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EXPENDITURES
ON INDIANS
Over Ten Millions Used In the Fiscal
Year Ending Julu Last-$3,-
330,000 lor Education.
FUTURE OF THE RED MEN
It, Is Thought That Thoy Will Never
Be Self-Supporting While Bations
Are Issued Ultimate Disposition
of the Indian Trust Funds Is n
Serious Subject for Serious Consid
eration. fly Inclusive Wlie from llie Awocioted 1'rfM.
Washington, Nov. 11. The total cx
ficndlture by the government on ac
count of the Indian service from
March 4, 17S0, up to and Including
July SO, 1000, has been $l!(iS,36,217, ac
cording to the annual report of com
missioner of Indian Affairs William A.
.Tones. The expenditures for the liscnl
year, ending last July, amounted to
510.175.107. Of this amount, at least
J3.330.000 was devoted to the cause of
Indian education. The Indian papula
i Ion of the United States is about !!t!7,
i)00, of which 45,270 receive a daily ra
tion. The ration issued and Its value
vary according to the tribe. Nearly
two-fifths of the numbpr receiving1 ra
tions belong to the groat Sioux nation.
The ration has been gradually reduced
during the. past few yean?, in accord
ance with policy of the Indian burc.iu.
If the Ind'-,js claim for full rations as
a right is conceded, the commissioner
predicts that the time when they will
be self-supporting lies in the very dis
tant future, if at all. A number of the
Indians also are. assisted by occa
sional issues and at several agencies,
the old and indigent are provided for.
These aggregate about 12,",70. The
commissioner urges that the indiscrim
inate issue of rations should .stop at
once. The old and helpless he says,
Miould be provided for, but rations
should be issued to the able-bodied
only for labor, while those who have
been educated in Indian schools
should depend entii'ely on their own
resources. Annuities distributed last
year aggregated $1,507,513, the par
capita ranging from S2o.l down to 30
centsi Tho commissioner snys that
large money payments to the Indians
are demoralising In the extreme. They
degrade the Indians and corrupt the
whites; they induce pauperism and
scandal and crime; they nullify all the
good effects of years of labor. T'liseru
pulous people induce the Indian to go
into debt and then, wben the debt has
Accumulated and tho Indian's I'ledil is
fjone. pressure is brought to b"nr. by
the creditors upon the government to
jiaj' the Indian, so that he can p.iv his
"honest" debts. This state of affalis.
crowing out of this, n round sonn of
the agencies, is a scandal and a dis
grace. Prey of Swindlers.
"There is now in the treasuiy to the
credit of Indian tribes $aJ,S17,933.0i',
drawing interest at tho rate of 4 and 5
per cent., the annual interest amount
ing to $1,616,483.5)0. Besides this, sev
eral of tho tribes have large incomes
from leasing and other sources. Ii is a.
fafe prediction that so long as these
funds exist they will be the prey of de
signing people.
"Tho ultimate disposition of the In
Vllan trust funds Is a subject for the
most "serious consideration. In some
cases they are small and in others very
large. With respect to the former thoy
can, as a rule, be paid out to the In
dians with little, If any, evil conse
quences. With respect to vlio latter
their proper disposition is more diffi
cult. It Is admitted that great wealth
Is a source of weakness to any Indian
tribe and productive of much evil."
Two remedies have been suggested:
First, tho gradual extinction of these
funds, setting aside a sufficient sum
to maintain the reservation schools a
idcflnlto period of years, say twenty
one, and then dividing tho balance per
capita and paying each member of the
tribe at certain nges their share. Sec
ond, as a corollary to this, division of
tho land belonging to the tribe per
capita. Tho remedy proposed would
almost Invariably Immediately relegate
the Indians to poverty, though the re
mote result might be for them to work
to save themselves from actual want.
The general leasing or their allotments
by the Indians to whlto men Is de
nounced. There aro 230 Indluu schools of nil
hinds conducted by tho government,
and an Increase of 1,112 pupils in en
rollment and 1,142 In average attend
ance shown over the previous year,
About R.OOO of tho 31,000 eligible school
children are unprovided for,
Indians Not Dying.
The report eontrovertn'tho common
ly accepted theory that by constant
contact with tho whites tho evtinction
of the Indian Is only a mat tor of time.
It says It can be stated with a great
degree of confidence that the Indian
population of the United States h.is
been very llltlo diminished front tho
days of Columbus, Coronado, Raleigh,
Ciptaln John Smith and other early
explorers,
Tho first rellablo Indian census wn
In 1S70 nnd the population has been
nenrly stationary since, which what
ever Increase there Is being attribut
able to Indians becoming citizens.
