WAIT ON GOVERNOR.
WAR DEPARTMENT (NOT READY TO
ACT ON MUSTERING Qtj.
Intimation Given rlrwika KxerutlveThat
TroW Now In the I'hlllpptnM Bhonld
i irt Imi favored.
Washington, 1. 0. Sept, 27 (Special.)
-No otlioal Bttteuient has been Riven
out regarding the decision of the p'eei
deut with respect to niuatering out of
Nebraska volunteers. Intimations car
ried by these dispatches (or the past ten
daye will probably give a clue to t e
final outcome. The excess of the quota
of the atale was secured through the im
portunity of thore who desired the mut
tering in of the Thbd Nebraska, and for
the reduction of which Governor Hol
cmib and Colonel Bryan have been
pleading, will not be wiped out by the
breaking of either a portion of the First
or of the Third Nebraska. One of the
regiments in its entirety will be retained
In the service. It is possible that Gov
ernor Holcomb will be informed that he
will be permitted to designate which of
the to aliall be mustered out, a id that
In response to his importunities the re.
tpona bility will be thrown upon his
ehoulde-t of I'etarming whethether the
Third Nebraska, the latest of all to be
mustered in, which has seen no active
service whatever, and which hits been
coddled from the g'art in response to rr
feuments that that being Colmel Bryan's
regiment, it muct receive first consider
ation, or whether the First Nebraska,
now in the Philippines, and which baa
been under fire, alter months of active
service in a foreign country, shall be sent
back to their homes.
VlKhT 8II0t I.II BE FAVOMKI).
Strong intimation was given Govern
or Holcomb, according to common re
port, that if the question of the reduC'
tion of the Nebraska quota was a pres
Ing one, his request lor the mnster out
of thu First would rere v favorable
consideration. Upon his arrival at
Lincoln he will probably he in a position
to come to a conclusion upon the matier
anil to make his recommendation to the
war (k-p rlment.
Cap, William II. Heck, Tenth civalry
formerly Indian aentatthe Omaha
and Winnebago agency in Nebraska,
w s Unity selected as acting inspector
on the staff ot ' General Sumner, with
headqnar era at Omaha Captain Beik
return from the Santiago campaign
covered with laurel" for bravery in ac
tion, both in the H.'ht of J 'in 24 anl in
the battles of July 1 and 2. He was
recommended for promotion by Gen-
cal Wheeler for gallantry in a t on,
ami his d tad at Nmaba in a prmpt
recognition of b ih br.ivery and execu
tive abilitv.
heereiary lilies U''v directed tha
commifsioner of India. affairs to ad
vertise for bidt for a beat ni plant at
Genoa Ind an achoo', NebraHka.
Nehraka itoatmaatere appointed to
day: Millerion, Butler county, Kein
hol l E. Pillar, vice K. K. Hicks, re
sign d
A patent on a d mb!e row cultivator
was today iued to Philip Jarvn ol
Cedar Kapi 1b, Neb.
W. V.. A.vm.n.
I)nwey Hlee Miip.
WAHiiiNoros, Sept. 28. The official
account of the eizire by Admiral
Dewey of toe fil. butter ng steam Abbey
as reported in the prea dispatches, is
contained in the following ctb'eg'am re
ceived from the admiral Unlay at the
navy department :
Manila, Kept. 28. Having received
informa ion tlat the American steamer
Abbey left Maeto, September 21, with a
cargo of arrriB for Hatangaa, I sent the
Mcculloch, wliich arrived at Ua 'angai
the) 23 1, and found her in the harbor,
having arrived three dnya earlier an I
landed cargo. Th re were only Filipinos
on board. They rniuaed to itlve any in
formation and had no pipers whatever.
Seized and fought her here, where w
erenow holding bur. Tt e steamer tai
foimerly ihe I'anig, and is regiiiUred as
an American ve-sel. The United Staei
cor..u!atc at Canion has, information
that (die made one voyage of the sums
kind before. Dkwkv.
