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& ? p5.*. '" r'r ( v' GgEATNAYAL IN CREASE. The Construction Programme Adopted I rx Dy secretary Long, $1,000,000 FqpSUBMARINE BOAT. Cft?neM Will Be Asked to Authorize Eighteen Vessel* Costing Nearly 826,. OOO.OOO, Exclusive of Aruior?Twelve Gunboats For Service In Philippine Waters?The New Crnlsers Planned. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The programme of nuval construction proposed by the Board of Rear-Admirals forrecommen'/ dation to Congress bas been adopted by 8??retary Long in his annual report. Th? tiaml nrnr?r?mmn for nnw ahinq will In. vol ve an appropriation of nearly $26,000,000, To this expenditure must be added ? about $1,000,000 for the control of the Holland submarine boat Invention and the purchase of 9ome vessel of that type for the navy. This matter, it is understood, will be arranged by a special bill to be introduced early in the approaching session of Congress. Secretary Long's programme would have been much more extensive only for the fact that there already are outstanding contracts for ships now under construction to the amount of $18,000,000 and the great expense of keeping In repair the vessels now In commission. Another consideration which has prompted the Secretary to keep the recommendaf _ tlons down to about $26,000,000 is that there are only three concerns in the country which can build vessels of the battleship type. The armored cruisers will have an average tonnage of 13,000 tons. Some idea of the type of suoh a cruiser may be had from the fact that the tonnage of the Kearsarge is 11,525 and of the vessels of the Maine class 12,500. Id the Italian Navy the greatest warship tonnage is that of the Lepanto, 14,400, while the great battleship of the English Navy, the Magnlfloent, and a slstet ship, have a tonnage of 14,900. . The three proposed American armored cruisers really will be three battleships of a type heretofore unknown in the naval world. The three proteoted cruisers will be of an Improved Olympia type. Eaoh will be of 8000 tons displacement. The greatest protected cruiser tonnage now in the navy Is that of the Minneapolis and the Columbia, 7375 eacb. Tbe twelve gunboats have been recommended for service In tbe Philippines. Their type will be ft compromise between a 1000-ton and an 800-ton vessel, both of which classes have been considered. There are experts who contend still that the situation will be more completely met , by building gunboats of three hundred or four hundred tons displacement, such as weie used by the Spaniards, and such as arc represented In the captured gunboats at Manila. Tbe difficulty In getting vessels of that size out to the Asiatic station could be overcome, as they are easily transported in seotlons. Dry Dock Contract Awarded. Washington, D. C. (8p*cia4).?Tbe Navj Department lias awarded the contract foi the dry dock at League Island Navy Yard Philadelphia, to tbe Atlantic, Quit and Pacific Company for $782,000. DOC SAVED A HUNTER'S LIFE. Searching Party Foaud Bleeding -Man and Dead Bear Side by Side. ?i Eitrr Stboudsbdbo, Peon. (Special).?The residents of Stautfers, this county, turned out almost in a body a few days ago to search for Reuben Harps, a missing huntei from Wllkesbarre. After searching for boars, they found the hunter unconscious, maogled and bleeding from lacerations ol the body. Beside tbe hunter wus the dead body of a black /bear of Immense size. Everything pointed to a terrific struggle between the man and the beast. That Harps was payed from death was due to his dog, which gave the alarm. Although clawed and bleeding,from bis contact with the bear. Harps cams to Stauffers from Wilkesbarre on a hunting trip, and on Monday started out for game, with his dog, a valuable one. He did not return on Monday night, and, as nothing was heard from him on Tuesday, the residents of Stauffers be* came alarmed. The country in that section Is wild, and it Is no Infrequent thing to kill wildcats and bears. Tbe villagers waited anxiously for the missing man. < Tuesday evening Harp's dog, covered with blood and bearing every .evidence of havlng been In a fight, crawled into Stauffers. The animal's Appearance oonflrmed the fears of the villagers, and, at the instigation of Isaac Stauffer, a searching party of twenty men was orgadfced. Armed with guns aDd lanterns, they went In searoh of the mlHSing Harps. All the old hunting places were visited, and when the hour grew late tbe searchers resolved to try tbe country about the still waters* before giving up. Iu a dense thicket they found Harps, who would have been dead in a , abort time. As it Is, ne will probably recover. v; , i DIED AFTER BEING HAZED. Princeton Boy's Death Lild to Ronsrb i Play at Lawreiicevllle School. Paiscrrox, N. J. (8pecial).?Martin Morris Bergen, the twelve-year-old son of Peter V. Bergen, a member of tne Princeton Town Conncll, died at his home lo Princeton of peritonitis brought on, it i< aid, by skylarking at the Lawrenceville Preparatory School. * He was hurt on Friday in a rough play .common among the students called piling, which consists of making a pile of four or live boys and then t allowing otner boys to jump on the heap, landing on their knees. Bergen came home Saturday to spend Banday with his parents. He complained of a soreness in his back and side, but it was thought to be nothing serious and ha was permitted to retnrn to his studies. On .... .... ,Monday he was in great pain and hit father was telephoned for to take him home. " Tuesday he seemed tobeimprov'{(Iff hnt At fllffhf btk hpnarrm vnpta finri ha k, t died the following