NANY VALURBLE RECCROS BURNED.
[RE IN THE CAPITOL.
A Gas Explosion Wrecks the United States Su-
preme Court Room- Papers Cannot be
Replaced —Enormous Damage Done.
Supreme Court
Washington
afternoon.
The United States
room in the capitol at
was wrecked last Sunday
Many valuable records were gesiroyed.
The damage which will amount : o
$200,000 was caused by a gas explosion
beneath the court room.
The entire central eastern
ree ble pile from
the great marble pile Ae ma
floor to the subterranean baseme nt
practically is a mass of rul The
force of the explosion was heav y
trat the coping stones of the ute}
j it of » int where the
‘alls, just east of the print W
aa were bulged out
part of
the main
xposion occurred, :
oe two inches, windows in all that
part of the building were blown OL
ad locked doors were forced from their
hinges quite 150 feet from the scene
fit. Tots
“Fire followed the explt sion SO quick-
ly as to seem practically simultagesus
with it. It occurred in a small Yoon)
tightly enclosed by heavy stone was
in the subterranean basement immed-
fately belaw the main entrance to the
old capitol building. In this rooni was
a 500-light gas meter, which was fod
by a four-inch main. The meter itself
was wrecked, and the gas pouring
from the main caught fire. The flames
originating from the explosion darted
up the shaft of the elevator, which had
been completely destroyed by the force
of the explosion, and communicated
with the record room of the supreme
court, the office of the marshal of the
court and the supreme court library.
Before the flames could be subdued
the priceless documents in the record
recom had been almost totally de-
stroved.
A majority of the people In London
have been convinced that war between
Great Britain and France is inevitable
sooner or later, and many expressions
of regret were heard at the military
and other clubs that the conflict ap-
parently is not to take place in the
near future, as it is the general belief
that the army and navy are in a per-
fect state of preparedness.
The library of the supreme court, lo-
cated immediately beneath the sup-
reme court room, was badly damaged
by fire, smoke and water; water prac-
tically destroying the great collection
of law reference books. The library
contains about 20,000 voumes, and was
used not only by the justices of the
supreme court, but by members of con-
gress and lawyers practicing before
the supreme court.
Mr. Justice Harlan said that the lib-
rary was very valuable, Many of the
works it contained would, he thought,
be difficult to renlace.
The most serious damages, in the
opinion of the justices of the supreme
court, is to the records stored in the
sub-basement. These included all of
the records of the supreme court from
1792 to 1832. The room contains records
of cases and opinions rendered by the
fathers of the judiciary of the govern-
ment. . Apparently the documents in
this room are either totally destroyed
or so badly damaged by fire and water
as to be useless. Justige Harlan said
that, while the loss of fhe records was
irreparable, it was fortunate that the
later records of the court, which are
kept in the office of the clerk on the
main floor, were not injured. - As do-
cuments for reference at this time and
later Justice Harlan thought these
were of far greater value than the re-
* cords destroyed.
Within a few minutes after the ar-
rival of the fire department the flames
were under control, although as a pre-
cautionary measure streams were
pouring into the marshal’s office, the
library and the subterranean base-
ment for two hours.
The loss on the library
can be scarcely estimated in dollars
and cents. A million dollars could not
replace them because of many of them
no duplicates are in existende,
Arrangements were made by Librar-
fan Clark of the supreme court and
Col. Richard Bright. sergeant-at arms
of the senate, by which the sittings of
the supreme court will not be inter-
rupted. The court will convene in the
room of the senate committee on the
District of Columbia, one of the most
spacious roems in the capitol,
and records
TO CURB THE SPANIARDS.
Larger Army Than Was First Intended Will be
Sent to Cuba.
The war department is preparing for
an important shifting about of troops.
It has been decided to largely increase
the size of the Cuban army of occupa-
tion, and 50,000 men, instead of but 20,-
.000, as at first intended, will be sent to
the island. In addition to General
Lee's corps an entire new one is to be
detailed for this work.
It is not known what reasons
brought about the change in the plan
of the department, but it is thought
that the hostile attitude of the Spanish
element in Havana and other large
cities not controlled by the American
military authorities is responsible for
it. Reports received from Major Gen-
eral Wade, of the Cuban Commission,
indicate that the Spanish officials are
still in an ugly frame of mind and are
averse to yielding up that territory.
Dlscouraging Southern Colonels.
