THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE
IKA I 1IAIIE, Proprietor.
TEIIM8: 125 IN ADVANCE.
NORTH PLATTE,
NEBRASKA.
I THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
Scnntor Bailey of Texas saw tho
president In tho Interest of Major Lu
ther II. Hnro of tho regular army,
who Is a candidate for n brigadier
generalship.
Frank W. Hockott, assistant secre
tary of tho navy, will rotlro shortly
from that offlce. Ho will bo succeeded
by Judgo CharleB II. Darling of Bon
nlngton, Vt
It Is reported In Tohcran, says a
dispatch to tho London Dally Mall
from tho Persian capital, that Great
Britain has doclarcd a protectorate
over Kowoit
Philip A. Stowart of Colorado
Springs, with whom President Rooac
volt hunted In Colorado last cummer,
Is a guest at tho Whlto Houso for
sovcral days.
P. 13. Rlttmann, auditor of tho war
department, has Issued a special cir
cular relating to bounties to soldiers
for services In tho rccont Spanlsh
Amorlcnn war.
Ex-Govornor Hogg of Texas Bays
that about a year nzo ho stopped at
Beaumont between trains and made a
deal In oil lands thoro which nottcd
him 11,000,000.
Gonoral Corbln lnJils annual report
BUggosts somo radical changes in tho
Borvlce. Ho wants a war college, sor
fvante for officials and a cnblo direct to
tho Philippines.
A special dispatch from Capotown
says that, owing to tho restrictions of
martial law, tho pro-Boor South Afri
cans News has boon obliged ,to sus
pend publication.
Tho North Gorman Gazotto, Boml
olllclal, doclaros that tho roporta circu
lated to tho effoct that Germany will
shortly lssuo a loan In tho United
States aro unfounded.
At Narrngansott Park, R. I Honrl
Fournlor of Paris attempted to es
tablish a now world's record of ten
miles. Ho went three mllos In 3:27,
Vhon rain stoppod him.
Tho epidemic of typhus at GolBson
klrchon Is aprendlng. Forty now
cases havo boon ofllclally reported.
Prof. Koch has gono thoro to Investi
gate for tho government
Tho Amorlcan Transvaal loaguo of
Chicago is planning a mass mooting
to bo hold in tho auditorium in that
city and has asked Bourko Cockran
to bo tho principal orator.
Mrs. Root, tho wlfo of tho socrotary
of war, and hor children havo arrlvod
at Washington and oxpoct to bo Join
ed noxt wook by tho socrotary, who is
still away on his vacation. ,
Mllllo Cooper, assistant to tho post
master of Mnnnon, la., attomptod sui
cide by Jumping from tho mlddlo of
tho Illinois Central railroad brldgo
into tho Dcs Molnoa river.
Tho arrival of Charles Hartzoll, tho
nowly appointed secretary of Porto
Rico, Is anxiously awaited. Govor
nor Hunt intends to make, Boveral
tours In tho Island, but will not start
until Hartzoll arrives.
Tho comptroller of tho currency is
In receipt of a telegram from tho
president of tho National hank of
Boycotown, Pa., that tho bank has
closed its doors on account of tho dls
appearanco of tho caAlilor.
Tho annual report of Captain Mori
dlth, tho dlroctor of tho bureau of on
graving and printing, Bhows that tho
aggregate number of shoots delivered
during 1000 was 116,009,423, whllo for
1001 thoro woro 121,658,201.
Both branchos of tho city council
at Philadelphia unanimously passod
a Joint resolution authorizing tho tnk
ing of Liberty boll to Charleston ex
position, whoro it will bo an attrac
tion in tho Philadelphia building.
Rev. Charles C. Croegan, sccrotary
of ftlho American board, nnnounrxl
that a Mr. Ingram of Eau Claire, Wis.,
had offorod to bo ono of ten to pay
tho fGO.OOu required to complete tao
ransom fund for Miss Stono.
A special from Winnipeg Bays that
Nicholas Davon, a veteran Journalist
and former mombor of parliament,
shot hlmsolt dead In hl room in tho
Clarendon hotel. Ho had boen promi
nent in politics in tho northwest for
twent years and was tho author of
sovaral hooka and plays.
