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CENSUS SUPERVISORS
ofWest Virginia = Tho Second and
Fourth District Appointments Prac.
IttCplly Agreed ITnon

OfWest Virginia - Tho Second and
Fourth District Appointments Prac.
ticnlly Agreed Upon.
Special Dispatch to tho IntellIgencer.
WASHINGTON, D. c., April 2S.-Two
OF the four appointments OF supervisors
Of census for West Virginia have been
practically agreed upon, those OF the
Second and Fourth districts, respective
lT,as they are recognized compassionate
~. "a
Il Is Understood that Mfr. L. c. Pow
ell, editor OF the West Virglnlan, at
'Fairnons is the choice for the Second
district, and Mr.. Thomas A. Brown, OF
Elizabeth. Writ county. for the Fourth
district. The choice In the Yhird con-
gressionnl district. It is said, lies be-
tween Editor J. a.. Oldaeld, Of Mcdowell
county. ond Mr.. Il. l.. Dunn, OF Red Sui
phur Springs. 1t cannot be now pre-
oicted which will win, nor whether n
third man Is likely to be named as a
compromise. ~ =. :. :,
The selection In the Ffrs, district. IT Is
SAID, VIII not be made for several weeks
owing to the Difficulty In deciding
ehiohg the asplrahts. %
AS previously stated In the Inthlil-
gencet, West VirElnii will bo entitled.
Under the dpboftioHinent. 10 four sliper-
visors' Each Of these will receive 81, 1000
IN compensation, and their active du-
TIES Yill cover n period Of less than four
iii1hths. 80 >'' = - w.
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IN The OPEN
The Filipinos Could not Withstand
the Determined Onslaught of the
American TrOOps.

The Filipinos Could not Withstand
the Determined Onslaught of the
American Troops.
MANILA, April 2S. $50 a. NAT CAL
umpit for the first time, large body
of Filplnos attempted to face the
Americans In open ground. The Filipl-
nos in the trenches were dispersed df-
ter making 4 ridiculously feeble resist
ance: but General Luna's brigade came
upon the field from Maca5elcs on the
double quick, the two regiments pre-.
serving n perfect formation. The Amer
leans from the south banks of the river.
which Is higher than the north bank,
could see General Luna, mounted on O
black horse. galloplng franticallv along
the lines and apparently eXhortlng his
followers to make q stand. He finally
succeeded in getting them spread in an
extended line OF battle which would
have done credit to q civilized army.
But when the American bullets show
cred thick!y among them, stirring
clouds OF dust from the sandy SOIL the
Filipinos again showed that no amount
OF drilling could fortIfY them sufficient
ly 10 make them face the American RI
fles. and their train puffcd up the track.
with It's load OF dead and wounded In
plain sight Of the Americans, who were
entering the town so closely that the
rebels barely slipped out OF the victor's
hands.
The Montana regiment made rush to
capture the train. running up the track.
yelling shrilly, and even dropping their
guns In the pursuit: hut the engine
backed OFF hastily. leaving the bodies OF
SIX warriors TO their enemies.
Twenty Flliplnos who came to meet
the conquerers. bearing q white flag, de-
clareG heartily that they were sick OF
fighting, adding that food was very
short In their camps. They ate the
army ratons given to them with an
eagerness that testified to the truth OF
the latter statement. One who had
been severely wounded dragged himself
after his comrades. showing remarkable
nerve.
Fifty Americans were overcome by
the heat, and Colonel Funston dropped
utterly exhausted after the battle.
The men of the Kansas regiment cheer
ed him crazily when he went among
them. Last night the flames OF burning
villages and scattered huts gave the
horizon glow as of sunset, and the
cracking OF the bnmboos as thcy
caught fire sounded like musletry In q
battle
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ARISTOCRACY'S ANTICS.
Perry Belmont Wcds Sloanc's 12 Hour
Divorced Wife.

