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STUBSORM
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Pabis, Oct. 18. During yesterday's
sioa of the peace commie ions the
couimieaiooers wore occupied with the
Spanish presentation of Tuesday and
the American anawer submitted on
Friday relating to Cuba and the debt
ol the island. The examination of the
American written canvass on the sub
ject waa just concluded today, and will
be continued at the next j tint meeting,
following which the fipaniards will
doubt lea reply in writing the conclu
sion of the subject eooa following.
The iLtvrchangee regarding Cuba are
now to far advanced that the Spaniard
will not fail to understand the United
States' determination not to aaaume
part or the wholeof the to-called Cuban
debt of $400,000,000. It should not,
bowerer, be thought that the Ameri
cans daring the course of the ccntrovtr
sy have been unmindful of certain local
burdens, like the municipal obligations
of the Culan cities, roads and kindred
properties, local and permanent. It
aboold not be forgotton, however, that
the American attitude in Cuba is held
not to be that of an a quiring power,
ei her of territory or of its real or con
structive obligations. The opposing
Spaniards keenly contend that sovere
igoty involves burdens as well as bless
ings and that both should pass together
from Spain.
BPMTTINO Or HAIRS.
Closely following this contention the
Spaniards are pressing for a construe'
tion of the word '"relinquish" in the
Cuban article of the protocol.
"We must" they urge, "relinquish
sovereignty over Cuba, but to whom?
We have not agreed to relinquish it to
the Cubans we relinquish it to the
United Hates."
While this contention is keenly and
vigorously su)orU;d, it lias not shaken
the position of the Americans, who cut
the thread of the Spanish contention in
the middle hi th war "to relinquish
by sseuring the Spanish that they need
not cherish anxiety as to whom to re
linquish, but to conform to the fourth
article of the protocol, which pledges
Spain "that Culia, Porto Rico and the
other Spanirh islands of the Went Indies
aball be immediately evacuated."
Briefly, the American response to
Spanish diplomacy on constructiou and
dt flnition was that the aords "relin
quish" and "eiacuate" are t.iterc! ange
able sod have the same meaning. Thus
three sessions were given up 10 patient
ly mealing Spain's views and conten'
lions touching the protocol plelge to ie
linquisD sovereignly over and title to
Cuba and there is a possibility of two
ae-sions more.
The corumirsion will meet again on
Wednesday next.
Bayonnk, France, Oct. 17. Ad vice i
received from Madrid point to efferves
cence in military circles there. Mem -hers
of the military club openly and
severely criticw the government for con
cluding what they call a "bnmilialii g
peace," and fome of them even assert
the establishment of a military dictator
a ip under the present dynasty,
Htorm ktitff Kuging.
Kashas City, Oct. 18 The f srliest
winter rtorm in the southwest for twenty-five
years, and the worst early storm
on record, t.ss almost completely shut
Kansas City off from communication
with the south, north and west. An
opening on the east has alone kept the
city from being totally isolated.
It lias heen raining for the past
twmtv-four hours. Shortly aftr mid
night Sunday night the rain turned in
to snow, and tun temperature dropped
perceptibly. Steadily since tl en a
heavy, wet enow, driven by a strong
north wind, at points reaching the
velocity of a gale, has prevailed.
If undreds of telegraph and telephone
poles out in the open have ei' her l n
blown down by the strong wind or
broken by the weight of the snow-cov-ertd
wires.
Railroad traffic, while more or less
hampered, has not been badly inter
rupted as far as can t e learned.
In Kaium Citv no mm- damage has
resulted, finow is reported fall.ng at
Pittsburg, Kas , I'oot.evilta and Chilli
cphe, hio., and other points in the two
states.
A genuine blizzard prevails in the
southwest and 'west today. A heavy,
wet snow has lx-en fall nt since three
o'clock this morning ami is driven by a
strong wind, which has prostrated wires
in all directions and canned ifelay to'
railroads. The enow followed twenty
four hours of fW-ady rain. -
At Fairmount ark 7( 0 soldier of the
Third and Fifth Missouri regimen ta,
who ixigau gatherif g yesterday to lie
mustered out, spent a dismal night and
a wome day The men are wi'hout
winter equipment of any kind. Thi
aft- rnoon it was "till snowing with the
temrx-reture falling.
Trooi Itrlurn From I'orlo Itleo.
