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A "ROYAL WELCOME.
Oermsn Ruler Received With Oreat Pomp by
tht Dignitaries of th Holy City Visits
tht Scent of th Cruciftctlon.
Kmperor William accompanied by
the emprm Sunday made hid trium
phal entry Into the city of Jerusalem.
The approach of their German Im
perial majesties to the city was made
through triumphal arches and nmld
banners, garlands and ever growing
crowds, displaying In every way their
enthusiasm and dt'light.
The formal entry through the Jaffa
gate was heralded by the roar of gun
at the citadel, where the Turkish hand
played the Oerman anthem.
From the tower of David Kmperor
William and Kmpre.'S Augusta Victor
la proceeded on foot, amid wild cheer
ing, to the Church of the Holy Sepul
chcr, Oreek ad Armenian clergy,
whose patriarchs presented addresses
eulogizing the devotion of Kmperor
William, who has since conferred dec
orations on the patriarchs.
Their majesties then proceeded to
the Oerman Evangelical Church,
where the pastor presented an address.
Saturday a reception was held at the
Oerman consulate, and later there was
a general Illumination of the city, with
a display of fireworks.
Kmperor William and the emprosi,
while at the Church of the Holy B pu -cher,
visited the various portions of
the sacred shrine and spent 10 minutes
at the scene of the crucifixion. Their
return from the church was the occas
ion for another outburst of popular
enthusiasm, palm branches being
strewn along the way and the cobble
tones laid with carpets.
The Imperial pair also attended serv
ice at the Evangelical Church In Beth
lehem, afterward paying a visit to the
Church of the Nativity.
After the excursion to Jericho,
DJevad Pasha, former grand vizier, re
cently Turkish governor of Crete and
now attached to the person of Emper
or William as a special representative
of the sultan, will leave the Imperial
suite.
It Is rumored that this Is due to somo
unpleasantness. Kmperor William has
sent his portrait In brilliants to Tewflk
Pasha, Turkish ambassador to Ger
many, who was among the high Otto
man dignitaries that received the em
peror and empress In Constantinople.
The pilgrimage of the Oerman ruler,
besides costing bankrupt Turkey $1,
600,000, will touch the emperor's poc
ketbook to the tune of several million
marks. His entire bodyguard were
supplied with new white uniforms spe
cially designed for this one trip, the us
ual ones used In hottest weather In
Oermany being considered too warm.
An extra gala uniform for each soldier
was made In addition to this for the
entry Into Jerusalem, which was a very
Imposing and spectacular affair. The
kaiserln ordered a great number of
new toilettes for the Journey, nearly
all having been made In Berlin. All
these toilettes, to say nothing of the
kaiser's thousand-ond-one uniforms,
take up fabulous room. There are 110
boxes altogether, those for drejs being
tremendously long, as each gown and
uniform must lie at full length to avoid
folds.
Placards denouncing the extraordi
nary sums of money spent by the Sul
tan In entertaining the emperor of
Oermany have been posted In Con
stantinople. The money, It Is pointed
out, came out of Mohametan pockets.
RACE DIFFERENCES.
Whites and Blacks Cannot Tolerate Each Other
and Murders Result.
Capt. James Crockett, commander
of an oyster boat at Warsaw, Va.,
was killed and his mate seriously
wounded by a negro cook near Colonial
Beach Wednesday after a quarrel re
garding his ability as a chef. The
crew report that after the shooting the
negro Jumped over board ' and was
drowned, but the supposition Is that he
was killed and then thrown overboard
by the enraged crew.
Luther Sullivan and "Jim -Mackay,"
v colored, were shot and killed the other
night in Edgefield county, Ga., by a
mob. The negroes were charged with
killing Mrs. Atkinson, a white woman,
ho was shot while sleeping beside her
husband. Speeches were made by citl
leys, begging that no force be used,
but the mob Insisted that killing was
the only way of preserving the lives of
whites. .
Information has reached New Or
leans to the effect that Henry Ruffln,
of St. Helena parish, La., was shot
Sunday night for taking the part of a
negro laborer, John Armsted, who
quarreled with a white man, William
Hutcheson. Ruffln Is a white man and
the lynching party was made up of
white men. It seems that Armsted
and Hutcheson were quarrelling and
the negro struck Hutcheson. Help
came and Ruffln took Armsted'a part.
TURBULENT BPANIBH TROOPS.
