t:re in the capitol.
A 0 Esp oilon Wreck the United Slate 8u.
prema Court Raorn-Paper Cannot ba
Replaced-Bnormou Damage Don.
The United Sl;tes Supreme Court
room In the rn;.ltnl nt Washington
as wrecked la?t Sunday afternoon.
JMany valuable records were destroyed.
The damage which will . nmount to
1:00.000 vim caused by a t?ns explosion
beneath the court room.
The entire central eastern part of
the great marble pile rmm the mnlii
floor to the subterranean basement
practically la a mns of rums. I he
force nf the explosion so heavy
Hat the coping stones of the outer
walla. Just cast of the P lot where th
exposlon occurred, were bulged nut
nearly two Indies, windows In nil thai
part nf the building were blown out
net lorkeil (loom were forced from their
hinges illlle I'M feet from the scene
of It. . .
Fire followed the cxplrsl'Hi no quick
ly an to deem practically almultiuionus
with It. It occurred In a small room
tightly enclosed by heavy stone wnlla
In the snbterrnni an basement Immed
iately helnw the main entrance to the
old capitol building. In thin room was
a Goo-Unlit ga meter, which was fed
by a four-Inch main. The meter Itself
was wrecked, and the bus pom-Inn
from the main catmht lire. The flames
originating from the explosion darted
tip the shaft of the elevator, which had
been completely destroyed ly the force
of the explosion, ami communicated
with the record room of the supreme
court, the otllce of the marshal of tilt
court ami the supreme rourt library.
Hufore the flumes colli I lie subdued
the priceless documents In the record
room had been almost totally de
stroyed. A majority of the people In London
have been convinced that war between
Ureal Britain and France la Inevitable
sooner or later, and many expression!)
of regret were heard at the military
and other clubs that the coiiillct ap
parently Is not to take place In the
near future, as It Is the general belief
that the army and navy are In. a per
fect state of preparedness.
The library of the supreme court, lo
cated Immediately beneath the sup
reme court room, was badly damaged
by fire, smoke and water; water prac
tically destroying the great collection
of law reference books. The library
contains about 20,000 voumes, and was
used not only by the Justices of the
supreme court, but by members rf con
gress and lawyers practicing before
the supreme court.
Mr. Justice Harlan said that the lib
rary was very valuable. Many of the
works It contained would, he thought,
be difficult to replace.
The most serious damages, In the
opinion of the Justices of the supreme,
court, Is to the records stored In the
iub-basement. These Included all of
the records of the supreme court from
ITIiJ to 1S32. The room contains records
Of cases and opinions rendered by the
fathers of the Judiciary of the govern
ment. Apparently the documents In
this room are either totally destroyed
or so badly damaged by fire and water
as to be useless. Justice Harlan said
that, while the loss of the records was
Irreparable, It was fortunate that the
later records of the court, which are
kept In the office of the clerk on the
main floor, were not Injured. As do
cument for reference at this time and
later Justice Harlan thought these
were of far greater value than the re
cord destroyed.
Within a few minutes after the ar
rival of the fire department the flames
were under control, although aa a pre
cautionary measure streams wore
pouring into the marshal's office, the
library and the subterranean base
ment for two hours.
The loss on the library and records
can be scarcely estimated In dollars
and cents. A million dollars could not
replace them because of many of them
no duplicates are In existence.
Arrangements were made by Librar
ian Clark of the supreme court and
Col. Richard Bright, sergcant-at arms
of the senate, by which the sittings of
the supreme court will' not be- Inter
rupted. The court will convene In the
room of the senate committee on the
District of Columbia, one of the most
spacious rooms In the capitol.
; TO CURB THE SPANIARDS.
Larger Army Than Wa Pint Intended Will b
Sent to Cub.
The war department Is preparing (or
an important shifting about of troops.
It has been decided to largely Increase
the size of the Cuban army of occupa
tion, and 60,0i)0 men. Instead of but 20.
000, as at first Intended, will be sent to
the island. In addition to General
Lee corps an entire new one la to be
detailed for this work.
It is not known what reasons
brought about the change In the plan
of the department, but It is thought
that the hostile attitude of the Spanish
element In Havana and other large
cities not controlled by the American
military authorities Is responsible for
IL Reports received from Major Gen
eral Wade, of the Cuban Commission,
Indicate that the Spanish officials are
still In an ugly frame of mind and are
averse to yielding up that territory.
Discouraging 8uthc.-3 Cc'.onel.
