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! i 1 i j oannarro invasior
Army Left Tampa.
-"ii CHAMBER MEETS.
Against The Third
ii i ! (ien. Butler N;t Sus
i't I n q j i r y .
V 'Mo.) Star prints
li r jiijci.il war coi -'i.
W. -i. Whipley,
' )'; A Iger-Miles coutio-f-iiement
iado semi
r; W.i - h:ngton that Major
:iy not in command of
' . ; Iit:o:i u to the- time
i I - i:.;t borne out by the
Wur Department.
, . 'uV-J that Mllo3 hot
' ! i '-iini i inri-s w ith
but was then lec'og
:i. I 'epartment as eti
' - I'U'U (Jeneral SSiiaf-
'' "i 'iou. Shaffer's actual
i I method of movement
"y ;-jt to Shafter, but a
. devised by (ieu. .Miles
'.v oi issued to ieu.
which, after leaving
liM.r entiiely ignored,
i i' Tampa with the full
' 'i t !.' w as subject to or-
ii. Miles hiuI up to that
! 'e;ai tiueut iecoiuizel
;!'.ni which is irovidel
' i -i m 1 statutes oraiiiziutj
i.':n I i ite-1 States.'
p-n:ili chaiiihcr Meets.
: .i !i-'!u Mmiri.l of Sejtember
' hnM;!'eis HHPciubloil hero
' ; tiM) (i eiim- of tho Senate
:..i.v i. a I a letter from Senor
S.jnitt jr from 1'urto Hico,
fi'My tliy sumuioiiH to at
' 's finer, Sen or Hnasta,
i i ti. insignia of ofliee,
! !! tiilmiio iiml read a decree
!.-,' Ii!; govern meut to present
! :n-,lr.r a diai't of a law em
. thu iiiuisters to renounce
i ; over the colonies, in con
vit;i tho .stipulations of the
'ii.nnaries between Spain and
d Stales. Tho I'resident of
!e ', i).e l a Fecret tliscus
t'ue decree, aud despite
' of some Seuators,
:;.':i:e l:'Yn.y bt cleared,
- am:d loud mnrmers cf
i;. M,.ewhjhad expected
-e!n-j on the reopening of
' ! 'Alio disappointed. 'The
i; I ! i." :- eiiis mdillei ent. '1 ho
' !are' iho apparently cou
it Spa: ii must accede to what
I iii'e.i Sliits demands.
KMthr n.is Too Seure.
;i I o" in iiiry appointed to iu-
1 1 1 1 t'niiUe in the Third Vir
o! inii ei ', at Camp Alger,
v an u'!c 'ed assault upon a
! t!
.H'l t
st iiueiit issuance of
eii.'ial I'.utler reflecting
o:i llio le'imeiit, restrict
lei s to the limits of their
tU'i'ii several roll calls a
I. !ia- icported its tindincs
I an meut. The report,
puts the regiment as a
, r it 'i-i and unbecoming
ii as w as uoiieate 1 in Jen-.-
oi ier . The report ex
; !.e oj ini.iii ( f the court
eiieia! I'.utler been cog-
la' ts of the chso his
uou!l not liavo per
i:e so drastic an order.
!
nl I'
at
d'Uis imiial Report.
:i i! report of Hon. H. Clay
u'ii:--dotier of pensions, was
!. i e -eutly. The eomtnis-
lie roll is not only
liieis, but in value.
out at the seveial
;. -wv on iii'iiiiut of
general laws, were
Mvount of petitions
I une 'JT. lvHt $;', t.
I'cr of penioners m
nt the cIosa of the
ai "a- i.-i'l. haini: increase 1
. t ta! amount paid to peu
!l n: ai trad was Ss'iii'.i,
,ti
Movement-, of o,r Armv
"rciti To! J.
l (eij V,"L-?'J,-'r i;i i'ltro-lnciiitf Preii
de:it A.'jKiiufy .iuKjg his recent trif
t' uiup W i!utr said: '-'lhe I'residen
of cur grtat to'ihtry lats cmc here tc
greet the Soidier.: that maicbed so gal
lantly up Sun .hiun hiilon July 1st. H
(om-s iieie to c.vj !v:i the ' uatiou'i
inanl. i. I w i: h to f.-ii y-.u that v.heu
the ('resident sent mo here two weeks
f.g'j to c(mraa!id this cami he eujoine 1
me in tim inost t-iupliatic Jauguaue tLat
1 i-hould, without re-ard to expense,
exercise uuv j;nd every authority ne
cessary to hiCKt comJoi tuble this body
of bravo men who bv their coiiragt
have mired iLi ii-pub.ic to the hi-helt
J.osition among tLe great nations of the
efti'h. I have tho honor and pleasure
of introducing to you the President of
tho 1'nited States. "
fUre ?
