Des Moines Leader (Newspaper) - March 2, 1899, Des Moines, Iowa V DES MOINES LEADER V 1848 TH THURSDAY MARCH 2 GO OTIS CABLE coal today Tht orders were for to sail on 15 tit the severe weather hindered the work of renovating Die boat iho voyage heavy beams lave been put in the upper works All the machinery lias been put in good and n new propeller so lhal s ie can make good speed Major A I surgeon In tlie regular army of the Heller The Heller Is to carry a hospital corps of men and seven women nurses The cargo will consist of enough medical supplies for jOU men for a LAY A Uio tho of il of by iaw a to ii be in ihc on tin lo UH men for whom will This is of iC now In Jio will foon lit rolls nml will by Uio bin 10 20000 I 11 chief of lie nt tins a lo winy tuns of coul to Si fini n he nf Uic hill ivas oti tho ohl The nf M tis an the ho on Hit lines as Ho hn from the initial it lo Uio of without i Tho M ho jis duty thai was winlie he Tho did not In diminish Iho at The to he lo and it be lu In did nut what Iho ho init 1 In by who was nol a foul nr an Tho ir tho Die i a to tr a of ih of lit by against then QUIET WITH between 1891 and the recent the said Tile of the rests tf 1 refrain from il derisive nn Ibe whole course ot events In Kamna until reports arrive and are closely examined lint I hold strongly In the hope that we will succeed In also of in Samoa for and and In a manner which wilh Iho friendly LEO XIII VERY SICK ONE REPORT STATES THAT HE HAS PNEUMONIA REPORTS SENDING TROOPS TO CEBUANO AD ITEMS TO THE CIVIL 1 In Is ill 1 ill Hie tol OF APPREHENSION IS NOW at That He Would Have xt Was Well ill 11111 ii Mini unit Aro Ills Will llo lo Hit Washington Feb The following lias been received from General Otis A battalion of the infantry sailed for on tlie A battalion of the California volunteers for tomorrow has been quiet for the past three davs that General Oils finds it possible to spare men tu go other islands of the Philippine group outside of Luzon as he reports In Ills cablegram today Is taken by the officials as the most reassuring Indication that lias como to iho lately Assuming that the declaration that everything has been for the past three days applies only to that time il is felt at the department that surely not send soldiers to Negros and to if he felt any doubl as to his ability lo maintain himself at Manila It Is said at tlie navy department lhal there is no probability that additional ships will be ordered to reinforce Deweys Meet in the near future The department can scarcely spare any more of the smaller and la the only kind of craft needed to police the Philippine and eut off smugglers The Castine sailed today from Port Said on her way to Manila She should arrive there in about three or four weeks Admiral Deweys make a determined attempt to cut off further supplies of arms and ammunition to the These it is known are into the island in small quantities from lions Kong am Singapore notwithstanding the efforts of the United States secret service men to spot the sales ana inform the United Blates naval authorities Conditions in the Philippines favor blockade runners to the utmost and the task of keeping munitions of war out of tlie hands of the natives will be difficult provided they have the money to purchase the goods General Otis has made no mention in any o his recent reports of any of the propositions to surrender ascribed by the press reports to the natives Therefore it is assumed at the war department that if the arcIn this of mind they have not found tlie means to themselves officially to the American commanders to Jo to Sau Franciseo Although the cabinet was in session nearly an hour longer usual it was said that nothing ot interest was developed The question of whether troops now being made ready for Manila should be transported from San Francisco or from tlie east bv the way of tlie Km canal and the Heel sea was discussed and the decision was reached to ship them from San Francisco Although the expense would lie somewhat greater than by the Suez canal about twelve days would he saved and then the danger of encountering the simoons prevail ct this season on the Indian ocean would be averted Kleven More General Otis cables an additional list of wounded of various dales up to the on the line about Manila and number eleven Find Fault With Oils Officers who have just returned from Manila do not give encouraging reports of Hit situation describe the difficulties of climate and lVh Tlir tie n i on at will as by Oiu ami It to the The mom Is i fur a raWc to Honolulu The Hint of he not Tlie ust ot follows shall liv Hie Hut the if naval and postal a and land linos from a In stale of to lie liy l i Un f ill Uio Hawaiian the secretary u Ihc navy is and In ono or more or Uio for tho making surveys ami in to most practicable line for said Navy lo thu Tlint the construction and s such cabin or slmll K Hie control anil direction nf tlie secretary of and Ho Is unl after the this act to and cause lo be prepared the construction and lay Ins of said Him of