Tho Admiral Plcasod With Plans for
Receiving Him.
INVITATION Of MAYOR VAN WYCK
It li Replied to and Acceptance Olran
The Admiral Deeply (Irutlllcil With
Honors Propound Tho Olympla Will
Arrive In Now Yurk About October lt.
TRIESTE, July 25. Now York
World Cablegram.) Admiral Dowoy
received a letter from Mayor Van
Wyck extending tho hospitality of tho
city of Now York nnjl letters from
Generals Buttorfleld and Whlttler ask
ing about tho dato of his arrival and
for any dcslro ho might express re
garding tho arrangements for tho rc
coption. Ho replied to Mayor Van
Wyck by mail as follows:
Dear M". Van Wyck: I lmvo tho
honor to acknowledge tho receipt of
your lottor tendering on behalf of tho
city of Now York a public reception
on my arrival and tnc hospitalities
and courtesies of tho city. In accept
ing tho Invitation I dealro to express
my deep sense of gratltudo to tho cit
izens and tholr representatives so sig
nally honoring us. It Is Imnosslblo.
nt this timo, doflnltoly to fix tho exact
dato of tho Olympla's arrival, but 1
Bhall endeavor to Inform you definitely
at aibrnltar. I am, sir, truly yours,
G 12011013 DEWEY."
Replying to tho letters nnd cable
grams of General Dtittcrfleld, ho says:
"I need not toll how deeply grntlflod
I am by tho great honor paid mo by
tho citizens of Now York and tholr
roprcsentntlves. Any nrrangomont
mado will bo entirely agrceablo to
mo."
Tho admiral continues that If possl
blo ho will nrrango to nrrlvo and
anchor In tho lower bay tjoptembcr 30.
noplylng to a question ho says further
that ho Is not now propared to stop
nt any port from Gibraltar to Now
York.
To Gonoral Whlttlor ho oxprensos
ploasuro at Whlttlor'B communication,
saying: "I think tho best thing I can
do Is to placo myself In tho hands of
tho commlttoo. Iloforrlng to nnchor
ngo In tho lower bay Soptombor 30 ho
writes: "Will give tho committee of
arrangomonts Information boforo my
arrival."
Tho admiral is delighted at tho
mayor's lottor, nnd expressed satisfac
tion with tho cxcollont tnsto used In
making tho nrrangoments. Ho la nl
most cortnln to bo In tho lower bay
on tho dato named. Tho admiral has
cabled Mayor Von Wyck that IiIb lot
tors lmvo been received, his Invitation
accepted, and named as tho dato of his
arrival Octobor 1. Ho will cablo dof
lnltoly at Glbraltnr.
Tho admiral's delight at tho-mannor
of Mayor Van Wyek's, Gonorals But
torllold's nnd Whlttlor'B lottor Ib pat
ent. Ho hns n speaking acquaintance
with Whlttlor nnd ontortalns pleasur
nblo anticipation of tho mooting. Gon
oral Duttoruold ronlly lifts a weight off
his mind by assuring him thnt tho
nrrangoments for n rocoptlon which
ho literally feared will bo mado easy
for hi in.
Admiral Dowoy will go to Washing
ton from Now York, ho said, on tho
invitation nnd request of Proaldont
McKlnloy nnd Socrctnry Long. Ho Is
Bpondlng his tlmo quietly on board
tno Olympla and goes for n drlvo In
tho afternoon.
NLDHASKA MAN TO MANAGE
Molklojohn Will Conduct the War onico
Until August Int.
WASHINGTON, July 25. Socrotary
Alger returned to Washington yostor-
day and wnB In his ofllco oarly. Soon
after his arrival Assistant Secretary
Molklojohn joined him and thoy had
n consultation regarding mattora in
tho department and tho turning over
of tho department to General Alger's
BUccessor. Assistant Secretary Molklo
john will bo in chargo until Mr. Root
quallllos on August 1. Socrotary Algor
is oxpeetlng to bo absuut In tho in
terval.
THE PRESIDENT MAY COME.
luvltod to Ilo Present ut tho First
brnxkti Itoooptloii,
No-
WASHINGTON. July 25. Assistant
Socrotary Molklojohn ycatordny pro-
Bontod nn Invitation to tho president
to bo present ut tho reception to bo
given to tho Flrat Nobraska volunteers
ut Lincoln on soptombor 2-1, upon
tholr return from tho Philippines.
