Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 27, 1901, Page 2

ee he Mierald--Review. By E. CG KILEY, GRAND RAPIDS, - MINNESOTA. The Cape te Cairo railway is at present being extended from Bulu- waye to Wanki, a place about 200 miles further north, where a great coal dis- cevery has just been made. It has also been found that the Zambesi can be tmrch more easily crossed at this point than at the point originally selected. When a popular young author came ‘ty see William M. Evarts, while he was secretary of state, in behalf of a cor- ‘sulship for which he was an applicant ‘Mr. Evarts congratulated him on the fame which he had acquired, but- has- tened to add: “Although you have laurels on your brows, I suppose you can’t browse on your laurels.” Baron Wilhelm von Rothschild, who recently died at Frankfort, was one of the few rich men who make it a rule of their lives to give away one-tenth of their income in charity. He was not only a religious observer ir all respects of the ancient Mosaic law, but ‘he was a profound Talmudic scholar, having devoted a great part of his time to careful and systematic studies of the Talmud. A queer instance of improper’ in- fluence said to have been exerted upon a juryman comes from New Haven. The jury in a certain civil case went to Fairhaven to visit the house of the defendants. There, according ‘to the counsel for the plaintiff,one of the par- ties to the suit gave one of 'the jurors a piece of pie. This piece of pie is ‘the ground upon which a motion 'to set aside the verdict is founded. There was a substantial increase in the traffic through the Suez canal in 1899. Three thousand five hundred and three vessels passed through 'the canal in 1898; im 1899 the number was .in- creased to 3,607, representing an in- crease of 104 vessels and a gain of 657,017 toms. The average time con- sumed in passing through the canal in 1899 was eighteen hours and thirty- eight minutes, about half an hour longer than was necessary during the previous year. Kansas City, Mo., is claiming to be a great fruit distributing point, and in proof of the same “points with pride” te these two consignments: In one day 1,000;000 bananas -were re- ceived from the tropics and on March 4 2,000,000 oranges came in, the ship- ment being made from Los Angeles, Cal. This orange train was composed of twenty-eight cars and a caboose. There were 364 boxes of cranges to the car, making 10,192 boxes in all. Off Cerigo, the island at the southern end of Greece, divers are bringing up art treasures that were sunk 200 years before Christ. Lucian tells of a ship laden with art spoils that went down on the voyage from Athens to Rome, and it is believed that the wreck has been found now. Besides many bronze statuettes a life-size bronze statue re- sembling the Hermes of ‘Praxiteles, has been brought up. Some objects are excellently preserved, but others are corroded. Three children, a boy and two girls, brother and sisters, have had a.terrible avalanche experience at Ornon. The children, neither of whom was more than 10, were overwhelmed, and the brother was carried over a precipice 300 feet high and buried under ‘tons of snow, ice and rocks, his body not yet having been recovered. One of the girls was thrown into a shallow crevasse, whence she managed to extricate her- self. The other girl caught ata tree as she was falling and managed to hold ‘on to it. to the branches, with a drop of 300 feet below, until her sister succeeded in obtaining assistamce. When she ‘was ultimately rescued by a man who was lowered over the precipice by a rope, she was in on exhausted condi- tion, and collapsed on being brought to solid ground. The insurance companies have come to a new decision with regard to the ranting of policies to the crowned theads of Europe since the death of King Humbert. They are willing to insure them against all risks, save that of assassination, at a slightly higher rate than that exacted from ordinary individuals, This higher rate is pre- sumably demanded in view of the fact that royal blood is supposed to be vi- ttated and impoverished. Kinng Milan, about four months ago, endeavored to insure his life. But although he was a mere ex-king, the companies to which he applied would only consent to give him a policy with the special assassination clause, which he declined, and his son, the present king, when he attempted a short time ago to insure his life in favor of Queen Draga, failed to come to any understanding with the company, owing to the same stipula- tion. By the will of the late Franklin H. Bishop of Russell, Mass., the State of Massachusetts is made his residuary legatee. The will reads: “As I have no relatives on whom I care to bestow my goods and estates, after the pay- ment of my just debts and