cable to be ami in at li earliest an 1 laying of line of telegraphic cable and for the and appliances tidi work as can bp anil by tlie navy shall be awarded lo and executed by the lowest or after notice for sealed bids as bo reasonable and by thi of navy that in all advertisements for bids it shall lie provided that a 1 appliances shall lie of the liesl duality adapted for the That when such telegraphic cable is the operation of the same shall be under the control of he postmaster general who establish lici rate of toll for commercial liot exceeding 25 cents per word to Honolulu and for press at a rate not exceeding onethird of Die above named rates and the sum of is hereby appropriated toward construction of said cable and Die total cost of said line shall not exceed lo be naid for from time to time as appropriations be tnade The total increases of tlie senate amount to the hill as reported to the sanato Tlie more important changes follow Public buildings at Pa and ox signals Arguello lal expenses of steamer Thetis in procuring ard transporting reindeer to Mata revenue cutters for great lakes of cost revenue cutter 5112 100 limit of cost to pay widow of of bait forfeited States courts southern district of New York A proviso is added lo the appropriation for the protection of forest reserves so as to provide that enforce the laws of tlie states in winch such reservations are nnd homestead upon the Hlaek Hilts forest reservation made prior to September lit The total for the survey is increased from to Dea land settler to Uock Island arsenal bav o of Mississippi river from Flint creek to river Iowa revetment Xiv Mo of Ark of Missouri river from to Sioux increased from to Mi lirt reach of Iloyd rily soldiers Hot S limit of cost increased front io QI ly of WO is for clerk hire construction of buildings in connection with Hie exposition for a lo Paris to be dedicated as a feature f the exposition of purchased from silver are to bt in i of Lafayette proceeds to in the erection f appropriation from lo per lo for iie nili the pay nf ind at o ait hour The nw of cvst to i Fll Tilt lias set ut rest tilt of a ni its pait ir lu in Uic i jt IT to lln nutst inul Hi y tin if nil of ils navy I the if is unT of In Stales is hii as a in In willed ivill he nil nf a clash between Herman anil American in and Manila jiml notice to all llw and In any any suspicions of by or die anil ir tile l Df Ihc ly ii of all lir In Uie islands almost completely in onr of this not of the al Iho a ilay Imd been full nr or a ami in Manila nil if such a wits nt uf llu tulli Ibai tii naval at linn un she Tlie was the that ih vessels wore needed lUcre ivs Hi liave licen i Uie Ilir Chinese al and lliu have eonie to Unit Iho only way lo meet cass is by intuitive Thp its to state nt a tn order ils from ihc with a formal the States lo undertake nf all Germans in Ihc not only in person but in Tins was as a signal or lhal the felt nut lif reflated and ia formal notice that the no in the The UK trnst and here will ns nn ships at either Manila or Hullo tu disturb Ihc relations Iho VVn by the base nt sen national and rumors Ie Liable It if that y this the Blairs liability for any that may be tbe German residents interests ni Manila il is probable application must been granted anil re is it Hint and nera Otis had assured the of of their lo in Manila as 1 aurl marines should not he t IK the official opinion that whatever the responsibility for damages it will not be too for the will accrue In Ibe there Is no doubt insurgents cherished tbn idea that the were favorable tn their cause nnd Ibis to be Ills they might actively intervene Then tori this frank action on the nart or the German is to the tension that was beginning lo manifest itself not that there wis the slightest of this jn any of the relations uf the of the United States and based rn little were lending to in have bad All however it is believed may be expected to it SB that the only issued the two governments are rather ones and do nut in any manner concern tile territory wanted hy no reason is seen why the old should not It thlt the move 01 al Merlin without from the erman here ITie Jr VOM executed Hie directions by cable Herlin arrived al the German anil Ibe first to the stale ment ami Irud tlie A r once ensued on the al Manita Mr Ilay was not prepared at tlie Uino Hi flit immediate answer oti German nml properly interests should pas under of the Stats military nml naval forces After Ibe Mr Hay with the and il was as a of this thai the nl niinovmivd of assuming lint of terman Of liT AM American the San Francisco Feb The steamer from Hong Kong and Yokohama via Honolulu arrived today The Associated Press at Honolulu sends the following news dated February 21 Commander of the Is the American governor of The American went up over the new possession al a in February 1 II was raised over Fort Kama Cruz in the harbor of San Luis dApra the main harbor of Guam and saluted by the gnus of the Simultaneously it was raised over the government miles distant and