University of South Carolina Libraries
pk- . ; : \ [ . j> \ "the" county recordt~ Published Every Thursday ?AT? fclXGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, ?B T? LOUIS .1. BRIVTOW, Kditor and Proprietor. It Is predicted that 250,000 persona trill flock to the Klondike region just as soon as spring navigation opens. It is also predicted, by the Chicago TimesHerald that those who can walk hon|6 again will do so a few months later. A Government official reports that of those who have gone to Alaska within the last year only seven per oent. have been able to earn a living. That, however, will not be regarded as particularly important as long as ? the United States Government under} s takes to provide for all needy citizens of the United States?after they have emigrated to Alaska. Generally speaking the good little boy is scarce, laments the Philadelphia Press. There are 90,000 criminals behind the bars in this country under thirty years of age, and 10,000 y* in reformatories ranging from seven V % to seventeen years. There are more ehildren in the House of Refuge and various reformatory institutions in this State than there are criminals in our p?;.' jails.' . According to the last census there are no fewer than 3,454,675 farm laborers or "hired men" on the farms of the United States, or more than one-fifth of the total voting population. The average earnings of this tremendous agricultural army are, in: dependently of board, $105 a year, and a grand total of $362,740,665, paid out . annually for farm labor of the most primitive kind. V; /' ' c According to recent information v ^ which has come to band showing tne total aotput of the gold and silver mines Vest of the Mississippi Brirer -f -< for the past calendar year, it appears that the gold outpntof these mines aggregated $69,830,597 and the silver output $33,278,290. Distributed among the Western metal-producing States, tho showing is as follows: States. Gold. Silver. California $17,621,953 8 12.919 Nevada 2,632,510 451,451 - Oregon 2,104,797 15,000 Waahington 471,949 "t 70,000 Alaska. 8,571,000 Idaho.. 2,725,000 4,555,600 Montana 4,450,000 9,452,000 Utah, 1,662,254 813,743 Colorado 18.326,554 12,869,783 New Mextoo 553,678 153,343 Arizona S,392,991 143,693 Dakota 5,829,575 320,000 ? ? aaa ana tit i j Texas 9,WV i Wyoming 27.500 31,000 Brit. Col. k N. W. T. 6,175,000 3,150,000 Total* $69,830,597 $32,278,290 , In the production of the yellow metal it appears that Colorado has at! k' last surpassed the Golden State of L , California, which has headed the list for nearly fifty years past. - flp?he recent decision of Justice Harlan of the Supreme Court, involving the liability of an insurance company upon policies held by a man who iu sound mind deliberately commits suicide, is now published in full and is regarded as of the greatest importance, writes William E. Curtis in the Chicago Becord. A man by the name of k5? Bank had policies to the extent of $315,000 until a short time before his death, when he incroased his insurance to $500,090. He held an important judiciary trust, to which he had "been unfaithful, and, being afraid of exposure and the same time remorseful, obtained insurance to an amount sufficient to reimburso those whc r would suffer by hif defalcation and provide for the necessities of hie family, wherenpon he deliberately took his own life. Some of the insurance ^nmnnnifli rAftiatad navment. went in to court, and the cose was finally ap* pealed to the Supreme Court, which held that if, from anger, pnde, jealousy, or a desire to escape from the ills of life, a man intentionally takes his own life, there is no liability on the part of the insurance companies to pay the risks, because such an act is c violation of the condition under which the policy is issued. But when a man's reasoning facnlties are so impaired that he is not able to understand his moral obligations and appreciate the consequences of the act he is about to commit, such a death is not a violation of the contract, and the insurance company is liable. In the Bunk case it was perfectly clea* that the suicide had a full and accurate apprehension of the character and the consequences of his act, and that it was a wilful attempt to transfer his own obligations to innocent parties. This suicide is compared with the * ' crinJe of arson, in which a man inten'tionaDy may set fire to his own house in order to recover its value from the \ insurers. V j The Warships^^^P^nd Abrouall Securea^rom Brazil. NOW FLYING THE AMERICAN FUG. Spain Suddenly Orders Her Torpedo Flotilla to Cross the Ocean?United States Gunboats Helena and Bancroft ; Leave LUbon and Steam on a Southwesterly Course. Atter the Spaniards. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The prudent and patriotlo action of Congress in voting the appropriation of $50,000,000 for the National defense bore its first notable fruit Monday, when the Administration was able to announce the addition by purchaso of two new and efficient warships to the available American fleet. The new vessels which are now flying the Stars and Stripes are the twin cruisers Amazonas and Almir&nte Abrouall, just completed by the Armstrongs at Newcastle, England, for the Republic of Brazil. Both are practically ready for sea, and will be manned as soon as possible with Amerleon crews and brought to this country to reinforce the Atlantic fleet. Though not entirely filling the gap made In the United States Navy by the loss of the Maine, the two cruisers will add materially to this country's effective naval strength, while their acquisition absolutely blocks in one quarter Spain's eager effort to augment by purchase her present available fleet. The two new cruisers, whioh are of the eeneral tvne of the Cincinnati and the Raleigh, will be renamed alter two THE UNITED STATES S (She carries four four-inch rifles, two sixguns. With the Helena she could make t armament has been crippled to make roo American cities not yet represented in the naval list. Their displacement Is 8450 tons, and they carry batteries of six-inch guns. The purchase price o( each is supposed to have been between tl.750.000 ana ?2.000. 000. The Almirante Abrouall will not be completed at Els wick, England, for at least two weeks, bat the American flag has been . hoisted on her at once, in order that no complication shall arise to cause her detention in case of an unexpected declaration of war. The Amazonas is at Newcastle ready to sail, and as soon as Admiral ' Howell con send a draft of men from Lis- 1 bon to her she will flyfcer new colors. In addition to strengthening the navy ' the Administration decided to push at once i the work of fortifying the Dry Tortugas as 1 a possible base of naYal supplies in case of 1 a rupture with 8paln. By order of the President <500,000 of the emergency fund ! of $50,000,000 was set aside for use in put- ' ting both the Dry Tortugas and Key West t in readiness for depot uses. Of this sum 1 $400,000 will be spent immediately in en- < larglng the storage facilities at Dry ' Tortugas, and $100,000 will be devoted to i the port of Key West. It is expeoted by the aaval authorities that an expenditure of $500,000 will be sufficient to put both stations in a proper state of defense, and so < increase their capacity for naval rendezvous purposes that they can serve as a base l tor a campaign of any duration against the ] Spanish possessions in the West Indies. The detachment of the "Helena and the I Bancroft from the European station, one : to reinforce the Key West fleet, and the i other to join the "flying squadron" at Hampton Roads, is taken here as a signlfl- < cant development in the naval programme . aow being worked out under the guid- i ancs of the Administration. Neither the Bancroft nor the Helena could be considered powerful enough to be left alone on a dls- i tant station, and the recall of both to this j side of the Atlantio must be considered a < precautionary measure dictated alike by j prudence and forethought. The San Fran- < elsco, which remains alone at Lisbon, will j also be summoned to reinforce one of the j home sauadrons at an early date. President MeKinley, it is said, is plan- j nlng to end the crisis with Spain by diplom- ( aey or force, leaving Spain to choose the alternative?peace or war. The President hopes Congress will speedily adjourn after the Maine Court of Inquiry report is received. The settlement of the entire question would then be left to the Executive. 1 The explanation given Is the revival 1 of the proposition to purchase Cuba in a 1 new form. The suggestion mow is to have a great syndicate of American and European capitalists organized for this pur- i pose. Men who control the finances of the ' world believe they can end the war in Cuba 1 and prevent a war between Spain and ' the United States by guarnBteeifg Cuba's war debt. Former Governor Levi P. Morton, of New York State, . is said to be deeply interested in this ' movement to preserve International peace. 