THE NEWS. Admiral Dewey and Mrs. Mildred Hazen were married by Rev. James F, Maeokin, pastor of St. Paul's Catholic Onureh, Wash- ington, at the church rectory. A breakfast was served at the residence of the bride's mother, Mrs, McLean, after which the couple went on a tour, Rear Admiral Bradford, of the naval bureau of equipment, in his report to the Becretary of the Navy, calls attention to the need of more coaling stations, The Postoffice Department will experiment with automobiies for collecting mail in the larger cities, In Hollywood Cemetery, at Richmond, Va., were unveiled memorials to Jefferson Davis and Miss Winnie Davis, in the presence of a large crowd, Mrs. Jefferson Davis was present. Thirty-five states were represented in the opening session of the annual meeting of the American Sunday School Union at Chicago. Clarence A. Carpenter, an official of the Lake Shore Road, died at Cleveland, Ohio, as the result of being struck by an engine, Two persons were killed and was fatally injured in a collision at Binghamton, N. Y.. between a trolley car and a train. A B. & O, freight and a passenger train collided on a high bridge at Wilmington, Del. Several people were hurt, Miss Emma Trego and Mr. Samuel B. Keller, and Miss Bessle Carr and Mr, Wiliam Huder, were married at Carlisle, The condition of Vice President was slightly improved. Miss Sarah C. King, aged sixty, was mure dered near Stamford, Ct, Major Jefferson Sinclair, of Elizabeth City, W. Va, is dead. The tablet to Miss Winnie Davis and that to the four sons of Jefferson Davis were un- veiled in St. Paul's Chureh, at Bichmond. The Italian bark Salvatore Gloucester, Mass., with the wrecked schooner Willlam E., had been four days in the rigging before aid came, Frederick Stevens, a student In Uni versity of Virginia, and Miss Marie Yager, © Charlottesville, Va., eloped to Washington, and were there married. It was stated in Chicago that many of the independent telephone companies were u willing to enter the combine formed to fight the Bell Company. The body of Colonel Pittsburg millionaire, not far from his house, to apoplexy. Marconi, who been with wireless telegraph, has sold terests to the Mackay-Bennett Cable pany. Dr. Walter J. Hoffman, United States con- sul at Mannheim, Germany, died at Reading, } Pa., trouble, aged fifty-three, Wood drank county, W. Va., A gold brick, worth has been melted in a Canadian mine Kootenal district, Monsignor Nicholas Cantwell died in Phil- adelphia, aged eighty-seven, The Olympia went out of commission at the Chariestown Navy Yard, John Lupton was fatally injured by a saw near Capron Bridge, Va, one Hobart arrived at crew of the Downes, who y the . ¥ n- Irish, in a lan Dallas CC. a was found His Jeath was due experimenti nas oF i in : Iutehinson and Frank Ma f einpamon in Hal and died from its effects, $100,000, in the PRSSNIOn said to be General Ludlow says the conditions in Cuba are improviog. General Miles is in Oregon on a trip « spection, Fire in Wilmingion, damage. J. W. Stine, of York, Pa., shot Mrs, Harry Mundis and then killed himself because she refused to run away with Stine had a wife and five children living. fi & ih Del., caused & 50 000 tn aim, very mn The National Tinpiate Company b organized to develop in West Virg Rodgers patents, which, it is claim revolutionize the tin business, The steamer Tallahassee collided with the four-master Senator Sullivan, and both ves- sels returned to New York badly damaged. Mrs. Warren, a Presb terian missionary, arrived in New York with an East Indian whom she has adopted as her son. Hampton Roads is crowded with belated vessels which suffered more or less during the recent hurricane, Four men were killed and two seriously injured by a rush of dirt in a colliery near Mahanoy Place, Pa, The people of Bevier, Mo,, have been ter- rorized by gangs of negroes from the mine stockades, State Senator Phillips was arrested Great Falls, Montabpa, on the charge sheep stealing. Kennett McKee, a child of three years, died in Chicago, a victim of faith-cure, A destructive fire burned out $500,000 worth of property in Kansas City, Mo. The new fortifications at Fort Caswell were damaged by the hurricane, The ship Charles E. Moody, long overdue, arrived at Honolulu, Admiral Schley, while traveling through Virginia toward Atlanta, was given an en- thusiastic