VTIS % TIS PEOMISED HELP , "WAR DEPARTMENT PLANS TO SEND RE-ENFORCEMENTS. 'Commander Telegraphs He Needs 30 , 000 Men -'in the Field" at Once- Surucou McQuestin Thinks It Will Require Over lOOjOOO Troops. President McKinley is reported by a Washington correspondent to have come to a realization of the serious situation of the American troops in the Philippines , and , as the result of a telegram which is said to have been received at the War Department from Gen. Otis , he is con templating sending ten regiments instead of three , as was formerly intended. The strongest argument , and the one that is believed to have turned the balance , is said to have been a dispatch recently re ceived from Gen. Otis , in which the lat ter explained that his dispatches had been Jiiisunderstood. He does not think that 0,000 men , including sick , wounded , noncombatants - combatants and garrison troops , would > be sufficient , but that 30,000 "in the fieldr over and above all drains for other ser- Tic-e wjould be. When he captures a town he wants men to garrison it without weakening his fighting force. That is to say , he really wants 50,000 or 00,000 men in all. Preparations are being made for recruiting - cruiting many more for service at the Philippines. Some have expressed a dread fear that the Americans are being .forced back to Manila by the climate , and army oOicers are said to be in dread of receiving news of some disaster. Anoth er cause given for the President's alleged change of front is the testimony of Sur geon McQuestin , which caused so much excitement at the War Department. Sur geon McQuestin declares , like all other returned officers , that the force of soldiers necessary to subdue and hold the islands has been greatly underestimated ; that it will require from 100,000. to 150,000 men to accomplish the task. Last accounts a few weeks ago tell of the insurgents forc ing their way between McArthur's and Otis' forces. The enemy was at that time 'reported to have been repulsed with loss. 'Since that time no news has been made public of what has happened to McAr.- .thur's forces. It is evident that the in surgents are not so thoroughly disorgan ized as the first dispatches would indi cate. Should the regiments spoken of be re- cruiled , all the regular troops now in the ! TJnited States might he sent at once to iManila. This would give Otis about 50- ' 000 men , instead of the 35,000 which will be at his disposal when the volunteers shall have returned. It is suggested that to send all the regulars to the Philippines : would deplete the forces in the United ; "States dangerously ; but the plan proposed tat the War Department is to use the 10- ' 000 troops of the provisional army for garrison purposes here , and to call on the Governors of States for regiments of mi litia for temporary service in case of emergency. This would be strictly in ac cordance with the law , and at the same lime it would give Otis the very best kind ; of men for his purposes. There are 9,000 troops now at San Francisco awaiting transportation to the Philippines. Of these 9,000 regulars , K- 5,500 are raw recruits. The troops will not be sent by organizations. A battalion [ of seasoned regulars , for instance , will go on the same transport with a lot of un trained recruits , so that the time preceding - re ing the arrival at Manila may be devoted profitably to putting the new men into : tshape. ; TEXAS TOWN WASHED AWAY. IRio Grande River Higher than Known } for Forty Years. The Rio Grande is on the greatest ram page known * for forty years. The old town of Carrizo , the county seat of Zapata - dea pata County , Texas , was washed away "by the flood of that river , not a vestige hea of the settlement , which had a popula heaO tion of about 1,200 Mexicans , regaining. The court house and a part of the new > f Town is threatened with destruction , and -all the county records were removed. Unconfirmed reports of a number of nun 'deaths by drowning have reached Austin nunN from points below Garrizo. The wide val ery ley on the Mexican side of the river be- Jew Rio Grande City has been completely - /ly devastated , several thousand acres ot iirrigated crops being destroyed. The present - witi ent big flood has caused the river to met change its course at several points , trans plac ferring thousands of acres of Mexican fille territory to the United States. riet At one point on the river , bordering on nvj Hidalgo County , the river is cutting off > f : a large tract of United States territory , erec jinl promises to land it in Mexico. Near pan Bencvidos the river , when on a rise a few was .years ago. transferred a part of a Mexican - wasG ' * can ranch stocked with several thousand and sheep , to the Texas side of the stream. Thi The United States officials