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Much Damage Has Bpen Done in Wisconsin ami Colorado. OAUGHUR OF CONFtDERACY. I'cate Commissioners .(idling Ready for Wo? Krtr.l he twvernors Mny be Relm* bursed -Secretary Hay take* the Oath. > - ? ? 4 i Tho forest (ires, which have been I,.', Imr.niug in various placoa tluoughout western Wisoouson fut tho past fuw ?days, were fanned into furious storms ?>f flame by Friday's windn ami did great damage throughout Chippewa, Uarro, jJillUi, St. C.oix ami Polk oouulioa. Tho villages of Claylon,,, Alumoua ami Poskin huvo been wholly .or partly do* " wtrovod; Cumberland has auflorod Jieavev !os-ya u;i<i (i ion wood, UtU'ron, - Prenlieo, Phillips uud 't urtle Liiko ?wore Mived only by gioat HVorta. Ho ports of I osh of life tiro coming in, but havo Uut Immoi voiitied except iu oiiHtu tituin.v. Fires havo been checked in phtccs by rains and the subsidence of the \* i in i -a. A rough oatuuato phuoa the aggiijyate loss at irom $i>,000, WU to 000. * 'lhc Colorado l-'orcst I ires. IteportH from tho weatorn portion of Colorado con chute to tell of tho ravages of tho forest tiros, which bid fair to dovastittg ?? the greater part of tho forests of the Fudo. ' / Reforms in Santiago. ;/ (J en. Wood has inaugurated many "roforins since accOptiug the governor ship of .Santiago, He has I70nion con ntanlly at work. Tho garbago is taken outside tho oily and burned, and thq unhealthy parts of tho city drained. The police force in tho city and tho light house system in the harbor havo >l)oen re established. Tho courts are uot in operation yet, butOonoral Wood himself sits each day as a polieo judgo. The sick are given caroful medical at tention aud the worthy poor uro fed, 15,000 rutiouy being distributed every day. Since tho Americans took tho f:ity tlm receipts havo been $ 1 00, 000. Tho present expenses attonding tho ?work of operating tho city, which nro to Bp me eiteiit extraordinary, are about jfo.OUO a week, Hy tho effective lneas urea adopted by (touoiul Wooil<* a gen eral epidemic of yellow fever lias boon averted. I'ho geuoral hopes soon to start thp. schools uud thus got tho childrou oil' tho streets. ^ r . Daughter uf the Confederacy. ,r (ionornl John IS. Gordon- was shown ftlio Associated Press dispatch from ? 'Chicago iiutvhich Mi?s Lucy Loo Hill claims to havo had tho title "Daughter of tho Confederacy" conferred upon her by her Southern friends. <?Tho gonerul was asked if tho title coyld bo thus transferred und replied with great ear nestness: Emphatically 'no.' Miss "Winnie was tho only daughter of Presi dent Davis born in tho Confederate 'While IloUfo' during tho Ii(o of tho 'Confederacy. .As .Jeftorsou Davis was the only 1 'resident of the Confederate , government, no dtiughtor of nnyoflleial could truly ropresent tho Confederacy. ? - ~Trfr~ / (jelling Ready for Work. A bpeeial liom l'aris says; Tho / I'nitod States peace commission lias taken possession of its working - -quarters, a Huiti\ot seven rooms on tho ground floor of tho Hotel Continental, at the corner of tho l?uo do Kivoli and tho Hue Koval, commanding tho Tuil eries gardeus and formerly lifted by tho ex -Km press Kugonio. Ameiricaa flags drape tho ontranco of tho peace commission's apartments. The clerical forco of tho commission has been sys tematized and is now working busily. Tlw Governors May be Reimbursed. Jj. 1'. Mitchell, Acting Comptroller of the Treasury , has rondorod a decision oil the question of tlio lo unburaoment of Ouvornors of States and Territories forcosts and expenses winch they may hW?o in our red in .aiding tlio United Status to raiao a volunteer army, Ho holds that the Goveruois may be re imbursed for reasonnblo costs incurred before the acceptance of the troops into tbo serrico of tlio United Htntos. Secretary of State Hay Takes Mie Oath. Col. John Hay was sworn into oftico ?h Hceietary of State, at 11 o'olock Friday 111 >rnin^. Tlio coromony took idi)<)e in ?he President's room at tlio White llonrjo, and the oath wi?s ad min istored by Justice Harlan, of the Supremo Court. Mr. Hay immediately joined lin colleagues in the regular Friday cabinet session. Jjator in the day he entered upon his new duties. Mounted Police for Santiago. Arrangements bave Leon completed for^ho formation of a.foroo of Cuban