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enR?NieLE. ^ _ f - ?? ? * ... , AUil'ST . NO. 33. .1 ? ? - ?? i i - ^ J Hundreds of Thousands of People Along the Riv-j er Banks and on Vessels of all Kinds ' If THE "Bid SEVff J TREMENDOUS (1111 Q . .. I The Spanish Residents of Porto Rico Terror Stricken by Depredation* of. Natives. Foreign Policy Convention. Deeds of a Georgia Negro. Pitiable Condition of the Spanish Prisoners, . , <i m Nmv York, N, Y., (Special). ? Hun dreds of thousands of pooplo along the hanks of the Hudson, anil thousands on all stylou of rivor cfraft, bleuded thoir shouts in u royal wolcomo to the returned north of tho Atlantic nquadrou Muder^ounuuuud of Hear Admiral Samp eon, ami as fine an August day an - ?ould bo -desired v?a nature's tributo to the rotuin of tho victors. For almost three hours steam whistles of all sizes, Mr. am Rirous and small guns along the Vhorea, bIii iekod and boomed in the v it'ort to display the heartfolt en thusiasm for the homo coming of the navp'i horooH with tboir battle-scarred - eh/ps. Jiy D o'clock tbo big, dull-lookiug . lighting ships, looming high above the picturesque coufuaion of smaller craft which hu<l como down to get a glimpse of them, woro ^Veady fur movement. Strung ouB along their docks, in long, regular liiAisj, w?re tbo white uniformed jackies, with hero and there u blue coatod oftlcor; ull strongly coutiaated against the sombre, lead-colorod armor of the ships. Whon the hour for tho - ?tart rui/io, it looked as if it would bo impossible for tho great ships to mako their wiy through tho perfect jam of the rivtjr craft. Vessels of alt desorip- ; lions, f|om tbo sni idlest steAiu launch .VAT>M1IIAL, SAMPSON. to tho great ocean liuer, w*"C uanked aruuuil tho Btjuutlron. Huddonly there was a movement on the llauship New 1forkk and tho big vessel started for nrard with a slow, stately glide. She ?was immediately followed by th?>IowB, Inllinuu, Brooklyn, Massachusetts, ?Oregon aud Texas in tho order named. It was some tiftio before the vessels ?could set into the review formation, t>ut by tho timo the New York's prow camo in tho lino with Governor's Is land, the other ships had formed in a tregular line. ?As tho grim-looking battleships mov ed up tho river tho crowds became denser and the enthusiasm more mark ed. At It'versido Drive, with its stedp, graBsy slope, tho scene was like a vast amphitheatre. To tin of thousands of persons covered tho green slope and as the battleships approached, a mighty cheer arose that reverberated back end forth across the Hudson. At the bottom of tho elope an observation train crawled lazily along, keeping eveu with tho ships; above this the vast Bea of humanity, and crowning this lighter With 600 Men en Board Sunk. The steam lighter Laura struck a rock near the steel pier nud sank in ten feet of water at Santiago recently. At the lime of the accident she had on board 600 mfn of tho Twenty-third Michigan Regiment, who wore on their way to the transport Harvard. No lives were loet, but an exciting scramble for the ?here took place in which many of the ?MB fell in the.Ahatlow water. The Carnival of Crime hi Arkiuu. The carnival of efipie inaugurated in Arkanaae eeveral week* ego, cantinnes .vlUurnt Abatement. _ At Jfrragonld, Henry l?. Hramlei wit asleep m hi? wU*p an nnkaowa aiMiili window and tbo| bin. im "tostantly. A cnttiag af bich^wp prowtnent firmer* j ie reposed front Ouvi>ll oouty, f eM?