THE MOKNING OREGQNIAN, MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1900.
MAKES LAST REPORT
Admiral Hichborn's Annual
Recommendations.
THE PROGRESS OF 45 YEARS
Recommends More Dry&ocks and Re
pair Facilities Construction Wdrlc
For Grorcnuaeat yard.
"WASHINGTON, Oct 21. The report of
the Chief of the Bureau of- Construction
and Repair for the fiscal year 1S89-1S0O
has Just been made public. Especial In
terest attaches to the report, as it is
the lost one to be submitted byKear
Admlral Hlchborn, -who under the opera
tion of the Jaw will retire March 4 next.
The pprlod during which he has held
Jthl post has seen greater changes In
the Navy than any other equal period in
Its history, the Chief Constructor
having begun, as he states, 45 years ago
as a Government apprentice employed
upon the construction of the Merrimac
and Hartford. After speaking of the old
"wooden shlps-of-war, without protection
or water-tight subdivisions, and armed
with broadsides of smooth-bores, he says:
"How many of those associated with
the work of this period, looking Into the
future, would have believed that during
the space represented by the career of a
man the ships-of-war and sails as a
means of propulsion would have passed;
that steel should have become the mate
rial of construction, steam the propelling
power, and electricity a general agent on
shipboard; and for protection, armament,
speed and endurance have forced the con
struction of battle-ships and armored
cruisers of deep displacement of over 10,
000 and 35,000 tons, and speeds of 10 to 22
knots? "Who of them would have be
lieved that within that time the resources
of this country could have been so de
veloped that when such vessels-of-war
are to be constructed, every part going
into them is American production?"
The report opens with the estimates,
the principal items being: For preserva
tion of and repairs to vessels of the Navy,
$7,000,000; for repairs and improvements
to Navy-Yard plants, $920,000; the account
of hulls and outfits of vessels and steam
machinery heretofore authorized, $21,772,
817. The Chief Construct points out the
disadvantages under which the naval sta
tion at Cavite labors, and quotes a re
port from the Naval Constructor relative
to a proposed .site at Olongapo, Sublg
Bay. He withholds recommendations
thereon until the question of a perma
nent naval station in the Philippines is
definitely settled. Especial attention is
placed upon the need for additional dry
dockr. He says:
'There are available at the present
time on the east coast of the United
States but nine Government drydocks, of
all sizes, distributed among seven ports,
and of these but one is of sufficient
size to take the battle-ships. The docking
facilities available are severely taxed un
der existing peace conditions. This dis
parity in time of war would be an ex
tremely serious matter, and might result
in keeping a considerable portion of our
naval strength ineffective at critical
times. It cannot be too strongly urged
that the increase in docking and repair
facilities in an adequate ratio to the in
crease in the fleet is a necessary element
In naval development, and it should be
especially emphasized that in this most
Important matter war requirements, and
not peace requirements, must always be
kept In "view.'
Some space is devoted to "the question
of building vessels in the Navy-Yards.
He says:
"There are at the present time, in view
of the prosperous condition of the ship
building industry and the number of naval
vessels building and appropriated for,
sufficient work to permit the assignment
of a portion of the building work to the
Government yards without there being a
question' of withholding of necessary sup
port and assistance, the maintenance of
which in a high state of efficiency is un
questionably of National importance."
He points out that England is building
In her navy-yards 16 battle-ships and
cruisers, France 17, Germany 8, Russia 6,
and Italy 3, in their government yards.
Concerning the batteries of the battle
ships, be says:
"The decision finally come to in the ar
rangement of the batteries of the new
battle-ships was a compromise between
opinions. The merits and demerits of
the superimposed turret have been under
discussion, for some years. The comple
tion of the first battle-ships to which the
system fcos been applied, and the trials
to which they have been subjected, dem
onstrated only the mechanical practica
bility of the system of mounting. It
has been Tecognlzed from the commence
ment of the discussion that there are
grave disadvantages in this system of
mounting. There is nothing In the ex
perience with the two vessels recently
completed tending either to show how
they may he removed or to determine the
extent of their effect upon the vessels
In which this system is employed. The
decision in the case of the recent ves
sels has been reached in practically the
same way as the decision relative to the
first vessels to which the .system was ap
plied, and is based upon the same pres
entation of arguments pro and con. al
though the Navy now possesses the
means of determining practically, at any
rate, a portion of the points at issue."
Admiral Hlchborn deals at some length
with the question of sheathing, and says:
"It is a practical impossibility to pre
vent such fouling that in a short time
after the docking the speed is sensibly
deducted, and after the lapse of a very
few raonthB her speed capabilities are cut
down 25 per cent to nearly 50 per cent,
except by providing her with a wood
eheata and coppered bottom. The process
is an old one. Its practicability and free
dom from injurious effect upon the fthlp
to which it is applied, even the element
of safety which it adds, have been fully
demonstrated.' '
"Much of the prejudice against it," he
adds, "is born of incomplete information
as to what is really involved, and is of
the same nature as that which opposed
the introduction of steam navigation and
steel ships. In speaking of the steel for
naval vessels, it is pointed out that near
ly 0,000,000 pounds of steel material has
been inspected, passed and shipped dur
ing the year by the inspectors and the
Bureau of Construction and Repair, and
presenting an increase of more than 100
per cent in two years in the quantity of
this material required. The vastness of
the figures gives some idea of the ex
tent and importance of the operations car
Tied on "under this bureau."
