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PORTO RICO'S DEATH-DEALING HURRICANE Many Cities, Towos and YilMs Dfistrnved and Ron dreds of Lives Loss. FAMINE ADDS Mil [The War Department at Washington Sends Immediate Aid to the Destitute Islanders. ltX?,000 Persona In Stricken Porto IClco !>'. Most Have Help at Once ? Swollen 1'l?x C ? >, . ritw nf Police?300 Bodies Found on the Day After the Storm?All Food Sap piles Destroyed?Terrible Destitution Throughont the Island?General Davis Telegraphs For Aid?Hurricane General iu the West Indies arftl Many Towns Completely Destroyed. Poxce, Porto Rico (By Cable).?It 13 now known that- Ponce was the greatest sufferer by the great hurricane. The rivers Portuguese and Canas flowed though the blty, drowning thousands of people. Five bundred-bodles havo been recovered. ! The southern coast was swept clean as farasYauco, eighteen miles. The towns of Tallaboa and Juanadlaz were destroyed. Only.the large ohurches aro left standing. Tlifl of Arm nt 1QA7 IrTllaH nnnnla anrl I MAP OF PORTO RICO, SHOWING TOW 1 U Is feared that the number of deaths is greater now. f There la not a drop of water in Ponce to prink. The cisterns are fall of salt water from the ocean and the steuoh arising from the dead bodied Is dreadful. Widespread Sickness 1b sure to follow. , | Most of the known dead are persons of the poorer classes, and many children are among them. tThe storm, whloh was the severest ever xperlencoa here, descended upon the city From the northeast at nine o'clock Tuesday morning and lasted two hours. i> All the.buildings were damaged and hundreds were totally destroyed. Fifteen vessels in the harbor were driven ashore. [ The city was flooded by miduight, and soldiers and firemen worked heroically all plght saving the terrified populace from the rising waters. I The commissary stores at Playa were destroyed. The city is short of food and the jMrmy officers are distributing rations. Outside of tbls bananas are the only obtainable food here. | The supply of drinking water, gas and bleotrlc light has been cut off by the storm. The sanitary condition of the town is serious. Fully ?5000 will be needed to clean fhe streets. f A mob of one thousand persons threatwm a/3 habi/ia t) /mian n >* !<? fcuo aitoiuc, x uiiiua iskjila, uui iuo) urere dispersed by the Fifth Cavalry. The Alcalde has been deposed on account of iegllgence. Major Myers, of the Eleventh Infantry, is acting as Alcalde, in response :o popular demand. All the crops in the leighbdrhood are ruined. Albonito, with the military barracks, has Citen destroyed, but no lives were lost there. Tuan Diaz has been devastated. Forty-six Ives were lost there. Arroyo, Ouayama, Salinas and San Isabel are reported to have seen totally demolished. ' The railroad between Ponoe and Yauco Has been destroyed, and the military road ts impassable. The river is flowing over the road for two miles. The peons have cone to ijan Juan and its vicinity, which Ate comparatively uninjured, ? j San Juan, Porto Rico (By Cable).?I* is reported here that 500 persons lost their livti at Ponco during the hurricane. Ter- k nble distress prevails there. p Arroyo, on the south coast, has been destroyed. Sixteen lives were lost, and the (town is still submerged" in water. ; At Ouayama the houses are still standIng. 8even persons were killed there. A Lumber of houses were pillaged, squads of JSoldlers were unahle to maintain order, .End starvation threatens the population. I* The water supply of San Juan has been .-stopped.- The Coamo. Springs Hotel has !been wrecked. It belonged to the Porto Blco Company of Philadelphia. v \jp Other Islands Devastated. , Washington, D. C. (8peclal).?Reports Received here from other West Indian Islands show that the storm was widespread. ' The report comes from St. Thomas that seventy-four persons were killed by the hurricane on the island of Montserrat and "twenty-ono on the island of Nevis. Both -tof these islands are in the Leeward group. ,} Advices from La Pointe-a-Pitre, island of Guadeloupe, says the hurricane did enormous damage in the interior of that island, many cojej, and cocoa estates being jdevastafed. Le jfgurie, a suburb, was half destroyed and twelve persons were killed. K 1-111-J T . D ? I ? ? ? Dl?.< if oeven wore tiuou ai iviuwo-i inc. av Petit Canal and Port Louis aoferal persons were killed and a number injured. The Villages of Qrlppon and Lamentla have been entirely destroyed. Tbo town of St. Louis de Marie Galente has suffered con * Biderably. London Expects a War. ? J Tho London correspondent of the Ne^r5 fork Tlmus says that most people in London expeot war with the TransvaaL All shipping companies under charter to the British Admiralty lor transport purposes have been notified to hold their vessels in reserve for the Immediate dispatch of troops. Astor Cannot Become a Peer. William Waldorf Astor, announces Lon?? *-*- V.a rnMiaAk don irucu, CUU IICVOI uo an uugii^u i'oui, as a law passed In the reign of William [II. deprives the Crown of the right of conferring the honor on naturalized aliens. N>?wty ttlaantnzj. ! The natives of Malta are agitating for home rule. New York City Is to have more and larger letter-boxes. The bubonic plague hfts made Its reappearance at Calcutta, India. I Eight-tenths of the soldiers in liussla and Servla can neither read nor write. > The Klondike is said to have sent $11,000,000 in gold to this country this season. ' The tax rate of Jersey City, N. J., has been fixed at ?B.60 on the thousand for 1899. I There are 1293 more scholars on the roll* of the 8unday-sohools of Ireland than last year. > . . I ISt.Thomas was touched, but Antlgaa was seriously bit, and at St. Kitts 200 bouses were aesiroyea. The hurricane passed over Porto Plata and appears to have ravaged the north of the Dominican Republic. The railroad from Porto Plata to San Domingo is no longer working. In the island of St. Croix, the largest of the Virgin Islands, the destruction was