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The Transport Hancock Eoaches the Po : of Son Francisco , THE REGIMENT IN GOOD SPIRIT lslit of American Boll Hailed \flt Great Joy All Hut Fourteen JLIno V for Infection llavo IIn I Their "Fl of Campaigning In th"o I'hlll ; > ilnc8. SAN FRANCISCO , July 30. Th United States transport Hancock , liav ing on board the soldiers of the Firs Nebraska regiment , United States vol unteers , arrived last night at 10:3 ( The steamer dropped anchor in th stream. Owing to quarantine regula tlons , no one was allowed to land fron the transport until after an inspectioi ty the quarantine medical officers. A the rules prohibit this inspection be twcen sunset and sunrise , of coursi men and crew had to remain on bean the Hancock in the stream until thli morning. Should there be no contagl ous disease on board , a landing of thi troops may take place early today , bu In the event of smallpox , cholera o ; other contagious disease of a serlou ! character the transport and its pas sengers may be kept in quarantine foi a number of days. SAN FRANCISCO , July 31. Th < first persons who visited the side o the Hancock were C. O. Whedon , Judg < Ryan and the Omaha Bee correspond ent This party chartered a boat ant got alongside and exchanged greetings with the boys , Whedon was allowet to get on the lower end of the laddoi and embrace his son. The boys all reported a good voyage across , with little sickness. The Lin coln and Omaha boys were reported tc be in good health. Colonel Mulforc came down on the bridge and received correspondent his flrsl from the Bee news from homo , being a latter frorc his wife. Some time after midnight Governoi Poynter and a few others went out tc the ship on a tug , but by that time most of the men had gone to bed , and the sea being choppy , the visit was not lengthy. At 7:30 Sunday morning the party consisting of C. 0. Whedon , Judge Ryan and the Bee correspondent were out In the bay in a launch and were allowed to stand at the top of the gangway at the deck of the Hancock , and -were able to converse and shake hands with the Nebraska boys. They were undergoing medical inspection , which lasted two or three hours. Cadet Taylor was the only other Nebraskan who got out to witness this ceremony. The Hancock had moved over to Angel island , about five miles from the city. The men all looked fine and were in jolly spirits. Only fourteen were unable to assemble on the deck for in spection. None of these were seriously ill. "The passage across has been fine , " said Major Eager , "and the men are all feeling satisfied. I think they have gained on an average ten pounds apiece since they sailed for home. " This statement was repeated by other officers and men. Colonel Mul- ford said the men could not possibly feel better. The passage across was without incident. The ship averaged about fifteen knots. There had been one delay of six hours before reaching Nagasaki on account of a break in the machinery. During inspection in the morning the band played a number of lively airs. The men , as soon as they could leave the vaults , came forward and consigned to the Bee correspondent scores of letters and telegrams to be sent as their first messages home. DENIES RIGHT Of PETITION. Mayor Tacosto Firm lu Determination to Stop Gambling. HAVANA , July 31. Mayor Lacoste has determined that gambling in Ha vana must stop. Hitherto only Chi nese gambling houses have been raided by the police , but now the war has ex tended to aristocratic gambling cir cles. Fourteen arrests were made last night and a large quantity of money was captured. Four sergeants of police and fifty po licemen petitioned Mayor Lacoste to reinstate a certain police captain , who was discharged for failing to do his duty. The sergeants were fined $15 each and all the petitioners were warned that they would be discharged should they repeat their offense. BROUGHT NEARLY A MILLION. Arrival of the Alaska. Commercial Com pany's Steamer St. Paul. SAN FRANCISCO , Cal. , July 31. The Alaska Commercial company's steamer St. Paul has arrived from St. Michael. She brought 248 passengers , the majority being returning prospect ors. It was a ten days' passage from St. Michael and during the trip two passengers who had come down the Yukon , J. A. Fisher and Israel Des- rosiero , died. The amount of treasure brought down by the St. Paul cannot definitely be ascertained , but it is be lieved she brought $700,000 consigned to the Alaskan Commercial company , in addition to the bags of gold dust In the possession of inuividual passen gers. SECRETARY ROOT TAKES HOlJ. Secretary Alfrcr and Mrs Algcr Keturn to Washington. WASHINGTON , July 31. Secretary Alger and Mrs. Alger returned to Washington yesterday afternoon. The secretary will formally relinquish con trol of the war department today and his successor , Mr. Ellhu Root , will take of Michigan hold. Senator Burrows returned to the city on the same