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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1898)
n TTTT5 mfATTA TEARING DOWN THE TROCIIA With the Wits OUb8.riVTonco Up Yards and Fields * PROVINCE OF PINAR DEL RIO IS PEACEFUL i People nt Work nnd I3 ldence of War Arf UIni p TtrlnK-l' < u > "li < - tlou ot 12.1WO IU-ilucM-d to 7,000 liy llfiUli. . . , ' _ ( Correspondence of the Associated Tress , ) PINAH DEIj TllO , Dec. 19. The recon struction of triis-gr'Bat.iobacco raising and sugar growing province has begun. Abso lute peace exists and the people are at work. Oonoral Davis , before ho left Havana , waa told that brigands probably would overrun the province , thnt the petty dictator were taxing the villages , that Insurgents had oc cupied the towns nnd would not yield paramount - mount authority to the Americans and that he would be Infinitely vexed by obstacles In every step toward the restoration of civil ( order among a restless people , . . When Ujcncral Davlst his staff , .battalion of the T o Ilun'drcd"and Second New York regiment and a signal . 'corps company , reached the borders of the province in the Journey by train from "Havana they were received nt Santiago de Lna Vegas by a colonel and 150-guban , horrfomen alighted near the station. "AftcrwaiM , ' behind them were 125 young q'ttb'an Vom < Jh 6n horseback. Around and behlmMh'IS CaVrtlcadp the towns people gathered shasgy-halrcd old men , women Ui block' , troops o.t .children with flowers and small Cuban'nnd American flaRS. As General Davis and hla staff appeared on the platform there wns a passionate burst of "vlvns" and bare machetes flaahed In the medley of colors. The cheering was that the Ameri so .prqlonGpd and genuine cans' wore- moved by It. Head AddreiiN of Welcome. The colonoU with his men placed them selves nt General Davis' dlspoia ) . The al calde of tho'town welcomed him. The gen eral , who knows some conversational Span ish , ssld through an Interpreter that the Cuban people had been through great trials and sufferings' nnd that the Americans were tlere'to aid In securing their liberty. Surgeon Major W : L. Knccdlock. had be- comd 'separntcd InHho crowd from General Davis nnd one of a committee of priests tx. gan to read htm an address of welcome , thinking the doctor was the general. Major Kncedlock , who at flrtt did not perceive tlie drift of the address , was unable tor find an opening to stop the padre befbre It had been concluded. ' * ' ' The doctor then , through n Cuban who could spertk "English and Spanish , said that as ono of the Americans" with General Davis ho regarded the Cubans as men nnd brethren end that In all his 'travels ' ho had not ncen In so flne a' country. The Americans then swept on through wide spaces of deserted couptty. i'rom the train they could sec be * caslonally the blackened walls of a sugar contralc. At each , of the towns the Cuban officer made known his allegiance- thoproposcd order Of things under the American pro tectorate. Plnar del Rio City gave a , re- cerjtlon siralraf lo that given at Ssmtlago'de Las Vegas' . The alcalde turned Vver the municipal belongings. General Davis has communicated by let ters or by "wire 'with th6'lmpoftan'tttowns ' In the province. "No ( ah InMdertt" of brigandage ' Chl'okfrn ; Bterjlliiir. flri&.apent .Crime , Thev 'most' flagrant crime haa been tlie * disappearance oft com * chlckentiuM.Tha- well-to-do men of the cliyV'have Irvcd' fn the Interregnum.between Spanish evacua tion and American occupation lUUharmeJ. The people near Plnar have-torn the wire from theUrpcha and have incfqaed yards and fields with It. The principal storekeeper has painted advertisements on two ot the forts. The town Is well fed -on chickens , fresh beef , fruit and vegetables. The country Is exhausted , but the revivification baa begun. Palm houses are building on- wasted farraa. The country people are now living chiefly on .radishes , sweet potatoessugar cane and chicken and quail shot or trapped In the thlckeU. Plnar Del Rio City has many pretty house ? . The population was 12,009 , of which number 7,000 have been burled. The women are all In black. Following General Davis' Instructions the American officers and privates are careful to return the silutcn of the Cuban soldiers who , armed % and unarmed , are coming and going all thV tlmej. Th y subsist largely on sifts of food. Borne , forced by , > neccsslty , have sold their rifles. Mausers captured from the Span- lards are selling for $5 or $6. In Havana Mausers are surreptitiously sold for $20' or $25. > ' Nevr Yorker * In Cnnip. The battalion of the Two Hundred-and Bocond New York regiment , 'under Major WoodMi camped on high ground and about a mile outside the city. The landscape of roll Ing i country and distant mountains Js most 'beautiful. ' The men thave been word ing hard" cutting grass and organizing camp. They have not missed having fresh bread , and beet since they loft Havana. Fprly-Uo cattle brought from Texas for tttaycamjKjircs grazlnfjiearbyi.Gunrd : Uftty Is light. ' One post"bf three men Is rnaln- tan&d at the railway station and another is af El Glebe , where the train stops. Guard du'tjt outside the camp la required. The meri ) ' expect to bo replaced by regulars , la the ' , 'gpring and allowed to go home. Dread- ful'vstorles are told of tbo malaria that develops around Plnar del , , Rio with the beginning of hot weather. CKLE1IKATED. Pchintnre Obivrvunce riue to n Ktou- V dlUr Windfall. -Talking about , * Chrlatmas.J'v.'gald a young Netrraska mari wHo was'prominently ' Identi fied * with im\ success ofrtho\0maha \ exposi tion : to a Washington Star reporter , "all o themembers ' of my family , twelve ot us Including' myself , had our , Christmas , or th besi.part ' of It , on the second day of Novem- be'rl' Anto-dated the Christmas of the ordl dlnary run of peoples little bit , didn't It ? UuUlt'B a story.'and' I'll 'Have to go' back a bit to make It'alcdr. ' * i "Of my father's three brothers , the young est.f Frank , developed Into rather a hard proposition , Ho declined absolutely to go to school , and ho got mixed up with a bad PC from his early boyhood. He was 17 yea'r ord before he finally tumbled to tt that ho'i have" to do something or other for a llvlnj o long as ho wouldn't educate himself , an he went to work to learn the trade of a tu co artist man , you know , that make Sorbs Disappeared Bolls Cured by Hood's Sarsaparllla ' "My little boy WM afflicted with srta'l ! bojji on bis face and hands caused by be'inf * in