Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, May 6, 1899, Page 2

The Revala-Review. RB. ©. KILEY, Editor. GRAND RAPIDS - MINNESOTA, Some giucers adulterate ailspice un- til it isn’t all spice. Man's inhumanity to man makes countless lawyers happy. Jerry Simpson is to become an ed- itor. This explains why he, practiced going without socks. It doesn’t take a woman very long to discover the defects in a mirrer. Probably nothing stirs up a woman’s temper more than callers on washday. It's a pity that love 1s umable to make the world go round on the square. A bank failure may not wpset the depositor, but it may cause him to lose his balance. . Whisky glasses are not spectacles, but they enable men to see a lot of queer things. We would get more enjoyment out of a dollar if it took as long to spend it as it does to earn it. It’s only married women that say all men are alike. Every girl knows at least one man who is superior to all others. Tammany moves for ‘municipal ays a contemporary, and sym- pathy immediately goes out to the mu- nicipal gas. Between running for the senate ant away from the penitentiary Mr. Quay has little time for golf and other quiet recreative pursuits. Habits, soft and pliant at first, are like some coral stones, which are -easi- ly cut when first quarried, -but soon be- come hard as adamant. I have no doubt that much sorrow might be prevented if words of en- couragement were more frequently spoken, fitly and in season; and there- fore to withhold them is sin.—C. H. Spurgeon. A correspondent of the Troy Times describes a millionaire as “the rich- est drunkard” ever placed in Bellevue Hospital for treatment, but adds that many wealthy men have been brought there as victims of appetite. Alcohol is no respecter of persons; neither is the hospital management. The rav- ings of delirium tremens heard in the rich man’s cell are undistinguishable from those of the pauper. A member of a ‘Canadian school misappropriated a bottle of ink. The city clerk of the municipality where the wrong-doing occurred lately ire- ceived five cents from Chicago in pay- ment for the property thus converted to the pupil’s use. ‘Repentance and restoration may find a ‘full illustration, even though the value represented is only a trifle. There is no moral law which declares that sins against hon- esty do not count unless the sum in- volved is over one dollar. The steal- ing of a penny disturbs the ethical equilibrium as surely as the stealing that opens prison doors to the reck- less thief. MacDonagh’s “Trish Life and Char- acter” relates an anecdote illustrating Mr. Parnell’s lack of humor. The first meeting of the Irish Land League was presided over by a Mr. Kettle, and it fell to Mr. Parnell ‘to move a vote of thanks to the chair. “I need hardly observe, gentlemen,” said ‘he, “that in Ireland the name of Kettle is a house- hold word.” He was quite unaware of the pun, but his hearers did not find it easy to keep their faces straight. Still more trying was the scene in a Western town when the body of a Union soldier named Hogg was brought home to be honored with a public fu- neral. The clergyman, who pronounced an extemporaneous eulogy, produced a sensation by saying, “This country must be saved, even if it shall cost the life of many a Hogg?” It brings an incongruous yet pleas- ing sense of nearness to be made con- scious of social forms and amenities that are considered relatively modern, but which were common among people who had become civilized long anve- rior to the emergence of our Anglo- Saxon ancestros from barbarism. Among the papyri discovered at Oxyrhyncus, and recently published by the Egypt Exploration Fund, is a letter from an Egyptian te his wife, or to some woman relative, the tone of which is unmistakably modern: “Greeting, my dear Serenia, from Petori Be sure, dear, to come up on the 20th for the birthday festival, and let me know whether you are coming by boat or donkey, in order that we may send for you accordingly. Be sure not to forget. I pray for your continued health.” It is said that the Porto Ricans want but two things—work and a place to market their products. The people of that island are giving some exhibi- tions of Americanism that might well be emulated in a good many places much nearer home. To Mr. Kipling’s distrust of the peace manifesto because it comes from Russia Mr. Edwin D. Mead makes this happy reply: “A bear dressed up and acting the part of a man is a pleas- anter spectacle than a man actipg