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BRYAN IN NEW YORK.
POUR SPEECHES MADE
IN AS MANY PLACES
Sew ?ork, Oct 16 -The crowd
that surged about the open air stand
at Madison Square avenue and 24th
street, crashing the weakest and
smothering those who were so tight?
ly packed that the air, which reeked
with the fames of Greek fire, coo id
not reach them, may have numbered
20,000, and there was not in that
crowd anybody who cared to hear
anyone else bat Bryan Half a
dozen speakers attempted to keep
them quiet until the presidential
candidate came from the garden, but
the most successful speaker had a
bard job of it
Those who had points of vantage
on the stand did little to encourage
the speakers, for their interest was
taken ap by the waves of humanity
in front aad on ali sides of the stand.
It was shortly after 9 o'clock
wheo the cavalcade heading the
Bryan party rode down Madison
avenue to the stand. The carriages
could not drive within 50 feet of it,
and Col Bryan, Mr Croker, Mr Hearst
and James Shelvin, of Brooklyn, who
were in the carriages, walked to the
stand.
The ovation to the cao-didate was
deafeningly load and* prolonged.
After shaking hands with Mr Keller,
and those on the stand who could
stretcc their hands to him, Col
Bryan stood faoiog the crowd in
front on the stand. He uncovered
bis head, but the bombs were explod?
ing io the air overhead and the fire
from one almost struck him Bryan
drew away as if to dodge it. The
band was still playing "Hail to the
Chief when Col Bryan outstretched
bis band to the audience to command
quiet He said :
*:We want to make this Govern?
ment what the fathers intended to
make of it and give eqaal rights to
all and special privileges to none j
If by your suffrages I am made Presi?
dent 1 will not try to get your hands
in other people's pockets I 6ha!i
be satisfied to keep other people's
hands out of your pockets. If you
believe the trust a good thing vote
the Republican ticket and get all you
want of it If you believe trusts are
bad vote our ticket If yoa believe
in a large army vote the Republican
ticket and get it If you believe in
a small army we promise that you
shall have a small army and a gov?
ernment so good that every citizen
will be willing to become a soldier
to preserve the Government to poster?
ity. If you want imperialism vote
the Republican ticket If our party
is entrusted with power we will say
to the Filipino and ali the world that
our purpose is not to, govern the
Filipino, but establish a government
for them that will be theirs and not
our**. We will say to the world :
'Hands off. Let that Republic live
and work out its own destiny.' 93
The minute Col Bryan stopped
speaking Mr. Croker took his arm
and led him to the rear cf the stand to
see the crowd assembled there He
waved bis band to them and Mr
Croker asked bia : "Did you ever
see anything like it V
"Wonderful, wonderful," Co!.
Bryan said
TheB the party after hand shaking
all rouud left the stand and got into
the carriages.
THEN TO TAMMANY HALL
The trip to Tammany Hall was made
through streets lined with cheering
thousands. Col Bryan and bis party
arrived at 9 25 Seoa'or Mackey was
speaking, bot as soon as the crowd
recognized Bryan it rose to its feet and j
cheered for several minutes. Richard
Croker, who accompanied Col Bryan, j
took a seat on the rear end of the j
platform, while the candidare went to !
the front and ackLOvrlodged the greet !
ing%
When the cheering bad continue!
for a couple of minutes he raided his ?
hacd to command silence As som j
as be wog able to speak be expressed j
his appreciation for Tammany Hali and I
entered on a discussion of the Philip- j
pine question io bis usual vein.
Tammany Hall bad been crowded to 11
repletion from 6 o'clock on and to fill
op the time before the arrival cf j 1
Col Bryan a oumber of others bad j 1
spokao. f1
j Ac 10 o'clock Coi Bryan arrived at
j Cooper Union. fits appearance on th
I platform was the sigoal for ene of tb
; most enthusiastic greetings ever given
! to acy one mac in Copper Uoion. It
was folly five minures before the
enthusiasm subsided and the audience
resumed its oornal quietude. Then
i John De Witt Warner, chairman of
thc meeting, introduced Col Bryan,
who spoke io pan as follows :
"This is the fourth meeting for to
night that I have spoken at it con?
cludes the ratification held under the
auspices of the Democratic party in
' this city and county and I am prepared
! to say that great ?9 Tammany and
Croker as its prophet. I rejoice that
I have lived io the land where the peo?
ple can choose a mao for their leader
and make of him their servant, and
when tbey do that be becomes the
greatest man in the worid. Yet we
can never forget that he is their servant,
acting for them as their representative,
rle is the instrument by which they
accomplish their sovereign will "
Col Bryan then branched off on to
the subject of ''imperialism" and went
into it thoroughly. He wound up by
saying :
"We have no money with which to
buy votes, on trust magnates to
intimidate. We leave the result to you
and appeal to the confidence of the
people. If every citizen will vote as he
would I have no doubt as to the result,.
