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Show DEMAND RECOGNITION SITUATION fuanrgants Surround FILIPINOS FILE MEMORANDUM WITH STATE DEPARTMENT. Attack Auu.-rU.-a- CALLED MILES A LIAR. CRITICAL. Manila Waiting For cm. to Major-Gener- I)Mltt Tint Far Karan Months They lisra Maintained n Fur ui a t Got. ernnieut llasad I' pun tlia Klght of tlia Iaila to Bala. Washing-ton- , Jan. 10. Senor Felipe Agoncillo, the representative of General Aguinaldo in Washington, haa filed with the state department a memorandum setting forth at length the reasons for his claim that the Philippine government should lie recognized the United States. Accompanying the memorandum is a letter in which Senior Agoncillo states that he had received no reply to his communication of January 0, in which he asks that a suitable time be arranged when he could be presented to the president and heard upon his claims. In view of the position in which the representatives of the American government and the representatives of the Philippine government find themselves upon the islands at this time he urges that the matter le given immediate attention. The letter and the memorandum have been listed as official documents in the state department and although the officials themselves have refused to make them public, they have nevertheless expressed a willingness for Senor Agoncillo to do so if he desired. The papers are now in the hands of Secrelay tary Hay. The memorandum is along the same lines as statements heretofore made public by the Filipino representative. Senor Agoncillo asserts the Filipinos established and for seven months have maintained a form of government resembling the American in that it is based upon the right of the people to rule; that Spain having at the time of the signing of the treaty of peace possession of only one port and the remainder of the Philippines, except Manila, being in possession of the Philippine republic, Spain could give no title to the United States for the islands, and that having no title to give, her claim cannot be rendered better by the ratification of the treaty GENERAL EAGAN MAKES SOME SERIOUS CHARGES. Manila, Jan. 14. The situation here is undoubtedly critical, but Otis has it well in hand and there is no such certainty of trouble as many believe. The rebels are concentrated on the outskirts of the town and their leaders have issued strict orders that they shall act only on the defensive. An accident might precipitate trouble, but the idea of .a rebel attack upon Manila is ridiculous, as the Americans control the position. On Wednesday a false alarm, due to trivial incidents occurring simultaneously in opposite parts of the city, led to a general call to the United States forces. In fifteen minutes the entiro city was covered. The promptitude of the Americans, while it created a scare fur the moment, effectually restored confidence throughout .Manila and dispelled the excitement due to a passing fear on the part of citizens that un outbreak was imminent It is possible that the Filipinos, after the diplomatic conferences that have been held between the representatives of General Otis and Aguinaldo, have finally come to understand that the cautious and conservative policy of the Americans is nut due to fear, and'they may accept the inevitable with good grace. It is evident that at present they are unable to appreciate the full meaning of the independence demanded, and when tlu-- do understand its extent, the American proposition will be acceptable. al DINGLEY DEAD- - Heart Failure Induced by Kxtraiua Weak-uofainted by U Grippe. Washington, Jan. 14. Hon.' Nelson Dingley of Maine, leader of the Republican side on the floor of the house of representatives, died here lost night 10 o'clock of heart failure, at half-paresulting from extreme weakness due to pneumonia, lie was unconscious during most of the day, and death came quietly without consciousness be- m st Filipinos at Iloilo, How ever, Oppose Landing of I', 8. Troops, Official dispatches Just received from Iloilo, island of Fanny, indicate that the natives are dia posed to be friendly, although absolutely opposed to the landing of the United States forces without orders from Malolos, the seat of the Filipino national government. Some of the officials at Iloilo are not in acso-call-ed cord with the revolutionary government, but are willing to accept an American protectorate and n anted t go to state the case to Aguinaldo i! furnished transportation by the Amer leans. The United States transports New port, Arizona and Pennsylvania, with the Eighteenth infantry, the lows battalion, the Sixth artillery and a detachment of the signal corps, constituting General Miller's expedition, are anchored close to Guimaras island, between Panay and Negros, where an excellent water supply is obtainable. The natives, though indisposed primarily to furnish the Americans witb fresh supplies, now permit the American officers to go ashore and fnrnisb them with an escort during the day time. SPANISH FLAG STONED. American Troops Order the Bpanlah Flag Lowered. Havana, Jan. Yesterday morning a Spanish flag having been