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SCKAiNTON, PA., MONDAY MOKNtXU. OCTOBER 30. 1898.
TWO CENTS.
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FASHODA BLUE
BOOK ISSUED
Correspondence Between
French and British
Governments.
NILE VALLEY DISPUTE
It Begins with n Despatch Dated
December 10, 1807, to Loid Balis
bury from Ambassador Monson.
Great Britain Does Not Admit the
Right of Any Other European
Power to Occupy Any Portion of
the Nile Valley Reports of the
Sirdar.
London, Oct. 0 The foielgn nil I en
has issued a Funodn blue book glv Ing
I me coriesponuence netwecn hip r ruiicn
II and British governments.
It begins with n dispatch dated nee.
li), 1S97 fioin Sir Edmund Monson,
British ambassador at Pails to Lord
Salisbury, icfcrring to luntoi.i of tho
mass-acre of the Mnrrhand expedition
and exptessing the ambassadors satis
faction that he has been allowed to
aceiualrt M Hnnotnux (Trench foreign
minister of that day) with Lord Salis
bury's view that. If othel questions
ure adjusted, Great Britain will make
no difllculty regarding the Trench
claim on the northern and eastern
shores of Lake Tchad. The dispatch
shows, however that the ambassador
made It clear that this concession must
not be understood as admitting the
light of any European power except
Great Britain to occupy any part of the
Nile alley.
M. Hanotauv leplled on nee. 24 in a
long dispatch of respectful protest
against Lord Salisbury's view.
On August 2 of this ear Loid alls
bury vviote Lord C'rnmei, British dlplo
matlc agent at Cairo, giving him In
structions that after tho capture of
Khartoum, l.vo flotillas should ascend
to Fashoda and go up tho riuo Nile ns
far ns it should prove navigable for
steamers. iJnder these Instructions
tho sirdar was personally to command
the Fashoda flotilla and to take a few
troops, If ho should consider it desir
able, tho object being to assert Great
nritaln's sphere of intlucicc In the Nile
valley.
On Sept. 7. Sir Edmund Monson re
ported to Loid Salisbury a convei ga
llon In which M. Delcasse, French for
eign minister, announced that March
anil had no authority to decide on
questions of right, and hud been in
structed to abstain from any action
likely to lepd to local conflict. AI. Del
casse furthe: expressed a conviction
that the mcttcr was susceptible of ar
rangement by means of discussion.
To this Lord Salisbury replied on Sept.
9 that Great Britain regarded the op
erations of the sirdar (General Kitch
ener) as placing all the territories of
Khalifa Abdullah by right of conquest
In the hands of the British and Egyp
tian governments, and Insisted that
this contention admitted of no discus
sion. Then follow dispatches recording the
discussion between Sir Edmund Mon
son and M. Delcasse, the latter ex
plaining that Maichand was now vir
tually a lleutcnnnt to the Llotard ex
pedition, and that, therefore, the situ
ation at Fashoda even If Marchand
was there, could noi be dangerous as
Sir Edmund Monson had represented.
THE SIRDAR'S REPORT.
On Sept. 25, still following the Rlue
book, the sirdar reported the results
of his expedition to Fashoda. fully
confirming the announcements aheady
cabled to th3 As-oelatcd Press, Includ
ing the f.-.ct that Geneial Kitchener's
arrival there prevented a second Der
vish attack on Marchand. The French
officer inform i the sirdar that ho had
concluded a tr.', which he had sent
to France for ratification, whereby the
Shlllock chiefs had placed the country
under French prVctlon, Marchand
replied In the negative to General
Kitchener's qncitloti whether ho was
prepared to resist the hoisting of the
Egyptian flag, but he maintained that
he had orders from the French gov
ernment to oci y Fashoda On the
departure of the British forces Gen
eral Kitchener notified Major March
and In writing that all transportation
of war material on the Nile was abso
lutely prohibited.
The sirdar's despatch concludes as
follows:
i "The chief shlllocks came to our
camp and positively denied that they
had concluded any treaty with March
and, while all the shlllocki declared
their allegiance t the British govern-
ment. Moreover, Marchand was in
such a precarious position that noth
ing could havo prevevel his annihila
tion by the Dervishes had up been a.
fortnight later In crushlrg the khalifa
Other dispatches Indicate that M
DelcaBse declined Great nritaln's ie
quest for the Immediate recall of Mu
Jor Marchand, and that Great Britain
agreed to despatch a message for the
French government to Marchand as a
matter of courtesy, without accepting
any responsibility for the results de
lay might entail and still mulntalnlng
thnt the matter ndmltted of no coin
promise In the final dispatch appealing In
the blue book Lend Salisbury, under
date of Oct. 3, Instructs Sir Edmund
Monson to Inform M Delcasse that the
latter's message to Mujor Marchand
has been sent but that Great Britain
views the Marchand mission ns hav
ing no political significance whatever.
Strangled with a Towel.