The majority io this city and State and
nation will be so large as to demon?
strate the fae; that co money can
corrupt, no force can defeat, the peo*
pie's will, which will restore this Gov
eroment to tue foundations laid by the
fathers. No individual gets so low, so
strong or so rich that be can get beyond
the Tee Commandants I want this
nation to stand btfere the worid as the
great morai factor io the world's pro?
gress."
Costs and Fees
In regard to the matter of fees,
costs, etc , that county officers may
charge, Attorney General Bellinger
has prepared the following opinion of
interest to every county io the State.
It is ir> reply to a letter from Will K,
Jones, Esq., of Holly Hill :
Dear Sir : In your letter of the
15th inst, you ask, for publication,
my opinion as to the construction of
the law of 1890 relative to the fees,
costs, etc., of your county officers.
Without quoting in full your letter,
1 proceed to answer as follows :
It seems tc be very clear, under
the act of 1899, D 169, and the acts
thereby amended, that your county
officers are absolutely prohibited
from receiviog acy "costs, commis
siens, charges and fees," except the
clerk of court, who is permitted to
receive "the fees now allowed by
law as register of mesne convey?
ance," and the sheriff, who is to re?
ceive special compensation therein
mentioned for his duties in connec?
tion with the collection of tax execu
lions, and "such fees derived from
civil business as now prescribed by
law."
I can fiad nothing in the act allow?
ing the probate judge to retain any
fees of office, but the salary, in lieu
of all fees, etc , is fixed at $200.00
As to the compensation of the
sheriff and the clerk of court for servi?
ces rendered in drawing and serving
jurors, I will say that in my opinion
this not being one of the duties of
the clerk as "register of mesne con?
veyance," his remuneration therefor
is included in the $400 stated as his
salary, and when the sheriff performs
bis duties in this connection it may
be considered as "civil business" in
the court of common pleas7' and as
' criminal business" if they are to
serve only in the court of general
sessions
I cannot see any reason for a dif
ference of opinion as to the meaning
of the act when it comes to the
salary of the auditor, as the law
distinctly says that he shall pay into
the county treasury such commis?
sions as he may now be entitled to
from the State, so that bis total com?
pensation snail not exceed $800, as it
is clear to me that this $800 mu9t be
in full of all money received by him
from the public by way of compensa?
tion.
As a last question, you ask wheth
er the $1 fee collections by the treas
ure is to be turned over to the coun- ,
ty treasury and wheter the county
tiea8urer has a right to rebate that ,
dollar fee to deliquent taxpayers ?" ,
lu reply I will say that this fee is to ?
be turned into the county treasury ,
and the County Treasurer has
no right to make this rebate to
any cue, the money being as soon as 1
collected, public funds, which he 1
holds as trustees, and he violates the | i
conditions of bia bond if he makes ? i
any such disposition as that suggest- . <
ed io the question. ?
A piece of campaign news interest- ,
ing to some South Carolinians is the ? (
fact that John G. Capers is making j t
stump speeches in West Virginia for | ,
McKinley. Mr. Capers holds a place ,
at a good salary in the Government l
service at Washington.-Newberry (
Observer. i
WILLIAM L. WILSON
DIED WEDNESDAY.
L3X?Qgtr>D, Va, Oct 17 -HOD Wil
liam L Wilson, president of Wash?
ington and Li3e university and ex-post
msater general, died snddeoiy at 9 20
o'clock this morning of congestion of
the lungs. He had been failing ever
since hie return from Arizona. His ?oo
Dr Arthur Wilson, of Lynchburg
visited him Sunday and left Monday,
theo came the suddeo change.
Mr Wilson's attendant physician did
not give up hope cf hts rallying until
late lase night. He was confined to the
house from Tuesday a week ago,
but was thought to be improving when
bis son left bim. He was consoious
until the last. By bis bedside were his
wife, his daughters, Misses Mary and
Bettie Wilson, and one son, Wm. H.