Governor Candler of Georgia has in-
flicted a severe blow upon the local
military industry by reducing the
number of Colonels on his military
staff from 104 to 36. For years the am-
bitions of the .fashionable young men
of the State have been to get a place
upon the Governor's staff, with which
£0€s a gorgeous uniform, $200 a year
and the title of Colonel, which, accord-
ing to Geodrgia custom, when once ap-
plied clings to a man through all ad-
versities. No military experience was
necessary, a potent pull wth the execu-
tive being the sole reqjuisite. Every
man named was one of importance
and good reputation in the State.
British War Preparations.
The dispatch from Wei-Hai-Wei,
China, announcing the war prepara-
tions of the British naval authorities
there is regarded as being of grave im-
portance, coupled with the Anglo-
French war preparations. It is sur-
mised that Russia, profiting by the
present strained relations between
Great Britain and France, has decided
to push forward her aims in the far
east. by forcibly seizing the valuable
treaty port of New-Chwang, which
Great Britain cannot permit, it is said.
Military Sanitarium Presented.
Mrs. Russell Sage will contribute
$300,000 for the building of a military
sanitarium at Ciffonelle, some miles
from Mobile, Ala., on the line of the
Mobile and Ohio railroad. General
Joseph Wheeler, under instruétions
from the War Department, inspected
the site, and it is understood will re-
port favorably on it. :
NEWS ITEMS.
Tt will cost $93,620,082 to run the city
of New York next year,
The state of Ohio is continuing its
war against the Standard Oil Trust.
The inhalation of gas killed 16-year-'
old Belle Blaine of Washington last
Wednesday.
The great sugar refingries of the
Havemeyers may be trdnsferred from
Brooklyn to Virginia.
Minneapolis is said to be taking the
place of Chicago as the leading wheat
market in this country.
Andrew Carnegie last week pre-
sented to Homestead, Pa., a library
building costing $300,000.
A “Parkhurst” crusade
has ‘resulted in the indictment of
violators of city ordinances.
David Ames Wells, the political eco-
nomist, died at his home in Norwich,
Conn., last week, aged 70 years.
Oars to the number of 250,000 were
destroyed by fire at Chattanooga,
Tenn., a few days ago. Loss, $30,000.
Eleven men have been arrested at
Atlanta; Ga., for attempting to de-
fraud the United States post office de-
partment.
The Fifth Ohio will be mustered out,
the war department finding unfounded
the assertion that 1,000 men desired to
remain in service.
Notwithstanding that France has
given up all claims to Fashoda for the
present, British war preparations con-
tinue on an enormous scale.
Admiral Sampson wiii return north
from Havana shortly to attend the
marriage of his daughter, Olive, to W.
H. Scott, of San Francisco.
Red Cross nurses and wives of offi-
cers at Manila are not allowed to de-
part from San Francisco for the Philip-
pines on government transports.
A cousin of Prince Hohenlohe, chan-
cellor of the German empire, commit-
ted suicide a few days ago at Detroit.
Hér name was Emilia Sonnabend.
Colonel William J. Bryan left Savan-
nah, Ga., for his home at Lincoln, Neb.
having been granted a 15-day furlough
to recuperate from his recent sickness.
Dr. J. G. Hopkins, a physician. of
Thomasville, Ga., killed Robert “R.
Iivans, a business man several days
ago. The latter had attempted to col-
lect a bill.
Lieut. Peary’'s Arctic expedition must
remain north this winter as there is
not the slightest chance of escape. The
entire ocean in his vicinity is blocked
with ice floes.
Geo. S. Lieber, 30 years old, a trav-
eling salesman for Watson & Co.
wholesale liquor dealers of Maysville,
Ky., killed himself in New York by
inhaling illuminating gas.
The town of Kokomo, Ind., is filled
with a mysterious gas and the resi-
dents are in dread of being blown up.
The first gas well in the region was
drilled at Kokomo 12 years ago.
Crazed from overstudy, Jacob Zer-
ber of ILebanon, Pa. attempted to
preach the Gospel in a park at New
Haven, Conn., in his night clothes. He
is at present a divinity student at Yale.
The past season has been very severe
on the Atlantic Coast fishing fleet; 14
vessels were lost, 82 men drowned, 23
wives widowed and 55 children made
orphans. The lossés will approximate
$100,000.
Seven men were killed and three fa-
tally injured by three cars falling
down a 36u-foot shaft the IIxeter
colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal
Company: at West Pittston, Pa., last
week,
Lieut. Niblack; formerly in charge
of the naval militia branch of the navy
department, and just detached from
the command of the torpedo boat
Winslow, has been assigned to duty on
Admiral Dewey’s flagship, the Olym-
pia.
