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NO 49
EDMOND, OKLAHOMA TERRITORY, FRIDAY, J UNE 10, 1898.
VC L. IX
CABLET) TO LONDON.
MAY SAFELY LEAVE CERVERA.
THE MARIETTA SAFE IN PORT. MANILA HERO DEAD
HOBSv)N'S HEROISM.
THE WAR
Ttie Natives Had Good Cause to Revolt—Victims of the
Rapacity of Their Spanish Masters They Had Been
Harried by Corrupt Officials and Clergy.
Vi (From the Chicago Tribune.)
The primary cause of the rebellion
which has existed in the Philippines
since July. 1896, was the corruption
and insatiable greed of Spanish offi-
cials, leading them to extremes of tax-
ation and persecution in order to en-
rich themselves. The first cry of the
revolutionists was "Down with the tax-
es," which soon was changed to "Down
with the clergy" and finally to
taxes," which soon was changed to
"Down with the Spanish." The gov-
ernment and ecclesiastical authorities
were Joined in an unholy alliance to
wring profit from the misery of the na-
tives. The richer class is made up of
foreigners, Germans, Chinese. English-
men, and a few Americans, who, exact-
ing a greater tribute from the native
agriculturists, pay a less to the gover-
nor and the host of greedy alcaldes and
minor officials. Briefly, these were the
causes which led to Insurrection In
Cuba as well as the Philippines, and
which In the end will rob Spain of the
two last gems of her colonial crown.
Wherever there was disaffection
was encouraged by republicans and
Spanish Carllsts, hoping in the end to
perve themselves by weakening
kingdom.
Tn the Philippines there is added to
official corruption the shocking crook-
edness of the European clergy, be-
longing to all known monastic orders,
who encourage abuses of governmental
authorities that they may gain im-
munity from an interference In their
nefarious business. Year by year the
taxes have been Increased and have as-
sumed proportions out of all reasonable
relation to the yield of rice fields and
sugar plantations. The people pro-
tested feebly against new impositions,
but as opposition to the government
increased the rigor of the rule grew,
and hundreds of men and women were
deported without trial to the penal col-
onies of the Caroline and Marianne
Spain would drive them In disgrace
from the church.
While these functionaries enjoy free-
dom from taxation, any native, man
and woman, without reference to prop-
erty income or station, Is compelled to
pay a fixed tax. An Indian woman
without employment and not owning
any furniture must pay 10 pesetas. A
man must pay 45 pesetas. Defaulting
In this payment, he Is forced to work
for fifteen days on the roads. Every
Individual whose trade does not exceed
the sale of a few betel nuts, a basket
of mangoes, or a bunch of bananas,
must pay an additional tax, as must
also the natives who go from the coun-
try Into Manila to sell nothing more
than a chicken or a fish. At one time
in every village there were several
weavers whose cotton cloths, much
prized by the natives, had a ready and
remunerative sale. This local Indus-
try haa disappeared owing to a royal
decree favorable to the manufacturers
of Catalonia, which permitted their
goods to enter without duty. These
manufacturers sent goods of an In-
ferior quality and extraordinary cheap-
ness and drove the native workmen
out of competition. This was the only
industry known In the Philippines, and
there remained only the cultivation of
the fields. But the native. If owner of
a rice plantation or a field of sugar-
cane, almost always sells his crops
standing In the field or plantation at
a price which barely pays for the cost
of raising to the half-breed Chinese,
who In turn sell them to the German,
English or American traders at an
enormous profit. Not satisfied with
the tributes of the rich Chinese and
foreign houses, the governors Impose
taxes upon the poor native landholders
which take from them everything they
may gain from their crops. The gov-
ernors are energetic in the collection
of these taxes, for they receive a per-
other provinces, because of the ancient
rivalry of the races, the surest aafe-
fu&rd of Spauish rule. This is a fac-
tor in the politics of the islands that
the government fully appreciates, to
the point, indeed, of encouraging the
factional enmities. Before the con-
quest by Magellan the Islands were
ruled by warring Sultans, and there
still remain vestiges of numerous
tribes.
Because of his inactivity and appar-
ent Indulgence to the rebels Blanco was
denounced In Madrid by religious bod-
ies. What exasperated the priests
most was that he refused to kill Rlzal.
who was by them proclaimed to be the
principal factor in the rebellion. As a
matter of fact, however, this does not
appear to be true, and no Just cause
was given for such summary action.
The clergy sought revenge upon Rlzal
above everything else for his denun-
ciation of them to the people.
IS UNEQUALED IN THE ANNALS
OF AMERICAN HISTORY.
in plot t*ly Uloekadad
he Merrimac—Cer-
iger of Any Die to
Spain.
Kingston, Jamaica. June 6.—Rear
Admiral Sampson, during Friday morn-
ing, decided to close the norrow
harbor entrance of Santiago de Cuba
by sinking the collier Merrimac,
loaded with coal in the channel. He
called for volunteers to go to almost
certain death, and 4,000 men offered
themselves. Lieutenant Hobson and
six men were chosen, and at 3 a. in.
