The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, December 01, 1898, Image 6
THE 80UNTY fiESOE
Published Every Thursday
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IINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA, |
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C. W. WOLFE,
Kditor aud Proprietor.
Spain has traded real estate ior experience.
The foundation of all lasting progress
in Cuba must be hygiene. To establish
promptly and maintain intelligently,
in cities like Havana, a system
of sanitation wholly foreign to their
. history, and at variance with the lifelong
habits of the people, is a herculean
and costly task. If the more intelligent
and influential of the Cubans
could be persuaded to study the work !
thus far done in Santiago by General j
Wood with its significance in commercial
revival and growth there
would soon be less of Cuban discontent
at the prospect of American
control in the island.
ti..? orivpn Wis views on the !
subject of national disarmament. He
says that such a proposal has his sympathy?but
if war were suppressed
*'\ve should have to discover some
bther means of blood-letting." lie
joes ou to remark that '"at the preset
stage of human development we
something of the sort to preblood
getting too thick. it
in the Norwegian
vice leally hind, rs pVognra^wnn^^^thinks
that it> abolition
possibly
He has
" "WBBBiB^WiSIKi li )'. )i ill'*
Iuied beasts into me i."
has additional value,
he citizen ol a peae-* til
devote i to the ia lustri.-.i
ves Work V" is a quesbeen
undergoing lively
the daily press and
ials across the Atlantic,
i's have been given pro
? three forcible objecthe
wife being family
at e, 1. The man, whose
wile < . -v" <1 itai he should do, deterioraies.
2. The ho ue suffersbecause her
time Mid attention is taken from it.
.**. S . t-. support her husband and
hi< ci:i ?-:\ dispossesses some mau,
willing . nil otherwise able to support
Vic. Tn nl>iaMinil<: it I
..I-". X. . ... . .. . ?
was i:rc i: 1. A husband fallii;-j sick
or li :ing *.? other misfortunes,
ue.tls ;t!.u i:s< u rightful claim to li is
wile's a.-?i a a-e: ami that, certainly,
. ' if he is disabled through any cause
whatever, she has a right to pro*. de
for herself and those w ho thus " ecome
dependeut upou he.-. :l. That
no natural woman will n.-giect her
home unless the necessity t<> prescve
it drives her forth. '>. That if necessity
to support herself an 1 i' i: . Iv devolves
upon her, she is oblige! to
Compete with rueu similarly pine. 1.
??ow tbat laoor conuiuous euitT iu
such an important extent into industrial
operations, much interest attaches
to the report of n prominent
firm of shipbuilders in Simile: laud,
England, on the result of adopting
the eight-hour system for seven years
in their works. They hold that the
plan answers well; the laeu actually
do not lose so much time,in fact, they
work more hours than they did nnder j
the old system. Instead of the pro- j
ductiou of the works being less from
the apparently shorter hours of work,
it has gradually increased since 1891.?
Th*.v tnnk nn the svstem in the belief
that they could got the same amount
of work out of their rueu by a better
method. Of the meu working on time
? wages fifteen or twenty per cent, lost
the first quarter of the day, while the
piece men scarcely ever started before
8:30 under the old method. The men
started at G o'clock, stopped at 8 for
half an hour for breakfast; had another
interval of an hour at noon,and
the day's work was finished at o.
The conditions weie such that many
workmen were physically incapable of
enduring the long hours. It was quite
a common thiug for a man to lose
three-quarters <>f a week because he
could no: keep up the ea ly rising
necessary for thofi o'clock start and
work full time. Under the forty-eight
hours* system the men have au early
breakfast and start work at 7.30,going
oil with only one break until 5 o'clock.
Thi y thus do more wo.k themselves,
besides getting more work out of the
machines, the results being an ino
(a- -d out;ait ami a decreased cost,
? t ii or iiis o.d system the men hardly
. ':.?? h nrs' work a day. The
r. . it j ,; attracted great atteution
i tngiish employes of labor,
wi:u whom the ''eight bonis a day"
.iw ? . * b < i a burning question.
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WANTS A GOVERNMENT RAiLROAD. !
General Longatreet Recommend* That We
BuiUl a Line to the Pacific.
