The New York Lawyer Accepts "War
Portfolio ,
CONGRATULATED BY PREDECESSOR
Announcement of Itoot'ii Appointment
Made at the War Department Brief
Biographical Sketch of the New Secre
tary Many Sentiments of Kindness
Kxpressod Toward the Retiring Offi
cial.
WASHINGTON , July 24. Eilhu
Root of New York has accepted the
war portfolio in President McKinley's
cabinet. The telegram of acceptance
was received shortly after noon Satur
day , while Secretary Long was with
the president.
The tender of the war portfolio was
made to Mr. Root after the conference
at the White House.
As the resident will leave for the
Adirondacks Wednesday or Thursday
of this week , it is hardly probable
that Mr. Root will come to Washington
to confer with him before that time. It
la regarded as more likely that Mr.
Root will meet the president at Lake
Champlain the latter part of the week.
The announcement of Mr. Root's ap
J. pointment was made at the war de
partment. It was stated that Senator
Platt came to Washington armed with
authority from Mr. Root to accept in
his name the war portfolio. It is not
expected that the acceptance will make
any change in the plans of Secretary
Alger , and he will remain on duty here
until the end of the present month , be
ing assisted by Mr. Melklejohn , who is
expected to reach Washington this aft
ernoon.
Secretary Alger had confidently ex
pected the appointment ot Mr. Root ,
and was very much pleased at the
president's choice. This was evi
denced in the following letter which
Secretary Alger addressed to his suc
cessor :
My Dear Mr. Root : All I know is
what the newspapers say that you are
to succeed me as secretary of war.
Should it come to you I most urgently
urge you to make the sacrifice and ac
cept the position. With your knowl
edge of law and your excellent health ,
you can serve the country in avay
given to few men. Sincerely yours ,
R. A. ALGER.
Hon. Ellhu Root , New York.
EHhu Root was oorn February 15 ,
1S45 , at Clinton , Oneida county , New
York. He graduated from Hamilton
college , In the class of ' 64 , and entered
the New York university law school.
He was admitted to the bar in 1867 ,
since which time he has been in ac
tive practice of his profession in this
city. He was United States attorney
for the southern district of New Tiork
from March , 1883 , to July , 1885. He was
vice president of the association of the
bar of the city of New York for a num
ber of years ; vice president of the
New York Grant Monument associa
tion , at one time president of the Re
publican club and the present president
of the Union League club. He has
heen a trustee of Hamilton college
since 1883 , and has served as president
of the New England society in the
city of New York. He wes one of the
most prominent members of the last
New York state constitutional conven
tion , where he served as chairman of
the judiciary committee.
Secretary Alger is In receipt of a
great number of letters and telegrams
from persons in every station in life ,
all touching upon his ret'rement from
public life. So numerous are the com
munications on the subject that the
secretary finds himseif physically un
able to make proper separate responses
to all of them. Therefore he has re
quested the Associated Press to convey
to the writers and senders an acknowl
edgment of his deep appreciation of
the sentiments expressed.
CAN TELEGRAPH TO DAWSON.
The Dominion Government Line Rapld'y
Being Constructed.
SKAGWAY , Alaska. July 18. ( Via
Vancouver , B. C. , July 24. The Do
minion government telegraph line is
now completed to Five Fingers and
is progressing so rapidly that mes
sages may be sent over it to Dawson
in less than two months from date.
Two representatives of a company
which claims to have a concession for
a cable from Vancouver , B. C. , to this
port , are now here. They say steps
will very shortly be taken to begin
the laying of the cable. Much London
capital is said to have been subscribed
for this cable in order that the min
ing market in London may be in
telegraphic communication with the
gold fields of the interior.
ROBT. INGERSOLL NOT RICH.
Great Money Maker , but a
HeTns a
Poor Money Saver.
NEW YORK , July 24. Regarding
Colonel Ingersoll's estate his brother-
in-law and private secretary , C. P. Far
rell , said :
"If he left a will I don't know of it.
Colonel Ingersoll died poor. He was a
great money earner , but a poor money
saver. For years and years , per.haps
thirty , his income was immense. I
cannot recall any lawyer who is his
R : equal at earning dollars. Others have
made larger fees at times , but no law
yers' fees that I know have run so high
on the average. He has not left any
estate worth speaking of. "
AVlll Dl nrm Negro Miners.
