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"fflftflf FfflfRR CASE ? I Thirty ! Down With the Disease at the } > ' - - . m National Soldiers' Homo , ISEVERAL DEATHS ARE REPORTED 'Newport News and Hampton to Ho Oinir- , < $ f&i antliio d No Htrunger * Allowed to HI * ntbr the JlvnerMitlon Dr. Wymiui * s M'lll Go to Hampton Soon to Take 1 Charge of the \Vork of JL'rovontlnK ' Spread. NEWPORT NEWS , Vn. , July 81. There are thirty cases of what Is be lieved to be genuine yellow fever at the National Soldiers' Homo , near Jlampton , and three deaths from the " disease were reported today. f There were several other deaths at the Institution yesterday , but It can not bo stated If all of them wore caused by yellow fevor. Newport News and Hampton will quarantine against the Soldiers' Homo tomorrow morning. TA\c government authorities at Old Pcjgk have already adopted this stop and no strangers arc allowed to enter the reservation. Quarantine Officer > Hobson of this port went to the Sol diers' Homo tonight and verified the statement that there are now thirty cases of the disease at the home and that there wore three deaths from the malady today. While no one outside of the Sol diers' Home know anything about the existence of yellow fever until today , , it Is said the disease made Its ap pearance three days ago. The most rigid quarantine regulations will bo enforced to prevent the spread of the malady. The news has created great excite ment In Newport News , Old Point and Hampton and the most vigorous meas ures will be resorted to to prevent Its spread. There are 4,000 old veterans at the home and several large excur sion parties wont last week. WASHINGTON , July 31. Surgeon General Wyman of the marine hospi tal service was Informed Saturday night of an outbreak of what was fear ed was yellow fever at the National Soldiers' Home at Hampton and im mediately dispatched surgeons in the service from Wilmington , N. C. , Nor folk and Washington to Investigate the sickness there , report on Its char acter to the authorities here and take measures to prevent the spread of the disease. Dr. Wyman himself will go to Hamp ton In a few days to take charge of the work of preventing a spread of the disease If It develops into genuine yel low fevor. Two of the surgeons dis patched to the homo reported today that the symptoms very much re sembled those of yellow fever and wulo they could not be positive In their diagnosis as yet they were In clined to the belief the Illness was the dreaded yellow Jack. The government will adopt strict precautionary meas ures and will fight Its progress with all the skill and resources at Its com mand. THE SITUATION AT SAMOA. Koport of the Tripartite Commission Mud * Public. SAN FRANCISCO , July 31. The Call publishes the report of the Tri partite commslsion sent to Samoa , making various recommendations re garding the new form of government decided upon by them as most suit able for the Islanders. These resolu tions are based upon the best features of the Berlin treaty and included the principal features of the proposed new treaty , as amended and modified by the commissioners. The official report of the commissioners and the draft of the proposed amended treaty are said to be now on the way to their respec tive governments. WILL COMMAND THE IOWA. Cup ; . Goodrich AVIll Have Charge of the Vessel After Sept. 1st. WASHINGTON , July 31. Captain J. F. Goodrich has been detached from command of the cruiser Newark and ordered to assume command of the battleship Iowa on September 1 , reliev ing Captain Terry , who is ordered rfcoine on waiting orders. The asslgn- 'ment Is of special interest , In connec tion with the plans to make the Iowa the neuclous of a considerable fleet on the Pacific coast and execute an exten sive program of naval maneuvers. BeIng - Ing the only battleship of the fleet , the Iowa will probably rank first an.ong the ships of that station , and Captain Goodrich will have command. DISASTER ON THE RAIL. rireniim mid Engineer Killed nnd u Xuni- her Wounded , PORT JERVIS , N. Y. , July 31. The iccldent on the Erie railroad growing out of the landslide a mile east of Lackawexon last night was not as ser ious as at first reported. Only the fire man and engineer of the derailed en gine of the westbound Chicago express , which turned over on the track , were killed , though a number of passengers on the express , the vestibule passenger train for Buffalo and Cleveland , which left New York Saturday at 7 o'clock , were injured. Opposes Chicago " -cu eni e. ST. LOUIS , Jluy 31. Mayor Zelgen- helm of this city