' Governor Candler of Georgia has In
flicted a severe blow upon the local
military Industry by reducing the
number of Colonels on his military
staff from 104 to 36. For years the am
bitions of the fashionable young men
of the State have been to get a placo
upon the Governor's staff, with which
goes a gorgeous uniform, $200 a year
and the title of Colonel, wh!ch, aco rj
iiujr to Oeorgla custom, when once ap
plied clings to a man through all ad
versities. No military experience was
necessary, a potent pull wth the execu
tive being the sole requisite. Every
man named was one of Importance
and good reputation In the State.
, British War Preparation. '
The dispatch from Wel-Hai-Wel,
China, announcing the war prepara
tions of the British naval authorities
there Is regarded as being of grave Im
portance, coupled with the Anglo
French war preparations. It Is sur
mised that Russia, profiting by the
present strained relations between
' Great Britain and France, has decided
. to push forward her alms in the far
east by forcibly seising the valuable
treaty port of New-Chwanar. which
Great Britain cannot permit. It Is said.
Military Sanitarium PrmnUd.
Mrs. Russell Sage will contribute
1300.000 for the building of a military
sanitarium at Cltronelle, some miles
from Mobile, Ala., on the line of the
Mobile and Ohio ' railroad. General
Joseph Wheelsr, under Instructions
from the War Department, Inspected
ana it is understood will re-
I lV0ifc-iy on IL
NEWS ITEMS.
It will cost i).i,520.O82 to run the city
of New York next year.
The state of Ohio Is continuing Its
war against the Standard Oil Trust.
The Inhalation of gas killed 16-year-old
Belle Hlulne of Washington last
Wednesday.
The grent sugar refineries of the
Itavemeyers may be transferred from
Brooklyn to Virginia.
Minneapolis Is said to be taking the
place of Chicago as the leading wheat
market In this country.
Andrew Carnegie last week pre
sented to Homestead. Pa., a library
building costing $;loo,ooo.
A "Pnrkhurst" crusade In Chicago
lias resulted In the Indictment of CO
violators nf city ordinances.
David Ames Wells, the political eco
nomist, died nt his home In Norwich,
t'oiin., Inst week, aged 70 years.
Oars to the number of 2"n,ooo were
destroyed by fire nt Chattanooga,
Tenn., a few dnys ngo. Loss, $.10,000.
F.lcven men have been arrested at
Atlanta. On., for nttcmptlng to de
ll and the I'nlted Unites post office de
partment. The Fifth Ohio will be mustered out,
the war department finding unfounded
the nssertuiii that 1,000 men desired to
remain In service.
Notwithstanding that France hns
given up nil clnims to Pnshnila, for the
present, British war prepn rat Ions con
tinue on an enormous scule.
Admiral Hiinipson will return north
from 1 1 a vn m shortly to attend the
marriage of Ills daughter, Olive, to W.
11. Scott, nf Ban Francisco,
Red Cross nurses find wives of offi
cers at Manila are not allowed to de
part from Han FranclHco for the Philip
pines on government transport.
A cousin nf Prince Itohenlnhe, chan
cellor of the (lerman empire, commit
ted suicide a few days ngo nt Detroit.
Her name was Kinllla Sonnnbend.
Colonel William J. Hrynn left Favan
nah, (la., for his home nt Lincoln, Neb.,
having been granted a 15-day furlough
to recuperate from his recnt sickness.
Ir. J. o. Hopkins, n physician of
Tliiimnnvllln, i in., killed Hubert R.
I'.vaus, a huslncva man several days
ago. The bitter had attempted to col
lect a bill.
Lieut. Peary's Arctic expedition must
remain north this winter an there Is
not the slightest chnnco of escape. The
entire ocean In his vicinity is blocked
With Ice Hoes.
Geo. 8. Llcber, 30 years old, a trav
eling snlesuian for Watson A Co.,
wholesale lliiuor dealers of Maysvllle,
Ky.. killed himself In New York by
Inhaling lllumlnntlng gas.
The town of Kokomn, Ind., Is filled
with a mysterious gas and the resi
dents are In dread of being blown up.
The first gas well In the region was
drilled at Kokomo 12 years ago.
Crazed from overstudy. Jacob Zer
ber of Lebanon, Pa attempted to
preach the Gospel In a park at New
Haven, Conn., In his night clothes. He
Is nt present a divinity student nt Yale,
The past season has been very severe
on the Atlantic Const fishing fleet; 14
vessels were lost, 82 men drowned, 23
wives widowed and ti5 children made
orphnnn. The losses will approximate
$1110.000.
Seven men wero killed and three fa
tally Injured by three cars falling
down a 360-font Bbaft In the Lxeter
colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal
Company at West Plttston, Pa,, lost
week.
Lieut. Nlblock, formerly In charge
of the naval mllltla branch of the navy
department, and Just detached from
the command of the torpedo boat
Wlnslow, has been assigned to duty on
Admiral Dewey's flagship, the Olym
pla, MaJ. rilcher of the regular army
nnd C. C. Robertson of Jacksonville,
Kin., came to blows over the rent of a
building leased to the government.
