WAR EOB , TEE WEEK.
tITTLE INFORMATION FROM THE
FAR EAST.
Great Port Arthur Fortress Hcmains
TJncouqucred Supping nnd Mining
Now Taking Place of Direct Assault *
Stocsscl Believed to Be in Distress.
The lack of information from Jap
anese sources concerning conditions Jit
Port Arthur is suulclent evidence that
tho great fortresses nre still uncon
querable , and that further sapping
tnd mining by the besiegers has taken
the place of direct assaults. Thero
have been neither oflicial nor seml-
ftfflclal statements from Tokio , nor
censored dispatches from General
Nogi's headquarters , which bring in
formation down later than Nov. 7. At
that time the Japanese were retaining
the Keekwan moat , but were suffering
heavily from Russian flre.
On the other hand , it is clear that if
General Stoessel had had any success
In driving the Japanese out of posi
tions they won in attacks at the end
of October we would have heard of it.
The arrival of the Russian torpedo
boat destroyer Rastoropny at Chefoo
was the event of the week , but , what
ever dispatches it may have brought ,
the authorities at St. Petersburg have
not seen fit to make public any con
taining facts of later date than Nov. 2.
The Rastoropny was sunk by the
Russians themselves , and such a sac
rifice of a valuable vessel justified the
Inference that its mission had been
f one of the gravest importance. It was
natural to think that General Stoessel
was asking the Czar for permission to
eurrender. At St. Petersburg it is in-
Gisted , however , that General Stoessel
FORT BLOW > TIP BY JAPS.
reports that conditions are good , and
that he will be able to hold out for
months to come. Rumors , neverthe
less , persist that he has informed the
C'zar that unless he can be supplied
with food and ammunition the end of
bis power of resistance will soon
come. The general has himself been
wounded in the head , but not seriously
< snough to prevent his continuing to
exercise the command.
Artilery duels al > ng the Shakhe
River seem to be increasing in sever
ity. The Russians attacked Oku on
the west of the line early in the week ,
and later Ktiroki made an attack on
the east Neither attack was on a
large scale. Winter weather nas now
et in , introducing entirely new condi
tions for fighting
A Shanghai correspondent says a
steamer which has arrived from Che
foo reports that three other Russian
torpedo boat destroyers left Port
Arthur with the Rastoropny , which
was sunk by its commander in Chefoo
harbor. The Japanese caught two of
them , but the other escaped and has
aot been heard from biiice.
An official report received at Tokio
states that as a result of the success
of the Japanese in blowing up Soug-
ehusban fort the occupation of tha
"outer embankment" of Port Arthur
became complete.
Another official report says that a
shell from a Japanese naval gun ex
ploded a powder magazine on Satur
day , near the arsenal at Port Arthur.
The words "outer embankment" in
-the first official report are believed
here to mean tn.it the Japanese at last
have succeeded in capturing thebain
of forts constituting the "fortified
eastern ridge , " including the forts on
Songshushan , Erlung and Keekwan
mountains.
It is declared at St. Petersburg that
there is every indication that Field
Marshal Oyama is gradually develop
ing a big movement with the object of
occupying Mukden.
Dysentery nnd typhoid fever have
appeared at the fortress , and the
deaths from those diseases average
ten daily. It is stated alo that the
satisfaction among Gen. Stoessel's
subordinates is increasing.
Snort NOTTS Notes.
Gov. Odell of * ( 'u' ' ° rk , according to
the New York Time * , has been offered
the presidency of the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company and wUl accept after re
tiring from office as Governor.
At the Russian embassy in Rome th
belief is expressed that the Russian sec
ond Pacific squadron will go from Sues
direct to Jibutil. as Massowa apd Assab ,
the ports of Erythrea , lack provisions ,
coal and dockyards ; but , if necessary for
urgent reasons , there is nothing to pre-
rent them from landing there if they r -
pect Italian and neutrality
Unlike European monarchs , who
usually have a private chaplain and a
special place of worship as a part of
the "state church , " the President of
the United States selects his own place
of worship in Washington , much as
would any other person who went
there to live , and attends its services
without ostentation of any sort. Since
regular public receptions at the White
House have been discontinued , the
President's church is generally overrun
with sightseers. Mr. Roosevelt at
tends Grace Reformed Church. Its
new edifice , completed since he be
came President , seats about five hun
dred persons ; before that he worshiped
with the society in a chapel less than
half as commodious. Presidents
Orant , Hayes and McKinley attended
Methodist churches ; General Garfield ,
during his long Congressional career ,
as well as after his elevation to the
presidency , was identified with the
" " " " Their
"Disciples , or "Christians.
