MM MR IN. Thousands of Dollars Are Go ing to the Flood Suffer ers in Texas. RESPONSES ARE LIBERAL Generous People do Creditable Work in Furnishing Relief For the Destitute Inhabitants. Estimated That 100,000 Arc in Absolute Want— Government liatlous Being Dis tributed Throughout Hie Flooded Districts. Austiu, Tex., July 11.—Gov. Bayers has received»telegrams from many places adjacent to the widely inundat ed district of south Texas, giving graphic description of the territfle situ ation and suffering of the thousands of people. It is conservatively estimated that there are from 40.0U0 to 100,1100 in absolute want. The work in rescuing the water-bound people from tree-tops and other places of refuge from the high waters is not yet completed. Over live hundred people have.been rescued in Brazoria and Fort Bend counties. They were nearly all ill a famished condition when found. Some of them had been clinging to branches of trees for four days without food and shelter. The Government received the follow ing telegram, from J. .1. Juliff. a prom inent citizen'of the town of Juliff, in Fort Bend county:* "l.ols of people'are still in the bot tom, if not drowned. We have no boats or dry laud to take ihein on. We need ion good boats quick." The following telegram was received from M. E. Masterson. of Alvln: "The condition of affairs in Brazos bottoms, from Sandy I'oitil. Fort Bend county, down to the mouth of the river, is alarming. The Sheriff is at work with all his available bonis. More boats are beinir built as rapidly as pos sible." There are sever,'i 1 hundred negroes sit Augleton. Sandy l'oinl. « Mh-iiji iijlto and Columbia in absolute need. Tiiay have no food and only the clothes they have 011. The Governor at once communicated with the commit tee having charge of tiie boats at Puke, and urged that im mediate relief bo sent to llw suffering negroes. Connty Judge K. I'. Curry, of Washington County, telegraphed Gov ernor Sa.vers as follows: "The loss from overflow in this coun ty is very groat. It is impossible as yet to estimate tho amount. About £.0(10 people iti this county are in desti tute circumstances. So far by a noble response to the'demands of humanity our people have been able to relieve tili cases of suffering-" Many cash contributions for the re lief of the suffering have been received by the Governor. Anions them was $:!.N( )0 from the Mayor of Itoston. Mass: SI,OOO from the Missouri. Kan sas and Texas Railway Company: sl.- INM) from the National TCnnnielling and Stamping Company of New York City: *:!.ooo from Milwaukee, SiMJimi from Minneapolis: SI .."ioo from Detroit. Mich.: $4,700 from Chicago: SIOO from tlie Hamilton Blown Shoe Company. St. T.ouis. Kansas City. Topeka and many other places have also contribut ed liberally both in cash and provis ions. The money is being distributed tinder tlie personal direction of the Governor. The shipment of I'o.ooo Government rations has reached I'icli mond. and the work of distributing them among the needy people who are gathered here lias been going oil since nnd will continue without Interrupt ion. The boats sent from Galveston and Houston succeeded in saving several thousand lives. Nearly all of the refu gees were on the \ erge of starvation, as they had had nothing to eat for four days. The children especially are in a deplorable condition, and physicians say that many of them will die as a result of the exposure. Brother Sides Willi Brother. Munoie, Ittd., July 10.— Philander Jes ter. of this place, brother of Alexander .Tester, who arrived in Oklahoma three weeks ago and was <aken to Missouri to answer tlie charge of murdering a brother of John W. Gates in IN7I. has made a statement of importance. A sister charged Alexander with killing her sweetheart while the two men were coming back to Indiana in wag ons from tlie West, l'hilauder states Hint he lias investigated and linds that on the date of the alleged murder his sister was the wife of a man in Kan sas city. Kan., with a family of chil dren. He denounces the woman as of unsound mind, and will goto his brother's assistance. 200,000 Callous of OH Seized. Atlanta. Ga.. .Inly 10. Nearly JtiO.