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GREAT ACTIVITY NEAR PARIS
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t London-Nvl PreptratlODS
Colof Ripljly Forwirl
I-ONDON. Oct. S4.-Tb BrltUb tilmlr
Ity Uuol numlwr o( .lgnlrtcant onlen
thl mornlnif. The dockyiirdi at poru.
mouth. Irvanport, and Chathum bava
n-crlvcd Imtrui-tlona to prepare alz J
knot lanIo.boat dwuroyera for com
mlnnlon, o thi-y will be able to put to
ten in S4 houri.
The Cunard and White Star linn have
rwciveil fron the a.luiiruliy an Intlroa.
tldii to hold the renubiiidited ttramer In
readln'ia (or turnlnK over to the navy
o tlk in la.
rRBPAKINO FOR WAR.
TAUIS. Oct. S.-The munlclpul author
ltl tt Toulon tiuve ben notltl:l that
that plui-e will be the Cffntur of Important
naval and military preparation, ami have
lx- n inatructrd to arraiine for the imme
diate reweptlon of four batulllona of in-
Untrv. I.ju marlm and Cuu artlllery-
mn. The munloipulliy haa decldl to
clone the tohooli, the achoolhouMta to be
umxI to lodge the troops. The naval au-
thorltlvji have been onlrnd to ezpdltt
the nripunition for the outfitting of the
squadron.
WARLIKE I'KKPARATIOXS.
VICTORIA. It. C. CKt. W.-Prcpara-tlona
at Kixjulmalt. the naval depot of
the Hrltlsh Northern Pacific aquadron,
continues unabated. An air of activity
prevadra all deportments. The Amphion,
which. It Is understood, would not go
Into the dry dock until after another
learner, already booked, had been dealt
with, received instructions today from
the admiral of the Heel to commence the
necessary work Immediately, and she
entered the dry dock this mornlny. The
officers do not deny that the prepara
tlons now going on are due to the
strained relations of France and En
gland. PRKIDKNT PERPLEXED A3 TO
PITIES ON Cl'RAX TORACCO.
Oulxin Plmitera Object to tho Importa
tion of Inferior American Tobacco,
Which Would Ruin Them.
NEW YORK. Oct. 24.-A dispatch to
the World from Wellington says:
A perplexing problem confronts Prcsl
dent McKlnley in l! matter of fixing the
dutloa on toUicco on tho island ot Cuba
during Its military occupation.
Tho clirar makers of Florida and the
manufacturers of tobacco in many of the
States have aoked about changed In
dut'ea during American occupation, and
urged tho abolition ot all duty. They say
they luive been Injured many thou
sands of dollars by the war In Cuba, and
that the only way to rebuild tne trade
la to encourage the Cuban planter and.
American enterprise by giving every In
ducement for the growing and shtppThg
of tobacco to this country.
On the other hand, the Cuban planters
have bcgKcd that no action be taken, as
It would mean their eternal ruin and
practically kill the tobacco Industry In
Cuba. They claim that the moment the
Import duties are abolished or lowered,
tons of Inferior tobacco would be sent
from tho Vnlted States Into Cuba, man
ufactured Inhi cigars and shipped from
tho inland. s Havana cigars, finding
their way Into all the nmrKotu of the
world. The discovery of this fraud and
tho Inferior quality of the goods would
forever disi-rcdtt the nroduct and ruin
tho market for Havana tobacco.
It Is likely that tho president will re
fer tha matter to congress for action.
Spain, by her grasping methods, which
In tho caso of tobacco, the richest source
of revenue at her comma ml had an object
In view, preserved the Integrity of tho
product In the markets of tho world by
placing such a high Import duty on to'
bacco nfl to practically prohibit Us ship
ments into tho Island and so none but
Cuhun tobacco has been cJ;ported from
tho island.
Recent experiments in tobacco cultlva
tlon In Florida from Havana seed have
demonstrated that all grades of tobacco
can be raised in this country which only
experts can tell from the genuine article,
Its cultivation is Inexpensive.
BPAIN WILL NOT RENEW . j
TUB WAR BTRUGOLE. j
Work on All KortUlcatlona (Hopped, and '
Not the jlllKhtnst Evidence of Re.
newlrnf Hoo'
'ties.