made an ef and fort to collect a duty on the sheep , but nail the ranch owner successfully resisted pay- of anent of the same. don figh 'MAMMOTH SMELTING WORKS. nila IScw Concern Established by Capital ists in Canfcda. A c * Steps toward the establishment of one CTl of the greatest iron and steel works in Tl ti < the world were taken at a meeting held tor" Montreal , when H. M. Whitney of cage jston , president of the Dominion Coal the jompany , met with a number of promi- vent icnt Canadian capitalists. The result non ras the formation of the Dominion Steel ger. smelting Company , with a capital of $20- pose 300.000. Whitney was elected president. pen The company will erect iron and steel pppi works at Sidney , Gape Breton , which L will have a capacity of from 1,000 to clou 1,500 tons of steel a day , and this means of that at the present prices the product of the the works will amount to about * $9,000- jecti 000 a year. The site for the works has thro been : ? clocted. into iDENOUNCES MINING JOBBERS. M ' Governor Murphy of Arizona Issues year . ' fore - t-icned Statement. ' Gov. Murphy of Arizona has issued ave it ; is over his signature an announcement tan tamount to a proclamation , in which he cans denounces in most the vigorous language the methods of stockjobbing mining com- the panics in the territory. The publication ing of the announcement has caused * a stir ing and has fallen as a bombshell in Boston carr and New. York , where the offices ofthe' carrM different companies denounced 'are' lo- ' & ' . . * TERRIBLE DESTRUCTION WROUGHT BY WISCONSIN AND NEBRASKA CYCLONES fMJ | > v1 f - (1) ( ) The cyclone-wrecked town of New Richmond , Wis. On the right of the picture In the distance is the partly burned Catholic church , into which scores of bodies were carried. The bridge in the center of the picture is over Willow river , which is scarcely more than a creek , and was partly de stroyed. To the further left of the picture are the ruins of a school house. (2) ( ) Tents for New Richmond's homeless people provided by the 'Wisconsin authorities. (3) ( ) Section of devastated Main street in New Richmond , from photograph taken on morning after the . of the terrible storm at EEerman , Neb. cyclone. (4) ( ) Scene in the wake FIGHTING IN THE PHILIPPINES , Supposed Friendly Filipinos Surprise American Troops. Gen. Wheato ? occupied Perez das Ma rinas Tuesday morning after moderately heavy fighting. Gen. Wheaton bivouacked in a i field Monday night , and early in the mo ; advanced on the rebel stronghold ofMo Perez das Marinas , near which place Monday the insurgents in force were so gallantly resisted by a small recounoiter- ng party under Maj. Bubb. Gen. Whea- on's ' advance was contested by the rebels , but after moderate heavy fighting the Americans occupied Perez das Marinas. A.fter occupying the town , Gen.'Wheaton jxamiucd the sanitation , which he decided was so bad as to make it dangerous to jarrison theplace. . The rebels mutilated A.iuerican dead. The bodies of two sol- liers of the Fourth infantry , who fell in the running fight back of Iinus , were left iiehiud by their comrades. The bodies ivere afterward found with the right ears cut off , throats cut and slashes across the fao . Cace.An An all-day battle between &m. Whea- lOn's force and the insurgent army was ought near the city of Iinus Monday. One < battalion of the Fourth infantry , tvhile recouuoitering , was attacked in the rear : by a band of supposed friendly na- ives. The Americans stood their ground jluckily < and were out of ammunition vhen Wheaton led a strong force to their heir lelp.The The insurgents fought well , taking ad- rantage of the woods , and were driven flck with difficulty. Little progress was nade until late in the afternoon , when he native force was dislodged from a lonse timber. The Americans lost five in lead and twenty-five in wounded. It is mown that the Filipino loss was very icavy. On effecting the capture of Perez das Marinas Maj. Bubb's battalion , composed 300 men belonging to the Fourth in- lantry , was surrounded on all sides by he Filipinos , who were about 2,000 in lumber. Nothing but the most determined bravaj saved the Americans from being en- irely wiped out. Maj. Bubb's battalion lad been sent from Imus to take posses- ion of Perez das Marinas. On arriving vithin two miles of the town the alcalde them and formally surrendered the lace. The houses along the road were illed with Filipinos of the friendly va- iety. ; These pretended to welcome the nvaders. When within a short distance Perez das Marinas Maj. Bubb discov- red that the enemy had lines running arallel to the road and that his force practically hedged in. Gen. Wheaton was fired on in a road - had a zephyr."d Chird battalion was ordered to the front ° formed on the Las Minas road. Fi- lally the Americans secured a quantity Filipino ] arms which had been aban- loned < in the woods. The scene of the ighting . is over twenty miles from Ma- W CYCLONE SMASHER. Chicaeo Man Claims that He Can : Head Them Off. The invention of the "cyclone annihila- " is announced by E. D. Betts , a Chi- th man. The device has been offered to he United States Government by the in- era > entor. The annihilator is a small can a with a weather vane and an air trig- to . The weather vane is for the pur- of aiming the cannon , which rests ye a vertical pivot. When a cyclone deli pproaches , the vane turns the cannon so li\ points directly at the funnel-shaped lihe loud. When the wind reaches a velocity ly sixty-five miles an hour it will spring er trigger and fire the cannon. The pro- ac jctile fired into the revolving cloud will acM irow it off its balance and it will scatter se a harmless zephyr. ar Thousands Goinjr to "Europe. More Americans will tour Europe this sean than ever before in one summer , anW than 30,000 first cabin passengers W already sailed from New York and th estimated that about 100,000 Ameri- sii will visit Europe for pleasure during in summer. ; A conservative estimate of cl IS amount expended in fares and travel- expenses is $1,500 per individual , mak- an .a total of $150,000,000 that will be IS arried awayfrom tin's country. A ha Members ! of thel American academy of Sc met' in Chicago. " " ANGLO-VENEZUELAN DISPUTE. Difficulty that Nearly Caused a Rup ture with Kncland. Ex-President Harrison is in Paris repre senting Venezuela at an international tri bunal of arbitration to settle the question which nearly caused a rupture between Eng land and this country four years ago. Great Britain and Venezuela both claim the same territory along the bor der between Venezuela and British Guiana. Mr. Harrison is Vene zuela's chief counsel. 1 Having made a tnor- BEX HABHISOX. ough investigation of all the claims involved , he has come to the conclusion that England has rights only in a narrow strip of laud in the eastern part of the disputed territory. He will contend for the Venezuelan Government that the proper boundary line should be near the 59th parallel of latitude. Great Britain has claimed it to be westward of the G3d parallel , including several exceed ingly rich gold mines. It will be recalled that the United States took no stand as to what was the true boundary between the two states mention ed , but insisted simply that Great Britain submit to Venezuela's demand for arbi tration on the subject. Great Britain re fused and President Cleveland issued the memorable message which resulted in an American commission of investigation to "determine tihe true boundary. The com mission did not have to finish its work mb because , after a long correspondence be tween Lord Salisbury and Secretary of State Richard Olney , Great Britain final ly consented to arbitration , and by a spe cial treaty agreed with Venezuela to ac cept the decision of a given tribunal on the disputed territory. dim The land in dispute is over 60,000 square miles in extent , greater than the areas of New York , Connecticut and Massachu setts combined. Venezuela lays claim to aj the territory west of the Essequibo river. A New Yorker died from excessive tea Irinking the other day at the age of 83. c , Dr. George W. Chittenden , who died at Fanesville . , Wis. , at the age of 79 , was the ) ldest practicing physician in Wisconsin , ind was widely known throughout the State. Mrs. Mary P. Coats of Philadelphia cel- ibrated her 102d birthday on Thursday. ETer family was represented in every war irom that of the revolution to the civil var ! , and it was a great source of .grief to he that her sons were too old to enlist in he Spanish war. thM The pallbearers at the funeral of Miss pc Mary Baterman , who died last week at CO he age of 70 , were , in compliance with an ler particular request , all young bachel- ha rs. Miss Baterman was a resident for no long time previous to her death of the Cr own of Sparkill , N. Y. dn The death of Mrs. Julia A. Hedges , 9S In ears old , of senile decay , at Indianapolis , leveloped that her husband , who is still th iving , is 106 years old. Mr. Hedges still lears and talks readily , and he is physical- quite active , but his memory is treach erous. Their only support is a pension on iccount of a son killed in the civil war. Mr. and Mrs. Hedges had "lived together ieventy years. Several of their children far ire still living. \ Harrison Reed , whose death at Jack- ionville , Fla. , at the age of 86 years , is inuounced , was the first editor of the Mil- vaukee ! Sentinel , and was a member of he constitutional convention of Wiscon- was in. During the civil war he held an office the