ovation at all stations, and at Lynchburg was officially received by the Mayor and City Council. At Danville be was joined by the Atlanta committee, Many vessels were distressed by the storm on the Lakes, The yacht Chiquita was found ashore, and all on board have probably per- Jay H. Worst, of Berwyn, Pa., dashed vitriol into the face of Edward H. Platt, of Philadelphia, who wrote affectionate letters to Mrs, Worst, Adam Keener, of York, who confessed hav- ing fired his place for the insurance money, made restitution to the company. George W. Birchett, a colored porter, ad- mitted stealing $6,000 in gold from the Adams Express Company In New York, Two men were killed by the explosion of a Ishigh Valley Raliroad locomotive near Wyalusing, Pa. The girl strikers In the potteries at East Liverpool, O., secured an advance ol2 ig cents a day. Nearly every business house in Thomas. ville, Ga., was destroyed by a fire raging there, Louis de Goesbriand, Catholie Bishop of the Diocese of Burlington, Vt, is dead, Mrs. Stonewall Jackson denies reports that she is penniless and hopelessly ill. The steamer Catherine Whiting wae wrecked off Frying-Pan Shoals, The Southern Cotton Spinners’ Associa. tion, at a meeting at Charlotte, N, C., adopt- ed resolutions urging upon the President and Congress the adoption of measures for main- tenance of an open-door policy in China, and vigorous prosecution of the Philippine war (0 a conclusion, Adam H, Keener, at a revival service in York, Pa., after professing conversion, made a confession before the entire congregation that he burned his property to get the lusur- ance on it, in of THE ELECTIONS. NASH'S MAJORITY CLAIMED TO BE 30,000 IN OHIO. TAYLOR WINS IN KENTUCKY Combination of Republicans and Brown Democrats Compasses the Defeat of Goebel Faston Forces Victorions in Ne- braska—MeKinley and Bryan win Thelr Respective States Other States. ’ was elected by a majority of about 15,000. The House of Delegates will ba Deamocratio by a large majority. The Benate close, The Demoarats carried Baltimore city by 8,208 plurality, lepublican vietory in Oblo Is elalmad by a plurality of about 30,000. John BR. McLean, Demoaoratie candidate for Governor, does not conceda defeat, Samuel M. Jones, non- partisan eandidate for Governor, polled about 100.000 votes, Returns indicata the election of William 8, Taylor, Republican, for Governor of Ken- tucky. over William Goebel, Democrat, by about 7.000 plurality, Chairman Binckburn, of the Demoeratic State Committee, is claim- ing victory for Goebel, Little trouble curred at the polls, excant in Louisville, Oe. minority representatives were allowed see the count of ballots, The Nebragks fasfoniets, whose canse was shamnpionad by Hon, Willlam J. Bryan, have won their fight. Returns indicate the el tion of Silas A. eandidate judge of the State Supreme Court, and hoad of the fusion ticket, by 10.000 to 12,000 plur ality over M. B. Reese, Remnblican The Tammany ticket we York hy maiorities ranging 70.000. In the State at large a Hep Assembly was © In that be Republicans will have a plarality of about 38. Robert Mazet, Republican, ehalrman of the Mazet Investioating was de feated for re-alectior the Assembly a New York elty distriet The eloction in Virgin of the House of Delegates and one find Holeomba, for nin Gee from RON, saymmities f irom ia was f r meml members of the State Senate throughont the Biate was practically no eratio candidates, Was The will elect 8 United States Senat Hon, Thomas 8, Martin, whose term « March 8, 1901, The majority for A. erat, for mated at 30 000 Towa Republiios elatm 60.000 majority H Governor of fa New Jersey elected a lature, The Rem gotta shoe about 85.000, Pennsyivania went Reg 100 000, Rennhileans ronfidently claim vl S8auth Dakota erats admit that the State is Republi hy 10000 ninrality MARYLAND, The Demoerats swept Maryland were late coming In and several of the ties wore reported very oloas Col. John Walter Smith's plum Lioyd Lowndes, nearly 15.000 in olty and State The Democrats carried Baltimore 8.208 plurality, electing 1} 3 hoes {te for Governor wil and their entire legislative tieket The following State aM Governor-—John Walter Sr sounty., Comptroller—Dr, J¢ roll county, Attorney-General more city, OTR Warn iS Wor a W. Herln Isidor Rayae NEW YORK. New York, (Special In polit Croker's