Demand Pay Prom Blanco and He Places Them
In Prison. ,
The bitter feeling among the Spanish
troops at Havana against the govern
ment for not paying them is Increas
ing dally, and menaces possible out
breaks, entertaining serious trouble,
before long. The Orden Publico con
stitute the most seditious and turbu
lent element. At first the government
proposed to pay only those who were
discharged. Then, after protent. It of
fered to pay all by promissory notes,
a proposal which was refused. No cash
settlement has been made, and - the
entire body expresses its dissatisfac
tion openly. '
A few days ago 80 Irregulars, Movl
lisados. from the Camajauanl regi
ment, arrived at Havana and went to
the palace to demand pay. Their at
titude before Gen. Blanco was such
that he ordered them to be taken to
the Cabanas prison, on pretext of be
ing fed there, but they havenpt been
allowed to leave the prison, juid to all
Intents and purposes are under arrest.
Twenty-one members of the civil
guards of this provlnoe also presented
themselves at the palace to demand
payment. They arrived lust as the
Movlllsados were leaving for Cabanas
prison and met Oen. Blanco's aide,
who threatened to send them there
also. The threat had the desired effect,
and they left the palac without
further trouble.
A Newspaper Prom Manila.
The first number of "The American
Soldier," the first American paper to
be published at .Manila, haj reached
Washington, It Is a four-page affair,
five columns to the page, and Is pub
lished by the soldiers. It la a weekly,
Ave cents tier copy, and no long sub
scriptions are accepted.
The news relates solely to doings of
the soldiers. One article tells of the
remarkable friendship existing bat
s'' a t ulonel Hawkins' men, tu Ptb
t & 'i rd artillery ooromn'. 1 u.y
t a en of as being !.. ifoLj.i
NEWS ITEMS.
The pear Jubilee last week coat
Philadelphia $13,W0.
Troops have left Camp Meade, Pa.,
for southern camps.
An earthquake shock passed over the
city of Ontario last Friday.
The Fourth Ohio regiment has sailed
from Ban Juan, Porto Rico, for home.
Over 70 Spaniards died on the trans
port Montsarrat, which carried troops
The vessel which Is to carry Gen.
Rlnnco back to Spain Is now on her
way to Havana.
The auxiliary cruiser Tale has again
rccttmcd the position as the Paris of
the American line.
The English stenmer Bolivia, arrived
at New Orleans a few days ago with
1,361) Sicilians on board.
Three distinct earthquake shocks
were felt In Cleveland last week. Each
shock was of 10 seconds duration.
The Canadian postofflce department
has established a weekly mall service
to Dawson City. A dog train Is used.
The Union Pacific railroad still owes
the I'nlted States government $6,5S8,OO0
back Interest and will be sued for that
amount.
A fall of 209 feet to the botlcm of a
mine caused the death of Rudolph
Xeaumann at Sitka mine Unga a few
days ago.
Haslng's sawmill, having a capaci
ty of 90.000,000 feet per year was de
stroyed by fire at Vancouver, B. C, a
few days ago.
A gun taken from the deck of the
Relna Christina at Manila has arrived
at Rochester, N. Y. The gun is a gift
trom Consul Williams.
A fire engine was struck by a loco
motive at Bridgeport, Conn., Monday
night, and the driver of the engine,
John'F. Camp, was killed.
The Investigating committee of the
war department, now Inspecting
southern camps expects to complete
its work In another week.
George Moore received a sentence of
99 years at Forth Worth, Tex., the
other day. He was charged and con
victed for train robbery.
Miss Sylvia Coffin, of Sewlckley, Pa.,
a Red Cross nurse In Cuba during the
war, died In New York of typhoid
fever contracted In the field.
George A. Steel and George A.
Steel's Company, of Portland, Ore.,
have petitioned to be declared bank
rupt. Assets, $100,000; liabilities, $411,
000. Nikola Tcsla, the famous New York
electrician has perfected apparatus by
which It Is possible to transmit electri
city long distances without the use of
wires.
Verchy Frailer, a four-year-old girl,
was kidnapped from her home at La
Grange, Ind., a few days ago. It is
believed that she la being held for a
ransom.
The steamer L. R. Doty, with her
crew of 15 men. Is believed by marine
men to have been lost In the great
storm on Lake Michigan off Kenosha,
Wis., last week.
A warning has come to the treasury
officials at Washington that a number
of lepers have escaped the American
Immigration Inspectors and are now In
the United States. .
Private Charles Paul, of Phlllpsburg.
Pa., was killed by an express train at
Tyrone, as he was preparing to board
another train for the Philadelphia
jubilee last Wednesday.
Gen. Butler, writing to Secretary
Alger from Havana, urges that 20,000
Insurgents be employed to police the
lslnnd. He says they are deserving
and need food and work.