Maj. Pilcher of the regular army
and C. C. Robertson of Jacksonville,
Fla., came to blows over the rent of a
building leased to the government.
The soldier received the worst of the
affair and his assailant has been
placed under arrest.
A Chicago story is that the Nation-
al Linseed Oil Company will be reor-
ganized, and with the new concerns
that will come in will control the
business. The preferred stock is to
be $17,500,000, and the common" stock
will be heard of later.
Secretary of the Navy Long, in view
of the loss of the Maria Teresa, is con-
sidering the advisability of making an
attempt to raise at least one of the
other Spanish vessels sunk off San-
tiago. Lieut. Hobson is confident that
the Christobal Colon can be raised.
Thomas Guinau, aged 45, a tinsmith
of Hartford, Conn., was burned to
death the other day. Guinau was re-
pairing an oil tank in the cellar when
an explosion occurred. He was burned
to a crisp before assistance could reach
him. The building was burned down.
Chaplain P. Fitzsimmons, of the
First Alabama regiment was hanged
in efligy the other night at Birming-
ham. The chaplain sided with the of-
ficers who were in favor of remaining
in service when the question of mus-
tering out was considered some weeks
ago.
The troops ordered to Cuba will be
removed from Knoxville and Lexing-
ton and Middletown to the Southern
camps soon. It is believed that the
transfer will be beneficial. It will be
nearly two months before all the troops
designated for Cuba are sent to the is-
land.
The last has been a week of gales,
floods and storms in all parts of Great
Britain. The English district has been
visited by the heaviest flood known in
30 years. Derwent, Water and’ Bas-
senthwait both well known to Americ-
an tourists, became one vast lake. All
the intervening meadow land was cov-
ered with water.
Maximilian Harden, editor and pub-
lisher of Die Zukunft at Berlin has
been sentenced to six months deten-
sion in a fortress for lese majeste. He
wrote several articles about the em-
peror, in one of which he compared the
ruler to a poodle Prince. The circula-
tion Die Zukunft since the prose-
cutions has increased threefold, reach-
ing a quarter of a million.
A young Italian found United States
bonds worth $28,000 in the gutter at
New York the other-day. The papers
were pinned together and had been
dropped by a bank clerk. The bonds
were negotiable, but transfer of them
had been stopped as soon as the loss
was known. The Italian could read
English and took them to the of-
fice of Franzon Leach & Co., in whose
favor the bonds stood. He received a
large reward.
in Chicago
50
in
Methodists Freparing to Celebrate.
The Bishops of the Methodist Episco-
pal church are going to ask the mem-
bers of that church to celebrate the be-=
ginning of the twentieth century of
Christianity by contributing a thank
offering of $20,000,000. A vote to that
effect was taken at the conference of
16 bishops at Springfield a few days
ago. The money will be expended for
the improvement of existing education-
‘al and charitable institutions main-
tained by the denomination. The funds
care expected to be received by January
1801. The call will go ‘all over the
givilized world to Methodists.
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RESCUED SPANISH CRUISER LOST
THE MARIA TERESA.
The Temporarily Patched up Vessel Could Net
Withstand a Gale and Went Down-The
Entire Crew Rescued.
Admiral Schley's destruction of Cer-
vera's squadron last July was well
nigh complete. The United States had
hoped to save at least one of the cruis-
ers and through Lieut. Hobson's efforts
Cervera's former flagship, the Maria
Teresa was last week righted and tow-
ed to the United States. Last week
word was received that the cruiser had
foundered in a gale.
"The cruiser left- Caimanera, Cuba, on
he morning of October 30 in tow for
New York. She had already passed
Cape Maysi and started northeast
around the Bahamas. A furious storm
warning of which had already been
sent out, overtook her and in her con-
dition she was unable to weather the
gale. The strain opened rents in her
hull which had been patched to enable
her to make the journey and she began
to fl rapidly. The Merritt took off
Captain Harris and the crew from the
sinking ship and she soon went down.
The tug Merritt brought the captain
and 136 men to Charleston, S. C., who
proceeded north by rail. No lives were
lost so far as Known.
The survivors lost all clothing and
personal effects and were supplied
scantily. The Teresa sank thirty miles
off Walling island at midnight Tues-
aay .after battling with the gale
six hours. She met the storm Tues-
day morning and the vessel began to
strain in the high seas. Parts of the
hull thought to be safe became weak-
ened, the rivets broke and the water
made rapidly in the hold.