Nkw Voks, Oct. IK. Tft United
ftates transport, Minnewaska aw rived
)a board were Gen. Krr.s and staff, and
the Pmiirfi Ivaniu volunteers about I'M)
men of t e Wisconsin volunteers and a
number erf convale'cents from the hos
pitals of Cuba and Porto Kico.
ilrfflrilM lliiftlm'lld Killed.
hr. Lor is, Oct.' 18 As the result of
a fight over a woman, John W. Ed
wards tonight thot atrd killed Alex
ander W.Charlton. Charlton was di
vorced three years ao, , Hn:' then his
wife has kept Itoarderr, Kd wards being
one of them. Cha-lion became1 j'loiia
of Edwar's and tonluht calhd ut the
house to tctf him, and s fWht nsued,
resulting in Charlton's death. Kdwanla
is a ton of Col. I'avis Kd wards, a
prominent patent medicine mai in
Mlnneapolie, sbodied in 1800.
SPAIN
CANNOT BACK DOWN
LORD SALISBURY NAILS HIS
0R8T0THE MAST.
COL-
KaMwot T lk la ImImm th ProapSs
of War KngUeh Conaul on Ml
Peae Negotiation ruM Matt ae
First to thaw White Pol her.
London, Oct 17. The situation aris
ing oat of the question between Greet
Britian and France aa to the right of
occupying Faaboda is eateremely grave.
Everything binges on the nature of the
report of Major Marchand, the French
commander at Fashoda, which is now
on ita way from Khartoum to Paris.
The evacuation of Fashoda by the
French must, however, take place ii
war between Great Britian and France
ia to be averted, as the Marquis of Salis
bury has nailed his colors to the mast
tud cannot recede from the position be
has taken up and in which he has re
ceived the unanimous stpport of the
country.
The emphatic declarations of the
English press and public men have al
ready had a certain influence across the
channel, and the inspired statements
of the French press beliities the im
portance of the province of Bahr-el-
U rural and a port on the Nile. The
nioutbpiee of the French foreign office
is preparing France for tne abandon
ment of Fashoda by as.ertine that
MajT Marchand overshot his goal, and
that instead of going to Faehodo, he
aught to have stopped at the confluence
if the Bahr-el-libaz!.
The Chauvinist Paris papers are de
nouncing Great Britain and are doing
(heir mini si to excite Fiench feeling
in me matter, other hreneh papers
ire making bitter complaint of Russia's
inactivity. The moderate thinking sec
tion of the French press is earnestly
arging a peaceful arrangement of the
iffair. They candidly admit that
France is no match for Great Britain in
the event of the war.
There has been a great deal said here
sboot the possibility of war with France
and various preparations upon the part
of the British iroverenient are reported
to have been made. It is aiso rumored
that war insurances have been affected
it Lloyds during the last few days, but
they appear to have been more in the
characb-r of bets than trading.
NO AHATEMKNT OK DKMANDS
Commenting on the negotiations, the
Speaker says:
"It is clear there will be no abate
ment of the America minimum demands
President McKinley's t-peeches indeed
indicate that those d-mands are likely
to become more rather than less exten
live. His reference to new responsibili
ties and his deprecation of the charge of
militarism can only refer to the. Philip
pine i-landj, where, alone, responsibili
lies of a new order await the American
nation and the president's speeches in
Jicate the intention of assuming them
fuliy."
Andrew Carnegie has written a let
ter to the Sj ectator protecting against
its statement that the late Toomas F
Bayard bail the honorable distinction,
"rare among American politicians,"
jf dying a poor man. Mr. Carnegie
elases this remark as bitterly unjust
and he points out that Mr. Bayard
was well to do when compared with
the majority of the presidents of the
republic.
Dr. Darwin Mcllrath and Mrs. Mc
Ilrath, the Chicago bicy list, who re
cently completed a tour of the world,
covering .'50,0t)i) miles, embarked for
Dine today on board the steamer
Pennhnd, after an absence of three
and a half years. They are lioth in the
best of health and spirits, and are ap
parently none the worse for the haid
rhips hich they endured. The latter
included Dr Mcllrath 8
amputation
of his wife's toes, which were frost
bitten while crossing 1'ersi i. It is
said that the "ntire co-it of their trip
wai $20,000, abi it is claimed that they
ode throutfhout on the machine
which they had when they loft Chicago,
and, finally, it is assenel, they only
used three sets of tires.
Kulrilrrn II ninth I Home.