contttnt contact with other ctilldfreh who were not hjsltby , A friend advli d rue to try Hood' * Sarsaparllla. I did to and ttiesores disappeared loon after he , began UIMng/ty. " Sins. ' SUooie HOWAEp/BJQ / South llth St. , Lincoln , Keb. Hood's Sarsaparilla I * the beit ln'facttheOne True Blood Purifier. mil the bcit famllycatlurtla PlllS and IheritlaiuUnt. ; * tliejo fine curly-cue things with a small tiadranian of thnt sort In I'blMdelphla , when ? my father' * people lived at that tltno , niul , somehow , or other.ho actually learned the trade nnd became such a proficient at It that he could rcajlly command an Income of from | 8 to $10 a day at tlie trnde whenever ho was disposed to work , lie took the nhlsky end of It , however , and went to pieces rapidly from the time ho achieved his majority , and he broke the old folk * up a heap by bis conduct. He'd rose Job after Job through bis drinking propensity , and ho got down about as far as a man ever get * without getting In Jail. He'd sneak Into his people's house by the alley gate and swipe the stove lids off the Btove to Fell 'em for whisky , and , all In air , this young man Frank was a good deal of a standing sorrow and a ( heartbreak to my father's family , 1 remember him as ho looked when 1 last eaw him then , fifteen jcars ago I was only a lad at the time. To look at him you'd never hate thought that he ever had a drink of rum In his fife. My grandfather threatened to have him locked up , and then Frank lit out. Nobody heard anything from him' for eight jcars , and my father's people mourned him as dead. My grandmother often heark ened to the bitter wind of the plains on cold winter nlfihts after ( he family outfit moved out to Omaha , and then , when she fell Into a reverie , wo all knew that she was wonder-1 Ing If her boy Frank was out In the coM of the nls'nt , and suffering , "night years ngo there was a ring at my father's door bell about 10 o'clock on Chilstmas eve , and my father himself went to the door. ' 11 'Hello , Frank. ' I heard Him say , and Frank came In. He was drunk and shabby- looking. My father nxcd him out In a nice room , togged him out the next day In eood clothe ? , and took him around to see their mother. . She , was so , delighted to sea her youngest eon , alive and well , even If he did wear the signs ot dissipation , that she almo t died of the shock. After vlaltlng her for an hour or so , Frank got away , and telling my father that ho had a bit of an errand to do down town , away ho went again , without giving any of us a chance to fled him again , and without figurine In the hrlstmas dinner. He probably felt too heap over his career to mix up with the amlly party , and went off ir that reason. 'Nothing wns heard of Frank for four morn years. .Then , In the summer ot 1895. father got a letter from him , dated In Iclbourne , Australia Th letter simply tated that he was working as a stucco- , rtlst on a no\v public building down there , nd that he was well. That was the laat eard of him until the second day of last November. "My father came home from his office at o"n on that < My , and when we were all round the luncheon table he said ho had ecelved a letter from Frank. Now , Frank was somewhat of a tabooed subject In the amlly. and none ot us asked him what Frank was doing1 , where ho w-js , or any- hlnK about hlTj. * Wc Just waited to hear it ! fro was an > thing furtrer. "My father pulled out of hie inside breast > ocket a buiky envelope , with the Diwson City , Alaska , date marked thereon , and the tamps showing that It hid been registered , 'he letter was dated September 14 , 1898 , nd It read like this : - " 'When I showed up at your house on Christmas eve , four years ago , old man , I don't think , looking back to It now , that I was a very spectacular success from anv iolnt of view I felt this at the time , which s why I was In such a hurry to get away ,3 soon as I found myself in my sober cnses. I won't bo able to get home Christ mas this year , and I am sending this > out by the-Jast mallthat leaves here untlUnext prlnpr.v.l'.ll'.be home ' . .nextChristmas In SBBi-hovrever1. " I'm all right. " A month-ao eojd one of my claims for J125OOO.K-I've K"t Awe more running , each of 'em worth ; 7.5.0pp,4s Xheylsjand , and I've , gota"boijt SP Op ln .topso d'u ti I'm .going , tpget put n the , , prlnff , afte.r'selllngmytw07Clalms. 'jn gojjig home a.nd be a . .white man. I've cut theA whisky outfor the past c/oupje / of , earn , , pyhow , an/1 that doesnlt bother mo any more. As I cay , I won't get home for Christmas this year , but you'll find with his a few little remembrances for all of you. ' "My father spread the 'little reracm- irar.ccs , ' out on the table. They were twelve draf's on tic Bank of Clllornia ; eajh of them for $1 $ n-'O ; a draft foi every Ivlng member of the family. And a couple of hours later , when the whole twelve of , kus got together , there.was a premature Christ- naa celebration In my grandfather's house- lold , such as you read about. My grand mother didn't think about the money at all , though. "Jl wo-der Jf Frank's got on heavy flan nels , ' she said , " , Relic * of Cerverit' * Fleet. \YASHINOTON , Deo. 24 , There Is now at the Washington navy > ard a quantity of marine machinery wrecked from the Cervera leet after It was sunk around Santiago. This Includes launch boilers , torpedo boat engines , .hand pumps and a mass of other I I matter from the Colon and Maria Teresa : hat would be classed as junk but for Us historic associations. . The best of tho' ' machinery has been ordered shipped to the Naval academy at Annapolis , where It will- servo as souvenirs , and some of It may be put In sufficient repair for working models [ or engineering classes. The remainder will be broken up or sold at auction. Slnnieie Fire on the French. NEW YORK. Dec. 24. A dispatch to the Herald from Singapore says : The French agent In the Luang Prabang province , having ingordered - th * Siamese armed force to evacuate the twenty-five kilometre zone , In accordance with the treaty of 1893 , the Siamese refused and fired on the French ' agent and party , who were unarmed. The latter retired Into the jungle. This-news hits been received by the Siamese foreign otDco and by two legations at Bangkok. OUT OF THE ORDINARY. The editor of the Bath ( Me. ) Independent is convinced that the millennium Is at hand.