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:V *% HORN'S NEW TRIAL ON Reopening of the Guldensuppe Mur der Case at Long Island City. JURY QUICKLY SECURED tastlce Smith Compelled to Retire by 111 ness?Justice Maddoz Selected to Tr tlie Cace in His Stead?Great Spee Made in Cnooslng the Jury For Mri Augusta Xack's Alleged Accoinpllc( New 1'oek City .(Special).?Martin Thorr * Ihe barber, who Is charged with havin murdered William wuiaensuppe on <iuu J5, was put on trial for the second time I the Supreme Court of Queens County sil ting in Long Island City. The effort to bring Thorn to trial has bee met by a most remarkable series of ol (tractive incidents. After Mrs. Nack had astonished the coui rith her confession, and an anticipate rapid trial had been upset by the sudde MABTIN THOBN. Illness of a juror, the attorneys on botl ildes hoped that the obstacle of seonrlnj ?jury for the second trial once overcome things would go along smoothly but when court had reconvene! Justice Wilmot M. Smith, who presided a the former trial, announced from thebeaol that he was too ill to hear the case, am Justice Samuel T. Maddox.of Brooklyn,tool his place. Two hours' delay was caused b; reason of this misfortune, but after Justloi tfaddox ascended the bench he hustle< things along with great celerity. Sevei furors had been selected at the close of thi lay's work. White this does not equal thi record of the last proceeding, where thi tall complement was chosen on the firs ?*l ~ MBS. AUGUSTA SACK. day, it is considered quite as jremarkablo owing to the great notoriety that was givei the case at that time and the oonsequem ' likelihood of prejudice being aroused inth< minds of the talesmen. * That the interest of the public had par tlally subsided was shown by the smallnes; of the attendance as compared with tha at the former trial, and the dullness of th< day's proceedings evidently bored thost who took the trouble to come. When the case -was called by Justice Mad dox, on the second day of the trial, sever men were in the jury box. Shortly afte: coon the twelfth man was sworn in. After recess District Attorney Young! ~ ?3 V*?? *Alllnr? f Jia af Arv r\t fhi VptJUtJU Hi? t'OSC Ujr I.UIIU5 I.UU .7WJ.J v? ?w murder and promising to bring witnesse: to prove every allegation. The young mei who found the body alleged to be Gulden suppe's, were called as the first witnesses They told the same story which they rela ted at the first trial. Five Brothers Made Masons. Five brothers were advanced to the de gree of Master Mason in the lodge room of Northern Lodge, F. and A. M., of New ark, N. J. They are Harry A. Phillips Everett I. Phillip3, Frederick A. Phillips Robert Phillips and William Phillips. The; are sons of Henry F. Phillip.'. He is seven ty-flve years old and was raised to a Maso: in Newark Lodge in 1849. He now is hig priest of Corinthian Chapter, Deputy Mas ter of Adelphia Council, a thirty-third de free Mason of the Scottish Rite, a Knlgh emplar, and a life member of the Gran Lodge. The raising of five brothers at on time is said to be unique in tbe annals c Masonry. Czar Too Much For Kaiser. The Turkish Government announces th postponement until spring of Its naval r< organization plans. This is due to th representations of Russia that arrears < the Turkish-Russian war indemnity ai still duo, and that if Turkey persists in th reconstruction of her navy, Russia will ii slst upon the payment of these arrears. ] is also a setback to Germany, who was su{ porting the Turkish naval policy. M. Mellne's Hope* For Bimetallism. In the course of his speech in the Chan ber of Deputies, at Paris, during the d< bate on the subject of the agr'culturi crisis, 3d. Meline, the French Premier, e3 pressed the hope that the day would y< come when Dimetallism would tri-tmph t a solution of the agricultural depression. Died Protesting Innocence. ' Erwin S. Ackerman, suspected of connti tion with the murder of Marcus Xichol died at Oakville, Conn., protesting his ii nocence. Worry over th? accusation said to have hastened his end. Masso, Cuba's Chief. The Republic of Cuba has a now goven ment. The election occurred on Novemb< 4 at Guaymarlllo, Puerto Principe, and ri lilted In an overwhelming majority f( Bartolome Mas30 as President, Doming Mendez Capote, Vice-President; Secretai of War, Aleman; Secretary of Finance TJnnts StnrHnn" Sncrfttarv of Foreign Rail tlons, Moreno"de la Farre, and Secretai of the Interior, De Fuia. , No Farther Effort For Arbitration. It is learned from an authoritative 9our< that the negotiations for an arbitratic treaty between the United States and Grei Britain have not been renewed. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. H Washington I to in*. (J 8erions charges against the United States Commissioner at Dyea, Alaska, have been made to the President and Secretary - Bliss. 