Wilson.
Mr Wilson's funeral will occur at
Charleston , Jefferson county. W. Va,
Friday at 10 o'clock. The remains
will leave Lexington io the morning
over the Baltimoro and Obio, accom?
panied by the family.
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Bryan Meets Roosevelt.
Springfield Republican.
The country bas clearly entered the
period of stuff and yell which invaria
Dly brings one of our great presidential
campaigns to a close. Tots appears in
the sweeping claims made by the cam?
paign managers, in their awful charges
against each other's intentions, in the
cries ot corruption on one side and
anarchy on the other, and in the gen?
eral blare and blather from one ooeao
to tho other. At this interesting stage
the spectacle of an American president*
iai campaign reminds one of nothing
quite so much as rival gangs of cow?
boys trying to stampede a huge herd of
cattle io opposite directions. The po?
litical managers make a tremendous
amount of noise, and they generally
suoceed in exciting a good maoy voters
half way to the verge of madness. It
is always well ac about tbis time, there?
fore, to remember that the ooiss is
really nothiog more alarming thao
stage thunder, and that the men who
are making it are simply stage hands,
who hurl thunderbolts for the same
reason that they turn the oalcium light
on the hero, or oheer Mark Antony's
oration-because it is all in the play.
The rival candidates do cot bate each
other nearly 60 much as might be sup?
posed It is even possible that Mr
Hanna would consent to dioe with Mr
Bryan-bahind the scenes. Gov
Roosevelt charges the Democrats with
iooitiog riot, while Mr Bryan speaks
so bluntly about plutocracy's sins that
he is charged with appealing to class
hatred ^et, even these two men seem
to be on friendly terms when they
chance to meet,-and that fact tends
to keep your choler down. Several
varying accounts oame from East St
Louis regarding the passing of the
Bryan and Roosevelt trains at Alton,
III, but the truth seems well stated in
this report :
Their private oars came alongside in
the yards. Eaoh stepped opoo the
platform and recognized the other at
once
"Hello," said Roosevelt, thrusting
forth his hand.
"Hello," quoth Bryan, grasping the
extended band. "How :$ your voice ?"
"It's rough as the populist platform
How is yours, Col Bryso ?" laughed
Roosevelt.
"Mine is as broken as Republican
promises," retorted the Nebraskao,
laughing, too.
Then everybody laughed and cheer?
ed, the Democrats with Bryao shouting
"Hurrah" for him, and Roosevelt's
followers yelling for McKinley. The
meeting came whoiiy by chance and
was as cheerful as it was picturesque.
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THE EDICT FORGED
Pekin, Monday, Oct 15 --It is now
regarded as certain that the alleged im?
perial edict ordering the punishment of
high officials was forged and was con?
cocted with the object of preventing
the advance of the allies on Pao Ting
Fu. Both Prince Ching and Li Hung j
Chang deny Us authority.
Count Voo Waldersee ia expected to |
arrivo here Oat 17.
Small merauding bands have become j
troublesome io the vicinity of the sum-j |
caer palace, aod a punitive expedition j
is being organized to proceed against j
?hem. ?
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Leavenworth, Kas, Oct 17.-A i 1
babeas corpus suit to release Oberlin ;
M. Carter, ex-captain of engineers from j
:he federal penitentiary at Fort Leaven- !
worth, wa* filed in thc United States j i
?ircuit oottrt this afternoon. The suit'?
?vas filed wi? h Stanton Carter, a Ur other ?
>f thc prisoner, as tba petitioner and i
was made on* returnable against War- j 1
Jen McClaughey, r>f 'ho federal peui- j I
eotiary, Frank P. Blair, of Chicago, ]
?ppeared a? :he attorney ?\>r Carter, i |
Judge Hook set Oct 2G cv rhe date for j <
jearifig on thc application ?nd annoo.no j <
:d that Judge Thayer, of St Louis, 1
would probably be here to sit with bim. <
i
I FILIPINOS KILL MORE
AMERICANS.
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j Manila, Ojt, via Hong Kong, Ost
j 16:-A detacbmennt of 20 men of the
Twenty r'ourth regiment while engaged
in repairing telegraph wires Oct 10, at
! a point near San Jose, Naevo Kcija
j province, Luzon, were set upon by 200
rebels and were overpowered and seat- j
tered. Seven of the Americans ? eaohed !
