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MR. ALGEK'S REPORT.
tfLi Head of tho War Dopartmont Asks for
i an Incrnneso in thn Armu.
UrRc tho Ilovlvnl of tho llnnk or Lieuten
ant Coloiirl Wnnts Moro CnilPtri nt
Went Point und nu Inercnxo lu
tho Ungluuor Corps.
Washington. Nov. 22. In his first
annual report Secretary Alger ninkes
intmj' recommendations for the better
ment of the administration of the war
department, based upon the conclu
sions of his subordinate ofllcers. lie
asks favorablu consideration for tho
proposition to add two regiments to
the artillery branch, pointing to tho
valuable fortifications now being1
erected, which, he says, should not be
manned by a corporal's guard. Ho
sa3's of Alaska that as many as 100,000
people will be gathered there next
year and a muitai-y force should bo
sent to the territory and largo emer
gency powers should be granted to tho
president to repress lawlessness. Prob
ably tho creation of additional mili
tary reservations, like that of St.
Michaels, may be the best means to
meet the problem. A boat for tho pa
trol of tho Yukon Is also asked for, as
well as Increased pay for tho enlisted
men serving in Alaska.
Secretary Alger recommends tho re
vival of tho grado of lieutenant gen
eral, Baying Mint all tho nations glvo
thoir otliccrs much higher rank than
docs the United States. IIo indorses
tho recommendation of tho superin
tendent of tho military academy, that
the number of students at West Point
be increased by allowing each senator
to nominate a cadet. As an alterna
tive, he suggests that tho president bo
authorized to appoint ten cadets-at-
large each year. Favorable comment
Is made upon the work of tho military
colleges of tho country, but it is sug
gested that tho law bo amended so as
to authorize details of array ofllcers
only to such colleges as have at least
150 pupils actually present
In the opinion of tho secretary an
increase in the engineer corps in ofll
cers and enlisted men is indispensable.
He points to the immediate value and
extent of the work now in the hands
of Mils corps and contends that it
could bo better supervised and Im
proved In quantity and quality by tho
assignment of more ofllcers, which is
now Impossible.
Tho estimates for the next fiscal
year aggregate S9(J,258,445, as against
802,832,417, tho amount of the appro
priations for tho current year. Tho
principal items of increase are in rivers
and harbors, where the estimate is
,848,728,100, as against the appropria
tion of 823,278,028; fortifications and
sea coast defenses, 813,378,571, as
against 89,517,141, and military posts,
parks and cemeteries, 82,558,030,
against 8889,807.
METHODIST CONGRESS.
Alerting ut Pittsburgh CnllPil to Consider
ntomuntoUH QuPHtlonx of Religion.
PlTTSiiuiton, Pa., Nov. 22. Pitts
burgh has, perhaps, never been the
scene of a more notable religious
gathering than the Methodist Episco
pal church congress which began a
six days' session at Christ church yes
terday. In conception, purpose and
treatment, it is unique in ecclesiastical
annals, and marks an epoch in re
ligious history. The call for the con
gress, which was signed by Bishop
Vincent, Ninde and Fitzgerald and
many prominent Methodist educators,
says:
Tho consressdocs not proposo to Invito or fa
vor destructive criticism of existing Institu
tions, but simply to brine out from poisons rep
resenting different phuses of intellectual ac
tivity a frank expression as to whether tho
church can meet any more fully than it does tho
demands of our times, and, if so, wherein its ac
tivities may bo modliled or directed to advan
tage Tho congress will not concern Itself with
questions of church policy, but with issues
bearing upon tho rolation of the church to tho
thought and life of tho people as affected by
current sclentlllo and literary teachings. Tho
.congress will aim to secure an adequate prc
I sentatlon of tho tendencies of current .scientific
and literary teachings and also suggestions as
to tho best sorvico to bo rendered by tho church
In Interpreting thoso tendencies for tho spirit
ual and intellectual advantago of its followers.
THEY MAKE POOR SOLDIERS.
Tho Wir Douurtmont Given Up tho .Scheme
to Ilnvo Hod Mou In tho Army.
