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Evening star., 1899-02-09
Filipinos Destroy San Rogue to
Prevent American Attack.
REINFORCED BY WE'LL DRILLED MEN
They Are Concentrating Troops Be-
tween Caloocan and Malabon. =
OUR MEN ANXIOUS TO FIGHT

MANILA, February Q, $50 p.m.--The ma
tives, fearing the Americans were about to
make an attack on or lombard the town of
San Rogue, set fire to it today. 1t is still
burning as this dispatch is sent and, as 1t
IS composed In the main of bamboo huts,
1t will probably be totally destroyed
The Filipinos are lying low, except on the
extreme left tnd right. They are evidently
concentrating between Caloocan and Maia-
bon Judging from appearances, the Fill
pinos are being reinforced by better drilled
men from the northern provinces. In front
of Caloocan they are as thick as swarm
of bees.
Americans Feel the Heat.
The American troops feel the heat at
midday in the open, but they are anxious
to proceed. The soldiers are impatient of
restraint while in sight of the enemy.
The Filipinos are still intrenching them
selves on their left of Caloocan.
Sergt. Maj. Smith of the Tennessees has
been ordered to proceed to the United
States by the next steamer as an escort of
the remains of Col VIM. c. Smith of the
Tennessee volunteers, who died of apoplexy
during the recent battle with the Filipinos
Telegraph operators are now worth their
weight IN gold, and the members of the
signal Corps are working night and day.
FusilInde Last Evening.
MANILA, February o. II a.m.-The Fill
pinos at Caloocan opened fire last evening
just before midnight upon the Kansas out
posts, on the extreme left of the American
line.
They maintained fusllade of musketry
supplemented by an occasional shot from
Two Dig guns, for about twenty minutes.
Inc Americans did not reply.
The enemy fired at long range and nobody
was hurt
All was quiet along the rest of the line
ana thefe was no change III the American
position during the night
The 1st Volunteer Infantry relieved the
I'D infantry at the water works Yesterday
the latter returning TO provost guard duty
IN the city, which is gradually resuming it's
normal appearance
Troops OF to HoiiO.
me Iennesseeans have just sailed for
lioilo on the transport st. Paul. Brigadier
General Miller's forces now consist of Bat
terry G. the 9th and 18th Regular Infantry
Regiments and half signal company, with
TIE Baltimore, Boston and .Petrel
heconnaissances show that the Fiiipinos
are IN force in the Villages of Pasig and
faranaque, probably 1900 men at the latter
place, within strong fortifioations
Evening star., 1899-02-09
THE SITUATION AT ILOILO
Armed Natives Have Possession of All the
Public Buildings.
Streets Barricaded and Great Pre-
pnrations Made to Resist Landing
of the Americans.

VANCOUVER, B. c.. February 9.-Hons
Kong mail advices describe the situation at
Iloilo when it was first expected that Cen
eraI Miler's troops would be landed, as fol-
lows:
For days armed natives have been coming
into town in a steady stream and fully
1000 soldiers. armed with Remingtons and
Mausers, have taken possession of the
church and government buildings. officers
are scurrying about on ponies. ammunition
is being brought In from Malolo and an APP
parently stout resistance is being provided
for any landing attempted by the Ameri-
cans.
Stores and banks are closed, the excite
ment is intense. Outside of the city are
nearly 10000 mixed natives armed with
knives and spears. They are anxious to be
allowed in the city.
In Negros. nearby island it is reported
that some 10000 men are in arms awaiting
the call.
Several schooners loaded with men are
daily entering the river. They are not be-
ing interrupted. Day and night prepara-
tons continue for lively resistance. Every
hour of delay is made to count in throwing
up works and barricading streets. 1t is
threatened that if the F'ilipinos should
meet with defeat the town will be burned.
The transport Francisco Reyos came in
with $50 Filipino soldiers, who were al
lowed TO land without interference. Alto
gether LOO soldiers have been landed in
this manner and this is not counting the
hundreds that have come from other is
lands on schooners and small boats, Fully
1000 men with rifles are in the city.
The Spanish gunboat Ell Cano is still ly-
that some 1000 stands of arms had been
landed by her.
Evening star., 1899-02-09

