"WAR IN COLOMBIA. Battles Botweon Government Troops and Insurgents. gutted states \Vnr»hlp* Land a Pore© «T Marines to Protect the ItuilrouU L Across the Isthmus and the lu te rests ol' America us—lowa's Captain Commands. Colon, Nov. 26.—An armed guard of marines from the United States bat- i Itleship lowa has re-established the j transit ucross the isthmus and the j lowa's marines are now protecting | each passenger train. There has been fierce fighting at Empire station, on the railroad line j between Panama and Colon, between j the insurgents and the troops of the Colombian govern, .lent, with very heavy losses on both sides. The government troops advanced and the fighting was stubborn all (along the railroad line until Empire station, a mile and a half distant, was reached. The liberals retreated slow ly, Alban's men following them until "the latter eventually reached Mat a chin station. Here Gen. Alban met and conferred with C'apt. Perry, of the lowa, who was returning from Colon on an armored train. It is un derstood that C'apt. Perry will nof. ! tallow the railroad to transport troops, consequently Gen. Alban and ! {his men were forced' to push ahead on loot. It is said here that they thus j reached San Pablo, where the liberals are in force, and that fighting is tak ing place there. The liberals are un der the command of Gen. Lugo. The secretary of the navy has cabled Capt. Perry, of the lowa, to as sume full command of all The United States naval forces on both sides of the isthmus, in order to insure har monious operations. Colon, Colombia, Nov. 27. —The over due passenger train, with a marine guard on board, arrived here last ] evening. The train brougnt news to the effect that Gen. Alban with about j 300 government troops had crossed Barbacoa bridge and is continuing ihis march to Colon. The liberal forces continue to retreat before him. They explain their retreat by saying they have no ammunition. All of the fighting yesterday occurred at Bar bacoa bridge. •Passengers by the delayed train as- . eert that fully 100 conservatives were killed and wounded during the tight- j ing there and that the liberal losses j •were insignificant. The liberals are \ now approaching Gatum station (about five miles from Colon), and it ; is believed a decisive engagement will probably be fought at Monkey Hill cemetery, distant one mile from the j limits of Colon. The trains which left here Tues- j day afternoon for Panama with the j lowa's marines and the passengers from the steamer Orizaba were de layed in transit, but reached Panama safely. Colon, Colombia, Nov. 2S. —The fol lowing dispatch has been received from I'anama: "The Colombian gunboat Boyaca was dispatched Tuesday, having on board about 50 soldiers, for Chamo or its vicinity, where it was claimed a fj party of liberals, under Gen. I'orras, | had received quite recently a fresh supply of arms and ammunition. "San Paolo and Harbaeoa are j known here to be liberal strongholds ! and place-- very easy to defend, while | to cross t j bridge spanning the Cha- j •gres river, now swollen, was next to j impossible for an attacking force. The feat was accomplished, however, but the reason the liberals abandoned j Harbaeoa is not made clear. The j death rate on the government side ■was very great, many bodies falling | fin the river. An attempt was also j made to make a detour on the river j in boats, but the Chagres was swol- j len. the boats were capsized and many men were drowned. Colon, Colombia, Nov. 29.—The gov ernment force, 300 strong, under Gen. lAlban, on reappearing at Buena Yista Wednesday afternoon, opened fire on the liberal forces under Col. Barrera. The latter were not entrenched, but occupied the top of a small hill at Buena Y'fita. The fighting, which was of the most savage nature, lasted until 5:30 p. m. without stopping, ■when the government forces, owing to the great loss tney had sustained, •were compelled to give way and re treated toward Frijoles. Over 100 men were killed or wounded, the bodies lying all along the railroad track. A train on reaching Buena Vista was unable to pass, owing to a pile of corpses blocking its passage. About 20 wounded men were taken to (Panama on the evening train. The liberal loss was less than a dozen men. A conference between the liberal and conservative representatives and the officers commanding the foreign •warships was held here Thursday on Iboard the United States gunbt>at iMarietta. The commanding officers of the Ma rietta, of the British cruiser Tribune nnd of the French cruiser Suehet and Lieut. Commander MeCrea, of the Machias, and Capt. Perry, of the lowa, were present, as were Gens. 