MGERS EXTRAORDINARY PONTR.
CONTROLS FRANCHISES.
No Grants Can be Made in the New Colonies
Unless Authorized by. the Secretary of
War— Congress May Intervene.
The acquisition of new territory has
conferred an enormous power upon
the secretary of war. Usually dealing
only with military men and imple-
ments he now is in a position to re-
ceive the attention of capitalists and
the representatives of wealthy in-
vestors.
No franchise can be granted in
Cuba, Puerto Rico or the Philippines
except on the authorization of Secre-
tary Alger. An order, issued by Sec-
retary * Alger and sent to the com-
manding officers in Cuba, Puerto Rico
and the Phili es, reads as follows:
“Unless otherwise ordered; no grants
or concessions of public or
rights or francliises for the construc-
tion of public or quasi-public works,
such as railroads; tramways, tele-
graph and telephone lines, water
works, gas works, electric light lines,
shall be made by any municipal or
other local governmental authority or
body in Cuba,. Puerto Rico or the
Philinpines, who shall, before approv-
ing any such grant or concession, be
specially authorized by the Secretary
of War.”
It is self-evident that tremendous
power is thus vested in the Secretary
of War. The Military Governor of the
new territories of the United States
have virtually no authority in the
premises, and must refer all matters
of grants, concessions or franchises to
the Secretary of War. The Secretary
now has more powerr regarding the
dispesition of these valuable conces-
sions than any municipal Council or
Mayor in the United States has over
similar grants.
There is talk of Congress interven-
ing by passing a law regulating the
disposition of franchises in our new
rossessions. It remains to be seen
how many concessions Secretary Al-
ger will grant before the reassembling
of Congress on January 4.
Secretary Alger favors the building
of a railroad through Cuba from its
eastern to its western extremity, with
branches running to the cities on the
north and south coasts. In his an-
nual report he urged the building of
such a railroad by the Government as
a ‘military necessity.” As Congress
has not acted, it is possible private
persons would like to undertake the
construction of such a system.
A $4,200 SWORD.
Admiral Schley, thc Hero of Santiago Honored
At Philadelphia.
Rear Admiral Schley was the recip-
ient of a handsome and costly sword,
scabbard and belt, presented to him in
behalf of the people of Philadelphia
and other cities in Pennsylvania, New
Jersey and Delaware, who contributed
to a fund established for the purpose.
The ceremony took place in the Tem-
ple Baptist Church, Philadelphia, with
Col. A. K. McClure as presiding of-
ficer.. The formal presentation was
made by Rena, the 15-year-old sister
of Private Harry McNeall, of the
marine corps, who distinguished him-
self during the battle of Santiago by
clambering out on the muzzle of one
of the cruiser Brooklyn's big guns
during a heavy fire and removing a
loaded shell which had become fast-
ened in the breech. There was a large
and enthusiastic audience present,
and speeches were made by Governor
Hastings and Mayor Warwick on be-
half of the State and city. Governor-
elect Stone also spoke in high terms of
Admiral Schley and his achievements.
The admiral in accepting the gift
thanked the people and said: ‘‘Liet me
hope with you that in God’s provi-
dence it may never be drawn without
reason, but if it ever should be so
willed that it must be, it will never be
sheathed except in your greater hon-
or.”
The sword, scabbard and belt rep-
resent a cost of $4,200. The blade is of
fine Damascus steel, appropriately en-
graved, and the hilt is elaborately de-
corated with diamonds and other pre-
cious stones.
MILLION DOLLAR BLAZE,
in ths Show Window of a Terre
Haute Dry Goods Store.
. The worst fire in the history of Terre
Haute took place Tuesday causing a
loss of nedrly $1,000,000. The blaze
started in the show windows of the
Havens & Geddes Company, whole-
sale and retail dealers in dry goods
and notions, and before it could be ex-
tinguished it spread to the decorations
of evergreens in the store, and the
building was wrapped in flames in an
incredibly short space of time.
The following firms are losers:
Havens & Geddes, $500,000; Breining
& Miller, furniture, $25,000; Pixley &
Co., $100,000; Terre Haute Shoe Com-
pany, wholesale, $150,000; Albrecht &
Co., retail dry goods, $190,000; United
States Baking Company, $80,000; Thor-
man & Schloss, clothiers, $50,000. A
number of small concerns were utter-
ly annihilated in the fall of the rear
wall of the Havens & Geddes whole-
sale house, and the loss in their case
will more than bring the total loss up
to the $1,000,000 mark.
