,:::?i-T-ra?ff ft5iiy. H" -E: 1B- 4Mlr ' Jl' Ji 1 4 V I"-. nVi jvh' TWO CENTS. SCRANTOX, PAM MONDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2'J, lb97. TWO CENTS "Ssip7 CUBA'S AWFUL Terrible Sufferings of the RcConcentrados, in Matanzas. DEATHS FROM STARVATION Horrible Episodes are of Daily Occurrance. Small-Fox 1'nllent Are Driven Into the Camp oi the InsurgcntS'-Cnnc-flu Id i Hostroyed bv rrc-.33,000 Soldirrs in ttiu Hospitals rnd .Mini) from tho Want ot Nourishment--Soldiers Ilavo Not Iiccn Pniel Tor Months. Havana, via Key West, Flu., Nov. 21. I.a Lucha, In a lecently published rdltoilat, expresses doubt as to the Mn terlty of the friendship for Spain pni fesbed by the A met lean government, and avs: "If the American government cannot pievent the silling from the poits of thatcountryof expeditions In aid of the insurgents and does not respond in other was to Spain's elfoits to come to favorable tcims, It is Uboless for Spain to maintain filendly i elation? with America." Reports fiom Matanzas say that tho corervntives having become enraged at the chenge In the government's pol icy, aie disturbing public order. Ex Mayor Crespo Initiated the disorderly e onduct by publicly giving offence to Senor Armas, the new civil governor of the province. The chief of police followed Oespo's lead by endeavoring to prevent aid being given to the suf feilng reenncentrados by newspaper correspondents and others. Of the re concentrados In Matanzas, numbering less than O,000, seventy-nine died in two days, a large proportion of which were tho result of staivatlon. In Jar uco, about 63 per cent, of the deaths are rauned by statvatlon, and the same is true of many other towns. Owing to the lack of proper clothing and of blankets, the situation of the lecon cenlrados Is becoming worse as the winter teason approaches, dtsplte the of" oris made to relieve them. Ilonible eplsoder are of dally occur rence among the rceoncentrado!-. Af tet ljlng for three days upon the side walks In front of a house In Matanzas, a peer negro woman, who was suffer ing tenlbly, and was unable to move, was cairled away by a flood caused by heavy downfall of rain. A short time afterwaid. nor dead body was dlscov eied a few blocks away, and nt last lepoits was still lying In the gutter. cab nmvnivs inhumanity. A call dilver who was cairylng a sick man to a hospital, observing that his passenger was dying, dragged him from his cab, leaving him on the cutb-s-tone, where he finally died. Cases similar to these aie of frequent occurier.ee. Reports from Candelarja, say that a man who was suffering from small-pox, was driven by the authorities into the insurgent camp at Ceja del Negro, Plnar del Rio province, where tin eats were made to hang the man if he was not taken awav. On Wednesday evening the remain ing canefields on the plantation Por tugalete, owned by Dr. Manuel Calvo, were destroved by lire. Marshal Rlanco h'as appointed thirty four new employes at the custom house. Of these five nre native Cubans and the remainder Spaniards and Reform ists. The Autonomists are greatly disgust ed by the appointments. Sixty prsona employed at several of tho docks and others In various parts of the island have joined the revolu tionists, and a number of ptlsoners at Gutnes who were pardoned under the recent proclamation have returned to the Insurgents. Small-pox Is ravaging In the neigh borhood of tho Insurgent headquartets in Plnar del RIo, and there are In tho hospitals In the hills 1,700 persons suf fering from the dlsente Tt Is stated by n prominent resident of Plnar del Rio, according to an offi cial leport, that there are only 1.S00 armed Insurgents In the piovlnce, in cluding the bands which have lecently ntered the piovlnce, under Mayla Rodileuez and other leaders. General Hernandez Velascos confiims the statement that the Insurgents In Plnar del RIo nre abundantly provided with ammunition. Several of General Velascos' men have arrived at Plnar del Rio suffering from wounds received In recent engagements TINANCIAIi SITUATION. The financial situation of the mili tary administration Is bad. Tho sol diers have not been paid In eight month. There Is a seal city In the meat supply for the hospitals and In many towns nu meat has been obtain able for many days. General Losada, sub-Inspector of the health department, said lecently to the correspondent of El Imparclul. of Mad rid, that there were actually 35,000 sol diers In the hospitals In Cuba and that about 15,000 of this number vveie not suffering from any disease, but simply from need of nourishment. A band of Insui gents tecently fired on the town of San Nicolas, In Havana province. RIo Seen, province of Ha vana, roports that a fiesh band of In surgents, well armed and equipped, havKi appeared In tho vicinity. Tho leader of tho band Is not known. The police recently visited the house of George W. Hyatt, chief of tho relief department of the United States con sulate, at 12 o'clock at night to make Inquiries as to the destination of a quantity of food which had been taken Into the house during the day. The female Inmates, becoming frightened, refuged to open tho door and Insisted