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ill m - " - til . i . - , - - i . . . .. . . . -. "i ' - : -' : vl -.;v. - . . : . : . - ,- . x.:-.. s$.:r PL hi i il Ikr w nti rnff if 1 a d H a WILMINGTON, N. C, SUNDAY,(feKCK.M JLR H, lSUti. i " ! .VOL. XL NO. -805.. PRICE 5 CENTS i m 1 11 K. si. r - j . f " I' 1 ' . " ' y v'v,'-:-;v thhtrbatysk;nh) Tiie Close of the Labors ican Peace Commissioners. THE IMPRESSIV Of Affixing their Sifinaturcs to the 'Treaty .of Peace-by the Co mm is J sioners The "Americans Elated, the Spaniel: Austere and, Gloomy. k 3Iany Americans, hut np Spaniards Present to Witness the Ceremony--Tlie Seals Attached with Ribbons of the French ColorsMore Cuba-CubinrTeletraph Lines. Paris, Iecenjber 10. Tht- treaty of pea- vac. signed at : 4 o'clock ver.inff. ' ' -.. . , this '.Th elfinlnff of the . treaty ; tdnight vwuld 'havfr afforded a subject fpr Kr'.t historical .paintin?- -The group grathntfd nbout the tabic in the stately chamber of the foreign '..office was im pTejsi v e, while the . fact that the sense of ' the .iTrf.)rnentousn(f of the !jpes which the a-t .3'ffiil.-l was .deeply felt tiy jl ,the participant raye aiiK im jrssive and .solemn tone to the, scene. Vround the great; mahogany tabl3 at ,the ten arbitriitorK of tho.dt-stmiea. jf an old and a youni? ."natron. . Handed standing ehind, them v'ere numerous Jitttiches of the Amorican " commission. -The jets from the crystal chandeliers above the heads of those present mag nified the brilliant green and. scarlet -ot the upholstering into gaudiness." -There Vas a theatrical contrast be; 'tween tbe black clothed, actore arid tine scenery. To the Americans it w!as . a happy ending of the epilogue of J far; for the Spaniards it -was -plainly a bit-; ter traged'i'; none .the less painful ;be cause long foreseen '.They sat silently" .as' thougff alrnefet crushed ; andj hone - ould .witlrhold sympathy i fnr .Senor Montero ltios, the president of the Spanish cr mmission, who, corhingi frbm his he'd, was bundled in a -great )bver-f '"ooatjt .iU'hough logs wore burning in .the. lireplace rr-arby. .i -! ' Tie spirits of the; two borlies were sSvymtMilized by thi cksthes worn" by the rhembirs if the commissions, for the Ampricajis were .atureel in evening. dress ; for . the ditmer .given, them ) im mediately .after the meeting, biy the F Due JJ 5. Ii u bat, anC .the Spaniards .wore Hack frock, ooals. i Altlu ugh the commissioners rhet. at ':30 oVdock, expecting to .firish iheir out even . stepping to -at. When he -x?an?.e .incO .thk? chani3nn at 7i&) oj'clock with th- -docjument 3ie 'fotind the com anissioners - waiting. Ti Spari shj copy, had arrived', half liotis.-, earlierj Mr, .Arthur- '.F'erguson then proeetd'ed to read llrst 't"ie English and afteif . that the 'Span 4h vision of rie - treaty). This , finiMhed, Jt vsn5 copies vvere passed aroUml tfce taloie,- the cornmTtsoners .iigniig-1 Kern in the iwrder ot j their V rank William St. Day. -?yermtor ICush nran K. lavis. Senator WiIK.in P. 1 Fry , Whi tel aw Re-id -and "Ssanator I Getirgr ir.y; Senor iMoirbero ' Rids, Se-r nor 'A'bjirzuza, Snor .Garnioa iSenor ViVlaurutfa and General Cerro y Saoris. each cmmisioner ,igning its opponent's i treaty. "Both. weie tied -wfcfii tthe'r'fcpah- ish and American colors. " When the seals" -were priepared j to be ! - affixed, attendants i were 'senturry- ing for -r ibbons of the Freicn tr-eolor with wnich the documentes "werepseal "ed. ' a.s a compliment Jto tbt French hosts of the. commissions. ; --j Many official intei estedfy watched every detail it the proceed! rcgs. i VL' The last :eal being' impnessed, the