San Jose, bat it is probable that the
remainder were captured. Tbe enemy
surprised a party of scouts of the 43rd
infantry at a point three miles from
Takloban, Leyte island, killing three of
the Americans at the first volley. Two
escaped and gave the alarm, bat the
enemy 8U002eded io evading their pur?
suers. The native police of Takloban
had conspired to surprise the Ameri
cans. The bodies of the dead soldiers
were badly moltilated.
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The Yoatsey Trial.
Georgetown, Ky, Oct 17 -The
defense in the Youtsey trial closed its
oase late this afternoon and the com?
monwealth began its rebuttal testimony,
which will likely be concluded at nooo
tomorrow.
Youtsey's condition was materially
improved today, though be still remains
in a stupor most of the time. The
feature of the day was the testimony of
Col Nelson, one of Youtsey's attorneys,
who denied that he bad told Arthur
Goebei and Col Campbell that "Yout?
sey knew enough to hang Gov Taylor,"
but be admitted that he did say his
client (Yout3ey) knew "something that
would De very beneficial to the common?
wealth io its prosecution of Taylor."
The defense got in some strong testi?
mony today, squarely contradicting the
State's witnesses.
George Howard testified that he was
the same Howard who was recently
tried and convicted for the murder of
William Goebei ; that he never saw
Yoatsey in his life to know him ; never
had any talk at any time with him. nor
did he accompany him to any place or
room anywhere at aoy time ; that he
was not io Caleb Powers office on the
morning of January 30, or io aoy
other room io that building on that
morning
YOUTSEY GROWS WORSE.
Georgetown, Ky, Oct 17.-Yoatsey'
condition tonight 19 much worse He
bad another paroxysm and is unable to
take nourishment except hypode.
Died on the Train
Aiken, S. C., October 16.-Mr.
Frank P. Beard, editor and proprietor
of the Graoiteville Newe, died very
suddenly this morning whiie on the
Charleston train en route from
Augusta to Graniteville or Aiken.
He boarded the train while it was
crossing Broad street, in Augusts,
and took a seat and shortly afterward
expired so suddenly that a passenger
seated in the same seat with him, it
was said, did not know it The con?
ductor discovered that Mi. Beard
was dead wheo be called on bim for
his ticket The body was taken off
the train at Warrenviile and Coroner
Lee was notified Mr Beard was in
Aiken yesterday and appeared in his
usual health He . returned to
Augusta on the 9.20 p. m , train
No further particulars are obtainable
here.
Washington, Ootober 16 -Thomas
F Lane, son-in-law of Ex-Senator
Blackburn, committed suicide at his
home here last night. Mr. Lane enter*
ed the bouse about ll p. m , and shot
himself in the presence of his little
daughter while bis wife was resting on
a coach in an adjoining room. Death
was almost instantaneous. Mr. Line
was the Amerioau representativo of the
London ordnance firm of Vickers' Sons
& Maxim. He was well-to do, promi?
nently connected and a familiar figure
in Washington society. It is said that
be was driven to the act by brooding i
over bis ill-health. He was told some
time ago that he had Bright's diseaee j
and he allowed the matter to prey upon j
bis mind.
The Times Comments on j
Cotton j,
-. . h
London, Oct 18.-Discussing the ; j
eotton situation this morning Thc j ,
Times says : ! (
Lancashire is nearing the end of her 1
trouble. Supplies from the United : j
States are coming with all speed, and ? t
ilready more mills are working io the j ?
southern spinning towns of the coun- ! ,
fy c
So far the quality is an average one, \ ^
ikhough interested authorities are f
^.reading reports that the Texas grades j
ire ?eteriorating. Manchester is rather r
apset by tbt? rapid decline in values in t
Liverpool, buyers of piece goods abroad
laving withdrawn their old offers.
Bombay and Talcutta dealers are did \ a
josed to lot.k on and await a settiernrnt \ 1
)f prices. China is the enly black ; r
?loud and there is an abseoce of ordere j 3
'rom Shanghai. A short Egyptian | (
;rop is generally expected. j p
Russia Paramount in China.
Serves Notice tbat She is Dis?
posed to go it Alone.