funeral ex- penses I give all the residue of my es- tate to the Commonwealth of Massa- ehusetts to its sole use and behoof for- ever.” The executor says that when the estate is settled the Commonwealth will receive about $7,000. Mr. Bishop ‘wags a prominent citizen of Russel] and an ardent admirer of his state. For half an hour she clung} Washington Notes, An attempt will be made by the post~ office department to hectify tive second- class mail abuse. The treasury department ‘has taken steps to stop undesirable tmmigtation across the Canadian border. Secretary Wilson has decided to ‘send out an expert to scour the rice-growing regions of the world, and thoroughly investigate important matters connect- ed with that industry. Baron Fava will be succeeded as American ambassador ‘from Italy to this country by the Marquis Obizzo Malispina di Carbonara, now ‘minister for Italy at Argentim. Papers have been signed by which the French government acquires a large tract of land 4n the residential section of Washington, for the purpose of building a French embassy. The navy department ‘has decided to send ‘the naval yactit Dorothea to the Great Lakes by way of the ‘St. Law- renee river and the ‘Canadian canals, where ‘her first service ‘will be to take on ‘board the Ilindis naval ‘militia for their practice cruise. Dr. ‘Cobb, ‘of the ‘United States Mar- ine ‘hospital and sariitarium, at Fort Stanton, near Alomogordo, N. M., has been ordered by Surgeon General Wy- man to proceed to San Francisco and make an exhaustive study and report on the bubonic plague situation. A pension of $8 per month has been granted to Mrs. John C. Breckinridge, widow of Former Vice President Breckinridge. Mr. Breckinride was a major of the Third Kentucky volun- teersiin the Mexican war. The pension carries arrears amounting to $1,350. Mrs. 'Breckinride is seventy-six ‘years ord. “Casunlitits. A heavy snow storm in Missouri and Southwestern Kansas caused a suspen- sion of all kinds of traffic. Rev. George 'B. Reeser, pastor:of the Emanuel Reformed church at Hanover, Pa., yesterday fell from the scaffold of a new church which his congregation is building, and died'in half an ‘hour. A party of four people, while cross- ing the tracks of the Lehigh Valley railway at South Wilkesbarre, Pa., were run down by the Buffalo express. Three of the party were killed and one injured. The dead are: Morris O’Con- nell, Mrs. Morris O’Connell, Mrs. Frank Cranmer. Injured: Frank Cranmer. Hunt Brother's ‘fruit canning plant at Haywards, Cal., was totally destroyed by fire. The boarding house and some eighty-five cottages, seventy-five of which were owned by the company, the plant, fruit warehouse and 2,000 cases, of fruit were destroyed. Six fruit cars were also consumed. Many families were rendered homeless. The loss will exceed $125,000. , Peuple Talked About. Gen. Gras, inventor of the rifle which bears his name, died in France of apo- plexy. Prof. Henry A:Rowland, of the Johns Hopkins university, died suddenly at his home in Baltimore. The proceeds of the benefit given for Mme. Janaushek at Wallack’s theater, New York city, amounted to $5,000. Phineas E. Blodgett, whose father was a member of Washington’s army, died recently in Chicago. He was born in 1809 at Groton, N. Y. He had voted, for eighteen presidents. * Count Wircenz von Rola Macielinsk1, once a well known muscian, is dead in Kansas City. He was a Polish noble- man, and went to Kansas City ten years. ago. He had a fine musical edu- cation in Vienna. Maj. Joseph Smith Brice, the oldest graduate of West Point, died in New York City, aged ninety-three. He was born in Georgetown, D. C., Sept. 2%, 1808, and was graduated at West Point with distinction in 1829. Mrs. Irene G. Shear, the divorced wife of Byron E. Shear, the millionaire lum- berman of Denver,, has married El- wood Bonfield, a liver stable keeper of New York. Mrs. Bonfield was divorced from her first husband last October. ‘Finley Peter Dunne, “Mr. Dooley,” arrived in ‘London recently from Rome, after a two-months’ stay in Italy for the benefit of his health. He states that he has fully recovered both his health and strength, and will sail for the United States, ready for work. Daniel ©. French, the designer of “Death and the Sculptor,” a great work in bronze, shown at the world’s fair, and of other monuments, will receive a commission from the Lawton Monu- ment association to construct a memo- rial to the Indiana general who died in the Philippines. Sins and Sinners. A Connecticut girl has confessed to choking her child to death. John Albert Skoog, aliasAlbeht Jen- sen, the alleged counterfeiter, who shot himself twice in the ‘head in New York, is dead. Martin Ritter, charged with killing Clara Cheek with a ‘hammer, near Nashville, Ill., has been