Tho president promised to accept In
cn30 ho could mako his contemplated
wostorn trip.
ll:uilc Mint Not Stump Cheeks,
OMAHA, July 25, Intornnl Rovcnuo
Collector Iloutz bar, rocelvod a ruling
from tho Intornnl roveuuo at Wash
ington on a vory Important point. Its
effect Is to prohibit bunko from stamp
ing chocks which through careless
ness lmvo boon left uuBtampcd by tho
drawers. Tho ruling roads: "You
aro advised that banks must not alllx
damps to unstamped chockB present
ed, and must roturn to tho drawer
any unstamped chocks presented for
payment. You are directed to notify
tho banks that aro guilty of tho prac
tice heroin described thai, if It Is not
immediately discontinued thoy will bo
reported to tho United States district
attorney for prosecution."
Four OlrU nro Drowned,
WELLINGTON, Kan., July 25.
Edna Curtis, Mtllto Dotrlck, Inoz and
Mnbol Neat, daughters ot prominent
Caldwell cltlions, woro drowned at
Drury, a fishing nud bathing resort,
six miles oast of that placo, yesterday
afternoon. Tho girls, In company with
a numbor of other girls, woro bathing
In tho river.
l'rcsh'ent Krucer Itrslsjns.
JOHHANE8BURG, July 25. Pros!
rlnut Kruser has roslened owing to
the opposition of tbo Volksrood to tho
dynamlto concessions.
THE ALASKAN BOUNDARY QUESTON
There Will lie Neither Wnr or Arbitra
tion Over the DUpute.
LONDON, July 25. Commenting
upon tho debato In tho Canadian parli
ament regarding tho Alaskan bound
ary question, tho St. Jamos Gazctto
saya: "Tho brisk air of tho United
States and Canada la conduclvo to
strong words which would never pass
tho lips of a European statesman until
an ordor to mobilize v,aa on tho point
of Issuing. Nobody thinks of wnr In
connection with tho Canadian-American
dispute. Yot slnco It Is wo who
will hnvo to fight If Canada makes a
quarrel, wo must plead with one of
our subjects to uso a quieter style. If
Sir Charles Tuppor's words mean any
thlng, ho desires tho proaontntlon of
nn ultlmntum, which could moan wnr.
Sir Wilfrid Laurlcr, though calmer,
was tolorably emphatic. As things
nro going now wo nro drifting to a
vory serious diplomatic collision with
tho United States which Great Britain
lo earnestly anxious to avoid."
NEW YORK, July 25. A Bpoclnl
to tho Horald from Washington says:
"Thoro will bo neither war nor arbi
tration over tho Alaskan boundary
dispute. It will bo settled by nmlc
ablo agrcomcnt between tho United
States and Great Britain, ono nation
making concessions by tho other- on
somo questions ut Ibsuo between two
governuents.
"This Is tho view oxprcsscd by nn
official having much to do with tho
pending negotiations. Referring to
Sir Wilfrid Laurler'a cpecch In tho
Canadian house of commons, In which
tho Cnnndlnn premier declared thcro
woro only two ways by which tho dif
ficulty could bo Bottled arbitration or
war tho ofllclal said Blgnlflcantly:
'Sir Wilfrid Laurlor 13 merely stating
to tho Canadian parliament tho recog
nized methods by which civilized na
tions sottlo controversies. Thoro nro
throo mothods first, by mutunl agrco
mcnt; second, by a resort to arbitra
tion, nnd, third, by war. Sir Wilfrid
has neglected to mention tho first and
most Important of these mothods.'
"It Ib recognized by tho administra
tion thnt tho boundary question Is a
dl men It ono, ns aro other questions
ponding botweon Canada and tho
United States, but it !h not regarded
as Impossible of adjustment In somo
way satisfactory to tho American
minors and tho Canadian government,
ns woll ns tho United States and Groat
Britain. Somo of tho questions nt Is-
sua aro moro or lo3s tndopondont and
It was Intimated to me that thoro was
reason to hopo a final settlement of
tho bonndnry controversy might grow
out of this relation botweon tho pond
ing questions.
TISE IIW.E COMING Of ALGER.
Detroit I'rcparli.ir to (llvo tho Kx-Secro-
tnry h Itoyut ICi'ruptlon.
