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The mammoth United States battleshij
Illinois one of the three latest additions
10 the navy and probably the most power
ful fighting machine afloat was launched
at Newport News Va Tuesday undo
auspicious circumstances As the stee
uiciiister trembled in its flight from eartl
to sea Nannie Lciter broke a bottle o1
sparkling ehampngne upon the vessels
prow and pronounced the words that made
it the godchild of the great Western com
monucullh and caused 25000 people as
fiiibled to send up a cheer that could be
herd for miles Gov Tanner of Illinois
hook hands with the Governor of Vir
ginia the newly floated ship rose proudly
from its initial dip and the launching
was pronounced a success
irom many points of view the launch
ing of the Illinois was the most important
of the kind in the history of the country
The vessel is the largest fighting ship ever
floated under the Stars and Stripes is the
ever built by the navy and ex
perts believe it will be the most formida
ble warship ever put in commission by
any power
There was never such a crowd in New
IKtrt News at any previous ship launching
Thiy came from everywhere from the
North and South and especially from the
West Long before the hour of the launch
ing throngs began to gather about the
siKit and by 11 oclock standing room waa
w orth its area in nickels everywhere with
in a block of the Illinois Enthusiastic
BATTLESHIP ILLINOIS
As it will look when completed and under head
way
cheers greeted the arrival of the distin
guished guests Few in the vast crowd
could hear the words spoken by Miss Lei
ter but nearly all were able to see her
and when she raised the bottle of wine in
her hand and dashed ifagainst the steel
of the battleship the action was a signal
for their enthusiasm to break forth with
full force
There was a groaning from the timbers
the ground trembled as the thousands of
tons of steel shot downward and the spray
that was sent aloft arose higher than the
platform on which stood the little woman
who had muued the new craft Shriek
ing whistles and a volume of applause
which swept over the vast throng like a
tidal wave of sound greeted the ship as it
gracefully floated out into the stream
Again and again tumultuous cheers rang
-out for the Illinois as the oflicious little
tugs fussed around and drew the marine
champion back to the shipyard pier where
it will receh the finishing touches
The Illinois with the Kearsarge and
Kentucky now nearing completion at
Newport News the Alabama being con
structed at Philadelphia and the Wiscon
sin under construction at San Francisco
are to constitute the nucleus of the new
navy which is to stand comparison with
the best in size and fighting qualities She
is a trifle less than 373 feet over all and
Iter width is somewhat greater in propor
tion to her length than that of the other
battleships Ten thousand horse power is
to be developed by the engines which wall
be used to propel the big ship
NEGROES DRIVEN OUT
White Miners at Washington Ind
Drive Out Blacks
Dispatches from Washington Ind state
that 150 miners from Pana arrived there
and routed the negro miners who were
compelled t leave the city at the point of
revolvers One negro who refused to go
was fired upon and it is said was killed
Masks were worn by the miners and the
police of Washington were unable to ar
rest any of them although a fire alarm
was sent in and a number of citizens were
sworn in as deputy sheriffs
The strikers visited every house in the
city occupied by the negroes who were
brought from Kentucky a year ago and
the blacks were lined up and then com
menced a march west on the Baltimore
find Ohio Southwestern tracks Upon
reaching White River Winchesters were
pointed at the negroes and they were giv
en orders never to return to Washington
that if they did they would meet with
more severe treatment the next time A
crowd of armed strikers vibited the Cabel
Company mines with the intention of cap
turing the negroes who dwell in a shack
near the mines but the negroes had evi
dently been notified of their coming and
made their escape The strikers fired sev
eral shots into the air and this led to the
report that a battle was in progress
A consignment of liOO guns and 100 re
volvers has been received by the miners
organization and hidden
away The pro
vost guard is still on duty patrolling the
Ptrects Reports that loO more Ala
bama negroes were on their way there
caused more bad feeling among the min
ors and many threats were made
During a thunder shower the other daj
the water supply at the home of Gilbert
R Ives of Sandisticld Mass was shut
off by lightning The water was conduct
ed to the house and barn by a pipe from a
spring sixty rods away A large tree
standing near the pipe was struck and
splintered and then the lightning enter
ing the ground followed the pipe to the
spring- blowing off the boards and stones
covering it tp adistance of fifty feet Ai
the same time a ball of fire entered thd
house shocking slightly one of the in
mates but doing no further damage
SPAIN IS ASLEEP
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SOUTH ATLANTIC CYCLONE
i Repetition of the Great Hurricane
