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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-12-27

Mr.. and Mrs. William D.~West gave a
reception last evening in honor Of the
golden wedding of Mr.. and Mrs Charles
E. Leves, at their residence, 1921 Yale
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EXCLUSION ACT TEST.
Eighty Chinese VIII Fight for Ad-
mission to This Country.

CHICAGO, Jan. 26-Agents of the United
States government who have been collect
ing evidence quietly in Chicago for a month
will leave for Fargo, n. D., to assist in the
prosecution of eighty Cinnamon charged
with violating the Chinese exclusion act.
Their cases. it is said, will involve the life
of the exclusion act and will be bitterly
fought. A score of local Cinnamon will
start for Fargo tomorrow, also. On the
same train will be Attorney Thomas II.
Milchrist, former United States district at
torney for the Northern district of Illinois.
and Attorney Elmer De Witt Brothers, who
have been engaged to defend the Cinnamon.
Robert II. Foresman, a special employe of
the Treasury Department, accompanied by
Frank Toms, of New York. the Chinese in
terpreter for the government, left Chicago
tonight for the North Dakota city. The
number of Cinnamon under arrest is the
greatest ever held I'm custody by the gov
ernment at any one time, and the fight
which will be begun on Monday over their
deportation will be one of the bitterest un-
dertaken since the passage of the Chinese
exclusion act.
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Pacific Villagers Forced to Cover the
Retreat OF the Insurgents, Who
Fled to the MountainA.
FILIPINO LOSSES HEAVY
FIFTY KILLED At ONE PLACE AND
TwENTY-EIGHT AT ANOTHER
Intrenched Force Defeated by Lieut..
Col. Hayes-Latest Account OF the
Loss of the Gunboat Urdaneta.

MANILA, Jan. &c. Gas p. ma dispatch
from Sorsogon, dated Thursday. Jan. Is.
says Brigadier General Kobbe's expedition
has occupied Sorsogon, Donsol, Bulan, Ise-
gaspi and virac on Catanduanos island.
The only resistance was at Legaspi, where
FIVE Americans were wounded and forty
FIVE dead and fifteen wounded Fiiipinos
were found. II is estimated there are 49,
600 bales of hemp in these provinces and
5000 bales in the ports OF Sorsogon and
Legaspi. The United States gunboat Nash
ville's shrapnel burned 5000 bales In Le-
gaspi.
The expedition arrived of Sorsogon Jan.
20 and the town displayed white flags.
General Kobbe and Colonel Howe, with a
battalion of the Forty-seventh Infantry
landed and raised the United States flag.
The insurgent force, numbering 800 men.
evacuated the place The natives
passive During the morning Of Jan. . the
Nashville and Venus. with four companies
of the Forty-seventh Infantry Regiment,
under Major Shipton. approached Legaspi-
Filipino flags were flying and the trenches
were crowded. A detachment of $50 picked
men, led by Major Shipton, landed on the
a
Nashville bombarded the trenches and the
enemy retreated to Albay, whence they
were easily dispersed TO the hills. About
200 insurgents, armed with rifles, forced
COO unwilling villagers. armed with bows
and arrows TO serve in the trenches in the
elose-range street fighting before the en-
emy fled. The Filipino dead were mostly
villagers. who were attempting to flee.
The expedition will proceed to Sarnar and
Leyte, where the Forty-third Infantry and
battalion OF the Third Artillery will be
distributed.
The natives complain Of lack Of food, re-
sulting from the blockade. They were
strongly opposed to the return of the
friars. Native priests are officiating in
the churches.
Lieut.. Col. Webb c. Hayes has defeated
an intrenched force Of the enemy at Sar-
iaga One American was killed and five
wounded. A record of eleven American
prisoners was found. Captain Castel. while
scouting near Baras with his company.
encountered four hundred insurgents. He
was reinforced by Captain Oracle and the
enemy was driven to Tanay. One Amer
lean was killed and one wounded.
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Auotber BLOW at the Maaa.

