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The Delta independent., 1901-04-26

Manila, April 23.-A representative
of the Associated Press visited Emilio
Aguinafdo this afternoon at 90 Solano
street, where he was removed from the
Malacanan, and found him in a large
room up stairs, furnished with n table,
typewriting machine, four settees and
twenty chairs His wife. who was en-
tertaining number Of Filipino woman
friends, sat atone end of the room,
while Aguinaldo, smoking cigar and
chatting with Benito Legardo, occppied
the Opposite corner. Ms 4
Others present were Lieute nant.C Colo
mel John S. Mallory, Forty first infant-
ry, who has, charge OF A guinalilo: Lieu-
tenant Gilbert A. Youngberg, Third ar.
tillery, and Mr.. Fisher. General Mac.
Arthur's private secretary.
Aguinaldo whose bearing WINS court
eous and dignined. was dressed in
white. looked well and Altogether made
AN excellent impression. Legardo,
who but recently returned from the
United States. talked of the trip, ana
Aguinaldo, who seemed greatly inter-
ested, smiled and asked numerouS
questions. He inquired particularly az
to what President Mckinley said, and
seemed anxious to know what was
thought of him in the United States.
He was rather reluctant to talk for
publication and considered every Ques-
ftion particularly before answering. He
said he was doing all he could to assist
in the pacifcatiOn of the Filipinos, and
expressed himself as surprised at what
the Americans had :, accomplished.
When he was first captured, he went
on to say. he was greatly astonished to
find that a majority Of the F,ilipinol
entertained the opinion that American
sovereignty was preferable to indepen-
dence, but now he was inclined to bes
lieye that way himself. He explained
The Delta independent., 1901-04-26
AGUINALDQ BECOMES, A, VERY
s( EXCEL LENT flL LLRlQ INDEED

that since the dissolution of the insur.
gent congress and the declaration of
guerilla warfare the chiefs had oper-
ated to all iltents and purposes indie
pendently. They recognized him as
-cOmmander-in-chief, sending him re-
ports occasionally, and he issued some
orders, but for the last seven months
Communication had been difficult, and
he had been almost DISCONNECTED.
Il nm now nrgingl in the strongest
possible manner" said Aguinaldo.
that all INSURGENTS should surrender
and swear, Allegiance to. the United
States"
he expresses'the opmionythat Tinio,
Lusban, Malvar and other Representa-
tive Insurgents viii surrender as soon
as they come to UNDERSTAND the nature
Of the amnesty offered them. He said
he hoped that when the work Of pacitl-
cation was complete. and conditions
were settled the prisoners in Guam
would be released. sH
After referring in grateful terms TO
the courteous treatment accorded him
by the military authorities he declared
his conviction that the civil govern
ment which would follow pacification
would realize the highest hopes Of the
Filipino people. 1s .sifaaI' d,l,s n
When questioned regarding the hope
that he would visit the United States
he replied that he would like to do so
but had made no plans yet, placing
himself entirely at the disposition Of
the United States government. faa
In concluding the Interview he OBJ
served: t al r iaa- > s. isA-l
Every word in my address to my
countrymen, the Filipinos. came from
my heart hope the Americans be-
lievesme thoroughly sincere II my ef-
forts. to secure peace under American
auspices to promote the welfare and
PROSPERITY of the Philippines"
The Delta independent., 1901-04-26