Washington. D. C. (Special). General
James Longstreet, the Commissioner of
Railroads, in his annual report, calls attention
to the general prosperity in railroad
affairs, and recommends the Governmental
construction and operation of a first-class
double-track railway from Kansas City to
San Diego,Cal., by the air Jine route, to accommoduto
Philippine commerce.
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<5E>"Elt-'.I. ".MLS I.OXfiSTItCET.
lie says the physical condition of our j
railroads penerally is better than ever be- 1
fore. In Aoril. 18i?4. receivers controlled |
210 roads, embracing about twenty per
cent, of the total mileage. On June 30 of
this year there were only 110 railroads in
the hands of receivers.
CERMAN NOBLE A MURDERER.
ltaron von Biedeufeltl Kills a Chicago {
Constable For Insulting the Germans. j
Chji \ :o, Til. (Special).?Baron C. E. W. J
von Bledenfeld, a German noble living in I
this city, shot and fatnily wounded Charles '
A. McDonald, a constable, in a saloon a few i
evenings ago. McDonald died at the '
County Hospital three hours later.
The trouble was brought about by a re- I
mark disparaging to the Germans, which I
was made by McDonald and misinterpreted
by You Biedenfold. While McDonald was j
explaining bis remark. Von Biedenfeld drew j
a revolver and fired three shots at the con- I
stable. One of them struck him under the
left arm near the heart, the second entered
the left side, and a third went wild of Its '
mark. After the shooting Vou Biedenfeld j
surrendered himself to an officer from the i
Desplaincs Street Tollce Station, who was 1
in the saloon.
Baron von Biedenfeld was the object of |
considerable gossip in lSDU when he mar- J
ried the adopted daughter of the late Co- j
lumbus B. Cumroings, who was One of j
Chicago's wealthiest men. Mr. Cummlngs i
objected to the union, but in spite of hi3 !
protests the wedding occurred. The couple ,
went to Europe on their wedding tour, and j
upon their return made their home in Chi- '
"go. j
Award For a Blacklisted Man.
The Circuit Court at N'orwalk, Ohio, has i
affirmed the verdict rendered in the Com-!
mop rieas Court against the Nickel Plate
Kailway, awarding $5000 damages to Frank j
Schaffer, a brakeman. Schaffcr was blacklisted
by the company in consequenco of ,
the latter refusing to give him a certificate j
of good character as an employe, so that :
lie was unable to obtain employment on
any other railroad.
Cli lid's Death Led to Suicide.
Mrs. Mary Mara, of Philadelphia, Fenn., |
committed suicide a few days ago \y jump- j
trig into tho Schuylkill River from the |
spring Garden Street Bridge. She was
driven to take her life by the death of her j
infant. A few hours later hor body was
dragged from the river by policemen who !
had seen her make the leap from tho bridge 1
railway.
*>dief For Starving Cubans.
The Commissary Department at Wash- ;
ington has dispatched the steamer Bratten
from Savannah, Ga., with seven hundred
tons of provisions tor the starving people
of Cuba. The Bratten will leave a part of
her cargo at Havana, and then will proceed
to Matanzas and other points.
Jiancy Guilford iu Court.
Dr. Nancy A. Guilford, who was extra- ,
dited from England upon the charge of |
murdering Emma G1U last September, was j
brought to a special session of tho Criminal
Superior Court iu Bridgeport, Conn., Tues- J
day morning, and ball was fixed at $10,000.
A Monument Sent to Spain.
The Spanish mail steamer San Agustln,
left Nuevltas, Cuba, a few days ago for !
Spain, with the Columbus Monument,
formerly In the Cathedral of Havana, with
217 boxes of archives. She had on board
twenty-three officers and 160 soldiers.
A Dreyfus Forgery Confession.
The secret document which convicted
| Ex-Captain Dreyfus, of the French army,
is said to have been written by a Russian
attache, who afterward oonfessed in a letter
to Mme. Dreyfus that he had been deI
ceived.
A Gunboat For New York Naval Mllltla.
Tho Navy Department, Washington, lias
directed that the gunboat Ailocr, a converted
yacht, bo turned over to tho Statu
ot New York for the use of tho naval militia
of Brooklyn.
A S'-iSO.OOO Fire at Ferry, Iowa,
An Incendiary Are at Perry, Iowa, a few j
days ago, destroyed two blocks of business
houses and mauy residences. The loss
amounted to over 6250,000. The insurance
is about one-third of that amount.