Speaking of submarine noats, the re
port says:
"The past year has brought to fruition
the experimental work of covering ay con
siderable period, and has demonstrated
the practicability of the submarine boat.
There can be little doubt that to the
first nations in the field with the new
type will accrue not only the advan
tages which will come from the posses
sion of efficient vessels of this type, but
the additional -advantage and saving In
cost which will result from an early un
derstanding of the new type and the
modifications which its Introduction will
force in existing types."
TBe Kentucky "Will Soon Sail.
NEW YORK, Oct 2L Captain Colby M.
Chester, of the "battle-ship Kentucky,
which started for China yesterday and re
turned to TomplnsvUIe, S. L, last night,
said -tpday that tho ship would be able
to start on its trip Tuesday or Wednes
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-SaHors of the- Kentucky say when-ithe
hattle-shlp put-to pea they were called Jto
auartcTs and the 13-inch suns were -dls-
charged. One of the big guns in the
forward turret' would not go back to
place.' The trouble was due -to an Im
perfect valve.
"The superimposed turrent had nothing
to do with our coming back to port,"
said Captain Chester. "There Js no ques
tion as to the mecfianlcal arrangements.
In my judgment the turrets are much
less liable to suffer disaster than If they
were separate, like those carried by the
Oregon, Massachusetts and vessels of
that class."
WON BY M'EACHERN.
The 25-Mile Bicycle Race oa the
Vallsburgr "Tract:.
NEW YORK, OctTsi. Archie McEach
ern won the 25-mlle professional bicycle
race at the. Vallsburg track, Newark, N.
J., today before 5G0O spectators. A story
had been circulated before the race started
that Kraemer. Wnlthour and Hatfield had
formed a combination to shut out the out
siders during the race, but the plan failed
because of the superior riding of Aaron
son and McEachern, who were a lap ahead
of the others at the 23d mile. Summary:
25-mlle professional race, prizes at each
five miles and at last lap Won by Mc
Eachern, Toronto; Aaronson, Brooklyn,
second: Kraemar, East Orange, third;
time, 1:01:47.
Intermediate winners Five miles, W.
Coburn; time. 11:42:2-5. Eleven miles, R.
Walthour, 24:01 4-5. Fifteen miles, A. W.
Ross; time, S6:47 2-5. Twentieth mile,
Aaronson; time, 48:59 2-5.
WON ON A TECHNICALITY.
Nctt Record for 15-Mile Indoor Paced
Cycle Race.
CHICAGO, Oct. 2L According to the
referee, Johnny Nelson, of Chicago, de
feated Jimmy Michaels by default in
their match motor-paced race at the Col
iseum tonight The chairman of the Na
tional Cycling Association will have to
render the final decision, as there is a
controversy over the referee's verdict. The
race was for 15 miles, and the men had an
agreement that it either should meet with
an accident during the first mile the race
should be started over again. Michaels'
motor broke down just as. he was finish
ing the first mile, and he pulled up think
ing he was inside" the safety limit. Nel
son, who was leading when the accident
happened, continued until stopped by the
referee and told he had won, as Michaels
refused to go- on, claiming he had not
passed the mile mark when misfortune
overtook him.
The men then decided that in order to
give the spectators their money's worth
they would give a 15-mlle exhibition.
Michaels won the race by three laps and
broke all indoor paced records up to and
including 15 miles. His time was 26:20.
The former record was 27:04 1-5.
KANSAS CITY'S HORSE SHOW.
IiO-rse List of Prises for Thorough
bred High-Stepper?.
KANSAS CITY, Oct. 2L Almost every
state In the Union that has fine horses
has sent a contingent of high-steppers to
the sixth annual horse show that will be
gin tomorrow; and run for a week. There
will be over 300 thoroughbred animals
here, accompanied by some of the best
known horsemen in the country. The
show will be held in Convention Hall,
whose immense arena has been trans
formed into an Ideal snow ring. This
year's show will offer one of the largest
lists of prizes ever presented on a similar
occasion. Tomorrow the A. E." Stllwell
stake of $1000 will be awarded to the four
best saddle horses entered. Among the
entries in this class will be Thomas 'W.
Xawson's mare Gypsy Queen, purchased
recently at Versailles, Ky., f or &s000. Some
of the representatives who 'have arrived
or are expected tomorrow are:
B. F. Gregory, of England, with an ex
hibit of polo ponies; the stables ' of J.
"W. Springer, Colonel W. E. Hughes, Dr.
E. R. Rust, Dr. Sherman Williams and
Judge O. E. .Lefevre, or Denver; Daniel
R. Hogan, Ijittleton, Colo.; C. S. Palmer,
Idaho Springs. Colo.; George G. Bernard,
Colorado Springs, Colo.; C. E. Dawson,
Des Moines, la.; A. P. Valentine, M. W.