NEW YORK, April 2s.-Perrg Bel
mont, and Mrs. Jessie a. Sloane, the
divorced wife OF Henry T. Sloane. were
married at $50 o'clock Tonight at
Greenwich. Conn, by the Rev. Walter
NJ. Barrows. pastor of the Second Con-
ErcGatonal church OF this city. Mr..
and Mrs. Belmont Will so to Washing
ton, where they will be the guests of
Mrs. S. G. HowlWnd, Mr.. Betmont's SIS
ter for several days. Mr.. Belmont will
then take his bride to Kentucky 10 Wis
It his stock farm.
Before leaving this city tonight, and
at Mr.. Belmont's request, the new Mrs.
Belmont conveyed her home at No. 3
East Seventy-sccond street, the house
that had been recently given to her by
Mr.. Sloane and nll It's contents to the
s:atc trust company, with Instructions
to convey It back again to Mr.. Sloane.
The property IS valued at SI5o.000.
II he shall refuse to accept It the
trust company Is instructed TO Invest
the proceeds o, the sale of the house for
the benefit of the two Sloane children.
It was learned that the referee In the
divorce case was William l.. Turner.
and that he had been appointed by
Justice Francis NJ. Scott, on March IS
last. The referee held two hearings
Mrs. Sloane did not attend either.
(Mr. Sloane received u decree OF d.
vorcc from his wife just twelve hours
before The above Harrlas@.)
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"N0T GUILTY"

Wns the Verdict Rendered In the
George Case : Woman In Demand
for Speculative Purposes.
CANTON. o.. April 2S.-A verdict of
Not Guilty" delivered to the court to-
day. acquitted Mrs. Anna L. George OF
the murder Of George ID. Saxton. and
ended her seven months confinement In
jail. The verdict was reached after n
trial Of twenty-five days Of actual ses-
sions OF court and after twenty-five and
three-auarter hours OF dellberatlon in
the Jury room. In less than an hour
aftcr the verdict had been announced,
congratulatory kilograms were received
by Mrs. George from sympathlzers In
many parts OF the country. More OF
them were addressed to her attorneys
aud were congratulations on n profess
isonal victory.
During the afternoon and this even
ing, Mrs. George has been kept busy
receiving her friends. She said then she
will remain In Canton until Monday
morning, when she viii start for her
mothers home at l1unovcrton.
All OF the kilograms received by Mrs.
George were not mere congratulate tions.
One. II Is announced. Is from n theatri-
cnl company In Columbus. Offering her
$500 for weeks engagement with the
company. Another offer is for the
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A GERMAN PROTEST
In Regard to the Drcyfus Cnse-Somc-
thing may DrOD Soon,

Ai"s %A"l' '''o''
LONDON. April .2S-Ernest Vizetelly.
who has hitherto shown that he is we'll
informed on the subject treated. has an
article in the Westminster Gazette to-
day, in which he says the German gov
ernment has addressed an expostulatory
note TO the French government regard
Ing the Dreyfus case.
This note was recently presented to
NJ. Delicassc, the French minister OF
foreign affairs. by Count Won Munster.
the German ambassador to France. and
deals with the proceedings before the
court OF cessation as published In the
Figaro, and which, the note says, sur
prised and pnined the German govern
ment. The note. according to Mr.. Vize-
telly, intimates that in certain cventu-
alities 1t would be Impossible for the
German government to refrain from
officially publishing the facts, In JUS
tice to Its own officers. who have repeat
cdly solicited permission TO speak. The
note urged In forclbl, terms the desir-
ability, in the interests OF both coun-
tries, OF speedy conclusion of the
present agitation.
The presentation OF this note led NJ.
Dupuy. the French prime minister, to
bring pressure to bear upon the court
Of cassation. which. however, by ma
jority Of three, decided to continue the
proceedings in its own way. and hold
n supplementary inquiry, which Is now
virtually made.
Mr.. Vizetelle learns that eighteen of
the Judges Of cessation are In favor Of
and fifteen opposed to n revision of the
Drcyfus case. II is probable, Mr.. Vize-
tcllc adds. that on full vote Of the
judges Of the united court OF cessation.
the revis!onlsts will have a majority OF
niCbt
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NOTICE 70 COUNTY CLERKS
IN Regard g tho appointment Of AS

In Regard to the Appolntmcnt OF AS.
sssssors Under tho 1tc.Assess,ncnt
Act, Wllici, Is Slightly Faulty.
Special Dispatch to tho lntellgencer.
CHARLESTON. w. Va, April as
Auditor Lafollette hns sent out TO the
county clerks OF all The counties II cir
cuiar letter, directing them 10 inform
the county courts TO take no action to-
ward recommending the appointment
Of assessors under The rc-assesement
law until the law goes Into effect
May 20.
The act provides that the ussesuors
snail begin their duties April / or as
soon thereafter rs possible. but the
act Itself does not 90 Tito effect until
ninety days after It's passage, and con-
se1uehtly the auditor holds the former
provision Is null and void.
1t is presumed It was the intention OF
the. Trainers OF The law that It should
go Into effect from It's passage, but in
the Unavoidable itisif of business they
neglected to make the motion. The
matter Will not cause any trouble, Just
II brief delay. u
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PRESIDENT
is WARMLY
GREETED
On his Arrival IN New York City.
Crowd had Been Wait.
ing an Hour.
HE IS VERY MUCH PLEASED
With the Encouraging News From
the philipplncs...lle Con.
Ei5 graduates Otis.