A danger signal on the Central rail
road of New Jersey was obscured by a
heavy fog last Tuesday and a freight
train plunged Into the river at Bayon
ne, near Newark. No one was Injured,
Lieut. Hobson attended a theater In
Philadelphia last Wednesday. No
sooner was he recognised than the
audience Insisted on a speech before
they permitted the performance to pro
ceed. H. Darwin Mcllralth and his wife, of
Chicago, arrived In New York last
week from Southampton, England,
having completed a wheeling tour from
Chicago around the globe of nearly 20,
000 miles.
Mrs. Qulnn, of Pittsburg, having
quarreled with her husband, saturated
her clothing with oil and applied a
match last Sunday. The woman then
cried to be saved but she was burned
to a orlsp.
Allen D. Candler was Inaugurated
as governor of Georgia last Saturday.
In a speech he made a plea for states'
rights, saying there was too much of
a tendency in favor of the Federal
government.
H. B. Hardt, general superintendent
of the Omaha exposition was arrested
last Monday charged with forgery. It
Is alleged that Hardt changed the
awards of Judges so that medals went
to undeserving exhibitors. .
Naval constructor Hobson told the
naval bureau chiefs at Washington
that both ths Spanish cruisers Vlz
caya and Colon can be raised at a cost
of perhaps $500,000 each. He also said
the Merrlmac and Relna Christina can
be saved.
The steamer Portland, which arrived
at San Francisco Sunday frorru, St.
Michaels, brings Important neV of
the Arctic whaling fleet. The catch
up to October 10 was one of the largest
on record, representing In round num
bers about $1,000,000.
Six companies of the Second In
munes, commanded by Col. Duncan
Hood and MaJ. Hugh Sevaln, sailed
Tuesday night on the steamer Los An
geles for the Holguln district, Cuba,
the command of which was assigned
to Col. Hood a fortnight ago. The
health of the men Is excellent.
A rear-end freight collision on the
Union Pacific railroad a few days ago
resulted in the death at Omaha, of
three men and the serious injury of
one other. The dead are: Samuel
Hlndman, engineer; William Ranan,
fireman; B. Shannon, brakeman. Seri
ously Injured Is John Grilling, .fireman.
One engine was badly wrecked and
four freight cars were reduced almost
to kindling wood. y
Dreaded Plague so Shipboard.
The French bark Duchesae Anne ar
rived at Ban Francisco a few days ago
from Hong Xong, flying the yellow
Hag. Both the federal and state quar
antine launches pat out to the vessel
and soon the news came back to port
that there had been two deaths on
board during the voyage from the
bubonic plague.
Captain, Cervary, master of the ship,
was the first to succumb to the dread
disease. Nearly a month afterward a
sailor named Menler was stricken with
the plague and on September 19 be
died and was buried at sea.
Dynamiters In Ponce.
A sensation was caused at Ponce,
Portq Rico, the other day, on the ar
rival of the Red Lin steanter Phila
delphia, from the Spanish main, by
the discovery In the handbags of two
passengers of a number of explosive
cartridges, containing dynamite. The
discovery waa made by th customs
ductals iand th paasenaers war ar
retted on tb supposition thavt tbsy
sre Anarch!. .
COIEENI.OnKEtllKSIFI
IN P0RT0 RICO.
Spain Controlled All the Lines In the Island snd
Turned Them Over to the United States.
Primitive Inatruments.
An Interesting experiment In Gov
ernment ownership of telrgraph line
Is now being conducted In Puerto Rico.
It Is expected that the test will dem
onstrate the worth or fallacy of the
claims of those who demand Govern
ment ownership of railroads and tele
graph. The Spanish government owne4 v
try Important line on the island and
even exacted a royalty from persons
having private lines. When the Span
ish evacuated Puerto Rico all the gov
ernment lines were turned over to the
United States. General Brooke placed
Lieutenant Colonel Glassford, of the
Signal Corps, In charge, and he In
stalled officers and men of his own
corps In the telegraph offices and has
been operating them since. The lines,
nominally under the control of the
War Department, are conducted In
much the same manner as those be
longing to corporations In the United
States.
Every office has a specially dctilled
operator, who receives private mes
sages and press matter. As In the
case of the telegraph companies In the
I'nlted States all government business
Is given preference. The operators are
required to submit statements to Lieu
tenant Colonel Ulnssford, who com
pares and checks the day's business.