Denver. Co., Oct J.-ileorgti Randall, a
negro, has been arrested on the charge of
having murdered Mrs. Julius J. Volght.
ho was found dead In her upurtments
where she hud been strangled to Ueach
with o towel, und him made damaging ( d
missions. No evidence has been discov
ered to conect Rundall with the four nuir
rter by strangling that were committed
here In I SSI.
PRIVATE KILLED.
Thomas Oreenwalt Shot While At
tempting to Escape.
New York, Oct. 9. Thomas Green
wait, a private In Butteiy I, Seventh
nttllleiy, was shot and Instantly killed
last night while trying to escape ftom
Fort Slocum, near New Rochelle. Pri
vate John Coatcs, of tho same bat
tel j, oscuped the bullets fired after
him, but was uncsted bcfoie he got
away.
Gieenwnlt and Coates had been In
the guard house for two weeks past
and escaped from there, and, having
secured civilian's clothing, attempted
to make good their escape fiom the
fort to avoid the court martial that
was pending They were challenged
by the sentiv and In attempting to
gel away weie fired upon. Setgeant
Heck, of the Two Hundred and Sec
ond, with two privates of the guard,
came running up at this, moment and
nirested the fugitives. Before this
wa accomplished, howevei, Oreenwalt
knocked Seigeant Heck's bayonet to
the ground and attempted to slash
him with a nt7or but could not get
near enough to do him nnv hnim.
The shot fired by tho sentiy nroused
the whole post. Colonel Sinclair, of
the aitlllery, was one of the first to
reach the scene of the trouble. When
he came up Greenwnlt was a prlsonei,
being mennced by the bayonet of tho
guard. Coates was nlo under nrrost.
Colonel Sinclair ordered the men tak
en to the guard house In double Irons.
The two prisoners, in obedience to or
ders, stepped forward and tho guard
fell behind. After taking n few steps
both prisoners bolted. Colonel Sln
calr ordered to fire and three pilvates
Hied Greenwnlt fell dead in his tracks
without a cry. A bullet had gone
through his head. Coates threw him
self beside a stone wnll with a loud
cry but he was unhurt. He was tak
en to the guard house.
REVOLUTION IS
ANTICIPATED
Fiench Government lias Ordered Re
inforcements to Be Sent to Paris
from tho Garrisons in the Vicinity.
Paris, Oct. 9. The gov eminent has
issued special orders to the gauisons
of numeious towns near the capital
to send Immediately to Paris f.00 In
fant! y each.
The Journal Des Debats declares that
these relnfoi cements will amount to
10,000 men.
The paper expresses tho hope that
the country is not on the eve of a
revolution.
All the troops will be supplied with
two days' rations and sixty rounds of
ball carlil. ces.
Today haJ passed off quietly. Presi
dent Fnure, Instead of visiting the
races at Long Champs, as ho had In
tended, prudently remained to shoot at
Rabouillot, thus avoiding a demon
stration. Paris. Oct. 9. The Slecle says It
learns that tho government Is about
tj demand tho expulsion from the le
g'on of honor of Major Comte Kerelln
nrd Wnlsin Esterl-uzy, who Is believed
to be tho author of the Bordereau in
the Dreyfus case.
M. Trarlaux, foimer minister of Jus
tice, has written to M. Bilsson, the
premier, -protesting ngalnst the illeg
ality of Colonel Plcquart's close im
prisonment, and threatening too, that,
unless this relaxed, he will bring the
matter before the senate.
ANNEXING ISLANDS.
British Warships Goldfinch and Mo
hawk Gather Them In.
Victoria, B. C. Oct. 9. The Islands
recently annexed by the British war
ship Goldfinch aie said to bo Duff,
Cheiry and Mitre groups. Tho Mo
hawk planted the British flag on tho
Santa Cruz Islands, the Reef islands
and the Swallow group
The Duff group numbers eleven Is
lands, nil thickly Inhabited by eoppet
colored natives The whole of the re
cent annexations havo been ulaced un
der the contiol of Mr. C. M. Woodford,
the British resident In tho Solomon
group.
The Island of Motultl or Kennedy
Island, which has appeared on the
charts since the beginning of the cen
tury, was searched for In vain by the
Mohawk. It Is thought the Island, like
Falcon island, has sunk beneath the
waves.
TO EVACUATE MANZANILLO.
Spanish Troops Expect to Leave the
City Monday.
Mannuilllo, Oct. 8 (delayed in trans
mission) The Spanish troops expect
to leave Manzanlllo tomorrow. Gen
erul Parron, the Spanish commander,
will turn the city over to the major,
who will make the official transfer to
Colonel Rny, lepresentlng the United
States, on Monday
General Parron paid a visit to Col
onel Rny this morning, and the two
officers exchanged compliments Tlicj
conversation touched mainly upon mil
itary life in the tioplcs.
All the political prisoners here have
been i eleased. The military convicts
will be taken to Cienfuegos and sent
thenco to Havana, possibly ufteiwuid
to Spain.
Mourning for Poinell.