af*ernooo. Ik v . This fatal affair ia .the calmlnatioa of s A long sorles of hazing incidents at the LawrenoeTille school, which has been going or ;lor some years. The school faculty hat been making strepaous efforts to stamp onl ths*ustom, and this fatal inoldent is Ukelj to do away with any further desire to haz< mk 'Which the students may possess. It Is unA derstuod that the school authorities wll.1 BDm lnvestlfrata this caaa thornuirhlv. v. Lived Nearly 106 Years. Miss Eliza Works, known as the oldest H^HRH^nldent oi Monroe County, died at hei Henrietta, N.Y., aged 105 years, tet NBH^HH^kth* and thirteen days. She came from Enxlaud stock, was born in West B^HBMMHBand, N. H., January 8,1794, and was E^HBBn^l^Mngest seven children. Will Walt For Contmi. HnHN^no newspaper of Havana sayi wait only for the decision ol pre declaring their own, and knot tolerate "the calm dip 2 of Washington." Mr Ule40inz<. cikirying the mail are MH^^^partrnent has been Alaska. H^B^HBces In as manj BHK Dewey after th? HHHHH^krill be on n|^nX|Mj^Kw York during is buildfni g|^^B|^H^B^^Q9^Bn?HflS9fe rlew t BOERSSUFFERA REPULSE # . " Ladysmith Fores Drove Them Baci t Every Point. I It i? Rpnorlod That tho Town Can Hold Out For Months?Boers' Heavy Loss. Loxdoj? (By Cable).?A dispatch has been received from Ladysmith giving news up to 'November 15, on which date all was well. On the 9th the Boers attaoked the British camp early la the moralnp. and, under cover of a fire of guns, started )o ascend the ridges overlooking the defenders' position. The British troops, who were standing to arm? la their camp, conformed to the movement by lining the crest of the heights, and though the burgher3 displayed uftusual activity in the attack, and crept skilfully upward from cover to cover, the British infantry beat them back with a steady, well controlled musketry fire. The Boers opened fire from every n?Aiinr) T.oH ram IfK h?f thai* CUilUDUVV UiVUUU wu* iuv4k main effort was made from the northward by troop9 massed in the aDgle. formed by the junctions of railways leading respectively to Harrismith and Dundee. From this point they advanced with vigor and more than once, but without success, although they brought a mortar Into action, which was soon silenced by the British guns. When the Boers Anally retired discomfited they were shelled by the English artillery. and two battalions of infantry also inflicted sharp punishment upon them. The rifle brigade crept unnoticed into their ditch and lined the bauk with skirmishers, who poured volleys into the Boers at close quarters as they galloped headlong toward tnem. xne aiaucaesiers msu wort) uuio iu enfilade a ravine in which detachments ot Boers were taking cover from the artillery, and fired long range volleys into them with muoh effect. The Boere suffered so severely in this action, their losses being estimated at seven hundred to eight hundred killed and wounded, that up to' the Fourteenth they did not attempt anything further than a desultory shell fire. On that day a successful reconnolssance by General White drove the Boers~back on the right ot the new Colenso road. Ly4dite shells are reported to have had a most terrifying effect on the burghers, whc are also said to be suffering greatly from dysentery. The dispatch adds that Ladysmith can hold out for months. BOER FLAGS OVER COLON* TOWNS. Proclamations Annexing British Territory Are Declared Nail and Void. Cape Town (By Cable).?The Boer commando from llouxville, fifty strong, entered Aliwai North a few days ago and hoisted the flags of both republics in the market square, proclaiming the district republican territory. The British were given fourteen days' notice to quit. The Boers also occupied Burghersdorp. ' Advices just received here show that a considerable force of Free State t.nd Transvaal burghers occupied Cojesberg, Cape Colony, without opposition by the residents, and proclaimed tbe district to be Free State territory. Sir Alfred Mllner, Governor of Cape Colony, and British High Commissioner, bas issued a proclamation declaring that the Boer proclamations, annexing territory, impressing men or seizing goods, are null and void, and should not be obeyed.' He promises full recognition of and fair compensation for actual injury, resulting from loyal adherence to British allegiance. Judging from present Indications, so far from there being a prospect of a Dutch rising, the fact is that many of the Cape L>utcn are so locenBeu ui iu? iuas 01 iuch property and the destruction of railways and bridges that they are even beginning to favor the annexation of the two republics, One prominent politician goes 90 fai as to say it nay possibly happen that the Outlncders will be the chief opponents of annexation. British Prisoners at Pretoria. Lobenzo Masques (By Cable).?Fifty-six British prisoners, including men of the Royal Dublin Fusiliers and several bluejackets, have arrived at Pretoria. Winston Churchill, who is woun ded in the hand, was taken to the Model School, while the rank and file were sent to the jace> course. One spy was lodged in jail. The wounded had been treated at Colenso. PLAGUE REACHES NEW YORK. A. Steamer From Braxll Brines la Two Cases?No Danger Feared. New Yoek Citt (Special).?Two cases of what is pretty thoroughly established to |>e bubonic plague arrived in tuts port on the Lamport & Holt Lino steamer J. W. Taylor, from Santos, Brazil, laden with coffee. The sufferers are Captain Waters, and Charles J. Allison, the cook, both or whom are on the road to recovery. Robert Hope, the steward, died of thd disease and was buried at sea. Every preventive known to science will be used on