graphed to the various cities. Governor General Brooke is thus fsr unaware, save through press telegrams, of any dissatisfaction on the part of General Alger, Secretary of War, with his (General Crooke's) plan to have the arms deposited in the care of the mayors of tho municipalities, nor has he received any other inkling of the Secretary's purpose to lay the matter before President McKinley. Conse quently the governor general's order respecting the distribution of the $3,000,000 as modified, was issued Saturday. The Secretary of War has been informed of the substance of this order, in the usual course of business. Havana's midday papers publish the Washington news, some of them com menting editoriallv npon it As the point about where the arms are to be kept appears to be thought of vital im portance in Washington, the conviction announced there that the mayors can not be trusted with them, is a cause of fresh "jcontent just at tha moment when f Jvarions complications appear ed to unraveled. The mayors are the appointees of the governor general, and when the Military Assembly dis solved, they were made its representa tives to receive the arms. Article 4, of the agreement between Gen. Gomez and Robert P. Porter, President Mc Kinley's special representrtive, runs as follows: "The Cubans shall surrender their arms to the Cuban Assembly, or to its representatives. " Gen- Gomez, who at the time of com ing to the agreement with Mr. Porter, had not quarreled with the Assembly, insisted upon this point Since the quarrel he has again raised the point repeatedly, saying also that Mr. Por ter brought full written authority from President McKinley, and in the Presi dents name, agreed that the arms should go into the custody cf the As eembly, or its representatives. The Presbyterian Assembly. Richmond, Va., Special Tne first business of the second day of the Gen eral Assembly of the Southern Presby terian Church was the appointment of standing committees. A memorial was received from the superintendent of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union suggesting that the fourth Sun day in November in each year should be set apart as an annual temperance Sabbath. It was referred to a com mittee on bills aad overtures. A com munication was received from Rev. J, Lewie Howe, of Lexington, Va. , bear ing npon the representation of this Church on the board of trustees in the United Society of Christian Endeayor. Referred. Various overtures from Presbyteries on the hymn book and other questions were received and re ferred. THE $1,000,009 Twentieth Century Fund. Cincinnati, O. , Special. Rev. J. W. Hamilton, corresponding secretary oi the Methodist Bishops, has announced the plan and appeal of the bishops for the 31,000,000 Twentieth Century fund for tho Freedmen's Aid and Southern Education Society, and the extension of the society's work in the West Indies and the Philippines. Shafter in Charge of Alaska. Washington, D. C, Special. The War Department has turned over to General Shafter the complete direction of all military affairs in Alaska. The only general instructions sent to him has been to relieve the soldiers who have been stationed in Alaska, by fre6h troops, it being deemed unwise to at tempt to retain men in that climate fo more than one year at a time. Will Test W ireless Telegraphy Before Lay ing Cable, Halifax, N. S., Special. The ques tion of establishing communication by cable between Halifax and Sable Is land, which has been under consider ation by the Canadian authorities for a long time, has led to a desire that wireless telegraphy be fully tested be fore the expense of laying a cable is undertaken. It is also proposed to make experiments with the wireless system between shore points and coast lighthouses, with a view to determin ing its value in connecting points closer together than are Sable Island and the Nova Scotia mainland. Arrived at Washington. Washington, D. C, Special. The President and Mrs. McKinley, with the friends who accompanied them, reached Washington at 5:30 Saturday, over the Baltimore & Ohio. The stay of 12 days at Hot Springe was one almost entirely of rest, the only break being a day's run to Natural Bridge, a week ago. The outing has been of great benefit to the President, and he resumes his official duties thoroughly refreshed and invig orated. Wages Increased for 7,500 