Reviewing Indian Territory nffulis,
tho report says there aro CO.OOO chil
dren of whlto. parents thero who should
have schools and that thousands of
these children, Urns deprived of edu
cation, aro growing up In vice and
ignorance, already feeding the United
Ktates Jails at Muscogee and other
points with youthful criminals, Tho
post of education will not he excessive
compared with results. School bene
lUs also should bo extended tho 4,2)1
Choctaw free men. Government con
ro of the schools in tho Chickasaw
, nation is nuvocaica.
nation Is advocated.
INDIANS STARVING,
White Prospectors Kill Off tho Game
iu Alaska.
By Elule Wire from The Asiocl.ited 1'icis.
Tacomu, Wash., Nov. 11. Mrs.
lames Smith, Just returned from Cook
Inlet, Alaska, says that fully half of
tho thousand Indians In that section,
comprising llvo tribes, arc slowly dy
ing of starvation. The Influx of white
prospectors has resulted In tho kllllntr
oir of much game, with the result
that tho Indians are deprived of Mesh
for food and furs for clothing. They
dried salmon lust summer, but not
enough to last through the season, and
winter finds four hundred to six hun
dred of them without enough food to
last until December. Jlrs. Smith, who
is a wealthy miner's wife, divided her
stocks of provisions with the Indians
and now appeals for further aid.
Most of tho Indians belong to tho
Russian church, but It Is powerless to
help them. Unless provisions shall be
sent by steamer at once, she says huu
dieds will surely die. While living at
'lroys Harbor eight years ago Mr.
Smith then Mrs. Martha. White
swam into the 'surf and rescued three
shipwrecked sailors from drowning,
for which congress voted her a medal.
MANILA HEARS THE
NEWS OP ELECTION
The Intelligence of the Downfall of
Bryan Is Received Quietly by
the Crafty Tagals.
Ily llvdii'iir Wile fiom The Amounted I'nii
Manila, Nov. 11. The results of the
elections in the United States have
been quietly received here.
So far as the Filipinos are concerned,
no noticeable change in the situation
has ensued, nor is any likely to occur
in the immediate futuie. They are. for
the greater part, non-committal. News
of the outcome will slowly work its
way through the country to the armed
insurgents, ihcre the assurances of the
leaders (hat Mr. Bryan would certainly
be elected must litst be overcome.
Last week's scouting resulted iu sev
eral minor engagements with what the
olllcial reports describe as "small casu
alties," namely, four Americans killed
and ten wounded.
PROTEST AGAWIST
PASSION PLAY
A Tieuum. Clergyman Says the Pro
duction of the Illustrations of
the Play Is an Outrage.
Hy I.m1uiio Win fiom 'lii" .t.ri.'tnl l'n..
Trenton, N. J., Nov. 11. The presen
tation at Taylor opera house hero to
nlRht of an illustrated lectme, entitled
"The Passion Play," brought forth a
vigorous protest from tho Rev. V. A.
Hunsberger. pastor of the First Metho
dist church. The lecture was given
under the auspices of St. Joseph's
Catholic church, and an admission wus
charged. The minister characterised the
production of the lecture on a Sabbath
and for pay as an outrage. He said it
was a step in the direction of inaugur
ating In this country .a holiday Sab
bath, the same as, he said, existed in
tho Catholic countries of Europe.
A painted sign was displayed Jn front
of the church, reading as follows:
"Don't go to an opera house show on
the Sabbath. Come and hear the word
of God,"
The Rev. Mr. Hunsberger was for
merly stationed at Milwaukee, whore
he was known as tho marrying parson
and where he married about 3,000
couples In one year.
FIRE IN KELLY'S PATCH.
A two-story frame dwelling owned
by ex-Alderman John P. Kelly, was
completely destroyed by fire at 2,::0
o'clock this morning. It was unoccu
pied. BITTERNESS AMONG VETERANS,
Northern Virginia Camp Refuses to
Contribute to Davis' Monument.
Ily Inclusive Wire from The .Uaochited I'rcra.
Now Orleans, Nov, 11, Some bitterness among
tlis Confederate tetcrJiu cropped out jestorday
when tho Aimy of .Voillicru Virginia, Camp
No. 1, vihicli tin llrst orirunlzed cinip of the
Unittil Confederate Veterans, not only repudi.
attd tho action of llnir delegate to fho late
Ccnfcdcrati reunion in Loulsxllle, iu ollng j.vi
for tho erection of a monument our tho pravo
of Jefferson Davis, declaring that the delegates
had no authority to pledgu the lamp to this
purpose.
The camp refused to gho any money to the
Jeffeifon Ials monument, ami an ouler that if
11 had any money to give to Confederate mniiu
ments, It would ghe it to electing one to lltn
eral Beauregard.
BUCK MOUNTAIN VICTIMS.
By Kxclusbe Win from The Associated Pre.
