blir STEEL COMPANIES COMBINE | ~~ PecsSisc BC Root. GREAT FLEET WILL FOLLON HBG.) PEST IS SOT INUST ACGEPT OR QUIT THE UNION. VMs
$50,000,000 CAPITAL.
Union and Sharon Corporations Merg-
ed—It Means a New Railroad
to Lake Erie.
An agreement has been entered into
for the consolidation of the Union
Steel Company, whose works are at
I'onora, Pa., and the Sharon Steel
Company, under capitalization of $&0,-
49,000. The proposed capital invest-
ment contemplates, at no . remote
time, the construction of an independ-
ent railroad from Elk Creek harbor,
on Lake Erie, to the works at Sharon,
I'a.. 60 miles away, and thence to
{ionora, over twice that distance from
¢ lake. To cover the present assets
the two steel concerns and the im-
nrovements already under way, $32,-
Lud,000 in stock of the reorganized
1
i'niou Steel Company is to be used
at once. The consclidation combines
the two greatest independent steel
concerns of the country, outside of the
Jones & Laughlin Steel Company. The
>ts of the two concerns, figured at
£33,000,000, is regarded remarkably
The two interests have in the
sreat ore fields of the northwest pron.
erties estimated to hobhd 70,000,000
tons of ore. This, figured as the
United States Steel Corporation esti-
mates its ore in ground, is alone
worth $70,000,000. This ore lies in
the Mesabi and the Old Range re-
gions. he two interests have al-
ready "included in their assets an im-
portant start in an ore fleet on the
lakes. In a recent purchase made of
over 2,000 acres of ground at Elk
Creek harbor in Pennsylvania, carry-
ing with it a charter for a terminal
railroad there, the Lake Erie Terminal
Railroad Company, provision is made
ior the most important part of a new
lake line. Surveys have already been
partly made for this. The new Unicn
Steel Company will in the near future
have in operation seven blast fur-
naces, with aggregate daily capacity
of 4,200 tons. To feed these monsters
with ore, limestone, coal and ccke,
and the stecl works with fuel, the new
railroad will be an imnortant factor.
Tlie two great independent interests
have now arranged for terminal lines
at their works and the railroad links
from their coal properties, At Don-
there is to be terminal raiircad
system, with a kridge over the Monon-
cahela river. For this new railroad
from the mills to the lakes there are
now only tentative plans. When con-
struction is taken up the additional
$17,000,000 of stock will provide ior
the investment. The officers of the
new company are Andrew W. Mellon,
‘president; W. H. Donner and John
Stevenson, Jr., vice presidents; Rob-
ert B. Mellon, treasurer.
1 Aer
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AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
The trial of the monitor Nevada,
now under construction at the Bath
Iron Works, Maine, will be set for the
second week in December.
lieutenant Colonel Jorn A. John-
son, of the adjutant general's office.
has tendered his resignation to Secre-
tary Root, to take effect February 1,
A meeting of the hoard of tras-
tees of the Carnegie institution will
be held November 25, when the scope
of the institution will he decided
upon.
Minister Wu, who for more than
five years, has represented ihe Chi:
nese government in diplomatic capa-
city at Washington, left Tuesday for
San Francisco en route to China.
A cablegram has
from the Fhilippine commission stat-
ing that the number of cases of
cholera had gone down to tive a day,
instead of 34 a day, as a week ago.
Differences have arisen betwe-=n
the state department and the Colom-!
bian government which may delay an
agreement upon a aanal treaty b:-
yond the time in which it had been
expected to conclude the treaty.
Although the state department has
not yet decided to turn Godfrey Hun-
ter, who shot and kiiled William A.
Fitzgerald in Guatemala, over to t
Guatemala authcrities, it is thought
that this action will be taken if it is
learned upon further investigation
that young Hunter was culpable.
Justice Brewer denied the applica-
tien for an appeal from the decision
of Judge Caldwell for the appoini-
ment of a master ‘in chancery to su-
pervice the coming election in
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company.
The Philippine commission has ap-
pointed John S. Powell judge of the
court of the first instance in the
Fourteenth district of the Philippines;
Adolph Wislezenus, judge cf the same
court in the First district, and James
H. Blount, judge at large.
Immigration Commissioner
Tams, at New York, has received
structions from the
ment in Washington ordering thay
the case of the 11 Cuban children de-
tained on Falls Island be reopened.