STATE upon being lnfoimrd of tho object of the officer's visit. The poller finally re tlrul, upon learning that the Inmutes were Americans. The Insurgents, It Is loportcd, have captured 150 mules from tho Consola tion del Sur government loseivntlon. A dispatch from Madrid says that Soncr Glberge, deputy to the Spanish Cortes and leader of tho new Autono mists, Is on lils way to Cuba, where ho will enter the Autonomist party upon condition that Senores Montoro, Fer nandez do Castro, Cueto ami '.aina leavo tho boaut of dliectors of the party, it being nssortcd that they are too pronouncedly Spanish to succeed In Inducing the Insurgents to accept autonomy under tlu'lr leadership. Senor Jose Ualvez will icmaln chalr nian of the party. APOZTEQUIA IS CAUTIOUS. Loader ol'Cuba's Conscrtntiio Party '1 tilnU the United Mates In Hostile. New York, Xo. II Marquis Apeto gula, leader of the Conservative party In Cuba, arrived hern tcvtav on the Flench liner La Champagne, from llavic. The marquis said he bad been In Spain for the last ear, and that he is going to leave this city for Havana on Wednesday, probably by way ot Tampa. Ho spoke vciy guirclt'dly of the Cuban war and Spain's attitude toward Ameilcn, "It seems," be said, "ns though tho at titude of the United States Is hovtilo to Spain, though perhaps It Is not meant to be so " Tho marquis repeated the oft-rablfd Matemeut that the Llbeial party In Spain lias been much opposed to General Wey ler's method of warfaio in Cuba, al though the Conservatives vvero not in imical to Weyler The marquis also laid that from recent accounts In the public press he thought aftalis In Cuba were moving satisfactorily for Sp iln. Whether Marquis Apczteula. Is boind for Cuba with a peclnl government mis sion bo did not say. It Is hardly proli able, as the part of which ho l tho head Is by no means tho suppotler of U.o Sagasta ministry. CRISIS IN FRANCS. Premier Mclinu Fvplnius the Cause and PromiBCH to Introduce n Kill. Paris, Nov, 21. In tho debate in tho chamber ot de-putles csteiday on tho subject of tho ugrluiltuial crisis the pre mier, M. Ft line, declared that tho causes of tho citsis was the progiesslve fall during tho last twenty jears in tho prico of all agricultural products, combined with the depreciation In the prlco of r.il ver. France, the premier continued, was poweilcss to solve these questions, bo caaso they are of an international char acter, llio agilculturiits, he explained, wero not only beset by foreign competi tion, but they had to light the middle men, who weio far too numeiou.?. Hut, according to M. Meliue, the latter evil may be remedied by Inci eating tho num. bei of unions and co-operative societies. It was tilt) duty of tho government, M. Mclino .il'o bald, to bring the consuaifi ntaii and ncaier to the pioduccr, a.d consequent! tho fcoviinnifnt would thorn try submit a bill tor the umanwsi tlun ot an agiiciiltui..l credit csAbilsli meiit and for ihe establishment oi agri cultural Insurunce office. In conclusion, the prLmlei said. 'These measure will havo mutual treatment, as thelt basis will also chlabllsh an (dd and pension fund " Tho statements of M. Mellne were greet, ed with loud cheers-. Georges Graux, In dependent Republican and a strong ad vocate of tho Interests of agriculture, then moved that tho premier's speech bo printed and posted up In every commune throughout France. The motion was car iled, amid great applause, by a vote of 33S to 6. Later the cl amber of deputies adopted a resolution, proposed by Paul Uesthanel, Republican, an authority on administra tive reform, and the same lesolutlon was afterward adopted by the government as follows: "The chamber, consldcilng that the transformation ot Individual property into collective property will ruin agricul ture, and being satisfied that tho whole of tho legislative reforms, by tho devel opment of tho principle of association and mutual dealli g. Insure the protection of tho national market and decrease tho cost of production, passes to the older of the day," This motion was adopted by a vote of 348 to 1U. TWO CHILDREN MI'RDERED. A Horrible and .ll)sterious Crime Committed in Oconomowoc, Wit, Oconomowoc, Wis., Nov. 21. A myster ious and shocking tragedy was commit ted at this place some time last night, at the homo of Rmest Cornell Two lit tle children, Willie Cornell, six jears old, and I.illle, four years old, were found de.id, lying on their bid. with their thioats cut, and Rmest Cornell, their father, was ljlng on the Moor with a gash across his thioat which extended from ear to ear. Cornell was nble to make a statement after his throat was sewed up. He said that a man named Lewis, who had boarded with the fam ily for some weeks, last night Induced him to drink a lot of whiskey. He soon lost consciousness, and knew nothing moro until ho was awakened by tho clock striking at 5 a this morning Cornell said that last evening he asked his wife not to leave the house with Lewis, but she refused and went. In spite of his entreaties. When Mrs. Cornell en tered the hoiifeo this morning she ex pressed great surprise at the condition of Cornell, and later appeared greatly shocked