and Tidal Wave of 1893
Reports of the damage caused by the
hurricane and floods which swept the At
lantic coast Sunday say the property dam
age will reach into the millions while
Lhe loss of life cannot be estimated al
though it is known to be great It was
the worst flood since the sea islands were
swept over covering an area of seventy
miles It is now estimated that 1000
houses and stores have been swept away
It is feared that the city of Darien has
been swept out of existence Darien was
a city of about 7000 inhabitants being
situated on one of the smaller islands The
land is low and marshy being utilized ex
clusively for rice growing It is the stop
ping place for all boats running between
Iavannah and Brunswick but has no tel
egraphic communication It was in the
direct line of the flood and is thought to
be completely inundated
Reports brought to Macon Ga by the
Southern Pacific train state that the dam
ge done by the flood is enormous and
that hundreds of lives were lost being
swept into the ocean beyond any chancei
of even being saved Whole families per-
shed their homes being entirely submerg
ed in water and the inhabitants being un
accounted for
In Jacksonville Fla the rainfall dur
ing twenty four hours was 357 inches
rud was sufficient to swell the St Johns
river to such an extent that many houses
within seventy five feet from shore were
flooded The camps presented a deplora
ble picture Tents were flat on the ground
while every man within csmp radius was
wet through and through The Third di
vision hopsital was blown down and the
sick were drenched
The loss caused by the flood at Fernan
Jina Fla is estimated at S500000 As
Vet only three people are reported dead
put a further search will undoubtedly
swell the list Almost every dock on the
frater front has been washed away with
il that was piled on them
Advices from different parts in South
Carolina shows that the rice crops have
een injured from 35 to 50 per cent by the
looi Breaks in the banks occurred on
the Pou Pou Ashpoo and Combahee riv
rrs and these sections have suffered so
merely
lias Not Yet Realized the Complete
ness of Her Defeat
According to reports from Paris the
American and Spanish peace commission
rrs are dangerously far apart on the ques
tions at issue Some French dinlomats
who have conversed with both the Spanish
and American members even assert that
unless one side or the other backs down
on material points the war is evidently not
over The Americans may yet have to
sustain their demands with a naval dem
onstration
The position taken by Spain is believed
to account for a desire to keep Blanco in
Cuba as long as possible With his large
army he could seriously embarrass the
United States should negotiations be de
clared off French influence however
which is very potent in Madrid is that
Spaniards shall accept the inevitable and
be reasonable
Frenchmen are indignant at their Span
ish friends for having learned so little
from their defeat It has been repeatedly
suggested to the Spanish commissioners
during the last few days that a frank con
fession of helplessness and an appeal to
the magnanimity of the victors would se
cure for Spain the most liberal possible
terms But the Spanish leaders rejected
the suggestions as absurd
The Spanish demands are stated to be
substantially as follows Nothing beyond
a port and a coaling station in the Philip
pines to be ceded to the United States
A favored tariff in all of the lost territory
for Spanish textiles The power whose
sovereignty prevails at Manila to bear the
entire Philippine debt and part of the isl
ands to remain with Spain which islands
may be sold to any other power The en
tire Cuban debt prior to the last revolt to
be saddled on Cuba
j NEWS OF THE TROOPS i
Part of the Third regular infantry has
been ordered to Fort Snelling Minn to
quell Indian disturbances
Spanish troops in Porto Rico are ready
to return to Spain and are only awaiting
the arrival of transports to embark for
home
Lieut Rooney has begun the distribu
tion of 300000 rations among the Cubans
in the interior of the province of Santiago
de Cuba
It is said that of the American troops
in Porto Rico 25 per cent are on the sick
list and that it is impossible for them to
recuperate there
The United States transport Yucatan
Captain Robertson has arrived in New
York from Ponce with 134 convalescent
officers privates and civilians
The War Department has decided to
sen boards of officers to Cuba to investi
gate and report upon locations of camps
for the army of occupation
It is said in Washington that Gen
Whrieler will organize and equip the cav
alry division for Cuba but that he will
not accompany the expedition
Capt Bob Evans has been retired from
command of the Iowa at his personal re
quest and has been granted leave of ab
sence Uapt Terry succeeds mm
Rear Admiral Montgomery Sicard was
retired having reached the age of 62
years but by special order he is to retain
his place at the head of the promotion
board
The War Department has issued an or
der that sick or wounded soldiers granted
furloughs are entitled o 150 per day
commutation and transportation when
raveling
The rough riders horses were sold in