eommis3ioners rose . and without for-, -nytlity eaeh methber hook the jhamis" . of all his ...antagonist's,, ami exc'hjangeia issuranoes of sincere personal f teem, The Spaniards afterward ccrmbnent- d upon Vliat: they; tet mtvd thej bad taste of the American's iri nrustering' n crowd of attaches to Klontt crvr "the consummation of their downfall ad to " scramble for -relies, j . . -The signing was. jfiniished at :t3 -o'clock. At that time the door of the chamber opened and Senor Vfaiaiirstia appetired and -el aimed 'to' a ".eroup of correspondents Who were valtin'g in the corridor. "CTEst -pini.f. .The .Othfer members of the Spanish commission -followed Senor ntlauritia and passed silently" through the vestibule toi their waiting carriages. The American! com- nuss.ion strolled out chattimr com-: Vlaisanty and as they descemrled the teps the lights in' the -chambtr; were 'darkened. ' - . '.''..' The' treaty as signed conslstV? "of sv , enteen articles, it having heon itotrnd advisable- to subdivide two or jthrve :.: of the. articles in the draft agreed -i pan ' at the last meeting - ' , The commissioners of the two, n ations wrote their. signatures on two copies of . the. trea'ty. one copy- being for tht ar chive.. - .- The document rvas preparei by 'ec retary Moore in behalf of the United' States -commission and 'by Senor Vi1- iui cpam. on account Of the continued illness of. Secretary OJeda, of i s the Spanish commission. ' j n Eact w.pnnHPi ffl columns. The wording- had-i been There has been a sreit contest ' the families and - friends of the Amer' fatiu. --j ri j - .. r ft van commissioners ior possession of the . pens with which the signatures to the treaty w ere w ritten. Some of the Americana were provided with hand some pens purchased for -the purpose The Spaniards appeared to be unaffect ed by the souvenir craze and contented uiemseivcs , wuo ordinary auill '."tjrcwn on lh table. - pens I work; in half an . hour, the e-igrpssing iwL ' ,UIiei1u naa aireaay . ceiver of the People's bank, and' as of the-reHt bnrefcmentas jfound IS ifoftly 'or SS ' &rst assistant district attorney to he ,o tR.ublesoane--thaf-.it delayed inaft only be used for the shipment f p,., . . rnnntv r, ''- -the 8iMu'ne-.f the doframenf "Pintil -80 of aii.imals- Orders came from the ,fiaelpn. -county, jet no cm-. "cierk Martin orAmertf. .'department that, owing te the unlaint of any kind whatever .-.was made art :' conrmissin-n wn'ki all'dpy I with- "setf.1 conditions of affairs irt Cuba the- j against' the petitioners until the 3rd of the Spanish-Amer CEREMONIES Troops to Embark for ' i i I Just prior to the final reading -ot the treaty, the commissioners were photo gr'aphed. .-;,'!: .' . ; TROOPS FOR QUBA. Charleston, S. C.t December 10. Four"..companies of ' the Tenth regular i n fan try, ' vvi th Kind 'and j headquarters, under '.command of Colonel Pierson, United States army,, arrived in .Char leston at a.o'cJ-ock this morning trom iiuntsvilltj; Ala. The soldiers wefe comfortably fixed in Pullman car's and Had a very .pleasant" though somewhat. sl6w trip, down. The Ward Line' steam er Saratoga arrived"' heije from New. York at 1 o'clock and came directly up' to the Souths Carolina terminal wharves. The troops land baggage trains had been side tracked nar the wharf, but loading could not begin at" once, as wrae transferring- had to be done by it he ship's crew on board. About 4 -o'clock Depot Quartermaster Willis fmmd everything. ready and be-j gan loading wvagons, mules, ,hay ami Xoition and stores. The men went ard 4i bout 5 o'clock and made them selves "comfortable : Loading continued until a jJaCe hour, when the ship was . made ready for an -early .start. It is expected that the -Saratoga will sail for Cuba at daylight. ; J . : Savannah. Ga., I)ecemt.er 10. The ' transport Michigan sailed this after-: noori for Marianao with two battalions of the Second Illinois regiment, The offlc'eM and men- strongly objected to going on the Michigan, w.hich is an, old. freight ship and as she has not yet been -overhauled by ' the government, and .