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GEN. OTIS TO EXPLAIN Information Wcnted as to Why Ohinamen arc Excluded. THEIR MINISTER WANTS TO KNOW lleAlrei AdmlMlon nf Rome or 1 1 la 1'enple Into the l'lilllpplnei Telegram From Jn. Otlt Itngnrdlng Vie of Church I'ropertyMore Klnntlc I'ellry 4in Kr Cludon of Chluatnea. WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. At the cabinet mooting the subject of Chinese exclusion In the Philippines was dis cussed at some length. It was decided to ask Oenornl Otis for definite In formation an to what had beon done, and especially In regard to a particu lar complaint from the Chinese min ister that one shipload of Chinese had beon stopped. General Otis will be asked to give reasons why this action "vrns taken. First Assistant Secretary Hill of the state department was present at the session on account of the Chinese ex clusion topic. Tho telegram .from General Otis re lating to tho occupation of churches by United States troopH In the Philip pines was read nnd discussed. No orders will bo sent to Qcncrnl Otis on this subject) tta it Is regarded as a part of warfaro to occupy tho churches. Tho Wnr department has received tho following telegram from Oeneral Otis regarding tho military use of church property in tho Philippines: "Referring to your cablegram of September 18, sixteen churches In dif ferent localities occupied by United States troops. Four only partlnlly oc cupied and religious services not in terfered with. Also thrco convents occupied. Thcso thrco nnd ten of the sixteen churches were formerly occu pied by Insurgents. Church property Is respected and protected by our troops." Tho ClilneHo minister called at the stato department nnd held a long con ference with Acting Secretary Hill re specting tho ndmlsslon into, tho Philip pines of soma Chinese Tho case Is an exceptional ono nnd it Is snld that tho general question of the validity nnd propriety of Gonornl Otis' oxtonsldn of the Chinese exclusion lawn to the Phil ippines was not nn Issue In tho con ference. Oenator Davis, chnirman of tho com raltteo on foreign relations, hnppened to call at tho tlmo, nnd was participant In tho discussion, giving tho depart ment tho benefit of his views of tho nttltudo that would bo assumed by his committee and porhaps by - congress respecting such questions as that pre sented. There aro some Indications that tho adoption of a moro olnstlc policy in tho matter or Chinoso exclusion will bo suggested to General Otis, but noth ing has yot been done In that direc tion. i RECORD 'BREAKING LAND SALES. Union tl'setfla Conveyances In Nfturnk Colorado uml Utah Lame. CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 23. C. E. Wantland, special land agent of tho Union Pacific railroad, who has Just returned from a trip through Wyo ming, Utah and Nebraska, reports September and October wl.ll bo. record breaking months in tho land business of tho road. Indications are tho Union Pacific's lnnd business for the two months-will bo tho largest In Uio his tory of tho compnny. Tho sales will exceed 1100,000. for each month,.nnd It la posalblo may reach $160,000. Tho land sold Is in Wyoming, Ne braska, Colorado nnd Utah, and, among the purchnsors nnd lessees aro . many prominent cnttlo nnd Bheop men, In dications nro thero will bo n movement late in tho fall from Iowa to tho ranch districts of western Nebraska nail, east ern Wyoming and Colorado. New IUttlrihlp'a Hpred. WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. Nnyal ot 'flcers who ,woro on board tho now bat itlcshlp Kcnraonrgo on hor run .from .Nowport News to New York say alio mado thirteen and n half knots an hour, with ,n. screw involution ot.from 00 to 110, This and tho fact that sho had a foul bottom satisfies tho olllclnls that tho battleship will mnko about 1G.25 knots nn .hour on hor trial .next week, or a quarter knot above tho re quired spend. .It Is snld sho is capable of greater speed than this, but as there Is no premium itor oxtrn speed tho en gines will bo .pushed only enough to give a safo margin abovo tho contract requirement. I'limiuUl lllll Wilt lie Puttied. WASHINGTON, Sept. 23. A prom inent republican momber of tho next liouso of representatives today In formed ft reporter of tho Washington I'ost that it wa the purpose of Gcn eral Henderson of Jowa, who will be tho next speaker, to submit tho new fi nancial bill drafted by a special com mittee of republicans to a republican caucus boou after the Juoubo Is organ ized and huvo It considered in caucus heore refcrenco to nny committee. Whlto I llHiiBnriinitly 111. SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23. Tho PoBt sayH that Former Senator Whlto is lying dangerously 111 at Uio Palace hotel and that today ho mirrored a se vere hemorrhago of tho lungs. Sena tor Whlto returned but a few days ago from a trip to tho country, but ho was ed feeble that ho was compelled to tnko to his bed. Ills condition today was such as to greatly alarm his friends. Dr. AllllorM OUt Uiivrllnil , UTICA, N. Y., Sept. 23. A bronzo bust of tho Into Governor Horatio Sey mour, presented to tho Onolda Histor ical society by Dr. George L. Miller of Omaha, was unveiled in this c.iy this afternoon. Governor Roosevelt delivered an ad dress Tho presentation speech, was mado by Dr. Miller and that of ac ceptance by Thomas n, Proctor, pres ident of tho society. The exercises wero held by Grand Army Republican veterans riiiLirriNE army plans. Wnr Department May Create n DlvUlon Hmllnr to That In Cnlin. WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. 23. A plan is under consideration at the war department to create nn army division of the Philippines and divide the divi sion Into departments on n basis simi lar to that In Cuba. Tho Idea Is to create four departments In the Philip pines, at least three of them to bo com manded by major generals. The Phil ippines heretofore havo been known ub the Department of the Pacific. It Is expected that one department of the proposed new division will con sist of General MncArthur's command north of Manila, another will bo Gen eral Lnwton's command south of Ma nila and a third will be a new com mand to operate from Llngnycn or Dngupnn. A fourth department will probably consist of troops In the islands south of Manila, which include the com mands now at Hollo, Cebn and other points. The scheme has not yet taken such definite form nu to determine tho com mands of the departments and divi sions. Thero Is little doubt, however, that Lawton nnd MncArthur -will re main whore they now are and prob ably the command in tho Islands south will be under a brigadier general. An other ofTlcer will havo to be selected for the department In the far northern part of the Island at the torminus of the Ongupan railroad. The plan Is to give each department commander nil tho troops that can bo successfully operated and nlso Insure sufficient garrisons for all points tnken. Protection to the penccablo tribes in ono of the chief objects sought, as rep resentations mndo to tho war depart ment Indlcnto that many of tho Inhab itants do not want to light nnd If un molested and relieved from fear of attack by tho Tagalos will assist in supporting tho nuthorlty of tho United States and mako It impossible for tho followers of Agulnnldo to subsist. KRUEGER SAYS IT IS PEACE. I'reftltlent of the Trnnirnnl llliini Not Hx pert nu Armed Claih. CAPETOWN, 8ept. 23. Writing to an intimate friend here, President Kruger snys things nro serious and will become graver, but a peaceful settle ment will be attained. In tho Capo house of.assombly yea torday, discussing tho question of vol unteers, Mr. W. P. Schrlnor said ho hoped some day to soo a forco estab lished, In which tho English nnd Dutch would unite for tho defenso of the colony and rendor It independent of Imperial troops. The Berkshire battalion, It Is report ed, will bo removed from King William Town to tho Orango Free Stato border, apparently In rcsponBo to President 8ieyn's speech nt the opening of tho rnad Thursday. POLITICAL EXILES