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A FILIPINO VICTORY
Offset by RepulSe in the Batan-
gas Mountains.
TREAOHERY ON NEGROs ISLAND.

Last Months Uprising Was FOment-
ed by the officials Who Were Innu-
Gurated by Our Army Officers With
So Much Ceremony.
Manila, Jan. 22.-An escort of 50
men of Company c, Thirteenth infan-
try, Lieutenant Ralston commanding,
was ambushed near Lipa in the south
ern part of Luzon Island, Saturday
The escort consisted of50 cOnvalescents
from the hospital, who were going to
rejoin the regiment. The escort had
charge of a pack train of % horses.
transporting army rations from Santo
Tomas and San Pablo, in Laguna prov
ince
The insurgents hid in the bushes
along the road and opened fire upon
the pack train from three sides. Two
Of the Americans were killed five
wounded and nine are missing. The
Americans were compelled to abandon
the train. and the horses, with their
packs, fell in,O the hands of the in
surgents, who pursued the retreating
escort for three miles along the road,
until the Americans were reinforced.
Another ambuscade, in the Batangas
mountain resulted disastrously for
the insurgents. The force attacked
was the FOrty-fifth volunteer infantry,
under Colonel DOrst. The Americans
killed eight, wounded three and took
II prisoners. including Spaniard, and
h,captured six rifles. The casualties on
he American side were only two
svightly wounded
KMail advices from Negroes bring par
ion lars of the uprising last month in
the Aruthern part of the island in
which MHeutenant A. C. Ledyard. Sixth
infantry Nas killed. Instead of be-
inc on unimS6rtan n revolt of native
notice as was of firsA reported. it ap-
nears IN have been an Xattempt to over
throw American authoH rlly. ne move
ment was started by thu oIlicials Oh the
autonomous governmental the men VINO
were elected and inaugu rated WIN SO
much ceremony last Now emDer'
Eleven of these officiaNs' lncluulhg
the president and severalN couhclllors'
were lodged in Jail on charkgeS OF plot
ting treason. Several securVd ther re-
lease under heavy bonds, butt otnerS re-
main in prison.
General Smith found evidence thSes
the revolving police were following the ,
orders of the autonomous government, :
which designed to use the forces I'M :
der its control to Overpower the Amer
leans. The plot failed through being
started prematurely, but Negros was G
In a state of uneasiness for a week. S
Two companies of the Twenty-sixth
infantry were hurried from Iloilo to :
reinforce the garrison at Bacolod. c
The officials arrested include some Of r
the most prominent men in Negros. 1t '
is believed that they will be expelled a
from the island e
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Cairo, Jan. 20-News was received
here last night that Osman Digna,
principal general of the late Khalifa
Abdullah, HIS been captured. 1t had
been known that he was in the neigh
borhood of Togar six days ago, and
several expeditions were organized
from Suakim, under Captain Burgess,
with the result that Osman Digna was
taken unhurt in the hills Thursday.
He arrived at Suakim today.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-01-27

Manila, Jan. 2S.-Two companies Of
the Forty-sixth infantry. under Major
Johnson, and three companies Of the
Thirty-eighth infantry. commanded by
Major Muir, defeated 800 insurgents at
Taal, province of Batangas, Saturday,
taking the town. The United States
gunboat Marietta also shelled the
place. Two Americans were wounded
and ten insurgent dead found on the
feld
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A Hitch In Bergman's Fire.

Lorain, O., Jan. 29.-B. Bergman,
proprietor of clothing store in this
city, was arrested yesterday on war
rant sworn out by an insurance agent,
charging him with having attempted
to burn his stock. Fire was discovered
in the store early in the morning, and
was quickly extinguished. Piles OF
clothing were found saturated with
gasoline. Bergman was unable to give
bond.
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New York, Jan. 23.-CGp,ain VIII.
lam c. Gibson succeeded Captain Sigs-
bee in command OF the battleshir
Texas at the Brooklyn navy yard yes.
terday. and tie vessel will start south
this week 20 augment the North Allan
tic squadron in the tropics. After
brief rest Captain Sigsbee will taxi
charge vi the intelligence bureau g.
the navy department at Washington.
His injured leg IS improving slowly.
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Ex-ConsuI Macrum Sails For Paris.