Fire Starts
~ An Unpaid For Gift.
There is a hitch in regard to the plot
of holy ground at Jerusalem .where
the transition of the holy virgin is
supposed to have occurred. The sultan
gave the ground to Emperor William
on the occasion of the latter's visit
and Wilhelm presented it to the Ger-
man Catholics of Palestine.
The sultan had bought the land for
12,500 Turkish pounds from an Arab
chief but forgot to pay for it. The
chief now claims the holy ground and
declares that no foreigner shall set
foot upon it. He has 40,000 Bedouin
followers and promises to raise a row.
a mmr
Mexico Pays for Killing Foreigners.
The state department has just re-
ceived through United States Minister
Clayton from the Mexican government
a draft for $5,000 to be paid to the
heirs of Henry Hoppe, of New Orleans.
Hoppe, while traveling in the moun-
tains of Oaxaca was brutally mur-
dered by one of the Mexican rurale or
.native constabulary. At the same
time an Englishman named McSweeny
was killed and the State of Oaxaca
paid the British government $5,000.
Negro Killed by Bloodhounds.
The other night an unknown negro
attempted to assault Mrs. Rebecca
Hardin, white, of Rome, Ga. He
broke down her door and choked her
into insensibility. He was fired on by
the police but escaped. The sheriff
went in pursuit with bloodhounds and
the negro was overtaken and killed
by the dogs.
Wireless Telegraphy a Success.
Prof. Albert Vandenaillen and his
son, well-known local electrical in-
vestigators, gave some remarkable
‘exhibitions of wireless telegraphv in
San Francisco recently.
corporate |
‘ternational
the disaster to the Maine and that the:
president of the United States is re-.|,
TERSE TELEGRAMS.
It is now said that Secretary Long
of the navy will resign shortly.
The American peace commissioners
arrived in New York last Saturday.
In a few days President McKinley
will order the muster out of 50,000
troops.
By the explosion of a shell nine sold-
iers were killed at St. Petersburg a
few days ago.
Queen Liliuakalani of Hawaii is now
petitioning congress that her farm
lands be restored to her.
The United States and Great Britain
are protesting against the: extension
of French jurisdiction in Chian.
Fear of foot-pads is said to be the
cause of many empty pews in St.
Louis churches on Sunday nights.
The aggregate of capital represented
by the trusts incorporated under New
Jersey's liberal laws is $1,115,950,000.
Capt. John C. Richardson, of Pitts-
burg, was crushed to death by a tow-
boat wheel which he was examining
last Wednesday.
The first cotton mill in
States owned by negroes
in operation at Raleigh, N. C.,
week. Capital $30,000.
Chicago capitalists are tc
trolley line from Philadelphia to
lantic City, making the trip in 40 min-
utes, one-third less than by steam.
Wm. G. Steele, ex-cashier of
Chestnut Street National bank
Philadelphia was sentenced to
years and six months’ imprisonment
the other day.
Thousands of people
the United
was placed
last
in New York
are suffering from the grip. The filthy |
condition of the streets is held re-
sponsible for the spread of the con-
tagious disease.
American beet sugar growers have
petitioned congress to make some ar-
rangement to protect them against
the operation of free trade in sugar
from new colonies.
Each American peace commissioner
has received a per diem allowance of
$150 a day, so each will be paid about
$20,000 and their expenses. Secretary
Moore will receive $10,000.
Colonel Edward S. Barrett, aged 60,
National president of the Sons of the
American Revolution, was killed by
falling from a window of his home at
Concord, Mass., a few days ago.
A Chicago elevator boy last Wed-
nesday made ten trips in a burning
building through fire and smoke, and
then fell exausted into the arms of a
fireman. His name is Paul Fisher.
David Shea, an ex-convict, commit-
ted suicide in a rooming-house at St.
Louis by shooting himself in the head.
In a pathetic letter he says he was
hounded to death by a private detec-
tive agency.
Advices from Knox county, Ky., say
three moonshiners, Jacob Lambert,
Greer and an unknown man, were
killed and several companions wound-
ed in a battle with revenue officers,
who were not hurt. :
A company at Chicago, backed by
$300,000 capital, will erect a mammoth
new coliseum, to hold 15,000, on
Wabash avenue... An active cam-
paign for the National convention of
.1900 will be inaugurated.
Two women were killed and another
so severely injured that she will die
as the result of a fire in the mansion
of C. H. Raymond at New York Tues-
day morning. The dead are Mrs. Un-
derwood, a guest, and Harriet Fee,
servant.