mounted police for the province of Hwitiajro. it conbiifts of a commandant wiuMho rank of major, three captains, nix liewteuant*, tou .sertfoantif, and 240 enlisted men. The rates of pay of the enlisted men are the suifto as in the United State* armv, while the. officeia , get two-thirds, 4leneral Castillo has ^ ohar?e_of the preliminaries of tbo ap pointmeuU. , Drey fas Reported Traaf erred. ? has already been tranferrod from Isle da ' Diabfe to Cayenne, where he awaits g, - ? - it earn si to brings Jwn to o Preach or ? Algerian port ^ ' The Sirdar to Keslfa. ; *4 The corrospondeoWpfThe London Hatty- TeUtfraoh ?a/^T'The Birder ? triirtiSB? the flrat (oTotier feaeral of the Sendan, ssd may botd tfaat>Jx>st 1 bii aiK tmdgm tho-eider* ? A^MY AND *\\\ bOIShS. Tho MovciiuiiI* of iUir \ i my ami Na?y Breitls Told. Hids have bu<dU opened ut tho N a v y ' l)opnrtiuent for the construction of foui harbor defeuso vessels ol I ho monitor typo, authuk'iRod by Congress at an ex penditure of #1, >0,utK) (or oao'b moni tor. In typo, they huvtt no duplicate 1 iu modern ship Const 1 net ion, and more thau auylhiug else resemble tho lilllo tiinnjto^q which distinguished Ihciu solves in tho ?)vil win. While resem bling lonelily kthe will' monitors, tho now vessels will bo vastly superior t<> them ill not ua) power. Their speed, for instance, will l)o v?l knots, about double tliftt of tin! olvi vossuls. Their battwrmn Will consist of two r?' iuch breooh loading lilies, capable of pieio iug tho k ill o of uinu- tenths ol tho naval vessels of tbo world, four 1 inch rapid* tiling gnus like those that did httoh sorvice iu tbo destruction of ('orvern s rijumlrou. Tbo latter, by tho way, to bo electrically controlled like tJ*o:-.o oti tbo Itrooklyh. Those turrets will bo of tbo balanced typo, lOiuches tbick, behind 1 1 - in ob bMvbotlus, uml u boll of armour 11 inches thick aud ~> foot hi uml will be placed ou tbo sides of tbo vessel. Tbo moifUora will bu SWa foot loug, ;>'? foot broad and draw about 121 foot of water, enabling them to move freely in any of tbo shallow At lantic coast burbots. Major (leueral Uuniiiton 8. Hawkins, United Status volunteers, colonel of tbo Twentiotb lit faulty, wbo com maiided tbo division which captured San Juan bill iu tbo Becoud day's tight ing at Santiago, has boon appointed a brieudier general in the regular army, to lill tbo vacancy caused by the retire niolit of (Jenoral Win. II. (t rabani. Im mediately After receiving bis commis sion, bo was placed ou tbo rotirad list on bin own application, under the tfo years' sorvico clause, and this will eu able tho President to similarly advance Major (ieuernl J. L'\ Kent, IT. 8. V. , colonel of tbo Twenty-fourth Infantry, to tho grade of brigadier general in tho rogular army. (Jenoral Kent coin mandod tho wing of tjonoral Shatter 's army which olfectcd the gallautcapturo of Canoy iu tho tirst day's light, for which service ho was promoted to tho present rauk of major general of volun teers. Important results are likoly to fol low the extensive tour of inspection of tbo military camps just completed by Secretary Alger, especially in tbo mat ter of improvingvUie hospital sorvico in tbo fiold. Tho Secretary eoiiforrod closely with not only tho commanders and medical olliceofi of tho camps, but especially . with tbo tiitoeu colonel* whom he mot, looking to the ascertain ment of their views upon tho relative merits of tbo division hospital and tbo regimental hoepital. Much had strong advocates and it remained for the Sec rotary to endeavor to rocoiicilo their divergent viows. After a thorough ex aminatiou of tbo relative merits and do merits of the plana, Secretary Alger has framed n project, which ho has now under cousi'lerrtiou for tho amalgama tion of tbo hospital#, in such manner as to rotaiuM.he most desirable fcaturos of both. Tbo War I'opnrtment has decided to send <livo divisions of troops to ( uba for garrison duly. I'aoh division will probably consist of three brigades of two regiments each. It has beeu de cided to establish the headquarters of sevoral commands at Havana, Puerto Principe and Santiago, tt is certain that Major (lenoral Wade will be assigned to tbo chief command, being stutioued at Havana. General Law ton will continue in charge at Santiago, and (ieuernl Kltzhugh Lee will have chlof command at Puerto Principe, (general Wheelor will have -command oi tho cavalry forces iu the island, which will form one of the live di vis ions of troops to bo stationed at several garrisons. Tho following point* have boon re commended by tho Schwan board and accepted by tho War IJopartinout. for ?ttmp silos: Augutdu, (in.; Columbia, S. C. ; (Jreouvillo, S. C. ; Spartanburg, S. C. ; Atlanta, (Ju. ; Athens, (lu. ; Ma c.