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f LEA PBR PS tCE IN CHINA United States and Russia Have Entered Into an Alliance. REMOVAL OF TROOPS SUGGESTED 3u :? Keply to ItUMln'R Proposition For Him Sellleioent of tlie Chinoio Qnes tint, the United States Government l'ropotea Negotiations to Bring About l'eace?Au Appeal to the Power*. Washington, D. C. (Special). ? Tbe United States and Russia have formed I a compact for the settlement of the existing Chinese Question. The fact of the agreement has been communicated to all the Towers. If France. Italy, Germany and Japan agree to the main propositions ip the Russo-American agreement the United States and Russia will iuime, diately withdraw their troops from Pekin. inasmuch as there remain in , that city no foreign interests. The main features of the oral convention between Russia and America lire: First?That, although accomplished by force of arms, the rescue of the I Ministers and foreign residents has been effected, for which purpose solely the allied army seized the Chinese capital. v~" Second?Tho Emperor Kwangsu is th^ de facto and de jure ruler of Chii^a. Tljird?That Li Hun? Chang is the duly accredited envoy for peace of the uume?p uoverumeui. Fourth?The Powers are requested to co-operate with Li Hung Chang j and Ins Government for the restoration of order throughout the empire. Fifth?That this restoration of order and the status quo as to the open door and the arrangement of all proper indemnity can be secured by the accredited envoys of all the nations having grievances against ^.Clilna by reason of the recent outbreak. Sixth?That the intefctitsjalJhe empire be preserved and that norhwijtorial compensations be demanded. BRESCI CETS LIFE SENTENCE. frlal ol King Humbert') Amuln Takes Flace at Milan. ! Milan, Italy (By Cable):?The trial I of Bresci, the Anarchist who on July 29 shot and killed King Humbert of Italy, at Monza, resulted Jn his conviction. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. An Immense crowd was present. The hearing began at nine o'clock. Bresci sat in the dock, calm and almost indifferent. His counsel, Siguor Martelli, head of the Milan bar, and the Anarchist writer, Signor Merlino. made requests on various grounds for an adjournment, which were refused. The indictment, which was very long, showed that the assassin had practiced much at target shooting, and >Uiat he prepared bullets so as to ren 3er them more dangerous. The witaesses were then introduced. There were eleven for the prosecution and Ave for the defense. During: the examination of Bresci. the assassin declared that lie decided to kill King Humbert after the events b Milan and Sicily, "to avenge the misery of the people and my own." He added: "I acted without advice . ar accomplices." The prisoner admitted the target practice and the preparation of bullets. He spoke in a low, firm voice, and said that he tired three shots at 5'nnls with his revolver. Two ^ ?roo(U>n tnrnots \vort> here placcd 0U W the table before thi> 7 A brigadier of gendarmes. Salvatori. t recapitulated the story of the assassiI nation of the King. He said he saved I Bresci from the crowd, who nearly | lynched the assassin. r The testimony of witnesses Galini* , Oert and Oliviers did not adduce any I new facts. I At the close of the trial Bresci was | pronounced guilty and was sentenced IU li-i-4'1. lOUULUl'U L LU1 111 L . ^ BROOM CORN INJURED. Hot, Winds and Rain* Do Damage of 8300,000 lo Illinois. L Areola. 111. (Special).?Throe liunf drod thousand dollars' worth of broom I corn is rotting and worthless in the fields of this?the greatest broom eoru district of the world. Profit to that amount belonging to the farmers of the broom corn belt has been deutroyed by blasting winds,terrific beat, showers of hail and scalding rains. Every woman who uses a broom is interested in the situation. Brooms that nell in Areola for twenty-five and thir:y cents are selling in the outside world at from forty to sixty cents, a price vunsuown tor years. Two Killed In a Street Duel. A fatal duel occurred at Belf. X. M. David K. Baca made some remarks about a young woman friend of Melquiades Baca, which the latter resented. Tlie men met later, two six-sliooters were raised simultaneously, three shots from eaVh rang out and both men fell mortally wounded. Sputa's Lost SUlp lteady For Repairs. The cruiser Reina Mercedes, the Spanish vessel which was sunk during the war with Spain, arrived at Portsmouth, N. H., from Norfolk, Vu. ? Tampa Police to Wear Shirt Waists* The City Council of Tampa. Fla.. has passed a resolution instructing the Mayor to have the entire police force uniformed in shirt waists and straw hats. The men are greatly pleased at the proposed change. Population of Koston. The census of Boston, announced by The' Census Bureau, at Washington, r?G0.8!