Dublin Oct. !. .Most of the citizens of
Dublin worn the Ivy loat today. It being
the annlveisary of tho death of Chniles
Slewait I'aniell. Thousands partic liutel
In the ceremonies at GlaHiioviu cemeteiy,
the lord major and corporation and delel
Kites from tho municipalities, and all the
chief towns of Ireland. In full regallu
taking part In tho procession Tho cete
monies of depositing; the wreaths upon
the grave were hlghl) Impressive, thoueh
simple.
Will Gather Negro Ballots.
Topoka, Kan., Oct. 9. Governoi Lejdy
has appointed the Rev. G. II. Olden, of
Topeku, a Baptist negro preuchcr. as
commissioner to take the ballots to Kan.
sas negro soldiers at Santiago, Today the
Rev. Olden left with the balolts. They
ure cat fully packed In a telescope vallie
and will be returned In the lame way,
EFFECTIVENESS OF
MEDICAL SERVICE
REMARKABLE FORESIGHT EX
HIBITED IN NAVY.
Tho Suigeon Geneial and Medical
Coips Prepared for War Imme
diately After tho Destruction of
the Maine Prepaintions Were
Made to Meet Any Contingency.
Washington, Oct 9. Probably no
better Illustration can be found of the
f oi e sight exhibited by the navy In pre
pnilng for the war than Is nffaidcd by
the history of the medical corps during
the stiuggle. This Is set out In the an
nual lepoit of the surgeon general, .
K Van Rev, pen, which Is the tiist of
the navy bureau teports submitted for
publication.
Suigeon Genet nl Van Reypen begins
with a modest ti Unite to the good Judg
ment and foresight of his piodecesor,
Geneial Tryon, who In putting In or
der and equipping the several naval
hospitals, was of Incalculable service
to the bureau, ennbllng it to propel ly
cure for the sick and wounded of the
navy duiing the wnr. When the Maine
was blown up, Surgeon Geneial Vim
Rev pen was In i lunge of the bureau
and begun piepniatlons immediately
for anv contingency. The hospitals
were fully equipped, plans weie lire
pared for pavilion wards, and the naval
laboratory prepuiot) to furnish medical
nnd suiglcal supplies In any quantity.
No additional epense was inclined un
til war seemed imminent, then eveiy
vessel likely to be engaged was given
a full outfit of medical supplies for wnr.
In anticipation of a inige Increase of
the navy, pioper outfits were made
leady and boxed for a luige numbei of
sfhlps lendv for call.
"Theic has not been an Instance dur
ing the war," snvs the suigeon gen
eral, "of uny vessel having had to wait
for her medical stores."
EFFICIENT SERVICE RENDERED
It was known that the medical eoips
was Inadequate In number for war, yet
there was no law nuthoilzlng the em
ployment of volunteer medical ofllcers.
But medical boards were sent out in
anticipation to the ptlneipal cities to
exumlne applicants for appointment
and ns a consequence when wni luoko
out the medical dep.ai tment had at
hand fiom which to make selections of
volunteer suigeons a long list of these
educated men and thirty-seven of these
weie appointed out of two thousand
applications Surgeon General Van
Reypen sns:
"They have rendered efficient service
and have been a credit to the navy.
Some have had unusual and trying ex
pet lenee, but they havo accustomed
themselves to their envlionmonls nnd
have justified their appointments."
Only one medical oillcer was killed
during the war. Assistant Surgeon John
Blair Glbbs, who fell at Guantanamo,
serving w ith the marine battalion.
The medical department had long de
sired to establish a hospital ser Ico
at sea on a specially selected vessel
and the approach of war gave It an
opportunity to demonstrate? tho wisdom
of Its propositions and the efilelency of
Its methods. The steamer Creole was
purchased and with the valuable as
sistance of Naval Constructor Wood
ward waH converted Into an ambulance
ship within sixteen days, fitted with
every appliance) of modeiii suigery.
disinfecting apparatus, cold storage,
laundry and elevator. She war a pio
neer In her work. Indicating a step in
advance that It well became tho United
States to take. The report gives a
succinct history of the v nluable ser
vices rendered by the Solace in car
ing for the sick and wounded On
eveiy trip she went loaded with medi
cal stores and supplies nnd also with
delicacies and comforts which hnd
been supplied In abundance for tho
sick and wounded by generous and
patriotic Individuals and societies fiom
every part of the United States. Says
tho surgeon geneial. "In this wnr
woman has done her perfect work nnd
the medical derailment of the navy
Is ptofoundly grateful for the money
contributed nnd upplles furnished for
the aid of the sick and wounded of the
navy. Patriotic women have ably sup
plemented the effoits of the govern
ment and their assistance has been
thoroughly appreciated."
MISS LONG'S SERVICE'S.