took a hand In op posing the opening of the Chicago drainage canal by addressing a lengthy protest to President McKlnloy in the name of the citizens 01 St. Louis. The mayor lays particular stress on "tho danger to the people of St. Louis and to the people of the lower Mississippi valley should the sewage of the city of Chicago bo discharged Into the Mis sissippi river , which Is furnishing the suppb' of drinking water to thous ands. " NEWS AND NOTES BY WIRE. Mutter * of Mori ) or I.PM Importance la Condensed Form. The gold reserve In the treasury Is nearly $250,000,000. The movement for three-cent car fares In Detroit has failed. > Kansas City has raised nearly $50- 000 toward securing the democratic national convention. The trial of Generals Toral and Ba- roja and others for surrendering San tiago de Cuba will begin on the 31st Sir Julian Pauncefotc , head of the British delegation , gave a farewell banquet to the peace delegates at The Hague. Chauncey M. Depew was smitten with the delights of the automobile In London and will keep one In Wash ington. Farmers report that a worm Is de stroying the fields of kafllr corn , sorghum ghum and millet In Butler county , Kansas. Mr. Michael Davltt , member for South Mayo , will again raise the question as to royal clemency for Mrs. Maybrlck In the House of Commons. Secretary James Wilson of the United States department of agricul ture Is In California to familiarize himself with agricultural conditions. General Jacob S. Coxoy has pur chased the old steel plant of Graff , Bennett & Co. , at MillvaleKnear Pitts- burg , Pa. , and will remove It to Mas- sillion , O. The strike of the messenger boys of Cincinnati after a run of ono wcok Is practically over. Neither the West ern Union nor the Postal made any concessions. A fierce fire destroyed the shlnglo block lumber yard of thn Northwest ern Lumber company at Stanley , Wls. About five acres of wood and shlnglo blocks were burned. Administration ofilclals say they will not pay any attention to the re ported petition of natives of the Car oline Island of Kusale to bo annexed to the United States. At New York Carl Schurz narrowly escaped death by Ptomaine poisoning , lie was made violently 111 by eating bass. For a time there were grave doubts of his recovery. The census In Cuba will be placed under the supervision of persons fa miliar with and experienced In census work In the United States. A wealthy Colorado merchant , whose identity the police disguise be hind the fictitious name of "George Edwards , " was robbed In Chicago of $7,000 through a "panel game. " Deputy Collector Wadham arrested two Chinamen at Tia Juana , on a cuargo of attempting to Illegally enter the United States , and another was captured at the same place. Advices just received from the Do minican frontier say that the insurg ents have cut the telegraph wires in the neighborhood of Santiago do los Caballeros and also near Moca. Will Llttlefield , the Horn Lalio , Miss. , desperado , who is wanted for the killing of three officers of the law at that place about fourteen months ago , Is under arrest at Memphis. It Is expected that the subcontractors ors on the Union Pacific cut-off lines In Wyoming will complete their work by August 31 and the only work left to be done will be heavy cuts and fills. Mme. Burroughs , who sued the cities of Toledo and Fremont , Ohio , for $1,000,000 damages on account or alleged abuse , was released from the Insane asylum. It Is understood she will push the cases. It Is officially announced from Pana ma that yellow fever has ceased to bo epidemic there. The total number of cases reported since the outbreak of the disease Is eighty-eight , of which forty-five resulted fatally. "Honest" John Salisbury , a former member of the city board of aldermen of Kansas City , and Tor many years a prominent live stock commission man , committed suicide by cutting his throat with a pocket knife. Reports received at the Missouri Pacific offices Indicate that the recent rain was general over sonuiern Ne braska and northern Kansas. It was a steady downpour lasting six hours in most places , and the first In two weeks. The State department has not yet been officially advised of the arrival in this country of Chief Justice Cham bers of Samoa and In fact It docs not yet know that he has taken leave of absence as reported. Captain Frank Miller , U. S. A. , re tired , aged 53 years , died suddenly at his home in Lcavenworth of heart disease. He was a graduate of Prince ton class of ' 09 ; was appointed second lieutenant by General Grant In 1872 , was promoted and retired