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TWO BRAVE ARMY GIBLS.
One Noble Sister Who Nursed the
Other Through Yellow Fever.
FATHER DIED OF DISEASE IN CUB.A
Major Clendenln * Victim of Black Jack a?
HU Daughter* Sailed Airay-Mln
llelen Caucht the Disease and Mln
Elta Devotedly Ntiraed Her Back to
Health?A Tale of Womanly Heroism'
New Yoek C:tt (Special).?Or the hero.
Ism of the men of the array, volumes have
been written. With this heroism the storj
following has nothing to do. It treat9 oi
the heroism cf two "army girls," brave,
true hearted Yankee misses, whose lives
since they have been out of plnafore3have
been spent in barracks, within the sound
of drums nnd the rumble of feet tramping
in cadence.
The name of these "armv elrls" is Clen
denln. They are the daughters of a martyr
to duty and they are martyrs themselves.
One of them is slowly convalescing from an
attack of yellow fever on Swinburne IeN I
and; the other Is recovering from the strain
of nursing her sister through the illness
that threatened her life. In a trench outside
of Boniato Camp, near Santiago, the
body of their father has been burled,
though at first they did not know it.
Paul Clendenin was a physician In Galesburg,
111., fourteen years ago. Ho had two
little daughters, Helen and Ella, and to
them he was father and mother, for his
young wife had died. He souRlit forgetfulne3s
of his affliction, but ho could not
gain it in the drowsy atmosphere of Galesburg.
Naturally fond of a nomadic existence,
life In the army appealed to him.
He applied for a position in the M*dloal
Corp;-, passed a brilliant examination and
became an assistant surgeon in November,
1836.
When the war with Spain hroke out L>r.
Clenaenln had reached the grade of captain,
and was considered one of the best of
the army surgeons. 'He made application
to be allowed to enter tho volunteers, and
permission was granted. In Juno, 1893, he
was made a brigade surgeon with the rank
of major, and was assigned to General
Fitzhugli Lee's command.
Major Clendenin had his hands full.
The hospital was fall of soldiers the winter
through. From general to private the
army fought off tho fever, and right in the
van of the attacking force were the Clendsnin
girls. But the fight was futile?the
fever came, and one of the first to feel Its
?ffect8 in the Santiago district was Mujor
ri.ni4?ln
He battled with the disease with all the
skill and strength of a trained lighter, but
it conquered him. Late in June he told
his daughters that they must get out of
Santiago.
What! go to the cool breezes of tbe middle
west and leave their father sweltering
under the Santiago sun, ill perhaps! The
Clendenln sisters said "no" to the proposition,
but tbeir father's arguments overcame
their scruples.
Arrangements were made for the Clendenin
girl) to go to New York on the trans
port ttcueuan, cogetuer wuu neariy uw
others hurrying from the fever infested
town. On the day before the McClellaa
sailed, Major Olendenin was stricken down
with the fever.
He said nothing to his daughters about
It, in the fear that they migut refuse to
leave hiui. Not until the ship had sailed
did he give way.
1 On the first day out from Santiago Helen
Clendenin became ill. The ship's surgeon
told her that she had yellow fever, and so
she had. In spite of the protests of Ella
Clendenin she was not allowed to nursf
her sister. But she was allowed to sit near
the door of her cabin and talk to her.
Through the voyage she scarcely left he:
post. The other passengers formed
watches and took turns in keeping by the
ioneiy girl.
Df. Doty, when he boarded the MeClellan
at Quarantine, was told of the condition
of affairs on board.
"Miss Clendenin?" he said. "Is she the
daughter of Major Clendenin, who died in
Santiago?"
"8-s-h!" said Captain Brickley. "They
do not know."
And so, when Helen Clendenin was taken
off the McClellan and transferred to Swinburne
Island she was told that her father
was well. Ella Clendenin insisted that she
jDe allowed to nurse her sister.
"If papa should have to hear that she
was nursed by strangers," said the brave
girl, "hs would not like it."
Down to Swinburne Island went Ella
Clendenin. Night and day she watched at
the Dedside of her stricken sister, and not
until Dr. Doty absolutely insisted that she
should relax her vigilance did jhe consent
to ta.ie a protracted rest. Thanks to the
strong constitution of Miss Helen and the
excellent treatment she has received, both
aboard ship and on the Island, she is now
on the road to complete recovery.
It was pathetic to hear these two brave
army girls talk of their father. Both were
overjoyed in the false belief that he survived
his illness and Is agalo the strong,
courageous worker they have known from
childhood.
"In the course of my service as Health
Officer," said Dr. Doty, "I have had many
jnpleasant duties to perform. I would
willingly have gone through all of them in
succession rather than to have told those
two brave girls the truth."
spread 01 Louisiana came unease.
For some weeks past the cattle in various
pnrt9 of Louisiana have been seriously
attacked by the malignant disease chnrbon,
and serious loss hus bf*en sustained iu both
3attle and mules. It now appears that
the malady has attacked deer, rabbits and
other four-footed game, and remarkable
reports are coming in to New Orlenns from
the country districts regarding the new
spread of t^e disease.
A Fatal Fire in New York City.
An early morning Are caused the doith
Df a child and injury to twelve other persons
in r flve-story brick tenement in New
York Citv a few days ago. The dead
child is Itncbel Silver, six years old, who
a tt-\ har VMPnAiiP
Hospital. Four of the other victims were
seriously hurt, but they will recover.
Oftlco Declined by an Alabama Negro.
President McKlnley appointed Jack
Bishop, a negro, to be Postmaster at White
Oak, a village in eastern Alabama, a Tew
d iys ago. Bishop knew that his accepauce
would breed trouble, and promptly
declined the appointment. He had not applied
for the place.