>2, against 448,477 in 181)0. This Th,an increase of 112,415, or 23.07 per log wt. are tak their pre Newny Gleaning*. Umt' theBcollar worn by Nathan higher prh, of Hempstead, L. I., caught stanceH i*0m a cigar and terribly burned meDts, knows genera^olera is prevalent throughout Hysbort.abad and in Bombay, in India. S?atp8?re are persons receiving relii'f. The tax rate of Boston. Mass., has been fixed at $14.70, as against $13.10 last year. This is the largest rate tsiuce 1880. Public land in Northern New Mexico was withdrawn from sale, in order to save the cliff dwellings from jb'utruftloi) SAVED h BY HYPNOTISM. The Rev. G. B. Cutlen's Remarkable j Cure For Inebriates. Ife Iientore* Several Sufieri r.q; From Al? | colioliftm to Normal IlcaltU and Saves One Lite. Now Haven, Conn. (Special).?Hypnotism n? n fiirc for the liouor anil to- ; bacco habit is being put to practical and sciontific use by the Itov. George B. Cntten. pastor of the Howard Avenue Baptist Church in this city, and formerly centre rush on the Vale football eleven. A series of experiments I which lie has conducted promises to revolution.ze the method employed In restoring to physical aud mental soundness the inebriate and the victim of overindulgence in smoking. j.he Itev. Mr. Cutten has become an expert hypnotist, and has been spending his summer vacation In the Yale Psychological Laboratory, making experiments scientifically on subjects sent to him by the organized charities of this city. He has had a subject in the hypnotist chair at least once a day all summer. Indications are that he saved at least one man's life, that of Thomas Dick, "Jim the Penman." as he is known about town. Dick had been drunk for a month, and was an incipient delirium tremens case. Opiates had failed to produce sleep, his pulse stood at 112 beats to the minute and his heart indicated that a stroke of apoplexy might result at any time. ' Sleep he must have within a few hours or death was inevitable. Cutj.? sleen. aud I ll'U UUUJiUJnicivu r , . | in an hour Dick's heart was beating regularly and his pulse was almost I normal. Dick was able to resume his work the next day. Half a dozen cases of simple alcoholism. which apparently had wrecked the lives of the subjects, have been cured by Mr. Cutten, and. although the^ patients had been treated less than a month in each case, not one has shown a desire for liquor or tobacco since the treatment began. Cutten practically has cured one case of stuttering, which resulted from a fall down stairs forty years ago. The patient was Arthur Bennett, one of the Rev. Mr. Cutten's parishioners He has received only four treatments from Mr. Cutten, but everything now points to an early cure. Mr. Cutten said, in speaking of his treatment: | "My experiments are aimed at the moral rather than the physical regeneration of the patients. When the moral steadiness is accomplished the physical well being will soon follow." The experiments are yet far from complete. Not a quarter of what Mr. / >. T\vnnr\*nt! tn n^onmnlish has beeu completed. He will continue his experiment until next June, when he proposes to submit ft remarkable thesis on the subject. , SAVED HIS LIFE BY HIS TEETH. Painter Falling From Church Spirt Catches Rope In His Month. Chicago (Special).?A. Alizewski, a painter, saved his life by his teeth. He had been engaged in painting the spires of St. Hyacinth's Polish Catholic Church. The spires are 1G0 feet high. The work on one had been completed, and in gilding the cross on the other he was tanding on a small platform suspended by ropes. In some manner he became overbalanced, falling backward. A rope was dangling below the platform, which he grasped with his teeth. Thus he hung for several seconds, until he was able to grasp the rope with his hands, when lie again pulled himself to the platform. He immediately descended from his lofty perch. Then, realizing what I Itiwl hnnnonml lm fnintpfl Jinfl W8S taken to his home. A physician was summoned and found the man to be suffering from an internal rupture, which was no doubt caused by J}i? grasping the rope between his jaws. BRITISH TAKE MACHADODORP.l Boers Retire Northward Before the Advance of