The navy department very promptly
approved A (mini Dewey's acion, a
indicated by the following cablegram
which wss rent t him todiy :
Knl(lil' nf AmerloM.
Gai.krriro, III., Hept. 27. The grand
lodge of select Knighla of America for
the district of Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota
and Wi-conain held its annual cess on
here today. The next meeting will be
held In Chicago in 1!)K), and biennial
hereafter. Officers were elected and ad
journment taken tonight. Grand Com
mander Hi drich of Chicago was em
powered to established new leuioua.
Women were admllt d to ihe insurance
benefits.
Pfadwood. S. D. Hept. 27. (Special.)
One of the worst timber Urea in year
la raging west of tagged Top, lietween
Iron Creek and the Little Searflish dis
trict. It has never before been burned
oyer. It bsa en-ellent timber. The fire
la beyond control, It baa burned six
days and the Ires Is area'..
rrrnrli Orfeat Kofaa
LoKimK.Sept. W. An official diapateb
from Han Loula, Bengal, French Africa,
sav force oi Soudanese aharpuhoot ra
In the French wrvice, commanded by
Lieutenant W.olfel, has defeated an
armv ol Sofas, under one of tbeSainoryi
chicle, capturing 6,000 men rieilng 800
gas rifles and quantities of ammunition.
H la added that the French lores had
one harpebonter wounded.
MOPE FOR DREYFUS
afc UkUtt DMMa ea
Ik CM.
Pakis, Sept, 26. At a meeting of the
cabinet this morning, all the ministers
being present, a decision was taken In
favor of a revision ol the trial of former
Captain Dreyfus, ar.d the document! in
the caee will be eent to the court of cau
sation. The cabinet ordered the mn inter of
justice, M. Sarrien, to lay before the
court of cassation the petition of Mad
ame Dreyfus, wife of the prisoner of
Devil's Island for a revision of her hus
band's case. The court will, therefore,
decide the legal question as to whether1
the first trial of Captain Dreyfus waa
vitiated by the forgery committed by
the late Colonel Henry, who waa a wit
ness before the court-martial, and ho
confessed to having forged a document
in the fame case. Tha minister of jus
tice has announced that he has given in
structions that procee lings are to be
taken at once against anyone attacking
the army.
The croAdaof people outside of the
minietry of the interior, where the cab
inet council was held, loudly cheered
the minis eia and there were abouta of
"Vive Brisfon." "vive la revision."
The cabinet meeting waa prolonged
and animated. I he minister of agri
culture, M. Vigoa, is said to have bitter
ly opposed a revision, and it is rumored
he will resign. He left the meeting
bef ire Heinle1, remarking to a news
paper n.an that he waa completely
voicelese.
It is supposed that the instructions to
prosecute anyone atlucking the army
were iiRued at the request of General
Chanoine.
The city is excited, and bourse in in a
di-turbed condition. Conservative pa
pers, however, counsel the people to re
nt in calm. It is doub'ftil if he action
of the call net is popular among the
mas.ten particularly the country people,
who, it is tainted out, 'Still clit g to the
letich of the honor of the army."
BAYS EliTKItllAZY WAS ItKlHkD
In the Intransigeant today Henry
Rochefort accnxens Viajor Esterhazy of
having hewi bribed by the eo-called
Dieyfua Buulieate to "cover himself
w ith diKhonorby c iifcRaing toafor;erv,
of which chaige he was twice acquit
ted." M. Kochefort addn t!int he paid
Eeterhaxy l.OiX) franc fur copies of all
the ''ociimenta in tli cane and that, in
addition, i'h twi other newspijer
men he piiid Esterhttzi1, who was e al
ly without, a centime, ,'iOO franca monih
ly to prevent him Imiii dying of hunger
while waiting to obta:n a peition. Con
tinuing M. Hochefor tays':
"l.'ecently without any apparent in
centive Esieri uzy iiyeteriotisly went o
London, abandoning bis 3'H) frinca
monthly. Wny tins emigration? Who
paid for hi j mrney? With what money
has Khlerhazy paid for his meali?"