*e Geueral Grant's tomb, which was to mark tho beginning of tho return of the squadron, whore a national saluto of 531 guns was fl rud. Tho tomb, Btftttd iug high, white aud solemn, fur above tho waters of tho rivor, lookod to bo built upon a foundation of faoos. .Just; at tho joint of return thoro was a momentary lull, no if expeoftt&t of tho climax. Suddenly, from tft'o sides aud turretH of th? battleships thoro was a vivd (lush; fol lowing thin a tremendous roar announc ing the first gun of ttio national saluto. Tho heavy ?moko ourlod and tumbled down towards the water and up into t bo air until the ships had boe'u liiddou, but tho roar coming a^raiu and uguiu neemedjrto rock tho wators thomsolvos. It was an imposing spectucle as tho big battloships boomed a salute to tho uu tion as the warships saluted tho linal renting place of fieuerul Grant aud tho gunH that sounded thokuell of Admiral Oervern's shi|)H at Suntiugo booiuod a rovorontial obeisance to tho doad hero. The saluto ended, tho return of the squadron along the liue of review was begun, it was a repotiton of tho en thusiastic scenes on tho way up thd river. Tho parade of tho ships from the timo it passed tho battery on its way up the river to tho time it ro-pa?*od on its way to anchorage oil' Touipkinsvillo, H. I., occupied just two hours and thirty five minutes. . " Spaniards Tcrror-SIritkcn. A war of retuliat^i against the Span ish residents of tho fsluud of Porto ltioo within tho Amerioan linos is threatened. The natives burned the town of Cota, seven miles fro.m Ponce recently. The ..Spanish residents' fled. Throughout tho surrounding country tho Spauiards are terror-stricken and ure appealing to the Americans for pro tection. The shops kept by Hpauiards at Ponce which were opened uft9r the signing of tho peace protocol, have beeu closed again through fear of tho rioters, Editionu of two papers which hysterically demanded vengeauce aud the oxpulsiou of all Spanish-born resi dents were suppressed' by the military authorities who are doing all in their power to allay the foam of the Spanish inhabitants. Tho uutivea who are fo menting the trouble are of the lowest class and many of them aro criminals. Ovor 25 of tno ringleaders in the dis turbances have been arrostod. ? III? I Mil < twill All in a Pitiful Condition. Th& condition of the Spanish prison ers at Santiago, who woro recently seut back to Spain on the hospital ship, Alicanto, was so pitiful as to briug tears to the eyos of men not readily moved to tears, A spanUh officer refer iutr to the camp just outside of Huntiago, said: "It was not u camp out there, it was a gravoyard. liotween 'J 00 aud 300 went into the hospital daily, liospit hl? It was not a hospital ? there were no medicines, ibero woro no attend ants. Forty aro dying evory day and the trenches are full of tho dead. Wo have savod yon many a Jf'JU for passa^o money to Hpain. That camp has been nearer holl than anything else in the war. Tho aro !>,000 out there yet, only a thousand camo in to day, but they will not last long. Dysentery? camp dysentery we call it, and it is worse than the plague -is carying them of!'." \ freight Wrcckcd. The through freight going north over the Southern wan wrecked inGastonia, N. C. The eugine, tender and two or three box cars panned over a point in the track where piping had beeu plant ed to allow the water to pass when this portion of tho road gave way and a large number. of the remaining cars were piled ono upon the other and smashed into ft mans of timber and debria. Threo persona were injured. Deeds of a Georgia Nefro. , The moat fiend tab crime in the tHa tory of Sumter county, or the who!* SUie ol Georgia, wee committed at Friendship. Id miles weal of Macon, I reoeetly. Mrs. Jftwet MeGarrah ai id bc?eeft/MM? Bo*4?;'were mnrdered wax" TT5Titf owtreced a anro Tl RMS or SIRK1 Mil R. Spaniards Secured Terms of humane and j Moil Honorable Cliaiacter. Tho War Department has received a I cubic message from Gen. Moiritt giving ! doluils of tho surrender of Mauilu, hi I folio wv 1 'fno ApaiM*h trdop?, European and na tlvo, capitulate With tho city ftud defences, with 'ill honors ol wrtrj depositing their arms in the plaoeaKtcfcltfiiateri W tho author ities of too United WtaU?s rtnd remaining in tin* quarters designated and uudnr tho United Mint"'* authorities until tho