The boilers began to give way and
finally the water extinguished the fires
in the engine room. The pumps would
not werk, The whole vessel showed
signs of collapse and the men stood
stripped awaiting crders to quit the
ship. The Vulcan was towing the Te-
resa while the Merritt rescued the crew
made up of volunteers from the Cin-
cinnati, Newark and Vulcan. The
ropes were then -cut and the Teresa
rapidly filled. The Vulcan and Leon-
idas deserted the Merritt which put in-
to Charleston with the rescued.
The greatest regret was expressed in
official circles regarding the loss of the
Maria Teresa. Secretary of State Hay
said that he was indeed sorry to hear
that it had ‘been found impossible to
bring the vessel to the United States,
when everybody was so much interest-
ed in her He expressed gratification
that no loss of life was reported in con-
sequence of the disaster.
AN EXPENSIVE UNDERTAKING.
Raising of War Vessels May be Accomplished by
a Swedish Firm.
The Navy Department has practical-
ly decided to abandon wrecking opera-
under ting contracts on the
Spanish cruisers Cristobal Colon, Viz-
caya and Almirante Oquendo, near
Santiago, which have become onerous-
ly expensive to the Government, and to
approve the recommendations, in part,
at least, of Naval Constructor Hobson
and other officers who have been su-
perintending the work of rescuing these
vessels,
Th decision has been influenced to
some extent by the arrival in Wash-
ington of a representative of a great
Swedish wrecking corporation. This
company, it appears, is not only confi-
dent of its ability to bring the Cristo-
bal Colon and the other Spanish ves-
sels to the United States, but is ready
to guarantee the delivery of the Maine
in the big drydock at the New York
Navy Yard.
The Swedish wreckers propose to
take all the risks of failure without ex-
pense to the Government, and to rely;
if they succeed, for compensation
wholly on arbitration.
tions exis
President Petitioned to Make Haste.
Over 200,000 signatures will be affixed
to a petition to President McKinley
asking that the evacuation of the is-
land of Cuba be hastened and request-
ing that relief be extended to the suf-
fering Cubans. The Spanishecommission
hag notified the American commission
that 1,200 Spanish soldiers have left
Gibara on the steamers Puerto Rico
and Ciudad de Cadiz. The Americans
have also been notified that Gen. Blan-
co has no objections to the Americans
building a wharf at Manianao for the
landing of troops. The Spaniards have
expressed the wish to carry to Spain
the bodies of Gen. Vara Del Rey, who
was Killed at El Caney and Gen. Sen-
tocildes, who was killed at Peralajo in
a {fight against Maceo.
Improvements in Santiago.
There has not been a case of yellow
fever in Santiago city during the last
60 days, and the ordinary sickness dur-
ing the same period has been 90 per
cent less than usual at this season of
the year.
Leading Cubans are preparing pians
to be laid before the Government that
will enablé all insurgents who are will-
ing to work to get employment in
building railways in various parts of
the island. The idea would be to pay
for the lines by local taxation, the
roads thus becoming Government prop-
erty.
General Wood will probably desig-
rate as mayor Senor Leonardo Rios,
who was mayor “under the Spanish
regime. He asserts that if the people
of the district will not work he will au-
thorize the. immigration of foreign
miners and workmen.
England Disliked by France.
The Paris correspondent of the ‘“‘Lon-
don Daily Mail” says: “France will re-
tire from Fashoda unconditionally and
without asking compensation. Baron
de Courcel, whose term as French am-
bassador in London expired long ago,
but who has held on to conduct nego-
tiations affecting Egypt, will now be
recalled, and no haste will be shown to
appoint his successor, with a view of
showing French resentment at British
action, for England has almost taken
the place of Germany as the object of
French hatred.”
Coveted Prize Won by an American.
Charles A. Schott, chief of the com-
putation division of the coast and
geodetic survey, has been awarded the
Wilde prize by the Academy of France.
The prize is a coveted honor, open to
the world, to be conferred on the one
judged the most worthy from among
those who make discoveries or write
works on astronomy, chemistry,
geology, physics or mechanics. The
award to Mr. Schott is based on a
work on terrestrial magnetism.
Looking Up Heirs.
Ely D. Grandmont, of Ashland, Wis.,
has been in Winnipeg, Minn., for the
past few days on an interesting mis-
sion. The only heirs of the late Due de
Grandmont, of the department of the
Seine, France, live in Canada and the
United States, the direct branches of
the duec’s family having become ex-
tinct. He left an estate of 24,000.000
francs,
THEATRE ROOM COLLAPSED.