'Alban and Jeffries, representing the government of Colombia, and Senor De La Kosa, secretary to Gen. Diaz, who represented the liberal party of Colombia. No information as to result of this conference has been made public. It can be said on the best authority, however, that the liberals will surren der Colon to the government authori ties to-day. Five Men Drowned. Philadelphia, Xov. 26.— Five men •were drowned Sunday at Long Branch during the storm. The men were members of the crews of the barges "Wilmore and Grant, which were lost toy the tug Eureka. The two barges came ashore at Chadw ick. N. J., about one and a hall miles south of Long Branch. There were seven men on the barges when they went ashore. All of the crew of four on one of the ibarges were washed overboard and lost while the nfe savers saved two of the men on the other barge. The third man was washed overooard and drowned. CITY TREASURER SUICIDED. Dlacovery ol" r Ills; ShorUifr 111 III) Account* < aimea mi Official at Louis ville, H)., to Take 111 m Own l>lfe. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 2s. —After be ing offered an evening- newspaper which said his hooka were under ex amination by expert accountants, Stuart I!. Young, city treasurer of Louisville, last evening l went to the rear of a warehouse at Sixth and Nel son streets and committed suicide by shooting himself behind the right ear with a pistol. A great sensation was created late in the afternoon when an evening pa- I'er appeared with a story that ac- j countants were at work on the books ] of the retiring city treasurer and that J it was reported that discrepancies had been found in his accounts. Im- j mediately the friends of Mr. Young began to look for him, not believing the reports. Shortly after 6 p. m. Mr. Young was seen at the entrance of the Louisville hotel, where he lived with his bride j of a few months. Two newsboys. . who knew Mr. Young, ran up and j said: "Mr. Young, don't you want a pa- j per? It's got your picture in it." One glance at the double column | headlines told Mr. Young why the \ paper had printed a double-column j picture of him. Instead of entering the hotel he walked down Sixth street j towards the river, the newsboys fol- | lowing him on the ottier side of the j street. At Nelson street Mr. Young j turned off between some box cars, j The boys feared to follow him any j further and, returning to the Louis- j ville hotel, described Mr. Young's ac- j lions to "Kid" Johnson, a liaekman | whose carriage stand is in front of j the hotel. Johnson was acquainted | with Young and following the direc- j tion given by the newsboys found Mr. Young lying face downward in the cinders, his right arm under him. Seeing a bullet hole behind Mr. | Young's right ear, Johnson turned j the body over. Then he saw a pistol in Mr. Young's right hand. Life was j extinct. Stuart B. Young was 35 years old j and one of the most prominent men in Louisville. He was a graduate of Princeton university. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 20.—'Beyond the statement made to Mayor Grang er by one of the expert accountants, that discrepancies amounting to $23,- 000 had been found in the books of the former city treasurer, Stuart It. | Young, who committed suicide Wed- i nesday evening, nothing definite is known ns to how the accounts stand between the city and its former treas urer. When asked for an authorita tive statement last night one of the accountants said that beyond the amount mentioned he had absolutely no idea as to what the alleged short age is. He added that the account ants would require two weeks togo over the books of the treasurer's of fice. During his four years' term as city treasurer, Mr. Young handled $11,000,000. REV. CROWLEY RETRACTS. The Itrbollloun I'rlnst .11 a Urn Peace Willi ArcliblaUop Feehau antl Card* Inal iTlnrlliielli. Chicago, Nov. 2S.—Announcement was made yesterday by Thomas A. Moran, attorney for Archbishop Fee han, that the sentence of cation which was pronounced against Father Jeremiah J. Crowley would j be recalled within a few days. This is expected to put an end to the case against the deposed priest, and the injunction proceedings begun against him to prevent his worship in the Cathedral of the tHoly Name will be withdrawn. Attorney Moran said: "Some days ago Father Crowley addressed a com munication to Cardinal MartinelH. This led to a furt her consideration of the matter by the cardinal, with the result that Father Crowley again ad dressed the cardinal as follows: " 'Your Eminence: To save the j honor of our beloved church and to repair the scandal I may have given to Catholic people, I sincerely regret whatever 1 may have said disrespect ful to your eminence and to the arch bishop of Chicago, and I also retract anything I may have said or written which could not be approved by the Catholic church.' "The cardinal thereupon further ad vised with the archbishop and as soon as the details are attended to the sentence of excommunication which was pronounced against Father Crow ley will be recalled." TALKED IN HIS SLEEP. All Alleged Traill Itobber 1* Knld to Have Spoken of tlie Crime While Under all Opiate'* I n lliience. Great Falls, Mont., Nov. 28.