In this connection the report calls at
tention to the fact that as soon as war
was declated, the daughter of Sceic
tary Long and three of her associates
nt the Johns Hopl Ins medical school
volunteeied their sci vices ns nurses
and were assigned to duly In the hos
pital. In conclusion the surgeon geneial
says: "I cannot close this poitlon of
the bureau's repoit without bearing
testimony to the efllclencv, skill and
devotion to duty of the peisonnul of
the medical depai tment. Not a word
but of praise hns the bureau heard of
any of them regulars or volunteers.
When wnr was Imminent they vo(i
one with another In their efforts to get
on fighting ships Romo hnd greater
opportunities than others, but all have
done well the work assigned them.
Surgeon Edgar saw his associate, As
sistant Suigeon Gibbs, shot by his side
in tbo Spanish attack nnd ho continued
hl3 woik ulone doing it tnorougnly and
well, as It was known he would.
"The medical ofbceis of the vessels
In the fight at Manila nnd In the battle
of the third of July shated the dnngera
of their comrades and should panic!
pate In tho praise accorded them.
"The meclicnl ofllceis of the Solaco
have the honor of Inauguiating the
Hi st complete system of antiseptic- sur
gery nt sea. They have adapted means
to endp, have impiovlsed apparatuses,
have been fertile In expedients and
have the satisfaction of having dem
onstrated that with skill and inielli
gence, Its percentage of moitallty
among the patients on a well equipped
ambulance ship will bo no gi eater than
In the hospitals on thoie.
"Medlcul Inspector Persons found
hlmbelf suddenly confronted with 226
Spnnlsh sick or wounded prisoneis In
a hastily established hospital. He was
equal to the cmeigency and ho and his
associates were compllmonted by Ad
miral Cerveia when ho visited tho
camp, .
The medical ofllcers of the other hos-
pltals have had sudden largo acces
sion of patients. They were always
readv and always cared for them well."
DIED WITH B00T3 ON.
Howard Clark nnd Hnttie Mahoney
Go Down righting Hard.
Oweusboio, K., Oct V. Howard
Claik, who was wanted In Louisville
for muider and buiglary, and his git I,
Haltle Mahotiey, weie both killed vvhllo
resisting an est on the Indian side of
the ilvei near here todav. Clark wns
wanted for the murder of Oillcer llef
fermnn at Louisville hiPt August and
was attempting to ecupo by rowing
clown the Ohio river In a skiff. Word
had been sent along the liver by telo
giaph to airest him. Ofllcers from
Oweusboio were In pursuit when Clark
tied up his skiff on the Iudlun side and
took to the woods.
When detected ut burglary In LouIf
vllle he killed the oillcer that caught
him. When the ollleers came upon hlin
Claik and the gill both opened Hie In
the most despeiafe resistance. Clark
was well armed and the girl also. Both
Clark and Hattlc Mahoney were shot
dead, lldelled with bullets In the fight
that ensued, and the osciiik; of the olll
ceis was most mil iculous
!THE M'KINLEY PARTY
ARRIVES AT CANTON
They Come in the Special Car "Cam
pania" to Attend the Funeral of
George D. Saxton.
Canton, O., Oct 9 The home coming
of Piesldent and Mis. McKinley today
foi the I uncial of Mr. Qeorge D. Sax
ton, was attended with u most touch
ing and pathetic scene at the Penn
sylvania station. Many people were at
tho depot whin the tiain anlved nnd
extended the paitj a silent but svm
pathetlc end reveientlnl welcome. Tho
party in rived on the Pittsburg, Fort
Wliyno and Chicago express at 10.2S,
traveling In the special cat "Cam
pania." Mr. M. c Birber, the picsl
dent's In otlvu -in-law. was at the sta
tion with scvei.il f i lends of the fam
11 and Dt Tiamfeultci, who was call
ed to take cln'rge of Private lohn Bar
ber, the slek soldier.
Tbo president and Mrs. McKinley
were tiist out of the car and were as
sisted thiough the station lo the car
ilage In waiting As thev approached,
the ciowd, with heads uncovered and
bowed, opened a passageway through
which they passed. Mis. McKinley
was suppor'ed by the arm of the presi
dent with the care and close attention
he alwajs devotes to her peisonal
comfoit. He walked slowly to the
cairiage, his head bowed and hib face
a little paler than usual. Mis Bar
ber, Mis. McKinley s sister, wan next
off th trait, and was Joined by her
husband. Webb C Haves followed.
Klin Baibi'i- was cunleu frcyn tho
train by his brother, Geoige Barber,
who had gone from New Voik to
Wusnlngton to Join the paity. and by
Geoige C Claik. The sick man was
an orderly on Geneial Henry's staff
In Porto Rico nnd has for Borne weeks
been ill with typhoid in Washington,
where his motliT, Mrs. Barber, and
Mr-. McKinley havo beep nursing him.
Hist ut the White house and later at
Gailleld hospital. Miss Helen McKln
laj, the president's sister, and Mr.
and Mts. Steward A. Bowman, of Lo
rain, the lattei the piesident's niece,
who started with the party fiom
Washington, left (he train at Pitts
burg to tnke another road.