Friday morning the Merrimac, under
her own steam, entered the channel
under a terrible Spanish fire. Theves-
brought up by the Dominicans of ^ was riddled with projectiles, but
CAPTAINGRIDLEY OFTMEOLYM-
PIA PASSES AWAY.
A linttIc With the Cruiser Yosemlte Nar-
rowly Avoided.
Kky West, Fla., June 6.—The gun-
boat Marietta, companion of the battle-
ship Oregon during a part of its me-
morable voyage from San Francisco to
Key West, dropped anchor here this
morning. The run from Bahia, where
she parted company with the Oregon,
was devoid of incident so far as fears
that have been felt for her safety are
concerned. No Spanish ships were
sighted anywhere, although a vigilant jTharles V. Grldley, commander of the
watch was maintained at all times. | cruiser Olympia, and one of the heroes
The crew was kept in readiness to man j of the brilliant victory Jit Manila, is
guns and clear for action. , dead. The announcement of his death
Last night the gunboat was sighted I was received by the Navy department
by the auxiliary cruiser Yosemlte on 1 |n a cablegram from Paymaster Ualtof
the way down from Newport News and the navy, dated at Kobe, Japan, June
the meeting came near making an incl- 4, and directed to Secretary Long. 'I he
dent. Not having been advised of the | dispatch contained the simple state-
Result of Manila Battle—While Winning
Laurels He Suffered Fatal Injuries—
Wan One of the Rralnlest ami riucklest
Ofllcera In the Naval Service.
Washington, June 0. — Captain
Manila. He went to Europe, studied
medicine, law, sciences and foreign
tongues, and returned to Manila hon-
ored with the highest degree of con-
tinental universities, a Freemason, and
the Inexorable foe of the corrupt cler-
gy. He was the author of a novel
called "Nolle Me Tangere." in which he
showed the despotic, rapacious and de-
bauched nature of the priests of the
country. This book was placed in the
Index Bxpurgatorlus and the author's
goods confiscated, his brothers deport-
ed. his aged mother banished, and him-
self relegated to the Island of Min-
danao, entirely peopled by Mohamme-
dans, mortal enemies of Spain.
Rizal lived In this exile for several
years, until he learned that physicians
and surgeons were needed with the
troops fighting in Cuba. He offered his
services to Spain, which accepted them,
and he embarked at Manila for Bai^e-
lona. When he arrived at the penin-
sula and was ready to leave for Havana
he was arrested, sent back to Manila,
summarily tried, and executed. This
was the work of Governor Polavieja,
who had succeeded Blanco. While Ri
she anchored and swung around. LI
tenant Hobson then set off an internal
torpedo with an electric attachment,
when there was an explosion,the Merri
mac sank and the channel was closed
and, apparently, Admiral Cervera will
be unable to escape.
Hobson and the hero crew of tin
Merrimac were saved in the following
manner: Unable, after the sinking of
their vessel, to make their way back
through the storm of shot and shell,
they rowed into the harbor to the
Spanish flagship and were taken on
board unharmed. The Spanish ad-
miral, under a flag of truce on Friday,
sent word to the American admiral
that he offered to exchange the pris-
oners, adding that, in the meantime.
Hobson and his party would be treated
with the greatest kindness.
Lieutenant Hobson appears to have
carried out his plans to the smallest
details, except as regards the methods
of escape. The row boat in which the
crew were to attempt to escape was
either blown up or shot to pieces,
for Lieutenant Hobson and his
men drifted ashore on an old cat a
ignals now displayed in these waters
by warships, the Marietta was regard-
ed with suspicion by the Y<
which came in with her bows on,
cleared for action and ready to give the
gtanboat a warm reception if she
proved to l>e a Spania
ment:
"Captain Gridley died to-day. Re-
mite, I mains accompany me on Coptic."
i on, I Captain Vernon Gridley is the flrst
American officer of great prominence
whose death is a direct result of the
war with Spain. As the commander of
the Spanish Fleet Now.
Washington, June fl.— As to the
change wrought in the situation by the
bold exploit of the Merrimac, it is said
that it will now be possible to draw off
the larger part of the American fleet
for service elsewhere thati at San-
tiago, perhaps at San Juan de
Porto Hicoor Havana for instance. A
small force of say two monitors and a
cruiser would suffice to keep guard at
Santiago, for all that is necessary now
is to be able to bring enough guns to
bear upon the channel to prevent the
Spaniards from attempting to clear
away the wreck by the use of torpe-
does, and to prevent the escape of the
small torpedo lioats that might be able
to pass over the Merrimae's hull.
Of course it must l e remembered
that there are drawbacks to the pres-
ent. situation, for while the Spaniards
cannot get out our ships cannot get in
the harbor, and any land attack upon
Santiago would Ik- made at great dis-
advantage for lack of support of the
American fleet.
The Marietta was also suspicious of j Admiral Dewey's splendid flagship and
adventure at the very end of the trip one of the admiral's chief advisers,
and likewise cleared for action and the Captain Gridley achieved distinction at
men stood at their guns. The mutual the battle of Manila bay and added to
mistake was soon corrected and the his previous laurels by winning high
boys on board the Yosemlte cheered j praise from his superiors in the service
the boys of the Marietta. ; for distinguished gallantry and ability.
