J
gtrtlt Prejowl Fro tKe
Czar or Russia.
TJBGES A CONFERENCE
Djgcnss the Need For Reduction
in Armament.
CONSTANT MENACE TO PEACE.
L cur Hot to the Po vert Declares
r a JBWL1W W I
jtjtth COBoaaai vangw win um
kjtii KaMlag ef War Material An
fajsformlnt the Armed Peace at Oar
,, Into a Crashing Burden Which the
fMfto Eire Kara and Hon Difficulty la
Will-
. Petersburg, Aug. . By order of
M (ore Urn minister, handed to the
crelfn dlploroaU at St Petersburg a
urtt declaring maintenance of peace
liul the reduction 01 in ezcessire arm-
F . . .. A, i
tnt now crusmng ail nauons w m
si (or which all nations ougni to
Itrlre. TH csar ramoni im rcacut
I ... favnrable for the Inauguration
fl A 1 - -. t I . ,LI- mA
V movement iwuni m mi wuu,
I .. . iw. mawam An naet In an
femes " ""--- "
kternstlonal conference as a means of
hut ensuring real ana lasting peace
La terminating the progressive in-
Irene of armament.
frit ciar proposition is luteiy to pro.
Vice sensaiion wnraiiiwii sjurvpc,
VgS coming from such a quarter and
Litk such evident sincerity of purpose,
It likely to hare Important effects,
ffttr Is no doubt that with (Russia
(king the lead In such a step Ger-
Usoy, France and the other nations
UU be ready to follow.
The text of the note follows:
The maintenance of general peace
Lad tke possible reduction of the ex-
ttnlre armaments which weigh upon
111 nation present themselves In ex-
litlof conditions to the whole world as
hn Ileal toward which the endeavors
M aU (overnments should be directed,
flu humanitarian and magnanimous
Mail of his majesty, the emperor, my
tjJgUA I iuob.ot, uarv vi. wvm w.v. iw
hit view in the conviction that this
hoftr aim Is In conformity with the
trust essential interests and legitimate
htoeWall powers, and the Imperial
KTnmem imnsB me praieni mil
I would be very favorable to seek-
W the means. '
"International discussion Is the most
Vlectual means of ensuring all people's
hcntllt a real durable peace, above all,
putting an end to the progressive de-
hetopment of the present am amenta.
In the course of the last 20 years
the longing for general appeasement
his grown especially pronounced In
kit consciences of civilised nations, and
khe preservation of peace has been put
rcorward as an object of International
policy. It Is in Its name that great
itttes have concluded among them
Ml res powerful alliances.
It Is the better to guarantee peace
(hat they have developed In proportions
hitherto unprecedented their military
forces and still continue to Increase
them, without shrinking from any sac
rifice. Nevertheless, all theeo efforts have
not yet been able to bring about the
DeneAcient result desired pacification.
The financial charges following the
upward march strike at the very root
of public prosperity. The Intellectual
and physical strength of the nations'
labor and capital are mostly diverted
from their natural application and are
unproductlvely consumed. Hundreds of
millions are devoted to acquiring ter
rible engines of destruction, which.
though today regarded aa the last work
of science, are destined tomorrow to
lose all their value In consequence of
some fresh discovery In the same field.
National culture, economic progress
and the production of wealth are
either paralysed or checked In develop-
Best Moreover, In proportion as the
armaments of each power Increase,
mey less and less fulfill the object the
lovernment set before themselves.
The economic crisis, due In great
Part to the system of armaments
I'outrance, and the continual danger
which lies In this massing of war ma
terial are transforming the armed
Peace of our days Into a crushing bur
den which the people have mora and
more difficulty In bearing.
"It appears evident that if this state
of things were to be prolonged It would
inevitably lead to the very cataclysm
H is desired to avert and the horrors
hereaf make every thinking being
hudder In advance.
To put an end to these Incessant
armaments and to seek th means of
warning off the calamities which are
threatening the whole world auch la
the supreme duty today Imposed upon
U states.
Tilled With this Ma hla malaatv
been pleased to command me to
Propose to all the governments whose
rweentatlves are accredited to the
imperial court the assembling of a
conference which shall
1th this grave problem.