—Denuty Sheriff Ledbetter has arrested at Nei hart a man known as Hob Collins, who is believed to be O. C. Hanks, a partner of Harry Longbaugh. Kid Curry and George Parker, in the (ireat Northern train robbery on July 3. Collins does not confess his iden tity, but admits he helped to rob the train and that he has $12,500 buried. When Longbaugh was arrested at St. Louis Collins became nervous and nnally had togo to bed. A physician was called and gave him a hypoder mic injection to quiet him. In the sleep and delirium which fol lowed Collins raved about Longbaugh and the robbery. When he recovered he was thrown in the companionship of a ton provided by the authorities, who succeeded in getting a full con fession. The plot to rob the train, says Collins, was made by him and Longbaugh and Curry. Deatli ol' George 'I Pullman. San Francisco, Nov. 29. —George M. Pullman, son of the late millionaire car builder, died Thursday at his country home at San Mateo, aged 20. He had been ill several weeks ot pneu monia. but until 'I uesday his condi tion was not considered serious. On that day he suffered a severe relapse and grew steadily weaker. Early Thursday morning he was attacked with a hemorrhage and within a few minutes passed away. The deceased was married for the second time a few weeks ago at Keno, Nev., to Mra. Brazell. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 5, 1901. DEATH CAME TO 29. A Terribly Fatal Boiler Explosion in Detroit. A Tliree-Ktory HtilMlii- Containing Scori's ol Workmen Ik Completely Destroyed KUIIIM Caught Mro ami Tlione Iturked IndernealU %Vere Humeri to Deatli. Detroit. Mich., Nov. 27.—Twenty-six men are dead, five of them unidenti fied and so terribly burned and black ened that identification is almost im possible, and 24 other men are lying in hospitals suffering from terrible cuts, burns and otner injuries, all re sults of the explosion of one of the boilers in the Penberthy Injector Co.'s large plant at the corner of Ab bott street and Brooklyn avenue, Tuesday. Eighteen men and boys have not as yet been located, either at their homes or at the hospitals. The five unidentified bodies account for live of these, and the officers of the com pany say they feel positive that tile major portion of the remaining 13 are at their homes. Last night a large force of men was searching the ruins by electric light, and the work will not be stopped until every foot of the debris has been ex amined. The Penberthy Injector Co.'s plant occupied half a square at the corner of Abbott street and Brooklyn ave nue. It was composed of two brick buildings, separated by a 10-foot al ley. The rear building, in which the boiler was located and which was completely destroyed, was three stories high. The boiler room was located at the j northwest corner of the building, on j the first floor. It was in this build- j ing that most of the manufacturing j was. The first floor was utilized as 1 the engine and boiler room and a room for testing the output of the plant. The finishing and brass man ufacturing department was located j on the second floor and the third floor was devoted tt> the foundry. It is j impossible to tell exactly how many i men were at work in the various de partments of this rear building when j the explosion occurred, but the offi- j eers insist that the number was not ; over 85. There were four boilers in the plant, two horizontal ones which furnished steam for the engines, and two vertical boilers which were used solely to test injectors. It was the j horizontal boiler which let go and caused t.he awful loss of life. The awful crash came without the slightest warning. Those in the front building said it seemed like the concussion of an immense cannon. The floors and roof of the building j bulged upward and then crashed down with their heavy loads of ma- j chin cry and foundry apparatus. Walls, roof and all dropped into a shapeless j mass of debris. Windows in houses j for a block around were broken by the concussion, and flying bricks filled the neighboring yards. A dense cloud of dust arose, and as it settled and was succeeded by denser clouds of smoke and steam, agonized cries be gan to come from the heap of tangled wood, metal and bricks. Those who were only