Washington, Nov. 22. The govern
ment has decided to make no further
experiment with Indians as soldiers.
Tho young Sioux have all been dis
charged. The original scheme was to
recruit eight troops of cavalry and
11) companies of infantry from the In
dian tribes of the west to form an In
dian contingent as part of tho regular
establishment of tho army. The ofll
cers of tho army who were assigned to
command tho Indian troops made
every effort to bring the Indians to
obey military discipline, but the plan
was a failure, and it was found prac
tically impossible to make them good
soldlei-s. Hereafter Indians will be
used only as scouts.
Jtiul Flro In Kaunas City, Kim.
Kansas City, Kan., Nov. 22. This
city was again visited with a very de
structive flro Saturday afternoon.
Eleven buildings, north of Minnesota
avenue between Third and Fourth
streets, all but two of which were
dwellings, were completely destroyed,
while four dwolllng houses were moro
or less damaged. Only for the assist
ance rendered by the fire department
of Kansas City Mo., the bulk of tho
city might have beon a mass of black'
ened ruins.
IS IT A FAKE?
Contradictory Jtopnrt Concerning tho Al
leged 'I)lRpjicitriiiiro'' or ii Kiinsun
Town.
Topkka, Kan., Nov. 20. Tho story
Bent out from Larncd, Kan., to tho
effect that tho Santa Fo station at
Rozcl, on tho Larncd-Jetmoro branch
of that road had been swallowed by
the earth last night is according to tho
statement of tho Santa Fo ofllcials in
this city wholly without foundation.
There hns been no depot building
at Ilozcl for somo time, the building
having been moved to another point
and no agent was ever stationed at
that point. They say tho regular
train on that branch enmo through as
usual this morning, indicating that
the roadbed was all right.
A special from Larncd Kan., says:
The excitement over the disappearance
of ltozel Increases as the news ot tho
remarkable phenomenon spreads.
Hundreds of people visited tho sccno
yesterday. Many theories aro ad
vanced to account for tho occurrence.
Somo contend that the earth dropped
into an immense cave; others that it
was caused by tho underflow of tho
Arkansas river, which is now, for tho
first time for moro than a year, bank
full at this point, and threatens an
inundation of tho low lands. Hut tho
most plausible theory is that advanced
yesterday that this cntiro section of
Kansas is underilowcd by an immenso
river or inland sea.
MAN WHO WORE A DAISY.
A THIEVING POSTMASTER.
Virginia Fodnntl Appointor's Dual fjtfo ICo.
willed by Ills Violent Dentil.
Nf.wiihun, Va., Nov. 20. Col. J. L.
Jordan, a rich farmer, hired two men
to watch his storehouse, which was be
ing regularly robbed, and one recent
midnight they ordered a man to halt
who had just taken a bag of wheat and
some apples, but he refused, and they
shot him dead. Tho corpse appeared
to bo that of a negro, but the black was
washed from tho face and It then ap
peared that tho dead man was John M.
Teagler, the postmaster. Tho commu
nity was shocked, because Teagler had
stood exceedingly well. Ho had held
the post ollice under Harrison and Mc
Kinley had reappointed him. In his
room were found wigs, false beards
and many costumes as well as bur
glars' tools, about a hundred keys and
dynamite.
A NOVEL CONTENTION.
Attorney Holds That Stealing Decoy Let
torn In Not a Federal Crime.
St. Louis, Nov. 20. A motion for a
now trial in the case against ex-Letter
Carrier Lawrence J. O'Neill, convicted
of tho theft of letters from tho St.
Louis post office, was argued before
Judge E. Adams in the United States
district court yesterday. His attorney
bases motion chiefly tipon the conten
tion that the decoy letters which caused
O'Neill's conviction were never in
tended for delivery to the persons to
whom they were addressed, and hence
their theft, under mimerous supreme
court decisions, constituted no viola
tion of the federal statutes.
LONG TERMS FOR BANDITS.
Two Train KoIiIipim (lot Sentences of 45
mid RO Years.