present church , one of the strongest in
the city , is called the "Garfield Memo
rial. " President Arthur was an Epis
copalian , and attended St. John's , just
across Lafayette Park , which is but a
few steps from the White House. Ben
jamin Harrison , as a prominent Pres
byterian , found his religious home at
the Church of the Covenant
The Fifty-eighth Congress will ex
pire amid the excitement of the inau
guration ceremonies at noon of March
4. The short session of an expiring
Congress is usually full of accomplish- I
meut. Things move more rapidly
than in the longer session of the pre
ceding year. Young members have
now all had a winter's experience. The
House of Representatives passes its
appropriation bills more speedily in a
second year , since the questions in dis
pute are naturally "fought out" the
first time they come before its mem
bers. Legislative measures which
have made progress , but have not
reached enactment will be taken up
where they were left last spring. Com
mittees which had been directed to
mako special inquiries will report on
the opening day of the session. All
bills which are not passed by March 4
will be lost , and must be introduced
ngain in the next Congress. A treaty
does not expire at the end of a Con
gress , since it is for the Senate alone
to consider. It may be taken up where
it was left the year before , regardless
of whether there Is a new Congress
that has come in. or merely another
session of an old one.
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An important opinion , which will set
a precedent of great interest to all
Federal officials who are appointed by
the President , has been rendered by
the comptroller of the treasury. The
decision establishes the title of officials
to draw pay until their successors
qualify. The point was raised bp
Melvin Grigsby , of South Dakota , who
was district attorney for the Nome ,
Alaska , district. Mr. Grigsby resigned
and his resignation , to take effect June
30 last , was accepted. His successor
was appointed , but he failed to qual
ify until July 20. Mr. Grigsby , who
had been occupying the district attor
ney's office between the time of his j
resignation and the qualification of his
successor , contended that he was en
titled to twenty-nine days' pay , al
though his resignation had been ac
cepted and he was considered out of
office. The comptroller decides that
Mr. Grigsby's claim is proper.
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It is said that immediately upon the
Inauguration of President Roosevelt
on March 4 there will be a shake-up
that will overshadow that made by
Mr. McKinley when the Republicans
gained power after the Cleveland ad
ministration. Very few of the old Mc
Kinley appointees are to be retained
in oflice. Mr. Roosevelt wants his own
administration to be one of his own
personal selection. The official chop
ping is to be begun in the cabinet ,
and will extend doAvn to consular po
sitions of comparatively minor import
ance. It will include hundreds of
postmasters , internal revenue collec
tors , customs collectors , commissioners
of Immigration , consuls , diplomatic
agents , and In fact official positions in
every branch of the government ser
vice.
The United States mails carry In a
fear 8,500,000,000 pieces of matter at a
cost of $150,000,000 , and if the rural
delivery service , which now serves
one-seventh of our people at an ex
pense of $22,000,000 , were eliminated ,
the postoffice would be self-supporting.
The postoffice was not established to
make money , but even without any re
trenchment it would make money ,
probably , if the cheap parcel post were
introduced here as it exists in other
progressive countries.
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When the President attends church
he Is allowed to leave the building at
the close of the service , before the rest
of the congregation leave their pews.
The ushers see that this rule is re
spected. Considering the country's
unfortunate experience with assassins ,
It is a very simple precaution. Two
secret service men are also in attend
ance. President Roosevelt almost In
variably walks to his church , which
IB less than a mile from the White
House.
CHICAGO'S HUGE SUBWAY PLANS
Bores Once Intended for Wires Are to
Become Arteries of Trafiic.
A complete rovolution of the methods
of handling the freight business of prac
tically all of the railroads having ter
minals in Chicago is promised by the Chi
cago Subway Company , which has been
incorporated in New Jersey , with a capi
talization of $00,000,000 and immediately
came into possession of the Chicago Tun
nel Company. Behind this definite an
nouncement of purpose is said to lie a
strong possibility that ultimately the
street railway systems of the city will
be provided with subways in the heart
of the city , aad thus further relieve the
congestion wlnoh has been complained of
for years.
