WHERE THE TWO COUNTRIES CLASH. *****
Kngland claims all that part of Africa through which Nile river runs, while France, beginning at the French Congo, Is *eek-
Ing to control a strip of territory reaching from the Atlantic to the India ocean. Naturally their «xpedltions of conquest hav
met in the vicinity of Fashoda, as indicated in the man.
THE WHITES WERE AT FAULT.
Indian (omniiflHlonrr Jones Aborts that
iho Chippewa Indian Outbreak wan the
Logical IteHult of the White Mei»*H Orced.
Washington, Oct. 27.—-Commissioner
of Indian Affairs Jones, who has been
in .Minnesota making negotiations
which were successful with the Chip
pewa Indians for the resumption of
peaceful relations with the govern
ment, has returned to Washington
and made a verbal report to Secre
tary Hliss upon bis work. Mr. Jones
says the trouble is attributed to the
methods of the whites in the vicinity,
who are taking gross advantage of
the Indians. In discussing the out
break he said:
"The origin of the whole trouble
was dissatisfaction with the handling
of the Indians' timber, but the im
mediate cause was irritation at the
frequent arrests of Indians on trivial
causes, often for no cause at all, tak
ing them down to Duluth and Min
neapolis for trial, 200 miles away from
their agency, and then turning them
adrift without means to return home.
I have information that there is a
regular arrangement between deputy
United States marshals and some
boarding houses where the courts are
located, by which the deputies are to
bring down delegations of Indians as
witnesses in whisky and other cases.
This secures fees for the deputies and
money for the boarding places.
"The Indians were prompted to
their outbreak by the wrongs com
mitted on them and chafed under un
fair treatment. When 1 reached there
they were ugly and defiant, but soon
adopted a conciliatory attitude and
finally agreed to negotiate for the sur
render of the men wanted. All but
two were surrendered. They said they
would not allow two men to bring
their whole tribe into trouble and
insisted on sending themselves for the
two men remaining, old Hug and his
son, to have them turned over to the
marshal. They are still out. The In
dians claimed they had whipped the
soldiers and not one of their own
number had received a scratch. They
showed several Krag-Jorgensens, tak
en probably from where the soldiers
had the fight, but they did not under
stand their use. The Indians now
will go back to their homes and live
peaceably if the whites will treat
them fairly, which is very likely, as
the whites were thoroughly impressed
with the stand taken by the Indians.
In this respect the outbreak has
taught them a lesson."
Commissioner Jones will recom
mend a reform in the existing timber
methods.
St. Haul. Minn., Oct. 27.—United
States Marshal O'Connor last night
sent the following telegram: "W. \.
Jones, commissioner of Indian affairs,
Washington: The press dispatches
quote you as saying that yon have in
formation of an arrangement between
the United States marshal and certain
boarding houses for board of Indian
witnesses. Are you correctly quot
ed ?"
"If Mr. Jones stands for the inter
view," added the marshal. "I shall
have something to say on the subject
that will perhaps make fully as inter
est ing reading as the statement which
he is reported to have made."
Contracted for Torpedo Hoat F>e*trojer*.
Washington, Oct. 27. —The navy de
partment has entered into a contract
■with the firm of Harlan S: Ilollings
worth, of Wilmington, Del., for the
construction of the liO-knot torpedo
boat destroyers Hopkins and Hull.
Ke»ciinl from tho Kigging-
Tlacine, Wis., Oct. 27.- -The tug
Bison and life saving crew rescued
Capt. Horace Acres and crew of six
men from the barge I). L. Filer yes
terday afternoon, rite men had beefi
clinging to the rigging for 24 hours
and were half dead from exposure.
The ship was abandoned.
<*rrtiid Jury in Aalc«<i to Indict.
San Francisco, Oct. 27. —The grand
jury has been asked to indict Mrs.
B.tkin for the poisoning of Mrs. Dun
ning and Mrs. Deane. District Attor-
I'ey Hosmer has placed before that
Lod\ all the evidence in the ease.
