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Interesting Collection of Item Front
Many Place Called From the rim
Reports of the Current Weak.
The Oregon legislature adjourned Bine
die Saturday.
A genuine blizzard visited the Middle
Western states, doing considerable
damage.
A Polish prieBt haB sued the Catbolio
church for $50,000 for excommunicat
ing him.
It it, said in London that the French
must either withdraw from Fasboda 01
go to war witb England.
The German government has now
.decided to appoint permanently a naval
attache at Washington, who will reach
ilia post in January.
The British ship Blengfelt, from New
York, burned off Margat, England,
early Monday morning. Eleven of the
crew, besides the captain's wife and
children, perished.
Seven barges, containing ' 800,000
poods of naphtha have been burned at
the petroleum port of Astiakhan, Rus
eia. Three persons were killed in the
conflagration, and several others In
jured. The war department has received a
detailed description of the fortifica
tions of Eavana. Besides old guns,
there are 48 new guns. These guns are
principally ot theHontoria and Ordonez
pattern, but there are a few Erupps
among them.
In a head-end collision between two
freight rains near Great Falls, Mont.,
due to a misunderstanding of orders,
Engineer Charles Goddard and Brake
man Robert T. June were killed, and
Fireman A. L. Ritchie was probably
fatally injured.
The government will undertake the
transportation of Christmas boxes for
soldiers at Manila. A steamer will
tart from San Francisco early in No
vember, so packages must be forwarded
soon. Only small quantities of sweet
things will be accepted.
-4 ft 1b announced that Montreal and
Quebeo are to be thoroughly fortified
as part of the scheme for the defenses
of Canada. Colonel Dalton, chief of
the imperial defense commission, is in
Montreal, completing plans for the
fortifications of the cities.
' A curious method of aiding oharities
baa been initiated in Paris, where, it is
announoed, the saloons of the high
aristocracy, which have hitherto been
extremely exclusive, will bo opened to
strangers, on reception days, for a
money consideration, which will be ap
plied to the charitable works of which
the lady of the bouse is a patron.
A reception was tendered the army
heroes at the Omaha exposition.
, ''Coloiubia will risk no future trouble
and diplomatic relations' with Italy
have been reversed.
It is reported that Gen. Maximo
Gomez has been selected for president
ot the Cuban republic.
A military plot against the Frenob
government was discovered and frus
trated by prompt action.
The International Typographical
( Union In bionuial session at Syracuse,
N. Y., voted to abolish the 'referen
dum. .
A cabinet crisis has occurred in Caps
, , Colony, South Africa, and the assembly
has voted a wunt of oonfldouoe in the
government.
Murderer John Miller was hanged at
Ban (juontin, Cal., for the killing ol
James Childs in San Francisco, in No
' vember, 1808.
The American pence commissioners
were entertainod in Paris with a pri
t vate theatrical performance, arranged
in their honor by Figaro.
Frauds amounting to millions of dol
lars have been discovered in the Chilean
arsenal. Seuor Navarro, the chief ac--oountant,
has committed suicide.
It is reported in Manila that Macab
nlous, chief of tbo Ave northern prov
inces of the Philippine islands, has
rebelled against Aguinaldo, and that
fighting has taken place between the
opposing factious.
News to the effect that large num
liers of political prisoners have been
horribly tortured in Ecuador by order
ot the government, has beon brought
to Sao. FranciBco by the steamer Pan
ama. Han Ky, tho Corean minister ol
justice, has boon dismissed tor having
pMmtited the brutalities perpetrated
by the populace on tho bodies of the
men recently hanged tor conspiracy to
poison the emperor.
Chief Sweonle, of the Chicago Ore
department, while directing his men at
work on a fire, full Into a manhole and
was severely injured. The engineer of
the building, John Metdrum, was
killed, and two other men wore scalded
by escaping steam.
Minor News Item.
The Kentucky court of appeals holds
tho separate coach law valid.
Commodore W. P. McCann says Gen
oral Blanco is the man who ordered the
Maine blown up.