RETIRN. Laudlaic Arouien ilreat KnthimUim at tho City of Hnnto Domingo. SANTO DOMINGO, Sept. 23. A war ship from Porto Rico, with forty politi cal exiles on bonrd, nrrived horo today. Tho return of tho exiles aroused much enthusiasm among tho populace. Tho decree of tho government ilxing Octo bor G to October 8 for tho primary elections nnd providing fortho meeting of tho eelctoral college during the last week In October, although a revolu tionary action and against tho consti tution, hns beon well received. Tho government's action wns ratified by a popular demonstration, the crowds crying: "Down with tho constitution!" ItiiMlnim Hyinputhlxo WltJi.Jlovrn. ST. PETERSBURG, Sept. 23. Bo llevlng that war bctweon Qrcat Britain and tuo Trnnsvnnl Is Imminent, most of tho Russian newspapers mnko no attempt to conceal tholr ..sympathy with tho Boers. Tho Novoo Vremyn raises tho ques tion of the maintenance of .tho Sues cannl as an International waterway If tho whole of oaBt Africa, from Cairo to tho Capo of Good Hopo, Is to bo formed Into a compact. British' colony. Tho NovobII commonta In bitter terms against "Grent Brltrtn's grab policy" and warns her that tho wnr .will not bo a triumphal mnrch. Want Drey fun to Lecture. VANCOUVER, B. .0., Sept. 23. A Toronto capitalist and W. R. Jackson, ono of tho proprietors of Savory thoa tor in this cRy, nro trying to ongago Droyfus to lecture in Europe nnd America for 11.000 a .day. Jackson to duy cnblod Dreyfus as follows: "I re spectfully offer you 200 per day and oxpensen for ono y.onr to lecture In Europe and America. Bonds to your satisfaction glveu. Reference, French consul hero," Mayor of Alglure Flee. ALGIERS, Sept. 23. Max Regis, tho .former mnyor of Algiers, .and .a .notor ious Jtiw-iiulter, (luring tho night loft tho villa Just outaldt! of tho to.w,n In which ho and a party of adherents .had been barricaded for sumo dnys, fearing arrest by tho government. Ho In ald to havo gono on board a boat bound for Spain. Eight of bis companions wejr.o arrested. I'ever Abate nt New Orlrmm, NEW ORLEANS, Sopt. 23. No now cases wero reported today. This la thought to bo duo to tho fact that wcnthtir has turned very cool. To the snuio reason la attributed tho fact that two deaths occurred today. (ixriimiu Who Wnnt I'l-iice. BERLIN, Sept. 23. Tho llcnnaii peuco society nt Its meeting In this city tomorrow will adopt resolutions protesting Against a war between Great Britain und tho Transvaal. riiuiiury Dloii iiito.tHitt. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Sept. 23. Charles S. Plllsbury left no will, nt least none has been found. Ills wife, Mary A. Plllsbury, nnd his boiib, John S. and Charles S. PlllBbury, petition to tho probate court for tho appointment of administrators of tho estate Tho stun named as tho probablo value of tho estate Is 9300,000 lit real property and $300,000 In personal property. Tho Inventory may show a much greater value. Tho petition will bo acted on October 18. Tho height of the rock of Gibraltar Is about 1,437 feet, rn 0omraandor-in-0hiof of tho Transvaal Army Qrows Quite BelHcose. THE SITUATION SEEMS SERIOUS. . i U U Thought the HeuTlcit I'lditlng Will Orctir on Natal Ilortler, an Knglfih Troop Mutt He Kepelled There Pron pect for Compromise Not IviuournRlnt;. PRETORIA, Sept. 22. General Jou bcrt, tho Boor commandcr-ln-chlcf, is quoted as aaylng In nn Interview: "The situation Is serious. Probably the heaviest fighting would occur on tho Natal border. The British are like! y to attempt to Invade the Trnns vaal by way of tho Van Rclnans pass." Urgent messages are reaching tho Raad from members who are demand ing authority for tho Boers to mass at strategic points. CAPETOWN, Sept. 22. At a moot ing of tho African members of parlia ment today, Mr. Nccthlng presiding, the following telegram was dispatched to President Kruger: "Wo Afrlknn flor members of parliament thoroughly sympathize with our Afrikander rela tive In troublo. While appreciating tho concessions alrendy made in the Interests of pence, we beg to