15 Designs for a Government armor plant with a capacity of six thousand tons a pear, have been completed by the Naval Irmor Board. I Under the proposed agreement between AI Che United States, Great Britain and Can- n ida, the United States will suspend sealing on the Pribilof Islands in return for 1- Che suspension of pelagic sealing Dy ine ^ Canadians. Postmaster-General Gary expressed gratlftcatlon at the comments on his recommeni. lation for the establishment ot postal savings depositories. Veterans in volunteer soldiers' homes have taken ballots, which show they favor ' the control of the homes by the War De? partment. ba 0 Sixty employes in the Topographical m( D Bureau were laid off because the Board of an t- Apportionment reduced the appropriation, The Secretary of the Treasury has issued 0f n a circular to employes to the effect that olerks receiving a stated salary who ne- m >m gleet to pay their debts, contracted for the flr necessary support of themselves and their fcu :t families, without presenting satisfactory . reasons therefore, will not be retained in office. ao n < - Domestic. Q.J In the Congressional election in the 8ixth ?b fllinois District, to choose a successor to wl Edward D. Cooke, deceased, Henry 8. Boutelle, Republican, was elected by a plural- Tc Ity of 840 over Yincent H. Perkins, Demosrat. M| The Court of Appeals, on the ground of nu errors, granted a new trial to William J. Koerner, the newspaper artist who shot 0n md killed Rose Alice Redgate in New York v City on September 2S, 1896. nu At the hearing in the case of Colonel G. at 8. Gerald, who shot and killed the Harris se: brothers at Waco, Texas, In a controversy th arising out of the Brann-Taylor trouble, it ] was shown that Colonel Gerald was justi- pa fled, and he was exonerated by the court, sh ft was shown that Colonel Gerald did not St< Jraw his weapon until he himself was un> de der cross Are from the Harris brothers, and ] I that the shooting was in self-defense. thi James F. Brandt, a painter, fell 150 feet m| from the south dome of the General Post; office Building, New York City, and was J killed. 80 * Richard Croker announced that he rec- *?; agnized United States Senator Murphy, and ' not ex-Senator Hill, as the leader of the Democratic party in New York State. Royal Standard, the grand champion ]Dj i coach stallion of the Chicago Horse Show, gi] y has been declared a "ringer," and his own- Ha , ere, Graham Brothers, of Claremont, on- jjr J tario, have been ordered to return the troj phies awarded to him. ? t Jamea Charnley, Jr., of Chicago, whose b father, Charles M. Charnley, stole $60,000 3 of Presbyterian Church funds, committed i suicide in Milwaukee, Wis. y Mrs. Margaret Devlin, ninety-six year* ? old, whose home was at Yardley, N. J., 1 died at the home of her brother-in-law. 1 Her death was supposed to be froui old 9 age. Some unknown person notified tne 0 Coroner that the aged woman's death wag ? not due to natural causes. Aotlng upon 1 this information the body was disinterred. ?. An examination showed a wound on the , right breast extending through the lung to : the baok. An investigation will be made. s Constantlne Steiger, alias Fritz Meyer, { who killed Policeman Smith in a New York , City church, was sentenoed to be executed I In the week beginning January 10. ] It is reported that J. P. Morgan 4 Co., of New York City, are arranging a combination of forty-live manufacturers of sewer pipe Into a trust with $27,500,000 capital. Donald MoClelland, son of a Westchestei (N. Y.) dentist, and a clerk In the Bronx Borough Bank, disappeared after getting a bank's check for $2500 cashed. An organization of Chinese has been 1 formed In Chicago for the purpose of de- gli Handing the right of suffrage and the re- 1ns peal of the anti-Chinese law. frlj In the United States Circuit Court at Topeka, Kan., Judg9 Foster refused to issue '^,c an injunction restraining State Insurance Bfr< Commissioner Webb MoNail from exarainIng the books of the Travelers' Insurance ttla Company. The suits of the New York Life ' [nsuranoe Company against Commissioner McNall were dismissed on motion of the ??( sompany's attorney. s'Ij A woman's college building was received and dedicated hy Brown University, ana the cornerstone of a chapel was laid at Wellesley. out A boiler-in the engine room of the tro Graves Elevator Works in Rochester, N. Y., roc exploded, totally wreoking a one-story WO brick building In which it was looated and y . burying the fireman and Patriok Shields, a km boiler inspector, beneath its ruins. or! J While playing with matches the three- or t year-old daughter of Frank Fhippa, of cht > Chatham. N: J., ate the sulphur off a nam- of I "t ber of them. She was taken sick and died 3 In great agony. Bla } The football game bet ween the University !.?? t of Pennsylvania and Harvard played on 4, ^ W-? %l? 11 r* riaM Phnorlfllnhla PACiiItAfl In A a cmuftiiUA ieiu, A ? ? ? victory for the home team with a score of ?r* 15 to 6. An Immense crowd witnessed the n * Same- ap 1 81x of the eleven members of the family [r0 r of William Meyer, of Elizabeth, N. J., have g died of malignant diphtherlasince Ootober w0 3 29. The last victim was the mother, who 00j e leaves a baby a week old. on( ? John Burgess, a youth of nineteen years, dui shot and killed George Hart at Merrldan, hal Mioh. Hart, who was engaged to marry ha' ' Burgess's sister, disguised himself as a cowboy and tried to frighten Burgess, who killed the supposed tramp. A sensational suloide occurred at Augusta, Ga. William Moody shot himsell i- through the back of the head while in bed 8 in bis room at his boarding house. He was one of the best-known men in town. . * About two months ago Moody married Miss ' Maggie Puryear. The two quarrelled and 8ti the wife went to her parents' house to nei y spend the night. When Moody awoke he fnr * killed himself. h A robber who wa9 carrying wheat from a bafn in Newborn, Vi,., was killed by twc UP * men who bad been employed to watch the 8b( I place. He proved to De John M. Feagles, ?el d Postmaster of the town. When his rooms 110 were searched a quantity of stolen goods an' was found. " Morrow Brothers, of Clarksviile, Tenn. Pi? have secured the contract for tobacco foi ^rj the Italian