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SClUNTON. PA.. MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 3, 1808.
TWO CENTS.
SAVANNAH IN
A CYCLONE
City in a Hurricane
for Eighteen
Hours.
THRILLING
INCIDENTS
Loss of Property Among the Island
ers Believed to Have Been Heavy.
One Death Reported The Losses
to Rice Growers Will Be 950,000
to S f 5,000 Narrow Escapes from
Drowning.
Savannah, Ga., Oct. 2. For eighteen
hours, from 3 o'clock this morning un
til G o'clock tonight, Savnnnah has been
In the grasp of a West Indian cyclone.
During that time the wind blew stead
ily from Hfty to seventy miles an hour.
While the city escaped with compara
tively little damage, the loss of prop
erty nmong the sea Islands of the Geor
gia and South Carolina coasts Is be
lieved to be heavy. For miles In every
direction around Savannah the low
lands along the rivers are submerged.
Only one fatality has so far been re
portedthe drowning of a negro while
attempting to reach the mainland from
a small island near Thunderbolt but
heavy loss of life Is feared on the South
Carolina sea Islands, where such fear
ful loss of life occurred during the
great tidal storm of 1893. The condi
tions now are similar to those during
that storm. Owing to the submerged
country and the Isolated location of the
islands no news can be had from them
until the water subsides. For eight
miles north of Savannah the entire
country is a lake, with only the hum
locks visible. At noon the water was
eight feet above the highest tide.
Driven on shore by the northeast storm
it filed upon the islands, swept over
banks and dams, carrying away the
remnant of the rice crop that was left
by the August storm and had not been
gathered and wiping out farm crops.
The loss to rice growers nkne will be
from $50,000 to $75,000. Of the entire rice
crop along the Savannah river, valued
at $250,000, nil but about fifteen per
cent, was lost in this and the preced
ing storm. The damage to shipping is
considerable. The schooner Governor
Ames, which was on her way to sea
with a cargo of 1,500,000 feet of lumber,
went adrift in the harbor but was se
cured safely. The wharves at the quar
antine station at the entrance to the
river here were partially carried away.
The quarantine officer and his family
and servants were rescued early in the
day by a tug. Four vessels which were
nt anchor at the station were torn
from their moorings and driven Into
the marshes. Three of these were the
Hrltlsh schooner Syanara, bound for
3t. Johns, N. B., the American schooner
Mlllevllle, for Mlllvllle. N. J., Fannie
L. Child for Boston, all lumber laden,
and the Italian bark Franklin. How
badly these vessels are damaged Is un
known. No news has been received
from Tybee since early in the morning
and nothing is known of the damage
there.
At Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope,
suburbs of Savannah, nil the boat
houses on the banks and hundreds of
small boats were carried away.
RAILROADS SUBMERGED.
The A. ent to which the railroads suf.
fered is? not fully known. The naval
stores and cotton and lumber yards
of the Plant system are submerged
and the tracks of the Central of Geor
gia and Georgia and Alabama roads
round the city are covered. The north
bound express on the F. C. and P. rail
road, due here from Florida at noon,
has not yet arrived. Telegraph wires,
except one wire over the Western Un
ion lines, are down and the condition
of the railroad track Is unknown. v A
special train will be sent out at day
light over the F. C. and P. road, south.
AH other roads are operating and the
F. C. and P. is running north of At
lanta. On Hutchinson island, opposite Sa
vannah and separating the cltv from
the South Carolina shore, there were
many negro families rescued by boats
from the revenue steamers Tybee and
Boutwell. One man with a child In his
aims, holding the little child above
his iiln.ulders, started to cross the dams
with the water up to his bodv. His
wife wltn another child, stood In the
window of their house, the floor of
which was already Hooded by the
rising water, and watched her husband
feel his way, step by step, along the
top of the treacherous dam, one false
f.tep from which, or a caving bank,
would throw him Into a swift moving
current. Finally he was sighted from
across the river on the city side. A
tow boat put off and after u half nn
hour's effort, the family was rescued.
Upwards of a hundred people were
brought from the Island to the city
in boats.
All day rescuing parties were at
work. Tonight the wind lias subsided
but the water which receded with the
ebb of the tide during the afternoon
had again risen. The O. S. H. com
pany's steamer, Nanchoochee, for New
York, and the Merchants' and Miners'
steamer, N. II. Miller, for Ualtlmore,
went to sea Saturday night. The City
of Macon, of the O. 8. S. line, was due
this mornjng from New York, but has
not arrived, and the city of Augusta,
of the same line, sailed from New Yoik
Friday and was due here tonight.