Mitiauoy City, V., N'ov. 11, Two more ilcatl'j
ocmrred today ih a irsult of tho ga.i explosion in
the (Hick Mountain colliery on I'ridjy, iuklng
nvo lu all, TIiodo who succumbed lodiy wti
lldwin Gallagher, the repairman, who ii said to
hae ikt oil tha gas, and Did Uliaub-, a
patihcr boy, (
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DEATHS OP A DAY,
By Uicluslvo Wire from Tho Associated Prijj.
J'hiladelphla, Nov. It. Thomas fl. Hood, senior
member of fho nvll known uIioIm.iIo iliy goeda
linn of Hood, Foulkrod k Co., illi.t heio today,
no win iu jean w one, Mr. lloort'4 Utlicr,
Samuel Hood, established the dry goods hou-e in
lbl!3.
Sluncle, Iml, Nov. 11, Cyius O. Neily, njed
M, died uiiCMcUdIy in the Uast Indiana hoe
rllal for the fn&aiio ut Ittclimond thU morning:,
'll.e deceased in ;i hrother of Charles l IV, Neely,
now iu Jail in New York charged with po$U!
frud In Cul). A year ago hLs mind Lciamo
(lightly auected, the trouble being attributed to
Ids long unJco lu railroad nork, and lib) bioth
m's downfall mado lilm a ralnj anlac.
LIVE NEWS
OF EUROPE
Text ot the llnderstandina Readied
bu Representatives of Powers
Regarding Chinese Settlement.
RUSSIA IS RESTLESS
Expect to Heap Hatred Sowu by
Germans and British Secret Ses
sions of Spanish-American Con
gressEight Persons Killed in
Paris Siberian Peasants Will
Adopt the Cossack Caste Black
Sea Coal Deposits.
Ily BkIiuIvo Wile from The Associated riem.
Berlin, Nov. 11. The following is tho
full text of the statement, evidently In
spired, In the Cologne Ouscette of Sat
urday as to the understanding reached
by the representatives of tho powers
Iu Pekln, regarding the Chinese settle
ment: "Pourparlos belweeen the cnvoys iu
Pekin, purpose of agreeing upon the
fundamentals for peace negotiations
with the Chinese plenipotentiaries pro
ceed favorably in the whole series of
important points.
An agreement h.is been toadied be
tween the powers particularly regard
ing the punishment of tho main cul
prits, the mandarins and princes: also
regarding the witnessing of the execu
tion of s-Seh punishments by represen
tatives of the powers; also regatdlng
the principle of paying indemnities to
the several governments for the cost
of the China expeditions for damages
sustained by private persons and mis
sions: also regarding the permanent
stationing of sulllcieut guards for the
Pekin ligations: also regarding the
razing ot the Taku forts, and finally,
regarding the maintenance of secret
and regular communication between
Pekin anil the seashore.
"About a number of othr demands
put forth by separate powers negotia
tions ate still pending."
Manchuria Lost to China.
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London. Nov. 11. Dr. Morrison.
lag to the. Times trom Pekin Satur
day, says: y v ,
"LI Hung Chang has not yet iepllt-d
to Admiral Alexieff's Invitation to re
sume the government of Manchuria
under Russian protection. Russia will
require the names of all olllolals to
be .submitted to her for approval. Her
proposals are tantamount to military
occupation, and every Chinaman icul
Izos that Manchuria Is lost to China.
"Increasing alarm Is felt here at the
spiead of the insurrection iu the south
ern provinces. No surprise will be
caused if Japan intervenes. The trade
and financial outlook Is very gloomy."
"All the Russian troops here." says
a despatch to the Times from Tien
Tsln, dated Nov. !, ".no being with
drawn." Letter from Don Carlos.
Madrid, Nov. II. The Madrid papers
publish a letter from Don Carlos, ad
dressed to the earllst, Gen. Moore, In
milieu me pretenaer protests against tantl men were left to guard Tsanghott
the present movement as "contrary to rt1 fjenoral Mei, in charge of the int
instruetloiifc and characterizes the ,,erial ti oops, gave battle outside, The
authors of tho rising as "mou without i battle lasted all day and if suited in
consciences. "1 never shall abandon tfu,. defeat of tho Boxers with great
my rights, says Don Carlos, "but at u.ss. Their leader, Chen, refused to
u.e Mimo time t no not wish to ruin retreat and when the fight wus lost,
hpaln.. cannot forget the danger to fought with three hundred desper.i
tho integrity ot her territory from onus in a ravine until all wore killed,
prolonged Insurrection, bjcause it m head was taken and hung on til"
would excite the ambitions of powers i walls of tho city. RK thousand rebels
which nre attentively following events I m-ro nuicil
i nimiu. a ii catatonia movement Is
veritable treason on the part of a few
impatient and undisciplined men."
Spanish-American Congress.
Madrid, Nov. 11. Tho secret sessions
of the Spanish-American congress will
begin tomorrow. Their time will bo
devoted to a study or various proposi
tions for the development of the com
mercial rotations between .Spain and
Latin America,
The press today warmly welcomes
the delegates in language which Is cir
cumspect, showing no hostility toward
tho United States, but upholding the
necessity of the union of the Latin
family hi America.