I 'iuies-1 1 ei aid from
ba, siiys: "Indians
rmn the far north
n !'.s.uimaux, who
iiv-e among them of
!i liiM-endeil from
flii'io of Hudson
l among tho whites
Audio, the Arctic
i! v izier at a Crossing.
of tin Troy City Uail-
. U iK-k by tho night
I 'el a -a ii; A 1 1 u-lsou
ct .-'ii'u u; the west end
I !i ir.ei i'f.du'e, wh'.ohcou-
e.-. V. . , it h 1 -allMIlLrblirg.
. t ti: ''' passtnei s were
a! ica?t ten of the remainder
b'.i 1st -no's U ill.
of :iii 'i 'e Kight Honorable
( i i.ei-tono, has been pro
s that his personal es
. d .at ."o. Mr. ( Jlad-
! .-;s written lv himself in
i .!.( i. orandum bc-k. It iB
I ot ubut '2,"0 wcriis and is
ie -pi eimeu of penmanship.
."n Ne Minister of War.
in iiadeu, military gover
s. i accepted the ministry
::.- --siou to M. Cavaipnac,
ent-i a! Zurlindeu w as ameiu
l.ii oi cabinet which wentout
:.-ber -J, 1:5.
Drills r i -i. r i-
uiiuin fitt; uonsu: ai uanaia Crete, of
Burned by Mussulmans.
LI HUNG CHANG DEPOSED.
(liHi.iii? el' the (i. A. R.
i " v.i-. i iv of the thirty -e eooud
:. ! ;it of the (. A. K at
'. f'ii.o, surpassed expecta
; t:.e i ttuadance and in the sue-
p oj eis of, eveuts.
i ormal chances have been ireferred
against Mujor Uennett and Major
long, of the Fourth Illinois llegiment,
by Colonel Andel ,n diarges of con-Jiu-t
unbecoming (dlicera and gentle
men, and tliey w i I b.j tried by court
martial. Major Kliiott, who was also
under arrest, has ljeen released and re
stored to his battalion. 'Iho charges
grew out of a joint telegram sent to the
Ciovernor oi Jl'inoi?, stating that the
regiment desired to go to Cuba, to
which statement Colonel Andel took
exceptions.
'l he transport City of Mexico, with
tleneiiil Shatter on board, has leached
Montauk Point, from Santiago. Tho
('ity of Mexico had on hoard, beside
Cie.ieral Shafter, the members of hia
stall'. As boou us (Jeneiul Wheeler was
notified of (JeueiT.I Shufter's arrival,
ho ordered a salute of 1". guns to bo
tired aud troops AI, I', C, H, and K, of
the Second Kegular Cavalry, were de
tailed to escort (Jeuerul Shafter into
amp when ho should land.
A soldier dead for three days was
about to be dissected nt the Algiers
Military Hospital when he woke up,
and, before the doctors it-covered from
their surprise, got off tho dissecting
table and walked into tho next room,
where ho wrote down some words ou a
fieco of paper to make sure that ho was
ulivo aud awj,ko. The doctors now say
that ho has completely recovered from
his lethargy.
Colonel Kimball, deputy qunrtor
master general received from (Jeneral
Miles a dispatch dated Ponce, Septem
ber 1, stating that -1,000 troops sailed
on that date from Puerto Pico ou the
transports Manitoba, Mississippi, Con
cho, Alamo, CLoster aud Obdarn. He
himself sailed ou the )bdam. The
transports will all come to New York.
The President has made the follow
ing roiuotious for distiagushod ser
vices at Santiago: To be major-gener-uls
of volunteers, Prigalier (Jeneral
Win. Ijiidlow and lirigadier ( Jeneral S.
S. Sumner; to bo brigadier generals,
Colonel Richard P.. Coinba, Fifth In
fantry, and Lieutenant Colonel Joseph
T. Haskell, Seveuteeth Infantry.
Private Alex laili ke, Company I,
Second Wisconsin Volunteers, was
placed in tho Federal pi is u at Leaven
worth, Kansas, recently, to reiaain for
life, for the murder of Private Thomas
Staltord, of tho Thirfeuth United
States Infantry, in a saloon row at
Ponce, Porto Pico.
Tho United States transport ;China,
accord iuL' to a dispatch from Hong
Kong to 1 he Ltudcu I uily M;iU, has
arrived thrn w ith ( Jen rnls Meiritt and
(ireeue, the foi mor ti. routj to Paris
to attoud the proceedings of tho His-,
paiio American peace com m. sioii, aud
the latter en route for Washiu,-ton.
Tie Fnitou Stab., trtrsport Obdaui,
having en bor.rd Major (Jeneral Nelson
A. Miles nr. I his stall; M.jor (Jreeu
leaf. Captain V'hitncv. the Second
Regiment of thirty oflicei rnd M0
men. and the h spitj.l corps, from
Porto Pico, arrived at New York re
cently.