. • • m-r«r-r-. lie fought his ship from ti..- oonnlng
LETTERS TAMPERED WITH. j tower, while Admiral IH'wey directed
jkhe movements of his squadron from
the bridge of the vessel. It was not
ARGONAUTS PERISH.
Tlilrty-foi
on his journey to Spain rebel- ran which was slung over the ship s I jDgiy Gf Camara.
Lieutenant Carransa Denies Accuracy of
1 tn Published Translation.
Montrkai., Que., June fl. The news
that the missing Spanish letter which
was stolen from Lieutenant < arranza
had been given out for publication haa
created a decided sensation among
those particularly interested.
The letter. Lieutenant <'arranza said,
was not addressed to the Spanish min-
ister of marine, as statad, but to his
(Carranza's) cousin. Admiral Gomezi-
may. The supposed translation of the
letter as given in the dispatches was
full of errors and contained language
which he had never used. In the first
piaec he had never spoken disparag-
kuo
i for t
cks after the
lion had broken out, and the anger of side at the last moment as an ext
the authorities against him was arous- , precaution. I pon reaching shore
ed by new charges of perfidy made by
the priests, to whom Polavieja was de-
voted. The execution of Rlzal made
the rebellion more furious, and the In-
surgents sought as much to avenge his
death as their wrongs. Rlzal to them
was the martyred hero of their cause.
the men were tak<
and sent to Santiago
guard. Later they were ta
Morro castle, where they ar
Captain Oveido, Admiral Ci
chief of staff, who boarded the New
York, under a flag of truce, did not j
As to a spy service, all he had said in
his letter was: "They believe in the
prisoners I United States that I am organizing a
v under Spy service; they seem to see spies
taken to j everyWhere." He had never said that
they had captured two of his l est spies,
one in Washington and the other in
Tampa. That
invented by the An
a pure falsehood,
gagement that Captain Gridley had
suffered from it. and even now the
precise nature of his trouble is not dis-
closed.
Upon the arrival of the Zatiro at
Hong Kong on May 'JO. the navy
department was notified that Captain
Gridley had been condemned by a
board of medical survey and "in-
valided" home. Subsequent advices re-
ceived by the department indicated
that Captain Gridley was suffering
from the effects of a rupture supposed
to have been received In the battle at
I Manila, but no details were given. On
j May 28 they left Hong Kong on the
steamer Coptic, one of the vessels of
the Occidental and Oriental steamship
line. It would appear that Captain
Gridley died about the time the ship
reached Kobe.
SAMPSON REPORTS,
Skatti.k. Wash., June .1.—Sohooner
Jane Gray, which sailed from Seattle
for Kotxebue sound on the 10th of May,
with sixty-one people on board, foun-
dered Sunday. May 22, about ninety
miles west of Cape Flattery, at 3
o'clock in the morning, while lying to
in a moderate gale under foresail. Ten
minutes after the alarm was given she
lay at the bottom of the ocean with
thirty-four of her passengers. The re-
mainder succeeded in embarking in a
launch and reached this city yesterday
afternoon.
The .lane Gray's passenger's were
prospectors, with the exception of Rev.
V. C. Cambel, a missionary, who, with
his wife and child, was on his way to
St. Lawrence island in the Behring
sea. He refused to place his wife and
child on board the launch, saying:
"The vessel Is doomed and we will die
together."
SCHLEY'S OFFICIAL REPORT.
a vmt,,
4 CtIV0>
The flrst victims of the rebels were the Pive further details of the capture, joking for something to blow about.
priests. Their monasteries were burn-
ed, and the hatred for the monks
sought extremes of cruelty in its ex-
pression.
Not only the uneducated and super-
stitious elements of the population took
part In the rebellion, but the most
prominent native families. Many young - A1,
men are sent each year to Madrid and P the Confederate rtm Albemarle
other peninsular cities to be educated, overmatched by Hobson
The bravery of the Americans evident-
ly excited as much admiration amot
the Spaniards as it did among the m<
of the American fleet. The prisone
will be perfectly safe, and will prob- | u,r suit the jnterL.bts of tlx
ably be well treated while they remain
in Morro castle.
Cushing's memorable feat in blowing
Mavy Departi
re were other errors which ap- Admiral C
cd in the translation of the letter Wasiii>
jntained in the dispatches which
:d that it had been altered to bet-
icau
SPANISH SPIES TO BE EX-
PELLED FROM CANADA.
inbetance of Carranxa's Letter Sent Hy
the ISrltlah Ambassador to 111* Govern-
ment—Abused Their Residence In Mon-
treal Hy Spying on I'nele Nam.
Washington, June 5.— Steps have
been taken by which it is expected that
Lieutenant Carranza, who has conduct-
ed the Spanish spy system at Montreal,
With his associate Senor Du Rose, the
former flrst secretary ol the Spanish
legation here, will be expelled from
Canada within the next few days un-
less they adopt their own means to
leave before an international question
is raised as to their presence in Canada.
