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EVENTS OF THE DAY
LATER NEWS.
Miners in Mexico are not being tun-
leslad bv tbe waning Yaqul.
I Tli Prussian diet ha closed. No
Enltome of the Telegraphic action taken with tii canal tiiii.
ORPHAN ASYLUM FIRE
News of the World.
TK.KSK TICKS KUOM TIIK WIRES
An InUroalliig Cllactloa af Items Pram
the Tw llenil.pheree Presented
In a Coniteneed Para.
The national Irtiitiom' congress will
meet In Huston In (Hilolwr.
Our ciiiiiini'M'ii wild Germany d.r
iHfIB exceed nil previous lectinl.
A stage Ik Yollunnlwia park turned
over. One person wu killed and n
number worn Injured.
Tim eucalyptus trao I lo he experi
mented with qullo exlonaively in Cuba
as unit - in ti lit 1 1 it t agent.
Hiispiclmt cam of fever livt oo
furred at Urianbu, Mexico, and It I be
lieved la lie yellow lover.
Omiiit.il Oliarrpmlsrvetyththg quint
al Manila. 1I t protecting tlm live
ami pi oj.itI Jf nl nil i:lnf.
The govmnoi of 'J I stales have ap
pointed delegates lo Ilia nuli-tr lint con
teruncu lo ha IikIiI at Chicago In Sep
tember, 1 Tim Otyrapla't hstallion of S50 uieo
will lead Ibe parade In Now York on
llm ocniision of Ilia Mill vul of Admiral
Ihiwtty,
Sergeant Crawford, who ocaied. af
ter letting eight tiii'ii out ol tlm nion
at Wuidner, ha Wen arrested al Mil
sniilu, Mont.
; Hir Thomas Llplon, tha owner ol th
Miumrock. ha lulled tot tnt country,
llo waa given a hearty iurwi.ll liy Ilia
Irish friend.
It I aniiouiicnd In London that tha
governor of IS n t it I Im refused In allow
the tmiimt ol empty cartridge case
liiti'inlutl (or tho Tianavaal.
A determined eflnrt la being ItiB-lo at
Cleveland, )., lo secura ilia discharge
nf a uiiiiihi'r of volunteer in tha Four
li.uuth United Hint i'ii infanliy.
A Washington Ki.ilal say that
Modus vivtinili hat been agreed iiHin by
tlm Ahisk hotimluty Otitiitii inaluit ami
will hi' In nlTfft before congies meets
in llei-cmuer.
A Vienna paper suys that a depnla
tioti ol American merchant fioin Ma
nila ha gone to Washington to promise
n schema Im ceding Ilia Philippines to
tlii'itl Britain.
i A Manila dispatch via Hong Kong
any tieaoii Iihm lwii discovered In
Imami. A im. I Tii niHVnr hud opened
rebel recruiting mllon and wu be
1 UK aided by instiigeiit officci In dis
guise, lie wu urrmlml ami l.ikvu to
juil.
The war ili'partuitMit Inn givim nut
for piihlli-ntioti a KtutuniDiit of tha
tiiiaiioa ol Cuha. It hiiw that nmler
tlm uiHimiji'itii'itt of Ilia I'lilti"! Mtt
govviiiini-nt the ii'cuiplt of the inliiml
f t mil Jiinunry to June of tho currant
yiMii-, kii immIu.I thaexpuinlitiirti by ovui
u million doliiira.
T.iiiiii'r of tho Kuxt ami Went will
fur mi mi nppur-lialliur eomhiiia.
At Hoiihriiiht, N, J., thiaa ptiraoii
wvra klllil ami thine IlijureJ hy being
run down by a Imin.
Y.v'ty train I hiiiiiug lecruili to
t'npn Town, nml eimh aliln acuin to b
(nopHilng for ooiilliut,
Kiiipmor Willlnm Mild tha Gorman
Riniinmilor to I'tami liuioliHil touether
in lturlin ami .llscutitiotl the Diuyf'i
onne.
In Holland a innb by throwing atone
foioed tioopa to lira upon thuui. One
of tho rioter wr killed and two worn
wounded.
(Imiunil Union' mlHNion to t'10 Moim
win Buci-i'dsf nl. The inluii ol ISnla
Im iik mod to recognize American hot
eidignty. The St. Pititl Olnlm mlvoouten the
nominiitlnn of Ad mi nil Dewey lor tha
proHldHiiuy by tho mat Di'iiiourulio ini
lionnl ami volition.
Kir Wilfred I.iuiriur and MinUtor of
Murine Davie will kii lo Knuhind to
tiilk with CliHiuborlniu nbout tlie.Alua
kau houiKliiry.