Pas FitAJft ihco, Oct., 17. The U. 8.
transport steamer Pennsplvania arrived
early this morning, thirty-three dys
from Manila via Honolulu. The Penn
sylvania brought bac't nine soldiers
from Manila and sixteen from Hono
lulu. 1 lie Pint Well MvlurciL
A lkx AMMtiA,' Kypt, 0 :t. It!. Several
additional arrcitU have been made in
connection with the plot againet Em
peror William, who is now on h s way
to the holy land to be pre-ent at ti.e
consecration ol tli church of the havior
at Jerusalem. The explosive in the
IxiiiiIjS f mild was fulminate of mercury.
Anotehr box of bombs was found upon
a table in the residence i f the cafe keep
er, who was arrested 1 hursdiiy evening.
With the b. x were two U t ea of wine
and a quantity of provisions, as though
they had leri prepared U r travelers.
Tney were pioperly intended to Iks tak
en by ne of Hi" conspirators taken into
cuntudy, who had engwd a pla' as
waiter in a hotel at Jerusalem and had
secured passage on a Khedivieti liner
sailing for Jaffa today.
(Ttl NfHi In ltrtr.
The wife of Maj -ir-Uei.eral Fit.hugh
I.ee is crit cslly ill.
James W, Gieudinin, a New York
ml liunaire, Is dead.
Tne national ponsi'tn association is in
setsion at Omaha.
The li rot Colorado battery has heen
onh red mustered mu'steied out.
Hagasta denies that General Blanco is
in l ad repute at Madrid.
The funeral of Queen Louise of Den
mark toik place at Copenhagen.
CUBA COMES FIRST
PEACE COMMISSIONERS ENGAGED
IN DEBATE OF ISLAND-
Little Aetaal Pimm Hula at I
Three Maottoa-tauUk Members I
state Tfcoro Is ao Frletloo-If ln4 of
Aaaeriaaaa Made I1 p.
P.ais, Oct. 14. Commander Bradford
U. 8. N.. who baa arrived here from
Washington, was examined this morn
ing by the members of the United
B la tea peace commission, relative to the
conditions prevailing and the main fea
tures of interest in the Philippine is
lands, with which the commander if
well acquainted.
The fifth joint asstion of the two com
missions was convened at 2 o'clock to
day. It may be aaid that the first,
second and third meetings scarcely pene
trated the surface of any protocol nd
leas (till the morrow. Last Tuesday,
however, narked tha Spanish areaent
ment regarding the On ban debt, which
baa daring the recesi brought toe Ameri
cans to serious preparations, adjustment
of their diplomatic forces, and the form
ulation of a plan upon which they may
ultimately stand in relation to tha Cub
an phase of their mission here. It ia
not unlikely that sine Tuesday's ses
sion the Americana, who have been ex
ceedingly busy, have determined upon
an attitude toward the Spanish proposi
tion, that the United States assume the
Cuban debt in whole or in part, and
that it haa been reduced to writing for
the preeentatiou to the Spaniards at to
day's session, stating the American view
broadly as to the Cuban debt, what pro
portion is flrmlycbargeable to the island
as leral and benfl',Hl thereto, and the
proportion to be rged to B pain at
beneficiary "f the, t j called Cuban debt.
A hasty conclusion, however, should
not be drawn from the fact of this care
ful weighing ot the Spanish proposition
by the Americans that they accept
either alternative classification of the
Cohan obligation, but rather that
they are acting cm a line and purpose
to meet every point raised aa exhaust
ively as presented. They have thor
oughly traversed the Cuban debt, views,
and the proposals submitted in writ
ing today is i heir return for the Span
ish presentment, and there will be eith
eran oral discussion today or a writ
ten interchange of views at the next
meeting.
RPANISIt COMMISSIONEB TALKS.
Jiaw York, Oct. 14. A special to
the World from Paris - says Senor
Aburxaia, a member of the Spanish
peace commission, was interviewed by
the World correspondent,
"Has the United States demanded
h e whole Philippine group?" was
asked.
"She has not so far," replied Senor
Aburziza, "and will, I think, be con
tent with the Lod rones or part of
them, perhaps with (iaum, which she
has already taken. However, as to that
I give only my own impression."
"Haa not the United States displayed
great magnanimity in not demanding
indemnity?"
'Cuba is indemnity, according to our
view. Ibe commissions will not have
to consider any question of money in
demnity." "Is there no claim for the Maine."