train , Mit neither knew of the other's pres ence on the train until it was some distance out of New York. WHEN DEWEY IS IN WASHINGTON 1'rcnldont McKlnloy Will Tender Him i Reception lit the White Home. WASHINGTON , July 31. Preslden McKlnley will give a reception to Ad miral Dewey at the White House -whei the latter arrives in Washington. A first he was in doubt whether a recep tion or dinner would be more appropriate priate , but the former IB likely to b < decided on for the reason that it woulc be more popular in character ant would grant to a multitude of people an opportunity to meet the naval here and shake hands with him. The management of the receptlor will be very simple and -will differ ir no important respects from regulai affairs of that character at the White House , except that the admiral will occupy a place in the line of the re ceiving party , the president coming first , Mrs. McKinley next nnd then the admiral , the introductions being made as usual by Colonel Blngham. Later on the expectation is that a dinner will also be given to the adm'ral at the White House and this , following the custom at state dinners , will be a festivity of some elaborateness. The vice president and Mrs. Hobart , mem bers of the cabinet and their wives and some others will be invited. For this occasion the guests v.'ill assemble in the east room and when dinner la ready Admiral Dewey will escort Mrs. McKinley into the dining room , the president following with the wife of Secretary Hay. As the guest of honor , the admiral will sit at the right hand of Mrs. Mc Kinley , the president being directly opposite to his wife. Between the president and Mrs. McKinley will stand an elaborate work of art in flowers , prepared by the White House gar dener , representing a man-of-war , the Olympia probably , while down the middle of the long table will extend the wonderful mirror , framed in gold , imported by Dolly Madison , bordered by a bank of blossoms and smilax , seas as to make it resemble a miniature lake. Much of the table service will be of pure gold. The admiral Is expected to come to Washington very soon after reaching New York. THE PRESIDENTIAL PARTY. The Chief Kxocutivo Stays From Church Takes a I-ong Walk. HOTEL CHAMPLAIN , Clinton County , N. Y. , July 31. President Mo- Kinley did not attend church yester day , as he had intended to do , but in stead remained at the hotel with Mrs. McKinley. In the morning he went for a long walk with his old friend , Commander Buckingham of the navy , and after luncheon he went out for a snort walk with Dr. Rixey. Mrs. Mc Kinley continues to improve steadily. Last night the weather turned cold , the steam has been turned on in every room in the hotel and overcoats and wraps were in demand. The president is much interested in the progress of affairs in the republic of Santo Do mingo and he reads the newspapers with eagerness. The New York and Washington morning papers do not reach here until 7:30 p. m. , so that the evening is al ways spent by the president in reading them. The students at the Catholic summer school of America are very anxious to have the president visit the grounds , which are only about a mile from the hotel , and the president has promised to do so as soon as Mrs. McKinley's health will permit. TflRfE REGIMENTS NEARLY READY Gathering : of Recruits that TV 111 Soon Bo Forwarded to .Manila. WASHINGTON , July 31. Colonel Pettit , commanding the Thirty-first regiment at Fort Thomas , Ky. , tele graphed the war department that his enlistments number 1,150 , which is within 200 of the full quota of the regiment. He will withdraw the re cruiting officers today and the regi ment will then be organized for actual service. He thinks that in a month it will be ready for the front. It is stated at the war department that the Thirty-first regiment the , Twenty-sev enth and the Thirtieth will no doubt be ready to sail for Manila on the Grant , Sherman and Sheridan about September 10. Hansen Speeding Swiftly. MINNEAPOLIS , Minn. , July 31. A. H. Hansen , the long distance bicycle rider , started at 6:10 : this morning on his attempt to break the 1,000-mile world's record , traveling over the Min- evening the indications are that he will be successful. The record is 105:19 , held by T. A. Edge of England , and Hanseu is trying to bring this below 100 hours. Hansen rode the first 100 miles in 5:25 : and the 200 in 11:45 : , breaking state records. When Hansen started it was his in tentions to go for national course rec ords , and he would undoubtedly have been successful but for a bad fall at thirty miles. The front wheel of a triplet , by which he was being psced , broke and the riders were thrown. Hansen was injured about the bicl : . At the time the acident occurred h ; was perfectly fresh. Hansen stopped for his first rub-down after having ridden 220 miles , which he finished in 13:14. Hansen intents to break the 24-hour national record , which is 