The extent of the storm Is unknown,
until telegraphic communication Is re
stored or news received from the noun
try between Savannah and Jackson
ville, over which the heaviest part of
the storm passed, the full extent of
its damage cannot be told.
Steamship Arrivals.
New York, Oct. 2. Arrived; La Tour
ulne, Havre; Nomadic, Liverpool. Queens.
town-Sailed: Campania, Liverpool for
New York.
SMALL RIOT IN PARIS.
A Dreyfus Demonstration Is Nipped
In the Bud.
Paris, Oct. 2. The holding of the
Dreyfus demonstration organl7ed by
M. Pressence, one of the leaders In the
agitation for this afternoon, was pre
vented by the closing of the Salle
Wngrnn. M. Pressence and his friends
tried to force nn entrance and an up
roar resulted. The police then inter
vened and arrested M. Pressence, M.
Vaughan, editor of the Aurore, and
Deputy Mory, nmld shouts and coun
ter fchouts of "Vive Revision," "Vive
Armce," "Vive Zola" and "A JUns les
Julfs," nnd the crowd was dispersed.
The persons taken Into custody wero
subsequently released.
Although the disorders have not been
attended with serious results, they
hnvn created Intense alarm among the
foreigners at the hotels, nnd It Is prob
able that an exodus will occur, the
guests fearing grave developments.
The working classes so far have held
aloof, but the leaders of the rival par
ties are doing their utmost to stir them
up nnd It Is believed that the disorders
will be repeated.
Lo Matin publishes n dispatch from
Cheyenne stating that the French
cruiser Dubourdle Is lying off the Snlut
Islands waiting to bring Dreyfus away.
Slight disorders of a loenj nature,
most of them In the vicinity of the
offices of the Libre Parole occurred
during the evening. Several arrests
wero made, but all those taken into
custody were subsequently released.
Midnight. It transpires that many
persons were slightly injured In the
disturbances which occurred this ev
ening, though sticks were the only
weapons used. It Is learned that six
of the persons arrested have been held.
An ugly statement Is made by the
Petite Republlque to the effect that
Colonel Plcquart, who had previously
taken cxerlcse In the court ynrd of
the Jail daily, has not left his cell
since Thursday, when he was seized
with symptoms of cerebral congestion,
followed by coma. There Is no means,
however, of verifying the statement.
COMMISSIONERS
LEAVE FOR OMAHA
Pennsylvania's Representatives to
the Trans-Mlsslssippl Exposition
Depart from Philadelphia.
(Philadelphia, Oct. 2. The Pennsylva
nia commissioners to the trans-Missis
sippi and international exposition to
day left in the special car Belfast for
Omaha, where they will take part In
the ceremonies Incident to the Penn
sylvania day, Wednesday, Oct. C. Post
master General Charles Emory Smith,
who is to deliver the Pennsylvania day
oration, acoempanied the commission
ers. The departing commissioners wero:
Llvy S. Richard, John W. Woodslde,
Thomas Bradley, Dr. J. Roberts Bryan,
I. O. Nlssley, C. S. Ovcrholt, Dr. F. C.
Johnson, T. Livingston Kennedy, P. C.
Boyle, Hiram Young, W. C. Gretzlnger
and George Nox McCain. The pa. y
will reach Omaha on the morning of
Pennsylvania day.
After delivering the oration at the
exposition. Postmaster General Smith
has been invited to make a number of
speeches, political and patriotic, before
returning. Dates have been arranged
to Oct. 21. Leaving Omaha he will speak
as follows: Topeka, 7th; Wichita, 8th;
Denver, open date; Omaha, 12th; Co
lumbus, O., 15th; Crawford, Ind., 17th;
Chicago, peace Jubilee, 18th and 19th;
Dayton, 20th, and Cleveland, 21st. The
political speeches will be confined to
Kansas and Ohio.
JUDGE BENNETT DEAD.
The Well Known WIlkes-Barro Jur
ist Passes Away.
WIJkes-Barre, Oct. 2. Judge Lyman
H. Bennett, of the common pleas court
of Luzerne county, died tonight, aged
53. He had been a sufferer from throat
troubles for some time past. The dis
ease was aggravated by a severe cold
which he caught while the court house
some weeks ago was without heat.
He adjourned court and left for his
country home, where he took to his
bed.
Disease was a lawyer of great ac
complishments, but was of a quiet and
unassuming disposition. He was born
In Delaware county, N. Y., and gradu
ate from the law department of Co
lumbia college. He was admitted to
the bar of Luzerne county In 1872 and
at once took a high place. In 1891 he
was the Republican candidate for Judge
but was defeated by his Democratic
opponent, John Lynch. In 1S91 he was
again the nominee of his party and was
elected.
To Improve Base Ball.