1 He has been in Washington In frequent ; ! conference with the President and Sir : I Julian Pauncefote and has met the Spanish i Minister. J ' SPAIN'S TORPEDO FLEET SAILS. ] Boats teave Cadis, and the Helena and Bancroft Sail From Linbon. Cadiz, Spain (By Cable).?The Spanish torpedo squadron has sailed from this : port. It is understood the Spanish war- ] ships are going to Puerto Rico, where they 1 wili await the orders of Captain-General Blanco. Enthusiastic crowds of people gathered at Cadiz to* bid farewell to the ' vessels. The United States gnnboats Helena and Bancroft sailed qp the same day from Lisbon, Portugal, ?rolng in a southwesterly direction. This departure of the United i States warships may be connected with the I .Unltn>.nni dennrtiire of the Snanish < squadron from Cadiz, which is on the south- I western coast of Spain. Rumors have had i it that the Bancroft and Helena might fol- < low the Spanish ships across the Atlantic. ' The Bancroft was launched at Elizabeth, N. J., in 1892. Like the Helena, she has a steel hull and a twin screw, and she is a cruiser, but her displacement is only 838 1 tons. She is 180 feet in length, 32 feet beam 1 and her maximum draught is 11 feet 6 < inches. She is of 1213 indicated horse- < power, which will drive her at the rate of 14.37 knots an hour. Her armament consists of four 4-inch quick-firing guns, two 6-pounders. two 3-pounders, one 1-pounder, two Huxim guns and two torpedo tubes, i Hernort&al coal sunolv Ir 900 tons. I J l . >;. " . 1 PUTTING THE VESUVIUS IN TRIM. Expected to lie the Most Effective Flghtei in the Navy. Jacksonwjixe, Fla. (Special).?It is stated that the Vesuvius wilt leave shortly for Norfolk for repairs to her loading apparatus, the compressed air apartments of the big dynamite guns. Orders were received here to at once place the vessel in fighting trim. Ten or twelve tons of ammunition are on the way, and Captain Pillsbury was directed to clear ship and make room for this. It is known also that several six-inch rapid-fire guns will be mounted amidship. with heavy armored shields. At present her three three-pounders are the only battery she has to supplement her powerful dynamite throwers. The pneumatic dynamite guns are the main dependence of the Vesuvius, say her officers. At* from a three to a five-mile range a light charge can be hurled with great accuracy, while at from one and a half fa fwA mlloa fhrt nil* la AArtoln Va ' man-of-war. It is declared, could float within seventy-flve yards of where a dynamite shell fell. In case of hostilities the officers say the Vesuvius will be the most effective vessel in the navy. She is so low in the water and is so narrow that she would present a very small mark fortne enemy. AUXILIARY CRUISER BOARD. Vessels Available For War Purposes Considered. I?ew York Citt (Special).?Slxty-threo steamships, the choicest vessels of the American merchant marine, have been placed at the disposal of the United States Government. Representatives of the owners appeared before the special Auxiliary Cruiser Board, which met in this city, and offered their ships. Little desire for pecuniary gain was shown. The vessels offered are capable of carrying nearly 1000 guns. Members of the special board examined the American liners St. Louis and New York. A large number of owners of vessels have thorn at tho nf tho f*nvorn. r? ?v? ? ?w ?-? TRAILER BANCROFT, pounders, two three-pounders and other hlngs lively for the Spanish flotilla, whose m for st ores.) ment, and a long list is ready forselections to be made. On the big ocean liners sixInchguns can be placed, and on smaller ones foar-lnch guns. Some of the artillery necessary ror arming mem is aireaay ac the Navy Yard. RUSH ORDER FOR~ POWDER. The Sch*f^itlcokd Company Bellas Work* log Full Forces to Supply lOO Tons. Trot. N. Y. (Special).?The Sch&ghtlcoke Powder Company has received a rush order for 100 tons of powder from the Government at Washington. Worlc ou the order will be commenced at once, and the men will go to work at the powder mills at sunrise and work until sunset. This schedule Is necessary, owing to the rule of the company to ullow no lights In the mills. The works are the largest for the manufacture of powder in the country, and their full capacity will be tested in Ailing this or,der. The Government has asked that the powder be shipped in small lots of s Ion each, so that It can be at the disposal of the War and Navy departments immediately. TAre Both Kaisers Against Us? London, England (By Cible).?The Paris :orrespondent of the London Tlmos says: "According to information obtained from good sources, the Austrian Emperor is making great efforts to Induce the European powers to present to the United states the danger to Europe of their carrying any further their interference in Cuban affairs. "Emperor William is warmly seconding the efforts of Emperor FraDcis Joseph. The American Government is aware of this situation." The Oregon Taking War Stores. 