Tills conference will be, by the help
Gd, a happy presage for the cen
wjr which Is about to open. It would
converge Into on mwnrfni h.
Sorts of all states sincerely seeking to
ake the great conception of universal
triumph over the elements of
rouble and dlaraerf. anil I wn.,14 .
th same time, cemeat their agreement
" a corporate consecration of the
Mnctples of equity and right whereon
J the security of states and the wel
rr" of peoples."
HoMlllan Mar Be Ambassador.
Washington, Aug. It. No formal of-
at the ambasaadorshlD to Great
Britain wu maj. a...t.
'toatamt McKlnley before leaving re-
a response to the inquiry he
waasd to be made which satisfied htm
SBator Hoar would not accept
ut the way la open to th appoint
"at of Senator IfclCiian or anyon
?' tht president saaa select.
rnjtt Swrrlo B4al6 (
"clock yesterday moralac at th M-
narry Horn td. whtn k wu ukm
Lasmed lately after hla addM aflUctloa.
ix-OoTtrnor Claud Uattkawa p a
away pmc fully, surrounded by hla
wife and ta other members of hla Im
mediate family. The ezcoTeraor was
atrlckea with brain paralysis a year
to.
Ex-OOVERNOR MATTHEWS.
Governor Matthews was born In Bath
county. Kentucky, Dec 14, 1845. He
left Kentucky In IMS and setUed In
Vermillion county, Indiana, where he
had a farm of t.000 acres. He served a
term In the legislature In 18T. In 18M
he was nominated and elected secre
tary of state, and In 1111 he was chosen
governor. After hi term aa governor
expired Mr. Matthews retired to hi
home in Vermillion county. In 18M hi
friends strongly urged him for the
presidential nomination, but when Bry
an was selected Mr. Matthews became
hi ardent supporter.
HONE TO SEEK HEALTH.
Pennsylvania' Governor Brings Back
Strloken Soldiers.
Pittsburg, Aug. 80. Over MO soldier
who four months ago marched oft to
war, while thousand of admiring
friends cheered them on, returned yes
terday amid anguish and tears. The
stricken heroes were aboard the Penn
ylvsnla state hospital train, and are
being taken to their homes and bos
pltals for better treatment. An hour
was spent in removing a number of the
sufferers to Pittsburg hospitals and
giving dinner to the convalescent,
There was no demonstration by the
crowd when the train entered the sheds
and tears came t the eyes of hundred
on the platform when they saw the
gaunt faces of the sufferers peering
from the window. Governor Halting
and hi wife were seated In the pri
vate car In the rear of the first section
of the train.
Mrs. Hasting, with tears'lrt her eyes,
was a wltnea of the sad scenes when
the sufferers were removed on stretch'
era to the ambulaneea She accom
panled the train on the entire trip and
assisted the nurses in their work. "I
shall not accompany the governor on
his next trip to the camp," she said.
"I am unused to such scenes of suf
fering, and I have Buffered extremely
from nervousness while returning from
Chlckamauga. I am grateful for an op
portunlty to do my share In alleviating
the suffering of our brave soldiers, but
am more than thankful that this war
and Its sacrifices are at an end."
President McKlnley passed through
Pittsburg on his way from Somerset,
Pa., to Cleveland at 2:50 o'clock In the
afternoon. An Immense crowd was at
the station and the president was en
thuslastically greeted. The Pennsyl
vanla hospital train was met at Greens'
burg, and the train bearing the presl
dentlal party was stopped while the
president made an Inspection of the
hospital train and shook hands with
the sick soldier.
DEATH OP MALIETOA.
Twice King of Samoa, Being Once De
posed by the Germans.
Aukland, N. Z., Aug. 80. Malletoa
Lacupepa, king of Samoa, died on Mon
day, Aug. 22, of typhoid fever. The ad
ministration of government I being
supervised by the three consul, L. W.
