IAI J FAILERS BATLE WITH IRDBRE. Ben. Bacon's Bantizgo Veterans Eneounter the Red Skins at Leech Lake, Minn. —Four Mea Killed asd Nine Wounded. ‘A report, difficult to verify reached Bt. Paul last Thursday that Gen. Ba- con and his soldiers have been mas- sacred by Indians at Leech lake, Minn. Gen. Bacon, with his Santiago ve- terans from the Third infantry, left Walker, Minn., for Bear island, deter- mined to bring the recalcitrant pillager Indians to terms by force if necessary. He chartered two steamboats and a barge and had a gatling gun and a hotchkiss aboard with which to clear the island of possible ambushes. The men are under the immediate com- mand of Capt. Wilkinson. A terrific battle was fought at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning thirdy miles from Walker at Bog-Ah-Me-Ge- ghirks point, close to Bear island. The detachment of 100 men under Gen. Bacon was landed on the point shortly after 8 o'clock. The soldiers went through the thick undergrowth very carefully and with every precaution taken against ambush. The men.were then ordered to line up in an open gpace near the shore of the lake. Char- ges were drawn and preparations made for dinner. The order to make coffee had been given and the soldiers were standing in column formation when the first shot was fired. It came from Bog-Ah- Me-Ge-Shirks house. The ball struck Ed Harris, ex-marshal of Walker, a half-breed. His arm was broken. This was the signal. ; Immediately the firing became gen- eral from all directions. It seemed that a shot came from every bush. Three of Gen. Bacon’s men dropped. They were at once carried to the rear. On the very instant that the first shot was fired every man in the command sprang for cover without waiting for orders. Like a flash the blue column had vanished and not a sign was to be geen of the eighty men who had stood erect but an instant before, except here and there a little patch where a gray hat might be made out. |. “Steady, men,” Gen. Bacon called, “keep cool now, keep cool.” Again there came a volley from the Indians and tfiat was what the troops had been tvaiting for. The KXKrag-Jorgensens opened up with a frightful rattle just as the Pillagers made a terrific rush. Half a dozen of them dropped and the rest fell back, yelling like fiends incar- rate. There must have been 150 or 200 In- dians. Lieut. Morrison with a squad of twenty men, made a rush to prevent the recapture of old Ma-Quod, a very choice scoundrel, and Bap Dway We Dung. The marshals had these men under arrest and a rescue would certainly have been effected, but Lieut. Morri- son velled, “Charge,” and his squad scattered the copper-colored gang. By this time the troops were under cover. The Indians were firing in a desultory way and the order was given to charge. The soldiers rose, ducking and drip- ping like grasshoppers. They made the most of their opportunity. Suddenly a volley was fired by the Indians at the steam tug Flora, which lay off shore. A score of bullets tore through the frail woodwork of the boat and every man except the pilot sought cover. Some blazed away in return with re- volvers, but the range was too long. Vard was sent back to Gen. Hum- phreys who immediately sent rein- forcements to Gen. Bacon. A later re- port states that four soldiers were killed and nine wounded. An attempt was made to land on Bear Island Thursday afternoon and rescue the wounded soldiers and get the bodies of the unfortunate blue- coats who were killed. The attempt was so far successful that four bodies were recovered and nine soldiers who were wounded were rescued, but the citizens were driven to the boat and the boat driven from the shores by skulking redskins. A special to the Minneapolis Jour- nal from Walker, Minn., says: I have just met an Indian named Mah-Ge- Guh-Bo; who came over from Bear Island in a canoe. He says the loss of the whites is ten killed and fifteen wounded. He. denies that the troops have been wiped out, but says the In- dians have had the best of it. Their loss, he claims, does not exceed flve killed and wounded. The force with Bacon are probably safe and more en- couragement is felt about it. I have other information that there are fifty dead Indians within a mile of the landing. Maj. Wilkinson, flve privates and two Indian policeman are dead. Col. Sheehan is killed. Thirty Indians are dead. There has been desperate fight- ing all the morning. Maj. Wilkinson, who was shot through the leg, had his leg dressed, took the field again, and was shortly afterward shot through the body. Ly- ing in a pool of blood, he raised him- self to one elbow and shouted to Gen. Bacon: ‘‘Give them h—Il, general; nev- er mind me?’ These were his last words. General Bacon says that while the Indians retreated to Bear island after the fight he is not at all satisfied that they have enough. In case of a gen- eral uprising he will inaugurate a win- ter campaign against them. He says it may take 1,000 men to subdue the savages during the cold weather. Epaniards Defoat Insurg:nts. An official dispatch from Iloilo re- ports the landing of Spanish troops caused a panic among the insurgents. Three hundred muskets, four oannon, a quantity of ammunition and a flag were captured and 18 Spaniards who had been held as prisoners were re- leased. Many insurgents withdrew to the mountains, while some surrender- ed. Communication with Cebu has been restored. Thirty-six Spaniards were killed in other encounters. A Cold Plunge Results ix Death. Hon. William Strutt, aged about 25 vears, son of Lord Belpre, of Kingston, Derby, England, and - nephew of the earl of Dunmore, a Scotch peer, who is a lord in waiting to Queen Victoria, was found dead in the bath tub in his apartnients at the West End hotel at St. Louis last Wednesday. It is said he had heart disease and the physi- cians believe his death the result of a cold plunge. Agninaldo’s Ropresentative Has Failed Agoncillo, the Philippine envoy, by authority of Aguinaldo, has issued an appeal to Cubans through Senor Ques- ada, leader of the Cuban junta, to help the Filipinos in their effort at in- dependence. He confesses his failure to secure from President McKinley any chance of representation on the peace commission. Quesada holds the matter under advisement. Large Estate for the Kaiser. Herr Von Birkner, a member of the Prussian diet, has bequeathed to Em- peror William a beautiful villa - to- gether with seven thousand atres of farm land near Elbing. : a W CONDENSED TELEGRAMS. The Tradesmens National Bank of New York has suspended. Pittsburg is to have .,a new union station which will cost $2,000,000. A. M. Franklin has arrived at Seat- tle from the Klondike with $80,000 in gold. A Belgian syndicate js to establigh a distillery at Mexico City, with $3,000,- 000 capital. German iron manufacturers have formed a combine to fight American competition. . Seven hundred Alabama negroes have gone to Pana, Ill., to take ‘the place of striking union miners. The Illinois Central Railroad 1s los- ing $15,000 a day on account of the yeoi- low fever quarantine in the south. Owing to the spread of yellow fever an order has been issued prohibiting travel from point to point in the state of Mississippi. John R. Evans of Indiana, who avers he owns $150,000 of National Linseed Oil Company stock, asks a receiver for the company. While en route to Pittsburg from Baltimore last Saturday to attend the Kpights Templar conclave George W. Starr died of apoplexy. ; Three persons in New York fell from upper story windows last Wednesday and were killed; a fourth fell from a scow and was drowned. The, president will not announce the selection of a successor to Mr. Hay as ambassador to London before his re- turn from his western trip. The will of Thomas F. Bayardshows he leaves an estate of $75,000, all left to his widow except $5,000 to the old Swedes church at Wilmington, Del. The prices in all grades of stoves has been advanced 5 per cent. Manufac- turers throughout the country have entered into an agreement to that ef- fect. The Canadian police are establish- ing a chain of stations along the up- per Yukon from Dawson to Lake Ben- nett in Alaska, each to have supplies for two years. I.. H. Dickerson, of Cleveland, shot and killed Mrs. Blanche K. Winship, a widow with whom he was in love and then committed suicide. The widow who died Tuesday was te be married next week. Smith Wright was taken from the jail at Annapolis, Md., last Wednesday morning and shot to death by a mob. He was charged with having brutally treated Mrs. James Morrison some weeks ago. A double headed Elkhorn & Missouri Valley freight train ran into the rear end of an Omaha passenger train in the yards Saturday at Omaha. Harry Jones, walter, of Chicago, was killed and Otto Homedale, conductor of the dining car, fatally hurt. The Pacific coast agents of the Canadian Steamship Company and Athenian, their 4,000-ton steamships, on the run between Vancouver, Port- land, Vladivostock and China, that the trade between the orient and America has grown to enormous -proportions. Eli Shaw, who has been on trial for the past week at Camden, N. J. charged with the murder of his moth- er, was found not guilty by the jury in the Camden county court. There