The New Golf Champion.
Herbert M. Harrlmai., of the Meadow
Brook Golf Club of Hempstead, L. I., wod
the amateur golf championship of America
at Lake Forest, III., from Findlay S. Douglas,
who won the tide of champion last
yeir. The final score wan three up and
two to play For the first time slDce amateur
golf championship tournameuts have
been held in America, au American-born
golfer holds the position of honor.
Wood'i Campaign Against Yellow Fever
General Leonard Wood has returned tc
Santiago, Cuba, and is taking steps tc
stamp out fellow fever.
Scarlet Fever In West Point.
A disease showing strong symptoms oJ
scarlet fever, has broken out in West
Point, N. Y. Several of the cadets have
been attacked by the malady. All the
physicians of the post ar<) in a tendance
on the patients, and every possible precaution
is being taken to prevent the
spread of the disease.
Qaeennland Oflevs Military A1<1.
The Government of Queensland has
cabled to the Secretary of State for t!u
Colonies, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Lon
don, offering 250 mounted Infantry, with i
machine gun, for service in South Afrlu
in case of hostilities between Gr**f Hr<
tad the Truuvui.
MANY CASES OF LOCKJAW
Eleven Deaths in New York Citj
and in Nearby Towns.
All of the Fatalities Dae tn Pistol Accl,
dents In Celebratlnsr Independence Day
?Antitoxin Serum Does Not Cur*.
New York City (Special).?Two boy3 died
of lockjaw a few day9 ago in the Bronx,
and according to the physicians of the different
hospitals there will be more deatli9
from the same cause in the next few weeks.
Another death occurred in Roosevelt Hospital.
The two deaths In the Bronx were
those of John Indorf, thirteen years old,
and Oscar E?taumberger, t?n year* old.
| Young Indorf 4n firing a toy pistol on the
"* " * 1 u ? * VvU.iIf vf-t-M rra in
f'OUrtn was injureu uy u utuun. ..
the palm of his left hand. His wound was
dressed In a drug store, but that night he
felt pain In bis neck nnd the family physl*
cian discovered symptoms of lockjaw.
Oscar Estaumberger got Into a scuffle
with some other boys In a vacant lot near
his home. A toy pistol was discharged in
his right hand in the scuffle and symptoms
of lockjaw rapidly developed. He died Ave
hours after Indorf.
Patrick McLaughlin, nineteen years,died
of lockjaw in Roosevelt Hospital. A blank
cartridge in a pistol exploded In his hand
on the Fourth, tearing a ragged hole. The
wound was dressed In Roosevelt Hotpltal,
bat lockjaw developed. The patient had
been treated with antitoxin.
Saiiatooa, N. Y. (8peclal).?Edgar T.
Brackett, Jr., aged ten years, eldest son of
Senator Brackett, died of lookjaw result|
lug from an injury received on the Fourth
j of July through a toy pistol's dlsotinrge.
Elizabeth, N. J. (Special).?Horace L.
Lenher, the thirteen-year-old son of Walter
L. Lonher, died of lockjaw, While celeI
bratiug the Fourth of July he burned the
second finger and palm of his left hand by
the discharge of u blank cartridge pistol.
| 3Ioxtcl.hr, N. J. (.Special).?Haroia s.
Clark, a son of Mr. ami Mrs. Charles Clark,
J of liloomfield, died of lockjaw at the Mouu*
talaslde Hospital. He was fourteen years
old. On the Fourth of July the wad of a
blank cartridge from a toy pistol eutered
J the palm of his right hand. Little was
I thought of the wouud until a few days later
| when the boy felt pains In his head. Dr.
| Charles Bailey then examined him and
| found that tetanus had developed.
Patersox, N. J. (Special).?Joseph A.
Grotsky, a Justice of the Peace and law
| student of Passaic, died In the general hosI
pital of lockjaw, resulting from blood
Eoisoninj? brought on by a wound In the
and received on the night of July 3. His
I Injury was received while he was loading a.
blank cartridge pistol, the charge entering
the palm of bis hand.
Pittsburg, Pent. (Special).?Hugb Savage,'seventeen
years old, died of lockjaw,
caused by a wound from a toy pistol on the
Fourth of July. Wilbur Lindburg died the
other day of lockjaw from like oause, and
William Sweeney, fourteen years old, also
succumbed to the fatal complaint. Allthe
boys were wounded slightly in the hand by
*hn snattarinir of the caps used In firing
I toy pistols.
j Uarrisbobo, Penn. (Special).?Frank,
the flfteen-year-old soa of Judge Weiss,
died of lockjaw. He was injured iu the
hand L>y a revolver oa the Fourth of July.
SENDS DEWEY HIS MEDAL.
It Commemorate* the Famoaa Battle of
Maulla Bay.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?The Navy
Department has dispatched to Admiral
| UH
:'?JL COjvl
obvekse side of admiral dewet's medal.
Dewey the medal awarded to him by act of
Congress to commemorate the battle of
Manila Bay.
ISLANDS ALIEN TERRITORY.
The Insular Commission Reports on
Spain's Ceded Territory.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?The Insular
commission has prepared an exhaustive
opinion by which It holds that the islands
in possession of the United States as
a result of the war with Spain are not part
of the territory of the United States.
The commission hold that there Is a radical
difference between territory, a part ol
the United States and territory in the possession
of the United States. It has beeD
gnerally concede 1, they say, that we caD
do as we please with the islands which we
obtained from Spain, that we cau sell them,
give them away or turn thein over to the
Inhabitants who live upon them for the establishment
of Independent Government.