>n, (in.; Columbus, Uu. ; Auioricus, Uu., and Albut y, (in. These uto tho camps ut whicb all tho volunteer troops not seut to tho front will bo ?juui tercd for tl o winter, in uocordauco with tho dccisiou of tno Dop'ii tnient to transfer tbo troths in Northern camps to tho Month when cold weather begins. Tho selections were mudo by u special army tourd, beaded by General Schwan, with Surgeon O'Keilly and Colonel Jiodgeson as associates. Lieutenant Colonel Maus, inspector general on (Seueral Mi Ion' statl, spoilt a day in AnniKton, Ala , recently in specting the First aud Second ltegular Infantry, which huvo beou designated as a part .of tho army of 6ftcupatlon which goes to ?uba about ( >ctober 2Uth. Colonel .Maus Found these regiment*, which were in all of tho liuhtinu uround Sautiugo, so badly brokou up, both montaliv and- physical Ij', that lie will advise against their going until they got in better shape. Major General .T. J. Cop, linger Iiuh mr.de a report to the W ar Department, including reports r ivod from division brigade and regimental commanders o.' this corps, as to the quantity and qual ity of supplies furnished the troops of hia command by tho srveral stall* do partmeut* aitico tho begiuuing of tho war with Spain. The goneral sayn in bio jjlu'gbiJQt Ike quality of subsistence iu_'nisLo<l by tho .Department was good and tbo quantity ample. Tfa? Fourth United States Volunteer Infantry ha^ been, detached from tbe Bavanth oorpa .^^Jacksonville, Fla. . and ordered to procMd to Manzanillo,' Oubv ~ ? - ? --j ; Mcjor WTlliam Devine, brigade snr not oi volunteers, haa been honorably diaebargaJ, tgUBBBI being no longer required. , > The beltlaabipe Oreg*?, Captain A.' & BmImt, .nnd Iowa. 7 Captain ttiia* Tarry, bava aailad for \ Manila. Ilia aipaotad thai U will fake tbe ImKIa afci?a?Od*ya tecou>irf?4e tbe journey. Kiy wllT stop ?t Bab in, JIre*p*> ? tti W?> Dgyaitiugnt baa decldwdtu to Porto Rioo. 'Ctin the 81(1 SIP! BRUNSWICK ! A Vuitl Wave InuiuUtcs the City to j a Depth of Five Feet SENATOR QUAY UNDER AH REST. fife i j.. it I led Assembling at lien Tsin M.txkcJ Men \ftef Nejjfo Minefs \ Uigantu Deal mi I (uU hi Cleveland, Ohio. jF*- > A lit uiiHwiok, (in , special Buys that during t lio tropical hunicano of S u u ? liny, a tidal wave was driven in from t ho Hon mul inundated for ail average depth of live foot, practically ovory btlsiuesa house ami Warehouse m the city. Conservative estimates placo tho property lows at half a million dollars, though wlion tho details are all m, tho iiguroH may bo considoi ably shaded citlicr way. ThoMallory Steamship auil Kontherii Kuilway docks wore under water four foot. In tlio residence mic tion of tho city the water woh from two to oij,'lit leel. There was a full awoep of wind and water from tho ocoau and across the city. Two fatalities in Brunswick and one a few miles out have boon reported. Those in the city were uogro children. Their puronta aiH) missing ami may have been drowliod. Five vessels wore aslioro in Bruns wick harbor/ two boiug tho Norwegian barks Bccork ami l.oimo, 'ouo an Ainerieau schooner and one a valuable l?i lot boat. Untrue Baltimore & Ohio Rumors. Those Baltimoro & Ohio rumors are not substantiated nt tho headfpiartors of the Company: That tl^J Baltimore & Ohio is contemplating shortening its main lino from Wost Union, W. Vn. to the Ohio river by buildiug a new track down tho valloyof Middle Islaml (hook to the Ohio river near Marietta; that the Baltimore .V Ohio is about to invade the territory of tho Pennsylvania South Wostorn branch and that a road will bo built from'somo point near Uonnolls villo -which will reaoh tho coal deposits between tho Youghioghony rivor and tho Ponnsyl vauia lUilroad; that the Baltimoro Ohio is to build a million dollar tuunol uudor Mt. Airy, Md., in order to eliminate a heavy grado. Tho only