M. Clemenceau in the Aurore re
niarks: "France is divided into to
can)H, those who conceive "hat the in
terest of the country depend on the
conceaim -nt of fuels liy liR and those
who have a sullicicutly hi.h esteem of
the country to tcparate enthiiHiaflin
front tl.e aspiration" of j'iBticeof tiuth."
Tiie Eibie P.irole Hsstrts that Kstcr
hflzy ha tel graphed to the minister of
war, General Chaoine, protesting
against the ct ry published in the Ch
eerier of Loi.don purporting to be a
confe ttion made by the major, the sub
stance of which was that he was the
author of the t ordereau, a document
which is sad to have furnished proof of
the.guilt of Dreyfus.
Nynipni hiziK With Miner.
Pi'MNOFiKLrj, III., Sept. 2.7 A large
delegation of uiijierR, representing min
er in different paitB of the state, called
on Governor Turner yesterday afternoon
to protest against the importation of
negro miners into Illinois. The delega
tion was headed by President Hunter
and Secretary Kyan, of the united mine
workers. The governor exores-ed the
strongest sympathy for the miners. He
said that in the abeence of federal legis
lation the worst, clas es could apparently
be gotten together and moved in great
masses front one part of the country to
the other, to the detriment of bibor. lie
promised to exert nil li is power against
the importation of labor. The Illinois
stiitutcs prohibiting the bringing ol
armed bodies, of men into tl e stale, the
gevrnor am-lrd, would be en'oreel.
Toe governor als,. pointed out that
ctinty boards ef supervisors could refuse
to pay for Brined deputies to guard im
ported miners.
Many 'ulmnt an Starving.
Washington, r-ept. 27. Telegrams
have been received at the Cuban lega
tion from c mm ire. oners who arrived st
Key Wfstand who were Rent to this
country by Gei.i rsl Gomez, the Cuban
insurgent leader. Thee teleiframs depict
the situation in the province of Hants
Clara aa moit ciitlcal. The Culmn army
is said to be starving. The vegetables
are almost gone and the last mules and
horses have been killed to feed the sick.
The children fin 1 old people are said to
be dying by doge ns every day. The
gene at appeals for aid and says Ms men
are desperate. The Hpanlsti are doing
all they can to make the insurgents'
situation more terrible.
Tennmee Mob Manga a Ne (ra.
Kmoxvim.b, Tenn., Sept. 27. A aps
cial to Mountain Oily, Tenn., aayat
About 2 o'clock thia morning a mob of
100 men overpowered the .Tobnaon coun
ty jailor and took John Williams the
negro who seriously rubbed Hhermnn
Dunn and assaulted Mrs. Mollia Bhelton
in till county a week ago, Irom the jail
and hung him to a tree about one mile
b ick of town. His body la still hanging
to the tree with a larga crowd viewing
the body. Oreet exeiUmeat prevails.
FOR WANT OF FOOD.
SPANISH FORCE 8 IN MANZANILLO
8UFFER HUNGER-
lahmnanlty at a Baoth General Related
Thrft and Murder are Daily Occur
ence! in tlie Cuban l apltml. Kipoatluu
a ttueceaa.
Havana, Kept. 26. According to pri
vate letters received here the Spanish
fotces in Mancanillo are in dire d is treat,
having nothing to eat. Owing to the
fact that large sums are already due to
the storekeepers in Matzauillo from the
military department, anittance baa
been re used. Help has been asked from
Havana several times, bnt no heed has
been f aid to the demands. The situa
tion is further aggravated by the insur
surgents, with whom the troops have
been ordered to have no communication.