the vessel, the cargo will be thoroughly treated with disinfecting agents, and all on board will be seques* trated until danger of further spread ol the disease is over. No apprehension is felt by the health authorities here that the disease will spread, as it Is a filth disease, and does not flourish in a city where the sanitary conditions are as good as they are in New York City. SCHLEY'S PENNANT RAISED. He Takes Command of the South Atlantic Squadron?Chlcaffo Hit Flagship. New York Citt (8peclal).?Kear-Admira; Scbley raised bis double-starred flag on the cruiser Chicago, lying off Tompkinsville, 8. I., and assumed command of the South Atlantic squadron, of which the Chicago Is the flagship. For tbe ceremony of raising the flag all hands, decked In their "best blues," were called aft to muster, and the officers were assembled on deck In full dress uniform. The exercises were simple. Boar-Admiral Schley read his orders to assume command of the station, after whloh followed the flag-raising and the salute. loit Three Children From Diphtheria. Ethel, the two-year-old daughter of George E. Gaskill, of- Long Branch, N. J., died a few days ago from diphtheria. Mr. CI. not al 1 In at ttt n />KIMi>on + ten nr aol'a aarn ?????> ?"? ' "Ofrom the same disease. The two remalnIng children la the family are recovering. Secretary Lone in Washington. Secretary and Mrs. Long returned to Washington from Colorado Springs, Col., whero they took their daughter, who <s lli Immigration Shows an Increase. The reports to the Commissioner of Immigration at Washington show that for the months of July, August and September of this year, the number of Immigrants admitted to the United States was 78,365, which In an Increase of 19,033 over the same months of last year. Chief Justice Chambers Resign*. I Chief Justice Chamber?, of Samoa, has I resigned, and his resignation has been accepted for the United States, one of the three parties to the Berlin treaty, by the Pre^iddnt. Senator Thornton Married. ! The marriage ct Senator John M. Thuraton, of Nebraska, and Miss Lola Purman daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Purman, ol Washington, took place tit the home of th< ' l>rlde's parents, the Rev. Dr. Frank M. Brls > tol, of the Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church, officiating. Senator Thurs^ i ton's bride is a highly girted young woman > whose mother was Miss Leadora Flnlayson of the well known Southern family of tha , name. ' Civil War In New Guinea. A disastrous civil war has broken out li [ the British possession of New Guinea eleven villages having been obliterated with a heavy slaughter of the Inhabitants I ; - ! * 6AEBBT A. HOBART BEAD.' Th9 Vice-President Passes Away Surrounded by His Family. i NATION'S PERIOD OF MOURNING. Vice-President Hobart Had Been 111 For I { More Than a Year?Death Dae to Or- ( Kinle Heart Trouble?The Office Will Remain Vacant Daring President McKlnlej'a Term?Mr. Hobart'a Career. PtTisanv W .T ?flarrnt A. Hobart, Vice-President of the United States, died at Carroll Hall, bis bome in this olty, at 8.90 o'clock Tuesday morning. The members of Mr. Hobart's family were GARRET A. (The sixth Vice-President wh< all at his bedside when the end came, c The cause of the Vice-President's death t was an affeotlon of the heart, diagnosed as jj dilated right heart doe to myocarditis. 8 The nature of the malady was made pub- 3 lio on the last day of Ootober, when his family authorized a statement that he ? crnnld nnfc rntnrn to Wimhlncrton 'find that a be would never again take part In public a affairs. c ' WASHINGTON IN MOURNING. President McKlnley'a Proclamation?Senate's New Presiding Offloer. Washington, D. C. (Special).?Wben the n oewa of tbe death of Vice-President Hobart ? was received In Washington Immediate >steps were taken to show the respect of the * Government to the memory ol the dlstln- " gulshed dead. The White House was closed 1 to visitors, and the flag, that floats over It c ' (V&s lowered to half mast. The flags on c the other public buildings followed th? ex- f ample. 11 The President was deeply affected by the MRU. OARRET A. HOBABT. telegram announoiDg bis colleague's death and~at once dispatched a telegram conveying the sympathy and condolence ot himself and Mrs. McKlnley to Mrs. Hobart. After the meeting of the Cabinet Presldent McKlnley Issued the following proclamation: "To the People of the United States: "Garret Augustus Hobart, Vloe-President of the United States, died at his home in Paterson, N. J., at 8.30 o'clock this morning. In him the Nation has lost one of its most illustrious oltizens and one of its most faithful servants. His participation In the business life and the law-making body of his .native State was marked by unswerving fidelity and by & high order of talents and attainments, and his too brief career as Vice-President of the United ~ ? Tk IJ .1 *?.? j SCRlOS aau JTroriaout ui iuo oguaio v?hlbited the loftiest qualities or upright and I saaraclous statesmanship. In the world of affairs be bad few equals among his con- i temporaries^' His private character was i gentle and &oble. He will long be moarned 1 by his friends as a man of slngularpurlty i CoDsreiiintn Lose* a Foflft. Congressman Charles W. Gillett, of Ad" dlson, N. Y., has submitted to the amputa tlon of his right foot at the ankle, Dr. Koswell Park, of Buffalo, assisted by Drs. Alnaworth and Brown, of Elinira, performing the operation, from which Mr. Gillett rallied finely and will ultimately recover. Mormon* Eldera In the South. Thirty Mormon elders arrived in Chati tanooga, Tenn., from Utah for assignment to work in Ohio and the