A GREAT DISCOVERY.
i Inventor Tesla Anm-rtu that lie Will Trail*-
I ml! Klectricity front One I ud of th«
Kartli to the Other Without the Aid ol
Wire*.
Now York, Oct. 27. Nikola Tesla,
; the electrician, describes in yester
day's issue of the Electrical Keview
n possibility in electric power trans
mission. His inventions for transmit
ting 1 electricity at pressure over long
: distances have been successfully ap
plied at mavy natural sources of povv
; rr. Probably the most, important of
' these plants in the United States is
at Niagara Falls, costing over $0,000,-
000 to install, which supplies electric
; ity to many large factories and sup
plies electric power for running the
trolley lines of the city of Buffalo, 20
miles distant.
The announcement is now made
| that by employing apparatus which
: he has invented, capable of general ing
j electrical pressure vastly in excess of
j any heretofore used, located at natur
| al sources of power, the current can
I be conducted to a terminal maintain-
I ed at an elevation where the rarified
atmosphere is capable of conducting
freely the particular current produc
ed; then at a distant point where the
energy is to be used commercially, to
maintain a second terminal at about
the same elevation, to attract and re
ceive the current and to convey it to
earth through special means of trans
forming and utilizing it. With the
article an illustration is presented,
showing streams of electricity issuing
from a single terminal, giving an esti
mated electrical pressure of 2,500,000
volts.
The Electrical Review comments on
Mr. Tesla's novel and startling ideas
as follows: "Tesla now proposes to
transmit without the use of any wires,
through the natural media—the earth
and the air—great amounts of power
to distances of thousands of miles.
This will appear a dream a tale from
the Arabian Nights. Hut the extraor
dinary discoveries Tesla has made
during a number of years of incessant
labor, which are authoritatively de
scribed in our present issue, make
it evident that his work in this field
has passed a stage of laboratory ex
periment and is ready for a practical
test on an industrial scale. The suc
cess of his efforts means that power
from such sources as Niagara will
become available in any pant of the
world, regard less of distance."
Demanded Their Pay anil Were Arreted.
Havana, Oct. 27. —The bitter feeling
among the Spanish troops against the
government for not paying them is in
creasing daily and menaces possible
outbreaks, entailing serious trouble,
before long. On Wednesday 80 irregu
lars arrived here and went to the pal
ace to demand pay. Their attitude
before Gen. Blanco was such that he
ordered them to be taken to the
Cabanas prison, on pretext of being
fed there, but they have not been al
lowed to leave the prison and are un
der arrest.
Keg>uhlir»fl« Banquet.
Boston, Oct. 27. Secretary Bong re
ceived a genuine New England wel
! come at Music hall last night on the
j occasion of the annual dinner of thu
i Republican Club of Massachusetts.
' There were more than 800 representa
j tive republicans at the tables. The
i other guests of honor were Gov. Wol-
I cott. Senator Lodge and Congressman
Dingley. Secretary Long was the prin-
I cipal speaker.
! !m Prepared In Kvacuato Fanhoda.
I'aris, Oct. 27. —The Soir hears in
; diplomatic circles that France is pre
pared to evacuate Fashoda, with tin
I reservation that she shall receive sonit
compensation, to be arranged here
after. "This result," says the Soir, "i;
the outcome of a new argument ad
vanced by Lord Salisbury, to the etTecl
j that as the dispatch of the Marchanr
j mission was not notified to Greal
i Hritain In accordance with custom
; Great Hritain is entitled to disputi
Maj. Marchand's right to hold tbi
• territory occupied."
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1898.
j GREELY VS. SHATTER.
rim former Asserts that tli« f.atter
rappid the Signal Corp* During the San
tiago Campaign
Washington, Oct. 26.—Brig. (Jen. A.
W. Grsely, chief signal officer, has pre
sented Secretary Alger his report of
the operations of the signal corps dur
ing the recent war with Spain. In
the first section of his report Gen.