EVANSVILLE , Ind. , July 24. The
striking miners hald a big meeting at
the Central Labor union hall yester
day and discussed the strike situation.
After the meeting the head of the po
lice department , Detective Fred Bren-
necke and Sheriff Koepke , called upon
John Ingle and asked him to disarm
his negro miners. He said he would
willingly do so if he had assurances
that the striking miners would not
carry arms. He said that while his
men carried arms openly the strikers
did not display their weapons. The
situation still remains serious.
NO MEN GO PROM OMAHA.
Smelter Will Not Send Employes to Ito >
plnco Denver Strikers.
OMAHA , July 24. When seen with
reference to a Denver , Colo. , report
that 150 men would be sent from here
to Denver to replace the strikers , Pres
ident E. W. Nash of the smelter trust
said :
"It is not our intention to send any
men from Omaha. Those we have here
we need and will keep here. However ,
it is true that men are rather scarce
In Denver at the present time and
doubtless we shall secure workmen
from Missouri , Kansas and Illinois ,
should we find ourcslves short of help.
The high wages now being paid in
Denver will naturally be an induqe-
raen for outsiders to seek work there
should workmen be required. Just now
it is impossible to tell whether it will
be necessary to look outside of Colorado
rado for men. Certainly we shall not
employ them under contract to go to
Denver , but will merely hold out the
inducement of higher wages than they
have been receiving in the states I
have mentioned. Practically the strike
is settled and in a few days it will be
possible to determine our needs in the
future. "
THE PALL WAR CAMPAIGN.
Mounted Troopers to Be Employed to
Go After the Rebels.
CHICAGO , July 24. War department
orders were received at Fort Sheridan
to-place L troop , Third cavalry , in Im
mediate readiness for active service in
the Philippines. The same dispatch
announces the administration's pur
pose to use cavalry more freely in the
fall campaign.
Major James B. Ayleshire , who pur
chased the government cavalry horses
for the Spanish-American war , has in
structions to buy 3,000 animals. He
will look to the Chicago market first ,
and then it is said a selection will be
made of Texas ponies calculated to en
dure the tropical climate. The drove
will be shipped to Seattle and embark
ed on a fleet of sixteen transports ,
which will sail for Manila via the
Aleutian Islands , Alaska , and Nagas
aki , Japan. The idea of the round
about trip is to give the horses inter
vals of rest. Troop commanders at
Fort Sheridan state that the chosen
route solves the problem of successful
transit of horses to the eastern hemis
phere.
LOST EN THE KLONDIKE.
Dally Grist of Tales of Suffering In the
Northern Country.
FT. SCOTT , Kas. , July 24. The
members of the Sunflower Mining
company , who left this place for
Alaska eighteen months ago , sailing
in their own steamer from San Fran
cisco , are stranded at St. Michaels on
their way home. The company start
ed with plenty of money and provi
sions for two years. They spent the
winter on the Koyukuk river , 2,300
miles above St. Michaels and 400 miles
above the furtherest point they could
reach by boat.
The first news from them for many
months was received today , and it
tells of suffering and hardships. All
their money was spent in prospecting ,
but no gold was found. There were
from one to three deaths in all the
companies in that region. Two men
became helpless from scurvy. The
doctor said only vegetable food would
same them , and two companions went
110 miles for potatoes.
THINKS BODY NOT HIS SON.
Filipino Supposed to Occupy Coffln of a
Soldier
SAN FRANCISCO , July 24. The
Chronicle says that a casket supposed
to contain the remains of Private
Francis Deckelman , company L , First
California volunteers , was lowered in
May last into a grave in the Deckel
man family plot at Odd Fellow's cem
etery. On the llth of the present
month , on the suspicion that a mistake
had been made , the casket was disin
terred at the request of the boy's father
and the suspicion verified. Decompo
sition had set in to such an extent that
identification was impossible , but it
was plain to the bereaved father that
a dead Filipino had been given the
resting place intended for his son. S.
Reinard of this city , who disinterred
the remains at Manila , states , however ,
that they are the remains of young
Deckelman.
ALL PLACES PILLED.
No More Appointments to Be Made in
the Volunteer Army.
WASHINGTON , July 24. "All of
the commissions in the volunteer army
have been issued or disposed of , " said
Adjutant General Corbin. "Five hund
red of these commissions have been is
sued , or have been prepared ready for
issue , so that there are now no more
appointments to be made in the volun
teer army. "
Selling Off Their Steameri.