the part of a bear.” THE NEWS RESUME EVENTS OF THE PAST WEEK IN-A CONDENSED FORM. A General Resume of the Most Im- portant News of the Week From All Parts of the Globe, Boiled Down and Arranged in Con- venient Form for Rapid Perusal By Busy People. Casualities, Sister Cynthia, of St. Mary's of the Springs; died at Columbus, Ohio, as the result of a shock on hearing of the death of Bishop Watterson. Charles Lenicks and Henry Bill were seriously injured by a falling railroad signal at Wanatah, Laporte county, Ind. Lenick’s skull was crashed, and he will die from the wounds received. Conductor A. Miller was killed at Walkerton, Ind. The train was switch- ing, and Miller, in stepping over the tracks, caught jhis foot between the guide and the inside rail. When the train backed up it caught him before ‘any one saw this danger. Sporting Notes Clarence W. Bryant, the one-time ‘famous negro jockey whe rode many winners for the late Byron McClel- land, died ‘wt Lexington, aged twenty- one years. “Paddy” Purtell of Kansas City was knocked cut at Memphis, Tenn., by James Scanlan of Pittsburg, who de- livered a terrific right swing on Pur- tell’s jaw in the third round of what was to have been a twenty-round con- test. Eddie Burns df ‘Detroit defeated Walter Burge of New York in the sixth round of what was to have been a 'twenty-round contest before the Youngstown Atliletic club. Burns fractured his left arm and was com- pelled ‘to retire, the decision being awarded to Burns. The former went on in the absence of Ed Kennedy of Pittsburg, who ‘failed to appear. Crimes and Criminals. A wealthy Missouri widow and her four children were murdered recently. _ltevenue officers seized 30,000 cigars with counterfeit stamps at Toledo, Ohio. The total seized in that city is now over 70,000. At Ardmore, Ind., T., Jack Petray, eighteen years old, shot and killed his father. They quarreled over a trivial matter. At Wilmington, Del., Charles Harris, who has various aliases, and who was convicted of pension swindling, was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment and $2,000 fine. Harris carried on his operations in all parts of the country. Ex-United States District Attorney Ingham of Philadelphia has been ar- rested on a charge of having attempt- ed to bribe a secret officer who was working up :a case against counter- feiters. The grand jury at Dover, Del., has returned indictments against Repre- sentative Mark T. Davis for attempted bribery, and E. D. C. Hegeman, as- sistant clerk df the senate, for forgery in conuection with the race track and lottery bill. Washington Talk The proposed new German-American cable has been approved by President McKinley. The Coghlan incident has been closed by Secretary Long sending the captain a letter of reprimand. German agents are reported attempt- ing to stir up the Cubans against the ; United States. ‘sistant Secretary of War Meikle- john reports the receipts from Porto Rico for four weeks in March as be- ing $130,850. The adjutant general has issued or- ders anding the Ohio national guard with the exception of a few sep- | arate companies. In effect the order will put the guard out of existence. The force of rangers in the forest reservation of North Dakota will be increased about one-third May 15 to protect forest reserves from fire and depredations. Advices from Bluetields, Nicaragua, | state that pandemonium reigned there on the night of April 18. Gen. Torres notified American merchants to close up or pay the tax, and they locked their doors and ‘hoisted the American flag over each. Before the industrial commission at Washington Chief Arthur, of the Lo- comotive Engineers, testified that the pay of engineers was about the same as for the past fifteen years, but the added purehasing power of the dollar made it practically larger. People Talked About. Very Rev. L. Elna, vice general of ‘tthe diocese of Hamilton, Ont., is dead. aged eighty-two years. Brig. Gen. John ©. Bates, U. S. V., vho was recently relieved from Cuba, will go to Manila. Byron ©. Davis, a corporation law- yer and president of the Copper King Mining company, died at his home inj Brooklyn, aged forty years. Sam T. Jack, the well known theat- rical manager, died at New York of cancer of the years. Rey. Dr. Alexander H. Clapp, edi- torial secretary of the Congregational Home Missionary society, died at his residence in New York, aged eighty- one years. At the banquet tendered him by the commercial men of New York’ Sena- tor Frye uttered