The facilities for telegraphing were
of the most primitive character. The
Spanish operators received messages
from the old register and tape, and
sound reading was practically un
known. The Instruments were antique
and In many Instances practically
worthless for up-to-date work. The
Signal Corps has made frequent re
quisitions upon the War Department
for modern appliances, and It Is ex
pected that within a few weeks all the
offices will be equipped with the latest
Instruments.
General A. W. Greely, chief signal
officer of the United States army, says
that up to the present time the work
of Improving the service ha been re
stricted to lines that Were military
receasltltes. Offices from which only
civil Diisiness was taken have been
left to the last. In many of the offices
the Spanish operators remain In order
tnat there may be no congestion of
business through the Ignorance of
Spanish customs and language by the
American operators. About 100 men of
the signal Corps are now emoloved In
this service, and with the Introduction
of American customs It Is believed thd
number will be materially Increased.
cuDa is likely to be subjected to sev
eral experiments of this kind.
A CRUEL MURDER.'
To Please s Btep-Mother Louis Jackson is Killed
by an Inhuman Father,
Nicholas Jackson, of Hackensack,
who was sent to Trenton prison, Inst
week, to serve ten years for causing
the death of his 6-year-old son Louis,
confessed to Sheriff Herring and
Deputy Sheriff Jackson while they
were on their woy to Trenton from
Hackensack with the prisoner. On
this Information Mrs. Jackson Is held
oh an accessory to the murder of her
stepson. Here are Jackson s words to
the Sheriff:
"My wife, whom I had only recently
married, did not like Louis, my little
boy, and we had many quarrels about
him. 8he helped me to plan the mur
der, and I was to put the boy on the
trucks. I went to Teaneck and stood
near the West Shore Railroad track. I
was afraid to put the youngster on the
track alive for fear he would get off,
so I struck him In the stomach with
an iron bolt and that made him un
conscious.
'Then I put him on the track Just
below the crossing, and waited for a
train to come along. When I was
convinced that he was dead I went
home, I fixed up the story about my
leaving the boy asleep on the hill near.
the tracks, to save my life. The jury
believed me and found me guilty of
manslaughter, thinking that Louis
walked on the track and was struck
by a train. I got off dead easy."
Prosecutor Stagg will go to Trenton
this week and make arrangements to
have Jackson appear before the next
grand Jury to testify aa to Mrs. Jack
son' connection with the plan of mur-
cer.
GERMANS FR10HTENED.
Those Searching for Cholera Qerme Must Dj So
in Seclusion.
There has been considerable fright
In Berlin owing to the plague news
from Vienna, and the government
deemed It necessary to allay popular
anxiety by announcing that no ex
periments similar to those which led
to the outbreak at Vienna had been
permitted In the Berlin laboratories.
Dangerous experiments. In spite of
this announcement, are known to have
been and are still being carried on at
a number of the universities and pri
vate research for Asiatic cholera
germs Is proceeding In the private la
boratories of scientists like Profs. Vlr
chow Leiden, Koch and others, and
the Cologne "Gazette" urges the gov
ernment to take measures to prevent
Infection by requiring an official per
mit for such experiments, which, it Is
claimed, should be restricted to speci
ally Isolated buildings.
Thanksgiving Day Proclamation.
'President McKlnley aftpr referring
to the honored custom of our ances
tors In setting aside a day for National
thanksgiving conclude his proclama
tion as follows:
I do, therefore, invite all my fellow
cltlsens, as well those at home as those
who may be at sea or sojourning in
foreign lands, to set apart and observe
Thursday, th 24th day of November,
a a day of national thanksgiving, to
com together in their several places
of worship for a service of praise and
thanks to Almighty God for all the
blessing of th year, for the mildness
of th seasons and th frultfulnes of
th soil, for tb continued prosperity
of the people, for the- devotion and
valor of our countrymen, for th glory
of our victory and the hop of a right
eous peace, and to pray that the Di
vine guidance which ha brought us
heretofore to safety and honor may be
graciously continued in th year to
come.
a. In witness whereof, etc.
. , WILLIAM McKINLET.
Work for Cubans.
Work upon the landing stag which
Is being constructed at Havana for the
disembarkation of the American
troops upon their arrival was begun
Monday.. Sixty Cubans of Colonel
Menocal' command ar employed.
Th engineer in charge of th work
say these Cuban ar excellent work
ers. Each laborer receive compensa
tion at th rate of $1.10 In sliver per
day dollar la cash and twenty cents
credited to th mesa fund provided by
th engineers. This Idea 1 considered
capital one, a it Insure substantial
food for tb workman, who d it
bu.:y
MINISTRY OVERTHROWN.
Enemies of Dreyfus Rejoice ever the Fail of tn
French Cabinet.