conclusion ol rt WVkly "t peace bet weeu tho two bolllgoroi.it ?uth?tis. All persons Included lu thocapllu Jntloh remain ftt HbeMy; the oftloors renmin ing lu tV.vlt h'spe.qive homes, which ahull ho ^Uspoeted as lougasthey observe the regula tions prescribed lor their government and tho I'VY* bl forces 2. Olllooifl shall retain their side arms, hors<# and private property. All public horses uud public propetty of all kinds shall ho turned over lo staff ollloor* derlghfttad b* tho United States H. Complete returns in duplicate of men by organizations and full lists of public property aftd stores shall be rendered to the United States within ten days frotn this date i All questions relating to tho repatriation of officers and men of the Spanish forces and of their families uud of the expenses which mid repatriation may occasion, ahull bo re ferred to the government of tho United States at Washington. Spaulsh faUiilll'a may leave Manila at any time Oon venient tolh?*m. The return of tho arms surrendered by the Spanish forces shall take place when they evacuate tho city, or when tho American army evacuates. ?5. Officers and men lucluded in tho capitu lation shall be supplied by tho United States, according to their ruuk, with rations and neoe-snry aid, as though they were prisoners of war, uutll the conclusion of u tft uty of peace between tho United States and M; ain. Ml the fundR In the Spanish TfeasUry uud all other public funds shall bo turned over to the authorities of tho United Stales. f>. Tho city, Its Inhabitants, its churches and rollglous worships, Its educational es tablishments and its private property of all descriptions, aro placed Under special sale guard of tho faith and hrmor of the army. The Cambria Iron Company Absorbed. Tho Cambria Iron Company, whose extensive plant ia located at Johns: town, Pa., will be absorbed bj' n new corporation, the Cambria Steel Com pany. The now corporation will have a capital of $24,000,000 and tho holder^ of Cambria iron stock will have tho privilege of fiubscribiug to tlireo shares of tho now ouuapauy ? the Cumbria Hteel Conifwy^y? :for every share of tho old company. Seven Mai Killed in a Tunnel. A torriblo aeoident by whioh eovon moil lost their lives ocourred in tho tunnel of tho Cartiors division of tho Pan Handle Pailroad, at Cranegie, Pa. The work of tearing out tho tunnel had boon pushed night and day by u forco of 200 inon. Much blastiug has boon done and from tho roports recoivod it Hcema that by using too large'a quuntitj of explosive, an unexpected umouufof earth uud rock wore looaeueti, which c?vod in, on tho workmou. Ctab. J To Retain Luzon Island. A special from Washington says that tho Prosideut bos decided thai the united Statos shall retain the Island of Luzon on which tho city of Manila in situated; that the United states shall have equal trado facilities with Hpaiu iu the- rest of the Philippines; that none of the islandn shall he transferred to any of tho other foreign nations, and that v church and state sh til I sever relations in tho fslaud. ? jtf ? I ? Merrltt Got the News on the I6tli. Tho War Depnrtniont hits recoived the. following ffoui General Meiritt: "llong Kong, Aug. 20. Adjutant Gen eral, Wash ington : Cablegram of the 12th directing that military operations bo suspended, was received on the?af tornoot^f tho 1 Uth. The Spanish ? man'der was notified. Acknowledged receipt of cablegram samo date con taining proclamation of Prosideut. (Signed) Merritt. " (irain Rlevator Burned. The Northwestorn terminal elovntoi at OhttftL'o was destroyed by fire re cently, entailing a loss of $ir>6,000. Of this amount $<10,000 fell upon the Chi Northwestern Itailroad, whose freight yards are close to the elevator company, which owned tho gram thut was wltliin tho building. the I. oss at the Manila Battle. ArtTTs patch from Manila saysthototal iirfwnber of kiilod on the American side {luring the nttack upon and capture of Manila was forty-six, and of tho wouud ed about one-hunred. The Spanish Josses were 200 killed and 400 wounded. Sagasta's Claim. 