——————— BA ech vm crm At Dallas, Texas, the battle flag eaptured during the war by Indiana soldiers from the Texas Rangers, was returned, the governors of both states participated in the exercises, Marcus I. Hennlon was arrested at Orange, N. J., charged with the murder of Nathaniel Dobbins, whose skeleton was found under a heap of rocks, Captain Bowen, of the Arctieo Stream, res ported, at Santa Monica, Cal, the wreck of the British steamer Tekon, and loss of all but five of the crew, President MoKinley received enthusiastic greetings at his old home,Canton, and other Western cities through whioh his special car passed. The Mallory Line steamer Leona was de. stroyed by flre at her whart lo the East River, New York, The cargo, valued a $200,000, is u total loss, A syndieato of Penvsylvania and other Eastern capitalists has bought 125,000 neres ol coal lands in lodispa and Armstrong counties, Pa, The convention of the High Tent, Inde pendent Order of Rechabites, closed at Waasbington, to meet next year at Lonscon- ing, Md. Buck Spear, one of the two prisoners who escaped from the New Jersey Penitentiary, was captured nt Susquehanna, Pa, The Allen-Thompson-Whitney Company's furniture factory, In Bouth Ashburnbam, Mass., was destroyed Ly fice, President Eckert, of the Western Union Telegraph Company, wired the president of the New York Cotion Exchange, declining to discharge the employes responsible for | the misleading cotton quotations, J. T. Reese, of the National Mine Work. | ers’ Union, In an address to striking miners at Leavenworth, Kas, sa'd no miners’ kit | was complete without a rifle, Sixty blacksmiths, who came from New | York to work at the Cramps’ shipyards, | yielded to the importunities of the strikers and refused to go to work. Captain J. W. Partridge, of the Little Island Life-saviog Station, Va., was arrested | on the charge of criminally assauiting Mrs. Moore, Mrs. Owens, of King George county, Va., was placed on trial on the charge of Lurn- Ing the storehouse of J, C. Ninde, Frank Walker and bis bride were mur- dered in Montgomery, Mo., by Charles Rao- kin, who then killed himseif, Two men were killed and two others | fatally injured by the explosion of a sawmill | bolier in Loulsa county, Va. The eleventh annual convention American Bottlers' Association was io Cinelonati, Chicago's Fall Festival was opened with a | brilliant electrical display. The Gallego Mills property was sold in | Richmond, Va., for £105,000, Louis Westerman burned himsell to death at Toledo, Ohlo. The first of the series of international | yacht races between the American boat | Columbia and the British boat Shamrock | on the Atlantic ocean, outside of New York harbor, was declared “wo race’ because | neither vessel finished within the required | time limit of five and a ball hours, At the expiration of the time limit the Shamrock | was leading the Columbia by a little more | than a quarter of a mile, The boats were then four miles from the finish, having trav. eled 26 miles. The time expired at 445 PF. | M., the race having started at 11.15. Toe reason forthe failure of the boats finish | within the time limit was the comparative | lightness of the breeze, Admiral Dewey was presented the sword | voted him by Congress. The presentation | seremonies, In which the President and | Secretary Long participated, took place at | the Capitol, whither the Admiral and other i distinguished personages were escoried Ly a | military procession, The Admiral was President McKisley's guest at a disner in | the evening. William H. Stubbs, of Baltimore, defeated | William Dufly, ‘nlindeliphia, du A contest | ln operatlag the Mergenthaler typesetting | machipes io Phiisdeiphia, The British governmeost is reported to | bave pisced large orders for canned meats i with the Chicago packers for use of the | troops in South Afriea, Augustus Hopper Kruger, of Nebraska, a | balf brother of Paul Kruger, passed through | Chicago on bis way to the Transvaal, to juin the army. i Des Moines, Iowa, was visited by a §100,- 000 fire. Miss Lucina Clark and her aged mother were burned to