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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-04-01

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ter an assignment for creditors by an
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which had no capital stock and no ac-
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such as 1t secured by assessments for
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which can be enforced against the es-
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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-04-01
sIariIao City Captured.

New York, March 2S.-Dispatches from
Manila report that General MacArthur's
division after a short rest in the captured
city of Marilao, took up the advance from
that place toward Malolos at 9:3O this
morning. The immediate objective point
was the town OF Marilao.
Filipino prisoners taken yesterday, ac-
cording to dispatches, have informed the
Americans that Aguinaldo would make a.
last grand stand at Malolos, and if he was
defeated he would make no further re-
sistanee but would quit the revolution.
Ready to Attack Bulacau.
Manila, March 2s, IL a. m.-GeneraI
MacArthur's division advanced nearly two
miles without encountering opposition this
morning. On approaching Bulacan, a.
town OF 25,OOO people, he halted, plepara-
tory to attacking it.
The heat was intense, being 80 degrees
on the coast and fully 100 degrees in the
interior. 1t made the Americans suffer
great deal. In spite of the heat, however.
everybody was eager to proceed toward
the enemy.
a detachment of SO Filipino prisoners
was escorted into Manila TODAY. Their
appearance aroused great interest.
Inc rebels have unloaded about 500
men from "a train, half a mile in front of
General MaeArthur's forces, with the OBJ
ject OF reinforcing the Filipino garrisons
at Bulacan and Guiganto, on the other side
OF the railroad leading to Malolos. The
fact that the railroad is in operation from
here to our front facilitates transportation
OF supplies to the troops. Before the break
IN the road was repaired the Transports
ton OF supplies was very uncertain.
All isquiet in front of the lines of Oven
shine and Hall.
Command OF the Island OF Punay has
been formally transferred from General
Miller to Colonel Won Volzat, Eighteenth
infantry.
Prince Loxvenstefn Killed
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-04-01

The knots of trouble In the cord Of
life mark your vessels progress.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-04-01
THE ENEMY WAS ROUTED.
HEAVY FIGHTING AT BAGBAG
The Town of Polo wiIl.FaiI-Two light
Attacks Made ONT Us-An Insurgent
General Wounded -Mslolos Is Their
Stronghold.

Manila, March 28.-General MacAr-
thurs right wing is closing in on the town
of Polo this morning.
Heavy fighting began at Bagbag and be-
yond. The enemy are retreating up the
valley toward Malolos. Wheaton's bri-
gade on the left, in which is the First
Washington, has crossed the river and
driven the insurgents out of their trenches
30 the railroad bridge can be repaired.
Two night attacks were repulsed by
Halls brigade, the enemy retiring in con
fusion.
1t is reported that the insurgent gener-
al, Montenegro, was wounded during the
night attack.
Aguinaldo has his strongest force at
Malolos There is nothing left for him
but fight when the final stand is made.
brilliant but Bloody Fight.
Manila, March 25.--As darkness de-
sends tonight our army surrounds about
5000 insurgents to the north of the little
village of Polo. Casualties of our side are
about 200, mostly wounded.
The insurgents retired in great disorder
through the woods to the second line,
leaving their dead on the field in heaps.
Our men pressed forward and reached
another thicket where there were trenches
IN a growth so dense that the soldiers had
to force their bodies through while volley
after volley famed from the hidden barri-
osdes.
AS our line swung northwest and came
10 the TuliahaO river, General Wheaton's
brigade lin which are the First Washing
ton volunteers) moved out from Caloocan
and swept the trenches directly in front.
Our line was now stretched along six miles
of the south bank of the river, with the
bridge at Caloocan destroyed. There We're
solid lines of insurgents in trenches on the
other bank. Their bullets cut limbs from
trees and beat up clouds of dust as the
Third Arkansas artillery boldly waded
across the river and storlned blockhouse
of the enemy. The Kansas men charged
the trenches, dripping, with the utmost
enthusiasm. 1t was such a charge as the
Flipinos could make no stand against
They broke and ran for the high ground
counted 81 dead in the space of 90 yards
Meanwhile Wheaton shelled the trenches
on the left.
American Losses Are Heavy.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-04-01
American LOSSES Are Heavy.