1'remier Sagasta's claim, as set forth in Madrid dispatches, that Spain will expect indemnity for all governmo'nt property, buildings, barracks, fortifi cations, etc., in Cuba. Porto Rico aud elsewhere, hat excited much comment in government cuotoa at Washington, as showing the difficult questions to bo treated by the military and peace com missions. A Search For a CMM. Widespread interest baa been aronsed in the a U1 action of little Gerald ner, at Chicago, by the offer of ft *10, - 000 reward by friends of the father, who are members of the Union League la elready ^an efler of IAS! CfRillNl Mil) 1 he Stars and Stripes Raised in N Honolulu, ? ENGLAND AND UNIUD STA1FS Said to i I a % o Agreed to Co.operdte? The Battleship Auicr\.ui Bo* \dmiral Sv>b\\ Sick A>< I itiaurdiuao Oocunieftt . A special d ispatoh from Honolulu dated August 1?, says: "Precisely ut 11:.")^ o'clock tlio Hawaiian flag de scended from tho llagtdafV* on all the government buildings, and enaotly ut live minutes tu twelve, tho Stain aud Stripes Hooted iu tho tropical brooxo from every official llugstatr. "The corornouy was a most impres sive., oue. To hear tho straius of Tiuwauau l'ouoi' for tho last tiiuo us u national uuthom; to hoar tho bugle blow ta|i3 wo the I Uwuntiu tousi??u sank from ita position, aud to notihe j tho omotion of inauy who had boon born under it and had lived their lives under it, wan solomu. Aut thon eumo tho buglo oall for the rataiog of Old (I lory aud tho straius of 'Tho .Star Hpanglcd IS'uunor' hrolio forth us that banuor Mas unfurlod to tho brooxo. When tho cheers broko forth, e.^es that had boon diiu for a few miniltos bo camo bright and lighted up when tho Stars aud Stripon blow out. In tho grounds and urouud all tho aiiproachoa woro crowds of on-lookors of ovory na tionality. Notably remarkable waallio number: of ilawaiiaus. Within the grounds tho military and naval display waa line. lluwaiiau troops, United States marines, tho mounted patrol, the police and tho Citizens' (ittard pre sented a splendid nppcarauco, while tlio plAtforw for tlio exorcises and the ve randas of tho executive building were gay with brilliant summer drosses, feathers and ribbons, and tho brightest faces that IIouqIuIu possesses. Tho uniforinu of siufT aud naval officers added brightness to tho scene. The weathor waa propitious. A bull at. the oxocutivo building at which 2,000 guosta were present, was tho oulmina tiou of tho festivities which followed tho oeroiuony of the Hag raising. " An Extraordinary Document. A documont outirely unique iu tlio annals of wurfaro was cabled to the War .Department by (lonoral Shatter. It is in tho form of a congratulatory farewell address to tho soldiers of the Americau army by Podro Lopez do Castillo, a private Spanitth soldier, ou behalf of I J.'JCO Hpanieh noJuietn. The following is the text of the addreas, as cabled by ({fcnerul Shaftor; "To MhJ' r (toners! Shifter, commanding tho American Artnv iu Cuba: ? Hlr: The Spanish soldiers who capitulated in this place on tho ICth of July last, recognizing your high And just position, pray that through you ull the courtesies and noblo sol diers under your command a ay receive our good wishes and farewell, which wo send ou emharkinx for our beloved Hpoln. For this favor, which w?