It is strongly hinted that the construc
tion of a subway directly above the tun
nels is contemplated at some time , and
that a controlling interest in the Illinois
Tunnel Company was achieved in order
to avoid litigation and embarrassment
during the construction period.
Here are some of the things promised
when the full scope of the scheme is in
operation :
Freight traffic will be diverted from
the streets to the tunnels , and the streets
thus relieved of the dirt incidental to
teaming.
Railroad freight yards will be removed
ten or fifteen miles from the central part
of the city , thus leaving valuable veal
estate available for other business uses.
All freight will be handled more expe-
ditiously , the cars to which freight has
been transferred at the outer yards com
ing into the city by the tunnels and elec
tric motors.
With the passing of freight locomo
tives the city will be relieved of SO per
cent of the smoke nuisance.
The necessity for tearing up pave
ments will be practically overcome when
telegraph and telephone wires , gas pipes ,
water pipes and other public utilities are
placed within the tunnels.
Mail will be handled more quickly
when letters and parcels can be dropped
directly into the tunnels through mail
boxes , and thence conveyed directly to
the postoflice.
FULLER MAY RESIGN.
Chief Justice Slated to Quit His Oilicc
After March 5.
Chief Justice Melville , W. Fuller of the
Supreme Court of the United States
plans , it is said , to re iiru his oflioc on
March o , 190.J , the day after he has ad
ministered the oatli of ollice to Presi
dent Theodore Roosevelt. In this event
it is conceded that Secretary of War
i'ULLhlt AND HIS GKANDCHILI ) .
Taft will be appointed by the President
to the vacancy on the Supreme bench.
Chief Justice Fuller will be 72 years old
on Feb. 11 , 1905 , and will then be en
titled to retire from the bench and enjoy
a salary of ? 10. . > 00 a year as lone ; as he
lives. No chief justice of the Supreme
Court has ever resigned. All have died
on the bench. Chief Justice Fuller ha ?
administered the oath of ollice to four
Presidents , Harrison , Cleveland and Mc-
Kinley twice. lie was appointed April
30 , 1SSS.
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f -s - } 5j * . _
Petroleum shipments from the coast
of Texas during August amounted to
1,104,151 barrels.
Additional reports are received almost
every week of the adoption of electric
motive power by steam railroads for part
of their service.
Mississippi authorities have granted a
new charter to the Natchez and Gulf
railroad , which is planned to extend from
Natchez to Gulf port.
The telegraph block system has been
put in use on the Cleveland and Pitts-
burg , between Cleveland , Ohio , and Alli
ance , fifty-seven miles.
A machine shop containing thirteen
acres under one roof has been planned
by the Louisville and Nashville for con-
etruction at Louisville. It will cost $2-
500,000.
Journals of the lumber trade express
considerable satisfaction and encourage
ment at the number of orders placed by
railroad companies within the last few
Weeks for lumber.
A construction company has been
formed in New York to build the recently
incorporated Mobile and Western Ala
bama railroad , for which surveys have
already been made.
The gross earnings of the railroads of
'Alabama for the year ended June 30.
1901 , were .S2.-J.222.S29.72 , compared to
| 27G15Go7.99 for the previous twelve
months , the increase being $ G07,21G.72.
Rules affecting every railroad system
In the United States were discussed by
the American Railway Association at its
fall meeting in Philadelphia. Out of a
membership of 273 lines , operating 217-
372 miles of railway , 90 lines were repre
sented by 130 delegates.
Nearly $500,000 was spent by the
Louisville and Nashville during 1904 for
equipment. Of this , $213,302 went for
freight cars ; ? 1G5,972 for locomotivesand
the balance for passenger car equipment ,
team wrecking cars , and machinery pas-
enger cars , and 2,844 freight cars
bought
SECRETARY HAY TO REMAIN Ifr
THE PRESIDENT'S CABINET
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John Hay , who will continue in the
cabinet as Secretary of State , was born
at Salem , Ind. , Oct 8 , 1838 , was gradu
ated from Brown University in 1858 , and
later was admitted to the Illinois bar.