The Sultan's Affront to American*.
The Sultan of Turkey hus closed an
orphan asylum in Armenia managed by
American missionaries, and our Minister
and the British Ambassador at Oonstantl- j
uop'.e are intervening energetically.
Nebraska's Oificlul Vote.
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' The oillci.il count of the late election in
j Nebraska shows tho Fusion mujority on j
j Governor to be 27-1. The vote was: J'oynter.
Fusion, 1)5,703; Hay ward, ltepubllcau,
| 32,932.
A Thief iiuaUiIietl SHOO.
| The Postofllco at Cleveland, Ohio, was
; robbed u few days Hgo of eleven packages j
j containing $1100 In all. The money was In i
a pigeonhole at the stamp window, i>re- |
! sided over by Miss Mary Berry, she left j
tho window i'or u tew seconds, and daring |
that brief time tho money was taken. I
Pour woman were seen acting In a suspl- |
' elons manner in the corridor of the Postoftleo
just before |ue robbery, und the police
believe one of them to be the thief.
Havana's Flouting Dock For Sale.
The Spanish Admiralty has offered for
salo the lloating dock at Havana, Cuba.
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TBOOPSOBDEBED TO CUBA i
War Departm*:,'. Directs the Occupa- !
tion of Pinar del Rio Province.
GARRISONS WELL PROVIDED FOR
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The Volunteer Keffiments Ordered to 1
Cuba Are the 20-d Xenr Vork, 3d New
Jersey and loth Pennsylvania They
Will Garrison Mariel, Pinar del Rio and
Guanajav 3tli Infantry For N'ucvitas.
Washington. D. C. (Special). Tho War
Department has ordered immediate prepa- J
rations for establishing United States spir- ,
risons at Mariel. Pinar del Rio and Guana- (
jay, Cuba. Information has been received ]
from the Military Commission in Havana j
that the Snanish trarrison? will evacuate .
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ttjcse places by December 3. ,
Au order was sent to the commanding
General of the Second Army Corps directing
that the First Brigade, Third Division, ,
of that corps pro >eod as soon as possible
from Athens, Ga., to Savannah, where the
troops will go aboard transports provided
by the Quartermaster Department
for transportation to Cuba, j
?.he regiments included in the First j
Brigade arc nil volunteers?the 202d New j
York, the Third Xew Jersey and the Fif- (
teenth Pennsylvania. The order directs I
that one regiment of infantry and the !
headquarters of the brigade be established j
at Dinar del itio. ono regiment at Muriel j
and ono regiment at Guanajay. The ,
regiment destined for Mariel will land at 1
that place and the others will disembark i j
at Havana and go by rr.il to Dinar del I'io
and Guanajay respectively. The commands
will carry with them as much wagon
transportation as possible, and camp and ,
garrison equipage, including tent floors. !
Thirty days' forage and thirty days' rations j
will ho provided before embarkation.
Tii/? rmtt care fill nre Durations have been ! i
made by all of the staff departments of tho j !
army lor the establishment of tho garrisons |
at Pinar del Itio, Mariel and Gu an a jay. Par- ! ,
tlcnlar care has been taken by the '
Medical Department with reference to .
the sanitary provisions for the camps. '
and tho Administration believes that | !
it will be possible to maintain the j '
garrisons indefinitely without seriously
impairing the health of the several com- ,
mands. The sites selected are on as high
ground as possible, and In cases where it ,
is found necessary to use tents for shelter
wooden flooring has been provided. The
necessity for special care in tho arrangements
has been impressed on the War Department
from the fact that It will probably
be necessary to maintain the Cuban
garrisons for a long time. j
HOBSON PAYS A $6000 DEBT.
lie Lifts the Mortgage From Ilia Parental j
Home With His Pen.
Washington*, v. v. tapv.ai;.?meuieu- ,
ant Hobson has just lifted i mortgage of i
?COOO on the homo of bis fa.iior. He earned 1
the monev with his pen. He has proved as j
successful as a writer as lie was as a sailor, i
Following the sinking of the Merrimac
by Hobson and his men came the announce- <
ment that his house in the South, the i
house in which his parents, brothers and
sisters lived, was to be sold for a mortgage |
of StOftO. Xo sooner had the announcement
been made than a movement was 1
started to raiso the sum by popular sub- j
scrlptlon. I
While Hobson and his men were held
prisoners of war In alorro Castlo word was j
sent to his parents that the foreclosure of i
the mortgage would bo averted and tho i
money raised by the people of the country <
at large, only too glad" to show in such |
small measure their recognition of a bravo j
oHcer's daring feat.