-regularly, fitted Up for transport work: her accommodations are not the "most comfortable, in the world. Pro- L tesits-were sent to the ir edical depart- . ment 'against the use of the vessel by ) the Illinois- troops. General Lee' de-) manoed to have the : ship inspected'! again and sent Lieutenant Colonel Cur- i us manu, jr., mspeexor . general or . the ' o uviarcn xasc ana aunougn tne mror corps, .and Assistant Adjutant General ! mation was. from that date, also in the porst" -to. report Aipon ; its condition." xransport wouia nave to be used for the;; snrpmont or the men. it was listed by. i were issued charging the petitioners rv?S: depart-;, with the offenses. That the warrants trgation of the ship. Colonel Guild an-l-- sfate electln. which involved the elec Colonel Dorst questioned ' the men of ; tion nt only of . a governor, but of the Second Illinois on what they pre- I members of the legislature who will be ferreu doing. They can either go tVi called, upen to vote for United States Cuba on the.. Michigan -or go back to' i senator to succeed Senator Quay who tWcamps and wait an indefinite pe-; is a candidate for re-election. In :in Thl S S:P end "procuring the warrants, gan.- - -..--". t - - -. -The -inspector gpeneral -will report te the war department ; that the vessel sho-uM -not' be used any more for men. Gerier&l 'Lee and staff w-ill sail for Havana tomorrow on the transport Panama, jone of the firs't prizes captur-l ed in the American Spanish war.. . CHjlISTMAS DINNER FOR THE " ! '- -NEBRASKA TROOPS. Omaha, Neb..,' : December 10. The World-Herald" today sent by telegraph $1,000 to the. First . Neibraeka regi ment, loeatfei at 'Manila, and $1,000 to the Third Nebraska regiment,' com manded by : Colonel William 3. Bryan, now at "Sa-annah, Ga , preparing to start for Cuba. -This money is contrib uted at the -solicitatinn if -Th wniJ Herald by o.yer 3,000 contributors and is sent to the two , regiments -to pro- vide for a -Chrhstmas dinner. THE CUBA -TBLEGRAPH SYSTEir. Washington, "December io. General 'lreley, of the -signal corps, Js prepar ing jfor a practical experience in . the .ovdrnment opeialon of the telegraph' andlto this nd CnlnnpT Tin Of I MfTVWUf ftJUC Ifie most PXrwripnrr1 officers in this branch , "p ATil iiJ haisjbeen ordered toj Cuba to take change of the extensive network of tel egraph lines on the island. He wiVl leave Wednesday amid will make his headquarters at Havana. . There are about 2.000 miles of telegraph wires : connecting the various main points of the island, all owned by Spain, and to be lett behind when evacuation is com pleted. Eventnally, It is presumed those lines will belong to the Cuban government, txut. during the TTniterT States -military control of the island "Company, was incorporated todaf i m these -2.0t0 miles of w-ire must hA oard . der the laws of New- Jprspv tho r. for and uperated by th"e TTnited States forces. r FLEET. Admiral jbewey's fleet' will hM strengthened shortly , by the addition of ome serviceable gunboats. The Ron.- nina-ton" nnw ttii " Z"- '1.1. ITl irv;"1" . . """ f harbor with a view to the establish "iT,Vni vwet, truiMiis - . - - .