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WORK OF A CYCLONE GEORGIA AND 80UTH CAROLINA COASTS SWEPT BY STORM Condition! Similar to Oraat Tidal Win ad Storm of IWH3-Wlra Downed and Kellroeda Huhinergftd Communication With Hen Cout liUndt ImpoMlble. Sa vans ah, Ga., Oct., 2. For eigh teen hours from 3 o'clock this morning until 6 o'clock tonight Savannah baa been in the grasp of a West Indian cyclone. During that time the wind blew steadily from fifty to seventy milea an hour. While the city escaped with comparatively little damage, the loea of property among the sea islands of the Georgia and South Carolina coasts is be lieved to be heavy. For milea in every direction around Savannah, the lowlands along the rivers are submerged. Only one fatal ty baa so far been reported, the drowning of a negro while attempting to reach the mainland from a small island near Thunderbjlt, but heavy lose of Ufa la feared on the South Oarolian sea lsl ands, where such fearful loss of life occurred during the great tidal storm of 1893. The conditions now are similar to tbote during that storm. Owing to the submerged locality and the sub merged condition of the islands, no news can be had from them until the water subsides. dam AOs to caors oh sat. For eight miles north of Savannah the entire country is a lake, with only the hummocks visible. At noon the water was eight feet above the highest tide, Driven on shore by the northeast storm It leu upon the islands, swept over banks and dams, carrying away the remnant of ti.e rice crop that wai left by the August storm, and had not been gathered, and wiping out farm crops The low to rice growers alone will be from tW.OOO to (75,000. Of the entire rice crop along the Savannah river val ued at 250,000, all but about 15 per cent was loot in this and preceding storms. The damage to shipping is consider able. The wharves at the quarantine station at ihe entrance to the river here were partially carried away. The quar antine ollicer and his family and servants were rescued early in the day by a tug, Four vi Mr 1b wbiun were at anchor at the station were torn from their moorings and driven into the marshes, but how badly damaged is unknown. No news has been received from Tyl?e since early in the morning, and nothing is knows of the damage there. At Thunderbolt and Isle of Hope- suburbs of Savannah, all the boat lioeuea on the banks and If o small boats were carried away. li e extent to which '. he ladroads sur fered is not Uilly known. The naval stores mid cotton and lumber yards of the Plant system are submerged, and the tritckl of the Central railroad of Gorgia, and the tieorgia & Alabama railros'i, around the city, are covered. The uorthb und express on the F. 0. A P. railroad, due litre from Florida at noon, has not yet arrived. Telegraphic communication, except by one ire, is impomibie. and the condition of the railr ad trucks is unknown. A special train w. II be sent out at daylight ovr the F. O. & 1'. r.,ad south. All other road aro operat rig, and the K. C. A P., is running north of Atlnnta. The tele phone, light, po ie at.d fire alarm w res are down, and tb city is in darkness. On Hutchinson's island, opposite Sa vannah, and separating tt.e city from the Soutu Carolina shore, there were many nejf.ro families rescued by b ats from the revenue steamers Tybee and Itoutweli. All iay rescuing partiei were at work. Toniifht the wind has subsided but the water, which receded with the ebb of the tide during the afternoon, has risen. Considerable anxiety is felt for shipp ng at sea. - The extent of the storm is unknown, and until telegrapic communication is restored, or news is received from the country between Savanna and Jackson ville, over which the heaviest part of the fctorm passed, the full extent o' its damage cannot be told. .. Demount rallun Prevented. Pahib, Oct. 3. The holding of the Dreyfus demonstration organized by M. Presence, one of the leaders in the agi tation for yetteiday afternoon, was pre vented by the closing of the salle wagran. M. Preseence and his friends tried to force an entrani e and an uproar nsud. The police then interventd aiid arrested M. Prrssence.M. Vaughan, editor of the Aurore. and Deputy Mory, amid shows add counter shouts of'Viva Revision," "Viva Armee," "Viva Zo'a" anl "a jwla," "n1 tlie crowd was diH?r;t'il. It is learned that six of the arsons arrested have been held. An ugly state ment is made by the Petite Hepublique, to the effect that Colonel Picquart, who had previously taken excerc se in the courtyard of the jail daily has not left , his cell since Thursday, when he was seixed with symptoms of cerebral con gent ion, followed by coma. There is no means, however, of verifying the eiate menu iittd'k by a Mob. Lokuok, Oct. 3.