some positive views in favor of expansion, and said the Philippines should not be yielded to anarchy. Capt. George Mulimix, one of the oldest of the great lake captains, died at Toledo, aged seventy-five. He has been the owner of several lake ves- sels and was of late engaged in the tug business. Rey. J. G. White, kaown for sixty, years as a speaker and writer against the Roman Catholic church, died at Stanford, TIL, aged eighty-seven. He was known throughout the Union as a violent and persistent assailant of the doctrines of the Church of Rome. He was often mobbed and_ rotten- egged. He was a regular minister of ‘the Cumberland Presbyterian church. liver, aged forty-six Foreign Note>. Navigation has been opened In the Straits of Mackniaw. The movement in Nicaragua and Costa Rica in favor of annexation to- the United States grows rapidly. More British troops will be sent, to South Africa because of the Boers’ warlike preparations. Fights are frequent at Paris be- tween advocates and opponents of Dreyfus revision. La Discussion of Havana editorially compares Gen. Brooke to Weyler, while La Lucha denounces Gen. Lud- low’s administration. Charles Nicoll, British consul at Managua, Nic., has been granted an option on the railroads and steamboats of Nicaragua, with workshops pertain- ing thereto, for 5,500,000 pesos, silver. Emperor Nicholas will bestow a dower of 100,000 pounds upon Duchess Augusta Charlotte Jutta of Mecklen- berg-Strelitz on the occasion of her marriage to Prince Daniel Alexander, crown prnce of Montenegro. The Canadian government has been advised from the Yukon to allow the military contingent to remain there pending the settlement of the boun- dary question. No action has been taken in the matter. The ministers of the interior, of com- munications, of Finance and of for- eign affairs have approved the project for the early reform of the Russian calendar to bring it into consonance with that observed in other parts of Europe. The military papers at Vienna an- nounce the invention of a fifteen-bar- reled quick-firing rifie, carrying fifteen cartridges at a time and firing forty- five per minute. The weapon has been successfully tested at the imperial | arsenal, The London Times .announces that the British government has decided to contribute an annual subsidy te the full amount recommended in the re- port of the Pacific Cable company of 1898 for the construction of a Pacific ane from British Columbia ‘to Aus- tralia. General. The New York legislature has passed an anti-trust bill. Department stores throughout the country are uniting te fight the trusts. American women send thanks to the czar for suggesting a disarmament con- gress. Mr. McIntyre admits that he is in another flour mill consolidation scheme, but one of more modest pretensions than his first and abortive one Grand Chief Clark, of the Railway Conductors’ association, denies that the order has purchased Lookout Inn at Chattanooga, Tenn. ‘There will be no consolidation of the Daughters of the Revolution and the Daughters of the American Revolu- tion. The appearance of the San Jose scale has caused great alarm to farm- ers in Ohio. Several valuable orch- ards have already been destroyed. Rudyard Kipling has sued G. F. Putnam’s Sons, Doubleday & McClure, the Scribners and Appletons for $25,- 000 for infringement on copyright. Ata mass meeting $2,000,000 was subscribed for a world’s fair to be held at St. Louis in commemoration of the Louisiana purchase. Canadian Pacific earnings for the week ending April 21 were $502,000; same period last year, $453,000; in- crease, $49,000. ‘The Union Chain and Steel company has filed articles of incorporation at I er, Del, with a capital stock of $60,600,000, making it the largest cor- poration yet under the new state law. reling men will organize to pre- vent salaries being reduced in thy future, and to secure as far as possible, a reinstatement of the salaries paid be. | fore the depression of 1893. An offer made by Gov. Jones to ar- bitrate the differences existing be- tween the mine owners and miners in Arkansas has been refused by the operators. The Groshon High Duty Pumping Engine Company of New York has ap- plied fer a voluntary dissolution of the corporation; liabilities, $214,947: assets, $4,120. Luhrman, Wilburn & Co.'s factory at Cincinnati, heretofore not in the trust. has sold 51 per cent of its stock to the Continental Tobacco company. The price is said to be $700,000. A dispatch from Monteyideo says that