Will Purvis, the famous whitecapper
of Jackson, Miss.,, has been pardoned.
Purvis was once unsuccessfully hang-
ed, and a mob prevented the sheriff
from making the second attempt. He
was then sentenced to life imprison-
ment.
Dr. Stanley Kent, of London, has
discovered a vaccine germ. This dis-
covery is of the greatest importance,
as its use 1n pure cultures removes
the impure lymph which has been the
cause of the widespread objection to
vaccination.
Two fast-moving electric cars col-
lided near Leicester, Mass., in a fog,
John Kerrigan, aged 45, of Cherry
Valley, and Walter Holbrook, of Lei-
cester, aged 19, a newspaper man,
were killed, and a dozen other pas-
sengers were injured.
The czar’'s advisors are uneasy over
the situation in France and are be-
ginning to perceive dangers in the
Franco-Russian alliance. Some of
them are urging an understanding
with England as a counter measure
and this is not improbable.
Three men went into the German
National bank at Philadelphia last
Thursday. One of them reached
through the wire screen to seize the
money Cashier Herzog was count-
ing. The cashier struck his hand and
the three ran out and escaped.
Gen. Miles, in testifying before the
war investigating committee a few
days ago said that the troops had been
served with embalmed beef. The meat,
he said, had an odor about it remind-
ing one of an embalmed dead body
and this is what -made the soldiers
sick.
It was reported that ex-Senator Cal-
vin 8S. Brice, who dled recently, car-
ried $500,000 insurance on his life. The
Mutual Equitable and Union Congral
cach took -$100,000 risks. The New
insurance companies, it is reported,
York Life insurance company issued
policies for similar smaller amounts
and Mr. Brice also carried small pol-
icies in several western companies.
Telegraph instructions were received
a few days ago from Secretary of War
Alger ordering the Fourth infantry
at Ft. Sheridan, and the Seventeenth
infantry at Columbus barracks, O., to
sail for the Philippines on or before
January 15, going via New York and
the Suez canal. Both regiments have
been recruited up to their full strength
and now number about 1,200 men each.
Private Turner (colored) of the Sixth
Virginia, while drunk at Macon, Ga.,
the other day, boarded a street car
and used vile language in the presence
of ladies. While Conductor G. A.
Throwing was trying to put him off
he drew a knife. The conductor shot
him and he died in 15 minutes. Guards
thereafter had to be placed on street
cars to protect the conductors from
the vengeance of negro soldiers and
civilians.
John W. Kelley, of Chicago, a veter-
an of the civil war, received notice
from the pension bureau last week
that his pension of $12 per month, is-
sued for general disability, had been
stopped because he did service in the
war with Spain. Kelley first offered
to enter the service as a soldier, but
was rejected on account of disability,
and then secured a place as mule
driver.
Maine Disaster Not Settled.
The Young Men’s Democratic club
of Boston is circulating for signatures
a paper bearing a resolution demand-
ing ‘that there, should be a full and
final investigation by an impartial in-
tribunal of the origin of
quested to enter into negotiations with
a view of carrying into effect the pro-
posal made with that object in view
by the Svanish commissioners
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PROTESTING AGAINST. POLYGAMY.
REMONSTRANCES FILED.
Representative Roberts of Utah May Not be
Permitted to Take His Seat in a
the House.
Religious "and civic organizations
throughout the country are beginning
to send their protests to congress
against the admission of Brigham H.
Roberts of Utah as a representative.
Mr. Roberts is an avowed ‘polygamist.
There were about 200 persons pres-
ent at the meeting of the woman's
board of home missions of the Presby-
terian church in New York City a few
ays ago. The object of the meeting
was to inaugurate an aggressive cam-
paign to prevent the seating of Brig-
ham H. . Roberts, as representative
from Utah in the Fifty-sixth con-
gress.
The Rev. William R. Campbell of
Salt Lake City, introduced Xugene
Young, a grandson of Brigham Young,
and Mrs. Fannie Stenhouse.
Mr. Young said among other things:
“There seems to be a disposition in
the Kast, particularly among the pol-
iticians, but even among the churches,
to treat the revival of the Mormon
There is an
inclination to view the election to
congress of B. H. Roberts—a three or
four ply polygamist, still living in
polygamy—as an unavoidable out-
come of that condition in Utah and a
mere question of personal morality.
Some day they will see, as those who
know Mormon ambitions see now,
that Mr. Roberts is a mere instrument,
the representative of mighty forces.