Treasury Department , and at its lose he moved to Jacksonville. In May , but .868 , he was elected Governor of Florida , ind served two terms , until January , of 873. In 1878 he was elected to the State Assembly ? for two years. Since then he - tad lived in retirement at his home in south Jacksonville. self "Patronize those who advertise. up. * -i IN TENTS AND CELLARS. Herman's Homeless Citizens ! "e < l and Housed by Charity. Five hundred homeless citizens of Her man , Xeb. , are leading a very primitive existence in the devastated place. At night they crawl into tents provided bj the good people of the State , or "burrow into the cellars of their wretched homes like so many rats. The picture is a moei distressing one. At meal times they crow * around the church , the only remaining structure , which is used as a morgue , hos pital , relief depot and telegraph and roj - torial office for the correspondents. * Che property damage is $200,000 , with prac tically no insurance. A special police force of thirty men was necessary to dis courage vandalism. . The place was being denuded even of the broken and dilapidat ed household goods. Xo one pretends to be able to pick ont his property. It is all thrown into one great pile , which covers several acres. But it is practically value less. The twister formed from a mass of fleecy clouds in Dane valley , half a mile from Herman. The vapor-like maes sud denly seemed to turn black as ink , and with a roar like a thousand railroad en gines traveling up a grade started down the valley , beating into splinters every thing it touched. It seemed to churn the very earth. The freaks of the great black ball were numerous. Anderson Hopkins was blown through the side of his barn , and the kitchen stove , in which a fire was burning , followed him. The debris was ignited and the farmer burned to death. Farmer Len nox saw it coming and got his family into a storm cellar , but he was carried high in the air and hung in up the branches of a tree. Later a horse passed through the air like a cannon ball and dislodged the , farmer. A party of traveling men took refuge in the cellar of the hotel at the vil lage. The hotel was swept away and a struggling horse was suddenly deposited in the midst of the frightened commercial men. The animal began to rear and plunge , and the drummers , as a matter of self-preservatioft , threw the animal to the ground by main force and sat upon him until the cyclone had passed. Maj. Burdick , being asked what the re lief committee should send in , as indicat ing the extent of the devastation , remark ed : "We'need anything and everything required by a well-regulated family , ex cept kindling wood. " Had it not been for the farmers of the surrounding country , who came into the village with supplies , the people would have starved. Vistors crowded the village by the thousands , and what little had been sent in they helped eat. The people have not only to be fed but clothed. Relief is being furnished by all Xebraska and Iowa. is Y-ELLOW FEVER IN MEXICO. Plague Appears at Tehuantepee Oror 500 Canes in Vera Cruz. Advices have been received of the ap of pearance of yellow fever in its- most viru lent form in the city of Tehuantepec and other places on the isthmus of Tehuante pec , Mexico. There is a large American colony of coffee planters in that section , and fears ore entertained that the dkease has appeared among them. The now extends along the coast fwm Tera Cruz to the Guatemalan border , and hun dreds of deaths have already occurred. the city of Vera Cruz there are over 50 cases , and the epidemic is spreading there < rapidly. Yellow fever in its most malignant form has appeared the among American ma rines stationed about the city wharves in Havana , and the utmost alarm is felt among all Americans , soldiers and civil ians alike. The only death reported thus is that of Private Kehr , who died after being sick thirty-six hours. Cyclone Not the Act of God. In nine pulpits at Eau Claire , Wis. , for Sunday the cyclone at Xew Bichmond the subject of sermons. The general at sentiment expressed was that it was a mysterious dispensation of Providence , > the Rev. Joseph Moran of the Epis copal Church said it was the devilish work n an unknown power and not the act of God. , John Smith. 