St. Louis, Oct. '.'.The National league
has discussed and decided to apply u
method to lmproe tho base ball situation
In St. Louis. This determination, It is
stated, will result In the elimination or
Chris Vnn der Aho and all the interests
allied with him In the present organlza.
tlon and will give the St. LoW franchise
to Frank II. Itoblnson, of Cleveland, who
will transfer the Cleveland club to tli's
city bodily next year.
The Chinese Throw Mud.
Pekln, Oct. 'J. During the eilebrntlon
yesterday of the festival of the Mion
th drunken crowds which had gathered
upon the streets threw mud upon uli Eu
ropeans who made their appearance. As
a precautionary measure tho ltusslun le
gation ordered an etcort of Cossacks from
Port Arthur. Tho Hrltlsh minister also
ordered hero a guard of twenty-live mar.
Ines from Wei Hal Wei.
Victory for Spaniards.
Madrid. Oct. 2. A dispatch receives
here from tho Vlsayas Islands says the
Tngales have landed in the Antigua pro
Ince and have been completely defeated
by the Spanish column after a sharp light
In which ninety-four of the Insurgents
wero killed.
Postmasters Convention.
Washington, Oct, 2. A convention of
po3tmastu.'s of the llrst class will be netu
at Detroit next week. Postmasters Ue
siring leave to attend It can secure It by
applying to Assistant 1'oslmasttr Gen
eral Heath by wire or letter.
Gen. Merrltt at Marseilles.
Marseilles, Oct. 2. Major (Jen. Merrltt,
who with his staff left Manila on August
30 eu route for Paris, whero he will take
part In tho peace conference, arrived
hero today unci proceeded for the yirt-nch
capital.
NEW STORY OF THE
MANILA FIGHT
REPORTS OP GENERALS M'AR
THUR AND GREENE.
Extracts That Give Interesting De
tails of the Battles of August Hi.
Skill Exhibited by Olllcers and
Bravery of the Men Troops De
serving of the Highest Praise.
Washington, Oct. 2. Tho report of
Major General Arthur MacArthur. who
commanded the First brigade, Second
division, Eighth army corp., on the day
of the battle of Manila, mention of
which was made In yesterday's dis
patches, gives some very Interesting
details of the fight of the 13th of Aug
ust. Fbllowlng are some extracts:
"Several hours before the operations
of the day were Intended to commence,
there was considerable desultory llrlnjr
from th Spanish lino, both of cannon
and small arms, provoked'no doubt by
Fillpplna soldiers who Insisted upon
maintaining a general fusllado along
their lines, with which the Amerlcun
lines connected Just east of the Passla
road. The fire was not returned by
our troops and when the formation of
the day was commenced things at the
front were comparatively quiet. Bv S
o'clock the position was occupied, about
3.35 the naval attack commenced, and
some twenty minutes thereafter the
guns of Battery B, Utah artillery,
opened on blockhouse 14, the guns of
the Astor battery having engaged an
opposing battery some minutes after
the opening of the naval attack. There
was no reply from the blockhouse or
contiguous lines, other than by guns
or small arms. The opposition to the
Astor lire, however, was quite ener
egtic; but after a spirited contest the
opposition, consisting probably of two
pieces, was silenced.
This contest was the only notable
feature of the first stage of the action
and wns especially creditable to the
organization engaged. The position,
selected by Lieutenant March, after
careful personal reconnaissance was,
perhaps, the only one possible In the
vicinity and It was occupied with great
skill and held' with commendable firm
ness, the battery losing three men
wounded, one of whom has since died.
The Utah gun on the road fired four
teen shots at blockhouse 14 with good
effect, as was subsequently nsceitalned
upon Ins ectlon of the work. Lieuten
ant Grow nnd detachment deserve
great credit for the commendable man
ner In which the piece was served and
pulled through the mud without the as
sistance of horses. Some time about
11 o'clock concentrated infantry fire
was heard In front of the Second bri
gade, and not long thereafter an ex
ultant shout Indicated substantial suc
cess for our nrms tn the left. It was
therefore assumed that the enemy had
been "so shaken as to make the ad
vance practicable without a serious dis
advantage to our troops."
At about 11.20 a United States flag
was placed upon block house 14, thus
concluding the second stage of the ac
tion without opposition and without
loss.
The general advance was soon re
sumed, the Thirteenth Minnesota lead
ing with Company K ns advance
guard, then the Astor battery, a bat
talion of the Twenty-third Infantry,
a battalion of the Fourteenth infantry
and the North Dakota regiment follow
ing in the order named.
DIFFICULTIES OVr.BCOM'i:.