General Roberts. London (By Cable).?General Roberts reports from Belfast as follows: "Buller's advance occupied Machadodorp Tuesday afternoon. The enemy made a very poor stand and retired northward, followed by Dundonald's mounted troops, who could not proceed beyond Helvetia on account of the difficult nature of the country and the enemy- taking up a position too strong to be dislodged by the mounted troops. "French continued the movement Tuesday ns far as Elandsfontein, from which ho turned the enemy out with no difficulty. The latter retired very rapidly, leaving cooked food behind. "General Buller's casualties were: Killed, one officer and thirteen men; wounded, seven officers and fiftyseven men." Man Dies From X-Kay Ettects. According to the physician who issued the death certificate, the death of August Kittman, at St. Paul, Minn., was due to burns received during an X-ray treatment. Kittiuan met with a street car accident last winter, and it is said desired to have X-ray photographs taken of his injrnes. Impeachment of Atlanta's Mayor Ordered The City Council of Atlanta. Ga? has ordered Impeachment proceedings agaiust Mayor Woodward, who is accused of gross neglect of duty. Father Kills Stepson. William Niciiois, colored, neau waiter at the Hotel Charaplain, at Atlantic City, N. J? while intoxicated shot and killed his stepson, William, Jr. The young man was much in evidence at a party given by Mrs. Nichols. Nichols, Sr., took umbrage at some remark and shot the son in the preseuce of his mother. He was arrested. Obligatory Military Service in Chile. Obligatory military service has been approved by the Chilean Congress. Tlie National Uame. The Brooklyn team has stolen twicc as many bases as the Bostons. This is said to be the most disastrous season for baseball in the history of the big league. , Sheehan is again back With the New York Club. He was farmed out to Syracuse of the Eastern League recently, but was sent back as not being good enough. The remarkable reverses sustained this season by visiting teams In the League may be largely explained by the undeniable fact that home umpiring is systematically pursued by the'; League umpires 1 MS OF MSI! PEJIN Wanton Destruction of Prcperiy in the Chinese Capital. THE ADMIRALS "DETAIN" EARL LI ?11* Detention at Shanghai Said to Mean That Some Power a Do Not Want to licgin Peace Negotiation*?Al! Hou*e* ot Foreigners In Pekln Rurned or Blown Up?Refugee* Leave the Imperial City London (By Cable).?An account of the conditions prevailing In Pekin, sent by mail to Shanghai and cabled from there, says that the capital now presents an aspect of absolute desola:ion. The destruction has been simply appalling. What used to be Lega:ion street is now unrecognizable. All the houses of foreigners have either been burned, riddled with shells or olown up. The French legation, <vhich used to have one of the finest compounds in the city, now only shows a few portions of its walls standing. Hundreds of acres covered | iOOtD THE TEMPLE OF HEATEX IS PEKIH. (The camp ot the American troops is situated on the grounds of this building.) by natives' houses have been burned Dver. There has been the most wanton destruction of property. An attempt was made to mine the American legation. A shaft was sunk from the top of the wall fifteen feet deep, and ; was then continued as a tunnel, with ' a sharp slope, in the direction of the { legation. Apparently the Chinese did not have time to finish it. A movement of the allied troops southward from Pekin has begun, an American battalion participating. i Japanese troops and guns have been i landed In considerable numbers at t Amoy, and are occupying the city A large number of refugees and ; wounded marines have arrived at j Taku from Pekin, among them mem- 1 - " i 1 I bers of Minister conger s uouseuum. TO X1ETAIN LI HUNG CHANG. The Alllea Have Decided to Hold the Viceroy on Hoard Ship. Paris (By Cable).?Admiral Courre- | jolles, the French commander in Chinese waters, has cabled to the Navy Department here that a council of the Admirals has notified the foreign legations r.t Pekin that it has decided to hold Li Hung Chang on board ship until the diplomats have consented to open negotiations with the Chinese, j Washington, D. C. (Special).?Russia and England have announced to the Government their willingness to ac cept Li Hung Chang's credentials while Germany has entered an em phatic dissent. It Is believed here that the actioc of the Admirals in holding Li Hung Chang niay forecast