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Fifty Thousand Men Issued.
REGULARS RELIEVE VOLUNTEERS
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the Cabinet Decides Upon This Step?
The Mastering Oat Will Ke Completed
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\ "Within a AJonth?.Volunteers In Southern
Camps Are the First to Be Be/
tired to Civil Life.
(3 "Washisotoi?, D. C. (Special).?AdjutantBeneral
Corbin has issued the preliminary
Orders providing for the muster-out of flfty
thousand volunteers within a month. This
Action marks the final passing of the volunteer
army, called into existence for the war
' With Spain, as it will terminate the existence
of practically all or those regiments
tarnished by the States which are now dis
tributed among the Southern camps, as
iweli as those militia organizations now in
Manila, Cuba and Porto Rico, wnich will
jwon be relieved by Regulars and returned
to their homes.
! The decision to dispense with all the regaining
volunteers except about 32,000,
temporarily required beyond the bound.
fcries 'Of the United States, was definitely
Reached at a Cabinet meeting, held a few
(days ago, although the project has been
lor some time under consideration by the
[War Department.
Adjutant-General Corbin is confident
that the muster-out of flfty volunteer
tegiments" will be accomplished by the end
bf January, the promptness being due to
the fact that the mustering-out organization
is now thoroughly experienced, and
can proceed with great rapidity.
'In his preliminary orders the AdjutantGeneral
directed the work of preparing
the muster rolls to be begun immediately
all the volunteer regiments in Southern
camps. He thinks the ilrat of these
trill be completed before the middle of
January, and as rapidly as th$ regiments
jure ready , for discharge they will be sent
to their homes and their men will be released.
General Corbin says that so far as
bbssible the State quotas will be respected
in the selection of the regiments to be retained
in the service. From this it is likely
that by the end of January no two regiment
from a single State will be left in the
tervice.
/'STANDARD OIL BOOKS BURNED.
Employes Testify to Throwing Them in
tlie Company's Fnrnaoes.
f CusviLAxn, Ohio (Special).?Sensational
testimony was adduced at the hearing held
, ft few days ago instituted by Attorney-GenMai
Monett to locate the missing books of
the Standard Oil Trust, which were supposed
to have been hidden to circumvent
brosecatio&>under thenntl-Trust laws.
? Employes of the Standard Oil Company
testified in the special examination concerning
the burning of books. The most
Important testimony was that of John McNlerney,
who is employed in the car building
and repair department of the'Standard
Oil works.
f "On Saturday morning, November 19,"
he said, "I .was ordered.to go to the wareBouse
and get a lot of boxes and take them
K> the furnace room of the car building debarment.
I did as I was ordered, and
(irhen we got the boxes to the furnaces we
'mrled'them open and took out a lot of
books. They looked like ledgers to me.
pffe horned up the books and then we
IHrew a 101 oi loose papers into iub ,anting
lurn&cea. Gunny sacks filled with
tooks and papers, mostly letters, were
?lso thrown into the furnace on this occasion.
I was assisted by a fellow employe
whose name Is Moran. I cannot reinem^
per his first name."
(Continuing, he told ot a visit to the
general office. When he arrived there he
said he mot three other employes of the
Standard whose names are: Gagelin,
Moran and Sehaefele. They went to
the fifth 'floor of the building and
leeured a lot of boxes and bags, and
took them down the passenger elevator
to the ground floor. They ware just
about to take the saaka and boxes on t
Into the street and load them Into drays,
when some one ordered them to take the
boxes and bags baok to the fifth floor,
rhey complied, and were compelled to
wait around the building until dusk lu
the afternoon before being allowed to pro- l
seed with removing the boxes and bags.
* On the following Monday morning he
said tha't he and the meo were ordered to '
take the boxes and bags to the pump house,
where they were opened and the books and
papers which,they contained were thrown
'pnto the furnace tnere.
I ARMY ORGANIZATION BILL
Bonao Committee to Report the Hall
Measure Increasing the Army.
; Washington, D. C. (Special). ? The
Eou3e Committee on Military Affairs orjdered
a favorable report on the Hall bill
Increasing the regular army to 100,000
men. The vote was eight to Ave, on party
* Bines, as follows:
! Yeas?Messrs. Hull. Marsh. Grlffln,
Ketcham, Fonton, Belknap, McDonald and
Brownlow, Republicans.
| Nays?Messrs. Sulzer, Cox, Lentz, Hay
and Jett, Democrats.
| The minority gave notice of a minority
report and a substitute bill. The main
Jeature of the substitute bill will be a
Standing army limited to that existing befn**
ranant wnr and nnthnrltv tn thA
[President to enlist a large temporary
iorce, probably 50,000 men, for service In
[outlying territory.
j. AFRAID TO CO TO CHURCH.
VlnliteTi Declare That the Fear of Footy
pads Keeps the Few* Empty.
i St. Louis, Mo. (Special).?The Congressional
ministers of St. Louis, in conference,
have decided that the cause of empty pews
?t evening ohuroh services is the fear of
-footpads and have appointed a Commltto
<>f three ministers to render any assistance
lo the police that may be necessary to sup{press
the evil.
| Bev. Dr. M. Durnan, of Pilgrim Church,
iwas seleoted Ctiairman, and Kev. Dr. C. S.
(Sargent, of the Central Church, and Bev.
pr. C. H. Patton, of the First Church, associate
members. This Committee will con
per wltntne proper autuorities in regard to
suppressing highway robbery.
I Former Qaoen Lilinokalanl Protests.
j The United States Senate, Washington,
has received a protest from ex-Queen
(Lliinokalani-against the seizure of the socalled
Hawaiian Crown lands.
