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The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-06-13
LAWTON DRIVES THE FOE
CAP lures TOWNS OF PARANAQUE AND
LAS PlNAS
But the Cunning fi'ipinos slip Through his
Fingers and Vanish, Some Desperate
Fighting. Death Of Capt Nichols.

Manila, June 12.-3 p. m.-The fun
eral of Captain Henry Nichols the
commander of the United States
double-turreted monitor Monadnock,
who died from sunstroke on Saturday,
took place at Cavite yesterday, with ap-
propriatc naval ceremonies. The officers
of the fleet were present and the flags
on all vessels were half-lnasted.
The heat ON Saturday was most Sc
day in shelling the trenches at Parana-
que, the rebels fleeing south through Las
Pinas, ana also watching the American
troops closing i'll upon the towns. Cap
tain Nichols WAS overcome by heat at
noon and retired to his cabin, where he
received frequent reports of the opera
tions and gave directions for several
hours. He became much worse at 3
o'clock, lost consciousness and expired at
) O'Clock in the afternoon. Several
hours before his death he expressed gra-
tification at the way events were pro-
crossing. remarking to an officer:
I'VE have got the rebels there at last >
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LEADS ALL M0RTM CAROLINA DAlDES 0M NEWS AMID CIRCULATION

ed the contradictory attitude of the
The Moderates hope to secure the re-
turn of NJ. Meline to power. The Rev
olutionarics, NationaliSts and anti
Senitcs, hope in their opposition to Nj.
Dupuy to find more tolerant man in
his successor. This is the explanation of
to-day's voting, resulting in the downfall
Of the Cabinet. The supporters of the
Government only numbered 1I3, re-
cruited for the most part from the
ranks of the Moderate Radicals. Many
Deputies agree that the DreyfuS affair
Of the Cabinet. All the Royalsts and
many Radicals demand that their share
The fall of the Cabinet was probably
rs little of Il surprise to NJ. Dupuy him
self, as to parliament or the country,
though it is said he looked rather for
a partial crisis and had an eye on the
Presidency for himself. The crisis has
come, however, rather sooner than he
expected.
1t is understood that NJ. Loubet is
well content to be rid of IL Premier who
has brought i'll luck, as the superstitious
believe, to every President under whom
he has served. namely Carnot, Casimir-
Perier and Faure.
1t is rumored at the offices of several
newspapers this evening that the Due
D'OrleanS had been arrested at Nice.
No confirmation of the report can be
obtained; and it is quite improbable.
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A CRASH ON THE RAIL
FIFTEEN PERSONS INJURED, THREE CARS
DEMOLISHED.
The Locomotive Disabled. Cause Of the Acci-
dent as Yet Unknown. Scene of Ac-
cident Geneseo, III

Chicago. Ills. June 12.-As the Chi
cago. Rock Island and Pacific west
bound express train pulled into Geneseo,
His, 160 miles south of Chicago. at $50
O'Clock last night, three cars left the
track and crashed into stock train
standing on siding. Fifteen persons
were injured the three passenger cars
demolished and the stock train locomo-
tive disabled.
The most seriously injured are;
{. ~ Keefer, Chicago.
H. r. Huntington, Blue Island, Ills,
conductor.
- W. IL. Smith, Chicago, brakeman.
Mrs y. Berlau, New York city, arms
and chest scalded.
N. L. Reedy, Chicago, postal clerk.
The cause of the accident has not yet
been determined. The injured were at
once taken to Geneseo and cared for,
and an hour later three cars replaced
those demolished and the train pro-
ceeded.
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HANANA'S HEALTH SPLENDID.

Havana, June 12-Surgeon Major Jno.
G.. Davis says that in future all ships
from infected ports must undergo quar-
antine here, especially those from Cen
trail America.
The health of Havana, the surgeon
majCr points out, is marvellous. The
only case of yellow fever existing is Il
light one. taken sick at sea two days be-
fore arrival of the patient here, and Dr.
Drummer, the chief quarantine officer of
Havana, still persists it is not case of
yellow fever.
The municipality of Havana has pre-
sented to General Maximo Gomez a GER
tiiicate naming him as an adopted son
of the city. In short letter which ap-
pears to-day he thanks the givers for
the honor conferred, and says that moth
ing could touch him more than this illus
tration of the friendship of the people
of Cuba who can always depend upon
his loyalty.
The ceremony is regarded as Il high
honor which has only been bestowed
upon such men as Marti, the elder Ces-
pcdes. Calixto Garcia and Antonio
MaceO.
A dispatch from Puerto Padre. says
that Il party of 30 armed men sacked IL
store ON the Marrero plantation at.
Palomas. securing large sum of money.
The rural guards pursued the outlaws.
killed one, Atanasio Diaz. and captured
two, Relo and Cintino, all Cubans, and
former members of the Spanish guerilla
force.
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THEY DISCUSS ARBITRATION.
\ Dramatic Scene Between Two Mem
bers of the Conference.