- Iteturning from a gunning excursion , bo found at hit office a load of bay , fifteen bushels of potatoes , , a load of wood and a barrel of turnips that had been'1 brought In by delinquents , and one man wlpod out a debt of ton years' standing. Among the queer things left In London cabs and stages the last year were an arti ficial leg , & wooden bed rest , birds In' cages , dogs , a gas stove , a portable street har _ monium , and a sewing machine. Of the 3,000-oda purses left In vehicles and takouj to Now Scotland Yard , It Is reasonable to ' suppose that the majority escaped from pockets In the backs of women's gowns , Between 17,000 and 18,000 umbrellas were left In the public'carriages , and 181 watches. ' Captain Slgsbeo lias a watch that baa been submerged In salt water three time tat. It went dDwn In Japanese waters years ago. At Babla Honda. In 1S78 , when a Spanish pilot grounded his veseel , the Blake , It had another salt water bath , the vessel being- flooded to prevent her pounding to pieces 1Cm the rocks. At Havana It went down with the Maine , but was recovered by a diver. ' When the war broke out and Captain Slgs- bee took command of the St. Paul ha wisely left bis watch at homo , thinking tt Indis creet to risk It again In Cuban waters. I ) . E. Maxwill , Kenural manager of the Florida Centrnl A 1'enlntular railroad ; haa Issued the followluc circular ; "The system of signals from the engine whistle of passIng - Ing trains promulgated b r .ofore , throvgh the co-operattou of the United States Weather Bureau , to forewarn fruit nnd Vegetable growers that col > ! wa\es likely to produce frost are approaching , will be made effective again this reason. The signet will to given by the whistle louudlng six long blasts requiring thirty seconds ( five seconds to'the blast ) and will tie repeated at Interval - ' val of every three miles. This will Indicate a forecast of froit tU first or second night thereafter. " AMERICA MAY INTERFERES _ Otts Authorized to Step Between and'Spanlsh Troops , CONSTANT RIOTING IS REPORTED AT ILOILO Only Town Still Under Sinnlnh Con trol ntid HlooiUlicd Ooetirn Fre- Qiiciitlr on Streets All llu t- uc l In SuMiciidcd. . . i WASHINGTON , De'c" . 24. The administra tion bas > docrtnlned ( to confide to the judg- ment ] and fict bf General Otis , in command of the United States forces In the Philippines - pines ' , , the question whether our troops shall be dispatched to Hello , where recent Spanish reports _ | have elated that a sanguinary conj , fllct la In progress between the Insurgents and the remaining Spanish troops. Some days ago General Otis asked the War de- partment If , any precise Instructions woru to . be given In hli dealing with the sttua- i lion at Hollo. The matter was fully can- I Missed by the president and Secretary Alger I nnd as a result the decision was reached to I let ' General Otis , on the ground , deal with the situation by the exercise of his own j I discretion. The reply wns sent to General Otis several days ago and It will bo for J him to decide whether a United States force . shall go to Hello aud how many men will constitute tbe force. NEW YORK , Dec. 24. A special from Washington says : Secretary Alger has 'cabled General Otle at Manila to take possession of Hollo. Plans for doing BO are left to tbe general. This step Is taken | preceding formal rellnqulshmcnt by Spain , on account ot the gravity of the situation there , It IB said. Hello Is the only point In the Philippines now under Spanish con trol and It has been one constant fight with the Insurgents to retain control. Ad miral Dewey reported recently that Iho Spaniards ? were holding Hello with 800 soldiers J diers and that the citizens bad asked him for war ships to protect them. General Otis will .probably send two regiments and J Admiral Dewcy Is expected to detail the ; Charleston J and Concord to aid the troops. The | Spaniards will willingly relinquish au thority over Hello , as they know they must evacuate soon. What the insurgents will do remains to le seen , but there Is little fear In Washington of a serious clash , though our soldiers will bo prepared for an emergency. The War department has no confirmation ot the rumor that the Insurgents have cap tured Hollo. Should It prove true , General Otis may find some difficulty In dislodging them. It Is hoped that the report Is false , as this government wants to occupy that position before the rebels get a foothold. Secretary Alger has Issued no orders for taking any other point In the Philippines , and he Intimates no further step toward occupation of the group will bo taken until the treaty is ratified. The proclamation to be Issued then has been mailed to General Otis , but If It becomes necessary to as sume control of the whole archipelago be fore the treaty ratification tbo proclamation will be cabled for earlier promulgation. This proclamation , Secretary Alger says , contains nothing not embraced In' proclama tions Issued for Santiago and Porto Rico. When asked If It referred to autonomy , he said with emphasis that It does not. ' AKUlnnldo' * Annoyance * . A special from Manila says : As the re sult ot Agulnaldo , tbejusurgent leader , bar ing refused to recognize tbe rank of the lower class of the rebel offlcere , _ the latter " have"deserte'd with large numbers''bf armed soldiers and have attacked various towns. 8evorfll.ot.Jho native ' locar a tijorl va who had abused- their 'positions apd were un popular In the province , have -been mur dered or their property has been devastated. The town of Casellng , for instance , which was defended by 600 ot Agutnaldo's troops , has been taken and looted by the malcon tents. It Is reported that the Spaniards In Cebu have capitulated. MANILA , P. I. , Dec. 24. The steamer Union , which , as cabled to the Associated Press yesterday , returned hero from Hello with native and Spanish soldiers and was refused a landing at this place , has been detained by the American officials. Private advices from the southern prov inces say that business Is suspended In all the leading towns , that supplies are scarce and that foreigners are only permitted to travel when special permits have been Issued to them. At Maolos , the headquarters of the so-called Philippine government , near here , the native soldiers are levying on the vil lagers for supplies of food , the people are half-starved and universal dissatisfaction prevails. American volunteers , to the number of 603 , attended an enthusiastic meeting of the nowly-formed Philippine Development asso ciation here yesterday evening0. . F. WIT- r Hams , the United States consul at Manila , presided. Definite action on