< have no doubt ywu will grant, you will gain tho evorlasttng grati tude and eonsiilendion of 11,000 Hpanish soldiers, who are your most humble servants. |Blgncd| Podro Lope/, do Castillo, Private of Infantry." Will Act Together, The Manchester, England, Guardian saym "Wo understand that United States Ambassador Hay's reoall to WaHhington, to accept the post of Ho cretary of jStalo ih due to his speoial fiiufMs to carry out a policy in regard to which negotiations have been pro- i ceoding for some time between Wash- 1 ington and London, and upon which a HubntHtitial agreement has beeu ready' ed, whereby the two countries will alt Hogether in the far East, or whereirer American and British interests Are identical. " j *? The American Boy. Mayor Van Wyck has appointed Randolph ( J uggmiheimer president of the council, and Elhridgo T. Oerry aud ('has. T. Harney a committee to leceivo funds for the proposed warship "Aniorican Hoy, " iu which- H. Hankin Ooode and Harry J.' Price, of Cincin nati aro interoHtiug the school chil dren of tho country. It is the purpose of tho boys to collect ?.1,000,000 from theschooi children to build a battleship to take tho placo of tho Maine. Powder Mills Blown Up. An explosion occurred in tho plant of the Chattanooga Powder Company, at Coltewah, Toun., 18 miles above Chat tanooga, killing two men and injuring slightly a number of others. The causo 4f the explosion is not known. The building iu which the explosion occurred caught fire and burned to tho ground. Tho loss will be about $0,000, mainly on the building and maohinery. More Rowdyism and shooting at Phoebus. A special from Newport News, says: Kioton* demonstrations in Phaobus culminated ih an exchange of shoU lietween a crowd of Maryland volun teer* on one side and aboai a dozan civil officers on the other. After thia lawuUr tho aoldiara had another ro Irolw jwMrvithj ctfiiy vrvopi vrewtfu, fiuinllnda?raatfa to a ( I wae eye Wdft Um river If area, Mtor Hood, th# THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, I ?? y s I 1 li?% South. Judgo William Mol.uughlin died at h ik liuJhe ill Lexington, Vu,, from a carbuucic. I'rivato .1, l'?, Costollo, Italtery It, '?'iftli I'tuttm States A rlil lory. died in tho hospital ut Foil riujii.au, Ivjr,, uf typhoid fever. Si* persons loftt their hVoa recently by ilio hurtling of tho Natioua! ami Wimlor Motels h< Mot Springs, Alls. Mayor Collier, of A,tluutu, Hit , bus accepted the appointment as a member of the Lafayette Monument Commie sloti. Mov. .1. li, Fletcher, a Coiigregatriu u I in niiHtor and ono (?f itH Misbiouurios, was shot while attempt inn to oik*""''6 u church ut Smiley, < la. Tlio South I'Jml Hotol ut Tyboe Is land, (in , with foui udjoiuing cottugos belonging to the hotol, was burned to tlio u loll nd. Senator Macon, of Ueorgiu, dooa not believe in tho retention of the 1'ilippiuo Islands, but says tho United Stutos ought to hold a good size "renting phioo, " In a duel with pistols, near tho head of Poplur Crook, Pinovillo, Ivy., Isnuo l.usfoid, Hratchor Williuuu and Johu Houd wore killed uud Muiuhull Mulono dangerously wounded. Tbfl trouble occurred over two disreputable womon. Jos, Castelanos, aliati Oeor^e Eduurd Vaudorbuilt, an alleged Spanish opy, who w#n liberated from Ft. MoPhorsony oamo near being the victeiu of a mob of hulf drunken Holdiors and oiviliunu, at AtlantMi Utt. < recently. Johu 11. Modwino, a Uoll known lawyer uud reul estate dealer uud money louder ut Atlanta, has failed. Liabilities about 000. 1 1 i? clerk cluims the uHHets will amount to #">0. -/ ooo. y At McC'ooni City, Mihh., Mr. SoOlt Caitfloy and his w ife wore foully mur dered. Tho a?H?K8iii usod a gun loaded with buckshot. The ollloeiB put blood hounds on tho tuurderor'a trail. They followed Tom OarnoH, a tioighbof of tho Causey's. (James was taken to Magnolia jail to prevent a threatened lynchiug. Alex. Walkor, a negro living noar Pleasant Mill, Ala., was culled from his cabin recontiy by a party of white men and carried to tho woods, whore ho wuu strapped to a stump and beat with buggy traces. Md was re leased and managed to oruwl back to bis home, whore he died half an hour later. The North. Within tho past (iO days the roeoivors of tlio Baltimore <fc Ohio Hailroail liavo ordered almost (5,000 now froight cars. A congress of Indians wbh ono of tho features