The situation is very grave, and the offi
ciala onticipate thu iccurance of dis
turbances, prompted by hunger, which
it will be difficult to quell.
On Wednesday a rumor was put into
circulation that the American commis
sioners, in answer to the Spanish de
mand that the term of evacuation shall
extend until February, had delivered a
note stating that the United States gov
ernment iiihinte.l that tl.e evacuation be
completed by the end of October. Toe
rumor lacked official confirmation, but
the report gained credit the next day,
and way generally believed to have offi
cial foundation. This, however, was
flatly contracted officially by bo h sides,
the commisHioners absolutely denying
its truth to the Associated press corres
pondent. It is the desire of the Cnbana,
of course, to eee the Spaniards go from
the island at. once, but it can be denied
on good authority that any such ulti
matum an that referred to has been re
ceived.
It is Itelievcd, however, that the
Americans will insist upon the evacu
ation being completed by the end of
Novendier. A committee has been ap
pointed, consisiiug of Colonels Solar
zano, Ariiuelles, Ca-tillo and ('ashazo,
to agrte upon measures for the dia
bandment and disarming of the volun
teer troops. It is understood that they
will propose keeping the volunteers
under i.rms until the Cuban troops shall
have been disbanded.
Since Captain-General Blinco par
doned 200 prisoners confined on the Isle
of Pines, among whom are many hab
itual thieves and desperate characters,
Havana, is hown by the polir-e returns
to be at present the ecene of many ,ts
sauhs, house-hreakiuga. thefu end
murder, and these crimes are of almost
i daily occurrence.
BPAMHH OKNKRAI.'b INIIl'MANITV.
A prominent Spaniard, Who has just
rrived from Hanto l.spiriu, tells, ol
many atrocities committed by the Span
ish general, I.nacio Esirueh, in that
' vi' inity. As a result many families have
fled to the fields, and many have been
panic-stricken, Buffering from untold
cruelties. General Estruch t-urrounded
himself with a Ivires who indicated to
persons to be trilled or exiled. Estruch
made a list of fifty petBoris, submitting
for approval of General 'Agnirre, com
manding his division, who consulted
with Marco Garcia, clvi; governor of
Santa Clara province. Garcia said ti e
list was not reliable, as all the pprBons
named therein wee loyal auton mi ts. !
Aguirre returned the list to Estruch,
refusing to apt r ive the hitter's pro
posed action Estrucli chagrined at his
failure, formed a ceoret service polica ol
twenty-flvo gendarmes, armed with
daggers. The black-listed Harsons were
arrAsled hv nitllt. ni.rl nlnin nutnide flm
city walls.. Wlp n Ihe families of tha
i missing impiired Estruch replied that
they had been arrested and released,
and bad probab y es aped to fields and
joined the rebels. Thus Estruch assas
sinated about thirty peraonn. Estruch
was arretted for his crimes, but released
and Bent to the Jam aro trocha, not be
ing court-martin ed on account of lack
of proof. One of the daggers used by
the Estruch police waa presented to
Captain-General Blanco, who whs hor
rified at thu sight. Among the persona
aisiiasinated were Oandldo Hpladeren, a
nwpapermRn, and a mulatto named
Caatanoilal.
Kxaitlnn a Nucceaa.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 25. The total re
ceipts of the exposition to date have
been nearly $700,(HI0. Its cash balance
in the bank is $I20,00, or more than
50,000 above its liabilities. The total
attendance for last week was 189,615, or
a daily average ol 27,0S8.
The exposition has appropriated 55,
000, covering the coat of the live, stock
show, including premiums. There is no
doubt that every premium will be pa d
promptly. ,
Washington, Sept. 26 A congress of
mothers, under the auspices of the na
tional organization, will be held in
Omaha October 8, and 10, by invita
tion of the Trans-Mississippi exposition
managers. All interested in the move
ment are Invited to attend.
Accident on tae Klkhora.
