vu mm m conditions
UNDER PROTEST.
The Commltilonera However Will Endeavor to
Secure the Beet Potelble Indemnity Prom
the United States- Baiaeta'e Policy.
Tho Madrid correspondent of the
tendon Standard says; "The cabinet
lias concluded thnt the wisest policy la
to accent the American terms, leaving
to the Spanish commissioners full
power to secure the best posslblo In
demnity, and to place on record. If the
American commissioner will permit,
a protect against the American inter
pretation of the protocol a effecting
the Philippine and against the peace
conditions generally.
"The decision of the cablnel la ap
proved In political and financial cir
cle. I understand, however, that the
deliberations of the ministers were
very protracted. Henor Sagasta, Dune
Almodovar de Rio anil Henor Pulgr
ver had great difficulty In Inducing
Home of I heir colleague to accept the
mall Indemnity, fndouhtedly the sit
uation Is hard and critical, but minis
ters say Senor Sagaata Is determined
to conrront all opposition until the
enrte is convoked, probably at the
end of December, when he will de
mand a vole of confidence, virtually
Implying npproval of the treaty und
the conservation of hla party."
The last and final demand has been
made of Spain by the United States
peace commissioners. She must give
up the Philippines. In return she I
to receive I2U.000.000 cash.
It Is further declared that It Is the
purpose of the t'nlted States to main
tain the Philippine Islands as an "open
door" to the world's commerce.
On the terms named the uniteu
States proposes a mutual relinquish
ment of all claims for Indemnity, na
tional or personal, subsenuent to the
outbreak of the last CuHtn Insurrec
tion. It Is also declared that the United
States desires to treat on the religious
freedom of the Caroline Islands, as
agreed upon between the ITnlted States
and Soaln in ISHfl, and nlso of the ac
quisition of one of the Caroline inlands
for an American naval station and of
cable landing rights nt other places In
Spanish Jurisdiction and the revival of
certain Spanish-American treaties as
heretofore in force.
The fact was cited that the proposal
presented by the American commis
sioners In behalf of the government
for the cession of the Philippine Is
lands to the United States having been
rejected by the Hpanlnh commissioners
and the counterproposal of the latter
for the withdrawal of the American
forces from the islands and the pay
ment of an indemnity by the United
States tb Spain having been rejected
by the American commissioners, the
latter, deeming It essential that the
present negotiatlona, already greatly
protracted, should be brought to an
early and definite conclusion, now
begged to present a new proposition
embodying the concessions which, for
the sake of peace, their government
would, under the circumstances, be
willing to tender.
The government of the United States
la unable to modify the proposal here
tofore made for the cession of the en
tire archipelago of the Philippines; but
the American commissioners are
authorized to offer to Spain In case the
cession should be agreed to, the sum of
920,000,000, to be paid In accordance
with the terms to be fixed In the treaty
of peace.
It being the policy of the United
States to maintain In the Philippines
an open door to the world'a commerce,
the American commissioners are pre
pared to Insert In the treaty now In
contemplation a stipulation to the ef
fect that, for a term of years, Spanish
ships and merchandise shall be admit
ted Into the Philippine ports on the
same terms as American ships and
merchandise.
The American commissioners are
also authorised and are prepared to In
sert In the treaty In connection with
the cession of territory by Spain to the
Ualted States a proposition for the
mutual relinquishment of all claims
for Indemnity, national and individual,
of every kind, of the United States,
against Spain, and of Spain against
the United States, that may have
arisen since the beginning of the late
Cuban Insurrection and prior to the
conclusion of the treaty of peace.
The United States holds 14.000 Span
ish prisoners at Manila. Many of them
wish to Join the American army.
Oreat Indignation exists In Spain on
account of the demands of the United
States In regard to the Philippines
and it is advised that the 120.000,000
offered for the Islands be spurned.
London papers concede the generos
ity of the United States Peace Com
missioners and express the opinion
that Spain would be foolish to reject
them. They express universal gratin
oatlon at the announcement of "an
open-door" policy In the Philippines,
NATIONS UNITS.
Prance and Italy Agree Upon a Commercial
Treaty Which Removes Former Friction.
It was quite unexpectedly announced
a few days ago that a commercial
treaty has been concluded between
France and Italy, granting mutually
favored treatment, except for silk
roods, which will remain subject to
the maximum tax. A bill embodying
the agreement will be submitted Im
mediately to the Chamber of Deputies.
The negotiations that have culmin
ated In these arrangements have been
on foot for two years, but nobody be
lieved that a definite agreement was
ncndlng.