St Petersburg, Oot 16.-The Russian
government permits it to become
known that its attitude in Chica will be
increasing independence of the concert
of the powers. Russia, it is explained,
is disposed to attach less value to
joint action 6inoe ber interests have
been fully secured by the successful
campaign io Manchuria. Moreover,
Rassia is not willing to "follow the ir?
reconcilable policy of some of the pow?
ers."
The expectation, the publication
adds, is that the Chinese government is
about to utilize ail its resources of
duplicity to keep the powers occupied
with vain negotiations and proposals
and the dispatching of ootes io order
to gain time until the winter, ooooting
on the rigor of the climate to prevent
military operations and allow China to
gather her recsooroes for a spring earn*
paigs.
Washington, Oct 16.-The cabie dis?
patch from St Petersburg, indicting
that Russia'e attitude in China will be
independent of the conoert of the pow?
ers, caused no surprise amoog officials
here, who have been lookiog forward
for some time to just such a line of ac?
tion. It was noted when the aggressive
military movement was inaugurated by
Germany, and the expeditioa against
Pao Ting Fa started that Rassia was
among the powers which did not join
in the movement. As the bulk of the
American troops had withdrawn from
China, leaving Gen Chaffes only a le?
gation guard at Pekin, the American
forces also refrained from participating.
The Japanese forces participated io a
very limited degree, by continuing the
defenses of Pekin during the absence
of the other a 1 i?e3 The dispatch from
St Peterburg is looked npoo as merely
another step similar to that takeo when
Rassia withheld from the Pao Ting Fa
expedition and other aggressive mili?
tary moves. Moreover, ic is regarded
as quite io consonance with the paoific
tendencies of this government, which
have been directed all along to securing
a settlement by diplomatic means,
rather than by the sword. The Rus?
sian purpose of pursuing independent
action bas not made itself evident in
any official or formal way thus far,
either to toe state department or to the
Russian embassy here.
On Angass 2 last, says the Chioago
Record, that paper published a cable?
gram from Dr Robert Coitmao, Jr, its
staff correspendect at Pekin, this being
toe first dispatch sent out to any news?
paper from the beseiged foreigners in
that city. The Record now publishes
the following letter from Dr Coltman,
telling how the message was sent :
"When I got off the message the
Russo-Ghineee bank was offering $1,000
for a mao to cry to go to Tieo Tsio, bot
the investment of our lines was too
tight. For a native to go out and try
to sneak through at night meant
fi.imost certain capture and death with
torture, I agreed to pay $200 if the
message got through, to a clever boy of
15, and it was be who got through.
The message waa written on a piece of
tbio paper, aod written so fine as to
ooly cover a small visiting card's spaoe.
This was rolled up and put under some
spoiled rice in a beggar's broken bowl,
and the boy, personating a beggar lad,
got safely through. He was captured
twice and searched, but they never
thought of emptying out bis stale rice
bowl and looking through it for the bit
of oiled paper that wrapped up the
precious message." The Record proudly
comments that this is "probably the
most remarkable instance on record of
forwarding a newspaper dispatch under
seemingly insuperable difficulties." The
Record gives the deed scant praise,
being an excessively modest journal
But it is also the most enterprising
newspaper in the country?-that is,
enterprising without being sensational
and unreliable-acd withal one of the
best and most readable.-State.
Census Enumeration Com?
pleted.
Washington, Oct 17.-The enumera?
tion of the twelfth census is completed
ind the enumerators are practically all
paid. There were 43,000 enmenrators
ind 207 supervisors. The cost of tho
enumeration wiil be about $4,200,000.
The whole force of the census bureau
3 being concentrated on the work cf
abulating the statistics already gatl
'red The report of the census bureau
vheo completed will occupy 8 volumes
if 1,000 pages. The work of the
jrcseot census is heavier by several
nilhon inhabitants than ever before bat
)ireotcr Merriam thinks it will be
eadv for tho public six weeks earlier
hao herr tot'ort.
Brussels. Oct 16.-The Transvaal
ger cy has received a dispatch from
?oretizo Marques confirming the
eports of the imminent departure of
Ir Kruger on board the war ship 1
relderland. The dispatch says he will
robably visit the Continental capitals. 1
FROM THE WIRES.
Washington, Oat 18 -There wag no
material change tn ex-Senator Sher?
man's oovistion tonight except that he
showed signs of increasing weakness.
! The patient ts partially unconscious
muoh of the time rallying and bright?
ening at intervals.