Southern States. I Their assignments will be made by Mr. , Blch, of Chattanooga, who is the head of the Morpion Southern propaganda. Sun Conffiiiei Patricide. Elijah Moore, aged nineteen years, who has been held under suspicion for the as: sasslnation of his father, the Bev. Jesse Moore, at Dexter, Mo., made a full confea' slon, in which he implicated his fifteenyear-old sister, Mary. Afterward be amended bis confession by exonerating the * * - A nm, hnn WAa in. gin. .Ljait3r IU mo uoj vuw MVJ .?? .. ' dieted by the Grand Jury. Young Moore ' says bis father was cruel to his family and 1 allowed Ills ebildren no pleasure. Bauk Bobber* in Kansa*. , Baak Commissioner Breldenthal at Topelca, Kan., said that an organrz&d gang of bank robbers U abroad in Kansas, and ' warned bankers to guard tbelr vaults. ? ' \ " ' '/ * ' and attractiveness, whose sweetness of disposition won all hearts, while his elevated purposes, his unbending integrity and whole-hearted devotion to the publlo Kuuu neserveu una auquireu uuivctaai rospect and esteem. "In sorrowing testimony of the loss which has fallen upon the country, I direct that on the day of the funeral tbe executive offices of the United States shall be closed and all posts and stations of tbe army and navy shall display tbe national flag at half-mast, and that tbe representatives of the United States in foreign countries shall pay appropriate tribute to the Illustrious dead for a period of thirty days. [n witness wherBof I have Ret my bnndand :aus?)d the seal of the United States to be ifflxed. "Done at the city of Washington this twenty-flrst day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety-nine and of thelndependence of the United States one hundred and twenty* fourth. WILLIAM McKINLEY, "By the President. "Joh* Hat, "Secretary of State." By Mr. Hobart's death the' office of ricepresident of the United States becomes va HOBA.RT. i has died while in office.) ant for the rest of President McKinley'a erm, as the law provides no succession. A 'resident pro tempore of the Senate will e elected by that body when Congress aseuibles, who will hold the office until larch, 1901. Senator William P. Frye, of Maine, is ow president pro tempore of the 8enate. [ewill call that body to o?der when ltasembles on Decrember 4, and preside until 4a /*Wrvjon Tlmf ha will anA. I OU^UOOOUl 10 VUV3QU) AUltv uv ni?a mwv eed himself Is generally conceded. SKETCH OF MR. HOBAST'S LIFE. Vice-President Hobart was born In Monlouth County, N. J., June 3, 1844. He ntered tbe sophomoro class ot Ratters lollege In 1860 and graduated in 1863, at be age ot nineteen. H# tben taught school ntll he entered the law office of Socrates 'nttle, of Paterson, N. J. He was admitted o the bar in 1869, and became the city ouusel of Paterson in 1871. He was elected ounsel for the Board of Chosen Freeman n May. 1872. / In i.873 he entered tbe Legislature, was e-elected in 1874 and made Speaker in 876. His constituents sent him to the State , ienate in 1879, and be was president of that ?ody in 1881 and 1882 He was a delegate-at-large to the RepubIcan National Convention ln-1876 and again u 1880. He became a member of tbe Na- i lonal Republican Committee In 1884, and j erved until 1S96, when he was nominated j or Vice-President and elected. As a presidlog officer of the Senate Mr. ' lobart was a distinct success. Always mnctual In his duties when his health per- i nltted, he made a record (or being Impar- I lal, and was popular with Bepubllaans and , democrats alike. ? > Mr. Hobart's only daughter died a few ; rears ago in Europe. A widow and a young ion survive him. TROOPS AND MOB BATTLE. fegro Regular Cavalry Fight* With Mexican! in Texas. Sax Ahtonio, Texas (8peoial). ? The rouble which has been brewing for some lme between the people of Bio Grande 3ity and the negro troops of the Ninth Cavalry at Fort Blnggold came to ft climax nrhen a pitched battle took place between h? nnom ffftrriann and several hundred irmed men from the town. It l^said that 'ally 3000 shots were fired. One man was jroDably fatally injured and another ilightly wounded. Captain W. M. Day, commander of Fort Brown, has gone to FortHlnggold with flfy men of the Ninth Cavalry. Major Thorn plon went there from Fort Mcintosh with a letaohment of the Ninth Cavalry. Colonel ilobertfl has arrived at Fort Ringgold and ias assumed charge of affairs with a de;achment of the Twenty-fifth Infantry. Later reports say that the military authorities now have full control over the lOldlers at the fort, and that not a man la permitted to approach or Ibave the reserva:ion. The entire male population la and iround Rio Grande City is under arms, vhlle armed Mexloans have floeked Into :he town from thfl near-by ranches. Governor Wanta Troops Withdrawn. Aubtik, Texas (Special). ? Governor Sayers sent the following telegram to the , Secretary of War at Washington: "Pleaso direct immediate Impartial and' . searching investigation into the conduct of aegro soldiers at Fort Ringgold, Starr County, Texas, last night. Also issue order for immediate removal of troops." 