were 1,000 persons in the court-room when the verdict was read, and they cheered. Shaw fainted. Goettman Bros. of Pittsburg, insist- ed that James Buchanan should pay for a steak which the latter claimed he did not order. Buchanan was arrested and subsequently discharged. Com- plaint was then entered against the restaurant people for false arrest and Buchanan was awarded $4,000 damages. The American battleships and cruis- ers will not be assigned to regular sta- tions for some time to come. Should the Spanish commissioners at Paris fail to yleld to the demands of the United States, a naval demonstration will then be made on the coast of Spain the moral influence of which can not be doubted. The most costly block of amusement buildings and stores on the beach front at Atlantic City, N. J., was destroyed by fire a few days ago. Twenty build- ings, occupied by about 50 business es- tablishments, were burned and a half dogen families were rendered homeless. The loss is estimated at $200,000. As- sistance was asked in fighting the fire from Camden and Philadelphia. Hundreds of Obinamen Burned. According to a special dlspatch from Shanghai, a fire on Sunday at Han- kow destroyed over a square mile of the city, including the government buildings and temple. It is feared that a thousand lives were lost. Hankow is a treaty port on the Yang Tse Kiang at the mouth of one of its tributaries, 700 miles from the sea. The city forms, with Han Yang and Woo Chang, the capital of Hoo Po, all in sight of one another and separated only by the riv- er, one of the greatest commercial centers in the world. Huc estimates their united population at 8,000,000, but they suffered much in the Tao Ping wars. Hankow 18 one terminus of the proposed Pekin-Hankaow railway. American Meat Proved Pure. The imperial government of Ger- many last winter, goaded by the Agra- rians, drew up a bill to regulate the inspection of American meat exports. The blll practically meant the death of the American meat trade, and luckily, it could not be made ready for produc- tion in the reichstag before that body adjourned. E£ince then the situation has changed. The charges against American meats have invariably prov- ed to be groundless, so that the violent press attacks have ceased. The gov- ernment, therefore, has considerably modified the bill, which is now much less stringent, but some of its provi- sions are still highly prejudicial to canned meats and sausages. Spanish Bo'diers Prefer Cuba. A decree of Captain General Blanco, dated October 5, provides for a thll dis- charge to every enlisted man who has the right to it and who desires to re- main in Cuba; for the transfer to the second reserve of those who, posses- ing the necessary qualifications, wish to remain in Cuba, and for the return to Spain of those who may have pre- vicusly lost the right to a return pas- sage. These orders are lo: ked upon at Havana as being important, as many row in the Spanish army wil decide to remain, since there is a brighter future for them in prospect in Cuba than in Spain. Cheam Gen. Les Interrnpted the Performances. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee went to Wallack’s theater last night in full uniform. He received an unexpected ovation. At the close of the first act a beautiful bo- quet of flowers was handed to Miss Alice Neilson, who is singing the lead- ing role in “The Fortune Teller,” and she promptly hurled the flowers at the general in his box. The house cheered. Then all the actors crowded on the stage and sang ‘““The Star Spangled Banner,” in which the audience joined. Many persons came to Gen. Lee's box to shake his hand, and quite an informal reception .was held, interrupting the performance for some time. URS. WIALEY'S BROTHER KILLED TRAGEDY AT CANTON. George D. Baxton Shot Four Times by s Woman Bup- posed to be Anna B, George—Had Often Threatened to Kill Him. The murder of George D. Saxton, brother of Mrs, President McKinley, will close tha social festivities at the White House for the remainder of the SeRSOoN. Friday evening while the President and Mrs. McKinley were receiving the members of an Episcopal organization the news was reported to the Presi- dent of the tragedy at Canton which was later communicated to Mrs. Mc- Kinley. George D. Saxton had gone out on Hazlett avenue, Canton, last Friday evening, and was about to enter the home of Mrs. Eva D. Althouse, widow of the late George W. Althouse, 319 Lincoln avenue, and had just ascend- ed the steps, when a woman in black rushed up behind him and fired two shots, which felled him. He rolled down upon the greensward, and two