8, E. Maxwoll, traveling roprosonta
tlvo of a St. Louis nowBpapor, died in
Mobile.
Tho gunboat Goncral Alva has boon
placed at tho disposal of Govornor Tatt
in tho Philippines by tho navy de
partment.
All rocordB for tho collection of
taxes in Now York City havo boon
broken, $15,000,000 boing paid Into tho
city treasury tho flrat day.
Ice president has appolntod Frank
W. Swanton postmaster at Nomo,
Alaska.
In Northampton, England, turhulont
sconce occur; od. Hundreds of employ.
od shoemakers, Inoltod by socialists,
stormed tho workhouso, demanding
relief from the distress caused by tho
paralysis of trade attributed to
American competition.
Assassin to Bo Executed October 28 or
Following Day,
ARRANGEMENTS MAUL IN SECRET
State Superintendent of l'rlsons nntl
Wnrden Meade Holect Twenty-HI Wit
nesses From Ainoi'C TweWo Hundred
Who Witnt to Hoe tho Kloetrocutlon,
ALBANY, N. Y., Oct. 22. Warden
Moado of Auburn prison spent several
hours yesterday In conferonco with
Superintendent of Stato Prisons Cor
nollus V. Collins arranging tho details
for carrying out tho Bontcnco of death
imposed on Leon F. Czolgosz, tho
murderer of President McKlnlcy.
Thoy wont carefully over tho 1,200
requests which havo boon received for
invitations to tho electrocution. Thoro
will bo but twenty-six witnesses ad
mitted. Tho prison physician will bo
asfllstod in tho autopsy bypr. Carlos
McDonald, formor president of tho
stato commission of lunacy and ono of
tho greatest experts on Insanity in
tho coimtry. There will also bo a
numbor of other physicians In nttond
anco whon tho (lnul mandate of tho
law Is carried out.
Superintendent Collins Is silent as
to whom ho will Invite, but It Is loarn
od that tho sheriff of Erie county will
rocolvo an lnvltntlon. Bccuuso of tho
small attendance that can bo had un
dor tho Btittuto thoro will bo but a
limited numbor Of representatives of
tho press present
Tho dotnlla for tho execution havo
boon practically completed and whllo
tho prison authorities guard with
great secrecy all facts, it is believed
that tho execution will take placo bo
foro 0 o'clock on tho morning of Octo
bor 28, or, If everything cannot bo
gotten ready on that day, at a similar
hour on October 29. Tho work of se
lecting tho Jury to sign tho death
warrant of tho murdoror has boon
oomplotod, but their names aro with
hold from publication. Thoy will
not bo known until tho morning of tho
eloctrocutlon.
INTERNAL REVENUE IS LESS
September Statement of Collections
Shown Falling urr.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 22. Tho
monthly statomont of tho collections
of internal rovenuo Issued by tho
oomralsslonor of Internal rovenuo
shows that tho total receipts for Sop
tombor, 1901, woro ?21,C04,447, a do
croaBo as compared with Soptombor,
1000, of 11,849,330.
Tho rocolpta from tho sovoral
Bources of royonuo aro glvon as fol
lows! Spirits, ?9,402,002; lncrcaso,
097,973. Tobacco, 4,3G0,097; decreaso,
1920,034. Oleomargarine, ?203,7CG; in
croaso, ?15,884. Spoclal taxes not olso-
whero enumoratod, $97,423; lncrcaso,
$13,158. Miscellaneous, $1,040,073; do-
croaso, $1,438,209.
For tho three months ending Bop-
tombor 30, 1901, tho total rocolpts Bhow
a falling otf of $4,417,052 from tho tig
ures of tho corresponding period of
last yoar.
NO OFFER FOR BURLINGTON
Officials Deny Story that Union l'aoino
Wants Control.
NEW YORK, Oct. 22. Tho Evening
Post Bays: "A stntomunt publlshod
yostorday morning that an offer had
boon mado by tho Union Pacific Inter
ests to tako ovor a half Interest in
tho Burlington railway, and that this
offer had boon rojected, was declared
to ho Incorrect It was admlttod,
howovor, that tho story hnd this much
foundation: That a suggestion has
boon made in tho current conforonco
over Northern Pacific control for a
division of tho Burlington. This pro
posal, howovor, originated with Mr.