EX-COhsuI MHcFuM SHIIs TOT EHTIs'
Rome, Jan. 22.-Charles E. Marcum,
former United States consul at Pre-
toria, who arrived here Saturday, left
yesterday for Paris. Mr.. Easton, Of
the Washington Post, who accompani-
ed Mr.. Marcum, said. in the course Of
an interview at Naples, that the Beers
know they must ultimately be defeated,
but are determined to resist to the last.
He praises the Boer tactics and eX-
presses admiration for the bravery Of
both armies. The Afrikanders are re-
garded by Mr.. Easton as "a permanent
danger to the British"
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RUSKIN'S RESTING PLACE.
Noted British Author to he Buried I'm
COnistOn Churchynrd.

London, Jan. 22.-The remains Of
John Ruskin, who died at Brentwood
of influenza on Saturday. aged 81
will be buried in Coniston church.
yard, in accordance with a wish he
expressed some years ago. For many
years his mind had been impaired
The funeral will take place Thursday.
His book Modern Painters" pub
lished ANONYMOUSLY in 1913. was q
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Fell Two Thousand Feet to Death.

Houghton. Mich. Jan. 23.-Two min
ers named kraft and Sweet dropped
nearly 2,0C0 ieet in the Atlantic mine.
The accident came through another
accident at the engine house disabling
the hoist. Both men we're horribly
mangled. They leave large families.
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JamaIcn Rejects Fruit Trade Scheme

kin ston, Jamaica, Jan. 29.-Jamaica
has emphatically rejected Joseph
Chamberlain's English direct fruit
scheme to divert the bulk of the colo
ny's trade from America to England,
and which calls for subsidy of e4O,-
600 annually Jamaica paying one-half
The consensus of public opinion indi-
Gates a preference to depend on Amer
loan trade
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Pertinent Prayer For Lawmakers.

Albany, Jan. 23.-Rev. George N.
Garner, pastor of the West End Pres
byterian church, who offered prayer in
the assembly last night, prayed fer
vently that the Lord would protect the
members from the wine room, the
gaming board and the lobby.
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VlRGINIA:-In the circuit
court for the county of Acco-
mack, in the Vacation of the
said court, the 18th day of Jan
uary, A. D., 1900.
Leonard c. Mears, survivor of
himself and B. w. Mears, late
partners trading under the style
and firm name of B. w. Mears
& Son.. Recommendation.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1900-01-27

"f' stops for passengers on signal
to conductor. sDaily, except Sunday
r. b. Cooke. r. Il. Nicholas,
Gen'l. Freight y Supt.
Pass. Agent, Cape Charles. Va.
Norfolk. Va.
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TO THE PUBLIC.

Having sold my interest in
the agencies of the Hamburg
Bremen Fire Insurance Com
pany and the United States Fire
Insurance Company at Oman
cock, Va, TO Fletcher & Dough-
ty, | desire tn thank my former
patrons for their past favors ard
bespeak a continuance of them
on behalf of the new firm.
Respectfully.
L. w. GROTON.
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The One Day Cold Cure.

For cold In the head and sore throat use Kic.
motifs Chocolates Laxative Quinine, the Zoe
Day Cold Cure"
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Mr.. II. E. Swift. the we'll known representative
Of J. N. Murdoch. Wholesale Druggist OF

g was completely laid up With Cholera Nor
bus Bought bottle OF Kermott's Ext. Black
berry and was completely cured with one dose.
Would not be without til II cost me s. 90 bot
tie, and heartily recommend Kermott's Ext
Blackberry as The best remedy on the market
for Summer Complaint Diarrhma. Cholera
@nrhus. ETC X. h. SWIFT
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NEW YORK, PHILA. 4 NORFOLK R.R.

Time Table in Effect Nov. 80, 1897.
Quickest and only daily line between
Boston, New York, Phila., Nor
folk and Old Point Comfort.
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Take Uverettes for Liver Ills. age.

VIRGINIA:-In the circuit
court for the county of Acco-
mack, in the Vacation of the
said court, the 18th day of jan
uary, A. D., 1900.
Samuel K. Dennis, . =. Plaintiff.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-12-07
WANT TO BE PAID INTEREST
CASE BEFORE THE
COURT OF CLAIMS.
States Desire Reimbursement of In
terest on Money Expended for
Eauipping Troops in Civil War.