The Hague, June 12.-The drafting
committee of the arbitration committee
of the peace conference met today and
continued the discussion of the arbi-
tration schemes.
The delegates not having received ad-
ditional instructions from their re-
spcctive governments, the committee ad-
jourhed until Friday without further
progress.
The American delegates tonight issued
Il manifesto to the effect that, although
the English proposals have been used
as the basis of the arbitration discus
sion, this does not mean the abandon
ment of the American plan which will
he presented by the Comte De Redac-
ton, With their own draft, to the plenary
sitting Of the third commission ana
Judged by it on it's merits with the rest
The discussion as to furnishing the
newspapers with abstracts OF the pro-
ceedings developed IL remarkable scene,
NJ. Bearnhaert, head OF the Belgian dele
cation, on rising to speak, addressed NJ
De Staal, and in the most pointed man
ner SAID that publicity might as we'll
be granted. as certain documents had
been published in the newspapers. Some
of these documents he said, looking
NJ. De Staal full in the face, ''were
stolen, | have heard from NJ. De Staal
but | cannot believe this feeling sure
that the visitors to the Oud1oelen Hotel
are all far too honest to stoop to theft =
NJ. De Staal received these remarks
i'll silence.
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nounce in unmeasured terms the acquisi-
ton of territory by force of arms.
Frank Campbell, (New York.)-1t
would be impossible for me at this time
to answer definitely for the reason that
the conditions in this country are so
changeable and we have been making
history so rapidly since the Spanish
American war, having added new terri
tory and increasing our responsibility.
Peter j. Otey, (Virginia.)-l think
that the rcaffirmaton of the Chicago
platform is Il certainty, and hence the
silver question can he no less prominent
in the future than it was in the cam
paign of 1896, though the fight against
trusts and imperialism and militarsm
will be equally pronounced.
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TO FREE SPANISH PRISONERS.

Madrid, June 12.-The Spanish Minis
ter ut Washington, the Duke of ARGOS,
cables that the United States Govern
ment admits its obligation and is pro-
ceeding to secure the liberation of the
Spanish prisoners i'll the Philippine Is
lands. according to the terms of the
peace treaty, and while so doing grants
Spain the privilege of independent ac-
tion i'll the same work, including ram
soning the prisoners. The Minister adds
that instructions have been cabled to
Major General Otis to assist the
Spanish commissions Decentralization.
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PREPARING FOR THE WORST.
The General Trend of News, However,
Is Towards Il Peaceful Solution.

London, June 12-Commander-in- Chief
Lord Wolseley, has been busy for sever
al days and evenings at the War Office
preparing for possible eyentualities III
South Africa The effective lists Of the
first class reserve have been prepared
and transportation Off the First ormy
corps has been Professionally arranged.
The officers ON furlough have been
warned to hold themselves in readiness
to return to their regiments. The gen
eral trend of news, however, is more
Dacitic.
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A POETS PORTRAIT UNVEILED

Richmond. Va. June 12-At the Uni
versity Of Virginia to-day rtr1iait of
the late John Il. Thompson the Nir-
ginia poet. was unveiled. The speech nc
presentation was made by Hon. r.
Walton Moore, that of acceptance by
Professor Thornton. and that of appre-
citation by Captain w. Gordon McCabe,
Of Richmond. An ode composed of Rev.
b. ID. Tucker. ID. d., was read by the
author Letters of appreciation were
read from various literary men living
North and South.
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PENNSYLVANIA DEMOCRATS.

Harrisburg. Pa, June 12.-The State
Democratic Convention, which convenes
in this city on Wednesday, may not
complete its work before Thursday.
The present programme Of tie leaders
is to hold sessions on Wednesday and
Thursday to avoid session on Wednes-
day night The feature Of the gathering
will be the contest for Supreme court
Judge There is no less than 4 score Of
ayowed candidates i'll the field.
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MIR. BLAND IMPROVED.