8ax Fkancisco, Cal. (Special).?1The battleship Oregon is lyihg in the stream with 3cows all about her. From two of the scows coal is being discharged, from another powder is being hoisted on board the warship, and from a fourth shells for the big guns. The ultimate destination of the Oregon is presumably the Atlnutic Coast. She Is taking In 100 tons of coal, which, it Is figured, will carry her to Callao. She will nwait orders at Valparaiso. Killed by Fellow Insurgents. Havana, Cuba (By Cable).?Colonel Alvarez, Major Nunez and Major Espinoza, of the insurgent army, according to the report of the military commander of Santa Clara, have been killed by other insurgents, who had learned of their intention of surrendering to the Spaniards. This news produced a sensation In Madrid, wnere it | was looked on as evidence that many of the | insurgents were ready to lay down their arms. Senator Proctor Reports. Washixotox, D. C. (Special).?Senator Proctor, who has lust returned from Cuba, spent considerable time with Secretary Alger and General Miles, and then for two boura was in close conference with the President, telling them what he had learned of the situation in Cuba. It is understood that he gave General Miles some suggestions about military warfare in Cnba if that should become necessary. No British Ships For Sale. Loxnox, England (By Cable).?UnderForeign Secretary Curzon announced in Parliament that Great Britain has not ottered her warships to us tor use if we go to war with Spain, but he declined to answer Mr. Davitt's further questions asking whether Great Britain desired an AngloAmerican alliance. Spain's Merchant Navy. Madrid, Spain (By Cable).?The Spanish naval reserve or merchant navy, according :o the Marine Minister's figures just given out, consists of 552 steamers and 1125 sailing vessels above fifty tons burden; 373 steamers and 69,697 craft of less than fifty Ions, with crews aggregating more than 100,000 men. Torpedo Boat IV in slow at Key West. 11 Ket West, Fla. (Special).?The torpedo ; ooat Wlnslow has arrived from Charleston, oavlng made the longest run ever made by' i torpedo boat without touching at a port >r coaling. For Governor of Rhode Island. The Democrats of Rhode Island nomnated Daniel L. Church, of Tiverton, for Governor oo a local-issue platform. t ? r : - \T:' ? MAIM ANMATM The Treaty Dropped and a Joint Resolution Introduced. REPORTED FAVORABLY TO SENATE Annexation by Legislation the Programme Now?Action of Chairman Davis at the Direction of the Foreign Relatione Committee?A Virtual Abandonment of the Treaty?Sent to the Calendar. Washisotox, D. C. (Special).?In the Senate Wednesday, Chairman Davis (Rep. Minn.) of the Committee on Foreign Relations reported a joint resolution providing for the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands to the United States. The resolution was introduced following action by the committee, which agreed to recommend that ,the Hawaiian Islands be annexed by legis. lation in open session. The following is the text of the resolution; "Section 1?The Government of the Republic of Hawaii having in due form signifled its consent in the manner provided by its constitution to cede absolutely and without reserve to the United States of America all rights cf sovereignty of whatsoever kind in and to the Hawaiian Islands and to their dependencies, alsato cede and transfer to the United States the absolute fee and ownership of all public, government or crown lands, public buildings or edifices, forts, harbors, military equipment, and all other public property of whatever kind and description belonging to the Government of the Hawaiian Islands, and every right and appurtenance thereunto appertaining; therefore be it "Resolved, That said cession is accepted, ratified and confirmed, and that the said Hawaiian Islands and their dependencies be and they are hereby annexed as a part of tbe territory of the United States and are subject to the sovereign dominion thereof, and that all and singular the property and rights hereinbefore mentioned ore vested in the United States of America." Tka *oA/\1n4(on fkan a<lonfa f Ko lan ortv m ma xun iugviuvivu wiicu tuo jou^uofsv of the treaty beginning with the