A Boys Guilty of Manslaughter,
j Elmer and George Butler, aged respectively
twenty and thirteen, of Chillicothe|
|Ohio, have been found guilty of manslaughter
In the killing of Daisy Brower, a young
girl. In the trial it was proved that she
had been shot from ambush for no cause
"Whatever, xne ueieuse was iuai imaun;
'ran In the Butler family.
Currency Legislation Postponed.
I Senator Mark Hanna, in an interview in
Washington, said: "There will be no cur.
^ irency legislation at present. The country
wants a breathing spell."
X?wiy Gleanings.
i The Government is preparing stamps for
Cnba.
I An inexhaustible deposit of cement has
[been discovered near Owen Sonnd, Ontario,
j Daring 1898 Pennsylvania bought 55,000
jacres at tax sales to add to the forest resiervation.
I Adjutant-General Corbin estimates that
81,000 soldiers will be reqalred to govern
t,*nr oolonles.
I The assessment rolls in New York City
htT& been completed and show an increase
of #800,000,000 in valuations.
' Jobn Gotz, of New York City, has been
appointed to take oharge of the Department
of Art for this country at the Paris
IXxpoattiQtt.
HOBSON OF.* FOR MANILA.
The Merrimac Hero YFas Lionized by
Thonaands at San .Franciaco.
San Francisco, Cal. (Special).?Lieutenant
Richmond Pearson Hofcson has sailed
fnr Mia PhJUnrvinrts on the steamer Gaelic.
He will report to Admiral Dewey on his
arrival and will undertake the work of
raising and preparing for service under
the flag of the United States the vessels of
Admiral Montijo which suffored so severely
in the battle of Manila Bay.
An immense crowd was at the dock to
witness Hobson's departure. His carriage
had great difficulty in getting through the
throngs of people, who simply would not
let him pass in quiet. Cheers "upon cheers
were given for him. and he was compelled
at several points to say a few words to the
people. Escorted by hundreds, Hobson
llnally managed to reach the vessel's side,
and as he emerged from the carriage the
cheers were renewed. Cries for a speech
were ignored for some time, but they became
so frequent and prolonged that Hobson
was compelled to speak to the people.
His remarks could hardly be heard save by
a few people who stood close to him.
tTTl ? At- ' At Htidnti TWflV oil fha
tllieu IUB VC35CI J5VI uuuci
steam whistles on the water front were
elven free play and the noise was terrific.
The vessels in the harbor were decorated
for the occasion, and flag3 dipped in Hobson's
honor as the Gaelic passed up the
harbor of the Golden Gate.
EXPEDITION SENT TO ILOILO.
General Otis and Admiral Dewey Take
Measures to Preserve Order.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?The Administration
has ta*ken stops to safeguard
American interests in the city of Iloilo. on
the island of Panay, one of the Philippine
Archipelago, and a military and naval ex
pedition has been sent there from Manila.
Cable advices have been received here
from General Otis, commanding tho military
forces in the Philippines, and Admiral
Dewey, commanding the naval forces
there, showing that they are acting in con- '
cert in the matter.
General Otis reported that he had dippatched
two regiments ?jnd a battery of
artillerv to Iloilo on army transports, and
Admiral Dewey informed tho Navy Department
that the cruiser Baltimore had '
sailed from Manila for the same nlace.
. It is explained that these officers are
acting on their own discretion in the matter,
and that no official advices have been ,
received here to indicate that there is any
unusual lawlessness in Iloilo. The expedition
is more in the nature of a precaution,
but active measures will be taken for the
suppression of lawlessness if the condition
of affairs requires it.
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HID HER DAUCHTERS' LEPROSY.
Two Case* of Several Years' Standing 1
Found at New Lexington, Olilo. 1
C0LUM3U8, Ohio (Special).?Dr. Charles 1
0. Problt, Secretary of th9 State Board of
Healtji, -ias Investigated two reported I
cases of leprosy at New Lexington, Perry
County. He has found the cases to be fully
developed leprosy. Tho lepers are Hattie |
Garry, aged twenty-two, and her little
sister Hannah, twelve years old. For ft
dozen years Mrs. Garry, a soldier's widow,
has managed to conceal from her neigh- i
bors her. children's affliction. Finally,
forced by straitened circumstances, she i
told the story to the county authorities.
The two leper girls will be isolated In a i
cabin to be built among the hills out- J
side the town limits. In this cabin, i
which will be Omio's lope; settlement,
the mother will care for her daughters,
while food and clothing will be furnished
by the county. These cases are hereditary.
The father of the girls contracted tho
disease in the South while a soldier in the
Civil War. Symptoms of leprosy did not
develop until after the father's death. For
the last few,years the girls have rarely lelt
their mother's cottage, and then usually
after dark.
The elder girl, Hatttle, has the disease in 1
an advanced stage.
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BANK STRANCELY ROBBED,.
Time Locks Seemingly Fall to Protect at
Lima. Ohio. 1
Lima, Ohio (Special).?The American j
National Bank In Faurot's Opera House, ;
which is situated on probably the most ;
prominent street corner in Lima and directly
across a narrow street from the cen?
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irai police uuice, wus ruuuou auuunj m^ut
of $25,000. .Not a clue to the robbery wa
left behind.
No explosives of any kind were used and
there Is scaraly the faintest scratch to Indicate
the use of a tool. Still, In obedience
to the skill of the thieves, the delicate a,nd
complicated time locks operated the ponderous
doors and exposed the money within
hours ahead of the appointed time. The
time locks were set to open at 11 o'clock
Monday morning, and the robbery might
not have been discovered until then had
notone of the outer door3 been left open
by the robbers.
DROWNED iN A BbSTON PARK.
Thirty Children Go Through the Ice and
*i.'hrce Deaths Result.
Boston (Special).?The joy of Christmas
Day was mar/ed by one of the worst
drowning,accidents that has occurred in
this vicinity for many years. Through the
sudden breaking ot tne ice on jueveren
Pond, in the park system, thirty girls and
boys were thrown into eight feet of water.