serious diplomatic difficulties. It is thought to show, combined with the refusal of some of the Towers?notably Germany?to ac cept Li's credentials as a peace nego liation, that the Powers In question have no desire for the early paciflca tion of China. The Flight of the JEmpreia. London (By Cable).?A special dispatch from Shanghai says the Chinese officials there have informed the foreign Consuls that the Emperor, the Dowager Empress and Prince Tuan have arrived in the neighborhood of Tai-Yuen-Foo. Tal-Yuen is the capital of the Province of Shan-Si, adjoining the Province of Pe-chi-Li. It is situated 240 miles southwest of Pekin. Pekin Searched For Boxers. Pekin, via Taku (By Cable).?Three Russian, two Japanese, one British, and oue American battalion searched the Imperial Park, south of the city, i and about five miles out, for Boxers. No armed force was found, but only a single Chinese scout, who was k'lled. Prepare For Long Catnpnlgn. Tien-Tsin. via Tnku (By Cable).? The Commissary Department is preparing to establish au extensive winter base Tong-Ku. Officers who have arrived here from Pekin report that General Chaffee is making all the necessary preparations to maintain 15.000 men through the winter. Pope Refuse* to Recognize Italy's King. The Pope, In a note to the Catholic powers, announces that he will recognize King Victor Emmnuuel of Italy only as Kiug of Sardinia while he contests the rights of the Holy See. Highwaymen in Denver, Col. Dr. Joseph Bannelt and Mrs. Flora M. Betts. of Denver, Col., while driv ing in the suburbs, were stopped by masked men, who secured more than $7000 in cash and diamonds Mrs. Betts was beaten into insensibility, and Dr. Bannelt was roughly haudled. British Buying American Coal. The British Admiralty is buying a large quantity of American coal for use in the home and Mediterranean fleets. Chinese War Notes. Two additional Russian array corps; have been ordered for Siberia. Japan has given the United States the right to establish a hospital on the island. Russians have occupied Santchau and hold the passes across the'Chingau Mountains. The French Ministry has ordered unusual precautions to protect the French concessions at Shanghai. Southern Viceroys in China Insist that the allies shall respect tJbe Fn| peror and Empress Dowager LEFT GAUNT BY .FAMINE. Hapless India Pays 5,500,000 Natives Three-Cent Wages. Condition of Crops Aflorda Little Hops of Relief For tlie Suflereri?An Army of COO,000 Orph&nH* New York City (Special).?India has been relieved, they say. Rains are falling, and Viceroy Curzon is happy. And yet, says tlae Christian Ilerald, 5,000,000 persons remain at the Governmen Relief Works, earning three cents a day for nine hours' hard work breaking stone, building tanks or making roads. When at last relief does come and these poor beggars are permitted to return home, many a vacant place in the family circle will boar witness to the terrible ravages of starvation, cholera, plague and smallpox. The crop Is still two months off?and that it will prove totally inadequate is a foregone conclusion. Ninety per cent, of the farming cattle have perished, many of the farms have not been plowed at all, and only small portions of most of the others, for what can the Indian farmer do without his cattle? But even with short rations life can be sustained, provided he can get enough to carry him through until harvest time, and it is this great work of keeping alive those who until now have survived that engages our best efforts. America may be proud of her record, and the people of India will never get through singing the praises of that country to which a million of her inhabitants owe their very lives. A few days ago Dr. Ivlopsch cabled another $100,000, which means life to i <- * ! ?* mnnir rflAnto fnr O TinttlPr J US L luai IXltlUj pvv^/?v A.VA ? month. But famine's deplorable work still continues. Only last month a* man at Thana, a relief station-...twenty-five He uUg a grave, ujjrew uieui IU ana filled It up. x' !,' The great problem?Indeed, the greatest?that now coafronts Christendom in connection with thia most appalling tragedy of the century, 19 that of the orphans who must either'be promptly cared for or perish. Statlstlcls care* fully gathered by missionaries fix the number now hopelessly destitute at 600,000. The Christian Herald has cabled its guaranty to support 5000, with the prospect of taking another 5000 before the end of the year. At the present time about 100 a day are being thus provided