Men. -Pittsbubg, Pa. , Special. An increase in wages for 7,500 men was the result of the annual scale conference between the American Flint Glass Workers' As. sociation and the Association of Flint and Lime Glass Maanfacfurers, which adjourned in Pittsbnrg. Of this num ber 1,500 skilled workmen will receive an increase of 10 per cent and 6,000 unskilled men will receive an advance in proportion. The advance will go into effect at the beginning of the next fire, and will restore to the men the wages tb received io 1892 and 1893. . . ROUBLE n THE NICARAGUA CAJOAL Ike Ve:tsrc Still BoMisf tee PsMx At- tcitiea. Washington. D. C, SpeciaL Ad miral Joha Walker, the president of the Nicaragua. Canal Commission, sailed at the State Depart meat, aad had a long talk with Secretary Hay, respecting the work of the commission, nd the course to be pnrsued by the sew Isthmian Canal Commission, which is to be appointed to carry forward the work of the present Nicsraguan Canal Commission. Admiral Walker was ab'. to announce the completion of the work of the present commission aad promise to have the final report ready for submission to the President by . ext Mondsy. He intimated that the esti mated cost of the projected canal was $123,000,000. the mean between the estimates of the individual members. A Wordy war. Members of the State Law and Order League of Connecticut attempted last weekatCansan to put some 3.000 ga!- ons of hard cider where it would do "no more harm" by smashing the bar rels containing it in front of the town hall and letting the stuff run away. Much of it found its way across the rquare and into the basement of Christ Chnrch, where it threatened to rnin the carpet of the Sunday school room. A vestryman stopped the smashing of the barrels after a wordy war with the smashers, in which nearly the whole town took sides. Recruits for Cienfuegos and Havana. Washington, D. C., Special. The funeral shin Crook which has been transformed into a regular army transport, sailed Saturday from New savannab, Ua., wnere they will em bark the Second Regiment of In fantry for transportation to Cienfuegos, Cuba. The transport Dixie, which brought the Fouth Regiment of Im- munes home from Manzanillo, also left New York, Saturday with about GOO recruits for Havana. A Newport News special to the Bal timore Sun says: "The preliminary trial trip of the Battleship Kearsage, which is further advanced than her sister ship, the Kentucky, also build ing nere, will take place early next month, and her official trial trip will follow in about two or three weeks. The shipyard people hope to have the Kearsage ready to go into commission about two months after her official trial trip, which will be about Septem ber 1. Corbin Visits the President. Hot Spings, Va. , Special Adjutant General Corbin has arrived here bear ing some documents upon which ho desires the President's action. It is understood that they refer to the sit uation in Cuba, regarding the plan for the disarmament of the Cuban troops. A question has been submitted by General Brooke, whether or not the arms should be turned over to the mayors of towns, or to United States officers. The Extra Session of Congress. Hot Springs, Ark, Special. Presi dent McKinley has not yet given con sideration to the subject of an extra session of Congress. This statement was made here officially aad was brought forward by published an- nouncements that an extra session had been decided upon on the one hand, at . .a. anu on mo otner tuat sucn a session would not be called. T. P. A. Officers Elected. Locistillb, Ky., Special. The Na tional Travelers' Protective Association has elected Lucien V. Lataste, of Ala bama, president; W. R. Johnson, oi Knoxville, vice-president, and L. T. Labeaume, of St Louis, secretary. The Raleigh Sails from Charleston. Charleston, S. C, Special The cruiser Raleigh, Capt Coghlan, sailed at noon Tuesday for Portsmouth, where she goes out of commission. She will be' thoroughly overhauled and remod eled. Meets Next Year in Richmond. Columbus, O., Special. The Ameri can Water-Works Association adjourn ed to meet next year in Richmond, Va. , on a date to be fixed by the ex ecutive committee. Papers were read by H. C. Hodgekins, of Syracuse, on "Economic Arrangements and Con struction of Substructures and Streets,' and by Prof. A. M. Bleile, on "Prac tical v alue of Bacteriological