-The British foreign office today received a dispatch from her majesty's minister at Pekin, saying that Mr. Mortimer, member of the British legation, on returning home yes terday with a lady, was Inauttod and sUacked by a mob, which atoned him and covered him with mud. Lata In the day boom American mis ionerios were simlU-ly " westbe Chine secretary of the United SuMlttk. Tb tatter's ribs wers took. 1 SOON TO MOVE SOUTH Preparation . -raw Changing Caaia as noloiera. Washington, Oct. 4. The war de partment has decided to send more troops to Porto Rico. Orders have been issued directing that the Fifth regular cavalry, now at Huntsville, Alabama, the Sixth United States volunteer in fantry, now at Cbickamauga and the Forty-seventh New York, now at Fort Adams, shall proceed to Porto Rico as may be desired by the commanding general in that island. The Eighth United Stetes volunteer infantry and two companies of the Indiana colored volunteers, now at Fort Thomas, Ken tucky, will relieve the Sixth volunteer infantry at Cbickamauga. All the troops at Gamp Meade win soon be ordered to points in the south. Some of them may go to Ooba, bat the majority will for the present occupy the new cimps recently selected in QeorkU and South Carolina, It is un derstood the troops sent to garrison duty in Cuba will not remain long, but when 'they have seen service for a few months will return to this country. The same is probably true as to Porto Rico It is also intimated that when the troops return the volunteers will be given sixty days' fnrlough and be mastered out By that time congress will have had an opportunity to de er- mine what shall be done In regard to garrisoning the new possessions. This determination Is no doubt due to the pressure that has been brought by members of congress for the mastering out of the volunteers from their states and districts. The responsibility for furnishing troop? for garrison duty and for army . duty generally will be upon c ingress. The recommendations of the president and the war department will have been made before the troops return from either Cuba or Porto Rico, and the necessity of the case made known. Al though there has been less pressure for the mustering out of troops since the announcement was made that the troops could not be snared, the demand con tinues with sufficient persistence to con vince the war officials that a reorganisa tion of the army will be necessary and that some arrangement will have to be made to secure a force for garrison ser vice in the islands and the states, which wl 1 not be subj ct to the same difficul ties experienced iu the case of the volun teers. Although the pressure for the muster out of the entire regiment is i,ct so great, the demand for the discharge of individuals has overwhelmed the de partment. There is not a senator or a representative, scarcely, who has ibt I renented requeits of this kind. The troops which have been ordered to Porto liico will relieve a like number of rezinents in the island, the organisa tions to be designated by General Brooke, Warnlilp Orilnred to Tien Tln. Nbw Yovk, Oct 4. A epacial from Washington to the Herald saya instruc tions have been issued by Secretary Long to Rear Admiral Dewey, directing him to send the protected crtiis-r Balti more at once to Tien Ta n, China. This action allows conclusively the concern felt by the administration at the ex isting condition of affairs in the celestial empire. It would seem to indicate that more sensational informttion had been received from Minister Conger than the authorities have made public. Wahiunutos, Oct. 3. The state de partment has received the following cablegram from Minister Conger at Pekin: "There is no seriour danger yet, but considerable anxiety for the future. The foreign fleet is assembling at Tien Tsiu. Some of th ministers are order ing marine) to Pekin for legation guard." Secretary Long, upon advices received at thu state department showing the existence of threatening conditions in China, has ordered Admiral Dewey to send two warships from Manila to a point as near the Spanish capi'al as pos sible for a warship