A th result of the failure of the
house of deputies to vote an expression
of confidence In Premier M. Brlsson,
the French cabinet Tuesday resigned
their portfolios and left the chamber
amid a tumult of applause or derision
from friend and foe. The entire session
was stormy, and during an enforced
recess the feelings of the members
seemed but to gather strength and bit
terness. When the chamber reassemb
led the pent up storm broke In fury
over the government and the resigna
tions followed.
These events following each other so
rapidly have caused a tremendous sen
sation throughout the city, and the
foes of Dreyfus are wild over their vic
tory. The boulevards are alive with
excitement while the roadways are
constantly patrolled by detachments of
the Republican Guard and infantry.
The city bears all the outward ap
pearance of being, ns It virtually Is, In
a state of siege. Crowds of people are
moving restlessly about, ready to Join
In any disturbance that arises.
The most elgnlticnnt feature Is the
appearance of a large number of fana
tical viragos, the apostolic successors
of those who played such a part In the
Commune. These fierce, unkempt, re
pellent creatures are using all their
arts to Incite their male companions
to overt acts of violence. The cleavage
between the military and civil authori
ties Is so complete that M. Brlsson does
not feel certain that troops could be
relied upon to quell any serious turbu
lence. About midnight a mob of members
of the Patriotic league smashed the
windows and glass staircase of a shop
whose owner Is said to be a Hebrew, at
the corner of the Rue Auber and the
Rue Scribe.
President Faure has asked M. Dupuy
to form a cabinet In succession to the
Brlsson mlalstry, which resigned on
Tuesday. It is thought that the cabi
net will be composed as follows:
M. Dupuy, premier and minister of
the Interior; M. Le Freyclnct, minister
of war: M. Rlbot, minister of finance;
M. Constana, minister of justice; M.
Bourgeois, minister of public Instruc
tion: M. Delcasse, minister of foreign
affairs.
' GREAT BRITAIN'S TERM8.
France Must Withdraw Her Troops From. Fa
shoda. Marchand May Remain Aa a Visitor.
Great Britain has determined not to
allow the French to rule In Africa and
the action of the cabinet In regard to
Gen. Marchand and the French troops
now at Fashoda can be summarized as
follows:
First Marchand must be withdrawn
unconditionally and no undertaking or
promise can be given to discuss the
questions raised by France In regard
to access to the Nile and such like.
Second When Marchand is with
drawn It will be determined whether
the questions raised admit of discus
sion and under what conditions the
discussion can be proceeded with.
Third Every possible facility will be
afforded to assiit In Marchand's wlth
dra wal by whichever route selected.
Fourth If Marchand Is not with
drawn there will be no Interference
with his remaining at Fashoda. nor
date fixed for his withdrawal. Neces
sarily reinforcements will not be per
mitted to reach him. He will be treated
courteously, as a foreign visitor, and
will be regarded In no other light.
Fifth Therefore it is left to France
to adopt any active measures to pre
cipitate a conflict.
The Pall Mall Gazette adds that It
has good reason to believe that while
Russia has counselled France to tide
over the difficulty and avoid war, she
has promised to throw her weight In
the scale at no distant date, for the
purpose of bringing the whole Egyp
tian question and the British occupa
tion of Egypt to the front for settle
ment. Gen. Lord Kitchener of Khartoum
and Capt. Baratler, the bearer of MaJ.
Marchand's Fashoda report, arrived
from Alexandria, Egypt, at Marseilles,
France, Wednesday. During the Voy
age the two officers dined together and
cordially conversed on the customs of
the tribes and peoples each had met.
The Cairo correspondent of the Lon
don Dally Mall telegraphs a curious
report that Major Marchand has been
requested to withdraw from Fashoda
by the way he reached it.
The arrival of Major Marchand, the
French leader, at Khartoum on his
way to Cairo, Egypt, is taken in Eng
land as meaning that France Is about
to retire gracefully from the disputed
position at Fashoda.
MAINE MAY BE RAISED.
San Francisco Company Offers to Bring th Ves
sel to the United States.
The Acmo Wrecking Company of
San Francisco has made a request up
on the navy department for authority
to raise the battleship Maine. H pro
poses to blow the mud from under the
wreck by means of streams of water,
and then to pass under chains and at
tach them to frame work connected
with a system of steel barrels. The
company simply asks authority to
raise the Maine and bring her to this
country. If the government wants the
ship after she reaches the United
States the company will want to be
paid salvage money through condem
nation proceedings.