The soldier received the worst of the
affair and his assailant has been
placed under arrest.
A Chicago story Is that the Nation
al Linseed Oil Company will be reor
ganized, and with the new concerns
that will come in will control the
business. The preferred stock Is to
be $17,500,000, and the common stock
will be heard of later.
Secretary of the Navy Long, In view
of the loss of the Maria Teresa, is con
sidering the advisability of making an
attempt to raise at least one of the
other Spanish vessels sunk off San
tiago. Lieut. Hobson Is confident that
the Chrlstobal Colon can be raised.
Thomas Gulnau, aged 41, a tinsmith
of Hartford, Conn., was burned to
death the other day. Gulnau was re
pairing an oil tank In the cellar when
an explosion occurred. He was burned
to a crisp before assistance could reach
him. The building was burnad down.
Chaplain P. Fltzslmmons, of the
First Alabama regiment was hanged
in effigy the other night at Birming
ham. The chaplain sided with the of
ficers who were In favor of remaining
In service when the question of mus
tering out was considered some weeks
ago.
The troops ordered to Cuba will be
removed from Knoxvllle and Lexing
ton and Mlddletown to the Southern
camps soon. It is believed that the
transfer will be beneficial. It will be
nearly two months before all the troops
designated for Cuba are sent to the Is
land. The last has been a week of galea,
floods and storms in all parts of Great
Britain. The English district has been
visited by the heaviest flood known in
30 years. Derwent, water and Bas-
senthwult both well known to Americ
an tourists, became one vast lake. All
the Intervening meadow land was cov
ered with water.
Maximilian Harden, editor and pub
lisher of Die Zukunft at Berlin has
been sentenced to six months deten
slon In a fortress for lese majeste. He
wrote several articles about the em
peror. In one of which he compared the
ruler to a poodle Prince. The circula
tion Die Zukunft since the prose
cutions has Increased threefold, reach
ing a quarter of a million.
A young Italian found United States
bonda worth $28,000 In the gutter at
New York the other day. The papers
were pinned together and had been
dropped by a bank clerk. The bonds
were negotiable, but transfer of them
had been stopped as, soon as the loss
was known. The Itullan could read
English and took them to the of
fice of Franzon Leach ft Co., In whose
favor the bonds stood. He received a
large reward.
Methodlits Frsparing to Celebrate.
The Bishops of tha Methodist Episco
pal church are going to ask the mem
bers of that church to celebrate the be
ginning of the twentieth century of
Christianity by contributing a thank
offering of $20,000,000. A vote to that
effect was taken at the conference of
16 bishops at Springfield a few days
sgo. The money will be expended for
the Improvement of existing education
al and charitable Institutions main
talned by tha denomination. The funds
are expected to be received by January
1. 1101. The call will go all over the
eivuisea worm to ustuodujVJ.
RESCUED SPlSI Mill LOST.
THE MARIA TERESA.
Th Temporarily Patched up Vernel Could Not
WlthitandaOaleandWent Down-The
Entire Crew Rescued.
Admiral Schley's destruction nf Cer
vern's squadron Inst July was well
nigh complete. The United Slates had
hoped to save at least one of the cruis
ers and through Lieut. Hohson's efforts
Cerveru's former flagship, the Maria
Teresa was Inst week righted and low
ed to the United States. Last week
word was received that the cruiser hud
foundered In a gale.
The cruiser left Calmnnern, Cuba, on
the inclining of October 30 In tow for
New York. Hhe had already passed
Cape Mayal nnd started northeast
around the Bahamas. A furious storm
warning of w hich bnd already been
sent out, overtook her and In her con
dition she was unable to weather the
gale. The strain opened rents In her
bull which hud I n patched to enable
her to make the Journey and she begun
to llll rapidly. The Merrltt took off
Cnptiiln Harris and the clew from the
sinking ship and she soon went down.
The tug Merrltt brought the captain
nnd l:m men to Charleston, 8. C, who
proceeded north by rail. No lives were
lost so far as known.
The survivors lost all clothing and
personal effects and were supplied
scantily. The Teresa snnk thirty miles
oft Wnlllng Island at midnight Tues
day after battling with tho gnlo
six hours. Hhe met the storm Tues
day morning nnd the vessel begun to
strain In the high sens. PnrtH of the
hull thought to lie snfe hern me weak
ened, the rivets broke and the water
made rnpldly In the hold.