"That does not fall within the scops
of the commission."
"This rumor ia a ridiculous exagger
ation. No hitch has arisen."
"On what ground can Spain ask tha
United States to assume the Cuban
debt?"
"Cuba is the key to the Gulf of Mexi
co and has long eince lieen necessary to
the United States. For that reason
alone she might take upon herself the
Cuban debt. When the United States
fCtl jUDa 8ie wju ins)antly secure con
trol of the customs, which will enable
her to effect a conversion of the debt!tlie Springfield scale. The operators
and reduce the interest form C to 2 per
cent."
"You imply that Spanish relinquish
ment of sovereignty means American
annexation, not Cuban independence?"
"Certainly, our relinquishment
means the transfer of sovereignty to
America, with all its rights, therefore
all its obligations."
Manila, Oct. 14. A rumor here says
that Macabulos, chief of the five north
ern province of the Philippine isiands,
has rebelled against Avuinaldo, and
that hard fighting has taken place be
tween the opiosing factions. It is also
reported here that General Kios, the
Spanish commander at lido, has sent
emin"aiie from that place to under
mine Aguinaldo's influence and induce
the natives to demand that Spain le
tain the Philippines.
Taken In Tow by I'elro (lonld
New Yoiik, Oct. 13. A hundred and
sixty soldiers from the Ohdutn, which
arrived yesterday, were taken in charge
by Mit-s Helen Gould's sgent today and
comfortably hou ed in "Camp Wol
worth" on Ehsi Fifteenth Htr.et. The
men are of the First Kentucky, Fourth
Ohio, Second and Third Wir-connin and
First United States volunteer engineer
corps.
Krbrwkan Cuming Home.
Manila, Sept. 14. (Via Han Francis
o, Oct. 13.) The sailing of the hospital
ship, Itio Janeiro has been scheduled
for October 12. The following is a list
of the memliers of the First Nebraska
who will sail for San Francisco: George
Anderson, (Jompeny I; George 11
Chapman, Company H j Joe Kclonerjfirni,h; remrny wm inple
C innan. II jVn t HovL.T - one, there being no bridesmaids or best
U mpaoy II , John C. Hoken, Company ' m.m, , M. ..i.i. .
iiuis rasmore, uoropenv I.
RIPE r-OR OUT Brit AH
UUtaty
Obllcod la
Cow t Ioa.
Kaaralaa Orea
Tudh, III., Oct 14. A new quiver
ol excitement awept over this town
hourly throughout the afternoon, and
from 2 o'clock till nightfall rumor
followed rumor, and not even the bast
informed had any definite idea as to
what would develop during the night.
The first rumors were that another
trainload of negroes would be taken
through here from Springfield; also
that an effort would b made anring
the night to drive the negro miners
from Pana, which created intense ex
citement. A strong military patrol haa
been established along the railroad,
and in the vicinity of the stockade,
which aerves to keep the population
within bounds. Six ex-guaids from St,
Louis, all more or less seriously wound
ed who have been confined within the
tockade since the bloody fight of Wed
nesday, were rent to their homes today.
The militia were drawn np In double
line to protect them while being carried
into the train by their fellow guards.
A blanket warrant waa today sworn
ont by the miners' officials for the ar
rest of the mine cperators, deputies and
guards, but on the advice of Colonel
Young, in command of the military
forces was not served.
MUST STAY IN Mr STOCK AD K.
Colonel Young has declined to allow
the remaining guards at the stockade to
go to their homes, as he feels personally
responsible for tteir safe keeping until
the matter is settled. He thinks, bow-
ever, that arrests should be deferred un
til the excitement subsides.
Funeral services were held this after-
noon at Girard over the remains of A.
Breneman, and were attended by 300
miners Iiom neighboring towns, woo
foimed in line and escorted the body to
the cemetery.
The coroner's jury continued the ex
amination of witnesses without reach
ing a conclusion. The afternoon session
wae spent in taking the testimony of the
eb ven wounded guards, making a house
to houe canvas of wounded men. The
men who testified that there were any
shots fired by the guards on the train,
said not a man Bred a shot until they
saw their comrades dropping on all sides
of them. None of them would acknow
ledge that they themselves individually
fired. .
It will probably take until Monday or
Tuesday to finish the examination.
ghafter'a Beply to Critic.