This offer was courteously hut firmly declined
by tho lieutenant's father, who
stated in a card to the pr<?*s that the matter
of tho mortgage had been satisfactorily
settled. As a matter of fact, the settlement
referred to was but a postponement
of the foreclosure. Recently tho date of !
postponement expired, hut so far from a
foreclosure taking place tho mortgage was <
paid in full by Lieutenant Hobson himself, j
he having earned that much in writing articles
for publication. 1
ANTI-ANARCHIST PLANS.
England and Switzerland Hay Not Agree !
to Any Sweeping Proposal}. j
London (By Cable). As a basis upon 1
which to work wnoa tho anti-Anarchist
conference meets in Home, the following i
primary purposes will be declared:
(1) To remove Anarchists 1n all countries
from tho category of political of- ,
fenders to the category- of common malofaotors.
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(2) To secure similar action by all countries
against Anarchists pursuant to the
first purpose. ,
Governments will bo asked to agree to
the extradition of Anarchists upon proof i
that they are such iu the courts or tne
country sheltering them, furnished by the
country asking extradition, pursuant to
the second purpose. Governments will be
nslred to curb the Anarchist press and
propaganda generally and to unite In international
surveillance and exchange of ,
information.
It is believed that all the conferring
powers except England and Switzerland
will support these proposals In prlnolple.
England and Switzerland are lukewarm
and are likely to raise objeotions whlob,
with probable differences among other
powers over details of application, will
cause the conference to have small practical
results.
It is said that prominent Anarchists will
bring pressure to bear to show that
Auurchism does not teaoh violence.
ATTACHED THE CZAR'S CHIMES,
Note Indorsed by Church Trustees Stops
the Music in a Bridgeport Tower.
Dkidokfoet, Conn. (Special).?The Csar
of Hussin presented a set of church chimes
to tho Grook Orthodox Church, of this ojty,
in the year of his coronation. They were
' admitted into this oouutry free of duty by
a special act of Congress.
The chimes were attached a few days ago
by Charles H. Hawiey, who holds ft note
ludorscd by two of the trustees of the |
church for ^1 !0l). The amount of the uf- j
taohment is tor 4 300J.
The bells nr? the handsomest of their I
kind iu the United States, having been I
made under the orders of tlt? Imperial !
Court of l'ussiu, They are valued at j
I $10,000.
Kansas Cattle Killed by Poison.
Information has come to the Live Stock
Hunltary Loan! at Topeka, Kausas, that
cattle in many sections of Central Kansas
have died from eating frostbitten oats.
The voluntary growth In the Holds was
very rank, and whenever stock was turned
on the oat stubble death resulted, Scores
of cattle have died from the poison, The
Live Stock Sanitary Board has warned the
farmers against the danger.
Heavy Storms in ibe West.
Iloavy storms, accompanied by intense
cold, have occurred In Kansas, Missouri,
I Nebraska and Minnesota.
BALDWIN HOTEL fill,
A Famous Landmark of San Fran- r
cisco Destroyed. 1
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GUESTS PERISHED IN FLAMES. !
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"Ducky" Baldwin's SI.TiOO.OOf) Hotel and
Theatre in Ituing .1. L. 'White Aid.
Three Women to K.cgpe and is Dashed
to Death Other Thrilling ilescues
The Iloiise a Fire Trap.
Sax Francisco, Cal. (Special). The
Baldwin IIot?d, one of the landmarks of
this city and which inclosed the Baldwin
rheatre, known to every actor in the
:ountry, has been destroyed by lire. The
Ire broke out at 3.25 o'clock a. m., and before
dawn the theatre and hotel were
in ruins. The list of dead so far as obtainable
on the day after the Are is as follows:
J. L. White, capitalist, residing in the
hotel; Louis Meyers, Secretary La Tuyaca
Bay goid mine; John J. Carter, associate
iu(igo of California Jockey Club; Tate
Pryor, sheet writer for J. J. Carroll; J. M.