death at their home in Pierrepont Manor, N. Y. James Robipson and Wilbur Turner went tosleep in an lime kiln in Richmond, asd | were suffocated, The proposed American Milling Company | combine, that was to buy Hanover mills, falled, Charles RB. Swain, foreman rieger at the Newport News Ship Yard, died of dropey, H. H. Dewey, of Sheffield, Iii, unecie of the Admiral, died at Sheffield, Kansas, Seven hundred iron moulders in Pittsburg struck for an advance in wages, Work was begun on extensive termiocal improvements nt Newport News, The twenty-five cents advance iu an thracits coal has gone into «fleet, The British steamer Prodano, twelve days out from Baltimore, struck on a roek off | Newfoundiand aod is a total wreck, It is thought that the cargo will be saved, Frank Sirbraugh was arrested in Win. chester, on the charge of being implicated in the murder of Farmer Bolomon Keeler and his housekeeper, near Paw Paw, W. Va, Sadie Welsman, who was reported (0 have been fil-treated at the New Jorsey State In. dustrial School, fs dying at Paterson, N. J. Harry Hough, assistant enshier of the Cocheco National Bank, was arralgned at Dover, X. H., on charaes of smbernlement, Ex-Seaator James Harlan, the only sur. vivor of the Cabinet of President Lincoln, fs dylog in Mount Pleasant, Towa, The Chicago Fall Festival Committe and the labor organizations settled their differ. eners and opened the way to the attendanee of President McKioley at the postofies cor perstone Inying, Commander-in-chief Bhaw, of the G. A. R., sent an Invitation to Admiral Dewey to attend the G, A. KR, eneampment ia Chicago in 1900, * ; Professor Grant Haye, a publie school teacher in Knoxville, Tenn., bas been in. dicted for refusing to use Lee's blstory in hin grhool. The loss in railroad property burned in the fire at the freight depot at the Ble Four in Cincinnati may reach a million dollars, Archie Muller, of Nassau, N, Y., was ar rested In North Adams, Mass. on the charge of murdering Neville L, Lord, The State Deal Mote Iostitute In Little Rock, Ark,, was burned, all the inmates es eaping in thelr night robes, 4 A Chleago delegation, headed by Harrison, ealied on Admiral Dewey in of the | begun to of York, snd invit-d him to come to Chleago in THE NATION'S GUEST. . Dewey's Honor. Carried on a Train That Makes no Stops ~Crowds Gather at the Stations and Make the Admiari’s Journey s Contiuu- ous Trivmphal Tour. bearing Admiral Dewey and his escort from Washington at 6.50 o'clock, on time to the minute, The was made the occasion of its history. After the preliminary welcome In Now York, It remained for the highest officials of the National Government to greet the Admiral, and to join with the peo- plo who are to be his feliow-citizens in bid- ding him welcome, Pennsyivania avenue wns a mass of col- ored bunting, Unique designs In fairy lamps dotted the horizon; great searchiights beams of bright light across the sky, and the Capitol stood revealed fu of many concentrated lights, On the facade of the new Postoffice Build. ing flamed forth two inscriptions set in sage of the President, directing Dewsy to capture or destroy the Spanish fleet, nud the other setting out the Admirai's direction to the iamented Gridley, “You may fire when you are ready, Gridley." The train, as it remched the line of the District of Columbia, stopped for a few min- formality of presenting the nation's guest was performed by Commissioner Wight io Jobin Addison Porter, secretary to the ley's greetings, to whieh the Admiral Commissioner re- Admiral Dewey, you are now io the Dis of Columbia, and, the Commissioners of the representiog the District, I have uations capital and, in Behalf of the peoples bumbiest citizen, I give you a sincers and cordial welcome home, We feel gratified that Washington Is to be The peoples of Washing ton will esteem it pot only a pleasure but an honor to do all In their power to make your stay with us as pleasant as your services bave been successful at Manila, Admiral Dewey's reply was as brief and characteristic as all of bis other speeches Lave been, “1 want to thank frispds.” said