PARIS, Jan. 26-The Temps Rome corre-
spondent says: THE government has
struck the Malta another blow. a royal
decree dissolves the Palermo municipal
council, which was composed mostly of
friends of Signor Palizzolo. The council al
most caused a riot recently by increasing
the octroi.'
On Dec s. last, great sensation was
caused throughout Italy by the trial Of
two railroad men on the charge of murder
and robbery in a railroad car near Pa
lermo, the victim being Senior Notarbartolo.
former director of the Bank of Sicily
and one of the most prominent citizens of
Palermo. The trial was attended with a
number of dramatic incidents, the muir
dered mans son accusing Signor Palizzoto,
a member of the Chamber of Deputies from
Palermo. of giving the order for the muir
der of Notarbartolo. AS q result of this
accusation the Chamber of Deputies met
in special session and authorized the pros
ecution of Palizzoto. who was arrested in
Palermo on Dec. s.
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Latter Is Dismissing Many High Om-
cfals and Taking Precautions
Against an Uprising.
GERMAN COURT IN MOURNING
FUNERAL OF THE EMPRESS DOW
AGER TO BE HELD ON SUNDAY.
Italy Trying to Suppress the Maha-
Strike of Carpenters Employed on
the Paris Fair Buildings.

LONDON. Jan. pa special dispatch from
Emperor has caused a tremendous sensa-
tion in Japan, where a strong desire is ex-
pressed to adopt stringent measures. as it
is believed Russia is the leading hand in the
coup detat
The dowager Empress has dismissed
Jung-Lu, generalissimo Of the Chinese
forces, on account of his supposed disap-
prevail Of the coup detat Other high Of
ficiais have been superseded. Extraordi-
nary precautions have been taken at the
vice regal capitals to prevent uprising. The
troops have been served with ball cart
ridges. The interior Of China is greatly
ging the American. British and Japanese
ministers to intervene and restore the EN-
peror to power.
An official communication received here
from Pekin says: "Pu Chun who has been
appointed heir apparent to the throne, has
been given the status Of a son Of the last
Emperor. The statement that a new EN-
peror has ascended the throne is premature
although it is liable; the present action is
preparatory thereto
The Shanghai correspondent of the Times
says: "a petition was forwarded by tele-
gram to Peking to-day signed by 100 rep
resentatives of local Chinese merchants
and gentry. begging the princes and minis
ters of the Tsung Ii Yamen TO urge the
Emperor TO reconsider his abdication and
to revoke the edict."
The Hong-Kong correspondent of the
Times says he has received dispatch
intimating the dethronement and death of
the Emperor.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 26.-Nothing fur
ther has been heard from United States
Minister Conger at Peking since his cable
gram yesterday announcing the selection
| of an heir apparent to the Chinese throne
Hence it is concluded that the action
taken by the convocation of Chinese nota-
bles was technically limited to the naming
of Pu Chun as the heir apparent
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THE cLAYTON-BULwER TREATY.
London Spectator Urges Britain to
Voluntarily AbrOgnte 1t.

LONDON, Jan. 26.-The Spectator, in the
course of an important article. urging that
1t is entirely TO the advantage of Great
Britain that the Nicaraguan canal should
be cut, urges the government to anticipate
the possibility of the Washington admins
tration raising the problem oil the abroga-
ton of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty in an
offensive form by voluntarily Offering to
abrogate the treaty I'VE should thus
avoid" says the Spectator, 'being put In
ridiculous position by seeming unwilling
to yield to pressure when pressure was
being exerted In regard TO something
which 1t was our own interest to do. We
do not want. In fact, to quarrel with
America over not doing something which
would be greatly to the advantage OF the
British empire. II the canal is TO be made
and cannot be made under our control. IL
is immensely important that II should be
in the hands Of a strong, friendly neutral
power, and. God be thanked, there is less
fear of our being at war with America
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General Mercier Scored.

PARIS. Jan. 27.-The Figaro to-day pub
lishes bitter article against General Mer-
cier on his arrival at Nantes in support of
his candidacy for the Senate in next Sun
days election. 1t says: There is some
thing terrifying and lugubrious in the idea
that representatives of the French aristoc-
racy can descend to the level of putting
forward a general, not for military merits
or victories-since Mercier's negligence
and incapacity cost France the lives of
5.756 of her sons in Madagascar-but merely
because he deceived a court-martial by
sending it, forged documents in order to Sc
cure the conviction of an innocent Jewish
captain, who barely escaped becoming his
5,757th victim.
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tary art. He calls their tactics and their
courage ''indisputable. In defending from
tai attacks. Lord Methuen says: 1.-The mo-
bility OF the Beers is such that they can
change front in fifteen minutes. so that a
fianking operation, when striking home,
simply meets new front"
The Daily Mail. referring to Boer re-
sistance and what may be necessary to
overcome 1t, alludes to a saying of Ma
poleon that no position could resist 100000
men.
There is some concern here as to the
whereabouts Of General Dundonaid and
his command of cavalry. Not a word con-
Cerning Dundonald's movements or position
has been received since Monday, and Gen.
Buffers dispatches make no mention of
him. When last reported. he was at
Oliviers Hoek Pass, on the road from Ac-
ton Homes TO Dewdorp. we'll to the west
CT Warren. and was said to be awaiting
DEVELOPMENTS"
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GLOOM IN LONDON YESTERDAY.
How the News of Warren's Retreat
Was Received by All Classes.