Government. About fifteen c0] million pounds of dark tobacco are required an f for next year. cla > At the Allen Farm, near Bryan, Texas 1 ie while gambling for pecans, a colored mar ag: >f named General Chetham, was stabbed anc' gel f killed. Another colored man, Tom Sweat nil m was arrested for the crime, and while be iou j. lng oonveyed to Miltlcan by a posse was bo1 [t taken from his guards and strung up to the th< >. limb of a tree. The vigilantes are said tc ele have been colored men. rlfl The magnificent new Anchor Line steamer Bluff City, one of the finest ant1 newest boats on the lower Mississippi, J ! which left St. Louis bound for Now Or 3- leans, with forty passengers and one thou ounfl tnna r>f miqf?n11nn<?nin? frftlcht wnr I his c. burned to the water's edge at Chester, 111 hlfi Jt wh ? res l- Forelcn. h0 Major Arnold's column of troops Ii Africa routed th? forces of the slave-raid lng Prince of Io.an and drove him to th' * bush* j yei It was announced In Berlin that the Man s helm Pure Oil Company, a competitor o ^r.n i- the Standard Oil Company, has purchase! 1.' an island In the Rhine, on which it I* vV proposed to build gigantic tanks. "r The Countess of Lathom, wife of thi Lord Chamberlain of the Household of tin Queen, was killed in England by beinj I thrown out of a trap on returning from < ( shooting party, vie 3' Germany proposes to enlarge its holding. ] " on Chinese territory, "diplomatically 1 to possible." g" General Woyler landed in Barcelona oj a ^ his return from Cuba and proclaimed him ^ .. self the friend of national production n c<i Spain and of the Spanish workman. The Ameer of Afghanistan is quoted in ai ? interview as denying all responsibility foi the recent uprising of the tribes on th? r 5{ frontier of British India. General Lock hart has announced his terms of 8ubmi9sior C. nf to the Afridis and given them a week'i en grace in which to accept them ) BEAT FIRE IN LONDON. 0 Warehouses Burned With a Loss of $25,000,000. . 30UT SEVEN ACRES IN RUINS. trgest Damage by Fire Since the Great London Fire of 1066?Started by an Explosion Near a Gas Engine?Under Control After Four Hoars and a Half ?St. Giles's Church Bndly Damaged. London, England (By Cable).?London ,d a blaze Friday afternoon bigger and jre destructive than any^recorded in its nals sinoe the historic fire that followed e great plague in 1666. Streets a quarter a mile in length were involved, 150 great irehouses were destroyed, 300 important ms and hundreds of minor ones were rned out and damaged at a loss estiited at close upon $25,000,000. Seven res were burned over. rhe vicarage of the famous ohurch of St. les, Cripple Gate, was destroyed, and the urch itself, known for its associations th the poet Milton, caught lire and was ved with much difficulty by the firemen. le principal damage was done to the roof, e old windows, the baptismal font, and lton's statue. The warehouses gutted or lqjd In ruins mber fully 150. They were filled with archandise for the Christmas trade and mloyed large forces of clerks for the liday season. It is estimated that the imber of persons thrown out of work is least 2000. This Is regarded as the most rious aspeot of the disaster. Many of ese persons loat all their belongings. Nearly all the British fire Insurance comnies are involved, and fire insurance ares were practically unsaleable on the ook Exchange after the fire was well unr way. Nearly 300 telephone wires have Deen out, 09 interrupting communication with iny of the big provincial towns. rhe fire will cause an enormous advance the price of ostrich feathers, which rose* per cent. Two feather firms alone have it $75,000. rhe flames broke out just after 1 o'clook, m. They were fanned by a strong wind d, fed by the Inflammable stocks of fanoy ods and light material, were soon gainl rapid headway. They owed their oril to the explosion of a gas engine at 80 imsel street, on the premises of Waller, own & Co., mantel manufacturers. ^ BATTLESH ChlB large factory was crowded with Is when the Are broke oat, and it was tantly the scene of a semi-panio, the ghtened operatives, with many screams, >hing to the roof of the building and ince crossing to other buildings and so noting their escape while the flames re pouring out of the basement. In less in a quarter of an hour the flames had reloped the adjoining warenouse, ana mce they leaped across the street to an >rmous paper warehouse, which was ;ht in less than ten minutes. 'or four hours and a half the flames had ilr own way, and It was only after more m a hundred engines had woriced an it that the Chief of the Fire Brigade sent : the signal that the Are was under con1. This was at 5.45 p. m. At that time a igh estimate placed the loss at $25,,000. . Vhen the good news became generally jwn, over 150 warehouses and a dozen jo minor structures had either vanished remained only in blackened walls, a los of fallen girders and smoking piles brick and stone. ? 