at Iho Omaha" Exposition re cently. Twenty triboa wero roprosont I ed. j The Hev. J)r. A. 1J. Simpson, of New York, raiHod for foreign missions at the Christian Allianqo ("amp Meeting ro eoutly held at OrUt Orchard, Mo., $00, 000. Oeorgo C. Taylor, u messenger in the Pension Oltice, committed suicide by swallowing luudanum and inhaling illuminating gas, at his hoarding house in Washington. "Kid" Mol'artlund aiul Owou Zoig ler fought i?5 rounds before the At lantic (Hub, at Now York, rooeutly, ami ('barley White, tho referee, decid ed in favor of Mcl'artland. Saloon keeper J. ilymau Oruft, of Division and Hester streets, New York city, has begun suit for #2.%0Q0 ugiunst Frank E. Hosen, u furniture 'de#icr, for alienating Mrs. Oruft'H affect ions?1 At White Lake, N. Y., on tho Mo hawk A Malouo itaiiroad, Fred lieckf nnll mistook his son, Philip, ng?d )#, for a deer while hunting, and s irtt iiiin, death onsiiiiiK soon after. A ew years ago another son, Oeorge, vus shot and killed in mistake for a bftor. Bllscellaiifoun. The Spanish prisonors at Ftr> Mo Phorsbn huvo been sent to Portsmouth, N. H. Throe transports recently arrived at Montauk, L. I. , .from Hantjago with sick soldiers. Tho President will \isit tho ( imulm Exposition during tho grand pence ju hileo, which will bo the foaturo of early Ootober. Tho acme of precision has apparently been reached by a Perl in clock maker 1 named Lobnor, who has just porfeeted ineohanisin for measuring and record ing the thousandth part of a second. A military board hoi been appointed to settle claims of citizens of Virginia against tho army for deprodati ons. ThdvNational Association, of Mexican War \ eterans will hold its fourth an nual reunion in Louisville, Ky., on September 21, noxt. In 1880 tho imports of manufactures of iron and steel in tho United Htfttes were valued at $71,2(10, <Vii0 and the ex ports at S14.7IO, 524. In 18U8 the im port* had fallen to $12,01ft,0ltt and the exports had risen to $70, HA?f687? Mai jor General Merritt baa notified the War Department that the cable from Hong Kong to Manila is again in working order. The total capital stock of the Urea* Northern, ea pow legally established* con spite of #50,000,000 preferred' and authority to ieeae #90,000,000 common in addition tberd^>, no part of which has been issued. _ ALtho Natioaal IM e Under wi iterC convention recently halxMa Minae ?poll*. Mill., the eontoet fo? the Catef J lorin* ?p wan fMMfcr the a wording of first plaee to Assaulted Custom Houso lnsptfpt?r. 1 Tribute from Merchants. "r HE ANGLO RUSSIAN DISPUTE C MiipraiitUeil Inter 1 1 Arbitrators AUct in (.hiebct. 1'iiii.nla lkwc> IVriiiisi'o:! In |)mk His Ships at Moiig Itoiiif v<> aiii. iik o Hotwcen I raiuc, tier* litany .mil Itussia. It is reported that (ienornl ( ali.vto Oarcia after entering (libain, a.*"aultod I tin* customs liuii.su in t lit i it ih t rut or, slap I'ii'M bis fi?oo and aftoiwarda ordorotl a negro to b<>nt hint nitli u machete. It is also said (liut (lenorul 0?r??ia de manded monoy fiom tho (iibara mot chants 'I'ho merchants refused to comply with li iu demand whereupon ho ordoiodtlmt thoy should pay double tho nmouiit of his tirst exaction. (ion era! ( inii'in also ordered tho arrest of over 1,400 Spanish r??Bid?nt?. International Arbitrators. Cun. (Npooial.)- Tho ice is broken; tho uoinewhut rigid British formalities of preliminary organization ? i''Vt5jr4 nro punt, tho oommissiou?1)avd bacoiuo ac< | uiii n t oil, ami tho 'Kod y of interna tioiuil arbitrators ?r? now road v fur the hard work before tjunn. Tho <Jforo* monies of orguni/.ution took place in the Parliament buildings, and whilo thoy, wore characterized l>y a considerable degree uf dignity, tho utinOst degree of frioudlinoss was manifest in overy word and moMMiionl, and an umic:'blo ad jnsitinont of all questions is predicted by both tho Aiuurican and British oum missionerf), Cotton f:\perts. ThtToflicial returns of the exports of cotton goods from tho Uuitod Htatcs for tho fiscal year ending Juno MO, l^yH, show a fulling olf comparod with tho previoiiH year, tho quantities boing .MI7.H1H yards agaiut?t !il.'i,f>32j.044 yards, and Valium against # I I , <biO. Tho docroaso in valuo la greater relatively than thq dooreAso in qfifility, tile average prico por yard of tho cotton expoi tod last year being but 4. 