Austin, Tex., Nov. 20. In the dis
trict court hero I. W. Fisher and Felix
Wolff pleaded guilty to robbing the
International & Great Northern train
at McNeill, 12 miles above here, Octo
ber 12, and were sentenced to 50 and 45
years, respectively, in the state ppnl
tentiary. They were expecting very
light sentences If they plead guilty,
which' actuated them to do so- There
were four charges against them.
IMPORTANT DECISION.
Indiana Supremo Court Says Money Lost nt
Uamblliig Can IIo Kccovoruri.
Indianapolis, Ind., Nov. 20. Tho
supreme court held that tho statute
making it the duty of the prosecuting
attorney to sue for and recover in tho
name of the state for the benefit of his
wife or minor children all sums of
money lost by any personal gambling,
for which ho neglects to sue within six
months, is constitutional. The court
says the title to money won at gam
bling never vests in the winner.
TERRIBLE DUEL AT WACO.
Tho Texas Town tho Seeno or Further
Trouble Over tho Itranu AITulr.
Waco, Tex., Nov. 20. J. W. Harris,
editor of the Waco Times-Herald, and
W. A. Harris, his brother, on ono side,
and Judge G. 1$. Gerald, a prominent
citizen, fought a duel to tho death on
tho street yesterday afternoon at five
o'elock. W. A. Harris was shot dead,
J. W. Harris wounded fatally, his body
being paralyzed,and Gerald was shot in
tho sido and may die. The trouble was
the outcome of the mobbing of W. C.
Ilrann, publisher of tho Iconoclast.
Gerald was an ex-county judge and
one of Waco's most prominent citizens.
Will Work ror Statutory Prohibition.
Chicago, Nov. 20. The conferences
of tho general ofllcers of the national
W. C T. U. adjourned yestorday. The
keynote of the work for this year, it
was announced, is "statutory prohibi
tion in Mie states." Miss Helen L,
Hood, of Chicago, was appointed super
intendent of literature and convener
of tho next convention. About 10,000
local unions actively at work were re
ported. Nebraska (Sold Fields.
Joi'LiN, Mo., Nov. 20. L. C. McCarn,
editor of tho Joplin Globe, has just re
turned from tho Sallno county, Nob.,
gold fields, and gives a glowing ac
sountof tho great finds of the precious
tnotav there.
GlrlN LmiKlied lleeiuiNe It AViin of
Cloth, Hut 'Pliny llciionluil.
They were giddy girls of tho kittenish ago,
slid, being out on a lnrk without cliniicrons,
they spoke their thoughts aloud mm made
nmc of everyone and everything they saw,
on the principle Mint all was iish Mint enmc
to their nets.
One passenger on tho elevnted rnilrond
particularly amused them, from the fact
Mint although it was the month of blcnk
November lie wore n white dniny in his
buttonhole, a fine specimen of the ragged
edge vnriety. It wns conspicuous from its
size, and tho girls regnrded it as a legiti
mate object of sport. Not being deaf nor
blind, the ninn wlio wore the modest flower
with the yellow heart grew embnrrnRscd
over the attention horeceived. At Inst one
of the girls made n discovery.
"It isn't genuine." she suggested to the
others, in n loud whisper.
"W-h-a-t?" they trilled in chorus.
"It's n base counterfeit."
"No! Never!"
"Yes, it's a cloth dnisy."
Uy this time the mnn upon whom nil eyes
were fociiRscd wns ready to leave the cnr.
Ik'fore he went lie touched his lint to his tor
mentors. "Yes," ho snitl, plcnsnntly, "this is n cloth
dnisy. My little daughter, who isnn invalid,
made it nnd pinned it on. She nsked mo to
wenr it, nnd T had not the heart to refuse
her. I hope I hnvc your permission?"
A group of Hhnnicfnccu girls sneaked out
of the cnr nt the next stntion. Chicago
Times-Herald.
HE CONQUERED .IT.
Awful Struggle with n Mounter Tlint
Filially Yielded.
All wns silence for n moment.
Then n loud, shrill shriek rent the startled
air. There wns the f-ound of u heavy bodv
fnlling, n crashing of timbers, a noise as of
sinful spirits wailing in despair. A chain
crenked dismally nnd then parted with a
dead, metallic snnp. Staggering Imckward.
he fell against .the wnshstand. The bowl
and pitcher fell in a confused mass of broken
crockery upon the floor, while the wnter
flooded the room.