The court of claims has been engaged
for four days in hearing a case that will
be of interest to the legal departments and
people of fifteen or twenty states IL Is
case of claims by Pennsylvania, Maine,
New Hampshire and Rhode Island against
the United States for arming and equipping
troops during the civil war. Under the
Bowman act the Secretary of the Treasury
referred the claims to the court of claims
for adjudication.
The amount claimed by the four states IS
about 81. 600 900, but if the claims are al
Il wed, fifteen twenty other states, Win
claims of probably S15,c0o,000, will ask for
what they think is due them. The present
cases are therefore tests. and the other
states are waiting to see what VIII De done
All the states have been reimbursed Tor
the principal of the amounts expended IN
aiming and equipping troops Tor the clVL
war About five or six years ago, however {,
New York entered claim for the interest
on the principal of the sum expended ne
Supreme Court decided in favor OF Ne"
York The other claims have followed.
New York's claim differs somewhat from
the others. That state, when 1t 1ouhd tilat
money would be necessary, levied a tax. In
advance OF the collection of this tax money
was borrowed for i short term me prin-
cipaI and interest We're paid when the spe-
cial tax was collected In the case OF
nearly all the states now entering CLAIMS
bonds We're issued, the states paying inter-
est on them for many years. Il Is thls IN
terest that is demanded.
Mr. Pradt assistant attorney general Is
conducting the case for the government.
He holds that there is much difference be-
tween the New York claim and that of the
other states
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FUNSTON HAS A FIGHT
ENCOUNTERS FORCE OF INSURGENTS
ON NEHICO RIVER.
Enemy Was Driven From It's Position
by n Dashing Charge
of Cavalry.

MANILA, December 7.-More activity is
shown in the operations in northern ana
southern Luzon. The reports from the for
mer district come in more quickly and tee-
graphic interruptions are fewer.
General Funston, with Troop A Of the Atm
Cavalry and score of scouts last Thursday
encountered 100 insurgents posted on the
opposite bank of the Nehico river. The
Americans charged across the stream and
the enemy retreated. firing from cover.
They left four of their number dead on the
field. A native who was captured reported
that Fagin. deserter from the 24th In
fantry. who has been active. with the Fill
pinos, had been wounded.
Lieut.. Morrow, with fifty men from the
Etth Regiment, attacked and occupied Bula-
can While returning these troops encoun-
tered Col. V:ctoris, occupying an entrenched
position, with thirty rifles and three hun
dred bolomen. Lieut. Morrow's force
charged and drove the enemy from their
position, 1nfiictlng, Il is believed heavy loss
ton had captured MAJOR Flores and several
of his followers.
An engagement Is reported to have occur
red near San Rogue, in which, according to
natives, fifty rebels were killed.
Several miner encounters and captures are
also reported. The American casualties have
been very slight.
The Island Of Bohul has recently been the
scene of more activity on the part of the
insurgents than formerly, and a company
has been sent to reinforce the battalion sta
toned there.
The members of the Philippine commits
sion and several military offic ais will go to
Dagupan tomorrow as guests of the railway
management. Their families also have been
invited. They will return Sunday
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IT OFFENDS HOLLAND
The King Of Portugars Toast to
Queen Victoria.
Two SMALL STATES AT ODDS
Sympathes of the British Are
With the Portuguese.
MINISTER'S LEAN e POSTS

LISBON, December THE tension be-
tween Portugal and Holland appears to
have been emphasized, perhaps not alto
gether unintentionally, by the peculiar
warmth of King Charles toast to Queen
Victoria at the banquet given yesterday
evening at the royal palace to Vice Admi-
raj Sir Harry Holdsworth Rawson and the
officers of the British fleet, now in the river
Tasus, and by the telegram which the king
after ward dispatched to Victoria, thanking
her majesty for sending the fleet and for
the friendship thus demonstrated.
Il beg to record" telegraphed the king
my great satisfaction at the frank and
loyal alliance uniting England and Portu-
GAL"
In the course of his speech when he
toasted Queen Victoria the king said among
other tn -ngs:
England has often shared the efforts
and slores CT Portugal. Our mutual friend
snip and close alliance are strengthened by
history and the blood shed together in
causes which have always been just
Admiral Rawson replied that the words
OF the king harmonized with the thoughts
of the government and people Of Great
Britain.
THE HAGUE, December while it is
NOT cenied that the minister of the Neither
lanes at Lisbon and the minister Of Pov.,l-
gal here are temporarily leaving their posts
II Is semi officially declared that there is no
queNt,o on II the ministers being recalled 1t
Is explained that Count de Selir, the Portu-
gueSe minister, is proceeding to Lisbon on
a few days visit to verbally explain the
difficulties which have arisen in connection
with the Netherlands Herr Pott. at Lo-
reno MARQUES.
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Lieut. Col. B. r. Russell has been ordered
to organize a battalion of marines to take
part in the parade next Wednesday in eel
ebration of the centennial of the establish
ment of the seat of government in the Dis
,rict of Columbia, to be commanded by him.
Capts. j. c. Breckinridge, Harry Lee, F.
H. Delano and w. II. Parker have been or
dered 20 this city for examinatio for pro-
motion before board in session at the ma
rine barracks. This board is composed of
Lieut. Col. b. r. Russell, Capts. c. S. Rad
ford and J. $. Russell and Second Lieut.. T.
II Brown, recorder.
The order of October 81 directing Capt. r.
NJ. ellison, now in the Philippines, to return
to the United States has been revoked
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ADDITIONAL TIME GIVEN.
Orders of Court in Natter of Street
Extension