10 coots, agaiuHt 0,01 conts fo?* tlio year I81H1-7. Order Issued by the Adams Expr?**'<?o, The following order baa beeu issuocT to tho managers of tho Adams Express Company : "in compliance with an option of tho United States Attorney Ueuoral, agents aro instructed that hereafter receipts issued for monoy, bonds, Bocuritios and othdi1 commercial papers must have a one-cent stamp aillxed and cancelled, tho saino as for shipment of good*, and rates therefore must bo quoted pins the goveruuieut tax. " Spain, France and Russia. Tho Madrid correspondent of Tho LoipIou Times says: One paper here declare.) boldly, on thy authority of au anonymous French diplomatist, that owing to M. Hanotaux'ii exertions, a treaty, of allianco has boon signed bo tweeu Sjmiir, Frunco and Bussia, with tho object <jf oouuteraetiug the Ancrlo '^iermau Itttlueneo in Morocoo. >" ?' - A Compromise Arrived At. Tbo London Daily fail's Copen hagen correspondent reports thai a compromise linn beou arrivod at be tween Knglaud und Ktissia, tho lattor ^otiuiK her way iu tbo railroad qnes tion iu China, and England securing concession iu other directions. "In any cane," says tho correspondent, "Cbiua muni pay for it all." ? A l.amar & Son^ Burned Out. Tbo wholesale drug store aud propri etary uicdlciue manufactory cf H. .?. Lamar <fc Sons, at Mncou, (la., was totally destroyed by tire. Tbo estab lishment is Faid to be the largest of its kind in the Houtb. The lire started in the bapomont, raised by a negro em ploye holding u luutern too near a var nish barrel. Asks for a Higher Assessment. Col. .John Jacob Astor is credited with having asked that his taxes, which aro now g.'SOO.OOO, be raised by a higher assQHsment on bis immense property, fie also ban philanthropic schemes, and intends to rank with Cooper ana Pea body. He will build a college an?l eu dow it, and proposes to eatabliah cbcap restaurants throughout the city of New York on the plan of thoae of the Princess of Wales in London. Reconqaest ef tfce SmkIm. The Anglo-Egyptian ra-oonqnest of the Hoadan ia steadily approaching ite, culmination. Khartpnm :will bt wp tured and Mabdism smashed within a month, but Engliehmen hare sot yet reached the stag* what la oaeofthiaaoat ronarfctMe sad noloUrraptedly snoceeafal military m Ib Dilliili Uitwy. Proipott tirmriag letter. Philippine ianU iu London racetrad ? dtepntoh from Maaiis ra I - A It MY W>1 NAV\ ()U1NC>3. lite Mev tiKvits ?? ( ur A'tny a:i.l Naty y fold, I I ho ( 'i is t.-M 'l i. /. 'i.a ;i :i I Ifoi Met !\r I lived hi 1 ! iiui|;u !' ik?i, U i .ii'i ht'y. [ Thi* *!a:is|mtrt Al.^Sfc 'husetM and ISotiiuuuiii u mu!oiI i<>r ^iini The new t'Hiii 1 1 M !? uliinu A I it , is iiHHuiuiii,: fi'iifi'Mi able -prvpor - ll?>Ua. j 1 ho l'losidont lin<) ad vancod Captain Sl^Bbee (In ce ntiipbci ? on ilx> JMvuuil of extraordinary ioioinui. The I** i f 1 1 1 lUignlur nc^iment hns< been soft toSantiOKP to preaoi vo ordor in Hip conquered city, 'Hio Thud I'ntted States Volunteer Signal ( !??? i 's, which wim urbanized m Krooklyn, h?s trouu to fauhttgo. The l'"jr ?t Brigade, oT [ho f'lrnt Di vision, uan roveiwed nt Alt' or fro cently, by HritfitUor Uoncrat Oobiu. Amouj,' tlio troop* of the Third Corps, t Which no to Huutt>villrf Jiro UuttoiiuH A it ltd l>, (ioorgia At turoi/. Tho First Ohio, w hich ha? boon trans* forrcd to tho Seventh Vorl,B< 18 arrang ing *or an oarly move t<l ?) tfckhonvillo. Captain Kvuiim, of tho battle ?hi |? I own, in sick with typhoid malaria fo Y?r in tho Koosevelt hospital, at Now York. 