was saluted by a battalion from the and n company of native militia with a battery The paymaster of the is the collector of revenues for is quiet and orderly The flag was also raised Wake island by Commander Taussig The collier Captain Coleman arrived at Guam from Manila January I and sailed from there February 1 having coaled the and participated in the flag raising ceremonies Captain Coleman of Iho says that fill the stories of revolt In against tho United Slates following tho departure of the arc pure fiction wus and That In Kamon require Is a acknowledge on all sliles Il lie denied that has nul the ordeal Me are liart ti consent lo a clean of iho two but as Ions as agreement does not exist wo shall hold In the act of ISM and we than not tin which act nave IK to be curtailed or our suffer lint we also respect the rights lo tilers virtue nf the act Tij ir on Smi loncon March Tlie Times editorially upon tbe speech of Union von in the is inclined to that a of Samoa vill move the linal of WITH Win in Sew JM The mand Indicted and of firm nf lore i fo on the of falS Tile is said be than anil tlie victims and are all palls of the country Philips was taken lnl custody but It that Hustings is in Davis said in mde a contract with lie French Vin Mariani a to thir American for with tlie referral all to of bis well be represente tbat be had to nait from three months lo six months fur hia money from iho French bouse and in ibis way almost every paper In the Stales and Canada save him credit for from three lo six months The lot of contracts were paid fur as they fell due ami a second lot wre taken readily by the papers and journals On n nf last year Hasting sailed for The contracts heKan lo fall after his departure The creditors with the firm ind they reported paid Hastings in lull for ail the alnn was then and be c aimed to have been victimized Mr says however that Philips in 1 n a diamond menham of lhal h was in all at Mr and had shared the profils Mr an testified before tlie Krand and the indictments were the result According lo Mr Uavis am did no limit their io ibe patent They a diamond company unit two younj veie partners They leased u a stone for Si each nf which was warranted to JL tlie in every respect of best African diamonds Tlie New York papers printed tlie of this concern b the and nearly every paper in tbu United States took Tim contracts for the were ll with those for the medicine and to fali line at the same time with the same result that creditors are stil their March The Home MTCs of tlie Dally Hall sis It is reared tlie pope has pneumonia am will nut recover Ieb The had a fattening Jay receiving congratulations oil of his and complained o cold which has Intense for two lays This the pontiff nf a pain In his side Dr found some fever and or to remain In bed lake u complete rest Tbe physician uis since visited the pone times i is that tbe and ceremonies for March 2 ami March will il Dr will sleep at Vatican if declines to any formation Dr has also the popo during the lay Callers u vallean have found everything 11 the usual condition there all inquiries were mel wilh he denial that the popes indisposition is serious BT PROFESSOR Will Lead lo Feb Tlie fourth animal of oC Mutual Insurance companies was held here today with present from nearly every slato in th The of Forbes showed HONOR FOR ADMIRAL Wilh a by the of His A nf papers were read Prof Herron of Iowa college Iowa who the association commended cooperative insurance companies were in his opinion a forerunner of other cooperative associations which vil eventually lake control of the industrial system of this country and destroy the competitive Onr is Professor Hermit concluded its ideals are prostituted we are shooting down women and children to secure commercial expansion Tbe association expressed ils disapproval of Professor The association will remain n session until THE AND HULL AGREE II Uio Ullio Mason fily lb A is on lo Us in Die ImAl in it are nmti of R JUKI A icc opponents belonging to tho same puny two terms Mr Mr ami un each of these occasions supported Air Uie first elected hut last by iir Worth enmity Thin jire none tho ability of Mr for and UH a and partly for his Air him for the n p point men t last Mr Ihls as a him and vent lo work lo Senator Clear owes a grem iHal to Mr Blyth for the hi is nml a lso he haK IL very strong lulL Mr to keep the Will M Miller in tho until WK lonn expires a from Through very Uio of Mr in and influence the nomination was by until iwo when it sent lei then ihc light has been renewed with all strength each could X Mr thus far lii it All the uL time have been confirmed If forces R hack March whon they to win art pinning io tn his hands it IT rear himself UMJ for senator HK ihr innKiesisiomit if he hold batk tht Mr may piovc to Kel Hear inday from oC this his state a superb testimonial of the in lie is held by if anl nf of his to the country the war The is beautiful beyond description The Maryland coat or arms is made of in has relief by a circle finu around