urge the expediency of doing tho utmost, short of sacrificing Independence, to avert the horrors of wnr. While agreeing Hint tho Joint Inquiry proposed by Mr. Chamberlain cannot be asked as a matter of right, "wo bollovo such a commission will provide .a way -out ol tho difficulties which aro fast ap proaching a'crlslH, with results 'which might prove fatal not only to theiclvll nnd freo stato brethren, but also to tho Afrikander party of Cape Colony. Ivi tho presonco of Immediate danger nnd the momentous issues awaiting tho (IccIbIoii of your honor, tho 'exec utive and tho Volksraad, oven tho risk of being misunderstood 1b 'Of a minor importance. Wo beg your honor to lay theso words, only dictated by a keen senso of our common Interests und risks, privately before tho execu tive and Volksraad." This message, which waB BlgncU by flfty-thrco members of parliament, re ceived the following reflly from Pres ident Kruger: "I wish you nnd your sympathizers will notice, as you have doubtless nlready seen by tho roply or tho imperial government, that wo have, according to your desire, con Bldored the matter and accepted tho Invitation to tho Joint commission. Why the acceptance wns delayed Is shown by tho dispatches published. I wish to thank you and other friends onco moro from my heart for tho man ner in which you havo aided our ef forts for a pacific and satisfactory solution. Finally I express tho hope that your work and'ours will not 'be fruitless." Tho meeting nlso a'dontnil n roaoin. Hon to tho effect thnt It had heard With sal isf action that tho cxecutivo or ho Transvaal had accepted tho invita tion of tho point inquiry nnd trusted tho nccoptanco would render nn out break of hostilities practically Impos sible. HARRISON ON BOUNDARY. lny Kxtemlon Can He Claimed Only by Proscription. PARIS, Sept. 22. Continuing his Argument In bohnlf ofWonezuela bo- for tho .Venezuelan nrbltrntlon bound-' ury commission todny. Ex-President HnrrlBon -said tho Issue or diplomatic correspondence showed that Great Britain had nover claimed moro than tho Dutch hail. He hold that tho logal and political, departments ot tho foreign oDlco dld-not seem to agree, tho latter biking Its Inspiration to tho Biirvoyor, Sir .Robert .'Schomborgk. whllo Sir Richard Webster, tho Brit ish attorney .general, wont further and claimed ithoyicxtertded Schom borgk line. Continuing, 'Mr, Harrison snld ho proposed to (Show ithat 'the Dutch rights or 18bl-woro muclusmaller than those of any lino now suggested by great Britain nnd that those lines wero now ostluct -through tho dis puted territory. Any oxtenslon, ho asserted, of itho original or advorso holding, nnd that all tho rest of tho country .belonged to Vonezuobi. Transport lluforil Detnlued. NEW YORK, :Sopt. 22. Tho Unltod States transport Buford, which was about to nail today, was dotnlned In hor dock by itho quarnntlno authori ties for a second .disinfection null will sail tomorrow. Health Officer Doty explained this action by saying: "Ono of tho soldiers who arrived from Ha vana on tho Buford 1s In our hospltnl nt Swlnburno island nnd has devel oped suspicious symptoms today, which I havo no doubt will prove the dlsenso to bo yellow fever." Will Attend llenrey Itixoptliin. CHEYENNE, Wyo.. Sept. 22. flovornor Do Forest Richards has decided to nttend tho Dowey recep tion nt Now York, nnd has wired his pccoptnnco of tho Invitation of tho mayor or Now York to be present. Do Forest Rluhnrds, Jr., was a class mate and roommnto ot George Dowey, Jr., nnd the two families nro very well acquainted with each othor, tho 'Rich ards having spent a summer nt tho homo of Dowoy In Vermont. A Holdler lot limine. CHICAGO, 111., Sept. 22. William Storllng, formerly a prlvato In Com pnny K, First Colorado volunteers, nnd a son of James Sterling of Canton, O., was found by tlw police In n demented condition hero todny. Sterling was woundtd In a skirmish with tho Filipinos a year ago, aud it Is supposed that this nnd tho hard ships undergone In the campaign havo at last had tho