appalling. It was chiefly wrought at the west end, where the smaller bouses area tangled mass of wreckage. Thirty persons were killed and the Inhabitants are in great diatress. RELIEF MEASURES ADOPTED. Famine Is Impending and General Davla Asks Immediate Aid. Washinotox, D. C. (Special).?The War Department received a cablegram from General Davis giving fuller details of the damage done in Porto Rico by the hurrioane. General Davis says a famine Is Impending, and asks authority to issue rations to the destitute. The message is dated at San Juan, and says: "Later reports show that the hurricane was far more severe in the Interior and southern part of the island than here. Data for an estimate of the number of Porto Ricans who have lost everything are deficient, but I am forced to believe the number on th9 island cannot fall below 100,000 souls, and a famine is Impending. I ask that 2,500,000 pounds of rloe and beans, equal quantities of each, be immediately shipped on transports to Ponce and here. Urgent appeals have been made to all post commanders for food for the destitute. Am I authorized to relieve distress by food issues? Rice and beans only desired. "There have been many deaths of natives byifalllDg walls. So far only one soldier is reported dangerously injured. Several towns are reported entirely demolished. As yet I have reports from only four ports?complete destruction of all barracks at two, and at two others one company of each had barracks detroyed. Troops are in canvas. "No reports yet from the largest ports, Ponce and Mayaffuez, but they were In the vortex of the storm. At least half of the people in Porto Rico subsist entirely on fruit and vegetables, and the storm haa entirely destroyed this source of support." Tho War Danartmant took nrnmnt an tion on General Davis's report. The army transport McPherson was ordered to sail from New York to San Juan and Ponc? with supplies to relieve the destitute in Porto Rico. Acting Commissary General Weston purchased in New York six hundred thousand pounds of rice and six bu^ dred thousand pounds of beans tor shipment on the McPherson. President Order* Distress Relieved. Plattsbubg, N. Y. (Special).?President McKinley, who is spending his vacation here, was shocked at the news forwarded N3 AND VILLAGES THAT SUFFERED. to him from the War Department at Washington ot the loss of life and propertj In the great hurricane in Porto Rico, and directed that the War Departmenl officials take such action. In the mat* ter of relieving distress as seemed proper to them under the circumstances, The Secretary of War, in obedience to thlt order, has taken comprehensive action in a circular appeal for aid addressed to thi Mayors of cities'in the United States, and, while waiting for substantial replies to this address, he has directed the immediate distribution of army rations. DEWEY'S EYES WERE ON MANILA. Admiral Wanted to Take Luzon Capital at Tlma of Virginian Afialr. Washington.-D. C. (Special).?In connection with Admiral Dewey's home-coming, an interesting historical coincidence has been discovered. When the Ylrglnlus affair brought the United States and Spain to the verge of war, in 1873, Admiral Dewey, then a Commander, was in command of the Narragansett, which was engaged in ocean survey work in the Pacific. It has been learned that there is on file in the Navy Department a letter from blm( dated on board the Narragansett, and ask. ing to be assigned to the duty of taking Manila in the event of war with Spain. A search will be made for the letter in the files of the Navy Department and i| found an effort may be made by the local Citizens' Committee to have it reproduced as a souvenir ot the coming reception tc Admiral Dewey, which will include th( presentation of the sword voted to him bj ^Anncaac k fnrmnl r?f nr?PAnf and approval of the reception bus been re; celved from the Admiral by the Chairman and Secretary of the Citizens' Committee, PENSION ROLL A LITTLE SMALLER. Report Showa a Decrease of 2105 In th# Number. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The re* 4?Qrt of Commissioner of Pensions Evana for the fiscal year ended Jane 30 last sbows total disbursement of 9138,253,923, leaving a balance or $1,857,188 in th< Treasury out of the $14?,000,000 appropriated. The total number of pensioners ot the roll June 30 was 991,519, a decrease o! 2195. There were 40,991 names added tc the roll and 43.18& dropped. The report shows the pension roll is decreasing. During the year sixty-tbree pension attorneys were disbarred, ten suspended,twe dropped and one application for admission to practice revoked. The total number ol attorneys standing disbarred July 1, 1899, was 1163. Cruelty to Girl Inmates. Miss Frances Day, formerly a nurse and clerk in the New Jersey State Industrial School for Girls, In a sworn statement which was corroborated by Mrs. Mary G. Miller, another former employe, accused Mrs. Eyler, the superintendent, of beating and otherwise Ill-treating the inmates and charged hor with responsibility for the Insanity of Sadie Weisman. Two Million Bushels of Wheat Lost. Two million bushels of wheat are estimated to have been lost by the "hailstorm which partially de.-troyed the crop on nearly two hundred and fifty thousand acres of land In North Dakota. French Vessel Fired On. The Bultlsh torpedo gunboat Leda found a French Ashing boat, the Etolle de Mer( fishing off Folkestone within the thre< mile limit. The fisherman attempted to escape, and did not stop when a blank shot was fired. The Loda then fired a shot, which disabled the Etolle de Mer and killed the latter's helmsman. Few Troops In Havana Now. Less than two hundred American soldiers, who are employed in guarding th? forts, now remain in Havana, all the othen . having been sent to camp at Marlanao it ' order to avoid the spread of epidemics, Charles It. Bliss Drowhed. 