Eleven Men Killed While Working on a Theatre
At Detroit,
Without warning the roof on the new
Wonderland theater in course of con-
struction at Detroit collapsed last Sa-
turday. leven men were killed. Three
victims were Sunday dug from the
ruins of the theater building. This
makes the death list so far eleven. The
bodies recovered were identified as
Peter Pfeifle, carpenter: Frank Wolf,
tinner, Max Pett, who was Wolf's
helper. August Sallach, laborer; Geo.
W. White, tinner, Theodore Mertens,
laborer; Martin Shafer, painter; Cor-
nelius Marron, lather; James Geger-
schke, lather; August Januschowski,
lather; John Creszelski, lather. Seven-
teen were injured.
Citizens have subscribed $1,000 for a
relief fund. Thirty-five men were at
work when the roof collapsed.
The top gallery was crushed down
upon the lower gallery, carrying along
a struggling company of men into the
pit below, The work of rescuing the
injured and taking out the dead was
rushed and good progress made until
the upper portion of the east wall fell.
The money loss is said to be $102,000.
MAY LIBERATE DREYFUS.
The Government Fears the Exposure of a Trial in
he Celebrated Case.
The French military authorities may
after all balk the Court of Cassation
inquiry into the Dreyfus case. The
scheme is to refuse to furnish the sec-
ret ‘dossier to the court.
In that event, the military author-
ities have been advised, the court
would immediately proceed to annul
the trial of 1894, quash the conviction
and liberate Dreyfus without ordering
a new trial, as no fresh evidence would
have been produced.
The military party would thus evade
a disclosure of the secret dossier
(package of documents), ‘which is
known to be worthless as evidence
against Dreyfus in a civil trial and
wculd prevent Dreyfus from vindicat-
ing his character by a public trial.
In order to get rid of the Dreyfus
trouble the government may connive,
it is believed; at this sinister plan to
deny him justice and leave the stigma
of suspicion on his name.
WHAT THE COMMITTEE LEARNS,
Water At Chickamauga Was Contaminated by
Sewage.
The war investigating committ ~
met Monday at the Auditorium hotel
in Chicago. Surgeon F. W. Hendley, of
the. First Ohio last week testified to
stopping the forced march from
Chickamauga to Ringold, in which one
soldier was overcome by heat, and be-
came insane. The water was bad at
all their camps. At Fernandina he had
been notified by wire of the shipment
of a full equipment for a 200-bed hospi-
tal, but it never reached him, and he
does not know why. Dr. Cameron
testified to analyzing water at Chicka-
mauga, and finding sewage contami-
nation. Corporal James Weaver testi-
fied to negléct at the Fernandina hos-
pital. Thomas Reed, of Covingte
Ky., testified to finding his son in a
crowded = hospital at Chickamauga.
Some patients were on blankets on the
ground. He transferred his son to the
Sternberg, where he died two days af-
terward.
Armor Plate Stood the Test.
Armor plate manufactured by the
Krupp process was given its first test
at Bethlehem, Pa., a few days ago by
the Bethlehem Iron Company at ° its
proving grounds. Many notable en-
gineers witnessed it, besides the Rus-
sian ordnance engineers who came
from Philadelphia. It was the first
test of Krupp armor of American
make and was a great success. Three
shots were fired from an eight-inch
eih, and the projectiles weighing 253
pounds and the velocity ranging from
1,600 to 1,800 feet per second. Thep late
was not cracked. The Bethlehem Com-
pany has received a big order for this
make of plate from Russia.
Rather Dead Than Miss a Ball.
Alice Peo, aged 16, of Wilmington,
Deé¢l,, died a few days ago from a dose
of rat poison which she took with sui-
cidal intent. She had received her
mother’s consent to go to a masquer-
ade party, although her father object-
ed. This caused her parents to quar-
rel, and when Alice took her mother’s
part her father struck her. Alice
rushed to an upstairs room, took the
poison and then masked herself and
went .to the party... Her father has
been arrested.
Burned a Murderer.
Arthur Williams, a negro under ar-
rest for the murder of Miss Elina Og-
den at Wellborn, Fla., on Friday, made
a confession Sunday night, implicating
two other negroes; Buck James and
Monroe lleggitt. At night the con-
stable and his guards were overpower-
ed by a crowd of incensed citizens and
Williams was taken from their custody
riddled with bullets and a fire built up-
on his body. James and Leggitt are
now under arrest.
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.
Secretary Alger favors the employ-
ment of Cubans for police duty in the
island.
It is believed in London that Spain
will sign the peace treaty under pro-
test.
Gen. Gomez trusts that
States will do the proper thing and
has advised the Cubans to be patient.
