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LATER PRESIDENT NEWS. 11 Il has been deride») toabamkm Camp Wik«*ff within tb« nell Ih re« uorks. < b*«r»«4 AT WIKOFP MITSOI ì UIASI’II.WI) lb© air a Meta©« ut to© «aa •lag© < am»«•*#»• Camp Wikoff. Montauk Point. N. Y.. HepU — Prraldent McKinley spent OS ROOM Kitchener Defeated Khalifa five hour# In tb« camp t«»lwy, l«are« — — 11©ads*I most of tlx Dm«*, visiting th« Attci a Bloody Battle. tick in th« hospitals an*l inspecting Fifty death# and over on« finn«!reti the wrll in their cantonments He prostrai ioni is ih© resu II uf un« hot <i#y in New York. GALLANT (HAUGE OF BRITISH ma*!© a apeecb to the asvemhlc*! in fantrymen. reviewed tlx cavalrytocn, John Ihlla. a weil-to-do N« w York ! eXprvswd his opinion of the camp to ke dealer, bis nife ami bis sist«r-ii>* the reporters, and i##ued an or4er di M ••«•»» Trit»»« W or* t ««bl* «« W II*» .• < Mrwplclr» II»view <»f Ih» TvlagraplU« law. Mary Conlin, bava b©cn polsunaj recting lb« regiment# to return to itand liso W Itoeftog Tire of by whisky seni tbruugh thè mali. • •*■ -t Tilla e«»d All V»*r- Ihrlr stations <aal uf tlx M laaireippi. Mu<l*rs O»S nn » xn - • Ig» |.©— With the praoideut were Vic# a-Preei- Private Ivlters (rum uot coosai# dent H«’hail. fwx retary of War Algor, abroA’t Indi ale tbst th© Phlhppin«ra l.ighthouaes in flkxitbern PiiHippinee must be retarne«) li thè Vnitsd Stati*# Om lurtnan. Opt-wile Khart-mm on Attorn«>’General Grigg#. ffosMHor Red «l©a;rr# to maititain ila |«ueitiuu iti tb© the Nile, Nul’i*. Hept, g, — The sitdar. field Pr*<t<»r. Brigadier-General Kgan, hav© twMMi reestablished. General Herbert Ktlihener. with tho ' eummiMary uf the arm). General Lud« Tbe transport St. Paul has arrived World of nalnm» klialtla*. black atamiard cw,-lured -fur* mgtou, quartermaster of the army; Tbe Iowa m©l with an accident in thè in Manila from Kan FrauciMO with ail Colon©) Henty Hecker, an I Heoeolarice |h<w>klyn nivy-yard dock. The ©ogine ieg th. Irattle. entered Om.lurman. the wall on board. capital of Mabdtam at 4 o’clock till, I to th© Preaident Fuller and Cor I© I you. rtwtms are »All to bave beco parlly ' Tix la«Hr# • f th© parly were Mrs. AI« Fofrtgn veraele will be allowed to after noun, al the h«sa-1 of the Anglo- enter th© porta of Hawaii as usual, ffinKled Juring tl>e procoss of fioatlng Egyptian collimo, aft**r com plrtely get and M -• Hecker, a daughter of thè big l«attle-ehip» « ¡•ending ivvi*ion of tho Culled >tatSMi routing the «1ervtshe# and deahr t • C olon« I tkvket. Th© Fres oh mini»t*'i uf war. M. laws. General Wheebir, hl* staff, and death blow to Mahdim. R«»u not Mobley an I Gordao, corn ml salon er* ('avaignar. I»aa r©*ignod. The reeigr.a- were 300, while thousands of I ba nearly ©very ofBsMtf «’f prominence in ib© camp met th© pr«rei«lent at the #ta- to settle the conditions for th« hpanl#b ti *n Is do© to a «lissgrigatoni witfi bls derGsh« » were kdlc’J an<! ««»un«ietl. ©vaeuetkm «»I Porto Ilion, have sailed culh'agv« «. wh«i «hwire a rrvitinci <4 the Iat»t night the Ang’o«Egvptian army tlun. ©xcepl General NhsHter. who is Dreyfes rase. Thu# a r©v*»n>n of th« for Han Juan. eoeain|M-*l al Agni an. eight mil«# from atdl in be*), and General Young, who nato #• ©ms assuroJ. <kndurmsn. Th« tervishes w<»t« thr«w fell and luuke hi# arm last mght. tiring out of work and without means Orientai advi»-*« say tbat thè reeept distant. At mile* dawn today, After greeting« and introductions «m I*» support bls family, a Chi« ago drug the toil© m V | ilforru. tbe piraolent Irrk turiiv i highwaymat), an I In al« aa»attlttng *»f an American m»»»WH»ary the cavalry (»atroHihg Inward Omdur- tempting to r«»b a raiooti was forawd to In ih© B uia « hi di»trtrl. Japan, is «wue- matt ditouvcHsI llm vnetxy advancing took Geu’-ral Who©lei’» arm ami w* *4 Ing •••n#i’lcr«h!© «-xcitetm-nt, rwpectal- U» the attiu'k in Inatti«* array, chanting to a cat r lag©. shoot tlx proprietor. C*»hmc) Tl*< »‘!or« Ro* wvell. of the I) atncu Ih© heW Ir©ali©# will Fpica l war song#. Their f» nt n»n»ist«’»I uf i»’ Several vroeela of tho "Moequllo*’ fi»r©:gu rr*id« nt» all turatigli tbe in* •• .* g a gr -ip ol fantry ami cavalry, stretched out for r >1» ’ fl«-i nr*’ uaelsra Tho board of survey ter iov. three or four miles, (omtitle«» hai, tiers horsemen nearby. Mr M Ktnler »us lias found upon *'aarn inatlon that their him and got out of the carri »go to A’V»’r»llng tu native jAj*an»c# papera» fio I let cd over th”lr miOfW. Mild the machinery and boilers are badly worn, toppa« and bras* drums resounded rjMMk to him. Oalnt»«*i R»j«»*rT«*lt has r©--4v©*l In b«altl» »»u ih»-JCìn»ha Ma»u, «»nd will ash a rr|toit condemning tily »listrinuntol and ti»*#e)ed with a Marquis ll»»’s * i#it to China i# hable tu ibtotigh the ranks of the savage war them. gauntlet fi»r 1«S •« c«‘n»ls, so that tin- riors, who al»ane«4 urtswervingly, rcSUlt in hi# rhar-giiJg i< »iJ©nr**. Il t» gloved Im might shake hands. The annual raaafcNI of th** National «a d (hai he ha# be©n offendi a prtnoly with all their old-tuwe a*d»»r. Our Th© cvdnmn <»f «arriag«e wound np a irrigation Congnras open« I al t’hey- ralarv to bu«’ me genera! adviscr to thè infantry f«-rm« I up ouîside th« .tnp. eon© Thursday. Ex-Senator Carr, tho At 7:30 A M. the enemy crowded hill, «•»»»rt»«d by th© Third cavalry reg em|M*r<»f. president, «leHreted the annual ad- th«» ridge# above th«* Camp an i ad* iment, and th© mounted ben*l of the Mora a*»ldi«f# at»‘ «-»»»n to hwv© (or Hixth cavalry, The party {»au»«»! a !)