Wahoo, Neb., Sept. 26. Fireman
Patrick Curry, of the F. E. & M. V.
passenger train due here at 6;15 p.m.
met ith an accidit which almost coat
bim his life. One mile north of the
oily a connecting rid on the engine
broke the piece attached to the rear
driver revolved with the driver, smash
ing everything in Its way. It crashed
up through the eab soot, striking the
Bremen on tbo book and arm, bruising
him severely.
ENGAGED IN A PLOT-
Oermanj Seeks Pass anion f the PMb
ipplnee.
i 8a Fbancisco, Sept. 24. The Even
ing Poit prints an article today in which
makes known the plans of the Ger
mans in regard to the difp aition of the
Philippines. Some time ego the Poat
)ublished an exclusive article regarding
ha seizure of the Lad roue Islanda by
he United States. The details of this
plot the part of the government are
furnia ied by a gentleman high in the
jpinion of the government officiala of
aoth this country and Germany, The
Mine gentleman now states that Ger
many is endeavoring to embitter the
followers of Aguinaldo against the
Americans, and that he baa officers in
their ranks secretly drilling them.
The PoH'a informant has just received
a letter from and authoritative source in
Hanburg, giving the details of Ger
many's future plan in regard to these
islands. The plan is as follows :
Germany will send numerous trading
reeeels to the islands, and will arm 150,
000 Filipinos, besides furnishing Krupp
guns and artillery for field use. The
islanders will be thoroughly drilled by
German officers and by February Senor
Aguinaldo niil be prepared to make an
onslaught on the American forcea. To
aid this plot, the letter aaya, Germany
is trying to induce China to purchase a
large number of big war vessels, osten
sibly to strengthen her navy, but really
to be held for transfer to Germany
should complications arise. The Ger
man agents who have made a report to
their government, say that it will be
impoBBible for the United States to land
more than 50,000 men in the Philippines
before Auuinaldo is ready to make his
coup. The German correspondent saya
that America's only hope is to disarm
ttie insutgenta.
The Post regards the recent ordering
of additional troops to Manila, after
their mustering out has been ordered,
as an indication that the United Statea
has been informed of Germany'a at
tempt to frustrate American acquisition
of the islanda.
A Woman Hent on itevenge.
Paris, Sept. 24. Mme. Panlmier,
wife of M. Charles Ernest Paulmier,
member of the chamber of deputies,
from the department of Calvades, has
added another tragedy to tne bewil !er
Ing intricacies of the Dreyfus plot.
Mudame Paulmier today entered the
ottic b of Da LRnterne a.id asked to see
M. Millerand. M. Millerand wai ab
sent and M. Ollivier, who was present,
stepped forward to receive the lady, who
without waiting for any explanation,
whipped out a revolver and fired twice.
M. Oilivier fell to the floor wounded.
He was taken to a hospital.
Madame Paulm er was taken into
custody and when (jue-tioned coolly an
nounced: "I wich t i kill M. Millerand."
She explained i hat La Lantere slan
dered herself and her husband because
Iter husband written the letter to M.
Chanoine, miniBter of war, with refer
ence to put'ing a stop to the at'acks up
on the army provoked by the Dreyfus
affair.
The military authorities have accom
plished their plans still Colonel Picquart
by placing him in au secret. Colonel
Picquart'a friend have been denied ad-mis-ion
to the prison. Ilia counsel,
Mui're Labori, has twice appeared at
the office of the clerk of the court-martial
and applied for permission to see
h's client. On both occaa ons he was
informed that Picquart had been placed
aursecret and could be seen only on or
ders from the authorities, wliich order
M. Laborie has been unable to secure.
La Liberie predicts important action
by the cuncil on Tues lay, which may
result in the convoking of the chambers.
No Tiding From lliilmon.