Iti'porl fimn Southern Kinnia any
(iirienl Imlinf ot the iippmuo.Mng cud
- nt tlm world U cauHlug a puuio nniong
tho UlHldm.utod ChlsHUH.
Thu Oroiik govvinmeiit Im boon
liruntiid Ilia oourtimy of hiiviug an en
aiun ol thuUrvuk imvy iiHBiuned to duty
on thu North Atlantic aquiidiou.
ilohu Id ml, goviirnor of Mlnncaotn,
Im rcqiumlml the war dtipiirtmunt to
ii I In w tha returning volunteer of IiIn
Unto to ho lauded in l'oitlund, Instead
of in Hun I'liuiuiHco.
President Mullen, of the Northern
Tiudllu railway in an Interview pub
liNhud In a Wall ntrei.il piipcr unys hit
ro;id apont hut half It eaining for op
erating expense hint year mid the
roud i" now in a ptoaperou condition,
The war burden nre beginning to
grow heavy and Secretary Uno i seek
ing aomo wny In luoreime tha itump
tax. (tint imiohlnea und Hreaiins It la
thought tuny help to heat the burden.
' Another bond isuuo i alto mentioned.
BLESSED OLYMPIA'S CREW.
tQ Ad-
Mr. I'hneha lleaiat I thu principal
tnikliohler in a new i'altfornla oil
vompany,
A JapanuM paier ay Aguinahlu
wa killed by Ueueral i'io did Pilar
Ul June,
The military eouimauiler of HanCri
tubal haa been aanaiMiiiiatvd by tha Sun
Domliigan rebel.
Julia lHfiil (Irani, daughlei of Fred
erick 1 Wtn t (limit, now neiviiig In the
I'lillippinea, will wud a Htnmian ptimtu.
Waller Wellinuu, tho leadur of the
polar esiieditlnn, Iih arriveil In Eii-
land. II" I probably eiippled fur life
at a reault of hi trip.
A company with a capitalization of
I JD. 000, 000 in foimlug In hun Kiau
cioo for the purpinm of ealabliahlng
big enlfrpriai1 lu China.
Aeconling to a tHteini'llt jut iued
by the California alata hank cnuiiiili
mini r, Ibe iiniramo ill aanel and liu
bilitic I the largeat ever nIiowii.
A dinpaUh fimn Cape Uaytien any
there wa a bultlo al Dajabou leveiul
day ago in wnirh the goveruuienl hot
70 men ami the iiiaurgi-ul oulv five.
Work I soon to begin In Chicago
an a permanent agricultural eipoaition
building. Iin-eieit at tha main entrance
to the Union stockyard and to oot
lioo.ooo.
The United Klalea traniort Oiant.
iHiaring the Idaho, Ninth Dukota anil
Wyoming voluulevra, ha anived in
Han Fianciano. Dining tha voyage
there weie live death.
It I rumored that the secret under
standing as to the boumlaiy ia merely
to hold in oheck piieailita deinonatia
tlou at a piopoattioii to cwile Cuuada a
dee port ol entry lo Alaska.
(Innnral Joe V hoeler in an Intel
view with a pie correspondent uy
lie believe (Hi will soon muka lapid
progrtwa. lie y lie like tha I'liihp
pines and that tha iiuiiresaion that the
country ia unhealthy la wrong.
Jituie Hamilton Irfiwii, ol Washing
ton. it about lo leave for biiKland to
press iipou th attention ol the iiritish
giivurumetit the claims of a large nuin
her ol American luinera, aggregating
nearly US, 000,000, and mostly in tho
Allin diHtricL
Two wrecks In one tlar were re
porleil on the Hock Island. Tha cant
Imud flvrr lan into a freight train at
Km is, Has. Th engineer and It rem an
of the paasonger train were severely
injured. The Keokuk exprurs ran off
the track near Klgm, 111. The train
was badly smashed, but no one was injured.
England has ejected Russian from
her lamia nl Hankow and trouble ia im
minent It is said that food for (luerin, the
besieged Kreuchniun i supplied by an
undei ground passage.
Many Children Burned to
Death at Sparkill, N. Y.
CAUSED BY A LA Ml' EXI'LOSIOX
f lamas rea la KplJlf Tb.l Thar
Waa Little tUanr. at Kaeapa
far Ike leinatva.
Nyack, N. Y., Aug. JD. Fire wa
diacovered in the largo boy' ami gnla'
prphan asylum connected Willi nt.
Anna' onnveut, at Hptirlclilll, ItixiK-
laud comity, at 1 A. M.. tiKluy. but not
tiefuie tha entire slrucure, a frame
building, wa wrapped in flume.
Man nl tliH I mini lea. children, were
burned and suffocahid, It wa tenoned
surlv this inoiiring. The exact nuin
ber of the dead could not be told at
1:15 A M when the first diapatche
reached this city.