A dispatch from Gen. Brooke at San
Juan announces the death of Sister
Mary Larkins, contract nurse, of ty-
phoid.
In his coming report on the Santiago
campaign the Cubans will receive
from Gen. Miles more praise and con-
sideration than has hitherto been be-
stowed upon them.
Thomas Hannan of San Francisco,
a private, and a Honolulu cabman
were killed by an electric wire on Oc-
tober 22, and Private Gertz of San
Francisco was badly shocked.
Gen. Wade, now chairman of the
Cuban evacuation committee may be
appointed as governor of the entire is-
land. Gen. Lee will be placed in actual
ccmmand of the district of Havana.
The first warship to go to Havana
since the Maine was blown up in that
harbor is the Topeka. She was former-
ly the Diogenes, and was bought just
before the war began from an English
firm.
The naval bureau chiefs will permit
the Merritt Wrecking Company to
continue the effort to raise the Colon
if it will agree to do so at its own
risk, to be paid pnly in case of suc-
CESS.
Gen. Weyler, the Spanish butcher,
has been accused of looting the Ma-
nila treasury of $1,300,000. Two other
men who had been sent to prison
charged with the theft, were liberated
by the Americans now at Manila.
Commander Wood of Santiago indig-
nantly refused to allow the transport,
Port Victor, to depart for the United
States last Thursday with sick sol-
diers. He found an insufficient amount
of supplies on board
the United
WHAT IT COST 10 SET CUBR FREE
TREASURER'S STATEMENT.
The Navy and War Departments Consume $164,-
932,228 in Fighting Spain--Condition of
the Treasury and Available Assets.
The treasurer of the United States,
Ellis H. Roberts, has submitted to the
Secretary of the Treasury the annual
report the and condi-
tion of the Treasury for the past fiscal
year.
The net ordinary revenues
Government were $405,321,335,
crease of $57,597,630 over those
previous year, while the net
on transactions
the
an in-
of the
crdinary
an in-
of
ficiency of
preceding
In the receipts are included $64,751,223
paid into the Treasury on account of
the sale of the Union Pacific and Kan-
gas Pacific Railroads. Out of them
were paid $29,850,952 the bonds
sued for the construction of the Pacific
railroads, which went increase the
expenditures.
Up to the of the fiscal
increase the expenditures on. ac
count of the war with Spain was $43,-
041,732 for the War Department, and
$24,262,483 for the Navy Department.
For the four months, July, August,
September and October, 1898, the ex-
penditures f. the: War Department
were $107.520,368, being $81,613,131
| 8reater than for the same months in
1897.
For the same months this ye:
Navy Department expended $
Which was $16,014,926 more than it spent
in the like Up to
October 31 the war with Spain added to
{ the disbursements of these two depart-
ments the sum of $164,932:
Independently. of the
| revenue or expendi
| régards the. T
| stronger at the el than at the
[ing of the fiscal year, the insignific:
shrinkage in the amount of the assets
| having been more than oc ympensated
| for in the improvement which took
| place in their character. Against a net
| loss of $7,500,000 in the total holdings
| available for the fiscal operations of
| the Government, there was a gain of
upward of $26,000,060 in free gold,
&Bupled with an increase of nearly
$23,000,000 in absolutely secured depos-
its with banks, and these changes were
effected at no greater cost than the loss
| of so much in silver and Treasury
notes.
The total available assets were: $874, -
764,377 on June 30, 1897, and $839,606,726
a year later. By the addition of the
unavailable assets carried by the de-
partment, these totals are swelled to
[ $904,411,576 and $869,202,941 respectively.
On June 30, 1898, the Treasurer's lia-
I bility to the general Tre asury fund was
| ‘8775 51,368, with one of 366,465,160,
tained in his capacity as the deposi-
tary of public officers, and one of $26,-
086.413 for moneys paid into his hands
but not yet covered by warrant into
the general account.
Gideon W. Marsh,
stone
of is-
to
close
year
of
period in. 1897.
the
1s having
IS
op ‘n=
nt
sus-
ex-President
Philadelphi
many long
that city : and
himself to the
1 justice
Years, has returned to
voluntarily surrendered
United Stat authoriti
NINE MEN
A Religious Fanatic Ave 5 a Practical Joke
Which Was Pérpetrated Upon Him.
Adam Hammer, of Beaver Dam,
Wis., a few days ago became suddenly
insane and securing a gun, shot and
badly wounded nine men and was
finally shot himself to prevent his do-
ing further injury.