1 Charles R. Bliss, of Washington, cashlet of the New England Mutual Life Insurance Company, was drowned while bathing In the surf opposite the Ocean City (Md.) Life Saving 8tatlon. He was out In the breakers, and, having been swimming forsome time, had become exhausted, waen he wu9 suddenly thrown In an eddy. This, with a strong current, soon took him beyond hi? depth. Tired ot Street Car Strike. Five hundred business men met In Clove* land, Ohio, and took 9teps to stop the boycott and to restore peace and order In thft citv. - ? u ' v-v < * DREYFUS'S CDUhSliL SHOT | Profound Sensation Caused in Frar.ce bv Attemnt to Kill M. Labjri. J r A REVOLUTION SNUFFED OUT. Alaltre Laborl, lawyer For Dreyfa?, "Was Shot From Ambush at Kennes, While on Ills Way From Ills Home to the Court?Woald-Be Assassin Escaped? Conspirators \jjalnst the Government. Renses, Franca (By Cable).?Maftre Labori, the great advocate, who has won the admiration of his enemies as well as his friends for bis conduct of the Dreyfus case, was shot while on his way to the Lycee, where the court-martial is sitting. Colonel Picquart and a friend were with him and they were crossing the bridge at T C Qf\ ILIO ouuauuo ui IUO JU^ CCU ai \J.um KS UIUUIV a. m. when a young man, apparently about twenty-five years old, flred from behind the fence. M. Labor! (ell, the bullet striking him below the shoulder. Colonel Plcquart and the other mau pursued the assailant for a long distance. They were unable to overtake him, but traced hkn to a small patch ot woods near- I ly three mi.es away, where the trail was lost. A.fter 51. Labori's removal to his home the doctors issued a.n official bulletin saying that the bullet had penetrated the posterior region of the thorax on the right side, between the iifth and sixth dorsal vertebras. The shot may or may not have been the result of a plot. The friends of Dreyfus are inclined to believe that the enemies of I the famous prisoner planned the attack, while others hold that the would-be murderer is an anarchist. Laborl not only is an able counsel, but it Is said he has in his possession information that may'lead to the arrest of several ex-Ministers. Because of this many persons hold that the man who shot Laborl was simply the hireling of men high in the louncils of France. 1 Wbat the anti-Dreyfus partisans most Jreaded was M. Labori's cross-examination of their witnesses, which was to have 1 been his chief function at the trial. It is well known that his examination of General Mercier would have been merciless. It is assumed by most persons that the assassin's object was to kill Colonel Plcquart also, who was walking close to Laborl. It is Picquart's testimony which the 1 army conspirators and all of the baters of Dreyfus dread most. He will Inevitably 1 expose much of the va?t Iniquity of which ] Dreyfus is the victim, and could his mouth be closed, there Is still a possibility for some of the exalted villains to escape the obloquy whlcb they deserve. PARIS PLOT THAT TAILED. I Members of League of Patriots Were i Beady For Revolution. London (By Cable).?A despatch to the J Dally N9ws_ from Paris says that the at- t tacit on ai. iiaoori was oniv tne tan ot m? ( storm which would have swept over Renaes had the plot that was hatched la Paris succeeded. ; The plot w&9 uo laughing matter. It was , to have ripened Into revolutionary demoa- , stratlons oa the boulevards. The coasplrators were to make bonfires of the Drey(uslte newspapers la the streets and burn the booths where they were sold. This would have resulted la the calling out ot the troops. The latter, however, were to reverse arms and refuse to act. After this some cavalry were to help the movemeat. Members of the League of Patriots were 1 to rush to the Ropublicaa aad Socialistic 1 newspaper offices, seize their staffs and hold them prisoners. Simultaneously . I -..oKrtfl ?nA?a *A Ka An T>fllonfl n f f h ft Elysee, and the Ministers of the Interior and Posts and Telegraphs, when news would have been wired to the provinces that Paris had revolted. A War Minister ' nominated by the Duke of Orleans was to replace General de Galliffet. Two days previous to the intended execution of the plot, M. Lerine, Prefect of Police, received full information regarding it. The conspirators are now under arrest. SHOT FOUR PEOPLE. Vermont Man Rill* His Wife and Mother ?Two Other Victims. Middlebubt, Vt. (Special). ? A man named Eastwood hired a team of a liveryman here and went to East Middlebury, a short distance from here, to the home 0[ his wife, who lived with her mother there, and shot his wife and her mother, killing both. He then rapidly drove back to thl3 town, went to the home of Frank Penn, who drives a team for Marshall & Co., aod deliberately shot him through the heart. He I -i fl -J - 1 A ?If* Vin lll*3U urou rtt lUO uiuruciou uiau a nno, . did not kill her, the ballet grazing her 1 bead. J He prodded to the home of E. D. Brown, brother of his wife, whom he had just shot at East Middiebury, and tried to And Mr. Brown, evidently with the intention of shooting him. Eastwood then lied. NEW PENSION LIST CR0WIN3. I Claim* Filed L Consequence of the Span- q t?h>Aiuerlcan War Number 17,00:). s "Washinotox, D. C. (Special).?Pensions f to soldiers serving in the Spanlsh-Amerioan "War have been granted only on ac- s count ol gunshot wounds and permanent H disability, and to widows as the result ol j the death of husbauds in service. There k Ka? OOQ rrfanforl hnf1 txon I UHJ UUOU U hVktil Vt 4?ww - - ?? ? widows and two soldiers to whom peusions were granted have since died, leaving 293 on the list. Claims have been filed to the extent of 17,000. Only general information will be given at the Pension Office relative to the pensioners added to the rolls In consequence of the Spanish War. attention being called to tho action of Congress when an effort was made last winter to have the pension rolls published. Their Shelter a Fatal Spot. A terrible wind and ruin storm swept over Baltimore, lid., doing considerable damage. Two fatalities were reported. The victims were George