(ireely devotes particular attention to
the organization of the signal corps
for the war. Referring to the Santi
ago campaign he says:
"Especial interest for the signal
corps attaches to this siege, since the
chief signal officer of the army was
responsible for the inception of this
campaign, which proved to be the
turning jioiiit of the war."
(Sen. (ireely then discusses the ar
rangement of eleetrU#! ami other ap
paratus whereby the war department
to all intent and purposes, was
brought near to the army and quic";
communication established between
the commanding general and his gen
eral officers of the Fifth army corps.
He intimates that the corps officers
in Cuba were handicapped because they
were not allowed to take with them
the signal corps telegraph train which
had been sent to Tampa for the Santi
ago expedition. He then adds the fol
lowing:
"The lack of thoroughly trained
men was not the only serious factor
that threatened the efficiency of the
signal work. Seeing that visual sig
nalling. which the commanding gen
eral of the Fifth army corps relied
upon, contrary to professional advice,
was practically impossible for land
operations, and only useful between
the coast stations and the fleet, it is
impossible to surmise what would
have been the result had it not been
for the supply of insulated wire, tele
graphic and telephonic instruments,
etc., which Lieut. Col. Allen furnished
to Lieut. Col. Green."
Gen. (ireely is confident that during
the month of July the lines of com
munication maintained by his corps
in Cuba were worth more to the na
tion than the cost of the signal corps
of the army from its inception to the
present day. lie refers to the ease
with which the major general com
manding the army communicated
with Washington, giving important
information.
(Sen. (Ireely strongly commends the
use of the war balloon and declares
that its utility was thoroughly demon
strated. Concerning the criticism
made of the balloon operations at
Santiago he says:"The forcing of the
signal corps balloon to the skirmish
line, where its position is reported to
have caused serious loss to the troops
by disclosing their movements and at
tracting the enemy's fire, was the ac
tion of Maj. (ien. Shatter, through
his chief engineer. Col. George Derby,
in the face (if the professional advice
given by Lieut. Col. Maxfield, of the
United States volunteer signal corps,
KILLED ELEVEN NEGROES.
Misslssippians Add Another Chapter to the
History of Crime iu That State.
Forest, Miss.. (><*t. 24. As the result
of an attempt to arrest a negro near
Harpersvillc, Scott county, one white
deputy was killed, three wounded and
nine negroes have been killed by citi
zens of Harpersville and the sheriff's
posse combined.
The trouble originated last Friday
when a negro named Hill Burke had
an altercation with his employer,
Charles Freeman, a white man, in
which the negro got the best of the
difficulty. The next night a crowd of
white men headed by Wallace Sibley,
who was deputized to arrest the man,
went to Burke's house, which is about
a mile from Harpersville. When they
| arrived upon the scene and called for
Burke they were greeted by a fusillade
from negroes in the bushes surround
ing the house and in the house itself.
Wallace Sibley fell dead at the first
volley and three more white members
of the crowd were wounded. The
whites returned the fire, but were un
able to do any execution. There were
not more than eight men in the white
crowd and, finding it. impossible to
resist effectively they dispersed
towards Harpersville.
When the crowd returned to Har
persville a large crowd gathered.
They went to Iturke's house and got
from his mother the names of all par
ties in the crowd which had ambushed
the men the night before. In all there
were about 40 negroes. All of them
had fled. Then the search for each of
the proscribed darkies began. Six
negroes were found and killed before
the sheriff arrived.
Sunday morning Sheriff Stevenson
was wired from Harpersville of the
condition of affairs and he was asked
to get togeteher a jwisse and come to
Harpersville. The sheriff lives art Mor
ton, ten miles from the scene. Gath
ering 20 or 30 men the sheriff started
for the place. When he arrived he was
joined by crowds of citizens until the
number in the jiosse was over 300 men.
After leaving the house where the '
first tragedy was committed the
negroes scattered. The sheriff's pur
suit has resolved itself into a chase of
the negroes implicated.
Forest, Miss., Oct. 25.—Eleven dead
negroes, one dead white man and one
r.egro and three white men seriously
wounded is the result of the war
being w.'iged between the white and ,
black races in the Harpersvillc neigh
borhood of this, Scott county. Sev
eral of the rioters have been captured
and lodged in jail at Forest, but the
others escaped into the swamps.