WASHINGTON. July 25 Tho fol
lowing tologrnphlc correspondonco has
passed botweon Socrotnry Algor and
Mnyor Maybury of Dotrolt:
DETROIT, Mich., July 23. General
Russell A. Algor, Thorndalo, Pa.: Pub
lic mooting of cttlzonB cheer to tho
echo tho mention of your nnmo nnd
arraugo to glvo you and jour family
tho most royal wolcomo ever accord
ed cltlzons of this community. All
creeds In politics nnd rollglon will
unlto In acclaiming their Joy nt your
return. WILLIAM C. MAYBURY,
Mayor.
Hon. William C. Maybury, Mayor of
Dotrolt, Mich.: I am deeply tour-hod
by your tolcgrnm notifying mo of tho
wolcomo by my follow cltlzons which
nwaltB ma on my homocomlng. Woro
I to consult my own feohnga In tho
matter, Mrs. Algor and myself will go
qulotly to our homo and thoro rccolvo
tho friends who might honor uu by
calling, for surely tho fond anticipa
tion of being back In old Michigan
eclipses all other thoughts.
Wo expect to arrive homo Wednes
day afternoon, August 2.
it. A. A I A) lilt.
REINFORCEMENTS POR REGULARS.
Tho Truniport Hhorldiui Itrurhi- Muntln
With Troop for Otli
MANILA. July 25. Tho United
Stntos transport Shorldan, which ball
cd from Sun FrnnclBeo Juno 25, with
relnforcomontB for Genoral 11. S. Otis,
arrived horo yentorday. On July 10 a
great waterspout wua discovered dl
rectly In tho courno of tho ship nnd to
avoid It It wna necoasary to mnl.o a
dotour of sovoral miles.
Genornl Otis has rocelvod a letter
dated July 2 and signed by Charles
Blanford and Frod Ileppo respectively,
assistant engineer and third ofllccr of
tho hospital Hhlp Roller, who was cap
turcd by Filipinos oft Parnnnquo on
May 30. Tho lottor Bays tho prisoners
In tho hands of tho Insurgents "nro
receiving excellent treatment, but tho
susponso of fearing tho loss of our po
Bltlona l tonlblo." Tho prisoners beg
Gonoral Otis to Intercede for their ro
loaso. Gonoral Otis has taken stop? in
that direction.
DREYfUS SOON TO BE HEARD.
Active Preparations fur the Trill), Which
U Set for AusiMt 7th.
RENNK8. July 25. Now, that tho
dato ot tho court-martial for tho trial
of Captain Dreyfus has been llxed for
Auuuat 7 thoro Is greator activity In
tho preparations or that ovout. 'i olo
graph and tolcphon lines aro being
constructed and otllcors on furlough
havo bocn ordorcd to return to tnolr
posts by August 1. Tho gendarmos
havo boon glvon a now countersign
nnd tho mlnlstor of war has Issued In
structions with rogard to posslblo
demonstrations.
remand nn Hlght-Hour Day.
DENVER. July 25. Tho nttcmpt to
roopon tho Olobo smoltor on tho old
ton nnd twolvo-hour Bchodulo una rail
ed. Tho men demand an eight-hour
day, but hnvo pledged thomsolves to
nb do by tho decision or tno suito
board ot arbitration as to hours of
labor and wagos.
Ailvunoo In Price nt Iron.
miATTANOOOA. July 25. All tho
Cincinnati furnaces of tho Chattnnoo-
a .llatrlot tndnv nnnntini-ml nn advance
tt M...I.V. w . w
of Si nor ton In pig iron, matting tno
price of No. 1 fid.
ITT AT LAST
Treaty Negotiations Botwcen tho United
States and France.
THE f RENCII PORTS ARE NOW OPEN
After n 1'nrlcy of Two Yearn the Mutter
I finally Fixed Up Arrangement Is
1'lmil ntul Most Important l'rodnct
Under Dlngley Law Concession on
Tariff of 20 l'er Cent.
WASHINGTON, July 2b. Tho long
ponding reciprocity treaty negotiations
botweon tho United States and Franco
wero brought to a successful closo nt
tho stato department lato yesterday
afternoon, when Ambassador Cnmbon
In behalf of Franco nnd Commissioner
Knsson In behalf of tho United States
affixed tholr signatures to tho reci
procity treaty. It Is by far tho most
Important troaly concluded undor tho
reciprocity provisions of tho Dlngloy
law and tho only ono affecting tho
trado wltn a largo commercial nation.