SEATTLE , Wash. , July 24. Late ar
rivals from St. Michaels , Alaska , re
port that there are at St. Michaels
about forty small river steamers for
sale. They are the property of un
successful prospecting parties that
wintered on the Koyukuk and other
branches of the Yukon. In many in
stances their owners depend on their
sale to secure means to obtain the pai-
sage home. The steamers are for sale
at any price , but there is no demand
for them and none have thus far been
reported sold. Several vessels are re
ported aground on the Koyukuk river.
They will not be able to get away un
til the river rises. A list of their
names is not obtainable.
Garment Workers Out.
NEW YORK , July 24. Six hundred
pressers , employed in the garment
trade , struck work and organized a
union. They claim their number will
be doubled tomorrow and that 7,000
garment workers will strike for higher
wages. The piece workers demand an
increase of about 20 per cent , while
the week workers want an Increase
of 15 per cent. The interesting point
of the men is that they may work
fifty-nine hours a week instead of
fifty , as at present.
Explosives Placed on the Tracks "With
Disastrous Eesults.
A CAR WRECKED BY A BOMB
Six Passengers Are Injured , Two Prob
ably Fatally Portions of the Car En
tirely Demolished Perpetrator of the
Dastardly Deed Succeeds In Hiding Ills
Identity.
CLEVELAND , July 24. A Euclid
avenue car loaded with passengers
was wrecked by an explosion of nitro
glycerine or guncotton shortly after
11 o'clock last night. Six persons
were badly hurt , the names of the
injured being :
Mrs. E. C. Martin , 79 Alanson street ,
compound fracture of the skull , right
arm broken and internal injuries ,
which will probably prove fatal.
E. C. Martin , right arm badly cut
and bruised about legs and body.
Mrs. Catherine Harris , 25 Cornfrew
street , injured by shock.
A. E. Smith , 69 Vienna street , in
jured about legs and body.
Alebrt E. Fassett , 13 Wallace place ,
legs Injured.
Dora Schessler , 11 Oakdale street ,
bruised about the body.
The explosion tore out the front
end of the car , smashed all the windows
dews and destroyed the brake. After
considerable difficulty the car was
stopped and a call for ambulances
was rung in. The motorman was
dazed by the shock , but the conductor ,
Frank Schroeder of St. Louis , escaped
injury. The force cf the explosion
was so great that it shook all the
houses in the neighborhood and was
heard for two or three miles.
The identity of the person who
placed the explosive on the track is
not known. Persons living in the
neighborhood say they saw a man in
a buggy stop at the corner of Ken
sington street and get out by the rail
road track. He remained there ! a
short time and then drove rapidly
away.
Within a few minutes after the ex
plosion a crowd of a thousand people
assembled , and the injured , who were
suffering from the shock , were cared
for until the ambulances arrived.
Most of them were not seriously in
jured , their hurts being confined to
bruises about the feet and legs. Mrs.
Martin fainted before she was taken
from the car. All were taken to their
homes in ambulances. The motorman
on the car managed to get out of the
vestibule of the car and then fell to
the street , but he quickly recovered
and helped to extricate the passengers
from the wreck.
Passengers who were on the car say
the explosion seemed to lift the whole
front end of the car and it ripped up
the floor for more than half the dis
tance from the front end. The car
was , in fact , a complete wreck , but ,
strange to say , it did not leave the
rails and was taken to the barns by
the next outward bound motor.
The police were quickly summoned
to the scene of the explosion and a
force of men were detailed to investi
gate , with a view of running down
the person who placed the explosive
on the track. A boy living on the
corner saw the mysterious man in
the buggy. He said he noticed the
buggy drive up there and stop and
saw the man get out. He fumbled
about the rails for a minute or two
and then jumped into the buggy and
drove away at a gallop.
In the vicinity of the Holmden avenue
continuous rioting
nue barns there was
ing for three or four hours. Every
car that passed was attacked with
stones , and several pistol shots were
fired at them. There was a lively
fusillade at one time the nonunion
crews returning the fire. The only
person hurt was a woman , who was
shot in the finger as she stood in he-
doorway. The police made twenty-
five arrests in that neighborhood.
UNDER THE DINGLEY ACT.