Itat'ln B«lw««n Soldiem Hiid IVllr*.
Chattanooga. Term., Oct. 24. Ser
geant Allen, of Company 1, Eighth
colored infantry irnmunes, fired on 1
three police who were attempting to
arrest a colored soldier who was
drunk and displaying his revolver in
a crowd. One of the bullets from
Allen's pistol took effect in the head .
of Charles Beagles, a white man stand- ,
ing in the saloon, killing him instant- j
ly. A general fusillade from police
men and soldiers followed. One of the ,
policemen, Moseley, was slightly ]
wounded. Allen was finally arrested |
and lodged in jail. .
REDUCES HER DEMANDS.
Spain's Attorney** Now Ask that the
(Jolted Stf» ttsm Assume Half of laba'a
Debt.
Paris, Oct. 25.—The American and
Spanish peace commissioners held a
joint session Monday. The considera
tion by the commissioners of the
I'orto Kico and Ladrones question has
now been merged with the Cuban
question and all the points involved
nre being carried forward to a simul
taneous conclusion. When this has
been arrived at the Philippine ques
tion will lie taken up. Of course there
is a possibility of a disagree men t and
the Spaniards, if the American com
missioners decide not to assume any
portion of the Cuban indebtedness,
may announce their unwillingness to
proceed any further with negotiations
based upon the protocol.
Should the Spaniards decide to do
this it will lie because they wish to
excite the pity of their creditors and
of other nations. The cortes may then
lie asked to endorse their action. In
fact the Spaniards may even prefer a
resumption of hostilities to acquies
cence in the American refusal to
share their financial burden. The
Americans, however, have intimated
to the Spaniards the possibility that
Spain may at some future period be
able to deal with an independent, gov
ernment regarding the assumption of
the provincial and municipal portions
of the Cuban debt, which is estimated
to have been $150,0011,000 before the
last rebellion in Cuba broke out and
$500,000,000 contracted since 1395.
Hut should independent Cuba, as
she doubtless would, refuse to assume
more than her proportion of the debt,
based on actual betterments in Cuba,
and only even in this case of obliga
tions contracted previous to 1895,
Spain would be compelled to appeal
to her people and confront them with
practically seven-eighths of the debt
contracted since. Spain would also
be compelled to declare her inability
to meet her obligations and this at
present seems to the Spaniards a more
bitter alternative than to accept the
United States refusal to share the
Cuban debt, with all that tliis means.
Finally it. is said there are persons
high in the Spanish councils who
claim to believe that Spain would
rather submit dumbly and helplessly
to dismemberment than confront this
continued financial burden.
Spain, however, will not break off
the present negotiations before hav
ing proposed that the I nited States
share half the insular debt, which in
such a proposition may be placed at
$700,000,000, the interest rate to be re
duced to 2 per cent. Such a proposi
tion would not be accepted by the
United States, either directly or in be
half of Cuba. The session of the joint
commission began at 2 o'clock in tlie
afternoon and ended at 0:45.
The adjournment of the joint com
mission was until Wednesday next.
Guam, in the Ladrones islands, has
been chosen by the Americans for the
United States, under the terms of the
protocol, and its cession has been con
firmed by the Spanish commission.
Paris, Oct. 27. —Yesterday's joint
meeting 1 of the peace commissioners
lasted an hour and five minutes and
was adjourned until to-day. Both
the Spanish and American commis
sioners were more reticent after this
session than ever before. The Ameri
cans fully appreciate their own ser
ious responsibilities and also the deli
cate position of their Spanish col
leagues, to the burden of whose duties
here is now added the critical political
situation at Madrid, which may com
pel the president of the Spanish com
mission (who is also president of the
Spanish senate), Senor Montero Kios,
to leave Paris.