The boilers begnn to give way nnd
finally the water extinguished the fires
In the engine room. The pumps would
not work. The whole vessel showed
rlsns nf collnpse mid tho men stood
stripped awaiting orders to iilt the
ship. The Vulcan wns towing tho Te
resa while the Merrltt rescued the crew
made up of volunteers from the Cin
cinnati, Newark nnd Vulcan. The
ropes were then cut nnd the Teresa
rapidly lllled. The Vulcan nnd Leon
lilns deserted the Merrltt which put In
to Chni lesion with the rescued. '
The greatest regret was expressed In
nfltclnl circles regarding the loss of the
Maria Teresa. Secretary of State Hay
said that he was indeed sorry to near
Hint It bnd been found Impossible to
bring the vessel to the United States,
when everybody was so much Interest
ed In her. He expressed gratification
that no loss of life was reported In con
sequence of the disaster.
AN EXPENSIVE UNDERTAKING.
Ralalng of War Veanels May be Accomplished by
a 8wedlnh Firm.
The Navy Department has practical
ly decided to abandon wrecking opera
tions under existing contracts on the
Spanish cruisers Cristobal Colon, Vlz
caya and Almlrnnte Oquendo, near
Santiago, which have become onerous
ly expensive to the Government, nnd to
approve the recommendations, In part,
nt least, nf Naval Constructor Hobson
and other officers who have been su
perintending the work of rescuing these
vessels.
This decision has been Influenced to
somo extent by the arrival in Wash
ington of a representative of a great
Swedish wrecking corporation. This
company. It appears, Is not only confi
dent of Its ability to bring the Cristo
bal Colon nnd the other Spanish ves
sels to the United States, but Is ready
to guarantee the delivery of the Maine
In the big drydock ut the New York
Navy Yard.
The Swedish wreckers propose to
lake all the risks of failure without ex
pense to the Government, and to rely.
If they succeed, for compensation
wholly on arbitration.
President Petitioned to Make Baate.
Over 200,000 signatures will be affixed
to a petition to President McKlnley
asking that the evacuation nf the Is
land of Cuba be hastened nnd request
ing that relief be extended to the suf
fering Cubans. The Spnnlkhcnmmlsslon
has notified the American commission
that 1,200 Spanish soldiers have left
Gibara on the steamers Puerto Rico
and Cludad de Cadiz. The Americans
have also been notified that Gen. Blan
co has no objections to tho Amerlcuns
building a wharf at Manlanao for the
landing of troops. The Spaniards have
expressed the wish to carry to Spain
the bodies of Gen. Vara Del Rey, who
was killed at F.I Caney and Oen. Sen
toclldes, who wns killed at Peralajo in
a light against Muceo.
Improvement in Santiago.
There has not been a case of yellow
fever in Santiago city during the last
60 days, and the ordinary sickness dur
ing the same period has been 90 per
cent less than usual at this season of
the year.
Leading Cubans are preparing plans
to he laid before the Government that
w 111 enable all Insurgents who are will
ing to work to get employment In
building railways In various parts of
the island. The Idea would be to pay
for the lines by local taxation, tha
road thus becoming Government prop
erty. General Wood win probably desig
nate as mayor Senor Leonardo Rlos,
who was mayor under the Spanish
regime. He asserts that If the people
of the district will not work he will au
thorize the Immigration of foreign
miners and workmen.
England Dislikd by Franc.
The Paris correspondent of tha "Lon
don Dally Mall" says: "France will re
tire from Fashoda unconditionally and
without asking compensation. Baron
de Courcel, whose term as French am
bassador In London expired long ago,
but who has held on to conduct nego
tiations affecting Egypt, will now be
recalled, and no haste will be shown to
appoint his successor, with a view of
showing French resentment at British
action, for England has almost taken
the place of Germany as the object of
French hatred."
CoveUd PrUe Won by an American.
Charles A. Schott, chief of the com
putation division of the coast and
geodetic survey, has been awarded the
Wilde prize by the Academy of France.
The prise is a coveted honor, open to
the world, to be conferred on the ons
Judged the most worthy from among
those who make discoveries or writs
works on astronomy, chemistry.
geology, physics or mechanics, Ths
award to Mr. Bcnott is Dased on
work on terrestrial magnetism.
Looking Up Heirs.
Ely D. Grandmont, of Ashland, Wis.,
has been In Winnipeg, Minn., for ths
past few days on an interesting mla
sion. The only heirs of the late Due de
Grandmont, of the department of tha
Seine, France, live In Canada and tha
United States, the direct branches of
the due's family having become ex
tinct. He left an estate of $4,000,000
francs.
THEATRE ROOF COLLAPSED.
Eleven Men Killed While Working en s Theatre
At Detroit.