Tho negotiations wero marked by
rather sharp and long-continued dis
cussions, which continued up to the
tlmo tho signatures woro placed on tho
document. In tho end a Bplrlt of com
promise prevailed and oacn sldo yield
ed Homothlng. As a whole both sldea
oxprcsa satisfaction with tho treaty
secured, for whllo tho compromlso ne
cessitated somo minor tacrlnces tho
general effect of tho treaty will en
courage commerco between tho two
countries.
Tho concessions granted by France
ombraccd most of the articles In what
Is known na tho Fronch minimum
tariff. This comprises Gil hends, tho
rates being on an average 20 per cont
bolow thoso of tho general tarirr or
France. It was found ncccEsary, how
over, owing to protests from French
agrarian Interest to except from this
minimum list about twenty-four arti
cles, chiefly agricultural products. Tho
French ministry was obliged to pay
heed to this Bontlment and In turn M.
Cnmbon mado tho oxcoptlona a condi
tion of closing tho treaty. It was on
this point that tho negotiations wero
In doubt for sovornl days nnd it was
only by compromising on tho extent
of tho exceptions that an agrcomcnt
wnB malo possible. As first prosontod
tho oxcoptlona numbered twelve, hut
somo ot theso woro classes Including
a number of distinct Rome, so that in
all thoro was a largo numbor of excep
tions. Ab finally decided upon thoso
exceptions wero narrowed down to
twenty-four and outsldo of thorn tho
United States gets tho benefit of nil
tho reductions ot tho Fronch minimum
list.
Besides tho reductions given to this
country, tho treaty Is Important In
continuing a number of minimum
rates which would havo boon abol
lshcd If tho treaty had not been con
cluded. Tho most important of those
artlclos aro petroloum and mineral
oils. At present theso oils ontor
Franco on tho minimum rate, but had
today's treaty failed, a rato would have
boon Imposed making a difference of
duty amounting to about $5,000,000.
Tho samo Is truo as to cotton, which
la ono of tho chief articles of shipment
from tho Unltod States to Franco and
ontcrB duty frco. Hnd tho treaty fail
ed a heavy duty would lmvo boon Im
posed upon American totton. Tho
onmo Is truo of copper, rubber nnd
many classes of machlnory.
Franco secures Important conces
sions on over 100 of tho chief products
sont by Frnnco to this country. Tho
Dlngloy Inw nllowa not to oxcood 20
per cent reduction na a basis of reci
procity, but tho full 20 por cont Is not
allowed on nil tho articled covered by
tho treaty. On somo of them tho re
ductlon la 5 por cont, on othors 10 por
cent, othcra 15 and up to 20 per cent
Tho Hat would havo boon largor, nnd
tho percentage of reduction greator In
somo cases hnd tho minimum list bcon
secured. Tho main cnuso of tho ollm
hinting of chanipngno from tho list
wna Franco's refusal to mako conces
sions satisfactory to tho United
States.
NO SHOW POR INTERVENTION.
Mr. Miiybrlek Will Undoubtedly llitve to
Nerve Out Iter Kenteneti.
LONDON, July 25. In tho Houso of
Commons yesterday Mr. Michael Dav
Itt, member for South Mnyo, nsJed the
government If, In vlow of tho fact that
tho conduct of Mrs. Mnybrlek In prison
had boon uniformly good, tho homo
ofllco would not recommend royal
clemoncy In hor ense. Sir Matthow
Whlto Ridley, tho homo socrotary,
said ho was unnblo to hold out hopo of
oxcoptlonnl treatment of Mrs. May
brick. 'Iho homo secrotnry addrd that
ho was not awaro of tho oxlstonco of
any reason for royal clomcncy.
RAILROAD GRADERS THREATENED.
Youiik lltick .Mil)- Hwnop Ooiva on Ites
ermtlor. Workmen,
BOISE. Idaho, July 25. Word from
Lowlston over tho long-dlatnnco telo
phono Is to tho effect thnt whllo the
Indians on tho Nez Pcrcos reservation
havo outwardly submitted to tin
agreement ot their chiefs to permit
work on tho Northorn I'acuio gram
through tho reservation to proceed
tho young bucks contlnuo to manifest
nn ugly spirit, which Is brutalized b
liquor furnished by whlto men. Tnoy
threaten to swoop down on tho grnd
ora again ns they did a fow days ago
this tlmo not to scaro thorn off, but
to murder.
ltooitvelt to Tnke u Hand.