355 1-6 miles. Largest Oil Cargo Known. PHILDELPHIA , Pa. , July 31. The British tank steamer Acara cleared from this port for Japan with prob ably the largest cargo of oil ever ship ped from this city. The steamer is one of the largest of its kind and its cargo weighs about 7,000 tons. Delay in Forwarding Troops. WASHINGTON , , July 31. There has been great difficulty in coaling the transports at Manila , which has caused delay in sending home the volunteers. There is now on the way to Manila hoisting apparatus which will enable the ships to be coaled a tthe rate of 600 tons a day. Quartermaster Pope has been instructed to have old hulks loaded with coal so that they may be brought alongside the transports and the coal transferred by the new machinery. Mud is distress served in the form of a paste. Transport Hancock , With Nebraska .Pirat , Anxiously Looked For. WILL PROBABLY ARRIVE SUNDA Pay Car May He Attached to tlio Tral that Drlngs the Regiment Homo- Muster Out May Ho In San Fraiiclsco- Prulse for the Soldiers. SAN FRANCISCO , July 29. Yestei day was spent by the anxious peopl of the Nebraska contingent here I awaiting the signal that the Hancoc was entering the harbor , but up to o'clock , which is 8 in Nebraska , n news had been heard and it was cer tain that should the ship come in afte that time of day no one would be al lowed to board it until morn'ng , as th quarantine and custom house officer would not perform their duties untl after sunrise tomorrow. There Is , however , good reason fo thinking that the ship will not b sighted before Sunday afternoon o Monday , but these calculations ar based on the supposition that the Han cock will not attempt to make its cus ternary speed or cannot do so on ac count of the foulness of its bottom. The Hancock left Japan for this cit ; on July 14. It was to come direct. Six teen days would be the average timi for a vessel like the Hancock , whicl would make it due here on Sunday Loss of speed would bring the trip u ] to about Monday. Judge Ryan , Mr. Whedon and thi Bee correspondent made a visit ti General Shafter and received some in formation regarding the matter o paying off the troops. General Shaf ter said there would be about $133 du < each one of the enlisted men here li case they held to the resolve to b < mustered out here instead of at home He said they would be given th < chance to vote again on the matter The question of the place of muster out of the volunteers was one whicl was causing the government mucl embarrassment , the statea all beln { anxious to have the men mustered ou at home and the Oregon people havlnj asked that their troops be allowed te retain their arms until they reached home , even though mustered out here The idea was to have them go home with their guns , take part in the home demonstration and then turn In the property. General Shafter had just re ceived today a letter from the war de partment showing the impossibility ol granting the request of the Oregoi : people , but the troops of that state are to take another vote on the questioc of location for muster-out. General Shafter said he had re- ceeived authority to attach a pay cai on the train that would take the Ne braska boys home , so that they migh { be paid off after they left this city. The amount they received would be the same as if they had received il acre. None of the men could be com pelled to follow this course , however and the idea could not be adopted un less all or a large majority of the men agreed to it. In any event the men would each be paid $133 on their ar rival in port here. There is 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 be mustered aut here. Their reason for this is that if the men are paid off here a large part of the money will be spent in a Jissolute way , without helping legiti mate business , and a large number of the men , after getting rid of their money , will remain here on the coast md by increasing the number of lab- Drers here cause a reduction in wages ; hat is not desirable. The leaders of ; he labor organizations also take this riew of the case and would like to see : he men go to their own states to be nustered out. General Shafter bestowed much iraise on the Nebraska troops and said it was a pity that a. regiment with such a glorious record could not go lome intact , but he had no idea that ; he men would vote to be mustered out of the difference n Nebraska , on account ence in the amount of pay each would eceive. THE TIGHT AT CALAMBA. L'he First Official Report Received From Gen. Otis WASHINGTON , July 29. The war lepartment received its firr-t official re port of the capture of Calambia in the following cablegram from General Dtis : Hall , with 1,000 men , captured Ca- ambia , an important strategic posi- : ion on Laguna de Bay , yesterday , iriving out 300 insurgents. Command : omposed of portions of Fourth cav- ilry , Twenty-first infantry , Washing- ; on volunteers , transported in launches md