It Is believed that the Faahoda affair
was Instrumental - In Inducing France
to grant the necessary concessions.
though It Is noteworthy that the silk
duties, which caused the breaking of
the treaty In 1S87. remain almost un
changed. The negotiations have been
conducted with the utmost secrecy.
The exact effect of the concessions in'
volved is not known yet, but It Is ex
pected that they will have an import
ant and pollttcul Influence for the re
moval of a long-standing friction be'
tween the two countries.
The treaty, It Is noticed, wns con'
eluded during the absence of Emperor
William from Germany, and there is
much speculation regarding Its proba
Me results upon the European alli
ances.
President Will Receive Advice.
The Antl-Imperiallst league, an or
ganisation originating In Massachu
tMtts and of which ex-Hoy, Boutwell Is
president, laat week, through Its sec
retary, Mr. Rwlng - Wlnslow of Bob
ton, presented to President McKlnley
a "protest against any extension of
Uo sovereignty of the United States
over the Philippine island In any
vent and over any other foren terri
tory without the free consent of the
pewnle thereof, believing such action
wwna rx dangerous to in repuuuo,
-tful f Its resources, In violation
r( e--t tlosal prlaeinlaa) and
t r ui a&d i,,.ca evUa
NEWS ITEMS.
Ttear Admiral Miller was placed , on
the retired list last Wednesday.
C. W. Couldnek, the veteran actor,
died at New Tork last Sunday.
The Alabama house of representat
ives ha voted a tru0 sword to Lieut.
Ilobson.
A headache powder caused the
death of Miss Edna West of Pittsburg
last Sunday.
Doctor Parkhurst of New Tork
preached against expansion on
Thanksgiving day.'
Walter McWhlrrel, a life convict In
a Montreal prison has Just fallen heir
to an Immense estate In Scotland.
Itrewers are weary of the war tax
of $1.00 a barrel on beer and will ask
congress at the next session to repeal
the n t. ...
A silver bell costing $2,000 will be
presented to the Cruiser New Orleans,
by the people of the city for which she
was named.
A canvass of the principal business
men of Pittstmrg showed an almost
unanimous opinion aga nst annexing
the Philippines.
The Baldwin hotel at Ban Franclso
was destroyed by fire last Wednesday.
Four persons were killed. Loss will
reach $1,600,000.
Admiral Schley was tendered a ban
quet by the Brooklyn club Inst Friday.
Chauncey Depew and Oen. Tracy were
the principal speakers.
Two negresses held tip and robbed a
well-dressed man In Pittsburg a few
days ago directly In front of the city
hall. They were captured.
Robbers cut the throat of aged
"Grandma" Wynn, a wealthy woman
who owned half the town of Brook
lyn, III. They made a big haul.
The British ship, Cromartyshire
which sunk the steamer La Houigogne
last July left Philadelphia last week
with i.-i't0 tons of bituminous coal for
Chill.
Lieut. Hob.ion Is now nt Annapolis
to take up the direction of his course
In naval architecture. He wan com
pelled to give up the raising of the
Colon at Santiago.
A dose of mornhlne enabled 16-yenr-
old Lorton Huirlson of Newport News,
Vn to commit suicide lust Tuesday.
Ills girl had Milted with another boy
al church Sunday night.
George S. Wllllts of Chicago died In
Porto Itlco yast week of sunstroke.
He had gone there In the Interest of
Chicago capitalists who wanted to in
vest money In the Islnnd.
Kx-Aldoiman Cloirgj ltolhr cX of
Allegheny, Pa., died In a patr.il wai m
n few days ugo while being titken to
the hospital, having been found wan
dering on the streets III.
Lyman Abbott, who for ten years
has occupied the pulpit of Plymouth
hurch. Brooklyn, will resign. mis
doctor advised him to do so. He will
Uevoto himself to wrIOtig.
The vault of the Wrentham National
bank nt Wrentham,1 Mass., wns blown
open by burglars last Saturday ana
rifled. About $2,600 In cash and notes
valued at $65,000 are missing.
Miss Lizzie C. Perclvnl, a well-
known buyer of dry goods for a Chica
go house was ejected from the Wal
dorf hotel. New York, some weeks
ago. She now sues for $50,000 damages.
The beginning of the year 1899 may
see the greatest strike In the bitumin
ous coal Industry on record. Pittsburg
district miners will demand 79 cents
per tun as price for digging run of
mine, which operators will refuse.
On and after December 8, the People's
bunk of Philadelphia will pay all claims
still due to depositors. When the bank
failed President McManes pledged him
self to pay all depositors dollar lor
dollar, and he has kept his word.