Lebanon. Mo-. June 12.-Nir. BANDS
condition tonight is encouraging. His
pulse is stronger than for several days
and he has taken more nourishment
than during any time since his collapse
ten days ago.
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DONNED HIS HAT AND LEFT.

Madrid, June 12.-In the Chamber a
violent debate arose over proposal to
eXpel Senor Moretta Considerable up
roar accompanied the discussion, and
finally the President of the Chamber
donned his hat and left the house.
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wiped from the face of the earth, and
while no definite news can be obtained
at this time of casualties, it is presumed
that many were injured and possibly
some killed.
1T is known that Dave Heiferon is
severely injured and his wife killed.
"a courier just in says New Richmond
has been also wiped off the map, and
that two or three hundred people are
injured"
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NEGROES LYNCH NEGROES
MOB GOT TWO VICTIMS AND WANTED
NINE OTHERS.
Sma' florida Town in The Hands of The Blacks
and Urgent Calls Made for The
Safe Militia.

Ocala. Fla. June 12-Two negroes
We're lynched at Dunnellon last evening
by an infuriated mob of their own color.
Some weeks ago Marshal Payne was
shot by Il negro. Saturday the negro
was captured and returned to Dunnel-
lon, when it is supposed some negroes
were employed to take him down the
river and drown him. Sunday evening
the laborrers of the Donnellon Phos-
phate Mine heard of it, and at once
organized To mete out similar justice to
these implicated. They succeeded in
lynchng two of the men, and were only
prevented from lynthing nine others by
the appearance of Sheriff Nugent and an
armed posse, who went down in spe-
cial train from Ocala. The posse re-
turned this morning and reported every
thing quiet.
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CAyITE PROVINCE CLEARED.
Some Desperate Fighting Lawton Holds
Las Pinas and Paranaque.

Manila, June 12.-he Filipino occupa-
ton Of Cavite Province has been broken.
a force of 4.500 Americans under Cen
eral Lawton now controls the impor-
tant coast towns of Paranaque and
Las Pinas, while long line Of trenches
facing the American south line has been
cleared.
The EIlipinos have again proved their
facility as dodgers, between 5000 and
1000 warriors, who seemed destined to
be captured. having disappeared, most
of them sliding away under cover of the
night, after fighting the Americans all
day.
The Thirteenth infantry lost one man
killed and six wounded; the Ninth in
fantry, one man killed and five wounded:
the Fourteenth infantry, three wounded,
and the First Colorado Volunteer Regi-
ment eleven wounded.
AS far as can yet be ascertained the
Filipino loss is about fifty killed. about
800 wounded and twenty taken prison
crS.
Yesterdays work was the hardest the
American army has seen. The battle
field stretched out across the entire
isthmus from Laguna de Bay to the har-
bor of Manila
While the troops were advancing.
the gunboat Napidan, in the river near
Taguig shelled the shore, killing a
number Of Eilipinos. The monitor Man
adnock and the gunboat Helena shelled
Paranaque and Las Pinas all day, with
the full power of their batteries.
The fighting was in the usual style.
the Americans capturing trench after
trench
About 3 O'Clock in the afternoon Gen
era' Ieaton's brigade. headed by Gen
eral Lawton, who, in his white uniform
and helmet, on a big black horse. was
4 shining mark for sharpshooters, circed
to the south of Las Pinas, encounteriny
il large force Of Filipinos in the shei-
ter of the trees. General Lawton had
a narrow escape In the first voley by
the natives the horses of three of his
staff officers We're shot from under
them. The Colorado regiment bore the
brunt of this attack and dispersed tile
Finpinos.
The Americans camped for the night
south of the town and in the midst of
a heavy rain.
At 6 O'Clock Saturday morning Gen
eral Wheaton advanced upon Las Pinas
entering the town without firing a
shot. He them advanced upon Parana-
que.
COL. SMITH TO RETIRE
Manila. June 12.-d1:20 A. NJ
Colonel Alfred r. Smith of the Thr-
teenth infantry. has applied for retire
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READY TO FIGHT TRUSTS.
Several Governors Accept Saycrs' Invi-
tation to Attend Convention

Houston, Texas, June 12.-Governor
Savers has received acceptances of his
invitation to attend an Antitrust Con
vention at st. Louis, September Doth,
from Governors Tanner, of Illinois;
Shaw. of iowa; Bushnell, of Ohio; Pin
gree, of Michigan; Thomas, of Colora-
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HUDSON A SUFFERER.

st. Paul. Minn., June ia heavy
storm, possibly tornado, is tonight re-
ported to have swept Hudson and New
Richmond, Wis, being probably the
centre of the hard storm that gave
St Paul and Minneapolis such hard
rain and blow from > to s O'Clock. One
report placed the number OF dead at the
last named place at 300. Wires are
down from here and it is difficult to
WORTHY any of the rCnOrtS
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MILITIA WANTED.