Mail advices received at the War
Department indicate that during the
in-
closing days of September the chol- |
era epidemic in the . Philippines
reached its lowest stage for many
menths.,
Secretary Moody has issued a for
mal order directing
Dewey to assume command of the
Caribbean sea division in the coining
maneuvers, and has instructed Rear
Admiral Taylor, chief cf the burea:
ot navigation, to accompany the ad
n:iral as his chief of staff
Clarence W. Mackay, President of
the Ccmmercial Pacific Cable Com-
pany, called on Attorney General
Knox and explained that his company
was ready tc prcceed with the work
of laying the trans-Pacific cable, even
to laying an independent American
line from Manila to Hong-Kong, a dis-
tance of 1,200 miles. .
The War Department has been ad-
vised by General Davis, commanding
the Division of the Philippine Islands,
of the death of Major Robert P. P.
Wainright, Fifth cavalry, at Manila,
November 10. cf cardiac embolism.
been received |
the |
Wil- |
treasury depart- |
Admiral George |
in Estimates of $31,000,000.
Amounts in Detail,
Secretary Root just completed his
estimates for the next fiscal year and
he has succeeded in effecting a
marked reduction in the amount of
money required for the support of the
army and navy department. Exclud-
ing river and harbor appropriations
over which the department has little
control, as they are directed largely
hy Congress, the secretary says that
the estimate for each of the last five
fiscal years shows an average annual
increase from the estimates of the
previous year of about $44,300,000.
The estimates for the next year shew
a net decrease of $31,420,400 com-
pared with the estimates submitted
for the current fiscal year, and the
decrease as compared with the cur-
rent appropriations is $20,947,969.
The estimates for the military estab-
lishment, which include all items for
the support of the army and the mili-
tary academy, show a net reduction
of $21,862,921 from the estimates for
1903. The pay of the army is re-
duced more than $35,000,000 in conse-
quence of the reduction of the force.
The cost of subsistence is reduced
more than $3,500,000, and the expense
of barracks and quarters in the Phil-
ippines is reduced a million for the
same reason. The cost of army trans-
portation has been reduced $9,000,-
000 as a result of the peacsful condi-
tions now existing in the archipelago,
It is explained at the department that
the increase of $149,80¢ asked for the
signal service is largely to <nable
the signal corps to provide proper
installations and maintenance oi ar-
tillery fire control in our seacoast de-
fenses. The increase of $1,400,000
for barracks and quarters is due to
resumption of work on- new and re-
construction of many of the old posts
rendered necessary by the increase in
the regular army. An increase of
$750,000 will be required in order to
provide a full year’s supply of cloth-
ing and ecquipage during the next
fiscal year. Increased estimates are
submitted to procure an annual sup-
ply of ammunition for target practice
and to provide for an accumulation
to meet emergencies which must be
anticipated. The estimates under the
head of “Public Works,” show a net
reduction of $9,738,770, as compared
with the estimates for 1903 and of
$6.407,088, as compared with thy
amounts appropriated for 1903. The
more important items embraced in
the appropriations that come under
this general head are river and har-
hor improvements, fortifications and
searoast dcfenses and military posts.
BENEFIT ORDER LOSES SUIT.
Rule That All Funds on Hand Ares
Subject to Taxation.
The 1llinnis supreme court has de-
cided that all cash ir. the hands of the
treasurer of a benevolent insurance
society is subject lo taxation regard-
tess of whether a part.of the fund is
subject to payment to heneficiaries,
The opinion was rendered in the case
of the State Council of the Catholic
Kpights of lllinois versus the board
of review of Effingham county. The
treasurer cof this sceciety refused to list
the money in his hands for taxation
because there were outstanding or-
ders payable to beneficiaries of de-
ceased members. The supreme court
says that the fact that orders have
been drawn upon a benefit fund prior
to April 1 to pay beneficiaries of de-
ceased members does not exempt the
fund from taxation to the amcunt of
such orders. ii no part of the fund haz
actually been paid out before April i.
This decision will affect every fra-
t-rnal insurance society with its heal
j office in the state cf Illinois,
| Sandow Reported Drowned.
it is believed in IL.ondon, England,
| net Eugene Sandow, the strong
| man, was drowned in the wreck of
| the steamer Ellingamite. which went
ashore on Three King's islands a
| eek ago. The strong man’s wife
| wrote to friends in London by tire last
e | mail saying that they intended to go
Melbourne
and since
re-
Zealand from
the Tilingamite,
news of them has been
to New
abcard
then no
ceived.