when she saw tho two children. The coroner's jury began an Investiga tion, but adjourned until Monday, when the Inquest will be resumed The general opinion Is that Cornell killed the children, and afterward attempted to commit sui cide, becauso of his ilomestlo troubles. Sheriff Palmer said this afternoon that, after making a partial Investigation of the murder, he was unable to decide who killed the children and Injured the fath er Cornell's razor, with which tho deed had evidently been done, was lying on the floor. Mrs Coined will bo arrested, and she and Lewis will be hold. Stabbing at Iii.lo(on. Hazleton, Pn , Nov J Metre Hadullsh. was stabbed In a d rim Ken brawl In Runic cr Hill, a few miles from hpre, last night, and when hc was found today In an old shanty, his condition was such that death may Insuc. Wurrants have been sworn out for tho arrest of two Hungarians who arn said to havo been Implicated In the affair. m Widow Will Sue the Count)-. Dlsmarck, N. D., Nov. 21. The widow of Cadott, lynched In Rmmons county last Saturday, will sue tho county for JM.00O for the lynching of hpr husband. Kmmous county Is nlreadj almost bank rupt on account of tho trial of the gelf ronfissed murderers, of which Cadott was one. COL. TRENHOLM'S CURRENCY SCHEME President Cleveland's First Comptroller Olfcrs Suggestions. NUMBER OF ENTIRELY NRW FEATURES Recommends n Fusion oi Green bachs unit Sherman Notes Into One Form of Paper lledcomabte in Gold. Tho Colonel Also Oilers n Scheme for Hanking v hlch Is Quito Unique. AVashlngton, Nov.il. Colonel William I. Tronholni.whowus comptroller of the currency under President Cleveland's (list administration, has Just sub mitted his views of curiency tvfotm to the monetary commission. They cinbiaco n number of features entire ly dlfleient from those of other expeits und have been caiefully studied by the conimI"slon duilng sevctnl recent hes slons Colonel Tienholm recommends the fusion of the greenbacks and Shei man notes Into one form of paper re deemable In gold. Ho thinks that the-o notes should bo Issued In denomina tions of $1, $2 and in order that the people may have confidence in the money In current circulation. Ho be lieves th.it a redemption fund ot $100, 000,000 would bu sufllclent to maintain the parity of tho entire volume of about $450,000,000 The suggestions of Colonel Trenbolm legnrdlng banking nre ns follows: First To make adequate provision for tho recognition of existing clearing houses and tho establishment of others by allowing them to be organized, in central reserve cities under tho nation il banking law with defined powers and le sponslbllltles. Second To empower dealing bouses thus organized to license banks In their respective cities to accept circulating drafts diawn by banks situated at places where thero aro no clearing houses. Such drafts to be flee of all taxation, fcdctal. stato or municipal, and to bo payable to bearer. Third To limit the maximum amount to which any bucIi bank may have ac ceptances outstanding at any one tlmo to a certain propoition of Its capacity and surplus. Fourth To prescribe that no such bank be licensed to accept such drafts without taking from the drawers adequate se em Ity therefor to the full amount of such contemplated acceptances, which se curity may be In the foim of discounted papers, also without having deposited with tho clearing house, security to tho amount of tho circulating drafts applied for, ithe sufficiency of such cccurity both In amount and character, to be certi fied In each Instance separate to the comptroller of the currency by the prop er authorities of the clearing house and approved by tho local bank examiner. Securities bo deposited to bo released only upon presentation to tho clearing house of cancelled drafts, which drafts are to bo delivered by the clearing house to the comptroller of tho currency for de struction. Fifth The circulating drafts authorized to be accepted unili r tho above condi tions, mav be drawn by any national bank or by any state or piivate bank, which will submit to such examinations by the local examiner ns may be pre scribed by tho comptroller of the cur rency. Tho amount of drafts of any such ill aw or outstanding at one time to bo limited to a proportion of Its qulck-nsspfs, Including those held by the accepting bank. Sixth Tho circulating drafts so auth orised shall bo of uniform design, and may be In denominations of $1, $2. 