N": W. YORK, Oct. J4.-A dispatch to I
tb World from Madrid says: j
SJyT&t Loss of Life Attends a
that the Spanish dockyards show abso
lutely no sljna of renewed activity, nor
tbt sllghUst symptom Implying the re
moust Idee of rsnewlng. the struggis
with the United Btabae. ,
Tb vessel composing, jdwlral Cam-
ra'a fleet are oow; dispersed. to various
port, wlndpUy Cadis, Caruen ul
Ferrol, with their crews reduced to,
pac footing, and tb. roajortty o the
officer on lacy and the marines ashore.
Work on all coast defense worse and
fortifications for defense, the arsenals
U)4 the dockyards, stopped at the sus
pension of hostilities.
Tn offlcers and wen of Admiral Cer
vera'i fleet obtained unlimited leave on
arriving.
At Ferrol and Cadis especially things
are as quiet as before. Beside, gunnery
and machinery trials on several ol the
war vessels, Including' the Carlo V and
I'elayo. revealed lamentable deflolencles.
From conversation with minister and
ltadln politician, the World crrepoi)3
ent on state that tne notion ot breaking
PIT negotiation over the Cuban deli Is
regarded as absolutely preposterous and
suicidal. Evn as to the Philippines, In
which vastly grater interests center,
it la taken for granted here that Spain
must In the long run yield whatever the
United States Insist upon.
UN'CCESSFfL ATTEMPT TO
REACH THE KLONDIKE.
Wanhlngtonlitns Narrowly Escape With
Their Lives Trying to Reach
Gold Fields.
SEATTLE. Oct. 21-T. A. Raker, of
Portland. Ore., who arrived from Alaska
lam night, says be met two men and a
woman at Skagwuy who had Just flnlnhed
trip of Incredible bardchlp over he
E.lmonton trail. They were Henry Mit
chell and wife, of Goldendale, and Geo.
Lefevre. of Sjiokane, who left Spokane
II months ago tor the Klondike by the
overhuid route. When they started they
hud 2.CW0 pound of provision and 41
horses. Now they have nothing All
their supplies and animals were loet, and
they considered themselves fortunate in
having escaped with their live.
Thy saw provlnton scatter along
the trail from the time they were well up
In the Interior until they left for the
count, and found several grave of those
who had perished in attempting to reach
the goldflelds. Several times thev lost
their way. and It was only by good for- i
tune that the trail was found aealn.
traveling several hundred miles
iuiu perceiving inat It was useless to it-
tempt to get through by keeping to the
retrumr route, tney made directly for the
coast, going down one of the river to
the south of Skagway.
HAWAIIAN LEGISLATION
FIRST BEFORh' CONGRESS.
Owing to Growing Trade It Is Believed
Congress Will Subsidise a Cablo to
un v. a.
WASHINGTON. Oct. M.-Of the sev-
erui commissions adjusting the relations
of the Tnlted States with its newly ac-
quired possessions, the Hawaiian will be
the first ready with a bill for the ronsld-
oration of congress.
This, of course, will make provisions
for the government of the Islands, but
asld from this there will be another of
the greatest Importance. It will provide
for the construction of a cablo between
the Sandwich Islands and the United
States.
Owing to the growing trade with this
new territory and the necessity of the
government having quick means of com
munication with It officials there, con
gress will probably subsidise a cable.
AN ALLEGED SHORTAGE.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 24,-An alleged
shortage has been discovered In the
stores of the quartermaster department
of the Iowa regiment amounting, In the
value of the missing goods, to several
hundred dollars. Colonel Loper, com
manding the Iowa regiment, admitted
that he feared the loss would amount
Into the hundreds of dollars, though Its
exact extent could only be determined
by a careful survey, which Regimental
Quartermaster Cady has already under
taken. Ho said it was his Intention to put J
some competent accountants to work up-
on tho books and stores of tha depart
ment. Tho colonel said that It was his
conviction that no loss i..rough dishon
esty could possibly have occurred, and
whatever Its extent he believed that it
would be found to have nrloen through 1
carelessness or Inexperience of those
who had charge of tho Issuing of the sup-
piles. !