The Carransa letter, detailing his
spy system, was communicated to the
British ambassador, Sir Julian Paunce-
fote, together with all other informa-
tion bearing on the operations of the
Spanish officials in Canada. The am-
bassador was quick to act in the mat-
ter, and without waiting the slow pro-
cess of the mail he cabled the entire
matter to the foreign office.
It is expected that Lord Salisbury
Will call the attention af the Spanish
government to the undesirability of
having Messrs. Carranza and Bu Bosc
emain in Canada longer, as their op-
rations are so obviously hostile to the
United States. The Rritish statutes, as
11 as those of Canada, have specific
provision against the use of British or
Canadian territory by foreigners tem-
porarily seeking asylum there, as the
base of hostile operations againtt
countries with which (treat Britain
and her colonies are at peace.
This, however, may become unneces-
sary if the Spanish officials withdraw
from Canada at once, as there appears
to be no disposition to prosecute them,
or to give them an enforced expulsion
bo long as they are willing to close
thdlr operations and depart.
Rec
llli
Tim
ton,
clock 1
-The navy de-
ceived the fol-
ccceded in
channel of
MAP OF THE CENTRAL. PHILIPPINE ISLANDS
(The population in 1896 was 9.600.000, or twice as larKe as the Dominion of Can-
ada. The natural resources are far richer than England's possessions to
the north of us.)
Islands. Within recent years a means
for secret meeting has been given by
the Introduction of Masonic lodges,
which have increased rapidly In num-
ber and in membership. The clergy
brought to bear all of Its Immense In-
fluence with authorities both at Madrid
and Manila for the suppression of these
organizations, and so severe was the
persecution of the Free Masons and so
great became the abuse of the arbi-
trary power of alcaldes to imprison and
deport suspects that the Spanish gov-
ernment iBsued a decree declaring that
every individual whose culpability was
not proved after forty-eight hours' im-
prisonment should be given his liberty.
Places for N nlsances.
It has long been a notorious fact in
Spain that generals whose influence
among the people is becoming too great
for the entire comfort of the regency
or who are disaffected through the con-
stant shifting of politics are sent to
Cuba or to the Philippines to make or
remake their fortunes. If they re urn
to Spain with riches out of all propor-
tion to the emoluments of their office
nobody commits the Indiscretion of
asking the source. Their commissions
are recognized as letters of marque giv-
ing them the right to seize upon what-
ever they may. There are many and
celebrated Instances of this condition
of things, including General Weyler,
General Blanco, and General Riviera.
Still more extraordinary than the apa-
thy of Spain to this legalizing of cor-
ruption Is the fact that the colonies
regard with terror every change of
ministry, knowing that it means a
change of governor general and anoth-
er swooping down of birds of prey,
whose ravenous appetites must be as-
suaged. The hatred of colonists for
the mother country is made greater
because all minor offices in the islands,
even to the clerkships, are given to
favorites of the new ministers, and na-
tives are never allowed to share In the
feast. Moreover, the lands of the re-
ligious orders steadily Increase. The
priests and monks possess enormous
plantations from which they derive
Immense revenues The people are
made to pay dearly for sacraments, and
the fees exacted are much greater than
In any parish of Europe.. The clergy
live In luxury, giving themselves up in
tbelr isolation not only to every man-
centage, usually one-flfth, of all the
revenues of the colony, in addition to
money which the law does not allow
but custom never questions.
Masonry Spreads Socialism.
Masonic lodges were introduced into
the archipelago by socialists driven to
Manila after the Insurrection of Car-
tagena. It is true that these people
closed their lodges as soon as the Cre-
oles and half-breeds showed their in-
tention of joining them, but the mis-
chief was done with the lesson. The
natives began to establish societies in
all parts of the islands, and in a few
years had enrolled 30,000 members. The
mysterious and symbolic attracts the
Imaginations of these people, and the
opportunity of secret meeting and dis-
cussion of grievances without fear of
betrayal was seized upon enthusiastic-
ally. It is the cuBtom for a new mem-
ber to make a gash in his arm, and
over the blood he mixes with that of
the initiator he swears his allegiance.
Each member, therefore, bears a scar
on his arm, and this mark makes him
a suspect of Spanish authorities. It
has happened many times that a pris-
oner has been convicted and shot on no
other evidence than this telltale mark.
Many women associated themselves
in these orders. Sedition has thus been
fostered, free from civil, religious and
military authorities, and a regime of
liberty roughly formulated. The lodg-
es are most numerous In Cavlte, the
principal theater of the rebellion, while
in Batangas, Bulacan, and Pampanga
there are ten to twenty branches of
and return to their homes with knowl-
edge of the freedom of speech and un
restricted liberty of the press In Spain
and Imbued with republican or anar-
chist Ideas, which encourage them to
attempt the free expression of their
opinions. The result is persecution.
Furthermore, a native, no matter how
prominent, is never eiven a salaried
official position, all of which are mono-
polized by the retainers of different
ministries. To all of the wrongs de-
scribed are to be added the notorious j
corruption of the judiciary and the
brutality of the police.
The people yielded submissively to I
accumulating Injustice for many years.
Tolerance Is one of the chief character- j
istics of the Indian, natives of the
Philippines, who greatly resemble
their near neighbors, the Japanese.