8mnf|ltr of Lensea Caught. William Ball was arrested Dy reaerm officers at St. Louis, Mo., on a jharge ot smuggling photographic leases into the United States. Ball was taken to theofflce of Collector of Customs Smith, where It Is said he made a fall confession. He had several confederates, who are under arrest in other cities. Several English firms are implicated in the smuggling operations. Upton'* Next Challenger. Much speculation is being indulged in in yachting circles over the cabled gossip that Sir Thomas Llpton's next challenger for the America's Cap will be schooner rigged. Would Prohibit Football. "We, the jury, find that the game was ? nnnrA I n er tn Rllffhv rules. yiajrcu owiinj but we believe the same Is dangerous and should be prohibited. Verdict, accident.' The above Is the result of a jury's Inquiry at St. Louis, Mo., into the death ot Johr Allen, the Christian Brothers' College football player who whs fatally Injured in th? game of November 11. Chlla Acta on Claim* Commlialon. The Chilean Congress has Approved the renewal of t&e Chilean Claims Commission or the Washington Tribunal, according tt 1 the oonventlon with the United States. PURSUIT OF AGDINAL1 Insurgents Flee Before the Advance o* the American Troops. SAILORS OCCUPY ZAMBOANGO, Rapid Sweep of the American ColamnK General Lawtnn's Narrow Eicape?200 Filipino* Captured?Rebel Activity Id South Manila?The Situation on th? Iiland of Mlndanoa. Manila (By Cable).?The American occupation of the cciuntry between Manila and Dagupan is proceeding with a rush. The railroad Is practically -'intact beyond Bamban, except for a distance of fiv* miles to the north, and the rails for tha.portion have been found. Large quantl ties of rolling stocK have, however, been destroyed. General MacArthur is moving bis troops by train; and tbe roads within General Lawton's territory are becoming passable. Captain Leonhaeuser accomplished one of the be9t coups of the war. Bcaohlng O'Donell by a night march from Capas, he lurprlsed the insurgent force, numbering two hundred, and captured all of them, with their arms, ten thousand rounds of ammunition and four tons of subsistence. One Filipino was killed, but there were no American casualties. N Only fragmentary reports reach Manila of the operations north, whicli, when the story Is known, will prove to have been tbe most' remarkable campaigning tbe Philippine war has known. General Lawton's division Is spread thinly over the territory beyond San (Jose, where the telegraph end9. General Young's two regiments of cavalry are continuing their rapid sweep into the new towns, and tbe infantry is being shoved forward to hold the towns the cavalry takes, all in a oountry whos* natural difficulties are increased indescribably by tropical rains, making rivers of creeks and swamps of fields.* Wagon traninni+oUnn In ntinrinflflri havn hnnn nrnc* tlcally abandoned, the Amerioan troops IKlng on captured supplies and the little produce the Insurgent levies have left. Amoug the scraps of news obtainable are stories of the hardships the American Army Is meeting with. It Is reported, for Instance, that General Lawton narrowly escaped drowning while fording a swift river, when Lieutenant Luna and two prh vates were lost. Captain Henry A. Leonhaeuser, with a battalion of the Twenty-flfth Infantry, made bis way from Bamban to O'Donell to take the insurgent cartridge filling works there. A Filipino captain who surrendered with four men to Oolonel Andrew S. Bert, of the Tweuty-flfth Infantry, described the factory and volunteered to guide the expedition. Rear-Admiral Watson haa received an additional credible report that Lieutenant J. 0.:Gilmore and five of the captured sailors of the United States gunboat Yorktown were at Tarlac on November 1. Lieutenant Gilmore was living in a Flllplnc gener&l'a house. The United States cruiser Baltimore atnrforl tnr T.1no>?vf>n and the American Ad miral purposes to send another ship to Natlguln If tbe gunboat Helena, which If overdue, has not returned to Ltngayen. Sailors from the gunboat Castlne oocupy Zamboauga, Mindanao. The business men, chiefly Chinese, requested Commander IS. W. Very, of tbe Castlne, to take possession of tbe place and protect them from the Inlurgents. Commander Very landed a naval force, and It appeurs that he found he had a large contract on band, and telegraphed to General Otis, requesting the presence of troops. But none are available, except by withdrawing part of the force from onq of the neighboring islands temporarilv. The original plan was to have BrlgadlerQeneral Alfred E. Bates establish the headquarters of the governorship of tbe Mohammedan Islands there, when the new regiments arrived. It will be oarried out later, when General Bates' returns from his trip to the Southern islanfe. He lias been visiting tbe garrisons of Jolo, Slassl and !Bongao. The friendliness of the Moras for the Americans is increasing under Brigadier-General Bates's diplomatic administration. The threatened feuds of the Da toha, Jakalnlns and Calola against the Saltan probably will be averted. 1 General Bates Is now on board the Yorktown, bound on a month's trip to Balabao and Borneo, to observe the methods followed by the British In the government of the Mabommedans. There baa been a revival of Insurgent activity south of Munlla, particularly In Oavlte province. At I in us the Filipinos tired a smooth-bored cannon, but this was silenced by the American artillery. Major Cowles, with a battalion of the Fourth Infantry and two guoa, scattered the enemy from the districts around Imus. The Americans could not pursue the retreating insurgents beoause tbeir ammunition was exhausted. The Filipinos were under the command of General Mariano Trias. 