New York The best one of the lot was
bought by a farmer for 40 The sale
realized 30000 less than the horses cost
ihe Government
The Cuban general Jemetrio Castillo
has accepted a position under Gen Wood
at 3800 a year and the friction between
Cubans and Americans at Santiago is
rapidly decreasing
One hundred former Cuban and Spanish
soldiers are working amicably as labor
ers on the Spanish cruiser Maria Teresa in
Suantanamo Bay Cuba cleaning her hull
ind engines and building decks
Impressive military services were held
over the graves of the soldiers buried in
the detention hospital cemetery in Camp
Wikoff Gen Shafter out of his bed for
the first time for a week -was present
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Honor Is Given Miss Elizabeth Ste
phenson of Marinette
Miss Elizabeth Stephenson who has
been selected to christen the battleship
Wisconsin at San Francisco Nov 26 is
one of the fairest daughters of the Badger
State She is the child of ex-Congressman
Isaac Stephenson of Marinette and
is just 21 years old The Wisconsin
MISS ELIZABETH STElHEXSQK
sponsor was born in Marinette and was
educated at Milwaukee Dower College
and LaSalle College near Boston She
was graduated from the latter institution
with high honors Miss Stephenson is a
magnificent specimen of young woman
hood She is almost six feet tall and slen
der She has dark eyes and a bright at
tractive face Her father is quite wealthy
and he will take his daughter across the
continent with a large party of Wisconsin
people in fine style
HARD LUCK OF KLONDIKERS
Out of a Party of Twenty Six Only One
Succeeded in Reaching rawson
Out of a party of twenty six men that
left San Francisco early in the year to go
to Dawson via the Stikeen trail Herman
Long of Seattle Wash is the only one
that pushed through Two of the number
were drowned two are insane and the
others are far into the interior regain
ing their health at trading points In the
jswift Ghesley river in the north rivers
bcven of their boats were dashed to pieces
on the rocks and the outfits were lost In
two of the wrecks Dr Black and a man
named Morgan both from California
were drowned Long says that many of
the men went temporarily insane after
Iheir provisions began to give out as sev
eral attempts at suicide were made
Woodford Will Remain at Home
Following the custom in the case of a
minister who has been obliged to leave his
post by the breaking out of hostilities
Stewart L Woodford has filed his resigna
tion as minister to Spain It is believed
that it will be six months before the Unit
ed States has occasion to send another
minister to Madrid
By unanimous vote the First Congrega
tional Church of Columbus Ohio author
ized the pastor Dr Washington Gladden
to send congratulations to the Emperor
of Russia upon his peace policy
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MOUNT VESUVIUS WHICH HAS AGAIN BECOME ACTIVE
DEATH IN ITS FLAMES
Eruption of Vesuvius Threatens De
struction of Naples
Vesuvius the greatest volcano in the
world is again in eruption belching forth
great masses of fire and molten lava
which threaten destruction to the city of
Naples Nine new craters have formed
within the past week around the central
crater The smoke in a brownish yellow
cloud overhands the mountain like a great
pall The lava torrent is half a mile in
width and divides into three principal
streams each seventy to eighty yards
wide These as they pour down the moun
tan side subdivide into numerous smaller
streams carrying death to everything liv
ing and advancing at the rate of forty
yards an hour
Lara in a volume of a thousand tons a
minute pours out of the volcano It has
filled Vetrana valley a deep ravine The
ashes lie several inches deep for a long
distance down the sides of the mountain
and in the adjacent villages At night the
volcano is splendidly awful The crater
belches forth a flame which rends the pall
of smoke reaches to the heavens and at
times takes on the colors of the rainbow
The lights are reflected in the broad wat
ers of the Bay of Naples the loveliest in
the world
Tremblings of the earth and subterra
nean explosions precede the outpourings
bf lava and the wells on the mountain
sides are beginning to dry up A great
fetream of lava threatens to overwhelm the
observatory built on that part of the vol
cano known as Monte Contaroni This
observatory is on a hill 2200 feet above
the sea level This observatory was es
tablished for the purpose of giving warn
ing of all eruptions to those living on the
mountain
Vesuvius is eight miles from Naples
whose bay it overlooks at the eastern ex
tremity of a chain extending to the island
of Ischia It is believed that the whole
gulf of Naples was once an immense cra
ter the northern end of a great rent in
the earths crust Aetna being the south
ern end and Stromboli about the middle
At its base Vesuvius is thirty miles in cir
cumference Its height varies after its
eruptions but the average is about 4000
feet Its great crater is some 2000 feet
in diameter and about 500 feet deep
WILL CHRISTEN THE WISCONSIN
FRENCHMEN NOT FAVORABLE
The General Atmosphere of Paris
Does Not Incline Toward America
While the reception accorded to the