The Madrid correspondent of the
Temps in confirming the report that
Premier Sag'asta and the queen recent
have prevailed upon the minister of
war, (Sen. Correa, to indefinitely
postpone his resignation, pending - the
conclusion of the peace negotiations,
says that they represented to the gen
eral that his withdrawal might entail
not only the fall of the cabinet, but
cause the resignation of certain mem
bers of the Spanish commission, in
cluding' Senor Montero Kios, and
thereby gravely compromise the issue
of peace negotiations.
Washington, Oct. 27.—There are in
dications that the peace commission
ers in l'aris are approaching the end
of the consideration of the subject of
Cuba and Porto Uieo, and officials
here would not be surprised if Wed
nesday's session of the commission
concluded those subjects, leaving the
commission free to take up the most
important matter in the protocol,
namely, the disposition of the Philip
pines. The Spanish case has been pre
sented with an ability that commands
the admiration of diplomats without
regard to nationality, and even our
own officials have been compelled to
yield a tribute of respect to the argu
ments produced, but they have been
of no avail in effecting any substantial
change in the first attitude of the
American commissioners.
('ollinlon KCHUMH in Three* DeutliM.
Omaha, Neb., Oct. 27. A rear-end
collision on the I'nion Pacific yester
day resulted in the death of three men
and the serious injury of one other.
An extra freig-ht train was standing
on the sidetrack and, the switch being
left open, freight No. 27 going at a
g'ood rate of speed, crashed into the
rear end of the extra. The engine was
badly wrecked and four freight cars
reduced almost to kindling wood.
Fxcf'rilt'tl Its Charter Kiq;lit<«.
Ohieag-o, Oct. 25. —The supreme
court of Illinois yesterday decided
that the action instituted by ex-
Attorney General Moloney during his
term of office to compel the Pullman
Palace Car Co. to restrict its opera
tions to its charter limitations should
stand and remanded the case to the
circuit court of Cook county, where
it will now be tried. Moloney's ob
ject was to compel the company to
retire from the real estate, gas. water,
heating, brick-making and other en
terprises conducted by it at the town
of Pullman and in Chicago.
MULE DRIVERS FOR NURSES.
An Arkansas Colonel Asserts that They
Did Not Fill th«* 1111l Mar Invent 1 gators
Flulmli Tlielr Work at Anulntou, Ala., and
go to IluntsvilU*.
Anniston, Ala., October 25.—The
war investigating commission yester
day examined about a dozen wit
nesses, including a number of officers
arid men of the regular troops as well
as a number of volunteer officers. The
complaints brought out were chiefly of
trivial nature, the most serious one
being tliatof Major David Vickerswho
attributed the troubles in the camp of
the Second division of the Third corps,
at Chicamauga, to the shallowness of
the sinks.
Anniston, Ala., Oct. 20.—Dr. 11. 1).
Boss, assistant surgeon in the First
infantry, was the first witness before
the war investigating commission yes
terday. He was with his regiment
and with the Fourth infantry in Cuba.
He arrived at Santiago on July 10. lie
found the medical supplies short and
was unable to secure any of them for
a few days until he learned how to
get them from the division hospital.
Lieut. Col. Cabell, of the Second
Arkansas, said in reply to questions
put by Dr. Connor that he had ob
served a condition of affairs at the
hospital of the Second division of the
Third army corps, hi June, which he
considered horrible. He had seen one
sick man lying in the rain without
the protection of even a tent fly. and
j be had been informed liy other officers
that several others had been left in
the same way. lie thought the doctors
were honest enough, but they did not
know how to get supplies.
Mule drivers had been used for
nurses and he had been reliably in
formed that many of them were in
the habit of getting drunk and on this
account neglecting their patients.
Ma j. Charles F. King, surgeon of the
Fourth Wisconsin regiment, said the
medical supplies of his regiment were
insufficient and that there was much
delay in getting requisitions filled.
He thought there was a sufficient
quantity of food, but said some of the
men would not cat it, preferring to
buy food for themselves.
Dr. Henry It. I.ee. major and sur
geon of the Third brigade, First divis
ion, Third corps, said he had urged
the removal of the camp from Chicka
maugn because lie considered the
water bad and because of the impossi
bility of getting vlepp sinks.