- naivis, i ii lux v tf re turned and, altogether, the admiral will have a sufficient I force of smnfi nrnllnrl n Phincoo n.m l . .v.v -"ut- vui.mmim lo carry i m- Pr5sldent'l P9licy respecting ' the PhiJjppinerf, and to bring into com- mission any of the islands which may prove refractory, and to release any Spanish prisoners held, in confinement by the insurgents. E.ATOII QCAVJI IIKSPITK Hf CfU III Utfore the Supreme Court Deforc Trial Blow-A Polltl- c! CoDtctl itenlt of the Indictment - .. ... ' Pailadelp.bta, pececiber 10. Supreme fjourt JFu'stices Green and Williams to day granted a rule allowing the defen dants in the Quay conspiracy case to .argue a petition for a writ of certio rari,' removing the 'proceedings from the court x of quarter sessions to the' supreme court. The rule is e turnable January 7th and all proceed ings are stayed in the mean time One of the results of the rule granted by the supreme court will be to carry the trial over beyond the term Of office of District Attorney Graham, which will expire with the present year. Mr. Graham has been active in pushing the case and is asking the court a week or ten days ago to.fix an early J uaie ror me iriai. ne eprteu iu w court a desire to dispose; of the case during his official term of office. - The delay occasioned by the' action of the supreme" court will also, in all probability, hive the effect of carrying the .proceedings or at least' the con clusion of the trial beyond the date for .the election by. the legislature' of an United States senator to succeed Sena tor Quay, who is a candidate,-for . re election. The legislature will f ote for Senator on June 17th. . ' , The senator and his attorneys do-not hesitate to admit jtha't their object in .securing delay for the trial is to take the case out- of the hands of District Attorney Graham. Mr. .Graham, they say, is an enemy of the senator and -has displayed great eagerness in un justly persecuting him and his co-defendants. : In support of their prayer to the suT preme court, the defendants aver in art that the prosecutors- were, insti gated and inspired chiefly by James Gay Gordon,, late a . judge of the court -of pleas of Philadelphia, acting in con cert with other open and avowed poli tical enemies of Matthew S. Quay, and that Gordon as private counsel for James McManes, president of the Peo ple's bank, obtained .possession of let ters written by. the petitioners relating solely -to their own, private business transactions and of private memoran da, alleged to have been made by Car rier Hopkins. These letters, and memo randa were copied, for the purpose of using them for political purposes, Gor don being then a candidate for the democratic nomination for 'governor; that although Gordon had possession of this information, about the 24th day possession of Thos. -W. Barlow as re- day ot. Uctober last, when warrants troraon , wms inspired by express and personal malice- against Quay, as is evidenced by the fact that Gordon pub iiciy charged him with having been in strumental in preventing his nomina tion for governor " at the democratic state convention. That on or about ;November 2Srd last Gordon resigned ffrom his? office as judge. It is further averred that the prose cution of th-e (indictments is being now unduly pressed, not in the interest of justice, but by.