second paragraph of the second section, and taking all the remainder of It, bat does not cite It as a part of the treaty. This part provides for the disposal of the Hawaiian public lands, for the temporary government of the island until Congress decides upon a permanent form of government, the abrogation of Hawaiian treaties and the preservation of Hawaiian customs regulations until those of the United 8tates shall be put into operation, the assumption of the public debt of Hawaii by the United 8tates to the extent of $4,000,000, the regulation of Chinese Immigration, and theappolntment by the President of Ave commissioners to prepare a code of laws for the government of the islands. Section two provides that the Commissioners proposed shall be appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. The sum of $100,000 is appropriated by the third and last section for the purpose of carrying the resolution into effect, and this sum is made Immediately available. The resolution went to the calendar. Senator Davis did not give any notice as to when it would be called up. FIRE HAD THEM IN A TRAP. Nearly 400 Persona In ? .Had Rash For Their Lives. Fire was discovered in Chicago at 11 o'clock a. m., in the seven-storv structure at 215 Wabash avenue known as the Emerson building. Nearly 400 persons were within its walls. There was a rush for life, and it proved a rush to death for many. Although only four bodies have been identified, fourteen persons are missing, probably dead. The building is just within the elevated railway loop in the busiest spot on Wabash avenue. An explosion quickly followed the first burst of flames, and this drew thousands into the streets to witness viei tlms jumping from the upper floors. The persons in the building rushed to the windows and doors on every one of the I seven stories. They crawled out on the cornices and ran down the fire escapes? They poured out of the exits over one OMAtKaS AM/1 MAMA. 1A. f.AM f K rx auuiuoi. iucu auu ?uiucu jcaj;ca iivm tuo windows. Some were caught in the arms of spectators and in blankets, escaping with their lfves. Four others fell to their , deaths. FRENCH NAVY ACTIVE. The Fleet Reported aa Prepared to Mobilize. The French fleet is being prepared for mobilization, the feverish activity prevailing at all the arsenals and shipyards, which are working until 10 o'clock at night. The French northern squadron at Cherbourg is ready for immediate departure. The ships, it appears, are being swung during the night, at Cherbourg, for the adjustment of their compasses. Finally, it is asserted that, in order to complete the necessary number of officers, second-year students are to be appointed midshipmen, and all the admirals have been instructed to arrange to reach Paris within twenty-four hours after being summoned. The mobilization is connected with prepparations to support Russia by a naval demonstration in the far East. MAINE VICTIMS WITHOUT HEIRS. Only 127 Claimants Found?Sixty-three Foreigners on Board. Frank H. Morris, Fourth Auditor of the Treasury, is at present in Cleveland. Mr. Mr. Morris's department has charge of the work of settling the claims of the heirs of those lost by the Maine disaster. "We have found on Investigation that out of 378 men who were on the boat sixty-three were foreigners," said Mr. Morris. "Of the 253 who were killed we have succeeded in cettlnc into eorresnond ence with 127 claimants. It wilt surprise you to know that less than ten per cent, of this number had families depending on them, and many had no direct heirs." The Maine Inquiry. The Maine Court of Inquiry arrived at Hey West, Fla., from Havana, and its memben consulted with Admiral Sicard; leaves of absence of the surviving officers of the Maine were released, and they left Key West for their respective homes. The Jlontgomery was withdrawnjfrom Havana Harbor. Powderly Nomination Confirmed. The nomination of T. V. Powderly to be Commissioner of Immigration was confirmed by the United States Senate in executive session by a vote of 43 to 20. Senator Chandler was the only Bepublican who cast his vote against confirmation, while a large number of Democrats voted for Mr. Powderly. , , A Friendly Remonstrance. The Spanish Cabinet has addressed a friendly remonstrance to the State Department against the presence of a great j lleet at Key West and other emergency measures taken by the A drofnKt rejigs : V* ** * ' : " "V ' THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Washington Items. The'order by Secretary Long that all proceedings of the