It is probable In case the government
did not want the ship the company
would exhibit her In different large
seacoast cities of the United States. No
money Is demanded from the govern
ment by the company.
' Large Sum for Damages.
The Peruvian government haa'asked
congress to vote the sum of $40,000 to
pay the claim of Victor H. MacCord,
consular agent of the United State at
Arequipa, Peru, in 1865, against the
government for damages sustained by
reason of imprisonment during the
revolutionary outbreak, In accordance
with the award of the Rt-Hon. Samuel
Henry Strong, president of th su
preme court of Canada.
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.
Each 'discharged Spanish soldier re
maining In Cuba will b paid $26 by
Gen. Blanco. -
Penniless negroes from Haiti and
other part will not b permitted, to
land In Santiago.
Admiral Dewey say that unless
Agulnaldo release all of th Spanish
prisoner he will sets th vessels of
the Insurgent.
When the troop now en route arrive
at Manila, Gen. Otis will hav at hi
command 17,600 men. '
Th last not on the Cuban evacua
tion pas been sent to Spain by the
United State government. The troop
must leave Cuba by January!.
The government la removing all the
beggars from th street of Havana.
There ar horde of them and they
ar taken to various asylum and
penal institutions.
Th opinion seems to bs settled In
Paris that th American commission
er will arrange for th cession to the
United State of th entire Philippines
archipelago, this country assuming th
debt of feu.0M.OdO on tb Island.
PR0Tf.B01Elt.
SPAIN YIELDS.
America Will Not Aeium the Debt of th Is.
tand-Th Philippine Question to be
Coneidertd Next.
The United States will not shoulder
th Cuban debt and the Spanish com
missioners will enter no further pro
test. The American commissioners have
firmly but courteously declined to as
sume for the United States the entire
or Joint responsibility for the Spanish
financial conditions, and the Spanish
commissioners hnve finally abandoned
the effort and have agreed that the
Cuban article of the protocol shall,
without conditions, have a placs In the
ultimate treaty of peace.
In spite of the fact that the Spanish
commissioners had, ns a background
of their efforts, doubts of succeeding,
their hope of so doing has been so keen
and their contention has been so vig
orously prosecuted that the final con
viction of their Inability to win their
point brought to the Spaniards such a
shock and depression that, consistent
ly with these dispatcher at the time,
there were grave doubts as to the con
tinuance of the negotiations.
In support of these statements Is the
fnct that Senor Montero Rlos, after
MomlHy'a session and on Tuesday last,
would have resigned the presidency of
the Spanish peace commission had he
not believed that his so doing may
have grievously shaken, even If It had
not unseated 8enor Sagasta's govern
ment. Thus Spain agrees to relinquish
sovereignty over and claim to Cuba
without either terms or conditions.
All differences, If any existed, regard
ing Porto Rico and the selection of the
Island of Guam, were arranged by a
mutual understanding. The Philippine
question will be taken up next.
The American commissioners among
other things have been looking Into
the subject of the Philippine debt,
about which there la much Ignorance
at this end of the line. It Is unlikely
the same rule will be applied to that
debt as was Insisted upon relative to
the Cuban debt.
In other words If the United States
annexes the Philippines, which seems
now to be the logical outcome of the
situation, It might be reasonably con
tended that at least so much or the
debt as represented moneys expended
for the Improvement of the Islands
should pass to the United States with
the title. The situation I regarded as
materially. different from that in Cuba
where the United States gains nothing
substantial, for with the annexation of
the Philippines this country would ac
quire a territory almost as large as the
British isles with a population of more
than 8.000,000 people. It will be for the
American commissioners to arrange
the details of the transfer of the
Philippines to the United States, as It
Is expressly stipulated In the pence
protocol that the disposition of the
Philippines shnll be arranged by the
peace commissioners.
The court of cassntlon. which Is tn
decide the Dreyfus case In Paris opened
us session last f rulay. The general
opinion Is that the court will decide
that the condemnation was Illegal.
WOULD NOT RECEIVE ADVICE.
Gen. Greely Holde 8hafter Responsible for Lois
of Life st Santiago.
Brigadier General A. W. Greely, chief
signal officer, has presented to Secre
tary Alger his report of the operations
of the Signal Corps during the recent
war witn npain.