General Butler, of the Cuban evacu
ation commission, arrived In Wash
ington last week and reported that all
the Spaniards will be out of the Island
before Chrmtmas, some days before
the data set for the evacuation, Janu
ary 1.
The antl-lmperiallst league, organis
ed at Boston last week expects to get
10.000,000 names to a petition, protest
ing against American sovereignty over
the Philippines. The endless chain
method of letter writing will be used
In securing signatures.
The two men who laat Wednesday
broke Into Wilson's private bank at
Utlca, O., and stole $14,000, are still at
large, but the buggy In which the men
were seen In Utlca prior to the robbery
has been found. It contained a paper
upon which the men had figured their
wlnnlngj.
Andrew Carnegie In a letter to a
New York paper attacks President
McKinley's policy, alleging that the
open door" In the Philippines means
that American manufacturers will be
entirely shut out because other coun
tries are geographically nearer the
archipelago. He furthermore says that
under the Constitution free trade be
tween tho Philippines and this coun'
try must be established with annexa
tion and that this means the destruc
tion of the home Industries In tobacco,
sugar, hemp, etc.
Robert D, Roorevelt, secretary of the
executive committee of the society for
tho protection or soldiers, sent a sting
ing letter to the war commission at
New York, warning the members that
the country Is In no mood for a white
wash, the commission having found all
the evidonce nucersary to prove gross
blundering in tne conduct of the war.
The nation now expects the commit
slon to place, the responsibility.
William r. H. senroeder. a wealthy
retired real estate dealer or St. Louis.
aged 68 years, reported Tuesday that
hla wife, agea so, wnom ne married 18
months ago, had left home and tuken
with her money and valuable papers
valued at 127.000. said Mr. Schroeder
"I am confident that my wife has not
eloped with a man. I think her mind
is temporarily unbalanced because of
sickness, and I hope that she will re
turn to me."
BRITISH TRADE DECRBASINO.
Due to the New Tariff Regulations of the
, United Statu.
Right Hon. Charles T. Ritchie, presi
dent of the London Board of Trade,
discussing the subject of British trade
before the Croydon chamber of cam
merce recently said he regretted to
have to confess that the exports for
the year ended with October had de
creased $13,0O0,C00, chiefly through the
alteration In the United States tariff.
"Although," aald Mr. Ritchie, "we
are gradually making up the leeway. It
Is lmpoaslble to conceal a feeling of
anxiety. Although we ought not to be
aurprlsed that we are being so rapidly
overhauled In exports by other nations,
especially by the United States and
Cermuny, It Is a regrettable fact that,
while since 1891 the exports of the
United States have Increased 18 per
cent, ureat Britain s exports nave ue
creased 6 per cent.
Cleveland Poetofflce Robbery.
The post offlcs at Cleveland was
Tuesday robbed or ll packages con
talnlng $100 each, or 11,100 In all. The
money was la a plfton-hols at the
SIX PERSONS EI IM DUIHJ
BOILER EXPLODES.
California River Steamer Wrecked Terrible
Agony Caused by Eecaplftf Steam Engl,
neer's Wife Blown Through the Roof,
Six persons met awful death by the
explosion of a boiler on the river
sleamer T. C. Walker at Fourteen
Mile Hlough near Stockton, Cnl., lost
Sunday. Kleven men were dangerous
ly wounded.
The dead are: John Tulan, captain
of the T. C. Walker; W. A. Blunt, the
agent In charge of shipping of sugar
beets from the Moss tract to the
Crockett factory; Watson Henry, of
Stockton, engineer of the T. C. Walk
er; Mrs. Henry Watson, wife of the
chief engineer; Jerry Daly, fireman;
Ferdinand Law, passenger.
The screams of the men who were
locked In their rooms near the pilot
house were heartrending. Captain
John Tulan had been blown from his
bed against the door of the stateroom
and so seriously Injured that he could
not move. He was virtually roasted
alive.
Watson Henry, the chief engineer,
and hla wife, were in their room near
the pilot when the explosion occurred.
Mrs. Henry was blown through the
roof. The flooring was blown upward
and she was hurled with great vio
lence a distance of 20 feet toward the
bow of the boat. She was horribly
crushed by the fury of the explosion,
and also bndly scalded with escaping
steam. Her Injuries proved fatal. She
etalned her oonsclousness until a few
momenta before her death. Her suf
fering was so Intense thnt she begged
the physicians In attendance to end
her life, but all thnt could be done was
to deaden the pain by the use of nar
cotics. Mr. Henry was terribly scalded. He
was thrown some dlstnnce away, but
not so far as hla wife. He died shortly
after being brought to the city.