the part ot the organization was postponed pending the de clslon ' of General Otis on certain matters. TELEGRAPH WITHOUT WIRES French SclentUt Working on tbe Problem Working O er Com- parntlvrly Short UUtnnce * . WASHINGTON , Dec. 24. A report on the French development of wireless telegraphy la submitted toibe State departrnent.byC.ora- morclal Agent Atwell at Roubaix. Mr. At- well qttoloB a French scientific papciglvlns briefly the progress of wireless electrical transmission slnco the discovery ot the Hertz waves In 1889. Practical work In this line Is now being done.by M. Ducretet In his Paris laboratory , where ho has In successful operation a wireless telegraphic plant , send ing messages four kilometres (2.48 ( miles ) . The success of M. Diicietct depends upon the use * of a special radio-conductor generally known In this country as the ranly tube. This takes the place of the soft Iron magnet \n \ an ordinary telegraphic tiist'iurncnt. The special receiver Is cohnectedwith an ordi nary Morse sounder and Is'opcrate'd ' from the distant sending1 station without any other conductor than the atmosphere. " It te In teresting to note * thnt the report mentions that tha message Is written out with the , old paper tape and Btenclt receiver , al ' though "this device has been practically flls- I carded in telegraph offices. In 'this country | for many years. The sending station of M. J I Duere-tet's office Is equipped with a roast j sixty-five feet high above the roof , of his i1 \ laboratory. This Is said to be necessary to start the current above the Interference of surrounding buildings , as the electric waves will pass' ' through nnordinary wall , but are dtficcted by Iron-conatructlonB. ' M , "Ducroter says the British government has been experimenting with practically Identical apparatus for the transmission of naval signals and has sent messages be tween Bournemouth and tbe Isle of Wright. He s&ys that while his experiments do not indicate that the Hertz telegraphy will In the near future take the place of ordinary ryxl wire lines It has already been demonstrated xlni of practical value for light house and naval signals , for exploring service and like uses. ' He further says that his machine may be l utilized , not only for sending messages , but that a series ot Incandescent lights may beef bey lighted at a distance , or mine charge * maybe bo exploded , It being only a question of obtaining sufficient power. In view of this report , It may be Interest ing to note the fact that during the early days of tbo late war the Navy department gave serious consideration to a scheme for i the use of a system of wlreles * telegraphy to enable war ships to communicate with the thoro. Thlo was suggested by Teita and hlg colleague , but with the retirement ot Mr. Roosevelt the tifgotUt'ons were dropped , tGAN IN HIS OWN DEFENSE Comnilminrr Mnke * Spirited Iloplr to CharKC * llcicardlnc Suppllen Mnde by General Mile * . WASHINGTON , Dee , 24. General Kag n , commissary of subslitance , gave out the fol lowing statement itxiay la reference to charges made by General Mites concerning commissary supplies furnished the armyt ccM General Eagan has referred to General Miles the published article purporting to bean at Interview with General Miles In regard to the military supplies , asking whether the statements attributed to him ( Genera Miles ) were made by him , or any of them , Or to what extent the statements are correct. General Eagan does not propose to discuss this very serious matter in the public press but has asked first If General Allies avows or disavows | this Interview , and has also asked the Investigating commission for a true copy ol the statements made by General Miles before - fore It. General Eagan has also asked the. investigating commission to be called before It for the purpose of rebutting and refuting the statements ollcccd to have been made by General Miles and published In the press ; to answer these , or any statements , made by General Miles , under ontb , and especially nnd particularly to meet the alleged charge ot ' furnishing anything whatever under pretense - tense of experiment. i General Eagau Is ot the opinion that the proper place to dlscusa the merits of this matter Is before the Investigating commis sion and before .the courts , civil and military , where the widest latitude , under oath , will be given to all concerned ; where the conduct of General Miles and the conduct of Gent cral Eagan , under oath , will have the fullest , most exhaustive examination and analysis concerning any or all charges that may bo brought by cither , to the end that Justice shall bo dc e. In view ot this already Infl augurated action , General Eagan deems It unmllltary and Improper to make charges against anybody whatever in the service , bjt hlnks the law , military and civil , Is ample , o be Invoked in the cause of truth awl UBtlco. General Eagan contents himself with a complete dental of the statements alleged lo have be/en made by General Miles , IMPORTS FROM ENGLAND DECREASE Heavy FiillluK OR Compared rvlth Even Average Year * . WASHINGTON , Dec. 24. Importations of manufactures from Great Britain Into the United States seem likely to show an un usually small total In the year 1898. The November statement of exports from Great Britain to the United States , which hn& Just reached the Treasury Bureau of Statistics , shows In nearly every case that the exportation of manufactures in the eleven months ended November 30 were less ' than In 'the corresponding months of earlier years. Imports of manufactures In the early part of the year 1897 were abnormally great and a comparison of the eleven months of 1808 with the corresponding months of 1897 'would In many cases be misleading. A comparison , however , with the corresponding months of 1896 and 1893 shOws In nearly all cases smaller Imports In 1,898 than in either of the earlier years. ' The 'imports of the eleven months Ot 1896 were the smallest with a alnglo exception since 1890nd ; those of 1S93 were less than In the 'three ' years which preceded It. ' In nearly all cases of manufactured articles the figures of the eleven months of 1898 show a reduction , as compared with 1896 and 1893 , and a very large reduction as compared with 1S97. In jute manufactures , the Imports of tbe ' eleven months of 1898 were 95,287,300 yards , against 143,984,300 In the correspond ing months of 1897 ; in woolen yarns , the drop wag from 5,000 pounds In 1&97 to 6,900 pounds in 1898r in worsted yarns , 