General Greely strongly commends
the use of the war balloon, and declares
tnat its utility waa thoroughly demon
strated. Concerning the criticism made
of the balloon operations at Santiago,
ne says:
"The forcing of the Signal Corn bal
loon to the skirmish line, where It po
sition is reported to have caused seri
ous loss to the troops by disclosing
their movement and attracting the
enemy's fire, was the action of Major
General Shatter, through his Chief En
gineer, Colonel George McC. Derby. In
face of the professional advice given
by Lieutenant Colonel Maxfield, of the
united Btates Volunteer Signal Corps.
who Is charged with the practical ope
ration of the balloon, and who, besides
snaring absolutely every danger to
which Colonel Derby was subjected, In
addition had his horse shot under him
In a previous reconnalsanc of the
ground."
General Greely ay that "the Signal
Corp failed to receive from Major
General Shafter In his original report
even a notice that It participated In the
Santiago campaign."
An American Olrl Royally Installed.
L. Z. Letter of Washington and Chi
cago has purchased the premises at
No. I Carlton House terrace. London.
for his daughter. Lady Curson of Ked
lestnn, vlcerein of India, for $200,000.
The house Is next door to the residence
of Arthur J. Balfour, first lord of the
treasury and government leader in the
house of commons. Carlton House
terrace, at the northwest corner of St.
James park. Is a row of twenty-two
magnificent residences with a colon
nade of marble pillars. It takes Its
name from Carlton house, which for
merly stood on the site now known as
Waterloo place. The locality I one of
the most exclusive In London.
Office Holders to be Rsmoved.
It I understood that a presidential
edict removing a large number of Gov
ernment offices from the civil service
v. 111 probably be promulgated before
Thanksgiving Day. Upwards of 6,000
place wll be affected. It will Include
2,000 deputy collectors of Internal rev
enue who are authorized to become
acting collectors, actually serving In
that capacity. The largest class af
fected Is the corps of examining sur
geons of th pension bureau, of whom
there are In all over 4,100. Over J. 300 of
these surgeons have, it I laid, never
been classified under the civil service
law. .
Remedy for Drunkenness.
Dr. Frederick W. D'Evelyn of St.
Luke's hospital, San Francisco, I In
New York advancing a plan to Inocu
late all children against Intemperance
In latter life, just as they ar Inocu
lated against smallpox. Dr. D'Evelyn
said "Degeneration I hydration."
This, he explained, meant that the or
dinary symptom of degeneracy are
traceable to alchollsm acquired
through inheritance, and alcoholism Is
due to the effect of alcohol upon th
water In th blood.
Tobacco Trust Formed.
Th Union Tobacco Company of
America, capitalised at $10,000,000. filed
a certificate of Incorporation with the
secretary of state at Albany, N. Y.,
Tuesday. The company' capital I
composed of $2,000,000 preferred stock
and $8,000,000 common stock. Its prin
cipal office I to be In New York city
and Its purpose to manufacture and
ell tobacco In all It form.
Many Applicants for Pensions.
Up to date 1,000 claim for pensions
havo been filed by soldier and sailor
and their dependents on account of the
war with Spain. Of this number TO
wr lor victim of lb Main.
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PEACE JUBILEE IN PHILADELPHIA.
Grim Cruisers snd Battleships Honored Wf
Ocean Craft Three Mile In Length Secre
tary Long Represents th Government.
Philadelphia Tuesday opened Its
pence jubilee and gave a thunderous
greeting of praise, welcome and thank
to a puissant armada and the men who
swept It on to unchallenged victory.
Some of the most Illustrious actor of
the war were there. Slgsbee, Philip.
Evans and Walnwrlght were some of
the men, and the Texas, Gloucester,
Wlnslow and Mayflower were sum of
the ships,
The government was represented by
Secretary of the Navy Long; the peo
ple by a throng that lined either shore
of the Delaware river and Jammed
every available craft to the point of
danger. The marine pageant was one
of surpassing brilliancy and grandeur.
The yacht May, with Secretary Long
and party abroad, led the parade, the
ships of the navy being anchored In
single file In midstream, the line ex
tending from Christian to Hayrer
streets, a distance of three miles.
Secretary Long, with Lieut. Bouther
Innd and Cnpt. "Bob" Evans on either
side, stationed himself on the bridge of
the May, and presently the Columbia,
the first of the warships, was reached.
Her officers and men were drawn up
on the forward and after decks, every .
hand raised In salute, and then her
slx-pnunders began to roar out the sec
retary's salute of seventeen guns. '
With the beginning of the salute came "
the bugle and drum salute from the
ship and before the echoes of the first
shot had been swallowed by the boom
of the second a veritable pandemonium
of Whistles, smaller srtina and the rnae
of the crowds broke out and continued
tnroughout the procession.
For three hours last Thursday Wil
liam McKlnley, commander-in-chief of
the United States army and navy, saw
his victorious sons pass In review he
ft re him. It waa military and naval
day of the great peace jubilee. Twenty-five
thousand men marched In the
most brilliant and spectacular pageant
the country has witnessed In many-,
yea rs.