«-••, urging the ric-s »Ally for extend* van<kc»i iteadily In cnv*4np1ng forma Honolulu. General Miller say# thrve ii*g irrigation farilitira. lion. At î;40our arti--1er y «»¡ > n* 4 fir*», moment on th© hill, am! the president regi meni# will *ail frr*m San Francisco •• it ' Ì it ; ■ .g l<M»ku*l mil on t' »’ W i ’ I-jghl lives were lost and ounsldeia- wilfiin a n» mih. Th«' First T«'hi»e#<©<% which *a# an«weted by the <!e»vi»h rifiemen. Tbelr attack *l» «< lop«d on Oiirup, water l»oun lihg each sid< le in«! bl© -'41111,'.' «1 -tight by the G-«*rgla i whitened on the lvv«U and hilltuf*# by •turm, which was more serious thnti are thè lucky ti»rn The 6th and 7Ih our left, an I in arcoM'am •' with tbuit th© t»*uts ol 1H,0o0 men, laid out in traditional tactics, they swept down fi»«l fc|4iri<«*l. Lieutenant Morgan and California ami California hravy arlii- th«* hillside. With the design of rushing gruitieliin lines. u crew of »1* w©r© drowned I y th© up* h ly arw tu l«e miukie) **ut Mr, McKinley drove to General our flank. Bnt the withering lire i setting of a yawl «ff Tyhee (»land. HpnnishaoWHvis hav»* drmanded th«ir maihtaincd for Id mlnutra by all our 1 Shafter*# tent in the drtentiou camp. The mat« uf an Italian ship lost his lite. and I4iy, ami th«*y obj«*rt tu liuiving Cuba line frustrated the attempt, arid th# ! Tb«» genernl. who was thiwhed The A merit 4 n ship Baring Brothers, Withovt It. h. Pnetors ©sborling tl»r dervishes, Lalkol, swept toward our ’ weak from a mil l case ol malarial from New York, has t«rrtt burned in tr -pa to relue» to leave Havana unie.. cciilet, uj-in which they cum-«titrated s fever, w»« in full nnfk rm, sitting in i chair at th© »loor ol th»* lent. He tried the harbor of At*uul 3,00*1 tons tb© money I. tir.l f irtl-cumil g, were fierce attack. tit maltlug m !* u dratr*•>»*4. it U ci r cu la t ed in Havana. Tho prevailing A large fore« <4 horsemen, Dying t > t<* ri#«», but I’ ioi )« tit M- Kinley •#!•): "Stay where you are, general; you intimated that if*« lire siiel ineetnliary •nnlirgent is one of *nnno.ity toward far«» .a conlnioous hail uf hulk is from origin. When the veewd strived al Madrid the Cameron Highlanders, the Lincoln- ar© entltlh* 1 to rest.” Th© president congratulatct) General K,*br from Yokohama sis of the crew A Madrid di»pat« h Mtyt: General •hire regiment an I the Sorn’an'*«, was Shafter ofi the Santiago vfitory, and were in irons. Four wera atl«uward literally swept away, leading to the J nJ eine*. ad mi« rim governor uf th< | after a f ••w minute«* rest, pr«»wcdf*d to liberated« Pbilippinca, replyh g tu thè g«»vcra- withdrawal of the entile body, n hose the gi neral huepital. Th© #« Idler* re Orders have been received in An- aru l’s re<|u«'*’t f«»r Information as lo thè } dead strewed the fiald. The bravery of th«* dorvidus can cently arilvvd on the transports ami nspilis from the president directing irne situatioii ol affair«* in Ilio atcld-f II m ^ p win detained In the» «letcntioii section ol 1 ra to m*bo arrangecneota to pto- pelago, re (torta timi to resumé e*tabh»h- hardly he u vet estimat’d. carried the flag# struggled to within the rump lined up irn-guhirly on *■ k I i «-•« I with bls officer* and men t«ark to meni ul Bpanish soveruignty over the side ol tho road ami cheered. Ih© Spain lmitM’diaiely. in •!#: -<• with slami» would leipHre a tl«*cl and end- 100 yard« of our fighting line. When the dervishes wlth lr* w l < hind president took off hi# straw hat then, instruct ions issued by the Hpatil.h «ju.iniit kti <»( iiiBtonsl. th«* ri Igo in front * f their came*, ths and scarcely more than put II on for ministers of marine Tli* officer, were Al least fi.000,000 prue m«*n»*v w ili whob furc« marched In echelon uf bat more than a minute or two at a time v«*ry enthusiastic when tliev received during lb«» leiuaindcr of iiis progress elisirihuted amiti.g American »aibus talions toward Omdurniiiii. the new*. 1* a result of th© war with Hpain. ‘ A* our troops surmounted the crert through the camp. A pa»wenger train on M i - n Wheeler, .