Without warning the roof on Ihs new
Wonderland theater In course nf con
struction nt Detroit collapsed Inst Sa
turday. F.lcven men wero killed. Three
victims were Sunday dug from the
ruins of the theater building. This
makes, the Oenth list so far eleven, Tho
bodies recovered were Identified as
Peter Pfellle, carpenter; Frank Wolf,
tinner, Max Pett, who was Wolf's
helper. August Sallnch, laborer; Geo.
W. White, tinner, Theodore Mertens,
laborer; Martin Shnfer, pnlnter; Cor
nelius Mnrroti, hither; James fleger
schke, lather; August Januschowskl,
lather; John Creszelskl, lather. Seven
teen were Injured.
Citizens have subscribed $1,000 for a
relief fund. Thirty-five men were at
work when the roof collnpsed.
The top gallery was crushed down
upon the lower gallery, carrying along
a struggling company of men Into the
tdt below.. The work of rescuing the
Injured nnd Inking out the dead wns
rushed nnd pood progress made until
the upper poitlon nf the enst wall fell.
The money Iosm Is said to be $102,000,
MAY LIBERATE DREYFUS.
The Government Feara the Kxponur of a Trial IB
the Celebrated Cane.
The French mllltnry authorities may
after all balk the Court of Cassation
Inquiry into the Dreyfus ense. The
scheme Is to refuse to furnish the sec
let dossier to tho court.
In that event, the military author
ities have been advised, the court
would immediately proceed to annul
the trial nf lx4. quash the conviction
and liberate Dreyfus without ordering
a new trial, as no fresh evidence would
have been produced.
The mllltnry pnity would thus evade
a disclosure of I he secret dossier
(pai'kage of documents), which Is
known to be worthless as evidence
ngalnst Dreyfus In a civil trial and
would prevent Dreyfus from vindicat
ing his character by a public trial.
In order to get rid of the Dreyfus
trouble the government niny connive.
It Is believed, nt this sinister plan to
deny lilin Justice nnd leave the stlginu
of suspicion on his name.
WHAT THE COMMITTEE LEARNS,
Water At Chickamauga Wa Contaminated by
Sewage.
The war Investigating commltt
met Monday nt the Auditorium hotel
In Chicago. Surgeon F. W. Hcndlcy, of
mo first Ohio lust week testified to
stopping the forced march from
Chlfkamaiiga to Rlngold, In which one
soldier was overcome by heat, nnd be
came Insane. The water was bad at
nil their camps. At Fernnndlna he had
been notified by wire of tho shipment
nf a full equipment for a 2'Mi-bed hospl-
tal, but It never reached him. and he
does not know why. Dr. Cameron
testified to iinnlyzlng water at Chlcka-
miiugn, nnd finding sewage contami
nation. Corporal James Weaver testi
fied to neglect at tho Fernnndlna hos
pital. Thomas Reed, of Covington,
Ky., testified to finding his son In a
crowded hospltnl at Cblcknmauga,
Some patients were on blankets on the
ground. He transferred his son to the
Sternberg, where he died two dnys af
terward.
Armor Plate Stood the Tent.
Armor plate manufactured by the
Krupp process was given Its first test
at Bethlehem, Pa., a few days ago by
the Bethlehem Iron Company at Its
proving grounds. Many notnble en
gineers witnessed It. besides the Rus
sian ordnance engineers who came
from Philadelphia. It was the first
test of Krupp armor of American
mnko and wns a great success. Three
shots were fired from an eight-inch
gun, and the projectiles weighing 2r,3
pounds nnd the velocity ranging from
1.600 to 1.800 feet per second. Thep late
was not cracked. The Bethlehem Com
puny has received a big order for this
make of plate from Russia.
Rather Dead Than Mlaa a Ball.
Alice Peo. aged 16, of Wilmington,
Del., died a few dnys ago from a dose
of rat poison which she took with sui
cidal Intent. She had received her
mother's consent to go to a masquer
ade party, although her father object
ed. This caused her parents to quar
rel, and when Alice took her mother's
part her father struck her. Alice
rushed to an upstairs room, took the
poison and then masked herself and
went to the party. Her father has
been arrested.
Burned a Murderer.
Arthur 'Williams, a negro under ar
rest for the murder of Miss Kllna Og-
den at Wellborn, Fin., on Friday, made
a confession Sunday night, Implicating
two other negroes. Buck James and
Monroe Leggltt. At night the con
stablo and his guards were overpower
ed by a crow d of Incensed citizens and
Williams was taken from their custody
riddled with bullets and a Are built up
on his body. James and Leggltt ara
now under arrest.
OUR NEW POSSESSION'S-
Secretary Alger favors the employ
ment of Cubans for police duty In the
island.
It is believed In London that Spain
will sign the peace treaty under pro
test. Gen. Gomez trusts that the United
States will do the proper thing and
has advised the Cubans to be patient.