Pittsburg, Pa, April 21.-The most
widespread and destructive storm,
from a material point Of view, ever
known here, has passed. 1t has left q
zone Of ruin 200 miles in diameter. 1t
was unusual In that 1t possessed SO
many different features.
Cities seventy, miles from Pittsburg
We're tied up by one OF the worst snow
storms ever known. While the snow
fall was from eighteen Inches to three
feet deep, which Is not extraordinary,
the snow was SO wet that II clung in
: weighty masses to shade and fruit
trees and electric wires and poles,
bearing them to the earth. 1t settled
on steam and street railways like wet
sand, stopping all traffic and making
pedestrianlsm almost impossible. The
fall was SO heavy and spontaneous in
some places that the residents declare
1t seemed like the bursting Of q snow
cloud. a,t, - -a.,,s. ..+stf q, Lg, h.,
A few miles away from these unfor-
tunate towns We're municipalities IN
just as dire straits from rain, but with
speetiier prospect for relief, as the rain
will run OF faster ulan, the snow can
melt, yet here traffic was practically
suspended. Water overfiowed and
washed out raiiroa a. tracks and hill
sides came down and burfed the rails.
, In addition, nearly every town on the
Ohio river between Pittyburg and
Wheeling Is in darkness tonight. Elec-
trio light plants or their wires are dam
aged and the gas in the mains Is gen
orally turned on TO prevent explosions.
So half q million or more people to-
night are cropping about In the dark. .
A remarkable. feature OF, the storm Is
that but few fatalities directly attribli-
table to this cause have beeen report
ed A railroader. caught in u wreck
caused by q landslide. and the dentk
Of an old woman from shock are, the
only ones known 80 fnr. There may
be others. but as communication Is cut
on from many popuious places. II will
be the end Of the week before the total
can be footed up. -. ...s,,,.
The money loss n Just as difficult TO
foot up. Itmay reach 5000. 900 The
railroads thinl, they have lost $lO0O.
600. The loss Of wages To the army OF
workers In manufacturing plants up
and down the rivers VIII mount up 10
$JOO.OOO. and the repairs 10 plants will
be large sum. The damage 10 stores.
stock. residences and furniture In
Pittsburg, Allegheny and towns and
cities down the Ohio will probably
reach 100000.
The telegraph companies have suf-
fered severely, but cannot yet compute
their LOSSES. -ff f5r 4lrF .f. HIlI E.Tl
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DESTRUCuYE STORM vSTNKTS
III RENNSHyANA ND OHIO

In addition there is the enormous in
direct damage caused by the complete
suspension Of trade. What that
amounts to no one can determine ex-
actly, y,Eahd.estimateS simply reflect the
conservative or radical character of
the conputer.
At Beaver. Falls,s Pennsylvania, the
damage by the flood and storm was
considerable. l,,g ,s{,tt
The first direct communication from
Washington, PENNSYLVANIA. tonight
says: CHARTERS creek Is a raging tor
rent and has overfiowed its banks In
hundreds OF places. -
waynesburg is isolated and many
houses there are flooded.
At Aticanna about twenty houses
were wrecked.
Fifty thousand workers are suffering
from enforced idleness.
| Big land slides occurred on the Lake
Erie and Baltimore l. Ohio at Shosho.
on the Pan Handle. OH the South Side,
the Bessemer ut several points and the
Allegheny Valley near Franklin. Penn
syIvania. The slide at Shosho was 100
feet long, and II required fourteen
hours work to clear one track.
The submerged districts In Pittsburg
and Allegheny are to-day a sceue Of
abject misery. Cellars, and in some
instances the first floors OF stores and
dwellings. are covered with water.
Where the flood has suiwided II has
left behind greasy. yellow scum two
to three inches deep. d 4~r,s,.,
|. Cincinnati, April 21.-There has been
more alarm throughout the Ohio val
ley to-day on account Of foods than at
any period since February. 1884. when
the Ohio river reached Ito highest
stage of seycnty-onc feet nine inches
mt this city, Most OF the Inhabitants
OF the valley spent the night In nntici-
patton Of the worst flood ever known
In the valley. m they will not know
until tomorrow that the water has
begun falling Mt Pittsburg.
Until this news reached river men
here to-ni9ht II was feared that the
record OF 1854 might he broken, but
now st IL generally believed thnt the
river will not exceed the floods Of Feb
rnary. 1897. and of March. 1898. when
II reached sixty-one feet at Cincinnati.
The present flood II the worst that
Inns. ever been known No late In tho
spring. The first week In April 1886.
the river reached hfty-fve feet and
nine inches In this city, and that was
the highest water ever known 30 lnte
in the spring. There has been no Hood
In the Ohio valley since March. 1893.
The Delta independent., 1901-04-26

