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The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1899-01-25

the following described real estate. WIS.,:
An that certain lot Of land with three
story brick dwelling house thereon erected.
situate in the city II Wilmington aforesaid,
bounded and described az follows, to wit:
Beginning at the easterly side of jefferson
street between Third and Fourth streets at the
distance Of 81 fest from the nostherly side Of
Third street; thence easterly parallel to Third
street o. feet to n corner; thence northerly
parallel to jefferson street 10 feet to n corner;
thence westerly parallel parallel to the first
described line and Third street. through the
certre OF an alley bstween thisand the adjoin
ing dwelling on tho north "a feet to the afore.
said eastcrly side Of Jefferson strickland thcnce
thereby sontherly is feet to the place of be-
ginning, be the contents thereof " hat they
my. With the FREQ use and privilege OF said
alley with the owners and occupierI Of the ad.
joining premises on the north in common for
ever.
Seized and taken in execution as tho property
OF James A. Conner, murtgagor, and terrc tell
ant aud to be sold lty
JOHN I. TAYLOR, Sheriff.
Sheriff's Office. Wilmington. delaware.
January ID. 1890. ia
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gHERIFF-1 SALE. -DY VIRTUE or A
writ o. LevM4 A6As,s 70 me directed,
win be ,expossd 10 public sale At thu
National H0fek ~ Aiddletown, St Georges
Hundred, New Castle County, and
State~of Delaware. n
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PECULIARLY SAD DEATH
Ola Prominent Young man in Fair

Ola Prominent Young man in Fair.
mont After n Long Illness.
special Dispatch 10 the 1ntelligcncer.
FAIRMoNT, W. Va. June 1l.--Harry
E, Manly died this afternoon at 2:1s
o'clock from meningitis. after an fitness
OF nearly six weeks. He was thirty
one years OF age. and has lived here all
his life For several years he has
been superintendent of the Methodist
Protestant Sunday school, and studied
and fitted himself for that important
branch OF church work. The funeral
will be held Tuesday morning nt 10
o'clock from the Methodist Protestant
church.
The death OF Mr.. Manly is peculiarly
sad, on account Of the high esteem In
which he was held In this community
oy every one. His loss will be severe
ly felt. anu has brought GRIEF to two
families. Mr.. Manly was soon to be
united In marriage to one OF Fnirmont'a
most est!mab!e young women, Miss
Margaret Huntington, daughter OF Mr..
and Mrs. r. c. Huntington, to whom
the tender sympathy OF many friends
goes out In the hour Of her great afiIic-
tion, as well as to the family Of the de.
ceased. NJ. alg $40 .ss-5l7E "a
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CUBAN OFFICERS PLOT.
Fabricntc Story Of Refusal OF Gu
bnns to Accept the American
(rnfr,ifv q

Fabricatc Story Of Refusal OF Gu
bans to Accept the American
Gratuity. ~
HAVANA, June 11.-Some weeks ago
dispatches were published In the local
papers purportlng to come from San
tlago de Cuba, and announcing that the
Cubans there had absolutely refused To
accept the American Gratuity. These
messages vera really fabricated by off,
GERS OF the late Cuban army In this
city two nights before they appeared,
In the cafe of the Hotel Inglntcrra. The
consul OF foreign power, who under
stands Spanish perfectly. cat at table
adjoining the one used by the Cuban
officers In question and heard every
Wora OF the message as finally agreed
upon, including the corrections In the
original draft, and the details OF the
plan for forwarding the matter to San
tlaEo and having 1t telegrnphcd from
that point to Havana, as II sent from
a Cuban official. The plan was exc
cuteG according to programme The
consul who overheard the plot Is a man
Of undoubted verae!ty. Though at pres-
ent he objects 10 public use of his
name, and is not unrr1endly to the Gu
pai's. ne peieFes llut tTlcRs ike these,
tending TO injure American influence,
are unwlse and ought to be exposed
Senior FREDERICK Mora, fiscal Of the su-
preme court. and former civil governor
of Havana, says that one of the first
duties Of the court wifi be to abolish
the objectionable practice Of incommu-
nicado and to establish the writ of
habeas CORPUS. II is the opinion Of most
Cubnns. Judging from their conversa-
ton with the Americans. that a judicial
committee should be appointed to do
away with all the Objectionable laws
Of the late regime.
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GOVERNORS ATKINSON
Leaves To-day on an Extensive Trip.
wiz Visit a Number OF Prominent
. Educ N iopol Iuox,.,,et~. n ~ ~ n 8

