M'OOOK TRIBUNE.
V. At. KI.UMELL , Publisher.
McCOOK , - : - - > NEBRASKA
NEBRASKA.
Parlies are arranging Jor putting in
a now telephone Hue in Nebraska City ,
Fremont's charity ball will be given
November llth. Great preparations
nro making for the event.
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Clayconifc
of Bradshaw made a raid on the par
sonage , leaving many testimonials oi
their love and esteem.
Miss Lillian Morris , who was mur
dered In. Omaha , formerly resided In
Fremont with her father , W. O. Mor
ris , being engaged in promoting a
company for the construction of a
patent fence.
The board of trustees of Hastings
college is trying to secure the old Cath
olic convent building , which is situ
ated on a fine location just on the
edge of the city limits north of the
city. More room is needed.
A bloody fight occurred in Beatrice
between a man who claimed to live in
Omaha but who refused to give his
name , and a young horse trader named
Blowers. The two had traded horses ,
and out of this the fracas grew.
Arrangements are being made to per
mit all the poor people whose means
would not allow them to see the ex
position heretofore , to see it on Omaha
day. The matter Is in the hands of
the county charity authorities.
Will Root , a farmer living onthe
Bean farm near Washington was found
dead in his bed. His wife was visitIng -
Ing her father the day before and did
not return until the next morning.
Heart trouble is thought to have been
the cause of his death.
Eight hundred and eighty acres of
land belonging to Joseph Ellis was
Bold recently at sheriff's sale in Gage
county. The purchaser was the mort
gagor , J. L. Beachy , who bought the
property for $5OG8 , subject to another
mortgage of $10,000. Mr. Beachy re-
Bides in Salisbury. Pa.
The golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Cooper , old and respected cit
izens of Table Rock , was celebrated
last wttek. Members of the Grand
Army of the Republic post and Re
lief corps , calling at the home in a
body , with provisions for a feast and
other testimonials of the esteem in
which the aged couple are held.
General Gage of Lincoln is agitating
the matter of sending Christmas boxes
to the different companies of the First
regiment now at Manila. He suggests
in the way of warm whiter undercloth
ing , handkerchiefs and mending sup
plies. All boxes and packages should
be ready for shipment by November 1
if they are to reach the boys by Christ
mas.
mas.An
An Italian named Charles Foley , who
has been working on the section for
the Union Pacific Railroad company
for some time past , was run over and
instantly killed by a freight train near
Buda , four miles east of Kearney. He
was terribly cut and mangled , his head
being nearly severed from the body ,
his left foot entirely cut off and his
left leg and side mangled into a shape
less mass.
In the district court at Wiiber the
cases of Murray W. Kepler , who sued
Walter P. Hanley , a merchant of Dor
chester , for 510,000 damages for slan
der by words uttered reflecting upon
his integrity while he was employed
by defendant as clerk , the jury re
turned a verdict for plaintiff for 6
cents. The slander case of T. C. Callahan -
lahan vs. Ed. Whitcomb , editor of the
Friend Telegraph , was continued to
next term.
The Johnson robbery case , which
has been on trial in the district court
ended at Savannah in the sentence of
the prisoner , Arthur Johnson , to eight
years in the penitentiary at Lincoln.
While Judge Kinkaid was arraigning
the prisoner in the severest terms pos
sible for the crime the convicted man
suddenly fainted away. A physician
was in immediate attendance and amid
much disorder he was brought to , only
to collapse a second time.
The thirteenth annual convention of
the Christian Endeavors held in Hast
ings was brought to a close by the
election of old officers with the excep
tion of John Hood of Beatrice , who
was elected president instead of F. E.
Tucker of Lincoln. Mrs. F. E. Tucker
of Hastings is now superintendent of
the junior deuartment instead of H.
A. Carnahan of Omaha , and H. 0.
Denise of Omaha , superintendent of
Christian citizenship instead of Clark
Oberlies. After passing resolutions of
thanks to the people of Hastings for
their loyal entertainment. Kearney
was agreed upon as the place for holdIng -
Ing the next meeting.
Seward dispatch : A farm house
about eight miles northeast of Sew
ard. near Bee , occupied by a famuy
named McMillan , together with the
contents , was burned this morning
about 2 o'clock. There was no one at
home except the two McMillen woniijn
and their little children , who barely
escaped with the lives. They were
sleeping up stairs , and one of them
escaped through a window , leaving her
baby behind. The other one ran clown
stairs with her baby , and when she
saw that the other one had left her
baby up stairs she ran back and -got
It , but both were quite badly burned
before she escaped from the building.