Th asylum, which I corn! noted by
the Sisters of Meroy, held about 1,000
children. It was a long Irani . build
ing, three plmies high.
The tire wa nut diacovered until tlie
whole building wa one mass of flumes.
The children had lount chance for ei
cM. Special train over the New
Jersey Northern load were rushed to
tha nearest railroad station.
The asylum wa situated between
Bparkhill and Orangeburg.
The scenes at the conflagration were
heartrending. The children olad in
their iilghtrohea, could be seen falling
backward into the flume and smoke,
while the shrieks of the dying could be
heard above the ciuckle of th devour
ing flames. Home of the children were
crippled for life by jumping trora the
windows. Many ol the islr alto
were Injured, while other torn ineir
tive heroically while trying to rescue
their charges.
Althounh the service of the fire de
T.art uii'iit from neiiiliboring places had
been promptly rendeied, the engines
arrived too late to be effective In aav
inn life or property.
The firo wa caused by the explosion
of kerosene lamp. f
RUSSIANS PUT OUT.
Pup. Rant an Anlraph l.tt.r
antral Ji.wrjr.
New York. Aug. DO. A dipsatch to
the Journal arid Advertiser from Home
Suva: Hi holiness, the pope, i deep
ly con wined about the war in the
1'hilippine. lie ha communicated
hi anxiety to tha llev. Futhor Kearny,
chaplain of the Olynipia.
In the plainest possible term, UfO
expressed a trong denire to ee peace
ealiihlished betweeo the United htatee
ami the natives, and aaid that he con
templated the opening of negotiation
with the United mate government
with R view to legiUating the position
ol Catholics in the Philippine.
Allot tin was. in the course nl a
sneciitl audience accorded to the chap
lain of Dewey' flagship. In heartfelt
terms, be expressed his horror ot blood
ihed that had occurred and dilate-1
upon the iinpoitanup of making every
endeavor to bring (it loan end. He
LIKE HOUSE OF CARDS'
5ISE WORKMEN WERE KILLED
took it for
was concluded,
would establish
gran to
t
R
that when peace
a United Htste
beneficent rule on
der whioh the I'hiliaVines woold quick-
lv reach a condition of happiness and
prosperity.
Ilia holiness aed Tnany question
about Admiral Dewey, his personalty
his opinion, and lnquirtd tyuipa
thetically about the state of hi health.
At the conclusion of the interivew, he
gave Father Kearny an autograph let'
tor for delivery to the admiral ami
made the priest the hearer of hi bene'
diction to the crew of the Olympia.
HOME FROM THE WAR.
T.atU
LEWIS GOES TO ENGLAND.
Bear Lattar to Chaata. nha Will
Help fraaa Claim, af Atlla Mlaars.
Chicago, Ang. St. A special to the
Ue1 ArrVi Cr-nOi'd Timea-Heral.l from Washington ay:
tVU f J WfcVW as vasvv w m w w H v
iTRADE WITH ISLANDS
to the Ground.
bar a.rloa.lf Injnr.d-Archas
Ware ta Rapaart Ika Kuaf af
Cbl.aga'a Collaaam.
of Wyoming and his
The governor
stuff will meet the Kate' returning
volunteer in hun Francisco.
An agreement has been readied Willi
(Iciuiiiny whereby packages weighing
11 poii ml it may b sent by post.
Kmger'i concession to England are
so fur reaching that it is thought hit
resignation will be demanded.
In South America the products ol
(hunt Itirtain are being replaced hy
those from the Uuitod hiatus and tier
many.
While IB men were descending into
the Couchard mine at Huulecroix,
France, a cable broke and all were
killed.
Commercial tiavelor will endeavor
to have uniform stylo adopted iu mile
age ticket by the railways ot this
country.
An Italian anarchist organiser in
New York stated tiiat woikmeu all
over Europe are organising tor a
grout upriaing.
The recent withdrawal ol troop
caused trouble iu Pan ay and Cebu
Islands, but robber band and aimed
Tugula were punished.
A witness, who at the former trial
gave expert testimony that Dreytii
wrote the bordereau, ha now deolaied
that Enter hazy wrote it.
Through the heroio work ol the lis
ter only four death resulted from the
terrible conflagration iu the Uiphuu
asylum at Sparkill, N. Y.
Fiee trade privilege for 10 year
have been granted Spain iu the Sulu
islands. Germany and Great Britain
will also be granted like privilege.
The pope blessed the Olympla'a orew
mid lent an autograph loiter to Ad
miral Dewey, Ha is much concerned
ubout war and expressed tho hope that
it will soon end.