Underneath the lower deck, where
the deckhands slept, groans and
screams v.ere terrible, for the unfor
tunnte Imprisoned men were receiving
he full force of the steam as It came
from the boilers. Eight of them were
almost roasted nllve. Those who were
able made their way to the deck as
best they could, while the more serl-
usly Injured were unable to get out.
Arms and faces of those near the main
ontrnnre were frightfully scalded.
v hat caused the explosion will prob
ably never be known. The steam drum
hurst with terrible violence.
GOLD 8EEKERS MASSACRED.
Shipwrecked, They Make a Landing and Fall
Into the Hands of Indiana.
Shipwrecked on the bleak shores of
Western Alaska, ond then mossocred
by Indians, wa, the fate of a party oi
fifteen gold-seekers who left Puget
sound last Decoration Day to sek
their fortunes on the Kuskokwlm riv
er. The expedition left Puget sound on
the steam schooner Lackme, having
two barges In tow. In one of which was
the little steamer Jesse, which was to
be used on the Kuskokwlm river ai a
tender for the prospectors. At Dutch
harbor the party was Joined by Rev.
Weber, a Moravian missionary, and hla
wife and child, who were going to es
tablish a mission station on the Kus
kokwlm river.
Arriving at the mouth of the river.
the steamer Jesse was launched from
a barge pn the south side, together
with her own barge, the Minerva, the
Lackme proceeding on to St. Michael.
In the middle of last September word
reached here that the ,lese, while try
ing to enter the mouth of the river
with the barge In tow, was wrecked,
and all on board lost except an Indian
who happened to be on the barge.
From a report brought down by a
Russian named R. Malakoff, who has
Just arrived from Nunlvak Island,
about 100 miles from the mouth of the
Kuskokwlm river. Instead of being
drowned, the party succeeded In get
ting ashote, Indians who were camped
near the scene of the wreck rendered
great assistance In saving both lives
and supplies, but afterwards massa
cred the entire party while asleep.
BLANCO RESIGNS.
No Celebration Attended the Inauguration of a
New Governor,
Marshal Ulunco lust Saturday morn
Ing forinully resigned the office of
governor and captain general of the
Island or Cuba In favor of Oeneral
Jlmlnea Castellanos. The ceremony
took place In the throne room, of the
palace without any further solemnity
than that the secretary of the govern
ment read the royal decrees on the
subject In the presence of the president
of the colonial government and Gen
erals Porrado, Solano, Ruls and Te
Jada. The ceremonies and festivities
attending the taking of the oath of of'
flee In previous years upon the ap
polntment of a new governor general
were dispensed with on the present
occasion. There was merely a formal
turning over of the military command.
Turk Ordered Christiana Killed.
During the trial recently of the mur
derers of the Tzangakl family at Ca
nea, laland of Crete, the deposition or
a Mussulman was read. It said that
at the time of the massacres Kuhem
Pasha, the Turkish commander, i
sembled the Influential- Mussulmans
and Invited them to massacre ail the
Christians found In Candla In 24 hours
after the meeting. The Pasha's re
marks were uttered In the presence of
Major Churchill, the commander of
the gendarmerie, who protested strong
ly, and was ordered by Kuhem Pasha
to leave the room.
He Would Kill the Emperor.
An umbrella maker of Oldenburg,
Germany, who boasted he had been
chosen by lot to assassinate Emperor
William on the tatter's return from
Palestine has been sentenced to three
years' Imprisonment, after having
been convicted of lese majeste.
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.
Spain has advertised her fine float
ing dry dock at Havana tor sale.
Four companies of the aecond regl
ment volunteer engineers have arrived
at Havana.
Spain has Just entered Into contract
with a navigation company to furnish
10 more steamers to bring Spanlah
soldiers home from Cuba.
The transport Chester left Savannah,
Ga., last Monday with the 16th United
States Infantry on board ior cuoa.
The quartermasters department has
opened bids for nearly 10,000.000 feet of
lumber which Is to be used In building
barracks for our soldiers in Cuba.
Street cleaning has been suspended
In Havana on account of the mules
and oxen being unable to do the work,
not receiving sutncient nourishment.
The Manila correspondent of the
German "Vosalsche Zeltung" draws
a gloomy picture, dwelling upon the
alleged prevalence of drunkenness and
other excesses among ins American
PHILIPPINE TRADE.
Until the lelands ere Annexe the United States
Will Heve Ne Special Privileges State
ment by Chairman Dlngley.