3 $3 and multiples of five dollars, having engraved upon their face tho name of the accepting bank, with blanks to bo filled with the name of the drawers. Seventh Such circulating drafts to be ptepared by tho comptt oiler of the cur rency and ls-ued to each clearing houso association upon Its re qulsitlon made, from tlmo to time, under regulations to be established by the comptioller of tho cuirencv. Flghth This plan, If adopted, Is expect ed to work out in the following manner- RESULTS EXPr.CTED. A clearing house asnoclatlon will, from time to time-, mnk.es lequlsltlon upon the comptroller of the currency tor a ceitaln amount of such circulat ing drafts to bo accented by ceilaln narr.ed banks, members of that asso ciation. The banks for vvhos,e benefit such circulating diafts aro called for will satisfy tho authoiltles of the cleaving house association of their compliance respectively with the re quirements of the system; whereupon Issues will be made to such banks, and each of such banks will cau. a to be filled in the name of the drawer, and then execute its accepuinc unon the face of the drafts. Thes" drafts may be then sent a incomplete currency, ns now pent through the malls or by exprebs at a moderate charge, as they will not become effective for calcula tion until duly signed by the diaweis. When signed they will be paid out by the drawing bank or hauler for local use tlrst nnd will giadually llnd their way back to the accepting banks where they will be redeemed and pent Into the clearing house-. In older to release a proportionate amount of the seemltles Mieie held against such Issue. The oblect of this suggestion Is to enable banks at remote poln's thinugh out tho cour.tiv to meet the local de mand for currency win n it arises and on! as It does nrise, and, at tho same time, to limit and control such issues thiouph the operation of tho ptlnclple of self-protection which will assert It self In the management of tho accept ing banks. Regaidlng the disposition of tho sil ver dollars and silver certificates, Col onel Trenbolm suggests that the silver now in the treasury now be constituted into a reseive fund for the guarantee ot outstanding stiver dollars and that the silver C(rtlflcate In excess of the actual bullion value of the coins and certificates outstanding should be can celled from time to time as they come Into the treasury. He lecominends that sliver certificates bo Issued in de nominations of T10 and over, and that some of them be Issued In inomlna tlons of $1,000, $r.,000 nnd $10,000 in or dei that they may be held by national banks in the proportion of 20 per cent, of their lawful money reserves. J. D. ROCKEFELLER'S GIFT. Forest fit It l'nrk to He Added to tho C'ilr I'lcninro Ground. Cleveland, Nov. 21. It Is authoritative ly announced heio that next spring John 1). Rockefeller will present to the Paik board of Clevelund Forest Hill p.itk, which ho now owns and for somn tlmo has been Improving. Tho Information Iconics from J. Q. V. Covvles, who la Mr. Rockefeller's real estate agent here. For est Hill park can ba connected with tho Cleveland paik system by a driveway which at present Is owned and used by a prlvato family. In tho center of Foi est Hill park is Mr, Rockefeller's sum mer homo In Cleveland. Recently Mr, Rockefeller has had men grading the driveway connecting Forest Hill park with the park system of the city A short tlmo ago Mr. Cowies took a sixty dajs' option on a plcco of prop city, which would bo necessary In mak ing tho connection, nnd ho said today that ho did so under ordors from Mr. Rockefeller, If Mr. Rockefeller makes tho gift to tho Park board, tho city paik system will extend seven miles south fiom Lake Frio to Shaker Heights. WILL SUPPRESS WEYLER. Demonstrations in His Honor to He Proliibltcd--Cirllsts nnd Socialists Wero .Making Capital oi Thcni--1'repnriiiR n W clcoino nt i'nlmn. Madrid, Nov. 21 Tho subject of per mitting demonstrations In honor of Lieu tenant Gene ral Weyler, a number ot which have been pltnned, was discussed at tho cabinet council held today, and It was pointed out by Senor Gullon, min ister of foreign affairs, that lln Carllsts nnd Socialists In Spain wero making cap ital of the proposed demonstrations. Tho cabinet finally decided to prohibit any oiganlzed welcome of General Wej ler. General Correa, tho minister of war; Senor Capdepon, minister of tho Interior, and Senor Grolzaid. minister of Justice, wero delegated by tho cabinet to take measures to cilriy out a sweeping policy for preventing members of tho army from lnteiferlng In politics. Palm i, Island of Majorca, Nov. 20 A demonstration in honor of General Wil ier has been arranged hero with great enthusiasm Tho steamer Montserrat. with tho general on board, will touch here on her way from Corunna to Uar celona, and ns this Is tho blrthplaco of the former captain gencial of Cuba tho Inhabitants have been decorating their houses and have prepared a grand sere nade. The general will bo met by a dep utation of joung girls and will be the recipient of many honors upon the part of the people of Raima. TURKEY MAY DROP NAVAL PLANS. Russia Demands Payment an Ac count of War Indemnity Arrears. Constantinople, Nov. 21. Tho officials of tho Russian embassy esteiday sent a second note to the Turkish government, pointing out that in times of difficulty Russia abstained from urging the pay ment of tho war debt due to her by Tur kej, but tho note added, now that tho government of Tut key has decided on lresh armaments which aro not warrant ed by tho present situation, Rusbla de mands a portion of the arreais, on the oamo grounds that Austria urged the pay ment of tho claims due to the Oriental railroad, an Austrian corporation, for transporting Turkish troops in the re cent war with Greece. In consequence of this communication, tho Porte has infosmed tho Russian charge d'affaires that nothing has