'oiiowing so soon upon the great fire at ick Friars a few weeks ago, when mills of dollars' worth of property was simrly destroyed through the inefficiency of i fire department, this event has awak)d London to the fact that it is far beid the times, and that its Government in ) practical work of extinguishing flres is artial failure, and may well take a lesson m JNew iorK. ?he brigade, too, was slow In getting to rk, and there was a noticeable lack of lesion among the various sections. No 9 was injured, but this was principally a to the fact that the firemen have not if the go and pluck the American men re, and prefer to work in absolute safety. OUR B1CCEST BATTLESHIP. e Iowa Thoroughly Tried by a Government Board of Inspection. ifter a two days' trip at sea, the United ites battleship Iowa, the first of the iv "sea-going battleships" to be built the navy, dropped anchor off Tomptsville, Staten Island, and later steamed to the navy yaid at Brooklyn, where i was moored to tiae cod cjock. xne voshad just returned from a forty-eight urs' cruise at sea, on her final acceptje trial trip. The Iowa Is not only the largest and most werful ship about to be added to the ace list of the navy, but during the trial p proved herself to be, under ordinary iditions, equal, if not superior, in speed d fighting ability to any vessel of her ss in any of the navies of the world.. The trial trip was made according to reement between the builders of the vesand the Government officials to deter?e the condition of the hull with its varis compartments,the machinery,engines, tiers and guns, besides the turrets and i apparatus for working them, and the ctriclal appliances for discharging the te9 in the larger batteries. Parricide, Firebug and Suicide. lohn Kammarer, a farmer, who lived ar Benton Harbor, Mich., quarrelled with *LT/4r??T? ohnnf mnnAv. Hanrv shot I 3UU liVUiJ uuvuv . ? J i father and set Are to the house, after iloh he killed himself. The father was icued from the flames, but dlod a few urs later. Mother's Heroism in Vain. iVhile trying to save the life of her sixir-old son, Henry, Mrs. Arthur Fortin s struck by a train near the village of Jean Baptiste, a mile from "Valley Falls, I. Both mothor and son were killed, s. Fortin was thirty-flve years old. Labor World. l,ondon has 7000 union carpenters. Chicago brushmakers are lighting conit labor. fall River (Mass.) weavers have refused work overtime. iVashington unionists have established rorkingmen's library. 5ix unionists are members of the new iy Council of Detroit, Mich. Indianapolis (Ind.) stage supers struck fifty cents a night instead of twentye. rhoBIg Four Railroad will erect a Y. M. A. building at Cleveland, Ohio, for its iDloyea THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. fl Seeretarr Bllaa Flies an Exhaustive j BtTlew of It* Work. Washington, D. C. (Special).?Secretarj of the Interior Bliss, in his annual report, p submits estimates aggregating $156,532,419 for appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899.* He says that 200,000 pension claims are awaiting adjudication, and it is estimated . that forty or fifty per cent, of these will be l\ Tt f hu-tr ftffi ranidl v Ad. nuanj ouuiivwuui j ?.v .wr. judlcated they will swell the pension roll from $5,000,000 to 87,000,000. When, however, these claims are adjudicated and first 1 payments made the amount of the pension SZCBETABYOF INTEBIOB BLISS. E ? a roll will decrease rapidly, possibly to $125,- c 000,000 or $130,000,000 the first year. J In considering Indian affairs the Secre- s tary says that in the Indian Territory lead- C lng Indians have absorbed great tracts, to C the exclusion of the common people, and C government by an Indian arlstooraoy is t practically established; to the detriment of a the people. From 200,000 to 250,000 whites, v by permission of the Indian government, 1 have settled in the Territory, but arc q merely tenants by sufferance. ' , v No government for the Indian Territory I will be satisfactory, says the Secretary, un- r til Congress shall provide for the establishment of a single uniform system for the en- t tire Indian Territory that will place all its v Inhabitants in possession of the rights of h American citizens. E The Seoretary asks for such legislation e a9 will enable the people to reap the bene- h fit of the deposits of asphalt and gilsonite s on the Unoompahgre Reservation in Utah, t He recommends that the period for the b allotment of lands to the Unoompahgre In- t dians be extended beyond April 1,1898, th< C time which has been set for opening th< s reservation. v Speedy legislation for the coming twelfth s c . a ' , \ o A C ~ ]< IP IOWA. P 8 ~??????????? Si census is urged, and lack of sufficient time ? in the past two or three enumerations Is {' complained of. The Secretary recommends that the pub- y lie-lands laws be extended to Alaska, anc . ' that additional land offices be*created; that 0 the granting of rights of way for railroads, telegraph and telephone lines and the con- ' structlon of roads and trails be specifically J authorized; that provision be made for the > t] incorporation of municipalities; that the 1 * legal and political status of the native ^ population be defined, and that complete H Territorial government be established and ? representation in Congress be granted. J b DAMAGES FOR BLACKLISTED MAN. J Ketcham Wu Kept Oat of Work?Ball- 01 road Must Fay Him 821,686. '( o Fred R. Eetcham, a blacklisted freight h train conductor, a friend of Eugene V. Debs, and a former member of theAmeri- ^ can Railway Union, was awarded a verdict ^ for $21,666.33 damages against the Chicago and Northwestern Railway, at Chicago, b He averred he was put on the Dlacklist or n every railroad in the country. d A score of similar suits, it is said, will be s< begun by former employes, who assert Ir that every means of gaining a livelihood o; were taken from them after the strike, o through the powerful Yanderbilt Influence. C When the American Railway Union men c< were called out to support the Pullman o: strike in July, 1894, Ketcham gave up his p: freight train. . m All the strikers were dismissed, and when 31 they applied to other