The men folks operate a threshing
machine and were away from ho.u ° .
The house was a good family farm residence
idence- . The amount of the loss or
whether there was any insurance is
The Fremont , Elkhorn & Missouri
Valley Railroad company has just
closed a contra/jt with the -city of
Chadron , by which it receives all the
water necessary in Its large shops in
Chadron for a period of ten years , at
the rate of § 800 per annum.
Governor Holcomb honored a requi
sition from Governor Leedy of Kan
sas for the person of Mortimer Beemer ,
who Is wanted in Wyandotte , Kas. , for
larceny from a dwelling house. The
alleged crime Is said to have been
committed October 1 , 1898. A shotgun
and some other articles are said to
have been taken. Beemer is under
arrest at Norfolk.
England More Active Than Ever in
Preparing Army and Navy ,
A CRISIS SEEMS AT HAND ,
Omcors Orttcrcil to Duty jint f.lilus 1'ro-
pnrod for Fljlitliis Service Voluutuoi
Oniccra Said to Huvo Jtrcoiretl Direc
tions for Jmmoillato MoblUettloiu
Loxnox , Nov. i. There was an un
expected gloomy feeling this morning
upon the stock exchange and the Paris
bourse. 1'oth these markets were in-
iluenccd , it is inferred , from the ag
gressive tone of some of the Frcncli
papers.
Besides this , something extraordi
nary seems to have happened and it
looks as if n crisis were approaching.
The Uritish emergency squadron is
gathering at Devon port with all possi
ble specl. Seven battle ships and one
cruiser have thus far been designated
to join the squadron.
Officers and sailors have b en hur
riedly recalled from leave of absence ,
several battleship ? and cruisers at
Portsmouth are taking their full crews
on board and other warlike prepara
tions are-making. Signal men now on
duty with the British channel squad
ron have been ordered home for ser
vice , it is presumed on board the aux
iliary cruisers.
A sensation has been caused by the
arrest of a supposed llussian spy at a
fort near Harwich. The man was al
ready under surveillance and went tea
a redoubt , where he tried to obtain
some information from a sentry re
garding the fortifications. He was
promptly arrested.
ORDERS FOR VOLUNTEERS.
It was also asserted to-day that the
commanding ofii-jars of the London
volunteer regiments had received or
ders to prepare for immediate mobili
zation , and it was asserted that the
different artillery corps have been in
formed as to the forts on the southern
and eastern coasts to which they have
been allotted.
The Pall Mall Gazette says : "Eng
land has been anil even now is so near
war that the govcrnmant has carried
its preparations to the farthest limit
of the preparatory stage. It has been
arranged to call out the reserves and
militia and to mobilize the volunteers
simultaneously and to form large
camps at various important railroad
junctions where rolling stock and lo
comotives will be concentrated.
VICTORIA , B. C , Nov. 1. Commo
tion prevails at Esquimault and in the
clubs of the citr frequented by naval
men. Admiral Palliser is said to have
received n , long cipher message in
the admiralty and immediately her
majesty's ship Amphion , the fastest
cruiser on the station , was ordered to
prepare for sea. She will sail at once
for Coquimbo to meet her .sister ship ,
Phaeton , and from there the two will
proceed to Tahiti , tlio French settle
ment of ths Society islands.
The flagship Imporieuse. which has
just returned from Comox. is also coal
ing , and the Lcander has bcci ordered
to also return from C'omax io prepare
for any move thafc may bo decided
upon. The other ships herj are the
Dirigo , Sparrowhawk and Icarus. The
opinion among naval men is that Eng
land is dispatching fleets from Halifax
to the West Indies and from Esqai-
mault to Tahiti to show the French
how utterly her colonies would bo at
the mercy of the British should she
make any warlike movements.
CZAR AND KAISER INTERESTED.
PARIS , Nov. 1. The Eclaire says it
learns on reliable authority that the
Fashoda question will be settled favor
ably to Great Britain by the recall of
Major Marchand. France , the paper
adds , yields all , reserving only the
question of the right to the Bahr-el-
Ghazal district , which she does not
consider as belonging to Egypt.