effect of temporarily unsettling his mind. In his pocket was found n lottor from Miss Eunice Scott of Alcott, Colo., whom ho declared he was going to marry. GRAND ARMY STAYS OUT. bo Do the Confederate Vet From the lJirml In fletver'a llnnnr. NEW Vnnif. Knnt. 9.9. At flnnornl Roe's office today It Is said the refusal oi me urnmi Army organization to tnke part in the Dewey lnnd parado Wnn flnnl. flonnrol linn la nut din. posed to recede an Inch from his po sition, ine ex-conreierate veterans will not march cither, being unable, to parade In time. The line of inarch of ine parauc as at present agreed on fol lows: General Roe nnd aides. Housa's brnd. Tho men nnd officers of the Olympln. Admiral Dewey and Major Van Wvelt In n rnrrlnpo. Rear Admiral Sampson In n carriage wun n committeeman. The sailors of tho North Atlantic snundron. Regulars of tho United Stntea army. uenerni itoosevelt nt head or Now York stato mllltln. Tho Forty-eighth Highlanders of Toronto. Tho Naval HeHervrn nf Mow VnrV Governor of Vtrmnnt nnd anff nnd tho military organizations or the fol lowing named states to march In order oi uioir admission to tho union: Pcnn sylvnnla, New Jersey, Georgia. Con nectlcut, Mnrylnnd, South Carolina, inow Hampshire. Rhode Island, Mis sissippi, Missouri, Texas and District ui uoiumuin an mllltln. Veterans ot the Spanish-American war. Rear Admiral Schley nnd First As sistant Postmaster General Perry S. Heath, havo Rent nrnnntnnnna "It "Will tlvo mn mnph dnlltrht urrito - - - n - nivw Hear Admiral Knhlnv. "in im nrnuni and participate In the city's honor to niu pcericss ucwey. Tho mother and widow or Captain Grldley or tho Olympla will bo present. Governor Sadler or Nevada declined to attend, but said that state would bo represented uy Senators Jones ant1 Stewart. BIG COAL TAMINE IN SIGHT. ICillroiUM ITnnldo to Tarnlnh Carn for the Coal Men. CinCAGO. Sent. 22. Thn nA says: According to nrPHnnt i nillniitlnna the central west this wlntor will ex perience n coal ramlne tho like or wnicn ncvor 'ueroro has been known In tills flnctlmi nf thn nmlnl. n . v. x.wum.4jr, ilUiT perlty, It is snld. will be tho primary tuuou ui me tamine. ordinarily at this season of the year tho railroad com panies, esncciailv thoun -whnan II una connect the east and the contral west, uerivo wieir greatest benefit from tho transportation or conl frnm ti nn.i. ern fields of this sectl tho present conditions they nro unable iu provide cars ror the hauling of tho juci, uwiim to uio unprecedented hand ling df other and moro profitable com modifies. Under ordinary conditions the lafce carriers aro nnrarwi i rrom the east to the west and stocking tiiu BiuHi uuiiKcrs ror uio wlntor sup ply, but in tho summer, which ends todny, they havo had moro than thoy could lo to hndl nth contributed moro generally to 'the ex- nlmmiiMn it iuuiiuuin ui uiu various companies. PENSIONS FOR WESTERN VETERANS Hurvhorn.or the Civil Wnr Jtememberod mm-m. llV the (lnv.rnm.nl WASHINGTON, Sept. 22.-The fol- luwiuRing western 'pensions havo been granted: Issuo of Septcniber 0: Nebraska: Additional Frederick u. uiiuert. uoigrnde, $G to $12. In creaBe Albert O. Swift, Nebraska City, IG tO S12: Jacdh Adnma Anl,,, JC to $8; Isaiah NolBon. Burwell, $G iu o; toiuert Draper, Ord, ?G to $8. Mexican war widows Eliza J. McCoy. Vlll WB, 9 0. Iowa: Addltlonul-.'-WIIllam Srtblns, Adair. ?8'to $10; Georgo A. Paddock, LIvormoro. ?8 to $10; Thomas B. Ramsoy. 'Coon 'Ranliln. J2 tn tr, in creaseRobert Southwell, Gunder. J8 to $12; Albert Wright, Elliott, so to o, wuimm ivorr, aioux City, $8 to $10; Thomas T. McWIlllams, Mt. Ayr, $8 to $12; John Vammnt, Wayland, $12 to $17; Cilleb HanUyshell, Ottumwn, $14 to $17; William IRussoll, Sham baugh, $8 -to $10. REESE HEADS THE TICKET. NoiillutitlniHUhythe Ittipilhllran Htato Con vention lleld'ln Omaha. Kor Supremo JuiIkp.... , ......St. li. 