roads they found a their names on a blacklist. After struggling two years to obtain steady employment, Ketcham entered suit against the railway company for $25,000 L damages. The oase has been on trial for three weeks, and ha3 been closely watched by railway employes and offlclals all over the country. Jl The main question before the jury was ti whether the corporation had entered into ? a conspiraey with other and similar corporations to prevent Ketcham from earning a living. a st Competitor Crew Free. tl In pursuance of instructions from Spain d Captain-General Blanco released from Ca- y bana Fortress, Havana, Cuba, Alfredo r< Laborde, the captain, and Charles Bar- d nett, Ona Melton and William Gildea, H members of the crew of the Americnn schooner Competitor, captured in April, 1896, by the Spanish gunboat Mesagera, on a charge of filibustering. They were handed over to the American and British A Consuls, and immediately took passage on d the steamer Saratoga of the Ward Line for o: New York. tl a: ^Brothers Drowned While Skating. ^ George and Homer Brewer, aged seven- i8 teen and thirteen, respectively, were bi drowned while skating on Big Stone Lake, ^ Minnesota. One brother broke through the 1 ice and the other was dragged under while 01 trying to save him. President Yglealas Re-Elected. Benor Calvo, the Costa Rican Minister at Washington, received an official cable dispatch, announcing that the primary Presi- ai dential election for the next period, p 1898-1902, was held on November 14,15 and a] 16, amid order and tranquillity. There g{ were two parties, the Civilist and the Republican. The vote was the largest one overtaken In Costa Rica, and the Civill-sts, with President Yglesias as a candidate for 1 re-election, obtained a majority of over twenty-three thousand votes. C( Tho Philippines Pacified. r' The complete pacification of tho Philip- si plno Islands is reported from Madrid. fa Prominent People. The will of Charles A. Dana shows that ho loft property valued at over 51,000,000. ^ Dr. Edward Everett Hall preached his . first sermon flfty-flve years ago at Berlin, 5, Mass. Cecil Rhodes, ex-Premier of South Africa, is seeking to defeat I'resiaont uruger ror ~ re-election in the Transvaal. Mrs. Frances Willard said she would give of 83000 toward the 8300,000 fund necessary to for the W. C. T. U. to retain the Chicago w Temple. Pi The Duke of Cambridge completed his sixtieth year of military service on November 3. He was gazetted a brevet Colonel on November 3. 1837. 3E to . I IOMPETITOR MEN RETURN [ ive Prisoners Released From the a Cuban Cabanas Reach New York. J 81 lELTON'S TALE OF TORTURE, ill of Them Emaciated From Long Confinement and Hardship?Captain Labor de Crippled?Horrors of Nineteen Months in a Spanish Dungeon?Condemned to Death Without a Hearing. New York City (Special).?The five memers of the crew of the alleged filibustering chooner Competitor, who were released iter nineteen mousna cuuuuomcui m panish prisons in Cuba, arrived in this city n the Ward Line steamer Saratoga. Broken i health by their long confinement and the reatment accorded them by their jailers, nd clad only In the rags whioh they have rorn since they were captured over a year nd a half ago, they made a pitiable spectale as they walked down the gangplank of he steamer and fell into the arms of their rlends, who had been waiting on the dock or hours. The Ave are: Gaptaln Alfredo jaborde, of New Orleans, master of the imerican sohoonor Competitor and a cltlen of the United States; William Glldea, n Englishman by birth, but a naturalized . itizen and mate of the Competitor; Owna n [elton, a Kansas newspaper man and (j ohool teacher who sailed on the a !ompetltor; William Leavltt, cook of the r< ??/? o noflva rtf fhfa rtlfr flnH /I Iharies Barnett, steward of theCoirfpetl* rj or and a British subject. The other two tl lembers of the Competitor's crew who 3] rare captured were Dr. E. Bedea and' 'elcado Massa. Massa was tried and ac- r uitted on the charge of filibustering, but V ras kept In prison as a witness against Dr. n ledea. The latter Is still In Cabana Fort- ~j ess. t! Of the Ave men who returned young Mel- ? on was in far the worst condition. He rent away on the Competitor a robust man, lealthy, strong, and Weighing 165 pounds. IL Te returned pale, emaciated, and hollow- t. yed. He weighed just 100 pounds when h( ,e landed, and was so weak that he could ? oarcely talk above a whisper. His hands tl rembled violently, and he looked to e nothing but skin and bones. In his oondltiion he was sent away from !uba, with no clothing but a white flannel ii hirt, the trousers which he wore when he. ras captured, a thin jacket and shoes and ooks. His teeth were chattering with the old as he stood on the deck of the Sar- ftl toga when she hauled Into her dock. One B f the first men aboard the steamer was a y luban, who aulckly stripped himself of his p vercoat and covered the shivering man rlth it. f, William Leavltt, the cook of thp Com- ' etitor, was in almost as bad condition, 'he others say that his sufferings have afscted his mind. He is a physical wreck ? nd had no' more olothing than Helton. , laptaln Laborde was in fairly good d hape, although he has aged very , luoh since he went away. He is g tilrty-nlne years old, but looked flfty-flve s he'walked down the gangplank. His air and beard were dark brown when he HTKait m r>a'?t offan\rcxA nHtfl fOUb onajf. xuoy niw uvn TT *?" ray. Captain Laborde walked with the id of a crutoh. His left leg is useless, _ sadered so by two strokes of paralysis