Leaves To-day on an Extensive Trip.
VIII Visit n Number OF Prominent
Educational institutions.
Special Dispatch to the Intelligenccr.
CHARLESTON. W. Va, June III
Governor Atkinson will leave jto-mor-
row on IN itinerary which will keep
him away from the capital for about
ten days. Tomorrow he will go to
Buckhannon, to attend meeting Of
the board of trustees OF the West Ylr-
ginia Conference Seminary, OF which
he Is q member and also to be present
ut the commencement exercises. From.
there he will go to Klngwood. to be
present at the wedding OF Hon. W. NJ.
Q. Dawson. secretary OF state. June Is.
He will be present, June 1921. at the
commencement Of the Ohio Wesleyan
Unversity. ut Delaware, o.. OF which
he ID a graduate and q member OF the
board OF trustees. From Delaware he
Will 60 to New Philadelphia, o., whera
he Will deliver an address before tho
students OF Scio College. Of which he ia
member Of the board of trustees. His
next stop Will be Wheeling. where he
Will deliver an address. June rs, at tho
opening OF the Elks' street carnival ex-
position. He will conclude his itinerary
ut Wnynesburg college. Pa, where he
VIII deliver IN address before the stu-
dents, June rs.
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THE FlLIPlNOS HEAVY LOSS.
Fifty Were Killed, Three Hun
drcd, and Fifty Wounded, and
Twenty Prisoners.
AMERICAN CASUALTIES SMALL
General Lawton's Narrow Escape,
Was Conspicuous Target
for Rebel Sharpshootcrs.

WASHINGTON. June 1.-THE war
department to-day received a report
from Major General Otis. Of the military
movement yesterday to the south Of
Manila. for the purpose Of clearing out
the rebels in that section. 1t shows
that the movement was great SUCCESS,
and that the enemy's loss was consider
ubly greater than stated In the press
dispatches. General OTIS cablegram is
US follows:
MANILA. June II, 1899.
Terrific heat yesterday did not per-
nit troops to reach positions at hours
designated; enabled majority Of insur-
gents to escape in scattered organiza-
t!ons south and westward. which they
effected during the evening and night.
Movement great success, however; enc
my disorganized and routed, suffering
heavy loss; troops resting to-day at Las
Pinas and Paranaque. Navy did excel
lent execution along shore Of bay; but
many insurgent detachments retired In
that direction, protected by presence of
women and children. whom they drove
along with them. Our loss four killed
and some thirty wounded. Report of
casualties later. Conservative estimate
of enemy's loss about 400.
(slgned) OTIS.
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BOND ISSUE ELECTION
Successful ut Aiorgantown After d
Very Hot Contest.

SUCCESSFUL 0t horEantOwn After o
Very Hot Contest.
Special Dispatch to the Intclligenccr.
MORGANToWN. W. Va, June H.
The advocates of the bond issue Of
$4,000. by this district, to assist In
building the Morgan,own G Klngwood
railroad, scored decisive victory at
the election yesterday, carrying 1t al
most four to one, In vote Of nearly
1900 Nearly every vote In the district
was Notwithstanding u drenchIng
rain fell most OF the day, and the eIec-
ton was harder fought than a presi.
Dental contest. - j
The returns did not get In until late
hour, but n big crowd formed and made
demonstration by parading, blowing
Tin horns and shouting.
The opponents OF the bond issue saw
they Will contest 1t In the court, on the
ground that Morgantown will become
indebted beyond its constitutional linn
IT. Hon. George G. Sturgiss. president
OF the road, declares that work will
commence on the road within thirty
days, and 1t wifi be built over the IA
NOUS BLACK Bottle" route, which IA
partially graded. a..z' =
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and at the same time they made their
only advance. throwing skirmish fine
to flank the Fourteenth infantry. But
they We're easily repulsed. the Amerl-
can artillery coming to the crest Of tho
hill and shellins them. .s- ~,
Lawton's Narrow Escapc.
About 3 o'clock In the afternoon Gen.
eral Whcatons brigade. headed by Gem
erat Lawton. who. In his white clothing
and helmet on u big black horse, was a
Shining mark for the enemy's sharp
shooters. circled to the south Of Las
Pinns. encountering large force OF
F1llplnos In the shelter OF the trees.
General Lawton had narrow escape,
In tho first volley OF the enemy the
horses Of three Of his STAFF officers were
shot from under them. rke Colorado
regiment bore the brunt Of this attack
and dispersed the Filipinos. 5
Hardly had they finished or that lot
when large force appeared in the rear
which the Ninth infantry and part OF
the Colorado regiment drove away. BY
| this time nearly the whole division was
around Las PInas.
The Americans camped for the night
south Of the town and in the midst OF a
heavy rain.
At 8 O'clock this morning General
Wheaton advanced upon Las Pinas with
a4troop OF cavalry. the Twenty first in
fantry. the Colorado regiment, part of
the Ninth infantry and two mountain
guns, crossing two streams and enter
Ing the town without firing shot. He
then advanced upon Paranaque.
! The women and children, and for that
matter, many men, remained in the
towns. No houses were destroyed
though many were torn by the shells
from the warships. Everywhere the
Americans found white flags flying. v,
Filipinos' Heavy LOSSES
So far Us can yet be ascerta,ned the
Filipino loss is about fifty killed, about
$50 wounded and twenty taken prison
| ers. .rH-
The whole country Is net-worked with
trenches and the enemy scurrled from
shelter to shelter.
| To-day long trains Of commlssary
wagons arc carrying provisions to the
United States troops along the road
which only yesterday was the strong
hold OF the enemy. and the natives who
yet were probably carrying guns are to-
day dofllns their hats and grovellIng
before the Americans with efrusIve
greetings Of welcome.
The Colorado regiment returned to
barracks in Manila tonight. AS the
ragged and dusty men marched past
the Luneta. the fashionable gathering
place for Manilans, they We're heartily
chcered. go
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Arbitration Possible.