Tic United States hospital ship Re
lief, from Pouco and other points in
Porto P.ico. arrived i;: Philadelphia
recently with -'U sick soldu-rs hii":
oflicers ahoaid. Ihirini: tho voyage
from Porto Pico t he i e were four deaths,
all of whom were buried at sea.
Chaplain Melntyie. of the battleship
Oregon, wiil be court-martialed for
newspaper uttorHiices derogatory to
Admiral Sampson. Captain Fvaus and
other naval oflicers.
(ien. Piooke's march across Porte
Pico wa.- a continuous ovation from tht
natives and :i respectful welcome from
the Spaniai
The gun boat Wasp, Captain Ward.
Bailed from San .'r.au. Port ) Pico, for
Charleston. S. C. . recentlv with Capt.
W. M. I'olger, Knsign idackley and
Cadet Nelson, of the Nc.v Orleane..
Lieutenant Commander 1 v is lelt lu
command of t lio New Orleans.
The United Staes transport St. Paul
has arrived at Muinlu fiom Sail Fran
cisco and icpoits all veii on 'noitrd.
The light houses in the southern Phil
ippines l ave I ten it -established.
It is sai l a. the War Pepartment that
the troops which , ,il be used to garri
son Cuba pending the establishment of
Mine erirt!ii:t!ii government theie.
will be principally t ovulars. The reg
iments, however. .:..- not yet beer
selected.
The United states transport. Seneca,
arrived at San .! nan Sept. '. with Ad
miral Schley and (ion. ticrdon of the
IVrto Pico military commission. She
then proceeded to Ponce, with .?l.t"o,
I'oo for the troops.
Five hundred Hebrew iamiiies from
various cities are ready tocu.arkas set
tlers in Per to K;eo
1 ho steamship City of Pome La;
been chartei ed by Captain Filiate, of
the Spanish navy, to transport b.'i
Spanish ofiice-rs and !,:;0J men.
(ioveruor lauuer. of Illinois, has ee
leeted Miss Paisy Leiter, slaughter of
Levi Z. Leiter. i t Chicago, to christen
the battleship Illinois, which will be
launched at Newpoit News the latter
part of this mouth.
The Secretary of War has ordered an
investigation into the death of Private
Hugh Parrett, at Montauk Point.
Secretary Alger has announced that
he intends" to m.-iko atounf the various
camps at v. Ii e':t ia' e b nkes of men
aie now sialioii.d wsth avii-w to useer
4aiuii;g for hinibelf t': exact conditiou
of allairs.
Governor Pinjjree Hooted Down V.'h'.le at
tacking Secretary Aler by G. A. R-AUm.
10.800 Dervishes killed.
A special from Colorado Spiinge,
Col., of Sept. ?, says: A iitcheI bat
tle occurred in this city at dayhra-ak,
today, between the two factions of the
silver Republican party of this 5-y.ate,
in which one man was killed and 'three
were wounded. Tho dead mt.a is
CharleB S. Harris, of Denver, fnu em
ploye at Denver of the (Juif llar'road.
Tho wounded were removed bjy their
friends, and their identity hns not
been definitely established. It is said
that a man named l'almer wa3 shot in
tho cheek, but not seriously injured.
Another rnan had his hand shotuearly
ofl'and another received a Heshuvound
in tho arm.
10.800 Dervishes killed.
The P.ritish War Office has received
-.- . i r t : II 1
a Uiapfucii irom oenetrai r?ir iibiuku
kitrhner. the' comnuinacr oi iuh-i .-,
4 1 .. I ' m r. frYT-i t ilotAil fl'lilll 1
Omdurman saying ttjat'over ooo Arais.
mounted ou camel, were dispatcheil
after the fugitive Khalifa Abdullah.
Tho general added that the Dervish
leader was reported to be moving with
BRITISH ICE-C0slL BIRNLD.
How th: Disturbance Originated Twent)
Kille J and f iftj Wounded.
A special from Caudia, Island of
ept. 7 says: Tho Pritieh
battleship Caiui eidown, Laving on
IcuidSirA. Pillotti, the Pritish con
at Canea, has arrived here. Several
c'her w arships Lave abo reached this
port, ra-enforeeiaeuts of Llneiackets
hao been landed uud an early restora
tion of quiet is expected. The fires
LiHV'i been c-xtiuguished. During the
noting the Pritih and Oerman con
sulates were burned. 'lhe custom
house, barracks and court house were
saved. (Juiet ia i d':g mpidly re
stored. Sir A. Pillotti, the Pritish consul at
Canea. w ho wnt to Caudia on board
tho Pritish battleship Camperdown,
rallied to the Foreign Ollice, saying
that tLe rioting at Caudia was caused
in thtf following manner: A Pritish
soldier on guard at the tax ofliee was
Serious Riot'ng in Candia B?tvveer
Erg-ish and Mi.ssuimans.