which is an oak wreath with diamonds by a ribbon of blue enamel tho edge of is set vIlh and on Js iho Honors Her Son Winfuld Scott in the ribbon ait an anchor ot diamonds ami two the hilts and guards of aro studded with At the top IB the coat of ot United States through which s a blue with two stars indicating the van of rear tho reverse is H fine outline of Brooklyn in has relief Altogether there are 320 diamonds in Uic medal were for its Admiral Schley bv Mrs Sehley and Goneril Stiles and by a reception committee arrived from Washington at 3 n m anil drove in an front station to the The streets through which Iho carriage passed were Uneil Vvith and cheer after filler given to Lhp hero of and the general of army Upon their arrival at the an informal was held and il m presentation ceremonies begun After the 100 filed into banquet hail and took their they remained standing Guvernor presided a but upon in the and the laic war with He then introduced Felix us of the committee Agnus eloinientlv brave and heroic of the admiral and lohl of the for whut he dour saying fu nart Nat once but many times you have risked your life for other HK a liuti in as a woman In mercy More caution md darins on Uie part of Commander would been filal to whom you al Valparaiso would Just lives ini it have your True proud Hint he is nn American Tlie ve to VMI tells its story II the of and it tull in your own noble that Therf is or even for those who did not fisht but love yon tho more that you fought for Mieni nml flair At the conclusion called upon Governor to the neck nf medal of honor the did a perfect storm nf applause which wss x md whiN Ihr stood and his When which ten had Admiral Rohley replied in a neat Iho fHt lhal uas ihi f hid him to ihc The of the nf iro more Ity ihu and men of of any bv the on deeds iho and aro alike on the of tho soneral and of the on sl of th mid tlie humblest for in the This medal all mean nnd in il hum love of in whose nunif it is mid this a value that reward hnt could for services in I thank your mv diar friends of my nld for this in keep il and llo Like Hill hut It 1 Fell JS Hull of hail a conference with the this tho army It is understood that liares the objections by Mr Hull lo of senate At the time thenis n desire to avoid ail extra session ami foithis reason tho indications are objections to tho dil will waived and the measure accepted cess Then too there has visible within the last day ov two n disposition lo criticise Otis One prominent today that the insurgents should not have been permitted to congregate in numbers and that it was a great on Die military authorities at Manila that 30000 able to mobilize The returning also tell of the discomforts of our troops la Phil rp to a month or six weeks ago the soldiers were still tlie heavy woolen clothing which was issued them they left thi country The light weight suits which are sadly needed in that country had mil heen furnished and there much deliberation about securing the garment An effort was made lo get the material in but was apparently abandoned there being some as to whether the war department v ould approve of slieh a purchase H has taken a groat deal of time for requisitions upon Washington tn be honored nml shipments made and it has probably not been until within a few weeks that the heavy uniforms of the men have been replaced Inmore suitable clothing The same officers describe the disinclination of the war department lo approve chartering of transports in San Francisco with the result that resulted which must have been a positive advantage to the insurgents v TO nt AV Sijs Senators liS Joseph C of came to iako part in Slatts senator has issued an ooen letter lo Pennsylvania sivins in Uiters written to him by democratic States at Mr says Time dio mo afford hrm to cail on more a few and in no instance was there u contrary opinion He flirt not carry the for opinions into the bouse of representatives except in tbo case of Congressman Hally of Texas who says in his letter that if the reformers wili not hold for a good democrat ti to Senator Quay whom they so vigorously the democratic members of the legislature break away from the unholy and for Quay if that necessary to reelect Mr Sibley tuis letters expressing Ibe same sentiment from of Arkansas Vest of Missouri Stewarl or of Alabama Daniel of Mitch ell of laulkner of West Virj Kinla Allen of Nebraska Gray of auar of Carolina of Kentucky and of lAtnis Jury Sim of Vol Cuill rny Mo li csi lame son of tile bandit name he hears adjudged not of in he of a li train a Lerds in the of Kan siis rily nn The jury bss than ail hour and of as reached on tin The announcement of the was the for applause and neither nor bailiffs of 1 til of J knv nl Ml rf of the four in UIP f just it Misin Chv ThV Mr f f an whisky from h iHl dl in a i fis fi tI f lhn hud toll Mills lir 1 Kiu whisky from n rinix firm lur ihs llO lhH they tn him thai hr uns he fir an ni tbv two fornir trials ihc THIN AT AX of N 1 It ml o Washington Feb of today snl Io Mr t ie d illi llu