Chairman Dlngley of the ways and
moans committee, In an Interview the
other day, explained the term "open
door policy" as applied to the future
commerce of the Philippines In case
they should be acquired by the United
States.
"The phrase 'open-door policy' which
Is now being talked about so much In
the newspnpers," said Mr. Dlngley,
"means simply equality of treatment
nnd not free trade. As applied to the
dependency of a country It simply
means thnt Imports from all other
countries are to be admitted on the
same terms as Imports from the
mother country. Aa applied to the
Philippines It would mean that Im
ports from Oreat Britain and all other
foreign countries are to be admitted
at the same rates of duty as Imports
from the United States.
"Of course, this policy could not be
applied to the Philippines If they
should be admitted Into the anion with
territorial form of government, be
cause the Constitution provides that
duties shall be uniform within the
United States, unless there should be
an amendment to the Constitution
permitting this.
"Whether it would be possible to ap
ply this policy to the Philippines after
they should become a part of the terri
tory of the United States, under that
provision of the Constitution which
authorises the congress to 'make need
ful rures and regulations respecting
the territory or other property of tho
uniteu states,' I am not prepared to
say. It Is noticeable, however, that In
the resolution providing for the an
nexation of Hawaii, passed at the last
session of congress. It was provided
that the Hawaiian tariff should con
tinue In force until congress should
otherwise determine.
"It Is to be borne In mind, however,
that the present talk about an open
door policy for the Philippines is In
tended to apply entirely to those Is
lands while under a military adminis
tration, which would be permissible,
and not to apply to those Islands after
they have been formnlly recognized as
a part of the United States.
A JUDGE'S POWER,
leeuee sn Injunction Restraining the
Police
From Interfering With a Ball.
Judge Gibbons of Chicago a few days
ago granted a temporary injunction
restraining the city of Chicago, the
mnyor and the general superintendent
of police from Interfering with a man-
oils ball. The opinion made Chier Kip
ey angry, and shaking his nana at
the court, he aald: "A part of my
duties Is to prevent the gathering to
gether of disorderly persona or crimi
nals. If I have anything to say they
shall not do so. I will prevent them.
Please come back. Mr. Klpley, if
you don't mind." said Judge Gibbons
as the chief strode away. Mr. Klpley
returned to the bar, and the Judge
said: "I want It understood, Mr. Kip
ley. thnt until some higher court re
verses them, my decision and the In
unctions granted by me are law, and
If any one tries to Interfere with them,
even though he be a high police of
fleer, Mr. Klpley, he will find himself
n Jail in a very short time. The people
who want to go to this ball will go,
Mr. Klpley,, and when they are there.
If they do anything which Is against
the law, you have the right to. go In to
arrest them.
THOROUGHLY CHRISTENED.
Battleship Wiecooeio Launched at 8an Fran.
c.eco Two Bottles of Wine Ueed.
At the Union Iron works, San Fran
Cisco. Inst Saturday another great
marine fighting machine was added
to the already large fleet of Pacific
war vessels. The vessel which sua
from the ways was the battleship
Wisconsin, the largest of the vessels!
built for the United States government
by the Union Iron works. The launch
Ing of the big vessel was effected with
out a hitch, and she now rests calmly
on the waters of the bay. When the
big vessel slid down the ways the war
shlnsi In the harbor fired salutes and
there was a terrible din from thesteam
whistles. The controversy over the
kind of wine to be used In the chris
tening was settled by the use of two
bottles of champagne, one or rrencn
mnke. nrovided bv the Wisconsin
christening committee and another of
California champagne, proviaea oy
the Union Iron works.
POWERFUL ICE BREAKER.
Russia Determines to Keep the Baltic Open all
Winter,
There has Just been launched In
England, at the yards of Armstrong,
Whltworth a Co., wnat is, witnout
doubt, the largest Ice-breaking steamer
In the world, for Its displacement is
no less than 8,000 tons. This was
built for the Russian government,
which Is going to make an effort on a
large scale to keep the name, open an
winter.
Beside this vast Ice crusher, the Ice'
breakers of the Canadian lakes, which
are able to crush through four feet of
ice. are merely infants. The new Kus
aian boat Is provided witn a rorwara
Droneller. which Is calculated to vast
ly assist In the crushing process by
disturbing the water under the Ice and
depriving It of support. The stern of
the Ice breaker is cut into a recess,
into which the stern of another vesse
can be securely lashed and thus be
given the utmost protection from her
powerful consort.
AGAINST EXPANSION.