THE P0FUL1ST CONVENTION.
Spain '.Vants to Send Gja I' oils tu A3ii:!a
Insurceiiti Not Cruel t Their Prisoner.
To Istahhsh Ha"k.
MCD(TCInAMC
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NILPREION
CA.tTCf MILCS 4
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I -ti3JA-' .
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THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY.
TtCk k!SlNi IN Till: St'lTi'
1 be South.
Senator Tillman wa3 banqueted ia
the Hotel Wentswotth. at Poi imj -utn. J
X. H., rcceutlv
Betlef
k i:i.ifa Annur.i.Aii
v:
cii
k tH: ial
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, suddenly stabbed in tho back and he
j dropped his rille, which exploded,
jc J "1 Killing a Mussulman, ine nnng tueu
J ! became general and a partv of twenty
' I I i. l i... .:..i. t . V.
tuna uiut:jttiftuia, jiuiu ilio iiuiiau
torpedo gun-boat Hazard, was almost
annihilated before the sailors could
reach the ship. In addition, a detach
ment cf 4" Pritish soldiers were driven
from their quarters near tho telegraph
station, and many of them were wound
ed. The total casualties so far as known
are -JO killed and 50 wounded. The fate
oi the Christians in other towus is un
certain, but it is feared that only those
who succeeded iu obtaiuinz refuge iu
the court houses have beeu saved. The
Pritish vice consul. Air. Culocherino,
was burned to death in his house.
Polavieja's Revolt.
A special from Madrid, says General
Polavieia, tho former captain general
of the Philippine Islands, has issued a
manifesto, in which he says that while
he was never a politician, ho "cannot
auv longer hearken to tho sorrows of
such speed tbvat some of his wives had
boon dropped along the road followed
by him. I'Ljo Sirdar says, also: "Ofli
cers havso l3en counting the Dervish
bodies ou thid field, and report the total
number of 'dead found as about lO.KK).
Prom tlve nj'tmber of wounded who have
crawled to xhe river and town, it ies
timated thsit Id, 0(H) were wouuded Re
sides the ubove between 300 awd JlK)
Dervishes were killed in Omdtcrruau
m hen the town was taken. I noae as.
prisoners Uetween 3,00" aud 1,000 fight
ing men."
Iowa's Fusion Ticket.
Tho fusion conveation of tho Demo
crats, Populbats and silver Republicans
of Iowa was held at Marshalltown.
The attendance was small. A ticket
made un of the three factions was!
nominated. The platform reaflirms tho
Chicago platform and re-asserts the.
party's allegiance to free silver coinage
at Hi to 1; endorses AYm. J. Pryan b
leader in F.00; upholds tho commea'p
meut of the war with Spaib, but score
Secretary Alger aud the) national ad
ministration for the conduct of hos
pitals and camps. On the question of
territorial expansion the sentiment of
the delegates was almost equally di
Tided.
Pmgree Hooted Down.
Governor Pingree spoke co the (J. A.
R. men at Cincinnati, and during his
speech referral to the mismanagement
and destitution of the soldiers. He cited
several instances of suffer itiz due to the
delay of "rel tape," and.became very
vehement iu denunciation'of such for
malities at the sacrifice of comfort,
health and htiman life. Alter citing a
1 -articular case of bad management iu
the distribution of disinfectants, be
said: If Secretary but (Jover-
uor I'ingree never finished that sen
tence. A voice in the audience cried:
"Hurrah for Alger!'" The cry was
taken up in a boisterous chorus, (iov
ernor Iugree continoed his efforts to
resume, and only iutlamed the audience
more ami soon shouts of "Take him
ctf:"" "Ye don't want to bear him!"
aud the like, were heard throughout
the hall.
Sued for SI5.000 Damaf es.
.Tames K. Scott, through bis attor
ner, .L A. Johnson, has filed stiit
acainst the Norfolk .V Washington
Steamboat Company for S10"0 dan:
h -esfor iujuries received ui a collision
between the Newport Nstts and Colum
bia, near Alexandria, on September
IS' 7.
C.F.NEKAL SIR UF.niiEHT KITCHCNER.
M'nmrnander of th Anlo-Tgyptian Army
whi -li destroyed the Mahui-ts' Power.)
my country without protestinir. " The
general asserting that he has received
numerous calls to place himself at the
?ead of a teutral party, adds: "The
parties which have hitherto governed
Spain are rottou and the principle
cause of the county's troubles."
I i Hun Chan? Deposed.