foundation for this rumor is tho fact that recently thore has boon some talk as to what could bo done toward improviug that portion of the liuo, but no action whatever has been taken. That there will beany changes of any im portance whatever in tho Motive Power department. The record mado lias been aeldom equalled on auy railroad. | That tho general ollices of tlio Balti more .v Ohio will bo removed irom Baltimore. Ma skill Alen After the Negro tyi/icrs. A speoial from Washington, Indiana, navs: This city is iu u great state of ox citoment. One hundred and fifty coal miners from Pans, ill., came horo uiid mot a* tlio fair grounds, with (ho liomo union miners .4ind organized. Ton o'clock ut? iwgnt tliov got togothor, maf-ked ?^lud visited all tlio shacks where tlio colorod miners livp. About 00 negroeu woro eorraled and al tho points of pistols woro driven out of town. Onouogro refused to go anu tho miuoiH lirod ou him. lie lids not boon found and may bo killed, Tho police could do nothing. Senator Quay Under Arrest. NVarrauts woio issued at Philadel phia, l'a. , for tho arrest of United Status Honator .Matthew Stanley Quay, bin won, Kichard 1*. Quay, ex-Stato Treasurer Benjamin Jfaj-wood and Charles II. MoKee, of Pittsburg, law partuor of Lieuteuaut Governor Lyon. Tho}' aro accusod of couspiracy with John S. Hf/pkins, formerly cashier of tho People's Hank, to use public mon eys for thoir own benefit. Hopkins killed himself last March, shortly be fore tho bank's failure. - foreign l icet Assembling at Tien Tsin. The State Department has roceived the following caljjegram from Ministo Conger, at Pekin: "There is no serious danger yot but considerable anxiety for tho future. 'I he forelgr fleet is nssomb ling at Tien Tsiii. Homo of tho iniuis< tors aro ordering marines to Pokiu for legation guard. " American Ships }?? Take a Hand. Secretary Long,. upon advicos re ceived at tho State Department, show ing tho cxistonce of threatening condi tions. in Chinu, has ordered Admiral Dewoy to send two warships immedi ately from Manila to a point as noar the Chiuoso capital as poasible for a warship to approach. The vessels so lectod for this undertaking are the Haltimoro and the Petrel. Combination of Armor Plate Making. One of tho most gigantic* projects for tho combination!) of capital in this country is being considered at Cleve land, Ohio. It is no less than an at tempt to unito the warship bmlding in terest and tho armor plifte and gnu making interests of the world into one great syndicate, whose factories shall be located near Cleveland. Gigantic Frauds Unearthed. Mayor Van Wyok, of New York, has made a atatement to the effect that (lie coiainlsifloner of account* bad dis covered gigantic frauds in the asphalt paring contract*. District Attorney Unrdner vrill wroiecnte the men charr ed witK participating in the frauds. WartUps WaaM at Cfcarfeafaa Ropreaec tali Vis BltioU, c? Sovtb Car olina. caNed at the Navy Departmeat reo?slIy {Lreqaaet that aosa* rep re MtohttiTMV Anitiias warefcipe be or ? ?* ??? /H a ?-? - - - Cols II AK VI V \S 1 1 M>1 K \ L omiiiit ice \ppoialetl In tli.uriii.ui .tone* Sclccir Hint. Hon. Jittnoa K Joiioh, of Ai Kansas, chairman of tlit) National I >omoei at it Committee, hus rt|?| oinled ??*-< ?t?\ *.?? noi Stone, of Missouri; o* Uovoi nor Sun o, of M layout i ; ox t it> vol in-! John I1. \ 1 1 gold, of Illinois; Soimtui Win \. \l ion, of Nobrask a, ami Senator I louts M. Toller, of Colorado, In art in run junction with himself lt*< a roiiiiitittoo oa way a mid meuua. l'h.? rumnntteo addressed t ho follow >ii ^4 luttor to Win 11. Harvey (Coin) of Chica^w. Mr. \V. M. II ar voy, Chirac o "Pear Hir: Tlio umlort?igued eoin mittoo on waya unit moans t.? further tlio (Miu.no of bi luotallisin ami I ho o\or throw of corrupt llopuhliraii dotoinu tion iu tnis couutry, tenders you t lit* position of gouoral mauayer of its work. You will observe that tlio com nut loo represents not only tho I'enioointio party, but tho allied forces that are working with it for tho protection of t ho i opuhlio and frte institution!*, and it is in a spirit of harmony ami truw patriotism that wo dosiro your hhsIh tanco. (Signed) ".J amds K. JoNi .s, "Wm, .1. Sros"!:, ".John 1'. Ai/mi i<it, "Wm. Ai.i.kn, "iliiNHv M. Tin, 1. 