-, conspiracy of the po litical enemies'of Matthew S. Quay for the tole purpose of unduly influencing prejudicing andintimidating the mem-bers-of the general assembly in their Choice of a successor to Senator Quay in the United States senate. . Late to bed and early to rise, pre and better and wiser. Tt. Jl. Bellam-:-pares a man for his home In the skies. But eary to bed and a Little Early Riaer, tie pill that makes' life, longer Continental Tobacco Com pa mi y Orsan '. -- f Ized- ' NewY.oric, December 10 l?he Conti nental Tobacco Company, which takes over the plug tobacco interes ts of the American Tobacco Company Vnd also absorbs the entire business e f . John Finzer & Brothers, of Louisville; ,P H. Mayo & Brothers, (incorporat edX of Richmond, Va; The P. J. Sorg Coa pany, of Middletown. Ohio- b aniel Scotten & Co., of Detroit,, and: the en tire common stock of tht p Tin'jird tificate of Incorporation being filed At Trenton mis mornine- after hviW e to the new comDar i full n-r tnh,. facur'afei." VelL tobacco iry- its authonzed cami-U WZ? ' .::TI' -i.1 .ine siock-4 mreung me directors ' meet- - ing was h-Md at which the fnii-in. S'. ret v'e P.res"Jent, H. I. Drum- "i?souuon- whlch opened last Jan- uary ror tne ama ?amaHnn nf i . . .T. wv " "'c lJ " (.uiuigaiiiaiiuil , Ul baccp interests of the country;. Constinatlnn nravontc v, v. rauomg useir or waste matter tvi VJtt's Little Early Risers will remove the trouble and cure Sick Headache BlIHo Wess, - Inactive Liver and cle- the complexion. Small, sugar cocC-i don't gr?B cr caucfl nj.jFsa TL R Bell lamy. ' -ei ' . ft STATE fi 111 H D Order rroflieAdjMUnt lifDfril't Of flee Oe6iUng Ibf Con pttle of In " ' (SjhVJI to'-The; Mes se.nger.') ; RaleTgBvrif. C.-Iecember - 10. The followrng' general prder was ' issued from theviJ.utant 'general's' pfflce -tor day: : ' -.'. . ; ' l- Th :low?ing companies, having complied Uh the require ments govern ing adm felon to the stite guard are accepted fjjfy. assigned as follows: Lum--ber Brldi FJLight infantry, of Lumber Bridge; s;jgned;as con pan y B., Sec ond regiit; Waynesv: lie Guards, of Wayne.sv)h?. assigned a s company C, Second n-'ment; Ashe ille Light In fantry, oMjSfsheville, assigned as com pany 6 ,f,5ond-regiment; Rutherford Rifles, ' of utherfordton; assigned as companyfC Second' regiment; Durham Light . InLtry, "of 'Durham, assigned as' compsVa'1 D., Third regiment. . 2. , Thpmpanies of the newly, or ganized rjments .are ai ranged in bat talions a'lowg: First regiment (Col- onel WtJler first batu&ln. Lieutenant "Colonel, W. K. arre-L-'' uson, company K., at wusoa, Biipany at . . Wilmington, ronipanyn at Ctintorii company D.,' at Golds; second battalion, Major J. C. BoTjs .'Edehton., qompany I., at Edenton,,'I)mpany E, at Plymouth; at Hartford; -, third battalion-. -Major IT. . C. Bragaw, .. at .Washring- Wa s h i n gttrS$ . c o mpany -G tori, comjjy A., at' Tarsboro,. company B., at Sf ifland Neck. . " . Ai. " . . . - Second gi ment, Major R, G. A. Love, Cot St and ing Way pesville. Com-- pah0f t'i5 regiment, will not.be form ed in sepjifcitp battalion is at present. Third Pvment .(Goloiel. Henry Per ry, -Heodf dn) first battalion, Lieuten antvColorpfi J. N. Crajig, Reidsville Company tj at f Reidskilie, company A:, at jjitpn, to. be organized., com pany I.. i,tZGreensboro, to be organ iz ajqr T. J. Win D., at Durham, i, to be organ- edJ Secd battalion, it. ston, DucisSm, company m1. companylf?.; at Raleig ized,' cofany F ajt .. Franklinton. Third bilion, Majo P. T. Jones, Henders(?V,- company C companyi.la at Oxford, WarrentfVf : , at Henderson, company H., at "A TftIe Murder and Suicide Detroit prlich., Decen her 10 A spe cial to TjU JournaJ f'om Free Soil, Michiganlys: A man named William Hitchingi-'f-Ja brother-i n-law of John Hunt, airmen who -lived about two miles of this pHce, killed -Mr. Hunt,,M? Huntfand their hired man, Thomas Jward, ' yest;rday afternoon and cutts own threat. Hunt' and .Howard VJre in the wc ods cutting and Hi.tchingf splitting,, when the latter struck rtjit with: his xe,; kiling'him instantlHaward started to run, but fell and fya struck by Hitchings while lying oXfi'e ground, killing him in-stantly.