Their uprising two years ago was al-
moBt Incomprehensible to witnesses of
the respect of established authority,
submission, and gentleness of habit
through years of misrule.
Blanco was deposed by the enmity of
the monks, who thought him too tol-
erant and without the cruel energy
they demanded. Polavieja. his succes-
sor, was taken with fever and returned
to Madrid. After him came General
Prlmo de Rivera, and now General Ba-
silio Augustln Devilio Is pent up in
Manila by Admiral Dewey's fleet.
Dense Population In Itombay.
The greatest density of population
!n the world is claimed for Bombay,
and is only disputed by Agra. The
population of Bombay amounts to 760
persons per acre In certnin areas, and
in these sections the street area only
occupies one-fourth of the whole.
SPAIN'S PRAYER FOR PEACE.
t, for Cush-
ing's men crept up Albemarle sound at
midnight and fell upon an unsuspect-
ing foe. Hobson took his ship, over
330 feet long, into the very focus of the
battery, with the enemy at the guns,
and blew her up. Discovery at the end
of his journey was inevitable, and
death was almost certain. No name,
therefore, can be written higher on
war's temple of fame than his.
Like Cushing's deed, llobson's des-
perate undertaking was conceived by
him who executed it.
TROOPS FOR SANTIAGO.
Resolute, Conveying Them. Convoyed by
Mayflower, Touches at Cape Maytlen.
Cai'E Haytikn, June 6.—The torpedo
boat destroyer Mayflower arrived at
Mole St. Nicholas yesterday convoying
the troop-ship Resolute. As soon as
Commander McKenzie had forwarded
dispatches to Washington the May-
flower left with her consort.
I As the Mayflower is the most heavi-
1 ]y armed, as well as the speediest, of
the large yachts bought by the govern-
ment, it is supposed that the expedition
in her charge iT bound for Santiago,
and that its importance made it neces-
sary to furnish a protector able to cope
with any Spanish gunboat that might
be tempted to try to capture the rich
prize. In addition to the troops, the
I Resolute is known to have on board
vast quantities of ammunition for the
fleet.
> llei
vy foi
Al-
llurden of W
ready sinking Monarchy.
Washington. June 0.—The belief is j
growing in the l>est informed govern- ;
ment circles that Spain is sincerely <
anxious to make peace, and even now
she is seeking a favorable opportunity
to make overtures in that direction.
Numerous evidences of this have come
to the attention of the authorities
here, but tip to this time no actual
move has ls en made toward ascertain-
ing on what basis the United States
would consider peace.
The desperate condition of the Span-
ish forces at. Manila, Santiago and Ha-
vana are reasons why Spain should be
solicitous at this time for peace. With
this comes the report of the serious
embarrassment of the Bank of Spain,
on which the government relies for
funds to carry on the war.
THE WAR BILL TO THE HOUSE
ted hy the Senate hy a Surprising
partment at 3
lowing dispatch.
Mole, Ilayti, June 4. !
sinking Merrimac in tb
Santiago at 4 p. in.. June 3. This was
carried out most gallantly under the
command of Naval Constructor Hobson
and seven men.
"By a flag of truce from the Spanish
admiral. Cervera. sent in recognition
of their bravery, I am informed all are
prisoners of war. two slightly wound-
ed. Request authority to approve ex-
change. if possible, between these and
prisoners at At lanta.
"Six of the Spanish squadron in the
harl>or of Santiago, unable to avoid
being captured or destroyed—Samp-
son."
FLEET SEEN OFF MARTINIQUE.
vera'* Fleet In In Santiago Harbor.
Washington, June 0.- The navy de-
partment has bulletined the billowing
report from Commodore Schley:
"Secretary Navy, Washington: Made
reconnoisatiee this afternoon. May 31,
with the Massachusetts. Iowa and New
Orleans, to develop fortifications, with
their character. The fire was returned
without delay by the heavy batteries
to the east and west, large caliber,
long range. The range was 7,000yards.
Reconnoisance developed satisfactorily
the presence of the Spanish squadron
lying behind the Island near the upper
forts, as they tired over the bill at ran-
dom. Quite satisfied the Spanish fleet
is here.—Hcmi.ky.''
RUN ON SPAIN'S BANKG0ES0N.
MILES TO THE TROOPS.
nd Mei
Admiral I
[>d nei
Kepartee In the Zoo.
The camel (to the polar bear)—Oh, 1
don't know! You're not so warm. The
TERROR REPORTED SUNK.
Spanish Destroyer Said to Have Fallen
Frey to American Warship.
Kingston, Jamaica, June 6.—A dis-
patch from Port Antonio says: "A
vessel that has arrived here from San-
tiago de Cuba reports that the Amer-
icans sunk, on Friday night, the Span-
8pe
ople.
London. June fl.—A dispatch to the
Daily Telegraph from Gibraltar say
The Cadiz reserve squadron is now a
week out and bound for Cuba.
St. Piekkk, Martinique, June fl.—
The British steamer Twickenham, hav-
ing remained at Fort de France several
weeks without getting permission to
land her cargo of 4,000 tons of coal,
consigned to the Spanish consul, has
left for Jamaiea.