Reciprocity Agreement Between United
States and Portugal.
WASHINGTON , July 24. The presi
dent has issued his proclamation , pub
lishing to the world the reciprocity
agreement between the "United States
and Portugal , the first of the arrange
ments under the Djngley act to be con
cluded since that made with France
last year.
Portugal secures a reduction of
duties upon argols , still wines , spark
ling wines , brandies , paintings and
drawings. On its part the United States
secures a reduction of duties ( to the
minimum rate ) on flour of cereals , ex
cept wheat ; maize , wheat , lard and
grease , mineral oils and products ,
agricultural machines , instruments and
tools.
THE PRESIDENT'S OUTING.
Arrangements Being Made for an Early
Departure.
WASHINGTON , July 24. President
and Mrs. McKinley will leave here the
middle of this week for their vacation
at Hotel Champlain , three miles from
Plattsburg , N. Y. Quarters have been
engaged at the hotel and nearly all the
details of the trip have been arranged.
The president is getting public busi
ness in shape for his departure. He
will devote all his time the first few-
days of this week to finishing import
ant work and will receive no visitors.
MUST COME TO THE RESCUE.
One Thousand Miners Must Have Help or
May Perish.
SEATTLE , July 24. From the
steamer Brunswick passengers arrived
here from Alaska it is learned that a
passenger is on his way from Kotzebue
sound to Washington , D. C. , in behalf
of 1,000 miners said to be stranded in
the Kotzebue district. He will ask the
government to send revenue cutters to
Kotzebue sound , and he is provided
with proof that unless government
ielp is given many lives will be lost.
CIL ON TROUBLED WATERS.
Sir. Ilrj-an Plead * for Harmony in Ken
tucky Democratic Ranks.
ST. LOUJS , July 24. William J.
Bryan handed to the Associated Press
a letter written to Urey Woodson , na
tional democratic commltteeman for
Kentucky , bearing upon tbo factional
differences arising in the ranks of the
democratic party hi Kentucky through
the nomination of William Goebel for
governor at Louisville several 'weeks
ago.
Speaking of the Louisville conven
tion , Mr. Bryan says :
"I noticed with deep regret the bit
terness which characterized the con
test for the gubernatorial nomination
and studiously avoided saying or doing
anything which could be construed as
an expression ot preference between
the candidates , all of whom I know
personally and all of whom were out
spoken supporters of the Chicago plat
form.
"I did not then , nor shall I now ,
discuss the relative merits of the can
didates ; neither am 1 sumciently in
formed upon the facts to sit in judg
ment upon the conduct of the conven
tion which placed the ticket in the
field. The only objection I feel called
upon to consider at this time is one
urged by a number of friends , whose
sincerity I cannot doubt , but with
whose opinions I cannot agree , name
ly , that the election of Mr. Goebel
would endanger the success of the
democratic principles as enunciated in
the Chicago platform. "
Mr. Bryan then goes on at great
length to show Mr. Goebel's loyalty to
the Chicago platform and expresses a
desire that all gold democrats shall re
turn to the party fold , provided they
will accept the democratic platform
and support candidates pledged to it.
In conclusion he says : "Certainly a
victory won upon the platform adopt
ed by the Louisville convention cannot
do harm , but what shall we say of a
defeat ? If the republican state ticket
is elected the republicans of Kentucky
and elsewhere will be encouraged and
the fight of 1900 made harder. If the
democratic state ticket is defeated a
republican may be re-elected from that
state. The senator elected by the next
legislature will serve throughout the
next administration. What shall it
profit us if we elect a president and
house of representatives and have a
hostile senate to obstruct legislation ?
Silver cannot be restored , the trusts
cannot be overthrown , the imperial
policy of the republican party cannot
be brought to an end until the senate ,
the house of representatives and the
executive are all < , taken out of the
hands of the republican party. "
LYNCHING MAY CAUSE TROUBLE.
Italy Likely to Protest Against New Or
leans Affair.