for. But more must be taken, and taken quickly, or they will perish. ' ' Cholera Kill* Thonaandi. London (By Cable).?"The present epidemic of cholera," says the Simla correspondent of the Daily Mail, "is one of the worst outbreaks on record. The bubonic plague is child's play com pared with it. The natives are dying like flies at the rate of 8000 a week. The epidemic is undoubtedly due to j the pollution of the scanty water supply during the famine." SAVACES KILL ELEVEN PERSONS. Butchered Women ' and Chlldrea , and Fled to the Mountains. San Francisco (Special). ? Advices by the steamer Mariposa say that two' aboriginal blacks, who had lived for years in close association with whites at Breelong, N. S. W? recently murdered eleven persons .and lied to the mountains. The Mawbry family had offended the natives, known as Governor and Underwood; who in revenge broke into i the Mawbry house, armed with tomaj hawkf? r. id' war clubs. In the house I were Mrs. Mawbry, her two daugli' tera, Grace and Hilda; her niece, Elsie Clark; Mifls Kerse, a school teacher, and three boys, Percy, aged fifteen; ' George, twelve, and Albert, five, of whom only tne two youngest escaped i Iitt hi diner In their flight the blacks stopped at i Gulong and killed Mr. and Mrs. Alex; ander McKay; at Mernwa they killed Mrs. O'Brien anj her young child, and Kerin Ftyzpatfick, an old man,' at Mudgee. BIC INDIANS CELEBRATE. Probably the Outset' Laat Jollification Orer Chief* Election. Independence, Kan. (Special).?Full blood Indians of the Osage tribe held a Jolification over the election of Nekah-wa-she-tuu-kah as chief and James Bibheart as assistant .chief of the tribe. s The new chief lives near Gray Horse, but he had established a camp just west of Pawhuska. The party marched into the city headed by the Pawhuska Indian baud. Before the Council House the successful candidates addressed the braves in their native tongue. Then the procession returned to the camp, where a big barbecue was held. This will probably be the last celebration over a chief's election that the Osages will ever hold, as the Indian government probably will be abolished soon. Mniclde Claimed Noble Lineage. Louis Boothroyd, of Manchester, Eng., who claims to be a relative of the Duke of Manchester and a British pensioner, and t? have relatives ir York Citv. has committed suicide at El I'aso, Texas. Mollnenx'a Grandfather Dead. George T. Clark, grandfather of Roland B. Molineux, died at bis home ill Middletown, N. Y., aged eighty-four years. lie was a firm believer in the innocence of his grandson. Immenae Beef Order From the Czar. Armour & Company have received an order from the Russian Government for 6,000,000 pounds of; "beef on the hoof" to feed the soldiers of the Czar in China. This is tbe larg est order of the kind In the history of the Chicago meat trade. Boer* to Settle In Tellowatone. A, Wormsetf of Helena, Mont., has arranged to purchase a large tract of land in the Yellowstone Valley, oc which he declares many the Transvaal will locata. / I f Mil OF THE MI New' Battleship Makes Seventeen Knots for Four Hours, THE BEST OF RECENT RECORDS. On a Spnrt During Ifer Trial Off the New England Coast the Vessel Make* a Maximum Speed of 18.03 Knot*? A Record Breaker In Her Clans?Statistic' of the Bun?Allowance for the Tide Boston (Special). ? There is a new queen of the American navy, the Uni ted States battleship Alabama, which won the title in one of the most mag niflcent speed trials ever held in the history of our navy. Over the Cap Ann deep-water course she had hei official speed trial, ana ior seveuij-su nautical miles continuous steaming she made an average speed of seven teen knots. To this time will be added allow ance for tide, giving her an official record probably higher th?n 17.1 knots, which was the Iowa's speed and she held the record. On one stretch of six and three-fifth miles she went at tue rate of 18.03 knots,,and her slowest leg of six and three-fifth miles was 1G.3G knots. On the flrsl half th'* average speed was 17.1E knots, and the second, with tide and wind opposed, lfi.85. The seventeen-knot record is not the highest for speed trials, but it is the highest for battleships since the bonus for extra speed was abolished. The day for the trial was an ex eellent one, rather grayish in the morning, but clear and bright later with a smooth sea breeze sufficient to temper the sunshine. .The starting line was five miles southeast of Thatcher Island Lights, near the extremity of Cape Ann. The