LONDON, Jan. pa few minutes be-
fore II o'clock this morning the War Of
flee had deserted appearance, only a
few reporters and messengers being Wis
ible about the building. a few minutes
later, however, and almost simultaneously
with the posting of General Buffers dis
patch, carriages and cabs came rolling
up. people with anxious faces FASTENED to
the boards and the looDies soon became
congested.
Forced back. shelled back" "Shelled
out. l suppose. Great heaven, he's had to
go backi'
These and similar expressions were heard
on all sides and with downcast counte-
nances the long stream OF callers made
their way back 10 the street while their
places were occupied by newcomers. The
main trouble here seems to be that the
people assumed the point gained by War
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RumOr Current in London That Later and
Worse News Has Been Suppressed.
Over Seven Hundred Britons Killed and Wounded in
Seven Days of Fighting, and the List Not
Complete-Vews of Experts.

LONDON, Jan. II, 5 a. m.--
Early yesterday morning all Brit
ain was still rejoicing over General
Buffers dispatch notifying the War
Office that Sir Charles Warren had
captured Spion kop. By noon the
jubilation had given way to dejec-
tion, for the unexpected announce
ment was made that Warren had
been forced to abandon his posi-
ton. 1t was at lilo a. m. that
the War Office posted the unwel-
come news contained IN the fol-
lowing bulletin from Butler, dated
Spearman's Camp, Natal, Jan. IS,
noon:
General Warren's garrison, !
am sorry to say, / find this morn
ing, had, in the night, abandoned
Spion kop."
General Butler, later in the day,
sent dispatch saying that the
British casualties on Jan. "a to-
tailed 209 officers and men killed,
wounded and missing This was
all the news given out. About
midnight the War Office announced
1t would post nothing further from
the scene of hostilities during the
night, and up to o'clock this
morning no dispatches on the pres
ent situation had been received
from unofficial sources.
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THEIR RATES HIGH.
surety Companies Ask 100000 from
Contractor Mcdonald.

NEW YORY, Jan. 26.-John B. Mcdonald.
to whom was awarded the contract for the
building of the tunnel and equipping the
road OF the Rapid Transit Railroad. cor
rotated the published statement that he
was having difficulty with the surety COM
panies who are to go on his bond for the
execution of the contract that the rapid
transit commission is ready to award him.
1t is rather significant. in view of the de-
velopments. that Edward NJ. Shepard.
counsel for the board OF rapid transit COM
missioners. said a few days ago that the
contract with Mcdonald as the contractor
might never be signed. At his Office to-
day Mr.. Mcdonald said he believes the
surety companies should make a special
rate for bonding him. By their present
terms he would have TO pay $4,000 for his
own bonds.
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WILL BE BURIED ON SUNDAY.
Body Of the Late Empress Dowage
Taken to Primkenau.


Taken to Primkenau.
BERLIN, Jan. 26.-The funeral of the
late Dowager Duchess of Schleswig- Hol-
stein, mother of the Empress of Germany,
will take place on Sunday at Primkenau, a
town of Silesia, in the Liegnitz district The
body left Dresden at II o'clock this even
ing for Primkenau. where it will be placed
in the family vault, beside that of her hus-
band.
The court will go into mourning until
Feb Is. Their Majesties started for Berlin
Immediately after the mourning service was
held, at S o'clock this afternoon, at the
King of Saxony's chateau at Strehlon, in
which all the principalities present Joined.
While the orders of Emperor William to
omit all court fetes will be carried out rig
orously. the military and popular celebra-
ton of his Majestys birthday tomorrow
will not be omitted At s o'clock in the
morning military bands will perform the
so-called Waking along the Inter den
Linden to Brandeberg gate Simultaneous
ly trumpeters from the Castle Cupola will
play several chorals. At noon there will be
a parole at the arsenal, at which all the
generals and admirals will be present. On
his Majestys appearance a salute of 101
guns will be fired. The parole is long life
to the Emperor-King.' The Bundesrath,
Reichstag and Diet will give banquets.
omitting their usual sessions; the Munich
pal Council will present an address to the
Emperor; the schools and universities will
celebrate. and all Berlin will be illuminated
in the evening.
In consequence of the mourning the En-
peror has postponed the performance of the
historical play. der Eissnzahn" CThe Iron
Tooth, which was to have received its
premiere at the Royal Theater this evening.
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FRENCHMEN PLEASED.
Editors Tickled Over the Forced Re-
tirement of Warren.