Russia Restless.
SI. Petersburg, Nov. U.-Russla is
becoming Increasingly restless owing
to the strict course of tho allies, par
ticularly the Germans and Rrltlsh to
ward the Chinese. "Russians," says
tho Bourso Clazetto, "will reap tho
milieu ot loreigners which tho Qui',
mans and British nro sowing,"
Olllplal circles In St. Petersburg do
not conceal tholr dissatisfaction over
the recent executions of Pao Timr Pn
oiilclals. h ru
Eight Killed in Paris.
Paris, Nov. 12.-Elgl,t persons woro
klllled and fifteen wounded in n col
lision between a suburban train and
an express yesterday at Cholsy Lo
Tho suburban train was entering the
slation to allow tho express to pass
and the accident occurred then, tho
suburban train being telescoped. Tho
wreckage waa complete and tho lino
was blocked for hours.
Black Sea Coal Deposits.
Ht Petersburg, nVi r.t,0 ns.
slan minister of agriculture, M. Yerni
oloff, nftor visiting tho coal deposits
recently discovered oi tho Black sea
coast Jn tho government of Kutais, es.
tlmates that thoy will yjeld 1,610,000
tons annually for sixty years, lie con
ciders tho finality excellent.
Will Adopt Cossack Caste.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 11. The Rus-
flan general staff recently proposed
(that tho Siberian peasants should
adopt tho Cossack cuite, and 10,000
havo signified a willingness to do so,
It is proposed that Hie now Cossack?
shall bo offered elffhty-lwo acres of
land each, shall be required to serve
four years In the army anil shall be
long to tho reserves until they become
U4 years of tige.
Serious Friction.
London, Nov. 12. "Serious fi lotion
has been caused in the peuce negotia
tions In Pekln," says the Dally Mall's
correspondent at Tlen-Tsln, wiring No
vember U, "by Helglum, Denmark, Hol
land and Sp.tltv clamoring to have it
locus standi In any Important decis
ions, Rula und France have support
ed their claims, wh leu are opposed by
tho poweis. Belgium Is especially im
portunate and Intensely pro-Russian."
Poison in a School.
Ht. Petersburg, Nov. 11. Two bun
dled and lift,1 girls, pupils of the
Smolny institute, a .boarding school,
patronized exclusively iy the nobility,
were taken sick with violent symptoms
of poison after dinner Friday evening.
It Is reported that two have died, but
that tho others have recovered. The
poisoning Is attributed to faulty metal
lic! cooking utensils.
More Carlists Captured,
liarcelonu, Nov. 11. The government
troops have captured a band of fifty
Carlists near Villa Franc Del Palan
des, twenty-five miles west of Barce
lona. They aelzed a iiuantlty of arms
und ammunition.
General Baden Powell 111.
London, Nov. 12. Genera Jlnden
Powell, according lo the Cape Town
correspondent of the Daily Mali, has
contracted enteric fever, but hl con
dition is not serious..
Earl Cadogan's Office.
London, Nov. 11. Kail Cadogun lias
consented lo continue in ofllee as lord
lieutenant of Ireland.
REBELLION IN
SOUTH CHINA
Triads Have Broken Out in Wing Si,
and Marshal Su Asks for 30,-
000 Men to Suppress Them.
By l.v.lu-le 'Wiip from 1 In- As-ou.itr.J he
ictorin, B. C. Nov. 11. News
I rfeoiv-d by the steamship Viotoiiu
concerning the rebellion in South
China. The Triads havo broken out in
Wing Pi and Mnr.sh.,1 Su. YomnwiuUv
in chief of the Imperial forces, is ask
ing for ),000 men to suppress them.
The Rrltlsh havo despatched infantry
and artillery to gu.titl the Kow Loo'n
frontier. When the torpedo boat des
troyer Randy was landing men she
encountered a foieu of icbels and
tinew shells among them as thoy ad'-vuicc-d
on Kanchuan, retiring them,
and killing forty.
A htiong torco of iCwan Hi r.Mx'li:
matching to join Kwun Wing tebels
met and delated the imperial troops
mur Kuangning and captured thirty.
Great propitiations for the building,
mine laying and drilling of troop-t
were going on in the affected prov
inces. A battle v.is fought at Tsnn Tsou,
on the Shan Tung Chili border, Oct.
17. between tmru.i'liil l,.,uno r.,,,1 T?,--
... . ...... ..... !-. .J.,. I.IIVI JJI
ers. Oneial Yuan's t loops numbere-t
X.000 nnrl tho Tin-vtivu v fulil 'P,.,-. i,,u,
tVmsul Goodnow, of Shanghai, has
made a summary of Roxor outrages,
showing that OS American and British
missionaries were murdered and 170
other missionaries in. ShUnsl and Chill
aro missing.