to approach. The vessels selected for this undertaking are the Baltimore and the Petrel. It is ex pected that the Baltimore will not be able to get beyond the Taku forts at the entrance of the Pang He river, upon which Pekin is situated, but the Petrel, being of smaller proportions, may be able to reach Tien Tsin, eighty miles above the mouth, and about the same distance btlow Pekin. The officials re gret that there is not now on the Asala tic squadron a light draught gunboat of the Helena class, which could ascend the river as lar as the Chinese capital. Secretary Long said that the ole pur poee of ordering the Baltimore and the Petrel to Tien Tsin was to safe-guard American interests and protect life and property of American citizens in tb event of an outbreak in the interior. Fireo in 4 ulnrado Mountain Colorado Ki KiNtis, Colo., Oct. 4. Great clou 1b of smoke have hung over the mountains south of Pikes' Peak, and fierce fl antes have been f-een to shoot up frequent!. It is reported that fierce forest fires sis raging on the ranges and are gradually working their way to Cripple Creek. Negro Miner shot at I'ana. Wamiiinoton Dkpot, Ind Oct, 4. To day 1M) Pans, Hi., miners came her and joined the union home miners. They organlsed.masked and went to tb shacks where the negro scat) miners liv and last night at 10:30 corralled them and drove fifty out of town. On negro refused to go and was shot. The polio oould do nothing. The miners hav hidden somewhat near town and may b preparing for an attack on other hack. A BARRIER TO CREAK. TROUBLE ITMES PREDICTED FOR PEACE COMMISSIONERS AT PARIS. Soppoeed Clelnu of lulled Mat) ratUebd-PreJleit MraUnlry to B eelve the Philippine Delegation. Paris, Oct. 1. The United Hates peace commission beld anotner session this morning, after which, accompanied by the United State ambassador. Gen eral Horace Porter,, they drove to the foreign office, where the commissioners met and bretkfasted with the Spanish commissioners. In addition to the com missioners and the ambassadors, the minster of foreign affairs, M. Delcasae bad invited the three head officials to theJFrencb foreign office, the first secre taries of the embassies and General Hegror., secretary of the Ely see palace Tb French newspapers continue to comment upon tb difficulties which the two commissions will bave to face by reason of their divergent instruction, beyond which, it is said, they cannot go Gil Bias says the Spanish government has given its commissioners very precise instructions. Theyaieto do their ut most to have it admitted that there can be no question of disputing the rights of Spanish sovereignty over Manila, the island of Luxon and the rest of the arcbi pelego outside of the naval stations which Spain will cede at the Marianne island. CLAIMS OP UNITED BTATSS. On the other side the American com mission before leaving President Mo Kinley received from him very precise instructions, from which the commis sioners cannot depart. The following is the text of their instructions : 1. Spain cedes absolute sovereignty over the whole of the island cf Luzon. 2. The other islands of the archipel ago will be replaced under the domin ion of Spain on condition that a liberal government is accorded to the inhabi tants. 3. Complete separation of church and state in the Philippines. 4. Spain cannot cede any other is lands in the group to any foreign power without America's consent. 5. The United States shall enjoy for all time the same commercial privileges as the most favored notions, not except ing Spain herself. Gil Bias concludes with remarking "It is therefore to be feared that for unhappy Spain the negotiations which open on the first of October will give no satisfaction. Troops Ordered to Pana.' Spuing rijji.D, 111., Oct. 1. Governor Tanner was called up by telephone yes terday noon by Sheriff Colburn of Pana in regard to the striking miners and had a lengthy conversation with him. Sheriff Colburn evd that he had no fiirthnr coutrol of the miners and feared that there would be an outbreak in a short time and that Iomb of life and bloodshed assure to follow; that he had exhausted all bis resources and afked that state troops be sent there Governor Tanner was impressed by the earnes uess of the reqeest and promised the sheriff that he would order the troops to Pana at once to aid in the protection of life and property. Captain Craig of Battery B of Gales burg was ordered to go with his men to Pana at once and Colonel John B. Hamilton of Elgin was also ordered to report with two of the best equipped companies of his sons of veterans lor riot duty. Colonel Hamilton will des ignate the companies. 