been dcvielcil concerning the armaments, at tho same tlmo bestowing on that official tho grand cordon of tho Osmanll order. It Is believed that tho Turkish govern ment will now drop its plans for tho re organization of the navy, although the of ficials of the German embassy have been Instructed to support tho offers of the German firms to le construct the flett and supply the necessary arms, ammunition and uniforms. TVVENlY.FIVf-: MILLIONS CAPITAL. A Rig Combination of r.nnnii'lled nre .tlnnuliicturers Formed. St. Louis, Nov. 21 A huge combination of capital has been formed here. The St. Louis Interests are the so of tho Ncld ringhaus Urothers, known as the St, Louis Stamping company, and the Gran Ito Olty Steci company. The plan Is to concentrate tho manufactuio ot enam elled ware, which will hereafter bo en tirely under the patents of tho Nedrlng lnghaus, concern. Other companies, it is said, aie Interested In the new corpora tion, including two in Now York, three In Chicago, and one each In Milwaukee, Bal timore, Boston and Philadelphia, The capitalization of tho new corpora tion will be $23,000,000. The president will be F. G. Neldrlnghaus. The other offi cers have not been selected. ROBBED THE DUCHESS. Her Dressing Case Stolen in Pnd dington Station, London, London, Nov. 21 A dispatch from Ox ford received tonight says the dressing case of tho Duchess of Marlborough was stolen fiom Paddlngton Station this af ternoon as the duchess was about to start for Oxford. The maid who accom panied tho duchess left the case for a bhort tlmo In order to purchase tickets. I and when she returned to the spot where sat' nan put it oown, sue lounu mat it had disnppe-ared. Whoever stole the dressing case no doubt thought they had obtained a ilch haul, but they were disappointed, as there were few valuables among Its con tents. DESPERATE HIGHWAYMAN. A .Mnskcd Xcrio Holds lrp a Street Cnr. Kansas City , Mo,, No , 21 A masked negro attempted to hold up a stieet car at the end of the Flghtcenth street cable lino at a late hour last night. Tho grip man, U. R. Prewctt, threw a grip hook at tho highwayman, who insvantly shot the giipman in tho groin. Conductor G. W. Church came to hit asslstnnco and was stiot la tho breast being badly wounded Tho negro escaped. ArclibiNliop of Canterbury to ltcsigu. London, Nov. 21. The Right Hon. nnd Most Rev. Frederick 'iemplo, D. D, atchblshop of Canterbury and prlmata of all Fngland, will, It is reported, teslgu the nichblshoprlc afterttho soventy-slxth anniversary of his birth, which will oc cur on Nov. SO. The urchbtshop of Can terbury, who was enthroned on Jan. 8 lust, was born In 1S21 He took a doub.c libt class at Oxford, and married it daughter ot the Right Hon, W. S, Las colics, CnminUfliouors For Alaska. San rranclsco. Nov. 21. A bill has been dratted for Introduction ton congiess at tho ni-xt Besslon prov idlng for the appoint ment of a board of code commissioners for tho district of Alaska, to draft a code ot criminal and civil laws and to tovlso the act creating the circuit gov ernment for tho district. Tho measuro Is drafted In nccoreUr.ee with the Ideas of tho five principal commercial companies doing business In tho territory, Luetgert Cnsr. Chicago, Nov. 21. The Luetgort caso will bo called for a second trial tomorrow morning In Jud;go Horton's court. Tho state will announce its readiness to pro ceed but It Is pXtbablo that Attorney Phalen, for tho defense, will ask for a contluuunco or a chance of venue. ANNUAL REPORT OF SECRETARY OF WAR Review of the Last Quarter ol the Fis cal Year Eliding June 30. SUGGESTIONS FRfM GENERAL MILES The Necessity oflncrcnslng tho Ef ficiency of the United Slates Army is Clearly Pointed Out--Pny of Un listed, .lion Who nre Stationed nt Alaska Should be Incrcused--.More Funds Needed for the National Guard. AVnshliigton, Nov. 21. The annual report of Secrutaiy of War Alger de parted fiom the custom, of his pic elecessois who reviewed the itooits of the commanding generals und tho bonds of butvnus. As only tho last quarter of the fiscal year ending Juno 30 fell within the piesent secietatv's term, he presents a nnopsls of tho leports prepared by tho officers Imme diately responsible together with their recommendations for legislation tend ing to the better administration of their elepditments. The secretary then expresses his judgment of each, re port with sucn recommendations as seemed to him appropriate. General Miles considered the in my, although Inadeciuate In point of numbers, never In a higher slate of ellleieucy. He lecommended that nitlllery gunners and gunnei y specialists- receive proper compensation He pointed out tho recesslty of ginnaslums and diill halls along the line of north jm military posts. In the consttuctlon of modern fortifications and high power guns, ap proximately $J6,000,t00 bad been ex pended, neatly ono-thlrd of what was required to put the country In a rate condition rf defense. Geneial Miles recommended the addition ot two regi ments or nitlllery that the mortar bat tel les and high power guns already In position might be properly preserved .and manned In time of hostility. The general pi