rhicb he bad while in prison. e] The men gave the first connected account f the Competitor affair. Owna Melton 1.1 aid the story as follows: tl "When the expedition had been nearly inded on the shore warning of the ap- n roach of the 8panlsh gunboat Messa- g) era was given. The Competitor put to r) 9a, but was overtaken. A solid shot a ver our decks showed what fate was CJ 1 store for us. The small boats were ^ lunched, and the seven men left on board ^ imped into them and started for the shore. a Te were captured, however, one after anther, by boats from the Hessagera. "After being landed we were turned over a the Spanish soldiery. Our arms were A ed at the elbows behind our baoks and le cords drawn till our elbows touched nd our shoulder-blades were nearly dls>oated. We were taken to a prison near h: [avana, whero we were kept lnoom- jj, tunlcado for six days in dark cells. here was no furniture In the cells?neither 01 ed nor chair. We were fed once a day. tl re were not allowed to see the Amerioan ol onsul. Three of us were then put In a aj all six feet by twelve, where we were kept ol >r three weeks without stepping out of it 01 nee. Then a list of Spanish officers was u: anded to us from whloh we were ordered 3] ) select one to defend usjn our trial for ai ie. we tooic tne nrst. ue came 10 us, ?> pent just one minute in asking us if we ere guilty or not, and left. Ie "We were tried and, without apy defence bi eyond a short general speech by the of- m cer for clemency, were sentenced to eath. We were then thrown :lnto jparate cells for another six days' icommunicado. Then began the work n f the United States Government In tir behalf, and we fwere removed to abanas Fortress, where we have been . anflned since. I have spent the time in 18 ae large room with about forty other hi risoners of all descriptions, from the 0] turderer to the thief. The room had one t nail window and one door. We were . ever allowed to go out." CJ KILLED WHILE PLAYING INDIAN. ? o\ Ittle Charlie Wllion Riddled With Shot by His Companion. je Two boys, Charles G. Wilson and Willie fc ohnson, both living on the Black Rock 111 lrnpike, near Bridgeport, Conn., played rJ Indians." Willie Is seven years old and Charlie was few months younger. In someway Willie T acured an old gun and said he would be le hunter and Charlie could be the Indian. Charlie gave a war whoop and began to Cf ance, preparatory to scalping the hunter. Millie levelled his gun at the make-believe m sdskin and pulled the trigger. Charlie o< ropped to the ground riddled with shot, a: [e died almost instantly. ol Melbourne Haa a Big Fire. A great fire broke out at Melbourne, ustraiia, and in a short time did enormous UJ amage. It started at the warehouse ai t Craig Williamson, in the heart of si le city. A strong wind was blowing, m ad the fiercely fanned flames rapidly di sallowed up building after building, he burned section included many of the irgest business houses in Melbourne. The niMinrva nrara nr\m nlotal v miff or! 1> fa itimated that the loss will reach 85,000,000. r< he trade in soft goods has received a serl- w us setback. Hundreds of employes of all m )rts have been suddenly thrown out of w nployment. Lions Kill a Tamer. During a performance of wild beasts m ad their tamer in a village near Kovno. N oland, the lion tamer was killed by a Hod nd tigress. A panic ensued among the al jectators, eight persons being crushed to eath and many others seriously injured. c< tainted at Seeing the Murderer Hanged. Thomas Johnson, alias Henry Clay, jlored, the one-legged murderer of Newsjy William L. Amend, was hanged fat St. ouis, Mo., recently. William Amend, jc r., who witnessed the execution, fell in a ^ lint as the trap was sprung. Cf Yule Beats Princeton. Eleven Yale heroes won from tbe Princein team one of the most sensational footill games on record, at New HaveD, J" Dnn. Regarded as inferior by experts "j rerywhere, by their own followers, and f the great crowd in general that saw the ime, this wonderful band of kickers dem- ^ istrated the uncertainty of the greatest r* American pastimes by defeating Princen's Tigers by 6 points fo 0. Yale's play as brilliant and stroDg. It is said that rinceton lost the game through a fumble. China Appeals to Russia. w China has asked Russia to exert influct ice to compel Germany to withdraw her w rce from the Shan-Tung Peninsula. C{ l-j > ORDAINING MRS. BOOTH. jnerlcan Volunteer* Celebrate Two Year*' > Surcease*. In celebration of their success and growth nring nearly two years of existence the olunteers of America held a grand rally i Carnegie Hall, New York City. RepreBntatlves from many other cities were resent and helped to make the meeting MRS. MAUD BAXLINGTON BOOTH. oteworthy. More than $1000 wt& raised i subscriptions. To oonclude the cerelonies Mrs. Maud Balllngton Booth was sgularly ordained as a minister of the ospel, and can henoeforth perform marage and fnneral ceremonies and prefix ie title of Reverend to her name if she so booses. , Her assumed title Is "Minister of the horch of God in General." It was con;rred upon her by Dr. MaoArthur, for the Aptlsts* Dr. Bradford, for the Congregaonallsts; Dr. Gregg, for the Presby>rians, and Dr. Strong, for the Evangelical lliance. The meeting was presided overbyChaun?y M. Depew, who commented apon the ide scope and self-sacrificing nature of ie society's work, and impressed upon his Barers the duty of the publlo to further aanclally the interests of the organizaon . HOW NEW ZOO WILL LOOK. V I mmtnH Inclotnrea Provided For Ele. I phanti and