Marshall and George Lehigh, of Chicago;
C. F. Nogle, Lexington. Ky.. and Ball
Bros.. Versailles, Ky. The stables of R.'
Park, Von Wedelstadt, J. C. Sharp and
"W. C. Mitchell, of St. Louis, and Thomas
W. LawBon, of Boston, which have been
exhibiting at Louisville this week, ar
rived today.
The judges are as follows: Gaited sad
dle horses and high school horses W. S.
Crabb. Eminence, Ky.; Wallace Estill,
Estill. Mo.; C. E. Pratt, Little Rock, Ark.
Heavy horses C. E. Qulnton, Trenton, N.
X: George B. Hulme, New, York.' Hunt
ers, jumpers, polo' ponies, walk, trot and
canter saddle horses Thomas Mack, Bos
ton; C. E. Qulnton, New Jersey. Road
sters and appointments Warren Gal
breath, Dallas. Tex.; Murray Howe, Chi
cago; O. P. TTpdegraff, Topeka, Kan.
New American Shot-Patting Record.
NEW YORK, Oct. 21. Dennis Horgan,
the Irish champion shot-putter, competed
in the open shot-putting contest at the
Dual Athletic Club meeting of the Star
and Bartholomew Athletic Clubs today
and established a new American record
for the event of 47 feet 4 inches. The
former American record was 47 feet, made
by G. R. Gray, at Chicago, on September
IS, 1893, and the world's record is 48 feet
4 inches made by Horgan.
Texas Pacer Sold to New Haven Man.
(LEXINGTON, Ky., Oct. 2L A, E. De
vine, of San Antonio, Tex., sold to J. E.
Hublnger, of New Haven, Conn., Baron
D., the pacer, 2:12, a full brother to
Bumps, for ?5000. The deal was made by
telegraph, Devlne being in Lexington.
SHERMAN IS DYING.
His Life Can Last Bat a Few Hoars
Longer.
WASHINGTON, Oct 2L The condition
of ex-Secretary Sherman showed a de
cided change for the worse today, and It
is not believed he will survive the night.
Last night was a very bad one for him,
and he failed to recover any of his
strength during the early hours of the
morning, which was characteristic of the
period of the critical stage of his sick
ness. His naturally extremely enfeebled
condition refuses to yield to treatment,
and he Is sinking gradually. However,
he shows extraordinary vitality for a man
of his age, and because of this it is possi
ble he may live through the night, though
early In the evening his physician thought
this hardly likely. Dr. W. Johnston came
to the house early in the evening and Is
constantly In attendance to relieve the
needB of the dying man. A number of
relatives gathered at the house on -K
street, opppsite Franklin Square, during
the evening, some of the more intimate
of whom remained at the bedside of tho
distinguished patient.
Novelint in Critical Condition.
LONDON, Oct 2L Robert Buchanan,
the novelist has had a cerebral hem
orrhage, which was followed by paralysis
of the right side and complete loss of
speech. His condition is very critical.
Charles Dudley "Warner's Funeral.
HARTFORD, Conn., Oct 21. The fu
neral of Charles Dudley -Warner will take
place Tuesday afternoon at the' Asylum
Congregational Church.
Clark. Has Made No Alliance.
BUTTE, Oct 2L Senator W. A. Clark,
"who returned to Butte today, has this to
say. Jn regard to the new road between
Los Angeles and Salt Lake:
"The reported combination with any
other road is untrue. 'No alliances of any
""kind have been made or are thought of.
We are going- to proceed as soon as pos
sible to locate the -line-between Los An
geles and San Bernardino," -
REVET -OF THE MANE.
TWENTY CRIME PXTIENTS OVEIU
POWER KEEPERS" AND ESCAPE.
All but Seven Ret alee h Cunningly
Executed Plan for Liberty Keep
ers Were Not Badly Hart.
POUGHKBBPSD3, N. Y., Oct. 21.--There
was' a -revolt at the Mattewan
State Hospital for the Criminal Insane,
this evening, when six or eight keepers'
were assaulted and overpowered by 20
Insane patients. r Some of the .patients es
caped, and seven are still af large. One
or two of the keepers are badly bruised.
After the patients had been given thelrj
supper they were .taken back "to tnelr
apartments with their keepers. Among
the number yete 25 or 20 who 'Slept in
one of the large corridors where there
.e ae6seeseo9ee
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ANOTHER DEMOCRATS REASONS.
PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 18. (To the Editor.) Feeling that it is
necessary that every man should declare himself at this time as to
his political views in the crisis which, now agitates our country,, I
submit the following briefly expressed ideas as the reasons why I
cannot support Mr. Bryan: v,
- First The possibilities for'evjll, if free coinage obtained at this
time, are beyond the range of human power to imagine"., If this 'is
not possible, still the effort to sHotv good faitKln Its promotion, which
Mr. Bryan is bound to make, lll transplant us ihtotne conditions- of
four years ago. , , ' . J ...
Expansion to any clime or country falling "to our lot, in tbe
chances of war or (Otherwise, where the happiness or progress of the
inhabitants can be promoted by 'our Institutions, is 'for our best
. interests and greatest possibilities. The history off all- nations proves
that when . they cease to expand they -begin to expire. If we. are Bo
ignorant and corrupt as to make imperialism possible, the greater the
empire, the more scope liberty will have to sustain her champions.