+ CLEVELAND, Ohio. June 1l.-There
Is a possibility that the street railway
mems strike may be settled by arbitra-
tion. Preaident Little. member Owen
and Secretary Bishop. OF the state
board OF arbitration, arrived IN the city
this evening, coming at the request Of
President Everett of the Big Consoli,
dated Company. Their arrival was n
surprise to the strikers. EARLY In the
evening m invitation was sent to Presi-
dent Bryan and the executive board or
The Street Railway Mems linton. and
they. with President Everett, arc now
ut Forest iCty house. The conference In
secret, of course. and nothing can be
learned OF the nature OF the discussion
II now seems likely that the meeting
may continue the greater part of the
night. ".:
The state board has no authority To
compel the submission of labor troubles
to arbitration. but II they can induce
both sides to consent TO II, they have
the right TO tender their Sood offices
and proceed to reach an agreement "
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SIXTH TORNADO
OF The SEASON
Sweeps Over Salix, Iowa, Leaving
Denth and Complete Dcstruc.
ton In Its Trail.
SOME MIRACULOUS ESCAPES.
Houses, Barns, Live Stock and
Human Beings Sucked up by
Funnel.Shapcd Cloud.

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, June 11.-A
special to the Tribune from Sioux City
says:
A tornado this afternoon struck two
miles southeast Of the little town Of So
lix. sixteen miles from here. Three per-
sons are killed outright and one will die.
The dead are: John Malloy. farmer. and
his wife and sixtcen-yenr-old son. Miss
Bessie Ma!loy. the eightecn-year-old
daughter. had her skull fractured and
Is not expected to live. Thomas and
Pat Malloy are badly hurt
So far as can be learned at this hour.
no one else was killed or injured.
The Malloy family was at supper
when the funnel-shnped cloud was first
seen md Dick Malloy told his parents
to go to the cellar. He ran to the home
Of Mrs. Hassell. u widow across the
road. to warn her and her seven chill
dren. He took them to the cellar and
the house was whirled away,injurlng on
one. He had to hold one boy by the
legs to prevent him from being drawn
up by the suction Of the wind. But
the Malloy family across the road only
remained In the cellar about five min
utes, the father suggesting that the
cloud was only rain. They came up and
In an instant the house was demolished.
The dead and injured members were
scattered among the ruins.
The conductor OF freight train saw
the cloud and stopped his train before
1t got In the storm and when he reached
the town he held his train long enough
to bring the Injured to the hospital in
Sioux City. Rumors are aflont Of more
damage In Woodbury. county At Ho-
mer, Neb.. q revival tent was blown
over and an unknown woman was fatal
ly injured This Is the sixth tornado In
this district this season. .s
The homes Of Phil Berger, Joe Ber-
nard and Patrick O'Neil were all re-
duced to kindling wood. The occupants.
1t Is reported. all escaped serious In
jury. Pat Malloy tells u graphic story
of the storm. He says houses. barns,
tive stock and human beings were SUCK
ed UP by the terrible funnel-shaped
cloud, the air appearing to be filled with
wrecked buildings and debris for over
half n mile above the earth. Hailstones
as large as eggs fell during the storm.
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GERMANY'S OBJECTIONS
To arbitration, Both rs to Principle
and ExpcdicnCy.