because of disability In 1S90. Four thousand postmasters of the United States will be Invited to attend the federal building corner-stone ex ercises in Chicago next October. The list includes the first-class postmasters throughout the country and all the postmasters of Illinois and some from Iowa , Indiana , Wisconsin and Michi gan. Brigandage and blackmailing have become so rampant In the neighbor hood of Canton that silk merchants have been obliged to notify foreign buyers that they will probably be un able to fulfill their contracts , owing to the insecurity of transportation. Several suspected cases of anthrax have developed within a few days among dairy herds about Sioux City. The fifth beonnlal convention of the World's Women Christian Temper ance union , It Is announced , will meet In Edinburgh , Scotland , Monday , June 25 , 1UOO. The e.xecutlveo commltto will bo hold on Friday , Juno 22. Governor Roosevelt has written to the committee on plan and scope of the Dewey reception saying that lie does not think It possible or desirable to have the "rough riders take part In the land parade In tlmt city when Dewey arrives. Transport Hancock , With Nebraska's Anxiously Looked For , WILL PROBABLY ARRIVE SUNDAY I'ny Car Muy Ho Attached to tlio Train that HrliiKH tlui KeKlnicnt Homo Jlunter Out .May Itci lu Him FraneUeo for the Soldiers. SAN FRANCISCO , July 29. Yester day was spent by the anxious people of the Nebraska contingent bore In awaiting the signal that the Hancock was entering the hnrbor , but up to C o'clock , which Is 8 In Nebraska , no news had been heard and It was cer tain that should the ship come In after that time of day no ono would bo al lowed to board It until morning , as the quarantine and custom house officers would not perform tholr duties until after sunrise tomorrow. There Is , however , good reason for thinking that the ship will not bo sighted before Sunday afternoon or Monday , but these calculations are based on the supposition that the Han cock will not attempt to make Its cus tomary speed or cannot do so on ac count of the foulness of its bottom. The Hancock left Japan for this city on July M. It was to come direct. Six teen days would bo the average time for a vessel like the Hancock , which would make It duo hero on Sunday. Loss of speed would bring the trip up to about Monday. Judge Ryan , Mr. Whedon and the Bee correspondent made a visit to General Shafter and received some In formation regarding the matter of paying off the troops. General Shaf- tor said there would bo about $133 duo each one of the enlisted men hero in case they held to the resolve to bo mustered cut here Instead of at homo. He said they would be given the chance to vote again on the matter. The question of the place of muster- out of the volunteers was one which was causing the government much embarrassment , the states all being anxious to have the men mustered out at homo and tlvo Oregon people having asked that their troops be allowed to retain their arms until they reached home , oven though mustered out bore. The Idea was to have thorn go homo with their guns , take part In the homo demonstration and then turn In the property. General Shafter had just re ceived today a letter from the war de partment showing the impossibility of granting the request of the Oregon 1 > coplo , but the troops of that state are to take another vote on the question of location for imister-out. General Shafter said ho had re- ceelvod authority to attach a pay car on the train tlmt would take the Ne braska boys homo , so that they might bo paid off after they left this city. The amount they received would bo the same as if they had received It here. None of the men could be com pelled to follow this course , however , and the Idea could not be adopted un less all or n largo majority of the men agreed to It. In any event the men would each bo paid $133 on their ar rival In port here. There IB much Interest In the ques tion here and the sentiment among the large business men , city officials and the best people generally Is that the volunteers ought not to bo mustered out hero. Their reason for this Is that If the men are paid off hero a largo part of the money will be spent In a dissolute way , without helping legiti mate business , and a largo number of the men , after getting rid of their money , will remain hero on the coast and by increasing the number of lab orers here cause a reduction In wages that Is not desirable. The leaders of the labor organizations also take this view of the case and would like to see the men go to tholr own states to