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NEW AND REVISED MAP OF THE PHILIPPINES

captured, after a stiff chase, in the gulf of Lingayen, 245 miles north. When she was first sighted the Nun dara was entering the gulf, but she headed seaward. The Yorktown fired two shots before the steamer was over hauled.
 Casualties in Twentieth Kansas.
 Washington, March %. Gen. Otis has forwarded to Adjt. Gen. Corbin a casualty list of those killed and wounded in yesterdays fighting, un- der date of Manila, March 2S. The killed in the Twentieth Kansas are: Company c, Corporal John Shear and Privates Carroll aud Williams; com pany I, Private William Kinney; com pany H, Private James o. Kline. The wounded: Company A, Corporal Fred Recob, thigh, severe; company H. Joseph Wahl, neck, severe; company L. Leslie Sitzer, arm, severe.
 Gen MacArthur's Division Resting.
 Manila, March 29 --Gen. Macarthur and his army are resting on the plain beyond Marilao, after three days scram bling in the brush, fording rivers and charging trenches in the blazing sun. The men are tired but are in splendid spirits.
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AFFAIRS SOMEWHAT MIXED.
Silver Men and Workingmen in New York Disagree Over Dinner Plans Undecided
 at Which Place Bryan WIii Speak.

New York, March 20. The Jeffer. sonian day dinner plans are still con- siderably mixed. The silver men and laboring men are further apart than ever and the former have decided to go ahead and arrange for Chicago platform dinner. The laboring men insist on calling their banquet the workingmen's Jetfersonian dinner.
 William J. Bryan. who had promised to attend the dinner which was being arranged by the silver men and labor ing men jointly, has been informed of the situation and has put himself in the hands of John Brisbane Walker, who will decide at which one of the dollar dinners Mr. Bryan will be a guest.
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wounded. Later, Garcia, native gen. eral, came down from Dagupan by train with 1000 rifiemen and 4,000 bolomen and took positions at Mari lao river was between the Ameri- cans and the insurgent forces.
 The South Dakota volunteers and the Third artillery, acting as infantry, were thrown forward. The South Dakotans charged brilliantly across an open space on the east of the rail way to the edge of the woods. They lost seven killed and 23 wounded, in- cluding three lieutenants.
 The Third artillery, on the right of the railroad, charged and lost nine men wounded, two mortally.
 On the left the insurgents in trench east of the river offered stubborn re- sistance. Lieut.. Critchlow, with two guns of the Utah battery, and Lieut.. Davis with a navy Colt gun, forced 80 insurgents in a long trench on the op- posite side of the river to surrender at the close quarters of 100 yards. The rest of the insurgents got out with se- were loss. Ninety dead insurgents were counted.
 detachment of 96 Filipino prison CTS was escorted into Manila to-day. Their appearance aroused great inter est as they were marched from the railroad depot to the prison.
 The rebels have unloaded about 800 men from train half mile in front of Gen. MacArthur's forces, with the object of reinforcing the Filipino gar risons at Bulacan and Guiguinto, on each side of the railroad leading to Malolos. The fact that the railroad is in operation from here to our front facilitates the transportation of sup plies to the troops Before the break in the road was repaired the transpor- tation of supplies was very uncertain.
 Otis Account of the Fight
 Washington, March 29.-The follow ing dispatch was received this morn Ing from Gen. Otis
 Manila, March 2S = -Adjutant General Wash fngton: Severe fighting yesterday afternoon beyond Marilao. Brilliant charge by South Dakota regiment led by Frost. against the trained troops of Aguinaldo brought from Ma lolos Repulsed enemy with slaughter.
 Adit Lien and Leuts Adams and Morrison and four enlisted men of the regiment killed Lieut. McCleliand and % enlisted men wound- ed; loss yesterday confined mostly to this regi- ment
 Partial destruction Of railroad. which is be- ing rapidly repaired impedes MacArthurs progress Supply railway trains have now reached Mariloa and MacArthur is pushing on Our small gunboats are fin Bulacan river, where great execution done yesterday They will relieve pressure on MacArthur's front materially. Troops in excellent condition and spirits.
 Proclamation signed Luna. generai-in-chief
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DENIALs FROM BOTH.
Governments of Honduras and Guatemala Disciaim Any Knowledge of Imnrisoned
 and Imperiied Missourians.