38 , attempted to kill him Pa. j by jumping from Brooklyn bridge. Policeman prevented and he wa ? locked . BIG CROPS IN ALL LANDS. This Condition Tends to Decrease the Exports of America. Good crops in all the world in the year 180800will probably make our export figures for the fiscal year about to end a ferw million dollars lees than those of the banner year 1898. For the eleven months of tke fiscal year 1899 'the total exports are $1,130,629,572 , while in no earlier ye r except 1898 did the total exports of the eleven months reach the billion dollar line. The reduction in exportation is en tirely in agricultural products , and , in deed , the total exports of farm products , of. agriculture are nearly $ uO,000,000 less 1 than those of last year. In 1888 the crops in all parts of the world except the United States were un- ueimlly light , and as a consequence the prices realized for farm products exported were much higher than the average for many years , while in 1899 , with good crops abread , the prices which our exporters of farm products are receiving are materially lovrer than those of last year , though in quantity the exports of agricultural pro ducts are in most cases as great as those of 1608. One curious feature in the reduction of our exportations relates to live cattle , in which the exportations of the year are -25 per cent below those of the corresponding months of 1898 , the total for eleven months being $24,484,823 , against $32- 852,833 ftast year. The election of a Western man for Speaker of the House of Representatives is regarded in Xew York as a serious blow to the East. By thoughtful politicians it is looked upon as the beginning of the end of Eastern control in national affairs. Xu- merically the East is a stronger at the pres ent time in Congress than it will ever be again , in all probability. The next cen sus , which will be taken a year from now , will increase the Western representation in the lower branch of Congress at the ex pense of the East and South and will give the Middle and Western States more pow er than was ever before centered in that part _ of the country. The foreshadowed election ofGen. . Henderson is therefore looked upon as something of a calamity by those whose line of vision focuses about New York and Boston. * * i * . * One argument which should appeal strongly to the conference at The Hague the fact that almost every nation , with the exception of Great Britain and the United States , is overtaxed to meet the expenses of maintaining its army and navy. France runs behind to the amount $100,000,000 ; Austria has an annual de ficit of $80,000,000 ; Russia of $50,000,000 and and Italy of $30,000,000. The smaller he powers are , many of them , in a state bor dering on bankruptcy. clot The School Board of Lynn , Mass. , has ' and stirred up a hornets' nest by ordering that hereafter no teacher , male or female , shall appear before a class hi bicycle costume. GrIts The teachers will get up a memorial pray- ng that during the hit months of the year short skirts and golf trousers may be per Itswill mitted. will Ing It is ten years since Johnstown , Pa. , ed was swept by a flood from a broken dam. pan The town is now a fourth larger than it tion was then , although the disaster killed one- said eighth of its inhabitants , destroying a mo third of its homes and nearly all of its thoi workshops. draw _ * A cargo of shells , originally intended SC the use of Spanish guns in the war with the United States , recently arrived Adi Glasgow , Scotland. The charges had X een extracted from them and needy Spain took inqt advantage of the recent rise the -price of metal. to get hold of an defi honest penny by selh. g them for old"ircTn" iL ! * &L3 t Hot Ten years ago. the city of Johnstown , . , was entirely destroyed by a great i-ival flopd. Six thousand lives were lost , 1,800 T"hley. houses were swept away , and property valued at $15,000,000 was destroyed. I.re MOB ATTACKS CAR BARNS. Cleveland Strikers Seek to Much Valuable Property. Mob rule held sway on the south sidi in Cleveland , Ohio , * * * * g i more than an hour. A mob of 5,000er- sons attacked the Holmden avenue a barns of the Clevelana Electee Kaitt Company and rushed through the yard , which contained sixty cars , destroyingAcr- erything in sight until driven out by tn , police. The mob succeeded in wrecking ten cars before being compelled to retire * Heavy timbers were driven through win.- * dews and woodwork , stones and -clubs were used until the ? cars were completely- demolished. . * . The mob had a double purpose in view ; its intention was to injure as much as- possible property belonging to the Bis Consolidated Company and to do bodily harm to the twenty-five non-union men living at the barns. In the first it wa3 successful , but in the second it was not , owing to the arrival of the police. The/first outbreak took place .at Wil son avenue and Quincy street. Obstruc tions Bad been placed on the track and Motormau Webster left his car to remove them. One hundred men then began to stone him and the conductor of the car , while the passengers rushed out pelKmell. The motorman stood his ground. A riot er ran in front of him and threw a. brick , whereupon Webster drew his revolver and fired , but missed