'Ihe governor ordered Captain Craig to camp within the city limits and to protect the life and property of the citizens, but untft r no circumstances should they assist the mine operators in the operation of their mines with foreign labor, to which the governor is very much opposed. Jtaln Check Ihe Flames Dkadwood. S. D., Oct. 1. The timber fiie which has been thoeatening Spearlish, Carbonate, Kage I Top and more reniotedly Lead and Deadwood, has been nearly extinguished by a heavy rain which fell last night and a part of today. It could not bave burned much longer, even without the rain, as it had practically burned itself out. It extend ed over an ar a thirty mile Ion and six miles wide and destroyed large tracts of the finest tim ier in the Hills. In several places sparks and brands jumped the Spearlish canon, a distance of over half a mile an 1 caught in the timber on the other s,o.e without touch ing the bottom of the canon. A number of prospectors' cabins, tools and eti plies and an outfit belonging to a United States geological survey wers burned out and the men barely eecsp d. No lives were lost and it is believed that all damage from the fire is now over. Washington, Oct. 1. Fecr taiy of the Interior Biins today received the follow ing dispatch from Representative Know lea of North Dakota : "Black Hills forest fl-oi destroying towns and timber. Can't troops from Ft. Meade help fight fire? Send answer to mayor of D i id wood. " Sociei,ary tlli-'S forwarded the message to the war department with tho request that aid, II DOHsihle, he lurmshed. Does ot Know Ilia HuecenMir. Washington, Oct. 1. In answer to an inquiry as tO'the personality of his suc cessor to the prist of ambassador at Lon don Secretary of State Hay today stated that he had not yet had an opportunity to learn the president's intentions in thf matter. Touching the personnel of the state department he said thai his pre ent purpose was to make no change, being satisfied tnat the department was n excellent oondition In that respect, HEMMED IN BY FIRE i1aaMa ta Colorado ornate weeptaa' as Caanaeo. Dimvim, Oct. 1. The weather maa can offer no bop for those on the west ern slope whoa noma and crops are threatened by the forest fires. There ar no indications whatever of rain, and this seerrs to be the only element able to May ' he flames' fury. Throughout Eagle county high winds bave prevailed giving fresh impetus to the forest fires that are devastating the timber domain. li consequence new territory is being devoured. Ihe flame is rapidly extend ing along the grand reserves of Girard mountain, west of Homestake creek. and from present appearances will sweep the country to Bear mountain. Back of Minuturn to tb head of Willow and Two Elk the country is devastated, little remaining to feed the flames. From Hoosier mountain the wind has driven the fire to the edg of Gypsum creek. The settlers of Upper Gypsum, Gannon, Collins and otters are fighting desperately to save Mseir home and stop its passage across iato the magnifhent foro ta of West Brash. It it gets into Brush, the finest timber in the stale is gone. No loss of life baa been reported, but but several people hav lost their basse and their crop. All the gasa i lv- ing the sountry, escaping the ssaoke heat of the blazing woods. Dispatobe received here say that Whaley's peak, between North and Middle park, is new a mass of flames and it is feared they will extend to both of these beautiful camping grounds. The fire has already But a swath thirty-five miles long, from the Grand river almost to Dillon in Sum mit county. The width is as yet un known. Kremmlin, in Grand county has had a narrow escape and the danger Is not yet over. The fires in the vicinity of Ouray are not as bad as for several days previous but the smoldering embers may be fanned into an awful conflaation by the lightest wind. - , E LA MIS APPROACH A TOWS. The fires around Aspen are working down the mountain side toward town. although they are not burn fug with the forces they have been. At Gunnison, CreBtod Butte, Wolcott and Glenwood Springs the fires are still raging. No estimate of the damage to timber and ranches can be given, but it will un questionably run far Into the thousands