The police1 and numerous Spectators
worked hard to save them, but three of
the children were drowned. Thoy were
.Tames W. Clattenburg, Jr., ten years old;
Arthur Collins, twelve years old, and
Emma Miller, fourteen yoar3 old. The two
boys liVed in Brookiine and the girl in this
city.
BIRD PREVENTED A WRECK.
Flew Against Headlight. Shattered It and
Saved a Train.
Austin, Texas (Special).?The northbound
passenger train of the International
and Great Northern Railroad escaped a
serious wreck forty miles below here
through the intervention of a bird. Some
one had tied a> rail securely across the
track.
A few miles before reaching the spot a
bird, blinded bv the headlight, flew against
the glass, breaking it and extinguishing
the light, which necessitated running
slowly to the next station. The train, at
reduced speed," struck the obstruction,
+aa?.nn> nr\ tlio trnolr And dftmilffiUC the
front of the engine, but no one was^lnjured.
American Troops Patrolling; Havana.
The American troops have begun the
patrol of Havana, Cuba, in order to pre- ,
vent.dlsorders.
A Big Fire in Vermont.
Twelve acres containing 11,000,000 feet
of lumber, a plaining mill, eight sheds and
a large quantity of machinery, the property
of the Snepard" & ilorse Lumber Company, !
of Boston and Burlington, Vt., were swept
by fire a few days ago at Burlington, causing
a loss estimated at $250,000. The entire
plant ol the company was practically
wiped out of existence, and it was
with great uiracuity tnai uujuimu* ^u^orty
was saved The amount of insurance
on the property is $104,000. About 100
men are thrown out otemployment by the
lire. The police have arrested Clement
Hurley, Joseph Htunnard and John Lashway
011 suspicion for causing the Are.
>"nvy Department Economizing.
An evidence of thrift in the Navy Department,
Washington, is a general order
sent out :t few day9 ago to all of the naval
stations that the strictest economy is to be
cxerciscd in all expenditures of public
money by the department's officers until
turther ordors.
Railway Collision at Lexington.
A Louisville and Nashville yard locomotive
aad a Chesapeake and Ohio locomotive
palling an extrn freight train oolllded a few
days ago near Pepper's distillery at Lexington,
Ky Nine men were badly hart,
two of whom will die of their lnjaxles. Both
i locomotives were deraollrbed.
UNCLE SAM'S HAf
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The Clayton-Bulwer Treaty is Likely .
to Be Abrogated. 1
TO ACT AT AN EARLY DATE, I
Great Britain ii Willing That the United
State* Should Control the Klcaragaan
Waterway Under Propei^ Conditions?
We Are to Guarantee the Canal's Xeu
trail ty and Safegaard British Interests.
Loxdox (By Cable).?There seems to be
little doubt that Great Britain will agree
to abrogate the Clayton-Bulwer treaty.
The temper of the Cabinet and publlo
opinion, which largely influences the Government's
policy, points, to suoh action,
though no definite understanding with the
United States has yet been reaohed. Great
Britain desires that the Nicaragua Canal
be constructed, and is willing that the
United States should control it if the
United States guarantees Its neutrality and
safeguards British interests. The reports
from Washington that the British Ambassador
there, Sir Julian Pauacefote, has
been instructed to negotiate the abrogation
of the treaty are incorrect, though it Jis
likely he will soon receive instructions to
that effect. \
The Impression hero is that the British |
Foreign Office and the United States
Charge de Affaires, Henry White, in- ,
oldental to his visits to Cabinet Ministers, '
will arrange the basis of aotion. Mr. ,
White spent a few days with the Marquis ,
of Salisbury at Hatfield House, and with j
his family spent Christmas week with the j
Duke of Devonshire at Chataworth House, (
Derbyshire, the country seat of the Duke,
who is Lord President of the Council,
rhere Mr. White met another influential
Minister, Lord Georg? Hamilton, the
Secretary of State for India.
Negotiations May Be Opened Soon.
Washingtok, D. C. (Special).?It is acoepted
a9 little phort of certain in the best- 1
Informed official and diplomatics circles
that negotiations will be opened at an
early day toward modifying the Clayton- ,
Bulwer Treaty to meet the conditions of
the present day concerning American construction
and control of the Nicaragua,
Canal.
Now Secretary of the Interior. (
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ETHAN ALLEN' HITCHCOCK,
i neeee mi rue i ii^r maoimt
uwggt-g l uu uni\t. iiiniiaiii.i
Estimated at 82.600,030 and Said to Be
Heavier Than Ever Before.
Chicaqo, 111. (Special).?Marine losses on
the lakes daring the season of 1898 were
much greater than during any season pre- '
vious. The estimates of the various underwriters
vary greatly, but a general
average of these estimates will place the
aggregate los3 at $2,600,000.
Vesselmen protest that these figures r,re l
too high, and say that the insurance com- i
pariies have not lost heavily. In a list of I
569 losses the causes assigned were as fol- .
lows: i
Ashore, 123; aground in protected ohan- !
nels, 126; fire, 40: collisions, 90; ice, 16;
storinbeaten, 96; foundered, 8; miscellaneous
causes, 116.
Lake Michigan has been the scene of the
greatest number of disasters, with Lake .
Superior second. Lake Huron was remarkably
free from disasters, while Lake
Ontario produoed a larger number of seri- ]
ous losses than Like Erie.
_The number of boats destroyed is 58. <
i'Heir aggregate ronnaga was iuiu. i
Admiral Scliley Receives His Sword. {
Rear Admiral Schley, while he was^^B
Philadelphia a few days ago, was the^^H
clplent of a handsome and costly
scabbard and belt, presented to him
half of the people of Phlladelphj^W and
other cities In Pennsylvania, NpjJp Jersey
and Delaware.