T. P. Gore, a blind man, has boen
nominated (or oongross by the Populists
of a Texas district.
Just at present two women Queen
Victoria and the empress of China
rule over ouo-half the world's population.
LATER NEWS.
Smallpox has broken out in Dawson
City. N. W. T. ;
. A family of five were brutally mur
dered at Stuartburn? Manitoba. '
Senator Proctor, of Vermont has been
re-elected by an overwhelming vote.
The dowager empress of China has
begun instituting reforms on her own
account. '
Withdrawal from Crete of all the
Turkish troops there has -been ordered
by the sultan. . ;
Emperor William, of Germany, was
personally reoeived at ' Constantinople
by the sultan. .-
Princess Kaiulani, of Hawaii, is re
ported engaged to be married to Andrew
Adam, a reporter.
All trade at Havana is said to be al
standstill, awaiting the future des
tiny of the island.
Many officers of the staff of General
aomez have resigned, owing to the
trouble with their chief.
During an Indian dance near Ard-
more, I. T., one man was killed and
two were wounded, one fatally.
Lfberia, through Its special repre
sentative, Bishop Hartzell, is about to
ask to be taken under the protection of
the United States.
Prince Chang, president of the Chi
nese tsung-Ii-yamen, announces that
the health of the recently deposed em
peror is improving.
Commissioner Ogilvie has broken up
the monopoly of Canadian dootors in
the Klondike country and American
physioians may now practice there.
Blanco has acceded to the requests
of the American evacuation cominis
lioners that' Red Cross supplies be al
lowed free entry to the ports of Cuba.
General Wood, in his capaoity as
governor of Santiago, has ordered the
return to Jamaica of a large number of
destitute negroes who had just arrived
from there.
r i t- i . , .
uenerai croose nas oeen piacea in
supreme command of the government
of Porto Rico, pending the completion
31 a permanent plan of government for
the island.
A New York World dispatch from i
Washington says: The United States
will assume the indebtedness of the
Cuban municipalities, but will not
agree to pay or guarantee any portion
of the general Cuban dobt. It is con
sidered a big concession on the part of
the United States and a partial victory
or Spain,
Three vessels were wrecked in a
storm off the English coast. The Nor
wegian bark Frivold stranded off Spurn
bead. Two members of the orew were
drowned. The Norwegian brigantine
Augvald was wrecked off Goudbn har
bor. Soven of the orew were drowned.
The Russian schooner Wilhelm was
wreoked off St. Andrews. Five of the
crew were saved, and one drowned.
The Fifth Illinois volunteers have
been mustered out of service.
Services in honor of Ohio's soldier
dead were held at Columbus.
All hostile Pillager Indains, exoept
one, have agreed to surrender.
A large Anglo-Amorioan syndicate is
being formed to buy up Cuban bonds.
A new president and a cabinet will
be elected in Cuba the latter part oi
the present month.
The immediate establishment of a
fever hospital at Havana is nrgod by
surgeons in charge there.
The transport Ponnylvania arrived
at San Fiancisoo from Manila and Hon
olulu, with 29 sick soldiers.
The war investigation board has left
Washington for the Southern army
camps on a tour of inspection.
Naval Constructor Hobson expresses
himself as confident that the wrecked
Spanish cruiser Cristobal Colon can be
saved.
The departure for camps of the, South
of troops now in the East has been post'
ponod, owing to the prevalence of yel
low fever.
A cash balanoe in bank exceeding
1300,000 now stands to the credit ol
the Trans-MiBsissippi exposition. The
attendance is also increasing.
Illinois manufacturers have urged
President McK.nley to establish open
ports in the new American possessions.
The president's reply was encouraging.
Insurgents at Lagaspl, Philippine
islands have refused to allow the Ameri
can steamer Hermossa to land there, on
the giound that there were Spaniards
aboard.
Eight hundred soldiers have sailed
from San Francico for the Philippines.
The expedition included the Oregon
recruits and the Washington volun
teers. The United States is now formally In
possession ot the island of Porto Rioo
as a sovereign. American flags have
been raised ou the public buildings and
forts in the city, and saluted with
national salutes.