Osborne, representing the United States,
T. B. Cuaack-Smlth, representing Eng
land, and F. Rose, representing Germany
with the chief Justice, William Cham
bers acting as president of .the super
vlstory committee, an arrangement
that will continue In force until the
successor of the deceased king ha been
chosen. King Malletoa succeeded to the
throne in 1880. Seven years later h
was deposed by the Germans for al
leged robberies and Insults and re
placed by Tamatese. In the following
year there was an Insurrection against
Tamatese, headed by Mataafa, who
won, after a fierce battle. In the au
tumn of that year Mataafa was elected
king and Malletoa vice king, but two
months later the latter was reinstated
aa king, with the assent of the three
Maa.vaaaa XMo a A tfn twaa' CO t OnAr4 tkA
PhlladelDhta's Peace Jubilee.
Philadelphia, Aug. SO. Representa
tive cltlsens, merchants, manufactur
ers, professional men and committees
from all the leading clubs ana traae a
Ablations met In Mayor Wrawick a of
flee yesterday and took the first steps
toward holding a peace Jubilee In this
city. The meeting was called at the In
stance of Mayor Warwick, and It was
decided to appoint a committee of 100
eitiaen to formulate plans and tlx upon
a date. The latter will probably be
bout the middle of October, and the
committee was lnstructedJto make the
celebration national In character.
President McKlnley will be asked to at
tend.
Economy In Santiago Administration
Washington, Aug. 0. Adjutant Gen-
aral Corhln ha received tne following
cablegram from General Shatter under
tar of Ssjitlaao: "I have traniterrea ail
business relating to custom over to
Major General Lawten. There naa oeen
collected, with the exception of a small
amount in Julv. I102.0M. Salaries ot
officials and all expenses, Inoludlng
street cleaning, city officials, ponce, etc.,
have ben paid to date, leaving over $M,
i th traaaurv. The expenses ef the
customs house have been cut down
from 140.00 Pr annum to szs.ww. ana
that In me oaa be materially re-
ilGER-MHLR'
The Ch&rgM Hade by the Qeneril
of the Army.
WA8 PLACED IX A FALSE LIGHT.
The Correspondent of the Kansas City
K tar Reiterate the Troth orthe State
meats Made by General Miles, aad
Declare Them a Matter of Record.
Kansas City. Mo., Aug. SO. Th
Star print aa exclusive dispatch
from Mr. J. D. Whelpley, It spec
ial correspondent who has Just re
turned from Porto Rico, bearing upon
the Mllea-Atger controversy. Mr.
Whelpley takes occasion to deny the
statement that his recently published
Interview In Porto Rico with General
Miles, wherein the latter was quoted a
casting reflections upon the war de
partment waa not genuine, and in sup
port of th statement already made by
It The Star prist Interesting telegrams
that passed between the war depart
ment and General MUes and Shatter
on the point at issue.
'Doubt Is expressed by some," say
Mr. Whelpley, "aa to whether General
Mile ever said these thing I credit
him with. Others auggeat he may have
aid them In confidence which was be
trayed. I feel confident General Mile
will stand by the Interview referred to.
"My talk with him waa not confi
dential. I went to him as a newspaper
reporter, for the avowed and express
purpose of securing an Interview. There
was no reservations from publication
In the conversation. This la proved by
his refusal to answer some question
which he would have answered had thl
been o. There was no hint of confi
dence. Tn this Instance, however, no
question of veracity need arise. Gen
eral Mile himself, even It he so de
sired, could not conceal the proof of all
he nald. It Is written In the record of
the war dcDartment and It not only
needs a clArlng away of Inconsequen
tial matter to tell the story dearly and
In full.
"General Miles In his interview In
The Star makes several distinct state
ments, one to the effect that he was
commanding general of all the Ameri
can armies, first, Isst and all the time.
In Washington, In Tampa, In Cuba, In
Porto Rico, or anywhere else he might
be.
"He charges General Corbin with
ending a secret dispatch to General
Bhafter contrary to this. He charges
the war department with mutilating
and even suppressing part or the
whole ot certain messages In their
transmission to the public, thus putting
him and his relations to the army in a
false light to the people at home.