in for defoie adopted by the government should b- steadily pur FtiPd until tho nation Is In a condition of seem lty. Ho recommended that In the appropriations for the coining fis cal year a lai ge sum be devoted to har bor defer ses. SOLDIHRS FOR ALASKA. The demands for live additional in f.antiy teclnients was Imperative be cause of increased demands upon that seivice, as for instanco the occupa tion with suitable garrison of the great fi'nltorv of Alaska. The strength of the armv In time of peace should be segulated to the population and wealth of the nation The maximum of en listed men should be limited to one soldier to every thousand population nnd the minimum one soldier to every two thousand population. The secre tary, in reviewing tho commanding general's report, urrres the favorable conMdetatlon ot General Miles' request for two more artillery regiments. The sectctaiy believes that further mili tary reservations should s created In laska On recount of the terrible rigor of the weather, and also the In ducements tor desertion, the pay of tho enlisted men seivlng there should bo inci eased, with the hope that extra, compensation will be nn Inducement for a v cry high rate of men to enlist In that particular service He recommends the revival of the grade of ll'utenant general. In report ing to the secretary the board of ord nance found that English gun cotton was slightly better than that of Amer ican manufacture. The report of the board of commissioners of the Soldiers' home submitted to the secretary, shows that on Sept. 30, there vvire 1,141 bene ficiaries on the rolls Ian increase of 11 over last year) and that 724 of tho beneficiaries were piesent nt tho homo at that date The Income of the homo was J221,58; expenditures, $194,846, making nn Increase In the permanent fund of $J,812, while the balance In the United States treasury, Sept. SO, was $2,737,r!7. The secretary of war wants an increase In tho number of cadets at West Point where on Sept. 1, there was 33S, tho laigest number ever there at one time. CADETS-AT-LARGE. He recommends that the president be authorized to appoint ten cadets-nt-large each year. This would be an ex cess of 20 cadets over the numbr now authorized Adequate appropilatlons for the maintenance of the National Guard was tho buulen of the Inspector geneinl's recommendations He thought funds should be appro priated for field manouvres, combined, when piacllrable, with tho National Guatd. Secretary Alger dwelt upon the necessity for legislation to pto vlde a proper system of ordinary crim inal Juiisdlctlon in military reserva tions, to amend the summaty-court act, and to leave to the discretion of the secret.aty ot war the designation of the amount of the reward for the ap prehension of dcseiters as suggested by the Judge ndvocnte general. Tho sec retnty shows the need of nn Increase of $100,000 In tho appropriation for aimy transportation to move heavy ordnance and an Increase of $1,5S0.000 to provide barracks and quarters for a number of new posts on the see const and to enlarge others. The surgeon general's report showed that tho aimy enjoyed excellent health during 1S, the death rate being only 5 41 per thousand. Tho general Impression that white troops excel colored troops in point of health is ihovvn to "bo enntrurv to tho facts. Tho surgeon general recommended n return t the foimer practice of pro viding publio quarters for a stated number of married men In each orgunl 7,atlon. This on nccount of the unsan itary condition of the present quarters at many posts. Tho secretary sas while tluro is force In this suggestion, the enlistment cf mairled men is dis countenanced because of the fiequent Inability to change station and to build quarters os lecommended would add largely to the expense, and Indirectly encourage that which Is not favored by the mllltaty authorities. The pay master general Bhows that a fuither upptoprlation of $35,927 is required to complete payment of the army for the year ended June 30, 1897, It nlso ap pears probable that a fuither appropri ation of not less than $450,000 will bo required to enable the tinny to bo paid in full for the fiscal year ending Juno 10, 1S9S. There is an increase in the estimate for the next year over the ap propilatlon for the year ending June 3D, 1S9S, of $S58,112, accounted for as fol lows: The estimates for 189S wero very closely made, yet congress reduced the estimate $439,931 which will in part account for tho apparently largo In ciease In tho estimates for 1S99. The principal Items of interest nre as fol lows: NHW OFFICERS. Forty-fivo additional second lieutenants to ba piovldcd for at a cost of $Gj,0()0. Tho lncrcaso of jjay of enlisted men for length of service Is JJ32,7i'2. Tho Increase In pay of totlrcd olllccrs Is $178,!H. Tho luneaso on account of pay of enlisted men on the retired list amounts to $l2b,ltO. The Increase on account of travel pay, retnlnrd and detained pay, clothing not drawn, and Interest on deposits payable to enlisted men on discharge amounts to General V'llson, chlof of engineers, shows that at tho close ot tho fiscal year the cnips of engineers consisted of 111 otllceis, 