Anti-Trust Cases Fall.
pending in Texas
against John D.
| The indictments
{or several years
Flagler and
members of the Standard Oil
charging them with viola-
anti-trust law of Texas,
All efforts te serve
| Roclefeller, Henry M.
other
Company,
tions cof the
| were dismissed.
{ the warrants failed through the re-
| fusal of the governors of New York
and Florida to honor requisitions.
City of Camden Goes Dry.
Mayor Mowrey, at Camden, N, J,
in obedience to 2 writ of ouster issued
hy the State Supreme Court, ordered
{the closing of all liquor saloons with-
in the city limits. The court recently
declared unconstitutional the law cre-
ting the city excise beard, and ail
licenses granted by that body are
void.
| Blige ni nes
Invests in Niagara Property.
The Litz farm, on the Niagara river
| in Tonawanda. New York, was sold
i to represertatives of FH. C. Frick for
$120,000. The farm contains only 100
! acres, but it is reported that Mr,
i Frick and other st-el magnates have
| options cn nearly 1,000 acres.
Loss of $450,000 by Fire,
The Southern Pocific railroad depot
i and on jhe Alameda mole at San
| Francisco, Cal... were destroyed by
| fire. Thirty-three passenger cars were
| burned, and the total loss is estimat-
ed 50.600, One work: , Victor
Mother Dead.
the
“Blind Tom's”
Charity Wiggins,
} Flind Tom, ‘the negro musician at
Birmingham Ala., died of dropsy ef
| the heart. She was 102 years old.
mother of
DEWEY IN COMMAND.
Most Effective Naval Force Ever As-
sembled by the United States.
Formidable Showing.
When, about three weeks hence,
Admiral Dewey steams into the Carib-
bean sea with the four-starred flag of
an admiral flying from the peak of the
Mayflcwer, he will assume command
of the most pewerful flcet the United
States ever sent to sea. It will he
more powerful than the combined
squadrons which fought the battle of
Manila Bay and Santiago. In fighting
effectiveness it will be the superior
of all the squadrons and single ves-
sels that in the past fought the fights
that made glorious the history of
American naval achievements. The
admiral will have six battleships of
the first rate in his force and 13
cruising vessels. The tonnage of the
former will be 66,471 and of the latter
59,334. Ameceng the cruisers will be
the Olympia, which was the admiral’s
flagship in the action which raised
him from the grade of a commodore
to that now held by him, and the
Brooklyn, the flagship of Admiral
Schley in the fight off Santiago.
Dewey’s flagship during the maneu-
vers which have tempted the admiral
to again go to sea is the Mayflower,
the luxurious yacht which at other
times is the vessel reserved for tke
use of the President. She is one of
the large number of ships bought
during the war with Spain, when the
U'nited States avas acquiring every-
thing that would ' float at enormous
prices, In comparison with the
squadrons which gave the American
navy the fame it has the fleet which
Dewey is to command is as a levia-
than to a speckled brook trout or a
six-inch rifle to a toy pistol. The
squadron which Commodore Perry
had when he defeated and captured
the British squadron on Lake Erie
wag of a lonnage not much greater
than the smallest ship in Dewey's
fleet, the torpedo hoats excepted.
Perry’s ships had a displacement of
about 1,200 tons. Captain Barclay’s
ships had a tonnage slightly in excess
of that of the American ships. But
combined they had less than 2,500
Dewey will have the following ships,
the displacement of each of which is
in excess of the tonnage of the entire
British and American squadrons in
the battle of Liake Erie: PEattleships
—Illinois and Kearsarge, 11,525 tons
each; Iewa, 11,340; Indiana and Mas-
sachusetts, 10,288 each. Cruisers --
Atlanta, 3,000; Albany, 3,437; Buffalo,
6,888; Olympia, 5,870; Chicago, 5,000;
San Francisco, - 4,098; . (Cincinnati.