- 000 gallons of illuminating oil has been confiscated in Georgia as the result of the order of Commissioner Stevens di recting inspectors throughout the State to seize all supplies that failed To come tip to the standard set by law. This statement was made at the office of Ihe Commissioner of Agriculture, and is taken to indicate that the fight on legal and dangerous oils, which the re port of State Chemist MctTindless showed abounded in the State, is on in dead earnest. Yellow Fever ill Mexico. Austin. Tex.. July 10. - Advices re ceived by the State Health Department from places in southern Mexico in ref erence to the yMlow fever situation showed that the epidemic is still rag ing at several places, including the city of Vera Cruz. The municipal and federal authorities have done good work In improving the sanitary condi tions of Tampico. and there has been no cases of the disease reported there for several weeks. Bear Island Is Safe. Washington. July 10. Miuister Jack son reports to the State Department that the North German Gaztfte has made a semi-oflicial denial of the re port that the German Covernnient in tends to annex Bear Island, near Spits bergen. CIGAR MEN LOCKED OUT Five Thousand Operators Involved and Long Fight Expected. Tampa, Fla„ July 11.—Twenty of the largest cigar factories of tliis city have started a lockout, which means the paralysis of the cigar-making industry here for an indefinite time. Five thous and operatives are thrown out of work, Involving the suffering and deprivation of 12,000 persons. The trouble culminating iu Uie pres ent lockout began three months ago, when the employes of the Ybor Mau ra ro factory, the largest in the city, walked out because of the decison of the management to weigh nil tillers gven out to operators for making into cigars. Efforts to amicably settle the strike failed, and eigarniakers at other factories joined with the strikers to de feat; the purpose of the manufacturers. To protect their own interests the man ufacturers formed an organization, and twenty tlrms signed an agreement to shut down indefinitely in case the strike was not settled immediately. Committees of leading citizens met representatives of the manufacturers and strikers in-hopes of settling mat ters. The strikers presented ihree de mands, throe of which, being trivial, the manufacturers granted. The fourth, calling for the abolition of the plan of weighing "lilieVs." was refused. Tiie-shutdown means n loss of OWV lo' $7"r,000 in weekly wages. As Tampa makes ii."i per cent, of the clear Havana cigars produced in the' United States, the result will tie felt all through the country. Polygamy Exists ;Salt I.ake. July 1". The Anti-Polyg amy law of Utah is to tie enforced, if it can be, in one case at least. Mor mons deny that Polygamy longer .ex ists. but the leaders each maintain several wives who bear their names, though the difficulty of proving a mar riages saves them from prosecution. A NOTTS M. r A NNON. Angus M. Cannon, president of the Sail I.ake State of ihc Church of I.ai ter Day Saints, has been arrested on a charge of polygamy. The evidence on which the charge is based is proof of the birth of a child to one of his polyg amous wives, Martiia P. Ilughes- Caiinon. who is at present a member of tile State Senate. Knglne I,eft the Kails, Pending. Pa., July 11. While the ac commodation train from Pottsville. on the Philadelphia and Heading Railway, was running through Shoeniukersville, near here, at a speed of forty miles nil hour. Ihe locomotive struck the frog at a switch, left the rails, and.after going a short distance on the sills, turned over on iis side. The tender and baggage car left the rails and were al so overturned. Eugiueer WesTley and his fireman stuck lo their posts and were not injured a I all. The baggage car was dragged for some distance, but its occupants were only slightly hurt. The passengers in I lie coaches were badlv shaken up. but not one was in jured. Two 15o\s Killed by Kails. Belleville. X. J.. July 11.—Two Belle villi* boys were killed by accident al niosi instantly. Fruest Kalvio. 1-f years old, of No.. s."> Winthrop street, was picking cherries in Soiio when tlie limb of I lie tree gave way. and lie fell to the ground, breaking his back. A companion ran to gci him a glass of water, but before lie returned the boy was dead. Tracy Titus. 11l years old, leaned too far from 1 lie window of his home, in Stevens street, and fell two stories to the ground. His back was broken, and when a nieniben of the household ran out to pick iiiui up la wns dead. Electrical Storm lit Catskill. Catskill. N. V.. July 10.