In the matter of the extension of 10th
street an order was today passed by Jus
tlce Hagner, holding the District court ex-
tending the time for the summoning of A
jury of appraisers by the United States
marshal for two weeks. An order recllir-
ing the appearance of all persons inter-
eSted IN the condemnation proceedings was
signed by the court November l6 and was
returnable this morning at 10 o'clock.
Htarlng on the motion of the District
Commissioners for the final confirmation of
the verdict, award and assessment of the
jury Of condemnation in the matter of the
extension of Columbia road east of 18th
street, notwithstanding the objections flied
,iefeio by certain property owners has
peen postponed until the opinion of the S,l-
preme Court of the tinted States is hand
ed down In the case of the extension Of
., "a and Decatur streets The hearing
WAS 10 nave been begun before Justice
Iiasher TINS morning. II is now eypactnd
.i !haI 'he supreme Court will hand down
- -: ueclsioh In the last mentioned case Mon
day next "
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ifoN THE LAKES TO TIDEy. .rr,p
Estimate of the Cost of , Git.
Canal.

Inc complete report Of the deep water
ways commission was sent to the uo,,.a oe
representatives today by Secretary ..oot.
The project before the comr,iseio, j.; 49,
OF vast magnitude. for a deep yateruay
anu outes between the great lakes and At
lah'lc udeWater The estimated cost of .
.i'She ."ei.S one ioot waterway is given at
s-o'''''o'"' ana OF thirty-foot waterway.
$3l7 ,2si 800. y" "'
AN aadltlonal estimate is made fo- deen-
eille the harbors at Chicago and Duluth
HaklhS The total aggIogate for the 70 foot
enamel of SO '.sa2 coo The cost Of ,,,,,1
oi,,d,, q, ,Ce ot 'he 2l-foot waterway is
way, 81, ,!,:;U, LOS ' "a'ei-
ne question of routes, water levels o.o
- presented to the extent of several tbonS'
ano i pages of typewritng.
nc hiost favorable route. the commits
SION states, for thirty-foot watnru,a,
from the lakes to the sea is 'eI way
ERE 10 Lake Ontario via IasoIIo ,,,,l CIV
is'oh ana from Lake Ontario ia ia III
%Son % ilFer wa csWegO and the Mohawk vol
ltv ana that the same route Is nr,ctica1I,,
". u,i,r VI aoie as any for the twenty-one-foot
""lei '" "dy. IL Is a,So pointed uut hy ~
commission that this route is entira,, nc ~,
our own country. The foJlovin.. co9sa,
StonS are stated. co!iclu-
years that the twenty-one-foot w,+ar,,
na1nti d inuch greater return of yalue
loi''I'e 10 !ls ccst than the thirtyfnrt
waterway. The main advantas,a ,.'' ~ -, -loot .s'
'nrt!-loot waterway are that II r.o,Ii .
iilSH III lowest cost of transp1r atiln nraner
70 lore!sn markets and permit the conetri1c
lakes ''09eis On the
me report is signed by Lieut.. 90, R.r-
mona and Messrs. Alfred Nobe and canr:,o
l. "ioheF, constituting the commission
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A MUNICIPAL BUILDING.
House Committee to Consider 1t Next
Tuesday.