Sanarelli’s yellow fever serum is giving good results there and several | persons have been completely cured by its application. Tne governor of Colorado has vetoed the bill limiting the practice of medi- cine to three schools—allopathic, home- opathic and electric—and providing for a board to control the licensiug of phy- sicians. A. Senior & Co. of Cincinnati have filed a deed transferring the G. G. White Distilling company’s’ plant in Paris, Ky.. to the Kentucky Distiller- ies and Warehouse company. The deed did not include any whisky. The committee which investigated into the conduct of the Seventy-tirst New York regiment at Santiago will censure Col. Smith, Capt. Whittle and Maj. Austin for lack of courage in that engagement, At a meeting of the German news- paper publishers at St. Louis resolu- tions were adopted against ‘“militar- ism and imperialism,” and deprecating efforts to, destroy good feeling between the United States and Germany. A friend of Princeton university, whose name has not been disclosed, has exfowed a new chair to the value of $100,000, to be called the professor- ship in politics. The first incumbent will be chosen at the Jane meeting of the board of trustees. Tt is stated at Los Angeles, Cal.. that a deal has been made whereby the famous Yellow Astor mines at Rands- burg will be transferred to the owner- ship of a French syndicate represented by Capt. Delmar. ‘Phe consideration is believed to be $3,000,000. The feature of the Confederate nemorial exercises at Savannah was the appearance at the head of the pro- cession of two companies of the Unit- ed States regular infantry and the firing by that ody of the customary salute to the dead. Tee oe Ba RES inp Sta end Da te a ES a Se RSE ea oe Ae EA A ESO me OE SEE NEE UES nen ce a nnn Se nen SSSSsnStaSSSNILSnn nnn Sen NS SS ee nes na CHEE NOE NSAN ns Seen un SEES Flower of Aguinaldo’s Army Anni- hilated and Gen, MacArthur Now Holds the Strategic Key to the Entire Northern Part of Luzon— Eight Americans Were Killed in the Assault—Loss to the Rebels Was Terrific_Insurgents Put Up a Strong Resistance—Those Who Were Not Killed Took to the Hills—Americans Find the City in Flamcs. New York, April 28—A special dis- patch from Manila says: Calumpit, the Filipino capital, is in the posses- sion of the American troops, The flower of Aguinaldo’s army has been annihilated and Gen. MacArthur holds the strategic key to the entire north- ern part of Luzon. Eight Americans were kliled in the assault upon the city. The loss to the rebels was ter- rific. What remained of their army was finally driven back into the town and beyond it to the hills. Gen. Mac- Arthur had 6,000 troops engaged in the attack. Their valor was unparal- leled. Calumpit was on fire when the concerted advance of Gen. MacAr- thurs division, comprising the brig- ades of Generals Hale, Wheaton and Lawton, was ordered. The insur- gents met the advance with severe firing. The greater part of Aguinaldo’s army was in the town and the trenches before it. The strategic at- tack upon the city was made by Gen. Hale’s brigade, which moved down the right bank of the Quingua river, ard by Wheaton’s brigade on the left bank. Gen. Wheaton’s command, the Kansas and Montana volunteers, re- paired the bridge over the Bagbag river in the morning. ‘The volunteers then crossed and rushed upon the Filipinos in the trenches. The south- ern defenses of the insurgent capital was first attacke@ and taken. They were a mile south of the city and on the north bank of the Bagbag river. The order to advance upon Calumpit was received enthusiastically by the Ameriean troops. There had long been a thurst among the troops to Avenge the Death of several of their fellows during the fighting on the march from Malolos, and they were eager for the capture of the main stronghold of Aguinaldo and his men. Scouting parties sent out a short time before the attack re- turned to report that Calumpit had been set -afire by the rebels. In the attack the American troops were de- ployed in a long line before the city. This line was gradually closed in, maintaining an intense fire upon the trenches and immediate defenses of the eapital. It was short-range fight- ing and the Americans were more th) equal to it, while the insurgents were pressed back whenever they at- tempted te stand. The gun sof the Utah artillery. did masterfyl work. They tore great gaps in the trenches and drove the rebels out with appall- ing slaughter. When the infantry charged the