“They will learn that through his
election a people 300,000 strong have
turned ‘from American liberty and
American morality and have taken
the initial step toward the establish-
ment of a hierarchy foreign to our in-
stitutions and our social laws, in the
midst of our republic. If in dragging
polygamy into the house of represen-
tatives Mr. Roberts is representing
the defiant sentiment of the ‘whole
Mormon people, then the people must
not rest until congress has cast him
out as a warning to all covenant
breakers and all polygamists.”
Rev. Dr. Lewis Roy Forte of Brook-
lyn made an address, during the course
of which he said:
“The United States government has
expended over $30,000,000 in its efforts
to compel the Mormons to obey the
law of the land and now they have the
effrontry to try to cram their polyg-
amous rottenness down the nation’s
throat in sending Brigham H. Rob-
erts to congress.”
Mrs. F. F. Bennett, a member of the
Presbyterian board of missions, urged
all present ‘‘to do something” and the
meeting closed with the singing of
“America.”
MESSAGE FOR THE PHILIPPINES
Assured of Pcrsoal Liberty and a Consideration
for Their Rights.
The cabinet recently discussed the
instructions to be sent to General Otis
at Manila, which will be promulgated
there as a proclamation by- the Presi-
dent. These instructions are similar
in import to those sent to our officers
at Santiago upon the occupation of
that city by United States trcops.
They assure the Filipinos that the
United States assumes military con-
trol of the Philippine islands in a
spirit of peace and friendship, and
that all civil rights and privileges
that they hitherto have enjoyed will
be continued, and that it is the pur-
pose of this government to relieve in
all possible ways the unjust burdens
they have borne, and asks. for the co-
operation to the end that peace and
prosperity may be restored.
So far as is practicable, all efficient
civil officers will be retained in the of-
ficial positions they now occupy, and
fair and impartial justice will be ad-
ministered to all.
The cabinet also decided that exist-
ing conditions justified a further re-
duction of the military forces of the
United States, and the secretary of
war was instructed to make arrange-
ments for the immediate mustering
out of 50,000 volunteers. Several of
the volunteer organizations in the
Philippines undoubtedly will be in-
cluded in the number.
SLEPT FOR FIVE MONTHS.
Patient Brought Out of a Trance by Hypnotic
Influence.
Tony Brosheit, a young woman, 23
years of age, of Milwaukee, who has
been in a trance for the past - five
months, was brought to her normal
condition through ‘the influence of
hypnotism. Miss Brosheit retired as
usual in her apartments on the 23d of
July last. On the following morning
she kept on sleeping, and, though at
times she would open her eyes, she
seemed unconcious te her surround-
ings. The case has baffled many phy-
sicians. At last an application of
hypnotism, was tried, and the patient
a few days ago was brought out of her
trance. Though weak, she was able
to say a few words to those about her.
She has been kept alive with liquid
food. .
A Generous Englishman.
The Jenner Institute, of London,
which includes most of the leaders in
medicine and its allied sciences of
Great Britain, has been presented
with $1,250,000, to be used in aid of
scientific research in bacteriology and
other forms in biology, by Lord Iveagh
(Edward Cecil Guinness). Lord
Iveagh will also devote $1,250,000 to
the improvement of the unsanitary
Bull Alley area, in the heart of Dub-
lin.
Russia's Warships.
The St. Petersburg correspondent of
the = London Daily Mail says: ‘The
Russian government has ordered 10
new destroyers for the Pacific squad-
ron, to be completed within two years.
1t is reported that the minister for
war, Lieutenant General KXouropat-
kine, will be dismissed for counter-
manding an order given by the Grand
Duke Vladimir, who .is commander of
the St. Petersburg military district.”
Three Thousand Chirese Killed.
A dispatch from Shanghai says a
powder magazine situated in the cen-
ter of the Chinese camp at Hang-
Chow exploded, leveling a square mile
of houses. It is estimated that 3,000
soldiers were Killed, including the
General commanding the forces. The
American and French missions are
both supposed to have been damaged,
but it is said there were no fatalities
among the Americans.
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.
Nine hundred American soldiers are
now in the military hospitals at Ma-
nila.
Porto Ricans are in .favor of terri-
torial government with. a view. to
early statehood. ie : z
‘Christmas turkeys cost §$1¢ apiece
in the suburbs of Havana. Eggs sold
at 5 cents a piece and chickens at
$17.
AN ENLARGED NAVY.
Sixty Million Dollars Will be Voted to Protect
Qur Territory.