Hill and was ono of many Biiggosttons
wlilch hnd not been long dlBcussod,
Thejr Want to Ha Annexed.
HAVANA, Oct 22, A petition ask
Ing that Cuba bo anuoxed to tho
Unltod Stntos is boing circulated
among Cuban business mon nnd every
effort Is boing contorod upon annoxn
Mon, as business men generally, It 1b
alleged, bollovo that tho reciprocity
movement will amount to nothing. A
meeting has boon arranged for Wed
nesday noxt at which, although hold
under tho gulBo of reciprocity, It Is
said to bo tho first gun In tho cam
paign for nnnoxatlon will bo fired by
Cuba's orators, Souors Davorntno nnd
Lnnuza nnd tho Marquis do Montoro.
DUermllted Htory of newel's Death.
THE HAGUE, Oct. 22. Tho formor
rosldonts of tho TraiiBvaat who nrV
now In tho city ontlroly dlscrodlt tho
rumors of tho death of General Dowot
emanating from Durbnn, Natal.
Two Men CoUYloted of Murder.
HAVANA, Oct 21. Two mon con
victed of murder will bo oxecuted by
tho garroto noxt Wednesday. Theso
will bo the first oxecutlons slnco tho
occupation of tho island by tho Uni
ted States.
ROB THE CHICAGO POSTOFf ICE
Unrclnm Drill Into Slump Vault from
Undernentlt the llulldliifr.
CHICAGO, Oct. 22. A sensational
robbery which netted tho perpetrators
$74,010 In stamps was discovered hero
yostorday morning whon tho wholcsalo
stamp department of tho post olllco
was opened for business.
A rnpld Investigation dovolopcd tho
fact that tho burglars had crawled un
dor tho flooring for about 300 feet,
bored a hole In tho bottom of tho
vault, secured tho Btamps and escaped,
carrying their booty In a wagon.
Tho work of forcing nn entranco to
tho vault had ovldontly been going for
ward with much patlcnco for many
dnyB. It is bollovod, howovor, that tho
Intention of tho thlovcs had boon to
ontcr tho cashier's vault, in which
thoro was $35,000 in monoy and stamps
valued at hundreds of thousands of
dollars. Tho bottom of the vault Is of
Btcol, half an Inch thick. In this nlnc-ty-Bovcn
holes wero borod until a spaco
eighteen Inches squaro Just enough to
allow tho entrance of a man's body
hnd been so weakened that It was pos
slblo to tako out tho wholo plato with
llttlo dimculty. A dry goods box stood
ovor tho hole thus mado and concealed
tho work of tho robborB whllo It was
In progress. Whon discovered tho fin
ger marks of ono of tho burglara woro
still dlscornlblo on tho dust of tho
box, which ho had pushed to ono Bldo.-
So carefully had tho Job boen
plnnned that men working In other
parts of tho building had not tho'
slightest Inkling of tho daring robbery
being worked almost under tholr noses,
SOLDIERS SPECULATE IN OATS
Hold Out Feed on tho Horses and Bell to
the I.lverjiiiiin,
ST. PAUL, Oct 22. A special to tho
Dlspatcn from Miles City, Mont, Bays:
What appoars to be a Bystomatlc
ombozzlomont of government supplies,
which has boon going on for somo tlmo
has at loBt been dotoctcd by Captain
Short and Lloutonant Fov at Fort
Kcogh. Tho Btuff appropriated was
oats, intended for horses and daily
hold back by each horso. Foy and
Short found a soldier driving to town
at 12 o'clock Saturday night with
thirty-two sncks of oats. Tho driver
at flrBt whipped his mulo tenm off into
tho Bagobrush in nn effort to oscapo.
but was easily overtaken and said ho
was taking tho oats to Altchon'B barn.
Ho was sent to tho post under guard,
whllo Foy and Short took tho oats to
tho barn, disguising their oIHcors' uni
forms. Tho men at tho ham told thorn
whero to unload and whon thoy had
dono bo thoy had tho mon arrested.