partly buried, frantically dug themselves out, and then turned to digging for their comrades who were buried deeper. Flames broke out almost immediately and the hor ror of fire was added to the suffering of the imprisoned ones. A fire alarm was turned in and quickly responded to. Calls were sent out for all the ambulances in the city and they were hurried to the scene. Pending their arrival, neigh- I horing houses were turned into tem porary hospitals, and those physicians who were in the vicinity eased the sufferers as much as they were able. The first ambulances on the scene were totally inadequate to carry those who had already been extricat ed. and express wagons and similar j vehicles were pressed into service. The floors and roof had fallen at an angle and formed a sort of huge cov er, under which the fire burned fierce ly.' Not until the firemen had chopped through this did their streams beL'in to have an effect on the flames. The sufferings of those who were buried beneath were later mutely testified to by their charred and blackened bodies. Engineer Riley was among the first to be dug out of the wreck. His es cape was little short of miraculous. When the boiler let go he was knocked to the floor and one of the smaller testing boilers was blown over his prostrate form in such a way that one end rested on some debris high above him, thereby forming a shield that kept the falling timbers, bricks and machinery from crushing him. The property loss, according to Secretary Chi Ids, is about $ ISO,OOO. The firm carried $70,000 tire and some boiler insurance, but how much of the latter Secretary Childs could not say. Detroit, Mich., Nov. 28.—When the search of the ruins of the rear build ing of the Penberthy Injector Co.'s plant, at the corner of Abbott street and Brooklyn avenue, which was to tally wrecked by a boiler explosion, was completed iast night, the death list had reached a total of 2!). All but two of the company's employes have been located, and as these men worked in the front building, which was not wrecked, it is thought that they are at their homes. The men's addresses are not on the company's books, so it may be some time before tney are located. Sciiiple Jury Failed to Aarree. Philadelphia, Nov. 27.—After delib erating for nearly ISO hours, the jury in the case of John L. Semple, the Camden. N. J., lawyer, who was tried in the United States district court here, charged with aiding counterfeit ers, were unable to agree and were discharged by Judge McPherson. Sem ple was accused of having assisted Arthur Taylor and Baldwin S. Bre dell in the manufacture of plates from which were printed S2O counter feit notes. Taylor and Brcdell are j awaiting sentence for their part in I the famous Lancaster, Pa., revenue stamo counterfeiting case. A GREAT CALAMITY Collision of Passenger Trains on the Wabash Road. Nearly SO Persons are Head an the He suit ol' uu Accident Near Seneeu, Mich.-One ol the Worst Wrecks In the History of Kaliroad- Ins in the I ultcd Stales- Detroit, Mich., Xov. 2S. —From 100 to 150 persons were killed or injured last night iu the most disastrous rail road wreck in the history of Michi gan railroads. Two heavily loaded passenger trains on the Wabash rail road collided head-on at full speed one mile east of Seneca, the second sta tion west of Adrian, .Mich. The westbound train of two cars, loaded with immigrants, and five other coaches were smashed and burned, with the result of awful loss of life and fearful injuries to a majority of its passengers. The east-bound train, the Continen tal limited, suffered in scarcely less degree. The track in the vicinity of the wreck is strewn with dead aud dying. Xo. 4, the Continental limited, had engine Xo. 609, Engineer Strong, Con ductor (jl. J. Martin, and No. 13, double-header, engine 88, Engineer Work and engine 151, Engineer Parks, Conductor Charles Troll. Xo. 4, it. is believed, disobeyed orders in not waiting at Seneca for Mo. 13, thereby causing the wreck. Detroit, Mich., Xov. 29.