There has Just concluded at Catan-
.afo. Italy, the trial of 230 men belong
ing to criminal association, which
named itself THE Imperishable Tree"
The managing chiefsN were the
trunks" fully initiated memberstwere
branches junior members were
leaves" and the novices the FIRST
flowers" The plunder realized by the
organization was the fruit" This seems
To ofhave been considerable. Without
counting homicides and crimes OF vio-
lence, the robberies during the few
months numbered more than 400. and
the various articles stolen total some
thing like half million. VI AZ the pub
lie court was not large enough for such
a trial, it had to- be held in church.
The sentences amount to SIX hundred
.allrpray ltyTl atJrig'I
The Delta independent., 1901-04-26
CHICAGO & NORTHWESTERN
%. .;,... u .'s : MAY BUILD INTO DENVER

Denver. Colo. April -Stockhold.
ers OF the Chlcngo & Northwestern
and the Chicago. ST. Paul, Minncapo-
III & Omaha railroads will be asked to
~. once ratify plans for the extensiou
Of the Northwestern, Into Denver.
The connection II from Valentine.
Nebmska, to Scranton. oolosado. and
from Valentine TO. Mitchell. South Da4
kota. II In expected thnt the action of
the stockholdefr will be unanirnonsly
In favor or the plans. s'sui4isfs'i -''3
When tire hoard OF directoss of thu
Chicago & Northwestern met Inst
wednesday In New York II took, up tho
question OF the extension and decided
to submit the plnn 10 the stockholders
at once. % that NO delay would be en-
countered In the construction Of tho
road. II In presumed that the voting.
which began Saturday. will be finished
within n week or ten days, and by May
18th at farthest. al l-aolfgaai = a.lfT
BY the construction OF the line Into
Denver. the Northwestern will have
the short cut from ST. Paul and Min
Incapolis to Denver, and. in connection
with the Denver & Rio Grnndc and
Rio Grunde Weatern. to Ogden. thus
enabling II TO 6ght. the Northern Pa.
cfc- Great Northern Burlington combi-
nation. The Northwestern, with it's
new line and n short line In Nebrnska,
will alSo be In a position Of equality
with the triple alliance In handling
Chicago business. and with Its Black
Hills and Wyoming line will be able
to night the triumvIratc for the Blnck
Hills trade. raa ~ u -gaf...tilulEt Etf
II is reported also that the, plans sub
mitted to the stockholders include an
The Delta independent., 1901-04-26
EXPORT TRADE BRINGS lu
IN A FLOOD,O OF GOLD

Washington b. C., April 22.Wrhe
fiscnf year 1901 seems likely 10 exceed
any preceding year In it's fecursl Of ex =
ports from tho United States. The
steady growth Of d, our exports from
$892, 100000 In 1870 to $Ss5 ,OOO, 600 In
1890. $1,03O OOO.OO0 IN 1892 and 81.
8D4. 100000 In 1900 hns been a subject
OF much attention aud much favorable
comment, but II seems thnt 1901 lis 10
surpass the record OF the, year 1900
md bring the export figure nearly II
not quite 10 the 81 GOO. 900. 600 marx.
q The March importisnd export AaursN
just completed BY, the treasury bureau
OF statistics shows a total erportntion
months ending with March. 10Oss Of
81 .14O,1 ,17O,12S, or $y6, $40, ,O82 in sxcess
OF last year, which held the highest
record In the history of our export
trade ~ Fry V n2Hinlf '' i''H'f 2
' Another interesting fact developed
by the March figures, OF our foreign
commerce ~ that imports seem likely
TO show d decided decrease In 1901 as
compared with 1000, while the exports
are showing the -incfease above ind!-
Gated. The ,1gures 0[ the nine mOnths
ending with, March, 1901, show q de-
crense Of f42. 202, $3.50 In the imports
AZ compared With those Of the CORE.
spending months I'm the preceding
year ThW tho excess Of exports over
imports In the nine months under dis
cusslOn n more than &1OO OOOO, ,0O0
greHtei. THIN Id the corresponding
months Of last year and afnr beyond
the figures Of any, preceding year. The
excess Of exports over imports In the
nine months ending March, 1901, In
&540. .6S1 1897. ~ against 411,6b4 eco in
the corresponding months Of 1900, an
increase Of $12S, S,632,0 2,07i In the net cx.
The Delta independent., 1901-04-26