more shots were heard. When officers arrived on the scene they found him dead. A woman at the house stated that the deed was done by an unknown woman, who was tall, slender and dressed in black, and she had gone away as soon as the shots were fired. The informant said Mrs. Althouse was not at home. Officers were soon on the hunt for the ‘woman who did the shooting, and while it is not possible just now to tell who did it the suspicion is strong against Mrs. Anna E. George, with whom Saxton has had trouble, and who had threatened to kill him. At 9 o'clock Mrs. George was placed under arrest as she was entering her rooms from the back way, having come through a swamp from the dir- ection of the Althouse home. At po- lice headquarters she refused to talk, and exhibited fine nerve. Her hands smelled of powder. She formerly roomed in the Saxton block, where Saxton first met her. She was then the wife of Sample C. George, and her conduct caused her husband to leave her. A dlvorce was obtained for Mrs. George in Dakota by Saxton, who sent his own attorney to get it. Later he tired of the woman and has been paying attention to Mrs. Althouse. Since that time Mrs. George has re- peatedly said she would kill him. She created a scene in front of the Alt- house home a short time ago, when Saxton returned from a ride with Mrs. Althouse. A few days since Sample C. George withdrew a $30,000 damage suit against Saxton in the courts at Can- ton because of a settlement out of court for $1,835. The general detention charge cf sus- picion on which Mrs. Annie E. George was arrested and held in connection with the assassination of Geoge D. Saxton was Saturday replaced by a fcrmal charge of murder in the first degree, and the accused was committed to the county jail without bond for the further routine of the courts. President and Mrs. McKinley arrived at Canton last Sunday morning to at- tend the funeral of Mr. Saxton. There was a large crowd at the depot but no demonstration was made. Monday af- ternoon the funeral of the murdered man was held at the Barber home, which is the old Saxton homestead. The services were conducted by Rev. O. B. Milligan of the First Presbyter- ian church. Monday evening the presi- dent’s private car was attached to the special train from Washington which conveyed the presidential party to the Omaha exposition. Smallpox Ameng Amoriean Treops. There has been fourteen cases of smallpox and six deaths from that disease among the American troops during the past two days. The dead are: H. M. Powers, First California regiment; Harry Wheler, Second Ore- gon; Henry Culver, Fourteenth infan- try; Joseph Daly, George Cooty and Prank Warwick of the Thirteenth Minnesota regiment Eight deaths from typhoid fever have also been re- corded. Artilleryman Roach was klill- ed by a sentry at Tondo on Wednes- day night. MOVEMENTS TOWARD PEACE. Tho last troops left Camp Wikoff at Montauk Point last week. Only one medical officer was killed during the Spanish war. Spaniards are complaining their heavy war taxes. Gen. Lee will be in Havana with his entire army before the expiration of the present month. Fifteen sick men in Col. Bryan's Ne- braska regiment were discharged last Wednesday. Commodore Watson says that the scle credit for the destruction of Cer- vera's fleet belongs to Admiral Schley. Gen. Horace Porter, United States ambassador to France, will banquet the two peace oominissions in the near future. Joseph Simon of Portland was eleot- ed United States senator by the Ore- gon legislature last week. Mr. Simon is a. Hebrew. The Sixth United States Immunes left Brooklyn last Monday for Porto Rico. They will relieve the troops who will come heme from the island. The sailor who was killed in a wreck at Ben's Creek, Cambria county, Pa. has been identified as Joseph Corrigan of Danbury, Conn., who served on the Oregon. General Calixto Garcia oalled on Gen. Wood recently. He proposes go- ing to Washington to advocate General Wood's $50 plan of disbanding the Cu- ban army. At Dallas, Texas, the 14-year-old daughter of J. R. Stephens ate the heads off 212 matches, and then by taking bacon and lard as an antidote hastened her death. : The official register of births and ‘deaths for the city of Havana show that on October 1 there were no births and fifty-three deaths, and that on Oc- tober 2 there were no births and thir- ty-five deaths. Spain has ordered the sale of her warships which are still lingering in Cuban waters. The ships referred to are small steam launches, which could not cross the ocean, except upon the deck of a steamer. On suggestion of the governor of