"He charges that hi recommend'
Mon In regard to moving the troop
from Santiago waa disregarded, ..this
disregard leading to grave consequen
ces. He recites the fact that General
Shatter disobeyed order In occupying
fever Infected house and allowing
Cuban refugees to mix with the Ameri
can troops.
"Finally he claim that Washington
allowed the plans of his Porto Rico
campaign to leak out to such an ex
tent as to render them useless and
dangerous.
"It needs only a glance at the official
records of the war department to show
each and every one of these charges to
be truth, and to throw much additional
light on the situation.
"On the fourth of July General
Shatter sent dispatches to Wash
ington showing the deplorable con
dltlon of affairs In und about San
tlogo. It was this situation which
determined General Miles to go to
Cuba. The day he sailed with rein
forcements, July T, he sent a telegram
of Instruction to General Shatter, and
on July 11 he arrived and assumed
charge of the forces, the dispatches
from the secretary of war thereafter
being sent to Miles, Bhafter not being
mentioned.
"In the face of this situation, Secre
tary Alger, through General Corbin,
sent a dispatch to General Shatter aa
surlng him that General Miles did not
come to Cuba to supersede Shatter In
any way. This dispatch General Miles
refer to a 'secret.' for he say he
did not know It had been sent, not be
ing notified from Washington and Gen
era! Bhafter saying nothing about it.
After the surrender General Miles still
retained control. He authorised Shat
ter to appoint peace commissioners
and Judging from Shatter's report
that all was over he Instructed him as
to the disposition of the troops.
"On July 17, after the surrender of
Santiago was completed General Shat
ter wired General Miles that 'I waa
told by the secretary of war that you
were not to supersede me In command
here,' To this Miles responded that 'I
have no desire and have carefully
avoided any appearance of superseding
you. Tour command Is a part of the
United Statea army, which I have the
honor to command.'
"Secretary Alger discussed the matter
with me yesterday, saying he did not
propose to enter into any controversy,
My cablegram to General Shatter,'
he continued, 'was simply due to my
desire to assure him that I Intended to
be absolutely fair. Before hi departure
from Washington General Miles and I
had talked the matter over, and he
started for Cuba knowing that he was
not In any way to Interfere with the
operation which were under the con
trol ot General Shatter. That there
could be no doubt whatever, I cabled
to General Shatter Informing him that
General Mile had left for Cuba with
Instruction not to in any manner sup
ersede him as commander of troops In
the Held. "
Ilobeon at Santiago.
Santiago de Cuba, Aug. 30. Th
steamer Seguranca arrived yesterday
morning, bringing Lieutenant Rich
mond P. Hobson. who will superin
tend the efforts to float the sunken
Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon and
Infanta Maria Teresa. The Seguranca
In brought a cargo ot fresh beef.
Dewey Is Well 8upplled.
. Washington, Aug. SO. Admiral Dew
ey has Informed the navy department
that he haa an abundance of auppllea
for th present need of hi squadron.
In a dispatch to th department yes
terday ha announces the arrival of an
Australian, refrigerator ship with fresh
meat and other provision.
RATIONS FOR HAVANA
Cargoei From the United St&tes
For the Suffering Onbant.
KISS BAET05 LAUDS SE 0A8TS0.
The Red Croaa Leader Declare of the
Civil Governor er Bavaaa That
With a Mad Like That Almost Any
thing I Possible."
Havana, Aug. 'SO, The bay of Ha
vana again present It usual active
aspect It la full of lit and bunle
under the Intense blue akle ot the
tropica On Its rippling waters ride at
anchor numerous vessels with cargoes
and rations from the United States.
Today th weather la fine, warm and
balmy, and the picture ot the harbor I
heightened by the trim aspect of the
Spanish warships anchored near the
the blackened ruin of the Main.
Close to what remains of that splendid
battleship Is moored the Spanish cruiser
Alfonso XII. She Is at the same buoy
A was on the night of the explo
sion. The wreck itself ha settled two
feet or more In the muddy bottom.
Testerday Senor Fernandex de Cas
tro, civil governor ot Havana, accom
panied by th chief Inspector of the
harbor police, visited the Red Cross
steamer Clinton to return Mis Clara
Barton' visit, remaining nearly an
hour. The meeting took place in the
saloon of the steamer. Senor de Castro,
who I a young and handsome man, sat
beside Miss Barton. Around them were
grouped the Red Cross nurses, the
whole presenting a picturesque scene.