Major General Miles, a chief mar
shal, rode at the front of the proces
sion, Immediately behind the emer
gency corps, until he reached hi spec
ial reviewing stand at Broad and York '
streetB, the northern end of the route,
where he dismounted. General "Joe"
Wheeler rode behind the governors, hi
gray nead bared for some minutes be
fore and after the presidential stand
was reached, and bowing repeatedly to
the President's waving hat and the ap
plause of the others of the party and ,
the people generally.
General Summer, Captain "Bob"
Evans, Commodore Philip, Captain
Slgsbee. Colonel Huntingdon, with his
marines of Guantanamo fame, all re
ceived tumultuous greeting, but, after
all, perhaps the loudest ovation was
that given Hobson and his Merrtmao
crew. They rode on a tally-ho, and as
tney reached the reviewing stand all ,
rose, faced the President and bowed
their bared heads.
To Christen s Battleship With Beer.
The battleship christening commis
sion of Wisconsin is in receipt of a
proposition from a Milwaukee brewing
company, to tne errect mat beer. In
place of champagne, be used In chris
tening the battleship Wisconsin next
month. The brewing company sup
ports the proposition with arguments
in which It claims that, as beer Is a
distinctive Wisconsin product, some of
tne largest breweries in the country
being located here. It Is eminently fit
and proper that the malt beverage
should be used In christening the big
ship.
Wool King Dead.
President McKlnley Monday sent th
following message to the family of the
late David Harpster, the "wool king:"
J. L. Lewis Please present to the
family of Mr. Harpster my sincere
sympathy In their great bereave
ment.' Hon. David Harpster. th
"wool king" of the United States, died
at his home at Harpater, six mile
south of Upper Sandusky, Saturday
night. Three year ago he waa stricken
with paralysis, and has been confined
to his home ever since. He clipped
-7,600 head of sheep annually.
Large Boiler Contracts Secured.
The Stirling Boiler Companyof Baf-
bertonl O., has entered Into a contract
with the Cramps, of Philadelphia, to
make all the boiler for the ship they
may build In the next ten year. Th
first order Is for the new Japanese
cruiser, and Involve $350,000. The
works of the Stirling company, which,
were recently . enlarged, will ba
doubled In capacity.
Senator Arrested.
Six partridge . which were being
Illegally transported, were confiscated
by game warden at Bangor, Me. It
was found they were sent by United
States Senator Hale to Mr. Zaolt .
Chandler, of Washington. - A warrant
was sent out for the senator who paid
a $40 fine. The game warden say th
senator vowed he was Ignorant of th
law.
Tunneled Out of Jail.
Sheriff T. J. Thompson and a posse
with bloodhounds are attempting to
trail nve prisoners wno escaped irom
the Boulder. Col., jail by tunneling
through the walls, a distance of over
10 feet. The fugitives Include John J.
Cassidy, convicted of murder rind
sentenced to life Imprisonment. Only
two prisoners remain In the jail.
Col. Waring Dead.
Col. George E. Waring died In New
York last Saturday of yellow fever. He
had Just returned from Havana where
he had been sent by President McKln
ley to devise means for the sanitation
of the unclean city. He became fam
ous several years ago when he solved
the problem of clean street lor New
York City.
CABLE FLASHES.
Th pop will ahortly Issue an en
cyclical denouncing anarchism.
Th Japanese steamer Mlrjagala has
been sunk In collision and (0 Japan)
were urownea. t
The big canal bill, about to be eon- .
sldered by the German diet call fr
an expenditure of 400,000,000 mark.
Luchlnl, tn assassin or jsmpr,
Elisabeth of Austria.- ha lost th air
of bravado which so distinguished
him at first and ne is now greatry
alarmed over th possibility of being
extradited to Austria and mad th
victim of an Infuriated populace.
Five mora Mussulman, convicted of
taking part In the massacr of British
soldiers, September (, were hanged la
i,-rei.
Th failure Is announced In London) I
if H. S. Nlcholls. th well-known Dub-
usher or rare ana curious works. Hla
liabilities ar estimated at $520,000.
The olDclal relations between Russia
and Germany ar becoming ruffled,
the visit of Emperor William to Pales
tine being taken as an effort to under
mine Russian Influence in. Turkey.
Tho emperor and empress of Gar
ni any arrived at Haifa. Palestine, last
Thursday, Th town was decorated
profusely, every nous flying Grma
and Turkish flag.
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