city: it is Platt's State, Greater New York is carried by the Damo. erats by majorities for the local Uekels sing between 65 000 and 70,000 The New York Assembly will be Rapubli ean by 8 majority of 38, Robert Mase shalrman of the latest Republican gating committen, will notsit int having been defeated in this city by a an majority by Perez M. Stewart, the candidate of the Citizens’ Union, who was indorsed by Tammany Hall. Ia New York county oughs of Manhattan and the Broox, wae a Democratic aweep almost from Battery to the northern city line, The aver. age Demooratic majority will be about 50, 00 for all county aad judicial Judge George C. Barrett received practic every vote cast. James A. O Gorman, le the Supreme Court, defeated Joseph F, the fusion candidate, by about 50,000, com prizing the Bor there the officer ay Wr Su #SAY OHIO. Columbus, Ohlo, (special.) — Latest re. turns show that while there wern Demooratio gaioe in Cinelonati and other cities, MoLoan Tcledo, in which cities Jones drow much more heavily from the Demootats than {rom the Republicans, At the same lime the I publican net gains ouside of Cinciunati, Cleveland and Toledo are such as to odieaty a plurality of from thirty to forty thousand for Judge Nash for Governor and the entire of the Legislature, licans, especially since they indicate that the Republicans in ports indicated exactly the opposite, and neighbors at the Neil House after 11 I M. He sald: “J ciaim my election by at least 30.0 0." AtiL2, P.M. Chairman Dick said: ©The returns from Hamilton, Cayahiogs aud Luces counties are as yet too meager 10 give defin. fte figures, Enough have been received Lo greater plurality than that of Governor Bushnell two years ago, which was 28,165, thus ensuring the election of the entire Hee publican Htate tickot, Doth branches of the Legislature are Republican.” After this annouucement further return: Facaped from Jail. Oakland, Md., (Special) Charles Wil Hams, who was in Oakland jail awaiting the action of the grand jury on the charge of burglarizing the store of Carney & Peader. at Huttone, in Garrett county, escaped , Bheril Loe was absont mn one of his opened the jall door to pu! in some , when Williams rushed over the boy and got away, hv Ninet «fie ; postal ol on 1 Davis, Rep, ! were received Indicating greater Kepublisan gnins, NEBRASKA. Lincoln, Neb., (Special, )—It is evident to both parties that Nebraska has repledged her allegiance to the fusion standard which Hon. William J. Bryan so ardently championed. There has been a steady falling off of the vote, but while the fusionists have suffered little, the Republican loss has been not less than three to a precinct. If the present ratio ix malntalned ox-Governor Holeomb and the fusion Stato ticket will be elected by not less than 10,000, Fusionists claim much more, Returns from 780 precinots in Nebraska outside of Omaba give Holcomb, fusion, | 8,701; Roese, Republican, 8,004, At midnight 42 out of the 76 precincts in Omaha bad been heard from, giving Reese, for Justiee of the Bupreme Court, 8,978, Hol- comb, 4,146, The same procincts last year gave Hayward, Rep, for Governor, 4,028; Poyuter, fusion, 3,583. The indications are that Holcomb will carry the city by a small majority, The Lincoln State Journal posts a bulletin saying: *'At the present rate of gains Hol comb is elected by 12,000 majority.” Mr. Bryan sald: “The campaign In Ne- braska was a fight on national issues, and the result Isa protest against the policies of Republican administration.” KENTUCKY. Louisville, Ky., (Special) ivy the bined efforts of the Republicans and anti | Goobelites, Attorney General W. 8. Taylor, Rep., has governor of Ken- majority variously estimated om seven to fifteen thousand over Goebel, Dem. Returns received up to midnight also indicate the election of the entire Republi- un tioket, while the complexion of the leg- islature Is in doult, The per foct COM been elected tucky by a fr weather the state was more than an average vols was throughout + Bhd polled, the total falling but little short of the vole polied in the last presidential election, Comparatively little disorder prevalied, and, aside from r alleged viola- tions of election laws, the election was char- iacterized by a re of several arrests markable degree quistade in Loulsvyille yalsville Lee orders, The F militia