Examina tions. . A Public Reception to Admiral Schley. Omaha, Neb., Special A publio re ception was given Admiral Schley in the rotunda of the city hall. Notwith standing the intensely disagreeable weather at least 10,000 people cheered. Conspicuous among thos who pressed forward to grasp the hand of the ad miral were the school children, who were evidently his enthusiastic admir ers. The admiral was vigorously cheered as he left the city halL The funeral of former Governor Bos- well P. Flower, of New York, took place Monday in St Thomas church. Fifty-third street and Fifth avenue, ol which he was vestryman. Bills of indictment have been sub mitted to the grand jury in the United States district court against the prinei- t als and alleged co-conspirators in the zreat revenue stamp counterfeiting jase recently exposed by secret service nen. Among the bills is one charging Former United States District Attor- aey Ingham with conspiracy, and his .aw partner and former assistant in the iistrict attorney's office, Harvey K. Newitt with bribery of Secret Service Operative McManua. Colonel Enrique Colazo, of the Cuban army, publishes a card in La Lucha in which he tells the Cubans that "the hour nas now arrived, without doubt,' when we should unite against tho Americana with the same energy with which we fought the t Spaniards." A meeting was held Monday to decide finally npon the acceptance or refusal of the American terms. The employes of the big pipe plant of tne American Pipe and - .Foundry Company, at Bessemer. Ala., have been granted an advance of 10 per cent in wages, a strixe wnteu lasted oae day brought concessions, - AilDO SEEKS PEACE. The Insurgent Leader and his Cab inet Finally Cornered- SENDS A COMMISSION TO OTIS. It it BeUetca Trat Af siaaMe'i CsMi'itiee- ers ill Accept Aay Term Ike Aaeri- cast May Dcbss4 Tke Filisia at Last ttal.ie Tkat it Mesas EitcrsMalies er Ssrreeder. WasHiMiTOit, 1). C, Special. Oea eral Otis cables the War Department that the reports are that Agniaalde U seeking terms of pesce and that the forces of the insurgents are scattering in the mountains. Followlogvis Gea, Otis' cablegram: "Manila, May 18. "Adjutant General, Washington. "Representatives of the insurgent cabinet and Agninaldo are in the moun tains, twelve miles north of San Isidro, which was abandoned on the 13th in stant.' Will send in commissica to morrow to seek terms of peace, The ma jority of the force confronting MacAr- thur at San Fernanda Las retired to Tarlac, tearing up two miles of railway. This foroe has decreaeed to about 2,300. Scouting parties and detachments are moving to-day in various directions. Kobble, with his column, is at Candaus, on the Rio Grande. A great majority of the inhabitants of the provinces over which the troops have moved are anx ious for peace, and are supported by members of the insurgent cabinet The aspeet of affairs at present is favorable. "Otis." The dispatch of General Otis was im- medistely sent to the President at Hot Springs. Secretary Alger said it was encouraging and that it was apparent that the Filipinos realized the strength of the United States and saw that re sistance would mean extermination for them, if they persisted in defying au thority. Speaking of the part taken by the volunteers in the Philippine cam paign, the Secretary says that instead of wishing to be home, they would not have m.ssed it, as it was an event in their lives, especially as the hard fight ing has been crowned with success. The Secretary believes that the com mission wnien Agninaldo is sending to General Otia will accept any terms proposed by the United States. Soap Trust, $50,000,000 Capital Chicago, 111., Special. A special to The Chronicle from St. Louis, Mo., ssys: Leading soap manufacturers of New York, Chicago, Cincinnati, St Louis, Kansas City and Nashville are organizing a gigantic combine. Plans have been practically completed at re cent meetings held in St Louis and Chicsgo, and will be finally clinched at a session to be held in Cincinnati next week. It is said the new combination will have a capitalization of $30,000,000, one-half of which will be 6 per cent preferred, and tne balance common stock. A Lamp Chimney Trast Pittsburg, 1'a.. opeciai. A com bination of three of the largest menu facturers of lamp chimneys in the world. and controlling the output of the United States, has been practically completed. The George A. MacBeth Glass Com pany, and the Thomas Evans Glass Company, have been merged into the MacBeth-Evaas Glass Company, and the Libbey Glass Company of Toledo was absorbed by it The company will have a capital of $3,000,000 and will operate the five best chimney plants in the United States. The Filipinos Decide to Continue the War. Liondon, lij Cable. 