The Santo Domingnn government
Inn lunendored to the revolutionist.
The rebels reached the capital and
took possession and Huoreuux' ittooeasor
threw up the sponge
Bo satisfactory have been tho result
of expeiimeut made witli thorite, the
new high explosive discovered by an
Oregon professor, that it will bo recom
iuendedhy the hoard of ordnance and
lortillcations lot use in the i'bilip
pine.
Great llrllaln A.a.rla II. r Itliauaa the
X an R -taa- K lan (.
Shanghai, Ang. 29. As the outcome
ol a dispute regarding the ownership
ot some lands at Unnkow, on the Yang
taa-Kiang, about 100 miles from the
sea, which were purchased in 18C3 by
the concern ot Jurdine, Matheson &
Co., but wnia luhseriuently included in
the new concession to Kussia. the
owuors, under the advice and protec
tion of Mr. Hurst, the itntish consul,
sent workmen to lenoe in the tract.
Alter the work was begun, a doaen Cos-
sucks from the Russian consulate, ap
peered on tha scene and forcibly eject
ed the workmen. The captain ol the
British second-clam gunboat Wood-
lurk, specially designed for liver erv
Ice, afler consulting with Mr. Hurst,
landed partv of bluejacket and
moved the Woodlark within firing die-
lance of the Russian consulate. Foi
a time a tight seuuiud imminent, but
nothing further occulted. The blue-
jackets are now guarding the property
The Untisli third-clans gunboat &K
ha been dispatched to Hankow from
this port. Ureal Britain i evidently
determined to uphold British right.
P.nn.Tl.anl. Raclmant W.l
entnad by Ibe Praaid.BU
Pittsburg, Ang. SO. With cannon
booming, bell clanging, whistle
ihriekiug,' flag waving and mighty
cheers from hundreds of thousands o:
throats, the brave Tenth Pennsylvam
Y,ilniiti'jra vara welcomed todav. after
......a ll, an B Wamr Fit Urf ilW in tha'
Philippines.
The reception tendered the returning
soldier will always be remembered in
this oity a one ol the greatest demon
strations ol patriotism that ha ever
taken place in this country.
President Mckinley, Mr. McKinley,
Major-Oeneral Merritt, Major-Heneial
Fianci V. Uieene and other promi
nent national and state officers were in
the city. The president addressed the
returning volunteers and in a feeling
manner thanked them lor their good
work in the Philippine.
ANOTHER DEAD MAN ALIVE.
TREASON IN LUZON.
An antl-kisslng league has been In.
ntiguraled among tho society girls of
thu East sldo ol Cincinnati.
' It 1 proposed to let tip a modern
Ainevluun saw mill in China, whore
lumber is mill sawed in the primitive
method of a century ago.
: Boston' largest hind owner is Arch-
blKliop Williams, who hold in hi
liaiuu real estate valued nt $7,000,000
belonging to , the Roman Catholic
ohtituh,
Charles Prophenas, of Milium, N,
J., aaya he has solved the problem ot
perpetual motion.
Preparation for the erection ot the
1 1(1,000,000 ateel plant which ia to be
located nt Htony Point, near Buffalo,
N. Y., aro in active piogresB.
Captain Davis Daltoii, the swimming
expert who waa drowned i.ear Far
Rockuway, win known us the champion
Hie saver of the world, having iesaued
378 people from drowning.
Native Mayor Opens a Rebal Recruit
ing. Rtatlua.
Manila, Aug. 34, via Hong Kong,
Aug. 39. Recent event have proved
somewhat discouraging to official who
are trying to accompany war with
policy of conciliation. Two new mu
nicipal governments have collapsed
through treaohery of the mnyoi. To
day the mayor ot San Pedro Macati,
who waa elected by the people nnder
the direction ot Professor Dean Woreoa
tor, of the United State advisory com
mission for thu Philippines, waa
brought to Manila and lodged In jail.
Th United States officers at San Pedro
Maoati found that ho was using hie
office as a recruiting station for the
Philippine army. Four disguised in
surgent officeis weie helping him.
The mayor of Buliuag wae-also arrest
ed aud confined in the same prison.
The American caught him passing be
tween the lines ot the two armies
with incriminating document which
the authorities secuiod. Another
proinient native mayor is undei sur
veillance.
Stinimwi'V V.iiK.aiiee,
Engle, N. M.. Aug. 28. W. J.
Spralding, a wealthy cattleman; con
trolling stock interest in Clilordo,
waa killed by cowboy near Fairvtew
iu tevenge for his murderous assault
upon Mis Nellie McKinstry. Pprnld
ins without provocation made a threat
ening remark to the woman a lie waa
riding hy, both being on horseback,
and followed it np by tiring a revolver
at her point blank. The ihot took
effect In the woman's neck and she fell
lrom her horse. Cowboy near by
atarted aftei Spralding, who emptied
hi revolver at them. A lusilade
from Winchesters in the band ol the
puriiieia brought Spialding to the
ground with six bullet iu his body
and head. He died almost iiiBtantly.