WASHINGTON , July 24. The
lynching of five Italians in Louisiana
promises to assume an international
aspect through the action of the Ital
ian government. Count Vlnchl , the
Italian charge d'affaires , called at the
state department and made represen
tations to the officials concerning the
atrocity in Louisiana. In order to get
full information as a basis for action
by this government Secretary Hay
thereupon telegraphed the governor of
Louisiana requesting all the facts in
the case. Count Vinchi's action was
predicated on reports from the Italian
consular officials in Louisiana and by
the press reports. There is reason to
believe also that the Italian foreign
office is already fully informed on the
occurrence. It is probable , however ,
that the representations of today are
only preliminary , with a view to call
ing attention to the facts reported and
to pave the way for any protest or de
mand of reparation which may follow.
The affair is considered in official Ital
ian quarters as much like that in the
Mafia cases in New Orleans while Mr.
Blaine was secretary of state , at which
time the Italian minister. Baron Fava ,
called for his passports and left the
country. Baron Fava is now in Rome
on a vacation and during his absence
Count Vinchi has charge of Italian af
fairs in this country.
When Count Vinchi was seen l y a
representative of the Associated Press
he said he had no doubt whatever that
a satisfactory adjustment would be se
cured.
SOLDIERS WERE VICTORIOUS.
Particulars of the Fight Between Capt.
Byrne and Robber Bands. C
WASHINGTON , D. C. , July 24. The
war department has received from
General Otis another dispatch giving
adltional particulars of the fight be
tween Captain B. A. Byrne and sev
enty men of the Sixth infantry and
robber bands in the island of Negros.
It shows that the victory of the sol
diers was greater than that reported
in General Otis' dispatch of July 21
and that the loss suffered by the rob
bers was considerably larger than
before stated. Much satisfaction is
felt by General Otis over the results
of this preliminary effort in dealing
with this disturbing element in the
island and he reports it already as
having a salutary effect on other
bands infesting the locality.
MURDERED AT F03T CROOK.
Discharged Soldier Hiotby a Man Named
McCarty.
OMAHA , July 24. Charles Shubert ,
a discharged soldier of the Twenty-
second regular infantry , was shot and
mortally wounded by Jesse McCarty in
a saloon row over a game of cards at
Fort Crook Saturday night. McCarty
fired at John Reynolds , the saloon
keeper , but struck Shubert.
McCarty has a bad reputation , and a
warrant is out for his arrest.
Acquitted Second Time.
NEW YORK. July 24. A dispatch to
the Herald from Montevideo says : A
jury has for the second time acquitted
Avolino Arrendondo , the murderer of
President Borda. Among the argu
ments brought forward in the prison
er's behalf was one that it was not
proved that the president's death was
caused directly by the shot , as no au
topsy had been held on the body.
Mollneaux Indicted.
NEW YORK , July 24. The grand
jury has Indicted Roland B. Molineux
for the murder of Mrs. Kate J. Adams.
Dead Orator's Friends Extol His Good
Qualities.
ADDRESSES Of OLD ASSOCIATES
IIIH Courageous anil Charitable Traits
Sot Forth Friends In Peorltt and Ncvr
York Hold Meetings 10 Give KxprcsiUon
to Their Sentlmentu The Colonel Died
Comparatively 1'oor.
PEORIA , 111. , July 24. Memorial
services to the memory of the late
Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll , who was
for many years a prominent resident
of Peoria , were held in the Tabernacle
here yesterday. Over 500 of the dead
orator's old-time friends were in at
tendance , quite a number being mem
bers of his old regiment , the Elevnth
Illinois cavalry , of which he was col
onel , from outof the city. Addresses
were delivered by about twenty of his
old associates , neighbors , comrades ,
and friends , and lengthy resolutions ,
lauding his works of charity and his
courage in upholding his belief con-
cernilig freedom of thought and speech
on all questions and extending sym
pathy to his bereaved family , were
adopted by a rising vote.
A movement toward the erection of
a monument to his memory in Glen
Oak park in this city by popular sub
scription was inaugurated by the ap
pointment of a committee of fifteen to
be known as the Ingersoll memorial
committee , to take charge cf the so
liciting of funds and the erection of a
suitable monument.
NEW YORK , July 24. The body or
Robert G. Ingersoll lay on an impro
vised bier In the bedroom in which he
died at the home of Walston H.
Brown , his son-in-law , in Dobb's
Ferry. Many men of all sorts and con
ditions , but mostly humble tellers ,
made the pilgrimage to Dobbs' ferry
in the hope that they might be per
mitted to gaze once more upon the
noted agnostic. In no instance was
the request refused. No arrangements
whatever have yet been made concern
ing the funeral. Mrs. Ingersoll and
her daughters , Mrs. Brown and Miss
Maude Ingersoll. are still too much
overcome with sorrow to consider the
matter.