be, this testimonial of your regard. It true that ss long as | live, and I bope to live a long time, I intend Washington, 1 for this expression,” Then, dropping the tone of formality fo which this bad uitered, bis bands and said, heartily: “Now I want to see mv friends. Charile, old boy, how are you?" and be grasped CC, C. ( lover by aud went through shakiog the bands of all who you “for very much, my is thank you again n Leon be extended the party, were within Ina few minutes the brilliantly lighted depot The middle alsie of train was in the in Washington, the station bad been Taking the arm of Mr, Moses, the Ad- William HH. and committeamen The throug about the raliway station choked the strewts for many biocks, Troop H, 6f the Third United States Cay. of Lieutesast Meriilat, which was to escort the Admiral street, facing the sia- tion entrance, and the United States Marine Band had formed on their right, The first commitiee of eliizens ard semy and pavy officials who bad gone to New York to meet the Admiral and eseort him to Washington, They were quickly followed Ly the Admiral bimeeil, and when he appeared 10 take his geat in the carriage the crowd went almost wild with excitement, As Boeretary Long entered the White House with the Admiral, the President came forward to greet the famous sailor, and, grasping his band, wished Lim a hearty weloome, The Admirai seknowledged the cordial sentiments expressed by the President, and then asked ns to the beaith of Mrs, MeKin- ley, saying he had beard with great regret that she hed not Leen well, Ia reply the Mre, McKinley, corridor, which Mrs, ¢itting room, and bere found her with some and received from Mrs, MeKialey, as weil as from the President, a most hearty wel come home, Returning to the library, the President fovited bis Cabinet associates to meet the Admiral, Becretary Hay breaded the party, master-General Smith, Attorney-General Origge, Becretary Root and Beertary Wik sop, Former Becretary Alger was niso present, baviog been requested by the Pres. ident to join the party, The greetings with the Cabinet wore brief, and then the President and Admiral Dewey headed the party toward the reviewing stand, They passed out of the rear of the White House, down the gravel walks and out to the street in the rear of the Treasury. The stand Lad been erected at the head of Penneyivanin avenues, just south of the moved through the stand to the prow bulit { out from its front, leaning on the arm of President McKinley, the crowd started & {| mighty cheer which passed down the ave { buw acd was taken up for blocks, The Ad- miral frequently bowed bis acknowledge | ments, The Pres!dent and Admiral Dewey were joined at the front of the stand by Becretarles Hay, Root, Hitcheoek and Wi- son and Postmaster-Genoral Smith, officers of the Olympia and other naval officinale, The head of the civic parade which had | been arranged in honor of the Admiral be- {| gan to pass In review before him shortly waiter 8 o'clock, There were many novel 6nd interesting features, The spectacle, 8s the marchers came up the length of the Avenue in the glare of the red lights, under sweeping arches of stars from thousands of | Boman enndles, was beautiful and {mn press | Ive, The begluning of the march was beralded by the bLarsting of thousands of i Rlant crackers, while bombs along the line sent showers of fire into the air, The column was headed by Gen, George { Hurrie, chile! marshal, leading a large body of bicyeilsts, A detachment of machinists followed with a #ix-lneh rifled eannon from the Wasbiug- {ton Navy Yard, bearing the luseription, { “We Make the Gune for Dewey," Columbian avd Georgetown universities were represented by long Hoes of students, uniformiy dressed sud shouting at the top of thelr throats, Admiral Dewey, seeing that the review bad lost {ts distinctive character as a pro- cession, left the stand and went to the home | of bis hostess, Mre, Washington MeLean, mother of Hop, Jobn BR, Mclean, He was accompanied by Chairman Moses, bis two aides, Lieutenant Brumby asd Caldwell, aud Lis son, George GG, Dewey. He