of dollars. v , -fjj- ;i", Battlement government reserve, f ounded by the Grand river on the ik rth. Roaring Fork on the east and Ihe Gunnison on the west, is a mass of flumes. This reserve runs through the count es of Garfield, r'elia and Mesa. the Dig htte nyer government re serve, ftartii'gin GarfteliJ county and extending throiigTi Routt and Rio Blanco, is abb on fiie. Reliable reports show that the fired are now nearly 300 miles In cinumference with Glenwood for a center and practically every moun tain range with timber is ablaze. The only cessation of the fire that is reported comes from Cottonwood and Four Mile creeks, where the flumes have consumed every! hing that will burn on the mountain sides. On the south side of the Rio Grande from Minturn to Glenwood the railroad men report a steady blazs of fire plainly visible from the smaller vallejs. llany ranches, have bet'n abandoned. There appears to be no hope of a ces sation of the conflagiation except by a very htavy rain or the demolition of the timber by the destroying element. J. 8. Swan, game commipsioner, states there is no doubt but that the fires are caused by carelessness of campers and people generally during a season of ex ceptional dryness. Col. W. L. May, chief United States forester, has gone to the west dope to inspect the coun try under government control where fires are burning. ,' ' - ( ubnn Mounted Police. Santiago dk Ccba, Oct. 1. Arrange ments have been made for the formation of a force of Cuban mounted police for the province of Santiago. It consists of a commandant with the rank of major, three captains, six lieutenants, ten ser geants and 240 enlisted men. The rates of r&7 'or enlisted men are the same as in the United States army, while the of ficers get two-thirds. General Castillo has charge of the preliminaries of the appointments. He must select capable men who have served in the Cuban a rn y and the officers must have held similar or a higher rank in the Cuban aimy. This poiice force will haves la-ge territory to cover, and it is expect ed that as soon as the Cuban troops dis band the lawless element will break and will have to be kept in check. Even at present quantities of rattle are stolen, sriil complaints are frequent to both Goners) Wood and General Castillo, and they are determined to put an end tc this state of affairs. The Cubans are beginning to under stand that the suitden change they wanted after the surrender would have caused disorder and confusion, whils now every day a number of Cab ins are appointed to positions of power and emolument. Terrific Htorm In Japan. Saw Francisco, Oct. 1. The steamei Gaelic brings news of a terrific storm which swept over Japan on Septembi i 6. The wind did great damage to ship ping. Rivera soon became raging tor rent, flooding many sections. A sum ma.y of the loss of life and property follows t Death 260, houses swept away 164, home overturned 1,196, par tially wrecked 11,400, houses Inundsted 1S.M7, river beaks brekw 71 NONE OF THEM LEFT Cuban Keeoneeatradua Have Ooae She War That Wavier Wieaed. New Yoax, Sept. 29. Among the passengers who arrived today on the steamer City of Washington from Ha vana were Dr. Jose Congosto and Cap tain Fred Sharpe of the Merritt & Chap man Wrecking company. The City o Washington carried a small cargo, com posed chiefly of cigars and tobacco. Dr. Congosto declined to talk. He will tail for Harve on the French line steam er October 1. Captain Sharpe wa ireatly pleased to learn that the Span ish cruiser Maria Teresa had been float ed and taken to Guantanamo. He thinks the collier, Merrimac, sunk In Santiago harbor, can be floated. Later Dr. Congosto said : "The evac uation of Cuba by Spain is a matter of time, but when I left Havana every thing was progressing well. I do not care to enter into all the reasons for tb delay, but one of the principal causes is the fact that we have over 6,000 sick who must be taken care of and cannot be left behind. The problem of the future of the isl and it a difficult one, and I have studied without prejudice, and as a result of this study of years I believe that it is a social problem and not a political one. Of course politics will enter into the so lution, but the great question is how to bring the most prosperity and the great est happiness to the people of Cuba. It is probable that there will be a large emigration to the island, and that emi gration may assist in solving the