bo mustered out. General Shafter bestowed much praise on the Nebraska troops and said It was a pity that a regiment with such a glorious record could not go home Intact , but ho had no Idea that the men would vote to bo mustered out In Nebraska , on account of the differ ence In the amount of pay each would receive. THE FIGHT AT CALAMBA. the First Ofllclul Unport Itecelved From Ceil. Oils WASHINGTON , July 29. The war department received Its flrrt official re port of the capture of Calambia In the following cablegrayi frOm General Otis : Hall , with 1,000 men , captured Ca lambia , an Important strategic posi tion on Laguna do Bay , yesterday , driving out 300 Insurgents. Command composed -portions of Fourth cav alry , Twenty-first Infantry , Washing ton volunteers , transported In launches and cascoes , gunboats accompanying. Casualties : Private Charles Gleesupp , Fourth , and Private McDuffy , Company II , Twenty-first , killed ; Corporal Thomas Totten , Company G , Fourth , mortally wounded ; Privates Michael Sheridan , Herbert Tracy , Napoleon White , Com pany K , Twenty-first , seriously wound ed ; Privates Hinds and Plummer , Company G , and Sanson , Company C , Fourth ; Phillips , Company H ; Christie and Holllstor , Company D , and Ash land , Company I , Twenty-first , slight ly wounded. Insurgent casualties unknown. Forty Spanish prisoners released. Spanish gunboat In good condition , long sought for In bay , captured. This town was the dlicct objective of Lawton when ho captured Santa Cruz and launches In April , but unable to reach the town by boats on account of shoal water. Anthriirltfl Coal Ai NEW YORK. July 29. The nntra- cite companies announce that nil or ders for coal at prices prior to July 1 not filled on July 81 will bo cancelled and the advance of 25 cents per ton will then go Into general nffnot , THE NEWS BOILED DOWN. A Variety of Item * Covering a U'lilo Arm of Country , Hon. W. J. Hrynn hnil thrco meet ings nt Greenfield , liul. , on the 2Sth. Rural free delivery service will bo established nt Lnboll , Mo. , on Aug. 1. American eommlflslonors to the Sa moa confurcnco sailed for the United States July 1C. The Petit Journal says that Captain Droyfua IB 111 with fever , and that his condition Is serious. Senator J. IJ. Forakcr's mother dle < l on the 28th at Hlllsboro , 0. , after an Illness of thrco months. The Interior department lias decided upon October 15 next as the date of sale of the lands In the north half of section 15 In the Cass Lake reserve. Thomas J. Fltzmorrls of Omaha was elected president of the Society of Building and Loan Associations at their mooting at Niagara Kails. N. Y. The quartermaster at Chlekamauga park started a shipment of 182 horses and mules for the army In the Philip pines , via San Francisco , In compliance with mi order from the war depart ment. Mrs. Kmellno M. Ludlngton of Chicago cage , wife of ex-Govornor Harrison Ludlngton of Wisconsin , has brought suit in the United States court against James 13. Patton of Milwaukee for $200,000. Ton men were badly Injured and a largo number of others were hrttlBCil and cut In a collision between a work train on the Cleveland & Plttsburg railroad and a shifting engine near Mlugo Junction. A. Finley. third olllcor of the steam ship Garronne , now being fitted up for a transport , has received word from England that through the death of his father he Is heir to an estate amount ing to nearly $1,000,000. Tourists discovered Mine. Moral and her daughter at the bottom of a ravlno near Scrmatt , Switzerland. Evidently they had rolled a distance of 1,200 feet. Mme. Morel was dead , her skull hav ing been fractured. Her daughter was badly Injured and delirious. Four negroes , Cornelius Gardner. John Myers , Charles James and Joseph Bryan , were hanged In the jail yard at Baltimore , the first three named for assaulting little Annie Bailey , and Bryan for the murder of Mary Pack , a woman with whom ho had lived. Ex-Congressman W. F. Piper is lying dangerously ill at the Palace hotel In San Francisco of a complication of diseases and his recovery is not ex pected. He is about 05 years old and Is reputed to bo worth $3,000,000. Ilia only relatives are nephews and nieces , living In eastern states. " All the convalescent volunteers at the general military hospital In San Francisco will be held there until the regiments are mustered out. It Is stated that among 700 patients at the Presidio thoie are only three et.