cascoes , gunboats accompanying. Casualties : Private Charles Gleesupp , Fourth , md Private McDuffy , Company H , killed Corporal-Thomas rwenty-first , ; Fotten , Company G , Fourth , mortally Bounded ; Privates Michael Sheridan , rlerbert Tracy , Napoleon White , Com- > any K , Twenty-first , seriously wound- > d ; Privates Hinds and Plummer , Company G , and Sanson , Company C , fourth ; Phillips , Company H ; Christie md Hollister , Company D , and Ash- and , Company I , Twenty-first , slight- y wounded. Insurgent casualties unknown. Forty Spanish prisoners released. Spanish junboat in good condition , long sought 'or in bay , captured. This town was .he direct objective of Lavrton when le captured Santa Cruz and launches n April , but unable to reach the town ) y boats on account of shoal water. Anthracite Coal Advances. NEW YORK , July 29. The antra- : ite companies announce that all or- lers for coal at prices prior to July 1 lot filled ou July 31 will be cancelled ind the advance of 25 cents per ton vill then go i-to general effect- THE NEWS BOILED DOWN. A Variety of J terns Covering a Area of Country. Hon. W. J. Bryan had th'reo meet ings at Greenfield , Ind. , on the 28th. Rural free delivery service will b < established at Labell , Mo. , on Aug. 1. American commissioners to tha Sa > moa conference sailed for the Unltee States July 16. The Petit Journal says that Captalr Dreyfus Is 111 with fever , and that bin condition is serious. Senator J. B. Foraker's mother diet on the 28th at Hillsboro , O. , after ar illness of three months. The interior department has decided upon October 15 next as the date o ! sale of the lands in the north half ol section 15 in the Cass Lake reserve. Thomas J. Fitzmorris of Omaha war elected president of the Society 01 Building and Loan Associations at their meeting at Niagara Falls , N. Y , The quartermaster at Chickamauga park started a shipment of 4S2 horses and mules for the army in the Philip pines , via San Francisco , in compliance with an order from the war depart ment. Mrs. Emeline M. Ludington of Chicago cage , wife of ex-Governor Harrison Ludington of Wisconsin , has brought suit in the United States court against James E. Patton of Milwaukee for § 200,000. Ten men were badly injured and a large number of others were bruised and cut in a collision between a work train on the Cleveland & Pittsburg railroad and a shifting engine near Mingo Junction. A. FInley , third officer of the steam ship Garronne , now being fitted up for a transport , has received word from Englanel that through the death of his father he is heir to an estate amount ing to nearly $4,000,000. Tourists discovered Mme. Morel and her daughter at the bottom of a ravine near Sermatt , 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 he 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 65 years old and is reputed to be worth $3,000,000. His 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 760 patients at the Presidio there are only three c ; ses of typhoid fever and that thiVe Is little danger of its becoming epidemic. The London morning Post's Paris correspondent says : "It is stated from Rennes that Major Carriere has com pleted his indictment , which formally concludes that Dreyfus is guilty. Ma jor Carriere , 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 officials. The final session of the convention of the Southern Industrial league was held at Atlanta on the 27th. By reso lution the convention pledged itself to secure state and municipal legislation looking toward the exemption from taxation for a limited time all manu facturing enterprises to * be located within the states represented in the league. The schooner Maid of Orleans has arrived at San Francisco , sixteen days from Nyak bay , Alaska , with 8,000 cases of salmon , the first of the sea son's catch. On July 4 , while at Kodiak - diak , it saw the steamer George Elder , with the Herriman 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 this place , bishop of the Belleville diocese , is about to excommunicate all the members of St. Patrick's parish in East St. Louis. It is expecteel that next Sunday notice of such action will ba promulgated. It will be 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 went to Alaska a month ago as 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 discovered a great glacier , inferior only to Muir glacier in size. This bay was named Unknown bay. Four other new 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. He was accompanied by his brother John and Ross O'Neil. Governor Wolcott has nominated Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes to suc ceed the late Walbridge 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 Riviers. the ringleader of the banditti engaged in the recent safe robbery at Mariel. Riviera was taken in a ruined building near Guana- jay. Cleveland is Again Assuming Its 01 Appearance CARS AGAIN WELL PATRONIZEE