and in violation not only of the spirit but
of the letter of the treaty of Berlin.
United States Ambassador White has by
this time presented the American view 10
the German government at Berlin. Still,
there is no disposition on the part of the
authorities here to add to the difficulties
of the situation by a public discussion of
the matter in the newspapers while II is
still a subject of diplomatic exchange, par
ticularly in view of the confident eXpecta-
ton that the German government viii act
with exact propriety in regulating the con-
duct of its overZealous officials.
Nothing has been done yet toward secur-
ing an amendment or an alteration of the
treaty of Berlin, so as to relieve the gov
ernment of the Samoan Islands from the
many difficulties which now beset 1t, and it
is certain that nothing will be done in that
direction until the status quo has been re-
stored at Apia as near as may be.
Evening star., 1899-02-09

was the coolest since 1888 when 80 below
was the record During the night the tenn
perature ranged from 25 to % below zero
Railroad men found greatest difficulty in
running trains, and all We're behind time.
There is much suffering among poorer
classes and reports from the country tell
of serious condition of stock.
OMAHA. Neb. February 9.-Tbe weather
bureau thermometer registered a fraction
under 23 below zero today. This is the
codest weather registered at this station
since February 4, 1874, when the mercury
was % below. There is no wind blowing.
TOPEKA, Kan. February 9.-,The wealth
er record scored in 1892 was broke, in KAN
sas during the night. STANDARD thermom-
eters in Topeka registered 10 below. The
sky is clear and no wind.
Coal Famine at Leadville.
LEADVILLE, Col, February 9.-Nothing
but the most heroic efforts on the part of
the railroads entering Leadville will pre-
vent the fires from dying in the smelter
stacks and under the boilers of the mines
that are forced to pump constantly, and in
which the drawing of the pumps would cost
months of time and enormous sums of
money.
Seven cars of coal remain for the pump
ing association that Is unwatering the
downtown mines, and aside from these the
bins of every coal dealer in the CITY are
would be necessary to resupply LeadviIle
with coal and coke, and even with the
lines opened and an assured supply it would
require this length of time to fully relieve
the situation.
Trains moving on the Denver and
Rio Grande, but should the storm continue
that road is liable to be again tied up
There has been continuous snow storm,
with few short intermissions in the vicin-
ity Of Leadvile, for fifteen days
The supply of provisions is running short
in Brecktnridge and Kontoma, which are
shut off from communication with the out
side world by rail. In Kokomo hams sell
at 81 per pound, and other meats In pro-
portion. There is no butter left in the
town.
JOLIET, Ill, February 9-It is 90 de-
grees below zero today. Business is par
alyZed. Frank Dubriet of Columbia Heights
was picked up frozen, dying soon after
Geo. Hamilton, also found unconscious,
died.
WEBSTER CITY. Iowa. February O.
With the mercury down to "a degrees be-
low Zero a disastrous fire broke out IN the
town of Williams, fifteen miles east of this
city, last night. Before the flames could De
controlled six business blocks in the heart
of the town had been reduced to ashes
Loss $4,000; insurance one-ffth
Evening star., 1899-02-09
INQUEST IN ADAMS CASE
Coroner Hart Investigating New York
Poisoning Mystery.
Jury Has Been Selected and DIstrfc,
Attorney Gardiner Outlines
Case to Them.

NEW YORK, February a.-Coroner Hart
began today an inquest into the death of
Mrs Kate J. Adams, who died from poison
on December 2S. Mrs. Adams lived with
her daughter, Mrs. Florence Rogers Harry
Cornish, physical director of the Knicker-
booker Athletic Club, boarded with them.
On December 2S Mrs. Adams complained
of feeling IL. and Cornish suggested that
she take dose Of bromo seltzer He had
received a bottle OF the medicine in a silver
holder as a Christmas gift, addressed by
mail, to the Knickerbocker Athletic Club.
and had taken ii to the house to show to
Mrs Rogers
Almost Immediately after drinking the
stuff Mrs. Adams died. The autopsy and
subsequent chemical analysis of the con-
tents of Mrs. Adams stomach showed that
death was caused by poisoning The most
generally accepted theory has been that
some person or persons with a secret TO
hide had attempted to dispose of those hav-
ing knowledge of the secret, and that Henry
c. Barnet, former member of the Knick-
erbGcker Athletic Club, who died November
10, has fallen victim to poison sent to
him anonymously in the mails.
Many Witnesses Subpoenaed
Coroner Hart has subpcenaed as witnesses
every person whose name has been in any
way connected with the case. Among those
to be called to testify are Mrs. Rogers,
daughter OF the murdered woman, Harry
Cornish and Frederick Hovey. vino were In
Mrs Adams apartments when she died:
Roland Burnham Molineaux and his wife
nee Cheeseborough; Herbert Ballantine of
the knickerbocker Athletic Club and Felix
j. Gallagher of the New FORK Athletic Club
The Hork of selecting a jury was begun a
lltte before noon. The jury empaneled con-
sists OF three grocers, two real estate deal
efs, tWc physicians, two dealers in mems
furnishings. druggist, a shoe dealer and \
woodenware merchant
District Attorney Gardiner gave the Jury
an outline of the case
Evening star., 1899-02-09