&cs of typhoid fever and that tluVo Is little danger of Its becoming epidemic. The London moinlng Post's Paris correspondent says : "It la stated from Ilenncs that Major Carrioro has com pleted his indictment , which formally concludes that Dreyfus Is guilty. Ma jor Carrlere , who Is the government commissary in the court-martial , will demand the confirmation of the first Judgment. " The surveyors of customs at San Francisco and Omaha have been noti fied that an order has been Issued by the treasury department directing the Immediate transportation of the Filipino pine exhibit from San Francisco to Omaha , In bond , and upon their arrival In Omaha they will be Inspected by the customs olllclals. The final session of the convention of the Southern Industrial league was hold at Atlanta on the 27th. By reso lution the convention pledged Itself tc secure state and municipal leglslatloi looking toward the exemption fron taxation for a limited time all maim facturing enterprises to bo locatcA within the states represented In the league. The schooifer Maid of Orleans has arrived at San Francisco , sixteen days from Nyak bay , Alaska , with 8,000 cases of salmon , the llrst of the sea son's catch. On July -1 , while at Kodiak - diak , It saw the steamer George Elder , with the Herrlman expedition , Com posed mostly of eastern scientists , on board. All of the party were well. The Elder was just about to start for a cruise In Bering sea. A Belleville. 111. , dispatch says : The Right Rev. John J. Janssen of thl place , bishop of the Belleville dloceso Is about to excommunicate all th * members of St. Patrick's parish IP East St. Louis. It is expected that nex. Sunday notice of such action will bo promulgated. It will bo the first in stance in the history of the Roman Catholic church In this country of the excommunication of an entire parish. The party of scientists who wont to Alaska a month ago ns guests of E. H. Harriman of New York are meeting with unqualified success. They made several important discoveries. Among these is an immense bay extending In land over twenty miles. At the upper end of the bay they have dlbcovercd a great glacier , Inferior only to Mulr glacier In size. This bay was named Unknown bay. Four other now glaciers which have never before been seen by white men were found at the head of Disenchantment bay. The grand Jury at Fort Smith , Ark. , has returned fourteen indictments against both the Western Coal & Min ing company and the Central Coal & Coke company for violation of the screen law , passed by the last legisla ture. James Jeffries , the pugilist , sailed for Southampton on the Fuerst Bis marck. Ho was accompanied by his brother John and Ross O'Ncll. Governor Wolcott has nominated Judge Ollvor Wendell Holmes to suc ceed the late Walbrldgo A. Field as chief justice of the supreme court of Massachusetts. A Havana dispatch says that Chief of Police Gallo of Guanajay has cap tured Enrique Riviera , the ringleader of the banditti engaged in the recent safe robbery at Mariel. Rlvloru was tnkcn In a ruined building near Guaiiu- Uilf AND ORDER RHG1K Cleveland is Again Assuming Ita Old Appcaranca , CARS AGAIN WCLL PATRONIZED. Mnyor Snjii Hit l'n > poe to Hoe tlmt Vlunii wro Not Interfered With City lCxccntl\ and Adjutant ( Irneral of the ftnto In\ol\ed In n Uoiitrotiiniy Over Action of the Troop * . CLHVI3LAND , 0. , July 39. l.nw . .ml order are triumphing and the city Is beginning to resume Its old time ap pearance. Yesterday the street cars were well patronized , especially dur ing the busy hours of the morning and evening. Mayor Farley Is well pleased with the situation , but ho has not relaxed Uls vigilance and will not until the last vestige of tllsoredr Is wiped away. The mayor and Adjutant General Ax- line are at present Involved In a con troversy over what the troops shall do and what they shall not do. The adjutant general Is of the opinion tlmt ttio duty of the National Guard Is merely to put down rioting and not to do police duty. Whatever the duty of the National Guard may bo Mayor Farley holds that the troops are hereunder under his authority , and they will ro- inaln hero until ho feels that they can bo dispensed with. As the responsibility of preserving order In the city rests on the shoulders of the mayor ho says he proposed to see that his plans are not Interfered with. Ho declares he Is to bo the judge as to whether troops aio not wanted. Thorc have bu.cn several out breaks between Mayor Farley and Ad jutant General Axllne within the last few days over this question. Today the mayor refused to discuss the dif ficulty , saying that It was not a tlmo to stir up any discord. "I will merely rclterato my state ment of last night , " said the