Mayor Bayn He Proposes to See tha Flans uro Not Interfered With Clt Executive and Adjutant General u the Htuto Involved lu a Coutrovera Over Action of the Troops. CLEVELAND , 0. . July 29. Law am order are triumphing and the city 1 beginning to resume its old time ap pearance. Yesterday the street car were well patronized , especially dur ing the busy hours of the morning am evening. Mayor Farley is well pleased witl the situation , but he has not relaxe < his vigilance and will not until thi last vestige of disoredr is wiped away The mayor and Adjutant General Ax line are at present involved in a con troversy over what the troops shal do and what they shall not do. Th < adjutant general Is of the opinion tha the duty of the National Guard Is merely to put down rioting and note to do police duty. Whatever the dut : of the National Guard may be Mayoi Farley holds that the troops are hen under his authority , and they will re main here until he feels that they car be dispensed with. As the responsibility of preserving order in the city rests on the shoulders of the mayor he says he proposed te see that his plans are not interferei with. He declares he is to be the judge as to whether troops are nol wanted. There have been several out breaks between Mayor Farley and Ad jutant General Axline within the lasl few days over this question. Todaj the mayor refused to discuss the dif ficulty , saying that It was not a time to stir up any discord. "I will merely reiterate my state ment of last night , " said the mayor , "This is a time for every man to mind his own business. " Rumors to the effect that the city council will endeavor to reconsider the resolution of Thursday night are prevalent. The mayor feels that he has the situation well under hand and he 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 he 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 is quiet Is restored and the fever is ijone all such talk will cease. A boy- sott , he feels , is against natural laws , that a man will not pay 6 cents for in article that can be purchased for 3 , and a man will not walk a mile to make a purchase when he can get what he wants at a quarter of a mile , [ t is said at the city hall that there ire quite a number of the recent street : ar employes who would go back to work If permitted , but they are pre sented by threats from some of the more radical strikers. The Big Consolidated officials stated ; hat cars were being operated on every Sne in the system of fourteen in all. 3ven on the Union street line , which uns through a district thickly popu- ated with iron workers and where it las generally believed trouble would nevitably come when an attempt was nade by the company to resume oper- ition , cars were running on schedule .ime this morning without any trou- ) le. le.It It is stated that the detective who lave been hunting for the miscreants vho placed nitro-glycerine on the racks and blew up a Euclid avenue : ar last Sunday night , have finallly iecured some strong evidence bearing m the case and will make at least wo arrests. A reward of $2,000 will > e paid by the Big Consolidated on he arrest and conviction of the guilty larties. ALL WANT TO BE FRIENDLY. ill Nations Eiigcr to He at Peace TTHh Uncle Sam. NEW YORK , July 29. Archbishop reland talked to reporters last night it the Fifth Avenue hotel. He spoke if his sojourn abroad and of the con- lition of affairs as he found them , but leclined to make any expression of his ipinion on either religious or political natters. He spent three monthin lome and three months in France , Jelgium , England and Ireland. "In all the countries I visited , " Archbishop Ireland said , "I found a trong desire for friendly relations pith the United States. France is leing with England in trying to cul- Ivate our friendship. The United Itates is admittedly the favorite na- ion in the matter of the forthcoming xposition. We have been allotted ouch more space than we were en- itled to. While I was in Paris the uestion of the reciprocity treaty was iscussed. All France was intensely uterested and hoped favorable terms or both would be arrived at , not from elfish motives entirely , but because hey wanted to be able to accept a iolicy agreeable to the United States. "In England there is no idea of an bsolute direct political alliance v.'ith his country. They want friendship nd cannot get too much of it. " Mississippi River Commission. WASHINGTON , July 29. The an- Lual report of the Mississippi river ommission has been received IfcGen - ral Wilson , chief of engineers. It ays that there has been expended on he river for the year ending June 30 , 899 , $1,075,000 and allotments for 1S99 mounting to $1,250,000 have been lade. During the year the United itates has built 7,636,758 cubic yarels f levees , and state and local authori- ies 3,136,541 yards. It is not expected hat the work of state and local au- horities will be continued to any great xtent