The rearing of ostriches in the VAL
aV Of the Nile is lkely,to become an
important industry in the near future.
An experimental farm, established
under French auspices. in the vicinity
Of Heliopolis. has successfully demon
strated the suitability of the climate of
the Delta for this purpose. and during
the present season the number Of birds
Of all ages has reached the respectable
total Of 1,400. The runs are established
by means sofs fschesp srsbhle..sndSssrs.
planned out concentrically round a
central watch-tower,3which permits Of
Q survey OF the whole farm being made
at IN glance. - - ~ =
The Delta independent., 1901-04-26

Morocco has taken first step toward
civilization. The Sultan has ordered
a set of Highland bagpipes from .
Glasgow firm. They are probably the
most costly ever made in Scotland, as
the mountings are in i1S-carat gold
and the price is $1,000. One of the
chief officers at the Sultan's court is q
Maclean-a nephew of the Highland
chief of Lochbine in Null, who insists
on spelling his name -MacLaine.
The Delta independent., 1901-04-26

! The private letter books of Robert
Morris, the inancier of the revolu-
ton, which were lost for several gen.
erations. were brought to light in
Washington recently, and, have been
deposited in the congressional library.
Another acquisition by the library is
the original manuscript setting forth
the various DEGREES by which the titles
we're conferred on Columbus by the
pope for the discovery of America, =
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extension Of the Fremont. Eikhorn &
Missouri Valley railroad to Ogden. II
b aid that tho Northwestern 10 the
powerful factoe." frequently spoken
of. behind tbe Clarik road from Salt
Lake 70 Las Angebee.f
If the extenssou 70 Denver II made
the Colorado 4 Eastern viii be made
broad gauge. The line extends from
the heart OF the jobhinG district OF
Denver and adJo,aing the Union depot
10 Scsantou, fourteen miles from Den
yer. ~ -
/, The heavy s,ockholiers In the Chi
cago & Northwestern own the Colorado
h Eastern and own the controlling In
terest In the Chicago. IT. Paul. Mime
apoiis X Omaha and the Fremont, Elk
horn q Missouri Valley.
! Prom Valentine the extension To
Denver. a. planned. runs almost due
south. esuasin1 the BuriingsOa'a wyo-
ming line ut uyannis, Nebraska. and
thence with q alight turn west crossea
the north fork q the Platte and
reaches sidney. From Sidney the road
will crOss Logan county IN the north
of Sterling. thence across Moran cosin-
ty. cutting AcruGs ona corner u Weld
county and into AnTAhoe county.
From Valentine the contemplated ex-
tension y In an almost direct line to
Mitchell. crossing q section OF Nebrns-
ka and South Dakota now without mil
roads. This line contemplates the con-
struction Of = bridge over .ne Missouri
river. Az Mitchell. which In the ter
minus Of an Important branch Of tho
Omaha system. II connects with tho
Omaha and forms direct line through
to 81. Paul and Minneapolis.
>->>-~->->H->->->->>->-
cess Of exports over Imports for the
nine months OF 1901. a. compared
with the corresponding period Of 1900.
The Delta independent., 1901-04-26

John Wilkes Booth. the assassin OF
Abraham Lincoln. lies in an unmarked
crave that. except perhaps to one or
two persons, is also unknown. Dr..
George L. Porter Of Bridgeport, Conn,
Who saw both the killing of Lincoln
and the death and burial Of Booth,
says that Booths body was hidden in
Washington arsenal. in q srpt stir
kept secret Ansr that it M sitsn
70 the family upon condition that NO
monument nor even q mound should
mark it, resting place.
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y kibsl Case win =. rrs.d.