HAVE HOPES FOR MISS STONE
l'ressnre Wrought to Ilenr on Iloth Tur
key nnd Hnlenrln.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 22. Thoro has
been no roport since Saturday at tho
stato dopartmont from Turkey or Bul
garia touching Miss Steno's coso. Tho
officials aro, howovor, by no means dis
couraged and aro still confident that
thoy will succeed in saving hor lifo,
but whether by diplomacy or foar Is
not clear. It is gathered that tho
friendship of tho Russian government
has much to do with tho confldonco of
tho officials horo, That government
Iisb responded in a most cordial Bplrlt
to tho appeal of tho state dopartmont,
which, unablo ltsolf from geographical
and political reasons to oxert pressuro
upon tho govommont of Bulgaria, has
boon pleased to avail Itself of tho pow
orful Influence of Russia on that gov
ommont Tho Turkish government
has for Its part responded In tho same
Bplrlt to tho appeal of tho United
States.
Delegate! Aro Introduced.
MEXICO CITY, Oct 22. Tho moot
ing of tho dolegntca to tho Pan-Amor-
lean congress yesterday afternoon was
puroly informal and its chief aim was
to make tho dologatcs acquainted wltli
ono another. Hon. Ignacio Marclol,
minister of foreign relations, was pres
ent and mingled among tho delegates.
Refreshments wero sorvod.
Kleotrlonl Discovery.
ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 22. A
mombor of tho faculty of Moscow Im
porlal Technical school rocontly dls
covored that a mlcrophono attached to
an electric art lamp by wlro will
transmit sound through tho modlum
of anothor olectrlc lamp.
Congressman1 Hull Itecoverlnir.
DES MOINES, Oct. 22. Physicians
roport thnt the condition of Congress
man Hull Is somowhat hotter, but it
will bo sovoral weeks beforo ho will
bo able to bo out
Walt for Home Ono to Hhoot.
COLON, Colombia, Oct. 22 Tho anx
ious and prolongod uncertainty re
garding tho dato upon which tho In
nurdgorvta will probablo attack tiio
city of "Panama still oxIstB, rosultlng
in a woarlBomo tension productive of
disastrous results to tho comntorco of
tho Isthmus. Tho rocent doubling of
Import duties on all goods and of tho
liquor taxes will not bo Ukoly, It is
thought, to result In a proportionate
increoso of rovenuo.
11
Admiral Bowles Calls Attention t.
of Progress in Construction,
Lacs
DELAY CAUSED BY STEEL STRIKE
No Fireproof Wood Found Kntlrely Hnt
lifactory to tho llurenu Moro Naval
Construction Wanted Nnvnl Yards
Limited by Dry Docks. '
WASHINGTON, Oct 21. Tho an
nual roport of Admiral Rowles, chief
of tho bureau of construction nnd re
pairs, calls attention to tho slow
progress in tho construction of tho
ships mado in tho last year, owing to
strikes and delays of delivery of
armor and Btcol forglngs. Ho points
out that under tho prcBcnt system for
tho purchnso of armour tho responsl
Blblllty for dolnys emanating from
this sources rests with tho government
and renders it linblo to suits for dam
ago by tho ship contractors. Tho con
struction bureau, ha says, has mado
considerable progress townrd tho
standardization of ship fittings, which,
ho Bays, will reduce tho original cost
of ships of tho navy nnd decreaso tho
oxponBo of tholr maintenance. Ho
touches upon tho tests of flrcproofed
wood conducted by his bureau and
says that whllo tho products of tho
two processes submitted both possess
doslrablo qualities, neither wholly
commends tlself to adoption by tho
navy.
Admiral Bowles strongly rocom-
monds that tho floating dry dock at
Havana, rocontly purchased from tho
Spanish government, bo sent to tho
stta of tho now naval station nt Olon
gapo, Philippine Islands, as soon as
tho repairs on It aro completed. It Is
essontlal, ho says, for tho efficiency of
tho navy on tho Asiatic station, both
from a strategical and economical
point, that tho govommont should bo
in possession of a dry dock in the
Philippines at tho earliest possible
moment. Ho says tho dock Just pur
ohasod can bo placed in condition for
uso of vcssols up to 10,000 tons dis
placement within tho limit of tho
sum appropriated by congress for its
acquirement.