—When night fell over the scene of Wednes day evening's awful calamity on the Wabash railroad near Seneca, Mich., those who had been investigating the disaster had found nothing to alter the estimate of about 80 lives lost as a result of the collision. Superintendent George M. Hums, of the division on which the wreck oc curred, insists that the estimates are too high. "1 do not consider," said lie, "that the total death list will ex ceed 20." However, in support of the larger estimate it is pointed out that there are now 14 passengers known to be dead. The bodies of eight of these have been recovered and it is considered that the fragments of oth er bodies now in the morgue at Adrian will account for many more than the 12 dead necessary to make up Superintendent Hums' estimate of 20. in addition to the comparatively few fragments recovered and sent to the morgue, those who were early on the scene say that many more pieces were discovered which crumbled to powder while they were being re moved. Superintendent Burns said last night that he was unable to tell the exact number of Italian emigrants aboard train Xo. 13, but thought that there were not more than 50. Pas sengers on the train and a number of those who were early on the scene dispute this and say the number was nearer 80. Superintendent Burns has received no report from Ticket Collector Eames, of train 13, who probably knows nearer than any one else the number of Italians ill the cars. Coroner Hamilton, of Adrian, im panelled a jury yesterday and will begin an inquest into the disaster to day. All the jurors are prominent in the business affairs of the city of Adrian. Xo steps have been taken as yet toward the arrest of Engineer Strong, whom Superintendent Burns says is responsible for the collision and holocaust. Superintendent Burns estimates the financial loss to the Wabash at $48,000. I'he three engines piled themselves in a heap with the leading engine, Xo. 13, above the other two. The first three coaches of the train were so telescoped that they were nothing but a mass of debris. One immigrant car was compressed into a compass of about eight.feet in length on the track. The flames started below the immigrant cars and here the heav iest loss occurred. In Xo. 4 the engine was followed by an accommodation car. This was struck and bore the shock bravely. The leading day coach of the train, however, telescoped and burned. That the officials of the Wabash railroad are trying to minimize the results of the catastrophe is evident from the official lists of the dead given to the local papers. This list shows t'he names of but ten dead and 48 injured. The Detroit newspaper nifn who were at the scene of the wreck and talked with survivors say that the official list does not bear out the statements of tin* passengers, nor evidence of the horrible loss of life which they witnessed at the spot where the accident occurred. The Free Press says that the loss of life was in round numbers 100 and that the statements made by the Ital ian emigrants in train Xo. 13 bear out this claim. These immigrants say that there were about 125 of their nationality on the train and that only about 25 of them escaped. While there are only ten of them known to be dead, it is asserted that the other ninety were completely incinerated and that with the removal of the wreckage the bodies crumbled to dust. Peru, Ind., Xov. 29.—Twenty-five persons who were injured in the Wa bash wreck arrived here Thursday. Lucie Yirgiles and Trubu/.zi Silvestro, although frightfully injured, were able to talk briefly. They were well acquainted with ihe people in their party and say that 100 of the Italians are missing and unaccounted for. Insurgent Activity Ki-vives. Manila, Xov. 28. —The insurgents have attacked a commissary wagon train between Magdalena. and Gajay ja/.a, seriously wounding a sergeant and a private of the Eighth regiment and captured Privates Dunn and Fren ning, two horses, three rifles and 300 rounds of ammunition. There has been a recrudescence of insurgent ac tivity at Tanauan, province of Batan gas, southwest Luzon. An interpreter was killed in Ihe market place for re fusing to donate a percentage of his salary to the insurgents. Other gov ernment "inployes have ber» threat ened. FOOTBALL SEASON ENDS. Several Snr|irl«ei «fc Moled In the Uainri IMayed Tliiuik«i;lTlni; Day. Chicago, Xov. 2'J. —University of Michigan scored almost at will •against University of lowa, making 50 points to Ihe Hawkeyes* 0. Thus Mulligan closes the rwrular football season with a total record of 501 points, while not one of the teams she has met has been able to score a single point against her. lowa played a sturdy, plucky game, but was out classed. Ten thousand people saw the game. Wisconsin 35, Chicago 0, and Wis consin's goal only twice in the least danger. Straight football won the day, and team work on the part of the victors was clever, though in nearly every case scores were m-ide by star plays. Chicago throughout the game put up a manful though unavailing offense. Almost perfect conditions for fast ball prevailed. Over 6,000 enthusiasts witnessed the game. Philadelphia, Nov. 29.