was called out after the close of the i granted by of the militia Governor Bradley remained and bad the L nin readiness for marching 1 day, polis to enforces an iio Injunction al judge, but the presence edad, and the tack to the ng, of ’ VE plurality enlimate, ho COMmPRRits Were Armory. would received from Brad- fre mn many miss. <3 in the oily inty give Tay- all the returns aisican gains in the city of the Re- claims that stale by He says that y, FIR Le BE, mille Lhe i. F ingressional « glith and Tenth are aus have made heavy gains in most the Den sirongho were expecied (0 give Goebel jarge ma jori- ss carried the bh aud Eleventh ( willie Lhe HAT clini, Republi ali of oeratic ids, whic MISSISSIPPI. (Special, The slection juietly thr BOCIRlIC © Leturns are 1irhiisn ye Sit igbBout Lhe Biate, ajority is estimated at 30, - very scattering so far, and close vous on the Noel amendment setive judiciary, { interest hief in the day centered in uly, where a senatorial prim- conjunction with the regu- bitter personal OSght was on Senator Ballivan, who is a candi- for short term ending March 4. Returns from nearly all the precinots indicate that he has received the instruction by a majority of nearly two to one. MeLaurin received the long-term lustruction by an overwhelming majority. Mr eeetion. minde | data the MASSACHUSETTS, { Special, The result towns, including Boston, out of the 353 in the stale give Crane, Rep. 154.721; Paine, Dem, 97.088, The same towos and cities in 1898 gave Woleott 174.- 845. Bruee, Dem., 100.701. This shows a Bapublican loss of twenty-two per cent, and {| 8 Democratic joss of four per cent. On this bs lepublicans have carried the state by 65,000, Boston, Mass, , ities and of of i sie, the SOUTH DAKOTA. Sioux Falls, 8, D., (Special. )-Rioux Falls , Argus leader, basing estimate on reports | thus far received from points in Bouth Da- kota, claims the election of the Republican | nomines for State Supreme Court by 10,000 majority. This is also the estimate of the national Republican ecommitteomen, VIRGINIA. Iichmond, Va., (Speeisd )-Never before in the history of the city was there a quieter eicetion. The vole was small. About the only reminder that an election was in prog- ress was the fact that the front doors of the | barrooms were closed, A. C. Worsham, the only man who ran | against the Democratic nominees for the | House of Delegates, was buried under noarly all the ballots cast, The election In Virginia wpedties it beyond the pread venture of a doubt that Senator Thomas 8. Martin will succeed himself, There are comparatively few Re publicaus and (odependents elected, Of the “regular” Mr. Martin has an overwhelming majority. Arbitration for Bamoans. Washington, (Special, )-- Assistant Becre- tary Hill, for the United States; Mr. Tower, for Great Britain, and Mr. Mumm von | Soh warzenstein, on the part of Germany, at | the State Department, signed a convention | providing for the adjustment by arbitration i of claims of inhabitants of Samoa for dam. | ages nwsuitiog from the naval and military operations there last spring. Straight Tieket nt Salt Lake. i Halt Lake, Utah, (Hpoocial, ) Straight bal i lots and a fow complete returns from forty. Mix precincts, with six precincts to hear from, give Thompson, RBepublican, for | mayor, 4,040; Barnes, Democrat, 4,776, | Hhomguon majority, 164, Chief of Police Killed. shot and killed by IL N, H teaveling represetitative of & petent washing machine, shooting occurred in a quar rel over business matters, a. THE ADMIRAL. AND MRS, HAZEN ARE UNITED FOR LIFE, NO GUESTS WERE PRESENT The Ceremony Performed in Washington at the Rectory of St. Paal’s Catholic Church, by Rev, James ¥. Mackin, Pas tor of the Church, in the Presence of a Small Company. Washington, (8peeial,)—Admiral George Dewey and Mrs, Mildred M. Hazen were married quietly at the rectory of Bt, Paul's Catholic Church fn V street, near Fifteenth, this elty, shortly before ten o'clock Thursday morning. The ceremony was performed by the Rev, James F, Mackin, pastor of the church, assisted by the Rev, Joseph H, Foley, assistant pastor, and the Rev, Sidney Haorl- | but, The ceremony was of the simplest character, according to the rites of tke Cath- olie Church, and the only witnesses besides the officiating clergymen were Mrs, Wash- ington MeLean and Mrs, Ludlow, wife of