Nebraska Col. Bryan took a straw vote of his regiment recently. It is stated 87 per cent of the men wanted to go home and the officers were cqually divided. Consul Gen. Fitzhugh Lee appeared before the investigating committee last Thursday. He had no grievances to make against the war department and declared that medicine and pro- visions were at all times plentiful among his troops. The mortality at Guinos, Cuba, is very great and at Guira de Melena, whose population only numbers 3,000, tkere were 232 deaths during the month about DESERTER SHOT. ° Private Greenwood Fails to Obsy an Order to Halt ang Is Killed Private Oliver Greenwood, of tery B, Seventh United States Artil- lery, stationed at Fort Slocum, was shot and instantly killed Sunday morn=- ing while trying to desert. Private Harvey Stokes, who accompanied Greenwood, escaped unhurt. Green- wood was 21 years old, and was from Union Hill, N. J. About 1 o'clock Sunday morning Stokes and Greenwood discarded their uniforms and put on civilian. clothes. They crawled out of their tent and along the ground on their hands and krees, dodging the sentry. They had pot gone far until they ran acroes an- other sentry, who ordered them to halt. Sergeant Heck ran up to tha men, and fixing his bayonet, ordered them bzck to the guardhouse. Stokes started to argue with Sergeant Heck, while Greenwood heard the approach of the tried to wrench it from his hand. Heck yelled for help. Stokes and Gr,eenwood heard the approach of the relief guard and ran toward the sound. Again Sergeant Heck ordered the de- serters to stop, but the men paid no at- tention to the command, and Heck or- dered the relief to fire. Three shots rang out. On the ground lay the life- less body of Private Greenwood. At a distance stood Private Stokes with his hands over his head. He surrendered. The jury's verdict was that while at- tempting to desert from the army Greenwood came to his death from a gunshot wound fired by some unknown sentry in the discharge of his duty. Bat- GRANDEST IN TEE WORLD The Eleotrioal Illuminations in Pittsharg During the Knights Templar Conclave. The grandest and most extensive dis- play of electricity for decorative pur- poses ever seen in the world, was ex- hibited in Pittsburg during the past week in connection with the Knights Templar conclave. The supply of elec- tricity demanded exhausted the capac= ity of every motor; caused a shortage of incandescent lamps and brought forth all the skill and genius of the “Smoky City.” Although the days of the conclave were not very clear, there could be no question concerning the brilliancy of the nights. A tremendous crowd was entertained in the city. The conclave, its parade, reception, balls and banquets were conducted upon a scale the magnificence of which has never been surpassed in this country. The decorations and expenses inciden- tal to the entertainment of the Knights represented an outlay of $20,000,000. HER EFFORTS FAILED. Misslonary Suicides Because Bhe Could Net Referm _ Her Bavage Husband. Mrs. Lydia Fixico, fermerly Lyons, who for ten years has been missionary and nurse among the Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians, and who nursed the noted Chief Geronimo back to life when he was captured and seriously wounded, committed suicide Sunday at the Cheyenne agency In Oklahoma. She left a note saying that all efforts to civilize her husband, Fixico, a Chey- enne sub-chief, had been unavailing. She had learned that he had been drunk. Her years of trial had been useless, and she did not care for life. England's Now Possessions. The islands recently annexed by the British warship Goldfinch are said to be the Duff, Cherry and Mitre groups. The Mohawk planted the British flag on the Santa Cruz island, the Reet islands and the Swallow group. The Duff group numbers 11 islands, all thickly inhabited by copper-colored natives. Mitre island is uninhabited, but Cherry island has between 500 and 600 natives on it. The island of Mot- uiti, or Kennedy island, was searched for in vain by the Mokawk, and it is thought the island, like Falcon island, also has sunk beneath the waves. More Honors for Dewsy. It is stated in official circles that President McKinley and Secretary Long are of the opinion that Admiral Dewey has not been sufficiently re- warded for his services at Manila. They have determined to recommend the revival of the grade of vice admiral to be filled by the promotion of Dewey, and, as he would retire under the law in December 1899, will also urge that congress pass an act permitting the retention of that officer on the active list for an additional