. The general opinion at Washington
is that congress. will provide liberally
for. the building-of the new ships for
the navy. Sixty millions of dollars, it
is said, will be voted as congressmen
and senators generally realize that
the naval establishment must be well
cared for if the expansion policy of
the government is followed out, as now
seems probable.
An immediate appropriation of such
a large sum will not, of course, be
necessary. It will be spread over a
period of at least four years. In the
forthcoming naval appropriation bill,
an expenditure of only $10,000,000 or
$15,000,000 need be authorized. It is
proposed to distribute the money
among 15 vessels, three of which would
be seagoing sheathed and coppered
battleships of 13,500 tons, to have a
speed above 18 knots if possible, three
sheathed and coppered armored cruis-
ers of about 12,000 tons, and at least
22 knots speed; three sheathed and
coppered protected cruisers of 6,000
tons and six sheathed and ccppered
cruisers of 2,500 tons.
The above is the program of the ad-
ministration which congress is expect-
ed to carry out. Some opposition to
this immense program, strange to say,
comes from ship builders. Their
plants, it is said, are not. large enough
to accommodate the entire construc-
tion, especially as the government al-
ready has under way 53 vessels, in-
cluding battleships, monitors, cruisers,
torpedo destroyers and torpedo boats.
Three of the vessels may be built at
the Brooklyn, Norfolk and Mare Is-
land navy yards.
It is believed that congress will be
asked to consider the advisability of
the government building the 6,000 ton
vessels. The Texas was built by the
government at Norfolk and her suc-
cess in the recent war has led naval
officials to think favorably of the plan.
SPECULATED TO DEATH.
A Pathetic Letter Informs a Bookkeeper of His
Friend's Death.
When James H. Read, bookkeeper
in a brewery at Utica, N. Y., opened
his mail a few days ago he found this
letter from his friend Leroy W. Mid-
lam:
“When this reaches you I will be a
dead man in a room at the Metropoli-
tan hotel, Fayette street. My son is
sick in bed in New York and my wife
is in absolutely destitute circum-
stances. As the last request of an old
friend, for God's sake send her $10.
Her address is Mary Midlam, 331 West
Fourteenth street, New York. I shall
have to be buried by the authorities,
as I have not one cent. But, Henry,
be on hand, if you can, and see that I
am put away decently. Goodby and
God bless you.” .
Mr. Read stepped to the ’phone and
inquired of the Metropolitan hotel if
Mr. Midlam was a guest there. He
was told that he was, and he told
them to send at once to his room,
break in the door, if necessary, and
discover the condition of the occupant.
Within a few minutes the answer was
received that Midlam was dead—that
he had shot himself.
Midlam was about 62 years
He came from Georgia many years
ago to Utica. He was elected city
clerk, went to Michigan and engaged
in business with Horatio Seymour, Jr.,
and was successful there for a time.
He was a prominent Democratic poli-
tician in that State, and was appoint-
ed postmaster at Marquette during
Cleveland’s first term. Two years ago
he engaged in some unfortunate spe-
culation and lost his property.
of age.
Trains Collide in a Fog.
Two of the fastest express trains of
the Pennsylvania railroad came into
collision early this morning at Col-
onia, a small stagioh in New Jersey,
just beyond Rahway. The early
Washington express, going at the rate
of 40 miles an hour, crashed into the
rear end of train No. 14, the mail and
express, tearing the rear car into kin-
dling wood and Killing two persons
and badly injuring ten others.
A heavy fog prevailed at the time
and the flyer was going slowly while
the engine driver was trying to read
his signals. The engineer of the
Washington express supposed he had
a clear track.
The names are: William O. De
Wolfe, of Parkersburg, W. Va., clerk
in the accountant’s office of the Ohio
River railroad; L. E. Knight, colored,
porter of the Pullman coach Barthol-
di.
Mr. Israel Goes to Prison.
Samuel I. Israel, of New York, a
few days ago opened a little store at
Havana for selling American flags
and jewelry. His wife Wednesday
night appealed in tears to General
Greene, saying that Israel had been
arrested and jthat she could not find
him. General Green sent Captain
Mott to Captain-General Castellanos,
asking that Israel be produced and
sent to General Greene. In an hour
aid-de-camp of the Captain-Gen-
eral brought the man to the Hotel
Inglaterra. He had been in the Furza
prison. Israel says that a Spanish
Lieutenant entered his store, tore
down the flags and broke the show-
case with his sword.
three men to arrest Israel.
well treated while a prisoner.
He was
Business Hampered by the Grip.