1 he ruipmo junta here, haa received a message from Agninaldo, via Hong Kong.saying that the ruipmo government has decided to continue the war at all costs until independence is secured. The Czar's Peace Conference. The Hague, isy cable. l he peace conference called by the Czar of Rus sia was opened at 2 o'elock Thursday afternoon, in the hall of the Huia Ten Bosch, or the "House in the Woods," two miles from The Hague. M. De Beaufort, president of the council and Minister of Foreign Allaire oi the Gov ernment of the Netherlands, delivered the inaugural address and welcomed the delegates. The Dewey Home. Washington, D. C, Special One day'a contributions to the Dewey Home fund amounted to $2,016, of which $1,153 came from the Brooklyn Eagle, and represents collections made by that paper. The total so far re ceived by the national committee, is $3,085. killed By a Tram. London. By Cable. The Earle of Strafford, who married Mrs. Samuel K. Colgate, in Grace Church, New York City, last December, was instantly killed Tuesday evening at Potter's Bar, by the Cambridge express. Ignored the President's Orders. Nkw York, Special A special to the World from Washington says: "General Brooke was instructed by the President to insist that the arms of Che Cubans be turned over to officers of the United States army. Instead, General Brooke agreed with General Gomez that toe arms shall be surren- dred to the mavors of the Cuban cit ies. General corom icii lor not Springs to learn from the President whether or not he will inaist upon hie original order to General Brooke being carried out' The Surrender at Bead. - s Washington, D. G, Special War Department officials are convinced that tha end of the insurrection in the Phil ippines is at hand, and that the repre- eentatives of the insurgent cabinet of Agninaldo, who are to meet Gea. Otia will eucoumb to the inevitable and surreader. Their forces are evidently mi utterly demoralized by tho preeeat advance of the Americana that they are ready to accept peace on the best terms they can obtaiB THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. The (.eta. The steeaaev leeaUeee. UraMfly f.- looses a filibuster, was re!eea4 by theUaiteJ States Cart at Jeeaeea Tdle. Fie. TheSeateera Baptist Cimui,ii eeeeioa at Letts ville, Ky., eelected ex Mayor Rebert C. Devileea. of IU2U- tore, to ioia a dtl.reUea f Eaglien Baptists a a parses el appeal te the Czar ia behalf of rersecated Itaseiaa Baptists. The Third Keatackr reffimeat wee mustered eat of tke service at Bevaa- aah Ga. Taeeday. The eflcers aad mea got off dariag the aflereeoa far their home. The ceuster oat wee aa- eveatfal The first aaaaal laeeilaf of the Street Railway and Electrical Aseone tioa of Virginia wee held ia fUcemoed Tuesday. Moat el tha Virgiala citiee were repreeeated aad a number ef in teresting papers w.re read. The Rev. U. J. Millaa said at the annual meeting .f the Atactica Tract Society ia New York laat Wedaeedey that ia ten Seatbera State, last year the Mormon chnrch obtained mere re cruits then the Preabiteriaa chnrch. Ihe Methodist eatalster. of AUarta have paased reso!atieee calliag fer the eppoiatment of a committee to urge npon the forthcoming aaaaal eonferea- cee a movement for aa extra General Conference to reconsider tke Publish ing nonse matter, the dispeeitiea of which, it ie alleged, is act satisfactory. Gov. Sayers, of Texas, eaye that aa soon ae the legislature adjoarae he will address a letter to the Governors ef all the States asking a meeting at some suitable tine and place with the Attor ney Generals for tbepnrpoee of consid ering aad agreeing open aa effective aati-trust law, to be presented to the different legislatures. A Charlestoa special to the Colombia State ssys that the Southern Railway Company be purchased the Carolina Midland, and will build a connecting line 23 miles loag from Colombia t Perry'. Station. This meeae that the Southern hae adopted tke Carolina Midland aa a link in its Florida