course then ran about north-northeast for thirty-three nautical miles, divided as .near as triangulation could make them ilnto five legs. Over this course the "battleship was to do her four hours of steaming. & An Interesting feature was the ust ot sister battleships as stake boats jBve of them being lined up. as il gjWre, to see the greatest of them all Kby. There were the Texas, of the [Bond class; the Massachusetts, Indi Von+nnL-ir nnri Tvpnrsnrcre. ' For nearly three legs of the outward run, the boilers made steam so fast that the surplus was allowed to blow off. At the same time the men ic both engine and stoke rooms suffered no inconvenience from lack of fresh air, and the temperatures were not high. The maximum revolutions of the engine reached ^was 118, and this figure was only for half an hour.'the mean being much below this. The highest steam pressure was 180 pounds, or nine under the limit. The statistics of the run, which will be corrected for tidal'influences, were as follows: The Run Out?Total elapsed time, 1.55.27. Average speed for 33 knots. 17.15 knots per hour. The Kearsarge made the run in 1.54.19. Average speed, 17.32 knots. Total elapsed time on the return, 1.57.30, an aver: je speed of 10.85 knots. The Kearsarge made the run In 1.56, average speed 16.37 knots. Average speed for trial, 17 knots. The Kearsarge had an average ot 16.80 knots. LYNCHING IN NORTH CAROLINA. fatal Quarrel aa to a Tenant's Rigliti the Canse of It. Charlotte, N. C. (Special).?Avery Mills, a negro, about twenty-one years of age, was shot to death by a mob for the murder of Mills Flack, a wellknown citizen of Rutherford County, , where the affair occurred. Mills was one of Flack's tenants, and Flack went . to get some peaches from trees growing on the land hqld by the negro. Mills made serious objection to this, whereupon Flack fired his gun. Then Mills told bis wife to bring him bis pistol, and he opened fire on Flack, killing him on the spot. News of the murder spread rapidly, and before Mills could be lodged in jail a mob numbering nearly 100 men appeared on the scene and relieved the officers of their prisoner. Then Mills was fired up?n by the mob, who emp4-I^a ziAnfAnfa Af olmfn-tino i n tn fhn HCU Lite; CUU ll-U to VL OUVbgUuo lilku iuv .negro's body, and he fell dead. Mill's wife has been sent to jail for aiding her husband in killing Flack. EX.PRESIDENTS FOR ARBITRATORS. Placet in the International Board Oflered to Mr. Cleveland and General Harrison. Washington, D. C. (Special). ? Former Presidents Harrison and Cleveland have been asked by President McKlnley to serve as members of the International Board of Arbitration authorized by the treaty of The Hague. Bach of the nations which are parties to the treaty is entitled to four nembers of the board for the settlement of international differences, and the names oi the other two members 'orming the quota of the United States will be announced when replies are received from the former Presidents. So far as is known here the United States are the first of the great Powers to demonstrate good faith in carrying out the provisions of The Hague treaty by the appointment of arbitrators. Injury Cauaed Centenarian'^ Death. Mrs. Phoebe W. Crabbe died at Nortvalk. Conn., aged 103. Her death was not due to old age. but to injury. General Oliver Captured. The War Office, at Loudon, lias received a dispatch from General Roberts. In which he says: The Boers have been beaten back by Bruce Hamilton at Winburg. General Oliver has been captured. California's Forent Fires. Ten square miles of forest reserve in the San Gabriel reservation in California have already been swept by fire, and still the flames are destroying the timber. Remain Spaniards In Cuba. The Cuban Consular reports that the Spanish population in Cuba has refused almost en masse to accept American citizenship, and that UG.831 householders have inscribed their names in the registers at the Spauish Consulates. San Francisco's Population. The Census Bureau, at Washington, announces the population of San Francisco as 342,782, against 298,007 i;i 1800, an increase pf 43,785. or J i u.' per cent. GEN.WOODTOTHE CUBANS Urges Them to Sink Political Differences and Work Together. Thetr Bent Men, lie Saya, Should D> Scut to ttie Constitutional Convention. ' i Santiago, C ^ba (By Cable).?Governor-General Wood was officially banqueted by the Republican and Demo cratic parties. Tbe Civil uovernor, the Archbishop of Cuba, the principal judicial and civil dignitaries