his assailant. Other attacks were made on him , but after he had fired several shots the crowd retreat ed. One man received a bullet in his foot. The police then arrived. Mayor Farley issued a proclamation at noon calling for peace and order , and de- . daring that order would be restored even if he had to resort to desperate methods. The special committee of the City Coun cil appointed to bring about n settlement , if possible , conyened in the forenoon. Offi cials of the Big Consolidated and a com mittee from the strikers were present , and each side of the case was heard. The strikers presented their demands in writ ing. They are greatly modified as com * pared with the original ones , several con cessions being made. Four hundred employes of the Cleveland - # 4 i land Foundry Company struck in the af * ternoon because the company refused to discharge a man who had ridden on a Big Consolidated car. The man was a foreman. When it became known that he had ridden on a car the molders went to the officers of the company and demanded his discharge. The officers refused to comply with the demand and all the men * I walked out of the works. This is the first otrike in the nature of a sympathy demonstration that has taken place. DETECT BOLD MAIL THEFT. Wholesale Bobbery of Sacks Discov ered by Chicago Anthorities. What is regarded by Postoffice Inspec tor James Stuart as one of the largesl &ad boldest mail robberies in the history of the Chicago postoffiro was detected Tuesday , and the arrows of Walter Per ter and John Xewman , drivers of mail wagons at the postoffice , followed. Per ter made a full confession of the crime and implicated Xewman. After a brief hearing before United States Commis sioner Humphrey the men were bound over to the Federal grand jury. Porter's bonds were fixed at § 10,000 and Xew- man's at $5,000 , and in lieu of bail both men were taken to joil. A large amount of the letters , money i orders and packages taken by the men was found in their lodging house. In the collection were letters , money orders and checks directed to all parts of the coun try and Europe. One check found in the pile was for $20,000. The fact that the robbers had been In the employ of the Chicago postoffice since June 1 and that all the thefts were com mitted after that time while the prisoners were driving their wagons makes the scheme one of the boldest in the recollec tion of the postoffice inspectors. The mail was all taken in pouches while being car ried in the wagons from the postoffice to' the railroad stations and back , and it has been admitted that ihree sacks were tak * en in one dap. AMERICAN GIFT TO DREYFUS. Hebrew Dime Subscription to Pur chase Testimonials. The Hebrews of America are planning testimonial to celebrate the release ot 3 ? Dreyfus from Devil's Island , and , , the tardy measure of justice to him meted out by the French nation. Funds are 5r being raised in Chicago , Xew York and 4 all the large cities of the country. It Is intended to present to Captain ; Dreyfus a gold-mounted and diamond-set and richly engraved sword. To Bmile Zola , whose defense of the army officer led to his exile f * . from his native country , will be given a solid gold pen , neatly engraved. To Col. Picquart , who always stood by the pris oner , will be presented a gold loving cup , with a richly engraved inscription. HAVOC WROUGHT BY CYCLONE. Another Twister Visits Northern . "Wisconsin. Great havoc was wrought by the cy clone that swept through the villages of ZJouillardville , Pensaukee and Brookside , Wis. Buildings were unroofed , horses cattle killed and trees torn out by roots , ilany thousands of dollars of damage was done to the crops. Conster , / . nation prevailed during the storm. The clouds swung northward at Green Bay * formed a waterspout. * STANDARD OIL QUITS OHIO. * * Great Trust Will Establish Offices in > f - , Ne-w York. The Standard Oil Company will remove headquarters from Cleveland , which hereafter become a branch distribut point. When the dispatches announc recently that the Standard Oil Com had become a Xew Jersey corpora , with a capital of ? 10,000,000 , it was that the headquarters would be re moved to New York , but it was not thought that the company would with ' from Ohio-entirely. SCHLEY TO ASK FOR INQUIRY. Admiral's Conduct at Santiago Will Be Looked Into. r Xaval officers believe that a court ot inquiry should be appointed to ascertain definitely : Hear Admiral Schley's conduct f the naval battle- off Santiago. The .t statements of Lieutenant Commanders Hodgson and * Heilner have ' reopened the t controversy , and in the opinion of man ? t officers brings the " * - " case"up te > . Secretary Longmay order aa. J ? innniry , but the rear admiral's friends beA " ,1 ' he will ask for one. . - - - '