exten sion from South Carolina. Sam McGowao, of Washington. V. C was defeated at Savannah, Ga, by Tom Corcoran, of Savannah, ia a fight for a $300 purse. McGowaa lasted only ten rounds out of a propoeed twenty. During the ninth aad tenth round. MoGowsn waa terriblv pnaiahed and wasasDioody as beer. I here were repeated calls for the police to stop the fight The tenth annual convention of the National Travelers' Protective Associ ation was called to order Tnesdey, at Library Hall, in Richmond. There were present 298 delegates, accompa nied by about 1,500 visitors. The se ston was devoted to the exercises of welcome. Among the addressee de livered wss one by Joseph Wallerstein, of Richmond, Va., formerly president of the association. The alleged slighting of Gen. Joseph Wheeler at Charleston on Wedneedey last is explsined by CoL Fred Robin son, of the adjutant geaeral'e staff, as follows: "Gen. Wheeler waa not in the parade because the negro boy who was sent to carry his horse to him, through inattention or natural atnpidity, car ried the horae to the wrong number and remained there holding the horse until the procession was over. The North. The British ehip Selkirk, Capt James S. Crowe, from Manila for the United States, ran on Apo reef, at the eouth extremity of Negroe Island, ia the Philippines, and became a total lass. All on board were eaved. The Selkirk wee owned by Martin Dickie. Sir O'Connor Moore, eleventh baro net who succeeded his father, Sir Rich ard Emaauel Moore, ia 1092, hae bee a ejected from hie lodgiage ia London owing to hie inability to pay a chilling for a week's accommodation. The $30,000,000 window-glaas trust is a certainty. Leases have been closed which piece 93 per cent, of the produc tive facilities of the country ia control of the new combine. After next Thursday no miner ia the Cour D'Al.n. district of Idaho will be permitted to work there unless he re nounce, membership ia the aaioa that is held responsible for the preeeat strike. Students at Prince loa attacked a pa rade of Pawnee Bill'e Wild Weet ehew and a pitched battle took place ia which many were injured. During a storm at Caaal Fnltoe, O., tha wall of a school house waa blewa ia aad tho pupils were injured, aome of them quite eerieasly. Two hundred section heads aa the Pittsburg Division of tho Pea Handle Railroad have struck for an advaaee ia wagee of fifteen eente a day. They are bow getting $120 a day. The operators aad misers at Pane, His., have submitted their differ .bom to the State board of arbitration aad that body will commence tha hearing of tha case at Pane next Friday. Tne Navy Deper .meat's floating deck. recently bought ia New York, will bo aeat to Peaaacola a Jane 1, govera neat tugs taking it down. White Coal Miaiag Com pea y, which haa mines ia Centra, Clearfied, Jefier- sos. Cambria aad Somerset conation. Pa., and which is one of tha large Drodueera of bitamiaeae coal ia tha world, haa notified its employee of aa increase ia wages, to ge iato affect Jnae 1. Miners will receive 50 eente a ton for picking aad 25 coats a tea for loading after wachiaee. Aa immense plant for tha eoastrue tion of steel freight ears will be added to Chicago's iadastriea. The eatabliah- znent will have a larger capacity then any other steel car baildiag plant oa the coatinent A eerporatioa with capital of $10,000,000 will be orgaaized within tha Breeeat month aad will a tart out with ooatraeta already plaeed for tha coaatxaetioa of 700 ears. All of tha rJaate bow ea eared is the build ian-ef etael care la tho Caitad rJtatee ax. located at PiUaburr. aad their ex tram, capacity ia eoatraeted 18 moathe ahead. The Chicago eaaeera expects to bo able to pat ite first ears mm the market about Jul j L s n u hi The Second Iniurftr.t Cap til f al!f Before the Americans. NEGRO DESPERADO AT BAY. Ccarrel the Crt at a rese. Te Canoes Cufcag fewe tewev Pr toted vein a Arwitee wer MaatLa, Hy CeUe.- Ueeete! Lew- t.a'e advaaee guard, aadev Oleael Saaiaaere, cf Ihe Orea Ireepa, Wok Sea laidr. tke iasarreat rartut, at 33 e'cleck WadeoWer as era tag. Te. .idiua e4r Mit K.Wa, of the Third Artillery, eea.Ueg .4 tWe Seveeth XafaeUy. a battel. ml Ue Niata, aad eee Wtery el Ue Fire At tillery, left tVeesril at JeyW.. asatekiag ap tke lUo Uraade te jeta Law toe's divtee at Areyet A floUlla of CWeea.' l.eJ.4 with eappltee. also roeJ.4 l river. Beth iMcee were ev.4 by gaa boUatdrrC.Ul.