Swindled the Goveip^Veut.
The Internal reVenue^rV?era lQ New
York City have learne^p that the Government
has been swlndiE*W out of thousand:
through the mlsuujr&lX Internal revenut
stumps Dy einploy^B^s In Wall street houses
CsllfornB* Drought Ended.
The weather ?tnd crop reports from Call
fornla show t^Qay^ good fall of rain hai
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roacnea aima^v-<?j ........
and all dang^HE<i drought for the time be
lag Is past^^f The rain came at the right
time, (or oajvtle have been starving In man}
sections, and the ground has been too drj
(or tilling^* while water supplies ot man:
cities and^Bowns reached a low ebb.
A nAw Yorker'* Narrow Escape.
Mr. F^Rnk Knaak, ot New York City, wa
aoqultt Jed o( lese majeste In Berlin, Ger
(or calling Emperor William i
sheepijShead, on the ground that he was In
toxicaWtod.
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PHILIPPINE NATIVES CRUEL.
Stories of Maltreatment of Spanish Pris- 1
oness by the Insurgents. 1
Mamla, Philippine Islands (By Cable).?
rhe assertion so strenuously made by the
natives that they are a highly civilized
ra^e is not borne out by facts,, according
to Spanish refugees from the north who
have just reached here. They say
that after the surrender of the town of
Aparri the insurgents formed a parade,
whose central feature was a Spanish lieutenant,
who was carried alonj? the streets
suspended from a bamboo pole, to whioh
his hands and feet were tied, just as hogs
are carried along here by coolies. On arrival
at the plaza the procession halted,
the pole was placed on two forked sticks,
and a squad of rebels proceeded to
terrorize their helpless victim b> shooting
as close to his head as was
possible without wounding him.
When the unfortunate man ' was
unconscious from terror the procession
moved on again. Another story is told of
a Spanish officer being confined in a oell
wltn his hands tied behind his back, and
compelled to eat the portions' of food 'allotted
him from the floor of his cell like a .
dog. Not satisfied with this, his oaptors
are said to have hooked a rope to his swol- <
len wrists, and by means of a pulley over- ,
head pulled him off his feet until he
fainted. '
Still another refugee states that because 1
he threw some papers which he did not <
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WISII reoeis to Ultvo imu ? uraajjuui vuo
natives dropped htm Into the hole and com- i
polled him to recover the papers. After
this he was paraded tbrorngh the streets for
hours.
The Spanish priests who were captnred
fared somewhat better, according
to reports. The rebels organized them
Into an'extempore brass band to head
their procession, and by dint of-kicks and
blows compelled their captives to produce
plaints of discord, which Highly i
amused the natives. The natives lndlgaantly
deny these allegations, and their
newspapers retaliate ?y printing horrible
stories of atrocities practiced by the Span*
lards before the surrender of Manila, one
of them even publishing the affidavits or
the victims.
CONSULS IN CUBA AND SPAIN.
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Office* In the Island Closed Pending; the
Recognition of Independence.
Washixotok, D. C.. (Special.)?The State
Department ha^ Instructed Vice Consuj
General Springer to proceed to Havana
and close up thd affairs of the United
States Consulate General there. The Consular
offices throughout Cuba will not be
abandoned just now, but will be closed
temporarily until .such times as, through
the recognition of the Independence of the
Cubans, it may become necessary to resume
business through them.
The department tas as yet taken no steps
toward reopening the American Consulate
In Spain, and this will probably be allowed
to await the exchange of ratifications of
the peace treaty. In the absence of the
usual treaties of amity and commerce, the
status of United States Consuls sent to
Spain would be somewhat indefinite, but It
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IS not dOUDteu luai iuoji wuuiu us
proper facilities for the discharge of their
duties.
One, at least, aad perhaps more, of the
United States Consular officers in Spain'
remained at his post throughout the war,
undisturbed. The officer was not an American
citizen, but that in itself would not
have protected him from th? Interference
of the Spanish officials in the making of
his usual reports to the State Department.
Another curious faot is that there was received
without intermission throughout
tlie war at the Navy Department a 8panish
official naval publication on the exchange
list of the department. j
FAITH CURIST FOUND GUILTY.
Second Conviction Obtained In Ohio '
Atainit the Christian Scientists.
Cincinnati, Ohio (Special).?Miss AUle
Putnan , a Christian Scientist, was convicted
a few days ago by a Police Court
jury of violating the State laws regulating
the practice ot medicine. Judge Sobwab
fined her 4100. She was released on $100
bond pending an argument for a ne^yyJ
trial.
This Is the second oonvictlo^seoura(;by
the State Health Bowd, -vTulch has instated
a oruift/ie'agHlost Christian SoldJtists.
C. B. MoLelland, representing rM
-* kM tlfloa ? ..
Doaru, was iiro?tou uy a uiuam xoj
alleged stoaiach trouble. 'He paid her ?
fee.
Tec tfcf usand dollars wa? pledga^^^K
wealthy Cinolnnutl Christian
who refuses to have his
for t?io further defence of
A.mo?) Weston, a leader in thejpfpn^T'^
S>;<eoce Church here, said: "The
building fund ofJfllK&MifflKSJ^Kv
to this church is also^aragH^^KH^^
Putnam's case l^|MHr
cose, and ?
Court of
Confidence.
! Samoa has talcen
PTr)dvaMHHulce confidence of the United
States ^British Consuls to land guns and
raunltiOTis of war and obtain commercial
advantages. Tli? United States Consul
bas been ordered to exercise greater vigilance.
The Sultan's Aide de Camp ftlnrdered.