It this general admission is true, then
they affirm the Islands cannot be part ol
the territory of the United States, because
no part of the United States can be alienated.
The United States can neither sell
nor alienate any portion of its territory,
nor can any portion of the territory alienate
itself from the United States. This was
well settled by the Civil \V:ir.
PARIS CLEAR OF ROCKS.
Salvagers Save the American Lino Steauiei
From Destruction.
London (By Cable).?The salvager?
moved the American Line steamer Parte
astern for a distance of 150 yards, and
shifted the vessel's position slightly to the
eastward. The Paris was moved clear ol
the rock9.
The Intention of the salvagers w:is simplj
to slue tbe steru of the liner, so as to facilitate
the operations of the divers, but il
was found that she moved more freeh
than was expected. Three salvage boatalone
Dracticallv removed her from i
critical position unaided.
The Paris was towed to Falmouth, anc
if on inspection her condition warrants it
she will be taken to Southampton or tc
some other dock for repairs.
Austria's Demands Refused.
The United States Government has de
clined he proposal of the Government o
Austrlf -Hungary to arbitrate tbe claim,
for danaires arising from tbe death o
Austria-Hungarian subjects durlnjj th<
rioting at Hazletou, Penn., in September
1397.
American Tourists in Europe.
Great crowds of American tourists ar
thronging the hotels of Europe, and th
transatlantic steamship lines are taxed t
tbelr utmost capacity in haudilng the un
usually large number of passengers.
Captain Watkins Relieved of His Licenss
Captain Frederick Wutkins, of the Ameri
can line steamship Paris, now aground o;
the Cornish coast, near the Manacles, ha
taken all the blume for the loss o! the shl;
on himself, and, as a result, he has bee
relieved of his master's license tor twyears.
Captain Watkins Is still aboard th
stranded liner, remaining there at tie re
rmfint of tlm underwriters.
The Heir to the Russian Throne.
The Czar ol Russia, In a manifesto ha
declared that his brother, the Grand Dak'
Michael Alexaadromtob. U Lb# fo ^
tbrnna
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i FOB THE NEW REGIMENT!
I? r t? i . /\m _i
Appointment ot volunteer umcers v
Serve in the Philippines.
PROMOTION FOR GALLANT ACTS
Two Regiment* of Veteran* In the Phil
lpplnes Are Asvureri?President Mc
Klnley Ha* Appointed Lieutenant
Colonel*, Captain* and Lieutenants Fo
the New Volunteer Keclinent*.
Washixotov. D. C. fSnecialV?1ThePresl
dent has appointed the following Lieuten
ant-Colonels of Volunteers:
Major J. F. Bell, Assistant Adjutant-Gen
eral of Volunteers, now serving In the Phil
Ipplnes. He was appointed from Kentuck;
to West Point In 1874. He went to Manlli
with General Merrltt, and has had charge
of the Bureau of Military Information.
Captain Herbert H. Sargent, who wa
Colonel of the Fifth Immune Regiment dur
ing the war with Spain. He was appolntei
to West Point from Illinois.
Captain John J. Brereton, of the Twenty
lourth Infantry. He was appointed froit
New Jersey to West Point and was gradu
ated In 1877, since which time he has beei
with the Twenty-fourth Infantry. He was
In the battle of San Juan Hill, and was
highly commended for his coolness anc
bravery.
Captain E. H. Plummer. Tenth Infantry
He was appointed to West Point fron
Maryland in 1873. During the Spanish wa;
he was on duty in Cuba as Brigade Quar
termaster at the headquarters of the Fiftl
Corps. Captain Plummer was reeomtneode<
for brevet for gallantry in action at San
tlago. He has teen assigned to the Thirty
fifth Infantry. He will recruit and organ
ize this regiment at Vancouver, Washing
ton, and command It until it arrives ii
Manila. This is the regiment to whlct
Colonel Kobbe has been assigned.
Lieutenant Frank C. Bolles, Sixth In
fantry, has been assigned us an aide oi
General Wheeler's stall and ordered to re
port to the General at San Francisco.
The President has also made the following
appointments in the Volunteer army
One Major, eighteen Captains, twentj
First Lieutenants and thirteen? Second
jLiieuteuauia.
Secretary Alger Is very anxious to hav<
the new regiments recruited as far as pos
stble from men who served in the 8tat<
volunteers during the Spanish war. He hiu
received Information from a number of offl
cers, especially those who were on dutj
mustering out the volunteers in differ-'nl
States that If there was an opportunity aT
forded, probably ninety per cent, of tb<
new regiments would be composed ol
these men. Of course, under the regula
Hons, the recruiting officers cannot dls
criminate between the men who have beet
in the Volunteer service an I those wh<
have not, and men will be enlisted as thej
apply witnout regard to their prevloui
service records.
GESERAL OTIS'S VETERANS.
He Cable* That Two Regiments Art
Assured In the Philippines.
Washington, D. C. (Special).? Genera
Otis cables tbe following:
"Two veteran regiments assured. ' Wil
enlist about 1000. Vou can appoint elevet
Second Lieutenants for first and nine foi
second regiment to recruit in tbe Unitec
States; all other offices tilled. Regiment!
styled First and Second Philippine Unitec
States Veteran Volunteer Infuntry."
Adjutant-General Corbln cabled Genera
Otis tbat these designations could not bi
allowed for the Philippine regiments, am
In order to save coufusion tbey would bi
called tho Thirty-sixth and Thirty-seventl
United States Volunteer Infantry.
ADMIRAL CERVERA'S TRIAL.
Judgment of the Coarl-Martial on th
Santiago Fight Has Been Postponed.