The O. R. & N. steamor, T. J. Potter
ran into aud sunk the G. W. Shaver on
the lower Columbia. The aocident
occurred of Deer Island, five miles
from Kalama. The Shaver was struck
in the middle and in a short time was
lesting at the bottom of the river. The
night was dark and a heavy fog pre
vailed. Rear Admiral Phelps is the only sur
viving member of the first graduating
class from the naval academy. Thore
were 47 members in the clues.
The grand camp, United Confederate
Veterans ot Virginia, has placed itself
on reoord as claiming the right to se
cede from the union ut will.
Queen Liliuokalani will leave Hono
lulu for Washington about the middle
of November, it is said, to present hot
claims against congress for remunera
tion for the loss of her throne.
Porto Rico Given Up to the
' Americans.
THE FLAGRAISING AT SAN JUAN
Simple and Dignified Ceremony by the
American Evacuation Commissioners
Question of Citizenship.
San Juan de Porto Rico. Oct. 20.
Promptly at noon today, the American
flag was raised over San Juan. The
ceremony was quiet and dignified, un
niarred by disorder of any kind.
The Eleventh regular infantry, with
two batteries of the Fifth artillery,
landed this moraine. The latter nrn.
ceeded to the forts, while the infantry
ined up on the docks. It was a hnli.
day for San Juan, and there were many
people-in the streets. Rear-Admiral
Sohloy and General Gordon, accom
panied by their staffs, proceeded to the
palace in carriages. The Eleventh in
fantry reeiment and band, with trnnn
H, of the Sixth United .States cavalry,
then marched through the streets and
formed in the square opposite the pal
ace. At 11:40 A. M.. General Brooke. Ad
miral Schley and General Gordon, the
United States evaouation commission
ers, came out of the palace with many
naval officers and formed on the right
side of the square. The streets behind
the soldiers were crowded with towns
people, who stood waiting in dead
silehoe.
At last the citv clock struck the
hour of 12. and the crowds, almost
breathless, and with eyes fixed upon
the flagpole, watched for developments.
At the sound of the first gun from Fort
Morro. Maior Dean and Lieutenant
Castle, of General Brooke's staff, hoist
ed the Stars and Stripes, whihj the
band rjlaved the "Star Spaneled Ban
ner." All heads were barer!, and tho
crowds cheered. FortjMorro, Fort San
Cristobal and the United States rev
enue cutter Manning, lying in the
harbor, fired 21 guns each. Senor Mu-
nox Kivera, who was president of the
recent autonomous oouncil of secretar
ies, and other officials of the late insu
lar goveinment were present at the
proceedings.
Congratulations and handshaking
among the American offloers followed.
Ensign King hoisted the Stars and
Stripes on the Intendencia, but all oth
er flags on the various public buildings
were hoisted by military offloers. Sim
ultaneously with the raising of the flag
over the captain-general's palace many
otheis were hoisted in different parts
of the city.
The work of the United States evaou
ation commission is now over, and ell
the reports will be forwarded to Wash
ington Friday next. The labors ol
both parties have terminated with hon
ors for all concerned. The American
commissioners worked without the
least delay, and in the most thorough
and effective manner.
Question of Naturalization.
Washington, Oct 20. In view ol
the fact that at noon today, with the
acquisition of the island of Porto Rico
by the United States, about 800,000
inhabitants of that island lost theii
Spanish citizenship, the question as to
what shall become of these people polit
ically becomes of importance.
Madrid advices report that leading
citizens in Porto Rioo have already
taken steps to become naturalized as
United States citizens. This is an er
ror, for existing law provides no way
in which this change of citizenship can
be effected by the residents of the is
land. There is no United States oourt
there before which a declaration of in
tention can be filed, and in fact no
machinery at all which can be put in
motion to change citizenship. Inquiry
into this subject at the state depart
ment discloses the faot that it has been
usual to provide a bodily transfer of
the citizenship of people conditioned
as those in Porto Rico, in the treaty of
peaoe which terminates a war. It may
be prudent for the commission at Paris
to avoid any reference to Porto Rioo
again, in which case congress will be
called upon by the president to confer
citizenship upon the Porto Ricans in
the same act as that which must be
passed to provide a stable form of gov
ernment for the island. Should either
of these courses be found impractica
ble, however, it is said at the depart
ment that international law in its oper
ation would confer American citizen
ship upon these Porto Ricans, the gen
eral prinoiple being that where a treaty
of cession is silent upon the subject of
citizenship, it changes with the soil.