3,213; Dixie, 6,175; Prairie, 6,888, and
Mayflower, 2,690. When General
Grant went campaigning in Kentucky
he took with him a ficet of 175 gun
boats. The combined tonnage of
those vessels was less than one of the
new battleships. The fleet of Ad-
miral Farragut when he passed the
forts on the Mississippi was not equal
to two of the battleships. The power
of all the guns Perry, Grant and Far-
ragut had was not equal to the guns
on one of the battleships. And yet
the fleet which Dewey is to drill is in-
ferior to the channel squadron which
Great Britain maintains in order to
notify France and Germany that the
tight little island is to remain so.
INCREASE FREIGHT RATES.
Central and Southern Railroad As-:
sociation Agrees on New Tariff,
At a meeting of the executive offi-
cials of Central Freight Association
lines the frunk lines and Aouthern
roads, held at the Trunk Line Asso-
ciation’s headquarters in New York,
grain, provisions and kindred rates
were generally advanced. An increas
of 21% cents per 100 pounds on the!
Chicago-New York basis for grain and |
grain products was decided upon. A |
corresponding advance in rates on!
glucose, glucose syrup, corn oil, corn |
syrup, etc, was made. The rate on
dresed heef was increased 5 cents a
hundred, both domestic and
export,
and 5 cents a hundred also cn pro-
visions.
SHERIFF FAILED IN DUTY.
Official Removed Because He Did Not!
Prevent a Lynching.
Governor Durbin, of Indiana, noti-
fied Sheriff Dudley, of Sullivan coun-
ty, that his office was vacant and the
coroner pecomes sheriff ex-officio.
The Indiana law provides that a sher-
iff shall vacate his office when a pris-
oner in his charge is lynched, and the
lynching cof the negro Dillard brought
Dudley under its provisions, The
sheriff has the right under the law
to asx to be reinstated. but he must
show that he was powerless to protect
his prisoner.
Septimus: Winner Dead.
Septimus Winner, composer of “The
Mockirg Bird,” and hundreds of other
popular songs, died suddenly at his
home in Philadelphia, aged 76,
Agreed on Schedule.
The American Federation and In-
dependent Window Glass Manufactur-
ors at Columbus, O.. have announced
a schedule for the fellowing six
months. A contract for 450,000 bexes
of glass is to be filled and the present
price is to be advanced at a per cent
to be agreed upon by the manufactur-
er and jobbers at the end of 60 days.
Locomotive Exploded.
By the explosion of a locomotive in
the Thompson yard on the Pittsburg,
Virginia & Charleston railrcad, one
man was £0 severely injured that he
died latir in the West Penn hospital,
Pittsburz, and nine others were ser-
ionsly injured. One cof the latter wiil
probably die. The cause of the acci-
dent is not known.
Thieves robbed the Pelhurino bank
at Lishon, Portugal, of $165,000.
Eighteen natives were killed by an
explosion of nitroglycerin at Cairo,
Egypt.
The Grand Trunk Railway Com-
pany proposes to build a line across
Canada.
Negro Dillard was lynched in Ind-
iana before troops could be moved to
protect.
Wages of about 500 Michigan Cen-
tral railroad switchmen were raised
voluntarily,
Unknown vandals smashed portions
of the statuary group in the Sieges
Alice at Berlin.
Big elephant Gypsy was killed in a
Georgia cotton field after going mad
and killing his keeper,
A Danube steamer crowded with
workmen sank off Orsova, Austria,
and 30 were drowned.
Herr Goldberger, of Berlin, Ger-
many, writes of America as “Land of
Unbounded Possibilities.”
Wilson Hall, a young farmer, was
shot and killed by Benjamin Chen-
ault, colored, at Foxtown, Ky.
Ohio and Michigan delegations to
the next congress met and declared
in favor of Cannon for speaker.
German machinery for converting
mine waste into fuel is to be intro-
duced into the United States.
The Rt. Rev. John N. Stariha was
installed at Lead, S. D., as Catholic
bishop for the Black Hills diocese.
Nearly 3,000,006 gallons of petro-
leum, stored in a reservoir at Odessa,
Russia, have been destroyed by fire.
Fittsburg millionaires have pur-
chased a New Jersey Island which
they purpose to make a rival ¢i New-
port.
The steamer Robert Wallace, load-
ed with ore for Cleveland, sank near
Twe Harbors, Minn, The crew es-
caped.
Two of the cabinet members ad-
vised the President to tone down
trust section of his message to Con-
gress.