The- president and party went direct
to the Baiber home, which Is the oil
Saxton homestead and wa tho Canton
home of the McKinleys during his life
in congiess. Mrs. McKinley soon laid
down for a little rest and at 1 20 din
ner was seiveel to the family. Mrs.
McKinlev showed evidence of the suf
fering fiom the shock of and fatigue of
thj Journey but bore up reinaikably
well and able to be about the house.
Mis Barber shows evidence of her care
an 1 coneetn for the son sho has been
nursing nnd also of the shock of tho
news but also bore up well. Both sls
teia and the president viewed the le
mali's, which look natural, none of the
mniks of the tragedy being exposed
on the face
Except when the president, accom
panied by Mr. Baiber, took a short
walk on the side stieet abutting the
house, the pai ty remained at the Bar
ber house all day. Many flowers are
being leeched from sympathetic friends
of the piesldent and the family, Wash
ington f i lends having placed many on
the train befoie It started.
The funeral arrangements were con
cluded nftei the arrival of the paity.
They ale to be held fiom the Baiber
home nt 2 o'clock Monday afternoon,
and will be private.
The Rev. O. B. Milllgan, pastor of
the First Presbyteiinn chinch, will of
ficiate and the lemulns will be attended
by Judge George E Baldwin. Hon. Wil
liam A. Lvnch, Postmaster George B.
Frease. J II. Kenney and Attorneys
David B. Smith and James J. Grant, as
pall-beiueis Intel ment will bo in West
L iw n cemetery in the Saxton family
lot.
The train bearing the cabinet and
other ofllclals fiom Washington to the
Omaha exposition will arrive in Can
ton Monday evening nnd about 9 o'clock
the private car of the piesldent will bo
attached thereto and he will Join tho
paity Mis. McKinley, It is not thought
tonight, will undertnko tho ttlp to
Omaha, but will be with the piesldent
lu Chicago. She will i emu In In Cun
ton foi several days and more than
likely go to Chicago with Mrs. Lafay
ette McWllllams and Mi's. W. A. Good
man, her cousins, who are expected to
be heie for the funeral services
The day has brought no new devel
opments In the tragedy. Mis. George
remains In Jail and has seen no one but
Mayor Rice duiing the day He was
with her for five minutes. She Is to be
uiralgned at 10 o'clock Monday morn
ing. The coroner will lesuine tho tak
ing of testimony Monduv.
Memoirs of Bismarck.
Beilln. Oct. !. The Nord Deutsche All
genuine) Zeltung declares that the mo
uiolrs of Pi luce Illcmarck will b found
to contain r.o sensatlonul disclosures, but
to consist chiefly ot grave thoughts and
recollections which he has lnft us a legacy
to tho German people.
Calcutta Free from Plague.
Calcutta. Oct. 9. Tho city was today
officially declared free of plague
ADVANCEMENT OF
NATION'S WARDS
REPORT Or COMMISSONER OF
INDIAN AFFAIRS.
Success of Indian Boarding Schools.
Average Attendance and Enroll
ment Have Steadily Increased lor
the Past Twenty-one Years School
Plants in the Service.
Washington, Oct. 9. The annual re
port of Commissioner of Indian Affairs
William A. Jones shows u general
steady advancement In the condition
of the "nation's wuid" Tducatlon.
greatest factor In solving the status eif
tho Indians, Is being pushed forwurd
In the service and now there are 117
vvell-eeiulpped boarding schools and an
equal number of day schools engaged
In the education or 2),')57 pupils. Tim
average attendance and emollment
have stendlly Increased for the past
twenty-one jears Vigorous lmiuhies
ptosecuted by Commissioner Jones dur
ing the J ear show significantly that
b9 per cent of those pupils who have
gone through the schools and lelurued
to their homes are reported to be In
good plnslcal condition, contratv to
the frequent suggi-stloii thnt the change
might break a nnturallv strong and
vigorous constitution. Of the pupils
attending school, three per cent, are
reported ns excellent or first-class, 7.1
pel cent, ns good or medium, while
only 21 per cent, are considered bad
or worthless, showing. In the commis
sioners Judgment, the value of a sys
tem w hlcb can In a generation develop
from savages 76 per cent, of good aver
ago men and women, t'nder the per
cent, regime, the lntge net decrease In
enrollment and nttendniue of last jear
has been changed Into a net lnciease
of 1,040, and 993, enrollment and aver
age attendance, respectively, for the
present year. The reservation schools
show the Inigest gain Agents are now
being uiged to gi eater exertions to fill
the schools to the limit of their capac
ity by placing therein eveiy child of
school ago on the reservation whose
phjslcal condition will warrant school
confinement.
COMPPLSORY ATTENDANCE.
Future elevelnpments, Mr. Jones pre
dicts, will hardly emphasize that a
regulation enforcing compulsory at
tendance upon the schools must be en
acted. The placing of Indian children
in the public schools of the omntry for
the purpose of co-education of tho
races docs not appear to meet with
much success, but a fuller test of Its
value and practicability Is to bo made
this year.