* daughter ol the gen- ar Admiral Hampton of th© North i m Ijotning the Nile, the S>u>lan«**e on » ■ A W. *t« ru Atlantic ’»pi.tdron will r»K«<*lv0 040,000, I our right came Into cont.ict with ths eral, happen©*! to be in the that row of v» -i » I al I .sii*. n« »r iratoga. Tho Jl’Wey and his men are t»> rt*t ©i ve fl*?,- Rviulck. who had reformed under cover th© borpitai tentft, and she showed lb© wreck was «luublhws .lue tn th«> davlard* 5U() h«-a<i money. Appropriation» lor ' of a rocky eminence, an I ha«l marched president through her division. |y work of tramp*, who threw open tho lb© pur|*us© will likely lx made at Hie ! General Whr»4er annoumad in each beneath tho l>la« k i»!andaid «»f the kha •witch al wlihli the train was wrecked« u Xt rt »»)<>n Of Cot'grvM. lifa in order to make a riipiem«* effort ward: “Boys, the president ha# come Tl»e *J«*aJ are: I ngineev H. C Dowd, A to #•© vou;” or, ’’Soldiers, the presi General Shafter «ays the surrender ol to retrieve the fortunes of the day. ■ 4 <h»w*-gt>. Fireman William Hell, of niSM 13,000 strong bore down on the dent of the United State«. ” **AiitiAgx> was a great surprise la iiitn. N (■-». b. Ih»k> .man A I. <» ! me, « f Sotne of th«* •oldiera slept umnn- Soudan«-*»*. U .» »■ t<■ ■ j ., i ■ I Retribution I# nut quit© complete. acious. sum© Innle*idv railed u|*»*n then General Kitchener swung round ©Itx’ws, others feebly clapped then (’»il’in ir**«*p!» threatened Io enter the Th© t'uhan «s»mmi«»u ner« will iriak* in attempt whilr* in Havana lu ferret center and left of the Soudan«#© and , hands. Mr. McKinley gently shook to*n of (innAnUniiflo. but were pro toiled tlx rm ky eminence, and tli< ! mt tho |M-rr«»ns who dssuuycd th» hamb with many, ami at ev« rv rot be vrnte'i by Colonel Kay. Egyptitins, hilhetl«» in reserve, joined V. ine. paused an Instant, and if lu* «*w th» th© tiring line in 10 minutes, and bu- ibnertl «lrv«lopmeuts in th* celo- Orders have been hwuod by th© war fore th«* *h'iviah-s could drive tlieir nt- . -nk man looking at him ho Um cd in a hrated Dreyfus «awe in Fraii'-r, il I. / p.-irlmcnt th. < all tli© regular army tack I h > uh ’. Thefi»»w«*r <4 flu* khalifa's direct am! persona) way. • aid. insv <w*ca*ion a tri rial which In lhe Meond war*) th© prc#ident en w**ul«l iilteraiu Dreyfus ami Emile 7a* I a. togiiuent# now nt Montauk, which army was caught In a depression and »»•-iv sta ted pr©vl-> • « i-t of the Ml#» within a xono of withering cru*s lire tered. b'ergrant John A. Al**xamh*r, Wilhelmina II«41« m > a I'auhiia Maria «iFsippi rivrr, shall retuin to th© ».not from thr««' brigade*, with th© attendant «urnpany D, First Illinois, who ha# a t*’vrr, WH- rather rttartled to h«*ar Gen has attained her majority, ami I m *»am« •tat ions. artillerv. Th© «levoled Mahdui »trow eral Wheel©! announce lhe president. «|u**rti <»l tin* N<'ihrrlanda Koiemn A tofni *’Ffi 1*1 note flora Berlin »ays heroically to make h- i la iv. tmt «»»cry The Beigeant half ralM* I upon hi# cut. lhank»gi v iitg services were hell m tl-al J*»« «• having l«een ru-os tn bl fished rush was #top|x*d, while their main | dntrehea throughout the country. bi-iw« * n ih© Cnil* 4 Hlatc# and Spain. | body wa » literally mown due ii by a *us- .Mr M* Kinley, attrai'fed by th© move ment, to<>k Alexander's hands an«! Cnkmiwn it»< « n I sries »el tiro to a «ud’ fs Ituw b«‘©n given that tbe German tamed crotw-flrtK said: 1 hl og«» i*<»u*e lbvir lOlefilmn via* to naval fiercest Manila be alreduced Defiantly the dervisi **• plant«* I their ! ”! am sorry to »e© you no sick, kill a woman and child who w«re with t«> <*n© *>r i w<* »hiI«#. standard» and <!i«- I lu'slde th* rn. Their hop«' that you ar«’ getting better." in, bill the intended Victims were re«* ti«!)»« ’ «»»*■ ’ •©# gradually melted locum- A icp *l i# « utre-it in !x»riJ<*n that ’’Thank you, 1 think I shall Ift I cue! by a man who ubservol their Great Hritain an I G« imany hav«* *»ign©d panic#, and th«» CM»mpaniv» t«>«liiM is well.'* j>»*rtl l»orely in time. a treaty of ethane© f*»r Germany's aup- N i;. nli the leaden bail. Finally they “Do you w i»h for anything’" ariked I bglaud will r«*«-<»g- bfuk© and fi«*d, R-aVIhg th© fi«4d White General Wh«*«'l»‘r. Th** hospital whip Olivette, while l«>it in Egypt amd.ored near th»* quarantine »tattoo at nia© Germany's claim to Hvria a# an with Jihbah-clad corp*©#, hk** a «now “No, I 1 av<* everything g'«»»i for mw, drift d«»tl© I «pot. Fernandina, Fis Fla . in some uriaccuunt«» uutlrl fur her surplus )*«>pulatiun. I gm *».“ A!« xamlcr replied wearily At ll lfithe girder ordered an ad ’’but I wish 1 Were liciu-. ” l»le manner su 4«-i.lv hll«- l ti» ! w<-nt Reha1*!© information has I’eeii vane© am) our whole for«*©, ii) i line, down, gi“H»g those on board barriv laitietl by the A#»*H‘ist«’«l Free# l<» “1 h«»|»«’ that we may s«K»n get yon drove th© scattered remnants into the there," said Mr. McKinley. lime to e*«ajw* with their lives. effect that Rua»ia intend# tu convene <|©tort to < hmlurman. lie ha»l many such bits of talk will Nlflkrrs are 4rtr-rinit>r->i lo pr- .i.l the international ¡-r-ate cofiferenc* nt Among lb© chief Incidents of t! e m©n, and »«•»•in©»! to bu ill tu M. Petersburg one month alter the ad by foptw, if nrsal l*e, the oj.