1 i: " Mr. llarvoy has notified tho ronimit too of his acceptance of tlio position aud has o.'onod an ollioe in tho I nity budding, in Chicago. Travelled on a Tag. f-\ nuinhor of passengers at tho rail road depot iu ('iiioiiitiati gathorod in tho waiting ioqiu around a vorv inter esting little unto of h girl, Hohumuiu lloma, perhaps fivo years old, who Bat by borsolf, hugging iior doll. J ho lit lo olio wan pretty, with largo black ?yes, raven blind; hair, rnthor dirty lia ud ?, but a fneo so ploasant and full o! li^ht (hnt>tl naturally attracted every body. Around Hie child's neck was a string that hold Buspomlud upon her bosom the photograph of a young wo man holding a bubo in her anus. To tho photograph was a note written in the 1'olish lauguu^e, stating tho iiamo of tho child, whither bound, and ask ing Btiuugora to show her along tho way. The child had coine all tho way from Itroinen, iu North Germany, ali alone and waaonher way to hor niothor, whoso name ia Anna Kloboeka, and who livea in St. Louis. The I nipress Imitcd t lie Lmpcror to brink. According to a dispatch from Shang hai tho KmpoVor of China intended to remove tho Kmpross Dowagor from hut path, and outrustod his plans to an ad herent. The latter proved a traitor ,j EMPKROU OF ClltHA, The Km j) jobs Dowairer, oji learning of the plot, sternly upbraided the lOlupo ror and invited him to driuk the con tentii of u eup to which hIio pointed, lie swallowed the fluid nt a gulp. Peace Jubilee. Might thousand people attended the peace jubilee at Convention hail in Washington. SpeeehoB wore made by II. M. Whartoj, of M arylaud; lrav. Father {Stafford; of Woshingtcn anHcx Senator Patrick Walsh, of An gustuf (ia. All spoko in the highest terms of praise of tho conduct of our sudors and soldiers in tho war. held a Joint Session." The I'nitcd StatoH and {Spanish com missioners lield a joiut Hussion in Hu varta Oct. I. The streets near the palace wore carefully guarded. ' Tradesmen's Hank Closed. The Tradosmou'H National IJuuk, in New York, was closed by Bank F,x aminer Kimball, pending an official ex amination. Its latest Htatement showed over SM.OOU.OUO assots. Its cheeks wore refused at tho clearing house. Tho fait nro of tho Tradesmen1** bank ia due to backing the" Wool exchange which re cently closed. Vice-President Hales says depositors will be paid in full. General Wheeler Testifies, (ion. Wheeler was the first witnesa bo fore tho War Investigation Commission Tuesday, (ton. Beaver conducted tho examination^ ( Jen. Wheeler told of his trip to Cuba. Ho said he had no knowl- , edgo of the plan of campaign until ho J boarded the ship. He described tho landing anil reconnoitering under the orders of tttaafter. Ho told of the firat battle at La Quaaina and complimootod the regular troops on, their excellent lighting. He-teatltfed regarding the Santiago campaign end said It was well planned end well executed. He seid he did not notieo any leek of supplies or munitions of w?r._Jko]igli soma of the surgeons were killed or teken ilL * Strike WRfc Ike Sweri The Berlin Vorwaerts publishes an ?St EMPEROR 01111. 40 America for Americans, Philippines for Filipinos, KUNtKAL OF MK BAYARD. flu- NV ar In* estimating Commission's lirst Case I'eate Commission (iellitii* !>?>** i? t ? ? ilusiness lup.ir (nuitl of I'm to Kivo. A H| UOI?l do:i|'llt>')l fl out SIlUll^llAI, HU\ -O^'o^l llltlrt fill lll.'diod I > V till* 1'UotlU or loeal m> vol u or , u local l"i|'or, aliogoti lliut tho I .in poior of ( iiiUil ooliiiuittod Hiieido im September 'J I, niter ki^iiiuj; tlio ilooroort \s 1 1 toll plneod tlio Mo\tagor Hinpre?s nt tlio hoad of nlVnirn in Chiua. Thin, it in uddoii, la undorntond to mouu tlmt th(i l.irij or or ??h iihHiooiinutoil. Tlio ro|>i?rti* an 10 tlio niuaii.i employed in Iiih taking otVditVoi'. * 'no ntory Iium it tlmt ho < I loci I ?y poituui, and auotlior that death \sa:> iMiiirtotl I >y Htian^itlatioii, while a third males that ho wax Huh joetod to frightful toiluro, a red-hot nun beiug tin uit through hia bowela. All liuyloh MfotifciJig Hoerotuiiotf uuil tlio priucii i! luoiiih'urH of tlio ChinoHO l oioi^n oiliee, it i? farther unuouueod, liu\o boon *ei/.od nndYttaundiod. , ,?j|1 , y * v I In c i/iiiiiii.NMiur.sTJrst Case. 