mayor. "This Is a tlmo for every man to mlml his own business. " Rumors to the effect that the city council will endeavor to ruconsldct the resolution of Thursday night are prevalent. The mayor fools that ho has the situation well under hand and ho fears any action of the council will cause agitation which will simply pro long the trouble. After the breaches have been healed and quiet has been absolutely restored the mayor would not object to any kind of an Investi gation by the council , but ho declares the members are treading on danger ous ground , when they undertake to reopen the discussion. The mayor takes but little Interest In the talk of boycotting the mer chants. He believes that just as soon as qulot Is restored and the fever Is gone all such talk will cease. A boy cott , ho feels , is against natural laws , that a man will not pay (5 ( cents for an article that can bo purchased for ( > , and a man will not walk a mile to make a purchase when ho can got what ho wants at a quarter of a mile. It is said at the city hall that there are quite a number of the recent street car employes who would go back to work If permitted , but they are pre vented by threats from some of the more radical strikers. The Big Consolidated officials stated that cars were being operated on every line In the system of fourteen in all. Even on the Union street line , which runs through a district thickly popu lated with iron workers and where It has generally bollovcd trouble would Inevitably como when an attempt was made by the company to resume oper ation , cars were running on schedule tlmo this morning without any trou ble. ble.It It 'is stated that the detective who have been hunting for the miscreants who placed nltro-glycorino on the tracks and blew up a Euclid avenue car last Sunday night , have flnallly secured some strong evidence bearing on the case and will make at least two arrests. A reward of $2,000 will bo paid by the Big Consolidated on the arrest and conviction of the guilty parties. ALL WANTJO BE EfiTrNDLY. All NittliniH Kugcr to Ho lit I'onrn With 1/iiclii / ham. NEW YORK , July 29. Archbishop Ireland talked to reporters last night at the Fifth Avenue hotel. Ho spoke of his sojourn abroad and of the con dition of affairs as ho found them , but declined to make any expression of his opinion on either religious or political matters. Ho spent three months In Rome and three months In Franco , Belgium , England and Ireland. "In all the countries I visited , " Archbishop Ireland said , "I found a strong desire for friendly relations with the United States. Franco Is vlolng with England In trying to cul tivate our friendship. The United States Is admittedly the favorite na tion In the matter of the forthcoming exposition. Wo have bron allotted much more space than wo were en titled to. While I was In Paris the question of the reciprocity treaty was discussed. All France wns Intci.fccly Interested and hoped favorable terms for both would bo arrived at , not from selfish motives entirely , but because they wanted to bo able to accept a policy agreeable to the United Slates. "In England there Is no Idea of an absolute direct political alliance ' .vlth this country. They want friendship and cannot get too much of It. " Mississippi Itlxnr Commission. WASHINGTON. July 29. The an nual report of the Mississippi river commission has boon lecelvedu \ Gen eral Wilson , chief of engineers. It says that there has been expended on the river for the year ending June SO , 1899 , $1,075,000 and allotments for 1899 amounting to $1.250,000 have been made. During the year the United States has built 7.080,758 cubic yards of levees , and state and local authori ties 3.13G.511 yards. It is not expected that the work of state and local au thorities will bo continued to any great extent hereafter. RIGHT ABOUT , FACE. 1'ormpr Trench Premier Change * Front on the Treaty. WASHINGTON , D. C. , July 29. The soml-olficlal statement In Paris that American leather docs not got the minimum rate under the now recipro city treaty , although M. Mollno's cab inet offered this ratu to American leather , caused considerable comment In official circles hero. It Is ono of the recorded facts of the recent negotia tions that M , Mollno , who Is now at tacking the now treaty , offered far greater concessions on American goodti than the present ministry permitted to bo Inserted In the treaty as finally formed. M. Mollno was nt the head of the ministry during the cai'ly stages of the reciprocity negotiations and nt that tlmo Premier Kasson received a proposition from the French authori