proD lem. Of course, a difficulty will be met in view of the dangers of fever and the climate." reconcsntbados all dead. Dr. Congosto was asked as to the con dition of the reconcentrados. "There are no reconcentrados now," he answered, with a smile. "What has become of them," was the next question. "They're gone." "Where?" "God knows," was the reply. "Do you mean to say that they are all dead?" "That probably explains it better than I can. It is a subieot which I prefer not to discuss." When asked as to the establishment of a new navy for Spain, Dr Congosto Baid; ''Spain is Btill a great country, and she ought to have a great navy and probably Trill." DU' USsing the fall of Santiago and the surrender of General Toral, Dr. Congosto said : "There were brave soldiers at Santi ago, and it' their leader lacked courage he deserves to be punished. Santiago, should not have fallen as it did, and ii Toral had not entered into negotiations with the enemy it is likely that there would have been a different story to tell today. It is not true that the Spanish army there lacked supplies and amuni tion, for they had plenty of both, which they turned over to the Americans. If Toral had pushed forward, instead of retreating toward the city, he certainly would have caused a repulse. These are things which he will have to ex plain." Dr. Congosto hops that when hie dut es on the Paris peace commission expir? he will resume his cousulaf service. Timber Flren !i(e. Dkadwood, S. D., Sept. 20. An im mense timber fire is rag'ng in the vicin ity of Ragged Top, and the camps there are in great danger. The fire started a day or two auo on the other Hide of the Wyoming line and has burned over to the Spearfiah cannon, covering an area of about 100 square miles. I'art of the time a strong wind bai been blowing. Forest Supervisor Ham marker came up today from the south ern hillg and went out with a force of men, and o'overnor Lee, who is in the city, is arranging to have the troop called out. The fire has been coming towards Deadwood, but the wind has changed and is driving it in the other direction. Second Attempt on 11 In Life Santa Monica, Cal., Sept. 28. While Governor Smith, of the Pacific branch of the national soldiers' home here, was coming to the headquarters this morn ing, Albert Bradley, who has been an Inmate of the home for fifteen years, came up behind and shot him seven t'mea, one ball taking effect in the right ehoulder,another above the right hip and another through the right arm. The surgeons think the wounds are not fatal It was supposed Bradley was mentally unsound. Leavenworth, Kas.,8ept. 29. Gover nor Smith was in charge of ttie national home at Leavenworth for many years. Early on the morning of June 11, 1897, the governor's residence at Leavenworth was wrecked by dsnamite. The crime was traced to a veteran, Joseph W. Oliver, a member of the home, and he was convicted. Governor Smith's administration at the Leaven worth home was marked by mai.y troubles. Later the management of ti p home was investigated by the committee, from thn house of representa tives. Charges against Governor Smith were prineipalljr mistreatment of the old soldiers. The investigation resulted in nothing more thn his transfer to the governorship of the Pacific brunch, Crocker t?tHta nettled. San Francisco, Sept. 29. The eHate of the late Charles F. Crocker, the rail road magnate, was finally distributed today. By a degree signed by Probat ludge Coffey the vast estate of nearly $8,00i),000 In value pastes out of the Jurisdiction of tb court and into th hands of three ohildren, eaeh j( whom will enjoy hi or share on coming of g. The commissions of tb executors amounted to $76,000, and K),000 was Mid out la attornv's fee. REGIMENT IS SHOES? FIFTEEN DISCHARGES CSAMTX3 THIRD NEBRASKA- CotosMfs Leave aired Xotklna lepartmeat Front Oa Washington, Oct. 5. The reqoeat as? Colonel Bryan of the Third Nebiaatr infantry for the diacbarg of a naatbssr of men from that regiment who daeta to return to their home was granted fepj the secretary of war today in abostt CI teen case which had bn recei'vad tb approval of the company and resHaassis-j al officers and of the brigade and eorpsr commanders. They were baaed upon various reasons, including ill-health ajsi private business necessities. It to un derstood that there are nearly 100 sasss in the regiment who are doing their -most to secure their discbarge. It I said that Colonel