The Eclafre remarks : "M. Delcasse ,
however , has now decided to raise the
whole Egyptian questionwhich should
have been done from the firstand thus
avoid the humiliation of yielding to
the British ultimatum. When the ques
tion is thus enlarged , France will not
be alone in its discussion with the
Marquis of Salisbury. Egypt inter
ests nil the powers. Russia has
promised M. Delcasse its most effect
ive assistance , and , besides , Germany
has the biggest interest , in view of
her East African possessions and trade
in the Far East , that the Suez canal
should not become exclusively British.
It is disposed to support Franco-Rus
sian arguments for a definite settle
ment of the Egyptian question. "
StonoTvn.ro Trn t Fully Orfjanlscil.
AKROX , Ohio , Nov. 1. The combi
nation having for its purpose the con
trol of the production of the white ,
black and salt glazad stoneware in the
United States and the fixing and main
taining of prices has been formed.
Twenty-six concerns are interested in
the combine. The trust has already
advanced the market a half cent a
gallon , in some instances a cent.
Ghouls Arc at Work.
KANSAS CITY , Mo. , Nov. 1. The body
of Michael Kelly , who died on October
20 , and was buried in Mount St.
Mary's cemetery October 22 , was stolen
some time between tlic date of the in
terment and yesterday afternoon at 2
o'clock.
The Loiter tocomotlvo Dual DonleM.
PJIOVIDENCE , R. L , Nov. 1. The re
port that Joseph Loiter had bought
the Rhode Island Locomotive works
hure , is denied by Eugene W. Mason ,
M the committee in charges of the
vrorks , and by other men interested.
INDIANS GOOD , BUT LAZY ,
Au Agent Tclli Hew Wortlilrai nu Xilan !
Tribe lit ,
WASHINGTON , Nov. 1. The majority
of the annual reports of the Indian
agents to the commissioner of Indian
affairs nve of an encouraging nature.
Some of the reports , however , ftri no !
so gratifying and mxke : aonso .surprlr
ing statements. Unusunl in tin annual
report is the following arraign-
nioiit in the report of 11. M. Ycarin , in
charge of the Lomhi agency in
Idalio. He says in part : "Thcsi
Indians us a tribe arc honest and
peaceable and kindly disposed , but an
about na degraded and ungrateful n
set as one finds. They hava been liU'
mored and , like spoiled children , want
things their way , and their condition ,
mode of living- and barbaric practice ;
should indicate that undue concessions
have been made ou the part of agents.
While some will avail tlie.msolve. * o (
the opportunity of earning1 their living
by civilized ] ursuits , others lead a
laxy , vagabond life .
"They are addicted to gambling ,
horse racing and dancing , and the in-
iluence of the so-called 'medicine-man'
operates to the disadvr.ntage. of the
tribe.
"Morally these Indians are prac
tically the same as they were twenty
years ago ; financially they are but
little better oft' . Aside from a few
small farms , wagons and farming im
plements , held by some of the more
energetic and industrious , they have
comparatively nothing except a great
number of worthless ponies. No
horned stock is owned in the tribe. "
J. R. Jewell , in charge of the New
York agency , in his report , alleges
that after careful investigation the
funds of the Seneca nation are almost
wholly' absorbed by the ollicers of the
nation , and that they are in collusion
with white men for such purpose. "
WARING TRIED TO FINISH IT ,
While Dylnsr the Colonel Asked for a
Stenographer to Take IIU Report.
NKW Yonic , Nov. 1. Dr. Stimson
said that Colonel Waring's report on
his investigations in Havana and his
suggestions as to sanitary improve
ments in that city , for President McKinley -
Kinley , was practically completed be
fore his death. On Thursday he
wanted a stenographer sent for that
he might finish it. He was too weak
at that time , however. Dr. Stimson ,
however , said that the President can
obtain all the information that Colonel
Waring had gathered essentially from
the report as it stands. Colonel War
ing had .three copies of his report
made. They will be forwarded to
Washington at an early date , but will
first be thoroughly disinfected.
TWO STRIKE LEADERS SHOT ,
A Non-Union Miner Uses a Revolver to
Kosciit InterfcrBtiec.
WASHINGTON DEPOT , Ind. . Nov. 1.
Richard Reibmeister and Leon Rags-
dale , coal strike leaders , have been
shot by Austin Koaher , a non-union
miner , who claims Ragsdale tried to
hit him with a brick and that Reib
meister offered to strike him. Kochcr
fired live shots , two of them hitting
Kagsdale in the neck and one landing
in Reibmeister's side. Kosher was ar
rested. It is feared the affair will
cause fresh trouble between the strik
ers and non-union miners.