'J'ho Btoaiucr Arnuzaa, with General Milea on hoard, )iuh left 1'OUOQ for Now Orleans, Con^roHHinau Wadswortli so compauyiug hinV I Adjtttaut (leneral Corbui has ltiaued an ordor governing tho niuatoriOK dut of voluntoorH. i t ??**? into- .xth? dtttioa' of oUicora in detail. Tho L'ruaidont haa appoiutoU Captain Albert r<. .Mills huperiptendent of Military Acadomy at Weal fr'oiut, witk rank ot lieutenant colouol. t In a diHpatch received nt tho War Department recently, Uenera! Mvrritt says (hut the health and apiritu O t the troopa at Manila nro excellent. A uow court martial has boon ap pointed by Ihigadier (itinera! (lobin, at 1 *tiitt ; i Al?erA-' Colonel Nallo,' of tho Third Virginia, i? tho proaidiugofHoor. After tlio Naval I'arado in iNe^l'prk, Admiral h'ampHon, accoiiipauiod by l^in \('ifo and other lnouihora of bin family, viaitod Jiip homo, at Ulonu Ridge, N. J. 4 Colonel Norwood repotted over 1,000 patient** in tho general lutapitnl at Camp Wikoflf, on tho 33rd, toH sOO or more aleoping on tho floor, thoro being no oots for them. ~ The Navy Department opened bid* for 111 torpedo boat destroyer* and 19 torpedo boat.ii, to oost in the aggregate not c xooed I h g f (I, flOO, O0O, aaprWyidea iu the laut naval appropriation net, Adniliftl J-'ampHon called on i'ro#i dent McKinlor on the' 2'lnri, and , apont thirty- fiver, minute* ? with ' h flu '""in "a discussion of tho Cuhan commission** plana uud othef tnattortf. The transport Hi puranca ?aa'.?ou ior Santiago receutly. Anions hof paa BengerH wan Lioutonant It^ 1*. Hobfton, who in KoinK to try. his rubber bag aoheino for raiainv tho two HUDkenvea sola of (.'ervora'B fleet. 'i'he men of alniost every one of the volunteer rogiinontH iu camp at the 1'roaido, hau i rau^iaco, Cal.. are.oir culating potitionn' to fhn -wecrotory of war, requeating that the^ bo muatered out of the fsorvioe. / Two Ohio colotrels aro ?a?d to bo working Li\ n trausfer to tlio f^eVMfth Armv^jenia, bnt a n OoDoral Leo OM secuivPthe Frat Ohio, he will not like ly want auothor regiment from the iWkoyo Htate. l'rivuto Tbotnus Huff. of tho First Division hospital, and formerly of the Third Virginia, who had tho $?tio en counter with a negro, whioh /$d lo the no-called "riot" of tho VirgtniauH, has beou acquitted and restore;! to duty. Congress at its next neK?u>ii will bo nuked to incrense tho navy by authoris ing tbo building of flfteon more war shipe, the estimate coat of which in be tween $40,000,000 and 8.>0. 000,000, Xho specifications will cull for unusoat speed and ?u euormoiis steaming ra dius. Oouorai Sbnfter recommeuda that all Matftoer rifles and the ammunition for the eauio, at Hautiago, be Heat to some arnonnl in tho Nortn with as littlo delay an possible. 'J hero are soveral millions of thin amo* nition, and 10.0(H) or 12,000 stand* of firms. Orders wcro issued by the Nary De partment which will prorent thenssem bling of any large fleet at Hampton Hoada. The large warships *)?ilj ba pent to New York and HostoU, and torpedo boats to Newport H. f, ' Ttye only ships to remain at Fort Monroe are tho 4" miliary cruisers ana tugs. In a reoeht letter totba Hon. Chano coy I>elVw< Secretary Alger ?ayi, i?. part: ,4Iatli? way of translation to Honolulu, Manila, Bantiago and Potto lUco, and return home, there have bee* sent Hi, 028 men with artillery equip ment and supplies. By rail in this 'country there bare been transported 0,700 officers, 288,062 enlisted man, alao 40,582 animals* besides thousand* of wagons, artillery and other Quarter master. commissary. ' ordnance^ medio*! aad aigaal serriee a tore*. Tfce total number of artiolea of dothioc apd inipege distributed to tbe armjr sMAelAMaaaieB'e. iler 'fetta ewv 4HnV? WWtfr ? a *, ?74, 488, of wEticb ?e>Moi ? few articles, aa Blanket* <88,780; iroeaera M4tt: JWH fleld uniform* 88, W0; 879i v*4era4irte 786,f rmr