court martial that recently tried and convicted Pay Director Billings be stricken from the record of the department, gives great satisfaction tothe{ many friends of Pay Director Billings. The accused officer has been honorably retired Major-General Miles, after a searching investigation ef the defenses on Long: Island Sound, returned to Washington convinced that New York is absolutely secure' from attack by foreign war ships. The House Committee on Naval Affairs. voted to build five new drydocks and wllL probably authorize the construction of sev-i eral torpedo boats and torpedo boat de- ; stroyers. Pav Director Luther G. Billings has been placed on the retired list of the navy. His, sentence of dismissal from the service will' be allowed to drop. Bishop Satterlee deposed from the min-; istry the Rev. Gilbert F. Williams, pastor! of Christ Episcopal Church, on charges of j immorality. New York and New Jersey pilots who are1 familiar with all parts of the Atl&ntio' coast volunteered their services to the Government. j Domestic. Joseph Wilkins, of Wilkins A Co., oleo- j margarine dealers, of Washington, D. C., and Howard Bntler, an employe of the j firm, who were recently convicted of violating the oleomargarine laws, were sentenced in Philadelphia, Penn. Wilkins to six months and to pay a 91500 fine and cost of prosecution, and Butler was fined 9500 and sentenced to four months' lmpris-f onment. Eugene J. Lindsay, formerly a clerk in the prothonotary's office in Philadelphia, and recently convicted of conspiracy with several others in issuing fraudulent naturalization oertiftcates, was sentenced to! serve two years' imprisonment and pay a; fine of 92000 and the costs of prosecution.* Richard W. Merrick, who pleaded guilty of, conspiracy with Lindsay, was sentenced to r\r\A van. onH sir m nnt h? And to M V a fine of #1000. Henry Copper, who also pleaded guilty of conspiracy In the same case, received a sentence of one year and on# month and a fine of 1500. Alexander Anderson, colored, attempted to assault a school girl, In Granada, Hiss., and three hoars later was captured by a mob, confessed and was bangea. The yacht Mayflower, purchased by the Government from the estate of Ogden Goelot, was delivered at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The Court of Appeals gives Newbold T. Lawrence title to 1500 acres of land whioh have been In possession of the town of Hempstead, Long Island, one hundred years. ? Great damage was reported to California fruit by recent frpsts. City Auditor John'S.Fear, of Burlington, Iowa, has fled, leaving a shortage of #3900, representing money he lost in speculation. A mail carrier who has arrived at Skaguay from Dawson, In the XToxnlike, estimates the winter's output 6f gold at $8,000,000. Food is plenty knd many good claims have been located..' Two big columns forming the main sup * 1 ? - - CAliaanm Son 10 me ei'irttuco ut iuo uvimuiu uildlng, In Chicago, 111., destroyed recently, collapsed wltboat warning, killing ?. R. Baker and fatally injuring John Bice. Several others were slightly injured. Captain William Lee,I an army veteran, mortified-because he failed to get the appointment of Postmaster In Merchantvllle, N. J., committed suicide. Dr. Trumbull W. Cleaveland was Indicted in New York City for manslaughter in the second degree, charged with causing the death of the infant daughter of John L. Carhart by giving her harmful medicines. Frank Scarrings, who suddenly disappeared recently from Mechanicsvllle.N. Y., was found dead in a mill pond at Saratoga. Upon his body were found three gold watches and a roll of money amounting to 2000. John Wanamaker opened his campaign as candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania at Lancaster, Penn. He made a fierce attack upon boss rule, and, alluding incidentally to the Cuban crisis, said the people of Pennsylvania were not afraid of war with Spain, and approved the measures taken by the Government. A Bessemer pig Iron pool has been formed in Cleveland, Ohio, to control the market in the United States. William H. Maxwell was elected City Superintendent of Schools of Greater New York by the Board of Education. His salary was fixed at $8000 a year. In New York City Recorder Golf sentenced William J. Koerner, the newspaper artist, recently convicted of second degree murder, to life imprisonment In Sing 8ing Prison. Harry Pole and Mrs. Leonora Faulkner were fatally shot by "Captain" Peterson, who has charge of a Brooklyn dredge boat, because of jealousy. Peterson kada short time before