Miss Barton says the governor Is a
most charming man. She thinks him
endowed with splendid qualities, and
she acknowledges the excellence of the
measures he has adopted to relievo
want In the city by establishing kitch
en which distribute over 16,000 rations
dally. "With auch a man." says Miss
Barton, "almost anything is possible."
Nothing definite ha been decided up
on, but probably a part of the Red
Cross relief will be landed here and a
part at Matansas.
After hla visit to Miss Barton, Gov
ernor de Castro paid a visit to the
Comal, where he was entertained by
Captain Nilea and Major Nlakern, to
whom he gave letter ot Introduction
to Senor Montero, secretary of finance
In the 8panlsh colonial cabinet, recom
mending that permission be given them
to distribute a million ration, free of
duty. The plan la for the Comal to re
main at Havana aa a central floating
warehouse, and to forward relief to the
Interior by rail, pack mules and other
means of transportation.
Sunday morning the flretot the Amer
lean aoldler landed from the Comal
and took breakfast ashore. Their ap
pearance excited universal curiosity,
large crowd following them from the
wharf and commuiding their quiet and
gentlemanly conuuet. The attitude of
the people here of all classes toward the
American aoldler and correspondent,
and toward Americans generally. Is one
of courtesy and politeness.
Yesterday afternoon a detachment ot
16 man from the Comal visited the
graves of the victims of the Maine,
Captain Stewart Brice, son of former
Senator Brice, and aide de camp to
General Bhafter, also visited the cem
ttery, and several ladles placed flowers
upon the tomb. All Americans here
are anxloua to ee a monument erected
a soon aa possible to commemorate the
resting place of the heroes. Those who
went to the cemetery were much struck
by the beauty and Imposing propor
tions of the firemen's mausoleum.
Advice from the province of Plnar
del Rio say that the Insurgents' forces
there are quite destitute. On Sunday
the Insurgent general Lorente and a
thousand men presented themselves
before the village of San Juan
Martlne and asked for food, as
suring the Spanish commander that,
although they could easily steal his
cattle, they refrained from doing
o under the term of the armis
tice. General Lorente's conduct la
greatly applauded, as showing a de
sire to respect law and order in that
province. The villagers got together
and gave the Insurgent 150 measures
of corn and a quantity of meat.
Other bands In the neighborhood like
wise respect property rights. It Is sate
to say that the small bands that com
mit theft, under pressure of hunger,
are not regularly connected with the
Cuban army of liberation.
THE PRODUCE MARKETS.
A Reflected by Dealings In Philadel
phia and Baltimore,
I Philadelphia, Auk. ai.-Flour slow: winter
nparflnii, 12.163.40; Pennsylvania rollor, clnar,
tS.2S8.40; city mills, eitra. I2.7S8. Kjr Boar
teady, but quint at 18.80 per barrel for eboira
Pennsylvania Wheat firm: No. t red, spot,
August sad September, O07Oo. Cora nrm;
No. S mixed, August and Boptember, M'.a
MHc; No. t yellow, for local trade, 8u87e. Oats
quiet and steady; No. white, clipped, new, 2Ko.;
do., old, (BaSZHo, Bay steady; choice tlmathy,
110.60 a 11 for rlarge Ibaln. Beef stead?;
beef bams, M2a28.Su. Pork dull; family, 112.60
alS. Lard firmer; western steamed, 16.46.
Baiter steady; western creamery, WJalBHc;
do. factory, Ual4a ; Klglns, 180.; imitation
creamery, lSalfa.; New York dairy, 18al7o.;
do. creamery, HslHc; fancy PnnniylTanla
prints jobbing at 10a2c.; do. wholesale, lo.
Cheem steady; large, white, 7'-4a7o.; small
white, T(4o.; large colored, 7a7Hc; small
do., 8a ; light skims, Oarlc; part ilclmi, 5S
to. ; fall kirns, jksMHa. ( stmdy; New York
sod Pennsylvania, loalSc; western fresh, 16c.