Nine deaths from the grip occurred
in New York City Thursday. Twenty-
two persons died of pneumonia and
four of bronchitis. Grip was probably
a factor in these last named cases.
Reports received show that thousands
of homes have been invaded. The
sick rolls of big business houses have
been lengthened to a serious extent.
Philadelphia reports thousands of
cases and five deaths. Baltimore re-
ports 40,000 cases and in Washington
the disease is spreading. In the state
of New Jersey nearly every city and
town has felt the epidemic. The same
is true of Conneeticut.
Philippine Insurgents Beaten.
During the night of the 13th at Iloi-
lo, Philippine Islands, great swarms
of natives attacked the entrench-
ments. Very few had guns. Most of
them were armed only with knives
and swords. Nevertheless, they rushed
on the fortifications with the greatest
bravery. The Spanish troops, safely
shielded behind their intrenchments,
fairly moved down the assaulting
throng with heavy artillery and mus-
ketry fire. The slaughter of the nat-
ives was terrific. The Spaniards lost
only six killed and 17 wounded.
Drunkenness a Good Excuse.
Frank Knaak, the New Yorker ar-
rested at Berlin about a month ago
for calling the kaiser a ‘‘calf's head”
and a ‘“‘donkey’” has been liberated
after a trial. Knaak’s lawyer, Herr
Schmidt, made a splendid defense.
The court considered as evidence the
fact that when Knaak said the in-
jurious words about the kaiser he was
drunk and that he was suffering from
chronic alcoholism. Then the court
held him. an irresponsible party. Im-
mediately on his release Knaak re-
turned to the Kaiserhof hotel, where
he expressed delight at ‘the result of
his trial.
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ANERIGANS IN SPAIN AS SPIES.
DANGEROUS WORK.
Heroes Who Volunteered to Furnish the Gov-
ernment With Important Informatica—
Ensigns Ward's Experience.
The official reports of all command-
ing officers of the navy during the
war have been published by the navy
department. They contain many
sidelights on interesting phases of the
war. An unknown hero is brought
to light in the person of Ensign H. H.
Ward, who at the beginning volun-
teered for secret service duty. His ex-
ploits may well be placed on
beside those of Lieutenant Rowan in
Cuba and Lieutenant
Porto Rico.
Within a week after the declaration
of war Ensign Ward disguised him-
self and went straight into the
of the ‘enemy’s country,
headquarters at Cadiz,
Spanish
the navy department here of the
tual strength of the Spanish vessels
and their movements. Then he went
to the West Indies and reported
making his
the principal
importance to the American navy.
Next, he went again into the enemy's
country in disguise—this time to Por-
to Rico, where he was arrested as a
suspicicus character and a spy. 3y
adroitness he managed to secure his
release, and escaping from San Juan
cabled the navy department a full ac-
count of the state of the defenses
there and the preparations making
for--the reception of the Spanish
squadron under Cervera. All this
time even the officials of the navy de-
partment were under the impression
that Mr. Ward was engaged in instal-
ling a system of coast signals on the
New England coast.
While Ward was in Porto Rico, En-
sign Buck, another attache of the
navigation bureau, was on the shores
of the Mediterranean in disguise,
watching = every movement of the
squadron of Admiral Camara, which
started for the Philippines, but turned
back. Of the strategy board itself it
is said that it was part of its duty to
keep informed of all of the move-
ments, resources and plans of the
Spanish naval forces through secret
agents.
CRUEL INSURGENTS.
Barbarous Treatment Accorded to the Prisoners
in their Possession.
Senor Paterno, president of the Fili-
pino assembly, is said to have made a
proposition to the Madrid government
to resist all foreign control if Spain
would grant an autonomous govern-
ment to the Philippines.
Spanish refugees from the north say
that after the surrender of the town of
Aparil a Spanish officer was confined
in a cell with his hands tied behind
his back and compelled to eat the
portions of food allotted him from the
floor, like a dog. His captors hooked
a rope to his swollen wrists and
through a pulley overhead hauled him
off his feet until he fainted.
The captured Spanish priests were
organized by the rebels into an ex-
tempore brass band to head their pro-
cession, and by kicks and blows com-
pelled to produce plaints of discord
which highly amused the natives. The
natives deny these reports.
KILLED IN A DUEL.
Meat and
Pistols.