locked Mrs. Faulkner out of the house where they both lived. She asked Pole, whom she had never seen before, to assist her in opening the basement door. He consented, and both were shot. Dr. Edward B. Coombs, a former Coroner of Kings County, Brooklyn, was found guilty of grand' larceny for fraudulently obtaining fees. Governor Bradley, of Kentucky, received a message from Middlesboro stating there are seventy new coses of smallpox and four hundred suspects there; that the city is quarantined, has no money, the county can appropriate none and that the city's strioken people are liable to starve. Edwnrd Garrity, an engineer on the New York Central, was killed near Montrose, N. Y., by his head striking a bridge. The Bank of Abbeville, Ga., made an assignment. Batteries of artillerymen were sent to Fort Hancock, at Sandy Hook, N. J., to man the big guns there. Twenty twelveInch mortars arrived. Miss Lena Bemis, of Mount Holly, N. J., threw acid in the face of Miss Katherlne Weitzell, who had won her lover away. , Foreign. The Amttrnlnsian Colonial Convention ' has ndopted the Federation bill. The bill low goes to the various Legislatures of < Australia. j A large party of Dervishes crossed the Nile to Shebaliya Island, and were repulsed I by the Egyptian troops with the loss of, ] thirty-eight men killed. The only Egyptian casualty was tho weunding of Major Sit- I well. . i Tho American Medical Mission in the suburbs of Chung-King-Fu, Province of ! Sze-Chwan. or. the Yang-Tse-Kiang, China, lias been attacked by a mob. The native 1 medical assistants havo been maltreated i xnd one has been murdered. 1 The tug Underwriter, with the derrick -j ?hief in tow, arrived at Havana to work on j ;he Maine wreck. ' War feeling was expressed in the' ipeecbes at tho banquet of the Chambers )t Commerce in London, and sympathy vas manifested for Lord Salisbury in his llness. 1 The French Minister for the Colonies, M. t ijcbon. has refused the petition of Mme. c Dreyfus, wife of tho former Captain Drey- t 'us, to share tho latter's imprisonment on ( Devil's Island. ( An outbreak of yellow fever of a mild t :ype is reported from Bio de Janeiro, Srazil. At a meeting of the Jamaica Legislature t was estimated that the deficit in the siand's revenue for the year ending March \ II, 1899. will be *925.000." ' ' ? -r. liTMS ffia Ml. -i No Cessation of the Efforts to Get Ready For an Emergency. FORMING A NEW - SQUADRON. Atlantic Seaboard Thonjht WB? Not Sufficiently Protected?Th^Axas and Massachusetts Ordered >--v - ^ Road*?To Be Joined J^^^fTnnea poll*, the Colombia at^PeBrooklyn. Wa8hikotok, D. C. (Special").?The President and the Cabinet spent two honra discussing the latest turns in'the complicated tangle of Spanish relations, but f?w or no conclusions were reached, and the anaouncement was made at the close of the: 11 41 ..41.1.. K.J 4/V ? *3 mtwiiug iuni uubuiUK unu uoiuvjnju w .3 change the policy or attitude of the Administration in any way. Secretary Long denies that the battleship Massachusetts and Texas were ordered from Key West because of Spanish protests. Their removaf, it is insisted, Ls part of an Improved system of coast defense. The division of the available fleet in the Atlantic Into two squadrons, ordered by the Secretary of the Navy, will belcomploted in the near future by the assemblage of a third squadron, composed chiefly of monitors, at Port Royal, 8. C. It is held that the establishment of a squadron bash at Hampton Roads will furnish effective protection for the harbors of the Northern coast, and will liberate fqr active tea service the monitors which had been isstgned to the defense of the Dorta of iPhilodelphla, New York and Norfolk. It is thought that the monitors Puritan, Terror and Miantonomoh and the ram Katabdin a will form the additional squadron off Port Royal. The Spanish Minister of. Marine has di- < x rected that the fleet of torpedo boats now ?i kt the Canary Islands remain there instead )f proceeding to Havana. The United States had objected to 8paln's action in despatching a fleet of torpedo boats to Cuban waters. Senator Redfleld Proctor dispassionately but forcibly arraigned Spain for her misrule of Cuba in a speech before the Senate set ting forth the'result of his Investigations. President McKlnley approved of the matter of the Senator'^ speech, and to this extent the utterance represented his views. The tspeech was a terrible portrayal of the starvation, and misery on the island. Senator Gallinger, who has returned to oj Wwhington from Cnba, confirms the statements