Potatoes steady; Jerseys, ll.26al.7B; Long Isl
and. II JITHal ,T6: sweets. Jerseys, I2.12H2.60;
southern, ll.Z6al.60. Cabbage ateady; Long
lalaad, KaS, Cottonseed oil easy; prime sum
mer yellow, 2Mto,; elf summer yellow, Ja
giftc; prime winter yellow, Raw.
Baltimore, Aug. St. Floor dull : western in
perane. tt.6ua2.7S; do. extra, i2.Na3.S6; da fam
ily, ISAM ; winter wheat petent.l4a4.20; spring
do., 4 404 9: spring wheat, straight, tl.SUa
4.66. Wheat firmer, spot and month, 71a71oj
Ssptembm-.TOaTOiaa; October, rWHsdsV.; De
cember, ataesc.; steamer No, I red, sfiao&Uo.;
southern wheat bysample,06a72o,:do. on grade
WHaTlo. Oora ateady; spot and month,
8Ho-; September, B4a84Vo. : October, 84Ha
steamer mixed, KSSSo.; southern
white, taaSae r do. yellow, S4aU6a Oats dull
sod lower; No. t white, western, 27o.; No. t
mixed, 24Ha2Ao, Bye Arm; No. I nearby, 4ftc. i
No. I westers, ale. Hay easier; No. 1 timo
thy, I10.60ail. Grata freights quiet; parcel
room steadily held: steam to Liverpool per
bushel, IHd Heptomber; Cork for orders par
quarter, VsaUsel Beptambnr. Sugar strong;
grasulated, 662. Butter steady; fsney cream
ery, le. do. InUtatiM.lflalfa.; do. Iadlej4al6c.;
good ladle, Ua; store parked, I2nltn. Cheese
s toady; fancy New York, largo, fato.; do,
medium, HaSJfQ.; da. muQ, 87a., Lettnre.
Tte. par bushel boa. Wh)ky, tl.aal.W pn'
gallon fee finished goods la ear loads; ll.ala
tailor J-ibbiaglbW.
IViR EKEVITIES. ;
Wednesday, A ear. 14.
Admiral Sampson will return to Cab
.bout Sept 1 .
Admiral Schley la Ul at hi homo in
aestport Coaa. Not serious.
Th war department haa perfected
arrangement for feeding the Cubans
who lack food.
General Rloe Is aamed by Spain a
Ihe governor general of th Philippine.
Jaudene being a prisoner.
General Shatter has been authorised
to bring home cannon captured from
th Spaniard at Santiago.
Arrangement have been perfected to
take the vote of the Pennsylvanian
till In camp on election day.
Brigadier General Castillo, of th
Cuban army, declare that before th
fall ot Santiago Shatter promised that
the city would be turned over to th
Cuban.
Thnreday, Aug. go.
It haa been Anally decided to aban
don Camp Alger, near Washington.
The calvarymen in Porto Rico, In
cluding the Pennsylvania troopers,
have been ordered home.
Spain's Instruction to commanders in
Cuba and the Philippines are to repel
by arms any attack of the Insurgents.
Steamer Vurilancia left New York
with the Twenty-third Kansas volun
teers, compoaed ot Immune, tor Cuba.
The government will establish a reg
ular line of transports between New
York and ports In Cuba and Porto
Rico.
Philippines Insurgents declare their
willingness to accept either annexa
tion or protectorate under the United
States or Great Britain.
Victor Tuesey and William Chiches
ter, two returning soldiers, were struck
by a bridge and killed while responding
to the cheers of the people at Philadel
phia. Friday, Aiik. 80.
Spain' war expenses to June S were
447,369,460 pesetas.
It Is reported that Japan Is anxious
to purchase the Lad rone Islands for
their fish resources.
O. W. Hyatt, Red Cross agent at Key
West, explains the urgent need for
food for the Cuban.
Admiral Schley arrived In Washing
ton, and was wildly greeted by cheer
ing thousands.
General Shatter left Santiago for
horne today. General Lawton succeeds
to the command at Santiago.