-—The First Baptist Church, the Prospect Park Hotel, and the Wiley Knitting Mill were struck by lightning during Ihe territlc electric storm that passed over Catskill. A blaze in the knitting mill called out the Fire Department and for a time a panic prevailed among the operatives. Surveying a Pacific fable Koute. Snn Francisco, July Hi. The British survey steamer Egerin has arrived from Esi|uinialt, 1!. C. The English and Canadian < lovornmeiils are lo os talilisli a cable between British Colum bia and Australia, which will touch at Samoa and Hawaii. The Egeria is now engaged in surveying the route. Peace Congress to Meet ill Spring. London. July 1". A telegram from St. Petersburg asserts that The Hague conference will adjourn ni the end of July, lii" members agreeing to reas semble in the spring, and that during the interval Emperor Nicholas will visit the principal European courts. Munitions Going to Transvaal. I.oudon. July 10. —A Rome despatch says the German steamer Itcichstag has sailed from Naples with l.">.(KHi ritles. ."II'O tons of war material and .">IHI mules for the Transvaal, and that an other steamer with n like cargo will sail July I I from Arenas. Cleveland Not Vet Chosen. Princeton. July 10. The report that ex-President Cleveland has 'accepted a professorship at "rinceion has been pronounced untrue. Ceu. Hlos Arrives at Madrid. Madrid. July 10.—(Jen. Itlos. recent ly Spain's principal commander in the Philippines, has arrived here. i hiJN ram A Summary of Happenings at Home and Abroad. THE NEWS CONDENSED. A Review of What Has Transpired of Public Interest. Montpeller. OhU). July 9.—At Ted row Joseph Scai'-broucli was struck by an accidently lighted skyrocket, which entered his hack, penetrating the lungs and causing death. Belgrade. July 9.--It is announced that Major lukiteli. who was with former King Milan when an attempt was made to assassinate His Majesty, lias been promoted for his valor in de fending the former King. Madrid, .luly 9. Admiral Cevera and the other commanders of the Spanish licet destroyed in the battle of Santiago, whose conduct lias been the subject of inquiry by special court martial, have been acquitted aud form ally liberated. Mattcawan. N. Y.. July 9. A violent storm passed over ibis section of the country doing considerable damage. The large stock barn of George 10. Ilarpell at Stormvllie was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. Many valuable cattle perished in the lire. l'pper Sandusky. Ohio. July St.—ll. 11. Tyler was at the .Hocking Valley Depot to see his niece. Mrs. Maine K. l'.eckwith, of Fostoria. off for home, and had entered the cat to get her a seat.- As he was coining out he stumbled and fell under the train, and his head was severed from his body. He was formerly a Captain in a local military company. Austin. Tex.. July 0. The I'nited States Army post at Fort Ringgold, sittialed in Stass county. Tex.. was within a few rods of the bank of the llio Grande when the hi;; rise in that river came receutlj. The erratic river cut a new channel, slicing off a strip of Mexico at that place, and has now left Fort Itinggohl back in the country a distance of over a mile. Morristowu. X..1.. July 9.—Mrs. Thomas Xesbit. of .Mendnan. X. J., has had her left eye gouged out with a golf stick. Mrs. Xesbit was watcli tlie play of a friend. Miss Thompson, on the private golf links of Harris Thompson, of 111 is place. She stood close to the tee. and Miss Thompson, in[ attempting to drive, struck Mrs. Xesbit accidentally with the driver. Lancaster. I'a.. July 9.- Amos How man of Marietta died here at the age of 02 years. He was President of the First National Hank. President of the Marietta Hollow Ware Company and director ol (lie Marietta Gruviiy Water Company and various turnpike com pa tiles, as well as manager of the large estate of the late Col. James Huffy of Marietta. Rennes. July 0 Drcyl'us's health is now good. He sleeps well and his power to reason and understand every thing clearly has returned. He is studying tin* papers furnished him by his lawyers. Dreyfus says that his treatment on Devil's Island varied with the strength of the agitation in his case Sometimes he \v:»s treated well and again like the worst criminal. Washington. July 10.