MAISON AND ZEIMER
DIVORCE MILL.
By I'.wlusive Wire from The Associated Pies
Xew York, N'ov. 11, Tho dUtrici uttoinej'o of.
flee, which Ins in hand the alleged divorce mill
of M.itior. and Zeiiner, havo been tucing the
antecedents of JUiy II. Toinplilns, who figured in
dborco cues as a witmss and is now under ai
res!. The nutlinililf jy the woman comes of
KspcctJblc parentage, Her mother Is said to be
(i oman ot excellent character and it is on
account of her mother ami n slbttr, who is em
lilojtil In a ichponslblo position iu one of tho
liirgu dry ijocdi ntnrci ot the ilty that the po-
licit have decided lo let the woman s real idin-
lily letiialn in the uarK. no win lie aiiue.
lo fgurn in the case n Mary Tompkins, fho mine
under which alio accepted employment from Mr.
Kolmcr, It has been learned by the police tli.it
jINs Tompkins was at one tlmy in the employ
of u private detect! vo agency.
Another impoilant development In tlm ease is
tliu Identification of Frank WlUon, who tiiuilly
acted a llie man co-respondent, n.s a convicted
I'oiinlerfeilir Detective lliunimond, of tho
Unlit d States secret tervlea thought ho reeo?.
nled In fho description in' Wilson a runn whom
th'i (viler service hail tninicted ot counterfeit.
lug. He notified the ilWrlit attorneys oflico o
lib' fiispictoii and was naked to to to the tombs
to ne It ho could identity Wilson, Hr went
to the tombs and picked Wilson out of n cuiitd
of twenty other prl-oiu'n as a nun ulio lud I ecu
aiicatcd in both Philadelphia nnd Chicago t'r
countei felting, Wilson wm comlttcd In Clil
ccifii, Piuimiiond .said, und saved a term in
pibnn. "
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PHILADELPHIA DOG SHOW.
By Inclusive Wire from Tho Associated Vtw.
I'hllJdelphla, Nov, II. Tomorrow l.s the last
day upon which entries may be made for tho
second annual show of tho Philadelphia Po;r
Show association to bo held Xoumbcr 2i, 2U. 30
and Detvinlxr 1, The eimics already ircc-lvcd aie
much In excesj of tho number made at tho cor.
icspondliif; period last ear and tlm ituHcalious
arcs that the total will bo very much larger than
last teaion. hen all hx'al lecords wero liiukcn.
Kntries madu after tomorrow must bo declined,
under tho rules.
EMANUEL CELEBRATES.
Ily i;elusio Wlra from Tho Associated 1'ims.
Home. Xov. 11. Today being the birthday ol
KIiik Victor Kinanucl, liid maj.'sty iL-Tiod a lic
mM pardonimr many cilinimli
WRECK OF THE
M0NTICELL0
Shore of Yarmouth Strewn lor Miles
with Portions of the Hull and
Garaoot the Steamer.
25 BODIES RECOVERED
The Sea Is Still Raging- with Terrific
Fury Numerous Relation Arrive
to Identify the Victims of the
Storm's Fury Only Pour of the
Crew and Passengers Escape Ship
Broke Apart Under Pounding- of
the Sea.
By Utelu.iic? Wire from The Awciated Pie".
Yarmouth, T. S., Xov. 11. The shore
of this county for ten miles east and
west is strewn with the wieoknge of
the hull and cargo of the steamer City
of Montlcello, which foundered Satur
day morning, and twonty-flvo bodies of
victims of the disaster have been re
.covered from the sea, which Is still
ugingwitli teirlfic fury.
Many people have assembled at
Itockvllle, near where the first hotly
came ashore, and numerous relatives of
members of the crew, who nearly all
belonged to points on this coast, have
arrived to Identify the dead.
The bodies were arranged In a. loom
in the public hall, and Coroner Fuller,
who held an Inquest, gave an opinion
of accidental drowning. All the hodles
aie terribly battel eel.
The body of Captain Hatdlti?, of the
Alonticello, has been found at Picnic's
IJoint, encircled with a life belt und
fully dressed.
The fury of the surf is appalling In
this region.
The body of O. X. Coleman, a com
mercial traveler, who was not pn.-vi-ously
known to havo been on hoard the
Fonticollo, has been washed ashore and
identified. Ho represented joweleis of
Hamilton, Out., and carried samples In
trunks worth JS0.000.
One trunk lias been found. Some dif
ficulty has been encountered in figuring
th total loss of life, its a number of
passengers joined the Montlcello at St.
Johns without llrst registering at the
booking olllce. They bought tholr tick
ets on hoard.