and 100 representative merchantsvewpressnt. t The Archbishop, in the coocsfe#* Us remarks, said the time had! Itifrlved for peace, and mat he bell-ved a consolidation of both political' parties would be of greater benefit to Cfaba In the future than a house divided against. Itself. He said he was. happy to greet the people of the United States' in the person of General Wood. Senor Tamaysi SAretaiy of State, In a forcible speech, Md: "this Is on* of the most important epochs In the , political history of Cuba. A Constitutional Convention, wherj the fundamental law of the land is to be framed,., Is about to be formed. In. that con- > vention the people of Cuba are to: prove tiiomselves capable Ins a government, of guaranteeing and property, and of preserving order. "This is a momeqt^jKheftJloIlticar' contentions should The issue is national. COt&tfliitoqtot to obtain what three geneiKttbnrfyKed for, and if the Constjtaalpal Cjjftentloa^.: is not what it snodflfr'be, 1m. noble dead will rise to dev&frd thitbloodshall no^bave beem'srod in vafh. "If we fall In tius convention we] shall be unworthy of the blood that' "I am here as^RHglHHfcvand In no other capacity. > VvjHMtlp remember the ten years' wwPfSto have as full knowledge of the cafijftions of this province as I have myself. When I first saw El Caney matters were in a most deplorable condition. The road to Santiago was marked with dead and dying. In the improvement one sees everywhere we have a proof of the friendly interest shown' by the American people. . "Everybody in the United States was astonished at the satisfactory way In which the municipal elections passed off. President McKInley personally asserted that he thought the time for the next step had come. Whatever .the ultimate destiny of Cuba may be, Its Immediate future is Independence. This Is no political move on the part of the United States, but a sincere desire to do what it right. Therefore I beg you as a personal favor to me and to the United States Government to Eink your political differences and passions and to send men to the convention who are renowned for honor and capacity, so that the convention may mean more than the Cubans even now anticipate. "Again I say, fiend the best men. The work before your representatives Is largely legal work. I care not what your party politics are, but whatever they are, for the present party considerations must be suspended for the sake of the great end in view, the end that will make history and affect the welfare of all Cuban people. "Your delegates must be competent to draft a constitution, and it is a duty you owe yourselves and your fellow patriots to see that your representation id without party prejudice. Bear in mind that no constitution which does not provide for a stable government will be accepted by the United States. I wish to avoid making Cuba into a second Haiti, although I do not think that possible. "You want party liberty for all and for no particular party. The United States insists that you shall have it. We have said it to the world. It lies with you to help us make our word good." General Wood's speech is consid- | ered by Cubans here to be the most important declaration made since the Amprirnn npriinnflnn hes-an. FATAL CATTLE DISEASE. Epidemic Scemi to Be Spreading in Northern Pennsylvania Coantlea. Harrlsburg, Penn. (Special).?A disease has broken out among the cattle of the farmers of Monroe and Wayne Counties, Penn., that is causing the death of a large number of young stock. The symptoms of the disease seem to be those of murrain, a fatal contagious epidemic. The symptoms also are nervous prostration, spots of blood on the visible mucous membranes, abdominal pains, and the passage of blood elements. Death usually occurs in from six hours to several days. The disease is more prevalent near marshy soils. State Veterinarian Leonard Pierson has been notified of the alarming spread of the epidemic. Mother and Three Sons Drowned. Tn full vIoto nP n Inroo nflrtv of nir? -v.. ? %,,? v., u, v w- r*" nickers Mrs. Henry Quadily and three little sons were drowned in the river at Kaukauna, Wis., while Mr. Quaddy, with his daughter, narrowly escaped the same fate. McKluley Not to Speak. President McKinley will not make any political speeches during the present campaign. North Carolina'* Drought. Reports received from North Carolina state that the drought prevailing is the worst in the history of the State. Fierce forest fires are raging in the eastern counties. Many streams have dried up, and most of the early fall crops have been ruiued. Man ami Wife Killed by Lightning. Mr. and Mrs. William Brader, who | uvea near uocKioru, iu., were snicn in their beds by a stroke of lightniug. which wrecked the bouse. The Labor World. A national convention of stationarj engineers will be beld in New YorL City. Textile Industries in Germany art deteriorating, 2000 operatives being Idle at Aacben. In South Dakota difficulty Is being experienced securing hands to harves' the small grain crop. Scarcity of farm laborers In th; Northwest has caused the owners oi j s?iir wheat fields to appeal to the rail i n?ad i-ompanies for help in obtaini?