Chicaoo, Oct. 16. Gen. William R.
Shatter, in an interview here regard
ing the Santiago campaign says, as to
the suggestion that the landing should
have been at Aguadorea :
"Any commanding general who
would have landed his troops at Agua
dores in preference to Baiquiri ought
to be court martialed and shot for in
competency. It was noi a good beach
on which to land. The ground waa
densely covered with a vine or plant
more dangerous than the poisonous
ivy. Through this the soldiers would
have to cut their way. The point was
trontrlv defended and there was no
water between Airuadorefl and Santia
go. The irround was impracticable, if
noj impossibie. Had I landed at Agna
doree aud invested Santiago the Span
ish would have had a road over which
they could have retreated from the
city if they so desired. My army went
in over the hil's and cut off the Syan-
ish retreat.
Mine Owner at Kanlt,
SpuiNariEbi), 111., Oct. 15. H. K.
Calef, chairman of the state board of
arbitration, tonight made a statement
to the Associated press relative to the
mining trouble at Virden.
He said that there had been no strike
in the Chicago and Alton sub-district,
of which the Virden mines are a part;
the mines at Virden had simply been
shutdown in April by the operators be
caime they claimed they could not pay
the Springfield scale. It was not
strike. The same applies to Pant. In
July the mine's and operators
ioii.ed in an application to
the state li ar 1 of arbitration and the
board decided the operators should pay
refused to abide by the board's decision,
and the mines continued closed. In
August bo h "ides submitted the ma ter
to President, Katchford and the national
executive board of the unitt-d mine
worKers of America, both sides agreeing
in writ ng to abide by their decision.
Ready to Take PoHHennton.
Washington, Oct. 14. The following
eablegiarn has been received at the war
department :
San Juan, Porto Rico, Oct. 14 Sec
retary War, Washington: The United
States commission has informed the
Spanish commission that the United
Stales exoeet.a to have complete posses
sion of l'orto Kico on Octolier 18. The
SpaniBli coiiimi-nion consent to this and
say that it is expected the ejaculation
will he complete on or before that day.
If not, they will concede possession!
The United Suites oommis-ion has pnc
tically completed the details of the
fcvani' tion and the joint comm B-ion
(jas held i 's lut-t iei-Hoii and adjourn d
The United Siatis troops will be
placed in San Juan and the flag hoisted
at noon, Oct. 18. U rook a,
Major General.
This dispatch is very gratifying to the
war department officials, as it end all
contention regarding the possession of
Porto Kico.
Howard (loulcl U Stari-lnd.
New Yokk, Oct. 15. Miss Viola
Kathryn Clenimons, the actress, wae
married at the Ilo'.lcnd house at 8:30
Tuecday evening toliowsrd Gould, a
son of the late Jay Gould and brother
of Gtorge J Gould. The ceremony was
performed by the Hev. Dr. Milton Merle
man. po member oi Mr. Uould a fsrn
ily was present.
NO CAUSE FOR KICKS
ATTACKS ON WAR DEPARTMENT
MADE BY IGNORANT
CrltlelsBia Paaaed by People Unaware at
Real Sltnatloa Hailroad Throe, g-n Cuba
A New Project. Major-tieueral Uraaaa
Thinks They Were Oood.
Washington, Oct. 13. Major-General
Graham, who waa in command at Camp
Alger, and later at Ft. Meade, when the
former camp- was abandoned, wae the
principal witneaa before the war investi
gating committee, His testimony went
to show that moat of the attacks on the
war department were unjustified and
made by persona ignorant of conditions.
General Graham testified to temper
try shortages of hospital linen, ice and
other suppiles at Camp Alger, bnt did
not believe any deaths had been caused
thereby. He positively denied that
surface drainage had found ita way into
the wells.
Taking it all in all, General Graham
Raid he bad no doubt that the medical
department at Camp Alger was admin
istered in a competent manner. There
were individual instances of neglect,
but they were not the rule. The general
declared Camp Meade to be an ideal
camp, and well supplied. He .would
r commend that in the future there
should be regular officers in all volunteer
regiments; that camp tents should be
farther apart than now ; that ariange
ments should be made for cremating al)
effute matter.
Lands Oraooed Lafayette.