After the examination of several
other witnesses the commission went
to Huntsville.
Huntsville, Ala., Oct. 27. -The war
commission began the examination of
witnesses yesterday with Gen. Louis
11. Carpenter, who is in command in
(Sen. Wheeler's absence. He had been
at Chickamauga, T'simpn and at Fer
nandina before coming here. He said
the camp at Chickamauga was too
crowded. That at Tampa was unsatis
factory, but it.was not intended to
be permanent. 'I hat at Fernandina
was ideal. The food supply had been
ample throughout, but quartermas
ters' supplies were generally slow and
there had been trouble in securing
tents. There was more difficulty in
getting supplies at Tampa than else
where. because of railway congestion.
Maj. (Sandy, the surgeon who was in
charge of the medw-al supply depot at
Tampa, said he li.vl been able to fill
all reasonable requisitions for medical
supplies with promptness, but many
bulky articles f*>r which substitutes
could be had were not supplied, Keg
ular troops were easily satisfied, but
he volunteers were exacting.
A number of officers who had served
in the Santiago campaign and in Flor
ida were examined. Gen. (S. S. Car
penter said the sick at Santiago had
suffered somewhat on account of the
deficiency of medicines and medical
supplies, but this was the only depri
vation of which he spoke. The troops
did not receive the entire ration while
in the field, but he was sure that no
man in the command had gone
hungry.
THEY MUST DISARM.
(>«n. Wood Refuses to Allow Cuban Troops
to Act Policemen—Muttering* of ills
content Among the Islanders.
Santiago de Cuba, Oct. 27. —Maj.
Pe.ttit, in command of the United
States troops at Manzanillo and mili
tary governor of that city, telegraph
ed yesterday that the Cuban general
liios offers 200 armed men to assist
the Americans in preserving order,
merely asking rations in return. Gen.
Wood sent the following reply: "Cer
tainly not. The only conditions on
which rations are to be issued are the
complete disarmament and disband
ment of the troops."
Some of the Cubans here consider
that the United States is treating its
allies badly in not allowing the Cuban
forces to remain armed. They con
tend that the Cuban soldiers who have
been fighting three years and who
speak the language of the country, nre
better fitted for garrison duty than
"untrained volunteers."
The Cuban general Rodriguez vir
tually voices the sentiment of the
Cuban army when he says: "Wet-hank
the United States for the ass'stance it
has given us, but the time has now
arrived when Cubans should be placed
in the highest offices and should pre
pare to take over the island on the
departure of the Spanish."
Cuban extremists here are jubilant
at the reported attitude of the Cuban
assembly at Santa Cruz del Stir, where
the delegates, while expressing their
gratitude to the Americans, practical
ly demand a distinctive Cuban gov
ernment.
Got. Ilnsliriell Visit* Camp Meade.
Middletown, Ha., Oct. 26.—Gov.
Bushncll, of Ohio, arrived in Camp
Meade yesterday. A review of the
First brigade, First division, was held
in the governor's honor. He after
wards inspected the camp and made
personal inquiries as to whether the
men desired to remain in the service,
finding a ma jority in favor of remain
ing. The Pennsylvania, Ohio and New
Jersey regiments are getting ready to
vote on November 8. Gov. Hushnell
told some of the Ohio troops that he
did not think they would be sent to
Cuba.
GUMS CLOSE.
Peace Jubilee Ends witli a
Grand Civic Parade.
THE CRADLE OF LIBERTY
Independence Hall lie-dedicated
After Being Repaired.
GORGEOUS STREET DISPLAY.
Progress of the Nation in Science. Com
merce, Art and War In Illustrated by a
Series of Float#—Twenty Thousand Bleu
In the Procession.
Philadelphia, Oct. 29. —The great
peace jubilee was brought to u glor
ious conclusion Friday. Beginning
with last Sunday's church services
and including the naval and military
demonstrations of Tuesday and
I hursday, and yesterday's monster
civic celebration, the demonstration
has been an unparalleled success
throughout. The magnificent illumi
nation of the city continued last night
and the streets were jammed with
people.