674- 300 pounds In eleven months of 1897 , against 103,800' pounds In 1898 ; in > wcolen tissues , 780,100 yards In eleven month * - . of 1897 , against 1,478,300 * yards in clvcn month * of 18,9,6 , and In. worsted tissues ' , from,40',667,700 yards /in eleven months' 6 ( 1897 , a'galnit' 12- 706,400 yards In the corresponding months of 1898. WILMINGTON TO" ASCEND ORINOCO. Nmncroan Movement * of Government War VesMcl * . WASHINGTON , Dec. 24. The gunboat Wlfmlngton sailed today from Norfolk. It wllf touch first at San Juan , Porto Rico , and i then proceed to the north coast of Brazil , where it will enter1 the Orinoco river and i ascend that stream some distance. This will I be the first time In many years that an i American war vessel has floated In tha r Orinoco. The Isla do Luzon and the Isla de Cuba , the two vessel's sunk by Dewey at Cavtte and subsequently raised by Naval Con- structor Cappn , have performed the voyage from Manila to Hong Kong and because ot their peculiar fitness for the service will bo kept among the Philippine Islands for some time to come. The Cincinnati ar rived today at Havana. It Is coming north to he repaired at New York. The Vlcks- burg h'as arrived at St. Kltt * . The Scandla bas arrived at Callao , carrying a supply of coal for the battleships Oregon and Iowa , which are closely following tt. The battle ships wllT receive Instruction * at Callao , which will determine their course , either to Honolulu or directly across to the Philip pines. The Abarenda has arrived at Nor folk , where It will fay for a cruise for Samoa , carrying a supply of coal and mate rial for erecting tbe derricks and fixture * for the new coaling station at Page Pago. It will be several weeks before It will be ready to leave the United States. DATES AND SANGER IN COMMAND. I.niit Two Cuban Department * An- Hlnrnrd to American General * . AVASHINGTON , Dec. 24. Major General John C. Dates , United States volunteers ' , who IB now In this city , has been ordered to assume command of tbe new military I department at Clenfuegos , Cuba , January 1 I , ! when the United States will take formal possession of the Island. General Bate , * 7 has recently been In command of tbe First division ot the First army corps , with head I- quarter * at Macon , Ga. Brigadier General John P. Sanger of the i I Inspector general' * department has been ' temporarily aislgned to the command of the military department of Matanzaa , Cuba. These two assignments complete the detail of officer * to command the various military departments In Cuba , under tbe supreme | . command of Major General Brooke , who Is now on bis way to Havana to superintend > the steps attending the format surrender of tbe territory to the United States forces on January 1. Vncle Sain to the Reicne. WASHINGTON. Dec. 24. The secretary of war has received the following cablegram fro"i V"'or General L" " HAVANA , Dec. 24. Seven thousand ' rations have been sent < to Guines and about 40,000 to other points In Havana provln " . Rations are also being distributed In the city of Havana , Including 2dOO cans ot con- den eed milk to sick and delicate women and children. LEE , General Commanding. Mile * Duck In Wunlilnjjton. WASHINGTON , Dec , 24. General Mile * returned today from Cincinnati. He de clines to discuss any further subjects covered In his recent vvldenco before the Investigat ing commission or the course of Commis sary General Pagan In reference to this , evidence. A copy of the evidence bas not yet reached him. Ilunlnn * Ituy American Rail * . WASHINGTON , Dec. 24. Ambasiador itHitchcock at St. Petersburg cabled the eec- retary of state today that ho bas been o 3. dally notified that a contract for SO.pOO tons of rail * for tbe Eastern China rail- road has been awarded to the Pennsylvania & Maryland company. HULL PLEADS FOR HIS BILL Beuoni Given for Inoreaie Advocated in the Regular Armj , MORE IMPORTANCE GIVEN TO ARTILLERY .That Arm of the Service Ncrer So E- entlal to the Army an at I'renent Time In DefeiulliiK Amer ican llnrlior * . WASHINGTON , Dec. 24. Representative Hull , chairman of the military committee ot I the hou-ie , today filed with the clerk his report on the bill for the Increase of the { I regular army. After detailing the auieud- mcnta adopted in committee , all of which have been sent out in the Associated Press 1 dispatches , the report sas : , The bill fixes no maximum strength for the > entire army. Assuming that the government will require about lOO.UCO for delcnsc ot the frontier , for coast defense and to maintain our authority lu the Islauus lor whose good order : and fiovurnrneiu this nation is cow responsible , together with a reasonable re serve force , the bill provides for the regl- merits of cavalry and Infantry and a corps of artillery for our eeacoast batteries , with two regiments of nitlllery for field bat teries. The committee believes the organization as provided for In this bill will make the most elllclent military organization , at the lowest 1 ( cost to the taxpayer , of any organiza tion ! proposed by any bill before congress. t The organization of the cavalry as pro vided in the bill Is substantially the same organization now provided for by law. The only change In the present arrangements fixes fifteen captains In place of twelve niul provides for a commissary of every regi ment. By this Increase of rank the ad jutant , quartermaster and commissary are given the rank of captain , and a commissary sergeant is also aided. The fifteen first lieutenants tn-ovlded have three extra first lieutenants for each regiment to be available as squadron adjutants. It also provides for | the creation of a band for each regiment by enlisting eight musicians , while under the present law they are enlisted In the regular force and detailed as musicians. Function of Artillery. The organization of artillery provided for In the bill changes from the regimental formation to that of a corps of artillery and as the artillery arm has so grown In Im portance the committee feels justified in submitting the full reasons for the change. The relation of artillery organization to the work that the army has to perform may be best understood bv a brief reference to its history. Our present system dates bock to 1821 , when the first four regiments were or ganized. The Fifth regiment was added In 1861 and the Sixth and Seventh In 1898. Now , when first organized , that la , In 1821 , the question of coast defense was not nearly so Important as It Is today and consequently the