ties that the minimum tariff would bo granted on the entire list of Amer ican goods sent to Franco. This prop osition of the Mollno cabinet stood until two weeks ago , although n now ministry had como Into powor. The present ministry decided , however - over , that the original offer of the Mollno cabinet had gone too far and as a result a now proposition was advanced two weeks ago to omit from the minimum list a largo number of agricultural products , such as leather , horses , catllo , butter , produced largely In Franco. In the final draft twenty- four of thcso exceptions are made , largely In the Interest of French agri cultural products , so that the Instru ment Is much more considerate of French Interests than It would have been had It been framed under the original proposition of M. Mollno , who Is now at the head of the opposition to the treaty. THE PRESENT ENJOYING REST. Out Knrly for n Stroll Mm. MnKlnlnjr ( Iriiulm ; Hettcr. PLATTSBURGH , N. Y. , July 29. The president was out for a stroll early yesterday , accompanied by his nleco , Miss Duncan , and Private Secretary Cortolyou. Mrs. McKlnley rested well during the night and yesterday felt bettor than she has for several days. The president has been Invited to try his hand at golf and ho may go down to the golf links and try the gamo. Yesterday the president received the following dispatch in reply to his mes sage of condolence sent the day pre vious : "SAN DOMINGO , via Haytl , July 27 , 1899. To Ills Excellency , the Presi dent of the United States , William Mc- Klnloy , Hotel Champlaln , N. Y. : In the name of the Dominican republic and In my own , 1 hurry to present to your excellency the testimony of out most fervent gratitude for your con dolences on account of the death of President 1 leureaux. leureaux."W. "W. FIGUERO. " MAY BE A GENERAL WALKOUT. } l I.iihur Actlxti and Kmplojorn Indifferent. CHICAGO , July 29. Olllclals of or ganized labor In this city state that the brlckmakors' strike Is llkoly to precipitate a general walkout In the city. Committees from the Brick- makers' alliance Invaded buildings In various stages of construction and whore non-union brick were being used ordered the union men to cease work. The brlckmakers demand not only an Increase In wages , but the rec ognition of the Brlckmakors' union. The employers against whom the movement Is directed preserve a stol id front of Indifference. What suc cess the strikers will have In tholr efforts to call out other branches of the building trades will not bo de termined until the various unions have held meetings to consider the matter. THEY MUST VACCINATE. Kngllfdi Court Mandumtitt ( Jniirdhind Op posed to tint Method. LONDON , July 29. An interesting case , the outcome of the anti-vacci nation crusade , was opened In the court of the Queen's Bench today , when the Leicester guardians , 'con sisting of thlrty-flvo gentlemen and five ladles , appeared to show cause why a mandamus should not bo Issued to compel the appointment of a vac cination officer. The guardians wore elected under a pledge to resist com pulsory vaccination. During the Jour ney of the guardians to London crowds of sympathi/ers met them at various stages and loudly cheered them. Upon their arrival at London they wore mot by huge crowds , who cheered the "Leicester martyrs , " and accompan ied them In procession. The court mandamused the guardians. THE POOR ARE EVERYWHERE. In America They Are Happier and Hot ter OIT Than Altroittl. NEW YORK , July 29. Among the passengers who arrived yesterday per steamer Brittanic from Liverpool and Queenstown was Archbishop Ireland. The archbishop , who Is greatly Inter ested in labor matters , said : "The contest between the masses In this country and the masses in the old world In and out of the church Is more remarkable now than over , 1 think. The American poor are hap pier and 100 per cent more Intelligent. Their surroundings are better , their chances are hotter. Whore there Is one case of misery there are hun dreds abroad , and by abroad I mean England as well as the continent. " TOO MANY WANT COMMISSIONS. That Appcurx to Ho tint Trouble of Halting Troops In Culm. NEW YORK. July 29. A special to the Times from Washington scys : The suggestion heard at the war de partment that It would bo a wise thing to raise some troops In Cuba to relieve the American troops now on duty there and to provide thorn with American officers in part docs not moot with the most cordial support from men who are acquainted with the conditions that would have to bo met. Later , It Is admitted , when fewer of the Cubans