There are numerous reports that a
fleet was seen off the northwest of the
island yesterday, and it may be that
the Twickenham goes to coal the ships.
REWARDS FOR DEWEY'S MEN.
Majority.
Washington, June fl.—The Senate
passed the war revenue bill by a vote
of yeas 48, nays 28.
Senators Gorman. Caff cry, Turpie,
Lindsay, McEnery and Murphy on the
Democratic side voted in the affirm-
ative.
Its principal features are an in-
creased tax of 81 a barrel on beer, a
tax of 12 cents a pound on tobacco, a
stamp tax on bank notes, receipts,
mortgages and other evidences of in- All the Prln
debtedness, a tax on proprietary medi- j
cines, a tax of % of 1 per cent on the Washing
gross receipts of corporations engaged these
in the refining of oil and sugar and a to-day:
tax of 10 cents a pound on tea. | Navy—For advance:
The bill also authorizes the coinago 1 jOU8 COnduct in battle
of $42,000,000 of the seigniorage in the
treasury and the issuance of $300,000,-
000 in bonds and 8100,000,
cates of indebtedness.
New York, June 4. A dispatch to
the New York Herald from Madrid
says: Very curious are the phases of
the rush for silver in exchange for
bank notes, in which it appears the
speculators are playing on the intense
ignorance of the people in financial af-
fairs.
Last night the trains brought in
large quantities of silver, one lot
weighing T.r>0 kilos. This was osten-
tatiously paraded through the streets
to show the people that plenty of sil-
ver is existing.
Notwithstanding this, the run con-
tinues at the Bank of Spain, and is
met by ample supplies of white metaL
THE LAST CUBAN CABLE CUT.
American Ships Said to Have Completed
polar bear—Well, I don't Bee what ish torpedo boat destroyer Terror."
1 The assumption, based upon dis-
patches from Madrid, has been that
you've got your back up about.
CURIOUS -FACTS.
The total number of colored troops ,
enlisted during the civil war was 186.-
017.
A Prince of Wales Is of age from his
birth, and a chair is placed for him on
the right of the throne in the house
of lords.
The amount of silk produced by each j
spider Is so small that a scientist com- |
putes 663,522 would be required to pro-
duce a pound of thread.
More men have died and are buried
on the Isthmus of F'anama, along th>
line of the proposed canal, than on any
equal amount of territory in the world.
The flrBt and sixth days of January. I
the twenty-ninth of September and the
twenty-fifth of March have been cele- |
brated as Christmas day, and it
not until the middle of the fourth
destroyer Terror, after leaving Fort de
France, went to Porto Rico, and it is
probable that the Port Antonio dis-
patch confuses her with her sister de-
stroyer the Furor, as has several times
been the case in dispatches from other
points.
GREAT RIOTS IN CHINA.
ner of secular luduljjpnoe but tc the Manila, and extended to Cavlte. Pam-
xnoft atrocious ~"excei6c8. which in panga. Laguna and Bulacan, 'aut not to
, . . . ti la boiu iuai '"oiui-u" "«***1
he order, and at least one In each o , abborred near,y o(
the other provinces. Their growing 1
Influence and implacablo hatred of the
clergy was a source of grave apprehen-
sion to the priests, who petitioned the
minister to order General Ramon
Blanco, then governor genernl of the
archipelago, now of Cuoa, to put an
end to Freemasonry. But General
Blanco was not energetic In carrying
out this command, being too much oc-
cupied in a contest against Mohamme-
danism in Mindanao. The government,
again appealed to by the priests, and
peculiarly susceptible to this Influence,
peremptorily ordered Blanco to take
the rigorous measure of deporting 400
membei s of the lodges.
This order was the direct cause of
the uprising in 1896. which began in
Five Thousand Robber* Plundering, Rob
blng and Killing.
Tacoma, Wash., June 6.—The steam
er Victoria brings Hong Kong advices
to May 12. The spirit of rebellion and
riot seems to pervade many parts of
the Orient. Five thousand robbers are
assembled in one band in the moun-
tains of Loyange, Kinehou district,
near Canton. They commit crimes of
every description, plundering, robbing
tury that the chureh council fixed the I and killing, u their fancy dictates,
date aB at present. j The local officers arc terrorized, and
It is said that the castor-oil plant | dare not cope with them.
I in certifi-
Ralitcd lu Rank
>n, June .'I.- The President
>ininatioiib to the Senate
ent for meritor-
Captain Frank
iced five num-
V. Gridley, to
aptain
•ed six
ged to Contribute to
the Honor of the Army.
Washington, June 4.—An order by
Major General Miles, commanding the
army, urging upon officers and privates
that the faithful observance of the
laws and regulations of the military
service is essential to the honor and
efficiency of the army, was made pub-
lic to-day. It bears date of Memorial
day, May 30. The order is as follows:
"After u prolonged period of peace, our army
Is once more called upon to cnitaKo In war In the
cause of justice and humanity. To bring the
military force* to the hltfhest state of eflli-lency
and nioNt speedily accomplish what Is expected
should be tho eui iiest effort and call forth the
best enemies of ull Its members of whatsoever
station. The laws and regulations which gov-
ern military bodies In civilized countries
have been developed to their present perfection
through the experience of hundreds of years,
ami the faithful observance of those laws and
regulation* Is essential to the honor an#
eftlcleucy of the army.