Grauer and Tony Rlx*e, young men who wore oa their way * through Ford's Woods to take a swim in t Herring Run. When the rain came up they e sought shelter under .a tree. This tree was s struck by lightning, which also hit both v men. TheLr clothing was torn from them t and blue spots were on their bodies. A Revolutionary Pensioner Dead. Mrs. Nancy Jones, ninety-five years old, ??? " ' il%a niMftma /\t T> a V 1111 f I An ftl* V I ^ uu? Ul kUO kuioo niviuno vk MVI soldiers oa the pension rolls, is dead ut i Jonesfcoro, Tenn. 6 n " Serious Chargei Preferred. f 8erioas charges have been preferred ' against Colonel Shepard, commandant ol the Soldiers' and Bailors' Home at Bath N. Y. . Laborl. Counsel For Dreyfim, Shot. J Two men arnbushod Maitre Laborl, coun- i sel for Dreyfus, and one shot was fired, I hitting Labor! lu the back. M. Labori fell * iu the roadway desperately wounded. Cycling Notes. There Is a greatly Increased demand for c tandems. Larger gear3 are being usod tills season t than ever. | A concession for a now street at Vienna, c I Austria, was granted on conuiiuu ium u would contain a track lor tho use of cy. c cllsts. Coasting Is one of t'uo pleasures ot cy- i cling, but should not be tried until the machine la properly equipped or the rider cau j use his foot as a brake. 0 Eddie McDuffee, champion middle-distance rider of the world, broke the world'* > mile record by making the mile In 1.28. ( This Is the first mile ever rlddea undor 1.30, motoc-naced. _ ? v'v -rr IOWA DEMOCRATS MEET They Endorse the Chicago Platform, Favor Bryan and Denounce Trusts. Expansion Policy Critlclaert and an Anglo* American Alliance Condemned?Action of Kentucky Bolter*. Des Moines, Iowa (3pecial).?The Demojratlo State Convention met here and nominated the following ticket: Governor?Fred E. White, of Keokuk bounty. Lieutenant-Governor?II. L. Be vis, Montgomery County. Judge of the Supreme Court?A- Van WageueD, Woodbury County. Railway Commissioner?W. H. Calhoun, Marshall County. Superintendent of Public Instruction? B. P. Hoist, Boone County. The Populist State Convention also met and Indorsed the above ticket. All the nominees are Democrats except uainoun, who was the Populist candidate. The Democratic State Committee was empowared to fill any vacancies caused by death or otherwise. Tha convention, following the policy outlined by Mr. Bryan In his speech of the night before, adopted a platform in which iintl-imperlallsm and opposition to trusts ire made the leading features. There Is no specific mention of silver In (he platform, but the Chicago platform of 1896 is Indorsed in whole and In part. The convention was the stormiest in the htstory of the party In the State, and the New-Issue platform was the result of a 3ompromlse by which the silver men and Populists practically controlled the nominations. The platform "indorses the Chicago platform in tbe whole and in the detail." It expresses admiration for and loyilty to William J. Bryan, and favors him for the nomination In 1900. It does not say one word about silver or the money question specifically. The convention then denounced the war in the Philippines as a "repudiation of American doctrine" and as inspired by Great Britain to bring about an AngloAmerican alliance. The platform says: "We record our deep seated antagonism to an alliance with Great Britain, or any other European Dower, and eiDress our detestation of the attempt made in British interests to disrupt the friendly relations which have uniformly obtained between the United States and Germany." Trusts were denounced as ruinous t< business and declared to be created by c protective tariff. Convict labor by con tract was declared an evil and an amendment of the mulct law was asked. Tlu State and National administrations and the Republican party were condemned foi "weakness and ineUciency." Kentucky Bolters' Convention. Lexington, Ky. (Special).?The expectations of the bolting Kentucky Democrat; were exceeded by the attendance at the State Convention here. Fully 3000 persons attended, and 110 out of the 119 countlef were represented. The ex-Confederate ele ment was out in force. The platfora sulogizes W. J. Bryan and reasserts th< ioctrinea of the Chicago platform and at tacks the expansion policy. All the pro jeedings were harmonious. John Young Brown, formerly Governor of Kentucky was nominated for Governor by acclama tlon. A complete State ticket w?as named to run with him. PROP. BUNSEN IS DEAD. Yhe Famouii German Chemiat L>eu v ot terlty Ul> Debtor. Heidelbebq, Germany (By Cable).?Prof Robert Wllhelm Eberhard Bunsen, M. D. ;he chemist, is dead, aged eighty-eight. Prof. Bunsen was born on March 13 L811, at Gottingen. He studied the physl al und natural sciences in the Univer iity at Gottingen, where his father wai Professor of Occidental Literature, auc sompleted his education ut Paris. Ber in and Vienna. In 1836 he was appointed Professor of Chemistry in the Polytechnic Institution at Cass. In 1888 he became As ilstant Professor in the University of Mar jurg, became Titular Professor in 1841 ind then Director of the Chemical Insti:ute. In 1851 he passed to the Universitj )f Breslau, und in 1852 to the University oleldelberg. With Professor KlrcboCf he was tht 'ounder of stellar chemistry. He made nany important discoveries and invenions, and the charcoal pile which bears iia nnmn la in vprv Axtan9ive use. From ;he spectrum analysis down to the similar manipulations of practical chemistry ils numerous discoveries have rendered be greatest service to science. The uame or Bunsen as one of th^greatsst chemical inventors of the century ii cnown to the world at large In connectloi vlth the Bunsen battery cell, the Bunsei jurner and tbe (liter pump. It Is impossible to estimate the debt owed >y present day Industrial cbemlsts and )hyslclsts to these contrivances whloi Jursen invented for his own use and whlct ire now ordinary apparatus in every laboritory. KISSING BUG'S BITE FATAL rwo.Year-Old