In the case ot the acquisition of New
Meixoo, the residents ot the territory
were given American citizenship by
spec i lie provision of the treaty.
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 19. Word
reached this city tonight that the
Southern Pacific overland train No. 3,
the westbound, was ditched 85 miles
west of Yuma. Mail Agent George F.
Kellogg was killed. As far as learned
there were rio other fatalities. The
cause of the accident is not definitely
known, but it is thought the engine,
baggae-car and mail-car were derailed
on account of the track being buried
in sand.
Dewey Coining Uoine.
San Francisco. Oct. 20. The Even
ing Post says that Admiral Dewey will
arrive in this city December 6. He
will come here on the steamer City of
Peking, which Is due to arrive here on
that dato, from the Orient. Admiral
Dewey is interested in several mining
enterprises on this coast, and it is
these interests that prompt his coming
at this time. He has written friends
in this city that he has already applied
for a leave of absence.
RAN ON A REEF.
Steamer Brlxham Wrecked Near Fort
Wrangel Passiugere Saved.
i Port Townsend, Oct. report
from Victoria says the steamer Dirigo,
just arrayed from Skagway, brings news
that the steamer Brixham ran on a reef
on Blasbe island, 80t miles south of
Fors Wrangel, and is probably a total
wreok. A number of passengers were
taken from her by the steamer AUKl
while bound north, T! Some pf the pas
sengers asked the captain of the Diri
go to bring them and the orew down,
but the captain states that he was com
pelled to leave them, as the Dirigo's
accommodations were already full. The
remaining passengers and crew camped
on the island.
The wreck was above water, and the
tides andcurrents were swishing the
stern to and fro. Her hold was filled
with water, and it . is feared that her
cargo is a total loss. The disaster oc
curred on the night of October 13. The
passengers were all put ashore without
unusual inoident, although the night
was very dark.
The Brixham sailed from Seattle for
Skagway October 8, with 50 passengers
and a large oargo of general freight.
She is owned by the Boston & Alaska
Transportation Company. It is stated
that, she is fully insured. During the
summer She was on the St. Michaels
run, and this was her first voyage to
Lynn canal ports. ' She was brought
around fthe Horn from Boston last
spring to enter the Alaska trade.
She
the
her
is valued at $70,000.
Passengers on the Dirigo say
Brixham was four miles out of
oourse when she struck the rockB.
Both pilots were on the bridge at the
time. A heavy fog, accompanied by a
strong wind, prevailed; and the steamer
was feeling her way under a slow bell.
The vessel is lying in a dangerous
position. Appearances indioate that
her back is broken. The captain and
crew are camped on the beach, and are
doing everything possible to protect the
wreok until assistance is obtained.
QUESTION IS SETTLED,
American Attitude in the Matter of the
Cuban Debt.
Paris, Oct. 20. Spain can no longer
have any doubt regarding the ultimate
attitude of the United States towards
the so-called Cuban debt. ' The Ameri
can commissioners have declined to as
sume it, or any part of it, by express
treaty, or by contract. They also de
clined to accept cession of sovereignty
to the United States, for in that case
Spain would olaim that such cession by
its own foioe would impose the obliga
tion for that debt. It is confidently
believed that in refusing to accept a
oesaion of sovereignty, the American
couimjssjoners are acting also on the
announcement to the world , in the in
tervention resolutions, disclaiming any
intention to execrise sovereignty or au
thority over Cuba except for pacifica
tion, and that to leave the island to the
control of its people.
General Horace Poiter, the United
States ambassador, gave a banquet this
evening at the American embassy to
the United States aud Spanish peace
commissioners.