raised over a hotel on the Cabada del Monte, a crowd of Cubans gathered and began to throw stones at it. Company B, Tenth regular infantry, was called and proceeded to the scene of disturbance and with fixed bayoat double-quic- k nets speedily dispersed the crowd, which was fast becoming ugly. The officer in command explained to the proprietor that the flag ought to be lowered because it was likely to produce further disorder. The proprietor in reply assured the officer that no offense hod' been intended and that, having seen the English and German flags flying, he thought he would be at liberty to raise the flag of Spain. Two members of the company lowered the flag. 17. Menocal Abandons Cuban Army. ITavana, Jan. 16. A private meetinf was held yesterday at which a numhei of prominent military men were present Considerable displeasure was exi pressed at the acceptance by General Mario Menocal and other Cuban officers of positions under the Unite1 fitatea military government, the criticism being that Menocal and th others had practically abandoned tin Cuban army, leaving his comradei with less influence to shift for Madrid, Jan. 13. General Rios, the commander, has reiterated the Spanish That Mll U a llurden to tha e assertion that the situation in the War llapartuiaut anil Should a llarrad From tba Society of Decent l'aoila The most islands is grave. rebels, lie says, are concentrating in Washington. Jan. 14. In his sworn the neighborhood of Manila, with the testimony before the army investiga- intention of attacking the place. ( treat tion commission. Commissary General preparations are being made for the Eagan thus referred to Major General defense of the city. Nelson A. Miles, commanding the The Spanish general also asserts that the natirca of the Visayas have again artny: to When General Miles says this beef refused to permit the was furnished under pretense of an laqd, threatening to resist by furee if experiment, he lies in his throat, he an attempt is made to do so. The lies in his heart, he lies in every hair Americans, therefore, according to of his head and every jtore of his body, General Rios, have abandoded the idea he lies wilfully, deliberately, inten- of disembarking, and he confirms a tionally and maliciously. previous statement to the effect that In denouncing General Miles as a they are unwilling to bomliard Iloilo, because the European houses are liar, I wish to make it as emphatic and coarse as the statement itself. 1 wish stocked with petrolium, with the view to force the lie book into his throat of 1 wing set alight by the American covered with the contents of the camp shells. latrine. General Rios alleges that the rebels Unless he can prove his statements are determined to fight the Americans he should Ins driven out of the clubs, before reinforcements arrive from the barred from tfie society of decent peo- United States. In conclusion, General ple and so ostracised that the street Rios says Aguinaldo's proclamation bootblack would not condescend to has produced immense enthusiasm speak to him. among the rebels." He lied with as black a heart as APPOINTED. the man who blew up the Maine, and JOSEPH H. CHOATE he deserves to be characterized and Baeceeda Hay a Aiubaasadiir to Great Jtrltalu, known to America and Europe as be13. The president Jan. ing the colossal, prodigious liar of the Washington. nineteenth century. has nominated Joseph II. Choutu of New York, to be ambassador extraorTURKS AND ARABS FIGHT. dinary and plenipotentiary to Great TerrlHc llattle Between Hultana Foroas and Britain. Arabian Ucliel. Joseph Hodges Choate was horn in A 14. great 1833, in Massachusetts, and is the son Constantinople, Jan. Yemen in the battle has been fought of Dr. George Choate. He was graddivision of Arabia. The Turkish troops uated in 1854 from Harvard law school, stormed and captured the insurgent and was admitted in 1855 to the liar, position at Shanet on November 30. lie formed a partnership with Win. II. About 4,000 insurgents and 2,000 Turks Barnes, but in 1850 became a member were killed or wounded. of the firm of IJvarts, Southmaid &. A dispatch from Constantinople on Choate. For the last ten years Mr. December 3, said it was reported that Choate has been generally acknowlthere had been renewed fighting in edged to be the leading lawyer of the Yemen, and the Turks were said to New York bar. Mr. Choate's political career prac have suffered serious defeat between Ilodeida aud Sana. Trouble between tically began in 1858, when he took the the Turks and Arabs in that part of stamp for Fremont. Since then he lias Arabia has been In progress for over been known as an ardent Republican, four years. though he has never held office. At 14. Jan. London, Special dispatches times he has not been in touch with from Constantinople say that after the the party organization. From 1873 to battle of Shanet a further Turkish ad- 1877 he was president of tne Union vance was ordered. Alxlullah Tosha, club of New York city. commanding the Turkish troops, was directed to capture Sasbeh, the headFELL DOWN STAIRS. of an insurgent important quarters Farmer Salt Lake