A dispatch from Gen. Brooke at San
Juan announces the death of Sister
Mary Larklns, contract nurse, of ty
phoid. In his coming report on the Santiago
campaign the Cubans will receive
from Gen. Miles more praise and con
sideration than has hitherto been be
stowed upon them.
Thomas Hannan of San Francisco,
a' private, and a Honolulu cabman
were killed by an electric wire on Oc
tober 22, and Private Ocrts of San
Francisco was badly shocked.
Gen. Wade, now chairman of th
Cuban evacuation committee may b
appointed as governor of the entire Is
land. Gen. Lee will be placed in actual
command of the district of Havana.
The first warship to go to Havana
since the Maine was blown up in that
harbor Is the Topeka. She was former
ly the Diogenes, and was bought Just
before the war began from an English
firm.
The naval bureau chiefs will permit
the Merrltt Wrecking Company to
continue the effort to raise the Colon
If It will agree to do so at its own
risk, to be paid only In case of suc
cess. Gen. Weyler. the Spanish butcher,
has been accused of looting the Ma
nila treasury of Il.300.0o0. Two other
men who had been sent to prison
charged with the theft, were liberated
by the Americans now at Manila.
Commander Wood of Santiago Indig
nantly refused to allow the transport.
Port Victor, to depart for the United
States last Thursday with sick sol
diers. He found an Insufficient, amount
of supplies on board
I IT COSf 10 SET CUBK IE
TREASURER'S STATEMENT.
Th Navy and War Department Conaiimetio,.
93,tf9 In Fighting Spain-Condition of
th Treasury and Available Aanele.
The trensurer of the United States,
rcilln II. Roberts, has submitted to the
Secrctiiry nf the Treasury the annual
report on the transactions and condi
tion of the Treasury for the past fiscal
year.
Tho net nrdlnnry revenues of the
Government were tt0f,32M:r, an In
crease of t.ri7,ri7,6M over those of the
previous year, while the net nrdlnnry
expenditures were M:t,HfiS,riN2, un In
crease nf 177,017,247. The resulting de
ficiency of l:i.(H7,247 exceds that of the
preceding your by I9,1I!I4,7M.
In the receipts are Included t04,7.U,221
paid into the Treasury on account of
the sale of the Union Pacific ami Knn
ens Pacific Rnllronds, Out nf them
were pnlcl t2.NM).!ir2 of the bonds Is
sued for the construction of the Pacific
railroads, which went to Increase tho
expenditures.
Up to the close of the flscnl year the
Increase of the expenditures on a -eriinit
of the war with Spain was $i:i.
IH 1.7:12 for the War Department, and
9-'4.2ff2,4x:i for the Navy Department.
For the four months, July, August,
September nnd October. Ik-ik, the ex
lendltures of tho War Department
were ? lo7,fi20,:iK, being $KI.(il:l.l:tl
greater than for the same months In
For the same months this yenr the
Nnvy Department expended $27,19.77,
which was Iir,,oi4,!20 more than it spent
In the like period In 1MI7. I'p to
October .'11 the war with Spain ndded to
the disbursements nf these two depart
ments the sum of lfil,fi.)2,2:pt.
Independently of tho prospect of
revenue or expenditure the Trensurer
regards the Treasury as having been
stronger nt the close than nt the open
ing of the fiscal yenr, the Insignificant
shrinkage In the amount of the assets
having been more than compensated
for In the Improvement which took
placo In their character. Against a net
loss of $7,noO,000 In the total holdings
available for the fiscal operations if
the Government, there was a gain of
Upwnrd of $26,000,000 In free gold,
coupled with an Increase nf nenrly
$2:t,0o,000 In absolutely secured depos
its with banks, nnd these changes were
effected nt no greater cost than the loss
of so much In sliver and Treasury
notes.
The total available assets were $S74.
764.377 nn June 30, 1K97, nnd $8.19,fiO.7:nl
a yenr later. By the addition of tho
unavailable assets carried by the de
partment, these totals are swelled to
$1(04.41 1, r,7 and $S69.202.41 respectively,
fin June .10, 1N9S, the Treasurer's lia
bility to the general Treasury fund was
$77f..7fil,3f,8, with one of $r,0,4fi.',,ino, sus
tained in his capacity as the deposi
tary of public ofllccrs. nnd one of $21.
!'Mi.4i:i for moneys paid into his hnnds
but not yet covered by warrant Into
the general account.
Gideon W. Marsh, the ex-President
nf the Keystone Hunk, Philadelphia,
fugitive from Justice for many long
years, has returned to that city and
voluntarily surrendered himself to the
United States authorities.
NINE MEN SHOT.