(lrsat Aaieal4.e ex secretary, Kfciado, k. ar retted tre ea f'.breaf y S.i 1. a.w empleyd es efflrial leUrpteUr by the eathertties. l)avBt.gt ia ItkMM. ArLAVTt, Ga. hp.!. A cat ate -aicatiea La. btae re.svd ty AUay General Trrel front tSUU'i llorr in IIlie.i.aro.teiBiagtatai.aU wkteti are beieg read with nserb latere.! here. The wnUr, ia srerag a peter b read at a roaveettea ef State pc ca ters ia Illiaois, refers te Attoraey Gea eral Terrell for iaferm4i.a as t. cr tal poeishm.at ia Gaorgia. Ia tke roars, of the letter the lllle.ie efSctal ssys: "We Lave rental pnaueaeet ta cur State for murder only, aad fr tke laat few year, ia this irt of tke htete we bare bad eix or ev.a lyackiag. fur the crime of rape, eed I aa iaclia.4 t. believe tbet it ie aaet a go.d a record ae ie claimed here fer eome of tke Southern StaUa." Dewey's Jeweled Saerd. Wasuixotov, P. C. Hp.c;a!. A no table feature of Admiral Dew.y'e arri val ia Washington, will be tke prca tation to him by the l'reiddat cf tk. snperb jw.ld sword. rasJ. by anther ity of Coogt ess, as a ttimoaiel front the goverameat Tke swor-J was coev pleted eome time eiece, bat owieg to Ite delicacy aad rre.1 vela. It wm deemed beet not to seed it to the admiral It ie now ia a safe deposit vault, ewaitieg hia coming. The prec-antaUon te the ofieere end mea of the admire! o flag ship of the hendaome medals eotbor iaed by Ceagreae will occur pcebaUy at the eame time. Geeersl Beamles Otdi.es Ihe feft f 0ae. Columbia, 8. C. Special General Wade Hem ton has wntt.n a card te the people of the St.t., ia which be feelingly end gratefally declines te ac cept the home it waa ?roiiotd I. baild tor him. replacing the bom. roatly destroyed by fire. He rejs the re ward of a citizen who has done work for the State is "W.ll done, good aad faithful eervaat." Ue prtxee the peo ples oommendatioa more thaa aay lift. Natives trtsraiar Be Masila. By C.bl.. Although tho rebels still tbreetea Fee Feraendo ia eoasidersble force, large anmbsre of aativea, a majority of them baieg fam ilies with their Leasehold goods, are returning dedy te the towns iaaide the America lines, at A pel it. especially. Maay of tho richer Filipiaoe are rem lag to Maaila and Laborers are reeara- ing work ia the riee fielda. 1 La latter how their respect fer Ataericaa eov ereigaty by removing their bete to the peeeieg traisa. A cyclone etrack Akrea, O., Taee day af tern oea aad did much dataage. Tho storm struck tbs teats of Meia'e circus aad they roUapeed a pea tie crowd. Peliecmea had hard work la prevent a peeic, bat the spectators wero finally releaaed without iaiary. Ia east Akrea Ue Bigra Boiler Cora paay ehepe were badly damaged aad a povtioB of a etoae wall fell a pea Ue office roof, crashing through it and completely wrecking tho ie Verier. Aa Cxtraersiesry Tragedy. Ubios Cztt, Tens., Special Be ports of aa sxtraordiaary tragedy at Heyaee Mill, sear Typtoavi:ic.reacbed bars Wedaaedey aierht Thro wastes, a lira. Sfattox, Mm. Edwards aad Ifiaa Brogdes, waylaid a Mrs. Coriag ton sad attacked her with c! aba, where pea tha latter drew a katfe aad etab bed Mrs. Mattex through tho heart, killisg bar iastaatly. Mrs. Coviagtoa has plaaged Ue weepoa into the back aad lange of Ma. Edwards, iafictiag fatal isjariee. The tragedy grew oat a quarrel amorg the children of Ua Every thiag Ovkt saw Pescrfsf io Bsvaaa. WaaaasoTOsr, D. C, Special The followiag dispatch hae been received at the War Department: Havana. May 17. 'Adjataat OeaoraL WasLiagtoa: "Geseral Wood reports aa a result of his reoeat trip through Uie depart sseat that averythisf ie qaiet aad peeeefal Beporta of brigandage are abeolately without a foaadatioa. Tho people are working erery where. Similar evftditsoaa rrevait ia other depart nta. BaooKX, Commasdus. The C asset toefcag Pews. Havasa. By Cable. Cabaa tioa hae takes a swift tarn toward moderation. All the political groape sad Us IS daily newspapers ef He vase reelixe that a cessation ef wild talk ie deeirable. Eves Ue aor.batie meaa- of tha late Xfilitsry Aaeesbly west about sooUisg their, xa:ted fot- lowi The facetiae, of Ua Netioaal Wedaeader a irk, tkoark largely atUaded, were orderly, oil tha peak ere adviaiag calm rrfleetiea be fore aay amoveasaat te bexaa. last rio Isst isciisats might bo wt)oipitate4 Tew : i i
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