Washington, Sept. 24. The navy de
partment has licen informed that Onm
n.odore Wateon tailed yesterday from
GuantanattiO for New York, turning
over the command o the naval nhips on
the station to Captain Goodrich of the
Newer. The latter says that the Span
irti c uiser M:tria Teresa did not come
off yest.e.r lay, as was expeoted. but that
t-iie surely would he raised successfully,
N ) word hai come of late respecting the
result of Constructor Ilobson's efforts
tu float the Colon, and some apprehen
sion is exprea-el that the fehip will go
to pieces in the heavy weather that is
nnw due along the sou'h coast ol Cuba.
Capiain Bare. ay of the Ampbitrite
was at tlw depattment today and waa
greatly unpriced to hear t hat ahe had
been towed by the YoBcmite on account
of her m.i '.luneiy being broken down.
He said this waa eutirely a mistake.
The Amphirite came up from the gulf
under her own it team and ahe was in
tow of the Yosemito merely to enable
'ter to make a greater speed.
An EndlTcn Cent Chain
Kinuii a m i on, N. Y. Sept. 24. George
F. Greene, preoble'it of thu c uuneroial
traveler's home association of America,
haa started a 10 cent endless chain of
hi Iters for the purpose of raining money
to complete, tbe home, the corner stone
of which was laid on South Mountain
in this city, October 9, 1894.
(ienerej Lawton'a Report.
Wahiiinotoh, Sept. 24 General Law
ton la..t night reported 114 new oases of
ickness and two deaths today, among
the American troops at Santiago. His
dfspatch follows:
"Stck 1,059, fever 741, new caw- 114,
returned to duty 93, Deaths, Washing"
ton Philips, sergeant oomauy I, Ninth
United States volunteer infantry, yel
b w fever, and Frederick Willi ma, pri
vate company E, Ninth laaantrj, perni
cious mn la 'lal fever. ,
TOO LATE TO DICKEB
RUDE AWAKENING IN 8 TORE
SPANIARDS IN CUBA.
FO
Rmerican Commlaalonera Not to be Bluffed
and Will Stick to tbe Letter of the Or-,
liclnal Protocol. Hope to Ly Down
tbe ltuies of Evacuation.
Washington, Sept. 24. Official die
patches received by one of the embasaiea
bere from Havana confirm the reporta.
that tbe colonial government of the ia-J
land is hiking a hand in shaping the
rms on which the evacuation shall be
sxecuted. Thia, it is believed, many
levelope some new phases in tbe situa
tion in Cuba. It now seems clear from
the official, aa well as tbe press reporta
irom Havana and Ma'irid that tbe
autonomist element is taking up the
slaim first advocated by Spain that
many incidental questions aa to Cuba
muBt be settled before the evacuation
begins. But the view among gover
nmental officers here la that the Cuban
autonomists, aa well as the Spaniards,
have no questions to advance or settle
before evacuation is determined upon.
The time and place of evacuation ia
looked upon by the authorities here as
the only point involved, and there is
likely to be a rude awakening if the
pro-Spanish element, either aa autono
mists or as native Spaniards, insist up
on bringing in the determination of the
assumption ot the Cuban debt, the fu
ture form of government, rates of tariff
for Spain acd many other subjects as a
preliminary to evacuation. The Ameri
can commissioners, according to the un
derstanding here, wid insiet on a strict
adherence to the protocol for an immedi
ate evacuation of the island, and if need
be will aubmit an ultimatum again-t
taking up subsidiary questions on
Cuba's future.
While the Cuban colonial government
is thus combining with the Spanish gov
ernment in bringing forth thesa funda
mental questions, yet the opinion was
expressed by a high diplomatic official,
based on recent advices from Havana,
that a t-erioua issue would be averted
and ' that the actual eva"uation of the
Spani-h troops would begin within the
next month. But it appears that the
evacuation will require a much longer
time than has been anticipated. There
are some 10 t.000 troops in the island.