' Ghani Bey, a notorious Turk, who, for
committing varlons outrages, had been rei
warded with the appointment of Aide de
i Camp to the Sultan of Turkey, was mur.
dered in Constantinople.
Miscellaneous Sport*.
Whist tournaments are in progress at the
leading, colleges.
' There Is little or no demand for bloycles
[ in Portuguese East Africa. There Are only
a few miles of hard roads In Lourenco Mar,
quez, and parts of these are very steep.
' The remaining roads are sandy, and it Is an
f .
impossibility 10 riuo a uiujrmo uiu tuuu*.
Miss Beatrix Hoyt will certainly have no
capse for complaint In the faoUftles for
golf-playing at Sblnneoook Hills next sea9
son. The trustees of Shlnneoock Hill* or.
ganizatlon have just purchased twenty ada
altlonal acre* of land, and will make the
. women's course the longest nine-hole one
to the ooutftr/.
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This Country the Commanding Power
in Finance and Commerce!
MANUFACTURERS ARE ALARMED, i
American Steel Kails In Demand Everywhere?The
Commercial Supremacy of
the United State? the Talk of the Old
"World?Yankee Agents Soliciting Bminess
In Every Fart of Europe.
London (By Cable).?It Is 110 exaggeration
to assert that the foromost topic, compelling
attention in Europe in general and
In Great Britain in particular, overshadowing
th9 dreary broils of domestic politics,
Is the remarkable, aggressive. coDjmercial
prosperity which the United States Is
manifesting. Hardly a newspapf.r review
or a public speaker has failed to notioe
with what giant's strides America is coming
Into the first place in the alignment of
the powers. It Is certainly the chief sub.
ject of conversation on Lombard street and
on the Continental Bourses.
Mr. James Bryce, In a speech before the
Leicester Chamber of Commerce, sounded
a warning to British manufacturers. He
emphasized the fact that the exports of the
United States and Germany had increased
5u/u,uuu,uuu ana siuo.uuu.wu Bespectiveiy,
between-1891 and 1897. while Great Britain's
decreased $75,000,000. He farther
pointed oat that the business of the United
States was developing along many important
lines, which Great Britain, he added,
should have held against all competitors.
Mr. Bryce unhesitatingly asserted that the
United States cauld produce rails cheaper
than Great Britain, and said he saw no
possibility of opening new markets except
in China.
Great Britain seems to have become
reconciled to tire capture of the iron
markets by the United States. - American
firms are uniformly successful in bidding
against the British firms. Consuls assert
that all Eurooe Is swarming as never before
with the agents of American .manufacturers
of steel, street railroads, electrical
apparatus and all kinds of machinery, who
are leading the commercial Invasion.
The Dally Ohronicle comments upon the
fact that American capitalists "have the
courage of their financial opinions if they
think they know the European situation
better tlian toe canitausts or rue uia
World."
FOUR OF A FAMILY DROWNED.
Three Children and Their Mother Perish
In the 9t,'Lanrence River.
Alixandbia Bat, N. Y. (8pecial).?Three
children of Charles Hagermanwere playing
on the Ice off the north shore ol Wells
Island, in the St. Lawrence River, a few
clays ago, when it broke and they all fell In
and were drowned.
A fourth child, a little girl, who was on
shore, and had just warned the others, ran
to the house and notified her mother.
Mrs.,Hagerman rushed to the scene, and
(a her endeavors to rcscue the children
broke through the ice, aud she too was
drowned.
Those drowned were Josephine Hager
man, inirty-iour years oia; ainrsa auger*
man, thirteen years old; Addle Belle Hagertnan,
ten years old, and Bert Hagerman,
seven years old.
Broke Through the Ice.
Phillipsbueg, N. J. (Special).?Grover
Geary, twelve years old. and his two
Bmaller sisters, the children of Dewltt
Ggary, a railroad engineer, were drowned
In the Morris Canal at Port Golden & few
days ago.
Geary lives near the canal, andihe children
were accustomed to play on the ice
when the canal was frozen. During the
aftornoonthe mother missed the little ones,
and, going to the canal, discovered a hole
in the ice. Geary raslied to tho canal and
jumped in, hoping to find tho children, but
he was not successful. The bodies of the
three little ones wore found a short time
afterward near where they had fallon In.
SENATOR MORRILL DEAD
The A~ed Vermont Statesman l'assei
Away at WaMhlngton.
WAamxoTOjr, D. C. (Special).?Justin 8.
Morrill, the senior Senator from Vermont,
died at 1.25 o'clock Tuesday morning in the
eighty-ninth year of his age, after an illness
of less than a week.
The immediate cause of death was pneumonia,
which developed from an attack ofgrip
contracted about a week before. The
venerable Senator was confined to his
home but seven days. Despite his advanced
age he attendod his Senatorial
duties faithfully, and regularly went to
the Capitol. His physician thinks that exposure
to its rigors brought on the attack
of grip.
Justin Smith Morrill, the "Father of the
Senate," was born in Stafford, Vt.,on April
14, 1810. Morrill was elected a Whig, but
became n strong Republican from the
foundation of that party.
After he had served twelvo years in the
nous?, Vermont maut> jhhtiu umisu
Btates Senator, to succeed Luke P. Poland,
and lie took bis seat March 4,1867, a seat
to which he was re-elected iu 1872, 1878,
1884, 1890 and 139G, making Ills service in
the Senate nearly thirty-two years, and his
entire service iu both branches forty-three
years without a ainglo broak.
REAR-ADMIRAL SUNCE* RETIRED.
Admiral Dcxvtfy Becomes the Commanding
Officer of the Xitvy. -g
s-uyj&tmBEAmEjSEJJia, and for forty
ha<
serve^ ?ountr^
f>' 1897," and received
BEAB-ADMIRAL ECNCE. bis COlUUliSSiOU Hi
a rear-admiral on February 6 last.