Lighthead, purser of the steamer City of
Sydney. Mr. Louis Meyers rushed from
the burning hotel and was attacked by <
heart disease as he reached the street. He (
died at a hospital. f
The lire is believed to have started in the f
Baldwin Theatre, for the flames rushed c
through the airshafts and corridors, ana f
the walls on tho Market street and Powell a
-treet sides burned as if they wero tinder.
The two upper stories wore ablaze in twen- 1
ty minutes. I
An immense throng had gathered on I
Mai ket, Powell and Ellis streets. Thoso c
who were on the market street side were "3
appalled at tho sight of three women and t
a man who appeared at a round window 8
above the Market and Eddy street corner, s
They climbed through the window and e
lowered themselves to the cornico by s
means of a rope. The women were helped ?
by Mr. White. After they had reached the I
cornice and were on tho lire escape Mr.
White attemped to let himself down to I
the cornice. While he was suspended r
above the ground the rope parted and he a
shot downward to tho pavement. He died e
almo3t instantly.
When the fifth floor fell it carried wich it
tho supports of the theatre galleries and a
Diacu cneora was all that was lert to mark, i
the place where the theatre had stood.
N'othing wassuved from the theatre. Thousands
of dollars worth of stage settings
and much valuable scenery were aestroyed, a
also many dostumos owned by members of Q
William Gillette's "Secret Service" company.
The manager of the company lost
the trunk containing contracts of many I
kinds.
The loss through lire Is estimated at 32,- g
500,000. The insurance does not exceed
8300,0i.0. of which amount $100,000 was recently
placed on the hotel.
A. pathetic figure around the Are was the
old millionaire "Lucky" Baldwin, who has
been almost ruined by the sudden loss of
tho hotel, which was the apple of his eye.
Ho had spent u large amofint of money la
the oostly decorations of tho main apartments,
and for years he had made It his
home. He lost a valuable colioctlon of
curios und all his papers, which ho kept la
it wooden box In his room. Only a few
weeks ugo he received an offer of $3,000,300
for the property.
Fire Marshal Tow? declares tho structure
was a death trap, and says no such
lllmsy structure shall be erected again In
tho heart of the city.
A. H. Christie, of Milwaukee, was saved
from a perilous position on the roof bv a
tlreman, Kd Kohoe. When rescued 5lr.
Chrf-tie had a razor in his hand, with the
ileterraiuatiou to kill himself rather than
to plunge Into tho llames that raged beneath
him.
KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION. j
PilW.l.w I.. \F laian.a ? I TTl. ?n/l
Death and Destruction Insult. I
Louisiana, Mo. (Special). A terrillc ex*
plosion occurred at the Hercules Towdor
Works ncur Ashburn, iu thin county, u few '
lays ago, causing the eurth to tremble for .
mp.uy miles around. Tho packing houso ; J
was completely demolished, several other t
buildings damaged, nud at least six men r
killed. The known dead are Willie Wilson, a
Jr., son of the Superintendent: Will Char- *
lestou, J. Hollinger, Alfred Wenz, 1). 51.
Smith, and Albert Miller. 1 I
There was u torrlilc roar and the walls ^
of the packing houso were throwu iuto the
air as though shot from' a yolcaao. Win- (
dow glass was shattered for u radius of ten
miles. The employes were thrown Into tho j
air by the force of the explosion, and their
bodies fell back umid the wreck and burning
debris.