{ pep to hi.:vest * MLSWMiTlI' Scores of Bodies Washed Ashore on 4 the Go!d Fields. MUCH LAWLESSNESS PREVAILS, i A > PeriODi in Tent* Chloroformed bj Means ' or Babber Tabe* and Tlien BobbedStorm Dliaater and Death In Iti Wake ? l>I?ea?e Basins Amonc the Eiklmoi ? f h? Mortuary Record. Seattle, Wash. (Special).?A terrific ? storm raged at Nome, in which there was a heavy loss of life; the water front was lined with wreckage ai^B^B stranded vessels or au utsuniiuu^HB Out of sixty-eight steam launches oifl^^^H five remained afloat, and of seven^^H^H two barges all except seven drlf^^^^H a'shore.j^ VflH Twenty dead bodies were wash^^Hn ashore and taken to the morgue Identification. Ten dead bodies wer^^Bj washed ashore at Topkuk, tbree miles aorth of Nome, the mouth of Nome Biver, and eight In front of Nome Camp, three twelve miles below Bluff V ^Cltjr and two below Topkuk. 1 jA tale of disease, death and suffering among the Eskimos whl^h almost .oeggars description is told^flfefturK; Stockslager, who has beeaMHlfcingi i, relief expedition sent <f7t torobe ki Government' Stockslager turned from Cape York anMBport^H the ^natives dying by whokgl^rdo^S >ns of dead bodies lying jn||d un-J^^H 4n Teller City the sick-native killed! the-medicine man of the tribe in1 &e^ Thtjte'-wvb in all twenty eases"*of 1 lh? all ^ n ^ ^6 ate . lington ^nd other army officials, the aew eighteen-inch-Cathaman torpedo, sun, the largest ever built in this country, was tested at the Bethlehem' -* Steel Works to determine the velocity 3f the shot ami the strength of the *un, and proya^a success. , THE GATHAMA.X TORPEDO GTTK. The Government made an appropria-' tion of $Go,000 for the experiment, and; demanded that the tests show a press-] are of 18.000 pounds per inch and ai velocity of 1800 feet to the second. / * Solid shots weighing a ton were firgdAfter two preliminary shots the, third was fired with a charge of 300) pounds of powder, and showed a press- > /. lire of 19,045 pounds nud 1890 feet ve-i :oclty, while.the fourth shot, with the! . 3ame charge,' ^Tfecordcd a pressure of J 19,330 pound?' and a velocity of 1901; feet. The gun is intended for coast defense. The investor claims that itr will throw a shell fifteen miles. Gun-, cotton will be used in the charges.The gun is forty-four feet long and ' weighs fifty-nine tons. ? DROWNED BY HIS FRIEND. Gallant Attempt at Retcue Knded In Two Lotlng Tbeir Lives. Unlontown, Ponu. (Special). ? Altba ( M. Iliteuour. a youug man of thls; place, lost Ills life through the death embrace of a friend he was trying to ^ save from drowning. i Samuel Trimble, of East End. Pittsburg. tried to swim across the Monongaliela River, several miles about; Point Marion, and when a good distance from the other side gave out and called for help. Ritenour went to the rescue, and when he reached Trimble the drowning man clutched him about the body in such a desperate manner that both were drowned. The Despoiling of Pelcln. Pekin is now entirely uuder foreign control. Looting is proceeding systematically. The French and Russian Haps are flying over the best portion of the imperial domain, where it is believed the imperial treasure is buried. Cuba'* Pins In Santiago. The Cuban flag was raised over the palace at Santiago by Military Governor Wood's permission, thousands of Cubans witnessing the ceremony. * Cycling: Notes* A handlebar curved at a wrong angle is often the cause of aching wrists after a long ride. Nj matter what the height of the bar nay be, the grips should be placed so that they slope slightly downward, i The New York State Division of the L. A. W. has prepared a road book of Western New York that fills a long felt want. For long distance ridlfig, a chain should be thoroughly washed with gasolene, and then immersad In a hot mixture of equal parts of vaseline a?:.d uarafflne. *"* ? *