18 of whom wero detached from tho commnnd of the chief of engineers and on sjicclal duty, Thero wns an ur gent need for nn lucre ise In the number of onglnee-r tioops, both otlkers and en listed men At tho close of the fiscal ear tho following guns nnd mortars wero mounted and In readiness for Beivice-Twelve-Inch, 10, 10-Inch, 18; 8-Inch, li, and mortars, 71. At tho close of the calendar j ear It Is expected that there will be com pleted, armed, or In readiness for aima ment the following emplacements: Twelve-Inch, 19, 10-lnch, CO; 8-lnoh, Jl, rapid fire, 9; mortaro, 1W Tho secretary says: "Tho time seems to havo arrived when nn Increase In llio number of officers and enllsted men ot tho engine cr corps Is Indispensable Tlds is ono special reason why It Is b.lleved that an Increase of cadets nt Weit Point will bo beneficial, as more than form-ilv can bo assigned to the enr'necr corps me! profitable employed, while thj ex perience thus gained will bo of .rcii benefit to them In futute jcars In the lino of their ptofesslon Tho chief signal officer, In continu ance of experimental work with mili tary balloons, asks an appropriation ot $10,000 for the purpose. Secretary Al ger says this is an object which needs Investigation and as tho amount asked for Is not large, he commends It, h.s also the estimate of $20,000 for cable systems for the harbors of New Yoik, Boston and San Frnnclsco. The le ports of the battlefields commission show that tho work at Antletam is al most finished, and no further appro priation Is needed. At Gettysburg and Chickamauga the magnitude of the work Is commensuvate with the Im portance of the battles commemorated At Shlloh the work Is not yet beyond the commencement stage. The army department work expenditures for tho llcal year ending June 30, 1S97. were $49,350,136. The appropriations for the present fiscal year are given ns $G2, 832,417, while the estimates for the next fiscal year Is $96,258,445. Expenditures from permanent annual appropriations and appropriations for war claims are not Included In the above. rflGHWAYMAN ON LONG ISLAND. lie Hobs vvheelmcn nnd Attempts to Hold Up n Mail Coach. Cutcrcgre, '.. I., Nov. 21 Henry Scy muie, ot New Suffolk, was stopped at C.30 o clock last evening while riding a wheel on the turnpike one-half mllo from hero by a highwayman, who presented a re v olv er a id demanded Ms money. Tho joung man handed ovei $S, after which the robber deliberately scorched every pocket of his victim's clothing. After satlsfjlng himself that Stymore cftirki no other valusbles, he bade him deport, which order the young man quickly obeyed On reacheing this village Sey more quickly gave the alarm Tho new s had hardly reached hero when a frightened moscnger dashed Into tho vlllago awhoel and Informed th rsIJnts that highwayman had at 7.15 o'clock at tompted to hold up the mail coach, driven by John Delaney. The latter whipped up his horses and they almost ran over tho robber. They soon left him far benlnd. Fiom tho description given he 's doubt less tho samo man who robbed Sejmore. Two armed posses are now scouring the surrounding country, and hope to appre hend the robber before daylight. GENERAI. ORDWAY DEAD. Fxpires at the Holi'man House in New fcork. New York, Nov. 21 General 'Albert Onlway, died at 7.15 o'clock tonight at the Hoftman Houso In this city. Tho general's death was doubtless hastened b the sad and recent events In connec tion with his wayward daughter, Bettlna, Gerard, tho actress. Tho latter, a com plete wreck, was a few dajs ago trans ferred to a prlvato sanitarium from Belle vuo hosrital. Owing to the pleading of his wife, who had become reconciled to her daughter, General Oidway finally consented to the return of the prodigal, and a reunion of the fnmlly In Washing ton was arranged General Ordway's death Is attributed by tho attending physician to Jaundlco and pleurisy, which developed from a cold contracted In Paris. The Herald's W cuther Tnrocnst. New York, Nov. 22. In the middlo slates and New England, today, paitly cloud weather will prevail with fresh and brisk southerly to westeily winds blowing with considerable force oft tho coasts followed by filling temperature and light or moderate rain or snow In tho northern districts of this section, clear ing by the evening or In tho night. On Tuesday, In both of theso iectlons, con siderably colder and generally fair weath er and fresh northwesterly winds will pievall, preceded by rain or snow tn New England. btciitiiNhip Arrivals. New York, Nov. 21. Ai rived: La Cham, pagne, Havre. Havre Arrived: La liretagne. New York. Queenstown Sailed: Etrmla, from Liverpool, New York. THE NEWS THIS 310KNING. Weather Indications Todayi fair, Colder! Northwesterly Winds, 1 General Ouba's Awful State. Col. Trcnholm's Outtency Scheme. Will Suppiesn AVeyler. Annual Iteport of Secretary of War. Tho British May ItefciTt. 2 Saturdays Foot Hall Gaines. 