Lion*. With only artlflcal ponds here and there | ad walks curving throughout the new | ronz Zoological Park in Greater New i ork, according to designs by Heins <fc Le ' arge, architects, no other features are re- 1 arded as essential In the topography of ie park, which In its. natural form is adtirably adapted to a zoological garden. , Some of the important features of the , arden will be a range for bison and deer t the southern end of the park, a roomy , iephant lnclosure and an immense out oor cage, large enough to oover an entire Ity blook, and over top growing trees and lrubbery, and provided with suitable ikes, in whioh flamingos, showy swans aC the other birds will be placed in sumier. j The chief house, from the landscape point , t view, will be the elephant house, whioh ] ill Dfl a niga-aomea structure in m? i jntre of an open valley near the north* { rn end of the grounds. Other large anlials will be placed In this hoase. In the Ig reptile hoase there will be a large cen:e pool for alligators. ? The Hon house will be provided with ewly invented appliances for the care and :udy of these animals. Underneath the >w of cages will run a tramway carrying | cage car that can be lifted by turning a rank up through the floor of the cage, so lat the animal may easily be driven into and carted to a special studio cage at aother end of the building. ARMY IN COOP CONDITION. Fend For the Widows and Orphans ol Soldiers B?comniended. The Inspeotor General of the Army, In , Is annual report, reoommends that a fund 9 created for the benefit of the widows and rohans of military men. It is suggested lat If a reservation Is made from the pay t persons hereafter appointed to the army, ad the fund be increased by the addition f ail the fines imposed npon commissioned fficera by oourt-martlal, the relief measre would be sufficient. The work of injection during the year has shown the troy to be in all of its departments generily in satisfactory condition. The new rifle is said to be still defeotive i some degree in the sights, and it has not sen shown to be as satisfactory in skirmish work as at known-distance shooting. $50,000 FOR BOSTON LIBRARY. T. C. Todd Gives That Sum For a Fond With Which to Purchase Newspapers. Mayor Qulnoy received a letter from Will* m C. Todd, of Atkinson, N. H., inclosing Is check for $50,000, payable to the city ! Boston. The money is a gift to the Bos* in Public Library to establish a fund, the iterest of which is to supply the periodlil room with the leading daily newspa8rs of the world for public use and refer- < ice. The gift has been aocepted with the ty's thanks. In the letter Mr. Todd says: "It is most cheerfully given for the obict indicated,with my most sincere wishes >rthe prosperity of Boston and all her iterests, especially of her noble City Lib- i iry, in all time to come." LONDON IS BEHIND THE TIMES. he Inefficiency of Her Fire-Fighting .Equipment Fully Demonstrated. I'De .London JJauy Man, m an Bauonm illed forth by the fact that the people are arvelling that such a fire as that whicb j icurred lately Is possible In London, < jcribes it to neglect to reform the methods i [ the fire brigade. ] "The fact is," the paper says, "that Lon- i on's showy, but ineffective flre-flghting ( juipment is a decade behind that of Mon- ) eal or New York. We appear almost a? nprepared for lire as for a conflict with 1 ay first-rate European power, and for the i ime reason that we have antiquated i lethods at the War Office, we are out of ate at fire headquarters." < WJlhelm May Need Guards at Home. The ceremony of swearing in the Guards scruits took place at Berlin. They were ' anied by the German Emperor that they J light be called upon to light an enemy j ithin the empire. A Commodore's Widow Arrested. Mrs. Emmellne H. Rudd, widow of Comlodore John Rudd, of the United States avy, was arrested 'In New York City on , le charge of stealing jewelry and wearing pparel from the keeper of a boarding ouse with whom she formerly lived. She J jnfessed and was held in $1500 bail. Trying to Bribe Cubans. General Pando, in command of the panLsh military operations in Cuba, has jnt emissaries into the enmps of insurgent ( 9nerals offering rewards of money and, i one case, of bigh rank in the Spanish rmy to secure their allegiance to the j :hemo of autonomy. 1 Nebraska's Vote ?*roto?reti. The counting of the vote of Nebraska was rotested on the ground that the returns ad been tampered with. Tho Secretary < [ State admitted opening the returns, but < snied changing the figures. The protest 1 as overruled, and the matter may bo cared into the courts. Ton Sentenced to Die. The great trial in tho City of Mexico of rroy's murderers is over, terminating ith sentences of death pronounced on ten [ the police officials and policemen con- 1 jrned In the butohery of the hapless retch whoso attack on President Diaz 1 tused so profound a sensation. 1 ' ???????*?* Tinninmimirm ah nrin. J MM11M1 Ui1 ffJUL . Facts and Recommendations From Secretary Alger's Annual Report. ARMY'S CONDITION AND NEEDS. tfecessity of Men to Fitfht the (Jan*?"Work -j ' " r ' -VVS of the Ordnance Board?West Point -v ' jj.Can Accommodate More StadLenU?Searoast Defenses?River and Harbor Estimates Are Much. Too . WASHiNpTOif, D. C. (Speolal).?Many sngv . festlons and recommendations of import?nce are contained in the first annual re- , port of General Russell A. Alger, Seerrtary . Df War, just submitted to the President. Che Secretary quotes with approval a terse official statement of the condition, and needs of the army prepared byHajor-GeiK sral Nelson A. Miles. It is nrgei that the recommendation concerning two additional regiments of artillery be considered favoribly by Congress. 