PARIS. Jan. q. $40 a. m.-Most of the
French papers hail with keen satisfaction
the announcement that the British have
abandoned Spion kop. The ambiguous
wording of the first dispatch had led them
TO declare that the British War Office was
keeping back something. and they now
insist that this dispatch must have con-
tanned the fact that Sir Charles Warren
had abandoned the position. and that this
was suppressed by the War Office. AL
comment upon this extraordinary step"
and express the opinion that it is sufficient
to drive any nation to despair
The Matin even goes so far as to mako
This insinuation: THE British government
willingly gave the nation false joy when
IL knew II had the truth. Was ii from
motives of policy or from other motives?
TO what must we attribute such sharp
practices? Signor Crispi acted thus at the
time of the Abyssinian war. We believe
Lord Salisbury to be a stranger TO such
proceedings. which are only explicable If
the direction of affairs is in the uncon-
trolled hands of Mr. Chamberlain"
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Auction of Provisions mt Which PO-
tatoes Brought n Shilling Each.

LONDON, Jan. pa dispatch to the
Standard from Ladysmith dated Dec. 20,
describing the Christmas celebrations,
SAYS: "Only few were fortunate enough
to get turkeys or geese. A majority had to
be content with the hard beef of dwarfed,
under-bred oxen, or the coarse goat flesh
which did duty as mutton. On Saturday
there was a provision auction. Potatoes
brought at the rate of shilling each,
eggs averaged 10d each, carrots pence,
ducks one-half guinea each, cigarettes
AID per three penny package, and whisky
from a5 to 81 a bottle. Everybody, how
ever, was able to indulge in Christmas
pudding. as the commissariat kindly issued
the necessary ingredients for the occa-
sion.''
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OFFICIAL DISPATCHES.
Advfces from General Otis and Rear
Admiral Watson.

Advfces from Generai Otis anu rear
Admiral Watson.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 26.-General Otis
cabied the War Department to-day as fol-
lows:
"Kobbe's troops occupy the hemp ports
of Sorsogen, Dunsol. Bulan, Albs.y and
Legaspi, southeastern Luzon. and Virac,
Island Of Catanduanos. VIII probably oc-
cupy the ports of Calbayoo. Cathbalogan
and Tacloban, on the islands Of Samar and
of Leyte, before evening. No opposition ex-
cept at Legaspi. where 500 insurgents.
strongly intrenched. under the Chinese
general, Powah. made q stubborn resist
ance Our troops landed under protection
of guns of the Nashville, which bombarded
Notifications at close range. The enemy's
loss was over fifty killed or mortally
wounded and twenty-eight killed at Bridge
head at almost a hand-to-hand encounter.
refusing to surrender. Our casualties were
Captain Bradley Hancock. quartermaster
volunteers, aid to Kobbe. wounded IN
hand, and six men. including one sailor on
Nashville, slightly wounded. These ports
contain g great quantity OF hemp ready for
shipment and will be open on the 3Oth inst"
General Otis's report Of yesterdays move
ments in the campaign in Luzon Is az
follows:
'Hayes's cavalry reported at Santa
Cruz, drove the enemy out OF Luzena. Tay-
abas and adjacent towns; rescued twenty
Spanish prisoners and five women: other
Spanish prisoners moved back in small
detachments in mountains The enemy dis
persed and the greater part is believed to
be seeking homes at Tayabas. Found
record dated loth inst. saying eleven Amer
lean prisoners leave tomorrow, know not
TO what place. Hayes's casualties. one
killed, three mortally wounded. two slight
ly wounded"
Admiral Watson has cabled the Navy
Department an account OF the part taken
by the navy in the splendid campaign now
being made in southern Luzon by General
Schwan. The admirars dispatch refers 10
the engagement. or rather series OF en-
gagements. which took place along the
eastern and southern shores OF Lake Taal
a week ago. There Is no outlet from the
lake TO the sea navigable for warships.
but the Marietta took up a position close
TO the narrow neck OF land which separates
the lake from the sea and threw shells
across into the insurgents defenses. The
admirars account OF the affair As as fol-
lows: 1.-The Marietta, with Green command
ing, on the 18th co-operated with the army
In the capture OF Taal. Enhladed the in
surgent trenches at about l.sOo yards Lieut..
Price landed with Colt gun. Gheen re-
ports that battalion OF the Forty-sixth,
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PARIS. Jan. ga great strike of car
penters employed on the exposition build
ings, involving five thousand men, has
increase of wages to one franc per hour.
All the workyards are now guarded by
strong forces of police. The bridges are
also guarded, but there is no danger unless
other workmen join in a sympathetic
movement, which does not seem probable.
Small groups of carpenters discuss the sit
uation here and there, but there have been
no disturbances. The strike is not con-
sidered serious by the officials who believe
it will be settled in two or three days.
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A FREE STATER,S STORY.