8ples report that the Insurgents are coming into Cavlte province from Calamba, in Laguna province, and the otber southerly provinces. The insurgents have smoothbores and two modern cannon. The people of Cetta Bato, on the southwestern coast of the Island of Mlnddnao, desire the establishment of Amerloan government there, and have addressed a petition to Oeneral Otis, asking him to send troops. In relating how they had CkppVaiWA %V kUV VUI V . ?V |/*VkVV? ?MW> against the attempts of Againaldo's officials to collect ezoesslve taxes, they say in the petition that the Dato, "having compassion for our sufferings and in the interests of peace," publicly beheaded half a iozen of these officials. Relief For Spanish Prisoners. Madrid (By Gable).?An offlolal dispatch from Manila says that 800 Spanish prisoners have been sent to the province of Pnnay, and that the Americans have contented that a vessel with food and clothing lhall be sent to get them. Proposed Agricultural Experiment*. i According to a proposition described at a meeting of the Cabinet at Washington Secretary of Agriculture Wilson will soori beglu a series of agricultural experiment In Cuba, Porto Rico, Hawaii and the Philippines. If Congress will mulce the neoessary appropriation, which he will ask it to do, the Secretary promises to carry on investigations of soil und climate and their adaptability to certain natural products, which will be of great value. Mr. Wilson believes that rubber can be produced in Porto Rloo as well as In South America anil Central America. Counterfeiter* Arretted In Georgia. Frank Morse and Warren Ooodwln were arrested in Murray County, Ga., upon the charge of counterfeiting. The men have been bound over ana placed in jail. A large number ot dollars ana iraciionm oolus and a complete set of instruments were recovered. Child Left Alone Burned to Death. Earl Qardlner, the two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Emory Gardiner, of West Parle, N. J., was burned to death in a Are which started while the parents were away From home. The cause of the fire is unknown. The Labor World. Southern cotton mills find it difficult to obtain sufficient labor. Justices otthe Peace of Cook County, Illinois, are about to form a union. Th? Puiifomlrv Northwestern Railroad ases the union label on all l:s work. Tbe latest addition to the gallery of anion labels Is that of the candy-makers. Metal polishers hare assessed themselves twenty-flve cents eaoh to oreate a strike fund. After January 1 next the granite cutters all over the country will only work eight hours per day. The repair force at the League bland Havy Yard, Philadelphia, has been reduced {or laok of funds. * i ?' - - ? SON G?TS\DEWEY HOUSE Ch9 Admiral's Wite Transfers the House to George G. Dewey. Dewey Will Occupr Until Hit Death thi Home Pre?ented to Him by ?1? 1>annl? T Wabhisoton, D. C.. (Special).?Oetrgt Goodwin Dewey, Admiral Dewey's only ton, Is now the owner ol the residence pre* .tented to the Admiral by the American people. Papers were prepared and signed a few days ago by which Mrs. Mildred McLean Dewey transfers all rights and title to the property known as 1747 Khode Island avenue, this city, to George Goodwin Dewey. This Is the property which Admiral Dewey had transferred to Mrs. Dewey. In explanation of the transaction a relative of the Dewey family made .this statement: , . "Admiral and Mr?. Dewey hare transferred to the former's son,George Goodwin Dewey, the title to the home presented to the Admiral by the people of this country. It will continue to be tne home of the Admiral and Mrs. Dewey so long as be may live. It may be desirable now to say that it was the wish of both the Admiral and Mrs. Dewey to proylfle for a proper succession to the property.' The transfer of to-dav comDletes the rcansaatlon beiran yesterday, and la only thfe carrying oat of. the original intention of both Hhe Admiral and Mrs. Dewey. . "By air those Interested in tbe matter tho method of transfer adopted was considered tbe best and safest that could have been followed. It Is to be considered, naturally, that tbe transfer was to bethe act of Mrs. Dewey as well as of tbe Admiral. It was her desire that she should release any claim she might have to tbe property through her marriage to the Admiral, and to do this the transfer was made through her to the Admiral's son as soon as was practicable. Through the method adopted no dispute ever can rise over the disposition of the property." Some of the Admiral's friends' explain fViA tMnaftrtfirvn f?\ f hit war* AHmfral ' Dewey, It is said, was anxious that the house,' as the gift of the people, should descend to his son, and that no question of the young man's right to It should ever come up. Though the Admiral is In perfect health, he is no looger young, and hit feeling wan that the American people would prefer that when he dies his son should inherit their gift. Mrs. Dewey, it is said, wns of the same opinion. The transfer to her in the first instance was made because she wished to be able herself to transfer the property to her stepson. Mrs. Dewey's reason for this, it is hinted, was that in case the Admiral within a few hours after his marriage should deed the house over to his son it would create endless unfriendly conjecture as to herself and would give rise to a'false idea of the Admiral's regard for her. ' As she was heartily desirous that young George Dewey should have the house, such conjectures wnnlri h? hnth false And cruel. Mrs. Dewev therefore proposed the.house be deeded to her, so that she could make a present of it to the young man. Neither she nor the Admiral, It is said, foresaw the position in which they are now placed by thla formality, and neither sup* posed that they would be so misunderstood. KAISER VISITS THE QUEEN. German Fuiperor, the Empress and Tbtil Sons Receive s Hearty Welcome. Losnox (By Cable).?The German Imperial yacht Hohenzollern with the Ealser and the Empress and two of their sons on board arrived at Portsmouth at 9 o'clock Monday morning. The Emperor stood on the bridge of the Hohenzollern dressed