It Religious Fanatic Avemtee s Practical Joke
Which Was Perpetrated Upon Him.
Adam Hammer, of Beaver Dam,
Wis., a few days ago became suddenly
Insane nnd securing a gun, shot and
badly wounded nine men and was
finally shot himself to prevent his do
ing further Injury.
Hammer was employed in the ma
chine shops of the J. S. Rowell Manu
facturing Company. He wns a good
worker, but at times had spells of sup
posed Insanity, the result, it Is said, of
religious excitement. His peculiar
ways made him the butt for practical
Jokes.
Tuesday someone placed Borne tacks
on a stool where he worked and this
angered him. He left the shop, went
to a hardware store where he rented a
Shotgun loaded with 2"i shells, and tak
ing up his position south of the main
building of the plant, kept everyone at
bay for over an hour. He shot several
employes through the windows.
Lieut. Arthur T. A. Tlbbetts. of Com
pany K. Second regiment, who has a
reputation for good marksmanship,
was selected by the marshal to shoot
him in such a manner as to bring him
down without killing him. Lieutenant
Tlbbetts shot Hammer In the, right
shoulder with a 32-callber rifle, 'when
he dropped. He was quickly arrested
by the marshul and taken to the lock
up where his wounds were dressed.
The list of wounded Is as follows:
Theodore B. Rowell, shot In the face
and head: William Chatfteld. shot In
the leg; Marshal Edward Powderly,
shot in the face; Michael Niemann,
shot twice at close range, dangerously
wounded In the side and leg; Justice
E. Lyons, shot In the right eye, may
lose the eye; C. W. Schlaebltz, shot in
tliu head; John Gerg, shot In the face;
Carl Vorpahl, shot in leg. Two others
received slight wounds.
Becauae She Married Hebrew.
Mrs. Kate Munday, who set fire to
herself Tuesday at New York with
suicidal Intent, died of her injuries
Wednesday night. She chose this ter
rible mode nf suicide, as an expiation.
Mrs. Munday was a catholic and had
married a Hebrew. She was herself a
devoted Catholic.
After her marriage her family up
braided her for having yoked herself
with an unbeliever. Oradually the idea
became a terror to the woman and she
believed herself lost. She spoke of ex
piation and gaining absolution from
the church.
Tuesday she sent one of her children
for kerosene and anointed herself as
for a sacrifice with the oil before little
ones' eyes. Bhe was praying when she
applied the match.
Philippine Liable to Ball.
Agulnaldo, the Insurgent chief, at
Manila, has issued a proclamation
pointing out that although the strin
gent orders previously Issued by him
have been generally obeyed, some
Philipplnos have refused obedience
and offended in various ways, and he
now warns all such that they are
liable to be declared outlaws and to
suffer the extreme penalty. The refer
ence Is apparently to the antl-Amerlc-an
Philipplnos. In another proclama
tion, Issued simultaneously, Agulnaldo
allows all armed foreigners except
Spaniards to travel In Philippine terri
tory, but all such are forbidden to ap
proach the fortifications or take photo
graphs of defensive works.
An American Honored.
Carlos Morla Vicuna, the Chilian
minister, has requested the president
to give bis consent to the appointment
of Mr. Buchanan, minister of the
United States to the Argentine Repub
lic to act as an arbitrator between that
country and Chill, should his services
be needed.
SPAIN DOES NOT CONSENT.
Saye Amerlc Ha No Right to th Philippine
Argument! Oiven.
The most Important proposition
mart by the American peace com
missioners to the representatives of
Spain at Paris hns met with a de
cided opposition.
The Spnnlsh commissioners Friday
llatly refused to accept, last week's
proposition by the Americans to taka
the entire Philippine group and to re
imburse Spain for her "paclflo" ex
penditures there.
In this statement the Spaniards
held that the United States find no
ultimate rights In tho Philippine Is
lands and could hnve none save by
the consent of Spain In these negotl
atlons, and upon terms satisfactory
to her.
According to the Spnnlsh conten
tion In the formal statement, the
I'nlled States entertained no thought
nf annexing the Philippine when the
protocol was signed, or It would have
been expressed In the protocol as
clearly as the conditions regarding
the cession nf territory In the Antil
les nnd the Orient.
It was further held by Senor Rlos
nnd his colleagues that the capitula
tion of Manila, having occurred after
the signing of the protocol and thus
after the suspension of hostilities,
was Invalid.
With all this for a ground-work,
the Spaniards made their first posi
tive move against the Americnns, and
It constituted their counter proposi
tion. They charged upon the United
States a wrongful appropriation of
public moneys belonging to Spnln by
seizing the tariff duties at Manila,
and they formally demanded the re
turn nf these moneys, In the sum Of
nearly a million dollars.