A revised list of the members of the
crew, as prepared ut the head ofllec of
tho Yai mouth Steamship company
heiv. shows that the officers and crew
uumbatcd twenty-eight, of whom Third
I Otllcer Fleming, Wilson Cook, a deck
hand, and Aliss Smith, the stewardess,
were saved.
Number on Board.
The total number of pooplo who wore
on board is now placed at thirty-six.
The four survivors are Captain
Smith, a. passenger: Third Officer
Fleming, Quartermaster ""Wilson and
Stewardess Smith. The three men
saved agree that the cause of the dis
aster wus brielly: The steamer was
pounded for houis liy sea and gale.
sprang u leak and filled, became un
manageable, broke apart and found
ered. The sea Is not remembered to
have been so heavy on this coast for
many years.
TO INCREASE THE ARMY.
Senator Proctor, of the Committee on
Military Affairs, Confers with
General Corbin.
By llvelusiu! Who fiom The Aaiociatid I'tt'v,
"Washington, Xov. 11. Senator Proc
tor, of tho senate committee on mili
tary affairs, and Adjutant Ceneral
Corbin, of the war department, held an
informal conference with tho president
yestoulay relative to the legislation to
be asked of congress iu connection
with the proposed increase of the regu
lar army.
"Under the existing law," said rien
utor Proctor, at the conclusion of tho
conference, "the present strength of
the army, 83,000 regulars and 3.,000
volunteers, will be reduced on the first
day of next July to 27,000 regulars.
This is an absurdly small number and
'congress will be asked by the presi
dent to reorganize tho army upon a
larger basis. It will be impossible to
keep any troops In the Philippines un
less the army Is Increased, to say noth
ing of tho garrisons for tho forts In
this country.
"My own Judgment Is that congress
will provide a regular army of about
05,000 or C0.000 men, with discretion to
thu president to raise tho total to 100,
000 if ho finds the larger number nec
essary. I havo no doubt that this leg
islation will bo enacted at tho coming
session."
BALL MAGNATES MEET,
Talk of Placing- an American League
Team iu Philadelphia,
Gy Exclusive Wire from Tho Awoelated I'rewi.
Phlladilphia, Nov, ll,Tha American luto ball
leaifiio iipre'enlathrs, President Han Johnson,
Charles Couiiskey, of Chicago; Conulo Mick, of
Milwaukee, raid R. W, Soers, of Cluicland, iio
lu Philadelphia, looking oier the local nituatlon
with the object of placing a club here nest tea.
,on. They utile lino last nlerht from Ualtmiorc
and will leiiialii in Philadelphia couple of day.
It is undcritood tint Washington, Baltimore
and Philadelphia, in all likelihood, will tw In
cluded In lie American league clitult nvt
Ei-asou ti'tcelhir -i(h soni other eastern dfy
not yci determined upon.
CUBA TO ENCOURAGE
IMMIGRATION,
By Exclusive Wire fiom The Associated l'rcs.
Kavara, Xov. II. Tho llivaua papers aie now
generally commenting upon the action of the
gou-rnment In the matter of miarantinlu:; im
migrant, and a movement is on foot innouc; tha
Spaniards to form au association to woik in con
junction with tin goiernmcnt in encouraging
immijraticn from Spain and tho Canaries and to
provide: for tho Immigrants oa their arrival.
Tin: iskws this moiminu
Weather Indications Today;
RAIN.
1 Rcneinl Coal of Our lnillnn.1.
tlm- Naiy ljck Strti.
limine! of 1'orelqn NeMii.
Steanivhtp Montlcello WreilcH.
I Otioral Catbonilile N'cvs lludit.
I'IiiiiipIiI and Commercial.
.1 (lemial S'alloni! I.Minie Haw Itall lleionl,
4 Kdltorial.
Xen.s and Cnmiiii.nl.
5 kocalOlllclal ltcisitlt of Last TiiesdJl-'s l.otul
'dnd ltcnor.il lllcellnii.
Local AnnlveMlty of llirlh of Matlln T.tlthcr.
l!o,!p of Interest lo riteui.'n.
7 Local 'the official Count Completed.
Mention or Some Men ol tho Hour.
8 Local West fer.iiiton and Sulmibju,
t) N'ortiitantcrn I'cnnsylrania Ncw-i.
ID Lovnl Saturill) ' Toot thill Ualius.
1,1 io lnduiul.il tlleanltuM.
EXECUTIVE BOARD OF
MINE WORKERS MEET
Matters of Ornve Importance Will Be
Considered Condition of An
thracite Fields.
Hy I.'ClUaiie Win lionl Till) Ans.ic.Iaud l'ie.
Indianapolis, Xov. II. Thf mooting
of the national executive board of the
United Mine "Worlitfrs of Amotion,
which Is to be held heiv tomoriow, will
be the last to be held by the boaid be
fore the national convention In Janu
ary. Matters of giave importance will
be considered, and the policy to bo
adopted at the convention will be out
lined. Foremost unions,- these matters
Is the condition In the anthracite fields.