Woman Moats Death leader, 150 miles northwest of Sana. In a Peculiar Manner. All the commanding positions in that Seattle, Wash., Jan. II. Mrs. Nellie vicinity are occupied by rebels, and as Cady Morgan, wife of Frank Morgan, the Turkish troops are des erting, the was found dead at the foot of the operations are likely to be prolonged kitchen stairs in her house on Queen and difficult-Th- e Annie hill yesterday afternoon. Her trouble in Yemen is one of the neck was broken, and it was evident oldest, and rebellion against Turkish that while carrying a bundle of launrule has spread throughout Hadschin dry she had fallen down stairs, which and other districts. are narrow and quite steep. She was alone in the house. NO FIGHTING AT ILOILO. Mrs. Morgan was 33 years old. She Bat Filipinos Ara Making Preparations was born in Salt Lake, her parents, Night and n Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Cady, being Manila, Jan. 14. The situation at to of residents that city prior Iloilo is unchanged. The Filipinos are to Seattle about twenty removal their unceasingly active night and day. On A peculiar coincidence is years ago. Saturday they loaded some lighters that a brother of Mrs. Morgan was with rock and sank them at the en killed in a similar manner about three trance of the river, blockading the while coasting. channel for all vessels, with the excep- years ago, Aim-riean- 'DISPOSED TO BE FRIENDLY. 10. HON. WM. DINGLEY. Ing regained. All the members of hla family were at his bedside. To within a few hours before his death the family firmly believed, as it has throughout his illness, that Mr. Dingley would recover. While the past few days have given great hope of recovery, the progress of the disease had made the patient dangerously weak, and had seriously affected his heart. He served one term as governor of his state and has been a member of congress from the Second district of Maine since 1881. ne was the father of the Dingley tariff law, and was a student of economics. Iy. s well-know- tion of launches. Order, however, is maintained with severity, and offenders are promptly shot The Filipinos refuse to have any dealings with the Americans; vegetables and fruits are not obtainable, OUR EXPURT TRADE. business is suspended, and the wareStatement For Year 189H Shows a Re- houses are filled with rotting sugar. markable Expansion. At Manila the situation is critical, Washington, Jan. 14. The bureau of but pacification is possible. It is restatistics has made public its monthly ported that the rebel governor at Mastatement of exports of breadstuffs, lolos is willing that the Americans provisions, including cattle and hogs, should establish a protectorate, on the cotton and mineral oils. The state- condition that they promise to give the ment shows a remarkable expansion Filipinos absolute independence within of our export trade in these things for a stated time. the calendar year 1898, the total being RIPE FOR AN ALLIANCE. 9708.007,204, against 9003,610,717 for TIME th' year 1897, which was in its turn non. John Barret Thinks America, Engmuch the largest for any year since land and Japan May 1802, when our total exports of bread-stuffVancouver, lb C., Jan., 14. Japanese provisions, etc., aggregated papers to hand by the steamship Em9071,503,574. For December, 1808, the press of Japan are full of interviews total exports of the country was with Hon. John Barrett, recently against 968,630,000 for Decem- United States minister to Siam, on the ber, 1897. Chinese question. Barrett thinks the time is ripe for the adoption of an Down. Called Eagan far eastern policy by England, 15. Two Jan. Washington, days ago and the United States with, if Japan Commissary-Genera- l submitted Eagan of Germany. a report to the war investigating possible, the whose policy apboard, which had under consideration Russia and France, he to to gradually the ex. the canned meats furnished the pears control gain of vast areas of Chinese elusive soldiers, which abounded in abuse of territory and to close these areas to unHe asserted that restricted trade, would thus be conGeneral Milea General Miles' testimony was full of fronted by a pressure impossible to would find themselves comliea The board today returned his resist and with their spheres to guarantee pelled testimony with a statement that all of influence the maintenance of equal, abuse and erroneous matter must be trade rights conferred by existing eliminated. Silence now prevail at treaties between China and foreign office. powers the Inspector-general'- s s, 893,-273.50- Gonaral Bios Declare tha Filipino Will Belial Against Aiuericau Itule. Pliil-ppln- of peace. Manila, Jan aVWYWVYWWWVYWVWYVYj IlN-lar- . CONGRESSMAN MAY ATTACK MANILA. 