-ration «I 11© wn* a I rilhatit efiarg«* the tx*al tnilies at Fara, III. Hi> journment «*f th” Spanish-A inert« an Twenty first Lancer#,umler Lieutenant* hurry. H© almost outwore ih© |m* tlence <4 all hi# party by hi# slow- 11I union mm from -il ln-r M-ctiona |4M<0 cmif«*n‘H0)* al I'nri*. COionel Mat tin. Galloping down on a ate abutit to j«>ln tin rank* ranks «if the Th© monthly #tal«’m©rit of rhe public «1©! »<*hf«l body of the enemy.the» fottuJ going through ward after ward. V)llhii»llefl by InttlMti«. «trikers, anl aid in vnfurcing their de« debt, allow# that August 31, th© public the «lervish #w(>rd#men max#r«l ,M*hin<), matnla Tacoma, Wash., Kept. 0.—Th# debt !•**• c*i*h in tlx treasure, was and wer«* f* rerd tu chasge !i*»u*e against Th«* ian^’r# hack«**! * h*w t.”r .1. M Coleman, which arrive I William Ferri»#, a wealthy resident f 1,013,470,717, which is a d©rr«-n#© fur »I'pallihg o*l«!s. This de- through th© mass, rallied ami kept fl»« on the Buurul today from st. Michaels, ♦f Mouf.t Vernon. HI., died, age i V5 tf r up nth of 134,THO,7 I i. Lieutenant brings new# that two pro#|’«‘Ct«»r* wc © tears. He •ervf’d «»i* board an Ameri- «i i* acc«mnte«l fi»r by a cwrespnnd* dervish bur*!«* at l*ay. .»n ptivst<»er in the war uf IMI2, and ing incieato in th© cash on hand, due Grenfell, n©ph«*w uf G«*i.«’ral Nir Frait**l# ambushed while drifting lowu the Yu- Indians •ntuiequenily was a member uf the e-X- lu lhe receipt# from th© war !*«an. Grenfelt. was killed, fi»ur «»thet otti.«is k<»n in a Isml boat, killing one and ¡♦sditHm that cleared the tiulf uf Mell- Th© Chicago Tribune prints statistic* w« r© wounded, 31 men w* re kill©») and other. The wounded .X) of pi i at vs. showing the numlw’r of soldiers whu 3*4 wuumled. and reach©«! a |<dice Th« Eg v pt tar» ©avalry were in cloae lx»© lx*©n killed in l»attl© and hav* The I'onventkM) a»scmble«l at Man- started.ar. I f mnd the In Ilan# enjovmg *gua to form a cwm»1llutl*»n for a feder- died of diseaare in ramp «luring the war fighting throughuut with tli© H«ggara th© p»««|icetor#‘ aupph«-#. They were hotw©m«n. For a sh«»rt |»©fii>l th« While 350 officers ami tcy to consist o t -al< ad«»r, Honduras with Spain. enemy captured and held a gun, but it hi<.ught to Ihiwoin, where on© of thr til l Nnaragus ha» agreed Upon 43 uf men hav© been kill©*J in battle or Indians mad© a conf©##ion. the 14V article*. It ha» been agreed <»t wound# tec«’iv«vj, there b«V* died of wa# brilliantly retaken. Mr Frank, who cam© on th© Cole Th© heroic bravery of th© dervishea dis© as © «ii vamp between I.3U0 aril ill’ll the name of the cuiHcderacv »hall man, ray# whm he left Dawson there evoked univerual admiration. Tim© 2,000 volunteer* anJ regulars. 1st ’’The United Matra of Central after liyi© their dispersed an I broken was a stamj**»!© to Drwey «nd Samp- America. ’’ A Mtdrnl di#p»t« h #sys All Cats* fonea refi»rme«l am) hurl«’*) t!*em»elv«x sun creeks, from which Une report. < b-nrra) Garda 10 now without a Ionia prot©»tM against th© «.outlnuan«ae u|»»n the Angl i-Egyptian», th<»ir emir« cauie. Both are in Ann i lean territory The Shafter incident led uf th© *1 • ml u. f tax«*s. »: I Hl* is r« i sp •u»u«ly leading and »purnitig mmiuaml. Truubl© I© |.A(|rnNr«. tn his removal al the hand* uf General ii|»»n their immediate repeal, threaten* death. Even when w«»un l«*l and in Mi-lrul, Aug. 30. — Negotiations here (lomest. His surrvssur has l>ren ing to rlu»M* all th© factories If th© «.le death agunb#’lh»*y raised tlxmsrlve# to b»*«*n opened with Washington to obtain named in tin* |»er*«>n of Rudrignea, who mand is n<»t complied with. Th© lower fire a last shot. p«*rmission f«»r th« Bpaniard# in the will rcuninand the ( ui un army in Nan- cla«MW ar© deeply ami per ha pt danger- A »nong th© wotinJed Is Colonel tiagu. García’* »ending of hi« famoua oasly imprseeed by th# gha»tly appear- Rhu»)©#, th© correspondent of th© Lin Lidrut »’ islands to go to Manila, a# iht letter to Sbaftar was a grave breach of tner of th© repatriate»! soldiers from don Time#, and a brother of Cecil situation In lhe Le*irone* is extremely i Santiago *1© Cuba. critical. discipline. Hbodra. Jamsu Wilson. “King o( Tramiw,” has bo n Oomiucndcd fin hls brav«ry at Kant lago. AGIO IIOIXCS OF THE WEEK %«•*• llrtG». The 1’nitwd Mates g ivrrnmsnt has pLi««<l an utdrr in Kngland fut iO.tXX),- imm > CMrlridgn, Regulations have teen issue*! con* remit g military taxes tu l e collectail In th«* Philippines. Hir William Augiiftna Fraser, hart, the author and one of theqiuwn’s Ixsly- guard for Hcullaml. is «lead. Tliv MuiMusivnt odepartment will have plenty of supplies ready to forward to (‘ ii ’ ji in ciw at is fuand necessary. Horace Ad«*ock, ! J years of age, died iron fright reiuived during a heavy •lertrical storm at Macomb, III. New York capitalists will start a bank at S.m Juan, Porto Rico. It will I*» capitnilSed Bl 1.100,000. Tire t »nfrrrnt« uf stale and provincial boasdt of health in session at Detroit, declarwi tulrerruitwis to have kiile«l mors i«ruple Ilian any other affection. A st ml j cate has lieeii form«si of all the aiiwg J heirs of tho late merchant prin 'e, A. T. Stewart, and they havo «li termined to mik>* one raort tight f»»r *)>o money they «lauu lu be • ntitled tos Andrew t'arncgio ha. offend the town council of tho town of Dumfrieo, S tlan-l, the «tim <>f 110,000, to build a public library. The attorney-general of Ohio lia. de cided to bring an action agatn.t the American Sled en-i Wire Company, under tho anti-trust law. The reported death of Mr*. T.rriau, widow of the actor who was mur-lorr-d by Richard Arthur I’rtnce (tr- emliot 1 last, proves to bare been an error. Mr«. Terrim re seriously III in London. The death of (>r Zeller, the mui compoeer. t. announced al Berlin, il The French am ba.