The train carrying Pennsylvania
soldiers from Pernandlna received a
loyal greeting through the south.
Orders have been Issued to muster
out a number of volunteer regiments,
Including the Sixth Pennsylvania, Fifth
Maryland, and all New York and Penn
sylvanla cavalry now In Porto Rice.
Hatnrday, Aug. ST.
Spanish soldiers returned to Spain
comptnln of ill treatment by the
Americans.
Business at Manila Is being resumed,
and the city Is rapidly assuming a
normal condition.
Surgeon General Sternberg denies the
statement that' he opposes women
nurses tor the soldiers.
A flood In Porto Kico prevented Gen
eral Miles from attending a reception
given In his honor at Ponce.
It has been decided to remove all the
volunteers from Camp Alger, near
Washington, to Mlddletown, Pa.
Transports Yucatan, Hudson and
Catallna arrived at Montauk Point, L.
I., with 1,402 soldiers from Santiago.
Monday, Aug. 80.
The transport Roumanlo. left Santl
ago for Montauk Point with 650 sick
soldiers.
Sagasta's plan to prevent discussion
of the war in the Spanish cortes will
probably fall.
By the end of this week all the
soldiers will have left Chlckamauga
Park for other cam pa
General H. V. Boynton, ordered by
Secretary Alger to Inspect hospitals at
Chlckamauga Pork, declares them sat
Isfactory.
A wreck on the Louisville and Nash
ville road near Birmingham, Ala., de
railed a soldiers' train, killing Frank
Glcnnon and Peter Farley, ot the
Sixty-ninth New York regiment
BRIEF ITEMS OF NEWS.
Ex-Ambassador Bayard Is ill at th
home of his daughter at Karisteln,
Mass.
The International arbitration commis
sion received a most kindly welcome In
Quebec, Canada.
President McKlnley spent a quiet
Sunday at the home of his brother Ab-
ner In Somerset
Gilbert D. Curry, secretary of the A.
O. H. of Pennsylvania, was killed by
lightning at Plains, Pa.
Archbishop Ireland has been appoint
ed a member of the Lafayette memorial
commission to the Paris exposition.
Ralph W. Wlreback was convicted at
Lancaster, Pa., of murder In the flrat
degree for killing David B. LandlB.
A hurricane did great damago in
Syracuse, N. T. Toney Mctroc, Italian
laborer, waa killed, and others fatally
Injured.
Delaware Republicans nominated J.
H. Hofflcker for congress, Dr. L. H.
Ball for state treasurer and J' A. Lingo
for auditor.
J. P. Condrey, his wife and young
on were killed by a train near Peters
burg, Va., the horse "balking" on the
railroad track.
Lightning struck a street car at Pitts
burg. In the panic that followed B, S.
Frear was killed and others Injured by
Jumping from the car.
On the Grand Banks th Thlngvalla
line ateamer Norge ran down th
French fishing schooner La Coquette.
Sixteen fishermen were drowned.
Mrs. John Stevenson" was burned to
death In her horn near Carnegie, Pa,
She had escaped, but went back to
rescue her babe, which had been saved
by another.
Attorney General White, of Delaware,
declare he has evidence to convict
Mrs. Botkln, of San Francisco, of pois
oning Mrs. Dunning and Mrs. Dean by
poisoned candy sent by mall.
Ex-Ambassador Bayard Improving.
Dedharn. Mass., Aug. 30. The con
dition of Thomas F. Bayard was very
much Improved today, even over that
reported favorable last week. He was
able to he about, and on Sunday waa
to:...', ovl I-r a Ci'.vt.
DECLARED !
93Ce efor-$i.oo
TREMENDOUS
mm up &
BABGA1N SALE!
My prenent largo stock
must, be l'ftlut'tMl ami shelve
cleared at wire tu make room
for ineouiing Fall Goods.
Dnrii Ifis nisit 30 days
you will have an opportunity
to buy at prices never before
offered in this section i" the
country.
In addition to my already
low prices always lower
than elsewhere you will re
ceive a Special
DinloflO Cents on Ev
BiT Dollar's
worth of Dry Goods, Mo
tions, g Hoots and Shoea.