question of organization was not so Im portant. Moreover , < thls relative unim portance of both functions and of organiza tion continued for many years , in fact Jown to 1861. On the other band , there were questions before the country that made the services of Infautry of very great Importance and hence we find the artillery almost con tinuously used as the Infantry. Thus , In the Mexican war , three-faurths of the artillery were used as Infantry. It was armed and equipped as Infantry and served a such , not only la Mexico , but also In Florida during the Semlnolo troubles , on the plains and else where , even in the forts. When the civil war broke out In 1861 all the foot batteries heretofore armed and equipped and serving as Infantry were converted Into light batter ies , only to resume their Infantry equipment and duties after Appomattox. In the bill under discussion the number of artillery units ( batteries ) arc obtained from a combination of the number of gun positions to be manned. You must have , at the limit , as many batteries as you have gun positions. Further , these batteries must be grouped in sufficient numbers at each harbor to man all the guns in that harbor. Evidently the regi ment dcrca not corap forward here at all an'd for'a * good reason ; there Is no relation be tween the work as a unit and the work to be done by the artillery. In other words , the essential of artillery organization Is the bat teries being grouped according to the neces sities of each case , necessaries differing from harbw to harbor. Tha conditions are entirely different for Infantry and for cavalry. In these each In dividual carries a weapon , such as used by the cavalry. The fighting strength of in fantry or cavalry Is measured by the num ber of the weaponsIt can bring Into line , but no . such measure can be uniformly applied to the artillery. OrRanlcatlnn. Experience has shown that the regimental organization Is suited to the infantry and lethe the cavalry , the unit selected , namely , the regiment j being the greatest number of muskets and officers abreast , respectively , that I can be directly controlled by one man and this unit Is a necessary one. But evi dently ( no such necessity exists In the artil lery.The The perpetual system Is essentially a relic of the past and wholly out of harmony with prevent and with future conditions. There Is no sentiment connected with the main tenance of the regimental organization , be- oauso , as already explained , the chances are against an officer's serving wholly in one regiment. For the purely local feeling for the regiment al"nc Ins been Hubs'ltutcd a strong i feeling of pride la the arm as a , whole , a fettling born of tbe utsno to see this long-neglected arm at the last brought to a full realization of Its opportunities and its duties. Let it be borne in mind how complicated is the artillery service , haw many different kinds of guns it has In service , that In future It will be charged with the torpedo service- and that the nature of artillery service In general will depend entlrelv upon local conditions conditions that differ from harbor to harbor and It is at once evident that an arbitrary division of the personnel Into regiments le inherently vicious. The corps system , on the ather hand , gives tbe artillery the adaptability - ability and flexibility that are demanded by the over-varying conditions of Its service. In reepect of tbe number of batteries rec- ommended by this bill one argument only need be brought up. It tbe necessary pcr- sonnel Is not to be provided , why are mil- lions appropriated every year for guns and forts ? The complicated ordnance of the Ipresent cannot be entrusted to inexperienced men. Inoreae Men In Company. By June 30 , 1899 , 195 batteries of coast ar- ttllery will be needed fui the guun acnually Installed. Tbo bill asked for 144 such bat- terles. AccordlnK to reliable observation the deterioration of electric machinery In our coast forts when uncared 'or lu 3.5 per cent per annum , of other machinery 22 per cent. A battery of two "twelve-Inch gune , complete , with all Its machinery.-costs 1140- 000 and If uncared for the yearly Iocs would be about J44.0UO. In the organization of the Infantry regiment , the change has been made In the number of enlisted men in a company from 108 to 145. Tbe object of the Increase Is to provide for on adequate force at the very lowest cost to the government. U has not been tbe oblect of the committee to sacrifice efficiency for economy , but tak- ing the number of men necessary to carry out the purpose of the government , we b - liovo that an organization on tbe basis of 145 , which would Rive UK but 112 ptlvates , U nmore efficient In actual service than ono of seventy-two privates as proposed In the senate bill. The largely Increased number of regiments which would be made neces- I sary by the reduced number of privates I would entail an Increased expense each year on tbo government for officers and would enot materially Improve the effectiveness of companies and reElmcnts on the line of battle. General Sherman In his report to the War department In 1876 , after a full stud ) of the armies of Eurooo and after be bad * een their operation on the field of battle , rec- j ommtnded a company of 250 enlisted men In time of war and further stated we could 1 count on one-third of the men being absent from an army serving In the field , General iti' Scbwan laid that after twenty-one years' service as a line officer he regarded K * > men as tha beat organization. General Miles , In hi * testimony before tbe committee recom- mnd d 100 enlisted men. Tlie nrKanlzuilon provided fcr In this bill gives a maximum mailer regiment than the minimum of tbe leading nations. The committee Inserted a new rectlon In regard to the record and r-sn- alon oltlcr , bclletlug Unit thit present chief of that office has bt hU wonderfully nHclout service * m de It only proper for him to h.tve the rank of brigadier general. Ill * admlnls- traton of the office lieu resulted In K raving to the Rovernmenl of over MOO.OOO a yiar lu clerk hire alono. IilmltntlonM , The com mittco has placed In the bill cer tain limitations at , to iwie , nio K0tvru.iii.iit retires n officer at C4 on three-quarters pay. If mm are placed In tbe army t an ad vanced ngo they render the government ab solutely no adequate rwrvlco for the obliga tions the government assumes to care for them during life. The question of how long a man should servo before being retired was ono which the committee