Washington, March 29 State de- partment officials are puzzled over She reports that six members of the Kan sas City flibustering expedition are imprisoned in Guatemala. When the report reached the department Sec retary Hay gave directions that the Machias be sent to pro- tect the Americans, but yes terday the department received a cablegram from the United States consul general at Guatemala city stat ing that no Americans of the descrip- ton given were under arrest there Secretary Hay, in reply. sent cable gram to the consul general directing him to make an investigation and as- certain if any of the Kansas City men were under arrest in Honduras. Senator Cockrell called on Secre- tary Hay and made inquiry as to the reports concerning the Kansas City men. The secretary laid before him the facts and assured him that every precaution would be taken to protect the men if it were found they were In danger. The state department has later received advices from Honduras that no Americans had been arrested and none were imperiled there
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The spantsh Prlsoners.

Washington, March 29. War depart ment officials say that the position of those Spaniards who are captured by the United States forces when fight ing with the Filipinos will have to be considered by the president before any determination can be reached. At present Gen. Otis has full plenary powers in the Philippines, and the war department does not seek to interfere with his management of the campaign in any way.
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of the treasury shortage caused by tho embezzlements of State Treasurer Joseph Bartley and ex- Auditor Eugene Moore and from broken banks having state funds. The amount is over $500, appointment cf a commission to com promise with the principals and their bondsmen. This action is considered remarkable, inasmuch as suits are now pending against bondsmen for the re. covery of the full amount. Bartley is the only one in the penitentiary.
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ICON" HARVEY RESIGNS.
Is No Longer General Manager of Demo- cratic Finance Committee Because of
 Disagreement Gn a Policy.

Chicago, March 29. w. H. c'Coin') Harvey has resigned as general mana ger of the ways and means committee of the democratic national committee, and Mir. Sam E. Cook. of Missouri, has been appointed in his place. Mr. Cook has been in practical charge of the of fee for some time, while Mir. Harvey has been in the field. Mir. Harvey gives as the cause of his resignation that he could not get the committee to agree on what he thought was prac- tical, business-like and aggressive poll scu
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More Gold This Year.

Seattle, Wash, March 29. I'll. Miller and Thomas Scott. who arrived from Dawson, claim to have made the trip from Dawson to Skaguay in ten days, which breaks the record by AS hours. They report great deal of gold com ing into Dawson from the various creeks, indicating that this will be the greatest gold year the Klondilxe has ever seen. They estimate the yield at $l5, 900, 1000.
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Dewey to Be tn. Only Admiral.

Washington, March 20. Although q forced construction of the Legislation Of the congress might seem to author ize the president to appoint an admiral Dewey, it is said at the navy depart ment that there is no intent ntion of so doing, as it is perfectly clear that the purpose of congress was simply to pro- vide for the advancement of Admiral Dewey to that grade.
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Alvin Ballard, Imprisoned in the Kansas Penitentiary, Tells a
 Startling Story.
MURDER OF JOSEPH NEW RECALLED.
Mrs. Amelia New and George H. Dobbs, Serving a Life Sentences for the Murder os the womsn's Husband, Declared to Be Innocent-Warden Landis and Other Officers Working on the Case.