"All authority should be exercised with lirni
ness. equity and decorum on the part of super
lors. and should be respected by Implicit obedi-
ence and lovsl support from subordinates.
Kverv omeer of whatever grade will, so far
on may be in his power, guard and preserve the
health and welfare of those under his charge,
lie must labor dllllgently and zealously to per-
fect himself and his subordinates In
military drill, instruction and discipline,
and. above all, he must constantly
endeavor, by precept and example, to
maintain the highest character, to foster
and stimulate that true soldierly spirit and
patriotic devotion to duty which must char-
acterize an effective armv. The major gen-
eral commanding confidently trusts that
every officer and soldier in the service,
each In his proper sphere, will contribute
his most zealous efforts to the end that the
honor and character of the army may be pre-
served and Its Iwst efforts crowned with suc-
•Thls order Is given upon a day sacred to Ch«
memory of the heroic dead, whose services and
sacrifices afford us example and Inspiration,
:1 It Is expected that all will be fully Im-
pressed with tho sacred duty imposed upon the
fermy by the government of our beloved ooun-
>ry."
FAILED TO SHIELD HER SON.
Wildes, to Ik> a.
hers; Captain Charles V
be advanced six nurabe
ph B.
WHERE IS CERVERA'S FLEET?
Uaytlen Htenmer Hays Only a Small Part
of It I« at Santiago de Cuba.
Port au Princk, Ilayti, June 6.—
According to the latest advices from
Santiago de Cuba, it is learned that
Admiral Cervera's squadron in its en-
tirety Is not in the port of Santiago de
Cuba, but that only a cruiser, supposed
to be the Cristobal Colon, one torpedo
boat and two auxiliary cruisers are
there.
The collier Merrimac, so it is thought
at Santiago, went down laden with
Captain Neh<
niah Dyer, to
tors; Captain
numbe
be adv
'Benjamin P. Lambert
vanced seven numbers; Commander
Asa Walker, to l>e advanced nine num-
lxtrs; Commander Edward P. Wood, to
be advanced ten numbers.
A BRIEF REVOLT.
San Domingo Revolution Cut Down by
One Itattle—Was at Monte CrtatL
5 4.—Yesterday
an consul here
from President
Capk Haytii1
afternoon the I)<
ceived a dispatch
Kinoston. Jamaica. June 0.—The
last cable strands binding Cuba to the
outside world were cut yesterday aft-
ernoon by a cable vessel convoyed here
by the United States dispatch gunls>at
Dolphin, and Cuba is now wholly iso-
lated.
The United States and Ilayti Cable
company and the Commercial Cable
company have not been notified of any
interruption of the service, ami they
were still accepting business this
morning for Cuba.
ORDERED TO LEAVE CUbA.
Blanco Will Not Allow Wlilgham and
Robinson to Stay In the Island.
London, June 0.—The foreign o
announces that Captain General Blanco
consented to release Robinson and
Whighain, the English newspaper cor-
respondents, only on condition that
they leave the island, not to return.
They are expected to embark on the
British cruiser Talbot for Jamaica
Tuesday, permission having been given
her to go to Havana for the purpose of
embarking British residents,
QUAY'S MAN BEAT WANAMAKER.
coal, probably to render the obstruc- Hereaux saying that an attempted rev-
TO SEND BRYAN TO MANILA.
Regiment Will Serve
tion of the harbor entranoe more com-
plete.
RUSHING SHIPS TO HAWAII.
Gunboat Mohican Precedes the Montery
to Honolulu.
San Franoisco, June 6.—The United
States sloop of war Mohican came
down from the Mare island navy yard
yesterday morning and after a brief
delay sailed at 12:30 p. in. for Hono-
lulu. It is understood that she will re-
main on duty at that port, replacing
the Bennington, ordered to join Ad-
miral Dewey's fleet at Manila.
the animal world; that inolea may be
driven from a lawn by planting a few
castor-beans in it, and that neither I T
the terrible "army-worm" nor the all-
destroying locust wiil ent It. j Lincoln, Neb., June 6 —Adjutant j St pKTEUH|u ho, June
Swiss funeral customs are peculiar General Barry has received a telegram I ot4ti, commenting on the
" from Secretary Alger saying that the
ThirJ. regiment. Nebraska volunteer
infantry, organised by W. J. Bryan,
has been accepted by the government,
and that it would be • dded to the con-
tingent going to the Philippines.
-The No
At the death of a person the family
inserts a formal, black-edged an-
nouncement in the paper asking for
sympathy, and stating that "the
mourning urn" will be exhibited during
certain hours on a special day. In
front of the house whore the person
died there Is placed a little black table,
covered with a black cloth, on whl<"h
stands a black Jar. Into thin t!ie
friends and acquaintances of the family
drop little, black-margined visiting
cards, sometimes with a few worJi of
sympathy on them. The urn Is put
on the table on the day of the funeral
uppo
ted in-
Waralilp* at San .luau.