'lin> wai in votdigatiiig oommiMKion ilovotod lt.s 1 11110 Saturday largely to tho confederation of a fdatoinoiit tiled by Mr. NoIhou, 1 1 i im 1 1 , on buhnlf of tlio New York World, giving what ho hIvIum ii rnoord of fHOtn eoinerniug tho estuhlibhuienfc of ('map WikolV and 1 1 h management, . togotliip' with Bpceitio Til K SPANISH HATTIjKSH 1 P MAIUA TF/KKSA. (Itocoutly Kaieod oflf Santiago l>y l,iout. llobaou. ) instances of abuses, charged to have existed, dates, number of Hick iu ho? liitaln, deaths, etc. A loiijj'Tist of witnesses wero forwarded and there was a general request that tlio conns poudents au<l reporter* of the World do called. The commission directed that a reply ho forwarded to Mr. Hirsti in forming him that t ho statements Rhould have careful consideration, Ajfulualdo .Makes a Spcccli. Tliero is considerable comment at Manila upon Auuinuldo'M speech at. Malolos recently, " Tlio koy-uoto wan the independence of l'hillippiuo Is lands. Duriu^' tlio course of his re marks, Aguinnldo said : "Our friends, the Americana, came for the purpo?e of deiuonatratin^ the generosity and grandeur of their government and to assist in releasing tlio people from fdnvory without annexing the islands, thus sotting a good example. We now uudcrHtaud and ap] reciaio tho famous M jnroo doctrine of America for Atuori caus, and justice demands that they add the Philippines for the Filipinos. ' | Impelling the Squaw Men. The Dawes commission hss issued oiderB declaring about 20,000 white men who have married Indian woinou iu the Indian Territory to bo intrudora and ordering them to leavo tho couulry ut once, Tho Indian agent luu> been called upon for liia police to eject these Hquaw men, as they are called. Henry George Nominated. At a mootiuirof tho Chicago platform Democrats in Now York Jloiiry (Jeorgo, tho sou of tho single tax advocate, was nominated to head an independent Democratic ticket. lilipines at the White Mouse. Agoncillo and Lopez, representatives of Aguinahlo, called at tho White llouso in company with (ieueral Oreeuo, and had a' private couforeneo with the Pres ident iu Ui? oabinot room. The inter view was eiitiroly informs!, itbeing dis tinctly undorataod that the admiuistra tio:J did notxreceivo tho representatives of the intitfrgents iu any oflicial capaci ty. ' ^ The Sick to Be Brought Home. Tho 1'residont has given instructions that all sick at l'orto Kico be sent North an soon as they are able to travel with safety, his purpose being to relieve Oeueral Brooke of tho further caro of the sick, and at tho same time enable thd men to roceivo tbe treat - men! obtainable in tbe better appointed hyepitals. : Will Seiie Custom Hoete. The oonduet of the Spanish customs offices at Havana is very unsatisfactory to the President, and it is said to h?v? been decided to iake poaaesaio* of customs hone* there at an ?cnj fetg apd administer its affairs nadir regal** tiona to bo prescribed by ibis govern ment. _ * The lattrftflti WW Dtebtsd Geo. Maximo Gomes, in an interview at Camp Roias, provioosef taalsOIart, ie quoted aSeaytag list tho fienrgenta will dhrben^asd apply them solve# to fm lis Bpasiah troops I ill II iSI it Vt. 01 >\K. ? VN \ Pr.i.uMini ol llor.il Offering & Ceremoii) \cr> Simple. I lit) lum i ul hoc v icos ovor 1 1 > o 1 1'luiuui ?>f tho 'wtfl l.(ii Thus. 1'. Uayard wcro hold in iliu i U! 3 "v ?* ?.l ii. li c lnu eli at Wit niin^tou, I > o I 'i'liouMauds of pbople (iKtunuMod nt thocd.llco, I > u t wore not admitted, n? it hud I too it drcidod nut to open tin* oaskot i ml pormit tiio i?n I ?l (0 to viow tho i criu i iih, Tlioro Wio> it plO fu.sioti of lli r.il o.Vui i:h;h, III ItllilitlOll lo t In mo of I lm family, coming ft om fi louda at lu>mo and ill other pluco*. i'lio lion (Hiii v pall-h?ai oro wore: I'oi mor l'i ox idant ( Ho* or CloVoland, lot uior SoiM'o tui y of tho I rtwiHiiry ('hurloa S. l'"aii fluid, l.l.o \V. I'll 1111 oil, (lotornoi of I'olawaro; ('hmuollor John l(. Nichol j Hon, (itoij;o 1 1. Ki vt h, id Now York city: John V. Ci'hviui and I honiui Cm : von, of iSuteui, N. J., uuil Jud^o l?