made by Senator Proctor of the awful suffering of the reconeentrados and the . V irutal misrule of the Spanish Government. He says the Spanish merchants even of v Havana are ready for revolution. All slasses are eager for any change which will !ree them from the domination which means itarv&tion. ? Belief supplies an being delivered in - v fach jpeac aoundance for tne Cuban snfferers that the Department of State baa ibout decided to charter a vessel for Souths for the express purpose of earry- 'i g them to Cuba, as the naval vessels an tot suitable for the transportation of !reight, and the little tender Pern, which is now engaged on that mission, is needed ilsewhere. T. Estrada Palms, the Cuban Republic's r, lelegate to the United States, has issued a - * r J proclamation to the American people, saylap that nothing but superior force.vrill com- . An pel his people to accept anything short of complete Independence from the hands of . Spain. 1 mk Reports to the Acting Secretary of War ^10 from the various States of the Union show that there are 114,363 milltihmen prac- Vs tieally at the immediate disposal of the general ttovernmeut in ouo ui uumijiuqs. * Representative Hull, Chairman of the rlouse Committee on Military Affairs, introduced a bill, at the request of the Administration, reorganizing the line of the trmy and authorizing the President, in Ume of war, to Increase it to 101,000 men. Congress will pledge more than *17,00*,JOO for eighteen new vessels of war If the recommendations of the House Naval Committee are carried out. It is proposed to build six seagoing battleships, six torpedo boat destroyers and six torpedo boats. Nearly *5,000,000 in addition to previous allotments was pledged for increasing the efficiency of the coast defenses. Senator Allison, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, gave a pledge to General Miles that not less than *2,000,000 should be appropriated in the Sundry Civil Dill for military pnrpoaes. A semi-official statement from Madrid gays that, In viow of Spanish explanations /. , H of the Maine disaster, no indemnity will be paid. Close watch is being kept on Spain's torjiedo flotilla. Should an attempt be made to move it to Porto Rico, prompt representations demanding its immediate return to the Canaries are to be made. If Spain should refuse to comply with these representations the plan or tne aninomtes contemplates tbe despatch , of cruisers to Intercept the fleet and destroy It. The military and naval autbortfTeStmrw*'?* exhausted their resourceful energies for <-< the time being in raakingpreparations for an emergency, and no new policies of importance have been put into ofTect. Nevertheless there bos been no cessation of thd efforts to buy ships, gtrns. ammunition, coal and every other needed war commodity. Enlistments of men are being made in the. army, the navy and marine corps. Ships are being distributed at places where they are likely to be the most effeotive, and engineering officers are pushing the work on the new coast defense fortifications. These and many others of a preparatory character are occupying both services to tbe almost entire exclusion of everything else. HOLLAND BOAT DIVES WELL Will Be Taken to Washington and Ex. g hibited to Authorities. J The torpedo boat Holland made a trial I trip under water off Perth Amboy, N. J. The inventor, John P. Hollaad, was in I charge. The tag Sallie P. Linderman attended the Holland. When the/conning tower,ordinarily about lour feet above the water, was nearly three taat Ki1a? the ennrs? of the Holland was parallel with the surface. Three tlme9 the boat weot under, once going 150 yards at a speed of about nine knots. The trial was witnessed by about 400 persons, who were on the tug. Mr. Holland was happy as he received the cofegratulalions of his associates In the Holland Torpedo Boat Company and of thd many spectators. After a few more trips the Holland will be taken to Washington, to be exhibited to :lie authorities. It is-said that boats of the same type would cost about ?65,000 apiece. Transfer of the ^muonu. The cruiser Amazonas, parchased from J vJrazll, was formally transferred at Graves- > md, England, to Lieutenant Colwell, naval ittache in England. Shortly afterward he cruiser S&n Francisco arrived and Commodore Howell detailed Lieatenant lommander Nazro to bring the new cruiser o this country. Eight Killed by Dynamite. A dy.iamite explosion took place in the Jovernment storehouse, on Montego Bay, amaica. Eight men were killed. . i \ r] . i. * - i .' ' .v. " f m