Washington, March 25.-The war de
partment late tonight made public the
following dispatch from General Otis
Manila, March 25.-Adjutant Gener
al: Perfected northern movement not vet
completed. Otis and Hales bligades,
with mounted troops of the Fourth cav
airy. the turning column, met with heavy
resistance over difficulty country and are
camped tonight six miles east of Polo and
ak miles north of the line on which the
advance was taken up. Wheaton's brig
ade at CaloOcan drove the enemy across
the river. Hall on the extreme right en-
cOuntered considerable force and routed it.
Fighting heavy near CaloOcan. The move
rnent continues in the morning. Our
casualties about 1925 killed The en-
envy lost in killed alone 200
"OTIS."
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-04-01
Prince Lovenstein KIned.

Manila, March 2S.-Prince Lowenstein.
with General Wheaton's command on the
morning of the Goth, took refreshments to
the officers of the Second Oregon on the
firing line. He was cautioned as to the
danger, but advanced with the line when
1t charged the insurgent enerenehments.
lie was killed by the enemy and a friend
with him was wounded
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-04-01

Heart wisdom Is ahead Of book
learning.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-06

tance II is desired to send the message.
II will average about twenty feet for
the first mlloand after that by doubling
the length OF the wire communication
can be had four times the distance. The
newspapers say that for signaling eigh-
teen miles Signor Marconi used a Ver-
tcal conductor of eighty feet, and for
thirty two miles, when he sent his
message across the channel. he had n
conductor III feet long.
In sending a message the simple
Morse characters are used. Every time
the circuit Is closed there is a torrent
of sparks, which produces a dot or
dash. according to the time the key is
held down. This starts a series of cleo
trio waves through the atmosphere,
which travel with the velocity of light
that is, $4,000 miles a second. These
waves are guided to their destination
by what the operators call reflector,
acting on the same principle as a re-
flcctor which concentrates the rays OF
light from a lamp, except 1t is made
Of zinc or copper instead of glass. Ar
which bear the messages arc received
10y q special instrument known as a
coherar. 1t is a minute tube of glass
filed with filings of silver aud nickel.
The ends are closed with metallic plugs,
one being connected with the earth and
the other with a second vertical wire
similar to that attached to the trans
hitting instrument. IN circuit with
the tube is q local battery and an or
binary Geographic relay instrument.
The electric waves from the transmit
ter when projected upon the little tube
cause the filings within it to cohere.
That is. they momentarily are welded
together by y large number of minute
discharges of electricity between the
individual particles. While the con-
tents of the tube are thus agitated the
electric resistance is reduced, which
fact permits the local battery to send
q current through it. This causes a
regular sounder to repeat the signals
the message of dots and dashes that
the operator has sent with the trans
mitter The message can be taken
either by the ear or by automatic APP
paratus.
Not the least interesting feature of
Lieutenant Squire's explanation is his
statement that the variations in the
weather do not make any difference in
the efficiency of this mode of telegraph
ing The waves travel just as truly in
wind and rain as in calm. The import
ance of this fact viii be appreciated
by those who have experienced the in
convenicnces of the present wire sys-
TEN when the wires are blown down o.
when sleet or rain causes such dis
spation of electrical energy that COM
munication is impossible.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-06
NEWS AND COMMENT.