At a point south of Slgalong, a block
house was found burning, auslng a
continuous explosion of small arms
ammunition, w'hlch together with a
blattering fire from tho enemy, retard
ed the advance for a time. Ml dllfi
cultlPH were soon overcome, however,
including the passage of the Astor bat
tery, by the determined efforts of
Lieutenant March and his mprr assist
ed by the lnfuntry of the .Minnesota
regiment over the sun emplacement
which obstructed tho road. In this 'Ul
lage, of Plngalong, the' advance fell un
der a loosu fire, the Intensity of which
Increased as the forward movement
was pressed, and very soon the com
mand wns committed to a fierce com
bat. This strong opposition arose at
bloc'; house 20 of the Spanish defenses,
a oetached work with complafcemeiitH
for fix guns which were not idled on
the j?lh Inst.; but the work wns occu
pied by a detachment of infantry
jrobably a strong rear guard.
The advance party consisting of men
of the Minnesota icglment, re-Infoived
by volunteer from the Asior battery,
led by Lieutenant Starch and Captain
f-aw telle, of the bilgade Btntf. as an in
dividual volunteer, reached a point
within less than 3') yards of ins block
hous" but was obliged to rollr? to the
Intersecting road occupied by a filing
line of about fifteen men. Aside from
conspicuous individual actions in tho
fitf-t rush, the well regulated conduct
of this firing line was the marked fea-tuu-
of the contest, nnd It Is proposed
if possible, to nsccrtaln tho names of
thu men engaged with a view to rec
ommend them for special distinction.
At about 1.30 p. in., ull filing had
censed nnd two scouting parties volun
tarily led by Captain Sawtilk- and
Lieutenant March soon thereafter re
potted the letreat of the adversary.
The city was entered without further
Incident, through the Paco district.
The ontnet was made about 12 o'clork
and the contest continued with great
ferocity until l.SS, that Is to say, about
an hour and a half. The loss In tho
combat wus three officer wounded,
four enlisted men killed and 33 wound
ed. Tieneral Mi-Arthur ti'kes occasion lo
command In strong terms, tha gallant
ry of Colonel's Overshlne nnd Reevp,
Cnptaln Sawtelle, BJornsten-1 and See
bach and of Lieutenants March, Ker
nan and Whltworth.
GENERAL GREENE'S FIGHT.
Movements of the Second Brigade of
the Eighth Army Corps.
Washington, Oct. 2. Tho report of
Major General F. V. Greene, who com
manded tho Second brigade, Second
division, of the Eighth army corps, at
Manila, at the time of the battle there
on the 13th of August last, has been
made public. General Greene was then
brigadier general. His brigade con
sisted of the First Colorado, First Ne
braska and Tenth Pennsylvania nnd
the First and Second battalions of the
Eighteenth Infantry, Butteries A and
B, of the Utah artillery, a detachment
of Company A, engineer battalion,
First California, First nnd Third bat
talions, Third artillery, Company A,
engineer battalion.
General Greene describes In detail
the part performed by his command In
the battles about Manila, recapttulat
In In the following:
. "This brigade captured Manila bay,
July 17, landed and established camp
July 19-21, was attacked by the Span
lards July 31, August 1, August 2 and
August C, led the advance in the at
tack and capture of Manila, August 13.
Our losses were sixteen killed nnd six-ty-slx
wounded. It Is impossible to give
any accurate figures of the losses of
the Spaniards, but It is probably safe
to say that their losses from August 1
to 13 were at least forty killed and 100
wounded.
"The manner In which the troop3 per
formed their duties, whether fighting,
working In the trenches or sitting still
under fire, with strict orders not to re
turn It, Is worthy of the very highest
prulse.
"The resistance encountered on the
13th wan much less than anticipated
and planned for, but had the resist
ance been greater, tho result would
have been the same, only the loss would
have been greater. Fortunately a great
result of capturing this city, the sent
of Spanish power In the east for more
than 300 years, wus accomplished with
a loss of life comparatively insignifi
cant." ON THE DEFENSIVE.
General Greene's account of the
events from the day of his landing up
to the 13th of August, the date of the
decisive battle, shows that his troops
were constantly on the defensive and
that all of them were employed In skir
mishes of greater or less importance.
General Greene gives an account of
what took place on various dates until
the 13th, the American forces remain
ing on the passive defence. Of the
battle of the 13th, he says:
"At 10.15 I sent forward the First
battalion of the First Colorado along
the beach and In the field on its right
and followed this up with the second
and then the third battalion of the
fume legimen' at distances of about
200 yards. They mot n light fire from
the woods on their right Hank, In rear
of the Spanish trenches and In the di
rection of Clngalon and Paco. They
replied to this with volleys and the
companies nearest the beach forded
the creek, advanced through the water
on the beach, turned the right Hank
of the trenches and entered Fort San
Antonia de Abad from the rear, haul
ing down the Spanish flag, and hoist
ing the American flag abopt 11 a. m.