Madrid, Spain (By Cable).?Judgmen
has been postponed in the case of Artmira
Cervera and most of tbe other officer
whose conduct in the battle off Santiago
ADMItiAL CERVEBA.
resulting la the loss of the Spanish fleet
has been the subject of Inquiry by sped'
court-martial. Th?8 Is practically equlvalec
to an acquittal. Ail of tbe officers bav
been liberated except Captain Diaz Morer
who was commander of the Crlstobt
Colon. General Paredes Is to be pro9e
cuted.
SIX KILLED BY A RAILROAD TRAIh
AFamitjr Practically Wiped Out at a Dar
gerous Grade Crossing.
Colt-mbfs, Ohio (Special).?All save on
of the seven members of the familyof Wil
lam Reinhard, of this city, were killed, an
the other one was badly Injured, by a B1
Four passenger train a few days ago. Tb
dead are William Rolnhard, aged forty
one; Rachael Reinhard, aged forty; Wil
lam Reinhard, aged twelve; Arthur Reit
hard, aged nine; Karl Reinhard, age
eeven, and Edward Reinhard, aged llv<
The injured one wa9 Clarence Reinhari
aged fourteen, his collar bone being brokei
Mr, and Mrs. Reinhard and their (h
children were out for an afternoon drlv
in a surry. The crossing has long been n
garded as t? dangerous one, the view of ii
coming trains being obscured by a hig
fence around tbe fair grounds. The trai
was running at a high rat* of speed.
A Crusade Against Polygamlsts.
A new crusade against polygamy wf
started at Salt Lake, Utah, by the arre:
of Angus M. Cannon, a well-known lead'
of the Mormon Church. One of the pluri
wives of Cannon, Mrs. Mattie Hughes Car
non, who is a State Senator and served i
the late Legislature, gave birth to a chil
tuAcril last, which circumstance is tt
chief evidence upon which the preset
complaint is founded. The prosecution <
Cannon will be followedupbylnformatlot
being filed against B. H. Boberts, Prea
dent Snow, John Henry Smith and mac
other Mormons who do not deny the m
ture of the the relations which exist b
tween them and their plural wives.
Prominent People.
Senator Hoar says he never has raisst
while In this country having codfish bal
for breakfast 8unduy.
Frank Thomson, late President of tl
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, has le
his estate of 3750,000 to his three cbildre
Viscount Miura, the Japanese Generc
has joined with Count Okuma in a crusac
against higher taxes to provide for a largi
army and navy.
A text book on railroads, by Professi
Hadley, the new President of Yale Uc
verslty, has been translated iutp Russia
by order of the Czar, and Is now used as
? -* -A? -a.. I** f l
regular text dook tor requireu smu/ n
Russian universities. ? ?
I THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
I
Wkihinrton
In the Cabinet meeting ft few days ago,
r It was decided, In order to replenish the
stock on tbe Island of Cuba, to admit Tree
of duty 50,000 head of breeding cattle.
Paymaster W. B. Wilcox of the navv, recently
tried by court-martial at the Mare
Island Navy Yard on a charge of drunken#
ness was found guilty and sentenced to dismissal.
President McKinley mitigated the
sentence to reduction to the foot of the list
of paymasters.and stoppage of half of WIN
cox's pay for one jear.
, Lieutenant Lawson 51. Fuller, Ordnance
Bureau, has been ordered to the Philippines
as Chief Ordnance Officer in the field
i of the army operating there.
The President has approved the sentence
of the court-martial In the case of Captain
John McNeali, Fourth Cavalry, who was
recently convicted by court-martial of violations
of the army regulations in connection
with his administration of the affairs
of the mess fund of hl? company and other
financial matters. Hi was ordered dismissed
from the service.
' Mr. Mitchell, the Acting Comptroller of
' the Treasury, has rendered a decision that
t Bear Admiral Sampson is not entitled to
the pay of that grade from August 10,1898,
E when he was commissioned by the Presl
dent, to March 4 last. The decision was
. made In reply to an inquiry from Pay Inj
apector Burtls, on the flagship N<jw York,
! at Port of Spain, Trinidad.
xne war uepttnuieui uaa.
i of the death at Santiago de Cuba of Lieu.
tenant James B.McLaughlin .Volunteer Slg:
nal Corps. Lieutenant McLaughlin was a
i victim of yellow fever. He was appointed
i Second Lieutenant in the Signal Corps May
I 30.1898, having previously served as a private
in the regular army. He wop born in
Ireland.
i
I ]>otueattc.
Marc Sancbe, twenty-five years old, be?
came violently insane a few days ago, as
; the result of excessive cigarette smoking,
| and attempted to jump from n third-story
i window at his home in New York City. He
was finally overpowod by his father and
taken to Bellevue Hospital. Sancbe smoked
'< seventy-five to a hundred cigarettes a day.
Colonel E. T. Cooper, of Dover, Del., a
? - ? - Ji-.i ..l ik.
I United states prisoner, uieu <u mo now
" I Jersey State Prison at Trenton after having
suffered two days from colic accompanied
by hiccoughs. Cooper wns sentenced
to the prison about a year ago for compll[
city in the abstraction of large sums of
; money from the First National Bank of
Dover, Del.
When the case of Dan Coughlin, widely
> known on account of his trial for alleged
participation in the murder of Dr. Cronin,
? was called In Chicago he failed to appear,
a He and his bartender, William Armstrong
. are accused of bribery and conspiracy to
bribe In a damage suit the Illinois Central
t Railroad. Their bail, amounting to $20,
. 000, was declared forfeited.
J Albert 8mith, a middle-aged negro, was
? hanged at Harrisburg, Penn. Smith poi
soned bis wife a year ago and went to live
with Annie Winston, who had poisoned her
i husband. He began to pay attention to
> other women. Annie became jealous and
r notified the polioe. She is serving a twenty
i years' sentence.