—lien. Otis has cabled the following: Manila. July X. Adjutant General. Washington: Desires of all volunteers in the Phil ippines ascertained. Two skeleton regiments fairly well assured, in two or three days will cable names of otli eers nominated for regiments, so that appointments of Lieutenants to recruit In I'nited States can be made. OTIS. Ft. Wayne. I nil.. July 9. The lterg lioff Brewing Company is to be re organized within the next few days aud its capital will be increased to S2"IO.(KMI. New members of the com pany will lie T. P>. Slioaff. of New York, and A. P>. Trent man aud S. It. and W. IT. Fleming, of this city. Hubert r.erghoff said: "The new com pany will be independent of any com bine." London. July 9.—Jim Jeffries and Charlie Mitchell will tight ten two minute rounds with five ounce gloves between August 2o and 30. The place of meeting is to lie decided later. The tight will be governed by Marquis of Queenshury rules, with the exception that there will be no hitting in the clinches or breakaways. Brady, man ager for Jeffries, and Mitchell met and ralitied a match on the terms de scribed. The referee and timekeeper will be mutually agreed upon later. Washington. July 0. There was a further discussion at the Cabinet meet ing in regard to wharf privileges In Porto Rico at points where the tJov eriiuieut asserts ownership of adjacent waters to a line drawn sixteen feet from the parallel with the shore. It was decided, upon advice of the At torney-* ieneral. that wharves might be built ut such places, but that the per mission is subject to revocation in special instances where the needs of ilic Government may teqiiire it. Butte. Mon.. July 9.- Marcus Daly. President of the Amalgamated Copper Company, has made a statement of his Intentions, in which he says: "I am the President of the Amalga mated Copper Company. Everybody living in these parts knows what that company owns. It will own more mines pretty soon. It was not organ ized to be a trust: it was gotten tip for the purpose of making available the capital required in order to give Itutte an overhauling, the like of which was never before thought or. That work of exploration is already started. I was not elected President of the com pany for fun or lor ornament or for compliment. 1 expect to see this vast work completed that is just be ginning. Fnless my associates In this company want to pitt me out I shall keep right on being the President of the Amalgamated Company. I own myself, Individually, lut mnelT of the , stock of Ine Amalgamated Copper | Company as any other Individual owns i and there are several very large] I holders." Boston, July 9.—-Mrs. Caroline G.i Mussey, wife of Edward W. Mussey, ! a stock broker living at the Bartol, on | Huntington avenue, lias tiled a peti tion in bankruptcy. Her total liabili ties exceed $7U,29">.79. The only as sets are jewels, scheduled at SO."VO. Plainfleld, N. .1.. July 9.—Michael E. Maloney, of Newark, now confined In the Somerset County jail, has made a record us one of the most refactory , of prisoners. Maloney. committed for drunkenness, tore up the papers under Justice Punster's nose, then threw a big law book at lils head. After be- ' ing bound with a rope he thrashed a constable. A crowd iay down on liiiu until lie was subdued. Bay Shore. L.1.. July 9.—The author Hies have arrested on a charge of kill ing of John Dunn. the colored coach man. near the railroad depot, on the morning of July .">. Frank Thompson. Kiclinrd Johnson and Mrs. Ira Cuttle. ; all colored. Johnson is proprietor of the dance hall where Dunn spent the night. At the inquest the evidence showed that on the night of July 4 j Thompson and Dunn had a quarrel 1 in the dance ball. Valparaiso. Iml.. July I".—At Hebron ■ Carl King loaded a gun barrel with j dynamite. The t'nso worked slowly, 1 and while King was making an ex- j nmulathin it exploded, nearly severing his head from the body ami tearing Ills breast to pieces. He was 22 years j of age. Binirhumtoii. X. Y.. July 10.--The plant of the Independent Match Com- j pany of this city lias been sold to a Xew York syndicate. The syndicate , has been negotiating with the com pany for some time, and it is under stood Ihe plant will enter the trust, j It. will remain under its present man agement. Chicago. July 10.—The MeCorinick | Harvesting Machine Company has ob tained a building permit for the erec tion of a brick live story twine mill. The mill is to cost .MiHI.OOO. The com pany. which lias heretofore made the twine in Boston and four other places, will in the future do the most of this manufacturing in Chicago. Anderson. I ml.. July 10.