«odor and hi* «taff recently |>aid a visit to the tomb <>t Wa-lnntfton at Mount Vernon. The Ittli bienuial convention of the Bavarian »ucleuea of North America has c'orr-l at 1’ittsburg. i uninnatl was chosen f,,r th, neat meeting place. **•«•• lNut«a U ())««•» l>r<i«9u«>l Sr io. Pa., sept. ft. — By an acci dental jibing uf the sail of lb© pleasure y» hl Catmem a, on Fr«*r*|ue l#la bay this m rmng f**ur young wum«-n were swept off into tbe water and drowned before ax.stanc© cuuhl b© rendered th< ni Their n.une# are Mary, Ife Ila and Lila Paradln« and JrMic Moore. Madrid. Sept. A.—The government hat <l«oid«vj to pa» the neat coupon uf the Cuban debt, pending the acttla- merit with the Uniteal Ntatet. Wswarh Cslleleia W-.rhs t*o«lr«ye4. New York. Hept, g.—Fire In the N< wark celluloid work, and th. neigh boring tenement bouoea. In Newark. N. J., did fully (.’v-t.uoo damage to night. The flame* were confined to tho hk- k boon-led by W«a4 bcott. Darcy, Magaaine and la«.t Ferry ■treeta. Fourteen pereon* were in- jurt-d and taken to tho hospital*. w>n>o of them bring arrlon.ly hurt. Tlx- expr-s. companies uav* l-ucu in formed that tho lin -l-e* not rtato shelher th.* company or the shipper The large.1 theatre In the world la shall l>ear th« revenue tai. but that the Grand opera honte of l’aria. Il the company .hall bu held rvapou.i >le cover, more than three aerea ol ground I for it. piynicnt. sud coat M,000,000 franca. Iltrewn t |> bjr n Vwrpe«!©. New Olreans. Ix.,Sep7. 0.-—Th© gov ernment steam boat J«»hn 1. Meigs was today destroy©«! by an explosion al St. Philip* Bi*« had abuatd Lieutenant J©rv«y and a party engage*! in remov ing the torpedo«« laid in the Mi»sia#lp pi river «luring the (»»ginning of thu war. Lieutenant Jervry ha<! a narrow eseapo. Tlx killed are: Charles Starr, commander of th© boat; Sei grant John Newman, of the engineers; Fat <-«rhx; Ralph Rogera. Th«**© woun»!*! ar«: Frits Koch an«) D B. Ruddy. General Wheeler Describes Army's Condition. HE ill 4M» TH). SKWM’U’EKM Saldi«»» Iba 4 sa al C»Mla«la«l < a«Mp ••»«! V raalad ('amp Wlkuff. Moi tauk Point. N Y., Srpu fi. — Maj»»r-G«nefal Jeevph Wl■©el ei guv« th© fullMwing to the •*r«#e to day; *'H«*a)quart©r* Cnit«*d Mate« F»»»c*e, Camp Wlfcoff, L*i*g Dami, Sept. fi.— Tb© fi»li«v*»i g »• a «ampi© of th© lettera which are con»tantly r©»-«>v«?d regarding tiw* «©Idlers in th© t *ru| : *• *fn regard to my strp»on, w© f«w»l very uneasy about him uSi ar otinl of tb»’ h**wspa|w r r©j«»rt* of tl>© privation ami suffering Infiide! upem th« pri vat«*#. Although h© bo» »*©v*»f uttered a Complaint sine© h«* ha* b»*0ii m th« army, we hear from <4h* r w»urt« » «4 the cruel and horrible treatment lnfilrte-1 i¡- :• »’ ir *• :»• f* tu. ’■ f th© p «îej ••• « f humanity tor uur n«*ighl«>rs. and th© wh**l© cuuutiy is in a »tat« of terrible »X Bernent. I abuulJ not be »Ofpro»**4 if the ft«’|lng •h**uld h»a*l to a révolu- timi of ».'m»’ km I, fi»r I a- aire )••<» I hear on all »Idee th© mo#t violent and bitter »h'nunclatl«»n» of the war d«qMft- m©nl and th© ad ml nist ration- Il !*• III- lee» I, a gtr-it pits thjt if •* gl rv of our triumphs slmtilJ I MB di mtn«?*! b» • uch a #ham«'ful thing a* Il»r HI IK at meni start at tun ina*. q « w . jourii nnitirn aohllera, whilr the Kpiiilsh prisoners have the I m —I Ifotiluwul that the coun« tty can affor«l.* "It will I m > sfM'n that this letter says tliat not a word <4 complaint lias ( <•♦*!) raovi*e«| fr» in this soldier, and a«’ fur ns my investigation goes, no cmnpliiinl lias !»*eu made by any of tin Vr<ivu md’lirrs who have ad«h-«i iJ*»ry to our arm* in the < hituiu * i • i^n ".A great many ntitioo* fathers, motbars. brothers or sistera, arrive here from all ¡«arts of the l?nited Blates to look after their relatives, whom they f :» v the papers tell them me suffering, Gt I many of ti * m hate I • ard that their relatives are in a <<n- Ittion of *tarvatn»n. M<’-t of th- «• ¡u-t«|4n <»ru little able to ei|iwnd the money for such a journey, and they are surprise«! vrh»»n they mine her« to find their relatives ►uriournh”! with every thing to eat which can la* prudoe«*.! l»y m*«nry, and, if sli'k in the ho»pilul, they are grateful and a»irpri*»e«l to And that they are given «‘Very ptawible cate. "hvery officer ami soldier who went to Cuba r»g»t«i- <l it that h«’ was given a gr* -it iite! *|» iul privilege in I hmi g |u*rrnitted to ©ngage in that campaign. They knew they were to ctirounler yrl* l«»w fever ami other discaats. as well us the lorri l h«*al *>t the country, and they were pioml an«I glad to <io so. They knew that it was im|M*silde lor them to have th»* advantage of wagon trans- l*ortalion. which UNtially a - « tnpanies an army, and yet ofht ers and men wore glad to go, to carry their I I vnketa an«| their rations on lh< ir . k* un i be aid«« }(. te»l, without any shelter, tn the sun ami rains by »lay and the hrrvy hat«*! by night. They tertaii iy knew that the Spanish ha I S|M*nl v* art in ••r«<tn g defenses, and it was their phrasure to a«*.iuil an l their duty to capture th« Hftanisii works. "They were more than glad to incur these hardshi|M and these dangers, Thw went there sml did their duty, each min seeming tn feel that Ano*»t* ran honor ami prestige was to l>e hm * ms - urv”! by his <x»n loct. 