"They cannot tear themselves from
the beloved dead , " said Mr. Farrell
tonight. "They have not left the
chamber since he passed away except
to go into an adjoining room when
visitors who wished to see him called.
They cannot reconcile themselves to
the idea that they must part with him ,
and all allusions to the removal of the
body only cause distressing outbursts
of grief. It may be a few days before
they are calm enough to discuss the
steps that necessarily soon must be
taken for the removal of the body. "
Mr. Farrell expressed the conviction
that the body will be cremated. If it
is not it will be buried in Sleepy Hol
low cemetery at Tarrytown , where
Washington Irving rests. If any fu
neral exercises are held it is expected
that John Clark Ridpath will deliver
the eulogy. "
At the request of the family George
Gray Barnard , the sculptor , who was
a warm personal friend of the colonel ,
will visit the house tomorrow and
make a death mask.
Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll died a
comparatively poor man. There is , it
Is said , an insurance of ? 100,000 on his
life ; that is all. Yet the great agnostic
tic made from $50,000 to $60,000 a year
every year since the war. But what
he did not spend on his family he gave
away.
He had a moderate account at the
Bank of New Amsterdam , in this city.
He owned no real estate.
PRESIDENTAL PARTY.
Preparations for Their Reception nt
Hotel Chaplain.
PLATTSBURG , N. Y. , July 24.
Preparations are being made at Hotel
Champlain in anticipation of the ar
rival of President and Mrs. McKinley ,
who are expected on Wednesday or
Thursday of this week. In view of
Mrs. McKinley's ill health , the presi
dent hopes to be able to spend his
time while here in absolute rest and
quiet. He has asked that no news
paper correspondents be allowed on
the special train which will convey
himself and party to the shores of
Lake Champlain.
The suite of rooms facing the lake
on the main floor of the hotel annex ,
which the president occupied during
his stay at the hotel in the summer
of 1897 , is being especially furnished
and made ready for his occupancy.
Many prominent people are expect
ed at the hotel during the president's
visit , among them being Secretary
Gage , General Griggs , Vice President
Hobart and family and Elihu Root ,
recently appointed secretary cf war.
MOVEMENTS Of-DEWEY.
Declines Invitation of Minister Harris to
VlRlt the Interior.
TRIESTE , July 24. ( New York
World Cablegram Special Telegram. )
At a dinner tonight given by Admiral
Dewey to Minister Harris and the con-
culs aboard the Olympia , the admiral
formally declined the minister's invi
tation to visit the interior , adhering to
the original plan telegraphed the day
of his arrival.
Pensions for Western Veterans.
WASHINGTON , July 24. The fol
lowing western pensions have been
granted :
Nebraska : Original Lafayette M.
Bryan , Grand Island , $6. Supple
mental George J. A. Moss , Pawnee
City , | G.
Iowa : Original David Shepherd ,
Panora , $6 ; Henry L. Schnelby , Stil-
son , $6.
South Dakota : Increase Samuel C.
Hall. Oldham. $6 to ? 10. Original
widows , etc. Special , July 13 , Sylvia
Mead , Elkton. SB
ESSENCE OF THE NEWS.
Foreign , Domestic and Other Matters
Touched Upon by Telegrams.
The Wagner festival is now In pro
gress at Beyruth.
The quartermaster's department has
chartered seven vessels tor the trans
portation of horses to the Philippines.
The city council of Detroit adopted a
resolution declaring that the increas
ing of street railway faros to 5 ccnUs
straight ,
Saturday's statement of the condi
tion of the treasury shows : Available
cash balance , 1280,274,768 ; gold reserve ,
$244,842,623.
The eastbound stock trrln on the
Northwestern struck two men , pup-
posed to be farmers , near Norway ,
Iowa , killing them instantly.
The Marquis do Ceralbo , the repre
sentative of Don Carlos , who is cow
at Hendaye , France , has been oflh-ial-
ly notified to ault the frontier.
The following are the census super
visors for Washington state : First
district , Joseph B. McMillan of Fair-
haven ; Second , Austin Mires of Ellens-
burg.
Troop G , Third cavalry , has been re
lieved of duty in the department of the
Missouri where it was stationed at Jef
ferson Barracks , and will be sent to
Fort Myer , Va.