Admiral Ludlow, mother and sister, respec- tively, of the bride, and Lieutenant Cald- well, Admiral Dewey's secretary. The arrangements for the wedding were | made with all the secrecy which bas attend. | ed the whole affalr. After procuring the | lieense for the wedding Lieutenant Caldwell oalled upon Father Mackin, of St. Paul's, of | which charch Mrs, Hazan is a communicant, and arranged for the wedding, As Admiral | Dewey is not a Catholie, a special dispensa- tion was required for the performances of the | cervmony, and this was procured by Father | Mackin from Bishop Curtis, vicar of the Diocese of Baltimore, At 9.45 two carriages ding party drew up brick rectory in the rear of St. Paul's, The | general public had no intimation of where | the ceremony was to take place, and : ingie spectator a general i containing the wed- | before the modest red | ty not o ® was present the Dewey and 1] Kiy stepped from the Admiral her mother arringe, M ure, peard ax alighted Caldwell riage, and irnl eutenant ihelr oar { assisted the bride. elect and and sleic Hazen ver which long, stylish black wrap, trimmed ver fox and line Admiral rose rectory they room, other « a was 2 gray silk, o whe wore with sii- "n°: with lavender silk, wo wok cont a silk hat, ‘pon gray rs and entering the fo Lhe 4 Dewey was presented were ushered In reception n where Admiral ather Mackin } Were {oo and the two clergymen the ceremony. Up assist in presented to Father Mackin niral said be had heard that Father Mack aid in bi priest % , and she and the ok thelr ple ¥ hh made then # in and his inch cassocks The ring Catholle cere srcording 1o Church, In Mackin It nsumed jess Facaer Mack was the first to all the bride as Mrs, Dewey, Congratuina. i and felis flowed, and the wedding party i the ree. tory to the resid Melean, After arriving Admiral Dewey There he my was performed with | the nud uding the ‘ ual rite Father iinutes, in Ons ation ! 5 SHON O he bride's mother, Mrs at the Melean residence was driven to his own he f rostume for se hanged a rave ing sult, r he MoLean residence of foot, The redding 1 at Mrs Melean's laste There were pros. ont . Mrs, Mclean, Mrs. Ludiow and Mr Fred Bargher rate dew turnin roak fast niy the bird yen Lisutenant The Caldwell table was clay rated with bride's SERVICE STRIPES. Uniformed Foree of the Baltimore and Ohio Provided With Gold Lace. Early this fall the management of the Bal. imore and Ohlo Raliroad decided that the uniformed foree should be provided with service stripes, and on the winter uniforms each man has one or more gold stripes on his right sieeve if he has bean in the servies | for five or The gold stripe : stands for five years continuous employment | by the company, and a glance over the list develops an interesting and instructive con- dition of affairs, The ordinary man, in a peaceful and un. eventful voontion, Is seldom in continuous service for forty years, yet on the Baltimore | and Oblo Raliroad there is a hale and hearty old man, with keen, undimmed oyes and a | springy step that has boen in the continuous | employ of the company for 50 years, W. H. Green Is his name, but everybody | on the liae calls him “Captain Harry." ! Captain Green is probably the oldest pas- | songer conductor in the world and wears | ten stripes on his right arm. ; Next to Captain Green, in length of ser. | vice, comes 8, R. Hume, who is entitled to nine gold stripes of five yours each, 8. T. Gill and 8. Riley are wearing eight stripes, und there are seven on the blue cout siseve | of E. Onskey, J. J. Galloway, J. E. Lee, E. | . ¥ OR years more, R. Mallen, W. L. Pearl, A, E. Pickett and L. | GG, Watkins, It is a remarkable fact that the conduc. tors of the Baltimore and Olio Railroad represent so many years of sarvioe, In fact, | the average for 191 conductors is 20 years, | Some of the passenger brakemen have seen long years of continuous employment, there | being three entitled respectively to four, five and six stripes, For many years Baltimore and Ohio train employes have bad an enviable reputation for politeness to passengers and attention to | duty, and the adoption of the service stripe | system will give the traveling public an op- | portunity to recognize long and faithful | porvice, Columbus Junction, Iowa, (8pecial,)— By the giving way of a sidewalk, 100 persons, who were watching