The meeting of the two commissions
at the same table was a notable event
here, and borrowed speoial interest
from the semi-prediction of the Paris
correspondent of the London Times that
the Spanish commissioners would not
meet their opponents at dinner under
the roof of the American embassy.
Riot Near Newport Newt.
Newport News, Va., Oct. 20. A riot
occurred at a saloon iu Phoebus late to
night. Five regulars from Fort Mon
roe were shot, one being killed and an
other mortally wounded. No civilians
were hurt. The names of the soldiers
and other details are unobtainable to
night. It is understood that the men
were shot by the proprietor or employes
of the saloon, whioh is owned by P. F.
Fagan. After the shooting, the sol
diers set fire to the saloon. At mid
night the town was in a turmoil, the
civil authorities being powerless to pre
serve order. After continuing their
threatening demonstration for some
time, the riotous soldierB were taken
in oustody by a detail from Fort Mon
roe. Death on the Kail.
London, Oct. 19. A terrible railway
acoident ocouried this evening' on the
Great Central railway, near Barnet,
about 11 miles north of London.
An express train, going at the rate
of a mile a minute, came into collision
with a freight train that was switching
across the track at Barnet junction.
The express piled up, a oomplete
wreck. Nine dead and 13 seriously in
jured have been tecovered, aud there
are others under the debris.
France Preparing for War.
Paris, Oct. 18. The Soloil publishes
A dispatch from Toulon, which says
that Vice-Admiral Fournier, who is
now at Tunis with M, Lockroy, min
ister of marine, will return immedi
ately to Toulou, where orders have
been received to prepare the armored
cruisers Admiral Trehourt, Bouvines,
Jemmapes and Valmy for active service,
and also to send to Brest without delay
the largest possible number of gunners
to man the forts and batteries.
Cretan iMurderers Hanged.
Candia, Oct. 20. Seven Mussul
mans, who were convicted of the mur
der of British soldiers during the recent
outbreak, were hanged today.
Fatal Storm In Santa Clara.
Havana, Oct. 20. At Trinidad,
province of Santa Clara, great damage
has been caused by a recent storm.
Eight persons lost their lives aud many
houses were blown down.
German Export! to America.
Berlin, Oct. 20. During the last
quarter the northern half of Germany
exported to America f 11,247,380 worth
of merchandise, an increase of $3,190,
833, oompared with the same period of
1S97.
Warlike Preparati6ns at Port
Arthur." k
FORTY THOUSAND MEN READY
Report That Great -Britain1' Has, De
' manded the Restoration of the Em
. peror of China.,. ; . v. .,
London, Oct. 19. The Odessa corre
spondent of the Standaid says that Rus
sia has hastily concentrated 40,000 men
at Port Arthur, to be in readiness for
any emergency at Peking. '
.''i ' "' '"'!' ; Y
, Must Be Restored,
London, Oct. 19. A dispatch to a
London news agency from; Shanghai
says: ' , ' t ,';''
' 'Reports from Japanese sources are
In circulation here to the effect that Sir
Claude MacDonald, British minister at
Peking, has informed the Chinese gov
ernment that sovereignty appertains
solely to the emperor, who has been
forcibly . abducted and deposed, ' and
that he must be restored to bis posi
tion, while Kang Yu Wei and the oth
er reformers must be pardoned. Fail
ing in compliance, Great Britain will
enforce these demands.
"A rebellion in Hunan province is
certain. Foreigners are preparing foj
a hurried departure."
WANTS OUR PROTECTION.
Liberia Seeks the Shadow of the Stan
, and Stripes. . '
Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 19. Bishop
Joseph C. Hartzell, of the Methodist
Episcopal church, whose bishopric is
in Afrioa and who is attending the
mooting in this city of the Phi Gamma
Delta fraternity, stated tonight that he
had been commissioned by the negro
republic of Liberia to go to Washing
ton and ask that the republic be taken
under the sheltering wing of the United
States. Threatened inroads upon its
territory by the Germans, French and
English prompted the government to
seek the shadow of the Stars and Stripes.