MILITARY OFFICER APPOlNiED.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21. Major G.
L. Eddlo has been chosen by tho army
medical department to succeed Major W.
S. Matthows, of the Fifty-hrst Iowa
rcrfiment as tho commanding officer of
the Presidio hospital. Ho will eventually
be placed at the head of tho new hospital . raised with but little cost,
which Is about to be erected at the Pre- J "There is a growing sentiment among
skllo at a cost of $70,000. MJr Matthews . naval officers that every one of the sunk
haa been granted a 30 days furlough, en ships should be raised and, If found to
RESULT OF
RACE WAR
Clash Between White
Men and Negroes-
TWELVE PERSONS SLAIN
Blacks Still Rein; Pursued ml
It Is tbongfat Tbat Other
Deaths Will Follow.
CAUSE OF TKE DIFFICULTY
Deputy Sheriff Tried to Arrest No-
f ro and Bis Men Were Fired
Upon from Amtosb.
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. .-Th PI
yune' Forest (Mis.) special say;
Eleven dead negroes and one dead
whit man, and on negro and three
whK men seriously Injured I the result
at this writing of a bloody war being
waged between the white and black races
In the Haroersvllle neighborhood of this
(Scott) county. Several rioters have been
captured and lodged In Jail at Forest to
day, but others escaped Into the swampa
Large crowd of white men are In does
pursuit, however, and more name are
hourly expected to be added to the death
list.
Following is a partial list ot the killed:
Black-Fish Burke. J. E. Gatewood,
Henry Anderson, John Gatewood, Hugb
Anderson, 81m Haralson, Ben Haralson.
Whlt-W. H. Sibley.
Wounded Black Ben Pace.
. White James Hamilton, M. Johnson.
James Armstrong.
It is Impossible to obtain a full list of
the killed, for the reason that some
negroes were shot uown In the woods
and were hurriedly buried ty the whites
where they fell
Governor McLaurln went to Harpers
ville last night and appealed to the
whites not to molest the prisoners In the
custody of the sheriff. He finally per
suaded the crowd to permit the sheriff to
1 tAice ine Dnsoners to jail. Dueriu dict-
I . .,.., ..
1 ,h. PorMt , nrevi!nt tL(1 Ivnchln, of
,1, .,-,. ,n ulrjv
J The wgToe, under ,rrMt hav, Mde ,
1 - . ,
ill AAnFaaamn
The trouble originated last Friday,
when a negro named Burke had an alter
cation with his employer, Charles Free
man, a white man. In which the negro
got the best of the difficulty. The next
j night, a crowd of white men. headed by
Wallace Sibley, w ho was deputed to ar-
. ,he man went t0 Burke.g h0U8e
1 which Is about a mile from Harpersville.
. when they arrived upon the scene and
caiiej for Burke, they were greeted by
a fusllade from the negroes, concealed
in ambush in the bushes surrounding the
1 h.,u .,, , tha hoU8e itself. Wallace
' Slblev. the leader, fell dead at the first
volley. The whites returned the fire.
but were unable to do any execution, as
their assailants were all concealed.
There Is great excitement over the mat
ter and the entire country Is aroused.
RATES GO VP.
LIVERPOOL, Oct 24. nigher rates are
being demanded for cargoes to French
ports and some shipowners have refused
such cargoes.
HOBSON WOULD RAISE
THE SUNKEN WARSHIPS.
Crlstobol Colon. Vixcaya, and Reina
Mercedes Can Be Successfully Float
ed With But Little Cost.
BOSTON. Oct. Zl.-J'revlous to Lieu
tenant Hobson's departure for Washing
ton today ho was questioned as to the
prospect of raising the sunken Spanish
war vessels off Santiago. He said he was
now engaged In the preliminary work on
the Crlstobol Colon, and that it would
take at least three weeks more before
anything would be ready.
The government had appropriated 300.-
000 for raising the vessel, but It would be
money well spent, he said. If the venture
proved a success, as the ship is worth $1
000,000. Tho purpose of his visit to this
country, Hobson said, was to see the
secretary of tho navy regarding further
work on the warships, 'e thought the
Vlxcava would be Baved, but would not
affirm positively. A drydock vould have
to bo built" around her before she could
be raised. An appropriation of $1,000,000
would cover tho cost of raising tne Vix
caya. She cost $3,000,000.