NEW YORK, July 25. Governor
Roosovolt, Is taking personal cognlz
nnco of tho complaints that havo been
mado by tho stroet car employes about
tho alleRcd wholesnlo violation of th
ten-hour law by tho Brooklyn Rnpld
Transit company and tho Metropolitan
Stroot railway. Ho Is not pleased
with the way tho overtures of the
Board of Mediation nnd Arbitration
had been mot by the presidents ot
these two companies, and has request
ed the board to mako an Investigation
Into the ailoged violations.
ELEGRAPHIC NEWS AND NOTES
Foreign, Domestic, nnd Other Matter of
U-ineral Interest.
Tho British consul at Manila pro-
diets a great futuro for tho Philippines.
Dotrolt municipal authorities aro
fighting 5-cent fares on street rail
ways.
Four men were buried under 400
tons of clay in a bank of tho Bucktyo
Sower Plpo company, cast of Ak."on,
Ohio.
Tho engagement Is announced of
Nathan Franko, tho noted violinist and
orchestra lender, and Miss Anna Brlga,
tho German actress.
M. Mallett Provost continued his ar
gument on behalf ot Venezuela today
ooforo tho Brltsh-Vonezuelan bound
ary arbitration commission.
Tho Burlington railway company
has announced Its Intention to build
tho road Into Keystone from Hill City,
tho work to commence Immediately.
Tho business portion of Phoenix
City, Ala., was destroyed by flro. Loss,
$75,000. Three negroes woro arreatod
on suaplclon ot having Btutcd tho fire.
Dr. Donald H. Currlo. ot Missouri,
was ono of tho eight successful candi
dates In the recent examination for
assistant surgeons in tho Marino hos
pital. Dan Murpheo, nn actor, formerly of
New York, woh acquitted of tho chargo
of murdering Sherman Gaulden, post
master of Mnnsfleld, Tox. Murpheo s
plea wan Insanity.
The. rnnnrfa rnrrnrdlnrr n .Tnnnnnao-
Chlncso alliance, which havo boon per
sistently denied for somo tlmo. havo
now nssumed deflnlto form and aro
causing great excitement in Russian
circles.
In resisting tho nrrest of three negro
hold-up men, who wero going through
railroad camp near Mt. Pleasant, la.,
Fred Bennett was shot and will die.
Tho sheriff nnd poseo nro In pursuit of
his assailants.
Unltod States Treasurer Roberts, as
treasurer of tho Dewey homo fund,
yesterday received through tho San
Francisco Examiner contributions
amounting to $1,513, making tho total
to dato $1G,518.
During a thunder storm at Berlin
forty persons who wore leaning against
wlro railing nt tho Charlottonburg
cyclo track woro struck by lightning.
lnreo wero killed nnd twenty woro
severely Injured.
Don Carlos, tho Spanish pretender,
has loft Vcnlco, ostensibly for Austria.
An organization Ib being formed In
Havana by somo of tho Spanish resi
dents thoro, with n vlow to securing
American citizenship.
Imports of wheat Into Liverpool dur
ing tho past wcok: From Atlantic
ports, 31,100 quarters; from Pacillc
norts. nonn? from other norts. 59.000
Quarters. Thu lmnorts of American
corn from Atlantic porta during tho
week wero 09,000 qunrtcrs.
United States Mlnlstor Huntor has
secured from tho government of Hon
duras a full report from Its point ot
vlow of tho circumstances attending
tho killing of young PearB last spring,
which has bcon mado tho subject ot a
claim for Indomnlty by tho United
States.
Tho demoralization In Alnska rates
Is spreading. The Rock Island an
nounced yestordny that It would put
In tho samo basing rato from tho Mis
souri rlvor as In effect from St. Paul,
making tho rato from Scnttlo to Chi
cago via tho Missouri river ?47.50 In
stead of $52.50.
According to tho Rome correspond
ent of tho Dally Mall, tho United States
government has Informed tho Italian
authorities that It la Impossible to dis
cover tho lynchers. Tho newspapers,
tho correspondent adds, nro Indignant,
nnd vigorously denpunco what thoy
call "sham Amorlcan civilization."
Among a long list of apolntmonts to
nrmy positions nnnounced yesterdny
aro sovoral Iowans and ono Nobraskan,.
as follows: To bo captains, Frederick
Gocdko, W. G. Wymnn, both of Iowa.
ro bo first lleutonnnts, .I03epn Jiatson,
Jnmea McMahon, both ot Iowa; Gcorgo
S. Ralston, Third Nobraska volunteers.
Thn Illinois Central railroad has
comploted nrrangoments with tho Pull-
mnn Car company ror tno equipment
of tho Chicago-New Orleans, tho St.