Anti-expansion has led-the pseudo-Democratic party into the actual
support moral,' if not otherwise of the enemies of our country, in
armed "rebellion, where daily conflict occurs and the lives, of oUr vol
unteer soldlttis are lost in'defeiisa of the legal and unquestioned au
thority of our G6vernment."It-4s unpatriotic nd" a 'damnable exhibi
tion of treason to 'all Governmental' authority; . it exhibits to the
world a lack of patriotic unity necessary to sustain our pretensions
of being a world-power at a time when mosfc we require it; it em
bodies the elements of anarchy and revolution, and is an object-lesson
for the lawless, and corrupting to the youth of our countryi Its
advocacy has branded Bryan as a hypocrite and charlatan, who, liv
ing approved the treaty ceding the Philippine Islands,' for the al
leged purpose of preventing blopdshed, hasnever, by resolution, de
mand or otherwise, requested his friends there ' to desist until the
question is finally settled here.' A political party has no right, as
good citizens, to make such an issue under such circumstances, and
its advocacy shows a chronic state of political dyspepsia, incapable,
of digesting either the good or bad acts of? its opponents, and' a
morbid- desire -to tread the -measure of the Tories during the Revo
lution, and the Federalists of 1812 and during the Mexican "War.
Bryan's position today, for the first time, gives color to the claim
of the Republicans, urged for a quarter of a century, that the Demo
cratic party embraced all the, elements of 'rebellion and anarchy, and
only needed opportunity to show its colors. This condition has the
effect of putting the Southern people In 'a false light and impeaching
their honesty in the war between the states.' The Southern people
are expansionists at heart and are opposed to free coinage, but are
misled by demagogues of the pseudo-Democratic party North, who do
it for the chance" 'of the political preferment it may afford 'them.
The same, influence has for the same purpose persuaded the same,
party to- adopt- resolutions known as the pro-Boer proposition, there
by insulting a friendly nationa very large majority of whose sub
jects here have. sustained the Democratic cause resolutions which
" not only. encouraged bloodshed; without a possibility of .resulting
- benefits to the. misled burghers; -resolutions dfrectlycontraQictotjyto all;
precedent in 'our history, that" we should not have any entangling' al
liances with foreign, powers, s'uoh as the anti-expansion and pro
Boer policies of Mr. Bryan .inevitably lead to.
"We are asked to condemn all combinations of capital, without
which our unparalleled progressive policy could not be maintained,
as monopoly, and yet to give, the- unreserved strength -of the all
binding arm of the Government to not only support but to subsi
dize to the extent of at least 33 1-S per cent of its inherent value, the
silver bullion and Bilver- mines of the country, under 'the theory of
making it legal Render at the ratio of 16 to "L
The burden of the Bryan cry is rebellion against a present condi
tions and desire to overthrow them. He, offers to array .interde
pendent classes against each other, encouraging dissatisfaction and
unrest in all classes, notwithstanding we are in the foremost ranks
o'f time in every respect Advocacy of these Ideas inevitably brings
one "to a condition of unrest and to be dissatisfied with everything.
The real condition of the individual bears no relation 'to his imag
inings nor the state of -misery he 'has attained 'thereby. "When-' 'a
party can find no other principle or basis upon which to advocate
its claim to preferment,. I feel that It should be abandoned and
should not have the support -of any one who really appreciates the
conditions it offers in prospect ' ' ,
For these reasons I believe It "my duty, as it should be .that of
every good citizen, to at once put the stamp of disapproval upon the
doctrines advocated and the theories advanced for Mr. Bryan's elec
tion. Having voted for Horace Greeley in 1872, and every Demo
cratic nominee Bince that time, I take pride in saying that I cannot
Bupport Mr. Bryan in the coming election upon the platform and
principles he advocates.. '- - yr, T. BURNEY.
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were six or eight keepers. There were
no suspicious movements on the part of
the patients. But suddenly and without
warning each keeper was attacked simul
taneously by two or three patients, and
heavy blows descended upon tho heads
of the keepers. The keys held by the
keepers were taken from them quickly, 1
and a rush for the door was made. 'The
patients first passed through the dining
room, where each picked from the table
a heavy plate or cup or bowl. From "the
dining-room they went through the ad
joining rooms, the doors of which were,
unlocked, and then into the long hall
leading to -the rear exit. Through the
yard they ran like deer, and crowded
around tho big gate in the wall,' while
one of their number was turning the key
In the lock. When the gate was thrown
open they rushed out of the yard, fairly
tumbling over each other in their anx
iety to gain freedom. . .
In the meantime the keepers had recov
ered suclently to give an alarm. Chase
was given across the hospital farm, and
all but seven of the patients were cap
tured. The recaptured patients were
taken back to the institution and secure
ly locked up in other parts of the build-.
lng. The searching parties started out no
scour the woods in the vicinity of"" the
hospital. The keepers who we're assault
ed were given medical attention, and were
able to join In the search for the fugi
tives. . The Tevolt it Is thought, was. caused
directly by the cramped quarters at the
hospital. " "
- Texas Tornado Kill Six.