<u* | tinaC. (irnlibo, |)r. Jainon A. l)rapor and llonry (i. I htnninu, of Wilmington. I I ho Horviooa compiled aiuiply the p> ay or hook nor vice for tlio lniruil of I tUo di'tul of tlio ProtoHtaiit lOpiKt-opal church. Tlio Her vice wan road jointly j l?y Itev. l>r. (1. W. 1 >oiif,'lurtn, of Tux edo I 'ark, N. J., who uh roctor of St. iJohu'u I'rotoHtaut F.piaeopal church, NS'uahin^ton, performed thu marriage ceremony of Mr. and Mrn. Uayard, and Kov. Mai tin l>. Dunlap, rector of ( >ld KwedoH. Ntw Steamer for tlallimore Steam i'luket. A Hteiunor han juat boon completed for the Maltnnoro Kloiun I'ackot Com I piiny'H Bervioo 011 (.'houupottko l?ay, l>? twoou Italtimoro, ('Id I'oint Comfort, J Norfolk and 1 'orUilioiith, Va., which u i one of the liir^oHt yot liuilt for u.so 011 j tlio inland Halt water bodion of thin t country. Tho vm8?oI loot S3, WO homo power and 1100 tone moaHureiuont. .she haii a npeod of INhiiIoh an hour whou loaded and ih propelled l?y twin hciowh, n novelty in hoatu of this olasfl. Tho twiu-sorowt! will enable lior tobeturnod in u much Bmullor nrou tliun a Hinglo screw Bteanier, and will l>o of grout value iu moving nbotit harbors. The Touiiokhco which is tho name of tho now vohhoI itj ino<k<lo<l with a llaro in tlio hull winch gives hor tniioli greater width above tho wator lino tlian is usual without interfering with hor 8|>eod. This foaturo will render hor oxtromoly Heaworthy. She ia built of Btool with lengthwise and orosHwiso wutor tight bulkheads, is finishod in hardwoodH and will havo accommodations for ;KX? passongors in a<ldition to^ largo freight capacity. Tho TeuneBHod will bo put 011 tho route belweou Baltimore and Hampton ltouds, connecting with traiiiH of the Seaboard Air Lino und other linen terminating at that point. A Itusincss Meeting at l.ast. A special from Paris says: Tho Amer ican and HpaniHh peace couimisHioiiH assembled for their lirst business bos bion ul '? o'clock Satin day afternoon, i in the rooms assigned to thorn for tho deliberations the French Foreign Of fice. A hj ocial entrance ia Bet apart for tho urg of tho commisRionora, in order to furninh thom with every piivacy uud convenience possible. , /? W'tfnt.s to Send Troops Prom Manila. Tho rebolliou in tho Visuyas in Hpreading, an<l severnl provinceH in tho iBland of Luzon havo been invaded and Home officers of tho gendarmes and thoir fnmilioH massacred. The governor and officials at Iloilo, iHlaud of 1'ai.uy, have lied to Manila. Tho HpaniHh gov ernment ih Hooking tho couuont of tho United States to send HpaniHh troops from Manila to tlio Visayas IfllnudH to HUpproHH the robellion thoro, Bp an to avoid (he necessity of dispatching troops from Spain. The Department of Porto Kico. The Prosidont has iseued an execu tive ordor creating Porto Hico into a now military department to bo known an tho Department of Porto Rico, with Major General John Brooke in com mand. The headquarters of tho de partment will be at Ponce until after tho evacuation of the island by tho Spanish army, whon it will bo trans for red to Han Juan. Chinese Attack BritUh Subject. The British Foreign Office has re ceived ft dispatch ? from her majosty'H minister at Pekiu, ? saying that Mr. Moriiner, a member of the British legv tion, on returning home Saturday with a lady, was inaulted and attacked by a mob, which stoned him and covered him with mud. Liter in the day, tLo dispatch adds, some(< American mis sionaries Were similarly attacked, aa wae the Chinese eecretary of the United (ttate* legation. The lail.r'e rib* were broken. Sir Claude If. Mc Donaldr "An* British mrnfster nt Pekin, report* that there ie a danger ons feeling abroad. Steps bare been to <?ll th> attention of the Chi-^ neee government to theea outragaa.. &6MH Seat ta Spaia. Information has reached the Preei deattbat the Spanish a^tfeeritiee at San J nan, Port* Biea. wintlj tMk. posssseion o I and tea* to SpeiaaboW ,-*,--ifi?|to an s* tter I IIHS 1 1KB. forty thousand People Present--' I ho Launching a Success. in Ch I VI [) BY PHtSiDhNl FAURE. Itfv.tl iKsli ik (i<Mt ol ( i ''?>>??! v h_v lliv" Hum i<iiic One c 1 1 > \S ip. ti out ? 4>\crriu Tcs tificj? Ik fore (lie Commission. Nu wi-our Niiwtt, Vh. , (Special).?* Amid tliu enthusiastic plaudits u? Hour ly -1(1,(10.1 iiLh)i?.->oly interested pooplo, tluwlujlt mi ! it I nt 1 1> s i of tluu ill whibtloB f i out funny boats ami tugs, ami llto atmiiifl of * ' I'ho Star Spangled Hun lioi', the first class latttoship Ijlnioia wax I au u coil Tuesday. Tho launch >vaa a hrilliiuit miccomh itl every particular/ tlio mcchamcal |>ioi>aiatioue being por foct, ? ho assemblage of Kpoetatova un precedented in tho history of the Now port New s Ship Ijiiililiiijf and I >ry Dpok Company, and diatiugiii.