captured. He was placed in jail in an adjoining coun- ty, for fear of lynching. The Christian church, four miles north of Ripley, Okla., was destroyed by dynamite. No arrests have been made. The church was a new struc- ture. Cashier D. H. Lewis of the Farmers’ National Bank of Vergennes, Vt., has been arrested on a charge of misappro- priating the funds of the bank. The bank did not open for business. Frank Major, alias Daniel J.Kehoe, was hanged in the jail yard at Mead- ville, Pa. Major killed Chief of Police Daniel McGrath at Titusville, Pa., Nov. 15, 1899, after committing a robbery. J. K. Lamsley. of Lowell, Ohio, com- mitted suicide by drowning. It {s al- leged that he was short in his accounts as township treasurer, and that his pondsmen had notified him that they would no longer be responsible. A new maganese iron ore field has een discovered seventeen miles south of Little Grand, Utah, a station on the Rio Granade Western railway. | An Iowa bank manager has abscond- |, leaving a shortage and a sick wife, Alonzo Whiteman, formerly of Min; nesota, convicted of passing a bad check in New York, has been sentenced to two and a half years’ imprisonment. Judge Foster granted a certificate of reasonable doubt for two days. Robbers burglarized Gaskell & Park- er’s drug store, located on a prominent residence street of Toledo, Ohio, in broad daylight, and while persons were passing the store. Two men entered thestore and one of them pointed a re- volver in Mr. Parker's face, while the other one stole $60 in money and about $100 worth ‘of perfumes and drugs. Foreign Notes, Friends of Gen. Luna, whom Aguin- aldo caused to be assassinated, threat- en to kill the insurgent chief. Maj. ‘Gen. Horace Lockwood Smith- ‘Dorrien, now in South Africa, is to be ‘prcmotea to the rank of adjutant ‘gen- ‘eral of ‘the forces in India. It is stated that Emperor William will offer a special prize for an auto- mobile 'race from Paris to Berlin ‘or- ganized by French automobilists. Augustus Provose, deputy governor ‘of the Bank of England, has ‘been ap- pointed governor of the Bank of Eng- land for the ensuing year, succeeding ‘Samuel Stuart Gladstone. Mexico has signed the convention of the peace conference of The Hague. China, Luxemberg and Turkey are now the only countries which have not ‘signed ‘the peace convention. ‘King Edward will witness the trial races between Shamrock I. and Sham- ‘ro¢k II., in the Solent, at ‘the end of the first week in May, from the deck ot Sir Thomas Lipton’s steam yacht Erin. ‘A letter received by an officer of the station at Halifax, N. S., states that Gen. Buller will be offered the com mand of the British troops in North America, which command is ‘now va- cant. The Australian federal government j‘has-@ecided to ask the British colonial office to open negotiations with France for the acquisition of Kerguelf, or the Island of Desolation, which France an- rnexed in 1893. The Porte is attempting to conclude extradition treaties with the powers, with the object of getting hold of the members of the Young Turkey party, who are seeking refuge in various parts of Europe. According to the Onlooker, a society paper, a site of 145 acres has been ac- quired in Ireland for the erection of a royal residence. The plans of the build- ing have been approved and work will commence shortly. A dispatch from Gen. Kitchener from Pretoria says Col. Monroe’s mounted infantry, after two hours’ hard fight- ing, has captured eighty prisoners, in- cluding Commandant Bréla, at Liet- findeyue, near Dewetsdorp. The London Globe scents a gross scan- dal in the alleged discovery that two members of the government committee aprointed a year ago to determine the value of various explosives, have taken out patents in their own names. : The Rome correspondent of the Lon- don Chronicle says that Emperor Will- jam will visit that city early in June at about the time of the queen’s ac- couchment. This is regarded as ad- ditional proof that Italy will not leave the triple alliance. The Danish government ‘is earnestly considering the recent somewhat modi- fied proposal with regard to the sale to ‘the United States of the Danish West Indies, which is considered likely to lead ‘to a satisfactory termination of the negotiations. The London Daily Telegraph publish- es the following telegram from Vienna: “The Moslem population of Adacha: island, near the iron gate of the Dan- ube, rebelled. The troops were called out, but met with resistance. Sixteen Moslems were killed.” There is no truth in ‘the rumor that M. Waldeck-Rousseau contemplates re- tiring from the premiership of ¥rance, Though the premier is still weak, the doctors say that his sojourn at Antibes will enable him to resume ‘his duties at the reopening of parliament, May 14. Influenced