was met at the head of the stalrease by Mre, McLean and her danghters, Mrs, Hazen and Mrs, Ludlow, and ber grandson, Capt, Frederick Burger. Mrs, MeLoan wel- comed the Admiral and turned over the house to him for bis use during his stay in Washington, Mre, MeLean snd the members of ber family then left, golug try residence, Beauvoir, in the suburbs of Washington, {0 Ler coUun- THE NATION'S GIFT. Admiral the Awarded Mim Ly Congress, Wasbiogton, (Special, )=The magnificent sword awarded Ly met of Congress to Ad- miral Dewey was bestowed upon bim fn the presence of President McKinley, the mem- bers of the Cabinet and the Judiciary, the highest officers of the army snd navy sod a vast crowd of people, Dewey Hechives Sword The sceve of the presentation was appro- upder the shadow of the of the Capitol—a spot fliled with memories of other stately ceremonies, The escort which marched fu line with the great Admiral to the Capitol was composed of scoidiers and satlors, From the flag-decorated stand the crowd beiow preseuted the picture fieid of bats aod white faces turned up white pile of the Caplio it was this vast assemblage that Admiral Dewey received from the band of Yresident McKinley the sword a sation gave wim. The focus of thousands of eyes, the central figure of a wagnificent ialiienu, be stood with military erectuess atl attention,” and iistened to dome of au immense shoulders mottied with toward the shining before the eloquent tributes paid him by the President and Secretary Long, gpeaking for the people of the United Sintes, The strain upon Admiral Dewey reaches aimost to the Lreaking poist. N those nearest 10 him could ses how be ured LO repress his fosiings d sriog the ad. dress of Secretary Long, but he arose { the bands of the to receive the sword fron mistake the fash of iid Rom 2 cd . HALES Bs i i she bat if ' when President no one ¢ ihe white-ginved if rose to dash away the tears, When it beenme Dewey's turn to reply bis voice falied made the «fort twice Lelore bis lips would respond, When be did succeed steady, but so him eouid hear, bis, and be tis tones were clear sand ow thal only those nearest There was a bit of comedy followiog the trying formalities, though 1 escaped all bul those directly on the stand. As the Admiral turned to the President and quizzical appeal, don't you think amateur 7’ Admiral Dewey salaried sn the residenos of Mre. Washington McLean lor the White House prompily at 10 o'civek, Accompasi-d by an escort of polices and commits emen and headed Ly the Marine Baud the Admiral was drives to the White House through cheering crowds, Ouly a lew minutes elapsed before the Admiral reappeared with the President ands they took seats in the Waite House carriage, The members of the Cabiset occupied the next thres carriages, former Seoretary Al ger sitting with Secretary Long, The oat- riages swept briskly down the curved drive. way into Pennsylvania avenue, Theres was a biare of bugle sommande, a erash of bands and the great possession started, At the bead of the line rode Maj Gen, Nelson A. Miles, Commandiog General of the Army, In the [ull uniform of bis rank, with the yellow fleid marshai’s sash from shoulder to hip, He was astride a superb gray horse, richly eaparison<d. Baek of him was rank after fank of military aides, all oMicers of high rank, ciosed and took Lis seat he inquired: I did “Now, really, prefry well lor an fo, i: BEAGIWAY TOWN SITE, | Commissioner Biratford Reports no ! Cini Under Russian Counveynnes, Skagway, vin Seatile, Wash, (Speelal,)— BE. L. Stratford, United States townsits eom- | missioner, has returned from the westward, ' and bas made public bis report to the gov. | ernment in regard to the investigation as to | the townsite of Bkagway. Hos says ho Nudes skagway 10 have a popu. intlon of 400, to be on a site of 200 acres, aud that there aro not now, and never bas bean, In the townsile, private or ehureh einims, held or claimed under Russian cone veynnee, as originally granted or claimed at the date of the acquisition of Alaska, Ttlinois Corenl Plant Burned, Bloomington, Iil,, (8pweial, )«-The