Li Hung Chang has been dismissed
from power. It is presumed this wa;
done iu accordance with the demand
which, it was rumored, the Pritish
minister at Pekin, Sir Claude McDon
ald, was instructed to make on account
of the alleged general partiality of the
great Chinaman to Russia, culminating
in Great Pritaiu being deprived of the
contract for the Pekin-Hankow Rail
road, by giving the Russo Chinese
Rank financial control of the road.
The Industrial Commission.
President McKialey haj announced
the names of his appointees on the
industrial commission. Iheyare: An
drew L. Harris, of Ohio: s. N. D.
North, of Massachusetts; Frank P.
Sargent, of Illinois; Flhson A. Smythe,
of South Carolina: John M. Farquahar.
i of New York; F.utrene D. CoDger, of
' Michigan; Thom-v W. Phillips, of
North Carolina; C. M. D. Ratchford,
of Indiana.
A delegation of Alabamians called
oa President McKinley recently aud
invited him to visit Birmingham about
the Cub cf October when it is propos
ed to hold a peace jubilee.
A .Manila -j eo-tl mu -: At a meeting
of CO leaders cf the I ino- cf a'l sec
tion, called to rii-euss tho policy of
these l.-lands, eighteou of them were
emphati -ally iu favr of outright an
nexation to the United States and two
were in favor of a reynblie. lhe gen
eral native opinion is that it is best bo
adopt United States Consul Williams'
suggestion and t lVer liberal induce
ments to the independence factious to
co opeiateau t to rew at d tho services
rendered.
National Topiihst Convention.
The middle of the- load Populists
met iu Cincinnati and reorganized the
People's pai ty, reuewed ita former
declaration of principles and nominated
its national ticket two vents and two
mouttis in advance f the date of the
election. Iho object of this early
actiou was to hold off any such fusion
as that of is ;;. While thcradicals con
trolled the convention they could not
carr- out their program without a b dt
from Northern delegates. Iho Western
and tho Southern delegates nominated
Wharton barker and Ignatius Donnel
ly, and declared tho principles of the
reorganized party, 'lhe Pastern States
were not represented. It was the
smallest nat onal cotiveut on onrecarJ,
and it adopted the longest platform on
record, one of over T.ooo wolds.
Serious Rioting in Caudia.
A special from Candia, Island J
Crete, of Sept. says; Caudia is iu a
state of anarchy. A colli.-ion between
tho Mussulmans, w ho were demonstrat
ing ugaiust Furopeau control, and the
Pritish authorities, who havo beeu in
Btalliug Christians as revenue officials,
culminated today in bloody righting
between the Mussulmans aud the Prit
ish troops. Riots occurred in -various
parts of the city and many were killed.
When the outbreak was fieicest a war
ship stationed in the harbor began fir
ing shells, with tho result that a or
tiou of the city is in flames. The Turku
set lire to the whole town of Candia.
The only warship theie at the time cf
the outbreak was the Pritisii gunboat
Hazard, which lanole i a party of ma
rines to assist the PJ0 Pritish troops
there.
Insurgents Not Cruel to Their Prisoners.
Admiral Dewoj' was recently called
upon to investigate reports that thy
Spanish prisoners taken by the insur
gents in the Philippines were subjected
to cruel treatment. A cable message
was receive! from Admiral Dewey
saying that the story robably ongi
nated from the fact that insui gents
were unable to meet tlio w.tutj of the
sick Spauish prisoners, owing to a lack
physicians uud medical supplies, lie
said he had been unable to liu l auv
proof of acts ( f cruelty on the part of
the insurgents.
To F'Mablish Hanks.
F. Dumaiesq, J. D. H. Luc? and W.
II. Lathrop, i epi e-e-Jtiug i!o.-tou firm
of De Ford .v Co., which has been ap
pointed the government's fiscal agent
iu Porto Rico, will establish banks at
San Juan and Ponce. They believe
the United States government will
eventually retire the Porto Rican cur
rency, w hich the local banks aro trying
to maintain close to par at an arbitrary
trice. It 13 valued approximately at
g 1,000, 000.
hat Spaoi Wants.
The Si anish government La- request
ed of this government the privilege to
sei.d a few small gunboats to ceitaiu of
tlit Philippine is'ar.d-", where the in
sti'gents ure i artnulnrly a.-tive, with a
view of maintaining S anih sovereign
ty there. It is un 'erstood that ti:e
request will be granted.
To Pannrn the 5.000 Spanish Prisoners.
The S anish cabinet has r.uthoi icd
the Foreign Miuisfer, Alinodovar de
llio, to negotiate with the Fiiiiippiuo
insurgents to random the o,'0o Spanish
prisoners now in
has been decided to transmit money t a
Manila for that purpose and for the re
lief ot tLe Spanish troops, which aro
urgently in need of fun is.
o S...tiTn f bwr (ire it ccrr.;r
JipteJ 1 Ins ho-jsir;..