NEW YORK, April 2S.-Cheers and
waving OF hats greeted President Nc
Kinlcy, Mrs. Mckinley ahd their party
when they reached the Manhattan hotol
at $50 Tonight.
The demonstration took place as the
President stepped froih his earrluge.i It
came from crowd that had been walt
Ing for nearly an hour to see the Chief
Executives, The party consisted of
President and Mrs. Mckinley, Mt. hid
Mrs. Abter Mckinley, Secretary OF the
Navy John b. Long and Mrs. Long,
Secretary Of the Treasury GnGe, Brlga-
dler General Fred D. Grant and Mrs.
Grant. George u. cqrtelyou, acting pri-
vnte secretary to the President; Cap
tain S. $. saxton, Or. =. NJ. Riley, sur
geon United States Navy. A number Of
policemen guarded the entrance TO the
hotel and kept bnck the crowd.
President Mckinley remained within
doors tonight. Alarge number OF poll
ticians called at the hotel. but only Il
comparative few intimate friends were
admitted to the Presidents rooms.
President Mckinley expressed himself
as much pleased with The news from
the Philippines:
~ an, very glad 10 hear Of the snc-
cess Of our men," said Mr. Mckinley.
and am glad to know thnt the pros
poets OF peace are btlEhtenins. heard
from General Otis just as was step
ping into my carriage TO 30 from the
Hotel Bellevue to Cnptnln Coghlans
ship. stopped the carriage und im-
medlately sent n message ot congrntu-
lation to the troops. That message ex-
presses my sentiments. think, In re-
gard to the Philippines"
The Presidents plans with regard to
his stay IN this city were not made pub
lie Tonight,
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DR.. Jno. d. Starry Dead.

Special Dispatch to tho Intell!gencer.
CHARLESTON, W. Va. April s.
DR.. John D. Starry, prominent physl-
clan OF this place, died at his residence
this morning. after q protracted illness.
caused by paralysis. For everal days
he had been unconscious and his death
was expected. DR.. Starry was born in
Jefferson county, Va. August 9, 1921.
and was son Of Nicholas Starry. who
was Of well known Virginia family.
At the beginning OF the war he entered
the Confederate army as surgeon OF the
Seventh Virginia Cavalry and continued
In service until the war closed. He was
q gallant soldier and very prominent In
military affairs md was frequently con-
suited by Generals Lee and Jackson. In
recent years has been prominent IN pol
ities as a Democratic leader In thls Sec
ton OF this state. and was highly re-
spected by all who knew him.
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suing FOR PEACE.
The Filipln0s Hnvc Got Enough Of 1t.
Don't Like OTIS Terms. but Agree
mcnt mnY be Ncnchcu TO-unY