Cape Haytien, Ilayti. June o.—The
steamer St. Simon reports that one
Spauish cruiser and two or three tor-
pedo boats were at San Juan de Porto
Rico on Friday ut noon. She saw no
varahips elsewhere.
tention of the Spanish government to
appeal to powers to intervene,
says: "It is full time to end a sense-
less and criminal war. Spain's appeal
is a sort of capitulation, but. on the
olntion at Monte Cristi bad been de-
feated, that General .limine/, fled at the
flrst fire of the government tr.sips,tak-
ing refuge on board the Fanita, and
that all the others who landed, with
the exception of three, were killed.
Two of the prisoners are said to l>e
Pablo Villaneuva. son of General Vil-
laneuva, and a laborer named Cal-
deron. They will be executed to-day
with the other prisoners.
NEXT TROOPS FOR MANILA,
(ieneral Otla Order# Pennsylvania and
Colorado Volunteer* Aboard Slilpa.
San Francisco, June 4,— After taps
had been sounded at Camp Merritt last
night Major General Otis issued an or-
der directing the First Colorado and
the Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers t<j
embark on transports for the Philip-
pines next Tuesday. The news
•ived with manifestations of the
greatest delight by the men chosen for
md Manila expedition.
A lliitrlilnaon Jury Implicate* Five Per-
son* In the Royd Murder.
Hutchinson, Kan., June 2.—The
coroner's jury investigating the mur-
der of W. C. Boyd, returned a ver-
dict this morning holding Mrs.
Nellie Postlethwaite, her old-
est son, Hurry, and .lark Hurrell as
principals and E. C. Clark, a lawyer of
this city, and Clyde l'ostlethwaite, the
14-year-old boy, accessories. Mrs.
Postlethwaite had testified that she
killed Boyd and that no one else had
anything to do with the murder.
MUST PREPAY POSTAGE.
Letter* Addrensed to Soldier* In the Field
Mu*t Rave Stamps AflUed.
Nkw York, June 3.—Owing to a mis-
understanding of the purport of two
orders recently issued by the postofflce
department many persons are deposit-
ing in the mails letters and news-
papers for tlioir relatives and friends
in the army and navy without affixing
stamps. Such mail is not forwarded
and there are now over 200 letters ad-
dressed to soldiers or sailors held in
the New York postoflice for postage.
TO AID IN GOVERNING CUBA.
Wa*hlnfftoi
i of Oov-
ontclal* l'lan a
eminent for the I*land.
la Republicans Nominated W. washington, June 3.—The State de-
A. Stone for Governor. partment and the attorney general are
Harrisburg, Pa., June 3.—^The only working hard in the preparation
semblance of a contest in to-day's Re- 0f tt form of government
publican convention-was over the head j for Cuba after the Spaniards
of the ticket. Colonel William A shall have been driven from the island.
Stone, member of congress from Alleg- j jt jH understood to l the intention of
the President to place a military gov-
ernor in each province in Cuba who
will he subordinate to a governor gen-
eral af the island.
MONEY FOR THE NEW ARMY.
heny, the favorite from the start.
upon the flrst ballot. John Wanna- |
maker of Philadelphia was a ^<**1 sec- j
ond and Congressman Charles W. Stone I
of Warren brought up the rear.
LIVES LOST IN A TORNADO.
of Wai
Aaks
•A3,-
M l*i
Dekalb C<
With Disastrous Results.
St. Joseph, Mo., June 3.-Mrs. Col-
vin Smith and three children were
killed and Isaac Henry and family of
four, who lived near Maysville, were
injured by the terrific cyclone that
swept through DeKalbcounty Tuesday
afternoon.
other ha°d. America mu.t «>J nUHIy hy the men ehom-n for **"««
submit her pretensions to a tribunal of Jh|f SVCOII(1 Manila expedition Phovinc ktown. Mac
the powers/; fatal accident OOeurre
Armour's Rig Ulft. Grand Vlsler Ceases to VI*. the cruiser San Fraud
Chicago. June Philip D. Armorn Tkhkban, June The grand vizier, of one of the cruiser s
had added *;.00,<)00 to the endowment : Amine Ed Daouleh, haa reajgoed, and . the davits. Klau* W
fuud of the rtr.our Institute of Tech- , the minister of foreign affairs, Mouchir I was drowned and Seai
noloipr. I ^ Daouleh, i forming a new cabinet. I tained a fractured leg.
Cruiser.
Juue fl.—A
I last night on
sco. Hy the fail
whale boats from
sselt. coxswain,
nan Svenaon sus«
The Secretary «
OOO.OOO In a Lump.
Washington, June 3.—The secretary
of war sent to Congress to-day a re-
quest for appropriations amounting to
87U.3M. These appropriations will
be used for the equipment and main-
tenance until January 1, 1HW), of the
78,000 volunteers recently called for by
the President.
Tight
Censorship Is
Tampa. Fla.. June 0.—The censor-
ship at Tampa has beeu again tight
ened to even a greater extreme than
before. Absolutely nothing as to troop
movements will be permitted to leave
Tampa. The mails are also being very
carefully watched.
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