Admiral Bowles earnestly recom
mends an lncrcaso in tho number of
naval constructors, which is now lim
ited by law to forty. This number,
ho says, Is entirely inadequato to tho
present needs of tho sorvico and ho
urges that tho limit of tho corps bo
increasod by congress to sixty. Ho
Baya tho offlctency'of tho navy yards
throughout tho country Is largely lim
ited by tho lack of dry docks and mod
ern buildings for tho equipment of tho
yards. Tho navy yards, however,
contlnuo to present a fruitful field for
tho application of modorn engineer
ing to tholr mochnnlcal equipment
as woll as modorn methods of organ
ization to tho schemo of administra
tion, which, if properly applied, should
result In groator efficiency in tho con
duct of tho work and grcator econ
omy in tho exponso, which Is now out
of proportion to tho work dono.
Admiral Bowles says tho construc
tion buroau has been taxed to its ut
most by tho work of designing now
vessels and BupervlBlng vessels now
building, and that these conditions
havo been aggravated by a lack of
such navy department buildings avnll-
ablo for tho tochnlcal and clorlcal
staffs of tho bureau. Ho reports a
lack of draftsmen of tho requlslto
qualifications and oxpresscs a deslro
to obtain for tho'bureau moro grad
uates of technical schools.
Fire Consuming liny Field.
LA CROSSE, Wis., Oct. 21.-iLato
UiIb afternoon flro was discovered In
tho hay Holds which mirround this
city. Tho llames aro now burning ev
erything bofore them nnd tho flromon
aro poworless owing to tho flro being
outstdo tho city limits nnd boyond
water sorvico. It Is believed the flro
was started by tramps. Upon these
lands aro stacked thousands of tons
of hay. Although tho loss cannot bo
estimated at present It Is thought It
will bo enormous.
Lruderlnk KrslRns.
SANTIAGO DE CHILE, Oct. 21.-
(Vla Qalveston) J. Londorlnk, score
tary of tho United States legation, has
resigned his position nnd will soon
leavo for tho United Stntes.
Aucimtu De ForPst Dend,
NEW YORK, Oct 21. Augusta do
Forest, tho well known actress who
played leading roles with Aloxandor
Salvlnl, John McCullough and Edwin
Booth, died at her homo In this city
Would ihilld Iteservnlr.
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, Oct 21.
Prcsldont Georgo J. Gould of the
Northorn Pacific, with officers of that
road and tho Donvcr & Rio Grande
loft horo by special train ovor tho lat
tor road for Denver toulght. During
tho aftornoon tho Pnrkor City branci;
was inspected and tonight tho spocia
tied up at Sprlngvillo. Tomorrow thi
Tintic mining district will bo visited
then tho San Poto valloy branch wll
WILL PLANT A M'KINLEY OAK
8peclnl Ceremony for Occasion of Boose
veil's Visit.
FARMINGTON, Conn., Oct. 21. Ar
rangomonta for tho visit of President
Roosevelt to this town next Tuesday
Include tho dedication of n tree which
is to bo planted on tho village green
by tho townspeople and named tho
McKInloy oak. Thoro will bo a recep
tion In tho afternoon to tho young
women of a boarding school and 100
other Invited guests. The purposo of
tho president's coming Is to vlBlt his
slBter, tho wlfo of Commander W. S.
Cowles, U. S. N. He Is expected to
arrive hero at 1:15 p. m., Tuesday, by
a special train and will bo accompan
ied by Sonators Hawley and Piatt,
Comamnder Cowles, Secretary Cor
telyou and Thoodoro Bingham.
Preparations for police protection
havo been mado at tho request of
Washington, ofnclnls, twenty consta
bles having been detailed for special
dutv on thnt day.
On Wednesday morning at 8:10
o'clock tho president will leavo for
New Haven to attond tho Yalo bl
contonnlal exercises.
GRAND ARMY APPOINTMENTS
Torrnnce Gives 1,1st of Onicnrs to Serve
Until Next Kucninpment.
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct 21 Commnnd-or-ln-Chlef
Ell Torrenco of tho Grand
Army of tho Republic gavo out these
appointments:
Judgo ndvocato general, Honry M.