A Vienna savant, DR.. Goldschneider,
thinks the darkness prevailing IN the
average bed room a mistake. Light, he
says, plays a greater part in the pain
ology of aches than most people imagine.
These are, generally speaking the health
lest members of tine human family who
live in sunlit, well-aired rooms, and who
move about in the sun as much as praC-
ticable. If in daytime We are strick
with pain our suileringS are certainly
less, relatively speaking, than they would
be if the malady had seized us at night
for light and sunshine soothe our feel
ings and do not allow us to abandon our
selves 10 the feeling of pain When night
comes the painful sCrsations increase.
They are bearable as long as we are IN
the gas or lamp light but become intense
the moment we stretch out in bed en-
Veloped by stiffness and darkness, A less
ening of the pain is observable only after
sunrise. what does 1t mean" asks the
doctor "that darkness and stiffness are
not conducive to the comfort of sick peo-
pie? Therefore ! say if you have pains
i'm the evening do not rob yourself of the
soothing effects of lamp In ninety-nine
out of hundred cases the presence of a
light in the sick room allevates pain.
For the same reason do not let your chill
dren sleep in the dark IL they prefer a
light. The denial OF a night light has
made many a child i'll with heart dis
ease. II cnlluTtn IclusG TO Sltep III the
dark IT may be assumed that there is
some physical or mental reason for il
which We ought to respect"
In the Illinois legislature the other day
Mr. Searcy offered a resolution that the
wooden leg of General Santa Ana, found
| by the Americans on the battlefield of
Cerro Gordo, in the Mexican war and
now on exhibition I'm the state museum.
be returned to the family of the deceased
general. The resolution was referred 10
| the committee on federal relations. Mr..
| Searcy has received a letter from Presi-
| dent DlaZ, Of Mexico, thanking him for
his courtesy. General Santa Ana, the
Mexican commander lost his leg i'm AN
| engagement with the French after the
| fleet of the latter had captured the town
| OF Vera Cruz. on Dec. s. 1889. The bat
| tie of Corro Gord6 was fought April IS,
| lSl7 and after the engagement the wouu-
| en- leg identified as belonging to General
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-06

Apropos of the recent successful at
tempt Of the Italian inventor, Sisnor
Marconi, to transmit without wires u
telegraphic message from France to
England across the British channel, o
distance of g. miles, Lieutenant Squire
of the United states Signal service,
who has already made considerable
progress in similar experiments, in an
interview with the Washington cores
pondent of the Chicago Record gives
an interesting explanation of how this
wonderful feat Is performed
The apparatus used, he explains, con-
sists of a transmitter and receiver
similar in many respects to the in
strumcnts used in the ordinary tele-
graph Office. The transmitter consists
If an induction coil of great power,
capable of producing a spark. In cir
cult with this is a regular Morse key.
The spark is caused to pass between
TWO or more brass balls from one 10
three inches I'm diameter. One end of
the coil runs into the ground, the other
Is attached II 4 vertical wire. which
"eries in length according 10 the dis
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-06
Turning the Right Way.

The completion Of the negotiations
and arrangements which insure the es-
tablishment in this city of the proposed
bolt and nut works adds to the com
munitys obligations To- the Scranton
board of trade and to the boards In
Iefatigable secretary, Mr. ID. Il. Ather-
ton, TO whom this fortunate consum-
nation is very largely due. In ac-
knowledging these obligations The Tri-
bune feels that thanks are also due
u the entcrprising gentlemen whose
subscriptions 10 the stock of this pro-
Nused venture have nllGe the en- .er.
prise a go. The recent disposition Of
Srranton's moueyed men--not unnatur-
al undcr the circumstanCes-tO fight shy
of industrial Investments having been
in this one instaur" happily overcome,
we trust hat the Duard vii! now feel
encouraged tn prosecute its efforts fur'
ther. The future of The city demands
a s'ill greater Disqualification of local
industries. i'nlcsS this divarsifCatioE
is assured ihc spectacle Of vacant
houses aud lhp oNperiencing of falling
rents ana deurociating real estate in
NoHtm"nts. common ID many cities
which hay" ceased 20 progress and Of
which we have lately had just y slight
and Temporary premUnition. will be
come Internationally real Scranton
as we have repeatedly said before, is
a. turning point. The kind of public
spirit shown in the bult and nut works
enterprise indicates that the turn VIII
he in the right direction, and to make
sure ui this there should be Il rc ioub-
ling Oi Weli-Qireoted energy.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-06
The Old Fight Over Again.