United States peace commission at Paris
is all that could be desired and while thej
French foreign office has taken great
pains to treat the American and Spanish
commissioners in precisely the same man j
ner it must be admitted that the genera
atmosphere of Taris especially the diplo j
matic atmosphere does not incline to-
wards America It is the general impres i
sion that the American commissioners
have instructions to provide for the re J
tention of Manila and the Island of Lu j
zon and for a commission to pretend to
negotiate is a farce said a prominent
diplomat He continued America will
put herself diplomatically in the wrong
when she exceeds the provisions of tho
protocol which both nations signed I
know the Spaniards have come prepared
to make concessions but if the Ameri
cans instructions are of an uncompromis
ing nature which is generally believed to
be the case you can rest assured that the
work of the commission will be futile
The Spaniards will retire and America
will at least have to threaten a resumption
of hostilities before she will gain her
point The French newspapers beyond
announcing the arrival of the commis
sions make no comment upon the matter
CUBANS THREATEN HOSTILITY
Would Fight Americans Unless Their
Independence Is Granted
Reports from Guines province of Ha
vana say that no farmer or landholder or
tenant has turned his hand to the sowing
of crops in that vicinity and the district
therefore will have no potatoes tobacco
cane cabbage or other vegetables this
year This will further impoverish tha
district and add to the distress From
now until February it will b6 impossible
for farmers to sow crops and in February
the ground will be prepared for spring har
vest Therefore the next six months will
see a great deal of want and misfortune
in that vicinity This state of affairs is
directly due to the unsettled condition of
the country and the attitude of a cerain
portion of the Cubans who openly threaten
hostility to the United States and are pre
paring to take the field and wage a guer
rilla warfare against the Americans if
any form of government short of absolute
independence for the Cubans is establish
ed in the island This matter is openly
discussed in the public meeting places of
the Cubans at Havana the plan finding
many advocates among certain classes of
people
NOT AS A STATE
Hawaii to Come Into the United States
ag a Territory
nawaii is to come into the United
States as a territory with all the Govern
ment machinery of an embryotic state
according to plans reached by the com
mission which has returned from its visit
to the islands In a dispatch box which
is carefully guarded by a sergeant-at-arms
lies the draft of a bill for the gov
ernment of the new territory It was
carefully considered by the entire commis
sion section by section and while it has
not passed to final approval it contains
all the salient features which will be
found in the report which the commission
makes to Congress at the opening of the
session in December The American mem
bers of the commission arrived in San
Francisco by the steamer Gaelic after
nearly two months absence and started
for the East They will meet again in
Washington Nov 14 when they will be
joined by the Hawaiian members who are
expected to come to this country about
the first of next month
KILLED AN AMERICAN
Spanish Troops Mistook American
Soldiers for Outlaws
Word has reached San Juan Porto
Rico that a Porto Rican residing at Agua
dalla near Mayaguez asked the protec
tion of both American and Spanish troops
against depredations by outlaws which it
was predicted would occur In response
to his request the American authorities
sent to his residence two soldiers of a
Kentucky regiment who arrived there
Sunday evening after dark The resident
had not notified the Spaniards that he hadl
requested American protection and some
Spanish soldiers who had been sent to
guard his house arriving after the Ameri
cans mistook the latter for outlaws In
the confusion resulting the Spaniards
fired unfortunately killing one of the
Americans
Holding Wheat for Higher Pricce
Flouring mills all over Kansas are shut
ting down because they cannot get wheat
to grind It is estimated by giain men
that nearly 100 flouring mills in the State
have been forced to close for this reason
It is declared that the farmers of Kansas
have combined to hold their wheat for
better prices More than 70000000 bush
els of wheat is being held
In the United States Court at Musco
gee I T Judge Thomas has rendered his
opinion in which he holds that the act
of Congress giving the United States
courts in the Indian Territory jurisdiction
over all crimes committed in the territory
irrespective of the citizenship of the par
ties and which went into effect on Jan 1
1898 is constitutional This affirms the
validity of the Curtis law and renders
Indians subject to trial and punishment
by United States Indian Territory courts
France is in a greatly excited condition
over the Dreyfus case
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A VICARIOUS SACRIFICE
A Georgetown B03 Who Owned Up to
Anothers Offense
That the days of chivalry are not