Boy Was Stonj on th< Thigh Four Weeka Ago. Watebbcrt, Conn. (Special). ? Littl< >eter Bantler, two years old, is dead 01 louth Leonard street. His right thigh ii wollen to three times its natural size, th) esult of a bite by some insect. Dr. Crane, tbe attending physician, i. f httf- f Kft fatal rrnnnH ronB mft.fift b' i kissing bag. The chief symptoms developed were dls ntregation of tbe tissues. The child wa >itten four weeks ago. Mr*. Langtry Married Again. Mrs. Lily Langtry, the actress, was mar led in the i-land of Jersey, to Hutro Oerah )e Bathe, twenty-eight years of age, th< Idest son of Sir Henry Percival De Bathe Jart., a retired general. The oeremon; ?as quite private, the only witness belnj Irs. Langtry's daughter. The Prince o Vales sent a telegram of congratulation llr Henry De Bathe has seats in Devon hire, Eogland, and Heath County,Ireland o which the bridegroom is heir. Darla lteportu 2000 Dead. The appalling conditions existing It 'orto RIoo were made more fully known t( he War Department, Washington, by Gov rnor-Oeneral Davis in a dispatch whlcl avo hut- tha rlnitthq mitrlcrht in the islan( (rill reach 2000, whiiemany are dying da.fl; rom Injuries and privations. The United State* and China. Dr. Jacob G. Schurman, of the Unltei tates Philippine Commission, who hoi ust arrived at San Francisco, said that tin ;reatest problem of the Orlenc Is how tc aalntuin the integrity of the Chinese Em lire, an 1 that to thta end Great Britain am apan look to the United States for aid Fate of a Street Car Impector. The body which was washed ashoro ai rarragansett Pier, R. I., with arms an( | ega bound was identified as that of Franl I. Shaw, an Inspector of the Brooklyi tapld Transit Company. Minor Mention. France Is the largost coal importing ouutry. Austria's relations with Germany are eooming strained. Major Marcband's journey across Africt ost Franco ,?600l000. General Gomez declares that Cuba wll iventually te Independent. The Austrian army, active and reserve ncludes ovor 2000 Jewish officers. It is reported that the supply of "Peter's ence" from the United States is falling ff. English capitalists are said to be acqulr ng scores of the best business openings ir Juba. .-I-' , - , .i.i 'jT.iiaZh'hi:-t,./i^j^r>>;!<^SiEuS?iSsS! ' ' 1 v - . ' 5'." PLIGHT OF PORTO RM One-Fifth of ihe People on the Island Without Food or Shelter. THE CROPS UTTERLY RUINED. general Davis Cable* That the Dead Will Probably Reach Thousands? Destitution Mast Continue For Months?A Thousand Tons of Food a Week Required Indefinitely. % Washinotox, 1). c. (Special).?The latest ldvices from officers of the Government retarding the extensive damage to life and )roperty wrought by the storm in Porto Jlco have impressed the War Department * - * ? ' I ? * JAxlalnn lliwf ha* VIC a cae necessity ui uevistu^ <?*** *?? aeans of relief for the suffering Inhabitants )f toe islaDd. Secretary Root has prepared in appeal to the Governors of all the States ilmilar to the one sent to Mayors of principal cities, asking them to assist in raising lands with whloh to purchase relief supplies. "In the meantime," said the 8ecre? ;ary, "the War Department will continue ;o provide food in as large quantities as possible for the Porto Rlcan people made | destitute by the storm." | Secretary Root's decliion to appeal to the Governors was based largely on the [ Jollowlng cable message from General Davis: "San Juas, P. R , via Haiti, 1899. "Secbetary of Was, Washington.?The true state of affairs throughout; the island is not yet known because of the total destruction of alf telegraphic connections and great destruction on all roads. Not more than one-fourth of the towns have yet been heard from, but enough Is known to warrant the statement that one-flfth of the dwellings in the island are totally destroyed aad their owners are without any Shelter whatever or any food beyond what has been saveid from the debris. The coffee crop and most of the trees are ruined, and thus reliance for support is gone. Fully one-third of the people subsist entirely on fruit and to a small degree on tubers. All tbe former is destroyed and much of the latter are rotting In the ground. A great many thousands of cattle are drowned and the debris carried down by the rivers is strewn over the ocean with the wreck of the storm and the dead bodies of animals. "Tbe deaths from falling walls and drowning wilt number more than a thousand and may be several times this number. The state of distress is vory great, and when green fruits saved from the debris are consumed the suffering will be t nm raiiavlntr the suffering ? Ol J 6 - ? ? O - w everywhere within reach as much as possible, bat, la out-of-the-way places, there are many thousands who cannot be reached for some tlaie. The supplies ordered sent by the Government will help much, but will last only for a few days, while destitution must continue for many weeks or some months until the bananas grow up from the ground,: for which five months at least are required. ' "Food of all kinds is needed, especially rice, beans and ood fish, which has been the main support outside of fruit. Cheap cotton olothlng Is ulso needed, for thousands rushed naked from their dwellings at night when the gale broke. Medioines are also needed most presslngly, especially qulalne and other simple medicines. ? estlm ite that at least 1003 tons cf food will be required weekly for several weeks. I have constituted boards all over the island to regulate assistance and a general board here to conduct the relief work. "While I have not yet full data, I repeal the estimate that at least one hundred thousand people are homeless and destitute. The relief ration proposed is one pound of food per day, composed of seven ounces of beans, seven ounces of rico and two ounces of codfish. "In addition to food ordered by JlcPherson \ ask that 2500 tons In the above profiortlons should be shipped next week. Beore this is consumed, I will have full data the future