Although no Republican president
since Lincoln has been renOminated
without violent opposition within his
own party it looks today as if Mckin-
ley would share with Lincoln the honor
of q unanimous nomination. The
opinion recently expressed by Senator
Warren Of Wyoming seems to cover
the ground. Said he: up 10 the
present hour nothing has occurred to
weaker the president and the pros
poets Of his denomination are better
now even than they were a year ago.
If the president is successful in deal
ing with the questions to be handled
during the next twelve months it viii
not be possible to build up an opposi-
ton to him. Two things will be necas-
sary to the development of opposition.
One is public dissatisfaction with the
presidents policy, the other is man
of commanding figure to unite upon
as an opposing candidate. Thus far
the public is not dissatisfied with
President Mckinley, and the man who
can stand up before him as an oppos-
ing candidate has not appeared"
There is apparent at this time only
one thing which menaces unanimity
in the next Republican national con-
venton and one yea hence this may
have been eliminated, A considerable
sentiment undoubtedly exists among
Republicans that the president needs
a new secretary of war. The presi-
dents loyalty to General Alger has
hitherto caused him toignore this seLti-
ment and ne may choose to continue
TO ignore it but if he shall do so it
viii be at some political risk to his
party and to himself. Even those who
contend that Alger has done his level
best must recognize that that best is
insufficient to satisfy the country and
the feeling against him shows as vet
no signs of abating. IT may be unjust
TO Alger to hold him personally ac-
countable for the faults of vicious
staff system which existed long before
his entrance into the war secretary
ship and which. without legislation
from congress, he is officially power
less to correct. But as the Philadel-
phia Press recently affirmed, this is a
distinction that the country does not
and will not draw. The secretary's 3
war on Miles, his obvious wish to
shield Eagan and his Outbursts of
temper as exhibited in his famous let
ter to Colonel Roosevelt are features
of the situation that initiate against
MIN and If any opposition 20 Mckinley
shall arise in the next convention ii
will be due to Algerism solely and not
| to any personal or political objections
| to Mr.. Mckinley himself
On the Democratic side the wonder
| full personal victory of Carter Harrison
in the Chicago mayoralty election in
! dicates possibilities of trouble for Mr..
| Bryan. The next Democratic presl-
Dental nominee will quite certainly
! be a western man and if it is true thai
the Democrats opposed TO Bryan are
willing to concentrate on Harrison
Bryan may expect an energetic fight
Yet he undoubtedly possesses such q
great advantage in the item OF peT'
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-06

Santa Ana was found by the Illinois
in the state museum at Springfield. The
defeat of General Santa Ana at Cerro
GordO by the Americans. under General
Winfield Scott, was practically the end
or the Mexican war, IL being the most
important engagement.
The small republic of Switzerland, with
an area of about one-third that of Penn
sylvania, has made rapid progress in the
development of every branch OF industry.
In spite of the fact that every pound of
coal and every pound of iron has to be
imported, the experts of Swiss made ma
Chinery amounted i'm value of over "a, ,O0O,-
600 francs in 1891 The Swiss also excel
In the manufacture of watches. cottons
silks, laces and ribbons. for all of which
the raw material has to be imported
from foreign countries.
According to the general return OF the
Swiss International Telegraph Bureau the
total length of the worlds telegraph sys-
TEN has now reached 1892 461 miles, ex-
elusive of 19S,456 miles of submarine Gu
bles. OF this Europe has 1,7S2, 79O miles
Asia, 3li,9i0 miles; Africa. 10l 2l0 miles
Australia 2l9,2l6 miles, and America,
2,6Oj,5i6 miles.
The Century company have issued co
pies of the April Century poster repro
| ducing by haf-tone Cecilia Beaux's por-
| trait sketch Of Admiral Sampson The
| reproduction Is so perfect that the artist
herself was deceived supposlng the copy
| of the poster which she saw TO be the ORR
Einal picture,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-06
One Triumph Of Reason.