'The brave men who won the vh lories did not complain ol the neglect of the government, bnt, on the contrary, they seetnrd grateful to the ptcsitlenl and sec retary uf war fur giving them the opportunity to in cur these dang« rs and hfttJshlpa. They realised that in the hurried organisa tion of an eipedition by s government which bad no one with any ripericnr« in such mattris it was |tnf«<N»«H>le to have everything arrange i to perfec tion; and they will testify that under the circumstances, tho conditiuna were mu« h mere perfo« t than any one woul«l have reason to aspect, ami that th« provident ami aecratary uf war ami <>th« r# wh » pUr i «*4 an I dlMpatclud ihr-* ri|«litioi>« deaorve Itigli oure- tncixlat ion. "I hare ju.t flnl.bo-l my <l»ily In- i «jwn tion ol the li<<*plt*l*. With rat« nicoptlon* the aick are eheorfut I baro imuri arci iluclore to care (or them, »ti'l in all m* tour» I have n«»t fi-on-l a .Ingle palieut who ma le tho • light.«! comptaiuL it la true tlo-ro baa been great auff- ring. Tho climate of Cuba wag very revere ii|Wn all our «obliare, but in.t<-a-l ol cutnptaining Ilio head. of-thu«e biave men are fille-l with gratitude tu tho peuple for the bunnteuo. geneiuaity «hieb lia» been rlteuded to tliem." RECORDS < l•4•rlag• BROKEN. t.arg*at fc»«» *v»»«ww f«»r New York, Hept, ft. — IL G. Dun «^ (Vs weekly r«*vtow of trod« aays. Th« smallest failure« ever recorded m *»y month for five year« were tluwe of August. N<> other m«mth sln<w tho monthly report* were rmumen«M'd by l>un*s review, *• iciusivcly. baa shown defanltr’l liabilities as small, within f 1,000,000« ami the ratio of such «le- faults to solvent bmuncsn, repieeenttsl by exchanges through all clearing« h< u a. only |h« 70 in f 100,000k smaller bv 9A ft per cent than In any prwiuus month. The clearing# lave beeii the largest ever known in August, arid 03 o |«rr ('fi«l larger than in !**V3. Th* enunnows volume **f business in a m<>uth usually uite of the ru'»«t in* active of tbe year, demand# attention. Piwtponcnienl during the months **f war >4 *oti*e ft>i»tfac!« an I powhas**» which Lave n«*l ooflMi furwat4 explains pa»t of the tnereawi, and the strong al * >rpti«»n *»f #v«euiitie# explains part, but tnrrv has also been a great decline In lt»<* average of jri ea uf all mui- nit»hti«*#. au that it tsk«a a much larger viiluma of business Hi ton# of bushels to make up tranaactiuns amounting to a million more thin In I MOB. Il Is. therefor»», strictly true that business I# ia grr than in th«* very Uwt «4 ail pa»t yraia, and yet thrr# is ©wry pgtW|«Ol uf tnU’ h further inervaw Th« *«» 1« n».» r«»«m to doubt that th© wh’ At • t ‘p. ♦»ven It ugb it mav fall a •Lade I m 'I mw some <wthnat«w. will prove lb© l.iig»-*l ©ver harwsted, and al* th' ugh H«*Cflw>hn) rUittiilr« Euru|M*'s crop at 333.0(K>,000 hushel# mure that) th«» U»t y« ar, that w>>»|j ! n > only about an average yhd*l. while **lhcr evidence *.» hfavorable 1‘ •reign buying has tw«*n strung, Atlantic elpott# f«*r the w«'ek having l<*©u bushels, against ft.ft'U,*37 bushel# last y*ar. and I'ulfi efi*»rts 4SS,*1MI bushel«, against 25^,031 bushel« last year. But re < i| ts st the West ar* Inrrcasir g, an l th*» price f»as dr»ipp<*| ft • ents fur •pot, tboogh the Hsptomber option is 7-s.« lover for the w«*rk. Th«» improvement in the iron Indus- y Ii is n*>t only continue«), but be- me# m«»r© Impresalv© bocauss enor mous I u#in«*M »alew ha#© satUfi*’«! the n««* ls«if great c<msum«»r# for monti»« to conn*, th«’ «lemand for protluet# is an great that t*>th materials an«) prt>duots gra lually sdvahce in price. |h M-nirr pig I as an#« n to ||&&5 at Pittsburg; local coke at ( hic.igo, an I anthracite foundry at th© East, arc BtfOOg <» bar# and plates ad- vanecd a share, with tntait structural and plat© mill# filled with urvlers for months to come, arid 33,000 tons uf tail* M.ld at Chicago fur 4*4iv< ry next year. The advance in tin plat«*#, In spits of prislin lion far greater that» was thought p F*ibio not lung ago, it ©vid«,nce that tbe consumption « f st©©’ in that branch will I m » heavy. Ths wir?-tiall works also rw|«rt a Iwltcr d© mend, and th© output of Connellsvillo cok© ha« starh*d up, gaining )0,0<»0 tons for th«» week. Th© woolen mills have rather bull©! order# tills week, but not enough ns y«l tu warrant running nearly lull (or e, with lhe j»rlc© of wool held «1 th«» Wert mm h al«»\«» Eastern n.