: Dsovss. GOso.s. Apsii' ~ 8--Judye Jolm
I. Mullins OF the fifth division Of the
'Bissxsct,A GOwst ,syssterSiay t.denied stlse
motion to quash in each Of the cases
e T. NJ, sRAtterson against William
4hpletonF ana Crawford Hill, editor
9bd puh1ntef. respectively. OF the
nfnver epuloican, for criminal libel.
cfhe caSeswili go to trial by a jury
on May 18th.
In the meantime the court will hear
. notiop .t0squpsh the -finforrnatlpu
heainst = the Republican Publishing
Company, NJ a corporation. q, i q
MesG.s. Inll end StapIetoif each en-
tered a plea Of not guilty yesterday.
The Delta independent., 1901-04-26

81 Denver, Colo. April e23.-EdWin 9.
Nettleton, a pioneer engineer II the
state. died Of heart disease at eight
O'Clock last evening Mt the Homeop-
pathic hospital, after an illness Of two
weeks. During the greater part Of
that time he persisted in going ahead
with his business. He was- Irrigation
expert in the Investigations of the
United States Department Of AgTicu-
ture. Last, Wednesday, he was com-
PEELED ito giSe up and was brought
from Cheyenne to Denver by G, 7.
johnson. 4
Edwin 8. Nettleton was born in Me-
dina, Ohio, In 1892. His first study
was engineering and when he grew
up to manhood his first work was 70
the oil fields Of Pennsylvania. which
he knew thoroughly. Later he r.
1earA cfsthe2 2Greeaey eolony, then b.
Ing organized by n. C. Meeker. HI
sbecaxne- q smambar- the colony and
laid out the city Of Greeley. He 1t
once turned his attention to irrigati0o
engineering, building both Of the col
ony's iTigating canals. He WINS also
interested in the Fort Collins Lano
and Improvement Company. which
laid out the town Of Fort Collins.
He laid out Colorado Springs, which
was founded by colony, and Mani
tou, aud part Of Pueblo! He was il
charge Of the construction OF the Lar.
'fner- and Weld canal, BOW havLnG .00e
OF the largest system of reservoirs in
the Nest, and also of what Is known
as the English ditch near Denver.
.bnilt by the Du6, Improvement. Cons,
pany. HIS connection with these ehter-s
The Delta independent., 1901-04-26

aThre was unique mixing Of reli-
sions at meeting last, week in New
York. II was a meeting of the Baron
and Baroness Hirsch association and
was held in tie Baptist church.. Of
which Rev. DR.. Macarthur is pastor.
The baron and baroness were Jews,
WI Ting Fang, Chinese minister to
this country, wss the principal speak-
er and Rev. DR.. Heber Newton, the
distinguished Episcopalian divine, also
delivered an address.
The Delta independent., 1901-04-26

& A quarter of century ago the whole
of the mercantile marine of Japan
could have been described on small
sheet of note paper: but now, it re-
quires considerable volume, as it to-
tails 491 steamers of 4S4,S53 tons, and
1.O31 sailing ships of l460Ss tons-in
all 6so.942 tons, and 1t now tenthlon the
worlds list of Jship-owning nations.
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The Delta Independent. t .
c. H. MARTIN. Editor and Publisher
DELTA. COLORADO.

Crowded through the ocean may be
becoming the iron four-masted sailing
ship Afghanistan, managed to make
seven months voyage from San Fran
cisco to Liverpool without being spo-
ken by another vessel. Not word was
heard of her from her departure till
she sailed up the Mersey, a few days
agO II sE
The Delta independent., 1901-04-26
lssstsrss J saiss,ssnr,ss.