Washington, Oct. 13. Apropos of
the Lafayette monument movement
and discjseion, the interior department
is receiv ng numerous communication!
eking information about lands, mon
eys etc., given Lafayette in testimonial
of his service in the revolution. Com
missioner Hermann of the general land
office, discussing the queries coming in
from newspaper men, historians and
others aa to the location of the lands
voted Lafayette, made the following
ttatement, reviewing all the government
land Iransac ions with Lafayette:
"Congress, on March 3, 1803, author
ized the secretary of war to issue land
warrants to Major-General Lafayette
for 11,520 acres (one half of a town
ship), and on March 27, 1804, General
La'ayette was authorized and empower
ed to locate the warrants in the terri
tory of Orleans, now the state of Louis
iana. The locations were subsequently
made on the west bank of the Mississ
ippi river, in parish of Pcinie Coupee.
Patents thereon aerei ssued in January
and April, 1810, and March, 1813.
"In 1824 congress, by a unanimous
vote, requested President Monroe to
invite General Lafayette to visit this
country. The invitation wae accep ed
and while here congress granted him
$.'00,000 in cash and a township of land,
to be located under the authority of the
president on any of the unappropr ated
land.- of the United States. This town
ship was in Leon county, in what was
then known as West Florida, being
townnhip 1, north of range 1 east, con
taining 23,028.50 acres and patented
July 4, 1825, the forty-ninth anniver
sary of the Declaration of Independence.
This patent wa delivered to General
Lafayette in person by the then com
missioner of tne general land office,
Mr. George Graham. 1 he city of Talla
hassee is located on a part of this tow i
ship. Commissioner Hermann also
cailed attention to the fact not generally
known that there ia on file in the gener
al land office an original deed executed
jointly by Genera Lafayette find another
and acknowledged before United States
Com ul Isaac Cox Barnet at Paria, Oct.
2, 1823, transferring a portion of the
land embraced in the first grant.
A Railroad Through Cuba
Wasainoton, Oct. 13. Secretary Al
ger will recommend to congress that the
existing railroad system in Cuba be ex
tended so as to form a line running di
rectly fromCape Maysi, at the east end
of the island, to Cajie Antonio tn the
western extremity, the work to be un
dertaken by the United States govern
ment, and tha' congress appropriate the
neciseary funds. The road is a military
necessity and will give work to many of
the unemployed laborers. As the road
progresses sections of the country will
be opened up that are now inaccessible
to trade.
Major General Wade cabled the war
department today announcing the death
of Major S. B. Beebe, ordnance officer
U. S. V., of yellow fever nt Havana,
He as a resident of Thompson, Conn.
Major Beebe was a graduate of' West
Point, and was made niujor in the ord
nance bureau eaily in the war.
Iiefttlmal. Kanllng,,.
Washington, Oct. 13. A dispatch
from General Wood, commanding at
Santiago, says that there are (81 fever
cases and 1,150 sick in his command.
Deaths: William Lewis, company B,
Ninth Unit id intales volunteer, ty
p old j Charles Simmons, company F,
Ninth United States volunteers; Berr
ton F. Denny, company H, Third United
b ates volunteers, acute enteritis.
solillere Coming Prom Manila
San Francisco, Oct. 13. The
transport. H o Janeiro, which will t rob
ably arrive at this port within awiek,
will bring over lo0 sick ami disabled
soldiers from Manila. G. W I lay wait
of Sau Francisco is In charge of the
floating hospital, It is hoped ibatihe
voyage home under favorable condi
tions will greatly improve the condition
of most of the men.
OUR All MY AMP NAVY.
eaata latere- sal Ttasaly
The various grade In the umj aa
navy, given according to eorreepoala0
rank, axe aa follows:
Army General, lieutenant geaewnv
major zeneraL brigadier general,
onel, lieutenant colonel, major, cantata.
If rat lieutenant, second lieutenant.
Navy Admiral, vice admiral, rearaaV
mlral, commodore, captain, com man
er, lieutenant commander, lieu tenant,
lieutenant, junior grade; ensign.