—James R. | Ralyu. who escaped from the insane asyium at Richmond Saturday, lias been captured ill this city. When he i left the institution he had a ball and chain on. lie managed to get this off ! and sold it to a junk dealer, realizing enough money lo buy liiiu a lunch, lie went insane worrying over a $200,- 000 suit which he carried into the , Supreme Court and lost. Newport, July 11.—The North At- i lanlic Squadron has left here for Portsmouth. N. 11.. and Portland. Ale., I with Capt. 11. C. Taylor, of the In- j (liana, in command Ph'.intiehl. N. J.. July 11.—Death has : made it unnecessary for Chailcelor Mc-1 (till to sign the decree of divorce I which Mrs. John Wilson had obtained from her husband. Since the decree was granted, on the ground of deser tion. Wilson has died in the City In dustrial Home. New Haven. .Tul.v 11—The Yale treas ury will, it is expected be turned into a regular bank next fall. For live or six years the treasury has taken money on deposit from students as an ac commodation. The demand for a reg ular banking service has grown so great thiit the change Is regarded as almost certain. Pittsburg. July 11.—The Conference Committee of the Amalgamated Asso ciation and the Independent Manufac turers have gone to Chicago, where the conference on the wage scale for the current scale year will be reopened with the Executive Committee of the American Tin Plate Company. yacht Fra Dlavalo was steaming down the Hudson River a short JTistance north of the Battery, she was struck by the wrecking tug Hustler and sunk. The Hustler is one of the fleet of the Merrill-Chapman Wrecking Company, and one of the strongest in the harbor. No lives were lost. New York Markets. DRAIN Wheat: Xo. 2 red was quot ed at S(»i;c. 112. o. b. afloat and 7S%c. elevator. No. I Northern Oulltth, Sl',C. 112. o. b. afloat. Corn: Xo. 2 corn. 39% c. elevator. :;:i"-sc. delivered ami 40V4c. 112. o. b afloat, iin Ihe curb September ranged from 39'<('n.'!b , %e. On Is: No. 2 oats quoted 20V^c.: Xo. 29c.: No. 2 white, .'slc.: No. 3 white. :!oc.: track mixed. 2!1Vi<331c.; track white. 31ft»3C>c.: No. 2 white clips, 31 Vic. Rye: Market quiet. Xo. 1 Western, (iiic. 112. o. b. afloat: No. 2 Western. o,lc. 112. o.b. afloat. Barley: Market steady. Feeding quoted 42ifir42 | .l.c. c. 1. 112.. Buffalo: malt ing. 47<fKilc. delivered. Xew York. Butter: Creamery. Western, extras, per lt>.. IS': do., firsts. do., thirds to seconds. lC@l7c.; State, extras. IS'\(n IS' jc.; do . tirsts, 17%® lKclNe.: do., thirds to seconds, 15@17c.: State dairy, half-firkin tubs, fancy, 17c : do., firsts. KiV-jC. Cheese: State, full cream, large, col ored or while, fancy. Sc.; do., good to prime. 7 1 / -/"7^ic.: do., common to fair, 7f(i'7V|C.: do., small, colored or white, fancy. SUc. Eggs: Jersey and nearby, fancy, white leghorn, per doz.. 1f1',4@17e.; do., mixed, fancy. Hie.: State, Pennsyl vania and nearby, average prime lots, loss off. l.v.jfit Hie.: Western, loss off. I,V</ I.v.v. Hay and Straw: Hay, prime, per 100 lbs.. !N»c. : No. to Xo. 1, t!o®Bsc.; do., clovtr. and clover mixed, .""ij®6sC.; do., salt. 4<Kii 1."c.: do., no grade, 4ii@soc. Potatoes and Vegetables: Potatoes, Southern rose, prime, per bbl„ $2,006$ $3.00: do.. Chilli white, $2.00®52.75; do. Chill red. 52.00fi»*2..V); do., sec onds. $1,000**1.50: do., culls, 75c.® si.oft: do., old. |»cr bid. or sack, $1.00(S) $2.00. Provision.-: Pork, strong. Mess, ! <K.r»iHVfs9.oo: family. $10.50®510.78; I short dear. $10.00<!?5i1.75. Beef, firm. ! Mess. $9.00: family, S9.SOQSIOJM>; ! packet. s9.rM»fitsio.oo: extra India mesa. I SI4.OtKUSI3.OO. NEW YORK FOLLOWS PENN SYLVANIA'S \m Silverites of This State Elated Over Tammany's Demon stration For Bryan. THE ISSUE OF I Fill CHMPAI6N. Creasy Presented to the Workingmen as a Champion of Bryanisin, but They Quickly Point to His Corporation Record in the Legislature. (Special Correspondence.) Philadelphia, July 11. —The Bryan leaders of the Pennsylvania Democ racy are in high spirits over the dern ,lustration for the free silver chief ut the great Tammany Fourth of July meeting in New York city. Despite the fact that Croker had issued orders that there should be no "free silver nonsence" in any of the speeches, and, notwithstanding the efforts of his lieu tenants to carry out his instructions, the