DUPUY FORMS HIS CABINET ,
Tire of the Members of the Urlsson Min
istry IIol.l Ovor.
PAKIS. Nov. l. The new cabinet
has just been announced. It is consti
tuted as follows : M. Dupuy , premier
and minister of the interior ; M. De
Freycinet , minister of war ; M. Lock-
roy , minister of marine ; M. Delcasse ,
minister of foreign affairs ; M. Peytral ;
minister of finance ; M. Leygus , minis
ter of public instruction ; M. Lebret ,
minister of justice ; M. Dclonicle , min
ister of commerce ; M. Guillaine , min
ister of the colonies ; M. Vigier , minis
ter of agriculture ; M. Krantz , minister
of public works.
SoMlera Expire From Fear.
KXOXVILI.K , Tenn. , Nov. 1. Fear of
death and the sight of the dead body
of a comrade caused the death of two
members of the Third North Carolina
regiment in the Second division hos
pital here.
Private Henry Johnson died late in
the afternoon. His death throeswhich
were terrible to see , were witnessed by
Private Christopher . Reaves , who
raised himself from his cot , looked at
his comrade a few minutes and fell
back dead.
The news of the last death was
given Corporal Thomas--Reaves a few
minutes later. Ho began mourning
over the death of his brother and died
in spite of all the bui-gcons could defer
for him.
Peck Frotontcil to Pretldont Fourc.
PAIUS , Nov. J. The United States
ambassador. General Horace Porter ,
presented Ferdinand W. Peck , the
United States commissioner to the
Paris exposition of 1900 , and the lat-
ter's colleagues to President Faure this
morning.
SIuc'i Grain for .Europe.
PHILADELPHIA , Pa. , Nov. I. More
than 600,000 bushels of wheat and corn
cleared the custom house Saturday on
steamers bound for European ports.
The shipments consisted mostly of
corn.
GUI Jfctvapiiper Man Deed.
ST. Louis , Mo. , Nov. 3. William
Hyde , at one time managing editor of
the St. Louis Republic , died yesterday
it hia home in this cit-y of heart dis-
aasc.
English Torpedo Tubes and G-lnch
Guns to Be Used ,
UNCLE SAM IS AFTER THE BEST
Uoutht Trolii Maxim unit Other
IJrltMi rirtnt I'ttny to Suzsoit Tlmt
Kr.iK-JorzaiMttn mrl l.co Kllltn Itn ol
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the Sumo Citllhor.
WASHINGTON , Nov. l. That the
latest improvements in the manufact
ure of ordnance may bo obtained for
future men-of-war , orders have been
given to Commander F. C. Pendleton ,
superintendent of the gun factory , , to
go to England to inspect the method *
pursued there in the construction ol
guns , mounts , torpedo tubes , etc.
Wire wound guns , which hava been
so successfully developed for the En
glish navy , will bo carefully examined
by the visiting ofiieer , and , as under
water discharge tubes for torpedo *
have been adopted for the battle ships
Missouri and Ohio , he will learn the
method of their manufacture at the
ordnance works of the Armstrongs.
The department has purchased the
right to use the method of manufacttire
of under-watcr discharge tubes from
the Armstrongs and has also bought
the right to use the breeeh mechanism
of guns built by Viekers' Sjna and
Maxim.
The G-inch rapid firing gun built by
Maxim is one of the latest weapons of
that caliber constructed. They have
made a splendid record in recent firing
trials. In this gun the powder and
projectile lire separated , while in the
G-inch rapid firing guns of the United
States navy the shell and powder are
combined by means of a cartridge case.
A G-inch gun. on plans somewhat
similar to those followed in the con
struction of the Viekers gun , was re
cently built. The tests of this weapon
at the proving grounds have demon
strated its value , and all G-inch guns
will be constructed on the same lines.
The new type is 43-c2.1iber ia length ,
weighs eight tons and is dcsigcc I for
a muzzle velocity of 3,003 feat a second.
It is the intention of the ordnance
bureau to equip no more protected or
unprotected cruisers with torpedo
tubes , the authorities being pretty
well convinced there is no necessity
for them. Water-discharged tubes
will be supplied to armored cruisers
and battle ships.