Wichita Kan, March 29.-Mrs Anne lia New, serving life sentence in the Kansas state penitentiary for the mur- der of her husband, and George H. Dobbs, convicted and sentenced for life as her accomplice in the murder, are believed by Warden Landis, of the state penitentiary. and by the sheriffs of half dozen counties in southern Kansas to be innocent of the crime.
 Frank Allgood, supposed to be the real murderer, is in jail at lola, Kan, and was formally charged with the crime this afternoon. Alvin Ballard, serving an eight-year sentence in the state penitentiary for horse stealing, has confessed that he and Allgood and "Bill'' Turner were the murderers of New and that Mrs. New and Dobbs are absolutely innocent Bill" Fur ner has not been found, but sheriffs are after him.
 So firmly does Warden Landis be- lieve in the innocence of Mrs. New and Dobbs that he will go to the gov ernor of Kansas this week and ask that they be pardoned. Sheriff c. w. Simmons, of Sedgwick county, and W. F. Fleeman, an ex-guard at the peni- tentiary, will go with him to plead for the pardon.
 murdered Joseph New and robbed his dead body conspired afterward to con- vict the widow aud Mir. Dodds. The supposed murderer, Allgood, even went so far as to try to get on the jury which convicted them. The confession of the convict, Ballard, was that he and All good and Turner were mem bers of an organized gang of thieves and murder CTS that operated in southeastern Kansas.
 As result of the confession IS stolen horses and great many buggies, a bag of counterfeit silver dollars and a counterfeiting outfit have been recov- cred by the officers, and Frank Allgood. B. L. Mathes, Mary Mathes, Herbert Simpson and Willis Simpson are under arrest. The officers are on the trail of others of the gang. Ballard confessed that Allgood rot only murdered Joseph New near Eureka in Greenwood county in October, 1897. but Allgood murdered William Coulter near the same place in 1889. After working for the last two weeks the officers have ccrrob- orated hundreds of things told by Bal iard in his confession and have not found that he made single misstate- ment. Detective Fleeman and Sheriff Simmons are going out to the farm of Mathes, two miles north of Hutchin- son, to dig at spot mapped out by the convict Ballard, where he says the gang buried detective they had mur- dered.
 The whole story and all the circum- stances surrounding it are so sensa- tional, dramatic and unusual that the truth of it all would be dou bted if it were not for the fact that Warden Landis, the sheriffs and the other off, cers who have been working on it for weeks did not declare most emphat- ically that they believe it and believe firmly that Mrs New and Dobbs are serving life sentences for murder they were innocent of.
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Remains Of 1900 ~OIdiern.

New York, March go. The trans. port Crook, which left Santiago March 23, is due at this port to-day. The dead that are identified will be given Those who are unidentified will be in- tered in Arlington cemetery, near Washington. There are 1900 dead to be brought back and as soon as the Crook is unloaded she will return to Santiago to bring back the re mainder
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Train Wreck Near Leavenwor,h.

Leavenworth, Kan, March 29.-The Burlington passenger train leaving Kansas City at t6:4O o'clock this morn ing was wrecked at East Leaven- worth. A. T. Kruse, of Halstead. Kan, received two ragged scalp wounds. They are not serious. C. W. Summers. of Parkville, brakeman. had his left hand crushed. R. F.. Kroh, of Kansas City, was bruised about the body and ankle confused
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.nsurgent forces, directs that all towns aban- uoned be burned. In consequence thereof much country north in fames-Otis
 AguinaIdo to Make a Last stand
 New York, March 29 9-Dispatches from Manila to the Journal to-day re- port that Gen. MacArthur's division, after short rest in the captured city of Marilao, took up the advance from that place toward Malolos at 9:S0 this morning. The immediate objective point was the town of Bocave, five miles north of Marilao. Filipino pris- oners taken yesterday, according to the Journal dispatches, have in- formed the Americans that Aguinaldo would make last grand stand at Malolos, and if he was defeated he would make no further resistance, but quit the revolt.
 Steamer Captured.
 Manila, March 29.-The United States gunboat Yorktown has arrived here with the Spanish steamer Mun- dara. owned by the Mendozona com oany of this place. The steamer was
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A Confederate Monument in Texas.

San Antonio, Tex, March 2s.--Bar- nard Bee chapter of the Daughters of the Confectionery was yesterday granted permission to erect in Travis park a S5, 900 monument to the confederate dead. The money has been secured and work will commence at once
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Haiistorm m the Territory.

South McAlester, l. T.. March 2s. IA terrible blizzard and hailstorm visited this place yesterday, the hail fall ing to depth of three and four inches. beating early vegetation into the ground and utterly destroying what little fruit was left by the last cold spell
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TO RECOVER LOST FUNDS.
Gov. Poynter, of Nebraska. Urges That Steps Re Taken to Get Part of S5OO,0OO
 of state Money Embezzied.

Lincoln, Neb., March go. Gov. Poyn- ter caused sensation when he sent a special message to the legislature urging immediate action looking to the recovery of so much as is possible
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Manila, March 29.-The insurgents attacked the Americans last night at Marilao, but were repulsed with severe loss. Our loss was five killed and IA
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THE F|U|P|N)S REFUSED.
The Insurgents Attacked the Amer jeans at Marilao and Suffer
 Severe Loss.
GEN. OTlS' ACCOUNT OF THE FIGHT.

Proclamation by the General-in- Chief of
 the Insurgents That All Towns Aban-
 doned Must Re BurDed--AguinaIdo to | Blake a Last Stand-steamerC Ca Captured- rthur's Army Resting.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-20
PORTO RICO
Presents Her Compliments to Uncle
Sam and Asks for a Non-Military
Government.