Next Tuesday the House committee on
public buildings Will takeaup for consid
Grafton and action bills of interest to Wash
inston. The bill authorizing the purchase
of the old Corcoran Art Gallery for the use
of the Court Of Claims will be considered,
and there may be discussion Of the project
to construct a building near the Congress
sional Library for the Use of the Supreme
Court and the Department of Justice.
1t is also proposed to consider the bill pro-
viding for the construction of a municipal
building for the District government. The
main features Of this bin are: The creation
of a commission, consisting of the Secretary
of the Treasury. the Attorney General and
the Engineer Commissioner of the District.
who are authorized to purchase or other
wise secure one of the following named
squares or reservations in the city of Wash
ington: Squares DIG. 255, 2S6 292 $40, $50,
461, east half of reservation b. west half
of reservation 3. east or west. half of reser-
vatiCn A, and that when such ground is Sc
cured the Commissioners OF the District to-
gether with the Secretary of fhe Treasury,
shall have constructed thereon a fireproof
building for the accommodation OF the mu-
nicipal offlkers OF the District. at. a total
cost. including site, of s., ,5oO. .0O9, one half
of which shall be chargea bic to the revenues
of the District and the other half to be
paid out of the United States treasury.
= Chairman Mercer Of the committee is
strongly In favor of passing a municipal
building bif1 at thss session, aud many men,
bers OF the House recognize the need o1
this build1nR.- ss.-
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FILTRATION OF CITY WATER.
Report of Local Pkysicians Presented
hE SeMatOr GRIIinSer.


In the Senate today Mr.. Galinger pre-
scented the report made by committee of
the Medical Association of the District of
Columbia on the subject of the best plan
for filtering Potomac water.
Mr.. Gallinger spoke briefly of the great
Importance of this measure. He said there
had been much agitation. in the District of
Columbia concerning the iwater supply, and
that typhoid fever in the District had been
to an alarming extept, being much
greater than in most American cities,
and seven or eight times greater than in the
European cities
Hesaid that the wells of the District had
to ~ considerable extent been closed up
because of fear that they caused typhoid
fever But since closing them the dea N
rate from that cause had increased rather
than diminished. He said it was believed
by the medical profession that proper filtra-
tion of the water used in the District Wou;i
cause typhoid fever to disappear and lie
spoke of the distinguished physicians on
the committee of the Meiiea. Associa ton
who had looked into this matter especially,
they being Drs. Samuel c. Busey, G.
Wythe Cook, George NJ. kober, Il. L. Sow
ers and William c.. Woodward.
They had given the matter careful con-
sideration and had reached the conclusion
that sand filtration. while itsis more eXpep-
sive than the mechanical filtration, is the
desirable method to employ in the District.
While not prepared to express an opinion
as to the wisdom Of this conclusion, he
thought very probably that was correct.
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SAYS WAR IS UNJUST
President of Netherlands Senate We'll
comes Mr.. Kruger.
He ASKS AUDIENCE With QUEEN
,PoWe rsNot Yet Notified of Annex
alton of Transvaal.
THE BRITISH EXPLANATION

THE HAGUE December7 The presidents
Of both chambers have sent letters to Mr.
Kruger welcoming him in the name of the
states general. While the president of the
lower house merely expresses sympathy,
the president Of the senate expresses ap-
proVai of the noble purpose OF MI Kruger
attempting to put a stop to the unjust war
forced upon him in such barbarouS man.
ner, and hopes it will result in the inde-
pendence of the republics being assured for
ever.
Mr.. Kruger is receiving various officials
and the enthusiasm of the crowds outside
compels frequent appearances on the bal
cony.
An official request has been transmitted
to Queen Wihelm.na for an audience
No Notice of Annexation.
LONDON, December In the house of
commons today Viscount Cranborne, parli-
amentary secretary for the foreign office,
replying to a question. said the government
had not notified any foreign power of the
annexation Of the Transvaal and Orange
Free State. An examination of precedents,
he sad, showed that a notification was not
eGecessary and foreign recognition of the
annexation was not dependent on formal
notification
Mnxims Command Boer Prisoners.
CAPE TOWN, December loving to the
attempts of sympathzers to communicate
with the Boer prisoners at Grcenpolnt
camp, Maxim guns have been placed in
I,osiuion on the surrounding heights, in
Readiness for a disturbance.
Cost of the War.
LONDON, December THE second sup
Elementary estimate of sixteen millions is
sued this morning makes the total army
estimates for the year t92,3U3 lo3