In the midst of crowds of pedest-
rians on Kinzie street Chicago, last
Thursday two men engaged in a des-
perate encounter with revolvers. Den-
nis KE. Riley, a detective employed by
the Chicago & Northwestern railway,
was Killed, and his slayer is Joseph
A. Mayer, a milk dealer at Pleasant
Plain, Wis. When the two men stood
facing one another with leveled re-
volvers the crowds of people scatter-
ed. The pause between the two men
was brief. Almost simultaneously
they began working the triggers of
their revolvers. Riley's weapon failed
to act, but Mayer's was discharged,
and the bullet struck his adversary
above the heart. Mayer then fired a
second time, and wounded Riley over
the left eye. ~The detective dropped to
the sidewalk; Mayer advanced ,and
stood over his body. The men had
been friends and quarreled recently.
ormer Friends Sattle
A German Dreyfus.
Interest has been revived in
case of Albert Ziethen,
prison at Elberfeld, Germany, for
murdering his wife. A. mass meeting
a few nights ago, at which 3,000 per-
sons attended, petitioned the Prussian
minister of justice for a revision of
the case. Ziethen is described as the
German Dreyfus. On the day of the
murder he was in Cologne and return-
ed home late at night. That night his
wife's dead body was found, but Zie-
then’s partial alibi did not save him.
He has steadily maintained his in-
nocence and powerful friends are now
working for him.
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An Accommodating Suicide.
In order that his heirs might not
lose $300, Albert Jilek of Cleveland
killed himself. He took poison Satur-
day, which resulted in his death Wed-
nesday night. He was insured in a
secret society for $1,300. There was a
stipulation that if he did not die be-
1899, only $1,000 could
be collected by his heirs or legatees
when he finally did die. He made his
will carefully apportioning the $1,300.
Terrible Loss of Life.
A victory of the Turks over the
rebel natives in the district of Yamen,
Arabia, is reported. The insurgents
suffered heavy losses. The rebellion
is the result of fanatic agitation. Nine-
ty thousand people have died recently
from famine in the same district.
CABLE FLASHES
Mrs. P. T. Barnum was married a
few days ago to a French nobleman,
Baron D’Oranganian.
Gen. Blanco has arrived in Spain.
He would not discuss the Cuban ques-’
tion and avoided the crowds.
The effective strength of the army
in Spain may be increased to 140,000
men owing to the increase of Carlism.
Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia is
now visiting Constantinople. This is
done to offset the influence of Kaiser's
visit last month.
According to a dispatch from
Shanghai, the rebels have seized the
town of Chung Yang, 50 miles south-
west of Ichang, province of Hoo Pe,
on the north bank of the Yang,Tse-
Kiang 200 miles above Chin Kiang
Feo. They have massacred a French
priest and 100 converts,
Madam Kahn, of Paris, wife of Gus-
fave Kahn, the poet, has been admit-
ted to the Jewish chureh, and has also
gone through a marriage ¢eremony
with hér husband in accordance with
the Jewish rites. She was formerly a
Catholic, and took this step in resent-
ment of the war of the Catholics
against her husband's people.
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TRADE REVIEW.
he Amount of Business Transacted During
1898 Ahead of Any Previous Year.
R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of
trade reports as follows for last week:
It is a year beyond parallel and goes
to its close with tHe biggest volume of
business ever seen. Enormous trans-
actions at the stock exchange make
some difference, and heavy railroad
earnings, but when all the transac-
ing and speculative industries are eli-
minated there is a much larger busi-
ness than in any other month of any
year.
Last month the exports were in vol-
ume greater than in any previous
month in the history of the country.
But this year the three weeks reported
show an increase of 25 per cent.
against 9 per cent. in imports, which
would indicate much more than $70,-
000,000 excess of exports this month.
Until now no greater volume of busi-
ness has ever been done in the history
of this country than in the closing
month of this year.
Shipments of wheat have been 3,-
bushels, flour led, at At-
lantic ports, against 3. ’1 last year,
although western for three
weeks have bushels,
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been 25,088,581
i against10,309,929 last year, a fact which
the believers in a small crop may well
consider. Considering the enormous
exports from July 1 to date, exceeding
last year’s one can only wonder that
the outgo this year has been so large,
and the price has risen during the
week a cent and a half... Corn exports
also have been 3,824,836 bushels,
against10,309,929 lastyear, a fact which
month thus far 11,012,138, against 10,-
867,407 last year. The price has ad-
vanced about ¢, but the continued
foreign demand is astonishing.
Sales of wceol have been large, 27,-
366,100 pounds, against 23,115,200 pounds
last vear, and 21,580,200. pounds in the
same weeks of 1892, with small as well
as large manufacturers buying freely,
which indicates a general improve=
ment in the demand for goods, al-
though not enough as yet to lift prices.
