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PHILIPPINE ADYICES
MERRITT FINDS CONDITION UN
SATISFACTORY
The Attitude of the Insurgents Is
Similar to that of Garclas Cubans
on the Question of the Right to
Enter the Cityv
Condition Very Unsatisfactory
Geu Merritt has cabled the war depart
ment that he finds the situation in Mauila
very unsatisfactory and dangerous owing
to the attitude of the insurgents which
is similar to that assumed by Garcias
Cubans on the question of the right to en
ter and take possession of the city though
more formidable being more numerous
belter armed and Hushed with the victories
over the Spaniards
Merritt says he will do his utmost to
protect citizens from the insurgents sav
agery though the task is delicate and diffi
cult because while fighting the Spaniard
he must be ready at any moment to repel
the insurgents Mei ritt said ho was about
to combine with Dewey in a demand for
the surrender of the city which may cause
a rupture with the insurgents
The governor general of Manila tele
graphing to the Spanish government un
der date of July 25 says aid is indispens
able to tesist the imminent attack of the
American forces under Gen Merritt
A special dispatch to a London paper
from Madrid says Some of the leading
members of the conservative party ques
tion the utility of preserving the Philip
pines because of the enormous expense
that a suppiession of an insurrection
would entail El Nacional urges their
sale The latest dispatches for Capt Geu
Augusti are so desponding about the re
sources at his disposal that it is surmised
the fall of Mauila is imminent
THORNE IS ELECTROCUTED
Murderer of William Guldensuppe
Goes Coolly to His Death
Martiu Thorne was electrocuted at Sing
Sing Monday morning for the murder of
William Guldensuppe Thorne showed
no emotion There was no special inci
dent in connection with the execution
The crime for which Martin Thorne
paid the death penalty was the murder
of William Guldensuppe a bath house
attendant June 25 1897 Mrs Au
gusta Nack charged with beiug an ac
complice turned states evidence at the
trial and told how she decoyed Guden
suppe to a cottage at Riverside Long
Island where Thorne was waiting to tako
his life Guldensuppo was shot and his
head dismembered from his body to pre
vent identification The body was then
placed in a table cloth and thrown into the
East River where it was discovered float
iug by two youthful swimmers Mrs
Nack was allowed to plead guilty to man
slaughter and was sentenced to fifteen
years imprisonment The motive for the
crime was jealousy
CAPTURE A GOOD PRIZE
A Steamer Plying the French Flag
Is Taken by the Hawk
The steamship Tabasqueno flying the
French flag was captured by the Hawk at
Sagua la Grande Sunday and brought to
Key West by a prize crew She is a Mexi
can steamer of 800 tons and was bound
from Vera Cruz for Sagua loaded to the
hatches with coal and provisions and also
carried a number of mules Capt An
drocka was in command with a crew of
29 The Hawk took her without difficulty
Terrors of the Klondike
Frank Elliott of Rock Springs Wyo
has reached San Francisco from the Klon
dike in a most pitiable condition His legs
have been so frozen that he has to walk on
his knees Besides this he was afflicted
with scurvy He came down from the
Klondike by the Yukon River the passen
gers taking up a collection to get him to
San Francisco He hopes that one leg
will be saved but the other will have to bo
amputated
Pyrotechnics Explode
Over a thousand people gathered at Mi
lan Mo Monday to celebrate the Ameri
can aimy victories Two Imitation gun
boats had been constructed as street floats
and filled with fireworks A sky rocket
exploded seltiug off the whole lot of pyro
technics in one float and injuring a num
ber of persons The team hauling the
wagon ran away and some persons were
run over but not seriously hurt
Five Years in Prison
In the Old Bailey court in London on
Monday Alfred John Monson of Ardla
niont murder mystery notoriety who was
arrested on July 1 charged with forgery
and Victor Honor a money lender and
confederate of Monson were each sen
tenced to five years penal servitude
Skaguay to Dawson by Balloon