The injured woman oame here from
Marlon, Im!., to act a housekeeper
for Spraldli'g. She will reoover. No
ounse for the trouble i known.
Pulnth Ulan Wrltas at InlT.rlnRa of Cape
' Soma and Katsaboe Praapaotars.
Minneapolis, Aug. 28. A pecil
to the Time from Dulutli, Alum.,
snvs: John Duluth, reported dead in
the Kotxehoe country, has written
home telling of the sufferings ot those
who have been at Cape Nome. July
14. Iiom Anvil City, Mr. Morrison
wrote tint t over 100 miner and prospec
tors must have perished iu the Kotxe
hoe district last winter. Six of the
party he waa with died ami the re
mainder came very near dying. Hi
entire party wa lick and nearly starved
when a relief expedition found them.
Speaking ot experience with icurvy,
Mr. Morrison says: "Our arm and
legs swelled terribly, turned black,
our teeth became to loose yon could
easily pull them out. Mv limb are hll
drawn up, but I am able to walk a
short distance without orutches. We
left our winter quarters in the Arotio
regions on June 6, and were stuck in
the ice till July 13. We are now at
Cape Nome, 120 miles north of St.
Michaels. There ia no gold in the
KoUebue country."
A VALUABLE ALLY.
Chicaco. Aog. 80. Twelve ateel
arches, each weishing S3 tons, which
were to bave supported the supers true
tore of the Coliseum building, in
coiirae of erection on Wabash a venae,
fell to tbe ground late thia afternoon.
h is known that nine livea were loat
The bodie of three, men are supposed
to he under tSe wreckage. Many are
in the hospital with injmie received
in the accident, and of these lour will
surely die. The dead are:
Cbarlea Walpol, Bdward Murray,
Frank Logsn. Stephen 3. Thompson,
John Farrey, Richard Sherman, Theo
dore Thome, Leroj Fenner, A. L.
Norman.
The fatally injure are: Jobn Worth-
man, fractured kuii anu iracmreu
right leg; J. J. Dowd, internal injur
ies, both eye out, both leg broxen;
Peter Peliteir right arm cut oft at
shoulder, skull fractured; John White,
tkull fractured, internal injuries.
Those missing and believed to be in
the xuins are: Flward Swansoo,
Joseph King. Several more were in
jured (lightly.
AH ot the 13 arches were standing,
tbe 13th aud last having been eora-
nleted todav. It wa the intention ot
the ateel contractors, tbe Pittsburg
Budge Company, of Pittabutg. P., to
turn over its work tonight to the gen
eral contractor. Tbe iron "tiaveler"
or derrick, which bad been used in the
erection of the acrhes, had been re
moved and the agenta ot the bridge
comoanv were accounting their work
a practically completed, when lodden
ly, and without warning, tbe arch last
put in place suddenly fell over againat
the one next to it. The weight was
too niuuh for this; it gave way. crash
ing against the tbiid, and, one by one.
the great steel span fell over to tbe
atuih. nrecisley in the same manner
as a number of carda would falL
Nearly all of the men who were killed
were at work on top of the arcbea 40
feet from the ground. Some of them
made futile attempts to elide down the
aide of the arches, but before they oould
belD themselves, they were burled to
the eround. Many of them ottered
Diercinir shrieks for aid as they fell
Most of them were killed ontrught by
the awful nature of their injuries. The
skull of the unfortunate men were
crushed into shapeless masses, their
limb were cut off a if by a monster
knife, and they were mangled beyond
recognition.
The direct cause of the accident is
not known. One theory of the aeci
dent which receive some up
port ia that a shifting of sand beneath
tbe foundation caused the collapse of
the first arch, which brought all the
other to the ground. A story which
cannot be substantiated ii that a nnm
ber of workmen were using a pulley on
the north arch, while they were taking
down some scaffolding that had been
erected around it. They caused the
arch to iway, and finally it swayed too
far and fell out.
I cannot lay what oauned the acci
dent," aid Superintendent Johnson.
"1 could hardly believe m.v eye when
I eaw the results ot our week of work
destroyed in a minute."
Jama Hamilton Lewis, of the atate of
Washington, I about to leave for Idflt-
don to press upon the attention of the
British government the claims ol a
large number of American miners, ag
gregating 115,000,000 to 25.000,000.