Ml of that gte it region of country
. ii . -.mt;. . f ti t ' and ca-t of
The Central of Georgia Railroad has t',e Tl9,1:,sippi r:er i rnot a liuira
decided to lay J per cent interest on biv adai te l't' k ia:-tnr. ltUec
lirtt referred income bonds. tu,n CUii J li,, , t, y. ires of Vr
There were cae of yellow fever gin!; Nrti! and r ut'i Citroliiu.
reiorte l in Orwood. Miss. ," J-ej t. , a'so i Oe.v;i, Alabama, Mi :s-tpt i. Florid,
J suspicu us cases in Meridian. Miss. j i v' i:ie-ie au I Ken r.c ! his is a
Mr Vr,.,L- I'm !.-lri rf .1 o,-L n n - i dola s 1 u 1 : ii I er 1 il i :i e v ; 1 1. 1 . u: e h a'l" t a
viile, 1 Ion ia, w.fe of thtt r lori'U pas
senger agent of the Atlantic Coa--t Line, j
died suddenly iu a drug store oa .
ProU'l'iVuy, in New Y"ik. j
A spc;u! f'oin .noxvtlie. Tcnr.. .
says theie was aciou Itcust m the lower j
part of Knox county recently, causing i
much damage to lumber aud coal yard
bv heavy iloods.
Baltimore is about t( send a pioneer
commercial expedition to Cuban aud
Porto Rican pot ts to ttbt the advan
tages to be derived from trade with the
West Indies under th new conditions
which will prevail therein with th
chauge of ownership.
'lhe Commissioner of Agriculture ol .
Alabama, after a trip through the east
em aud southeastern portions of the
State, reports the cotton crop damaged
by continuous rains, boll worms and
rust.
ble iu ruater'al r:
sod a it is nt.il
pro; er conditiou - t
Ii- hut !:atir.o it'll
ti e : !. io'-t ii-''
v f t1 "... ; : ta' . ;
meat n-..w :n j s ...m e--
lowed t' lt b'g'.ca' c- .:
metit n;ad ab.iVf :.l
"gll! te! 1'ig ge-.to ai t v
tangible and r. t.oii
.1 as fertile iu
una'.-. Under
i Ct loll ollg ht t a
IlliV Spellivllig
-i Ut :
I I'
hereto!" ; o devovd
the raising of c tc
while thfse s'uj'it
liud h le.i ly mar i.
foi tunate'v for t!i
command such pr
tive to the j rodi
crops ure ii.oi- or
soil, aud thi- is mere parti'-u
when theie 1-: no ritat.ou
!:out I oo.
1 c c'l 'ctloU
I it i1- :u"ve
cnretully ful-.o:-.the
rtato
a e t lea
an I I t ci ine a
.:i.tv. (Jeuet
? 'i 1 .tt hum Lai
elf !.rgely io
l t . baeco, uud
,cts generally
, tl eV dv not. un
farirer and -ia.i(er,
, s s.s it-i enuniera-,!-.
C.i'i vi these
t s chiiM t w e of the
uy true
f eropf".
Thf North.
Twenty-one deaths were reported it
New York city recent!-, due to the ex
cessive heat
In the regular biennial Yermout elec
tioii recently, the Republicans electcii
their entire state ticket, headed by Fd
ward C. Smith, of St. Albans.
The custom house receipts for Sat
Francisco, Cab, for August amounted
to .''. 7 I t. the largest for a singlt
month in the records of the depart
ment.
I ho city of Pana, 111, has been placed
under martial law. Iho sheriff took
this tep m order to prevent aciash be
tweon the striking coal miners and ne
gro laborers,
Tho Democratic State convection o!
New Hampshire adopted a platform ex
pressing admiration for and confident-
in Win. J. Pryan. The War Depart
incut is accused of incompetency, aud
territorial expansion is opposed.
Fire at New York City totally de
stroyed tho Fast Side Boulevard Horn,
Rubber, Bone and Ivory works, en
tailing a loss estimated by the owueri
of the building at .JO,0 M, nnd by tin
police at ., 0 . The works employee
'goO girls.
Israel Zangwill, the most 'prominent
Hebrew iu literature since the time o
Disraeli, Fnglaud'a premier, has arriv
ed in New York. Ho will visit Wash
iugton aud othor citios before return
ing to Fugland.
'lhe committee representing the Roya
Flster Yacht Club has issued a forma
challenge to the New York Yacht Clut
for a series of matches with the yacht
Shamrock against any one yacht or Vos
sel constructed iu the United States o,
America for the American cup, subject
to the deed of gift and conditiou agieed
upon.