A party of French scientists headed by
Dr Terwagne has left Vancouver for
Skaguay with a balloon in which they
will attempt to reach Dawson City and
Incidentally look out for Andree
Hawaii to Settle with Japan
It is reported Hawaii has agreed to pay
Japan 40000 as settlement of the dispute
about the exclusion of Japanese emigrants
from the Hawaiian Islands
Suit for Heavy Damages
William J Waite living near Milan
Mo has brought suit against the Omaha
Kansas City Eastern Railroad Company
Port Arthur route for 20000 damages
received while a passenger on one of th e
companys trains
Great British Storm
The northeast coast of Great Britain
has been swept by a gret storjn the
fishing fleets had a narrojf fape being
Obliged to relinquish all tbijr gear and
jigg and to rfrn to the hiyjwjgor sfailter
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PICNIC TRAGEDY
Five Persons Drowned Tullyho Ac
cident Injures Ten
Five persons attending the picnic of the
Chicago Cloakmakers Union at Columbia
Park Chicago Sunday were drowned in
the Desplaines River Thirteen of the
merrymakers were rowing about the river
in three small boats In the center of the
stream the boats collided and the whole
party was soon struggling in the water
Rescuers hurried from the shore a quaiter
of a mile distant but before they could
reach the boats five persons had gone
down for the last time
Ten young poople were also seriously
injured by the overturning of a tallyho at
the foot of Gooden Avenue Fifteen per
sons were riding in the vehicle bound for
a days outing at Riverside While cross
ing the viaduct at Ogden Avenue the
horses became unmanageable and rushed
down the steep incline bringing up against
the curbing The bus was smashed to
pieces and those on it miraculously es
caped fatal injuries
POLITICAL CONVENTION
Ticket Nominated by North Dakota
Fusionists
The fusion committee of the Populist
And Democratic parties of North Dakota
met at Fargo and placed the following
state ticket in the field
Congress Col II M Creel Devils
Lake
Governor F D Holmes Grand Forks
Lieutenant Governor Dr Bentley Bis
marck
Supreme Court C J Fisk
Treasurer Thomas Bolton
Auditor Charles B Bade
Secretary of State Samuel Torgerson
Insurance Commissioner W M Camp
bell
Superintendent of Public Instruction
C C Schmid
Commissioner of Agriculture and Labor
Alfred Whipple
Attorney General S B Bartlett
Railroad Commissioners Harvey Nev
enier N Horastadt and Robert Fleming
MUST PAY THE STAMP TAX
Judge Tuley Passes on Cases Against
Express Company
Judge Tuley of Chicago has ruled in
favor of the shippers in the test case
brought by the Illinois Manufacturers
Association granting a writ of mandamus
compelling the United States Express
Company to accept for transportation
packages for shipment without the pay
ment of 1 cent in excess of the regular
rate The case will be appealed by the
defendants The court held it was not
within the domain of the shipper to issue
the bill and that the law expressly pro
vides that the person issuing the receipt
shall affix the stamp Three million dol
lars annually is the estimated sum which
the express companies will have to pay in
case the opinion is sustained by the higher
courts
BAD MICHIGAN FIRE
Escanaba Suffers a Loss of a Quar
ter Million
About 730 Sunday evening fire was dis
covered in the rear part of Patrick Fog
artys flour and feed store at Escanaba
Mich A strong northeast wind was blow
ing and the flames spread rapidly and de
stroyed the stores of Patrick Fogarty Bert
Ellsworth drugs the Soo Line ticket of
fice and Western Express Kratzs double
clothing store Paul Iloelfeldts jewelry
store M L Young Cos tea store and
Johu OMaras bakery The losses not
half covered by insurance will reach the
200000 mark Electric light wires are all
burned and the city is in darkness At 12
oclock the fire was gotten under control
Fourteen buildings were completely de
stroyed Two firemen were injured
Given Twenty Days Time
Admiral Candiani it is announced in a
dispatch received in Rome from Cartagena
Colombia formally demanded that the
Colombian government accept former
President Clevelands award in the Cerruti