Many Americans, relying upon tbe
freedom which tbe laws of British Co
lombia seemed to assure, went into
that territory several year ago and en
gaged in the mining of gold. Later
the parliament ol British Columbia
drove the Americans ont by the passing
of a law prohibiting any alien from
owning a mineral claim in that prov
ince. Manv Americans were thus
compelled to forfeit valuable proper
tie.
Mr. Lewis, who has been in the city
several days, placed their oases befoie
the it ate department, which has taken
cognizance ol tneir claims ny giving
their representative a letter to Ambas-
dor Choate. If Mr. Lewis fails to
set satisfaction in direct negotiations.
be will endeavor to have the state de-
Dartment take op the claim of the
miner and press them
Largest in History for the
Year Just Ended.
DESPITE ALL DISADVANTAGES
RIOTING IN CLEVELAND.
Tremble la tha Rtra.t-Car Strike Braaks
Oat Afraab.
Cleveland. Aug. SI. Rioting and
disorder broke out tonight in connec
tion with the strike on the lines of the
Big Consolidated Street Railway Com
pany, and fonr cars were nearly demol
ished, while the crews were compelled
to flee lor their lives. It wa only af
tei determined effort on the part of 30
policemen under Captain Bradley that
ordsr wa finally restored.
The first ritoing of the evening oc
curred on Central avenue, near the C.
& P. railroad crossing, where an east-
bound car jumped the tiaok at the de
railing twitch. It wa about 6 o'clock,
and working men were returning borne
from the factories and mills in the
vioinity. A mob of several hundred
people soon gathered and the lawless
element began to itone the car and
crew. Another eait-bonnd car soon
arrived at tbe crossing and was brought
to R standstill. Tbe motorman and
conductor were pulled from tbe car.
and only succeeded ia escaping after
missing through a gauntlet ol rocks and
stones. Tbe crew ol the first car fared
badlv, and even worse, tbe motorman
being badly injured.
A west-bound car was also stopped
at the crossing, and the crew was near
ly mobbed by the now irantic crowd.
The front and rear vestibulea ot all tbe
cars were utterly demolished, while
every window waa biokeu. They pre
sented a dilapidated appearance wneu
taken to the bains by the wrecking
crews.
EAGER FOR WAR SERVICE.
Root Ovarwhelmad With Applications
for Commissions.
Caba and Port Rlea Take Mara Am.r-
lua Gaoda Tbaa Thar '
la Reciprocity T.ara.
Washington, Aog. 81. Exports from
the United States to Cuba, Potto Rico,
Hawaii and the Philippines were, ac
cording to statement Jii?t prepared by
the treasury buieau ol statistics, larger
in the fiscal year just ended than In
any preceding year in the history of
our commerce with those islands.
Even the reciprocity years, 1893, 1893
and 1894, in which the exports from
the United States to Cuba and Porto
Rico were greatly increased, do not
show ss large a grand total as does
1899 with all of the disadvantages of
wsr conditions which prevailed in
Cuba, Porto Rico and tbe Philippines
during part of the year. To Cuba, the
total export for the year noes not reach
the large figures of the two lull fiscal
years 1893 and 1894, in which tbe reci
procity treaty with Spain was In oper
ation, and to for to jkico tne total ex
port ol 1899 was slightly less than that
ol 1893, during tbree-lourths of which
the recipocity treaty was in operation,
or 1894, in all of whioh it operated.
To Porto Rico tbe total exports ot the
fiscal year 1899 are nearly 25 per cent
in excess of the average annual export
during the preceding decade; to Cuba,
they are nearly 50 per cent greater
than the average during the preceding
decade; to Hawaii, they are more than
twice as much, and to the Philippines
more than three times aa much as the
average annual exports during the pre
ceding decade. These figures, it is
proper to sdd, do not include the ex
portation to tne islands in question
by the government either lor use of its
troops or in aid ol tne temporarily destitute.
While tbe total imports into the
United States from these islands
is not ss large as in earlier years of the
decade, tbia is due solely to the fact
that they did not have tbe lupplies
for exportation, this being especially
true ot Cuba, whose sugar plantations
and works were so largely destroyed
during tbe war with Spain. That our
imports from these islands are rapidly
increasing, however, ia shown by the
fact that those from Cuba in tbe year
1899 were 66 per cent greater than in
1898; those from Porto Rico, nearly
50 per cent greater than those of the
fiscal year 1898, and those from the
Philippines nearly 30 per cent in ex
cess of those of last year; while those
from Hawaii show a slight gain over
last year and an increase of 30 per cent
over the fiscal yeai 1897.
Ilato M unit I and Ilia Trlb.ttnea right
ZamboaiiR K.b.la.