—The Univer sity of Pennsylvania football team ended its disastrous season yesterday with a crushing defeat at the hands of the Cornell eleven, the Ithaca boys scoring lit points so the Quakers' 6. It was the first time since the two uni versities have played football togeth er that Cornell has been able to con quer Pennsylvania. All through the contest the red and blue players 'ought their opponents every inch of the way, but the boys from New York state were superior to them in every department of the game except in punting. Xo matter how hard the Pennsylvanians tried Cornell was always there to meet them. Cornell's offense was power ful. New York, Xov. 29.—-With practical ly perfect football for the first 65 minutes of play, Columbia rolled up their largest score of the season against the Carlisle Indian team yes terday. In that time they scored 40 points, shutting out the Indians com pletely. In the last five minutes, how ever, the Indians made a sudden brace and Columbia, going to pieces from the previous hard work, the Car lisle team gained 12 points almost in the twinkling of an eye, making the final score 40 to 12 in favor of the blue and white. Pittsburg, T'a., Xov. 29. —Homestead won from Washington and Jefferson college by the score of 12 to 0, but the contest was the hardest the stars have had during the season. Lexington, Ky„ Xov. 29. —The State college team defeated the University of Cincinnati 10 to 0. The final 12 minutes of the game were not played, owing to injuries to Cincinnati play ers. Columbus, 0., Xov. 29. —Ohio State university defeated Kenyon in the an nual Thanksgiving game by a score of 11 to 6. ' AN SBOO,OOO BLAZE. Fire Marl* In a Itoi Factor? at New Vork rily aud Spreads to Adjacent lliilldltiifs. Xew York, Xov. 29.—Half a million dollars is the estimate of the loss by a fire last evening in the vicinity of Tenth street and t.he East river. Sev eral firemen were hurt, but none seri ously. The blaze started in the plant of \V. E. Uptegrove & Brothers, manu facturers of boxes, veneers and woodwork, and this firm was the prin cipal sufferer. One of its buildings was a seven-story structure, while tnose surrounding it were one-story buildings. All of Uptegrove & Bros.' mill was destroyed. From the Standard Oil Co.'s depot, on Elev enth street, thousands of gallons of oil were drained into the river to pre vent a great explosion and resulting conflagration. What started the fire is not known. It quickly spread to all the Upte grove buildings. Within and sur rounding these were great quantities of kiln-dried wood to feed upon. The walls of the larger Uptegrove build ing fell in and crushed the stable of the Standard Oil Co. in the rear. All the horses had been removed. After the fire was thought to be under control it broke out again and spread to the works of the Mutual Gas Co. This outbreak was caused by a fireman dropping a burning win dow sash into the street. The street was flooded with water on which was a thick coating of oil. This ignited and the flames leaped into the gas company's property. The fire then turned across the street and the immense store of lum ber owned by Hegemeyer A* Sons was ignited. It comprised some 18,000,000 feet of valuable woods. Fire Chief Croker estimated at a late hour last night that the total damage would approach SBOO,OOO. He estimated that the loss to.l. Nr. Sauls paugh will be $125,000; "William E. Uptegrove &' I'ro., $350,000; the Mu tual Gas Co., $100,000; O. M. Hege meyer $150,000, and the Standard Oil Co." $75,000. The Switchmen's Strike. Pittsburg, Xov. 29.—There appears to be no radical change in the switch men's strike situation. The strikers still claim that the roads are badly crippled and the company officials are just as positive in their statement that there is practically no strike ex cept on the Allegheny Valley road, which they say is gradually resuming normal conditions. At a meeting of the strikers yesterday 38 new mem bers were taken in. Six men known as "extras" in the Pennsylvania yard joined the strikers, but their places were filled at once. Arrested lor Stealing n Report. Xew York, Xov. 28. —Carl 11. Hoff man, who was employed as stenog rapher bv the isthmian canal commis sion at Washington, was yesterday arraigned before Commissioner Shields, charged with stealing govern ment papers. He agreed to return to Washington to stand trial on the charge. Hoffman was arrested Tues day night. The charge against him is that on Xovember 19 he stole a copy of the final report of the com mission to President Roosevelt. It was charged that Hoffman offered a copy of the canal commission's r» port to the French ambassador. A SHARPWARNING. Officeholders Must Not Med dle in Politics. AX OFFICIAL LETTER. Federal Employes at Kansas City are Admonished. ATTORNEY GENERAL KNOX. lie Call* Attention to llie Civil Kprvlr* Itule H lilrb I'orlilil* Government KniplojrFa to Solicit or deceive Po litical Contribution*. Kansas City, Mo„ Xov. 30.