Bryan baa indonad tht applications in many case, bat they lack the approval of the brigade aad corps commanders. In case of favorable action by the reviewing author! tie tb applications will be granted by the war department without further considera tion. Applications lacking the favorabi indorsement of the reviewing officer will each be independently investigated and decided on it merit. NOTHING m PBOM HOLOOMB It is said at the war department that nothing ha yet been "heard from tb governor of Nebraska regarding tb selection of the Nebraska regiment to be mustered out in order to bring the number V troops furnished by that state within the regulation quota. A understood here the governor desire, before reaching a decision in that mat ter, to Lear from the officers and men of the two regiments concerned, vis: The First regiment, now in the Philip pines, and the Third regiment (Colonel Bryan's J, now at Jacksonville, Fla. It is stated further at the department that in case Colonel Bryan desires an extension of leave, he would apply therefor this brigade commander and not to the war department ; that is, un less he should desire to leave for more than thirty days. Brigade comman ders are authorized to grant leaves of absence to the officers of their com mands for a period not exceeding thirty days. All applications for leave for more than thirty days must be actf. upon by the secretary of war. It is not anticipated that Colonel Bryan will have any difficulty in securing an exf tension of leavS, and. especially In view of the fant that he has not yet fully re covered his health. A surgeon's certi ficate of disability in his cae is all that is necesBary to secure him an extension of leave. When Colonel Bryan left Jacksonville he had leave of absence lor seven day. That leave has about expired. He has made no application to the war de partment to bave his leave extended. , Rail I toad for Alaska. San Francisco, Oct. 5. John Stanley, mayor of tksguay, Alaska, who is now in the city purchasing apparatus for a fire department, Bays; "The Pacific and Arctic railroad now being bnilt from gkaguay to Selkirk ia well under way. Rails have been laid to White Pass and up to that point the road if in frill working order. Over fif teen tons of freight are daily shipped over this rou:e. Seven hundred men are working on the road. Last month the pay roll was $129,001). From White Pass to Lake Bennet, a distance of thirty mil '8, freight is transferred by sledges. Laborers on the road receive 35 cent an hour. , A New Job for Garcia. New York. Oct, 5. It is learned on. good authority that General Calixto Garcia has accepted a position with the American administration here as was predicted. He will act as a commission er to go through the country and con duct negotiation's with the Cuban army with a view to its dishandment. He will start in a few days and will be gone on his trip three or four weeks. He will be accompanied by his son, Colonel Carlos Garcia, and by a few of bis officers. On his return he will go to the United States with General Wood to confer with thf authorities at Washington. Decline an Empty Honor. Nkw York, Oct. 5. Henry Gerge has declined the nomination for govern or on the ticket placed in the field br ii.. ni j i . . - me viutaigo piatiorra Democrats and the committee have authority to fill the va cancy nominated Henry M. McDonald, of the county of New' York, for the place! i.ii. uduuc, in ins letter, says tnat by pursuing uninterruptedly the duty of writing biB fathers biography he Can do more for the principles of freedom than by engaging actively in politics. Henry M. McDonald, nominated in George's stead, is a lawyer in this city, and was formerly a banker of Pierre, S. D. He is president of the New York bimetallic association. Ezra A.Tuttle.a lawyer of Brooklyn, has been nominated by the silver demo crats fr attoriiey-ge,ral in place of Ole Snyder, who declined to axioent the nomination. - u Cnn Afrord to be Reaerveal Berlin, Oct. 3.-A semi-official state. ment, issued bv the flnU demxa th- I . . "", ujnoa IB newspapers that the German aLtLtte ol foreign affaiis, Baron von Bn-SlfT!! been commanded bv EmrjefnrwTV.I?? to furnish the French J2! b Emperor WLiaea renob govern nve iv friendly exolanatlnna aZ 7 T1" Colons! Schwartikoppn h, th rw?f affair. Tb ColognTVo0 "Now that the revision rsaVbm ZZi i npon Germany tow ls aW. sTS ever to denart Imi. tZ. rZ.fft t -3 aarva "-'n t 5