The school plants in the service are
valued at over $3,000,000, and larger
funds foi keeping them In repair, etc.,
are urged. Out of the general school
support fund, the Indian office contem
plates the expenditure of a sufficient
sum, radlcallv Increasing scholastic
facilities for the great tribes of the
southwest and to that end adequate
additions will be made to the schools
now established for the Pimas, Papa
gos, Navajos, Mlquis, Apaches at Saca
ton. Fort Defiance, Keams; Canyon, San
Cailo3 and Fort Apache There are on
these reservations and adjacent there
to thousands of Indians without any
school advantages whatevei. Special
efforts for school advancement are to
be made with the Jicaillla Apaches, the
Southern Utes and the Semlnoles in
Florida
Referring to the torturing of Seml
noles In Oklahoma last January, the
leport says It Is thought indemnity will
soon be paid by the government to all
members of the Seminole nation Injured
by the mob of lawless whites In that
occurrence and the whites guilty of tho
outrages are now being prosecuted.
The leport gives in detail the work
that has been going on at the various
leservatlons during the year.
DANGER TO FRANCE.
Divided State of Society Liable to
Cause Disaster.
Epinal, France. Oct. 9. Jules Mellne,
premier of tho Fiench ministry pre
ceding the present government of M.
Brlsson, and who presided at a ban
quet of the Association of Railway Em
ployes here last evening, uttered a seil
ous wnrnlng against the agitation and
unrest In France, class troubles and
strikes.
Referring to the "divided state ot
society, the violence of Polemics and
tho sectaiian spit It displayed In poli
tics." he said It wns Impossible to see
France thus torn by factions and de
voured by nolitica! passions, while
dally the pilnclplo of authority was
undermined, the army was weakened
and the Institutions upon which lested
the security of the nntlon were shaken,
without thinking of that "opening In
the Vosges through which an invading
army could pass" or without thinking
of "some unforeseen temptation being
offered to the forelgnei," The adver
saries of France, however, hnd no need
to declare war, said M. Mellne. They
weie content to await the exhaustion
of France.
SaCK SOLDIERS ARRIVE.
Mayfiowei and the Supply Bring
Men from the South.
New York, Oct. 9. The nuxlllaiy
cruiser Mayfiowei, Commander Mackenzie.-
ui rived this morning from
Ponce, Porto Rico, all well.
The United States steamer Supply,
Captain Ingersoll, from Gunntanamo
Oct 1, anlved this morning, and
mutinied off Tompklnsvllle.
The United States hospital ship Re
lief anlved at noon today fiom Hamp
ton Roads, where she landed about 2C0
sick und convalescent soldleis from
Mayaguez. Ponce nnd Are,clbo, Poito
Rico. The Relief was oideted to New
York to be fitted with a steam-heating
apparatus. Slie will sail again for
Porto Rico In about two weeks.
Objections to Barber and Lauer.
Btroudsburg, Pn , Ue t. 9. Objections
have been filed against the nomination if
both Lulrel II. Baiber. tho candidate of
the Mutchler faction for congress, und
of John E. Lauer, the untl-Mutchler candidate-.
There will be a hearing In the
Dauphin covnty court on Thursday uftr
noon, Oct. 13. Luuor has filed nomination
papers and will tun Independent In cuse
tho court decides against him.
THE NKWS THIS M0RNINU
Weather Indications Tojiyi
Halri Warmer; Variable VVIniiJ.
1 Geneial Spanish Premier Has Lost
Hope.
Navy Medical Department W'us Pre
pared for War.
Advancement of the Indians,
Correspondence Between England mil
Prance on the Fashoda Episode.
2 General Rupld Growth of the Silk in
dustry.
Financial and Commeiclal.
3 Local Rev. James Hughes on "Truo
Manliness."
Anniversary of the Lackawanna Ulblo
Soclotv.
4 Edltoriul
Comment of the Press.
5 Local Quarterly Convent'cn ot the I ci
ted Abstainers
Penn Avenue Baptist Church Tree from
Debt.
G Local West Sc ronton unci Suburban.
7 News Bound About Hcraiitou.
S General Nt ah ol the Soldleis at Camp
Me ade. .
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR
MEET AT PITTSBURG
Foimal Opening of the Conclave.
Festival Sermon at Trinity Episco
pal Church.
Pittsburg, Oct 9 Not In the history
of tho Knights Templai conclaves fiom
181C to this day has a conclave e-ver
been opened on a more beautltul clay
than It was In Pittsburg today. The
sun, after having been hidden behind
rain-lilted clouds for several dajs,
bin st upon the awakening eltj this
morning and threw his lavs of smiles
and admiration upon the festival ai
niy of stieets and buildings which
made eveiy one feel that this was an
omen from the weather god,
The influx of Knights which com
menced yesterday continued during the
day and up to midnight, when tho
formal opening of the conclave was
Inaugurated with the festival sermon
ut the Trinity Episcopal chinch. Here
v as a congregation assembled larger
than the historic building has ever
held.