Washington, April 19.-Dr. ]. Julio
Henna and M. Zeno Gaudia to-day pre-
sented to the President a memorial
drawn up by them as commissioners
of the people of Porto Rico, asking that
exclusive military control over the isl-
and be withdrawn and that matters re-
lating TO the various branches of the
civil government of the island be turn
ed over to the control of the depart
ments in Washington having jurisdic-
ton over similar matters in the United
States; that the troops in the island
be reduced to the number necessary to
garrison the forts and military posts;
that the people of the island be granted
all the privileges and immunities of
citizens of the United States; that the
people of the island be granted ter
ritorial form of government temporar-
lily, or the executive authority should
be placed in the hands of commission
ers like those exercising similar au-
thority in the District of Columbia
that the legislative authority of the ISL
and be vested in a council consisting
of two members from each of the de-
partments of the island; that a census
be taken so that Congress can intelli-
gently decide upon the permanent gov
eminent of the island whether Porto
Rico is to be organized as a territory,
admitted as State or disposed of in
any other way" and lastly, that Gin
compliance with the provisions of the
United States constitution trade be-
tween the United States and Porto Rico
shall be absolutely free"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-20

about Saxton The witness said Mrs.
George had called her attention to the
dress she wore which had been made over
and which Mrs. George said she was go
ing to give TO the witness as soon as she
married Saxtor The witness examined
the dress closely. feeling of the material,
and how closely it fit Mrs. George. the
examination being such that had there
been a revolver about it she must have
found it. She said that Mrs. George sew
eral times went into the back yard which
was full of Spanish needles and burdock
burrs. Cross examination did not shake
Mrs. Lindeman's story. She was not al
lowed to testify as to Saxton's possession
of a revolver. the court holding it imnia-
terial unless the line of defense was to
be self-defense or accidental shooting.
j. c. Moore testified to having seen Mrs.
George al the Lindeman home the day of
the tragedy.
Jacob Lindeman testified to the presence
of burrs in the back yard
DIR. Douglas Schwartz and Charles r.
Frazer said the night of the killing was
Intensely dark. The latter said also that
Mrs. Eekroate, the eye witness, had con-
suited with him about taking a cure for
the morphine habit.
Adjourned
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-20
PENNSYLV
Will Have No Senator to Succeed
Quay for the Present.

Harrisburg, Pa, April 19.-The great
battle for United States Senator ended
to-day without an election and unless
Governor Stone calls an extra session
at which there should be an election,
Pennsylvania will only have one rep
resentative in the United States Sen
ate the next two years. After the TAX
ing of the ballot in the joint conven-
ton, motion was offered by Mr. Fow,
of Philadelphia, and adopted, that a
vote of thanks be rendered the officers
and that the convention adjourn sine
die. The legislature will adjourn finally
at noon tomorrow, and under the law
the convention must assemble at that
hour, hence the motion to adjourn
finally. There was no change in to-
days voting, the friends of ex-senator
Quay standing by him and the anti
Quay Republicans by B. F. Jones, of
Pittsburg, while the Democrats cast
their vote for George A. jerks, who
has UStu tuSlT SLICE CuC Qcdu
lock began. The ballot which was the
10Th in the joint convention, resulted
as follows:
Quay SO, jerks S5, Jones So, total
247; necessary to a choice 124; paired
or not voting g.; no selection.
The Senatorial contest began on Janu-
airy II. On that day Senator Quay re-
ce.ved his highest vote, 112 Senators and
Representatives casting their ballots for
him. This was Is less than the number
necessary to a choice, and he never came
nearer an election during the more than
three months of the struggle. No such
bitter political contest was probably ever
waged in this country. The fight has been
distinctly on Quay and anti-Quay lines
and both sides had numerous representa-
tiveS here at all times keeping a close
watch on the members and ON each other
Both sides promise that the contest for
supremacy will be carried into every
county in the State and waged necessarily
until finally supremacy is secured. The
next fight will be for the State chairman
ship of the committee. After that win
come the battle for the control of the
State convention which will nominate a
candidate for State treasurer.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-20
THOMAS B. REED
To Leave Congress and Enter New York
Law Firm