in the uniform of & British Admiral of the Fleet and decorated with the ribbon of thp/'Garter. The Empress and her sons were on deolc. The flagship Victory and the training ship St: Yincent flred salutes and the crews cheered. A. 11 the ships were decorated with flags. The Emperor was received by the Duke of Connaught, who was dressed in tne uniform of a Colonel of German Hussars and wore the decoration of the Order of the Black Eagle. The dockyard was crowded rlth sailors and troops. The battleship. Kaiser Frederick and the cruiser Hela followed the Hohenzollern into the harbor. They were escorted by a torbedo flotilla. While the Emptfror was inspecting th? guard drawn up in his honor the Portsmouth bund played "Willie We Hare Hissed: You." The Emperor was very much pleased and shook hands with Conductor Miller. The Ealser left for Windsor at 11:30 i\>nln/>lr Tl>a hanrlaall nlivo/) fh? naMnnnl anthem. The Empress bad on a gray traveling cloak. She carried a brown fat muff and wore a blue toque. The two Princes were attired in naval uniforms. The Prince of Wales, tbe Duke of York, the Prince Christian and Duke of Cambridge in tbe uniforms of their respectlva German regiments greeted their Majesties on Arriving at Wiadsor, The Mayor's dangbter presented a bouquet to the Em* press. Ambassador and Mrs. Cboate attend ed a state banquet given at Windsor Castle, at which they were presented to tne German Emperor/aad Empress. SHOT ONE OF A LYNCHING PARTY. Virginia Magistrate Defend* Hi mi* If' In His Home. Norfolk, Ya. (8peclal).?Oscar Q. Fleming, the Princess Anne County Magistrate prho shot and killed young Clarenee L. &yder, while the latter, accompanied by a friend, was returuing to this city from a bunt, Killed one of a party Who attempted to lynch him. Threats to lynch Fleming have been so numerous that he turned his house Into an arMoal, and > ?ry night friends stay there with him. Suuday night a mob went to his place from this city, with the intention, presumably, of wreaking vengeance upon him. The visiting party was composed of about fifty men, who quietly took a position behind an outbuilding in theyara and wilted for Fleming to appear. At 3 o'clock Monday morning a shot rang out sharply on the frosty *ir, and was followed by several hundred from the other side of the residence, which was punctured both inside and out by bullets. None of the inmates | was injured. After the smoke cleared away Fleming emerged to find a man dead In bis yard. Nothing was seen or heard of the attaok Ing party whloh bad departed. The man was sockless, shirtless, about fifty-five years old, and evidently a stranger. Will Purify the Water Supply. Philadelphia Is about to spend $12,000,000 to purify her water iiupply. , Virginia Protests Against Kabert*. The Yirgtnla Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at Petersburg, Va.^ passed resolutions protesting Hgafnst the seating of Congressman Roberts, cf Utah. A copy of the resolutions has seen pent to each o{ the ten Congressmen from Virginia. The Queen'* Gift to Her Soldiers. At the Marquis of JLansdowne's sugges* tlon, the Queen ?ias decided that het Christmas present to the troops in South Africa is to take the form of a tin of chocolate for each man. Director Merrlmn't First Report. Director Merriam ot the Census Burean at Washington, in his annual report, est! mates that there will required for the census of 1900 more than 50,000 enumerators, more than 2500 clerks, and more than 2000 special agents. It is recommended that the permanent office of purchasing agent DS oremeu, EII1U II1I1L i wu nuuiuuuat uumi; ol division ana nineteen additional clerk* be authorized. Warahip Sent to Barcelona. The Spanish ornlser Emperador Carlos f. has been ordered to Burcelona, where sh? 1 will b? used as a prison (or tht Instigators of th* nooosltlon to the oavmant of tazu w' /. ... ^ - ' - jfj INDIANS READY TO FIGHT, j Sao and Fox Inoasraen Are at Odds \ . With the Government V ? Haleootimti Claim t llmrried TTomin to IU?l?llr Confined la a Training School by the Indian Agent. Des Moines, Iowa (Special). ? Your ,J. hundred and fifty "redskins" at the 8a? and Fox Indian reservation In Tama Ooun- 3jjj ty are ready to start on the warpath with . -in j a 1 t. uuu luiuautftwk. ' w I. T.Wiloor, of Motmtour, was In consul* > Notation with Jadjr? Oliver P. Shir&s, o? th*v ' Federal court here, a few days ago, and r ' : ; said that It wasonlybeeauseofhls personal ' intercession that the Indians had bqe& pre- P vented from making an assault on the people of Tama'City and Toledo to avena* themselves for aflegeet wrongs Inflicted by.' > .1 the Indian Agent. Wilcox finally arranged with the Judge ' f,' to go to Cediar Bapids and there fllea pe> tition for habeas corpus for the release of vp an Indian glri, aged eighteen, confined In the Government Indian Training Scbool at $ Toledo for a month, Wilcox returned to !v?Sj his home, assorlng the officials that ho. will be able to ooatrof the Indians ae long as the ooarts have the controversy In hand. The woman In the case ifc-Lelah-Puoh- ; > Ka-Chee, and she fs married. Her husband . is Ta-Ta-FI-Cha. They were married when " \'l she was seventeen, according to Indtan y rites, the Sao and Fo?r Indians being per? mltted to marry on the reservation accord- 1 MX w uivai viuivuia. -i| When the training school wis established. br the Government at Toledo-/ the Indftn Agent, W, O. Malta,, sent oat ?n order for all Indian children under eighteen' to enroll In the school. The Indians refused, and hid their children. The gi rl In ques- . tlon was taken Into aaotber oounty and was enrolled In a school near ISelle Planet ' >| An Indian Interpreter was charged with > r helping children to escape from tb.e reservation, and on thetrial the State summoned the woman in this case as a wit ness. Wll- ' ' ?