hereafter. aj , RIGHT ABOUT , FACE. IIT 3Al Former French Premier Change * Front on the Treaty. WASHINGTON , D. C. , July 29. The semi-official statement in Paris that American leather docs not get the minimum rate under the now recipro city treaty , although M. Molino's cab inet offered this rate to American leather , caused considerable comment in official circles here. It Is ono of the recorded facts of the recent negotia tions that M. Moline , who la now at tacking the new treaty , offered far greater concessions on American goods than the present ministry permitted to be inserted In the treaty as finally formed. M. Mclinc was at the head of the ministry during the early stages of the reciprocity negotiations and at that time Premier Kasson received a proposition , from the Trench authori ties that the minimum tariff would be granted on the entire list of Amer ican goods sent to Franco. This prop osition of the Melino cabinet stood until two weeks ago , although a new ministry had come into power. The present ministry decided , how ever , that the original offer of the Meline cabinet had gone too far and as a result a new proposition was advanceel two weeks ago to omit from the minimum list a largo number of agricultural products , such as leather , horses , cattle , butter , produced largely In France. In the final draft twenty- four of these 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. Moline , who Is now at the head of the opposition to the treaty. THE PRESIDENT ENJOYING REST. Out Early for a Stroll Mrs. MoKlnley Growing It < * ttir. PLATTSBURGH , N. Y. . July 29. The president was out for a stroll early yesterday , accompanied by his niece. Miss Duncan , and Private Secretary Cortelyou. Mrs. McKinley rested well during the night and yoaterday felt better 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 game. 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 His Excellency , the Presi dent of the United States , William Mc Kinley , Hotel Champlain , N. Y. : In the name of the Dominican republic and in my own , I hurry to present to your excellency the testimony of our most fervent gratitude for your con dolences on account of the death oC President Heureaux. Heureaux."W. . FIGUERO. " MAY BE A GENERAL WALKOUT. ; ; Organized Ixibor Active and Kmployci Indifferent. CHICAGO , July 29" Officials of organized - - ganized labor in this city state that the brickmakers' strike is likely to precipitate a general walkout in the city. Committees from the Brick- makers' alliance invaded buildings in various stages of construction and where non-union brick were being used ordered the union men to cease . work. The brickmakers demand not only an increase in wages , but the rec ognition of the Brickmakers' union. The employers against whom the movement is directed preserve a stol id front of indifference. What suc cess the strikers will have in their efforts to call out other branches of the building trades will not be de termined until the various unions have held meetings to consider the matter. THEY MUST VACCINATE. English Court Mandamus Guardians Oj posed to tlfc Method. LONDON , July 29. An interesting sase , 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 thirty-five gentlemen and five ladies , appeared to show cause svhy a mandamus should not be issued to compel the appointment of a vac cination officer. The guardians were elected under a pledge to resist com pulsory vaccination. During the jour- ley of the guardians to London crowds jf sympathizers met them at various stages and loudly cheered them. Upon : heir arrival at London they were met jy huge crowds , who cheered the 'Leicester martyrs , " and accompan- ed them in procession. The court nandamused the guardians. THE POOR ARE EVERYWHERE. n America They Ar Happier and IJet- ter Off Than Abroad. NEW YORK , July 29. Among the lassengers who arrived yesterday per steamer Brittanic from Liverpool and Jueenstown was Archbishop Ireland , rhe Drchbishop , who is greatly inter- isted in labor matters , said : "The contest between the masses in his country and the masses in the old vorld in and out of the church is nore remarkable now than * ever , 1 .hink. The American poor are hap- > ier and 100 per cent more intelligent , rheir surroundings are better , their : hances are better. Where there is > ne case of misery there are hun- ireds abroad , and by abroad I mean England as well as the continent. " ' 00 MANY WANT COMMISSIONS. ? hat Appears to JJe the Trouble of Raisins Troops in Cuba. NEW YORK , July 29. A special to he Times from Washington says : Che suggestion heard at the war de- > artment that it would be a wise thing o raise some troops in Cuba to relieve he American troops now on duty there t . md to provide them with American ' ifficers in part does not meet with 1' he most cordial support from men vho are acquainted with the conditions hat would have to be met. Later , it s admitted , when fewer of the Cubans