0, ao-ti- ve FRANCE THREATENS CHINA. Will Bond Aa Armad Fores to Bomb Father Floury. Vancouver, B. CL, Jan. 13. Advices from the Orient, brought by the steam- er Empress of Japan, indicate that the relations between China and France are very strained, and the Chinese are trying to keep on the best side of the British. It is reported from Pekin that Russia has demanded a lease of the Miao Too islands as a torpedo station. These islands lie across the entrance of the Gulf of Pe Che Li, south of Port Arthur. The acquisition of these islands would still further strengthen Russia's hold upon the approaches to Pekin. It is reported that the French have sent China an ultimatum, threatening to send an armed force from Tongking into Sze Cbuan to rescue unfortunate Father Fleury. MORRILLS SUCCESSOR. Chief JoHtlce Bom The New Senator From Yrrmout- SL Albans, Vt, Jan. 13. lion. B. F. Fifield of Montpelier has notified Governor Smith that, on account of private reasons, he was compelled to decline the appointment as United States senator to succeed the late Senator Morrill. The appointment has been offered to Hon. Jonathan chief justice of Vermont. Mr Rosa will accept the appointment. jj TEMPLE AND TABERNACLE, jj (HHUHUHMHHUHHI The state of Nevada lias been added to the California mission of the church. On January 1, there were 104 missionaries laboring in the Northern states mission, aud 140 iu the Eastern states. Funeral services over the remains of in the place of meeting having Wen changed from the Fourteenth ward meeting house in onler to accommodate the many friends of the deceased. Elder Dr. Charles M. Cannon were held the tabernacle on the 15th inst., Penrose, Bishop George II. Taylor and Bishop Leonard Hardy paid worthy tribute to the deceased and offered consoling remarks to tha afflicted family. Dr. Cannon was one of the most promising young men of this city. He is a son of President George Q. Cannon, and graduated a short time ago from an eastern dental college, going into business here upon his return. He was 30 years of age. Regarding the condition of mission ary matters in Samoa, President E. J. IV Kxl, on DeeemWr 27, 1898, writes; The work is making steady progress and our record of baptisms will nearly rencli the 300 mark for this year. Our meeting houses are going up on all sides and the schools are attracting Onz many a stranger's attention. Samoun government is in a very unsettled condition and impedes our spiritual progress very much. Nearly every branch complains of all the mala members being away. They are mostly congregated in and around Apia, waiting for the chief justice to pass upon the king question, when they will return to their villages and resume their usual labors. On his way home Elder Wood will visit New Zealand, Tonga, Fiji and Hawaii, probably reaching Utah about the time of April conference. C. W. The funeral of the late Elder George Goddard, conducted Sunday, January and friends, at 15, by hie sad and notable was a the tabernacle, church of of the in event the history Saints, for Jesus Christ of Latter-da- y the man was universally loved, and the work he had devoted most of his life to development of the Sunday schools will follow him. Long before the hour set for the fnneral ceremonies the tabernacle was filled to the doors. Promptly at 3 oclock the cortege reached the tabernacle, when the casket was removed from the hearse to the altar, with the great organ pouring out a flood of solemn music over the The vast congregation. were Karl O. Maeser, George Reynolds, J. W. Suinmerhays, C. R. Savage, N. A. EmDey, William Naylor and William L. Binder, all of whom were more or less associated in Sunday school work with the deceased. Following the casket were the mourners, who occupied the first three seats on each side of the center aisle. On eitker side, directly behind the more intimate friends the Sunday School Union board and their families, and the old folks committee were seated, while at the back, toward the rear of the auditorium, were the old folks in a body. The Sunday school teachers and children occupied the gallery, and what space that was not utilized by the organizations named, was quickly filled by admiring friends aud the general public. The decorations were simple, yet effective in their simplicity. The great organ and the pulpits were all The altar, draped in upon which the casket lay, was adorned with floral offerings, including a beautiful harp from Weber county and a like emblem from Salt Lake. President George Q. Cannon announced the first hymn, God Moves in a Mysterious Way, His Wonders to Perform, the congregation standing during the singing. Apostle Tcasdale uttered a ferveut prayer, eulogistic of the deceased for his energy and faithfulness. "In Our Lovely Deseret, a prime favorite of the dead veteran, was next rendered by the choir and school children, who gave to the simple melody an Interpretation never before A telegram was read, anequaled. nouncing that St. George stake would hold memorial services for the dead elder, after which Bishop Empey ol the Thirteenth ward,' where Elder psll-beare- rs dove-whitecra- Goddard resided; Karl G. Maesar; C. R. Savage, Elder George Reynolds, of the Sunday school lKiard; Apostle Ilcber J. Grant, Elder Seymour 1L Young- and President George Q. Cannon addressed O, My Father the congregation. was sung and benediction was offered by Patriarch John Smith. The liarmusic the at furnished inony Glee club grave, a large procession following the remains to their last resting place. |