The Columbia Oil and Gas Com-
pany, of Lisbon, O., capital $500,000,
has been incorporated at Dover, Del
aware,
Robbers cracked the safe in the
Farmers Loan and Trust Company’s
bank at Arthur, Ia., and secured
$2,300.
Fashion, estimated by some to be
35 years old, and too old to eat hay,
won a blue ribbon at the New York
horse show.
John Truck was electrocuted in
prison at Auburn, N. Y. for the mur-
der of Frank W. Miller at Virgil on
March 14, 1899.
Governor Nash, of Ohio, appointed
Theodore Hall judge of the common
pleas court to succeed the late Judge
J. P. Caldwell. ‘
President Gompers and other offi:
cers were re-elected by the American
Federation of Labor convention at
New Orleans.
Edward Saatkamp, superintendent
of the Ross-Moyer Machinery Tool
Company, Cincinnati, was killed by
robbers at the factory,
The Kansas missionaries, whose
lives were in peril at Mequinez,
Morocco, from the insurgent Kabyles,
have reached Fez safely.
Robbers held up a Rock Island train
in Oowa, it being reported they got
$20,000, but United States Express
Company officials said $1,000.
American Federation of Labor com-
pletely exonerated President Gomp-
ers on charge of bad faith in the
Amalgamated Association strike.
Major Ross, principal of the Liver-
pocl, England, School oi Tropical
Medicine, will be awred the Nobel
malaria research prizz of $30,000.
Mrs. Luln Miller Youngs, pleadeil
not guilty in Rochester, N. Y., to mur-
dering Florence McFarlin, and was
committed for the action of the grand
jury.
American refugees arriving at San
Francisco from Guatemala confirm
the news of terrible loss of life dur-
ing the eruption of Santa Maria vol-
cano,
A telegram from Portal, N. D.,, an-
nounces the probable murder and the
robbing cf Stephen Hayes, a lawyer.
He was formerly a resident of Cleves,
Olio. i)
Fifty students of the College of
Liberal Arts of Northwestern Univer-
sity, Chicago, were ercluded from
classes because they had not been
vaccinated.
Corporal Edmond Perrin and Pri-
vate David M. Milan were mysteri-
ously assaulted at the Presidio, San
Francisco, Cal. Perrin died and
Milan may. }
The “Nero’” soundings
over to the Pacific Cable Company by
the government, which probably in-
sures completion of the cable to Homno-
lulu within six months,
To relieve the freight congestion
in Pittsburg the Pennsylvania rail-
road has projected numerous -cut-
cifs on its main line between Pitts-
burg and Philadelphia.
were turned
Ronald F. Brennen, 22 years old,
who rose in two years from the posi-
tion of an office boy to that of presi-
dent of a trust company, which he
organized in New York, has peen
sentenced to Sing Sing for 10 years,
charged with securing money under
false pretenses.
The Wisconsin Central railroad ore
dock, as Ashland, Wis., was destroyel
hy fire, causing a loss of $525,000 The
doek in falling carried down a num-
ber of Iremen and dockmen.
The answer of the Philadelphia &
Reading Railway Company to the
complaint of William R. Hearst, of
New York, denies unlawful combina-
tion, confederation or agreement.
James Stillmaf, president of the
Naticnal City hank of New York has
ented $100,000 to Harvard univer-
for the endowment of a profes-
ship in comparative anatomy.
MINE WORKERS’ CHOICE
President Mitchell Declares Fate of
Miners Who Refuse to Abide by
Verdict of Arbitrators.
After being on the stand for four
and a half days, President Mitchell,
of the Miners’ union, completed his
testimony at Scranton before the an-
thracite strike commission Wednes-
day. One of the most important
things brought out during the cross-
examination of President Aitchell
was his emphatic declaration that the
niiners were opposed to separating
the bituminous miners from the an-
thracite werkers, thus creating two
organizations. He made this repiy to
a question of ex-Congressman Simon
P. Wolverton, counsel for the Reading
Company, as to whether it wouid be
hetter to have separate organizations.
Mr. Mitchell's answer was that “It
would not he possible or desirable.