AVhile the miners were vlctoilons lu the
a rent stiiko which has just been
settled, tills was simply a preliminary
skirmish and a great deal of work le
lnains u be done, It Is announced. The
primary consideration Is to get the op
erators In the anthracite districts to
meet tho lopresentnttves of the United
Mine Workers In annual scale confer
ence. At each of these conferences tlte
pi ices of mining, the powder question
ami a number of other vexing prob
lems that have confronted the organ
ization Cor a number of years will be
llxcd ami an agreement Cor a year en
teied into. Tho second question In im
poi tunee to be taken up Is the admis
sion of West Virginia1 and lowato tho
competitive field. Hoth states have been
clamoring lor admittance for a. yerir,
nnd sumo friction was apparent at the
last convention because Jowa was not
admitted.
The members of the executive coun
cil will hear reports from the organ
laeis lu the states named, and if the
conditions ate regarded as fnvoinblo It
Is highly probable that both will be
l.iken Into tho fold. Xono of the offic
ials Is prepared to say whether or not
an advance in wages will be asked.
WRECK AT COOCTON.
Lehigh Valley Engine Knocked Off
the Track Several Injured.
Speilal to the Seranton Tiltiunc.
PIttston. N'ov. 11. TCnglne No. );:, of
the Lehigh Valley railroad, collided
this evening at 7.30 o'clock with an
east bound freight train at Coston,
The engine was knocked off the track.
The following men were injured: Kd.
Ilouser, brakeman, of Delaware street,
West PIttston, leg broken; John Red
dim?, conductor at Fort Grltllths, back
and leg sprained; Thomas Smiles, lire
man, of Lambert street, slight bruises.
Ilouser was taken to the city hospital
while the other two inert were re
moved to their homes,
KNOWS OF NO DIFFICULTY.
Division Superintendent Zerby, of
Har.leton, Talks About Situation.
Ily i:elu-hp Wire fiom 1h ,3ocinlfd 'iw,
Uuletim, Xo. 11. -When allied todiy .ibuut
the iJuMiihril tory yosterdiv ( tin ctreu that
then: would likely bo another stiike at (he iol.
linies ot tho l.elilicli Valley Coal company '
wuio of flic .illetred leiuml to grant -i leilue.
linn on the rdee of ibnaniito and that l'rr.
dint Slltilii'll, nf the United llino VorUi, and i
l'ref Idi nt fioinpris, of the American I'cilf ration
nl Labor, vculd meet tomorrow in Setantuu to
talk oer th" sllu.ithm, Piviilon Superli.te'iJeiit
Zi'lby, Mho has than,'" "f all the belli ;h Aiilliy
collieries in the fl.irldon dlitilct, .nald:
"I 1.HUM- nothing of ,mv dlw itiifaetlon and ihe
asrieenieiit enteiid Into with mir men U King
curled out. 1 mil unable, lioivmr, to -ak
mi superiuu, I know of un dlfUeulty,"
Denjjuiiu .lames, the member ot thu national
eeeutln boaid ot tho United Mlno Workers left
today to attend u ineclliir; ot the hoird at In
dlaiupolis. Mr, Jamin imikl not ,uy uhat
would be done at the meetliu;',
CHINESE CROPS A FAILURE.
By Etelujhe Wire fiom ll.e Atsoeiated I'ren.
Tueoina, Wash., Nov, 11. Oriental adviees by
today'i, bteamcr st.Uu that four to sis million
Chinese north ot IMdn aie In dineer ot slarvii.:,
ll.eli'(i'iops haln',' been ,t total failure, One m.l
lion pleuls of liibuto lieu wiro to be dlspateheil
ficm frluiiii-'hal nnd dlitributed amort; the.o
huuieiy houles tiom lien 1m and Pekin, but tii
military olHccrs at Slim (thai Kate order tint no
rlcti bliouM bo unit out of rentral Clilnj, Thero
id great dancer that an immense swarm nf robhc-ri
will be cent cat of the fauitiM district ai usually
happens.
DEMANDS OF POWEBS
AKE TOO HUMILIATING.
By Kielu;lve M'ire from The AsaoeUted I'reii.
nwnc, Nov. 11. The T(lbuin imbliakes the gb
loutni; from it IViln coiresiKimlent:
"l.t Hunt; rhani; and I'llnco C'ulii haic In
feimed me lliat the demands ot lhi pcnier) for
the piinUl ment of I'llneei 'liuii und tho with
diavral trom power of the empress are too Im
uilllatlnir to be accepted by ln aitnew."
STEAMSHIP ARRIVALS.
By t'xdushe Wire from The Associated Pit.