Seeing the fort captured without re
sistance, I ordered the Eighteenth Uni
ted States Infantry to move by the left
fiank over the trenches and along the
road to Manila In columns of fours,
not anticipating any resistance. As
they showt-d themselves, however, a
sharp llr was met trom the woods
near Clngalon and the second battalion
deployed to the right of the road In
the formation for attack. Although
the enemy could not be accurately
located on account of their using
smokeless powder, this fire was replied
to by volleys which had the effect of
subduing It. The battalion then moved
forward by rushes, followed by tho
first battalion, until It reached the
Spanish trenches which had been aban
doned, leaving three dead. When the
Eighteenth United States Infantry ad
vanced, I sent orders to Uie Third
United States artillery to advance to
the front from Its position on the right
and their advance was made in the
formation for attack at the same time
as the Eighteenth United States in
fantry. They were subject to tho same
fire from their right and front near
the Clngalon woods, to which they re
plied, subduing It and then advancing
to the Spanish trenches, which they
found deserted.
Just as the advance of the Eigh
teenth infantry and the Third artillery
began, the commanding officers of t e
leserve which had been ordered up
the division commander reported to
me and I directed them to fo. ow
by the beach and orderd the artillery
to follow on to Manila as soon as they
could get the assistance of the Infan
try to haul their guns. As the bridges
near the fort appeared to be broken
by artillery fire, 1 directed tho engineer
company to carry forward some large
nestles nnd flooring of bamboo which
had been piepared the previous day,
und this wns done under fire. Having
made these dispositions I rode forward
rapidly by the beach and through tho
creek to the fort. A portion of tho
First Colorado was In the Spanish
trenches replying to a fire from a sec
ond line of defenses running along the
road from Malate to Clngalon; the rest
of the Colorado regiment und all of
the California were In the houses a
few hundred yards In our front reply
ing to this same file from the flunk.
MARCH THROUGH MALATE.
The First Nebraska and Eighteenth
United States Infantry having now
come up, I directed them to move for
ward, the former nlong tho beach and
the latter along Calle Ileal. The Col
orado regiment was directed to protect
the right flank from any possible at
tack from Clngalon and Paco. The
California regiment was ulready in
advance on Calle Real. In this way
tho brigade moved through Malate
from street to street, meeting a strag
gling Are from the direction of Paco
but no serious resistance.
After advancing through Malate and
Ermlta, the open space at the I.uneta,
just south of the walled city, was
reached about 1 p, m. A white flatj
was flying, ut the southwest bastion,
nnd I rode forward to meet it under
a heavy firs from our right and renr
on the Paco road. At the bastion I
was Informed that officers representing
General Merrltt and Admiral Dewey
were on their way ashore to recelvo
tho surrender und 1 therefore turned
east to the Paco road.
General Greene't- appreciation of the
services rendered by Captain T. B.
Mott, aide-de-camp to the mator gen
eral commanding the members of his
own staff, Captain W. C. Babes, as
sistant adjutant general; Lieutenant
Schuyler Schlelllln, aide-de-camp; Cap
tain W. A. Hnrper, assistant quarter
master, and Major F, G, Bourns, sur
geon United States volunteers. (the lat
ter en I'peclul duty, not medical), all of
whom wero with him on August 13.
They nil carried oiders under fire, for
tunately without any casualties.
GENERAL WOOD'S
WISE SOLUTION
HIS PLAN POR DEALING WITH
THE CUBAN QUESTION.
He Would Disband the Cuban Army
and Givo Each Soldier $50 In Cash
nnd Farming Implements A Few
Regiments of Cubans Should Bo
Retained for Police Duty.
Santiago do Cuba, Oct. 2. General
Wood believes that the best plan to be
adopted In the present clrcumstunccs
will be to disband the Cuban army,
giving to each soldier $50, half in cash
and half in agricultural implements.
The carrying out of the plan will, It is
estimated, necessitate an expenditure
of $1,500,000, but It Is believed to bo a
cheap solution of the difficult problem
and the best.
For police purposes it is believed the
wisest course, would be to form a few
regiments of Cubans, the senior officers
of which shall be Americans.
General Wood and General Castillo.
his special aide, will leave here on Wed
nesday next on a tour of the province
for the purpose of appointing mayors,
constables and other local officials In
tho vnrlous towns. They will be ab
sent for ten days. Orders have been
Issued that English-speaking Cubans
shall have the preference in appoint
ments to offices, provided they are
otherwise equally capable of discharg
ing the duties of the positions to be
filled, with the other applicants.