DURHAM, Jan. A.-One hundred and
sixty Beers captured during General Bull
ler's recent operations have arrived here.
A Free Slater, who is among the recent
arrivals, says that President Steyn has
been moving his furniture to Pretoria.
where several of his officials have taken
houses 1t is also reported that no big
guns are now left in the Pretoria forts
and that the Beers have exhausted their
stock of good Mauser cartridges and are
now using cartridges formerly condemned
by Colonel Joubert. They are said TO be
manufacturing 1900 cartridges and 200
shells daily at the dynamite factory.
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Herr Vaze. the polar explorer, announces
that he will lead an expedition next sum-
mer into Arctic regions in the hope Of find
mains.
The late Prof. David Edward Hughes.
the English electrician and inventor, who
died on Tuesday. left numerous benevolent
bequests. To each of four leading London
hospitals he bequeathed fS0.0O0 Professor
Hughes had an income of 10000 a year.
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PARIS, Jan. 8.-The government has al
ready taken cognizance of the visit Thurs
day of Cardinal Richard, archbishop of
Paris. to the headquarters of the Assump-
following the conviction of members Of the
order by the correctional tribunal and the
subsequent dissolution of the order. The
premier, NJ. Waldeck- Rosseau. has written
to him, asking an explanation Of his atti-
tude and words.
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INTERPRETED AS A DEFEAT.


the Mouse Trap"
BERLIN, Jan. 26.-The latest news from
South Africa is interpreted as signal de-
feat for the British. The Deutsche Tages-
blatt Zeitung calls the British position
there another step into the mouse trap"
The last direct German mails to the
Transvaal are now being returned from
Cape Town without any explanation on the
part of the British authorities. The Ger
man press comments on the fact with con-
siderable heat.
An incident illustrating the bitterness of
popular feeling in Germany against Eng
land is the appearance of a pamphlet to-
day entitled 1.-The Final Reckoning with
England" This pretends to describe
events in 1881, and sets forth descriptions
of naval battles in which Germany defeats
England, and the general breakup of the
British empire ensues, with Australia de-
claring her independence and the other
British colonies being divided up among
various powers.
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The Taga. Are Evidently Not Beers.

LONDON, Jan. 26.-The British expedi-
ton against the rebellious Tagas. under
Mat Salleh, in British North Borneo, has
been entirely successful. Captain Harring-
ton, with one hundred Sikhs, after two
days fighting, Jan. s and 9. against thous-
and rebels, captured two forts and two
villages, blew up the rebel magazine and
killed or wounded sixty Tagas. The British
had four men wounded. The remaining
villages of the disturbed district submitted.
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MoNsoN MAY BE RECALLED.
British Ambassadors at Paris Not Al
Loubets Diplomatic Dinner.

LOuDets DhpiOmat1c D1nner.
PARIS, Jan. q, a. m.-The morning
papers comment on the absence of the
British ambassador, Sir Edmund ]. Mon
son. from President Loubet's diplomatic
dinner on Thursday evening, at which DR..
Leyds was present. The Echo de Paris
says: His absence was the cause of much
remark. Moreover. the receptions at the
British embassy have been suspended for
some weeks past. Marquis De Gallifet, who
was formerly a constant visitor, has not
been seen at the embassy during the last
fortnight. We may add that the recall of
Sir Edmund Monson. which was so much
discussed before the Transvaal war, is only
delayed. He will be replaced after the ex-
paciti0n