Dufllold, Detroit; chief of staff, Major
Noel Blakeman, Mount Vernon, N. Y.
Theso persons havo been named as
membors of tho oxocutivo committee
of tho national council of administra
tion and with, tho commandor-ln-chlof,
his adjutant general and quartermas
ter general, will decldo upon tho time
and placo of holding tho noxt national
encampment: William Armstrong, In
dianapolis, Ind.; Edgar Allen, Rich
mond, Va.; Thomas O. Sample, Alle
ghany, Pa.; S. C. Jones, Contorvlllo,
la.; Loren W. Collins, St Cloud,
Minn.; Thomas W. Scott, Fairfield,
III.; Frank M. Skcrrott, St Louis.
DEATH SENTENCE APPROVED
Frlvnte Wines Is to Ilimc for Ills Orlmo
In 1'hlllpplnes.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. President
Roosovolt has approved the death sen
tonco Imposed In tho coso of Private
William Wines, Company I, Twenty-
fourth (colored) Infantry, found guilty
of murder In Pangasinan, P. I., and
sontenced to bo hangod. Tho presi
dent directs that tho sentence bo duly
orrled into execution at a tme and
placo to bo designated by tho com
manding gcnoral of tho Dopartmont of
Northorn Luzon. In tho caso of Pri
vate Michael H. Robinson, Company
F, Twenty-fifth (colored) Infantry,
convicted of desertion nnd sentenced
to bo hanged, tho president has com
muted tho sentonco to dishonorable
illschargo with forfeiture of all pay
and confinement at hard labor for life.
Ilrlcnnds Keep Out of Sight.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Oct 21. Tho
United States legation in Constanti
nople Is still without definite nowrf
from either tho Rev. Dr. C. H. Has
kell, or tho Rov. J. W. Baird of the?
Congregational mission nt Samkova)
Bulgaria, who havo been endeavoring
to got In touch with tho abductors of
Miss Ellen M. Stono, tho missionary;
and Mmo. Tsllka hor companion,
with n vlow of arranging as to tho
ransom demanded by tho brigands.
Mr. Baird who was at DJumbalo, has
returned to Samakov, Indicating his
failure to got In touch with tho bri
gands from tho Turkish side.
On the Commerce of Culm.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 21. A com
parative statement of tho commorco of
tho Island of Cuba for tho ten months
ended April 30, 1901 and 1900, has been
proparcd In tho division of insular
affalrg of tho war department tl
shows that tho total valuo of mer
chandise Imported during tho ten
months ended April 30, 1901, was $54,
412,202, against $59,925,339 for the
samo period of 1900.
Cnpe Colony In ltebelllon.
LONDON, Oct 21. Mr. Kruger has
roceived a messngo from Gcnoral
Schalk-Burgher that tho greater part
of Capo Colony Is in rebellion, says
a dispatch from Brussols to tho Dally
Mali, and that tho Boors hnvo armed
15,000 Afrikanders In tho past three
months.
Mrs. Edwin H. Congor, wlfo of Mln
tor Congor, pnssod through Omnha
on hor way to China. She was ac
companled by Mrs. J. R. Drako
Cllnd White Is to Itetuui.
BERLIN, Oct. 20. Tlio nows re
ceived hero that Andrew D. Whlto,
tho United States ambassador, returns
to Berlin In November to stay has
caused great satisfaction In Berlin.
Cnniidlnns Try Hurnrltluir.
PRETORIA. Oct. 21. A forco of
Canadian scouts surprised n Boer
laager near Balmoral. Tho Boors fled
nfter, a short fight. The Canadians
had two killed and an officer and two
mon wounded.
MB AGAIN A
VICTIM
Bolomen Attach Detachment of amo
Regiment that Buffered at Bamar.
TEN INFANTRYMEN ARE KILLED
Comrndrs Come Just In Time to Prevent
Further Slaughter Ono Hundred Na
tives Are Killed Itofore They Can Es
cape After Attack.