case in its entirety and to guarantee its
full execution The Italian admiral in
sists upon a definite reply in twenty days
In the mearfwhile the Italian warships
will visit other Colombian ports
Germany Makes Demands
A special from Washington says Ger
many through Ambassador Von Hollen
ben has declared she will not sanction the
giving of the Philippines into the keeping
of the insurgents She demands that the
United States establish a stable govern
ment over the Islands either by the form
ation of a joint protectorate or alone
Killed by a Harvester
A man named Yeater living near Milan
Mo was instantly killed He was mow
ing and stepped in front of the sickle bar
to fix his harness when the horses started
and ran him down He was literally
hacked to death by the sickle
Britisher Declared a Prize of War
The British steamship Adula captured
off Guantanamo bay by the Marblehead
has been declared a lawful prize of war by
Judge Emory Speer It was chartered by
a Spaniard and was on the way to Guan
tanamo to take out refugees
Price of Chicago Papers Advance
All the morning papers in Chicago print
an announcement that on and after Aug
ust 1 the price will be 2 cents a copy The
increased cost of white paper and the en
hanced general expense due to the war are
the reasons for the advance
Heavy Losses of Sheep Men
The dry season has caused great loss to
stockmen on the Sierra foothills in Cali
fornia Some of the herders assert that
as there is no grass and little water at
least 100000 sheep must perish of starva
tion and thirst
Linotype Factory Burned
The factory of the Merganthaler Lino
type Company at Montreal was entirely
destroyed by fire Saturday night The
loss was placed at 53000
Oil in Wisconsin
In drilling for water at Peshtigo Wis
a vein of black oil was discovered at a
depth of 45 feet There are indications of
an enormous yield Great excitement
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AID THE AMEBI0AMS
PORTO RICANS FURNISH FOOD
AND OTHER SUPPLIES
Are Eager to Join the Army Two
Thousand from One Place Volun
teer to Serve America Islanders
Are Enthusiastic
Aid the Americans
Gen Miles in command of the Porto
Rican expedition sent the following dis
patch to Secretary Alger which was made
public at the war department Sunday
Ponce Porto Rico Secretary of War
Washington Your cablegram received
and answered by letter Volunteers aie
surrendering themselves with arms and
ammunition Four fifths of the people
are overjoyed at the arrival of the army
Two thousand from one place have
volunteered to serve with it
They are bringing in transportation
beef cattle and other needed supplies The
custom house has already yielded 14000
As soon as all the troops are disembarked
they will be in readiness to move Please
send any national colors that can be spared
to be given to the different municipalities
As to the government and military occu
pation I have already given instructions
based upon the instructions issued by the
president in the case of the Philippine
islands and similar to those issued at San
tiago de Cuba Miles
Major General Commanding
IRON CHANCELLOR IS DEAD
Bismarck Receives His Final Call
Saturday Night
Berlin July 30 Prince Bismarck died
shortly before 11 oclock to night He
passed away peacefully
The news of Prince Bismarcks death
which became generally known only
through special editions of the papers
produced profound sorrow as so sudden a
realization of the fears of his demise was
not expected Several papers published
special articles with mourning borders
expressing in feeling terms the national
sorrow and dwelling on the brilliant and
immoital services of the prince to the
fatherland his heroic greatness and his
truly German character
Sorrowful sympathy over Prince Bis
marcks death is manifested in many ways
The news is constantly discussed in public
places and a feeling of sadness prevails
among all classes of people Particulars
of the last moments of the prince and
other circumstances attending his death
are eagerly sought Many private houses
show flags at half mast Secretary of
State von Buelow will return from Sem
mering Austria immediately
ASK DU BOSC TO DEPART
Action Taken by Canadian Premier