"I am on my way to see Secretary
Hay," he said, "as the special repre
sentative of the republic of Liberia, to
seoure a protectorate, either quasi or
actual. What they want America to
do is to Bay to the European powers in
Africa: 'We have 'an interest in Li
beria; this country belongs to us.'
"Whether the actual protectorate
can be established or not will depend
upon how far the Liberian government
is willing to go, assuming that the
United States answers favorably,"
SPAIN QUIT TOO SOON.
Took Alger Seriously and Now Bat
Cause for Regret.
Washington, Oct. 19. Information
has reached the war department that a
high officer of the Spanish army, very
recently made the statement that had
the Spaniards been aware of the condi
tion of the American army, its inability
to withstand the hardehii s ot a cam
paign, its lack of medical and other
supplies and general inefficiency, be
told in the American papers, the Span
iards would not have iiven up, but
would have continued the fighting foi
a long time to come, fully believing
that they would have been able to pre
vent the captuie of Cuba by American
arms. This statement is known tc
have been made to the American of
cers now in Cuba, and causes some un
easiness in official circles, as it ma;
mean that the Spaniards are not yet
ready to yield tbo island, under the
terms of the protocol
LOWER POSTAL RATES.
Efforts to Rave International Postagt
Reduced to Two Cents.
Washington, Oct. 19. Third Assist
ant Postmaster-General Garrett, in hit
annual report, recommends immediate
negotiations with the postal adminis
trations of England, Germany and
France to reduce the international
poBtal rates to 2 oents a half ounce oi
fraction thereof. The report says:
"The department now realizes noth
ing in the way of revenue lrom ocean
letters, practically all the postage paid
on them going to the steamship com
panies carrying the mails. If the rate
should be reduced, the same state ol
things would exist; the steamship com
panies would suffer no hardship and
the stimulus given to correspondence
by the reiuotion ol rates would no
doubt eventually give them as much
compensation in the way of postage as
they now get."
Murder and Suicide.
Flint, Mich., Oct. 19 W. P. Mur.
ray, of Clinton, la., today shot and
killod his wife, Harriet, an incurable
inmate of Oak Grove asylum, located
here. A letter was found In Murray's
pocket, saying that the only way to re
lieve bis wife from her suffering was to
kill her, and that, as it was against
the law to do so, the only thing he
could do was to Bhoot himself also.
Death Before Disgrace,
Berlin, Oct. 19. Gruenentbal, su
perintendent of the Imperial printing
office, has committed suicide. He was
charged with the theft of bank notes
to the amount of over 4,000 marks.
Floor for Japan.
"Washington, 0:t. 19. According to
figures transmitted to the state depart
ment by Consul Gowey, at Yokohama,
there has been astonishing increase in
wie exports of American flour at Japan.
In 1892 the total import of that floui
was 1.200,000 pounds, but in 1896,
the business had swelled to a total ol
82,000,000 pounds, with a marked in- j
creasing tendency. During 1897 the
quality of imports fell off slightly, but 1
the value increased $36,183 at com
pared with the preceding year.
CRISIS WAS REACHED.
fudge Day Hade Positive Demands
I on Spain.
I London, Oot. 19. A dispatch to the
London News Agency from Paris says:
' Today the confeience reaohed a
crisis for the first time. Judge Day
presented the demands of the American
commission in threatening words. Ho
said that delay was the only possible
object obtainable by the . persistent
sfforts of the Spanish commissioners to'
saddle the United States with the Cu
ban debt, and would be tolerated no
longer, as the United States would
either assume cor guarantee any part
of the debt.
"The Spaniards replied that this
placed Spain in a position of repudiat
ing or ot reducing the face of the Cuban
bonds from 50 to 60 per cent, paying
only half the stipulated interest on
reduced value. Before they would
adopt either atlernative they would sur
render to the United States the entire
Philippines. . .