Atlanta. Ga, June PA special to
the Constitution from Tallahassee, Fla,
says:
-Four tclegrams were received at the
Executive office to-day from the mayor
of Dunnellon. small town near Ocala,
Fla, asking that troops be sent there at
once. The negroes were reported TO be
in possession of the town and walking
about the streets heavily armed. Gov
ernor BloXham is in East Florida on a
brief vacation, and Private Secretary
Lang being unable to ascertain the
cause of the trouble did not order out
the militia.
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Bellamy Storer, United States Minis
ter to Spain, has arrived IN Madrid.
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COL. SMITH TO RETIRE.

Manila, June 12.-01:20 A. Nj
Colonel Alfred r. Smith. of the Thr-
teenth infantry. has applied for retire
ment. He WAS overcome by the heat
during last Saturdays movement on
Panranaque. 1t is not Thought however,
that his condition is serious.
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TOWNS WIPED OFT

Minneapolis, Mimi. June IA spe-
cal to the Times from North Wisconsin
Junction, says:
a courier from Boardman just in re-
ports that the whole town has been
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-29
HUMAN NATURE STUDIES.
Advised Not to Read It.

John Luther Long, the we'll known au-
thor of several successful books and the
teller Of many charming stories, spent the
past summer at quiet resort along the
New Jersey coast, relates the Saturday
Evening Post on his way to his home
there he was obliged to stop over one
night at Seabright, and this story is told
of his little visit He was recognized by
several people, and when he entered the
dining room one of them came forward
and asked him to occupy a seat at his
table. He was quietly introduced as Mr..
Long, and his literary reputation did
not enter at all into the presentations. He
was placed beside a very beautiful and
charming youg lady, and after a while
the conversation developed somewhat -
follows: MIR. Long, your name is quite
familiar. l have run across it somewhere
very recently"
There are a great many Longs" he
said
mo, but | mean that have read some
thing somewhere. Oh, yes, | remember;
il was story called THE Fox Woman"
DO you know who wrote it?'
Mr. Long was blissfully ignorant. "Yes,
1 am sure that was it," she said.
at may be by relative. What did
you think Of it?"
She gazed at him earnestly and replied,
Don't read it,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-29
A Dangerous Precedent.

Y v Mess THERE existed in
connection with the alleged
~ seizure by British officials
of vessels laden with Amerl-
can -four consigned to the Portuguese
port of Lorenzo Marquee in South
Africa circumstances clearly pointing
to an intent on the part Of the con-
signors to aid and abet the Beers or
reasonably indicative of such intent,
the seizure, as a matter Of policy. was
a mistake, entirely regardless of the
international law upon the subject,
which seems to be somewhat nebulous.
1t was mistake in the direction Of
exasperating American public opinion
at time when the good will Of our
people was very valuable to Great
Britain; but, most of all, it establlshe
precedent decidedly perilous to Eng
lish prospects. 1t is a matter Of COM
mon knowledge that should England
become engaged in war with any other
European power her main reliance for
foOdstuffs would necessarily be upon
importations from the United States
1t is therefore manifestly to Englands
advantage not to lend encouragement
TO such a view OF international Gus
tom respecting articles contraband OF
war as would make difficult the send
ing Of American supplies to England
in the event of a blockade Of English
ports. The amount of our -four trade
with the Portuguese colony in South
Africa is not so large that an Interrupt
tion of it would present serious diplo-
matte difficulties. We may fairly as-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-12-29
NUBS OF KNOWLEDGE.