By the retirement of Admiral Bunco Admiral
Dewey becomes tbo senior officer ic
the navy.
100,000 Rifles For CarlUts.
The Cariist agitation ir. tiie Basque
provinces of Spain is daily becoming more
active and is strongly supported by tho inhabitants
of the French Ba?quo districts,
Upward of 100,000 rifles landed ut Froncli
ports have been smuggled over tho SpauIsh
frontier \ylth cargoes of coal.
Klondikcrs Coming JTome.
Klondike mall to November 21, the f;r.s!
received in six weeks, was taken a fe^
days ago to Seattle. Wash., by Tact: Car.He
reports that 2500 miners are ou thrji
way out of the diggings, uOO being ut the
foot of the chain of lakes.
Philadelphia'* Bis Loan.
Judges Sulzberger and Pcnnypacker al
Philadelphia, Pena., dismissed the bill in
equity brought by Messrs. Barr and Yocurr
to restrain the Issue of a municipal loan o
$11,200,000, which is to bo devoted to cltj
Improvements, and of which noa.-ly $5,
000,000 Is to be used to proouro a bette
water supply and l,000,0u0 for tne Publl<
I Llbtary. This decision establishes tlx
legality of the loan, anu it win no
ated at once.
Eitlmited Cost of Nlcarajraa Cml.
The preliminary report of the Nicaragn;
Canal Commission {rata the total cost ol th
work at *136.000,000.
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? THE NEWS cmOMttEft
Washington Items.
' The papers In the court-martial of O&f*
tain Oberlln M. Carter, United States Engineer
Corps, have been referred to the
Attorney-General by the President for final
ievision.' The Attorney-General willren?
;Ier an opinion as to the regularity of the
a i.i * Af fhA
wuo llllfUUUU11U11 Ul pj^ivatv v* M*?
accused officer at the trial.
' Brigadier-General John N. Andrews has
been relieved from the command of the
Third Brigade, Second Division, First Army
Corps, and ordered to join the Twelfth In- '
fantry.
The Postmaster-General announced the
establishment of seven additional military
postal stations in Cuba, as follows: Pinar
del Bio, Guanajay, Mariel, Trinidad, Las
Tunas, Sanotl Splritas, and Cardenas,
The Senate Committee jon Foreign Belations
reported the bill prbvldlng for the
Government of Hawaii, In which many
ohanges bad been made.
A Marshal's jury declared Joseph W. '
Pearson to be insane. Pearson is the., man
who created a sensation by hurling missiles
through the door and windows of the
British Embassy. The man was taken to
the insane asylum. Th<?
Pollav rasnlntlnn dfractin? an inves
t Jgatlon of the right of members who volun
teered In'the Spanish-American war to
seats in the Honse was adopted. The seats
affeoted are those of Mr. Wheeler (Dem.,
Ala.), Mr. Colson (Bep., Ky.), Mr. Bobbins
(Rep., Penn.), ,ana Mr. Campbell (Dem.,
The Postmaster-General announced .tin
appointment of Major E. G. Bathban, of
Ohio, ex-Fonrth Assistant PostmasterGeneral,
to take charge-of and conduct*
the postal service in Cnpa, with the title of
Director of Posts. , ...
l>omeittc. " ~ '..
James Mnlholland,'George Knowles and
Harry Wllkle were arrested at Paterson.
N. J., on a charge of having held up and
robbed Jaipes'TanNess, a milk dealer.
W. F. Bechel, for sixteen years' auditor of
the Paclflo Express Company at Omaha,
Neb., was a few days ago acagitted of the
charge of embezzling 9200,000 of the company's
funds. His trial had lasted a
month.
John Hedfors, foreman In John P. Bydberg's
quarry at Worcester, Mass., was endeavoring
to remove a blasting charge'
which he thought had failed, when the
charge exploded. Hedfors was blown n\any j
feet in thfe Air and his body oame down
headless. He leaves a wife and six children.
Twenty-five torpedo cases havp arrived
at Fort Constitution, New Cfcstle. N. H.
mi --J-?J u? nr.- I
luoy were uiucfcu uy bjuu ivoi
ment for .Portsmouth Harbor during the
recent war, but the demand for them at
other places delayed their arrival. There
are now 125 torpedoes and mtnes at New
Castle for use In case of emergency.
RJlm Balrd, colored, andfAndy Hicks, a
young white man, both miners, had a quarrel
at the North Jelllco mines, near Barbourvllle,
Ky., a few days agp. Balrd shot
and fatally wounded Hicks. Balrd was I
then shot and killed by some one In the J
, crowd. Hicks's '.brother Is charged with
committing the deed.
Two men were killed in Brooklyn factories
a few days ago by being taught in
machinery. They were John Guertherman,
twenty-eight years old, and John
Ehrhardt, forty-six years old. Both' men
leave families.
A renr-end collision between freight
trains near Wilkesbarre, Penn., badly
wrecked twelve ooal cars, six freight cars
and an engine.- Conductor Peter Stark
and Flagman Lyman Zepbers were fatally
hurt and Engineer Harry Fulton badly injared.
*
Boderick Chlsholm, an electrician, of
Chicago, was slowly buniedjtodeath a few
" ciays ago wuub auspouucu maui.y
above the ground. Several hundred people
saw him suffer without being able to
render assistance. '
William Steele, former casher of the
wrecked Chestnut Street National Bank, of
'Philadelphia, was sentenced by Jud?e Butler,
in the United States District Court, to
Ix 'years and six months' imprisonment
and 9300 fine.
David Shea, an ex-oonvlct, fatally shot.
himself In the bead at St. Louis, Mo.- In a
pathetic letter left by Shea he says he was
driven to death by a private detectiveagenoy.
Sh?a declares he was unable to
obtain work to sustain himself honestly
and be decided to die.