@"' FhilnloS huNC uOt Enough OF IL.
Don't Like Otis Terms, but Agree.
mcnt may be Reached To-day.
MANILA. April 2S.-The FllIplnos are
ruing for peace. Colonel Manuel Ar
Gueleses and 1t. Jose Bernal. chief OF
General Luna's staff. entered General
MacArthurs lipc, bearing flag OF
truc". They are en- route for Manila by
train to confer with General Otis re-
sarding terms OF surrender.
The Filipino advance for peace were
'rultloss. Colonel Manuel Arguelcses and
Lieutenant Jose Bernal told General
otis that they were representatives OF
General Luna. who had been requested
ny AGuinnldo TO ask General Otis for IL
cessation OF hostilities In order 10 al
low time for the summonIRg OF the FIJI
'p'no Congress, which body would de-
eide whether the people wanted peace.
General Otis replied that he did not rec
ognizo the existence of Il Filipino gov
ernment.
There will be another conference to-
morrow.
The Filipino officers walked down the
railroad track 10 the Kansas regiments
outpost at 0 O'Clock this morning. The
Kansas captain In command there cs-
coried them to General Whcaton's head
quarters Of General Macarthur. The
sa'ter Invited the Fillplnos TO sit down
at lunch with him, and convcrsed with
snem for some time. lie refused, how
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. April 2s.-Prop-
erty on Market street and Third avenue
was destroyed in fire that for a time
threatened several largo business
blocks. The hre broke ont about $3.50
O'Clock this morning and burned tlorce-
ly for three hours. ]. J.. Weldon's seven
story grocery and the Novelty candy
works were completely destroyed, and a
number OF adjoining buildings wero
scorched, among then, Kunkle:s dry
goods store, THE Fair" The losses
were: James J. Weldon. stock, sS5Ooo;
building. $4,000: Novelty Candy Com
pany. building and stock, S5o,oo0: Kun
klc & Company, utock. $4,000; building,
$4,000. The fire Is believed to have been
caused 6el an explosion Of Gus.
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sey. Dave Stanford. Wife and three
children. MIR. McQulston and wife.
Nose Guyman and wife. Mrs. Johns.
The storm struck Newtown at 6:t5 in
the evening. coming from the south
west. 1t came without warning, and
few were able to take advantage OF
their storm cellars. Striking the east
ern end of town. II cut Il clean swuth
500 TO COO feet wide through the best
portion OF the place, sweeping every
thing before II. over thirty houses
were torn to spllnters. On one street
alone n row Of ten houses were entirely
demolished. Here scarcely any one es-
capped death or injury. The walls OF
ed above the roar Of the storm. burying
people In the ruins. Frame buildings
were twisted and lifted from their
foundations; others were utterly de-
molished, pieces Of them being carried
for miles. Others were Shifted In their
position, apparently unhurt; one was
turned squnrely around, while another
was turned upside down.
Samuel Dosper, Mt the appearance Of
the black cloud. started with his family
for neighboring cellar, but the house
was blown down over them just as
they reached the door. His two dnugh-
ters were caught with him by the tim
bers, and instantly killed. His wife
was seriously injured. but Is stlllsalive.
Mrs. William Hays was killed while
running up the street In search OF shell
ter. The mutiated trunk, with the
head missing. was found In the street
later William Hays and two children
met death within few feet of each
other
The storm lasted five minutes. When
1t had ended the sun came out for "A
few minutes. and shone brightly over
q scene OF ruin.
Numbers OF citizens piled the urins
lncessantly. answering the cries OF the
injured from this place and that, carry
Ing the dead to the depot and the
wounded to places OF safety. t
Houses OF the survivors were thrown
open to the unfortunates. md all posi-
Bile was done to allay suffering. Chill
llcothe sent n squad Of physicians, who
materially nided the Newtown rescuers.
When morning broke the search was
begun with renewed activity, and has
been kept up nll day. Night fall found
the searchers still at work. with no
knowledge of the actual number OF the
killed and wounded. The storm blew
down the telegraph wires in and nbout
town. and washed out the bridge over
Medicine creek. n small stream south
OF town, and partly demolished the
Chicago. Milwaukee, & ST. Paul depot,
stock yards and q dozen freight cars.
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Death OF an old Citizen.

Special Dispatch TO the Intell!gcucer.
MARTINSBuRG. w. Va. April 2S.-
William +. Wilson, one OF the Oldest
citizens OF this city. died at his home
this morning Of general debility. In the
cighty-ffth year OF his age. Mr.. Will
son was born in Birmingham. England,
and came to the United States when
quite young. He came to Martinsburg
In 1873. and has lived there ever since.
The deceased is survived by two sons
and two daughters, Mr.. Frank f. VII
son. cashier of the Peoples National
Bank. Of this city, Mrs. w, L. Jones
and Miss Alive Y. Wilson. all OF this
city. md Mr.. c. w. Wilson, OF Win
chester Va,
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ANOTHER QUESTION RAISED
About the Miners Hospitals Appoint.
'E meist OF Directors,

H D o. r 5 .
Special Dispatch to the Intelllgencer.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, April 2S.-
Another question has presented Itself to
state Audltori iLafollctte. IN regard to
the state miners hospital. The act pro-
Vides that the members OF The board
shall be appointed within sixty dnys
after Its passage. while the act itself
docs not go into effect until ninety days
after Its passage, some time In the lat
ter part Of May.
The governor has, as required by
law. appointed the boards, but the uucs-
don is raised whether the appointments
are legal having been made before the
act goes into effect Even should the
governor re-appoint all. the members,
the question might be raised whether
their appointments would be legal II
made after the sixty days.
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PRESIDENT VISITS RALEIGH
And Gives u Warm Greeting to the
Veteran Sailors : The Ships Icll
pIeases Him.