-fvUitc-hjngs thfn went to the nouse axjtnied Mrs. Hunfbv stabbine- h.er im t 'neck with ter killipfeMrs.; Hunt, up stair.x'nd cut his to ear' 4?Ut must, hav a jacknife. Af- Hitchings went hroat from ear fe died at Once frotn thf-'fay blood' is! splashed about - tne roo;'. A couibis not like not hn.vsS nrrt q k fever. It does it quiclf Jo and effect run a. certain course. Cure ally with One Minute,fagh dure, the best remedy ior . an j g&s and for the most severe cases, r-ie recommend it because1 it's good. , R 9 m " ii . - IS Bellamy. r6T 1 ltu seaoo.uer Rescued -TfeW s- Va.J December 10. The'.ste? Unship Pinners -P-1 ? -n t ' Captain J enkinsJ-om Liverpool to Norfolk. it-auituMre tnis afternoon, having on Doar-t f-aptain Gre'en and crew of seven t -,si from thJ tnrLa --w-. , j schooneS.Ungi'e, L. Green, which the PinnersMUimt sighted at 3 o'clock on T-r-r ". - W.-. ..euneiE morning tetbout 5u0 miles f nortneaffof this port. The schooner was di'ntled,:-had lost all of her feoats aivas waterldgged, the waves .sweepirej Across her deck upon which u,e4ut-'i!"m nuddlfd. The steamer cart r t.'a.k Uj-- - ' 4 k ,Iu- ine ' "cnooner and took f ' 4ren- nair sitarved, exhaust- V T' l lDe hK'ng wreck. She suik be the steamer had gone very' jf ar af te faking- the crew aboard. rThe A.4gie L.tGreen was bound from T-'X inir Va- or 1erth An: boy, N r - H w ua railroad iron. She ran into th-hurricane1 Shnday aad -was i .T-vtr,--'".. "ibh.ii sn-?. crated tT u,Uu.ays- lfte tatr, increasing - J? in spite of the valiant work at tne. puihps. Overctije evil with ETOOd. Ovorrnma ycur co-is and coldsj- with Vona Min-ut-.Cou,AiCure. It Js iso good rhiMn cry r.-Xj it cures croup, bronchi pnei VQ f&U.i, KTiDDe and nil i- lufag f V; W C T." '"iUa.c tuu xi. . isetiamy. "-vi ( Gen rf7ierrtSaI14forIew Voru 1 Lond m&m December ; HO. Ma ir.t- eral Mxiftt, Mrs. Mfrritt andt , V- -..-t - a ..vtii- epnM-arti"!)iili Ho MJ T "-" SwfTOTJ -z i". . -vl , . v 1.- itrriew the - When ' tx agk for .-peWitt'e Witch ' Hazel S f.te con't acdent a A-,. f, . - , , - . . --- i-wwuitl" 'V V, H7w.ru.-. uciB are more' case Pthera cf raeL . R Bellamy, M ST ER Our Government Already Considering No ne whig Diplomatic Relations; DUTIES OF THE First to Excliansie rlatificatiohs of Resident .Mintsters.-Mr. AVooU ford's Visit to tle Prsidcnt-Ar rangements for Postal KeRulations in Porto Rico-The ;:- '" ' ' :.. -.''.''' - .: ' f '- . Massachusetts Iniiired..Posthui.ste'r (ieneral for Cuba-Troops. Embarking for Cuba Con- gratulations on Siftninjj the Treaty. , Washington, Iecerh!ber 10 In view Louisiille In three sections of fourti-n; of the signature of the peace treaty, 'the cars. .each, folohel Castlemah and ta ,., ,.-" , being in the flrsU with the third Uit-- -government wiU be obliged Very speed- - . d bat.ulion ln- the Rts;. J il to take-steps looking to thereitora- r . . ' - -'.'.' . ".'-.-. - tion of the diplomatic machinery neoes- , win rcacn- Louisviue at y ochk-k .mu sarv to friendly relations with Spain, day aiorning; The men . wer Riven So far the president has not given much consideration to the selection of a United States minister to Madrid. -The recent visit to the White house of Mr. Woodford, 'Jate .minister .to: Spain, has .been 'erroneously construed to indicate a determination on the part of the president to return him as-minister to ' -Madrid. As a matter of fact, this is improbable, as the whole line of diplomatic-precedent, .is. 