Captain Charles O'Neil's recommend
ation that a uniform caliber of small
arms be adopted for the use of the
army , navy and marine corps has at
tracted considerable attention in the
army and navy circles. It is expected
that Secretary Long will indorse a bill
providing for co-operation on the part
of the navy and army t.o obtain a uni
form arm. The. caliVar o ! the Lea
small arms in use in the navy is'CIS ,
while that of the Krag-Jorgenson rifle
is .30. The army is convinced that the
KragJorgcnsen rille is best for its use ,
while the navy asserts that the Lee is
sxiperior. It is not believed that any
gre.it objection would be raised 113- the
navy to increasing the caliber of its
gun to .30. so that cartridges manu
factured for the Lee might b3 used for
the KragJorgensen. .
NICARAGUA'S VIEW OF IT ,
Uio Maritime Company' Contract Only
Xomiunlly 111 Force.
NEW YORK , Nov. 1. The New York
Herald's correspondent at Managua
cables that President Zelaya , in hib
message to the Nicaraguan congress ,
called in extraordinary S2ssion , pre
sents clearly the Nicnraguan view of
the situation , shared alike by the gov
ernment and the people. In substance
he said : "I shall give you an account
of a promise of a contract for the open
ing of an interoceanic canal through
our isthmus granted to Cragin < fc Fryo ,
representing a respectable syndicate
of American capitalists. The govern
ment has formed a clear and well de
fined opinion that the Cardenas Mcon-
cal contract of March , 1387 ( the Mari
time company's contract ) has been
forfeited for non-fulfillment of its
most essential claims and for the
abandonment of work for nine
consecutive years ; but wishing
to avoid annoying discussions
that might bring difficulties ,
owing to the malice with which some
proceed where interests are at stake ,
the government h.-is eluded all possible
trouble by not declaring the forfeiture
of that contract and by giving Cragin
& Fyre a promise that bhall talco ef
fect when the pretended rights of the
old contractors arc dispose ; ! of or com
pletely extinguished.
"The promise maile to Cragin & Fyro
is based on the security of the ivputa-
tion and standing of the parties we
are dealing with and on the deposit of
5100,000 in gold. By comparing the
contract of J887 with this one you will
observe that this future one is fur
superiot. It is more practicable , yet
encourages and assures better foreign
capital in undertaking so great an
enterprise and one that carries
with it so many eventualities. It
is also in many ways more ad
vantageous to Nicaragua. It is
true the contract of 18S7 promises the
canalization of the Tripapc river be
tween Lakes Managua and Nicaragua.
but Cragin & Fyre offer something
more positive in a line of intcroceanic
transportation from the Atlantic to
the Pacific that shall becoruo com
pleted three years after the company
ia organized.
Twelve Die In a Week In
WASHINGTON' , Nov. 1. General Otis
reports , under date of ycsterday.twelvc
; deaths in a week among the soldiers at
'Manila. Among those who died of ty-
7 > hoid fever are A. P. Eryisman and
( Earl W. Osterout , both of the First
'Nebraska. '
CUBANS ARE OFFICESEEKERS ,
Ucnoral Wood UelujjoJ With Applica
tions from Thorn.
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MA.N7.AX1LI.O , Nov. I. The visit of
General Leonard Wood , governor of
the military department of Santiago ,
has been instrumental in bringing all
the element * among the Cubans to the
front. No fewer than 2,000 insurgents ,
of whom & 00 arc oSlicers , wnnt ofHcos ,
and their clamor amount1) uhnobt to a
demand.
There are two leading factions , one
headed by General JCHUS Hub ! und the
oilier by General Rio.s. At present ,
most of the oJJicca arc held by repre
sentatives of the Kabi faction , includ
ing the mayoralty und the custom
house inspectorships. General Wood ,
ia order to pacify the Kiori fac
tion , has given them nix posi
tions on the rural police force
and has turned over to one of their
people the lighthouse at Cape CTUJ : ,
together with several other minor ap
pointments. Hut neither party is
satisfied , each thinking that it ought
to have all the ofliccs. General Ilios
docs not dare express his opinion pub
licly on General Habi , but he feels
that this is his district , as he has had
the nominal charge of it for three
years , und that it ought to belong to
him , so fur as appointments of Cubans
to ollice are concerned , and all the
more so because he represents General
Calixto Garcia.