MANILA, Oct 19. Flvo hundred
bolomen attacked a detachment of forty-six
men of ho Ninth Infantry at
Bangajon, on tho Gandara river, Island,
of Samar, today, killing ton nnd
wounding six. The remaindor of tho
company arrived on tho sceno in tlmo
to prevent furtnor slaughter and rout
ed tho enemy, killing ovor 100 of
them. It Is believed that tho enemy
only rotlred for reinforcements. As
soon as tho news was received at Cat
bologan tho gunboats wero dispatched,
General Smith going in person to tho
scene.
Tho War deportment oIIlclalB woro
somowhat dismayed at tho prcsa report
of tho now setback on tho Island of
bamar.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19. Tho fol
lowing brief cablegram from Goncral
Chaffeo reporting tho fight of tho Ninth
infantry in Samar Wednesday was ro
coived at tho War department this
aftornoon:
MANILA, Oct 19. Corbln, Adjutant
General, Washington: Forty-six men,
Company E, Ninth infantry, under
First Lloutonant Georgo W. Wallace,
In field, lower Candara, Samar, was
attacked by 400 bolomen October 10.
Our loss, ten killed, bIx wounded;
names not received. Elghty-ono of tho
enemy loft dead on the field. Enemy
beaton off.
Tho Ninth Infantry, which suffered
there, was tho samo organization that
ongaged In tho latest fight at Banga
jon, though in this caso tho company
attacked it not known.
An Inspection of tho dispositions
mado of the troops on tho Island of
Samar shows that before tho Balangiga
fight thoro wero no less than thirty
eight separato posts. Theso wero so
disposed that supplies could bo con
voyed to tho troops by water. Gen
eral Hughes has left Samar and gono
to tho Island of Cebu to recuperate,
which accounts for tho assumption of
tho command on Samar by General
Smith. General Hughes was worn out
and suffered from tho effects of a so
voro fall received while chasing insur
rectionists in tho mountains of Samar.
NATIVE HAWAIIANS DYING OFF
In Addition to Decreasing In Numbor
Will Not Work on Plantations.
WASHINGTON, Oct 19. Henry E.
Cooper, territorial secretary and for
several months prior to his departuro
for tho United States acting governor
of Hawaii, has discussed with Secre
tary of Agrlculturo Wilson tho con
ditions in tho territory. Ono of tho
main alms of Mr. Cooper's trip horo is
to acquaint tho administration with
tho aotual situation In Hawaii. In his
conforenco with Secretary Wilson ho
emphasized tho seriousness of the labor
problom. Tho natives aro dying off
rapidly, tho mortality boing in tho
neighborhood of forty deaths to tho
thousand, and foreign laborors are get
ting out of tho country much moro
rapidly than thoy aro coming In. Tho
encouragement of Chinese labor, sold
ho, is regarded as tho most promis
ing solution and tho territorial govern
ment is anxious that large numbers
of laborers snail como in from China.
Tho sugar cano crop that should havo
been harvested at the beginning of
July, ho said, Is not yet off, tho field
and will not be harvested boforo next
month, Tho natives genorally will
not work. The coffeo industry is lan
guishing and many things that should
be raised there havo to bo bought out
Bide the Islands.
Secretary Wilson Informed Mr. Coop
er of a report from tho superintendent
of tho agricultural station In Honolulu
showing, among other tilings, that it
costs $2G an aero to fortillzo tho cano
crop In Hawaii and pointed out tho
big farm wage which has to bo paid to
farm laborers, viz., ?40 a month, In
cluding board, which Is approximately
$10 moro than In this country.
Muilo Muster of tho Itolls.
LONDON, Oct. 19. Sir Richard
Henn Collins, lord Justlco of appeal,
has boon appointed master of tho rolls,
In Biiccesslon to Sir Archibald Smith,
who has resigned on account" of 111
health.
Court Martini Ordered.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Oct. 19. Sec
rotary Long has approved tho recom
mondatlons of tho court of Inquiry In
tho caso of Colonel Robert L. Meade,
United States marine corps, and will
order a court martial to try Colonel
Moado on charges of intoxication while
on duty, of giving false testimony, and
of violating tho regulations In fail
ing to respond to charges preferred
against him by Colonel Denny and
Lieutenant Colonel Launchholnwr.
bo inspected thoroughly.