Allowing 1,000 men on a transport, and
a vessel leaving every day it would take
100 days, or over three months, for the
evacuation. But the vessels ate not
available for a trip every day for 100
consecutive days, bo that the time for
departure would probably far exceed
threa months.
1 Insult to loral.
Madrid, fept. 24. General Augusti,
the former captain-general of the Phil
ippine islands, has arrived at ..Victoria,
about th'rty miles south of Bilboa. It is
said that he looks ill and is reticent con
cerning the recent happuutngs at Ma
nil. The gene al, however, admiited
that he contemplated surrendering. He
expressed the hope the supreme court
would pass judgment on his conduct.
When the train conveying General
Toral arrived at the station at Bojar
a crowd wliich had gathered insisted
that the general should show himself.
Upon his doing so the gathering loaded
bim with insults. General Toral, who
is ill with fever, uttered a few excuses
and beat a retreat in order to avoid be
ing Ptrtu-k.
Admiral Oorvera, while at Pantander,
in thanking the authorises for coming
on board the steamer to see him, dwelt
with bitterness upon the situation of
ihe mhriues, who, upon returning after
doing their duly qui -tly, find such an
unjust atmosphere of public opinion.
Thern are 200 canes of sickness among
the passengers on the City of Rome.
El Liberal Bays the peace eouimis.iou
will be allowed wide latitude in arrang
ing the terms of peace.
The newspapeis indica'e that little in
terest ia lieing taken in the affair.
The qneoti regent has signed the de
cree suspending Admiral Montejo and
granting pardon to convicts who fought
as volunteers in the war with the
United Hales.
Cahp. of Vellow t ever Aboard.
Camp Vikokp, N. Y., Sept 24. The
trani-jioit Seguranca arrived today from
Cuba with what wai said to ba one un
mistakable case of yellow fever. The
patient is isolated and will he kept on
toe vesel for the present. The Seguar
anr.a broiwht forty men from Siboney
w ho wer not aide to care for them
selves and thiity-five convalescents.
The City of Mexico alsoarrived at the
camp today with seventy-six men of
tr ops M, Tenth regular cavalry, eigh
teen of whom are sick. There were 496
patients in the general hospital today,
375 are seriously ill.
Ti ero were two deaths reported to
da , Lieutenant Alfred J. Koberts,
Seventy-first New York, and Char lei
Gonge, Sixth cavalry.
May Relnatnte LI Hone; C'hnS.
London, Sept. 24. The recent imper
ial decrees are mainly duo to the Influ
ence due of thi Cantonaei reformer,
Kang Kuini, who had the emperor's
privato ear. Now Kang-Yumi has been
ordord to leave Pekin, and the empress
dowager haa assumed charge of tbe gov
ernment.. She will attond ail cabinet
meetin a and audiences, eee all memori
als and approve all edicts before they
are lasui'd. Thi1 equivalent to a virtu
al restitution of regency and will prob
ably result in the reinstatement of Li
Hung Chang.
LEMON Of THI WAR-
ITaval Fights aa Beea Tkmfk 90tm
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Wa hi kotos, Sept. 22. Captaie Ah
fred .Paget, British naval attache, at
signed to observe operation! during th
recent campaign in the West Indiaa, If
engaged here in assembling the larga
mass of material gathered in Cuba, and
is supplementing this with the official
lata now being supplied by tha naval
department. He will spend moat ol tba
fall in getting together the material far
his report to the British adiniraltVs
which will be an exhaustive treatment
of the naval branch of the campaign,
with considerable attention to the mili
tary branch, owing to the joint opera
tions of the two branches during several
stages of the war, and particularly im
the siege at Santiago.
Speaking informally today of hie ob
servations, Captain Paget said it bad
been shown quite clearly that the naval
branch of the service should have com
plete control of all army transportation
by sea. He points out that this ia tha
practice the world over. In the Britisb
service all transports are under the eon
trol of the admiralty.
SHOULD WOH TOGKTHTR.