The anthracite mine workers have
had independent organizations in the
past. They have had several. They
have gone. They are not here now,
and the men do not want any more
of their organizations to go the same
way.” The non-union men, that is,
those who remained at work during
the strike, were made a party to the
arbitration plan by their counsel
agreeing to make public the names of
the men who petitioned the commis-
sion. When the attorneys for the
“non-striking” workmen, as Chairman
Gray designated them, and who num-
ber about 2,000, made a demand to
the commission for a 20 per cent in-
crease in wages with no reduction in
hourg, their attorneys desired to with-
hold the names of the persons they
represented. The commission, how-
ever, decided they could not be a
party to such a plan of secrecy. In
connection with the non-union feature
of the investigation, Mr. Mitchell ap-
nounced that he is also representing
thousands of non-union men who
struck with the unionists, and that all
the workmen would abide by the
award of the arbitrators, “or get out
of the union.” At one point in his
testimony Mr. Mitchell, in answer to
a query by Judge Gray, said: ‘1
think the understanding is that, pend-
ing the consideration of the guestiots
by this commission, the strikers were
to return immediately to work, and
I think the further understanding is--
don’t let me be misunderstood—is
that the non-union men should not be
interfered with nor displaced fron
employment generally by the return
of the union men.” Mr. Burns was
examining the witness regarding un-
lawful acts, committed during the
strike, and had asked Mr. Mitchell
if he approved of them, when Judge
Gray stopped him and said that noth-
ing could be gained by asking the
question because the commission hal
a moral sense of its own which he
presumed agreed with the moral
sense of the community and scciety.
PROBABLY BURIED ALIVE.
Insurance Fraud Consigned =
Man to His Grave.
Living
Upon exhuming the body of a man
named Mitchell. who died mj stericus-
ly at Chihuahua, Mexico, after hav-
ing been insured by the men in jail
at El Paso, 'Tex., who are charged
with defrauding a New York life in-
surance company, it is alleged to have
been disccvered that the man had
been buried alive. This was shown
by evidences of a struggic in the cof:
fin, the mocuth being open, the arms
against the lid, and the palms turned
upward.
NEW POLITICS IN CUBA.
Enemies of Americans Control! iHousz
of Representatives.
The House of Representatives of
Cuba has elected Portuordo president
of the chamber, Garmendia first v
president, Cardenal second vice pros-
ident, and Perez and Acosta scere-
taries of the chamber. Portundo is a
Nationalist, with leanings towari
radicalism He is anti-American in
his feelings, and was strongly op-
nosed to accepting the Platt amend-
ment in the constitution. Garmendia
is a pronounced Radical, while Car-
denal and Acosta are members of the
Republican party, and Pcrez ig a Na-
tionalist. '
INDIAN REVENGE STOPPED.
Proposed to Burn Brakeman Wiicss
Train Had Killed Souaw.
An Indian woman at the Crow Wing
agency was struck by a freight train
at Butte, Mont., and killed. A brave
who accompanied her summoned a
number of his followers and they cap-
tured the brakeman. Whin the In-
dian police reached the tepees the ex.
cited braves were holding a war
dance about their victim, who was
hound to a tree, while the- Indians
were preparing to torture and burn
him. The bucks objected to interfer-
ence, and for a time a clash threaten-
ed, but the police succeeded in reseco-
ing the man.
Spouts Once a Year.
An old cil well which flows oil, gas
and mud is a puzzle to the operators
at Barbourville, in the Kentucky
fields. The well flows only ia the
month of November each year, and
has done so for over €0 years. Dur
ing the other 11 months the wcll is
quiescent,
Boer Generals Not Comirg.
Generals Delarey and Botha, now
at Brussels, Belgium, have decided to
abandon their proposed tour of tho
United States. General Delarey says
they intend to return to South Africa
to meet Colonial Secretary Chamuver-
lain at Pretoria.
Will Vote on Local Ontion.
Poth branches of the Vermont Leg-
islature passed the local option high
license bill with referendum attach-
ed.
in the Field—Losses in
Six Months.
Men
The seventh semi-annual report of
the council of war of the Yaqui reve-
lation has just heen issued by the
Yaqgui junta, and first received at
Prescott, Arizona. It is stated that
the number of Yaquis actually in the
field is 6,200. There were 18 Amer-
icans in the service. It is stated
that the funds at hand in the council
of war amount to $450,000. Threa
years ago the council had but $200,-
000. These funds are obtained
through contributions and by the
looting of Mexican towns. The
Yaqui junta declares that the Yaquis
hold absolutely 25,000 square miles of
productive territory, known as “the
Push” and ‘the Sierra.” In this re-
gion they raise all that they require,
such as cereals and vegetables and
cattle and horses. From their broth-
ers at peace they obtain all the
clothing that they need. They manu-
facture their own gunpowder when
necessary. During the last six
months the Yaquis lost 500 soldiers,
including 18 officers. Of these 48%
were killed in battle, The rest died
of disease. No mention is made of
the women who were killed at Uva-
lama, but in a note the council of war
states that it is safe to say that more
than 200 Yaqui women and 100 Yaqui
children suffered death at the hands
of Mexican soldiers. The junta
states that four Americans were
killed on the Yaqui side.