This baa been j rcveii over and over
again by the vvLtat i-vrinei s of the West
who have fonud wheat growing prof
itless industry and have been c me!l
ed to change their s -ten of farming,
and it will be found tiuo in very nev
tion. The South La-, tens of millions
of acres of land tspvciaily adapted to
stock raiding l he bin I is well sup
plied with water an mdi-q enible ad
junct to stock raising ; the null is to
duetive and all l.m Is of nutrdi.U!
grasses gr-v luxuriously, whre tho,
hhort, oi in ina-iy ctions theabneiice
of anything iil.e. w .:-.ter, make-, an i leal
f-huia'te u-ol cmditi i f. r the well be
ing for all liillds o! .-t;.-k evei
iu the year. Fe-i le. ; to
Dot imoovel l the ia !.
tt ary eiir.cLeH t l.e i .
SiO'li e, ndltl 'll thai i"-'.!
glow ii, whenever itiuiv
to crop the soil f rmei
stock range
1 1 does riot rc.piii e
to engage in sto.-k i ai o
way. if i'o : y ta: n.er
iei v moat li
i ;t i -1 'i ' doe
! i II the coll
l j ::to it IU
, ; ,., f til bo
u d- ti .ib It
n e l it t a
ii h capital
i a s;ii!l
I b.gi.i bv
adding a cow, a she'
year to his stock, he
vet ry ew vears a i.oi
his a v ailable as
o h I d
,eb 'is
W hle'n
a hog eaci:
tind IU il
giowlh ol
ha i been
acquired with a little labor and a piuoII
outlay to himself. I ' put this propo
sition in figures it looks as follows:
Fstunated number ot farms iu the
following States would be:
washed
during
Imperor William's Idea of Peace.
Emperor AYilliam, speaking at a
banquet at Porta, Westphalia, on the
subject of the goverruueut labors, said:
"Peace will never be better guaranteed
than by the German army thoroughly j f ,s3 cLatrberlaia
efficient and prepared for war, sections of
which w e now have the pleasing oppor
tunity of seeing and admiring, (tod
fra::t we may alw ays be able to care for
Joseph Chamberlain in New York.
Ri-jht Hon. Jos. Chamberlain, Sec
retary of State for the Pritish colocies.
.n i Birmingham's rej reentative in
Parliament, arrived in New York re
cently on the White Star liner Majestic.
He was accompanied by Lis wife and
A cablegram from (Jeneral Brooke, at
Porto Rico, to the War Department in
dicates tLat wL'le the charge tLut
merican tro-ps are net receiving
the world's peace with this keen aud i proper medical attention is unfounded,
well preserved weapon." thera is an increase of sickness.
MlicfllancoMS.
Sixteen miles cf track was
away on the F. '. A" P. Ry
the recent storms.
Foreign countries owed us a ut bal
ance of siibi.oo l.i o 1 as the the result cd
last year's commerce.
The steamer Del Norte arrived at So
attle recently from St. Michaels with s
huudred disappointed miners, boip.o ol
whom were almost penniless. Two til
tho Del Norte's passenprs had gold
dust amounting to about .Vt,0fv).
The Secretary of the Treasury ha'
issued a call offering to redeem the bal
mice of the bonds, amounting to 5! t.
coltoo, issued to tho Pacific Rai'
road.
The expenses of tho Postoflico Ue
jaitment last year were .?'.:!,,M"',r .
I'he receipts w'ero o.otoi. Thin
year it is expected the receipts will
reach S10o,ooo,(o", breaking all rec
ords. A freight train ran into an open
switch at the long bridge. South
Washington, recently and Fred F;ee
'and, fireman, and Prakemau Cooper
were instantly killed, while Engineer
Harmon was fatally scalded.
During the past fiscal year the United
States exported 81, I.": worth of
typewriting machine", .?:, l', "-". of
bicycles, 1 PVJ'.t of sew ing machines
and j?'.', TTo.so.s of eci'.-nt ific and electri
cal instruments.
Mrs. Ulara Barton, of the Pe l Cros
Society, has returned to America, aft r
distributing a fchipload of provisions in
the country around Havana.
Not only does Admiral Dewey regard
tne work he has yet to do in the Phil
ippines as of more importance tLan any
mi ri ! tiA miirht roiivfv at Vi hinp-
tlic-:r LanUs. an t it i rr. , ir,. v-. r.r.l t.f ...out-., t.ni i.
also urges upon the Navy Department
the necessity of sending a battleship
and an armored cruiser to re enforce
his eqtiadrou at Manila.
TLe Baldwin Locomotive Works re
cently shipped 4 locomotive fur the
Chinese Eastern Pailwav', and gl more
are being built at tLe works for tLe
Fame road.