The manner in which Germany. Eng
land and the United States have pro-
ceeded to adjust their differences r.
garding the government of Samoa, iE
which they are equal partners, sets
AN example to the whole world. The
tripartite scheme of protectorate is an
absurd arrangement, as full of The
possibilities of trouble as goucd is
full of seeds, and the latest friction,
with its display Of naval uud marine
force, its armed confliC. and its actual
blOodshed, was about as tickliSh g mat
ter as could well be imagined. But
instead of getting mad about it, going
10 war and making bad situation in
conceiVably worse, the governments "t
these three leading nations promptly
put the stopper into their choier, sent
fur each others representatives and
UeGaE a calm and good-tempered ia
NeStigatiOn.
Some details of their preliminary
agreement remain to be arranged, but
the broad principle has already been
adopted that a representative commits.
sion to be appointed by the three
powers shall visit the Samoan islands
make a careful inquiry into exist
ing conditions and then apply such
rcmedia measures as may seem to be-
necessary to ensure tranquility. The
commission is 10 take hold Of things
in Samoa Al once and straighten them
out, after which il is to recommend
L. the constituent governments such
general changes in the treaty of at
ministration rs will in its judgment
conduce t. The welfare of the islanders
ana the harmony of the powers. The
only hitch now is that England favors
permitting d majority vote of this
commission 10 be binding while Gr:-
many wants undnimity; but the differ
cncr H. not fatal, for where there is
an honest intent Cancellation, compro-
mise and linal agreement are Irevit-
able. 4 majority vote would carry
with II such mora! weight as to be
virtually decisive no matter now stub
born the minority might wish to be.
The coming together in this pacific
fashion of the three great powers just
prior to the assemblage Of The czar's
disarmament congress is a hopeful
augury. We consider it the first sig
ninC9nt fruit of the moral alliance re-
Gently perfected between Great Britain
aud the United States, but for whose
unanimity at Apia there might today
De wild talk and perhaps real danger
OF war, II, then, these two nations
shall throw the weight Of their power
ful influence at The Hague for inter
national arbitration Germany and
Russia win hardly care to pull away
ANA it may, after all, be possible &c
establish eXperimentally a regular ir'
ternatlonal peace court.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-06

When President Schurman, Of Cor"
nell University, left this country to
take up the work of chairman of the
Philippine commission, he sympathizei
with those Americans who We're op-
posed to permanent American retcn-
ton of the Philippines and had 50 ex-
pressed himself. Today, after study
of the problem on the spot. his opinion
may be inferred from the statement by
him in message to the president that
a very small proportion of the people
in the Philippines sympathize with the
Aguinaldo rebellion, and that the bet
ter element is practically unanimous in
hoping that American supervision CT
the islands will continue indefinitely.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-06
FRIENDS.

Not he that counts my errors,
Not he that holds me back
With doubling words to show ME
Wherein and how / lack;
Not he that sees my failings;
And. seeing them, is free
To take NV measure by them
He's not the friend for me.
But he that learns my virtues,
Who takes me at my best;
Who notes my greatest failings
And overlooks the rest;
Who after | have striven
And have not failed, is free
With words of Commendation--
He is the friend for me.
He that forever warns me
OF dangers i'm my way.
Who doubts my strength to meet them
And ever bids me stay,
May truly seek to shield me.
May wish me well, but he
Whose faith is Inspiration
He is the friend for me.
Chicago Daily News.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-06

The Pittsburg presbytery has de-
clined to censure Professor McGiffert
for claiming that the gospel of Mat
thew was not written by the apostle
whose name it bears but by a Chris
tian of the first, second or third gem
Grafton. Where will the so-called
higher criticism" end?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-06

Naval experts and others are spend
ing considerable time at present writ
ing about the mistakes of Admiral
Cervera at Santiago and elsewhere.
The admirals greatest mistake was in
not being born on this side of the At
lanttc. where he could have entered the
naval service of Uncle Sam
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-06

1t is noticed that when Minister Os-
car Strauss calls upon Sultan Hamid
now. he drops the air of book agent
for the mien of the tax collector.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-04-06

The New York sun is the only news
paper in the United States which has
the hardihood TO assert that General
miles has not proved his charges.