Harry Rader, a butcher of Nazareth,
hia fnmiiv into Easton. Penn., a few
days ago and ; while on the outskirts took
hts dog down to the canal to throw him In.
' As Be threw the dog he slipped into the
water himself and was drowned. His wife
[ and children witnessed the accident.
Henry Chambers, of Guilford, Conn., a
I few days a?o committed suicide by hangi
iDg himself. Domestio troubles are supr
posed to have been the cause of the deed.
I Engineer E. Weatherford, of the Flor5
ence branch of the Southern Railway, was
1 assassinated while asleep In hifltrain at
Tuscumbla, Ala. His son, John TVeatlierford,
who is also an engineer of the SouthJ
ern Railway, is in jail charged witn the
J crime. The theory advanced by the State
9 is that the murdered man had a large in1
surance upon bis life, and his son. who is
bis only heir, committed the deed to secure
the money.
The 8avings Bank of St. Paul, at St.
Paul, MIdh., established in 1867 with a cap
a ital of 5100,000, or wuicu mamas a. houdergast
is President, has been compelled
to close its doors. All of the depositors
t will be paid In full.
1 An express agent at Sberrodsvllle, Ohio,
g was robbed of a box containing 4)2611.30.
The money had been sent from Cleveland
' to the mining town to be paid to the em
ployes of one coal mine. The express
agent, who is also ticket agent, took the
box into his office and looked after other
duties for a few minutes. TV hen he returned
the cash was gone and a stranger,
about twenty-flve years old, who bad
alighted from the train which brought the
box, was also missing.
Brlgadier-Genaral Funston has written
to the Governor of Kansas suggesting that
intercession with President McKinley to
have the Kansas regiment sent home at
once will be appreciated. He thinks the
men are entitled to a rest.
A man literally died from joy a few days
ago in the Ohio Penitentiary at Columbus.
Grayson, a prisoner from Springfield, who
has been serving a considerable 'sentence,
- got a pardon from Governor Bushnell.
> When tue news was brought to him he
\ could not withstand the shock the joyful
tidings caused, and shortly after being re(
leased and before leaving the penitentiary
walls he died. Grayson had been In feeble
health for some time.
Thomas W. Kinney, of Portsmouth, Ohio,
has filed an application in the United States
Court at Cincinnati to be declared bankrupt.
He has been a partner jin the firms
~ of W. Kinney A Co. and Kinney & Tlbbetta,
and the aggregate of his Individual and
il partnership debts Is $121,379. Thve are
it 1 no assets.
e | Samuel F. Pngue, former lieutenant In
i l TTn<?Q/i stnt-nq Armv who became in
il volved in derlous trouble at Fort Sheridan
!* several year9 ugo committed suicide in
Chicago. Pague was formally dismissed
from the army on January 2, 1896, for
J. shooting at Colonel Crofton three times.
'* Foreign.
Three months' court mourning for thi
ie death of the Czarewltch has been ordered
1- at St. Petersburg, Russia.
J The report that more mounted police are
to be sent to the Yukon is officially denied
B at Ottawa, Ont. The Government intends
e to withdraw some of the militia. There
- are at present about 250 members of the
I* police force in the Yukon, most of them
i- stationed at Dawson.
5 The Politlsche Correspondent, of Vienna,
j" Austria, says mat au inquiry imu mo ?<j*
cent attempt to as3.i3slnate ex-King Milan,
r * of Servla, at Belgrade, shows that it was
? part o( an astonishingly widespread conspiracy
and was intended as the prologue
to the overthrow o( the dynasty and the
J entire preseut regime.
n The British Government announces that
it will contribute $225,000 to the antarctic
expedition fund.
The Transvaal Government has decided
to prosecute on the charge of high treason
the three principal defendants whose
3t complicity in the recent attempt to pro?r
mote a rebellious rising at Johannesburg
il has been for several weeks under judicial
i- investigation.
'5 In the House of Commons, London, th?
d Government announced that It proposed
10 to pay the Royal Niger Company the sum
11 of $4,825,000 for the revocation of its char
>' 1 ?l.? on I'ran.tar nf nil nf fiffhtS
" uutur uuu tuo sui*v?uv* 0
19 la the House of Commons, London, Mr.
' * Brodrlck, Parliamentary Foreign Seore.y
tary, promised to ask the British Embassy
** at Washington to procuro the reports ot
the Buffalo Laboratory on the study o:
cancer in that Institution.
Captain Iremonger ot the Durham ltej*l
ment was shot by a railway engineer of the
name of Gregory, whose wife recently
eloped with Iremonger. The shooting occurred
at Eandora, India. Gregory, aftei
ie shooting Iremonger, killed his wife anc'
liuJ
ift tliem COmmmou auiuiuo.
n- Twoj Brtish warships have arrived at
lI, Delagoa Bay for the purpose of Interceptie
lag Boer supplies In the event of hostlll*
sr ties.
The latest supersession in connection
Dr witn the Dreyfus affair is that of M. Deniel,
il- Governor of the penal settlements on the
in Isles du Salut, who, it is alleged, doubled,
a on his own authority, the penalty of a
ie month in irons imposed on Dreyfus. M.
Denlel, it seems, persistently aimed at
wringing a confession from tne prisoner.
Hta successor aa Governor to M. Laaoucan.
SANTIAGO QUARANTINED.1
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Energetic Steps Taken by General
\Mnnt\ M P.hprk Yellnw Fever.
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FORBIDS AMERICANS TO LAND.