Frederick von Hartmanh, aged twenty even,
son of Baron von Hartmann. of
Cologne, Germany, has been sentenced to
five years in the State Prison b^ Judge
Buck, of Kalamazoo County, Indiana, tor
burglary.
Dr. J. 0. Camobell. a DtfDular physician
of Elmer, N. J., was arrested for forgery.
He was taken to Mayor Hetchnert office,
l at Brldgeton, and while confined there
committed suicide by shooting himself In
the bead with a revolver.
The two attempts on the life of Andrew
-J. Smith, Governor of the Soldiers'Home
at Santa Monica, Cal., have frightened him
Into.resigning, and his resignation, to take
effeot Msroh 31,1899, has been aooepted.
Thomas Jones, living near Greer, W. Va.,
attempted to light a fire with crude oil.
An explosion took place, which wreoked
the room and ignited the dresses of his
twin daughters, aged six years. Jones
himself was injured so badly that he could
not assist the children, and they were
burned to death.
Harry Davis, aged about nineteen years,
son of George Davis, a farmer living near
Three Bridges, N. J., accidentally blew
out his brains while attempting to kill a
hawk which was trying to catoh his father'3
chickens.
David Dilliplane, the thirteen-year-old
son of Irwin C. Dilliplane, a well-known
resident of East Township, Pennsylvania,
committed suicide by shooting himself
through the heart. The cause of sul-iide
Go vernorMj^t, r^j j 0f Mississippi, has
pardoned^HL^ the famous Marlon
Purvis was hangftd
Purvis
BB^^^rfecued and hidden
Hinftlly surrendered, and his
jtwBaEM^M^ominuted to life imprisonP^inel
Edwin S. Barrett, President o(
eHmeiSons of the American Revolution, fell
P^rom his window at Concord, Mass., and
i died about an hour later from his injuries.
Three moonshiners, Jacob Lambert, one
Greer, and an unknown man, were killed,
and several of their companions wounded,
in a battle with revenue officers In Knox
County, Kentucky, a few days ago. The
officers were not hurt.
ic nrimnrUv resnonsible for the death oi
Franklin W. Waters in the railroad aocif
dent at Sharon last August, In which five
persons were killed and many others in1
jured, Daniel W. Getchell, an engineer.
convioted of manslaughter,-was sentenced
by Judge Sherman in the Superior Court
at Dedham, Mass., to two years at hard
1 labor in the House of Gorreotion.
Foreign.
The United Stateslwarships J3oston and
1 Petrel have returned to Manila from Chii
nese ports.
The French Chamber of Deputies adopted
a bill imposing a stamp duty-of one per
t cent, on foreign securities.
The Grand Duohess Xenla, slf.ter of the
Czar of Bussla, has given birth to a son.
The Marquis of Anglesey was fined 8100
at Liverpool, England, for bringing a
1 French bulldog fro? New York la^t Ootober
r without securing the necessary license..
The steamer Colon arrived at Cadiz,
Spain, from Havana, Cuba, with 2000
. Spanish troops.
Princess Louise, of Cobnrg, daughter of
the King ot the Belgians, has beoome insane.
: Emll Bitter, a commercial traveler has
L been sentenced to six months' imprison'
raent at Frankfort, Germany, for having
embraced and kissed a young woman passenger
on a railway train. Frauline Anna
' Sohmitz is the complainant, and the offence
was committed w&ile the train was
[ passing through a tunnel near Frankfort,
9 Serious trouble is feared in 8amoa in
. connection with the election of a king, the
supporters of Mataafa having beoome war<
like.
Mr.W. I. Buchanan,the American MinlBtai
to th? Argentine BepubUo, has bMn named
a u arbitrator In the boundary dispute b?e
frwew Argentina and OhlU.
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The' Five Envoys Return to^^H
Country With the Treaty
a
? ,WM
;H H
DOCUMENT IS IN WASHINGj^H
A ' VS^I
rhe United States Peace Camniliila|
Arrl?? From ParU?They
rrocMd?a to VulUactos' an^^|H
ented the "Treaty of Pari*"
)
Prealdent?Seaator Frye'a Hlal
Kmr
Yoex Citt (Special).?The B
Commissioners for tha United BtS
'reached this city. Saturday marnto#
American Line steamship St. Lon'la, M^R|
an absenoe abroad of two months, brings! H
with them the "Treaty of Pari#*''
nw.? "l r i_?J im
*ur mjh? JUUUU MV*
after 9 o'clock. As the big liner washeM#
docked the bind played "The fl^^H
Spangled. Banner." Senator Fr/e,
lam R. Day and Interpreter FergUwSjfl
were among the first to croaa the JTOjflflfl
rlc. and they were -soon foil?!!?
the rest fit the party,. conalraj^H
la all of forty persons. Ttte five'OcM
mlssloners?ex-Secretary of the 8tate WMfS
lam B. 3>ay, Senator Cnshmaa K.DvKpw9|
Minnesota, Senator William P. ]?
Maine, Senator George Gray of P*&WMj|^D
and Whltelaw Held of this otty lWfrUB
companied by their wires.