by the protests of the Evangelical church council and the Catholic bishops, Emperor William has withdrawn from the great hall / the blind asylum at Wusterhaven the por- traits representing the empress as St. Elizabeth and himself as the saint's ‘husband. In the Westminster county (England) court an order for committal to prison was made against Sir Robert Peel for non-payment of a judgment debt. The ‘warrant, however, was suspended for a week, and it was announced in court that a settlement would be effected in the interval. The startling announcement, is made in court circles in Lisbon that Queen Marie Amelia, wife of Don Carlos, king of Portugal, has resolved to become 4 nun. This is a direct result of the pro- tracted quarrel between the royal coup- le over the king’s attitude toward the religious erders of the country. Domestic. The Iowa Republican state central committee has decided to hold the next state convention at Cedar Rapids, Aug. 7. The Metal Polishers’ convention at Milwaukee has decided to raise a fund of $100,000 to fight for a uniform nine- hour law. ‘Word was received at New Haven Conn., of the death in Landsford, Pa., of L. P. Orwig, aged nineteen, a Yale academic junior, who is the first Yale man to succumb to the typhoid fever epidemic. Orwig was a high scholar- ship man in hig class. Ex-Senator William E. Chandler of New Haven, chairman of the newly- organized Spanish claims commission, has written a letter to the board of commissioners of the District of Colum- bia, condemning as immoral Sucherow- sky’s famous painting, “Nana,” now on public exhibition in Washington, and urging that it be suppressed. GEN. WOOD TALKS CUBAN QUESTION CAN DE EASILY \. SETTLED. Intervention to Preserve Order and Naval Stations Two Questions Not Thoroughly ‘When These Are Explained in Washington the Only Difference win Have Been Removed—isiand Can Be Turned Over te the Cu- bans Twenty-four Hours Afater the Conditions Have Been Ac- cepted, Understood, and New York, April 25.—Gen. Leonard A. Wood, governor general of Cuba, with arrived here last night on the Ward liner, Morro Castle. Gen. Wood, who expects to return to Havana to-morrow by way of Jacksonville, Fla., has made this hurried trip for the purpose of in- troducing to President McKinley before the latter leaves Washington for the Pacific coast, the five members of the special commfssion on foreign relations appointed by the Cuban constitutional convention. Gen Wood did not hesi- tate to talk about affairs in Cuba. “The object of my hurried visit here,” he said, “is to introduce the five mem- bers of the special commission on for- eign relations appointed by the ‘Cuban constitutional convention to President McKinley. The members of the com- mission represent all the different groups of Cubans composing the con- stitutional convention. They have come to the United States for the pur- pose of conferring with president Mc- Kinley on matters which the conven- tion does not thoroughly understand, and when they return and make their report I am convinced there will be a thorough understanding on all sides of the controversy. The constitutional convention has never accepted or re- jected the Platt amendment. The ma- jority favor it, notwithstanding the re- ports sent to the United States from Havana. Things have been cabled here which Lave not the slightest foun- dation in fact, which described strained relations between representatives of the United States and those of the Cu- ban people. All Has Been Harmonicas , since I went to Cuba, and the conven- tion now in session is a thoroughly representative one. Before the Platt |amendment was passed the Cubans | knew the desires of this government on | the lines contained in the amendment, | because they were submitted to them in | the call for the convention. Interven | tion to preserve order and naval sta- | tions are the two things they do not fully comprehend, and I think that | when they are fully explained in Wash- | ington the only differences will have been removed. There will be two other questions to be settled by this country. | One is the reduction of the tax on sugar | and the other the adoption of the con- | stitution. One is economic and the oth- ler political, yet in a measure they are | akin. After the constitution has been ; approved and adopted the economic question will disappear. As it will in- clude the reduetion of the duty on su- jar. Then Cuba will be prosperous and the United States relieved of a responsi- pility, and in twenty-four hours the country can be turned over to the gov- ernment chosen by its people. To-day all departments are practically con- trolled by the Cubans, who have been instructed as to how things can be managed, and when the time arrives all we have to do will be to take a re- ceipt for the money on hand. At the request of congress we have accounted for every dollar expended since the military government took charge, and we hold the receipts for these expendit- ures.” * ADVANCE CONTINUES. Pekin, April 25.