Hammer was employed in the
chine shops of the J. S. Rowell Manu-
facturing Company. He was a good
worker, but at times had spells of sup-
religious excitement. His peculiar
ways madé him the butt for practical
jokes.
i Tuesday someone placed some tacks
| oni a stool where he worked and this
| angered him. He left the shop, went
| to a hardware store where he rented a
| Bhotgun loaded with 25 shells, and tak-
(ing up his position south of the main
{ building of the plant, kept everyone at
| bay for over an hour. He shot several
| employes through the windows.
Lieut. Arthur T. A. Tibbetts, of Com-
pany K, Second regiment, who has a
| reputation for good marksmanship,
| Was selected by the marshal to shoot
[ him in such a manner as to bring him
[ down without killing him.
{| Tibbetts shot Hammer: in the
shoulder with 32-caliber: rifle, when
| he dropped. was quickly arrested
i by the marshal and taken to the lock-
( up where his wounds were dressed.
| The list of wounded is as follows:
Theodore B. Rowell, shot in the face
and head; William Chatfield, shot in
| the leg; Marshal Edward Powderly,
| shot in the face; Michael Niemann,
shot twice at close range, dangerously
| wounded in the side and leg; Justice
E. Lyons, shot in the right eye, may
lose the eye; C. W:“Schlaebitz, shot in
| the head; John Gerg, shot in the face;
| Carl Vorpahl, shot in leg. Two others
received slight wounds.
Because She Married a Hebrew.
Mrs. Kate Munday, who set fire to
| herself Tuesday at New York with
| suicidal intent, died of her injuries
| Wedne®day night. She chose this ter-
rible mode of suicide, as an expiation.
Mrs. Munday was a catholic and had
married a Hebrew. She was herself a
devoted Catholic.
After her marriage her family up-
braided her for having yoked herself
with an unbeliever. Gradually the idea
became a terror to the woman and she
believed herself lost. She spoke of ex-
piation and gaining absolution from
the church.
Tuesday she sent one of her children
for kerosene and anointed herself as
for a sacrifice with the oil before little
ones’ eyes. She was praying when she
applied the match.
Philippinos Liable to Exile.
Aguinaldo, the insurgent chief, at
Manila, has 9%ssued a proclamation
pointing out that although the strin-
gent orders previously issued by him
have been generally obeyed, some
Philippinos have refused obedience
and offended in various ways, and he
now warns all such that they are
liable to be declared outlaws and to
suffer the extreme penalty. The refer-
ence is apparently to the anti-Americ-
an Philippinos. In another proclama-
tion, issued simultaneously, Aguinaldo
allows all armed foreigners except
Spaniards to travel in Philippine terri-
tory, but all such are forbidden to ap-
proach the fortifications or take photo-
graphs of defensive works.
An American Honored.
Carlos Morla Vicuna, the Chilian
minister, has requested the president
to give his consent to the appointment
of Mr. Buchanan, minister of the
United Btates to the Argentine Repub-
lic, to act as an arbitrator between that
country dnd Chili. should his services
be needed. .
ma- |
posed insanity, the result, it is said, of |
the |
f With
|
|
Lieutenant |
right |
SPAIN DOES NOT CONSENT.
Says America Has No Right to the Philippines
Arguments Given.
important proposition
American peace com=
the representatives of
has with a de-
The most
made by the
missioners to
Spain at Paris
cided opposition.
he Spanish commissioners Friday
flatly refused to accept last week's
proposition by the Americans to take
the entire Philippine group and to re=
imburse Spain for her “pacific” ex-
penditures there.
In this statement the Spaniards
held that. the United States had no
ultimate rights in the Philippine is-
lands and could have none save by
the consent of Spain in these negoti-
ations, and upon terms satisfactory
to her.
According
met
to the Spanish conten=
tion in the formal statement, the
United States entertained no thought
of annexing the Philippines when the
protocol was signed, or it would have
been expressed in the protocol as
clearly 5 the conditions regarding
the cession of territory in the Antil-
and the Orient.
It was further held by Senor
and his colleagues that the
tion of Manila, having occurred after
the signing of the protocol and thus
titer the suspension = of hostilities,
was invalid.