a parade in honor of the | returned Iowa volunteers, were precipitated | into a cellar. No one was fatally injured, but all were badly bruised, As NEW WAR IMPLEMENT, A Trolley Kite, to Carry a Bomb Aloft, to le Exploded Antomatioally. Chicago, (Bpecial. Sins J. Coyne, a car penter, haa invented a new Implement of warfare, The device consists of a series of kites, supporting & eable, upon which » ‘ * kite is made to travel. The trolley WORK OF TRAIN WRECKERS Three Persons Fatally Injured snd a large Number of Others More or Less Hurt, Toledo, 0., (Special i Michigan Central train No, 810, from Toledo to Detroit, was | | injured, They are: about face and head by glass, John O'Nell, Detroit, fireman; head and arms. William Hamilton, engineer; bruised and probably Internally fojured, Seriously injured Charles Calvert, hurt, Muvine Fane uff, do- disloented, Charles Kress, Detroit, head badly eut and neck Incerated, cut nbout Detroit: hand snd arm Walbridge, Ohio, shoul. Jacob Rosensall, Detrojt, badly brulsed and eut about head with glass, Devore M. Ashton, Detroit, broken and face cut, Mis. Sarah Whipple, Monroe, badly hurt and body bruised, Dean Ashmore, ered at wrist, B. A. Freshney, § three ribs Mich., head Detroit, arm nearly sev- rt Ind., hurt iglocated, Ralph Spare, New York, band and badly cut, Conductor bo Wav wAYne, wrist Markins, ut the ¥. ‘iftsen or twenty other passengers were shaken wou Hamilton, ugh the ceiving slight William thrown thre the engineer window of his eab and was badly bruised by the fall as well as cut i fils Injuries may about the face and bead 4. however proved serious, s retains guf- i when he recovered bis engine and venting an expiosion, fad train wrecuers fident presences of mind, fri to " ire, thus pr m the shock, irry « draw the nt was the result by inknown and happened at & point just beyond a short k had passed over Where und that bolts that held hula snd been an. The nut re living on threads i: Lr 4 arred ire the road in 1 he rails wile wo fredgh snfety 6 were spread the the rowed gould the the tires in any way, hes #1 NEGHOS GRELTS M'RINLEY. Island Government New for Hopes for Fra fis Peapie » grand and prosperous A new era will oper i region whiel will enable | overil Drank Cinnamon Essence and Died Charlestown, W Yau Bpec Raleigh o¢ sudden of Wood Hy Frank a spree together, or, they went 10 the sic ar the , and t eral bottles next day Hutchinson MeGrady i i of essences of cinnar and Mankin we thy I Are in a erlioss will probally afd Es ang smi tion, an Gle Death of a § nited States Consul Dr. at Manhein 1 Heading Walter J Pa., (Special nan, United States coy who oame died of Jung affection, re ery il two hs aged 1 t DARnY., Yon $ t th pew 3 v ves He was formerly cone } nian Justitul Western scientific eelved de ns from a number of foreign ralers and scientific bodies, He was a native of Reading, a grad if Jefferson Medion) College and was surgeon in the Frano« Oerman War, * i Smiths and wire with expeditions rai anle « The Miympia Ont of Commission, Boston, Mass. (Special, j— Admiral Dewey's All Retreat was sounded while the flag was of the famous vessel, A board of survey will sow make inspection of her, and repost neosssary, Captain Lamberton goes to Wash. ington to awalt orders, Trolley Car Occupants Killed. Binghamton, N. X., (Special. }-Two sons were instantly Killed, and one per was The motorman, whose life is despaired of, The trolley car was wrecked, and two pas nedy, who resided in Scot, N. Y,, and a The conductor and a third passen- gor, who were standing on the rear plate To Prison for Life. Kansas City, Mo., (Special, )- Levi Moore, a fishmonger, who last May murdered Jennie Campbell, Emma Landis and Annie Mish, was found guilty, and his penalty fixed at lite imprisonment. A strong effort was made to prove that he was insane, ————— a a Fatal Political Argument. Appeals having been made all over the South for her relief, Mrs, Jackson is anxious that the true state of the ease should be known, as she Is unwilliug to accept any donations exocpt those offered as testi monials of love and admiration for her hue band. Big Cotton Warehouse Hurned. Jackson, Miss, (Special )-The large cotton warehouse st Crystal Bprings, twenty - five miles south of this oity. was totally de- stroyed by fire Sunday orning. Several hundred bales of cotton were