Returns for the fix months ending
July 1 fchow that the value of living
animals imported into (Treat Britain
for foo l was 4 o.:',P (?27mX,,
as compared with 41-. "VTi, o"i !,
texV. in the corresponding period last
vear.
Virginia
North ( 'arolina
South Carolina
( Jeorgia
Pcnncsseo
Alabama
Mississippi
Florida '
Kentucky
'lot id
This would iu i i a'l
fctock ot nearly I.m.m u
fingliv year, w Ltc'.i at
would 1 (? W ol t II ni e r -lncieasy
of the e an m:i
l iite w ould be Vi'l v i a
soon I each t-!i- an l i i
inilllol! :' d..l -if i 1 i
greatly add t- ti
I i ns of hi'iii-.'.
Again, t;i:o liiav
good stock
time ' i loniiey. l
best, and so ai 1 - u
w ill be sail-lied w .!
I : ver-i!:e I t"i in
order of mteib :en
that it is not only r:
bt:?:je-s entiii'-1 nt
d a lr.ghc: oi .b-r of
n,-iiiH i.t-Mi-i living
wocl implies, ati-i th'
flef-'l'.f people eiet
Phis Stlbj?ft is u!
I 1 o I
j ; ! :
! : . .
it i a .
c -tui
int. !
l:t.t.(H
1M(, OOO
lH.ooC
Kt.o'M.
1-',0t
. . . b', i,t);
IL.'i'M
;:... i
IvilKI.'
. . j,:!i::,o'H)
li'-l'IO'! 1!1 I1VO
aiiitiials til il
lov. estimate
.o m',o 1. 1. 1 h
at ii ii'.rinal
1 and would
i buu b -ih ot
a , iiiid would
l;ty of 111 1 1 -
rai-f
moi c
to uise th-
toe,. lr-en
Spain and the Philippines.
General Jaudenes, ad interim (Jover
nor of the Philippine Islands, re-
flying to the government's requests !
for information as to the tine situa
tion cf affairs in tLe archipelago,
reports that to assure the le-estab.i-h-raent
of Spanish tovereignty over the
islands would require a ermanent
army of '.!. o0 mn. a fleet and eudiess
quantities of materials.
.000 Spanish Prisoners Sent. Home.
During the past week :',,') Sraaish
yri-oners have been .'hip; el from
fiiiiit&uai.in, ,, i,i) fiom Leon and
I,'111' freu Van Ignar,.,. (idv abo,;t
r-Tf; left, aud the-e will be'shij e 1
rapidly to Sj ain.
Ships Decv Sank No Good.
Forelsn.
The British Cruiser CJeor-atrae sunk
the Norwegian f-t-Looner Lively, near
Haven Ieland. I he Cleoratra nl s
b!u -ackets on the schooner in an
furt to f ave that vessel, but Le found
ered ho suddenly that six of the blue
jackets were drowned
In the "lO-kilornetre cycling race at
Paris BonLoura, the rrencamen, beat
A report from Constructor Carp-?, tt ('. W.Miller, the American cyclist, by
juai.a, ;u-i ifctiu'i in vasn:ngiou, p,o metres
nates tt at a?;-te trora the tsmall gun
boats which Lave Leeu raised an-1 pv.t
into the service of Admiral Dewey,
none of the Spanish ships of war en
paired in the battle cf Manila Bay is
Jikelv to be raised.
Thirtv Workmen kilie-J.
Two si uh of the bridge cf the New
York k Ottawa Raiiroad. over tho t.
Lawrence river, Ler St. Regis, fell
recentlv and thirtv workmen were
'killed.
The coronation of ueen Wiihelmica.
at m6teruam. v as a notab.e occasion
Tbere were over 'gOO.ovO i-eople in the
streets and around the palace.
Two earthquake hocks were felt in
Santiago Sept -'d. lhe first, which oc
curred at g:l waa of unusual severity
ar.d hLot k evtry Loure in the city. TLe
fn 'Ltene l ttople ran cut into the
ttreet. TLe tecond fcLock, which
was lighter, occurred just an Lour
later.
, i k.'- iol a iiigLel
'.:, l -.. it follow
? I i .lit ibbf as n
ti -. v i. i t i v ng erit
e. . ,11 i o i. I hi
v nil nl! that tLe
1 i- !es:i e I bv pro
. -A here.
ea I v oini. landing
rcat deal of a! tent
Illid good I e- U.tn urn 1
mat. v loeiilitie But t .1
op or I u : 1 1 1 y tor it gi a'
done in tins d:n-.-t k i.
time to dolt. II w !,o
outh.
-howu in
ooin mid
iijor- to b
.ow is lhe
. in s'ock-
rai-in
g w I I find it a i hv ing investment.
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Collegiate Institute
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A -peei.ilty l made of Health Cul
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