pleascs Him. -
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, April 2S.-
The President and his party boarded a
tug at 1O:45 this morning and as the
boat moved awav from the pier the
crowd on the wharf set up hearty
cheer while the boats In, the vicinity
whistled 4 noisy welcome to the chief
executive. The President stood In the
stern OF the tug, leaning on the arm OF
Admiral Casey, commandant OF the
LeaGue Island navy yard. In about two
minutes the tug drew alongside the
Raleigh and the President was greeted
BY Lieutenant Commander Phelps. who
introduced him to Captain Coghlnn.
The marines stood ut the guard rail on
the poop deck and the Grew were order
ed to man the rail- as the President
and his party stepped abonrd.
Captain Coghlan introduced the men
OF the ship as follows:
"Mr. President. these are the men Of
the Raleigh. Part OF them are from the
flagship Olympia. They all served
throughout the whole campaign"
After passing before them with barred
head, Mr.. Mckinley addressed the Ma
nila troops as follows: Captain Cogh-
ian and men OF the Raleigh, II gives
me very great pleasure to bid you well
come here and to congratulate you and
each one OF YOU on the heroic part YOU
played in the great battle on the first of
Mag ut Manila, which was most gor-
ious page In American history.
After Secretary Longs speech the
sailors gave three cheers for the Presl-
dent OF the United States, and three for
the secretary OF the navy.
This was followed BY the ships yell:
who are we.
Can't you see. IL
We are members of the new navee,
Rah, rah, rnh, Raleigh"
This amused the President very much.
The President then shook hands with
the various officers OF the cruiser and
spoke pleasant word 10 each.
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JUNTA CREDITS IT.
Ovcrturcs May he Delayed, but Pcac,
VIII Come ut Inst.

VII VVIIIU NJ IHtNl'
LONDON. April @S.-Members of the
Filipino juntn here credit the reports
TINT peace negotiations are In progress
nt Manila and declare that they knew
that cessation of hostillties was i'm
mnent. although temporary delay mny
be expected II General Luna ls In
charge OF the Filipino overturcs. as I.u-
na and Aguinaldo had split Tho mem
btrs OF the junta are, however, Con-
WINGED that n direct arrangement be-
tween General Otis and Aguinaldo wifi
be accomplished.
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Wanted to Follow his Brother.
Special DIspntch 10 tho lntelllGencer.

PARSONS. W. Va, April 2s.-A. D.
Miller. brother OF d. w. Miller who
committed suicide Mt Cumberland
Wednesday. to-day wanted to the do
the same as his brother. and tried to
jump from n train Mt full speed, between
Cumberland and this place. e.mnde
two or three efforts but was caught
each time. He was taking the remains
OF his brother to Randolph county for
huriuI
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Relies of Gunner ImzIcr.

MORGANTOWN. W. Va, April 2S.--
Relatives of Frlnk Lazicr. gunner on
the Baltimore, who died of typhoid fe-
Yer while on duty Mt Picking. with Ad-
miral Dcwey's fleet, are In receipt Of his
personal effects from the Baltimore
crew. together with some interesting
relies which he had accumulated. 4
letter accompanying them says Lazler
was one Of the most popular mcmbcrs
OF the crew. and that four hundred dol
lars had been raised among them to
1bektnr r...
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PITTSBURGH. Pa, April 2S.-The
conference between the thick and thin
vein coal operators and the miners off,
clals OF the Pittsburgh district, were
unable to agree upon q difrerentlal and
adjourned to-day sine die. This leaves
the question OF = price for digging coal
IN the chick vein mines In q very conn.,
pllcated condition and may result in
Il strike in oil the thick vein mines. The
miners will meet with National Pres,-
dent Mitchell u; Fayette City to-mor-
row 60 decide the question,
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NEW YORK, April sS.-Tcrry Nc
Govern, OF Brooklyn, was given the do
c!sion on points over Joe Bernstein, OF
New York, In n twenty-five round bout
before the new Broadway Athletic Club
Tonight. McGovern weighed In at il9
and Bernstein Mt IA pounds McGovcrn
forced the ilgNtlng from start to finish.
doing practically nll or the lcadinS
throughout the twenty-five rounds.
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AGAINST COAL TRUST.
Dispositions In Action Against c. & o.
Fuel Company.

Special Dispatch to the Inteiiigencer.
y CHARLESTON, W. Va, April 2S.-
Dispositions were taken to-day in the
case Of the United States government
against the Chesapeake & Ohio Fuel
Company and others, under Indictment
for alleged violation OF the antitrust
laws. Among those here TO testify are
Donald Mcdonald, president Of the
Chesapeake &: Ohio Fuel Company. Of
Cincinnati; ]. Fred Effingerr Of Staun-
ton, Va, president Of the New River
Consolidated Coal and Coke Company,
and a number OF Kanawha operators.
District Attorney Bundy, OF Cincin-
natl. and General j. W. st. Clair, Of
Fayette county, md Malcolm Jackson,
Of this city, the defendants