the civil war never had hospitals or medical
attendance good as was given them In
the war with Spain. And their army ration
then was not as eatable as It Is now. The
men who complained the most Of the food
we found were very generally the militia
men from tho interiors of states and who
had been allowed 81 per head for subsist-
ence stores while they were in state camps
When they went into the active fighting
they expected the same sort of thing.
In Questioning these men nearly all con-
fessed to us that they had always received
the army ration. They had no right to ex-
pect any more. l could tell some very fun
ny stories TO illustrate this
There were many complaints brought TO
us that on their face We're foolish and
false, but We went to every trouble and
expense to inquire into every genuine
charge"
Evening star., 1899-02-09
Ihey resigned From West Poin.
While Under n Cioud

Secretary Alger has under consideration
the cases of Cadets Charles L. Baender of
Moberly, Mo, and f. G.. Lane of keosauga.
Iowa, members of the second class of The
Military Academy. These young men sent
In their designations last Tuesday and left
the academy without further explanation.
Both of them are under a cloud for certain
alleged infractions of the rules of the acad-
einy, and the academic board has recon-
mended their dismissal. Sucn a recommen-
dation requires the approval of the Sest.re-
tary before II can become effective The
friends of the young men are making an
effort to have the Secretary accept their
designations and it rests with him whether
they shall be dismissed or permitfe1 to
resign
Evening star., 1899-02-09
EASTBJRN DROPS OUT.
DcadIOcks ut harrisburg and Dover
Are Practically Unchanged

HARRISBURG, Pa, February 9.-Hugh
B. Eastburn. the Doylestown lawyer. drop
ped out of the senatorial race today. In
the absence Of Senator Sproul of Delaware
Postmaster General Smith lost his GUS
tomary vote. The ballot follows in detail:
Quay (rep). 100; jerks (demD, az; DalzeI
Tep), Is. Stone Gep). 5; Stewart (rep),
8; HUFF Gep). 6; Widener repD. 2; Irwin
(rep), 4; Rice (rep), /; Markle 0rep1, l;
Tubbs Qrep), .; Smith (rep.), 1; Crow (repl.
/; Ritter rep.) 2. Total. pa; necessary TO a
choice, 113; paired. 2; absent without
pairs, 8. No election.
There were half a dozen changes
DOVER, Del, February 9.-The FORTY
seventh and fcrty-eighth ballots for United
States senator taken by the Delaware leg
islature in joint session at noon today re-
suited as follow s: Gray (den.), 16; Addicks
(uraon rep.). 10; Chandler (reg. rep). IA.
White (siiver deCl.), 4: absent, 4; total vote
4S. Necessary to choice. IS. No election.
Evening star., 1899-02-09
ARMY PROMOTIONS.
Capt. MOsher Nominated to Be n
Major in the Pay Corps.

The President today sent the following
nominations to the Senate:
Geo. a. Curran, collector of customs,
district of Passamaquoddy, Me.
War-Pay department: Capt. Theodore
Mosher. I'D Infantry, to be paymaster,
with rank of major; Lieut.. Col. Frank NJ.
Coke, deputy paymaster general to be
assistant paymaster general, with rank of
colonel; Major Albert S. Towar. paymaster,
to be deputy paymaster general, with rank
of lieutenant colonel. Fifth Regiment Vol
unteer Infantry: First Lieut.. j. w. Bright to
be captain; Second Lieut.. Thos. W. Trainer
to be first lieutenant; First Sergt. Samuel
G. SaInuels, Company NJ, to be second
lieutenant
Evening star., 1899-02-09
FOR THE COURT OF CLAIMS,
Appropriation to Purchase the Old
COrcOran Art Gallery Building.