Andrew Carnegie Preaenta $1,000 to"Further the
Movement. ,
The organisation of the Antl-Imper
lallat League was completed at Boston
a few days ago. Ex-Governor Bout'
well has been choosen President and
Andrew Carnegie, First Vice President
of the league.
It has been decided to print the ad
dress of the league to the people of the
country and to give It the widest dls
trtbutlon. The protest to the Pres
Ident and to Congress will be printed
as an advertisement In many news
papers, with the request that all per
sons who are Interested will clip It
out, get signatures and forward them
to the Secretary of the league
Washington. Several checks were re
celved by the league. In addition to Mr.
Carnegie's lor ii.oou.
Why Taxes are Heavy,
It is learned that the municipality of
Beyrout spent the whole of the coming
years taxes in entertaining the Uer
man emperor, making it necessary to
collect the taxes for 1800 Immediately,
When the Turkish fleet was ordered
to escort the Hohensollern, the German
Imperial yacht. It was found that the
vessels were without coal. A local
merchant was asked to furnish the ne
cessary fuel, but he refused unless he
was paid In advance. The admiral
then cabled to Constantinople. He got
no money, but the sultan sent a deco
ration to the merchant and conferred
ESSELS WRECKED 11 1 HMD
MANY LIVES LOST.
The Storm Teare Ships Prom Their Mooring and
Daeheo Them Against the Iron Piere.
Railroad Traffic Suffere,
A dozen or mora coasting vessels
were driven ashore In Boston harbor
during the bllsznrd Inst Sunday, and
tne great ocean steamer Ohio, or the
Wilson line, was torn from her moor
ings and driven high and dry on Spec
tacle Islnnd. Schooners and coal
barges with two anchors out and every
tnson to expect safe weathering of
the gale were dragged from their
moorings and hurled against pier
heads, dashed on Islands and rocks or
sunk outtrlght.
The onto lies about a mile from the
place of the Venetian wreck. Ashore
not far from the Ohio Is the schooner
A. White, from Baltimore, but she
will probably float. Just above Spec
tacle Island is Thompsons Island, and
on the beach are three down-east
iimbermen, the Watchman. Fred A.
Emerson, 8. K. Rapplne and a vessel
believed to be the Virginia. The
schooners John S. Ames and Llzxle
Dyea are also ashore at Ft. Warren.
It la said two men were washed over
board from the Virginia.
Further out In the bay the casualties
began with the sinking of at least one
coal barge, If not two, and the loss of
the crew of four of each. The schooner
Abel E. Babcock, from Philadelphia,
which came around Cape Cod and
anchored late In the day outside of
Boston light, Is reported to have
foundered with her crew of seven men.
Two other coal bargea are ashore at
Galloupe'a Island.
All the Captains of the fleet who
were lucky enough to round the Cape
and make the harbor In safety say
that the atorm was the most terrible
hat they ever experienced In Massa-
nusett s bay.
The record-breaking November blis-
sard swept over the greater portion of
New Kngland last Sunday, completely
demoralising trnfflc of every descrip
tion and well nigh paralysing tele
graphic nnd telephonic communica
tion, while the northwest gale, coming
on a high course of tides, drove the
sea far beyond Its usual limits nnd
made a mark along shore exceeded
only by the memorable hurricane of
1851.
Forttinntetly the storm was heralded
sufficiently In advance by the weather
bureau to detain most of the coastwise
shipping In safe harbors, but the
warning was entirely unheeded ana
Ignored by those on shore, with the re
suit that nearly everyone, especially
the railroads and electric companies
was caught napping, and suffered ac
cordingly.
There was not a railroad in New
Kngland that was not more or less
tied up by the heavy fall of snow, and
the great drifts, and the roads run
ning along the const, like the New
York. New Haven & Hartford, and the
Boston Maine, had the added dir
flcul of frequent washouts at places
exposed to the heavy sens.
HE CRITICISED THE EMPEROR,
A New Yorker Olvee His Vlewa and Lands in a
Oerman Prison.
Frank Knnak. of New York, has been
arrested on the charge or lese majeste,
said to have been committed while sit
ting with his wife In a fashionable
restaurant at Berlin, Germany. It Is
alleged that he referred In an offensive
manner to the emperor, and a person
who heard him Immediately summon
ed a policeman. Although Mr. Knaak
hud several witnesses who denied that
he had mado the alleged remark, he
was thrown Into Jail. The officials of
the United States embassy have done
everything possible to bring about his
re ease, and a lurgo amount or nan
has been offered. J. B. Jackson, the
United States charge d'affaires, has
had two Interviews with Herr Rlcht-
nofen. the under secretary of state for
forelan affairs, on the subject. Mr,
Knuak is a civil engineer, ana is in
terested In the Niagara water power,
Returned the Stolen Money.
a.,..ni..n vanra iM John Carvarlck
of Jersey City. N. J., stole $31 from a
k w lom Tuendav he save the
police an equal amount with the re
quest that It oe reiurneu m in uuicn
er. He also expressed a willingness
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iu ' ' w j - . - , . .r
but the latter was sausneo. wun me
money. -
CABLE FLASHES.