When troops are to be shipped tha
war officials make known to the admi
ralty the number of men in the expedi
t on, tbe divitiona into infantry, cavalry
and artillery, and tbe various require
merits of the several divisions. It then
becomes tbe duty of tbe naval branch
to provide the transports, carry tha
troops, keeping the several divisions
distinct and with their equipment and
provide all supplies required for the trip.
A naval other, usually a lieutenant com
mander on tbe retired list is placed in
command on each transport, it being
impossible to secure proper service from
merchant captains. The naval branch
also conducts all loading and unloading
of tbe troops and supplies, thia being a
branch in which naval officers are well
versed. It is not until t be troops are on
land that the army authorities assume
direction of affairs. This practice, in
general operation in all the large coun
tries, particularly those having colonial
possessions, could be adopted with ad
vantage by this country, in Captain Pa
get's opinion, as much of the confusion
in the tran-ponation and landing of the
army supplies was due to the inexperi
ence of merchant captains of transports,
and to the direction of all sea transpor
tation by the army rather than by the
navy.
Cap'tain Faget's report will devote
much attention to the destruction of
Admiral Cevera's fleet, as this was the
main naval incident of tbe war. he ia
securii g from the navy department
couiplete reports of the, gunnery of the
American ships, with a view of showing
the importance of "the man behind the
gun."
Captain Paget 'e personal view is that
Admiral Cervera's sortie was a most
foolhardy venture, which cannot be
justified by naval standards, even
though ordered by the admiral's supe
riors. WHAT CKEVKBA SHOULD HAVB DONE.
According to Captain Paet'B view, the
most effective use Admiral Cervera
could have made of his tquadron was to
have dismantled them of all the lighter
guns, particularly the. quick-lues, and
turned over guns and men to General
Toral for u e in defending the city.
These quick-fire guns, some 100 or more,
distributed along the entrenchments
anil handled by the trained men of the
?qu dron, would have been able to if
tain a deadly fire on tbe American ad
vance. Captain Paget expresses tha
belief that such a move would have
made Santiago practically impregnable.
He haB i.o doubt starvation and diseaeee
would have broken down the Spanish
defense in time, but Cervera's guns
could have beld the town from defeat
by assault.
In eae of a eortie from the harbor.
Captain Paget shales the view of Ameri
can navel officers, thatlhe eortie should
have been made at night. If attempted
in e'ayligbt the Spanish ships should
have directed their attention to the
American transports, as they furnished
a vulnerable point where great bavoo
could have been wrought. In any event,
whether transports or our war ships
were attarked, Capttiin Paet maintain!
that the Spuuish policy should have
been to lush our tbipR, take them un
aware, before steam could be got up,
and taking tbe lisK ,,f losj, so long aa
some damage was inflicted. Had thia
plan been adopted, he thinks it might
have resulted in tl.e ramming and sink
of one or more of our ships. Captain
Paget speaks highly of our new battle
shipB and cruisers, particularly thoaa
now on the stocks, which he haa ex
amined critically through the pinna and
epecifi cation a. He says foreign naval
experts long recogu zed that first claaa
warships could be ouilt in the United
Slates, though he does not admit that
oar ships excel or even equal, those of
British build. In this connection, a
prominent American naval officer re
cently told Captain Paget that the new
cruiser New Orleans, bought in England
during the early stages of the war, waa
a revelation to the authorities here,
ins far aa its guns and armament art
concerned.
atrikera IrlTe Then Away.
Clkvkland, Hept. 22. Another iuef
fectunl attempt was made today by tha
officials of the American Wire company
b take nonunion men into the mill. Fif
ty nonunionists, mostly Poles, aceompa
niecWby two of the company'! office i a,
started to march irom a etreet ear U
tbe plant. They were met by 150 attikatl
who were doing picket duty aroand tha
mill, and dr.ven away. Tha polioa aUta
that no violence had bean atteaptcJ
aad refuted to arre t any el tha aur