Half a dozen persons were injured by fly- e
lap timber*, ana u number or neur-i>y
bouses were strudk. One house half ft mile s
away was almost demolished by ft hunt 1
mass of brick and mortar that fell upon It, t
while It was still rocking from the force ol
the explosion. t
CENERAL BLANCO HAS RESIGNED [
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Spanish Captaln-Ouneral of Cuha Avoids c
the Surrendering of the Island. <]
Madrid, Spain (lly Cablo), The Official
Gazette has published a decree accepting t
the resignation of Marshal Blanco as Captain-General
of Cuba. c
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General Ramon Blanooy Arenas succeed- t
ed General Valeriauo Weyler as Governor- s
General of Cuba In Ootober, 1897. General
Blanco, previous to his arrival In Cuba, had
aeon bis prlnolpal administrative experlenoe
in the Philippines, lie suooeeded <
Captain-General Despujol as GovernorGeneral
of the Philippines in 189J, and
for his services in tuat eapaclty was
raised to the rank of Marshal in 18'A The i
rebellion in the islands broke out under c
his rule, and as he did not suppress it he ,
tendered his resignation, and was sue- r
ceeded by General Polavieia. Shortly I
after he waa appointed Chief of the Mill- c
tary Household of the Queen Regent at 2
Madrid. t
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Judge Gordon lSenigns. J
Judge'James Gay Gordon, of Philadel- t
phia, has resigned and his resignation haa t
been aeoepted by Governor Hastings. Hia p
resignation is believed to have much pelit- j
ioal siguitlcance, Judge Gordon has been {
on the bench for more than ten years. It s
was expeoted that the trjal of .Senator Quay 0
would bo hold iu the court presided over i c
by hiin, aud Seuatur Quay's friends aud attorneys
have declared that under no circumstances
would they permit Judge Gordon
to try the cgse, alleging that he was
the mysterious power that was urging the c
district uttorpey in the prosecution, f
An American Crank at Windsor.
An American, giving the name of Matthews,
was arrested at Windsor Oastlo, a
tew days ago. lie asked to see Queen Victoria
iu order to secure her aid in obtain- c
ing an inheritance. The police concluded j1
that he was harmless, and sent him to *
Loudon. j.
Colonel l'icquart vs Be Tried,
General Zuriinden, Military Governor of
Paris, Prance, has signed an order for the
court-martial cd Colonel Piccjuart on ]
Charges of forgery and the usq of torged
documents. The court will meet on Do- *
cember 12. ,
SECRETARY BLISS REPORTS.
'
le IJeviews tin* Work of the Interior I)ejmrtment
for the I'axt Year.
Washixatox, D. C. (Special). ?The anlual
report of Secretary of the Interior i
Hiss has been mrde public, and it reviews
n detail the progress of pension, Indian,
and, patent, educational and territorial
tiTairs. Reviewing the gradual diminution
>f public land area, Secretary Bliss says ;
hat of three hundred and odd million acres \
roKNELics bliss.
(Secretary of tie Interior.^
)f desert land requiring irrigation to renler
them valuable farming lands, the available
water supply is sufficient for only 71.100,000
acres, leaving 200,676 ^cres suitable
>niy for grazing purposes. Thero are thirty
orest reservations embracing an estimated
irea of 40,710,414 acres.
Reviewing pension matters. Secretary
Jliss reports 635,000 claims of all classes i
>ending, and says a separate division has j
>een organized for the adjudication of the '
ilaims growing out of the war with Spain. '
["hree soldiers will receive their pensions 1
inder the general law for permanent dls- T
ibilities contracted in the service. He al- !
o concurs in the recommendation for the :
reation of a commission to revise the pen- j
ion laws and regulations in the interest of (
l future reliable intelligent and uniform j
>ractiee.
Duriug the year the geological survey
las surveyed topographically :{0,057 square
niles, making a total now completed of
ipproximately one-fourth of the area of the
intire country, exclusive of Alaska.
rHE ANTI-ANARCHIST CONFERENCESvery
Nation Represented and Admiral
Canevaro Elected President.
Rome, Italy (By Cable). The Anti-Anirchlst
Conference was opened a few days j
,go In tho Corsinl Falace by Admiraj !
,'anevaro, Italy's Foreign Minister. Al ;
European nations were represented.
In an address of welcome to the dele;ates
on behalf of King Humbert, the
ir.VTP IT. ri\P.VAnft
Elected President of the Anti-Anarchist
Conference of the Powers.)
Ldmiral appreciated the difficulties before
he conference, hut said the universal
?cognition of the necessity for common
,ction against the anarchists presagod a
iappy issue.
Admiral Canevarowas elected President, j
t is expected that the conference will last
tntil Christmas.
GENERAL CARCIA'S INSTRUCTIONS.
'ay For Insurgent Troops is Requested
and Congress is Thanked.
Washington, D. C. (Special). In gentral
terms the instructions given to the
pecial commission to the Cuban Assembly,
leaded by General Calixto Garcia, were
he following:
First To bring to the consideration of
he United States Government the fact
hat, now Spanish control is ended, it is
ime for the Cubans to disband, unless retired
to assist the Americans to keep
irder, but that it would ho a hardship to
lisband them without payment.