'in the direction of wiping out all old issues and starting', fresh, aften a war, with new ministers on both sides. If custom is followed either- the next United States minister-! to Spain or the next Spanish minister to Washington, will be - accredited with j credentials as a special envoy to ex-j ' cnage tne rauneauons oi tne neaij now being negotiated at Paris. Having , fulfilled that function he will then pre sent his credentials as minister resident' and remain in that capacity? , f, POSTAL SERVICE FOR PORTO , : rico. ' ,..':' i The commission appointed to inves tigate the" postal service in Porto Rico has made its report to Postmaster Gen eral Em dry Smith-. ' The mail and tele graph services are operating under the same officials, .the two services having been consolidated in 1896 to' reduce ex penses. Vacancies and the higher sal aried places were filled by promotions based on experience and efficiency. In all. there were ninety-one postoffices in operation under the Spanish govern ment prior to the occupation of the Is land by the American forces. The salaries of postmasters ranged from $5 to $1,750 per annum, which latter amoun was paid to the postmaster, at San Juan, Ponce and Mayaguez. At the larger offices clerks wete employed affrom $180, to $1,500 annual salaries. The report gives a detailed statement showingtptal postal receipts of $95,000. Total expenditures were: Salaries of postmasters, who, perforin both tele graphic and postal duties, $4'6,380; of clerks $61,960;'. and rent $7,859. The total revenues 'of both telegraphic and postal services last year were $197,803, and the expenses $286, 626,' leaving a deficit of $89,537. The commission commends the appointment Of a chief postal supervisor with . a suit able number of "assistants, inspectors and clerks. The. supervisor is to have $2,500 per annum and allowances; his functions to correspond to an assistant postmaster general here. The commis sion recommends the establishment of postoffices at points located tinder the Spanish regime and that the same rules governing here should govern there in establishing proposed new offices: At the larger offices, like San Juan. Agua dilla, Aragama and Humaeao, Ameri cans are to act as postmasters with na tive clerks. f THE MASSACHUSETTS .-INJURED: A telegram received at the navy .dJ Hpartment today from New York says that the battleship Massachusetts soon after leaving-the New York navy yard . today for Hampton Roads, struck an obstruction near Governeur's island. and three of her compartments were torn ; open. She.was taken baj-k to the .navy yard at once and has ben placed in dock to ascertain the extent df her in-: juries.: Her commander is . Captain Nicol Ludlow. " ' ." The. officers of the , pay department of the, army say that Major -Muhlenberg, the paymaster who is' engaged in pay ing. off the- Second Virginia regis ment of vplunteers, is entirely innocent L i . s ... or Diame ror any delay in paying off me men wno nave chosen to burn him ; at - - - j in emgy, .as reported. ri he regiment was ordered to be mystered out on the 10th and the pay department Was pre pared to do itsrshare so that no delay might follow. At the last moment hrnrftv'cr' ci,:.. however; the acocunting officers of the r Li nited States' treasury found that near- f 1 V all nf S : - " . wl -Tr uicu iu iue regmieni were more or 1p in,W i , ment and nnHcr "',. l.n.. nA - l-'V- ittn auu 1 T II 1 1 laucuicuuess luuhl oe settled ir,U" the muster out and -the final navment Tho A;ar-.