c dials of Ih Managua lVb is ended at all TO Til A at Mas Ieb Fire that iroU otit at in the larce store of Mills Co in the hotel block totally hotel burned out several bi stores and at 1 a m was spreading Help has been asked for front The loss will be at least and may reach Few of the hotel had retired when the lire broke out and all escaped Th opera bous adjoining hotel HII that was to a band concert Tlie people passed out without tanic The lire spread rapidly Among the stores are of Hills Co C T Kiy t dry goods Many others are pulled The hotel and opera bouse belong lo a The is uov under William loss al not fully insured tills i Co loss insured Demolished tlir of AYIm AVerr 111 Him Manila reh a The rebels at Malahon fired upon the or Callao from jungle yesterday while Admiral Dewey was visiting the Monadnock Three shells were hy the monitor into tho church dcimilisliinir and killing a number of rebels who were Inside A factory a IK reported to bo running day and night to supply ammunition for lite insurgents The ignorance of Uie natives iV shown hy lie fact they have collected shells and are refilling them Over ooo of these cartridges have been discovered In liv an officer of volunteers The cruiser Charleston aid the Concord have gone on 1 cruise presumably tanking for It is believed that arms are being landed in small at northern ports was absolutely quiet last night both inside and outside the The commissioners appointed by McKinley to study condition in the to arrive on Saturday p There is Ihc usual desultory firing in various parts of island Two of the Kansas were SIIK Hi Mill lie il London Wb Tlie Kme of h Daily says be kavns un reliable authority thai will le a cardinal at the next consistory Feb In 1 to Ib Consil al an civil ensine as lhal tli on I m of uil ultimately result in the sited central self buffer and system of HS now user throughout tin foiled Stairs and fanada says Mr by an vleel base ar on ih rails at hib sp d than ms heuer ah o In themselves i of line r e lo mi x Fort Ark Kib yt Toal At tors out Ti nt Ulil Pill The HI n nn TiV is nut EO ill pay fin Iho Of Of America Ml of tho country aiv thi Is an famino Tho nf tho aro lo hi railroads an alt ih In South T T rYh K Four minTK in thi al nn hp Tin tho tho roi A Viji Male IM IVb Tli of in tile rei today lo n relations in to Ibe the of x tensive which vas carefully answered by 1 to which no lias vet n The r T lo which he Mid Hint the claims of wrc speedily fr would il bv Wilh the minister snil inns marks for losses Il would nol br the out u secure bal rnai claims nr mm h as and would endeavor in see that nd ofj than The Ml minister then 1 Ihc of Samoa Faying ibal hv act of KVj the trUle and th Tn ld Slales was island If tbe is wont to lead lo would e Hill more tbe Since act came inlo he bns be n j i f between ih of ih due lo t ie character nt the He reviewed the HUNT FOR WHITER o 1 ht tf by n will Fran Imil thj of i n iic 1 ion tn Hie lo Ui of naval to of mly nvo iwo luo in n Uon from houtA appropriation which Hi rf ships ami six hi UK n nf bo hut th 1 L ill I ij ft th ho bein m UK today win tn be by nn at tlie opera jous Ib birth of Thomas will v 11 by HIV ial invitation of leaders frm tlie stales wine under Ibii a Arkansas Missouri ami South Dakota Montana Ivana and One 1111 ltl Memphis Feb is Spec a s frm Miss lo Ibe of a tornado which over district Saturday night PW people were mad and penniless liv the storm and the lo l ch of dollars Two prisons wie killed anl it least n injured but no can be at present have been to care for the Fell Tbo Federal Steel today sent out notices of an advance in wages in the Illinois and mills of S per cent to take effect tomorrow Tlie about workmen in Illinois and Wisconsin and makes a difference in tbe pay rolls in those lira stales of about President of the Federal Steel company said today the advance warranted hy the general prosperity in the iron and steel business Coincident with the of the Federal company the American Wire and steel company lnj creases S per cent to so into effect tomorrow tu S U puny hnv Hno from fll to Ills iiy now I in th VoHn am it is that the rond vill hito Mix inl t river Thv a II no through f ho corner nf tiny will ruart a line from tn Sioux fHy Hill Spink and The hip in a of m of C5 thp of tho en of wun republican of Culture one on af count of illness aii to Si into a tomorrow night and abide the 13 Field Voton j 1 The Sail Soon with Supplies and New York Fob Orders bare been issued to the hospital ship 0 sail for Manila at the earliest possible moment and to move at as great speed asis safe U is expected lhal she will start on Thursday afternoon This is sooner iron was though a week ago r of th Krpf thinks she can reach le u fortyfour or days The boat has made seventeen knots The Relief is taking on supplies fir nn from her for Manili lur bcn at Macon Veb One hundred and fifty miner quit work at settlement of the Diamond and its Tle drivers struck because their houra had been shortened of has been as postmaster of Havana