—The Uni ted States marshal and district attor ney have received a circular from At torney General Knox with orders to post it in the office and call it to the attention of all employes. The circular says: "Your attention is directed to a cir cular of this department issuing- Au gust 20, f'JOO, in which Section 2 of the civil service act of January IG, 1881!, forbidding any executive officer or employe to'solicit or receive politi cal contributions from any officers or employes of the United States, was quoted, and all persons serving under this department were required to ob serve strictly the prohibitions of this law, and were recommended 'to re frain from service on political com mittees charged with the collection of campaign funds. I now repeat the injunctions of that circular, and add the following further directions oti this subject: "Rule Xo. 2 of the civil service rules provides that no person in the civil service shall use his official authority or official influence for the purpose of interfering with an electron or con trolling the result thereof. The spirit of the civil service laws renders it highly undesirable for federal offi cers and employes to take an active part in political conventions, or in. the direction of other parts of politi cal machinery. 'Persons in the gov ernment service under this depart ment should not act as chairmen of political organizations, nor make themselves unduly prominent in local political matters." CUBA'S GREATEST NEED. Ken. Wood Say* It Lie* In Iteductlon ol' Tariff Untie* on and To. bnecn, by tile 1 lilted State*. Washington. Xov. 30.—Gen. Leonard Wood, military governor of Cuba, ar rived here last night. The general will spend some days in Washington, conferring with the president and the secretary of war regarding affairs in Cuba. Since his last trip to Washing ton, about two months ago, Gen. Wood has traveled over practically the whole island of Cuba, familiariz ing himself with conditions, and he is able to give the officials here a complete and intelligent account of affairs and the people's needs. He will reiterate his previous recommendations for a reduction in the duties on sugar and tobacco im posed by the United States govern ment. (ten. Wood believes this abso lutely necessary for the financial re habilitation of the island and to pre vent the recurrence of conditions which existed under Spanish rule. He will urge earnestly upon the presi dent and the secretary of war that it is the duty of this government, now that it has taken the Cubans under its protection, to encourage them to become self-supporting and enable them to maintain the excellent condi tions which have resulted from Amer ican occupation. iTlore Soldier* are deeded. London, Xov. 30.—The correspon dents of the Times in Pretoria, whose recent dispatches giving the numbers of the I'oer commandoes are supposed to have been allowed to pass through the censorship as a warning that more British troops were wanted in South Africa, sends a sketch of the positions of the 'British columns and states that more men are needed to accelerate the attrition of the Boers and that a further partitioning of the country by lines of blockhouses is necessary. Voted Not to lletnrn to Work. Pittsburg, Xov. 30.—At a joint meeting of the former workmen al the Star and Monogaliela tin plate plants in this city, it was decided by a vote of 197 to 3 not togo back to work at the plants, where the Mones sen system is in operation. It is al leged that most of the men voting have secured other employment, and that there are only 20 of the Man on galiela men and 30 of the Star men out of work and drawing the strike benefits of $4 a week. A Duke'* Tumble. London, Xov. 30.—The Puke of Tecle was thrown from his horse yesterday while out hunting near Xantwich, sustaining a concussion of the brail* and an injury to h.is hip. His horse struck a barbed wire fence and! pitched the duke violently over his head. The attending physicians re port that the duke's injuries aire not alarming. I '■lie (Government Appeal*. ■Washington, Xov. 30.—The Unite*! States has appealed to ttie district court of appeals from the decision of .1 udge Bradley rendered last July it» the case of Itear Admiral Sampson, officers and men of the North Atlan tic squadron in the battle off Santiago against the Infanta Maria Teresa and other vessels for prize money. Judge Bradley held that the Infanta Maria Teresa and her guns and ammunition should be condemned and forfeited to the United States as lawful prize, and that Admiral Sampson and his officers and men should receive and share iu the prize uiuney. 3
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