Tammany braves fairly went wild with enthusiasm ut the mere mention of Bryan's name by ex-Governor Hogg, of Texas. Hogg, who was not down on the list of speakers, was called to act as a substitute orator. He made a rattling address, and soon had the crowd shouting for Bryan and the Chicago platform. He completely up set the scheme to start a presidential boom of Mayor Van Wyek, of New York. PENNSYLVANIA SILVERITES RE JOICE. All this shows, according to the Pennsylvania silverites. that the move ment started for the renominatlon of Bryan for president at the recent state convention ut Harrlsburg is going to be taken up by the Democracy of tha country, regardless of the protests of the convention leaders of the minority party. Pennsylvania Democrats expect to be at the head'of the procession for the Nebraska leader, and they are al ready planning to have the vote for their state ticket at the November election presented as an argument in support of their contention that the rank and file of the party in this state want Bryan once more as their stand ard bearer. It has developed that a quiet move ment has already been inaugurated among the workingmen in the min ing districts of the state to line them tip for the nominees on the Democratic state ticket upon the argument that these candidates are all Bryan men and that the platform upon which they are running meets with the ap proval of the leaders who are en gineering the canvass for Bryan's re nomination. There is a special effort being made In behalf of the Democratic candidate for state treasurer. William T. Creasy, on the score that he is a ram pant Bryanite. that he stood up for Bryan when many others in his lo cality repudiated the silver cause and the party's candidate for president, and that he today openly proclaims his loyalty to the Chicago platform and favors the movement inaugurated at the convention which nominated him for Bryan's renomination. LOOKING UP CREASY'S RECORD. It is not believed that much head way has been made among the min ers in favor of Creasy. The Democrats among them do not, as a rule, object to his free silver views, but many of them are aware of Creasy's attitude upon important legislation affecting corporations and other matters in which the workingmen are interested. They do not regard him as a friend of the laboring man, and hold that an investigation of his record In the leg islature will disclose the fact that his course In the house of representatives was entirely satisfactory to the cor ' porations. His bitter hostility to the McCarrell i' v re'tu rn bill, which was advocated i..- organized workingmen in every loawiv in the state, and which was • .1 with especial reference to af i u ilug protection to employes of rail- I<J .ds and other large corporations, . 111 lose Creasy thousands of votes in I tiie very districts In which his free silverlte champions were most hope ful of his showing strength at the fall election. READYTO WELCOME OUR SOLDIERS HOME Governor Stone and Senator Pen* rose Active in Arranging to Receive the "Fight* ing Tenth." MniPMOF HERHEROES President McKinley and Brigadier General Otis Speak in Great Praise of the Key , (tone State's Regiment at Manila. (Special Correspondence.) Harrlsburg. July 11. —Possibly the i most interesting incident of the week was the visit of Governor Stone and a commute® or'citizens or western Penn sylvania to Washington to call upon President McKlnley and officials of the war department in reference to the mustering out of the Tenth Pennsyl vania regiment and the suggested pro motion or Colonel Hawkins to the rank Of Brigadier General, i After a conference with Adjutant General Corbln the delegation repaired to the White House, where they had an appointment with the president. Mr. McKlnley displayed genuine pleas ure and enthusiasm in meeting with the Pennsylvanians and listened with greatest interest to the plans that have been formed for the reception of the Tenth regiment. When told that the citizens of Pitts burg would contribute a fund of $40,- 000 or $50,000 to bring the regiment home from San Francisco, where It will be mustered out, in special trains of Pullman cars, in order that the boys will be at no personal expense what ever In crossing the continent, the president exclaimed: "What a grand people you Pena sylvanians are, and what generosity and patriotism you are displaying in this matter." THE