Clothing; and in fact on ev
erything excepting Grocer
ies, that you may buy during
this big Clearing upjSale.
Groceries.
ArbuckW and Lion Coffee, 13c ; 2
ibB. lor mo ; 4 lor -c
Winner Coffee, 13c ; 2 lbe. for 25c.
Loose Roasted Javo, 13c: 2 lbs. for -
20.
Java and Mocho. 28c : 3 lbn. for 80c. .
Extra loose green coffee, 25c.
9 lba. Soft A Sugar, 50c. 81 lbs Gran-
ulated, 50c.
10 lbs. Light Brown. 50c.
Corn Starch, 5c ; 8 IbB. for .12c.
New Rice, 5 : very niae.
Best N. O. Molasses, 14c. a qt.
Syrup, 18c. a gal.
Light Syrup, 8(c. a traL
Chocolate, lHc.
baking Soda, c. per lb.
Roking Powder, 5c. lb.
Rasin8, 7c.
Silver Prunes, 12c, extra nice.
Ontmeul, Ktc., :l packages 2."c.
CriiHhed wheat, 15c, 2 packages 2..
Coffee cakes, 5c. alb.
Ginger snapH, 5c. a lb.
Oyster crackers, 0c. n lb.
Knick-knocks, He. a lb.
Water crackers. 9c a lb.
ChsIi paid for good butter and fgga..
In) Carpets, Kugs and Ofl-
' cloths
we hove all the Decent putterna and
choice colorings. The latest de
signs aro beautiful and at about a
quarter off from former prices.
Good Ingrain Carpet, onh i 5c.
Good Home-made Carpet, 25c.
8 4 Floor Oilcloth, 50c. per yd.
-4 Table Oilcloth, 18c. per yd.
5 4 Table Oilcloth. 12c. per yd.
m:ua.xiis.3i3Ts.
No. 1 Buttei, Hi
No. 2 llulfe r, 10
Fresh Kkk. 12
Oiiioni, AO
Dried Apple, 1
Bliouldtr, I
Potatoes, Is)
New l.asd,'
Turknys, 1 '
Young Chlfkmn,
Dried Chnrrie,-t
Bwnn,
Ham. W
K. IJ. We have no Spec
ial Bargain Day. Our 35ar
gains are Every Day.
F. H. Maurer,
N. W. Corner, Front and Union Sir
New Berlin. Pa.
Sheriffs Sale of
REAL ESTATE
ny virtus of cnrtnln writs of KH-rl Faclns hv
sued out ot the Court of common Plns of Hny
dnr County, Vs., sd(1 to me dlni-t.il, I will ex
pose to public sule at the Court House In Mlcl
dleburKh. Pb., nnMont av, September flth, jsisj,
st one o'clock I'. M , the lollow ID .lusurlbal
real eatateia oi)
All that certain lot orrnrorl of loml slftmtefl
in the borouith of Mlddlebunr, Snyder County,
Pa. Bounded on the north by puMM road, on
the east by lot of Hlegle, on the south an
west by land of John Moyer, containing W ai re
mors or less, on which, are erected bulldlnr
used for stortnK and hottlinir beer in wblcli an
a '4 horse power etiKlne and the machinery oo
ccssary lor bottling beer.
Seized, taken Into execution and to be told M
the property of Arboifust und Fisher.
I. S. HITTKH. Sheriff.
SherlO'sOfllce, HtMleburK, Pa-, Aug., istw.
ACDITOR'B NOTICE. THE Vh
derttigned auditor appointed br
the Orphans' Court of Snyder county, to distri
bute the fund in the bands of William BouKV
administrator of the estate ot John K. Arbofrasu
late ot Pern township. eceased, will sit for the
purpose, of Disappointment at his office In the
boronirb. of sllddleburgh on Friday, Heptomber
1, 184, at le o'clock A. M at which time ana
place all persons baring any claims against salt
estate must present the mud or be fnrorarUiera
arter debarred from claiming any part of sakt
fund. II H. OkiMM, Auditor.
MMtflefciirsh, r auj. it, W8.
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