needs, but I fear ex tensive issues of provisions will be necessary for several months. "I shall push work on the roads and give employment to as many as possible. "I hope the churitable people of the States will contribute food, clothes, medicine and money. Colonel Hofer, Chief Surgeon of the department. Is Chairman o) the Board of Relief, and auxiliary board; are organizing in all the towns. Five mill* tary posts have not been heard from. "Davis."' SOUTH AMERICAN FEARS ALLAYED. Tlie United States 'Wants Nothing Bat Trade and Harmony. Rio Janeibo, Brazil (By Cable).?Colone! Charles Page Bryan, United States Minlstei to Brazil, In a communication to the Argentine and Brazilian press asserts that the United States wants nothing of Soutfc America but trade and harmony. Immense crowds, representing the laboring classes and schools, have been passing tbe Presidential palace and cneering ur Campos Salies, tbe President of Brazil, and his guest, General Roca, President ol Argentina. The people have been shouting for union between the two Governments. Prosecutor Slain by Brother-ln-Lau-. William H. Carson, Assistant Prosecutoi of tbe Pleas of Camden County, was shol and killed in Belmar, N. J., by bis brother in-litw, Alfred Sheets, who lmmediatelj afterward tired two shots into his owt bead. The tragedy toot place on the board walk fronting tbe beach, at Belmar, in the presence of the wives of both the men, and a large crowd of summer visitors. Th? murderer was enraged at his divorce"? wife's declining reconciliation and blamed her counsel. Young Lovers Kill Theirmelve*. MiSs Grace Cooper and Jumes Bloodworth committed suicide at Arapahoe. Neb., because tbcjr parents refused to permit them to marry. The girl was fifteen and the boy eighteen. Both W9re members of prominent families. Thoir bodiewere found side by side neat tbe High T?.ni*h w;i<? silOt thrOUgt the brain. Arrest of French Connpir.itorc. The political bearings of tlio Dreyfusc<is< are shown by the arrest in P.itis of Paul Deroulede and his alleged parlnors in a conspiracy against the French republic The contest is said to have roaehed a point where neither side can surrender until utterly routed. Further arrows have been made in Paris in connection with the reported conspiracy. American* Occupy San Mateo. The Amerlena forces under General Young drov* fho insurgents from SaD Mateo, ten milts from Manila, inflicting a loss of tweatv-ihrcft killed;. American loss was three killed and thirteen wounded. Rttln Arerr* Danger of Fitiuine. Rain has fallen la ludia greatly to t!io relief of the anxiety felt concerning tli? crops, which Luiil b('coin? so affected by tbfl drought that famine was feared. j Automobile Service In New Jersey. Automobile servi'ji wi I bo est.ibJiaaod throughout New Jersey. The National Game. Chicago has traded Dcmonl for Uagoon, of Baltimore. McPhee, of Cincinnati, in spite of his long years of service, is still playing a magnificent game. It isn't often that a pitehor Ieaili a club uftimr hut Fv.ipjnn of the Uroclctons. has that distinction. The Brooklyn Club is le:i7tug no stone jnturned to strengthen its pitohiug department (or the great light on the home jtretcb. Weybing, of Washington, is a wonder. Just to think that be has been pltohlog since 1384, and Is apparently better to-day than he ever was. J Skivii."' . ' vi'", -S. \ THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. WMliincton lt?ma. At least one-fourth of the names making up the list of contributors to ttie Dewey house fund so far are Jews. A case of yellow fever has appeared among the marines at Havana, and the oattallon will be brought to New York at snce, the War Department announces. Advices received at the State Department from Honolulu say that the volcanic action of Mauna Loa has entirely ceased. General Brooke is to be called to Washington to confer velth Secretary Root concerning affairs in Cuba. Naval Constructor Hobson, who wa<?"assigned some time ago to the overseeing of repairs on the Spanish warships raised from the bottom of Manila Bay and sent to Hong Kong, has sent a long report to Rear-Admiral HIchborn, Chief of |the Bureau of Construction, in which he speaks >t tue aavisaouity or toe united states Government having a ship-yard Hnd drylock of its own at Cavite. He also-wants ;o try to raise several vessels still on thfe jottom of Manila Bay. The 8eoretary of War has directed that (he census of Cuba shall be completed by January 1, 1900, and General Joseph P. Sanger, of the Inspector-General's Department, will be assigned to take general charge of the work, with headquarters at Havana. The Customs Division Department in Cuba has appealed to the WarDepartment for aid In suppressing ^xtenslvja-vnuggling operations going on in nearly every port of the island. As a result a ctfstoms secret service will -be organized and vigorous measures taken to stamp out the lawless Industry. The Indian Commissioners appointed to report on the question of the eold standard have sent copies of their findings to the Washington authorities. Pre?idpnt McKInley has written to the Eaiser expressing pleasure at the appointment of Dr. Jlumai von Schwa#zenstein as j German Ambassador. All lucreit^c A Li iuo oamii^a \j i auuui. uuo hundred and eighty persons in the bureau of Engraving and Printing has been made by order of Assistant Secretary Yanderlip. Domestic. West Point Military Academy is under unusually strong guard to provide against . visits from several men who were dishonorably discharged. There is a great demand for harvest laborers in Iowa, and the farmers are now offering $2.50 to $8? day and cannot secure men nt that price. The railroads are complaining that the farmers induced their section men to leave by offering higher wages, and that the work in extending lines oLrailway has been seriously crippled during the past two weeks. The President received an enthusiastic welcome at the Catholic Summer School on Lake Champlatn and responded to a