TENTH'S SACRIFICES. The president spoke feelingly of his appreciation of the heroic services of the Tenth Pennsylvania and of the patriotic self sacrifice displayed by them and all volunteer troops who re mained in the Philippines after the termination of the war with Spain. "I should like," he said, "to have the opportunity to take the hand and thank every individual member of tho volunteer forces for remaining In the Philippines and assisting in the work there beyond the time required of them by the terms of their enlistment." The delegation, through its spokes man, Governor Stone, then presented resolutions endorsing Colonel Hawkins (or promotion. The president received the suggestions with much interest and promised to look into the matter, and said that he would immediately cable Major General Otis, in the Philippines, to ascertain if everything was clear for such promotion. He stated that there were no vacancies to which Col onel Hawkins could be appointed, but Intimated that it might be possible to make him a brigadier general at the time he is mustered out, so that he will leave the service with rank. Arrangements have since been by which the regiment will not be paid off until the men are placed on board the train at San Francisco which will carry them to Pittsburg. This will In sure the command coming east in a body. While the men will have to sur render their arms at San Francisco, they will be permitted to carry home with them the colors under which they made such a gallant record in the Phil ippines. HE SAW THEM FIGHT. Brigadier Oeneral Otis, who has just returned front Manila, in an interview at Washington, said: "The Tenth reg iment, Pennsylvania volunteers, is one of the finest bodies of men that 1 ever saw on the field. The charge of the regiment anil the capture of the church and Chinese hospital was beautifully done. During the march toward Ma lolos the Pennsylvania regiment was for a time In my brigade, and the boys gave a splendid account of themselves. "I had heard so much of the splendid National Guard of Pennsylvania that I was anxious to meet the Tenth regi ment and inspect it, and having done so. I desire to be placed on record with the assertion that better soldiers or braver men never followed a com mander." "General, do you know why It is that Colonel Hawkins has not been promoted to be a brigadier general for his services?" he was asked. "I do not. I can tell you this, how ever. that the president Is preparing to call upon Major General Otis for a statement regarding the promotion of the volunteer officers who are now returning home from the Philippines." SENATOR PENROSE AT WORK. Since the governor and his delega tion called upon the president United States Senator Penrose has been look ing after the mutter. "Recognizing the great interest In the return of the Pennsylvania troops from Manila." remarket! Senator Pen rose. in a chat on this subject, "and appreciating the desire of the citizens of Pennsylvania to fittingly honor these brave sons of the Keystone state. 1 have had several interviews with the president and the officials of the war department on this subject. The pres ident from the outset showed a keen and patriotic interest in the tuove ' ments of the 'Fighting Tenth,' and at , once evinced a desire to co-operate with the citizens of Pennsylvania in any demonstration that might be got ten up as a tribute of admiration of the gallant work of our volunteers in the sharp flghtihg in the Philippines. When at my last interview I empha sized the request that the services of Colonel Hawkins be recognized by his promotion to the rank of brigadier general the president assured me that It would give him pleasure to honor i Colonel Hawkins, and that he would j do so If he found no obstacle in the ! way. "As I was leaving Washington I in ! structed my secretary to keep me ad : vised as to developments In this case, j and 1 have been delighted to hear from I him over the long distance telephone ! that Colonel Hawkins will certainly be mustered out with the rank of brlg | adler general of volunteers." i It is understood that Colonel Haw i kins has no special desire to remain in the<army, though his promotion on his ■ retiring, it Is believed, would not pre ! vent his re-enlisting under the latest j call for volunteers and be given this ' new rank."
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