The majority of the insurgents here
have no money and go about living
from hand to mouth and wondering
what will happen next. Armed men
are not allowed rations. As the Cubans
will not disband and will not work ,
nothing remains for them but to strut
around the city , with machetes and re
volvers. Some of them arc nearly
naked ; others appear in long-legged
patent leather boots with silver spurs ,
carrying superbly wrought Toledo
machetes. A few wear immaculate
white suits and Panama hats. These
are , for the most part , the New York
contingent , each man now a veritable
borabates furioso.
General Wood and Colonel Pettit re
gard the outlook as rather discourag
ing. Still , they hope that some means
may boon be found to break up the
Cuban army. The in.- . ' . * ; ers of the
rank and file are anxious to ro to
work , but the leaders refuse to allow
them to do so , and the men do not
dare to do so , as they- would certainly
be shot if captured.
General Wood is hoping that the
other towns he will visit in his trip
around the province will not present
the sama vexatious conditions as pre
vail here , where the Cuban problem is
presented in a very difficult form , the
most difficult he has vet encountered.
Shooting Duo to Jenlotuy.
HOT SPRINGS , x\.rk. . Nov. 1. Mrs. N.
A. Peterson , of Montana , was shot
and painfully wounded by Mrs. Owen
Carrington. of this city. Jealousy
growing out cf Carrington's attentions
to Mrs. Peterson was the cause.
Mrs. Carrington called upon Mrs.
Peterson , Thursday , and requested her
to keep away from her husband. Last
evening Mrs. Peterson received a note
from Carrington requesting' her to
come to his place of business. When
she entered the office. Mrs. Carnngton.
who was standing at the head of the
stairway leading to the second floor ,
opened lire on her , shooting twice.
The second shot took eiicet in the
ankle.
The affair occurred on one of the
most prominent thoroughfares in the
city and created a sensation. Carring
ton and Mrs. Peterson were arrested ,
but were promptly released. Mrs.
Carrington was not arrested.
IJcnd.r to I.iiml in Cu ! > i.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 1. Arrange
ments for the landing and camping of
the American forces practically have
been completed in Cuba , although
some of the details have not yet been
worked out. The recall at this time
of Colonel Hooker and Colonel Lee
from Havana is simply to secure their
aid here in the working out of
details.
NEWS IN BRIEF ,
Toledo , Ohio. The young son of
Jacob Green , while going through the
barnyard at Hueyrus , xvas attacked by
a flock of geese. Ho xvas knocked
doxvn and his nose and cars were torn
oft' and his face badly bitten. His
calls brought help , but he xvas sense
less when found and the geese xvcre
still tearing him to pieces.
Norwich , Conn. David A. Wells ,
the economist , is not seriously ill. ac
cording to his physician. Mr. Wells is
70 years old , and recently took cold ,
xvhich siggravated his dcbilUnted con
dition. He is in no immediate danger
of dying.
St. Louis. Mo. John F. Coyle. Nine
teenth infantry , stationed at Porto
Rico , here on a furlough , xvas
shot to death by .John Dorr , of Com
pany A , Twenty-first infantry , sta
tioned at Plattsburg , N. Y. , also here
on a sick furlough. The aitair oc
curred in a saloon. Witnesses .say
Coyle attempted to stab IK-rr with r
knife and Dorr .shot in jjelf-dofen.se.
Noxv York. Silvia Catharine Collin.
a Red Cross nurse xvho did noble work
during the war xvilh Spain , died at the
Post Graduate hospital of typhoid
fever contracted in the service of the
country. She xvas ono of the first
women to volunteer for sirrv'ioe in the
war in Cuba.
Omaha , Neb George Self , a mem
ber of the United States marine corps ,
died here of typhoid fever. Self is the
first member of the. marine cor pa to die
from disease- since the beginning of the
campaign against Spain.
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America Has Notified Spain-The *
the Whole Group Will Be Taken.
ONLY A PART OF THE DEBT.
L'ulteil SUtci to Aiome Oolf the LUbMI-
tJc Incurred In laiprorlns the I lnnd
Cost * of Op ratlnr Azlnt tb / -
5Jn t Borne Vy
Pi RJS , Nor. 1. The Aer"-ata p M *
commissioners , each carrying a port
folio containing records and ptsri t
memoranda , left their headqart rs fa
the Continental hotel for the motrttae
with the SpanUh cora la iooera , * t
the foreign oSice , shortly bofcc * 2
o'clock this afternon. The
of the Spanish c * > rasti&sto ,
Montero Kios.vbows health at
time was so precarious as to tfcra i *
an indefinite adjournment of tie * < > -
sions of the commission , hmd.
sufficiently to permit bis att id e
to-day's meeting. He arrival at
foreign oSce ia a eiosHsd ea-rU
his colleagues shortly after the
cans reached the raertiaff plica.