In the Senate today Mr.. Mcmillan gave
notice of an amendment to the general
deficiency bill which appropriates $3.50 600
for the purchase of the Corcoran Art CAL
lery property, at the corner of Pennsyl-
vania avenue and 17th streets northwest
for the use of the Court of Claims The
property referred to contains II. 73S square
feet of ground, and fronts 100 feet on
Pennsylvania avenue and lO6 feet on 18th
street. The Secretary of the Treasury is
authorized to purchase said property for a
sum not exceeding the amount Appro-
prlated, and If that cannot be done con
demnation proceedings are to be Begin
Evening star., 1899-02-09
LOST FOREIGN MAIL MATTER.
The Post Office Department Held I,
Be Liable.

Attorney General Griggs has just render
ed an important opinion upon the question
of the liability of the Post Office Depart
ment TO foreign mail matter lost in the
malls, under the provision of the Universal
Postal Union convention. He holds briefly
that the department is liable under the act
of February -. 1897. which provides for
indemnity for lost registered letters.
Under this act the Postmaster General
made certain rules I'd regulations. One
pl divided an indemnit. of $40 for registered
letters containing at amount lost in
transmission. shor time ago register
ed letter intended for n foreign city was
lost and the person who registered the
same came forward with a claim for in
demnity. The assistant attorney general
for the Post Office Department rendered an
opinion in which he held that the rules
applied only to domestic registered mail
The matter was taken to the Attorney
General. who overrued the assistant at
tCrney general, above set forth
Evening star., 1899-02-09
TO REIMBURSE GOVERNORS
senate Military Committee to Report
the Fairbanks Bill

The Senate committee on military affairs
today agreed to report the bill introduced
by Senator Fairbanks for the reimburse
meut OF governors of states for moneys
expended In connection with the recent
war with Spain. The bill is amendatory Of
the act OF July Is last, and extends the
provisions of the act so to include ex-
penditures made subsequently TO July s
and prior to August II, 1898.
The committee made several amend
ments. one of which provides that old
claims Of the government against states
shall not be used to Offset war claims and
another providing for reimbursement on ac-
count of claims growing out of the en-
rOliment of individual men who were not
members of militia organizations and also
for the settlement of claims growing out
OF the enlistment of the immune and cow
boy regiments.
Evening star., 1899-02-09
THE CANAL BILL AS A RIDER.
What Members of the Commerce
Committee Say.

Chairman Hepburn of the House COM
merce committee says he knows nothing of
the reported plan to add the Hepburn
Nicaragua canal bill as a rider to the
river and harbor bill.
Chairman Burton of the river and harbor
committee says:
"On first glance 1 do not like the sug-
gestion of a rider on the river and harbor
bill and do not think the committee would
approve 1t. We framed a strictly river and
haFbor bill with great care, and it seems
as though this should be handled on its
merits and without complications of such
remote character"
Senator Frye. chairman of the Senate
commerce committee, yesterday denied that
any such scheme was before the commit
tee.
Evening star., 1899-02-09
MIR. HOwELL's CHANGE.
Auditor Morris FavornbIy Regarded
as His Successor

The nomination Of Assistant Secretary
Howell of the treasury to be general ap-
praiser of merchandise at New York has
met with approval in all directions. and the
nominee has been kept busy acknowledging
the hearty congratulations that have been
showered on him from near and far
The opinion prevails that the successor of
Mr.. Howell in his present position will be
MI Frank II. Morris, at present auditor
for the Navy Department. 1t is understood
that Secretary Gage strongly favors the ap-
pontment of Auditor Morris
Evening star., 1899-02-09
PROTEST TO GERMANY.
Onr side of the samoan Dispute Pre-
sented by Ambassador White

The press reports of the events at Samoa
agree. as far as they go. with the official
Rdvices touching the series of petty snarls
and oificia! disregard for treaty obligations
that have come from official sources There
can be no doubt that the conduct of the
German consul general at Samoa. Rose,
and the German president of the municipal
council, RaffeI, was arbitrary, overbearins
Evening star., 1899-02-09
THE ARMY BILL.
Few Changes Made by the Senate Sub
committee

The subcommittee of the Senate commit
tee on military affairs having the army
reorganization bill in charge has made such
progress with the bill as TO feel practically
certain OF being able to report to the full
committee tomorrow.
The bill as ii passed the House has been
changed in only few particulars 1t is
not expected that the committee will hold
it long, and strenuous effort viii be made
TO secure action by the Senate during the
present session.
Evening star., 1899-02-09
THE "OMNIBIS CLAIMS" BILL.
Conferees of Two Houses Agreed I
Report Disagreement

The conferees of the two houses on the
omnibus claims bill agreed today to re-
port disagreement. The representatives
of the House were willing under their In
structions to include only the claims allow
ed under the Bowman and Tucker acts and
the French speaiatien claims and the sen.
ators refused to concede so much.
Evening star., 1899-02-09
A NEW LERRARIAN.
The Place Said to Have Been offered
VIII. Herbert Pufanm.