Venesuela Is to have an exposition
In lsoo.
i .tn,.m.t VI mo Drevfus. wlf
of the famous captive on Devil's Isl
and, gave la reasons terming w "
hi Innocence.
.nii.annnhlt conference was
opened at Rome last ween in tne .:or-
miniHter or lureimi "
European nations were represented.
m.. Hiiniai... nf Great Britain
1 HO ,11.111". . - -
France, Russia and Italy called at the
Athens palace anu rormimjr iiuiuu:u
nf irMo a hiffh com
missioner In Crete, this In spite of the
protests oi tne suuan.
President Knure of France a few
j .... u'.ni tn Tjtna donned a suit
of miners clothes and descended Into
the pit. He was we:i receivea ana uis
suaded the miners from engaging In a
mrik which had been planned.
Tn ..i- wtlllnm hni returned to
Germany to una tne people nonm-uuy
agitated because he has Insisted on
.i..n,innHrtfr the government with his
fteraonu.lllv. rruuuie ia muncu iwi
when the relchstag convenes Decern
a
n.W Hi,...nl InaiiA of tllA Petit JilllF
nal Pour Rlre of France has, at the re-
quest of Count Von Munster, tne uer
M umKauauilne nr PjLria. ben conris
cnted for publishing caricatures of
Emperor William's visit to the Holy
I .a nil.
Because of the friendship of the
United State England shows little
...in,..,.n vei- th tariff treaty recently
mu.lt. between Italy and Franco, the
former's powerful navy thus h.-lng
thrown to the side of the Frunuo-Kus-.......
....... ....
The Trmnkstiivlng bnnquct of the
American socl.ty In London, which
una held at the Hotel Cecil, wan u
i....i,i,.tliin .if Anirlo 4merlra.ll
i lui n ........ ' - - i
friendship. Three hundred Americans
and their ungiinn guests sue ni a mum
tinder the entwined flags of the two
nations.
m... ., in urn n nrwaa na been exhort
ing the government to claim the riulu
Islands In the t'ninppine group, pro
..i.nn. u.inln Mll,i,iiiiMli.B the A ri-hlr,,.!,
I'l... tivntv uf 1H77. imiler which
this' claim Is uiudo, shows thut Spiifi
did not abandon her sovereignty uvur
inose isianuK.
At the opening of a new college at
Ta.. aa A .r.ti 1 1 111, n.UP T 1 1 I , Rlliwluv
the great hall cbllapscd, carrying down
the assembly In the ruins. Three
bishops H ere Injured, one of whom has
since died. It Is feared that many per
sons havo been killed or seriously
ROOSEVELT TESTIFIES.
There Was aa Inefficient Supply of Food tor the
Rough Riders Beef Was Bad The Colonel's
Efforts In Securing Food tor Hla Men.
Col. Theodore Roosevelt was before
tho war department Investigators last
Wednesday. He took the stand ana.
In reply to a rquest from Gen. Wilson
told or the equipment and mustering
n or the First volunteer cavalry,
nown as the Rough Riders.
when we reached Tamoa. Col.
Roosevelt said, "there was a condition
of utter confusion. We were dumped
outside, a mile away from our camp.
No one knew where the camp was.
There was no one to tell us where to
go or what to do. After waiting twen
ty-four hours I took the law Into my
own hands and bought food for the
men and horses. Later, when ws
found our camp, we were all right."
Were you reimbursed for your out
luy 7"
"I never asked It, II was a personal
matter entirely."
Do you attribute all the confusion."
asked Gen. Wilson, "to lack of Intelli
gence on the part of the men In charge
or to the natural overcrowding of
work?
"I wta only a lieutenant-colonel and
could not know whose the fault
was."
Replying to other questions Colonel
Roosevelt said the food was ample
nnd with the exception of the canned
roast beer, good. The beef was very
bad.
Col. Roosevelt told of the voyage to
Cuba and of the dlsembarkment of the
regiment at Raiqiilrl. The regiment
was one or the nrst to land. capt.
Shaw, who was associated with Col.