New York, Nov. It. Airbed; V Cham.
pae;ue, Havre, Sailed: Uulgaria, lUiubur; vU
Cheibourif. Antwcrf Arrived; Nooidlar.d, Ken
York. Quecostown idled : Unibrii (from Liv
erpool), Now Yorlt. '
THE CONDITION
OP OUR NAVY
f Startling State of Affairs Is Indi
cated bu the Report ot Ad
miral Grownlnshleld.
OUR SHIPS NEED MEN
Present Porsonnel of .the Wavy
Would Form Barely One-fourth of
the Total Establishment Necestary
"to Fight a First Class Europe
Power Barely Sufficed for the
Spanish War Congress Criteiied.
By Ktclmhii Wire from Tho AuocUlei! Vim.
Washington, Nov. 11. Tho startllnjc
statement Is made In the report of Ad
miral Crowninshreld, chief of the navi
gation bureau, that tho present per
sonnel of the navy would form barelr
one-fourth of the total establishment
necesary to light a flrst-clans Euru-P.--UU
power. It barely sufficed for tho
Spanish war and no longer can be con
sidered, the report says, as an effeotavo
nucleus about which a large etabllah
munt could be formed in case of war.
The admiral regards this need of tho
navy for olllceis and man as most urg
ent. He says that the bureau can point
to many cases whore the service is be
ing harmed by lack of oflleers. The
naval academy Is suffering for want or
Instructors, and tho present high stand
ard of training cannot bo maintained.
Uvery bureau in the department I
Khott of officers and the service, the re
port predicts, soon will fall ht,in t
tho struggle, first, for large an'lps and
then for equality with the other ser
vice. Congress Criteiied,
The admiral severely criticizes tlte in
effective effort of congress ,at the lant
session to meet immediate needs for
officers by authorizing the employment
of retired officers, and he demands the
immediate repeal of that act. Ho claims
that the retired list. Intended ac a re
.ward for faithful service, otherwise be
comes a hardship and a punishment.
The porsonnel net thus far'has resulted
in affording: less officers than -were on
the active list before Its passage, as
while authorlsjlue; an1 increase It failed
to provide the menus therefor, so there
are now one hundred and thirty-one
vacancies In the navy, when vacancies
can be least afforded.
Therefore it is recommended for tin
next ten years that appointments to
the naval academy ho doubled, that the
president and representatives In con
gress appoint two Instead of one,
wherever authorized now, and in addi
tion, senators be given the same privi
lege of appointment as representative.
Then, to meet future needs, it is recom
mended that whenever congress au
thoilzes an increase of vessels to the
navy it also provldo in the samo act
for an increase of officers and men to
man the ships. The report says that
England, which this year lays down
fifteen war vesselr. voted au Increase,
of 4,420 officers and men to tho naval
establishment to man the ships, while
Germany, which Intends doubling h'r
fleet In the next seven years, has pro
vided In the same programme for in
creasing tho personnel by eighty-nine
officers utd 1,687 men each year, until
the total Increase reaches ,"3,I)U.
Cannot Van the Navy.
It Is declared that it is now Impo-i-
slblu to man the vessels of our navy
already constructed, with the present
force, not to mention those bulldinr
or authorized. Conirress !s urged to
make any increaso in personnel Im
mediately available.
The training system as now prac
ticed In the navy Is commended, an4
It Is declared that by no other means
eoiikl the navy securo the sailors
necessary tb man the licet Since tbf
close of the Spanish war, the depart
ment has found that the resourccH
heretofore depended upon to furnish
senmen for tho navy are no longeir
adequate. Only 23'." seamen hav en
listed for the first enlistment in th
past year, so the department has been
obliHcd to rely upon and develop the.
training squadron for landsmen, and
now has about ono thousand men un
der Instruction, who, on the average,
require about six mouths training.
Thero were '-,152 desertions from the
navy and 8 deaths during the pnst
llscal your, The enlistments numbM'
S123 from ;t total number of applicant!
of -10.S5 1 . Over 68 per cent, of the men
in the navy are uatlvo-born, 19 per
cent, aro naturalized, and per cent,
have declared Intention!.. 32 per cent,
of tho landsmen now u tutor training
aro native-born.
ELEVEN FAMILIES HOMELESS.
They Aro Driven Into the Street by
Fire at Jersey City.
Uy UitliMlta Wire from Tho Associated Pm.s.
Now York, Nov. U. Eleven famlllns
in Jersey City wero driven from their
homes by lire at 110 and 14S Morrto
street toduy, Tho llames started In a
wooden paitltlcm between tha four
story frame tenements and crept u to
the roof so quickly that the tenuntahail
to ileo for their lives. Those on tho
ground lloor only wero able to save any
of their possessions. Four famllle
lived hi 146 and seven In 148.
Tho ground lloor of us was occupied
by tho wagon factory of John H.
BrinUmau, the owner of the bulldinx,
Tho loss to tho buildings will amount to
about W.OCO. No one was Injured,
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