WAS PARTIAL TO GERMANY.
Arbitrator Ruled Steadily Against
America and Great Britain.
The text of the decision of King
Oscar, of Sweden, arbitrator between
the United States, Great Britain and
rermany in the Samoan affair,
shows that on every point adopied
the most extreme German view. He
decides that the action of the Amer-
ican cruiser, Philadelphia and the
British ships Porpoise and Royalist
in opening war on Chief Mataafa on
March 15, 1899, and installing -Malie-
toa as chief, although they were oniy
enforcing the decision of the chief
justice, was unwarranted by the
treaty, and that the German consul
was justified in resisting. King Os-
car places the claims for damages: to
property in Samoa entirely upon the
American and British governments.
The navy department is informed
that the Hancock has been placed fin
commission at the Mare Island navy
vard, California. She was formeriy
an army transport and will now be
York city.
CABLE FLASHES.
T™he Duke of Mariborough, of Eng-
land, has resigned the cffice of pay-
master general of the British army.
The evacuation cof Shanczhai, China,
by the foreign garrisons ha$ begun,
the Japanese being the first to with-
draw their trcops.
Richard J. Cartwright, minister of
trade and commerce of the Dominion
of Canada, has been made a privy
councilor of England.
The Anchor line warehouses
were destroyed by fire at Glasgow,
Scotland. One man was killed and
several were injured. The loss sus-
tained by the company is very heavy.
it is announced that the construe-
tion of the Russian railroad {rom
Frivan, a town of Russia. 115 miles
from Tiflis, to the Persian frontier,
will be commenced at the beginning
of 1903.
The sultan of Morocco has present-
ed $5,000 to Mrs. Cooper, widow of
the English missionary who was mur-
dered by a native, and whose assassin
was shot to death in front of a mos-
que on order of the sultan.
| The Danish steamer knud II., Cap-
i tain Hanssen, from Copenhagen, and
the British steamer Swaledale, from
Hamburg, collided at the mouth of
the Tyne. The Knud II. foundered
immediately, and the master and sev-
en cf her crew were drowned.
Ambassador Tower, who has been
transferred irom St. Petersburg,
{ sia, to Berlin, Germany, has his fare-
well audience with the Czar at I.i-
vadia. He afterward Iunched with
His Majesty and the Czarina.
l.ord Kitchener has arrived at
Aden, Arabia, on his way to India, and
has conferred with the commandant.
General Maitland, concerning the
campaig which is proceeding
against the Mullah in Somaliland.
According to advices {rom Mon-
astir, 87 miles west of Salonica, the
Turks are inflicting terrible tortures
“on Bulgarian peasants in order to ex-
tort confessions which may lead to
the discovery of revolutionary bands.
With the approval of the minister
of the interior the Austrian league to
combat the white slave trafic will es-
tablish branches in all the important
towns and frontier staticns of Aus-
tria and take active means to sup-
press the traffic,
Germany is preparing to press her
us-
claims against Venezuela. Wour of
| the kaiser’s warships are now in Vene-
| zuelan waters, and as soon as Presi-
{ dent Castro's capital settles down in
a permanent location it is the inten-
tion to present them in a form which
wiil permit of no procrastination.
Lord Tennyson, the temporary gov-
ernor general of Australia, has been
formally appointed to that office. The
appointment, at his lerdship’s wish,
| was for one year only. He succeeds
i Lord Hopetoun, whose resignation
was officially announced May 14 last.
The Marguise de Chambrun died at
Paris, France. She was the last
anddaughter of Lafayette. Her old-
est. son, th2 Marquis de Chambrun,
who is a member of the Chamber of
Deputies, was formerly Counsclor of
i the French Embassy at Washin
i ond married a daughter of Mrs. Bel-
{ lamy Storer.
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