-diod personnel. Tlio sponsor of tiio vessel, Miss Nnunio I alitor, of ( Imago, accompanied by ( iovornor Tannor, of Illinois, li in stall' in full it ii i for in, ami a crowd of ? lint ? u guiahod ChicagoniiB, en mo up from OKI i'oitit early in tlio morning by steamer. Tlio litoamur Newport Nowa brouuht tlio ditttinguinhod guostn of. tbo ship yards from \Vushingtou, ami nil the steamboat ami railway Iiiioh poured poo plo into tho port up to tlio very hour of tlio launching. Notuble among the vessols in the liarbor wan tbo Presi dent's dispatch bout Dolphin, having on board Assistant Socrotary of tbo Navy Allen ui.d u party, of \VtP?iiiug touinua. The dimensions of the Illinois are as follows: Length on load water liue, iitiM fuot; beam, oxtroiuo, 72 foot 2J inches; draft on normal displacement of 1 l,f?a:? tons, 'j;i foot <! inchosj maxi inuui displacement, and ummuiiitiou and stores on hoard, TK\H2o tons; max imiim iudioatod hoijlio power (estima ted), 10, 000; proluibl* speed, I A knots; normal coal supply, hod t on h ; coal sup ply, Ioobo tdorage, 1,200 tans; full buu kor capacity, 1,100 to 1,000 tons; com plement of oflicors, 10; Hoainon, ma rines, etc., 1 10, Tlio main battery will consist of four Kl-inoh, brooch- loading rifles, in Hichborn balanced turrots, oval in shape, aud placed in the contro of tho voHdob and fourteen ''.inch rapid fire guns, The second battery will consist of sixteen (? poiiuder rapid- tiro guns, two Colt guns and two field guns. She will carry l'ou? torpodo tubes. Received by Taifrc. A special from Paris, says: Tbo Spanish cominisaiouors wore recoived by rresidont l-'auro at tho Elyuee pal ace. Tho members of the commission wore introduced by tho Spanish am bassador, Honor I. eon y Ciistlllo, and Honor ItioH expressed tho gratification of tho commission at meeting the Presi dent of France. I mmediatoly follow ing the reception of tlio Spaniards, the members of tbo American commission were received by President Faure, at tho Elysee. (tonoral Porter met the commissioners on (he stops of the court of honor, and they proceeded to the giaud salon. President Faure) ?ur rounded by a few mombovH of bin f>|H cial household, received Ocnoral Porte?, who ptoHoulcd Judgo Day aud the other members of the commission in turu, nfter which Judgo Day presented President Faure with a message from President McKiuloy. It was dated September 20, and read us follows: "()u thin occasion, when the commie* sious of the United States aud tipain nro ahmit to assemble at tho capital of Frauce* to uogotiato poaco, and when the representatives of this government are receiving tho hospitality and good will of tho ropublic, I, beg to teuder you my inoHl friendly personnl greeting and tho assurances of my grateful appre ciation of your kind courtesies to the American coniiniHsienors. " President Fauro in replying, courteously ex pressed his appreciation of tbo cordiar sentiments uttered and heartily reoipro cutod them. Work of the Storm. A spocial from Bavannah, (?#. , says: Communication l?y courier lias been established with points iu Florida cut oft" by tho recent storm. Ueports ebow groat loss of life. Tito property d?m ago will amount to several million* of do^ars. Fernnudina ftnd liiunswick bavo lost half a million dollars eaob. lioth are cut oil' from, communication by wire. The village of St. ? Mary's, Oa. , wan wiped out. At Fernanaina tli^tide roHo and covered several blocks iniho city. The pooplo wore rescued from their homos in boats. Tbo roofs of nearly all tho buddings woro either blown ofl' or damaged. Four oburohee woro destroyed. Cargo after cargo was completely blown awav with tna destruction of tho docks. The quaran tine station was dostroyed. The em ployees escaped on rafts. A ltt|* hotel and twenty cottages at'Fernan dina Hoaoh were destrov&L. Tho In habitants wore floated aanore on rafts. (icn. Mcrrit Before the A special from Paris sajs: ican peace ooinmissi Tuesday's session to.. Major Oenerai Merr bia personal Tiowa all Admiral IHwey, roj ? I. geographical. 1 __ prevailing in tM I TL0M1 nated AI< _ . nor, and adoptod the CMefo plalfrs ml I 7 |? kf<MCt( Frtmem O'Cmhsr. motlM