'ltKKSU, Ldincimter County RpKt'titH of the Htiitn I'nlversltv .... V.U.0y!LV.,AM KljY- "rown County OMAHA, Sept. .22. -Foregoing Is tho ticked lllneetl In nomination by tho republcan Htirte convention In this city yesterday. The convention was largely attended. Judgo Rceso telephoned to tho com mittee of tho convention which had nominated him for Judge of tho su premo ftmrt and nccepted the norn lnntloa. Ntrlkeou llriilnnge Cnnnl. JOLIET. 111., Sept. 22. Flvo hundred laborers on section 18 or tho drainage cnnnl struck today. Tho contractors have been paying them twice a month, but owing to tho frequency or the sprees which resulted from this it was resolved to pay monthly. Tho mon objected nnd Btruek. They nro largoly foreigners and troublo Is feared. Millionaire Cuttlti Breeder Drnd. DENVER. Sopt. ' 32. Charles N. Whltmnn, a millionaire breeder ot Hereford enttln. with farms In Kan sas nnd n 2u0.O00.ncro ranch In Toxns, Is dead at his homo hero of a disease of tho Htomnch. He was 13 years old. Ilrlnir Hold I'rotn i;iirp, NEW YORK. Sept. 22,-Reports aro current In Wall street that tho Im portation of gold from Europo is nhout to begin. It Is Bald that JC100. 000. or $500,000, In gold has already been purchased In the open market In London for shipment to Now York. It Is said that tho National City bank Is nranglng to bring $5,000,000 In gold trom Europo and that Lazard Freros probably will Import n largo amount trom Paris, ir gold Is coming to Now York rrom tho other side tho effect will bo to produce a relaxation In monov, or at oast to prevent n greater stringency, 'RN Captain Alfred Droyfus Steps Porta Into the World a Freo Man, LONG CONFINEMENT IS AT AN END The Cell at Itennef Left at an Hnrly llonr In the Morning; Take a Train for Nantei, and Arrives With Hli Ilrothe at that City Later In the Day. PARIS, Sept. 21. (New York World Cablegram.) Dreyfus, whose pardon hna not atoned for tho crlmo ot tho court martial, was In Paris last night My assistant, with his own eyes, saw him arrlvo here. So after a scparalon or almost six years Dreytus, having survived tho fearful ordeal, tonight, In all human probability, embraced the children whom ho so fondly loves. At 10 o'clock 1 learn that Dreyfus, his wire and his two brothers have Just arrived at tho house I had watched. They left tho train at Versailles at 0:15 and travoled tho distance botween the two cities In a carriage which was wait log for thom at Versailles nnd in which was the captain's younger brother. The house Is on n quiet, arm tocratlc street In a very retired quar tor, half suburban. The reruge Is well chosen. RENNES, France, Sept. 21. Captain Altrod Droyfus at 3 o'clock this morn Ing left the prison hero in which ho had been confined since his return from Dovll's island and proceedad to Vorn, whero ho took a train bound for Nantes. His departure was com plotcly unnoticed. M. Vuguc, tho chief of the secret service, and the prefect, M. Dereault arrived at the prison after midnight bringing the minister of war's order ror tho transfer of Dreyfus. Tho lat ter walked from the prison to thi: Boulevard Laenne, whero he entered a waiting carriage and was driven to tho Vera station, outside tho town Matthlou Dreyfus met him at tho train and accompanied him to Nantes. While tho dramatic turn In tho Dreyfus drama waB taking placo all Rcnncs slept and, the depnrturo of the famous prisoner of Devil's wns no more noticed than that ot an ordln ary traveler. Tho carrlago which was In waiting was the name vehicle which took Dreyfus to his prison when ho re turned from Devil's Island. Dreyfus got In opposite the house whero Maltre Laborl had stayed previous to tho at tempt on his life nnd alighted about 60 ynrdB from tho station and walkod in regardless of the drizzling rain The Nantes train camo In Just aa ho arrived. Alfred and Matthleu Drey fus quickly took their seats, and the train went out of Rennes bearing Dreyfus away a free man. A small crowd of people had waited around the prison until midnight, but it then dlspersod, thinking it was too late for DreyfuB to leave. Mme. DreyfUB left Rennes at noon accompanied by her father and friends. TVTKINLEY MAY VISIT IOWA. (Chicago Celebration IJIfilcultlei to Make Little ChnngC. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. Tho ar ranaements for the nresldent's west orn trip are being perfected. The president will go west, ovon if tha present 'difficulties in connection with tho Umcago celebration nro not ad JuBted. Ho will be In Galesburir. 111. on October 7 and at St. Paul to receive tha Minnesota volunteers returning from the Philippines October 12. From October 8 to 11 ho will hn In flhlrncn unless tho celebration thero, which la sot Jor October 10. Is abandoned. A committee consisting of Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, Representative Perkins of Iowa, Interstate Commcrco Commissioner Youmnns nnd .T. V. Mn honey of Sioux City, la., was at tho Whlto house today and urged tho president .to como to Sioux City after his wiB.lt to St. Pnul. It Is probable that tho president's arrangements can bo .adjusted to accept the invitation. Dreyfus May Come to America. X.ONDQN, Sept. 2L Tho Times pub ilshes tho following uispntch from Liv erpool: "A quantity of luggage has nrrived nero rrom Havre and Folkestono ad dressed .to Mine. Dreyfus, and roomB havo also been taken at a local hotel. Tho luggage Js marked for Now York. ana it is supposed that Dreyfus is go ins: to Amorlca. "Tho Paris correspondent of the Daily Telegraph says: 'Dreyfus Is so in uiai no can wvo only a few months. Tho government has promised to watch over anu protect mm, and has recom mended that ho llvn nn thn TJIvli It Is not unlikely that ho will accept ine vuia onereu mm miring tho trial by the prince of Monto Carlo.' " Hmnllpox at I'r a . SAN FRANCISCO. Snnt. oi Tl,,n are three, well dnvelnnnd mm i small pox and fourteen suspected cases In the aunrantlnn hnRnltnl nt tim d. sldlo. It Is thought that at least three, u not. nvo, or tno suspects showed nl most unmistakable svnmtnma nt Mm disease. Tho cases nrn In nlmrr-n nf Mm n- oral hospital and the offlclnls aro using tho moat strnnnniiH nffnrt an cpldomlc. The developed cases and me miBpi'cis aro nu rrom tho Thlrty llrst regiment. Condition at Xniiilinntign, MANILA. Sopt. 21. Cable renorts from Hollo concerning tho results of Gonernl Dates' second trip among the southern Islands Indicate th about 400 robels at Zambonn irn rnfnnn to recognlzo American nuthoritv. Ponding the outcome on tho Island of Luron, tho city of Zambonnga Is par ticularly deserted. Tho rnhnln nrn In camp four miles In tho country. Tho oioros anu i-iiipinos aro unfriendly nnd disturbances between them nro liable to occur. Join la nillot nn.l Mm natives continue friendly. DL00DY EIGHT IN A BANK. Three Men lladly Injured 1'ollce Hay Jtobbery Wan Intended. CHICAGO, Sept. 21. Frederick 3 Filbert, tho nged cashier of tho Palla tlne bank, Pnllatlne, 111., Henry Plngge, 70 years ot age, Is bruised nnd disabled and a young man giving tho name of Walter Lawton is suffering, from a bullet wound In tho abdomen, all as a result of an assault mado by Lawton on Filbert, for tho purpose, it Is charged, of robbing tho bank, In which $100,000 in cash was hold so that it could have been taken. Lawton. involved Filbert In an altercation, then hit him mnny times with a hammer. Plaggo heard tho cries, entered nnd engaged Lawton, who used tho hammer on him. During tho struggle a rovolver pulled by Lawton waB discharged, the contents entering Lnwton's abdomen. A crowd attracted by tho racket cap tured Lawton, who was taken to Chi cago to prevent lynching. Lawton claims that Filbert was Intlmnto with his (Lnwton's) wire, but the police assert robbory waB his Intent. Filbert and Plagge may dlo. HANNA WILL NOT RETIRE. Will Hold ChnlrmBiitiilp of Itcpubllcaa National Committee. CLEVELAND, 0., Sept. 21. Senator Hanna arrived homo yesterday. Re garding tho Philippine situation, ho had this to say: "If somo peoplo bellovo that tho mass of tho peoplo ot tho "United States desire to give up what our soldiDra and snllors rought ror they aro much mistaken. Our soldlera aro not now fighting tho representative Filipinos, but tho riff-raff