Roosevelt In the navy department.
eent a Cuban pilot on board the Yuca
tan and he took the transport a mile
nd a half nearer the shore than any
of the other transports. There was a
great scarcity of material for landing
men, horses and supplies.
col. Roosevelt told In detail of the
march of his regiment to its first
camping place.
After supper, he continued, coi.
Wood told ua that we were to start
next morning to take the Spaniards,
Tho next mornings march was a
hr.rd one. especially for the men.
There were no opportunities for flank
ers, it was so hot that about loo men
dropped out for a rest, and when the
first Hpnnlsh outpost was discovered
. Wood ordered rllence, and I was
sent to the right to deploy with the
rlahl wing
When the Spaniards began firing I
did not know what was up. It was
my nrst experience. They were using
smokeless powder, and I could not see
where they wer.
"When I located the Spaniards witn
my glusses I did not know what to do.
but I knew it was a good rule if In
doubt to go ahead, and so went
ahead."
Col. Roosevelt glossed over the fur
ther details of the fighting. He paid
warm tribute to the gallantry of As-
Klrtlunt Surgeon James W. Church, a.
former Princeton football player, who,
he said, more than once ran to tne.
Ilrlng line and carried wounded men
un his back to the division hospital.
Asked about the rations, he said:
"We had the regulation rations of
salt pork, hard tack, coffee and sugar,
but the men wanted vegetables, and I
wanted to get some for them. I took
40 men with the officers' horses to
Slboney and tried to buy them. The
department refused to sell me beans
and tomatoes unless I could certiry
that they were for ofllcers' consump
tion. I stretched my conscience as far
as I could, and then boarded a trans
port and purchased about f00 pounds
of beans." The change did the men
good. It was too hot to eat nothing
but the regular rations."
Was your command fully supplied
with food and ammunition?" asked
Oen. Wilson.
The ammunition supply was excel
lent. The food was insufficient. There
was plenty of food back at Slboney. I
suppose It was lack of transportation
facilities that kept us without good
food until July 24. I organised a trans
portation corps with the officers
horses and went to Slboney and got
fcod for the men. Then, later, I got
Into Santiago and bought rice and
milk. If we had had the mule trains
that we were forced to leave behind
at Tampa there would have been no
lnck of supplies."
THE OOLD COINAGE.
India Prevents
n Effort to Eitablleh BU
rfletelllam.
In his annual report Mr. George E.
Roberts, the director of the mint, stys:
"The most important svents of the
fiscal year In the world of government
finance have been the consummation
nf the long-planned resumption of spe
cie payments by Russia In gold, the re
organization of the monetary system
uf Japan with gold as the standard,
and the refusal of the government of
India to co-operate with the govern
ments of the United States and France
In an effort to establish bimetallism by
International agreement.
"The gold coinage of the world In
1897 va the largest recorded, amount
ing In value to M37, 719,342, against
$195.8U9,.17 In 1896. Of the former sum
146,2J,194 was recoinage, and approx
imately 1291,097,148 a net addition to
the stock of gold coins.
The President's Influence.
Mary June McCabe, of London, Eng
land, will soon receive 12,000 for which
she may thank President McKlnley.
Miss McCabe wrote to the president a
few weeks ugo, begging him to see
that her share of an estate left by her
uncle, Patrick McCabe, who died near
Mudlson u quarter of a century ago,
be sent to her. "It'a God who told me
to write to you," said Miss McCabe.
The abiding faith of the writer im
pressed President McKlnley, and
saved her letter from the waste bask
et. The president sent the letter to
Mayor Whelun, of Madison, and In
closed a note of his own, asking that
the case be looked into. The reault
wua that the sum mentioned was for
wurded to Miss McCabe yesterday.
Keeping the Navy Supplied.
The Carpenter steel mill of Reading.
Pit., has Just shipped 400 six-Inch
shells. L'OO eight-Inch and 200 six-Inch
projectiles to the United States govern
ment olllcluls at New York and Wash
ington. The plant Is Just as busy now
us It was during the most pressing
periods of the recent war. The hurry
orders intllcute thut the government
Is getting on huncl a supply of projec
tiles for warships.
In Cane Spain Should Not Sign.
Secretary Long Is at least prepared
for an emergency should Spain n
meet the demands of the United States
The cruisers New York, Brooklyn and
New Orleans are prepared for Immedi
ate service. The battleships Maasa
chussetts and Texas could be prepared
In a week's time and the Oregon and
Iowa are now at Rio being about the
same distance from Spain as are the
ships now at New York. Admiral
Schley Is ready to command the squad-run.
i
tiamp window
troops. t .
upon him the title of pasha.
hurt.