over and that the spirit of Damon and
Pythias is not dead is demonstrated by
an incident that occurred at George
town University and has just leaked
out A poor young man who had work
ed his way through college passed his
examination and had alluring pros
pects of employment as soon as the
graduating exercises were over went
out with a party of students for a lark
one night and got into mischief as
young men often do It was not a dis
graceful act but it was a violation of
one of the most serious rules of discip
line and expulsion was the penalty
The culprit was unknown except to
his companions and they being scru
pulous in the observance of the code of
college honor sealed their lips But
the Jesuit fathers who compose the
faculty were unusually energetic in
their investigations and the evidence
was closing around the poor young
man in a manner that made him trem
ble when Robert A W Walsh a sopho
more from St Louis entered the office
of the president and said I did it
Walsh was a quiet well behaved boy
popular with the faculty and the stu
dents and his confession created a
sensation for he had not been suspect
ed Nevertheless discipline must be
enforced and with reluctance and re
gret he was expelled from the institu
tion He left Washington escorted to
the railway station by a large body of
students returned to his home at St
Louis and the next fall entered Prince
ton University The poor young man
received his diploma and went his way
rejoicing but it was noticed that he
never spoke of Walsh without emo
tion As the young men are no longer
students at Georgetown there is no ne
cessity of preserving the secret and
the faculty and the students are all
aware that Walsh being an under class
man and the son of wealthy parents
and having nothing at stake voluntari
ly offered himself as a sacrifice to save
the reputation and the prospects of his
friend who otherwise would have been
turned out of the institution in dis
grace The act was done without con
sultation and without the knowledge
of the student who was saved and has
received absolution and Walsh can re
turn to the university whenever he de
sires He prefers to remain at Prince
ton however and the publication of
the story now will not injure his repu
tation Chicago Record
AN INQUIRING LAD
Personal Adornment Which Appeared
to Be Unnecessary
When I was ddwn in the Tennessee
mountains doing my duty in that pecu
liar and primitive section observed
the special pension agent I had at
various times such glimpses of life as
you pampered children of the luxurious
capital never get I remember one
June morning I arose from my simple
bed of clapboards on the loft floor of
a log cabin and proceeded down a lad
der to the earth thence a hitndred
yards down to the creek where I was
afforded ample opportunity for my ma
tutinal ablutions as the stream was
big enough to run a saw mill with
As I splashed my face in the clear
water and spluttered over it after the
usual fashion of a man who likes to
wash his face I was joined by the
ten-year-old son of the family with
which I was stopping He stood on the
shore watching me with much interest
which I am glad to say I returned with
zest for he was a picture boy He was
sandy and freckled and didnt look as
if he had had a bath in the memory of
man His clothes were simple enough
consisting of a cotton shirt and a made
over pair of papas pantaloons and
there was no hat to hide a head of hair
which I am positive never felt the pen
etrating and persuading Influence of a
comb He was too much interested in
the mysteries of my toilet to say any
thing until I took out a pocket comb
and began to use it on my tangled
locks After a tug or two at It look
ng at him meanwhile he spoke
Say mister he said curiously
have yer got to do that there
Do what there I smiled in reply
That there that yer doinV
You mean combing my hair
Yes
Of course it has to be done
Every mornln this erway
Certainly
Well geewhillerkins mister he
said with much feeling you must be a
heap o trouble to yerself Washing
ton Post
Care of Peach Trees
Peach trees should not be forced in
growth loo rapidly nor should they be
deprived of a sufficiency of plant food
Orchards shoidd be kept clean and cul
tivated like corn Peach growers hec
ommend that trees should be so trim
med as to shape each tree in a manner
to shade its own body and thus pre
vent sun scalds Distribute the growth
of limbs uniformly so as to secure sym
metry and have the weight of fruit
evenly distributed Strengthen the
limbs by shotening them back in or
der that they may sustain a crop Re
duce the quantity of fruit when the
trees are overloaded and also by ju
dicious shortening early in the season
of the shoots bearing the fruit buds
ind direct the growth so that the crop
ca nbe gathered by a man standing on
lie ground
A Pleasant Taslc
Insurance Agent Before filing the
claim will you be kind enough to give
me a certificate of your husbands
death madame
The New Widow With pleasures
Life
Whenever a man complains of the
heat the women remind him that he
has nothing to complain of he doesnt
have to wear corsets
The freedom with which the Spanisft
minister for foreign affairs the Duke Alt
modovar del Rio has given publicity to
