The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1900-05-02
NEWS FROM THE PHILIPPINES.


Of Nlipinos and Cinnamon in Quiapo
market have led to an investigation
showing that 10 cases of the plague, IA
of which were fatal, had occurred with
in week. The market is located in the
center of the city. In black, rotten,
wooden buildings the keepers of the
stalls live there, with their families,
huddled together In great filth. Some
of the victims were stricken and died
within an hour. There have been sew
eral deaths in other sections of the city
recently which have been traced to in
fection from the market.
After all the market people hal gath
cred together the health officers threw a
guard around the buildings and will
keep the inmates quarantined there for
a fortnight They will then burn the
market. The total number Of bubonic
deaths are 1l9 Cinnamon and 66 Fill
ipinos. The plague elsewhere has been
suppressed. Not one infected person
has been in the Chinese district for 10
days.
Colonel Hardin and Major Case, with
a battalion of the Twenty ninth infan-
try, have sailed for the islands of Mar
tinduque and Mahbeto. 1t is reported
that the insurgents have $50 rifles and
1000 rounds of ammunition. DIR. Bur-
gos, a prominent native of Martin
duque and u supporter of the Ameri-
cans, accompanies the expedition to try
to convince the inhabitants of the wis
dom of surrender.
The Americans total loss was nine
killed and 10 wounded. Two sergeants
and one private were killed in ambushes
while escorting provision trains.
Twenty Fllipinos in the province of
Batangas attacked Lieutenant Wonde,
who, with eight men, was scouting near
San Jose. The lieutenant and five men
were wounded and one private was
killed.
Sergeant Ledolus, Of the Thirty fifth
infantry, was badly wounded i'll an am
bush near Balluad. Lieutenant Caleb,
of the Thirty-fifth infantry, with 70
men had fiv e-hours' fight with 400 in
surgents in the Neuva Careras district.
Twenty of the insurgents were killed.
Colonel Smith, of the Seventeenth in
fantry, who captured General Monte
negro and brought him to Manila, is in
the isolation hospital suffering from
smallpox, presumably caught from the
Filipinos.
| HAPPENED IN WASHINGTON
The senate, by vote of S9 to 80, re-
fused Quay seat on Tuesday.
The house passed the Porto Ricon
emergency bill.
The house, Wednesday, refused to in
crease the appropriation for pneumatic
mail tubes, owing to an attack ON the
methods of the tube company by Mr..
Moody, of Massachusetts,.
The senate passed the Hawaiian civil
government and agricultural nppropria-
ton bills, Wednesday.
On Thursday the right of Senator
Scott, the West Virginia, to seat in the
senate was debated.
The house passed the postoffice appro-
priation bill Thursday.
The house on Friday broke all records
by passing 81 private bills. Among
them was one to pension at the rate of
$40 month the widow of the late Colo
mel John M. Stotzenberg, of the First
Nebraska, who was killed in the Philip
pines. The conference report on the
Hawaiian government bill was adopted
and the bill now goes to the president.
The senate voted upon the resolution
declaring Nathan b. Scott to be entitled
to his seat in the senate from West Vir-
ginia. The number of votes in the
negative was only three.
In the senate ON Saturday Mr.. Petit
grew asked for consideration of his res
olution expressing sympathy with the
Beers. and upon motion of reference
the vote was 81 to l1-less than quo
rum voting.
The house recommitted on Saturday
the Spanish war claims bill to the COM
mittee. with instructions to report back
bill for the claims to the court of
claims.
On Monday, the national house
passed the Lacey bill to enlarge the
powers of the department of agricul-
ture and to prohibit interstate COM
merce in game killed in violation of To-
cal laws. The senate bill to create a
commission Of five 90 investigate and
report upon the commercial and indus
trial conditions in China and Japan was
debated at length, but was vigorously
antagonized by the Democrats, and
they finally succeeded in striking out
the enacting clause in committee, and
this motion was pending when the
house adjourned. If the motion pre-.
walls in the house the bill is dead. The
bill for constitutional amendment to
disqualify polygamy and for election as
senators and representatives and to
prohibit polygamy. which was reported
by the committee ON the election of
president, vice president and represent
atives in congress, was referred TO the
committee on Judiciary after meeting
with opposition from both sides of the
house. Every speaker who antagonized
the bill said he opposed polygamy, but
did not see any reason for legislating in
the constitution and invaliding the
rights of the states
The house agreed to the conference
report ON the joint resolution extending
the tenure of military offices in Porto
/ Rico