consumed The total loss Is estimated at $60,000, Yor some time there was grave danger of a gen. eral conflagration, and a portion of the Jackson Fire Department was sent to the scene on a special train, but its services were T0 TRAP AGUINALDO. AN IMPORTANT EXPEDITION SETS OUT FROM MANILA. WARSHIPS WILL ASSIST. Wheaton in Command of the Forees, Consisting of Two Regiments of Infantry, Two Guns of the Sixth Artil- lery, nnd Two Gatlings—An Attempt Will Be Made to Cut Of Aguinaldo, General Manila, (By Cable,)—A fleet of transports and ganbouts have left Manila for the most hmportant expedition of the sutumn cem- paign, Its destination fs supposed to be Dagupan or some other northern port, General Wheaton commands, with a brig- ade consisting of the Thirteenth Infantry, the Thirty-third Infantry, two guops of the Bixth Artillery and two Gatiings, The trans. ports Bheridan, Fraoelsco de Heyes and Aztec carry trcope, with the gunboat Helena as escort, i Vile A despatch-boat was sent ahead & rendezvous with tb hae LORrrange United Blates cruiser Charleston and the other warships that are patrolling the north coast of Luzon, The landing will be meade under sover of the guns of the fleet, It is assumed herethat the purposs of the expedition is to move down the Dagupan-Manila Railroad, toward Tarlac, or to prevent Aguinaldo’'s forces making another base farther north, Dagupan and Apparri are the strongholds of the insurgents in the north, and, it is sup- posed, the poluts where most of the filibus- tering parties land, Since the beginning of the hostilities it has been the unanimous opinion of military ex- peris here that Dagupan should be made a base of operations, but sufficient troops have heretofore been lacking. With Gens, Wheat. on, MacArthur and Lawton moving upon Tarlac from three directions, snd the moun- tains hemmicg in the other side, the {nsur- gent capital will soon become untenable, Agulnaldo may attempt to shift his head- quarters Lo the rich tobacco country at the porthern end of the Island. Possibly, be may Lawton's front to the as MacArthur's and read aeross the coun slide around General tat but, are sg uan Angeles, it will bg rents 0 es SUrg ne, erted operations succeed, a i: early next spring, al-_ is COn~ No one asticipates make many bard sotion « a iarge BOAR, wariare dkely to . ¢ v 3 - troops about portation, and of a large » rd and » SUP * Ls. + OUR NEW POSSESSIONS. The e Lhe Ameri Rpanish commissl returned to ried that the rested by the in. * American prisoners are well ners lines and reg ners were $i a collision between Bell's regiment and insur Guaygua, in which the Fill- ven from the trenches, General Otis reported A detachment of gents in West pinos were dri dri Captain Leary, governor of Guam, reported i# authorities, and th ordered them to leave the has received Cuban farmers, ke a1 of ing protection agal ie transport the Thirty- md Volunteers, arrived at Manila, g Glenogie, with proclamation ask- themselves 80 will consider He also re- » abstain from polities. foroes now occupy lloilo the neighboring towns of Jara and Molo, The lines of the Filipino foroes, which sumber between 3.500 and 5.000 men, Ame ependence, The American the Acrisls in Aguinsido’s Cabinet is pre. as the result of the resignations of noe of the rabid revolutionists, The Philippine Commission submitted a aia The transport City of Pueblo arrived at sick and discharged General Leonard Wood recommends that General Young Is pushing the insurgents General Hughes says the island of Negros is orderly. A number of small engagements with the insurgents were reported by General Otis, who sald that Major Bell bad practionily de stroyed the enemy's cavalry about Porae. An American company has leased the San Juan battlefield, in Cuba, and will make of it an attractive resort, Lieutenant Comma der James G. Greer was appointed to command the naval station al Havana, wa ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE. Helen Gould bas given $6,000 to be used in the crusade against Mormonism, Miss Bobecon Lash, of Chelsea, Mass, celebrated her 56th birthday last Baturday. Thomas Arnold, second son of Dr, Arnold, of Bugby, bas just completed a volume of reminiscencss of his father, General Gallifet, recently made head of the French military forces, is an iron-bound stickler for observance of Army rules,