of tho Islands. In good tlmo thoy will be given a protectorate government, with Just as much Indo pondenco as they can handle.'' Asked whether he thought Roosevelt would bo a candidate tor tho presi dential nomination, ho said: "I can not express any definite opinion, but McKinley and Hobart aro logical can didates." Senator Hanna said he had no In tention of relinquishing the chairman ship of tho republican national com. mlttce before his term expires. MORE THAN ONE-FOURTH POOR. Of l'orto Illco'a l'opulatlan of 010,084, SOl.qHOAro Indigent. SAN JUAN. P. R., Sept: 21. Tho board ot Charities' tabulated statis tics show that out of a population of C16.894 thero are 291,089 indigent and 11,858 sick. Tho number of deaths as a result of the recent hurricane wat 2,019. Ono week's rations woro Issued to 293,147 persons and tho number of those working tor rations was 11,713. Tho first Jury trial in the San Juan provlslonnl court took place today, when a prisoner named Francisco Tra paga waB convicted ot larceny and Bcn tonccd to six months' Imprisonment nt hard labor nnd to pay $500 costs. Freil-Jent May Visit South Dakota. WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. Repre sentative Durko ot South Dakpta to day called at tho Whlto House and mado arrangements to meet the presi dent tomorrow In regard to tho latter's western trip. "From what I haVo learned at tho White House." said Mr. Burko, "I feel assured that the president will so west regardless of whether or not tho troublo is smoothed over at Chicago. Wo would like to havo tho president meet our returned soldiers and I will suggest that ho come into the state at Aberdeen, thence to Sioux Falls, re turning through Iowa. I have no doubt that if arrangements are com pleted for a visit to Minnesota, South Dakota, will also havo tho pleasuro of entertaining President McKinley." Internal Jtevenuo Itccalpta, WASHINGTON, D. C, Sopt. 21. Tho monthly statement of the collec tions of Internal revenue shows that for tho month of August tho receipts from nil sources nmounted to $24,420, 980, nn Increase as compared with Au gust. Inst year, of $1,049,842. The re ceipts from tho several sources ot rovenuo nro given as follows: Spirits, $7,003,802, an increase of $810,208; to bacco, $5,054,039, an Increase of $943,-. 017; fermented liquors, $7,774,78C, an increase of $704,124; oleomargarine. $175,492, nn increase of $44,138; special taxes, $321,290, a decrease ot $108,045; miscellaneous, $3,517,468, an incrcaso of $412,?58. -" v. y , May Vlndlrato lllm-lf. PARIS, Sept. 21. The Auroro wilt tomorrow publish the rollowlng decla ration rrom Former Captain Droyfus: "Tho covernment tit thn rnnniilli. has given to mo my liberty. Dut lib erty is nothing to mo without honor. From today I nliall conttnim tn tr renarauoment for the frightful iiwitnini error of which I remain tho victim. l wish France to know by a defini tive Judgment that T nm Innnrnnt. My heart Will nnlv ho nt rnal when thoro romalns not a slnglo Frenchman who Imputes to mo tho abomniablo crlmo perpetrated by another. "ALFRED DREYFUS.' Itlic Kal ii of Ku, CHEYENNE, Wyo., Sept. 21. United States Mrnshnl F. A. Hndsell has sold a block or several thousand 2-yenr-old native ewes to Messrs. T. F. Hurke, D. F. Fowler nnd G. P. John. ston or this city, who are about to etn- gago in tho sheep business In tho northern part or Laramie county. Hurthqimldi Kill lltiiHirdn. SMYRNA. Asia Minor. Km.t 91 Thero was a disastrous carthqunko this morning at Aldln. a town on tho Mender, eighty-one miles southenst ot this place. Hundreds of nei'Knnn worn Ullln.l tr. tho valley or Mcnderez. ItepudlHtc Ciilum Hondo. MADRID, Sept. 21. The cabinet met yesterday and discussed nt length tho necessity or making all possible econ omies to satlsry public opinion and moet the needs or the country. Each mlnlstEer wns naked to report what rurther curtailment was possible In his department. It wns decided thnt the Interest on tho Cuban bonds should be paid by the covernment of thnt Islnmt and not by Spain.