On the same premises the United
States wns declared to have made and
held ns prisoners the Spanish troops
nt Mnnlla In vlolntlon of Internation
al law, because done after the sus
pension nf hostilities under the proto
col. A further charge was that by
the imprisonment of the Spanish
troops at Manlln, the United States
bnd prevented Hpnln from quelling
the Insurrection and hnd thus con
tributed to the violence against Spato)
after the cessation of hostilities.
The Spanish presentment also elteol
the refusal of the Americans to con
sider the Cuban debt, nn the ground
Hint It was not sanctioned In the pro
tocol, nnd demnnded nn adherence
to this ns a precedent In the discus
sion nf the Philippines, regarding a
cession of which the Spnnlsh commls
Moncrs held the protocol to make no
mention.
The American reply Is being formu
lated nnd will be presented to the
Spanish commission In a few days,
AMERICAN SOLDIERS SLIGHTED.
Red Cros Would Not A Mist Wounded Men,
Reserving Their Supplie for th Cuban.
Following Is an extract from the re
port of Major A. H. Appel, Surgeon TJ
S. A., In charge of the hospltnl ship
Olivette, to Surgeon General Stern
berg: "After the battle of Ouaslmas, when
we brought the wounded down tho hill
at Slboney, the men wofully lacked
change of raiment, having landed with
but the clothes they had on their
backs, which were torn Into rags, cot
(red with mud and saturated In many
Instances with blood from their
wounds.
"The steamer State of Texas, char
tered and louded with supplies nf alt
kinds by the Red Cross Association,
with Miss flHra Barton on board,
about this time came to anchor at
Slboney. I called upon Miss Barton,
explained to her the situation and ask
ed her whether she coulcf supply those,
"Although there was clothing aboard
the State of Texns Miss Barton told us
that the supplies were not for the sol
diers; that It was the Government's
business to look after them, and that
all supplies In her charge were for the
Cuban reconcentrados. My mission,
so far as the Red Cross ship was con
eerned, was a failure. The net result
was a society tract which Miss Barton
kindly presented to me."
Th Vleit Would Occupy Too Much Tim.
The Constantinople correspondent of
the "Frankfurter Zeltung," says that
at last Friday's gala banquet at the
palace, Mr. Strauss, the American
minister to Turkey, Invited1 Emperor
William to visit tho United States. The
emperor replied that he would long ago
have made the voyage, but that Ameri- ,
ca was so great and offered so many
interesting sights that he could not
gratify his wish, as the Journey would)
occupy too much time.
Japan a Good Cuetomer.
The Standard Distilling company of
Peoria, 111., has Just sent a special
train of 23 cars of spirits to San Fran
cisco, consigned to the Japanese gov
ernment, which It will use in the manu
facture of smokeless powder. The
shipments made nearly 1,000,000 gallons
and paid over $1,000,000 tax. Two mora
large shipments for Japan have been
ordered for early in November.
CABLE FLASHES.
Bushmen in New Guinea have killed
a government chief and 15 other men.
Forty Russian sailors and an admiral
were denied admission into Pekln last
week. RUssia will not allow the af
front to go unnoticed.
From the tone of the German press
it Is evident that that country will not
lnterefere in the event that America
annexes the Philippine archipelago.
Field Marshall Marquis Tamagata
Aritono has formed a ministry to suc
ceed the cabinet of Count Okuma
Stagakl the first party cabinet In ths
history of Japan.
The Caldwell sisters (Marquise da
Merlnvllle and Baroness von Zeldt
wlts), have given the Catholic Univer
sity of America $10,000 to establish a
fellowship in the faculty of divinity.
Official statistics show that for nlna
months of 189s German exports In
creased In value 58,$S9,0o0 marks, as
compared with the corresponding pe
riod last year. The exports to ths
United States during the third quarter
of the year alone Increased In value
1,930.000 marks.
Wllhelm Lodtman, once a wealthy
lumber dealer of Bohemia and later a
lieutenant In the German army, is un
der arrest in Chicago, passing worth
less checks and drafts to the amount
of $1,000 in various parts of the coun
try during the last three years. Tha
police say It's more.
A 16-year-old boy. Joseph Wat teller,
was sentenced to prison at hard labor
for life at St. Denis, France, a few
days ago. He was convicted In tha
court in the assizes of murdering Isi
dore Beanie, a boy of the same agt.
The boys fought with knives over a
girl with whom they were both In love.
The girl is only 15 years old. Wattellar
got the full penalty.
Herr Ladislaua Mlerswlnski, tha
great Polish tenor, who has sung be
fore all the crowned heads of Europe
and received aa high as $300 per night
for his appearance, is working as m
porter at the Hotel Angleterrv at Cio
1 nes. Francs.