ten years. There ig little doubt that congress will adopt the recommendations. War Invest gating Committees. The war investigating commission expects to leave for its tour of the camps the end of the week, and is not likely to resume the examination of its important witnesses until Novem- ber. General Miles left for Omaha Monday to attend the exposition with the President, and afterward to the Chicago peace jubilee, and perhaps will do a little shooting of game be- fore returning to Washington. Cannot Got Rid of Hor Passengers. The Compagnie Francaise de Navi- gation has brought sult against the Louisiana state board of health and personally against all its members be- cause they refused to allow the steam- ship Britannic to land at New Orleans the 500 Italian immigrants she has on board. The refusal is based on the prevalence of vellow fever in this city. The ship has 700 boarders, which it has to feed without any pay, and which it cannot get rid of. Sultan Inelinsd te Okey. Ismael Bey, civil governor of the #s- land of Crete, informed the Mussulman nctables last week that the sultan will withdraw the Turkish troops from Crete in accordance with the demands of Great Britain, Russia, France and Italy, who on Wednesday presented to the porte a collective note calling for a' withdrawal of the Ottoman forces and requiring an answer within a week from that date. 9 Education Among ths Indians. The annual report of Commissioner of Tndian Affairs William A. Jones shows a general steady advancement in the condition of the ‘nation’s werds.” IEducaticn, the greatest factor in solving the status of the Indians, is being rushed forward in the service, and now there are 147 well-equipped boarding schools and an equal number of day schools engaged in the educa- tion of 23,352 pupils. Bmothered His Baby Because his 6-weeks-old daughter disturbed his slumbers by incessant crying, John Moore, colored, of Pitts- burg, became enraged Sunday night and suffocated the baby. The child is dead and Moore, is a prisoner in the police station, informally accused of committing murder. Admiral Sampson Biok. Admiral Sampson is said to be ex- tremely ill in Havana. He has been constantly failing, and is unable to do any work. The other members of the commission think he should go worth, but dare not suggest it. = | SPANIARDS GE UP WH BiGRE WOULD RATHER FIGHT. Manzanillo Turned Over to the Americans After Preps srations Had Been Made for a Pattle—G:neral Claims That Spanish Honor Had Again Suffered. The Spanish troops left Manzanillo, Cuba, last Monday. General Parron, the Spanish commander, turned the city over to the Mayor, who made the official transfer to Colonel Ray, repre- genting the United States. General Parron paid a visit to Colonel Ray Sunday morning, and the two ofiicers exchanged compliments. All the po- litical prisoners here have been releas- ed. A collision between the Spanish gar- rison and Colonel Ray’s troops Sunday was, it appears, even nearer than then seemed to be the case. General Par- ron’s orders from Havana were to re- | sist the Americans to the uttermost. Additional rounds of ammunition had been issued to the troops, teers would probably have brought the Spanish force up to 1,200, as against fewer than 300 Americans. Colonel Ray would certainly have obeyed his original instructions to take would have been only the with the odds Americans, arms. largely against hoth in numbers and Fortunately, General Parron received | word from Havana to allow the Amer- fcans to possess the city. sonified, he created a great scene terror to the hearts of his subordinates. He cursed in flowing Castilian, pletely forgot his dignity, and, the oaths of a longshoreman, that the honor of the had suffered a blow. blame for it, he and that quickly. The Sergeant in command declared that General Parron’s orders were to permit the Americans to pass. ‘That was the mules,” shrieked Parron; ‘‘not the soldiers. Away with him to guard-house.”’ Theluckless Sergeant has beencourt- martialed. At first it was reported that he was to be shot at daybreak. Col- lector Donaldson and Rev. Mr. Zim- merman entreated General Parron to do what he could for the unfortunate man, and he promised that, if there with vowed Spanish army declared, must die, was a conviction, he would inflict the: minimum. penalty—probably few days’ pay. As the Spanish rank and file receive no pay, anyway, this would be no very great infliction. The Spaniards had intended taking away the lantern of the Cape Cruz lighthouse, with the claiming the whole as movable prop- erty; but Colonel Ray objected, and the Spaniards, after being shown a copy. of the evacuation agreement, abandoned their intention. only a Mississippi Isolated. The yellow fever situation in Missis- | sippi is assuming grave Infection may he said te proportions. he section that has not been visited. Three interstate railroads havepractic- ally suspended business, and several short lines are on the verge of a tem- porary shut down, due to the lack of | trade. Twenty thousand or more peo- ple have hurriedly left the State for Northern cities. Queen Victoria's Narrow Escape. Queen Victoria, her daughter, the ex-Empress Frederick of Germany, and Princess Adolphe of ®chaumburg- Lippe, had a narrow escape from driv- ing at Balmoral, Scotland, a few days ago. The coachman lost control of the horses and a serious accident was only averted by the horses turning into the woods, where the carriage stuck between the trees. The members of the royal party were severely shaken up and much alarmed but not injured. President Assists the Cubans. The President has Issued an execu- tive order amending the Cuban tariff so as to admit into all ports in the possession of the United States, duty free, oxen for draught purposes, Lo- vine animals for breeding and for im- mediate food supply, plows and other agricultural implements not machin- ery. This arrangement is to be effec- tive until otherwise ordered. CABLE FLASHES. From the tone of newspapers it now appears that Germany will not resist the United States in her attempt to re- tain the Philippines. Mr. White, United States dor to Germany, has again the cause of the American companies, "which have been to do business in Prussia. The British troops who have returned from Khartoum are dying like flies from enteric disorders, supposed to be ambassa- taken up insurance forbidden ‘due to canned beef and indulgence in cheap spirits. A French specialist has proven that guillotining does not immediately af- fect the brain. He asserts that the senses of hearing, smelling and seeing are retained for three hours. The American peace commissioners declined the use of President Faure’s box at the races last Sunday. The commissioners did not. think it fitting that they should attend a race m reting on the Sabbath. Dr. Von Holleban, the German am- 1 bassador to the United States, supped with the emperor the other evening and dilated upon the patriotism and war fever of the American people. His majesty repeatedly expressed aston- ishmerit. The London “Times” is publishing a sores of krters from Manila describing the American achievements there. Its correspondent, warmly praises their work, but adds there is no question that the men now are most anxious tq go home. Some Londan newspapers predict war between England and France in the near future. The position of Frano: regarding her expeditions in Africa against territory already occupied by the English trcops, is sorely trying Great Britain’s patience. The ultimatum of the powers to Tur- key declared that should the sultan re- fuse to yield he would lose his sover- eign rights in Crete. They call the ac- tion of the powers unjust and hope is entertained that Russia will decline to co-operate with the other powers. Many Christians, Mussulmans and Jews are leaving the island of Crete. All the steamers are crowded and the members of different Roman Catho- lic orders have removed their valua- bles to places of safety. Influential Mussulmans, however, assert that trouble is improbable, as the popula- tion is cowed. Count Von Goetzen’s report of the Cuban war operations is in the hands of the German minister of war, Gener- al Von Gossler. It is deemed confiden- tial. He reports particularly on the dash and valor of tbe Americans, < and volun- | : i |» ONIONS—Choice yellow, ¥ bu. possession of the city when the hour for closing the cable arrived, and there | slightest | chance of avoiding a flerce engagement | the | in | com- | The Spaniards to | appurtenances, | general | throughout the State, as there.is not a | THE MARKETS, PITTSBURG. Grain; Flour and Feed. SWHEAT—No. 1 red No. 2 No. 2 yellow, shelled. Mixed ear............. OATS—No. 2 white.... No. 8 white RYE—No. 1 5 FLOUR—Winter patents. ...... 4 Fancy straight winter No. 1 timothy Clover, No. 1 FEED—No. 1 white mid., ton.. Brown middlings............ 13 Pranp, bulk STRAW—Wheat Oat . SBEDS—Clover, 60 1hs......... Timothy, prime . Dairy Products BUTTER—Elgin creamery. Ohio creamery .... Fanoy country roll CHEESE—Ohio, new New York, new Fruits and Vegetables, PEANS—Green, ®bu.. POTATOES— White, © CABBAGE—DPer bbl, 40 Youltry, Etc, (YTIICKENS—Per palr, smaiL..8 60@ TURKEYS—Per Ib 15 EGGS—Pa. and Ohio, fresh.... 