Colonel Ray, with five companies, of
the Third Immune regiment (white), Is
en route from Guantnnamo for Mnn
znnlllo to relieve the Spanish garrison
there. The regiments at San Luis will
Join him later.
Two deaths from yellow fever are re
ported to have occurred at Guantanamo
during the week. The sickness there
Is decreasing. No cases of yellow fever
has been reported this week, at San
tiago, San Luis and Songo.
The transport Obdam, from Porto
Rico, having on board twenty-four con
valescents, en route for New York, will
sail from this port tomorrow.
CONDITION OF THE OBDAM.
Surgeon General Seaman Predicts
More Sickness.
Santiago de Cuba, Oct. 2. Surgeon
General Seaman, of the transport Ob
dam, declares that .there will be a re
petition of the awful horrors that have
characterized the voyage home of the
other transports If more sick toldlers
are sent on board the vessel for trans
portation to New York. He says that
when the Obdam left Porto Rico many
on board were slul;, yet -the quarter
master refused to furnish wine for
their use, but supplied them with hard
tack and canned food, saying that he
had no authority to do more. Surgeon
Seaman said he would hold him re
sponsible should any deaths occur and
flnnlly succeeded In obtaining suitable
food for those who were HI.
He asserts that the ship has every
man that she can carry, and that if she
reaches New York without any deaths
occurring she will be lucky.
Hearing that a number of other sick
soldiers were to be sent aboard here,
the surgeon major made a protest and
stated that he was Informed by Gener
al Lawton that his protest showed lack
of discipline and that an officer had
been appointed to see how many ad
ditional men the Obda'rn could carry.
Surgeon Seamnn says he will cable
to Surgeon General Sternberg u pro
test disclaiming responsibility for
whatever may happen. Mayor Mc
Leary, of Santiago, is endeavoring to
compel t' merchants to sell neces
saries of life at reasonable figures.
INDIAN OUTBREAK PEARED.
Interior Department Will Watch
White Earth Indians.
Washington, Oct. 2. The interior de
partment authorities fear the sltuutlon
In the White Earth Indian reservation
In Minnesota may be serious, not
withstanding official reports to them
stating no trouble Is apprehended.
They base this on press dispatches, for
Agent Sutheiland, In charge of the In
has received a dispatch from Indian
Agon Sutherland, In charge of the In
dians there, announcing that every
thing Is quiet and that there Is no ap
prehension of trouble either on Bear
Island or Leech lake.
A dispatch of similar tenor has also
been sent by Indian Inspector Tinker,
located at that point, and the official
report lo the war department from the
commander ot that department of the
nrmy also expresses the opinion that
no danger Is to be apprehended. The
government will watch matters closely
to prevent trouble.
POSTAL DECISIONS.
Referee in Bankruptcy Is a Govern
ment Ofllcer.
Washington, Oct. 2. In n communi
cation to the attorney general respond
ing to an Inquiry, acting Postmaster
General Heath says the postotllco de
partment holds that a referee in bank
ruptcy Is nn officer of tho United
States government entitled to use the
"penalty envelopes" but Is not satisfied
thnt a trustse In bankruptcy Is so en
titled. The referee, he explains, Is appoint
ed by the court and required to take
the usual oath, while the trustees rep
resents the creditors, is appointed by
them und is not required to take the
oath.
Went Beyond Their Depth.
Cape Muy, N. J Oct. 2. Miss Florence
Keen, a daughter of Dr. W. W. Keen,
and Charles K. tfeg, both of Philadelphia,
weie rescued from Ui owning today, A
boat manned by four other bathers start
ed to their rescuo but was upset nnd they
had liard pulling to save themselves. The
couple had unconsciously gone beyond
their uepin.
Shot His Brother.
Ashland, Pa., Oct. 2.-Vhlle Michael
Thompson, a half-witted young man, was
chasing his. mother about tho dining room
at his home In Mahanoy Plane, this af
ternoon, his brother, Thomas, seized n
shotgun and shot Michael, lnBtantly kill
ing him. Tho affair caused considerable
excitement. Thomas has surrcnde.ej
himself to the authorities.
THE NEWS THIS MOUNINU
Weather Indications Todayi
Showers; Mlgli. Easterly Winds.
1 General Savannah Swept by a Hurri
cane,
Filipinos Suspicious of Americans.
Statement of Cuban Conditions.
General Wood's Plan of Dealing with
the Cuban At my,
Reports of Generals McArthur and
Greene.
2 Gencrat Decline in the Price of Cotton.
Financial and Commercial.
3 Local Unique Form of Missionary
Work.
Rev. Francis llodur Excommunicated.
4 Editorial.
Comment of the Press.