Loula-Now Orleans anil tno tjincin-
nntl-Now Orleans trnlna with new
twolvo section drawing room cars,
having all tho modern Improvements.
Tim nnmntrnllm- of tho CUrroilCV liaH
declared dlvldonds In favor of tho
crodltois of Insolvent national banks
aa follows: Twenty-flvo por cont, tho
First National bank of Carthago, N.
Y.j 10 por cont, tho First National
bank of Nollgh, Neb.; C per cent, tho
Pllv Nntlnnnl bnnk of Fort Worth.
Tex. ; 15 por cont, tho First National
bank of East Saginaw, Mich.
Tho fourteenth national convention
of former soldiers of tho Gormnn
army now living In tho Unltod States
will bo held In Chicago from August
13 to 15, Inclusive. Moro than 5,000
cx-soldlers will como to Chicago from
all parts of tho country. Tho Deutschor
Krlege Vereln of Chicago will at tho
samo tlmo colebrato Its silver Jubilee,
Fifty societies of tho nntlonnl federa
tion nnd almost overy German mllltnry
organization of this country will bo
represented.
Roso Coghlan, tho nctress, filed a
voluntnry petition In bankruptcy In
tho clerk'a ofllco of tho United States
district court In New Yoik undor tho
name of Rosamond Maria Sulli.'an
Hor petition places hor liabilities at
$26,830.
One of tho hollers of tho Austrian
torpodo boat Adlor explodod at Pola
Austria, killing n lloutonnnt nud four
members of tho crow.
The Romo Popolo Romano says tho
Unltod States has glvon assurances
thnt It will prosecute rigorously all
who wero concorned In tho commission
of tho crime nt Lallula, La.
The United Statos ambassador,
Joseph H. Choate, gave a reception at
his rosldenco In London to tho Yale
Harvard Athletic team, tho stewards
Messrs. Wendell, Brooks and ShorrlU
and Walter Camp. A large number ot
Americans wero present
root sera
The Hew York Lawyer Accepts War
Portfolio,
CONGRATULATED BY PREDECESSOR
Announcement of It oof Appointment
Made at the War Department Ilrlef
lllocraphlcal Sketch of the Noir Secre
tary Many Sentiments of Kindness
Expressed Toward the Itotlrlng Om
clal. WASHINGTON, July 24. Ellhu
Root ot Now York has accepted tho
war portfolio In President McKInley'B
cabinet Tho telegram of accepts nco
wan received shortly after noon Satur
day, whllo Secretary Long was with
tho president
Tho tender or tno war poruouo who
mado to Mr. Root after tho conferenco
at tho Whlto Houso.
Ab tho president will lenvo for tho
Adlrondacks Wednesday or Thursday
ot this week, it Is hardly probablo
thnt Mr. itnot will como to Washington
to confer with him beforo that time. It
Is regarded na moro llkoly that air.
nnnt will mm thn nrnnldent at Lako
Champloln tho latter part ot tho week.
Tho announcement oi mt. nooi b up
polntmont was mado at tho war de
partment It was Btatcd that Senator
Piatt camo to Washington nrmed with
authority from Mr. Root to accept In
his namo tho war portfolio. It Is not
oxpected that tho accoptanco will mako
nnv rhancn In tho nlnna of Secretary
Algor, and ho will remain on duty hero
until tho end of tno present monin, ue-
Inc nnnUtml hv Mr. Molklt-lohn. WllO 18
oxpected to reach Washington this aft
ernoon. Secretary Alger had confidently ex
pected tho nppolntmcnt ot Mr. Root,
and was very much pleased at tho
prcsldont'a choice. This wna evi
denced in tno rouowmg lcuer wmtu
Socrotary Alger addressed to his suc
cessor:
My Dear Mr. Root: All I know Is
what tho newspapers say that you aro
to succeed mo as secretary oi war.
Should It como to vou I moat urgontly
urgo you to mako tho sacrlflco and ac
cept tho position. Wltn your Knowi
edgo of law and your oxcollont health,
vou enn servo the country In a way
given to fow men. Sincerely youra.
R. A. Al-UfcjK.
Hon. Ellhu Root, New York.
Ellhu Root was oorn February 15,
1845, at Clinton, Onclda county, Nov
York. Ho graduated from Hamilton
collogo, In tho class of 'C4, and entered
tho Now York university law achooi.