Again he ndvnnccd to the nttnek, nnd the
blnck-hrowcd monster bent slightly forward
nnd cast him full length upon tin; floor.
Wood gushed trom his wounds, hut ho
leaped ngnin to the nttnek. With loud curses
he grappled with the demon. His garments
were torn in n hundred plnccs. One eye wns !
Iilnck nnd blue! I he other wns blue nnd
blnck! But still he kept up the fearful
combat. At length, when nearly exhausted,
with his life blood slowly oozing from a
thousand wounds and his brcnth coming in
short, painful gasps, he won! The dread
monster Jay wide open before him.
"There!" he said, as he wiped the drops
of perspiration from his brow. "There! It's
a cold day when I can't open a folding bed!"
-N. Y. World.
A Mean "White Mnn.
"Rev. Amindnb Blcdso, of the St. Louis
Blue Light tabernacle, met Jim Webster a
few days ngo near the Grand Union depot
and nsked him how he was off for firewood.
"I reckon I hns got erbout five cords Inid
up for de winter."
"Dat oughter las' yer er long while," said
Pnrson Blcdso, who wns figuring to borrow
someof Jim's fuel.
"Hit ain't gwine ter las't so worry long,"
replied Jim, "beknse dc white mnn in whose
yard 'at wood is burns it up jess nR if it
didn't cos' him cr cent." N. Y. World.
Mlnery by the Wholesale,
Is what chronic inactivity of the liver gives
rise to. Bile gets into the blood nnd imparts
a yellow tint, the tongue fouls, and so does
the brcnth, sick headaches, pain beneath the
right ribs nnd shoulder blades arc felt, the
bowels become constipated and the stom
ach disordered. The proven remedy for this
catalogue of evils is Hostetter's Stomach Bit
ters, a medicine long and professionally rec
ommended, and sovereign also for chills nnd
fever, nervousness and rheumatism.
We notice Mint girls with steadies never
have fnscinnting girls come to visit them.
Atchison Globe.
Wearing glasses seems to go in families,
like consumption nnd red hair. Washing
ton Democrat.
A big investment for a workingmnn is
St. Jacobs Oil. It cures rheumatism.
Very few nice girls have fool mothers.
Atchibon Globe.
Disfigured from n bruise? No: not
When St. Jacobs Oil cures it. No chance.
Many nctrcsses seem to favor long engage
ments nnd short mnrringes. Chicago New.
Disability is made nlii'li.-. to work from
The cure of Lumbago by St. Jtcbs Oil.
THE GENERAL MARKET.
Ma, Nov. 20.
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Kansas City,
CATTLE-Ucst hooves J
Stochcrs 3 15
Native cows l 75
HOGS Choico to heavy 3 110
SIIKKl' s 85
WHEAT No. U red VVAiH
No. Shard 81
COIIN-No. 11 mixed L:iM
OATS No. 2 mixed L'O
UYE-No. 2. 43',
FLOUK Patent, per barrel.... 4 05
Fancy 4 10
HAY Choico timothy 8 50
Fancy jiralric, 7 00
BRAN (hacked) r0
BUTT EK-Cholco creamery. ... 19
CHEKSE-Full cream It
BUGS Choice VYM
POTATOES 45
ST. LOUIS.
CATTLE Native and shipping 3 8')
Texaris. 3 00
HOGS Heavy. 3 ,10
SHEEP Fair to choico 2 50
FLOUK-Choico 4 10
WHEAT No. it red
COHN No. a mixed
OATS-No. li mixed
KYE-No. 2.
BUTTEK-Crenmery.
LARD Western mcbs 4
PORK. a
CHICAGO.
DATTLE-Common to prlnio..
DOGS Packing and shipping.
SHEEP-Fair to choice
FLOUR Winter wheat.
WHEAT No. H red
CORN-No. 'J
OATS-No. a
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HOGS Good to choico
WHEAT No. 2 rtd
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OATS-No. 2
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