- neces sitafed the making up of new nav-mlio .f and. the delay in making' final payments Newport News Va raTy,k m . - - -. w, - , j trv.tr iXl UTZl 1J. - me rirst Kentucky regimenf whieh Berlin, left tonight at 10:30 o'clockfor' TO SPAIN NEW MINISTERS the Treaty of Fence Then to Bccoime ,oncj and lhe flr3t h the--third.- They, . ..''"""-"'.- t ' shore, leave tnis morning, uunnt-ir pi.it was uneventful. II uatsville, Ala. December 10 The Eighth Infantry departed tonight for Port Tampa where they will embark, for, Havana. Their orders instrm t tho. commanding officer Uipo.ii, arrival at '.Havana' -to report to :the -commander of the Seventh corps-' . -; Washington, December tM-In the ex tensive movenivnt f troops toward Cuba now under wa the war depart ment will make use of the harbor facil ities of Port Tampa and Cha'rh'ston as well as Savannah, which Ira in en tho miin ioint of embarkation .us.far. l1o transports, the Florida, and the Whitney, are now at Port Tampa- ready to tiike the Eighth United .States in fantry,, who will reach Port Tampa from Huntsville in time to sail" Monday. The trdnspori Michigan has lefj Savan nah with two battalions of the Second ; in mots ior iiavana. a transpon is at Charleston and will take a battalion of j the Twelfth infantry,, returning to "take the. rest 6f the regiment. POSTMASTER GENERAL FOR CUBA " Hon. E, G. Rath bone,- of Ohio, ex asaistant postmaster general was today appointed to take charge of the postal service in Cuba. He will leave for Ha vana In i few days. A commission of four experts representing the office or each of the four assistant postmaster generals will leave for Tampa at once and. sail for Havana, probably Wed nesday. A number of postal employes also will b dispatched probably on the same steamer. General Superintendent AJ Vv, Machine of the free delivery system be one of the commissioners. THE AMERICAN , FLAG UNFURLED. Havana, December 10, 4 p. m. The United fStates flag was unfurled over the city hall of Marianao at 3 o'clock this afternoon by Coloael Young, com- f manding -the battalion of engineers at' riaya del Marianao. A detachment of engineers drawn up in the square pr-' sentei arms and stood with bared heads during the Ceremony. - , NEnS OF SIGNING TREATY. OF THE The official news of the Bigning of the peace treaty was received in Wash ington a little later than the press re ports. It was in cipher form, as usual, from Judge Day. It was at once trans mitted to the president who was aloie at the time, but within a comparative ly short time ail the members of the cabinet had either called or sent their 'congratulations. -The president's Con gratulations' were promptly cabled to the commission, but the news of the signing having beenjso thoroughly dis- counted in advance, the actual? receipt of the official alvices created little stir he-e.; There was a genetal feeling of relief, however, that n0 unforeseen cir cumstance intervened at the last mo ment to block the peaceful clote of tke negotiations. - - . -' JThe Uaptlvt KUtte C onvnilon Charlotte, N:. C, December 10 -A special to The Observer, from Green ville, N. C. says Planj were laid at today's session, of the North, .Carolina Laptist convention for greatly enlarg ing its work, and the allowance te state missions was increased from $15,000 to $20,000." The next convention S'aJ11 the F,rst aPst church of Asheviile on Wednesday before the second Sunday in December. Iri- teresting addresses were made on home HiiMious oy ur. rj. w. S kes, of -Wake uxe-xi eoiiege, and Dr. W S of Elizabeth City. Pi nick. Biiking Powder Made from pure cream of tartar. Sf eguards the food against alum. Alum Isakins' cowden are ffu crm mmacers i the present day. orKLAim nooqi eoi. new vowc f i J; ft Vt1 rS'. n4 ,