did not at all agree upon , but a compromlsu was finally placed on the bill limiting appointments to those not over 50 years of age. The retired list should not bo used a * an asylum for im-n who ha\o spent their active life In civil employment. Au exception was made In a new section exempting all the staff positions now open to appointment from civil life from the oper ation of the age limit a * applied to all men whD served In the civil war and the recent war with Spain. The reason for the In corporation in the bill of section f > Is found Intl the following , submitted by an officer from the War department : tlP "I have made a calculation that the bill prepared provided all promotion In each army ; by seniority in each branch respec | tively Klvinit the following taunt * a ic- gards promotion to captain : In the Infantry , nil the present first lieutenants and sixteen second lieutenants. In the artillery , all tbo present first lieutenants and forty-two second - end lieutenants. Total for Infantry and ar tillery , fifty-eight. In the cavalry fifty- seven of the present first lleutcanta would be left. The scheme to equalize promotion to captaincy would , therefore , give fifty- four captaincies In the artillery ami In fantry to the fifty-seven remaining first lieu tenants of cavalry. All the first lieutenants In each arm would bo captains and all the second lieutenants would become first lieu tenants , leaving the vacancies at the foot of the llt of tbo flMt llmt' mntp and all the second lieutenants to bo filled by pro motions from tbo volunteer ranks and from civil life " The estlmato of the arm's cost under the organization proposed In the bill , Chairman Hull states , is about $00,000,000. Mr. Hull estimates the pay of the army at $24,316,837 , and the additional cost for subsistence and all other P * ! ' s r > Mng | the total up tenet not exceeding $83,000,000. WOMEN WILL , ItEAIt THEIR PART. Daughter * of Revolution Fnrnlih Tiiblet for Lafayette Stntue , WASHINGTON , Dec. 24. The Lafayette Memorial commlsilon has assured the na- tlonal society of the Daughters of the American Revolution that It will receive fuTl and official recognition In the work of securing sufficient money to make the pro posed monument to Lafayette monument worthy the expression of the nation's grat- Itudo and one of the four tablets on the monument will be- reserved for the society , to be appropriately Inscribed. The national board of managers therefore cordially recommends that each member of the society show her apprr-c'atlon of this honor by Interesting all persons In her locaHty to contribute according to their means to this enterprise. It has also asked the society of the Children of tbe American Revolution , througb. their president general , to co-operate In the undertaking. All con tributions should be sent to Mrs. Robert 8. Hatcher , chairman of the Franco-American Memorialcommittee , room 52 , 902 F street , Washington , D. 0. The society also decided to Issue an ap pear for $15,000 4o be added to a fund al ready In existence and created for the pur pose of presenting to France during the Paris exposition a bronse equestrian statute to George Washington. REPORTS ON FOREIGN COMMERCE. Adrnnec Sheet * from Oonnnlnr State- uientM Hive In'tercnUng Detail * . WASHINGTON.'Dee. 24. The bureau'of foreign commerce of the State department has just published In advance sheets of con sular reports , an Interesting compilation of reports from various-consular officers , show ing the status of the foreign commerce' . These reports come from the consulates In France , Belgium , Great Britain , Nether lands , Austria-Hungary , Germany , Switzer land , Russia and Japan. Wherever there I * an established oureau of commerce the consuls have given a full outltno of Its scope and workings. Perhaps the most val uable Information contained In tbe reports U that relative to the effect of technical echools In extending foreign trade. The reports from Germany and Great Britain are particularly full , In the latter case embodying various circulars and reg ulations issued by 4he British colonial of ficers to foster the trade between the moth erland and the colonies. Others of the advance sheets contain a series of special speeches , Indicating the method of collec tion In foreign countries by a lien. PENSIONS FOR WK8TERN VETERANS. Survivor * of the Civil War Reniem- Jiercil hy the General Government. WASHINGTON. Dec. 24. ( Special. ) The following western pensions have- been granted : Issue of December 13 : Nebraska : Original David Morgan , Mln- den , $6 ; Charles M. Ltddle , Central City , $ G. Increase Edwin R. McCurnber. Falrfleld , $6 to $12 ; David Wolbach , Wanace , $6 $ to $10. Original , widows , etc. Mary P. Voorhees , , Friend , $12 ; Frances K. Hendrlckson , Cenc tral f City , $8. Iowa : Original Xavler Obele , Cedar Falls , $8 ; William McKlnley , Buchanan , $6. Additional1 Stukley M. Harding , Shell Hock , $6 to $8. Supplemental William R. Garde ! , Union ' , $4. Increase Cheney Thomas , Musca- 'tlne , $6 to $10 ; Mablon Gardner , Vlllleca , $6 to $8. Original , widows , etc. Isabclfe South ern , Henderson , $8 ; Alrnlua Sweet , Fornlck , $8. Colorado : Original Frank Detrlck , Den ver , $6. Additional Stephen A. Combs , Denver , $6 to $8. Renewal Aaron Wood , Golden , $8. Montana : Original , widow * , etc. Mary B. Nixon , Victor , $8. Hclnuo on lieer Tax. WASHINGTON , Dec. 24. Some days BRO tbo secretary of the treasury submitted to the attorney general the question of the taxability of beer under tbe war revenue act. It Is understood that In the forth coming opinion It will bo held that beer In the hands of retailers on the date the act wont Into effect Is not subject to the In creased tax. This question has been before the Internal revenue bureau for some time , and having some doubts as to tbo legality of the tax , Its enforcement was not carried to tbe point of relwiuc. Considerable sums , however , were collected from retailers on this account , and this will be refunded. qi'EKIl ADVERTISEMENTS. Some Awkwardly Worried Notice * Found In New * | nper * . "No person , " wrote an Imaginative under taker , "ever having tried one of these air tight coffin * of our * w'll ' ever use any other. " . This 1 * supplemented by the truthful but discouraging advertlioment of a dentist : "Teeth extracted with great pain * . " A western farmer advertises for a woman to "wash. Iron and milk two cowfc. " An advertisement once appeared In a Washington paper for "a room for a young