at Request of Crown
The English secretary of state for the
colonies Joseph Chamberlain speaking in
the house of commons said Senor Du
Bosc the former Spanish charge daffaires
at Washington was formally requested by
the Canadian premier Sir Wilfrid Lau
rier to leave Canada This Mr Cham
berlain added was done at the direction
of the imperiel government and on the
ground that there was reason to believe
Senor du Bosc was using Canada for the
purpose of belligerent operations against
the United States Mr Chamberlain said
that the authority to expel aliens from
Canada in such cases rests with the
crown
A Regular Mail from Cuba
The war department has received large
numbers of complaints from persons all
over the country of the non receipt of mail
from soldiers in Cuba The postmaster
general has just completed an arrange
ment for regular trips for carrying mail
and will not depend as heretofore upon
the irregular trips of transports Mail de
liveries however are retarded by the
quarantine regulations owing to yellow
fever
Machine to Make Needles
A number of Cleveland capitalists are
organizing a company to be capitalized at
1000000 to manufacture needles in this
country by machinery Heretofore all
needles have been made in Europo by
hand Eugene Fontaine of Cleveland is
the man who after nineteen years hard
woric and study has invented a needle
making machine which it is asserted will
revolutionize the needle making industry
To Die in Electric Chair
Unless Gov Black interferes Mrs
Martha Place will be electrocuted during
the week beginning August 29 She will
be the first woman to die in the electric
chair at Sing Sing N Y Every effort is
being made to prevent the execution of
the death sentence pronounced by Judge
Hurd
Killed by Falling Building
By the collapse of a building beiitg
erected in Boston for the Boston Elevated
Railway Company two men were killed
and five injured two fatally The receut
rains had softened the masonry and the
great weight upon it caused the structure
to fall without warning
Charged With Embezzlement
Rev P F Johningan president of the
Electrolytic Marine Salts Company Bos
ton is charged with embezzlement and
obtaining money under false pretenses
and the police have wired the authorities
at Havre France to arrest him on his ar
rival
Irrigation Congress Called
The seventh annual session of the na
tional irrigation congress has been called
by the executive committee through its
chairman ex United States Senator Jo
seph M Carey to meet in Cheyenne
Wyo on Septembet 1
Two Boys Burned to Death
Carroll and Roy Meyers aged 5 and 7
years were burned to death in their fath
ers barn near Marshall Mo Playing
with matches caused the fire
Receivers for Bicycle Works
Receivers have been appointed for the
Charles H Seig Bicycle Manufacturing
Company at Racine Wis with bonds of
200000
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ANSWER TO SPAIN
Must Give Up Islands of Oubu and
Porto Rico
The cabinet on Friday leached the fol
lowing conclusions touching the answer
to Spains peace proposals
Absolute surrender of Porto Rico to the
United States
Recognition xf the independence of
Cuba
Cession of one of the Ladrone islands to
the United States as a coaling station
Cession to the United States of at least a
coaling station in the Philippines
The question undecided is what dispo
sition shall be made of the Philippines as
a whole It can be stated that there is
practically no difference of opinion in the
cabinet on the question of the retention of
the Philippines as a whole all being op
posed to our acquisition of these islands
Our answer will make no mention ol
money indemnity Neither will there bo
any armistice at all The answer will be
in the nature of an ultimatum and i
Spain does not accept it she will fate
worse in the future
LOOK FOR SUCCESSFUL ISSUE
British Diplomatist Expects to Seu
an Agreement Reached
A London dispatch says Under Secre
tary Curzon speaking presumably on tlu
strength of advices from the British am
bassador at Madrid concerning the dispo
sition of the Spanish government said to
a leading member of Parliament There
is every reason to hope that peace over