With all this
leg
Rios
capitula-
for a ground-work,
the Spaniards made their first posi-
tive move against the Americans, and
it «constituted their counter. proposi-
tion. © They charged upon the United
States ‘a wrongful appropriation of
public moneys belonging to Spain by
seizing the tariff ;duties at Manila,
and they formally demanded the re-
turn of these moneys, in the sum of
nearly a million dollars.
the premises the United
ared to have made and
prisoners. the Spanish troops
Manila in violation of intérnation-
il law, because ‘done after the sus-
hostiliti under the proto-
ol; ~ A further ¢t g that by
imprisonment Spanish
at Maniia, States
vd prevented from ¢uelling
the insurre had thus con-
tributed to the against Spain
after the hostilities.
y Spanis resentment also cited
refusal of the Americans to con-
er the Cuban on the ground
that it was not sanctioned in the pro-
tocol, and demanded an adherence
to this as a precedent in the discus-
sion of the. Philippines, regarding a
cession of which the Spanish commis-
sioners held the protocol to make no
mention.
The American reply is being formu-
lated and will be presented to the
Spanish commission in a few days.
was
the
United
of
the
roops
Dp
(
the
t
}
debt,
AMERICAN SOLDIERS SLIGHTED.
Assist Wounded Men,
Supplies for the Cubans.
Red Cross Would
Reserving Th
Following is an extract from the re-
Major A. H. Appel, Surgeon Us
i e of the hospital ship
General Stern-
ort of
surgeon
* the battle of Guasimas, when
wrought the wounded d the hill
i the - men wofully lacked
raiment, having landed with
clothes: they had en their
which were torn into COV=
with mud and saturated in many
with blood from their
"Wn
rags,
instances
Th amer State of Texas, char-
tered and loaded with supplies of all
Kinds by the Red Cross Association,
Miss - Clara Jarton on board,
about this time came to anchor at
Siboney. I called upon Miss Barton,
explained to her the situation and ask-
ed her whether she could supply those,
“Although there was clothing aboard
the State of Texas Miss Barton told us
that the supplies were not for the sol-
diers; that it the Government's
business to look after them, and that
all supplies in her charge were for the
reconcentrados, My mission,
so far as the Red Cross ship was con-
cerned, was a failure. The net result
was a society tract which Miss Barton
kindly presented to me
was
The Visit Would Occupy Too Much Time.
The Constantinople correspondent of
“Frankfurter Zeitung,” says that
last Friday's gala banquet at the
Mr. Strauss, the American
minister to Turkey, invited Emperor
William to visit the United States. The
emperor replied that he would long ago
have made the ge, but that Ameri-
ca was so great and offered so many
interesting sights that he could not
gratify his wish, as the journey would
occupy too much time.
n a Good Customer.
Distilling company of
just sent a special
spirits to San Fran-
to the Japanese gov-
The Standard
'eoria, Ill.
rain; of 2
con
has
cisco,
‘ernment, which it will use in the manu-
facture of smokeless powder. >The
shipments made nearly 1,000,000 gallons
and paid over $1,000,000 tax. Two more
large shipments for Japan have been
ordered for early in November.
CABLE FLASHES.
Bushmen in New Guinea have killed
a government chief and 15 other men.
Forty Russian sailors and an admiral
were denied admission into Pekin last
week. Russia will not allow the af-
front to go unnoticed.
From the tone of the German press
it is evident that that country will not
interefere in the event that America
annexes the Philippine archipelago.
Field Marshall Marquis Yamagata
Aritono has formed a ministry to suc-
ceed the cabinet of Count Okuma
Stagaki—the first party cabinet in the
history of Japan.
The Caldwell sisters = (Marquise de
Merinville and Baroness von Zeidt-
witz), have given the Catholic Univer-
sity of America $10,000 to establish a
fellowship in the faculty of divinity.
Official statistics show that for nine
months of 1898 German exports in-
creased in value 58,659,000 marks, as
compared with the corresponding pe-
riod last year. The exports to the
United States during the third quarter
of the year alone increased in value
1,980.000 marks.
Wilhelm Lodtman, once a wealthy
lumber dealer of Bohemia and later a
lieutenant in the German army, is un-
der arrest in Chicago, passing worth-
less checks and drafts to the amount
of $1,000 in various parts of the coun-
try during the last three years. The
police say it's more. /
A 16-year-old boy, Joseph Wattelier,
was sentenced to prison at hard labor
for life .at St. Denis, France, a few
days ago. He was convicted in. the
court in the assizes of murdering Isi-
dore Beance, a boy of the same age.
The boys fought with knives over a
girl with whom they were both in love.
The girl is only 15 years old. Wattelier
got the full penalty.
Herr Ladislaus Mierzwinski, the
great Polish tenor, who has sung be-
fore all the crowned heads of Europe
and received as high as $500 per night
for his appearance, is working as a
porter at the Hotel Angleterre at Can-
nes. France,