The first formal event on the pro
gramme of the twenty-seventh trien
nial conclave took place In Trinity
Protestant Episcopal church. It was
tho ofilcial divine service of tho
Knights Templar and was, as usual,
very Impressive and largely nttended.
Most Eminent Sir Knight Warren La
Rue Thomas, grand mastei, wns es
corted to hc Tilnity church from the
Monnngnheln hotel, by ."00 Plttsbuig
Templars and ns many mote ciowdeel
the churcn yard unnble to obtain ad
mittance The old church was niled
to Its utmost capacity. Rev, Dr. Al
fred v jvrundel, lector of Trinity,
read the service, and the sermon wns
ddlveied by Hev. Dr Cornelius L.
Twlng, rector of Calvary church,
Brooklyn, N Y, and grand prelate of
the grand encampment.
During the day enough knights ar
rived in the city from nil parts of the
country to swell the number now hero
to something like 10.000. The locat le
ceptlon committee expects at least 2.".
000 knightly pilgrims before the p irade
on Tuesday. Tho following command
erles arrived today
Los Angeles. No 9, Los Angeles, Cal.:
Potomac, No. 3. Washington. D. C ;
Demole.v. No. 4, Washington, D. C;
Anderson. No. ::.. Anderson, Iiul.;
Apollo, No. 19. Kendallvllle. Ind . the
grand commandery of Indiana; the
grand commandery of Massachusetts;
Ascaton commandeiy of St Louis; the
t rand commandery of Missouii; Hutch
ison. No. 32, Norilstown, Pa.. Rose
Ciolx, No. 3s, of Tltiisville, Pa.: the
grand conimnndciy of Tennessee- Coucr
de Leon, No. it, Knoxvllle, Tenn.; the
grand commandeiy ot Virginia; St.
Andrews. No. 13. of Richmond, Vn ;
Old Dominion, No 12, of Alexandria,
Va.: Grace, No. 1(5, Norfolk, Va.
Today's festivities weie maued by
one mournful feature The lemnlus of
Sir Knight Geoige W. Stair, who died
In the train en route to Plttsbuig yes
terday, weie tonight escorted to "the
Baltlmoie nnd Ohio station to be con
veyed to Baltlrncie foi interment The
deceased knight was past grand mas
ter of the Baltlmoie commandery. No.
2, and past potentate of Boumi Temple,
of Baltimore
FREE FIGHT AT ASHLAND.
Warrants Are Out for tho An est of
Seventeen Polandeis.
Ashland, Pa., Oct 9 Two Polanden
engaged In a light In Jake- Mek-lofski's
saloon at Centialla, last night, ai.d
when Cornelius C.irr attempted to rep
arole them, evcinl othei Pelanders
set upon him with flubs and chuiis,
beating him so badly that ho is in a
set ions condition.
A mob outside the saloon Ian led
stones through the windows, striking
unci badly Injuring a child named Tie
vosky. Mekelofskl seized n gun and
llid two she is Into the- mob, wounding
Thomas Collins nnd Geoige Scholller.
Many otbeis vvie Injured but their
names could not be Ic-aiued. A In
lander named Mulcavuo had bis nose
tut off War, ants foi the anest of
seventeen of tho participants weie
sworn out today
Fight at Camp Hamilton.
Lexington. Kv . Oct. H-Theiewitsn so
limis light at Camp Hamilton toelay re
sulting In one death und two In lag io
lioiiBly wounded. The i rouble wn tho
culmination of oil pcisatm! giudges. In
infoicltiK olden Coipoial Edwards shot
eind lustuntlv l-.lllinl Color Seigeant Gresn,
lloth belonged to tht Seventh regiment
of tolote'd immune s During the shootim;
u colored pilvuti wus fatally shot ind
inothti scrlousl). 'Hull nanus could i.ot
be burned.
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Negotiations at Madrid.
Loudon, Oct. 10 The .Mudiid coire
gpondent of the Times s.ivs. "Altltuugli
nothing roncieu l known. It Is tho pic
Milling opinion here thut the Paris nego
tiations nre not proceeding with tho
Bmoothnens that Is desirable The gov
ernment, it Is nuclei stood. Millies this
opinion
Died In a German Hospital,
Philadelphia, Oct. 9. - ('hilstophor
Schmit. of Company If. Two Hundred and
Third New York, died of typhoid fever
ut the German hosplmi today. Ho was
brought from Camp Mnude on Friday und
failed rapidly.
SAGASTA HAS
LOST HOPE
Spanish Premier Expects
to Give Up the
Philippines.
QUEEN REGENT'S CHAGRIN
Loss of tho Islands .a Bitter Disap
pointment to Chi istlna Vain Ap
peal to the Fiench Government for
International Action on the Ques
tionThe Ambition of Butcher
Weyler.