‘The story of the iron manufacture
is like a dream. With 25,000 tons bes-
semer pig sold at Pittsburg for $10.60
and grey forge at $9.40, and Chicago
sales limited only by the capacity of
the works, and eastern sales so num-
erous and so large as to raise the price
25 cents, there is a demand for finished
products which includes at Philadel-
phia 4,000 tons of plates for export to
America; 3,000 tons at Chicago,
where works are crowded: 80,000 tons
steel rails by the Maryland Steel Com-
pany for Asiatic Russia, 35,000 tons for
Australia, against British bids at
Pittsburg, and about 10,000 tons do-
mestie at the East, 6,600 tons struc-
tural work at Chicago and Pittsburg,
and 8,000 tons for car builders at Chi-
cago, all the works there being crowd-
ed, with heavy buying of sheets and
wire rods, and sharp competition at
the South in cotton ties, a pending
contract for 20,000 tons cast pipe for
Yokohama, and sales of small quan-
tities in each class too numerous to
mention. Prices of iron and steel pro-
ducts have not materially changed,
although the tone is everywhere
stronger, and for wire nails quotations
have been advanced to $1.30 at Pitts-
burg.
Failures for the week have been 258,
against 292 in the United States last
vear and 31 in Canada against 33 last
year.
ANOTHER INSTANCE OF FRIENDSHIP.
England Prevents a Filibustering
From Aiding Aguinaldo.
Consul General Wildman has cabled
the state department from Hong Kong
Expedition
suppressed a filibustering expedition
organized in Hong Kong for Aguinal-
do and his followers.
This is another instance of the
friendship of Great Britain to this
country and a pleasing incident to the
administration. The information re-
garding the {ilibusters was communi-
cated to the president and as a result
he has ordered the battleships Oregon
and Iowa, now at Valparaiso, Chili, to
proceed to Manila via Callao and Ho-
nolulu. By assembling a large fleet
at Manila the administration believes
it will be able to avoid international
disputes and impress the insurgents
with the futility of resisting such a
strong naval nation as the United
States.
Efforts are being made to learn the
sources of the expedition fitted out for
Aguinaldo. In American quarters
there is a belief that Germany is at the
bottom of the trouble.
RATS CAUSE TERROR.
Belgium and New York Annoyed
Rodents
An extraordinary plague of rats has
broken out in eastern Belgium. The
rodents are destroying the granaries
and have caused stampedes among the
live stock. In several instances child-
ren have been attacked. The govern-
ment has ordered out troops to assist
the farmers in a war of extermination.
The upper west side of New York
City, one of the finest resident quarters
of Manhattan, is suffering from a
plague of rats. Women and children
are in a state of terror, as the rodents
increase in great numbers and are be-
coming more and more bold. Rat-
catchers are getting wealthy and fer-
rets are working overtime, but the
army of rodents is steadily growing
larger.
by the
MILLIONAIRE IN PRISON.
Confinement.
Thomas Tinsley, a New York mil-
lionaire, who has been in jail at Hous-
ton, Tex., for 22 months for contempt
of court has partially purged himself
and will be permitted to go free. Tins-
ley, as President of the Glenwood Ce-
metery company, refused to turn over
the books of the company to a receiv-
er appointed by the court after his
committal to jail. He appealed to all
the courts, but they upheld the district
judge.
Tinsley contended that while Presi-
dent of the Glenwood Cemetery Com-
pany he might be in contempt, and
that the books were his private proper-
ty, and that Thomas Tinsley, the indi-
vidual was not charged with con-
tempt.
New Secretary of the Interior.
Allen Hitchcock, of Missouri, was
Wednesday nominated by the presi-
dent as secretary of the interior.
Mr. Hitchcock is at present the
United States ambassador to Russia,
having been appointed early in 1897 by
President McKinley. :
Mr. Hitchcock is a prominent busi-
ness man of St. Louis and his appoint-
ment is said to be due largely to the
influence of Mr. Kerens, national com-
mitteeman from Missouri.
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Tried to Prevent the War.
In an interview ex-Secretary of State
Sherman spoke as follows: “I tried
to prevent this foolish war with Spain.
President McKinley will tell you that
I would have prevented it. As a mat-
ter of fact, negeotiations—were—alread
in progress to purchase Cuba - fro
Spain when the war feeling suddenly
rose and swept everything before it.
And Spain would have accepted the
terms.