Manila, Aug. 80. A repoit received
here from Cobn says:
Dauto Mundi, with his tribesmen,
have taken the war path against the
insurgents at Zamboanga, and has given
them a warm battle. Mundi welcomed
Geneial Bate, saying he was anxious
to become an American citizen, and
asked permission to fight tbe insur
gents. He wu giveu an American flag.
Ueueial Bate wll return to the Sulu
archipelago to arrange for establishing
an American garrison there.
Washington, Aug. 80. A dispatch
was received at the war department
from General Otia, Btating that Dato
Mundi, of Zaniboangn, attacked and de
feated the insurgents there August 30,
killing 80.
SPARKILL CONVENT FIRE.
Arkantei Village Wiped Out.
, Little Rook. Aik., 89. A special to
the Gazette from Newpoit, Ark., says:
The little village ol Pleasant Plain, In
dependence oounty, wa struck by a
atorui last night and literally wiped
out ol existence. As the town has
neither telegraph nor telephone tonnoo-
Thorite Buoo.at.
New York, Ang. 80. A special to
the Herald from Washington says: So
satisfactory have been the results of
experiments made with thorite, the
new high explosive, that it will be
recommended by the board of ordnance
and fortifications for use in the Philip
pines. Up to this time it has success
fully undergone the various trials to
which It bus been subjected. It will
explods, according to the official re
ports, only by means ot a detonator,
and then only when confined.
Two 10-inuh shells loaded with the
explosive which can be lately fired
from high power gum, were fired
through a flve-inoh plate' and (ailed to
exulode. breakiim the iteel walls of
the shell into small particles.
Tha 13 dynamite guns which will be
shipped this week to Manila, are ex
cellent in their way, but It is believed
that working In conjunction with high-
power guns throwing thorite, the moral
effect, not to mention tbe death and
destruction they will deal, will have
a salutary effect upon the Filipinos.
Hurtling of tha Orphanage K.aulted la
Pour Heath a.
Sparkhill, N. Y., Aug. 80. Fire
that bioke out at 1 o'clock this morn
ing destroyed nine ot the ten buildings
of the St. Agnes convent and orphan
age, entailing a loss ol 160,000 and
causing the death of lour persons. The
dead are: Helen J3rown. aged 6; t,m
ma Mackin, aged 7; ' Jane," a pen
ioner, aged 70; Mary Kate McCarthy,
aged 38.
The missing are: Therese Murphy,
aged 14, and Mary Brown, aged 4.
The seriously injured are: Sister
Sienna, shock and oollapee; Sister
Marie, bums and concussion; Sister
Bertram!, concussion of spine and
shock; Sister Katherine, arm broken,
and Hannah Shea, leg broken. Twenty-five
inmates were injured by falls,
jump and burns, none seriously.
That more lives were not lost was
due to the heroism ol the Sisters and
some ol the elder inmates. When the
fire broke out, ihe 400 inmates ol the
institution were asleep. Most ol them
were gotten out in almost perfeot order.
but a score who risked their lives to
lave others weie finally foroed either to
jump from the upper stories or make
desperate dashes through stairways
and corridors filled with flames and
smoke.
Washington, Aug. 31. With about
100 commissioned places yet too fill in
the 10 new regiments unaer organiza
tion. Secretary Root hnds himsell over-
whelmed with applications, even great-
er in n urn her than tne sum wiai oi
those received at th beginning of the
Soanish-American war. It is laid nt
the war department that the large ma
jority of the men who held commis
sions in the volunteer army in that
war are again, applicants for service in
the Philippines, reinforced by nearly
all those who held noncommissioned
places. This same willingness tore-!
enter the servioe is said to be observa
ble among the enlisted men, and tbe
offioialicite, as a case in point, Colonel
Bell's regiment, the Twenty-seventh
volunteer infantry, made up of 48 per
cent of men who eeived as volunteers
in the Spanish-American war and 9
per cent who were in the regular army
in that war, or a total percentage ot 57
jin one regiment.
- Seoietary Root has resolved to enter
tain no personal applications for com
missions, and insists upon all being re
ferred through the regular channels.
ORDERS TO GENERAL WHEELER.
WAR IN SANTO DOMINGO.
Lawyers In Session.
Buffalo, Aug. 80. Judges, states
men and men of national prominence,
composing the American Bar Associa
tion. met in the aldernisnlo chamber
nt the nniiimon council tedav. and
tion. the detail of the storm cannot be I were welcomed to the oity by Sherman ! they have sworn to
learned at this time, 8. Rogm of the local bar association, ders.
rrnmamatliin of Independence.
New York, Aug. 80. A dispatch to
the Herald from Buenos Ayres says
Rio Janeiro and Par papers contain
numerous details of the proclamation
ot independence of the Acre territory
The chief of the new oommonweaitn is
a Spaniard, Louis Arias, who Is busy
organising his administration.