Second To request sufficient funds for
his purpose out of the income derived from
OAUllUU luiuuisuuut v> it k/H.
Third To offer the support of all classes
if Cuban revolutionary supporters,
iFourth To thank the United States Congress
for the resolution of April, 1898, inmring
the independence of Cuba.
INCREASE THE NAVY.
7a|)t. Crownlnshield ltecoramendg That
the Unlisted Force Be Fixed at 2:2,500.
Washixoton, D. C. (Special). Captain
L. S. Crowninshield, Chief of the Bureau
if Navigation or the Navy Department, In
tls annual report, which has been made
mblic, recommends that the enlisted force
if the navy be increased to 20,000 men and
1500 apprentices. Ho also gives an iueresting
history of the naval operations
igainst Spain, and shows how well pre?ared
was the department when hostilities
iegan.
Captain Crowinshield recommends that
he office of naval intelligence be made
lermanent by law under the Bureau of
favigation. "He also recommends the esablishment
of a permanent coast signal
which r?mtM hft mnintninud it n.
omparatively small cost in peace and be '
f inestimable value in time or hostilities. ,
A Sword tor Hobsou.
The Alabama Legislaturcjhas passed a res- i
dution appropriating $500 to buy a sword
or Lieutenant Hobson of Merrimac fame.
Italy's Ultimatum to Morocco.
The Italian Government has sent an
iltimatum to the Moorish Court at Tangier,
lemanding reparation for the detention I
ind ill-treatment of Italian proteges, giv- j
.I kt v Tha !
UK ouitiiii ci^ui uu?o ?
talian warship Umb'ria has gone to i
rangier to receive the Sultan's answer. j
Thanksgiving in the Philippines.
Thanksgiving Day was observed by the j
British and Americans in Manila, Philip* j
dne Islands. A banquet to the officers ol j
:he American army and navy was given by ;
united States Consnl Williams.
* V^r'vr*.-!
THE WOES Of TEE M?Y.
Secretary Long Reports on the Successful
Operations of the War.
MORE SHIPS ARE RECOMMENDED.
The Naval Militia is Praised A Change in
the Reward System Ur?ed Improve?
uirm* in ocrvtcp .?uyi?eu ?ou,*
100,S00 Wanted For the Construction
of More Warships.
Washington-, D. C. (Special). John D.
Long, Secretary of the Navy, has made
public his annual report. He briefly
sketches the events leading up to the
declaration of war the efforts of the navy
to prevent violation of the laws of
neutrality, the ordering of the Maine to
Havana, the loss of the ship, Captain
Sigsbee's "judicious telegram" asking the
people to suspend judgment and the result
of the investigation by the Board of
Inquiry.
Then the operations of the North Atlantic
Squadron under Admiral Sampson,
in its efforts to destroy Admiral Cervera's
fleet, are detailed, after the victory of Admiral
Dewey had been mentioned with the
highest praise.
The incidents before the "bottling up"
of Cervera at Santiago arc related and
some of the correspondence given to the
public for the first time.
Secretary Long gives in detail the Sampson-Shafter
correspondence, and* states
that it was because of the necessity of cooperation
between the army and navy that
Sampson was obliged to go to see General
Shafter on July 3. thereby missing the opportunity
to personally direct the attack
on Cervera's fleet, though the battie was
fought in accordance with his standing
orders. The Secretary gives a brief account
of "the famous victory, with its
splendid credit to officers and men," and
say>:
"The casualties on our side were one
man killed and ten wounded, most of
them in the drum of the ear by the concussion
caused by the gu^is. Our ships
suflfored no injury of any account. Admiral
Cervera, about seventy officers and
1600 men were made prisoners, while about
3o0 Spaniards were killed or drowned and
160 wounded. These estimates are probably
considerably below the actual numbers.
Many of tho enemy were rescued
from their linking ships by our men."
Light on the question of who was In actual
command of the army^t Santiago is shed
by the Secretary in Sampson's correspondence
relative to co-operation. The first
telegrams are between Shafter and Sampson?after
Miles's arrival, between Miles
and Sampson, the firs: announcement of
surrender being by Miles to the admiral.
The operations at Santiago are concluded
with a statement of the raising of the
Maria Teresa and her loss on Cat Island,
and the mention of the probability of a
contract being made for the raising of the
Reinn Mercedes.