1t is reported at the Capitol that the
President has offered the position of Ii
brarian to Congress to Mr. Herbert Put
nam, VINO Is now at the head of the Bos-
ton Public Library. Some of his friends
doubt his acceptance, because they say his
present salary is greater than that attach
ed 10 the head of the Congressional Lii
brary, but others think that Fhe will constd-
er the honor attached to the new position
and come to Washington.
Evening star., 1899-02-09
FEVER PATIENTS DOING WELL.

No New Cases of Yellow Jack in
2o2d New York.
GUANAJAY, Province of Pinar del Rio,
Cuba. February 9.--TRere have been no ad-
ditional cases Of yellow fever reported here
among the members of the 202d New York
Regiment, and tho men who are suffering
from fever are defngs well.
Evening star., 1899-02-09

In no other city I'm the
world cnn households ana
families he 40 geaerally
reached by a single medium
of advertising as can those of
Washington through tho col
umns of Tho Evening Star.
As business brinEers The
stars advertisements are
without n parallel.
Evening star., 1899-02-09
Favor the Eiatt-Hour Law.

Representative Jenkins today presented
in the House petition signed by 10000
residents of the District of Columbia favor
ing the eight-hour law,
Evening star., 1899-02-09
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Evening star., 1899-02-09

"Of course, there were some evils but
they were to be expected. The soldiers in
Evening star., 1899-02-09
Order Issued by Direction Of the
President.
TO INVESTIGATE THE ARMY BEEF
VIII Meet in This City on the
18th Instant
THE CHARGES OF GEN. MILES

The following order Issued toiay
ccnvening a court Of Inquiry to Investigate
the beef scandal:
Evening star., 1899-02-09

The following cablegram was re-
ceived at the Navy Department today
from Admiral Dewey:
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-26
LONGS REPORT
WIN Recommend but n Limited In
crease IN tho New Navy.


VIII Recommend but n Limited In
crease In tho New Navy.
NEW YORK, Oct. ga special to
the Herald from washington says:
Secretary Long viii make recon-
mendatIon for but a limited increase Of
the new navy In his forthcoming an
nunl report.
1t IS his intention to especially devote
his pen to urging the abolition of the
limit of cost now Imposed upon armor
purchased By the government, and to
ask for SUFFICIENT appropriations to en-
able the department to procure krnpp
ArmOr for the bnttieships Of the Maine
class and the projected battleship and
nrmored cruisers.
The three hattieships and three ar
mored cruisers authorized by the last
Congress- have not yet been laid down.
the law prohibiting the awarding OF
contracts for their hun and machinery
In advance Of the contracts for nrrlor.
Yet the secretary believes that an In
crease. however small. should be made
during the coming session.
II can be Gtated that he will certalu-
~ not recommend the authorization OF
more than three protected cruisers OF
the Olympia class. and ne may deter
mine TO recommend In their place that
Congress authorize several small
sheathed cruisers and gunboats capable
Of doing effective work In the Philip
pines,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-10-26
a STRONG Bellies
That NEr. Chamberlain and Cecil
Rhodes arc Identical.


Rhodes are Identical.
LONDON, Oct. 25.-During the debate
on the second reading Of the appropri-
alton bill in the house Of commons to-
day, James H. Dalzlei, Liberal. mem
Der for the Klrkcaldy district, exprebs-
ed the opinion that one Of the greatest
dificuities in arriving at a settlement
with President Kruger had been that,
rightly or wrongly. the President had
believed Mr.. Chamberlain. the British
secretary Of state for the colonies. and
Cecil Rhodes were identical. He added
that Mr.. Chamberlain had given
grounds for this belief by suppressing
kilograms, whereupon the colonial Sec
rotary tartiy interviewed, saying: 81
have never suppressed kilograms. ]
have not got them"
Mr., Chamberlain also denied that he
had refused to see DR.. MOntagu White.
the agent Of the TransvRAl, who, the
eolonIaI secretary added, had never APP
piled for an audience. The speaker,
William Court Gully, interviewed at this
juneture and declared that all refer
ences to such matters were out Of order.
Michael Davitt, Irish Nationalist,
member for South Mayo, announced IN
the house Of commons to-day that he
would resign tomorrow as q protest
against the Boer war.