—Li Hung Chang has received word that the Chinese troops under Gen. Liu have already retired into Shansi province and are beyond the point where they might come in contact with the German and French soldiers. A Belgian who has arrived here from Chengteng-fu reports that the Chinese have withdrawn, but he met the Ger- man troops, who were continuing their advarce, though they were scarcely be- yond the boundary of Chili province. The inhabitants of the Chinese villages have become very much frightened at the advance of the expedition and have fled in all directions. It is understood here that the French evacuation of China will soon begin. Definite arrangements for assuring the safety of French residents have not yet been compieted, Mr. Rockhill, the special American commissioner, following the instruc- tions received from Washington, has Urged the Ministers to limit the indemnity to be demanded of China to $200,000,000. Some of the ministers declare this amount is insuf- ficient and ridiculous. Dr. Mumm von Schwartzenstein, the German minister, thinks the amount will be over $300,- 000,000. It is said that the American claims are really small, as the mission- aries from that ‘country have been largely indemnified by local Chinese of- ficials, and the other claims are few in number. he American claim for mil itary expenses ought to be small, as the United States are professedly keep- ing only a legation guard, which will Lonly require about a hundred men. No more will be wanted for this purpose to stay here at the expense of the American government. The losses ot the German, French and British mis- sions have also been largely satisfied by indemnities paid by local officials, so that the military expenses remain as the chief item of the general bill to be presented to China. CLOTHING COMBINE. Scheme Is to Get All of the Leading Houses Into It. f “ Chicago, April 25.—Manufacturers of clothing in Chicago are laying plans for the formation of a gigantic combine embracing the leading houses of their trade in every city in the country. An association which has sometimes been suspected of approximating a trust has existed in New York city and other astern points for some years. This organization now proposes to branch out all over the West. Mrs. Wood and his private secretary, | DRIVEN, FROM HOMES, Flood Causes Distress to Hundreds of Families, Cincinnati, April 25.—While the Ohio river is reported as falling from Pitts- burg to the mouth of the Big Kanawha, almost 300 miles, there is still much dis- tress from that point to Cincinnati, about 200 miles. The weather bureau still predicts that the limit will be reached here to-day and that there will be still less trouble below this city. While alarming inquiries come from Ironton, Portsmouth, Huntington, Cat- lettsburg and intermediate points, the weather bureau says the outlook is really encouraging and that the begin- ning of the end will reach Cincinnati to-day, when the stage will not exceed 58 feet. The Big Sandy and other low- er tributaries are falling as well as the headwaters, The heavy snow in the mountains at the headwaters of the Kentucky river, followed by rains, have not checked the rapid flow in the lower Ohio as was feared. The most encour- aging news came from ‘Point Pleasant, where the river became stationary, ang later reports show that it is falling as far down as Marietta and Parkers- burg. Pomeroy, Middleport, Point Pleasant and other places in that dis- trict have been badly inundated, with hundreds of families driven from their homes. The depots at these places were under water and the telegraph offices Moved to Higher Grond as early as last Sunday. Since the crest of the flood has passed the Pome- roy bend there is great alarm at Cat- lettsburg, Ashland, Ironton, Hunting- ton, Portsmouth and other lower points where the crest of the flood is now passing and where false reports have been circulated about another rise. One of these reports was that there had been a cloudburst up the Big Sandy, severely affecting Catlettsburg, Ash- land and other places. It turned out that the flood had caused the natural gas pipe line supplying these places to burst and they were left without light and fuel for that reason. The large rolling mills and factories of these places were compelled to shut down for the same reason. From that point to Cincinnati the rise fluctuates from one tenth of an inch in some hours to al- most three-tenths in other hours, and when it increased last night there was renewed alarm at Ironton and Ports- mouth and points opposite them. The weather bureau, however, reported last night that there was a change in the situation and that the flood continued to pass out of the Ohio valley more rapidly the further it got down stream. The weather bureau here is confident that Circinnati and all points above it will have their highest water to-day and that at no place will it reach such a stage as three years ago. MAY UPSET POSTAL SERVICE. Company Handles First-Class Mail and the Law Cannot Prevent It. Omaha, April 25.