Ho was admitted to tho bar In 1867,
slnco which tlmo ho has been In ac
tive practice of his profession In this
city. He was United Statos attorney
for tho southern district of Now iorK
from Mnrch, 1883, to July, 1885. Ho was
vlco president of the association ot tho
bar of tho city of Now York for a num
bor of ycara; vlco president of tho
Now York Grant Monument associa
tion, at ono tlmo president of tho Re
publican club and tho present president
of tho Union Lcaguo club. Ho has
been a trustco of Hamilton collogo
Blnco 1883, and has served as president
of tho Now England society In tho
city of Now York. Ho wjs ono of tho
most prominent mcmbera of the last
Now York state constitutional conven
tion, whoro ho served as chairman of
tho Judiciary committee.
Secrotary Alger Is In receipt of n
great numbor of lettcra and tolegrams
from persons In every atatlon In llfo,
all touching upon his rotlromcnt from
public llfo. So numerous aro the com
munications on tho subject that tho
oocretary finds hlmsoif physically un
able to mako proper separate responses
to all of them. Thoroforo ho has re
quested tho Associated Press to convoy
to tho writers and Bonders an acknowl
edgment of his dcop appreciation of
tho sontlmcnts oxpressed.
CAN TELEGRAPH TO DAWSON.
Tho Dominion Clovon.inrnt T.lne Itnpldly
Doing t'nntriictd.
SKAOWAY, Alaska, July 18. (Via
Vancouver, B. C, July 24. Tho Do
minion government telegraph lino Is
now completed to Flvo Fingers and
Is progressing so rapidly that mes
sages may bo sent over It to Dawson
In less than two months from dato.
Two representatives of n company
which claims to havo a concession for
n cablo from Vancouver, B. C, to this
port, are now hero. Thoy Bay step3
will vory shortly bo taken to bogln
tho laying of tho cablo. Much London
capital Is said to havo been subscribed
for this cablo In order that tho mln
Ing market In London may bo In
telegraphic communication with tho
gold fields of tho interior.
R0BT. INGERS0LL NOT RICH.
He Wni a Grcnt Money Maker, but
ViMir Money Sliver.
NEW YORK, July 24. Regarding
Colonel Ingersoll's catato his brother
In-law and prlvato secretary, C. P. Far
roll, Bald:
"If ho loft a will I don't know of It
Colonel Ingorsoll died poor. Ho was a
great money enrnor, but a poor money
Bavcr. For years and years, por.haps
tnirty, nis incomo was Immense.
cannot recall any lawyer who la his
equal at enrnlng dollnra. Othera havo
mado largor fees nt times, but no law
yers' fees that I know havo run so hlch
on tho avorago. Ho has not loft any
camio worm speaKinff or."
Wilt nitunn Xeorro Mlnnr.
EVANSVILLE. Ind., July 24. The
striking miners hald a hlir mMtin. n
tho Central Labor union hall yester-
uay-niui.uiBcuBBea mo strlko situation.
After the mooting the head of tho po
llco department. Detuctlvn tfrwt
necke and Sheriff Koepke, called upon
uuim lUKia anu uhkou mm to disarm
his necro minors. Tin ram h
Willingly do BO If hn hnd mlnt,.i
that tho striking miners would not
carry arms, tie said mat whllo hla
men carried arms openly tho strikers
did not dlanlav their vmnnno
The
situation Btlll remains asrlous. '
NO MEN GO FROM OMAHA.
Smelter Will Not Send Employes to Itc
place Denver Strikers.
OMAHA. July 24. When Been with
reforonca to a Denver, Colo., report
that 150 men would bo Bont from hero
to Denver td roplaco tho'strlkors, Pres
ident E. W. Nash of tho smoltor trust
sold:
"ft la not ntir (ntnntlon to Bend any
mon from Omaha. Thoso wo havo horo
wo need and will keep horo. Howevor4
It 18 tnio that mon aro ratner acarco
In Denver nt tho present tlmo anu
doubtless wo shall secure workmen
from Missouri, Kansas and Illinois,
should wo find ouresives snort or neip.
Tho hlsh wages now being paid In
Denver will naturally bo an muuee-
mnn for ontadlnra to RRfik Work til C TO
Bhould workmen be required. Just now
it Is Impossible to tell whother it will
be necessary to look outsiuo oi uoio-
rnrln fnr mon. f!prtnlnlv WO shall not
employ them under contract to go to
Denver, but will merely noia out tno
Inducement of higher wages than they
linvn linnn rnoolvlni? In thn Btfltffl I
havo mentioned. Practically tho strlko
la settled anu in a row uayB it win oo
posslblo to dctcrmlno our needs In tho
future."