Mudi Id. Oct. v. Senor Sagasta Is at
last becoming leeoncllcel to the even
tual les of the Philippines, although
It is n most bitter disappointment to
tho Queen Itegent and the cabinet, for
until Wediifday tin- secict hopes had
been thci Mitel bv the premier thnt
Spanish diplomacy might prevail upon
Fiance Germany and other powers to
exert tlielt Influence to withdraw the
final settlement of the Philippine nueu
tion fiom the Pails commission und 10
fer it to nn International confeienco
In cese (lie United Slates should In
sist upon anv lldng more in the archi
pelago than a pot t and a coaling sta
tion These hopes have now vanished,
for It la stpted on gooel authotlty that
the Fiench foielgn "lllce, being sound
ed or. the subject, expressed most cour
teous anil genuine .sympathy, but de
clined to hold out a, single woul of
piomlsr or em ouingcment.
It Is now beginning to be realized In
ministerial i irdes h ie that the- French
government nvvpie of the Intention of
Spain ultimately to dispose of what
ever tun l)t .ued from the Philip
pine wieck to the highest cash bidder,
would rather see the whole archipelago
annexed outiight bv the United States
than have It lemnin a bone of conten
tion, with the likelihood of Its being
onic clay tiansfcried to Germany.
Such, at least. Is the picsent situation,
subject of e ourse, to modifications
when the Ameileun deinnnds uio actu
ally known In detail.
As far as tan be ascertained, no In
tel change of views has taken placet
heie between tho cabinets of Madrid
and Beilin with a view to le-ferrlng
the Philippine question to an Interna
tional conference; so that any threats
of being able to aclilfve such a diplo
matic vlctoiy may be tegaided ns pure
blurf.
WEYI.EU'.S AMBITIONS.
Geneial Weyler. whose recent nrrl
val heie fiom the Balearic islands
causes considerable uneasiness in cir
cles frh nelly lo the dv nnsty,,is believed
to have nt last made bis choice be
tween the Cnillsts and the Republican
and to have east his lot with the lat
ter. It Is learned fiom sources" that
ha-ve hltheito piovcd trustworthy that
Wi-iler is zealouslv working with a
newly foimed committee whose sphere)
of ictlviu is Poitugal as well as Spain,
nnd whose nlm Is to proclaim after th
signntuie of peace an Ibetlan Hepubllc
uniting the whole peninsula, with
Weyler as piesldent
A iisc of a few points has taken
place in the c, per cent. Philippine
bonis, which aie held almost exclu
sively nt Madiid. Tliicelona and Ma
nila, and aie largely in the hands of
Jesuits nml the monastic oideis v hich
have relations 'ltii the Philippines.
These bonds aie now iiuoted nt SO pes
etas, but an e onsldeiable rise in them
In cas' of then- being in any way tnken
over by tho United Stntes Is said in
financial elides to be alieaely discount
ed, especially as thcie in ,-ome proba
bility of the Interest on them being
l educed fiom C to 'I1.- per cent.
NANCY OWNS vP.
She No Longer Denies Thnt She is
the Midvvite.
London. Oct 10 According to the
Dally Mail, Ur. Nancy Gullfnid, who
no lunger denies thai she Is llto mid
wife of Brldgejoit, Conn., hut declares
net self absolutely innocent of nny con
nection with tho eleath of Emma Gill,
says that she- tailed for England under
nn nssunied name owing to "another
matter, which she will explain at the
pioper place."
She Is now In the Infiimarv of tbo
Hollow ay Jail, London, suffering from
nervous collapse.
General Lavvton'o Furlough.
Santiago de Cuba Uct. 9. -Major Gen
eral lleiiiv V Law ton, military gov
c i nor ol the department of Santiago, will
sail for the t'lilled States hi the course ot
a few davs, having been grunted tlireo
inuiilh-r buve of absence becauso of ill
health. His daties as milltuiy governor
will ho disfliaigfd by Genual Leoiuid
Wood gov el nor oi the c-ily of Santiago,
most of whose official duties will on
Tinsdnv be disc imtRed by .Major 31c
Leal). A few oilier eh inges will be made.
Canned Beef Kills Soldleis.
London. i)e-c. io A liUpntch to tho
Dnllv I'hioiiltlc fio i u AlcMindila suya:
"The uoopx who liuvn lutuined fiom
Khartoum are dvliig like ItleH from cn
lerle ellseiders suppoted to be duo to
cunrcel beef unci indulgence in cheap
spirit '
Norwegian Artist Arrives.
New York. Oct. 0. M. Phuulow, tin
Norwegian aitlsl arrived here toelay on
tiieisttuinci l.u Chuminigne. M Ptmuljw
will remain In this city for a few ilnvi
und will tlu n go to Pittsburg as tho guest
ot Alldtew C.u icgle lie will ollltlato as
a Judge to an irt i-hlblton In that city.
WEATHER FORECAST. X
f Washington, Oct ') -forecast fur -f
f Monday: l'or eastern ivuusvlva- -
f nla, fulr: vvaumi, Unlit VHrlnblo --
f winds. Tor weiteru le uisvlvunla, -
f fair; warmeir; h.creuMnrf easterly -
f winds. .
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