England contains 100000 more women
than men.
In the twelfth century gloves with sep
arate fingers were first seen.
The imports of Africa amounted during
the past year to 800, 900 900, of which $751;
00O,0 900 was furnished by the United States.
The exports for the same time were $780,
100000 of which the United States took
81 100000.
a favorite dish with the Eskimo is an
ice cream made of seal oil, into which
snow is stirred until the desired consist
ency has been obtained; then frozen ber-
ries of different kinds are added, with a
little of the fish-egg for flavoring.
Pellin has a tower in which is hung a
large bell cast in the fifteenth century,
and another tower containing a huge
drum, which is intended to be beaten in
case a great danger should threaten the
city. No one is allowed to enter these
towers.
A tremendous growth in the carrying
service on the Great Lakes Is noticed
Last year the tonnage arriving at Chi
cago was double what 1t was twenty
years ago. and, curiously enough, only
three-fourths as many vessels were re-
quired to carry 1t.
After prolonged negotiations the French
and German governments have agreed to
establish a system of telel hone commu-
niCation between Paris and Berlin. Tho
distance between the two cities Is about
$50 miles, and the line covering it will be
begun at once
A young woman in London has for
some years carried on the business OF
index making. During that period she
has trained in her office forty women in
dex makers, and she has indeXed ASS vol
umes of history ard numerous papers
and periodicals.
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PAUL KRUGER.


Paul Kruger, writes Allen Sangree in
Ainslee's Magazine appears just as every
newspaper reader has often seen him de-
plcted, whether In portrait or caricature.
His skin is brownish-yellow and the coun-
tcnance shows many a furrow. The teeth
are strong, irregular and not white His
arms are rather long, the hands muscu-
lar. and the fingers short. His left thumb
IS missing. He lost this when out hunting
elephants one day. An old rifle exploded
in his hand and his thumb was torn into
shreds. His friends said, Let us hurry
to surgeon and have 1t amputated."
Kruger said, "Ikona! [ will cut it off
myself" With that he whipped out a
rusty hunting knife. and, placing the
thumb on the stock of gun. amputated
1t. You know, therefore, that tlis man
Is brave. That he can c0po with the
most able statesmen of Europe, however,
seems absurd. You feel that nc has been
greatly overestimated.
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His First Nightshirt.

In the matter of dress Kruger evinces
the same carelessness as the majority of
Beers, and many stories are current in
johannesburg as to the presidents ig-
norance of the luxury of clothes. One 1
heard was to the effect that when in
London attending the convention of 1881
Kruger first experienced the comfort of
nightshirt. He took very kindly to 1t
and was glad to accept the offer of some
half dozen from friend. On reaching
Pretoria, however. he gave his good wife
quite fright by arraying himself in one
the first night of his return and appear
ing suddenly in the doorway.
what in the world have you got there
Paul. demanded Dame Kruger, in tight
eous indignation.
His eXcellency looked rather sheepsh
and attempted to explain, but Mrs. Kru.
ger did not believe any good could come
out of England, and the nightshIrts were
laid away in a big chest, never again to
grace the presidential form.
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set him down as "shrewd and able
man OF affairs." IL is unnecessary to
point out specific Instances. Indlanapo-
lis and every other city has them In
plenty, from the man that buys few
votes on election day to the big capitalist
that hires lobbyists to control city coun-
ellis and legislatures.
We may have, for the seller an added
Indignation, bcgotten of trust betrayed,
but this does not properly account for tho
contempt we bestow upon him, and the
admiration we shower upon the buyer.
Much of the vast difference must be due
to the fact that the buyer Is wealthy and
the seller Is impccunious. Much as we
try to be Christians, we cannot help n
little contempt for Lazarus and a little
bending Of the knee TO Dives. 1t Is not
alone through written law and its en-
forcement that we can attain to more OF
honesty in public affairs. Social and
commercial influences are often much
stronger than political forces. State
legislatures and city councils ordinarily
do their work honestly enough, until a
question arises affecting the interests OF
some corporation. Then the corruption
begins, and II makes little difference
whether the member seeks the oppor-
tunity to sell his vote, or the capitalist
seeks the opportunity to buy 1t, the re-
suit is the same. OF the two the pur-
chaser takes the smaller risk, for he can
lose nothing but money. while the seller
may lose all that is worth living for. If
the risk of social and commercial ostra-
cism were made as heavy for the man
that buys as 1t is for the man that sells.
the capitalists would think n long time
before he ventured upon n course that
might make him n social outcast and a
commercial pariah.
A more equal distribution of the dis
grace attaching to official corruption
would serve to prevent great deal of It,.