"Judge Day responded that the Bur
render of the Philippines would proba
bly be demanded, irrespective of the
Cuban or any other debt
, "This, to the Spaniards, the first in
timation of the intentions of the Unit
ed States as to the Philippines, resulted
in a whispered conference, followed by
a request for an adjournment in order
to communicate witb Madrid. Judge
Day said that President McKinley had
instructed him to demand the entire
Surrender of Porto Rico, and the deliv
ery of every town to the United States
officers before midnight, together with
the evaouation of Havana on or before
November 1, when the UnitedoStates
would be at the gates of the city ready
to take possession.
"There was no alternative offered in
the case of either of these demands;
the session consequently was very
brief." -'
DEATH IN THE STORM.
Pitiful Fate of a Young Boy Neat
Florence, Colo.
Denver, Oct. 19. A special to the
Rocky Mountain News from Florence,
Colo., says: On Saturday William Lei
lin and his 10-year-old boy came to
Florence, from their home, six miles
from Florence, to do some trading.
After spending tbe day about town, at
6 P. M. they started home in their
wagon. It was raining when they left
town, but when out about five miles
the rain turned to a blinding snow
Btorm. The father lost his way, and
wandered about among sorub pines and
In the hills all night The wagon and
team was abandoned, and an effort wai
made to reaoh home on foot.,.
As the night wore on tbe little fel
low beoame cold and numb and froze ta
death in his fathei's arms. The father
managed to keep alive. by walking, un
til he could Walk no more from numb
ness of limb. Daylight broke, and Lei.
lin knew he was not far from home,
but was unable to walk. At 9 o'clock
his cries were heard by his wife, who
went to bis rescue. Neighbors were
summoned and the old gentleman was
assisted to his home, but he was so near
dead that he could not give an intelli
gent aocount of the night's wander
ings, but the dead body of the boy told
a pitiful story of a lack of sufficient
olothing to keep bim warm. He wore
knee pants and a small coat, but no un
derwear nor outer coatl His shoes and
stookings were almost completely worn
out.
"Booty" Tobacco Admitted Free.
Washington, Oot. 17. Assistant
Secretary Howell, of tbe treasury de
partment, has consented to the admis
sion, free of duty, Into Santiago, of ,
luu.uuu pounds of Cuban tobacco in the
possession of Genoral Franoo Sanchez,
having charge of the insurgent army at
Mayari. This is a. lot of "booty"
tobacco, and the proceeds of the sale
will be expended for the benefit of the
Cuban army, which needs supplies of 1
clothing and subsistence. The ques
tion was referred to the war depart
ment by General Lawton, and In turn
sent to the treasury department lot iti
recommendation.
Preparing for War.
Paris, Oot. 19. Confirmation is
given at the ministry of marine to the
report that Admiral Fourar, now a'
Tunis, has been ordered to return to im
mediate active service, and orders have
been issued that the largest possibl
number of gunners go to Brest to maD
the forts. Those preparations are
thought to be the result of the Fasho
da affair with Great Britain.
Papers here say three British Iron
cladsaie engaged, in gun praotice of)
Dizert, a French naval station in the
Mediterranean.
Near Boiling Point.
Bayonne, Franoe, Oct 19. Advioes
reoeived here from Madrid point to ef
fervesoenoe In military circles there.
Members of the Military Club openly
and severely criticise the government
for concluding what they term as a
"humiliating peaoe," and some of them
even suggest the establishment of a
militaiy dictatorship under the present
dynasty.
The officials at Madrid deny the re
port current on the Continent that Captain-General
Blaco has resigned.
, Many Lives Lost.
Margat, England, Oct 19. Tb
British ehip Blengfelt, from New York,
burned off this place early this morn
ing. Eleven of the crew, besides the.
captain's wife and children, perished.
Four Were Killed.
Reading, Pa., Oot. 19. Four men
were killed by the explosion of a Wil
mington & Northern freight engine at
Joanna station this afternoon. The
dead are:
William nerflicker, engineer, aged
60; George Mills, fireman, aged 85;
Willis Woodward, a brakeman; Harry
Huydam, oonduotor.
All lived at Birdsboro, this county,
and all were married and leave famil.
ies, except Hoydair .
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