trenches the rebels stood their ground as long as they could and then fled. The Americans then had lit- tle difficulty in entering the city. The tire set by the rebels was spreading rapidly and it seemed a forlorn hope to attempt to extinguish it. On all sides was to be seen the havoc wrought by the intensity of the Amer- ican fire. The dead rebels lay two and even three deep. In some places the trenches were choked with dead bodies. What remained of the rebel army fied’ to the hills closely pursued by tle American soldiers, although the latter were in a worn-out condition from continuous fightingthe last few days. CALUMPIT IS Report From Gen. Otis. Washington, April 28—The follow- ing cablegram was received at the war department last evening from Gen. Otis: “Lawton at Norseagary and Angat, his two columns, united, have driven enemy tn north and west. Slight cas- ualties, Momes not reported. Only means of communication couriers. MacArthur has taken portion of Cal- umpit south of river. Movement at- tended with difficulties on account of jurgle, heat and strong intrenchments. | His casualties yesterday were three | killed and eleven wounded. Develop- ments thus far satisfactory.” Eight South Dakotans Killed. Washington, April 28. — Gen. Otis , has forwarded to the adjutant general the following additional casualties. Killed — Hospital Corps — Privates Holland L. Laidler, Paul Gomperez. First South Dakota—Wagoner Morti- mer Bowen; Company H, Corporal Vickar E. Johnson, Private Charles : Stulz; B, Corporal Harvey M. Breed; H, Privates Charles Peterson, Guy Jones; K, James A. Lizer; L, Harley De Jean. First Nebraska—Company I, Private Wiarry McCart. Utah Artillery—Company B, Private Max Madison. Appeal for Japanese Aid. London, April, 28.—Accordimg to a special from Shanghai it is reparted there that Aguinaldo’s agents in Jap- | an have issued a strong appeal for; Japanese aid and sympathy, and are! urging Japan to a friendly interven- tion with the United States. Severely Burned. z Inwood, Iowa, April 28.—Maude, the’ five-year-old child of Monroe Babnson, living near here, had a very narrow escape. Her dress caught fire from stubble which was being burned off by the hired man. She is severely in- jured. - To Use Mi e801 Barley. Winona, Minn., April 28.—Charles A. Purcell, vice president, and R. D. Weshler, another officer of the Ameri- | can Malting company, are here for the purpose of looking over the barley | section of Southern Minnesota, with a view to establishing a malting con- cern. Fell Into the River. Vermillion, 8. D., April 28.—Rasmus Sorrenson of this place was drowned in the Vermillion river while assist. wg in removing debris from a bridge. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers, f St. Paul, May 1 Wheat — No. 1 Northern, 70 34@7i 1-2c; No. 2 North- ern, 69 @ 70c.. Corn — No, 3 yellow, 8134@82¢c; N 1-2@313-4¢c. Oats —No. 3 white, 8 1-2¢; No. 3, 271-2 @28c. Barley a Rye—Sample_ bar- ley, 86@40c; No. 2 rye, 58¢; No. 2 rye, 52e. Duluth, May 1. — Wheat — Cash, No. 1 hard, 743-4¢; No. 1 Northern, 71 1-4¢; . 2 Northern, 66 1-4¢; No. 3 spring. ; to arrive, No. 1 hard, 75c; No. 1 Northern, 711-2¢; April, No. 1 hard, 743-4¢; No. 1 Northern, 711-4¢; May Northern, 713-4¢; 745-8¢; . 1 Northern, 725-8¢; Sep- 1 Northern, 711-8¢. Oats, 27 1-2@28¢; rye, 57¢e; barley, 38@40c. Minneapolis, May 1. — Wheat — April closed at 701-8¢.. May opened at 69¢ and closed at 695-8c; July opened at 70 7-8¢ and closed at 713-8c. On track—No. 1 hard, 711-8c; No. 1 Northern, 701-8c; No. 2 Northern, 68 5-8¢e. . Milwaukee, Wis., May 1. — Flour is steady. Wheat firmer; No. 1 Northern, 73@78 1-2¢; No. Northern, 72¢, Oats lower at 27@ -2c. Rye lower; No. 1, 59¢. Barley lower; No. 2, 45¢; sample, 41@45¢. Chicago, May 1. red, 75@76 1-2c; 2 hard winter, 69¢; 1 Northern spring, 2 July, No. 1 hard, — Wheat — No. 2 3, 72@74 1-2c; No. . 3, BT|@ESce jo 7 1-2@72¢. Corn— No. 2, 341-2; No. 3, 331-2c. Oats— No. 2, 27 1-4c; No. 3, 27c. Chicago, May 1. — Hogs — Light, $3.70@3.95; mixed, $3.75@4.00; heavy, $3.90@4.00; rough, $3.65@3.80. Cattle —Beeves, $4.2545.35; cows and _ heif- . $2@4.90; Texas steers, $4.50@4.9 stockers and feeders, $3.50@5.10. Sheep — Natives, $8.550@5.15; lambs, $4.50@6.10. Sioux City, Iowa, May 1. -- Hogs — $3.65@3.75. Cattle—Beeves, $4 @ 5; cows and bulls, mixed, $ 50; stock- ers and feeders, $3.50@ 3 calves and yearlings, $3.7 10. South St. Paul, May 1. — Hogs — 72 1-2@3.80. Cattle-Stockers, $3.85 $2.80@4; steers, $4.25 @ pulls, $3. 