Chief Surgeon WoodhuII considers
that the Increase in the military force
in the Philippine islands will necessi
tate the employment of forty addi
tional surgeons.
Secretary Hitchcock has denied an
application for rehearing in the land
case of Papiera Bartlett from the North
Platte district of Nebraska. Her
homestead entry is held for cancella
tion.
tion.The
The colonial office announces that
the plague has spread from Hong Kong
and Maritus to Reunion. There were
thirty-six cases at Maritiu during the
week ending July 20 , of which twenty-
nine resulted fatall- .
Assistant Secretary Mclklejohn has
returned from an inspection of engine
work on Fox river , Wis. While away
he visited his old home in Wisconjin.
He says the trip has greatly benefited
him and he looks it.
The Topeka Daily Capital was sold
by David Mulvane to a syndicate of
Kansans. The new owners include
Del Weiser , the present business man
ager ; Harold T. Chase , the present ed
itor , and F. 0. Poponoe , a local capi
talist.
There are nearly Ii.OOO soldiers in the
hospital at Manila. The official report
last week showed 1,800 in hospital in
Manila and there are several hundred
at San Fernando and other garriar-ns.
There are also 275 sick in quarters in
Manila.
Major James B. Aleshire , quarter
master , has been ordered to visit
points in Illinois , Ohio , Missouri , Iowa ,
Nebraska , Wyoming and Kentucky for
the purchase of horses for the Pht'lp-
pines. Major W. S. Wood , quartermas
ter , has been ordered to visit points in
Iowa , Nebraska , Kansas and Wyoming
for a like purpose.
A question will be asked in the house
of commons today with regard to Mrs.
Maybrick , undergoing sentence of life
imprisonment for the poisoning of her
husband and whether , seeing her con
duct has been uniformly good , Sir
Matthew White Ridle , th3 home secre
tary , will not recommend the exer
cise of royal clemency In her case.
ARBITRATION GOOD AS fIXED.
Conclusion of that Fratnro of the Pe&co
Conference.
THE HAGUE , July 24 A session
of the arbitration committee was
held Saturday under the presidency
of Leon Bourgeolse of the French
delegation , and adopted article 6 as
amended. The article now reads :
"All disputes involving neither
country's honor nor essential interests
arising from a divergence of opinion
on points of facts , the signatory pow
ers deem it advisable that parties
which are unable to agree by diplo
matic means , shall Institute , so far
as circumstances will permit , an Inter
national inquiry , whose duty it shall
be to facilitate the solution of these
disputes by clearing up the questions
of fact by means of an impartial , con
scientious examination. "
After adopting article 9 and passing
the second reading of the five articles
dealing with commissions of inqury ,
the committee adopted , with slight
verbal modifications , articles 36 to 56
of the arbitration scheme , and then
adopted the scheme as a whole , bring
ing the labors of the committee to a
successful conclusion. The committee
meets formally on Tuesday next to
read the minutes of its proceedings
and afterward a plenary meeting of
the conference will be held for the final
acceptance of the arbitration scheme.
The entire proceedings are expected to
be brought to an end by the latter
part of this week.
Iowa Man Lost In Alaska.
CRE3TON , la. . July 24. The dis
patch sent out from Seattle , Wash. .
Wednesday , giving an account of the
loss of twelve , members of the Elk
expedition to Kotzebue sound , bore
the news to Messrs. Robert and Art
McColl of this city cf the death of
their father , Duncan McColl. who was II
a member of Captain W. H. Ben's
crew. In the list of dead his name
appears as Duncan McCull of Chicago ,
but he joined the expedition under
Captain Bens at Chicago and the bal
ance of the crew is tue same , so there
is but little doubt in the minds of the
bereaved sons that their father has
met his fate in the cold regions of
Alaska. They have received no fur
ther tidings of any character , and
possibly will not be able to for some
time.
Colored Men to Met. .
CHICAGO , 111. , July 24. The officers
of the National Association of Col
ored Men of the United States have
called a meeting of that body August
10 , to consider matters of vital im
portance. The call asks every state
in the union to participate. Womaa
will be admitted as delegates.
Dreyfus * Hearing Approaches.
PARIS. July 24. It is announced
that the Dreyfus court-martial at Ren-
nea will open on August 7.