ApachelOa tha Warpath.
Jerome. Aria.. Aug. 30. Jerome
was thrown in a fever of exmteraent
todav bv the sudden appearanoe ol
hand' t Anaches in war paint. The
leaders ot the tribe stopped and pur
chased a large lupply ol ammunition
and hastily left for Red Rock. The
hand waa composed exclusively of
bucks.
Three ol the Apaches were killed by
theZunis. a New Mexico tribe, and
avenge tbe mur-
He Wilt Command Funaton's Regiment
.at tha Front. '
Manila, Aug. 31. General Wheeler
has been ordered to repoit to General
MaoArthur. He will be given corn-
maud of General Funeton's regiment,
which Colonel Lisoum has command
ed temporarily. Wheeler will proceed
to San Fernando tomorrow, alter hav
ing spent a week in energetically visit
ing the lines. Wheeler said to a repre
sentative of the press:
'I am much pleased with the situa
tion. I think that when Major-General
Otis gets more tioops here, he will
make ranul progress. 'Ibe country is
uioie fa voi able for military operations
than I supposed. The impression that
tbe country ia unhealthy is wrong."
The railroad at Angeles will be re
stored within ' a week, and General
MucArthnr will advance his headquar
ters to that place.
Kan lata Cattle. -
St. Joseph. Mo. Aug. 31. A Bur
lington train was wreoked near Bar
nard, on the Creston branch of that
road, at 11 o'olock this morning. En
gineer Chris was instantly killed, and'
Conductor Mother and Fireman Smith
were fatallv hurt. The wreck whs
caused by the train running intooattle.
Agulnaldo'a Secretary.
Montreal, Aug. 31. Dr. Mariano
Ponce, private secretary to F.uiilio
Aguinaldo, is here en route from Lon
don to Manila. In an interview he,
said: I
"My country fights aud will fight
for hei independence, because she i
fully convinced that it is a duty imposed
bv Providence. The ambition of a
powerful nation is not enough to make
lier renounce her destiny. She is ready
to make every saorifioe for the defense
ot the freedom of the land.
Object of the Revolution 1 America
Annexation.
Kingston, Jamaica, Ang. 81. Nel
son B. Clark, ot Boston, who has re
cently srrived here from Santo Domin
go, confirms tbe advices oi the press
as to the situation of affairs in that re
public, but he adds that the revloution
is so essentially national and devoid ot
personal politioal elements, that the
adherents ot Jimines are advising him
not to come te Santo Domingo tor the
present. What the people are clamor
ing for is not a mere change in the po
litioal personnel, but good government.
ith financial solvency, with which
they associate the idea of American
annexation or a protectorate. This,
Mr. Clark adds, is the sole present ob
ject of the levolution, and the indus
trial aud commercial conditions tie
suoh that tbe entire nation indorses the
annexation scheme as the only real so
lution. The government censorship
prevents correspondents from cabling
the truth, and the same applies to
Hayti, which sympathetically desires
the suppression of the revolution.
MISSOURI ELECTION.
Shackleford, Democrat, Will Till th
Unexpired Term of Bland.
Jefferson City, Mo., Aug. 31 In
complete returns received tonight from
the eighth Missouri distriot, in whioh
an election was held today to fill the
unexpired term in congress ot Richard
P. Bland, deceased, show that Doriey
P. Shaokleford (Democrat) has been
elected over W. J. Vosholl (Republi
can) by 2,300 plurality.
Her Voyage Xadad.
San Francisco, Aug. 31. -The Uni
ted States ciuiser Newark arrived to
day from the Atlantio seaboard, after
a long and bard voyage. This is tbe
fiiBt visit of the cruiser lo this port.
The Newaik bad a narrow escape when
off the Horn. Sho ran short ot coal
while in storm, and had to put into a
.sheltered place until boats could be
ent for assistance. The Newark mad
the voyage lrom A cap u loo to this city
in eight days.
Canght In Ambush.
Manila, Ang. 39. Four men ot tbe
Twenty-third regiment, stationed at
Cebn, were ambushed by natives in the
hills and three were killed. The fourth .
nnn succeeded In making bis escape.
Julia Dent Grant Will Wed.
Newport, B. I., Aug. 81. Mrs. Pot
tor Palmer last night Nt at rest all dis
pute regarding the marriage ot her
niece, Miss Julia Dent Grant, to Prince
Catitacnzene, of Russia, by making
formal announcement ot tbe details (if
the wedding. Owing to the absence
ol the bride's father, General Fioder
ick Dent Grant, la tbe Philippines,
and in accordance with the wish ol
both the bride and her mother, the af
fair will be made a simple aa possible,
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