10 frDftrdston, Hoth rs to Principle
and Expcdicncy.
LONDON, June 12.-Thc cor~-epon-
dent Of the Daily News at The Hague
saya:
IL learn that DR.. Zorn, the German
delegate. spoke on Friday against arbi-
tration. When asked him for a COPY
OF his speech, got point blank re-
fusal, Dr. Zorn saying: All can tell
you Is that Fridays sitting was cx-
tremely Interesting and that presented
Gcrmany's objections to the scheme for
permanent arbitration tribunal"
Notwithstanding this am able to
send full analysis OF his speech. He
spoke slowly and with difficulty in
French. He asserted thnt he was In
structcd to say thnt Germany could not
accept the principle Of permanent arhi-
trn,ion embodied In Sir Julian Pauncc-
fote's draft. She objected, firstly, on
principle, and secondly. on grounds Of
cxpedicncy.
He then proceeded to nrgle that It
wac dcroBatory to IL monarchs sovcr.
eiEnty and TO u nations Independence.
Arbitration agreed upon between two
HaHoH3 loF u Narrowly Helheu object
was one thing and arbitration binding
n nation for tho unl1nowablG future was
quite another. A king holding his title
by divine right could not think of d.
vestinG himself OF un essential part OF
his Sovereignty, the right to shape the
natlon'a course nj a critical time.
emperor William, DR.. Zorn said,
would not pledge himself to bow TO the
decisions Of judges not appointed by him
on cases that had not yet arisen. These
were the objections OF principle. The
objections OF cXpedlcncy were on tho
score OF expense and tho posi-
bllity that the tribunal, under
the rendering Of lniquitous decisions
might bring the principle Of arbitration
into discredit
"Dr, Zorn concluded his speech nmid
painful silence. g'.
"Sir Julian Pnunccfote, replying, said
ne thought the objections OF the Ger
man delegate showed n view OF state
craft which many might consider not
altogether modern. AZ to the doubts
expressed regarding the fitness OF the
Judges. have no doubt said STR Ju-
lian. that every state would take pride
In nominating Its best man,
II understand that Dr. Zorn's in
structlons We're sent under n misnpprc-
hensson, us some Of his objections would
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THE DEAD ISSUE.

a Prominent Democrat Says the Sill
ver Question is No Longer Live
Ono. and Ought to be Dropped.
CHICAGO. June 11.-Judge NJ. T.
Tuley. has addressed an open letter to
NJ. W. Meagher. secretary of the JET
ferson!an Democratic League, OF Chi
caEo, in whlth he says Of the silver Is
sue:
The Democrats who Insist upon re-
talnins this dead issue must not over
look the conceded fact that the silver
Populistlc Republicans have returned,
almost en- masse to tho Republican
party. I
The free coinnge silver Issue at the
ratio Of l6 to l. Is no longer live issue.
The largely increased annual pro-
duct!on of gold. the abundance OF mo-
ney shown by the steady lowering OF
the rate of interest, and the renewed
prosperity that has swept over the
land has killed 1t ns m issue. Why not
drop It altogether out OF the next Mat
form? If that Is done, success Is GER
tain.
II we must have silver plank let 1t
be the free coinage OF silver, without
any reference to n fixed ratio"
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PARIS June 1.-THE Grand PrIx dc
Paris was Won to-day by Perth. with
Velasquez second and Alhambra third.
Fifteen ran. A good start was made,
with Herse and lie Boullearume leading
ana NJ. Calllaults bay colt Perth head
Ing the second bunch.
The same order was maintained until
the straig ight was reached when Perth
shot to the front, followed by M. Maur-
Ice de Chests bay colt, vaiasquez and
comte de Fels bay colt Alhanbra III,
ana Won easily by half Il length. There
were no disturbances of any kind.
The Grand Prix de Paris OF 100000
francs-l50.oOo francs given by the City
OF Paris and $4,000 francs by the five
great railway compunies-is FOR entire
colts and tillies foaled In 1886, Of every
description and country. To this is
added sweepstake Of 1000 francs
eachIthe second to receive 10000 francs
and the third 10000 francs out Of the
stakes. The course Is about 1900 me-
tres (neariy mile and seven furlongs).
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impcded. A few police charges were
necessary in the vicinity Of the Office OF
the Libre Parole. i55.4j i