tures will have a successful issue Spain
having broken the ice it will be impossi
ble for her to withdraw if the United
States is reasonable in its demands
As to actual negotiations nothing ap
pears to be known in diplomatic circles
here but it is expected that a treaty U
be negotiated formally at Paris when the
basis of an agreement has been reached at
Washington
Pleads for Mrs Maybrick
In the British house of commons Satur
day during the debate on the home office
vote Michael Davitt member for South
Mayo broached the question of the
prisonment of Mrs Florence Maybrick
and represented that she was in ill health
Mr Davitt said in the course of his re
marks that to release this American wo
man would be a small step in the direction
of establishing good feeling between Eng
land and the United States Sir Mat
thew White Ridley home secretary re
plied that ho thought the repoits of ill
health were exaggerated but he promised
to make inquiries
Utes on the Hunt
Game Warden Swan has notified Colonel
Sumner commanding the department of
the Colorado that the Ute Indians have
left the White Rock Agency Utah in
large numbers for the Colorado deer trail
and are threatening to kill all the whites
who interfere with them and also threat
ening to have revenge for the shooting of
their tribesmen by game wardens last fall
Game Warden Swan has asked Colonel
Sumner to send a detachment of regular
troops to patrol the border
Heard Nothing of Incident
The officials of the British admiralty saj
that they have heard nothing of the report
circulated by the London Daily Mail that
a British transport having on board a
detachment of Grenadier Guards bound
for Gibraltar was recently stopped in the
Bay of Biscay by an American cruiser
They say that if such a thing had
curred they would undoubtedly have
heard of it
Tramps Capture a Train
A west bound Wisconsin Central freight
was boarded at Thorpe thirty miles east
of Chippewa Falls Wis last Wednesday
by fifty tramps who immediately took pos
session The train crew was overpowered
and the train was run to suit the gang to
within a mile of the latter city when the
men dropped off and fled
Fatal San Francisco Fire
A fire in the Lexington house at San
Francisco Sunday night caused a loss of
five lives and badly burned five persons
one of whom is not expected to survive
To Patrol the Bering Sea
Great Britain has notified the state de-
partment that she ha3 selected the ships
Amphion and learns for service in Bering
Sea during the present season
OiA KKtCX QUOTATIONS
Chicago Cattle common to primo
300 to 540 hogs Bhipping grades
V300 to 425 sheep fair to choice 25u
to 525 wheat No 2 red 75c to 77c
corn No 2 33c to 35c oats No 2 23c
to 24c rye No 2 4Gc to 48c butter
choice creamery lUc to 17c eggs fresh
lie to 12c potatoes choice 40c to 48c
per bushel
Indianapolis Cattle shipping 300 to
525 hogs choice light 300 to 400
sheep common to choice 300 to 425
wheat No 2 red 74c to 75c corn No
white 34c to 35c oats No 2 whije 27c
to 28c
St Louis Cattle 300 to 530 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 375 to 475
wheut No 2 74c to 76c corn No 2
yellow 32c to 33c oats No 2 24c to 2Uc
rye No 2 47c to 49c
Cincinnati Cattle 250 to 500 hogs
300 to 400 sheep 250 to 415
wheat No 2 73c to 75c corn No 2
2 mixed 35c to 3Gc oats No 2 mixed
20c to 27c rye No 2 41c to 42c
Detroit Cattle 250 to 525 hogs
325 to 425 sheep 250 to 475
wheat No 2 74c to 75c corn No 2
yellow 35c to 37c oats No 2 white 2lc
to 30c rye 46c to 47c
Toledo Wheat No 2 mixed 77c to
79c corn No 2 mixed 33c to 34c oats
No 2 white 23c to 25c rye No 2 46c
to 48c clover seed 320 to 330
Milwaukee Wheat No 2 spring 88c
to 90c corn No 3 33c to 35c oats No
2 white 25c to 27c rye No 2 47c to 49c
barley No 2 43c to 44c pork mess
975 to 1025
Buffalo Cattle good shipping steers
300 to 550 hogs common to choice
350 to 450 sheep fair to choice weth
ers 350 to 500 lambs common to
extra 500 to 650
New York Cattle 300 to 550 hogs
300 to 450 sheep 300 to 450
wheat No 2 red 81c to 82c corn No
2 38c to 40c oats No 2 white 30c to
32c butter creamery 14c to 18c eggs
Veatern 18c to 15c
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