Law Firm.
New York, April 19.-It is ANNOUNCE
ed here that Speaker Thomas B. Reed
has accepted the offer to become a
member of the law firm of Simpson,
Thayer & Barnum in this city. 1t is
understood that Mr. Reed will resign
his seat in Congress and remove to
New York. The statemen has been
made that Mr. Peed is guaranteed a
yearly income of $4,000. Before set
ting down here Mr.. Reed will make a
protracted visit to Europe.
When asked if he would tender his
resignation to the House, Mr.. Reed said:
Il would rather not talk on that sub
ject; in fact, have not given the mat
ter any consideration as yet"
The Speaker declined to talk about
his business transactions or intentions
and was equally reticent as to whether
he would take up his residence in this
city after his return from Europe where
he intends to pass the greater part Of
the coming summer.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-20
UNITED WORKMEN.
The Grand Lodge Entertained Yesterday
Business Transacted.

Special to the Register.
Grafton, w. Va, April 19.-The
Grand Lodge of the A. o. U. w. con-
vened at 10 a. m. to-day The Grand
officers were all present with every
lodge represented but two. Routine
work occupied the time before noon.
The committee reports were read and
discussed. These reports show that
lodges throughout the State are In q
healthy condition with a remarkable
growth in membership. At noon the
lodge adjourned to meet at 10 o'clock
tomorrow, when the business of the
order will be concluded. The Grand
officers and all the representatives were
driven in carriages to the reform
school. Superintendent Stow, with the
entire school, turned out to meet them.
The boys gave an exhibition drill on
the parade grounds, which was highly
appreciated by the visitors. The trip
was greatly enjoyed, the drive, a dis
lance of five miles, through beautiful
farming community, was delightful,
and sharpened the appetites OF the
sightseeres for the elegant repast that
awaited them at Brinkman's hall,
which was tastefully decorated and two
hundred plates were ready.
MENU.
Olives Sweet Pickles.
Celery.
Corned Roast Beef, Horseradish Sauce
Ok Tongue Sliced Ham.
Cold Chicken, Cranberry Sauce;
Lettuce Radishes.
Salmon with Tartare Sauce
Strawberry Jelly.
Rolls Plain Bread.
Cocoanut Cake. Sponge Cake.
Lady Fingers.
Persian Dates.
Vanilla Ice Cream.
Oranges. Bananas.
Cheese. Waters.
Coffee. Tea.
During the repast the following
toasts were responded to:
POSTMASTER. Chas. Preston Guard:
"T7he Grand Lodge" w. Q. McCluskey,
Wheeling
Our State Alex Dulin, Sutton.
THE Medical Aspect of the Grand Lodge,
DR.. Aschman, Wheeling.
Rocked in the Cradle of the Deep, 4. y.
Heihle, Parkersburg.
1.-THE Mogullion,' Prof. Charles Brilles,
Wheeling.
Our Billy Goat Judge VIM. S. Hay
mond Fairmont
s'-The Supreme Lodge" NJ. W. Sackett
Meadville, Pa
.'Our Guests Judge John H. Holt, Graf
ton.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-20
A BIG FIRE.

A Million Dollars Worth of Property De-
stroyed-ThirtyO One Lives Lost.
Washington, April 19.-The Secre-
tary of State to-day received a tele-
gram from Consul Ayme, at Pointe
Pitre, Guadalupe, w. l., saying that
fires, alleged to be incendiary, started
at midnight of the 18th inst, and de-
stroyed sixteen squares in the vicinity
of the American consulate. He says
that 400 houses were consumed, 81
lives lost and 1000 persons rendered
homeless. The loss will approximate
a million dollars The consul adds
that the configration is out but great
uneasiness prevails among the people.
The governor has arrived at Pointe
with fifty soldiers.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-04-20
REMARKABLE
Demonstration Made in London Yes
terday by an Inventor.

New York, April ia dispatch
from London says:
Axell Orling gave private demon
stration in London to-day of his mar
velous invention of steering a torpedo
from distance.
The principle of the invention con-
sists in the transmission of motor
force by waves of light similar to the
Roentgen rays.
In one room Mr.. Orling fixed up a
model of torpedo filled with rudder
like fish's tail, controlling it by
means of an apparatus in an adjoining
chamber through two partition walls
between two objects.
The spectators were astonished to
see the rudder of the torpedo turning
to the right or to the left at the will
of the operator.