The Military Governor Orders the Hotels j
and Saloons Closed?The Other Meas- t
, nres Taken to Prevent the Spread ot I
Yellow Fever ? Troops Have Been (
Moved Ontslde of tbq. City's Limits. ^
Santiaoo de Coba (By Cable).?General
Leonard Wood, in command of theDepartment
of Santiago de Cuba, Issued General
Order No. 34 a ffew days ago, establishing
absolute quarantine. All officers of the
| Government and employes are forbidden
to enter the city, with the exception o
those belonging to the Department. Major
Oarr and Surgeons Mendoza and Hunez are
detailed to take charge of the fever patients
in the city, which is placed under strict
regulations. Other officers will have charge
of the yellow fever hospital on the island.
The Mayor is directed to close all American
hotels and saioons, to forbid other
THE MARKET PLACE A'
| liquor dealers to sell Intoxicants to Amerl- i
| cans, and to arrest all Intoxicated Amerl- i
j cans cr loiterers in saloons. The principal I
> hotels and saloons are designated 'by t
: name. <
! The pacli trains were ordered to estab- *
; lish camps outside the city, and all the i
troops were moved to 8ongo, except one i
company at Morro Castle. 1
The headquarters of all tbe departments 1
were moved to Cristo, and the railroad and
| steamship lines are forbHden to bring <
j Americans Into the city. No ships ar? per- <
| mitted to touch at the wharves. (
TQ6 Strictest reguiuuuua uaio uocu aotnblls?ed
for the protection from fever of
the'oompany of soldiers at Morro Castle.
Supplies are to be left at the road depot,
and will be taken to the soldiers by teams
| from the camp.
No travelers will be permitted to leave
here without having undergone Ave days'
j detention In camp.
General Wood proposes to adopt heroic
j measures to stamp out the fever.
Many Americans have been arrested un!
der the terms of General Wood's order.
j ALCER REMAINS IN THE CABINET.
The Secretary of War Say* That He Ha*
No Intention of Resigning.
| Washington, D. C. (Special).?Secretary
Alger made a statement a few days ago
: concerning the reports that ho la about to
! resign from the Cabinet. When asked by
' a newspaper correspondent as to the truth
of the rumors, the Secretary said:
OEXEBAL BX7SSELL A. ALOES.
"There is nothing In tbeae reports but
| air. I shall not retire this year, certainly,
| and cannot say as to the future. My priI
vate business and the state of my health
! will govern my future ooui;se.
'.'These constant assaults and repeated
I baseless reports are,-of course, very annoy-1
j ing to me dad extremely distressing to my
j family, bat I Have never yet retired under
I Are and do not propose to do so now. Nothj
lng that I have ever heard of or known ol
has been so cruel as these attaoks upon me.
j If my critics can point to one thing in my
I official career I have done that I ougot not
I to havo done, or I have not done that I
should have done, I shall be very glad to
surrender my present official duties."
ADMIRAL DEWEY AT SUEZ.
After a Short Stop [the Olympla Enterp
the Canal.
Suez (By Cable). -The United States
cruiser Olympla, from Colombo, Ceylon,
with Admiral Dewey, arrived here a few
days ago. Aftor a short stop the Olympla
entered the canal.
Admiral Dnwfiv said he was in vervfirood
j health. He appeared to be in excellent
I condition, which was also the case with bis
. officers and men. Most of them have sufj
fered from malarial fever, but have now
I quite recovered.
WANT AMERICANS TO FICHT.
j Traunraal Authorities Ask Them to Agree
to Hear Arms.
London (By Oaole).?The Cape Town correspondent
of the Daily Mall says:
"The Transvaal Field Cornets are refusing
to register American citizens unless
they take oath to bear arms for the Republic
in the event of war. The Americans,
therefore, threateu to become British subj
jects, so as to avoid this. The Transvaal
I Government i? making representations to
j Washington on the subject.
A Receiver For the Raskin Colony.
The Ruskln co-operative colony In Dick!
son County, Tenn., haa been placed in
oharge of H. J. Bowers as receiver. A reorganization
will follow. The colony has
! been conducted successfully along socialistic
lines, but the stockholders disagreed.
Government Favors Soldiers' Families.
An order of the War Deparment at Wash
1 '* - f O* MA/1 IOf a fflmilt? fit ft
! ngton psriuua mo iunuS...ulu j ?
j regular or volunteer sol Her who la absent
ibroad to purohaso at coat prices fuel and
subsistence stores which are for the Immediate
use of the family.
The Labor World.
British workmen have had tbeir hours of
tabor reduced on an average about two
I iiours a week.
j It Is estimated that over 500,000 workers
ha*e had their pay raised this year in the
j various industries.
The recent street car strike in Cleveland
resulted in the loss of nearly $50,000 in
wages to the strikers.
Many labor liyiders say that industrial
arbitration has not proven the success that
they anticipated It would.prove.
In England last year 978,000 people resolved
an increase of fifteen cents a week,
is against 12,000 whoso wages were decreased.
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ADDRESS BY AGUIN/iLDO.
Report of His Speech at the Cele?
bration at Tarlac.
riie Filipino Leader Tells His Followers
Not to Be Ungrateful to Spaln~n?
Sari That Autonomy Is a Deceit.
Manila (By Cable).?A copy of the Indelendencla
has reaehed Manila containing
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i report oi me speeuu wuivu ajjummuu
nadeatthe recent celebration at Tarlac
>f the anniversary of the proclamation of
Filipino independence. It is in substance
is follows:
"Philippines, beloved daughter of the arient
sun of the tropics, commended by
Providence to the care of noble Spain, ba
lot ungrateful to her; salute her who
ivarmed thee with the breath of her own
:ulture and chriliaatlon. It is true she
(ought to crush thy aspiration for tndesendence,
as a loving mother opposes sepiration
forever from the daughter of her
)osom. This but proves the excess of af,'ectlon
and love SpalD feels for thee.