15; calves, $4.50; cows, $2.30@8; oxen, $3.40. MRS, GEORGE NOT GUILTY. Jury Acquits Her of the Murder of George D. Saxton, Canton, Ohio, Apr‘l 30.—The verdict of “not guilty,’ brought to the court at 10:45 a. m. yesterday, which ac- quitted Mrs. Anna E. George of the murder of orge E. Saxton, brother of Mrs. McKinley, was reached after a trial of twenty-two days of actual sessions of court and after twenty-two and three-fourths hours of delibera- tion in the jury room. It set at liber- ty the woman who has occupied a cell in jail for several months. In less than an hour after the verdict had been announced many congratulatory telegrams were “received by Mrs. George from sympathizers in many quarters of the country. More were addressed to her attorney as congrat- ulations on a_ professional victory. Daring the afternoon and evening Mrs. George was constantly engaged at receptions. MASS MEETING CALLED. To Indorse the Administration's Policy in the Philippines, Chicago, April 30.—A mass meeting to indorse the administration's policy in the Philippines will be held in Chi- cago within a few days. The call for such a meeting, signed by many pro- fessional and business men, has been issued. Among the promoters of the meeting is Bishop Samuel Fallows, Rey. Dr. John P. Brushingham, Pres- ident William R. Harper, of the Uni- versity of Chicago, Rev.. Henson, Rev. Dr. Arthur Edwards and Judges Oii- ver H. Horton and Richard S. Tuthill. The proposed demonstration is de- signed to counteract the influence of the mass meeting which will be held in Central Music hall Sunday after- noon when anti-expansion sentiments will be voiced and the course of the administration with reference to the Philippines condemned. KID LAVELLE’S DEATH. Coroner's Jury Recommends Hold- ing Cavanaugh for Manslaughter. Pittsburg, April 30. — The coroner's jury concluded its inquest into the death of Tucker Townsend, alias Kid Lavelle, the pugilist, by bringing in a verdict that Lavelle’s death was caused by a blood clot on the brain, the result of a blow delivered by Jobn Cavanaugh during a_ prize fight at Homestead last Friday. The jury recommends the holding of John Cavanaugh, the principal, James Ma- son, John Coates, Ed Kennedy, Mark { Kerwin, R. E. Moseley, Joseph Ben- nett and John Henniger as aiders and abettors of the fight, to await the ac- tion of the grand jury on the charge df manslaughter. All obtained bail ex- cept Moseley and Coates. The jury also recommends that prize fights or boxing contests be prohibited in. the county. THE WRONG EYE, Montreal, April 30.—Seven years ago Thomas Stewart, then ten years old, lost the sight of one eye, the blade of a penknife having been accidentally run into it. Dr. Alexander Proudfoot attended him. Recently Dr. Proud- foot advised the removal of the use less eye as the only means of preserv- 'HERO OF CALUMPIT . 1 hard, 751-4e; No. 1 | BRILLIANT AND DARING ACHIEVE. MENT OF COL, FUNSTON. The Little Kansas Colonel Performs the Most Courageous and Daring Enterprise of the Entire = paign in the Philippines—Cro a the Rio Grande River With @ Small Force and Lrove the Insar- gents From the Strong Position They Held—Crossing Effected Un- der a Tremendous Fire—Rebels Completely Demoralized Break for the Woods, Manila, April 29.—Gen. Lina, Agul- naldo’s chief of staff, has sent an in- surgent colonel through the lines uD- der a flag of truce to ask for a cessa tion of hostilities. Col. Funston has been overcome by, the heat. Manila, April 29. — Col. Frederick Funston, of the Twentieth Kansas vol- unteers, is the hero of Calumpit. He crossed the Rio Grande river yester- day morning with a small force, after a brilliant but unsuccessful attempt the night before, flanked the imsur- gents, and drove them from the strong position they held. The cressing was effected under a tremendous fire from the rebel trenches, which were manned by the strongest force the in- surgents could assemble to guard the railroad bridge, their line extending for a mile on either side. This was the most daring enterprise of the en- tire campaign in the Philippines. It was Col. Funston’s second attempt to cross the river. On the opposite side lay, supposedly, the whole of the in- surgent army, heavily intrenched., It was also armed with artillery. The control of the river was of immense strategic value. It was necessary to cross. Col. Funston’s first attempt to get over failed because the barking of dogs disclosed the movement to the enemy on the opposite