*si* kets, am! by thota» maikets aG»v© lc higher than the mill# nr© bidding. Failure# f«»r the week have been 171 in lhe United Statuv, against 101 la*l rear, and 23 In Canada, against •Jft la«l y»’#r. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION Four M»-•» Killed 4)s*l Maur tnjurr*| ItliDiinIfigii**), ln<1 •i !u«llai>a)«»lis, Sept. ft. — A special t<» the Sentinel fiom Bhaunlngtun, Ind., •ay«: A horrible accident occurred at Stintsville thia afternoon, in which four m©n were Instantly killed by a dynamite expluaiou. and many others were seriously injured- The im*n were IJaGlDg rtxk for « IM’W pikn when th* explosion *Mcnri) l, instantly killing th© following: John Wilhuma, .John Grubb, Hu k Wampler, Edward Watts. The fatally Injured at«: Ben Fyffe, Miltmi Hike an I WHh© Infor I. Th© injured were brought to Stint«- ville, an I th© ooruner was summoned from Bloomington. The turn kill««) and Injur©*I were well known citiscns of this county Ail I>n4 fam lira atol some had cbiblren. They grown ranged in age from 40 to &0 year*. llik«’ h»st an arm an I hg, and la dying tonight. l.uHtlon Itollwajr l»ie««<er- London, Sept. ft.--A toirlblo ac«i- Welling- dent I»»» taken plai-w at lauough railway .talmn, on the Ion- d.>n A North Western road, near Man in «ter. Tao boy. pu.hcl a loaded luggage van on the track juat aa tho • »t-ir-a train « m approaching at a • l<e-l of M) mile« an hour. The train waa derailed and fearful acene* ensued, (he tailway carriage* caught fire; tho engin. . r, the fir- man and two paoaen- ger. w»ro kllle.1, and many other* were wirlonsly injured. H lllltsn * »•! |.n«u Nan Frauaclaco, Sept. ft.— What WM •all ol the lug raft, which was started •lown the »’»»«•t for tlm BH»b («timber Company. ami which broke tn two off Futili lieve, it few Jay. ok », waa towed Into port liti* moriiiritf. Alinovi 1,000,- 000 leet of lumber wn tout, but the «viion «attel Will euver the I um and Mpamaea. lellow Peter Spreade. Washington, Kept. 6.— ’Tim marin« hospital srrviu* waa '»fft* ially advived lu la y of 10 i - w <«*»«» of yrlltjw fc*v«r «hieb bava booti «hoco ver ad si Or wood, Miss. F«*«r al Sialinn Jackeon, Mie*., Sept. fl. — The hoard if health ha. received a lelegtam from lii’i-rtor Giant, .fating that ) el low fever baa appeared at .Minton Station. No report of the number of caeca. VotM©l«©r« May ll©-Knllst. Tbr* W a»l I«» < MM© 1«. Manila, Hept. 0.—A d«legal»o®, rep resenting the S«>ul)»ein Philippine« am) «insisting of the Ijeat «nd richest na tive# «»f Fanay, Mindora, Crutm and Mimlano, visite«l Vnt:e»l Stat©# Consul Williams and urge*I that every effort l»e made f«»t annexation of th« Philip« pin« islamls. The deputation claim ©«I that all claas©#, warlike moun taineers, as well a# thore engaged in mercantile purvnit*, would welcome th« Star« an«l Stripe«. They also raid there are 4,000 men arm«*) with riflee near llioilo ready to support tbe Amer kaM. WlfcaST Wall ALL A«»b Ihr liaaltl IIa*v«rta. Washington, Sept. S. —In <*r ler to Washington, Hept. 6,—The gr id ra- keep th« regular army op to th© maxi eerra In the United State« treaeory mum of BI.0O0 mrn. th« war drj»art- reached Ute higheet point in ite liielory mrnt will hav« reuruiting officer« al all ; today,with a total t*servo of 3*319,330,* stations where th« volonteers ar© inns- >1 with a view of giving II • 87Í. The liighe.1 prey ton. amount waa tervl 131S,000.000, which waa recordeal in 0X0 an op|4irtunity to enlist in the reg Th© time they have March. IASI. The rererve waa retal*. ular survlcau liahaal In 1979. with (114,000,000. Il •erved In the volunteer service will be flr.t I eache I (200,000,000 in < Mober, alkiwrd them as part of th« continuous Jnv7 The luwt.l ever ton. b-«l wag s rue# In the regular branch. (4.000.000, in January, 1*95. In Justice lor Dreyfus is now demanded, Jun«, I HOT, there vraa (140,000,000, si d ths Frenab people clamor for a ra« and one rear later the amount waa trial no metier what the conscq isoces 1147,000,000. ’E BIG P.UK Foil Fishing Season Soon to Open. PRU ES good AKE rRoM!si:i> •latubla < an Keavly »•* • Astusia. S-’pi. 3.—Fr«»n> pr< »mt In- ’ dlcatlom». th© fait tl»hiog »«*a*«m thts yoar will Iw» lh© n** »t important In lh© bi»t*»ry of il»»» aalmon industry. Nrarty ail lhe rannerir# un ih« lower <’*4uu»* bia will o|w*ra!<*. ami H i# probable a large pack will b© put up Th© jxvk- rra aie >iff«’fing y cowl* i - r |*»nnd f»»t fish. but tins prive will 1, in* don ht. I»« ' ra-.aod >M»fc»re II»«* a**awn i i# over. Tb« toortAge in lh© spring | pock )• nearly 11X1,000 ca#« «. an«l <il ih<* he cannerie* are ' ov0f*u|e). Ti> makv up » tl.is thlS «Irti« iencV a largo qnauilly of fall fi»h will la» pa »■ k >»«l. The canærs will hav« liwly rompe« titiofi in tho fall fi*4.m» in lu*try. An agml «*f a Mg Furthind roM storag»« con*’»*rn h«»* bv-rn in th<* chy «mim days pa«l. and Im» hutifi«'*! lhe fiaher- mrn thaï h*« will par 3 oent# a p*»uml f w siIversid«-» and st>-«4!u»aJa delivrf«*d In l’orilan I. II.» roinpatiy »upph«*» lhe EaMern markets, wheie Ihr »uj ply * t saluion is n«»vri ©quai t*» lh© «loinan I. and tbe price is mtrewpondlngly high ihvublh’sa lh© r*4<l stnrage peuple will b«» a bi« lu g-»l ail th«’ fi «h th«*y ran hau II«. as th© prie© «»ff- red by them i# mue h higher tban thaï uffrred by lh© Th!» will | riibabiy rivoli In p» k**rs. a d”cr«a»e’ *»f lhe «opplv for caftofilcit« During th« spring ara#un lhe l**»ai# heh'ngiug t*» tbe tannerie# adJ al h*a«t one qttarter of their catche# to lhe rohi« #t<*C4g© <*«»ml’uni«*«, an I it i» mur«* lhan hkcly thaï Ihi# action will b© fcpcated dur')!