The Commissioners hadf agreed
*alV Vault Annnnn^ad f{||? ^k/lfMflfl2y^lH
soon as lie was approached ty repOMg^^l
"We have nothing to say about tbetWgB
until It 1b turned over to the PrtftdclC^H
said Senator Feje. ' % ...j&Mm
In response to further questioning, MB9
ever, and when a published txaualatMnjJ
'the treaty, as Riven out In Mo4rl4^nui^^H
was at eea, was shown to, him, SfrpjPB
'"Every artlole of the'treaty waa itaufl
for by Ihe United States Oommls3lonerMjg
stubbornly resisted by the Hpaal*h>V*|N?|
points" whloh'the Spanish restated
orouslywere the loesofthe Phil}p3?vn|
and the assumption of the. CaM?59I
When the two commissions metthe tytuflH
Commissioners',, first uroposltlott
tho Americans get out of Manila, the lataB
of Luzon, and disclaim ail intention* dflffl
quiring the Philippines, and thea.TTMW
begin our negotiations.' After <x>naffl|
able parrying we made them undeiptflB
that the negotiations had better..jwwiM
without such a sweeping-condition or.tiflj
might not proceed at all. : .J
the United States to nssnme all the
indebtedness. We had to tight hardtOiO^U
vince the Spaniards that we did not tkuH
it.right to Impose such obligations, on. tS
American people, but after a hard tMU/M
days and, days our opponents
our oicums ana sigaea me ire*ij>jrawp?^^*
have no doubt will be approvedfcy che?^6M
dent and ratified by the Sfehate." . : J
COMMISSIONERS IN WASBlVQ^n
Jadpe D?r Present? the Treaty % f
President of the T?hlt* JKotW. jj
Washington, D. C. CSpeciftl).?TheAmS
lean Peace Commissioner* arrivedJa;WHHH
ington from New York Shortly ttbHiWk
o'clock 8ataxday afternoon. Tti?tfr
driven in carriages to th? White BCofcB
and at 4.40 o'clock were received byJPcB
ident McKinley in the BluePkrldr, tojjrt?
.with all. the attaobes of the Cqatpiail^^H
- All the Commiwloners wei? pnj?jaP^H
Wlliiam B. Day, Senator Cushman IL DaVS
Senator William P. Frye, Senate* O?orgfl
flrav ajrvd Mr. Whlhfllnw ft.ilrl. fl%?
treaty was brought in a separate o&rrujfl
"by Mr. John Bassett Moore,
the Commission, and Mr. MlchawT'viBijl^H
Clerk of the State Department, who
the party at the' Pennsylvania Baltrotifl
Few persons were nt the White HopmB
when the Cftmmlssiorrew and.other Tawjl^H
bQrs of the party arrived..
There was no formality in the reeepttQM^B
by the President. The CommlasiObflH wfl
m&lned half an hour, President Day ot ttufl
Commission presenting the treaty, wTiTritJ
was brought In a good sized wtoh/wM
President MoKlnley ooiyjratuJatedw
Commissioners on the result ?I tbeir/flfl
sion In Paris and for each one h?d i :$pm
olal word of commendation forth?'
ful manner In which the delicato nogotfiH
flons leading to the peace settlement
INDIANA ' HAS A LYNCH INC.
A Mol> Hang* ? * * Who AttoaqM^H
Wife Harder. ;
Scottsbdbo, Ind. (Special).? T&tijM
Tyler was placed In jail here several
ago, the resalt of an attempt on his pac^^B
Shortly alter midnight a few daya agjB
mob was formed. All were mas iced.
hurried to the Sheriff's resldenoe ln.'.M
jail, called him by name and, covering?
ana hla sons with ffuha, the leader dems^^B
ed the keys of the jail.
The demand was refused, but the
bftsame so threatening and detennu^^BB
thaf the Sheriff and hts family w^^H
frightened Into telling wbwi the
could be found. The mob toot tb^MM|
went to' the jail where they
prisoner and hanged him.
On Novembers Tyler shot and serta^^lH
wounded his wife and then made aa
fectual attempt at snlolda. , His
last trial was to have taken platN^H
January 13. '.
This Is the first hanging in the
^er^^Zr^thtaihWian7 orOH
era. .
CADETS SOON TO CRAoB^^^B
' l.PoAntor. Will End Their
. WASHi^oTojrTl^^r^^ctaf^lgJpPHB
has been sent to the headquarters ot .tful
army directing that the first class of cadffcfl
at West Point be graduated In FebrtuerfJI
Instead of the following Juno. This v?I
In accordance with a recommendation?
made some time ago by MaJor-<&M?fl
Miles and now approved by Secretary AIMS
A United States army officer and offloufl
of the War Department explained that aortfl
object of General Miles in maklhg-tblfl
'recommendation was to supply thej>nrtfl
log need now of youug officers. Many a^H
ill or on staff duty, and from other caua^H
the line is depleted. In the Third CaxjU^H
there are only five officers on duty.
assignment of the new second Ueutenn^H
wbo number about fifty, will do muohj^H
, relieve the ,situation, and keep ooJt of?^l
service manv civilians who werer unlit, I^H
who might otherwise, through polltical^M
fluenoe, be appointed to second
RARE TREAT FOR SOUTH AME^^B
Gunboat Wilmington to Exhibit
Glory" to South. American ContftriM^HI
Niwpobt News, Ya. (8peclal).?The
little gunboat Wilmington, which did
good work on the blockade during the BH
cent war, has left Hampton Roads on,^H
unusually interesting trip. IH
The Wilmington will take the Amerl?
flag to the innermost rivers of South An^H
loa for the purpose of exhibiting It
natives or tne loutn country's repuof^m
i The object of this trip is to Indues ml
frifndlv relations, commercial and
wise, with the countries of South
A Boy's Awful Crime. Frank
Nulty, a postoffloe clerk, ninet^Hj
years old, of New York City,- shot, and
stantly killed his former sweetheart,
k Retnley, a few days ago because she Wo^H
not marry him. The girl was seyent^M
i years old and lived with her parent*.
killing her he turned the weapon uMH
himself and fired two bullets into his
;
A Gunboat For Bay State Naval MUi^H|
, The Secretary of the Navy, Wajbiag^^M
i has directed the transfer to the Ooro^^H
of Massachusetts (or naval mllltla flHfl
poeeg of the auxiliary gnnboat Inca^^M
marly the yauitf ot Ut* same nam*