ATLANTA, Tex., Oct 2L A tornado
struck about half a mile west of Lodl and
35 -miles west of here today, sweeping
everything for 200 feet wide before It Onp
house In the center of ltBpath occupied
by "colored people was destroyed, six peo
ple being killed outright Three others
are missing. , , t
The tornado crossed the Texas & a i
clflo Railroad at Campbellsvllle Spur, a I
lumber loading station two miles north of I
Lodi, carrying away considerable lumber, i
It is feared further loss of life has re- t
suited In the country. A hard rain fell -here
'all morning. The result will "be
consiaeraDie carnage to me cation crop.
Trafalgar Say Celebrated. ,
LONDON. Oct 22. Trafalgarday, was
celebrated yesterday in the usual fash-1
ion throughout "EJngland. Nelson's col- j
unm, in Trafalgar Square, Iondorv wasr.
decorated with beautiful wreaths. There
was a municipal procession at Liverpool.
Nelson's flagship, tho Victbry, was hung
with wreaths at Portsmouth. At Rotting
Dean Mr. Rudyard Kipling .addressed a
meeting, and dwelt'-upon the Importance
.of the maintenance of a 'strong navy.
WILLIAM STAMPS CHERRY.
Chicago Engineer and Explorer Be
f turning: 'From Alca.
CHICAGO Oct. 2LWord was received
hare' today of the arrival in Paris of the
young American explorer and engineer,
William Stamps Cherry, of Chicago. He
.comes direct from the Congo .Free State.
Since . Mr. Cherry left Chicago, nearly
four years ago, on .his second trip, he has
visited a considerable portion of the un-i
"known lands In the Congo Free
State, and also the country -north of
tho Congo, including the Klttu region.
Mr. Cherry brings back considerable data
ao the country he .has- been, trayellng
-through, wljich will be of immediate his
toric 'and scientific .-Interest.
When England and France nearly went
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to war over the Fashoda affair, Major
Marchand. it will be remembered,' Had
taken possession of that portion of the
country on the Nile as an outlet On that
river for the French possessions. Mr.
Cherry, at that time was the leader of a
second expedition organized" In the French
Congo whioh followed closely tho one
led by Marchand. Mr. Cherry on this
trip- toolc with him, besides supplies for
the French, a steel river steamer in sec
tions, jand upon- his arrival on the bank
of," the Nile, supervised the steamer's re
constructipn.. This boat played an . Im
portant part ia that international episode,
as the intention of .France was to use
.-the steamer in establishing French domi
nation over the lands bordering on the
Nile. On his return to the Congo country
from Fashoda Mr. Cherry devoted a por
tion of his. time, to the exploration of
the hitherto unknown Klttu region, lying
to the north of the Congo Free State and
the French Congo country. The Klttu
region is far removed from the portion
of Central Africa with which Henry M.
Stanley made tho world so familiar.
It Is expected that Mr. Cherry will bring
back considerable information of the so
cial life and industries of a people nuver
before visited, by a white man. The
young Chicagoan also traveled over Equa
torial Africa to correct any misleading
Information about that country; He. has
taken a series of photographs of the vari
ous African tribes, and also added largely
to tho collection of curios "secured on his
first trip.'
Olr. Cherry was accompanied on his
latest ,.trip by Charles H. McCllntock,
of Chicago. About a year after their ar
rival In the French Congo State, Mr. Mc-'
Cllntock succumbed to African, fever, and
sat t;nerry continued the trip alone.
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Trial of an Airship.
FRIEDRIOHAFBN, Wurtemburg, Oct.
.21. Anothor trial of Count Zeppelin's alr-
stup was made today, resulting in a series
of successful evolutions. The ship, with
Count Zeppelin and Herr Eugene Wolff
on board, ascended at 5 o'clock in the
afternoon to an altitude of five-eighths of
a mile, where various maneuvers were
executed. It then , descended slowly to
the water, which it reached near '"the
point of departure at 5:25. The King and
'Queen of Wurtemburg witnessed-the-triai.
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E. W. Grove's signature Is'on each box. 25o.
BEST EQR THE COUNTRY
AGUINALDO WRITES HEADERS TO
" CEASE POLITICAL ATTEMPTS.
Hint That Plans Are Maturing:
Among Rebels in the Field
Bearing on. Paciflcatloa.
MANILA, Oct. 21. Senor Buencamlno
has received what purportB to be a let
ter from Aguinaldo ordering the former
leaders,, of the revolution who are now
in Manila to desist from the forma
tion of political parties and to ce5.se. all
their attempts at pacification. This let
ter mysteriously hints that plans are
maturing among the armed rebels in
the Held, and -describes these as "best
for the country." Senor Buencamlno de
clares that the letter Is. genuine. .
The military ' situation was compara
tively quiet last week. The commission,
the military authorities, the Filipinos and
the foreigners are awaiting the result oi
the Presidential election in the United
States. Many persons assert that what
ever this may be it will have np Imme
diate effect on, the situation in the
Phllippltiea and that disorders and guer
rilla attacks will continue for a time.