"Philippines, delicate flower of the Ea3t,
icarcely eight months weaned from the
Dreast of thy mother, thou bast dared to
jrave a great and powerful nation, such
is Is the United States, after barely organzing
and disciplining thy little army.
Sfet we reply, we will pe slaves to none,
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lor allow ourselves to be deceived by sof
Torda. Let] us continue to defend our
!atherland till independence is assured, tor
:hfs is justice. We shall see at last that
;he great American nation will ackoowl9dge
the rit?ht, which is on our side. That
ioctrine of the great Monroe, that America
is lor Americans, is not forgotten. Just as
tre affirm that the Philippines are for the
Filipinos.
"The Americans wish to try us, to see if
eve are able to live up to the second oolor
nf nil* hannar rqd which slcrnlfleS COUr
age, heroism, and martyrdom. Therefore
we should not resent this struggle with
the Americans. In spite of their expressed
desire to dominate all the Philippines, well
convinced are they that we fight with inatice
and right on our side, and that'aatonomy
is all a show of deceit, only serving
to save certain accumulated wealth.
"We might well accept this autonomy
America offers, but what can we do with it
if our ambition is independence, and if we
are to accept it only to later overthrow by
force of arms the soverelgaty of America?
Aa I believe it is the intention of the
Autonoailsts to make use of treachery and
deceit, we cannot accept such a procedure.
Wo do not wish to be traitors afterward.
We wish to show our character of frankness
and 8lnoerlty and nothing more.
"Filipinos, let us be constant! Let us
strengthen the bonds of our union!"
Agulhaldo ooncluded by calling for
cheers for independence, the union of the
Filipinos, and lor the liberating army.
SENATORS NEAR TO BLOWS.
Gallinger and Chandler Start in For a
' Flat Fight.
^ ? v /Qnn/iloh ?Tha ooealnn
11, JUL* AUV wv^wtv. .
of the Senator Gallinger investigation, j
which was begun under the direction of the
Civil Service Commission, ended in a row
a few days ago.
Senator Chandler in a statement intimated,
and in fact charged that Senator
Galliugor had defended himself by Influencing
witnesses to stay away from the investigation.
This caused Senator Gallinger
to turn pale with rage and deny the accusation.
The charge was repeated and
Senator Gallinger told bis colleague that
he would not make such a statement outside
of that room. Senator Chandler took
up the gauntlet and said that he would say
it outside. Stepping to the door of the
room leading into tbe hallway, he invited
Senator Gallinger to come out.
Gallinger started for the door. Newspaper
men and the Commissioners rose to
their feet and sought to prevent a row, and
they were none too quick, as Senator Gallinger
bad nearly crossed the room in response
to the invitation of bis colleague at
Washington. The party in me room
seemed to divide. Friends of Senator
Chandler, including bis son, William D.
Chandler, ran to his part o( the room,
while those of Senator Gallinger in haste
placed themselves close to him.
COV. ATKINSON TOOK HATFIELDWent
Oat Intp the Woods and Guaranteed
Him a Fair Trial.
Charleston, W. Va. (Special).?Governor
Atkinson and Private Secretary Boggs
have returned from the Hatfield country.
They brought with them to Huntington
Ellas Hatfield, Jr., who several days
ago had an altercation with H. E. Ellis, at
Gray, in Mingo County, and killed him
with a rifle bullet. The Governor had arranged
with a personal friend, Dr. Bartram,
who is also a friend of the Hattlelds,
to have Ellas surrender to the Governor.
In response to a telegram from Dr. Bartram,
the Governor took his secretary and i
went to Warncllffe, In the upper end of
Mingo County, where he met the Hatfleld
crowd.
The young man approauueu mo moernor
with his hat in his left hand and his
rifle In the other hand, and said that he
surrendered to himlas the Chief Executive
of the State, and all that he asked was protection
from mob violence and a fair trial.
Ho said that he killed Ellis in self-defence.
Tho Governor took his gun and told the
young man that be would take him to !
Huntington and turn him over to Judge j
Dollttie, who is Judge of the Circuit
Court, an l he would guarantee him pro- I
tection and a fair trial at the hands of the !
law.
The Frlce of Coal Advanced.
Among the industries which report a
more cheerful outlook than for some time
past is that of anthracite coal, which has
been advanced twenty-flve cents a ton.
Incomanlcado Systtim Abolished In Cnba.
Governor-General Brooke, of Cuba, has
signed the decree doing away entirely with
thn incomunlcado system. 3Iany Cuban
lawyers were oppo3<fd to tills stop, but the
majority of thinking people applaud it.
Harry Work ou the Philadelphia.
Orders have beou seat by the Navy Department,
Washington, to the commandant
of the Maro Island Navy Yard, California,
to have tho cruiser Philadelphia re- j
paired without delay, and got lier into
condition for ?ea sorvice within the shortest
possiblt mo.
Minor Mention.
Mormon missions have bean established
in the Philippines.
Geologists say thn* tie natural ga3 supply
of Indiana will be exhausted in four or
five years;
r .-Anton/in!--Colonel Henry Wagner,
Fourth Cavalry, having reached the age of
sixty-two vears, hi? been placed on the retired
list." IIo is a native of Germany, and
entered tho army In April, 1866, as a
private.
The public sohools at Manila have opened
with 5000 pupils. The attendance la com*
pulsory bptweou tho ages of 9lx and twelve.