8KCBKTABT BUSflZLX. A.* US:**. lacing in fall the Reports of th$ commandIng Generals and heads of bureaus ana ' contenting himself with brief comment The Secretary does not Indorie General Miles's plan for a general increase in the number of troppa. Tha only rteomTMOd* '. ; ??? jfc tlon oi General Hllea's in this llnewhloh receives the expllolt sanotlon ot the Se^retary la that for two mbre/ jfrUUisry' . "% regiments, atthoagh the ; desirability :y&E !arth? military divisions in Alaska is afi- l/ Secretary Alger recommends thexevival ' of the grade of Ltentenant-Oolonel, and arges that, while serving, military attaches be given rank and pay ot Gofohel, A and that sach attaohes at legations be given ' ;.v' Lieutenant-Colonel enjolt^ments. Academy at West Point can acoommodata more students, and, It provision i* matte ifrWx tor two more artillery regiments; the army can absorb more of the graduate*. 5ft does not indorse the recommendatfonot the. superintendent, that two cadet*-at*': ~?Sg? large be appointed from e&oh State, fMflh would give ninety mora cadets thamthere ,hj ? are now, bat recommends that the PjgmU., *:^v j dent be authorized to appoint ten ?ad0t?- , at-large each year, which would increase ? the present number thirty. ? The Surgeon-General reoonamended return to the former ptafttteo of providing >Vl^J married4 men in each organisation. T&r iT-],] Secretary does not Indorse the reoommetuj- j The amount expended for the improve ment of rivers ana harbors daring tlb? 1U- ! J; SfflW oal year ending Jane 80,1897, <irm <18,481, 395. The estimate submitted for the flacai fl year ending June 80, 1889, for oontinnoor work authorized by Congress and by Secretary of War is $18,098,007.56, . ^ "The estimates for river and harbor 1 provements submitted by thft ChMt of! Bft*. , 1 jlneers," said the Secretary^ "greatly ?x- I oeeded former estimates, with the exoep- I tlon of waterways and harbors there la a large traffle or w&ereimtneaiatr , ^ Improvement Is Imperatively needed 1 am ' . convinced the estimates are Jarjjel/inex- J. 0635 of what they should be at a time when the demands upon the Treasury are: a* great as now. It Is therefore recommend- .: ed that the amount to be'appropriated1 he largely redacec' below the estimates." \ v The estimate for armament ot fortmca.- \: tloas of the fiscal year ending. Jonis IS, Vv. 1899, is $7,468,651, or $3,605,248 In excetiTo! the appropriation for the fiscal yea^eoQU lngJuneSO, 1898. Secretary Alger orgaa , that the estimates cf the Chief of Ordnanoa ' be appropriated. / The Secretary recommends an approprin tlon of $10,000 for experiments with mllK-' 'U tary balloons and $20,000 for cable systems y'r';V for the harbors of New York, Boston and i San Francisco. Army Department expenditures' fri)r the ;5*v nscai year ending june air, mi, woo ??, . 350,136. The ap propriations (or the present fiscal year are given as $62,833,117, while ... ,-,m the estimate for the next fiscal year ls#96,? 258,445. - ; :/}. W EUROPE'S LEACUE FIXED. I Combination Against the United 8tatei I Has Been Agreed Upon. I Count Goluchowskl, the Austro-Hungar. '* I [an Minister of Foreign Affairs, when mak* I Ing an appeal to all Europe, In his annual address before the Austrian and Hangar [an delegations, to join closely for th? I vigorous defence of Europe against th? United States .against the "crushing com petition ot transatlantic nations," said: "A turning point has been reached-.la B European development whioh calls for the H unremitting attention of government. ' -H rhe great problems of material welfare, S which become more pressing every-year.,.. require to be taken la band instantly. Th? - ;H destructive competition which trans* oceanic countries are carrying on requLrer-v^^B nrAmnt anc\ thnrfllich ftonntflrftfliinflr mfiU. ares if the vital interests of the people of Europe are not to be gravely compromised." ^9 The Maltene of Borne, Italy, discusses H the speech of the Austrian Chancellor. It "" says that the projeot of a European commercial league against the (Jnited States was discussed and agreed upon during re* sent conferences at Homburg-and ifonza. H General Ordway Dead. funeral Albert Ordway, of the United aH States Army, died at the Hoffman Hotus* ' S'ew York City. The end was hastened by ?ri?f over his daughter, BettinA Gerard, the actress, and the excitement of a recon:Illation with her. ' A Feud Costs Four Live*. flfl Voma has inaf h>wn r?rw>lrfid nf a traffftdv ' " ? ? it Bayou La Combe, La. Four men, Ar ihur and Edwin Jolie and Lawrence and Edwin Cousin, had a street flt?ht as a resuit of a family feud, .with shotguns and revolvers. All four are dead. , Japan Demands 8100,000. From Japan comes news that the Japansse Government has demanded the sum of 5200,000 in gold from Hawaii, by way of Indemnity in connection with the emtgra- |M tion affairs. ? w?XT?,nnHat ' A memorial was sent out, signed by Mayor Strong, of New York City, and oth- '^HS are, asking for contributions to Henry Ooorge's family and for a monument toj^^H liim. Minor Slentlon. About 65,000 tons of refuse are swept off London streets yearly. flH The Marquis of Bule's mansion, near Rothesay, cost $10,090,000. ^99 Five thousand five hundred newspapers j^H ire published in Germany. Boston is now promised another mighty|^^^| building, in the construction of which not^^^H i single particle of wood will be admltted^HH