Illinois Cereal Company's plant fo this eity caught fire and the five lares Lnildings were totally destroyed, Lowe, £200,000; insurance, $150, 000. The fire started from a dist explosion, ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE, John Campbell, of the Cameron High landers, is the youngest major in the British Army. Ha ls only 27 years of age, By the birth of a son this year to Prine Christian of Denmark, the Grand Duchess of Mecklonburg-Sehwerin Yecame a grand- mother at the age of 84, Mayor Back, of Portland, Me, n gentle man 76 years of age, bas just completed the feat of walking to the summit of Moust back agalo, Eh of North Daum, com was in FIELD OF LABOK An Austrian mateh factory makes 2,500. 000,000,000 aunually, A proposition to inerease the does from S18 cents to 25 cents a month eatsed a lively discussion at the meeting of the Pitts. burg United Labor Leagus last week, There was considerable opposition, but the proposition was eartled. A representative of the Bootbincks’ Union was sdmitted to membership Io the league, and It was ane Mysterious Movements of Russian Official. BOERS MAYBREAKLOOSE Kussln, Germany, France and Kpain Deeply Interested In Great Britain's At titude the Transvaal The Boers’ Commanders Can Murdly Hold Them in Clhieck--To Strike an Blow, Toward London, (By Cable )—Tha mysterious visit of Count Muraviefl, the Russizn Minis ter of Forelgn Affairs, to Hebestian, where he saw the Queena Regent and the King of Bpain, nnd had long conlerences with Benor Slivels, the Bpanish Premier, oceaples politieal minds, From Spain Count Muaravieff will go to Paris, Russia's nititude in the Transvaal matter Is common knowledge, Germany is official. ly neutral, but Emperor Willlam'e famous telegram to President Kruger Is not forgot. ten, aud this, added to France's situee the Fashoda affair, aud Spain's re- sentment of England's attitudes during the Hispano- American War, sets the puople sek. ing what the motives for Count Muraviefl's tour are, The jingo press poob-poohs the (dea of Earopean interference, but, fu the same Ureath, eagerly seizes upon soy ineiden’, such as the America’s Cup, races, 10 lnsist on the growing Anglo-American friendship, The Paris correspondent of the Daily News says that both France and Spals would regard ns an uniriecdly net any cessation of Portuguese territory iu Eust Alrica to Eog- d. Han WANT TO BREAK LOOYE, Commanding Officers Can Hardly Hold the Boers In Check, London, (By Cable, Contradictory spatches continue to pour In from points in Soulb Afrien. Oue correspondent stated that the Boers oceupled Lalng's Nek nightly nad also beld the mountaiss to west of VYolkrust., Other declared that neither the Boers nor the Brit- ish bad beyond the border, Transvaal officials asnouuos orders bave been Issued the commanders not to fu- vade British territory, de. the south. correspondents advanerd that Hore Ia §4 ntieut Doers d in check the 20 000 or more armed burghers now gathered at various Import. ant points on the border uatil t from this government Transvaal delayed, The that Great Britain only trying to gain time unt her the Keynote of the situation, tie fins! note is received government bosiilities by the may be joers belleve wi did authorities can gather a su to the Transvaal and the Orange this reason the of to cots tow com iwlsily overwhein Boers are take they aitack & ehanoe {or offieers are a bow ss thelr men, uhert and the othe: ) 10 hold thew back, advantage what while there Is Many of strike the minor BRUTAL MURDER, The Victim's Skall Fractured Dranken Mrawl, Md, in =» Oxford, Special (ieorge Bans Tilgb man Oxford Thomas Riley is locked up, with kKilliog him, Riley gave bimeolf up 10 the officers of the town and 100k them to Dane's io them It bore marks about the wounds were made with a elgb, Acting Coroner Mitebhell summoned a Jury of luquest, with John W. Moore as foreman. Jobo Kraft was the only other person (n the Louse when the erime was mmitted, He i, % be was The dead man bad been in Oxford oniy a sbort tice, and was runniog an ealing establishment, Base bore a good