Then comes the details of tho blockading
squadron, Ensign Bagley being mentioned
for his gallant action, and the other brilliant
achievements of the officers and men
on their arduous dntv being spoken of in
the highest terms. The marine corps and
naval militia are not forgotten in this official
account of the meritorious deeds of
the men of the navy.
The St. Paul and St. Louis, of the Amer- A
lean line, were chartered wt 42500 a day,
and the New York ( Harvard) and the Paris
(Yale) at 92900 a day. yTB
Supplementary reports or bureau chiefs ^
give the following facts: Exnenditures at
yardsand doeks for 1838, $1,772,155; Equipment
of vessels. 42,975,000; National de- ?.
tense, $1,031,933; 452.551 tons of coal, $2,122.000;
225 retired officers on duty tor per- ?
iod of war; 99 retired officers still on duty;
856 officers appointed for temporary service;
Naval Academy (new buildings)
4500,000; 75 auxiliary torpedo boats fitted
out: 121 auxiliary vessels fitted out; , \
smokeless powder adopted; 15 warships of
nil classes completed during the last year;
contracts for 3 battleships, 4 monitors, 16
torpedo-boat destroyers and 12 torpedoboats
entered into: flfty-ffive warships of
all classes now under construction; total
credits for fiscal year ending .June30, 1393,
$137,042,869: total debts fc r same year, $53,743.929;
balance June 30, ?$78,298,940;
casualities killed, 17; wounded, 67; discharged
to return to duty, 54; miscellaneous,
13.
Or the $50,000,000 appropriation "for
national defense" $29,973,271 was allotted
to the navy, of which $618,447 will be returned
to the Treasury. Of $25,000,000 in
two special appropriations of June 8 and
July 7 $21,423,503 remains. Total special *
amouut9 allotted to navy, $57,973,274. Not
obligated, 24,316,138. Total to revert to
Treasury, including $739,943 received from
the nrmy, $25,056,131. Estimates for 1399
$45,538,992. Estimates for 1900, l$47,089,251.
The Secretary makes many recommendations
for new legislation, the most important
being for the control of the transport
service by the navy; the establishment of
a national naval reserve corps to be recruited
from men who served In the Spanish
war, the temporary revival of the
grades of admiral and vice-admiral; the
enactment of the naval personn-I bill, and
a provision whereby men in the ranks may
rise to official grade.4
a anp,->ijil Hbm. i? marie for :i chance in
the system for rewarding officers for conspicuous
service, so that one officer may
not benefit to the injustice of others.
An increaso in the enlisted force to 20,000
men and 2500 apprentices is asked for.
Secretary Long recommends the building
of fifteen warships at an estimated
cost of 836.100,800, exclusive of armor and
armament. These warships, with their estimated
cost, exclusive of armor and armament,
which of themselves cost millions
of dollars, are as follows:
Three battle ships, 13,500 tons, $2,600,000
each; three armored cruisers, 12,000 tons,
84.000,000 each; three protected cruisers, -?
6300 toijs, 82,150,000 each, six coppered
cruisers, 2500 tons, $1,141,000 each.
Missouri'* Official Election llctnrnx. 1
The Secretary of State of Missouri, has
announced the official vote for State of.
iiciais at recent elections, It shows that
the Democrats carried the State by over
30,000 votes. The vote was ubout 100,000
short of 1890, the ioss being1 about equally
divided between Democrats and Republicans.
The Populist vote was relatively
small.
.Mr. and Mrs. White With the (Jaeen.
The United States Charge d'AfTaires, Mr,
Henry White, nnd Mrs. White dined at
Windsor Castle with the Queen Thursday
evening and passed the night at the castle.
Spain's Kducational Reforms.
The Saragoosa Chamber of Commerce S
M.J-U a
ASseniDiy CO mm ltl?es ill Ji.iuriu, njmia, /
have approved the public education
scheme, which includes gratuitous uad obligatory
education and the creation of
agricultural and commercial schools.
Lumpy .Taw Kills a .Han.
George Gratton, of Chicago, 111., died,
from cattle lumpy jaw a few days ago. He
was a Government inspector of cattle and
meats at the stock yards, and in eight years
of service had prevented the slaughter tot
food of hundreds of afflicted animals.
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