side. But be was entirely successful yesterday morning. held the entire town of Calumpit ex- cept the bridge. Heavy. insurgent forces occupied trenches at the further end of the bridge, extending a mile on either side of the railWay. The entire strength of the insurgent army was believed to be holding these trenches. They had one or more artillery pieces with which : They Threw Schrapnel into the American lines. Undaunted by two previous failures, Col. Funston persevered in his enterprise and suc- ceeded in taking the Rio Grande de fenses opposite Calumpit. It was one of the most daring and courageous achievements of the present war. The insurgents, numbering several thou- sand, occupied almost impregnable earthworks on the north bank of the river, with the bridge so stripped of its flooring that a passage across un- der fire was impossible. The insur- gent earthworks were so constructed as to be bombproof, and the American artillery was consequently less ef- fective than usual. Three rafts load- ed with fifty men crossed the river un- der heavy fire, and immediately ad- vanced upon the trenches, driving the insurgents forward until interrupted by a small but deep stream flowing into the Rio Grande two hundred yards west of the railway, where the heaviest trenches are located. Here the i rgents attempted to check the Americans, i caused Col. retire. Immediately afterward, how- ever, Col. Funston, with Capt. Orjig and eight men, crossed the small stream in a boat. They charged upon the trenches, where an immense force of insurgents, Completely Terrified, began to break. Col. Funston, yelling and shouting, dashed up to the rail- way, and the Montana and Kansas troops at once began crossing the bridge with Gen. Wheaton, the bridge being no longer protected by the in- surgent fire. The insurgents appeared wholly demoralized, their ranks break- ing repeatedly, although their gener- als, on horses, frantically ordered them forward. Then was started an effective fire from the Kansas and Montana regiments which wrecked all discipline. The line crumbled and the cnemy fled. Many retreated to a train which was waiting at the next station, and the train immediately left for the northward. Others surrendered, thir- ty-seven being either captured or tak- en prisoners. ‘Many others fled to the eastward, probably going to the moun- tains or to a great swamp several miles away. Apalit, the next town to Calumpit, was burned, the Americans, with the remainder of Wheaton's and Hale’s brigades, advancing and occu- pying the railroad station. During the engagement the Utah battery, the Sixth artillery and the Montana and Kansas regiments did the most effective work, but in pursu- ing the retreating insurgents the ing the other intact. This was agreed South Dakota, Nebraska and Iowa vol- to and the delicate task was intrusted to Dr. Proudfoot, who is assistant oc- ulist and aurist to the general hospi- tal. ‘The operation tcok place at the family residence, and at its conclusion it was found a terrible mistake had been committed, the healthy eye had been removed. On recovering from the effects of the anaesthetics the pa- tient found himself blind, Fargo Fire Festival. Fargo, N. D., April 30. — Messrs. Worst and Phelps, of the fire festival committee, have gon¢ to St. Paul to secure attractions for sports on June 9. The third day will be devoted to i sports, balloon asceusions, etc. Iowa Hospital Burned, Gienwood, Lowa, April 30.—The hos- pital building of the state asylum for the feeble-minded was destroyed by fire at midnight. A panie was avert- ed only by the coolness of the attend- ants Less, $25,000. \ | unteers moved across the river an@ performed excellent service. The in- surgents lost between thirty and fifty killed. The Americans lost two killed. Gen. MacArthur was much pleased with the result of the operation, giv- ing high praise to Col. Funsto While not a bloody engagement, Ge! MacArthur considers it one of the\\. most brilliant and dashing in history. . German Lutherans Meet. St. Louis, April 29, — The nationa} triennial convention of the German Lutheran Synod is in session here with 600 ministers and college presi. dents in attendance. Rev. Rohrlock of Reedsburg, Wis., is secretary. Women Suffragists in Session, Grand Rapids, Mich., April 29-—The National American Woman's Suffrage association convention [s in session — here. The president, Susan B. An- thony, called the assemblage to order and delivered her address. 4 j i /} \ a “Sm > aba ce