Washfneton, April 3.-Fig,Ircs Re
cstysd y the ftaSe ,Depertmsnt, e{m.
pffed BY D. ". Stephenson, director Of
the Chinese inland mission, show that
the total number Of foreign mission
yyissstipei n&,hlna during the recent
sA1sAs,gDahlces, INCLUDING children, was
1SO. or these twenty-eight adults and
eight children were Americana,
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prtses gave him Unuonal repotAfion,
and for the last thirty years he has
been the foremost irrigation engineer
Of the tcpuntFS. His serficest have
been III request id an parts Of tho
arid west. -------------'' ------------ =
Mr.. Nettleton was state engineer un-
der Governors Grnnt and Eaton and
was a member Of the first state capitol
commission. When the, United States
government began the Investigation Of
irrigation, Mr.. Nettieton was made
consulting engineer and acted II, shat
capacity ns long as the investigation
lasted, from 1880 to 1893.
After that he was sent to Europe
two or three times to investigate the
Irrigation ayvtems, there. ,the Eunner
of ireforesting denuded trscts ok land
and to study the best methods 0f pre-
venting destruction Of foreata The
last OF these trips was made ahopt two
years ago. when We came back from
Spain With many new ideas. For the
last two Year, be has been irffGqftop
expert, with the United Stafes ~ n
ment OF Agricpltpre. HIS laSt report
was on the reservoir syvfem Of the
Cache IA Pondre valley. This year he
had been devoting his time to the
study Of the management OF canals
and the losses by seepage.
Mrs. Nettleton and one daughter sur
vive linn. His only son died in Chsy-
enne last fall. His daughter IL the
wife sof . v. ~ Picksrde ~ sstt0rpsyI
ofs Kansas City. formerly Of Pueblo.
She was last night notified Of the
death. 1t Is likely, that the body will
bes taken to Kansass Otyi for inter
msnt. 'I7IIIIk II liz
Os Excel Of Chicago. who will have
charge Of the music. .,.,-H
Preparations have been made fully
by the people of Colorado Springs to
take care OF all delegates. A hne
chorus IL being trained to assist Prof.
Excell.
Every Sunday school In the state b
entitled to send one delegate for sach
ffsy Of its membership. Pastop q
clidrclhe~ asd edpeSfhtendknt Of SUD-
day schools are delegates mt large. Al
railroads have made reduced rates
for the. coavenfion ca basis of one ard
one 41eAa tass tor ~ 'rSsn1 trip. -
the ceEtlAeats paaAsps h ~ " 20 B
IT, peDent ON @6p ~ thia ,associae
tionsaRM 8. AtWnGrl adent anA
Ausfa, - Rudd - fn&<exy, b11H
OF Canon CRY. f6e. o<her ofacers are
from Denver, and ! include w. r.
Sweet, vice president: Mn. Jean y.
Webb, secretary; Fl. r. e6Pencer, truaD-s
urer; ErA iJ.A.l Walker, primary 80
pefintehdent; Rev. b. B. Tyler, normal
super1ptsndnt. kev.SR RIA. N. Wilson
Of Pueblo has charge, Of bone depart
mept work.
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s,.s. sdsa1., seswJoii Cos,g.,,5.J, Z

The annual convention Of the Colo
RADIO States svntlay School AssOciaAton
wR1. meet Cos&a8d AFtnEs ay
7th, Sth md BIN. irf me Ffse' e'fssSby-
terian church. The opening will occur
at 7:3O Tuesday evening, and It will
nj D0urn 1nu(gday afternoon at 1.8O.
liz will aioI btless be the best fon-
.v1nSof tii1eTar held. H gR4a
The international tourists take most
e. fhe 't0t4cs, fAtd,l <v1tlsbe-n tfeat, 40.
hear Marion Lawrence, Prof. Hamill,
Mrs. Hamill and Mr.. Spillman. besides
that matchless leader Of song. Prof. 4.
The Delta independent., 1901-04-26

As the United States pays no civil
pensions neither ex-presidents nor
their widows receive allowances; but
Mrs. Grant and Mrs Garfeld are each
recipients of 81, 900 a year ss the wild:
ows Of generals in the army. There
were surviving last year foursBidows
OF soldiers who fought in the Resolu-
tion Of 1776. the youngest Of whomt Vas
eighty-four. No doubt sorAA widows
of civil war pensioners will live to be
centenarians. In that case the open
ing, Of the twenty first Century : will
witness the pertana acious IAhy cheer
fully signing her voIcher. Many
young women have married aged pen
sioners, that they may subsequently
receive, lie pensions, as widows. BY
actuarial Calculation, 1t is Odds on
that more than one widow Will be
drawi1g . spenish-American war pen
siop in the year 2050.
4 missionary returning to Basle
from Patagonia brought With hin Q
collection Of ancient Pategohian sKuifs..
Tbs custom house officers at Les Ver-
res'opened the chest, inspected the con-
tents, and informed tha;oyner that the
colsissnept mu,t y elsssed as any
ma, bones, and sssd At, so much {
pound. The smiss pSry yRs indignaat
and eventually the omcials agreed 10
reconsider the question. When the
way bill had been revised Il appeared
in the following form: Chest Of ma
tive skulls. Personal effects already
worn"