«• lhe fall -» (■■•*». T « p* k » whoo|0rit«’ traps wH| t»ul ta* a* scri- uusly liandicapped as lh«a© whu *h*|M*ml entirslv upnn th© gilhtei fi#h«*rm©n. Th- (Mirker# «annol j*<wibly p«y conta for fall «almon, if, a# th©v daim, thaï prioe csniu*l well U* i aid for spring «o tb« rold Storage ( mmip I© will g«'t U « bulk *»t th»' •• i **» îi ‘# catch, if their nffer bob) g‘»»l. Evcry indication | »mts toa go«»d run >f sa linon, which ai« lirg© «ni uf «x- e«4 ©ni «pi.»' ty. Msny ft«herm«’ri, trapper# and seiner*, ar© ready lu begitl Il »h in g '•••ptetinMir lu. -‘i p >i. ■ i-» d »< • «¡¡g '.»iüi-Mi tu I I ■' ern an I Euro|M>an msrk-ls contint)©, moaily **n sui*-» mad© «*arljr in th« year. M«»st uf th© salnmn g*»©« by rail» al* though lh«* Han Francisco steamers take litrg© quantifies **iuit». As a treuil of lh*» short pa* k, tha prie© of Columbia rlwr saltmui h» # Ihm un tbe rote, and tnlls ar© n«»w qutitvd al $1.1 ft. Il la «*xpr t* I tho pme will r«a* h still higher figure«. Ytwtorday tbe Vniun Fishcnnrn*» Co-tipomtiv.» l’ackmg Company «bip- pud a carloa«! <»f ralmon tu l’ittshurg NO TIME SIrrtt l>«t*rg FOR <»|.p«*»r.| • t ll>« I.» INQUIRY. tati In « oeligrelh«« I'menl Tin»». Washington, S«»pL B*—Hurgmn-Gen eral Sti'fld **rg t'hl.iv <vut th«’ follttWHig letter to » New York medtaftl ptibllca* lion which lirtd niM‘le lnouirie«i of hhn eoncgmlng the condo* t <»f the war with 1 refermes» t«* th»» inr-lic-al «Irjusrlmeiit, ami vs|•♦•eiaIly m I wm H the subje<t of hav* i ing an i tn ni od in hi’ inveetigatioi» uf his tmieau. H»* rays: "I am r»*.i«ly at any m unenl f*»r s compialo investigatimi with rrirren«« to my a IrniniFt ilHtii «>f affairs uf the niedical dwpartm«*t 1. bui Hie »si d«’|*artmri»t 1« t»»»< <|i«tp «■ I to make su li an investigati**», a* th»» r«*au|t of sen*attonal n«»wspup»r articles. Tbrre is at p!«’»«'ul an evident craim to « liti- cis»», without regard to truth nr justice. I have no doubt there will lie aenngrrs- sh»nal investtgitbin into th»« tuindncl of ttm wtr. but I do m»t f««t al liberty at present to Insist u|«»i» an investigation f »r my • wn vindication, be* -»use il I» contrary to th*» general interests of the leivics, It would be wiong for me tu give up all the important official work which nt present almoat overwhelm» me, tor th« purpose *»f devoting myself to a pre*»’ntalnm uf the facts relating to my a (ministration. It wool I make It necessary to take clerks away from their daily tasks In order to l*M>k up th« documentary »»vntener» on tile in my <>fflce. an I in the meantime important matters wool«) necessarily I m » neglected and the sick in all parts of th« ronntry W »ubl «uff«'f. It would make II hec«w- vary tn call upon the medical officer®, • bo are now urgently need««*! for lite care of the sick in our vario«)« eamps atei hoapttals, tn coni«» to Washington as wlliit’«*-«, and all this to satisfy the clamor of irr«W|*onsible n< w»| aper re- pirters. There ha« boon no official campaign with reference to my adinin latrai Ion of th«» medical d**|»artmrnt. •’With lega rd to .Mantauk point, I Interni tn send at once, Lieutenant- Colonel Charles Binari, an ri|«erienred offlt-er and tbe professor of hygiene in our army medical arhonl, to mako a thorough sanitary inv«»tigallon. To go mywolf, much as I should like to «I«» so. wffuid to» to neglect im|»>rtanl offi cial duties in connection with th« sup ply of hospitals, the movement *»f my hospital traina, nt hoopital ships, etc." «art Vranrlaro < «atom Han Francisco, Sept. I.—The cus tom lions© receipts for tbu port of San Francisco for tho month of August amounted to f’*07,373.49, th© larg©«i receipts for a sing)© munlh in the rec« ords of tbe *lc|»attm©nl (>orunna. B©pt B.—The Hpanlsh transport Isla *1« Panay. from Hentiago about August 30, has arrived have with a detachment of surrendered Spanish troops. There wet© 17 deaths on th« steamer during lb« voyage. Mata aran Rnangli nt Sarvlaa. Han Fnineiai-o, Srpt 3.—Tb« <'«ll ibi. morn In, print, n oom mon toni I mi •igiml liy "The Fnli.te-I M-n,” in r— ply to .tat--ni.nl« mal« by Colonel Berry, ut tho Hovrnth (.'aliforma io,i- m-nt. Il ,«y. in part; "U’eMoat o<u|'li»ti<ally areorl thal th« turn ol thn cnmioan-l, now «hai Ilio yovrrntnont ha* no (urthi r umi (or thoir »orvb'r., «nol i w,Icore« an or-t-r mti.tr-rlng tbotn -ut ol Ilio wrvlce.’* The average height of th« human race la, men. five let an Inches; women, five frat two inc hex.