Among the brauohcs to be taught will be
English, which every pupil must study an
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The Portia, From New York For Hall'
lax, Runs Ashore in a Fog.
ALL SAVED EXCEPT ONE BOY,,
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The Veaael Groqniled on the Bock* Off
Sarnbro Point?The 117 Paaaenfera
and Crew Were Bowed Aahore?TUej
Were Oat Alt Night on an Ialand
Cloae to the Mainland*
Halifax, N. 8. (Special).?'The steamef
Portia, from New York for Halifax, was
wrecked during a dense fog on Fllnn's
Island, off Sambro, a point about fifteen
miles to the eastward of Halifax. The
passengers and crew, 117 in ^)1, were safeIf
landed on the Island In the ship's boats,
The only Tlotlm of the wreck was a
{welve-year-old Syrian lad, known by the
name of Basha, who wa3 traveling second
slass from New York to St. John's, N. F.,
rhere bis mother lives. He was left in the
ihip and was not missed until the passengers
and crew were landed on the island.
The disaster occurred shortly before 7
p. m. The passengers, of whom there were
more than seventyve, were nearly all
tourists. Tbe steamer had a cargo for
:bis port and St. John's, N. F. The place
vhera she struck is known as Big Fish
Jhoal, and is one and a half miles west of
;he light on Sambro Island.
The startling n?ws of the wreok of tho
Portia was received here by telephone from
Sambro Village. Captain Farrell and a
boat's crew bad landed at Sambro, after
ill the passengers, offl:ers, and men had
been comfortably housed on inner Sambro
[slauri. There are only two houses on ina?r
Sambro, but the occupants of these
juickly turned out to receive the large
imp-wrectea parry.
When the steamer struck, most of the
passengers were on deck, despite the dampness
of the surroundings. Tbe Portia took
she shoal with a dull, grinding shock that
sent a thrill from stem to stern and brought
all on deck to tbeir feet In alArm.
The steamer came to a sudden stop and
tbe engines, which wero immediately reparsed,
refused to pull her off. In tbe long,
strong swell her stern moved gently up and
down, bat her bow held Immovably to the *
rocks.
When her commander found her 'filling
bo rapidly that the lives of the people on
board were becoming imperiled, he gave
the orders to make for the shore. Few of
the passengers ventured below to recover
their valuables after they learned that
they were In danger.
The weather was extremely thick at the
time of the wreck, and there was a heavy
southwest swell on the tea. It id believed
Captain Farrell mistook bis position when
be heard the bomb signals at Sambrc
Light, wtlch sound every twenty minutes,
and which Captain Clarke, of the Bed
Cross steamer 8ilvla, say? are so mislead*
ing that it is extremely difficult to locate
a ship's position on hearing them.
It was C. 60 o'clock when she struck the t
rooks. She began to make water immediately,
and at 7.30 o'clook Captain Farreil
concluded that it was nnsafe to remain on
board any longer.
Orders were then given to lower tbe
boats. Tbe fleet of lifeboats, keeping close
toget ber, made Inner Sambro Island in less
than three-quarters of an hour, and their
occupants were soon housed:
From Inner Sambro to the mainland is
only a short distance, and as soon as Oaptain
Farreil found that everybody from the
steamer was safe and sound, he started for
Sambro village, whence he dispatched the
advices of the wreck.
CZAR'S BROTHER DEAD.
Grand Duke George Faciei Away After
Long Illnen From Conminption.
St. Peteesbubo (By Cable).?THe tirana
Dake George, brother of the Czar and heir
to the throne of Russia, 1a dead. |
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OBAKD DUKE OEOBOE.
[The heir to the Russian throne who has
died of consumption.)
The Orand Duke had been In Ill-health
lor a number of years past. He was suffering
from consumption.
The Czar's brother, Grand Duke Michael
Jf Russia, Is now heir apparent.
TEACHERS' TRAIN WRECKED.
Two Women Delegates Killed in a Collision
at Newman, Cal.
Newman, Cal. (Special).?A special train
of nine coaches, in charge of S. R. Drury,
of the Burlington road, on its way from St.
Louis to Los Angeles and loaded with
teachers bound for the National Educational
Convention, ran into n freight train
near the station at this place a few days
ago. Two women were killed and thlrteer
other passengers injured, one severely.
The killed are Mrs. Lena Thomas, of St.
Louis, and Miss Addie Harris, of St. Louis.
Both were in the forward birth of the
sleeper. Mrs. Harris was killed instantly,
her head being crushed. Mrs. Hammond,
who was an elderly lady, was taken from
the wrecked car in a dying condition.
She never recovered consciousness and
died in five minutes.
Famine Frmlli in Jamaica.
The severe, protracted drought in Southern
Jamaica is causing widespread distress
and alarm. The coffee, oraoge, and corn
crops are almost destroyed, and the destruction
of the natives' provision crops I*
causing a famine. The rural population is
fleeing from the homesteads, seeking relief
in town centres.
The Brooklyn to Vult Antwerp.
It is announced that the United States
warship Brooklyn will visit Antwerp, Belgium,
In August, upon the occasion of the
Van Dyck fetes. A great reception awaits
her. Cycling:
Notei.
The Nebraska division of the L. u. W.
has succeeded In having repealed at ot?noxlous
ordinance which discriminated
against wheelmen and favored owners oJ
other vehicles.
The cycle racing organizations have not
experienced a profitable season thus far,
Probably every race meet, with the exception
of those held at Newark on Sundays,
has been a failure from a financial standpoint.
Palmer, Walters and Armstrong, the
English racing men, do not use cranks
over six and three-quarter inches, though
their gears are much over one hundred.
This la a fact worth remomueriDg ra iodrwaak
dl9cu33ioiu.
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