THE PALL WAR CAMPAIGN.
Mounted Trooper to He Employed to
Oo Aftor tho llebclft.
CHICAGO, July 24. War department
orders wero received at Fort Sheridan
to placo L troop, Third cavalry, In im
mediate readiness for active service In
tho Philippines. Tho samo dispatch
aunounces tho administration's pur-
poso to uso cavalry moro freely in tho
fall campaign.
Major James B. Aylcshlro, who pur
chased tho government cavalry horses
for tho Spanish-American war, has ln
Btructlons to buy 3,000 nnimals. Ho
will look to the Chicago markot first,
and then it is said a selection will bo
mado of Texas ponies calculated to en
duro tho tropical climate. Tho drovo
will bo shipped to Seattlo and embark
ed on a fleet of sixteen transports,
which will sail for Manila via tho
Aleutian Islands, Alaska, and Nagas
aki, Japan. Tho Idea of tho round
about trip Is to glvo tho horses Inter
vals of rest Troop commanders at
Fort Sheridan state that tho chosen
route solves tho problem ot successful
transit of horsea to the eastern hemis
phere. LOST IN THE KLONDIKE.
Dally Grlit of Tales of Suffering In the
Northern Country.
FT. SCOTT. Kna., July 24. Tho
raembora of tho Sunflower Mining
company, who left thla placo for
Alaska eighteen months ago, Balling
In their own steamer from San Fran
cisco, aro stranded at St. Michaels on
their way home. Tho company start
ed with plenty of monoy and provl
elona for two ycara. Thoy spent tho
winter on the Koyukuk river, 2,300
miles abovo St. Michaels and 400 miles
nbovo tho furtherest point thoy could
reach by boat.
Tho first nows from thom for many
months was received today, and It
tolls of suffering and hardships. All
their money was spent In prospecting,
but no gold wns found. There wero
from ono to thrco deaths In all tho
companies In that region. Two men
becamo helpless from scurvy. Tho
doctor aald only vegetablo food would
eamo them, and two companions went
110 miles for potatoes.
THINKS BODY NOT HIS SON.
Filipino Supposed to Occupy Collin of a
Soldier
SAN FRANCISCO, July 21. Tho
Chronlclo saya that a casket supposed
to contnln tho remnlnB ot Prlvato
Francis Dcckclman, company L, First
California volunteers, was lowered In
May last Into a gravo In tho Deckel
man family plot at Odd Follow's cem
etery. On tho 11th of tho present
mouth, on tho suspicion that a mlstako
had been mado, tho casket was disin
terred at the request of tho boy's father
and the suspicion verified. Decompo
sition had sot In to such an extent that
Identification was Impossible, but It
was plain to tho bereaved father that
a dead Filipino had been given tho
resting placo Intended for his son. S.
Rolnard of this city, who disinterred
tho remains at Manila, states, however,
that they aro tho remains of young
Deckelman.
ALL PLACES PILLED.
No Moro Appointments to Do Mudo In
tho Volunteer Army.
WASHINGTON, July 21. "All of
tho commissions In tho voluntoor army
havo been Issued or disposed of," said
Adjutant General Corbln. "Flvo hund
red of theso commissions hnvo been Is
sued, or havo been prepared ready for
Issue, so that thoro aro now no moro
appointments to bo mado In tho volun
teer army."
Helling Off Their Sleiimem,
SEATTLE, Wash., July 24. Lato ar
rivals from 8t. Michaels, Alaakn, re
port that thcro aro at St. Michaels
about forty small river steamers for
sale. They aro the proporty of un
successful prospecting parties that
wintered on tho Koyukuk and other
branches of tho Yukon. In many In
stances their owners depend on tholr
ealo to secure means to obtain tho pci
sago home. Tho steamers aro for salo
at any price, but thero Is no demand
for them and none havo thus far Veen
reported sold. Several vessels aro re
ported aground on tho Koyukuk river.
They will not bo able to got away un
til tho river rises. A list of their
names la not obtainable.
(Inrmrnl Workers Ont.
NEW YORK, July 24. Six hundred
preesern, employed In tho garment
trado, Btruck work and organized a
union. They claim tholr 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, whllo
tho week workers want an lncreaso
of 15 per cent The Interesting point
of tho men Is that they may work
fifty-nine hours a weok Instead of
fifty, as at present