FILIPINOS AND THE FRIARS.
President Tatt Taking; Testimony
Natives Were Abnsed.
' MANIfcA, Oct. 21. Judge Taft, presi
dent of tho American Commission, has
beep engaged for somo time in taking a
mass of Filipino testimony concerning the
conduct and policy of the friars, this be
lng a continuation of the Investigation
Which began with the depositions of bish
ops and members of monastic orders. The
statements of the Filipinos go to show
that the friars under the Spanish regime
greatly abused their limitless political and
religious powers over the community, and
that the abuse of authority often led to
Immorality. All tho testimony offered by
the Filipinos shows that theyt do not de
sire the return Of the friars to the par
ishes. Archbishop Chapelle has gone to the
more peaceful provinces of Northern Lu
ion, accompanied by three Dominican
friars. It Is generally believed he intends
to re-establish these friars In certain par
ishes, 'and the trip Is exciting the natives
in Manila, who call .upon their country
men to prevent the re-establlshment of
any friar, on the ground that It would fix
dangerous precedent for the future.
-The Philippine Commission has passed
a.. bill appropriating '$475,000,' gold, for tho
payment of expenses Incurred for the ben
efit of", the Insular government during Oc
tober.' .Forces Returning Prom China.
MANIIA, Oct. 21. Mr. Wildman, Uni
ted States Consul at Hong Kong, who
is now in Manila, says the expectation
of a general anti-foreign outbreak in
Southern China, notably In Canton, ia
growing daily, and that cablegrams re
ceived by him last week record an in
creasing uneasiness In Hong Kong.
A troop of the Sixth United States Cav
alry and "a contingent of marines from the
United States "battleship Indiana, have
arrived here from China.
GERMAN MONEY EASIER,
Movement Toward Rapid Recovery
Week on the Hoarse.
BERLIN, Oct 21. The rapid decline of
the private, discount rate -was the most
striking feature of fast week's money
market This was caused chiefly by sym
pathy with London, and also by. tho ex
cellent Relchsbank statement for October
15,.' Rates are now bo easy that financiers
confidently expect ,f he Relchsbank' will
continue the present rate1 through the
Autumn. , The bank's metal stock stands
50,000,000 'narklT above the stock of last
year, andita,oHscounts are ,163,000,000
marks vbelow. t v
The movement at; the bank Is now to
ward "a" VaprtT recovery. During the last
three days of the past week the private
discount (ell to 236. a fall of .. Call
money la abundant at 2& per cent, and
can be "obtained at""2 per cent, Foreign
exohange rates also show a falling ten
dency, and New York gold receipts from
non-European sources last week caused a
considerable feeling that New York will
not draw Upon credits nere.
THe Week's sensation on tho Bourse was
in the obligations of certain mortgage
banks while a violent break in quotations
was caused by sales from a deceased
banker's estate producing rumors of
financial Unsoundness. These institutions
began buying back their -4 per cents yes
terday at 88 and their 3s at 85. Mean
while prices fell off from 10 to 12 per
cent The Reichsbank's " coal shares,
amounting to 30,000,000 marks, were nearly
twice over subscribed, but this Is not con
sidered a brilliant result The subscrip
tion price of Hamburg's new 4b will be
991. Cologne has received the govern
ment's permission to 'issue a loan of 21,
000,000 marks, and Mayence has just placed
4,000,000 marks 4 per cents- at 97.40.
Reports from the textile industries con
tinue unsatisfactory, mora than half tho
looms being idle at Achen, Greitz and
Reiohenbak. Iron stocks increased 5195
tons during September in Silesia.
The London Stock Market.
LONDON, Oct 21. The cheapness of
money last week stimulated consols and
other high-class stock, but did not help
some railway securities. These closed
mostly lower on the week, although dis
trict railway shares suddenly shot up
three points on the strength of doubt
ful rumors that an American' syndicate
was trying to secure control of the line,
with a view to introducing electrical trac
tion. (Most departments closed firm yesterday
owing to the Anglo-German agreement re
garding China, although the full effect of
this was not felt because the attendance
on the stock exchange, as Is usual on
Saturday, was small, the house belnK half
empty.
Consols were 1 11-16 easier at 98. Chi
nese, securities showed an advance of
points.
The feature of the week, however, was
the activity in 'Americans, which enjoyed
quite a boom. Northern Pacific rose 1
points; Northern, Pacific preferred, 1;
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe, .
The mining market is- still very dull,
though it is beginning to show signs of
activity, the slightest favorable report
sending prices up, as was the case yes
terday, when the mere rumor that Gen
eral Dewet had surrendered caused an Im
provement all along the line, Rands ris
ing .
Money "Was abundant at the following
rates of discount: Until Monday, 1 per
cent; for a week, 1 to 2; three months'
bills, S?4.
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A CRISIS IN SPAIN.
The Cabinet Resigms as. a Protest
Aa-ainat General "Weyler.