5 Local Mr. C. Smith's Little Game.
Annual Meeting of Voung People.
Soft Coal Nuisance.
G Local West Hcranton nnd Huburbnn.
7 News Hound About Scrnnton.
8 General Captain McCauslaud Strlckon
with Typhoid Fever.
Letter from Manila.
AGUINALD0 SETS AN
HEROIC EXAMPLE
He Refuses Salary Until His Army
Has Been Paid iullplno3 Are Sus
picious They Will Never Cheaply
Relinquish Their Dearly Bought
Conquests.
Manila, Oct. 2. The national assem
bly at Malolos ut a recent sitting voted
Agulnaldo a civil list of $75,000, but
Agulnaldo declined to receive anything
until the army should have been paid.
An attempt was made by Paterno, tho
speaker of tile house, to have inserted
a clause granting him an allowance
because of his office, but tho proposal
was rejected. The assembly Is now
engaged In discussing the constitu
tion.
The Spanish community Is tele
graphing to Madrid In nn endeavor
to secure the enforcement of the re
lease of prisoners. Personal Investi
gations made In the provinces empha
size the determination of the Insur
gents to obtain a specific guarantee of
favorable terms before releasing the
prisoners now In their hands, and It
li certain that they will never cheaply
relinquish their dearly bought con
quests. Everywhere Is seen evidences of ap
palling struggles. Popular opinion fav
ors autonomy, which it Is generally ex
pected will be established. The people
lather distrust the Americans, who,
beginning to realize this fact, sent the
ciulser Ilallegh to the northwestern
ports for the purpose of showing the
American flag and making friends with
the natives. The cruiser's officer en
deavored to arrange an interchange
of hospitalities, but the natives at
first were unwilling to visit the ship
unless hostages were landed. Finally,
however, filendly feeling wns estab
lished and the natives were agree
ably surprised at the American atti
tude. A sanitary board, with an American
at Its head, has been established here.
A corps of physicians are superintend
ing sanitary work In nil the districts of
the city and vicinity.
ATTACKED BY A LION.
Zeke Walters Fatally Injured in a
Cage at Butte.
Butte. Mont., Oct. 2. Walter Blanck
haid, better known ns Zeke Walters,
the animal man with Lehman broth
ers' circus, wus attacked In the Hon
cage by one of the lions, who felled
him with a blow on the head with Its
paws and continued the attack as ho
laj, proHtrate, Wulters grabbed one of
the bars of tho cage and drew himself
to his feet, at the same time attempting
to fight oft the brute.
Almost blinded by blood, from the
wounds In his head, Walters dragged
himself to the door nt tho rear of tho
cage. Unfastening It, he leaped to the
street, and fell unconscious to the
ground. The door slammed shut af
ter his exit, thus preventing the es
cape of the nnlmals. Walter's back
is terribly lacerated. The doctors say
he cannot live.
MIDVALE MINE FIRE.
Five Men Die of Suffocation nt
Wllkes-Barre.
Wilkes-Barre, Oct. 2. The Hie in the
Mid vale mine cnused the loss of five
lives. The body of the fifth victim,
Joseph Torofskl, wus found this morn
ing. All died of Mlffoeatlon. After the
recovery of Torofskl's body no fur
ther search was made, as ull the em
ployes had been accounted for,
Supeilntendent Lathi op says the fire
caused very little damage to the mine
and that work with a full force of men
will be resumed tomorrow.
Trotting Record Broken.
Toledo, O., Oct. a. 1 nn Hourbon,
driven by W. M. Morehouse, broke tho
world's trotting leeord of 2.11, lor a
mile driven to a wagon yesterday ut the
Toledo race track. Lynn Hourbon mndo
the mllu easily In 2.1M-I. ami will be put
against this record tomorrow.
Death of Willnm Hoffman.
Philadelphia, Oct. 2.-William Hoffman,
a private In Company (', Eighth Penn
sylvania volunteers, died today at St. Jo
seph'B hospital from typhoid fever. Ho
was brought to the Institution from Camp
Meade,
Caroline Miskel Hoyt Dead.
New York, Oct. 2. Carollno Miskel
Hoyt. wife of Charles Hoyt. tho play
wright, died at her home In this city to
day of Brlght's disease, resulting In pois
oning and convulsion. Mrs. Hoyt had
been HI for but two or three- days.
CONDITIONS
ABOUT CUBA
Theft and Murder at Ma-
tanzas Distress
Elsewhere.
BLANCO WANTS TO LEAVE
Has Asked for Permission to Roturn
to Spain on October 10 Colon, Ma
tanzas Unable to Care for Prison
ers in Jail nnd Inmates of Hospit
alsCuban Troops Are Without
Provisions Rumors That the Cus
toms and Revenues Are to Bo
Turned Over to Americans at Once.