Shortly after 2 o'clock th * t a
missioner confronted eaek
across the table on which , in
Benjamin Franklin and his
signed the treaty of lmiep r d a of
the United States.
The session lasted little
an hour. The American
presented a written erpreafckm of
purpose of the tait * < ! Suite *
the entire groo ? of } * hilipph c
and the United States ajrreas M
such proportion of the Pfcilippia * Art *
as has been incurred for th b 3t * t
the islands or their iah.hU * til *
public works , improvements
manent betterments.
It was also set forth that the
States would not tssniae aay pas *
the Philippine d-bt Tvhicb h4
inccurred by Spain for the furt
of military or naval o verati
insurrection of the ntir i.
The session was adjoarnel natil Fri
day , in order to gir * the
time to prepare a replr.
PARIS , Nov. I. There i * a
impression which has Wea
here recently that the Spaaiih.
receiving definite a.vs raac s C
American determination to txic *
entire Philippine irroap. wonM 4f it
the conference and
rcodiScd by the attitude of th
newspapers arriving h re
These arc found to hare wh * ? le4
line with the Epoea of OctoWr 2C.
which demanded that the
commissioners aho hi tcpa a sr
Paris , no matter how oacrottx the
ditions imposed by th ? Amcricatt * .
Nevertheless , despite this
of the Madrid y-re-ss , * nd
denial given on Friday last by S
ish commissioner , vrho dreied thai
Spaniards had any intention of
drawing , the Americans hcr will
be surprised if one or more
Spanish comm'.saoners r sip . awft
practically close the
A R ACTRESS DEAa
Porty-Thrce Year * of IIt4a
Ufo on
I.o'ix x. Nov. 1. Helen
( L.idy Martin ) the ceicbrai 4
actress , who retiroJ front
ixventy-txvo years auro. after
of forty-three years , is dead. Sl *
born in 1S17 xnd xvxs awrritsl , in ISM.
to Sir Theodore Martin. K. C. R
Lady Martin , for muny y * ti > ) wU
the highest position on the Etaglisli
> tacro and was RivepteJ. br *
niimber of intellectual xn4
judges , as the perfect repre $ tttn4iv of
the foremost characters in tb *
Irama. She acted Opltclia iu d
ind sh ? acted Rosalind sad IjfJLj H
Lvth. and in all of them l wns we-
counted admirab'e ,
flED THEMSELVES TOGETHER.
A. Atnn iintl YVtim > n Thought T \ y
Miitlc Surf of SttloKI- y Xl
Ci.KVht.vM\ . . Nov. 1 - Rose
igvd " 2. and .1. K C.ockn r. ag d * * ,
walked ox\t to the end of the ttoek {
the Cicvclnml Yacht club this
ind tied thi-nxs'lvcs topattar
V
> trips torn from a sheoW Thy
into the lake.
Two lx\ke Shore vjvilrvwul
lived into the icy xv.it or ; vft r tb *
pliThe man nud xrmnftH haul
several time * , but \vcnj rosctwtl * ft r s\
long struggle. l > oth xvoro tfcn t
liuspitnl.
Clcekuor is a conductor ou tHc Cl vt > -
latid t PiUsburp ivnd. l > eye lyUif
that , they xx-oro tired of HX-H $ tU Mtn
uul xvonan would glvv wo ra .sotx
' .heir attempted s\iic.ido.
n Sti jT l Av - 3Agtttt ,
HAVANA. Nov. i. Ko r
Sampson did not ntteml the
rest onlay in the Independent
XK he had boon advert i > e \ to do.
fact has given n great deal of
faction to Americans hero , who
that his presence might bo.w * 4 to
fix-e a semi-ortioial indorsement tn \
xuti-Catholic mooting.
Vl < r o Vlro In
HOMHAY. Nov. l.- A jjroat Iw
Serinagur. one of the e of
more , destroyed all the \ \\tt V
ings awd many residences
Due man xvas * killed. The tnttv * $ j *
slinmtcd at ton laklui
utA. Nov. l. Uov.
nol Mutchuiore , one o ( the
incut ministers in the r
ihuroh , died yesterday at his honui lu
this city , lie xvas aged iU > yonvs awl
tiad bcou III for about a year