Tho Almlrante Oquendo, Lieutenant
Hobson says, Is a hopeless wreck. The
Relna Mercedes, which was sunk In San
tiago harbor. Is a good vessel, and can be
be unseaworthy. be kept a relic. Tb
Bpufilsh vessel that hav been, and, no
doubt, could be, saved and put In com
mission should retain their names a
a momento of the prow ot America."
MARIA TERESA READY.
NEW TORK, Oct M.-A dlspatc U
th Herald from Caimaner, Cuba, ajrt
Th armored cruiser Maria Teresa I
coaling. Th cement worked In over th
patches will b hardened by Tueaday and
all points will be water tight.
On account of th wrecked deck beam.
beaw chain cable, carried around both
turret and hove taut amidships, will b
employed to take up tha fore and aftsr
train, and In heavy weather sxtr wlr
hawsers will b carried from th main
mast head to tb deck.
All th carpenter work i don, and all
other temporary repair ar so nearly
completed tbat a hundred Cuban of the
working fore hav been, discharged.
Tb ng1n ar In a satisfactory condi
tion and It I confidently expected that
th Maria Teresa, will start for th United
State on Thursday.
LATE NEWB FROM
ALASKAN SEAPORT IWNSL
Accidental Shooting at Cook' Inlet Jfsw
Gold Strikes Near Atlln City
Yielding Rich Returns,
SEATTLE. Oct 2t-A detachment of
Captain Abercomble' surveying party.
consisting of It men under Lieutenant
Kelly, V. B. A., arrived her this morn
ing from Cook Inlet on the steamer AJ
KL .
Schooner Woodbury arrived from Cook
Inle with C miners. F. M. Stone, of
HoilUter, CaL, a passenger, brings new
of th accidental shooting of a brother-in-law
of L. H. Jlfkln. of Scranlon, Pa
September 1 The man waa known to
Stone only by th name of PhlL While
crossing a river bis pistol fell out of ni
belt and was discharged.
Another passenger on the Woodbury
was Andrew WUluunson, who ha been
In Cook Inlet country several year.
New gold strike ar reported about )
mile north ot Aliln City, where it I
said from S3 to W to the pan, ha been
washed out
NAVAL STATION 10 BE
ESTABLISHED AT
,-N JUAN.
Secretary Long Consider It an Excel
lent Place, and a Largo Appropria
prtatlon v ul Be Asked for.
WASHINGTON. Oct 24 -Secretary
Long ha taken the Initiative tep to
make San Juan de Porto Rico the first
naval station in th West Indian water.
Congress will be aslud to appropriate
monev enough to make It one of the bent
equiDped naval sta..ons the United
States possesses. Speaking of tills. Sec
retary Long said:
"A station at San Juan will be of the
utmost Importance to the navy. San
Juan is an excellent place tor a good
many ot our ahlps In the winter time.
It Is an Invaluable possession from every
point of view."
A naval official said:
"Congress will be asked to appropriate
a large sum of money for the Improve
ment of San Juan harbor and the coast
defenses.
'It is probable that the historic tort
will be retained a far as poss.ole. It
is not unlikely that a navy yard will be
established."
GUAM HAS BEEN CHOSEN.
PARIS. Oct i-L The consideration by
the peace commissioners of Fortn Rico
and the Ladrone islands has been merged
with the Cuban question, and all th
points Involved are bejug carried for
ward to a almultaneou conclusion. When
this has been arrived at the Phlllppfn
question will be taken up. Of cours
there Is still e. possibility of disagree
ment. The Joint commission was ad
journed until Wednesday next. Guam,
In th Ladroneii. has been chosen by th
Americans for the United State under
the terms of tha rotocol.
LAST OF THE DO..S.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. The following
dispatch has been received at the war
department: "Ponce. Oct 24. General
Ortega and the last ot the Spanish, sol
diers sailed for Spain this evening.
"Brooke, Major General."
VISITS SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct 21. Webater
Davis, assistant secreti'ry of the In
terior, arrived in thin city today. HI
visit to the coast is partly for pleasure
but chiefly for business reasons.
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