= . . b q
Tho Only Grave Incidcnr,
The only grave Incident OF the day oc-
Cured after the president had returned
to the EIysee at one OF the garden res
taurants, the Pavilion dArrnenondille,
In the ALE de Long Champ. About a
quarter past 6 when the establishment
was full OF customers somebody made
m objectionable remark concerning the
president. The people took sides and u
regular fight ensued. Bottles, glasses,
decanters, tables and chairs were hurled
about. ii .y.1
ASAt the same time n crowd Of Socialist
demonstrators arrived in the vicinity
and hearing that n row was in progress
laid Siege to the restaurant, shouting
"Vive 10 Republique." The throng
quickly swelled to several thousand
Ike windows Of the cafe were smashed
and the struggle was continued within
Finally the mounted police arrived,
cleared the neighborhood and closed the
cafe. Several persons were injured In
Guiding number of policemen.
OF the forty persons arrested only
eight have been detained in custody. NJ.
Lollbet himself expressed a wish that
all who had been arrested merely on ac-
count of sediHous cries, should 30 fur
as possible, be liberated.
Inquiry at the prefecture Of police at
q late hour elected the information that
about thirty arrests were made during
the day and ten policemen more or less
seriously injured.
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DC!CgatcS Amounted.

Special Dispatch to the Intell!gencer.
CHARLESTON. ". Va, June IL
Governor Atkinson has appointed the
following delegates to the American
Manufacturers Exposition, which
meets at Philadelphia: L. S. Hutchln-
son, Mnybeury; James r. Smoot. New
burg: r. B, Cassiday. Charleston;sam-
uel Dixon. Macdonald: S. FL. Grnmm.
Grafton; Darwin Z. Abbott, Hunting
ton; Huslihcn Quarrkr. Wheeling: Isa-
oore Schwnb. Chnrlcston; ]. w. Roche.
Sharlcston; .. c. Gerwig, Parkersburg:
L. Tracey Tobln, Philadelphia, -''e' =
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TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.

A Bride Of Two Hours Dead and Her
Husband and Younger Brother
Badly Injured.
WICHITA, Kansas. June n.-Mrs.
Ray Higgins, a bride Of two hours, is
dead and her husband and young bro.
ther badly injured as the result of n
charivari party. given them ut their
home near WatonSa, Oklahon1a, Friday
night. The chnrivnri party, composed
of about twenty friends Of the young
married people refused to go when re-
quested to do 30, but continued to make
denfenlng noises by beating on pans
and firing shot guns
One Of the party. Harry Randall, de-
liberntcly pointed his gun at tho young
couple and fired. The brides face and
breast were illed with buck shot. She
fell. shot through the lungs, and died
an hour later. The groom was shot In
the face. and u small brother OF the
bride was also wounded. neither of
them fatally. however. After tho ac-
cldent the char!varing party fled. No
arrests have been made Yet,
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Some Hard Fighting.

At the outset the Colorados. the Ninth
infantry and the Twcnty-frst infantry.
forced the line OF insurgent trenches.
wheeled to the left and drove the enemy
toward the lake. During this manoeu-
Vre the Fil!pinos in concealed trenches
on the right opened an entltnding fire.
but the brigade, partly owing to the
nigh grass. had few hit.
The Ninth infantry crept around to
The right fanking the trenches. driving
out tho FilipnIos and killing many Of
them. -Fs.
The Colorado regiment advanced to
ihe lake. Two companies encountered
trenches on the top of knoll where the
fllplnos stood waist high above IL
trench, pouring volley upon the nd
Fahclns Americans. The Colorado
troops charged and drove them out,
Lieutenant Colonel Moses being wound
'a In the arm az he jumped into the
trench. In the meantime General
Whcaton's column advanced one nnd II
nal! milca toward Paranadue. where the
"mHr'cHns found II strong trench on Il
ridge. out Of which they drove the Fill
p'nos by hard fighting.
The enemy tried to flank tho dIs-
mounted troops of the Fourth cavalry.
accompanying Major General Lawton.
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Negro I,ynClctl by Negroes.

sARDls. Miss. June i.-Smon
Brooks. colorcd. was lynched by II mob
OF 800 negroes near here, having been
taken from tho 5nfI somc time between
midnight md dawn. The crime which
wns thus avenged, was moRt ntrocious,
Last night negress named Armistcnd,
while returning from q shopping tour
to her home, was assaulted by Brooks
ana another negro. The woman was
outraged. her throat wnRScut and she
was severely beaten nbout't the hend md
her Jaws We're tightly tied 10 prevent
breathing -
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BIRMINGHAM. Ala. June 1l.--About
two thousand men employed in the
Republic Iron & Steel Compnnys roll
inG and atccl mills in this district, will
receive advanced wages under the on
Grafton Of the new nmnlEamatcd scale,
Tho total increase Of pny rolls Will ap-
proximnie nbout $4,000 per month,