Pretoria, Oct 18 -The Boers are
daily tearing up portions of the railroad
I and cutting the telegraph and telephone
wires. Their attacks are intolerable.
The repairing linemen cannot leave the
garrisoned points without considerable
escorts. The only remedy teems to be
to corral all the burghers and deport
them, as apparently none can be
trusted.
EdgeSeld. Oct 18-Wiley Miles,
colored, a 15 months' eon viet on the
county chain gang, died here last
Friday and was buried by the county on
Saturday. Wiley was convicted last
spring of larceny from lbs field. He
was not in good health and was
ruptured. He was put at light work,
but even that proved too much fot him,
and be was pot ic jail here so that be
could secure attention. He was not
kept confined sc a cell, or even in the
jail baildiog, but was allowed the
freedom of the jail yard. His condition
was snob that it was not a bard matter
to get perseus interested in his case.
The governor was appealed to for a
pardon and he signed it on the 10th
instant. It reached here on the 12th,
the day on which Miles died.
Chicago, Oct 18.-The American
Linseed Oil Company today marked the
price of linseed oil up to 70 cents, or
the highest figure known siaoe the
infancy of the industry. Before noon
the price was 60 cents. This advance
of 10 cents per gallon is the largest
single price fluctuation ever known in
linseed oil and is about the equivalent
of a rise of 40 or 50 cents per bushel
in the price of wheat. Coming at this
season of the year, when the movement
of the new crop of flax seed from the
farmers of the northwest has just begun,
it has caught every manufacturer in the
oouotry by surprise.
Wasbiogton, Oat 18 -The State
department has received a report from
the consul at Nagasaki of the death at
that place, on Sept 13, of Bertrand W.
Ragsdale, vice consul and marshal of
the consular court at Tien Tsin, China.
Mr Ragsdale was a resident of Santa
Rosa. Cal, and was appointed marshal
ia 1898 and vise consul ia 1900. He
bad gone from Tien Tsin to Nagasaki
in July for the benefit of bis health.
Montpsilier, Vt, Oct 18.-Former
Gov W P. Dillingbam was elected
United States senator by the Vermont
legislature today. The choice was
made on the third ballot, C. A. Pouty,
one of the four Republican candidates,
having withdrawn and the Democratic
members who previously had voted for
Senator Hazslien having decided tc
support Dillingbam.
Manila, Oct 17.-Under cover of a
stormy night Capt Elliott, of the 40th
infantry, surprised tbs rebel headquar?
ters near Orcquita, island of Miodanao,
and captured without fighting, General
Alvarez with bis staff and 25 men The
capture is important and will tend to
pacify the district Alvarez had for a
long time been conducting hostilities in
Miodanao. It was be who effected the
disastrous attack on Orcquita some time
ago, and be was preparing another
when he was captured. Detachments
of the 26th aod 18;h regiments engaged
the rebels near Tubuagan in southern
Panay, rooting them, "killing 20 and
wounding many.
Vancouver, B. C., Oat 16-The eur*
vey of the disputed bouodary line at
Mount Baker bas been completed by
the provincial surveyor, Deane. The
lise places all the mioes t>f importance
in the district on tbe American side,
although a mile of extra territory is
given to British Columbia. The chief
importance of the survey is that a
Canadian Government commissioner,
by locating the boundary line north of
the mining camps, compels all Cana?
dians sending in supplies to the camps
to pay duty, aod this practically di vet ts
the large trade to mioes from Cailli
wack, B C., to Semas, Washington.
Madrid, Oct 17 -Gen Linates, to
whom the premier, Senor Silvea), has
offered the portfolio of war, stipulates
KS a condition of acceptance that he
?hould have perfect freedom to intro?
duce sweeping military reforms and
reorganize the entire army He also
stipulates that bis method of reaching
;hese ends must rest soie'y with himself.
Senor Silveal, it is understood, has
iccepted these conditions and the nomi?
nation of Gen Linares is therefore
tactically assured.
The Airship Sails.
Friedricb6hafen, Oct 17.-Count
icppclin's airship ascended this after
lOOD. was steered against the wind and
ut successfully through various tacks
od manouvres It was tben tailed tn
be direction of Immenstadt.
Tho air ship after a chort fight to?
wards Immenstadt, remained poised in
aa for 45 minutes at a height of 600
lettes, and then safe'y deoeoded to the
ike