reputation, and was an Odd Feliow, belonging to Unity Lodge No. 79, at Mt. Holly, N. J. Niley is a brickmaker by trade, He has bean living bere for some tine, and aiso bad a good same, The men had been drinking. me, on street, charged the dead Lisad; the VICTIM OF BRUTAL AssAULT. A Man Badly Beaten Found Dared and Wandering in the Street, Guyandotie, W, Va., (Special James Miller, of Millersport, Oulo, was found wandering about the streets Iu the eastern part of the town In & dazed condition, He was covered with blood from head to fool, his nose belong hail ROn*, one esr cut off, several bad gashes about the face, asd his skull fractured in three places, is able to uiter “Negroes did i." by several negroes seen passing esst on the Chesapeake and Olio, He bad considerable money, Thisis all gone, as well as his wateh, Miller will likely dle, Used His Brains, two deralied fare, The Company seat him a check for $60 and posted an bulletin com. A few days Inter, Eagineer John Hagerty was oiling his engine at Conneilaviile, while waiting for the passengers to alight, He heard ancther train coming and belleved that it was not wader proper coutrol, He sprang into his eal, opened the throttle and started his tealn. The other engine struck Hagerty's promptoess saved ten or u dogen liver, The Company has ordered a handsome gold wateh, suitably Inscribed, and « gold conln for BEagineer Hagerty, ae a reward for bis devotion to duty and “using bis brains” fu time of smeorgenay, WOMAN KILLED, Man Confesses His Orime, and a Kentueky Mob Threatens a Lynching, Maysville, Ky., (Special )—Mre. J, L. Lashbrook wile of a farmer, was ravished aud murdered at hor home at Clarks Sta. tion, six miles from this elty, nt home she went to an outhouse, and while there was attacked, After the «rage her asenilant beat out the woman's brains, AGUINALDO SEEKS PEACE, Asks to Bend “A Representative of His Government’ io General Othe Maxils, (By Cable '—The Filipino Pesce Commission, which arrived at the American Hoes, brought a request from Aguinside tive of his Guvernment to uegotiste for pence, General Otis refused the request, Agulnaido’s third sttempt to shift bis dif. fieuities futo the fleid of diplomacy is a repetition of the other one or two, with an impossible endeavor 10 obtain some sort of recogoition of bis so-called government, The Flilplno envoys bed an boar's eou- ference with General Otis, They brought from Aguinaido a message that be desired peace, and wished to send a civilian govers- meutal commission to discuss the question, for bim to recoguize Aguinaido’s govern. ment in that way. They presented a letizs: from as “President of the Bepublle,” Aguinaldo which was for recoguition., General Otls Informed surgent forees, he must positively deeline to recognized him ns Presidest of the evil government, LAWYER sHOT FOR AN INAULT, W. H, Hammond Avenges Alleged Wrong to His Father. Thomasville, Ge., (Bpecinl )=Colonel A. L. Hawes, a lawyer and politician of Bais. tridge, was asssulted and shot by W, IH. Hammond, another lawyer. The difficulty grew from the argument of & cass In eham- bers before Judge Huosell, of the Superior Court, by Colonel Hawes and Captain Wil Ham Hammond, father of the man who did the shooting, onel Hawes obarged as untrue wade by Captain Hammond, They bad some words and blows with waiking canes outside the court-room, they were separated Ly policemen, Hammond, son of Captain Hammond, met Colonel Hawes, taxed him with losulting bis father, and shot bim, Both Captain Hammond and Huwes are prominent. Each bas often Leld pubiie office, & slatement but Colonel ASSAULTED BY BOERS, Englishmen Maltrested at Machadorps ~ Cubans Ofer to Fight London, (By Cable, According spateh from Lourenzo Marquer, Porlogtese, Eust Africa, a soers, who asses bied at the Machadorps sta the refuges passengers 1¢ uncover during the singing of a Boer natioual sir, and treated peveral Eagibbtnen, stabldaug apd kicking and irampiiog upon others, It is fiso thal were oUlrageocusly assanited at sation Wy B face Ly a rifle shoved through carriage window, and the ber aseciianis’ felis, The War Office, It eelved an offer to a dee crowd 1 Were fou, forced = che reported there two indies Panrdekop ere, One bLelug struck in the the ralivey Ollier struck Ly is reported, has # oe 3 kd from 200 offi Fie ors aud men of the Cuban army for service in the Trans Yani, OUTRAGE BY MASKED MOBRERS= Victims Beaten and Hound and Their House Sot on Five, Portsmouth, - Obtlo, masked robbers entered plead, twelve miles t eity, an lag revolvers, ordered the lamily 10 ren ted, 5 welve home 1 Bpecinl, the Mead from this % a Ban George Gallagher, a nephew of the Mend» refused to obey, and was ue consciousness, and the others were the beds, The robbers searched the hous tenriog up hearths and pulilng down mas iele, securing about $500, Toe robbers, Le {ore leaving, fire Lot fire went out, Gallagher is 50 badly iojared that be may die, beaten Into 4 tp tion weg L sol the Louse of the ‘Prison Demon” Escapes From Cage. Columbus, Obiln,, John Atkin. sop, coulised ln the sivel cage at the penile tentiary, Lulit for him and the other so- ealied prison “demons,” Mariat, Hearly, and O'Nell, eseaped from bis cell, nnd had secreted himssll under a bench in the corri- dor when captured. The sivel cage was thought to be abeolutely sale, thers being two sels of doors and wo sets of locks, worked only from the outside by levers and bolte, Atkinson, managed by the use of a stick, to disarrange the whole system of iocks and tree bimsell, {Bpmeinl, Fighted His Own Funeral Pere, Toledo, O., (Spreinl, j—Louls Westerman lighted his own funeral pyre at the County Infirmary by starting a blaze in a haystack with his pipe. As soon as the Humes spread be jumped in, He was burned 10 death, and £500 loss to a barn asd implements was saused Leflore the flames could be extin. guished, . Baptist Charch Burned, San Francisco, (Special j—The First Bap- tist Church was destroyed by fire, A sub. stitute fireman was struck by jortions of a tailing wall and Istaily injured. The fire The rhareh was one of Tue session of the Farmers’ Natlors! Congress, Boston, (Special, }—The Farmers’ Nationa] hands of the exectlive committer, instead of reed of greater knowledge of the Lest met. ods of securing fertility in alr, water and fertilizers, The Reaboard’s New Line, Colambin, 8, C., (Special, )~The commis. slon to the Chattanooga, Augusta and Obarleston Air Line Raliroad Company, the Seaboard Company's new Han from Charlies. ton via Augusta to Biberion, Ga, was issued by the Secretary of State, Julia James Refused Bond, Chattanooga, Tenn, (Special) — Judge Floyd Estelle denied the application for bond made by counsel for Miss Julia Morri- son James, the actress, who sbot and killed Frank Leidenbelmer at the Opera House about n week ago. He declared the murder was willul and deliberate, AANA AN UTE HAR AS Hutirond Man hot IV ARSHIPS FOR MANILA ———— Result of the President's Con~ ference With Dewey. ———— TO STAMP OUT WAR. Action Taken by MeKinley to Carry Out His Poltey ~ Brooklyn und Two Gunbosts Alrendy Belected and Orders Sent to the Navy Department to Have Then in Heondiness ne Yoon ne Possible, Washington, directed the $mmediate Phlllpplues of & aumber of Navy, ineluding the erulser President dispateh to the vousels of the Brookiyn acd the gunbonts Marietts avd Machine, The action ts the result of Admiral Dewey's interview, in which he west over the Pullip. plue situation with the President, The Kiven sre expressed determination Prosident lurvish the Army and AYy every ree souros for stamping out the Puilippine in. Burrection at the earliest possitie time, At Admiral Dewey's extonded interview With the President the former went foto the Philippine siiustion at great “X~ piniping carefully the existing condition of falrs and bis views of the outlook, eon niialrs esrnmsl recommerdation (Bpecial, )-=The orders in Hine with the of the io iength, ciudiog with an that the Brooklyn and some other vessels be bet at once to the Phillippines. This rein. forcement of the present fleet of the Asintio Bquadron be urges as vecessary, and said their disputed should be directed us carly as possibile, . The