*: coi indncedber parents and ilusband to - ft accompany her into court at Tama City.,. $8 The Interpreter wa* discharged, bat the In* dian agent and Superintendent G. K. ?1U? ,-:m of the school seised tbegirl, took fcerawi0r$T&g from her husband-by force, and, coaveyfng %/& her to the Indian school building, confined her there. She has been detained in a room, there* since the first of,the month. .It is for her : !% release that Wilcox now seeks a writ of. . ,j% habeas corpus. The husband is nomfaally. the plaintiff, and the claim is made tbat the Government has no right to foroe the In- . -:2 dlans to go to school, and in this esse'has no right to detain a married woman. > More than 300 ot the Indians hive re-, fased to aocept their Government pay for ' ".*1 more than a year on acooant of tills eon- C'fjs. troversy with, the Government, and oa . j, account of other complaints, on*of which. relates to the- opening >of roads throng^;2B the reservation, it being claimed by them v'.^ that the roads have been ^5ut diagonally across the land without compensation." ' FIERCE' BATTLE IN COLOMBIA. With -Gr??t Lou o( U(?, . ' ,J$ YtvjatM, Colombia (By Cable).?News of Vv;'r? a terrible two dayj' battle fought ia the Department of Santander between 10,00c : Government troops and an equal number " ; of revolutionists bus just reached hew from Bogota. There was an awful slaugh- V '. ter on both sides, according.to theGoverament version of the battle. The rebels, , say the Government dispatches, were, trv-J routed with a loss of more than 1000 killed and at least 2000 Injured. The scene of the fight was near fBc oara-' <J nanga, which Is the capttafof the Depart- ,V ment of Santander. The rebels fought ferociously. bat were finally routed whe^ ? ! their ammunition ran out, General Urlbe and General Joan Frant elsco Gomez, two prom?n?nt rebel leaders. | were severely wounded daring the engage* y-H'sA ment. , ? General Pena Solano Plllemlzai ?n<J ' General Hernandez while leadliig'the "Government forces were shot and dangerously ;/ /S i wounded. > COLD ON A SPANISH SHIP. WromUm Find io?.000 on th? Almi. nnt* Oqa*ndo N?*r Bsntlaco. Sastiaoo ?e Cuba (By CableX ? The -5| wreclcers working on tha sunkea Spanish . .armored cruiser Aim trance oqaenuo at* covered a ohest containing $190,000 is .?>& Spanish gold, which the Cendoya Ooro- Irj pauy, the Arm employing the dlveri, wlL' "/ retain. V>>. Work on the cruiser has been in prosrreet,;'%? tor five months, aod many thousand dol? lars' worth of treasure has beec seouredi The safe was found In thebottom. where It , :,-1 (ell daring the horning of the ship. The-'finding of large soma of Spanbb r 4 gold and silver on the vessels is dne to tb?- 3 expectation o( Admiral Cervera that ha would escape with some of bis ships. The money h^d been received to pay off Span* -,v : ishtro6|>s. Prominent Spaniards say tba ! presence of s? much gold on the war shlpa ^ ' vJ was due to the belief of 8panlsh command* * en that the city of Santiago Would bo . taken, but that some of the ships might as- - vjj cape with the money. ' CONSUL MACRUM ASKS LEAVE. ' % Told by the Wuhlngtoa Government to .. 8toy at Hit Port, " WiaHiKQTox, D. G. (Special).?United States Consul Macrum, at Pretoria, hat . .vj asked tbe State Department (or leave of ':X$ absence, with permission to take advantage 7? of it at once. He pleads domestic reanons ' /) for leaving bis post, and offers to place In the Consulate as the representative of the ' United Scutes Yloe Conaul Attlebury, who is now on the ground. The department, however, refuted to accede to the request,-and Mr. Macrum will stay whero he Is unless he sees fit to quit his post withoat per- . mission. ' . * > , Mayor of Macon Dead. Mayor S. B. Price, of Macon, Oa., Is dead. TTa wan one of the most widelv known nnh. Ho men la the State. He served frith disUnction in the Confederate Army. He was elected Mayor ia 1881, which position, he has occupied continually^ with the excep- p tlon of two years, 1894-5, When he, was leg* lslated out of office. Those years'ne served J as Postmaster of Macon. Filipinos Pray For KeeostDltion. Members of Congress have received an appeal from the Filipino Junta in Hong .ij Kong praying tor recognition of the so- ,,-,U called Filipino Republic. Four Killed in a RaUlroad Wreck. \lj The heavy Baltimore and Ohio's limited \ *-J passenger train, drawn by two locomotives, ran into the rear end of a freight train neat . McCool, a small station fifty miles out oi Chicago, a few days ago. Both the passenger engines wire ditoUnd and their crews, - :':i two men on each, were killed. The freight fh train was almost a total wreck. British Ship American Mule*. The British transport Manchester City , sailed from New Orleans, La., for Cape Town with 2000 males on ooard, to be used in the South African campaign. Lockjaw From Sliding Dowu h Rope. -^j| Henry Collins, a porter in the New York "ji Theatre, died in the Presbyterian Hospital !j in New York City of lockjaw. Two weeks ?J ago when a freight elevator carried him i too far above the floor ic. the theatre he ; wanted to reach, he slip down the rope, , scraping his bands badly. He had -them 35 dressad but a few days later symptoms of A tetanus appeared. The Australian Wheat Crop. The Government statistician at Sydney, j|| N. S. W., announces that reports received regarding the present season's wheat yield Indloate that It will be doable that of laat . * ' 'y