The exercises of the day opened
with the re-dedication <»f old Inde
pendence hall, the historic building
from which the Declaration of Inde
pendence was read to the people of
the new republic on July 4, 1776. The
buildings which had from time to
time since that date been added for
use as offices of the municipal au
thorities have all been recently re
moved and the famous hall is now in
its original form as 123 years ago,
when occupied by the I'nited States
congress and the national government
officials.
The re-dedication exercises were
presided over by Gov. Hastings and
were opened by prayer by Rev.
lirownson. The anthem "My Country,
'Tis of Thee." was sn n<r by ,'i,ooo pupils
of the public schools, accompanied
with music by the First regiment
band. The memorial poem com
posed by Mrs. Florence Coates,
dedicated to the peace jubilee, was
read by Daniel \V. Hutchins, principal
of one of the public schools. The
anthem "Columbia" was sung by the
scholars and then followed the ora
tion by Mayor Warwick.
I'pon the conclusion of the cere
monies the audience hurried to posi
tions from which to see the monster
civic procession. A stand covering
the sidewalk the entire length of the
front of the historic hall V.«d been
erected for occupancy during the pa
rade by the 3,000 school children who
had participated in tlie dedication ex
ercises.
The mammoth trades display start
ed at. II o'clock, headed by Maj. Gen.
Snowden and statT.
More than 20.000 men were in the
line, the beauty of which was en
hanced by many interesting floats.
Especially handsome were those illus
rative of art. The float of the
School of Design for Women dealt
with the renaissance, the subject be
ing "Peace Receiving the Homage of
Industries." The other art schools
were represented by floats typifying
classic art and the mechanical trades.
Among the subjects were painting,
sculpture, architecture and poetry,
and many of the students, costumed
according to the respective periods,
were in line. There were also a
weaver at his loom; a dyer at his
vat: a printer at his press; a potter
molding his clay, with many other
symbolic figures.
The commercial museums had floats
descriptive of Hawaii, the Philippines,
Porto liieo and Cuba. Four natives
in costume were on the Hawaiian
float, which also carried bags of
sugar, coffee and other products. The
same idea was pursued on the other
floats representing our newly acquir
ed colonies. One of the most striking
floats was that representing the inter
ior of the old Ross house, with Metsy
Ross exhibiting to Washington and
Hancock the first American flag ever
made. It was called "The l.irth of
the American Flag."
One of the most elaborate displays
was that styled "Our Reunited Coun
try." It showed a group of Ameri
can soldiers, among whom stood with
clasped hands a Confederate and an
I'nion soldier. "After Many Years"
was the title of a float representing
John Hull and t'nele Sam clasping
hands across the bows of their respec
tive cruisers. ' A Trifle Embamussed"
showed I'ncle Sam and Miss Column
bia standing at the threshold of the
'•United States Foundling Asylum."
at their feet a group of dusky chil
dren representing Hawaii, tlie Philip
pines. Cuba and Porto Rico clamoring
for recognition.
Other floats showed Hobson's raft,
Dewey at Manila, the lied Cross min
istering to wounded soldiers, the
heroes of the war, and Liberty—'the
latter represented by Columbia and
the 1.1 original states.
The evolution of the army and navy
was illustrated by bodies of march
ing men dressed in the costumes of
the different periods of American his
tory from 1 T7»> to 1861.
Three hundred employes of the cus
tom house and 100 of the post office
marched near the head of the line
and after them came the secret and
beneficial orders,
A from Druey.
Washington, Oct. 29.—Admiral
Dewey has cabled the navy depart
ment that everything is quiet at
Pekin. that no further troubles are
anticipated and that American inter
ests there are not in danger. The Pet
rel is at Taku, the seaport of Tien
Tsin, and as navigation of the l'ei 110
river, upon which Tien Tsin is situat
ed, closes in November, no attempt
will be made to send the vessel up
that stream. The Hostou has sailed
from Taku for CUefoo.
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