President immediately communicated with the Navy Department, and justracted an order carryiug out the Admirsi's recommendation, aud 10 pee that they Le gotten in readiness #t once, The Marietta and Ma the Drookiyn, wiil be dss'gusied by the Navy Depurta slong seis which have not Brookiyn is now with th the North Atlactic 8 ville, BE, 1, Toe Machins spd the are at Present (ying atl the wharves in this city on waitiog orders, baviog been brought bere to participate in in honor of Admired Dewey, Thess reinforcements will add considerable strengih the Asiatic : Bn, and the Administration beileves thelr vresence will } inl «fect in Xp low, Lhe Secretary of the Navy to fssue chins, besides ett ent, Will several olher Yee yet The been selecied, other yessels of quadron off spking. ne Marietta the celebration to aqundr AVE A mater iting the end of the bostilit LAWTON DISPENSES REBELS, Americans Victorious in Skirmishes Near Imus and Bacoor Imue, Lozop, ton digg ersed the to the westward was cut telween Basoor ard the con ly means of the int letween The rond belwmeen those plac Imus and ti insurgents bank, ’ & east hn comm spaces, A sus spd 600 Lmenls rebels attacked proceeded aguiz along the river, ree of 1.5060 it #1 Bacoor wit “ia Colonel Daggett's forea spread { Bacoor t« £ 2% : i aniong the avd three menu!, under from Imus, The ve the wWesle road from ward Is m us " wrth com pan les Legi Capiain H the twy rd dre y Li thickets, he were tendered by river near the e lige of misg a part of 1 rward mo artillery sl niy American be woundisg of a lieutennnt Several wounded Flilpinos were attended Ly advance, vemenl was begun eled the enemy's CaruUn iy was of artillery, Surgeon Major Penrose and members of the Amiuiance Corps. A run wars (aken, up tbe road many shots, The telegraph was nt a bend in the road commanded by the enemy's trench. er, 1.0 yards distant, sud when Lieut nant Cunnlogham, with a repair parity, appeared to restore the wires, two men and Licutens ant Cunningham's borse were shot, Liege tenant McCloskey then brought a gun of Riley's Lattery into the open, acd, training it on the trench, dispersed the Filipiucs with two well-aimed shots, Captain yoore, of the Sixth Infantry, at. tacked the insurgents in a pew treaeh, which they had constructed near Tabusnp, Isiasd of Negros, and scattered them, The Ameri cans took one prisoner and eapiured’ twelve rifles, 600 onrtrilges and a quanilly of rice aud bLosplial supplier, ber General Lawton, while riding Imus, was the target for of! prison io foe ent FOREIGN AFFAIRS The underlying motive of Greai Britain's attitude toward the Trassvani is vow sald % be the breaking up of a corspiracy to form a Duteh federation in South Afrles, The Boers are concentrating their arililery on the Natal frontier. The Outiavders have been promised (rauchise If they will help the Boers, The leading German pewspapers have started a general agitation In favor of Ger many obtaining larger riehts in Samos, some of the editors advoesting the securing of sole control of the islands, A sompany, composed of French, German and Russian capitalists, with a» capital of £50,000,000, bas been formed to compete with the American pork vxporiers in Europe All members of the crew of the wrecked eleamer Beotgman brought to Quelee have Leen placed under arrest for their ili-treat went of the pusseagers, Upon Minister Straus’ protest the Turkish government ordered the ad mission of Ames jean flour that customs officials bud ree jooted, Five new cases of the bubonic piagee and one death were reported at Oporto, Poriue unl Fabulously rich deposits of gold and sil. ver, besides other minerals, have been foand fo Ungarelnnd, on the western shore of Hud. son Bay. ; Pouituey Bigelow says that the German government bas put the Howry George land theory into praction at Kumo-Chan, Chios, Count Clary has forced 8 now Austrian Ministey, with himself ss President of the Connell and Minister of Actioulture, Pity bodies have been recovered irom one place in Lodie affected by the recent earths #
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