—Postoffice officials who have been investigating the at- tempt of a messenger company doing business in a number of the larger cities of the country to compete with the. United States mails, have decided to drop the matter for the present and await developments. The concern has offices in most of the large cities of the United States and its operations cover the handling of first-class mail at about one-half the rate charged as regular first-class postage. -It is said the con cern contracts with firms throughout the ccuntry to handle mail between the large cities and deliver it to the per- son addressed. By sending this class of mail in bulk, it is able ¢o handle it at a rate which is said to defy competition. The facts were submitted to the at- torney of the department having in charge viclations of the postal laws, who gives an opinion that the opera- tions of the concern cannot be inter- fered with so long as it does not ope- rate regular delivery routes and make regular collections of mail. The case is attracting widespread attention and may have the effect of revolutionizing the handling of mails. PROSPEROUS AMERICA. Complimentary Reports Made by the British Consul at Chicago. Washington, April 25.—Copies of the annual report of Mr. Kyndham, the British consul at Chicago, together with those of the vise consuls at St. Louis, Kansas City, St. Paul, Denver and Omaha, and reports from the trade of Milwaukee and Duluth, have just been received here. The reports gener- ally attest to a very prosperous condi- tion of trade in these districts and fur- nish many interesting instances of the view taken by the British of the Amer- ican enterprise and methods of busi- ness. Duluth is spoken of as an im- portant shipping point, especially of iron ore and lumber, and the growth of the adjoining town of Superior from no inhabitants in 1880 to 19,108 in 1900 is noted. Vice Consul Morphy of St. Paul trans- mits the trade figures for that section, and describes the enormous volume of business transacted through its whole- sale houses. He devotes some space to an exposition of the act respecting for- eign corporations for the benefit of would-be British investors. Steel Rails Advanced. New York, April 25.—Representatives of the leading steel rail manufacturers will meet this week and raise the price from $26 to $28 a ton, the advance to take effect May 1. It is estimated that since last fall orders for more than 2,000,000 tons of steel rails have been placed. Among the recent large pur- chases is that of James J. Hill, presi- dent of the Great Northern, for 40,000 tons at a cost of $1,040,000. This order was placed with the Lackawana Iron and Steel company. George J. Gould is said to have placed several orders ag- gregating 88,000 tons, the bulk of which went to the Carnegie company and the National Steel company. All the big mills are filled to the utmost capacity. Insubordinate Fusileers. London, April 25. — Two hundred of the Royal Munster Fusileers refused to’ parade at Carlisle fort, York, last week as a mark of their disapproval for be- ing transferred from Spike Island to Carlisle fort. As a precautionary measure the officers of this battalion locked up the men’s arms and notified military headquarters at ‘Spike Island of the occurrence. It is understood that soldiers of another battalion will be sent to Carlisle fort to bring the insub- ordinate Fusileers under control. - TALK WITH AGGIE ANXIOUS FOR THE PACIFICA’‘TION , OF THE ISLANDS. Expresses Astonishment at What the Americans Have Already Ac- complished — Inclined to Believe That American Sovereignty I» Preferable to Independence— Urges All Insurgents to Surrender and Swear Allegiance to the United States — Wants Americ: to Believe in His Sincerity. Manila, April 24.