3 Local Two Addresses by Rev. Dr. Ciafts. Tilbutes to a. Bi other, t Editorial Comments of the Press, 3 lyocal limiiltrs Keep Police Bus Child's Tiairlc Death, Hpezlal Service for Young Men. Ixicul West Sldo and City Suburban, 7 I'p and Down tho Valley. S Largo Tannery Buincd. Ti amp's Narrow Escape, Tho Markets. THE BRITISH MAY RELENT Differences of Bering Sea Meeting Will Be Cleared TO CANADA'S ADVANTAGE. Reciprocal Trade With Ameri ca Necessary. Ilritiih Authorities nre Kxoncdingly Anxious to Close Up the Various Irritating luostions Which Hitvo Long i:lstcd Uetvvoen Canada nnd the United Stntcs--Tho British Ambnssudor Authorized to Ucgln Tvcgotlations For Trcntlcs, Washington, Nov. 21. There Is good reason to believe that the British gov ernment will view with favor the for. matlon of a commission to clear up vexatious questions between the United States and Canada. This attitude will be lmpoitant in the consummation of the commission plan for the best ef foits of the United States and Canada toward a general fcottloment. Tt could come to naught unless the impctlat government approved the efforts and stood ready to give them official expla nation in the form of a treaty. At first the sharp differences aioused by tin recent Bering sea meeting led to tho belief that Great Biltaln might stnnd In the way of a commission which would discuss among other question1 iuch Imperial subjects ns the tariff. The British have been tenacious of holding the advantages secured by Canada's pieferentlal British tailff and It was thought that tho colonial office nt London would not view with favor any movement by a commission which would disturb this preferential tariff. It appears, however, that the British authorities arc sincerely anx ious to close up the various Irritating questions which have long existed be tween Canada nnd the United States through the medium of a commission or otherwise and that no idea is en tertained that w hen the commission dealt with the Imperial subject of tariff lb would Involve any disturbance of the Btltlsh-Canadlan tariff relations. Thote are said to be many articles, such at coal and fish, which are not ex changed between Great Britain and Canada. On such articles, therefore, any reciprocal arrangement between the United States and Canada would have no Influence on British trade with Canada. Tho home government is sold to be fully conscious of the advantages which Canada may secure In the ex tensive American markots lying along side her and there it understood to bo every desire to aid Canada In tho en joyment of reciprocal trade with thl4 country. Already the British ambas sador has been authorized from London to begin negotiations for reciprocity treaties between the United States and tho British West Indian colonies. Thi.s Is cited to show that the favor which the London authorities exhibit is toward securing the best reciprocal advantages for British colonies. It Is said tho same view would prevail as to Canadi an reciprocity. In any event the work of a commission would be preliminary only, nnd it would remain for the Brit ish government to give It effect by foi mal treaty. SUBJECTS FOU CONVRBSATION. The subjects other than the tariff, such a, liorder Immigration, fishing In the great lakes, etc., ute not of an Im perial chniacter, and concern only tho United States and Canada. These, It Is said, Great Hrltaln has no inttrest lu whatever, except to see them settled on terms batlsfactoiy to Canada. Th lake llsheiles havo b'en a. prollfio souice of trouble. It Is elximed that the fish of the lakes, particularly while fish, are being exterminated by tho lax laws ot soma of the states boi del ing on the lake3. Tho destruction of the flh Is said to be analoyou3 to the destruction of the seals in Bering sea and ono ot the subjects which Canaua, would urgo before the commission would be tho motection of the f.shei les of the lakes. Professor D'Arey Thompson, the. British seal expert, having: concluded his lnbrus bete, left today for Toronto, Intending to reach New York in tlmo to take tho Lucanla for Liverpool later in the week. His tilp to Canada la personal and has no connection with pending Bering sea negotiations. Piofesssor Thompson expresses him self as well pleased with tho recent meeting of the exports and with the results arrived at. Since the expert azieement was reached a protocol has been signed by Mr. Hamlin, chairman of the expert meeting and tho two secretaties, Mt Venning in behalf of Canada and Mi. Clailc In behalf ot the United States. This protocol sets forth the circum stances under which the meeting vva neld, with tho minutes of the proceed ings and to some extent nlds in tho In terpretation of the agreement by show -Ing all the circumstances leading up to Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British ambassador, has been confined to his room f r the last two weeks with' a re turn of his old ailment of rheumatism. It piovented his attendance at the Ber Inc sea meetings and in this nnd all other affairs of tho embassy. Mr. Ad nms.flrst secretary, has been In charge. In the meantime bucIj quebtlons as re ciprocity with the British West Indies, the t-eneral arbitration treaty, etc,. imvo i.f.ri in nbevance but they ara likely tn come up for discussion tvlthl the authorities hero ns eoon us Sir Julian is fully reooverod, r :i
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