H tvnnn, Oct. 2. Matanzas continues
In darkness und, thefts and murders uro
reported to be of nightly occurrence In
the pitch dark streets. Havana is
brilliantly lighted by electricity.
Tho consumption tax In Colon, Mat-nn-sas
province, which Is the only In
come devoted to the maintenance of
the public charges, such as prisoners In
the Jails, and inmates of the city hos
pitals, does not amount to $10 a duy,
while tho amount required for the sup
port of the prlsonet-8 alone Is $12 a day.
Fifty-seven political prisoners nra
lodged in the other public buildings
In the city ar-d the sick and poor are
entirely Unprov ied for.
Rumors were current yesterday that
the Spanish government had given or
ders that the customs revenues of tho
Island should be delivered to the
Americans today: but It Is understood
on good authority that the transfer la
not to be made until Nov. 1. Never
tneless there are persistent rumors
that the revenue will be turned over at
an earlier date.
It is also said that Captain General
Blanco has applied to the Madrid gov
ernment for leave to return to Spain
on the 10th of October and that his
request had been refused, the authori
ties ivlshlng him to remain In Cuba un
til the evucuatlon of tho Island has
been completed.
The opening of the academic courso
of the university took place this morn
ing. Neither General Blanco nor any
of 'the other authorities attended tho
ceremonies, contrary to the usual cus
tom, nor did the usual distribution of
prizes take place. These facts havo
caused much comment In various cir
cles and are considered more surpris
ing as the opening of the university
was the last that will occur under
Spanish dominion.
WILL INVESTIGATE MATANZAS.
Lieutenants Wade and Marsh, of tho
staff of the American commission, left
today for Matunzns and other places
to make further surveys and it-port.
The Cuban general Menocal, with
2,000 men, has arrived nt La Llse, Just
outsldo the limits of Havana.
Juan Gualberto Gomez, who was
chosen on Sept. 23 us a delegate to tho
convention, called for Oct. 10, when the
presidential election will take place,
will, It Is amounted, make an address
before leaving by sailing vessel for
Puerto Principe, where the convention
will be held.
A delegation from the Zaync club,
appointed to endeavor to secure relief
for the Cuban troops, paid a visit to
the American ccmmlsslon this after
noon nt the Tt-ocha hotel and ac
quainted them with the needy and mis
erable condition of the Cuban troops.
Senor Diaz, wife of the Cuban gen
eral I'edio Diaz, left this morning with
a large quantity of provisions present
ed by Cuban merchnnts for the troops
of General Diaz's command which are
encamped nt San Juan, near Cande
larla, In the province of Pinar del Rio.
The Pagua lallroad and the United
railroad have agreed to make a reduc
tion of fifty per cpnt. in freight rates
upon all provisions going to Cuban
camps.
Lieutenant General Correa, Spanish
minister of wnr. yesterday cabled to
Captain General Blanco to secure pas
sage for retired ofllcers In tho army
nnd for the widows of ofllcers who de
sired to return to Spain, deducting tho
umuunt paid for passage from the pay
due. The captain general was also in
structed to secure passage for the
wives of otlieers who have surrendered,
the amount pnld to be deducted from
their husband's salaries.
Relief Train for Sick.
Philadelphia, ot. 2. Another relief
tinln for the tick "oldlors at C.imp Mendo
will leave hen- tomorrow morning under
the ausplei-s of tho Jefferson hospital, re
turning In tho evening, it will be in
charge of Dr. Joseph S. Neff, medical di
rector of the hospital, and 1'rofessnr 11.
A. Hare, aided by three chiefs ot clinics,
Drs. Salinger, Williams nnd Louw Tliero
will bo twelve nurses and two orderlies
with the train. In chnrgo ot chief clinlo
nurse. Mls.s Lane.
Dervish Attack Repulsed.
Cairo, Oct. 2. Uelnfcrcetnents have been
ordelt-d from Omdiirmaii to Chednnr,
whero the force under Colonel Parsons
has repulsed another Dervish attack with
slight loss. There is no nows from Knsh
oda, but In all probability Major Match
and will shortly evacuate his position
there.
Dr. Jackson Resigns.
KansaH City, Mo., Oct. 2.-Dr.,Jnbc,iez
Jackson, division surgeon at Camp Mende,
I'a., has tendered his resignation to tho
war department und expects soon to iu
sumo his practice here. Ur, Jackson is
home on a fill lough.
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WEATHER PORECAST.
Washington, Oct. 2, Forecast for
Monday: For eastern I'ennsylva
nla, showers; high easterly winds.
For western Pennsylvania, rain;
high-southeasterly winds,
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