—A representative of the Associated, Press visited Emilio Aguinaldo yesterday afternoon at 56 Solano sereet, whither he was removed from the Malacanan. He was rather reluctant to talk for publication and considered every question carefully be- fore answering. He said he was doing all he could to assist in the pacification of the Philippines and expressed as- tonishment at what the Americans had already accomplished. When he was captured, he went on to say, that he was greatly surprised that a majority of the Filipinos entertained the opin- ion that American sovereignty was preferable to independence, but now he was inclined to believe that way him- self. He explained that since the dis- solution of the Filipino congress and the declaration of guerrilla warfare, the chiefs had acted to all intents and purposes independently. They recog- nized him as a commander-in-chief, sending him reports occastonally, and he issued some orders, but for the last seven months communication had been difficult and he had been almost dis- connected. Anxious for Peace. “I now urge in the strongest possible manner,” said Aguinaldo, “that all in- surgents should surrender and swear allegiance to the United States.” He expressed the opinion that Tinio. Malaban, Lusban and other prominent leaders will surrender as soon as they come to realize the nature of the am- nesty offered to them. He said he had expected that when the work of paci- fication was complete and peace was restcred, the prisoners in Guam would be released. After referring in grateful terms to the treatment the military authorities had accorded him, he ex- pressed the opinion that the quiet and prosperity which would follow pacifi- cation, would realize the highest an- ticipation of the people. When asked if he would visit America, he said he would like to do so, but he had made no plans as yet, placing himself at the hands of the United States government. In concluding the interview he said: “Every word in my address to my countrymen, the Filipinos, came from my heart. I hope the Americans will believe me thoroughly sincere in my ef- forts to obtain peace, and under its guidance to work for the welfare of the islands.” Only Sixty Rebels. Manila, April 24.—There is little left of the insurrection on the west coast of Leyte. As a matter of fact there are only sixty insurgent riflemen known to be out. Owing to the factional troubles among the natives Maj. Henry Allen of the Forty-third volunteer infantry has been appointed governor and Lieut. W. Conroy of the same regiment treas- urer. The appointment of a super- visor has been prepared. The services of engineers are needed for the con- struction of roads, etc. Gen, Wade’s New Command. Washington, April 24—An order is- sued by Secretary -Root assigns Bris. Gen. Wade to the command of South- ern Luzon in place of Gen. Bates, and Brig. Gen. William Ludlow to com- mand the department of the Visayas in place of Gen. Hughes. LI IS CALLED DOWN. Roasted by the Chinese Government. Pekin, April 24.—Li Hung Chang has received an edict severely censuring him because after the French and Chi- nese had agreed upon boundaries the Germans, who have no concern with this matter, marched west and threaten the Chinese. The edict orders Li Hung Chang to prevent the expedition, and says that if he fails the responsibility for the consequences will rest on him. The emperor, or more properly, the dowager empress, says Viceroys Liu Kun Yi and Chang Chih Tung were ap- pointed joint negotiators with Li Hung Chang and Prince Ching, but that Li Hung Chang spurns their opinions. Hereafter, it is added, Li Hung Chang must consult with them on all impor- tant matters. Indemnity Is Fixéd. Shanghai, April 24—A dispatch from Pekin states that the indemnity to be paid by China has been fixed at 450,- 000,000 taels, equivalent to $300,000,000 in gold. Lu Chuan Lin, who some time ago was appointed president of the board of censors and president of the board of the rites, who is said to be a tool of Prince Tuan, is still making trouble for Viceroy Liu Kun Yi in the admin- istration of affairs. Lu Chuan Lin is a most active obstructionist, and it is considered strange in progressive Chi- nese circles that he has escaped punish- ment. It is thought here that he should be dismissed from the public service forever. Total Missionaries Killed. Washington, April 24. — Figures re- ceived at the state department com- piled by J. W. Stevenson, director of the Chinese inland mission, show that the total number of foreign mission- aries killed in China during the recent disturbances, including the children, was 186, Of these 28 adults and 8 chil- dren were Americans. Russia and China to Negotiate. Berlin, April 24. — It is believed in German official circles.that Russia will take up negotiations with China again regarding the Manchurian convention after the. general China question is set- tled. It is also believed officially that the Chinese regular army is already retreating before the expedition which is under way, and that the aNied com- manders are now releasing what troops they can send home. . Chinese Marder Germans. Berlin, April 24.—A Pekin dispatch te the Lokal Anzeiger says the Chinese, have murdered two Germans near Niunchuang. Severely