cordial address by Father Lavelle, who said Filipinos Would make good citizens. The believers in Spiritualism who have been seeking a place where they might found n national home havt selected a site at East Setauket, L. I. Ellis "lihlnehart, who was reported to have been captured and tdftured to death by the Filipinos, has returned to his home near Fort WayEe, Iod., alive and well. He ^enlisted for service In the Philippines, but was discharged for disability before his regiment sailed from San Francisco. The boycott on the Big Consolidated Street Railroad lines In Cleveland, Ohio, is beginning to loso its force. The Euclid, Cedar and Wade Park avenue lines, running to the East End, are well patronized at present, tnough thousands of people are still riding In 'busses. Every one of the 23,000 Inhabitants of Everett, Mass., is being vaccinated by order of tbe Board of Health. As the result of a stroke of lighting, Thomas Short, a deaf mute, can hear today and is learning to talk. He was standing in a barn at Harpersfleld, N. Y., recently when the barn was struck by lightning. He was unconsolous for some time. \yiien be recovered be could hear. Thomas Houlihan, cashier for a packing house in Chicago, shot and killed his wife and then committed suicide. Jealousy is believed to have been the cause. Ivy Crabtree, the girl who killed bet brother In an attempt to poison her family, was arraigned at Carml, 111., before Judge { Pearce. who sentenced her to the peniten- | Mary (or eighteen years. The steamer China, from Yokohama and Honolulu, arrived at Ban Francisco. Amon* | the passengers were Dr. J. G. 8ohurmnn. of the Philippine Island Commtsaion, and President of Cornell University. i I Mayor James G. Woodward, of Atlanta, j 3a., has promised the City Council that he will stop his indiscretions and drinking, and us a result the impeachment proceedings against him have been dropped. Five negro children were burned to leath on MoKowan's plantation, near Jackson, La. 'The parents locked them up, in their house, and went to church. Oo :heir return the charred remains of the little ones were found. Further evidence was produced at the inquest in the Bridgeport (Conn.) trolley accident showing the unsafe condition ol be track and car. Mrs. John I. Dungai was burned tc ! leath at Hartford, Conn. Her husband las typhoid fever, and while she was fumigating his clothes with sulphur her dress jaught Are. A feud has broken out between the Robnson and Savage families la the mounnlns of Union County, Tennessee. William lavage was shot and killed by "Jack" I lobinson. 8ava<?e fatally wounded Robin on. Tbomas Martin's home at Marlon, Va., vas burned. Martin and his three chilIren, %gdd eight, eleven and thirteen years, jerlshed. The Rev. Dr. Walter M. Barrows, pastor >f the Second Congregational Cburcb, in 3reeuwlcti. Conn., died at Mackinaw 1stind, Mich., from kidney trouble. He eaves a *idcw and several children. He vas fifty-two years old. Considerable "jriticism was heaped upon him for marryng Mrs. Henry T. Sloane and Perry Beliont. Forelcn. A Lanarkshire flroi has secured an order ror 10,000 tons of Scotch steel for the (Jnitod States. The Executive Council of the Transvaal Republic issued orders to the Field Corsets to give out Mauser rifles In exchange for Martini-Henry rifles. A great crowd gathered to receive the arms. Seven thousand dollars in bank bills ;vere stolen from tbe Canadian Pacific Railway station at Jollette, Quebec. This ? the tblrd time within three years tbat ho ?tn*inn hnd hfiftn robbed. On the flrst jccnsioD the safe was cracked for $6000. | The second time $3200 was taken and the itation burned to cover the crime. All Egyot is Infected with the foot and nouth disease. There have been 1827 ;ases reported since July 18. It Is reported that General Maximo 3omez is directing operations against the 3anto Domingo Government. The rovolu- i :ion ts gaining ground. General Jlminez isserted that ho had received news of a decisive victory by the revolutionists, near Monte Ohrlsti. The situation in the Transvaal Is very critical. The Standard and Diggers' News says thnt the Boers are convinced that there is nothing for It now but the arbitral ment of arms. It Is said President Kmger's answer has been received at London I and that it insists that the independence oi rhn TrnnevAftl <ahftll not be ImKUCned. ' General Toral, who was recently acquitted at Madrid, Spain, of the chargo ol surrendering Santiago before he had exhau9ed his resources, has been released from confinement. Emperor William says he doe3 not in- ; tend to visit the Pari9 Exposition. He i says that his statement that he desired to go was meant jocularly. , A special caljle despatch from Hong I Kong states that piracy Is so prevalent In Southern China as to seriously threaten i trade. A German despatch boat has sailed to take possession of the Caroline Islands, j according to a Manila cablegram to Mad- , rid. It is said that the plague now raging In , Pcrtugul 13 the bubonic Dlaurae. ? j TWO UPRISINGS CRUSHED ? Rout of Rebels in Santo Domingo, De feat ot Yaquis in Mexico. BOTH OPERATIONS DECISIVE. Dominican Authorities Claim an Over- # whelming Victory?Ilmlnez's Forces Fat to Flight?Tli? Assassins of Heareauz Still Free?Mexico Has af Last Scattered the Hostile Yaqul Bands. Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo (By Cable).?The Government forces commanded by General E-coboza have defeated the Insurgents. The rout was almost a massacre. The wonmled on both sides are numerous. The engagement is consld srou uy mo uovornaj^nt as uauiaiveiy ouu* !ng the Jlmlnez uprising. The Government's plan for the gradual withdrawal of paper money from circulation has established confidence. Short term bills of exchange on Europe sell for 300 percent, silver. The Dominican* almost Without exception are for the use of Amerl:an money. ' 'f'A 8an Dominoo (By Cable).?According to Government, officials, tranquillity reigns ;hroughout the' country. The assasslhs of President Heureaux are still at large, but measures have been taken for their capture. It Is said the band numbers sixteen. Although the rate for drafts is tilling, and there are some signs of returning confidence, business continues dull, and Imports are limited. The financial situation is bad. The prohletn of taking up the paper currency has not yet been solved, as he people In general do not wish It taken ap. This is the real cause of dullness la business. Once the matter has been arranged, affairs 9houll take on a different aspect. ,'t The latest news from Macorls regarding the effects of the hurricane shows that the damage was more serious than was at flrst supposed. The river overflow 3d its banks and Inundated the ground. Many families had abandoned their houses for the time and boats were used In thestreets to carry people from one point to another. The storm did severe damage In the country about Samtina and Puerto Plata. The United States cruiser New Orleans has left San Domingo Harbor for Porto Rico. rpkn TT ~ ,wj nkno* nil In o (j af < 11 JLUU UUUQU (juuuuak iJAMVuiua W o?u? bere. Watch on Fill batters. HAVASA(By Cable).?Lieutenant Schaum. Collector of Customs at Baracoa, lu tbe Province of Santiago rte Cuba, bos seized 143 carbines and 18,000 rounds of ammunition that were evidently intended for San Domingo. Twenty-five men, Cubans and . Dominicans, arrived by there on board tbe Mortera. They have been kept under close watch, as they are apparently planning to take arms to San Domlugo. Major-GeneralJSrooke is mvicing every effort to check fl'ibusterinK. Ml the collectors bad been dulv notified from Havana to keep a close watch upon the twenty-five men who left this port on the Mortera. Consequently,when the landing was made at Baracoa, it wus no surprise to headquarters here. No attempt will be made to prevent them from leaving Baracoa If they do not try to'carry arms with them. ' YAQUI REBELS ROUTED. . Indiana Hopelessly Scattered by Mexican Guaymas, Mexico (Special).?"Military operations la the Yaqul valley culminated in a series of engagements, ia which tbe - ' Indians were finally routed. Tbe rebel Yaquis had concentrated tbelr forces at Vicam, on tbe south bank of the river. General Torres began offensive operations on Thursday. After a sharp engagement the Indians fled, leaving thirty dead on the field. The Mexican loss was ten killed and twentv-two wounded. * "General Torres returned tu Orrtn for the night, and at 4.30 o'clock tbe next morning began the march to Vicam. Tbe troops dislodged tbe Yaquis and killed four of them. Five of the Twelfth Battalion and one man of tbe National Guard were wounded. "Following the enemy closely. General Torres found another force of Indians entrenched behind the bank of the irrigation canul, where the road crossed. After half an hour of fighting the Yaquis were drlvea from that position with a loss of six killed. One Mexican sergeant and three soldiers were wounded. "The Yaquis are now scattered in small parties, and it Is not likely that they will concent rata again. The remainder of the campaign will probably consist of bunting ( out tbe renegades from' tbelr biding places." A NEW BRITISH COMMANDER. Grave Situation Indicated by the Sending of Walker to Sonlli Africa. London (By Cable).?General 8ir William Francis Butler, who, it was announced in a dispatch from Cape Town, would b? relieved as commander of tbe Brlti9b troops in South Africa, as a result of his alleged Boer sympathies, has been recalled, and Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Walker has been appointed to replace him Gonerni Walker is regarded a< one of tbe ablest men in the army. His appointment, therefore, is taken to indicate that the sltuatiou is graver. The Dally Chronicle, which regards General Butler's virtual dismissal as "an indication that the country is being hurried into war," says: "His offense was that he spoke rough words of truth about that ?reuiuu9 ur^tiuutmuu, mc ouuiu auuau eague. Wo tire convinced that he acted (or the honor and clear Interests of tba empire." Mistook Him For a Ground Hog. Hampton Predmore, a farmer and wellknown milk dealer of Stroudsburg, N. Y.f mistaking the head of his neighbor, Godfrey Transue, for a tjround hog, shot and Instantly killed Transue on his farm. Trausue was in search of a ground hog and finding traces of one Wild down among a lot of weeis to await the arrival of the animal. Prodmore mistook the crouched form of Transue for a ground hog and fired, killing him almost instantly. Royal Mound of Tsra Destroyed. .' | The royal mound of the HillofTara, In County Heath, on which the Kings of Ireland for 1000 years were crowned with great pomp, has been destroyed by a gentleman of the name of Glover, who hoped to find the Ark of the Covenant bur.ed there. It 19 needless to say that be did not find it. 3 Held In a Coll of Red Hot Wire. Joseph Moody, an employe of the Tren- , ton (N. J.) Iron Company, became entangled in a coll of red-hot wire tbat was being drawn. Before he could be rescued one of bis legs was severed, being burned f in two by the wire. Five New Regiment*. Plans have been completed by the War Department, Washington, for the enlist. ment of five addltiopnl volunteer regiments ' to be known as the Thirty-eighth, Thirty- . | ninth, Fortieth, Forty-drst and Forcy- ] second Infantry. A The Labor World. France has many women bootblacks. Six thousaud Alabama coal miners hava just received an advance of 2K cants a The miners at Blalrsvlllo, Penn., who , < ' struck for thirty cents, compromised for twenty-eight cents. The English working man has 273 workins: days in a year; the American, 308; the ^ Hungarian, 312; the Russian, 267. One of the cotton mill at Atlanta, Ga., has been compelled to give up its night run because of a lack of competent labor. The Swiss Government is considering ? , proposal for reducing tbe time of railway f jmployes to ten ox even nine hours a day* I J