15 CINCINNATI, FLQUR WHEAT—No. 2 red ; i RYE—No. 2 Though General Parron, on the sur- | C N face; is courteousness and dignity per- | at the palace after the incident, striking | RaGRL. Ln 2 BUTTER—Ohio creamery PHILADELYT HIA. y 8 3 60@ No. 2 red ) COEN-—No. 2 mixed OATS—No. 2 white BUTTER- —-Creamery, extra.... EGGS—Pennsylvania firsts, ... NEW YORK. { FLOUR—Patents.............. 8 4.00@ the 73 { CORN—No. 2.... WHIEAT--No. 2 red 73 OATS—White Western DBUTTER—Creamery. EGGS—State of Penn LIVE STOCK, Central Stock Yards, East Liberty, Pa. CATTLE. Prime, 1300 to 1400 Ibs, ....... 85 20@ 5 Good, 1200 to 1300 ths 4.905 Tidy, 1000 to 1150 Ibs 4 Fair light steers, 900 to 1000 It 4 Common, 700 to 900 ths.... .. 3 Medium Roughs and stags...... Prime, 95 to 105 Ibs Good; 851090 Ihe. ............ Fair, 70 to 80 Iba (Common Yeal Calves. .............c.n.. TRADE REVIEW. Farmers Holding Back Waeit Hopiag for § Higher Prices— Iron Industry Still Booming. R. G. Dun & Co. in their weekly re- view of trade report as follows: It can do no good to disguise the fact that the large eastern advances on wool to be held for higher prices has | helped to retard the natural decline in that product, of which 100 quotations by Coates Bros. of Philadelphia aver- age 18.71c against 20.83¢ February 1, while extraordinarily small sales, only 3,614,300 pounds for the weeK at the three chief markets, against 14,337,000 last year, 7,663,800 in 1896 and 7,099,600 in 1892, indicate very little demand at this time for manufacture. The truth is that demand for goods is not helped by high prices for wool. The cotton industry shows. better conditions in spite of the fall of cotton to the lowest quotation ever Known, and there is larger demand for most staple goods. The iron industry still gains so ra- pidly that an unhealthy boom would - seem to be in progress but for the pe- culiar conditions. In spite of the com- bination of valley producers, who now propose a joint selling ageney . at Pittsburg, sales run a little below their fixed figures, $10.40 being quoted at Pittsburg and $9.25 for gray forge, while southern and local iron are steady at Chicago and anthracite is not stronger at Philadelphia. But the consuming demand is remarkably heavy, and large contracts this week cover 3,000 tons structural iron at Chicago, 8,000 tons for Boston, 2,000 tons ship plates at Cleveland and a heavy demand for bars, the Pennsyl- vania railroad requiring 2,500 cars and the Northwestern 2,000. Wheat has been declining a little with foreign reports somewhat more favorable as to European crops, and vet the actual shipments have been 2,586,947 bushels, flour included, for the week, against 4,468,954 bushels for the corresponding week last year. All reports still indicate that farmers are quite generally holding back their crop in the hope of higher prices, and col- lections at the West are almost every- where retarded on that account, and vet the ‘western receipts amount to 10,- %39.359 bushels, against 8,810,720 for the same week last year. Nor is the corn crop any obstruction, for while 2,531,002 bushels were exported during the week, against 1,855,087 last year, the movement does not indicate large sup- plies in the interior. But nobody can tell as yet how much grain Europe will require during the coming year. Queen Lil Wants Compensation. It is learned on good authority that ex-Queen Liliuokalani of Hawaii will leave for Washington about the middle of November to present her claims against congress for remuneration for the loss of her throne and the revenue from the crown lands, for which she feels that the pecple: of the United States owe her some pecuniary coms= pensation. Spirits Had Described the Strangler. Mrs. Julius Voght, a clairvoyant amd medium, of Denver, Col, was fcund dead in her apartments a few days ago. A twisted towel was tied tightly arcund her neck, and there is no doubt that she had been strangled to death. Mrs. Voght one time told the police the spirits had described the strangler to her, but he was never caught. Fiends Take Revenge. Dr. Harrison, an old settler and the richest man in Newton, Ta., incurred the enmity of unknown persons upon being charged with selling whisky in his drug store. The other night the drug store, livery stable and a dwelling owned by the doctor were burned by incendiaries. While the fire was raging the doctor's residence and private sta- ble, in another part of the town, were blown up by dynamite and partially destroyed. The family narrowly es- caped death. Dr. Harrison's loss 1s $15,000.
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