MADRID, Oct 21. Senor Sllvela,. the
Premier, had an audience with the Queen
Regent' today and formally announced
the resignation of Senor Gasett, Minister
of Agriculture, and Senor Dato, Minister
of tho Interior, together with the resig
nations of tho high officials. In other de
partments, as a protest against the ap
pointment of General Weyler as Captain
General of Madrid. The Cabinet Council
which . followed disclosed serious differ
ences between tho members of . the Min
istry, and the Premier" decided to place
the question af confidence in the Cabinet
befpre the Que op Regent
' This evening Senor SUyela went to the
Lpal'ace to tender the resignation of the
entire Cabinet- Subscjruently.- tho Queen
Regent received General Ascarraga, presi
dent of the .Senate, whom, she entrusted
I with the formation of a new Ministry.
After tha audience General Ascarraga
conferred with tha Duka of Tetuah and
Ser.Or Siiyela. His attitude was very re
served, and it Is thought he will expe
rience great difficulty In forming av Cabi
net El Heraldo will say tomorrow that Se--nor
81lvela,-in -a -conversation with sev
eral journalists after his resignation, said
that he would not only renounce the
presidency of the Cabinet, but also tha
leadership of the Conservative jparty.
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. NEW JAPANESE CABINET.
Two Ministers Remain Unchanged
' The Pensonnel.
WASHINGTON, Oct 2L The Japanese
Legation received today the following tel
egram from the Foreign Office at Toklo:
"Marquis Tamagata'tf Cabinet having
resigned, Marquis Ito's Cabinet was
formed on the 19th, its members being as
follows:
"Minister President, Marduls Ito; Min
ister for Foreign Affairs, Mr. Takaakl
Kato; Minister of the Interior, Baron
Suyematsu; Minister for War, Marshal
Viscount Katsura; Minister of the Navy,
Vice - Admiral Yamamoto; Minister of
Finance,. Viscount Watanabe; Minister of
Agriculture and Commerce, "Suzo Hayashl;
Minister of Education, MasahlsaMatsuda;
Minister of Communlatlons, Toru HoshI;
Minister of Justice, Baron Kaneko.
"Tho Ministers for War and tho Navy
remained unchanged."
A Cnrions Experiment.
LONDON, Oct 22. The Yokohama cor
respondent of the Dally News, who de
scribes the new Cabinet formed by Mar
quts Ito October 19 as a "curious experi
ment," says:
"Demagogues who hod been fighting
the government for years have been 'ad
mitted. -Some of them have had remark
ably checkered careers. One of them, the
son of a plasterer, has been In prison for
opposing the government' and was ex
pelled from the Diet and 'deported.. .An
other suffered 10 years' imprisonment for
conspiring- to overthrow the government"
WHAT PAPERS SAY.
(Continued from First Page.)
Count de Quadt is very much gratified
over the agreement between the two pow
ers, and believes It augurs ivell lor the
prompt beginning of peace negotiations In
has yet come to our Govern
ment from the American Embassy at Ber
lin touching -the agreement between Ger
many and England. The feeling on the
subject of the State Department officials
vvaa made known In the press dispatches
yesterday, the document gllvng very gen
eral satisfaction, and Is being recognized
as being in line with the attitude of the
United States toward China as already
defined by "Secretary JHay and other
powers.
"WHY IT WAS FQSTPOXED.
Probably Some of the Foreign Min
isters Lacked Instructions.
WASHINGTON, Oct 21. Nothing came
to the State Department today from Min
ister Conger in regard to, the proposed,
preliminary meeting for the consideration
of peace negotiations asked for by Li
Hung Chang and Prince CWng for Octo
ber 20. The presumptions of the officials
there is the press dispatches announcing
that It had been postponed Is correct
This, postponement was due probabbjy to
the unreadiness of the powers generally
to begin negotiations, tho Ministers,, in
all likelihood, not having received their
final preliminary instructions -from their
.governments for. the,'r guidance. United
States Minister -Conger Jc prepared to pro-:
ceed with the preliminary work,""hU In
structions from the Statue Department
being ample to coxer all Questions which
it is expected will bexalsed at the be
ginning. As Is understood here, the In
itial meeting will relate mainly to the ver
ification of tho credentials of the Chinese
plenipotentiaries, and if ,jthese he satis
factory the base will be laid for future
conferences. v
" Both Li Hung Chang and Prince Chlng
are in Pekin, but the two great southern
VlceroyB are supposed tQ bo still In their
own provinces. Conference with them
by the Chinese now in Pekin will be
largely by telegraph. Following the veri
fication of credentials to the satisfaction
of the powers will come the designation
of plenipotentiaries by this Government
to conduct tho formal negotiations, but
as to their personnel the officials here are
not yet willing to make any statement
IMPERIAL TROOPS DEFEATED.
Boxers Reported to Be Preparing to
Attack Cantqn.
LONDON, Oct 22. "Official Chinese dis
patches," says the Shanghai correspon
dent of the Standard, wiring yesterday,
"admit that the imperial troops have sus
tained defeats in the Province of Kwang
Tung. All the Chinese Generals In Kwang
Tung and Kwang SI are begging for re
inforcements. "The leaders of the 'Vegeterlans,' the
secret society whose members last July
murdered 'the missionaries at Chu Chau,
have been captured and taken to Hang
Chau for punishment
"It is reported that a Triad army 1b
preparing to attack Canton."