the instructions to the Spanish peace com
missioners as to the disposition of th
Philippines has given rise to the suspicion
among the officials at Washington thai
there is behind it a deliberate purpose to
draw out in advance the position of tha
American commissioners on this most im
portant point It is stated now that here
tofore the Spanish Government has wait
ed upon the United States Government to
make each of the steps towards final
peace before making a move on their side
so that this sudden change in policy is
accounted for only on the ground stated
There is beside this apparent purpose
veiled threat in the last instruction not
under any circumstances to allow th
United States to interfere with any dispo
sition of the islands outside of those re
tained by the United States such as Lu
zon that Spain may see fit to make Thii
is believed to be an invitation to some oi
the continental powers to step forward in
support of Spain in this extremity in tho
hope of receiving as a quid pro quo soma
of the Philippines as a coaling or navai
station
President McKinley will probably rec
ommend in his message to Congress the w
creation of a new cabinet office the -T
bent to be known as the Secretary of the
Colonies The enlarged foreign policy of
the United States will it is believed make
this new office necessary for the purpose
of giving unity and coherence to the pol
icy adopted in the colonies The Presi
dent will not formulate the organization
of the new department until the peace
commission has determined the final dis
position of the Philippines The colonial
office would have charge of the civil gov
ernment the judiciary and the financial
administration of Porto Rico the Ha
waiian Islands Cuba the Philippines and
of the island of Guam in the Ladrones
Secretary of the Navy Long has receiv
ed complete estimates from his subordi
nates regarding the amounts they deem
necessary for the operation of their re
spective departments during the coming
fiscal year Their figures foot up to 47
000000 the largest peace estimate which
has ever been submitted Secretary Long
proposes to recommend to Congress an im
portant ship building program which will
necessitate the expenditure of considerably
money during the next four years
The Nicaraguan Canal project is forging
to the front in a manner that foreshadows1
an aggressive campaign during the short
session of Congress next winter Ttw
necessity of a waterway across the isL
mus is now recognized in every quarter
Nevertheless the opposition which has
heretofore been able to defeat congres
sional aid in the construction of the canal
will l eappear prepared to continue the
fight hard as ever y
Col John Hay was sworn in as Secre
tary of State at the White House shortly
after 11 oclock Friday morning Justice
Harlan of the United States Supreme
Court administered the oath The cere
mony was performed in the presence of
President McKinley Secretaries Smith
and Wilson and Attorney General Griggs
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It has been decided by the Navy De
partment to establish a naval station on
the Island of Culebra which is located
east of Porto Rico and guards the Virgin
Passage This island furnishes a mag
nificent natural harbor with a depth of
fifty four feet in which the largest ships
in the nary can enter without difficulty
Both ciasses of the Cuban population
are represented continually in Washing
ton They are iiidustrious in many ways
They are ingenious in schemes to influence
public opinion for an independent govern
ment and for annexation as thir inter
ests lie
Secretary Alger has returned to Wasn
ington The Secretary looked much im
proved by his trip He made a verbal re
port to the President on the inspection of
the army camps which he had concluded
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Admiral Schley will be restored to his
old position as chairman of the lighthouse
board after enjoying a leave of abseijng
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Dan Creedon was knocked out by Jack
Bonner in two rounds at Conev 111
Bill Hoffer has typhoid instead of ma
lanal -fever and he is not at all likelv to
play ball again this year
Tom Cannon the European champion
wrestler is anxious to meet the best
wrestler in this
country Cannon
has al
ready defeated Evan Lewis the
In baiting Boston and Baltimore
stronger than Cincinnati The latter are
stronger in the pitching department than
Baltimore
Kid Lavigne and Frank Erne were nnr
permitted by the authorities to box in th
new arena of the Hawthorne Club at
Cheektowaga N Y
Mysterious Billy Smith and niv
Walsh who fought a2o round t drat Z
the Greater New York Athletic Cluh 2J
Coney Island received 528 each for their
trouble -
Im out of baseball politics forever
said Harry Pulliam the clever president
of the Louisville club No more for Se
From now on Til confine
my efforts in
baseball strictly to my own club
Bis Bill Langes home run hit over the
fence cost the Cincinnati club more than
any other hit made at the CincinnatiNpark
this season The ball that LanPhll
bounded into a saloon and broke a imorT
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