The offices of general and Ueoteaaat
general and admiral and vice admiral
no longer exist, having gone out of ex
latence with the death or retirement of
the Incumbent eihee the civil war. She
idan waa the fourth and last general
of the army, hla predecessors bean
Washington, Grant and Sherman. Tha
laat officer to hold the rank of llentea
ant general waa Gen. Sohofield, now e
the retired list Farragut and Porter
were the only officers of the navy X
held ttie rank of admiral. Stephen C
Rowan was the third and laat vice ad
miral, the other two being Farragut
and Porter. Maj. Gen. Miles, the aenlot
major general now In the eervlce, com
mands the army. There Is no similar
office In the navy. There are seven rear
admirals, the junior being Rear Ad
miral George Dewey, the hero of Ma
nila. The pay of army officers is higher
than that of naval officers, even when
the latter are at sea. Thus a general
gets $15,000 a year, an admiral $13,
000; a lieutenant general $11,000, a vice
admiral $9,000; a major general gets
$7,500, a rear admiral gets $6,000; a
Brigadier general $5,500, a commodore
$5,000; a colonel gets $4,500, a naval
captain the same; a lieutenant colonel
$4,000, a commander $3,500; a major
$3,500, a lieutenant commander from
$2,800 to $3,000. A captain in the army
get $2,500, a lieutenant in the navy
from $2,400 to $2,600; a first lieutenant
in the army gets $2,000, a lieutenant,
junior grade, In the navy gets from $1,
800 to $2,000; a second lieutenant gets
$1,540, an ensign gets from $1,200 to
$1,400. Even the cadet at West Point
gets $540, as against $500 for the naval
cadet at Annapolis. On shore tne naval
pay la cut down from one-sixteenth to
one-fifth.
The Insignia of rank in the two ser
vice are the same, with a difference.
All the naval officers wear "foul an
chors" on their shoulder-straps and col
lars; apart from the anchor, the badges
are the some. Thus a colonel wears a
silver eagle c-n his straps; a naval cap
taln, wears the same betrween two foul
anchors, and so on all the way up. The
marine officers, like their naval broth
ers, draw leas pay Chan their army rel
atives. Even when there waa a briga
dier general of marines, he had lessjiay
than his army friends' of equal rank. 1
Flag rank In the navy Is the rank of!
rear admiral and commodore, and ap
plies to officers entitled to command a
fleet or a squadron, or a naval station.
A captain commands a ship of the first-
ciase, ana commanaers, lieutenant com
manders, and lieutenants, ships of low
er classes, according to their raring.
Lieutenant commanders and lieuten
ants also act as executive officers ta
captains on the larger ships. ,
An army Is divided and subdivided
into c.tis, divisions, brigades, regi
ments, battalions and companies. Aa
army may be composed of two or mors
corps. A corps consists of three divis
ions. A division consists of three brig
ades, in addition to which there may be
an independent brigade of cavalry and
an Independent brigade of artillery, ac
cording to the necessities of the case.
A brigade usually consists of three reg
iments, although there are sometimes
more. A regiment consists of twelve
companies. A battalion consists of four
companies. The strength of a company
varies according to the arm of the ser
vice or the special organization to
which it Is attached.
As at present organized the army ia
commanded by the ranking general,
Maj. Geo. Miles. A corps is command
ed by a major general; a division by a
major general or a brigadier general,
according to circumstances. A brigade
is commanded by a grigadler general,
although It sometimes happens that a
colonel is placed in command of a bri
gade. Regiments are commanded by
colonels, and In case of their disability,
by a lieutenant colonel; battalions by
majors, and companies by captains.
General officers are all officers, line
or staff, above the grade of colonel.
Line or regimental officers are all offi
cers belonging to a regiment. Staff
officers of the different staff depart
ments, from brigadier generals to sec
ond lieutenants. Iteglmental staff offi
cers are quartermasters, adjutants,
surgeons and chaplains, attached to a
regiment Field officers are colonels,
lieutenant colonels and majors. Wash
ington Star.
liusktn on Ibe IUcycle.
ItUBkln's views of the bicycle were
expressed several years ago In a letter
published, which has recently been
brought to public aitentlou, and con
tains the following:
"I not only object, but am quite pre
pared to spend oil my be-st bad lan
gauge, In reprobation of bl-, trl-, and 4-,
5-, 0- or 7-cycles and every other con
trivance and Invention for superseding
human feet on God's ground.
To walk, to run, to leap and to dance
are the virtues of the human body, and
neither to stride on stilts, wrjggle on
wheels nor dangle on ropes, and noth
ing In the training of the human mind
with the body will ever supersede tha
appointed God's way of slow walking
and hard working."
"Ah!" Joyfully cried the young man
who had got employment at iwUntlmt
the Union Station, "the prophecies ot
my family are now being fulfilled. The
often aaid that I would adorn some
great station before I died." Clndnoag
Enquirer. . ,