"Why Russian Minister Returns.
, ST. PETERSBURG, Oct 21. The Official
Messenger formally announces and ex
plains the return to Pekin of the Russian
Minister to China In the following- para
graph: "An edict of the Chinese Emperor hav
ing appointed Prince Chlng 'and LI Hung
Chang to b Plenipotentiaries, the Czar
has ordered M. de Giers to return to
Pekin and to enter upon peace negotia
tions, together with the repreesntatlvea of
the other powers." -
Belgian View of the Situation.
BRUSSELS, Oct 21. The Independence
Beige, which considers the Anglo-German
agreement directed against Russia,
"whose influence in the East is now
permanent," says,:
"Great Britain ia too weak and ex
hausted to undertake isolated action and
wishing to prevent other pqwers from
obtaining more than herself she insists
upon the maintenance of a status quo."
Think Americans Subsidise Chinese.
LONDON, Oot 22. ''It Is supposed
here," says the Hong Kong correspondent
of the Daily Chronicle, "that the rebels
who are operating under l3un Yat Sen
are subsidized by Americans at Singa
pore." German Press Generally Approves.
BERLIN, Oct 21. With the exception
of a few notoriously anti-British Journals
the entire German press approves the
Anglo-German agreement Its effect upon
Russia excites "keen curiosity,. Jt being no
secret that the relatipns between Ger
many and Russia have lately become
cooler.
'Wisconsin Strongly Republican.
Representative John J. Each., of Wis
consin, has Just concluded' an extended
trip through the seven cpuntles of his
district, and says as the result of his
observations:
In the National election of 1S96 Wiscon
sin reached the hundred thousand class,
with a total Republican plurality of 102,
312. It is not likely that these figures will
be reached In the pending election. I
think ve can .easily reach the" plurality
o'f 50,000 or 60,000. Wisconsin, is one of the
Northwestern States "that has the honor
of having a solid Republican delegation
In Congress. She has maintained this
.record for tha last threo successive Con-
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districts In this campaign, but strenuous
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YOUNG MAN MURDERED.
Warn Protecting Girl From Assault ofl
a Stranger.
CHICAGO, Oct 21. Thomas J. Griffith,
a shipping clerk employed by Nl K.
Falrbnnk & Co., was shot today and
Instantly killed while trying to protect
Miss Fay Gilbert from the attack of a
strange man In front of 2220 State
street Unmindful of the threatening muz
zle of the weapon the shipping clerk grqp
pled with the assailant In a moment he
fell to the sidewalk with a bullet through
his heart The murderer escaped.
Depot Bnrclarizcd. and Burned.
GRAND FORKS. N. D., Oct 21.
Burglars lost night blew open the safa
of the Great Northern depot at Cavalier,
N. D.. and the explosion set Are to tha
building which was totally destroyed. It
Is not known what amount of money was
secured. Tho Sheriff Is pursuing two sus
pects. RUSSIA DOESN'T NEED MONEY
Current Revenue and Reserve Meet
All Expenditures.
ST. PETERSBURG. Oct 21. The Official
Messenger makes the following announce
ment: j Trierer ofthe? retternfl-AWo- ipaxta
appearing in foreign newspapers that ttus
sla la seeking to- conclude a foreign loan,
the Minister of Finance considers it neces
sary again to declare that the govern
ment Is not seeking to conclude loans of
any kind, seeing that the current reve
nue and the cash reserve suffice to meet
the ordinary expenditure, as well as tho
outlay entailed by events In the far
East
"All the newspaper reports concerning
an alleged Russian loan emanate from
speculators, who persistently but unsuc
cessfully endeavor to force their services
upon the Ministry of Finance."
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RAILROAD FOR. REPUBLIC.
Warner Miller Bent His Competitor
in Getting Permit.
TACOMA. Oct. 21. Ex-Senator Warner
Miller, of New, York, has secured a per
mit for a railroad across the north hnlf
of the Colvllle Indian- reservation, for tho
Republic & Kettle River Railroad, of
which he Is chief promoter. Senator
Miller went to Washington, and under
date of October 8 secured a permit from
the Secretary of. the Interior.
Tho Grand Fosks & Republic Company,
a rival railroad, made surveys before tha
reserve was opened and then sent an at
torney to Washington to obtain a permit
suqh as Miller had secured. The attorney
has not yet succeeded, and finds his com
pany Is a trespasser for having surveyed
without a permit
RESISTING INDIANS ARMED
Five Tribes Declare They Will Sot
Take Allotment.
DENISON, Tex., Oct 21. The Creek fujl
blood council has been Joined, by Choc
taws, Chlckasaws, Cherbkees and Seml
noles, all armed with Winchesters. They
declare they will stand by the treaty of
1866 and will not take allotment of lands.
Colonel Sheenfele, agent of the Five Civil
ized Tribes, Is confident that he can
handle the situation.
Broke Spinal Column at Football.
ASHKVILDE, N. C, Oct. 21. A. D.
Price, of Palestine, Tex., a student at the
Bingham School, died today from injuries
sustained in a practice game of football
yesterday. His spinal column was broken
between his shoulders.
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