man 10 by 12. " This Is an advertisement from the col umn * of n-Engllih court Journal : "Blan- ketil Blankets ! Blanket * ! For .domestic and charitable purposes of every descrip tion , quality , size and weight. " The following advertisement Is from an Australian paper : "Wanted , a young woman ( tbe plainer tbe , better ) to help a small , grnttel family In their domestic matters ; one without ringlets preferred. " An American paper published In Tartu re- cectly contained tbo following unlgue ad- vertlicment : "A young nun of agreeable presence , and ileelroiii of getting married , would like to make the acquaintance of an need nnd experienced gentleman who could llsnuado him from Inking the fatal step. " Hero Is a specimen of domestic advertis ing from the columns of the London Times : "Mrs. George Ashton , B Victoria atrMt , Westminster , takes this opportunity of thanking her numerous frlendi for their kind letters of sympathy on the dissolution of her marriage. " The court of Schletwlg-Holsteln once Is sued , the follow : , curious notice : "At the request of Hcrr Peter Lehman ot Altona , the seaman Dietrich Lohman. who wns born In Klrchmoor In November , 1848 , and wn § drowned on the Journey from Stockton to Hamburg while sailing In the ship Bertha Jenny , Is hereby called upon to appear be fore this court and report himself on or be fore Friday , January 20 , 1S93. nt 11 o'clock p. m , , under pain of being declared dead. " EiliirnMoniil Iimtldidmi l > rnKirr . MITCHELL , Dec. 24--Speclnl.-Da- ( ) kola university hai closed ono of Its most sticccfeful terms of school. With 236 stu dents In attendance , representing thirty-nine counties of the state , It claims prosperity has come. Three hundred students are ex pected here for the winter term. IJASKKT HAM , TO ll.VVU A IIOOM. A * oi'lnlon of Strong Amntriir Tcniui linn lloen Foriucil. The game of basket ball will receive a big- Impetus In the western country this season , largely through the efforts of the Younu Mcn'o Christian association of Omahn. The local awoi-latlon hns been a bltf factor In arranging- hc'hedulo of gamei for the wlntc.r Reason amonir tha teams of this city. South Om.iha , Council IJlurfs , Sioux City , the University of Nebraska , iTi'inont and HastlnRtt collect1. A wtrlct registration of playcro. Insuring tin- ama teur standing of nil participants In the Bame ? , lias been Insisted on and teams re fining to conform to the. nmateur code of rules tabooed. The Mr.Ht sumo of the schedule arrang-ej by Manager N. II. Kelson will be played i In the Youiur Mtm'H Christian association ' gymnasium f in this city tomorrow even- Ing1 , nt 8 o'clock. The. . team that will face the local plavcrs will be tlie strong Hggre- fi-atlon from Kloux City. A return Knmp will bo played later in the season at Sioux City. During the month of January two guinea will be played with the Unlvernlty of Ne braska , ono here and ono at Lincoln. Two gamen , one. hero and one rotutn Kame , will also be played with these teams : Fremont , Hasting , * college , the Doilce Lifrht Qimrds of Council Blurr.s nnd the South Omaha. Yountr Men's Christian association. Omaha will have strong team tills sea son. MoHt of the player. who last year carried . through tlio twim with but n nlnclo defeat will be svcn nguln this sermon. Mil ler and. Stlllnon will bo tha forwards and their work List season may be accepted as sufrtdc-nt Indication of what they ore likely to do this year. King Denman. who played In only one ir-une , but dlHtlneiilshed lilm clf In that , will this year play at renter. Monaghan and Towno will be tha KUnrds. The former played thnt position last yf r and Towne proved a good substitute. The substitutes this year will be Wliltu nnd Callnhan. The men have been trained by F. n. Barnes , conch anil physical director. A captain will bt > chosen on Monday even ing just before the tlrst same of the senson. MACV WINS CHRISTMAS STAKES. Henrt to Ilcnd IMiilnh far the fl.OOO Handicap , New Orlenn * . NEW ORLEANS , Dec. -Tho Chrlst- mns handicap for nil ages at n mile nnd valued at $ rQQO was the feature of thn day's card. Tommy Burns' riding landed the prlzo for Ills employers , J. W. Schorr & Sou of Memphis , whose candidate , Macy , had but a short head the bent of It at the wire , McCafferty's Loiterer was the favor ite and made nil the running , Comb * heln j outridden In the last few jumps. DeBrlda nnd Clay Pointer were the only winning fa vorites. The weather was cloudy and the track good. Results : First race , six furlongs : DeBrldo won , Blm W second , Canova third. Time : 1:16'4. Second race , handicap , llvo furlongs : Vil 1I lage 1 'Pride won , Frank BeJl second , Gold Fox third. Time : l:03'.i. : Third race , selling , ono and three-eighths miles : Clay Pointer won , Double Dummy second , Marltl third. Time : 2:24tt. : Fourth race , Christmas handicap , ono mlle : Macy won , Loiterer second , Belle of Memphis third. Time : U42U. Fifth race , ono and one-sixteenth miles , selling : Sister Stella won , Bequeath second end , Trnnby third. Time : liBtt- } ; . Question * nnd Animcr * . D. J. O'B. , Omaha Christmas fell on Sunday In 1SS7 and In 1892. It will fall on Sunday again In 1901 and 1910. ST. PAUL , Neb. , Dec. 23-To the Sporting Editor of Tlio Buo : How many tons of Ice can bo packed In tin Ice house eleven feet and two Inches wide , fifteen feet and two inches long and nine anil a half feet high ? A Subscriber. Ans. 'Steen tons. NEBRASKA CITY , Neb. , Dec. St. To the Sportlntf Editor of The UPC : What did the weather service record the temperature to > bo In Omaha on October 23 at 2 p. m. and ( p. m. of that clay ? II , lirown. Ans. 64 at both hours. OMAHA , Dec. ! To the Sporting Editor of The Bee : Hns America ever won n cup from England In an International race by eight-oar or other crews at Henley or olse- wnare ? If so. when nnd where , and tell me If you can who stroked the winning American crew ? II. Ans. But four American crews have ever engaged In a race with Knsllsh ciVws. Two of these were the Cornell and Yale crews , which met defeat at Henley. Back In the early 80s , about ISbl , two other American crews paid a visit to England. One of thes * was the Showucomotles , a Klgantlc bunch , of professionals , who won everything they /T entered. , They brought back to America plenty of money , but no cups. This crew was followed by another composed ot ama- teuB eight husky lumbermen of Wisconsin , who were named the HlllKdalcs. 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