Mr. Hay served as one of the private
secretaries of President Lincoln. He
also was a colonel of volunteers and as
sistant adjutant general. He has been
secretary of legation at Paris , Madrid
and Vienna , and in 1897-8 was ambas
sador to England , previous to which time
he held the oflice of first assistant Sec
retary of State. lie has been Secretary
of State of the United States since 1S9S.
MYSTERY OF AUTO RIDE.
Professional Chauffeur Slain on a
Lonely Country Road.
In the darkness of a lonely country
road , John W. Bate , Jr. , a professional
chauffeur and son of a wealthy man ,
prominent in the automobile world , was
slain the other night. The scene was
on a road paralleling the Joliet electric
line , two and a half miles southeast of
Lemont , UK There Bate was found lean
ing forward in the front seat of the au
tomobile with a bullet wound in the back
of his head. The automobile had been
turned about. A revolver lay on the
scat.
scat.A
A carefully laid scheme is believed by
many to have preceded the murder. So
lution of the midnight crime , presenting
elements of mystery worthy the genius of
a Sherlock Holmes , seemed to baffle the
efforts of the police. That young Bate
\\as the victim of bank robbers , an angry
passenger or a pedestrian was advanced.
The woman motive was taken by Morris
Stokes , employed with Bate , who says
that for weeks Bat1 had been receiving
pushing love letters from an infatuated
society woman who had ridden with him.
An unsigned letter found upon the body
idently had been written by a jilted
woman.
The police theory was that two men
planning a bank robbery tried to force
IJate to carry them to Joliet and that he
rebelled. This rebellion , in the minds of
the police , determined the safe blowers
to make way with a man who had be
come dangerous to thorn. Therefore , af
ter a bitter quarrel , they shot and killed
the chauffeur while he was bending over
his steering apparatus It is urged in
opposition to this theory that the rob
bers and murderers did not denude the
machine of identification evidence the
number 278. Daniel Canary. Bate's em
ployer , after he had heard all the de
tails , supported this theory.
Opponents of the desperado theory con
tended that Bate was slain by some one
over whom he had almost run 1'is ma
chine. This is the view taken by the
coroner of Will county , who contends
that Bate had been running his automo
bile recklessly , had probably lost his way
after taking a fare to Lemont and nar
rowly escaped killing a pedestrian.
' 'Everybody knows the residents of this
locality are quick enough to shoot , " said
tho coroner's assistant , "and it requires
no big stretch of the imagination to find
a farmer of this neck of the woods pull
ing out a gun and taking a shot at an
automobile which had nearly run over
him. "
It is believed that the chauffeur was
shot while the machine was still in mo
tion and that the person who fired the
shot experienced difficulty in bringing
the machine to a standstill.
CHURCHES JOIN TO SAVE BOYS.
Reign of Crime in Brooklyn Starts
Unique Kelijjrious Crusade.
The misdeeds of hundreds of young
men connected with well-known families
in the Bedford section of Brooklyn , N.
Y. , which began several years ago by the
formation of the "Bedford gang" and
finally led to many of them and their
recruits being connected with criminal
cases , much to the disgust of residents
in that quarter , has caused the inaugura
tion of a remarkable religious campaign
for the purification of the youths who
passed their time about the street cor
ners.
ners.The first night of the "campaign of
evangelization , " as it is called , began
with a street parade in which tramped
2,000 men with banners , with the band
of the Twenty-third regiment playing
hymns at the fore. The mile of frock-
coated paraders moved through Bedford
avenue to Hancock street , where hung
a great banner. There they held an open-
air meeting.
Ministers from fifty churches of all
Protestant denominations were in attend
ance and many of them made short ad
dresses. Every church in the district ia
joining in the movement.
The street corner meeting ended , the
brass band again headed the procession ,
and it marched to the Central Presbyte
rian church , where a meeting for men
had been called. The church has a ca
pacity of 1,300. Every seat was taken
and hundreds were turned away. Six
ministers made short addresses , telling
the purposes of the movement , which , it
was announced , will continue throughout
the winter.
Marvelous Kscape from Injury.
Joseph Schmidt of Ed\vardsville , Mo. ,
recently had a thrilling experiencewhile
at work for the Edwardsville Pressed
Brick Company. He was caught by a
pulley belt , raised to the ceiling , jerked
and whirled around and beaten against
the wall , until nearly all his clothing was
torn from him , and then hurled fifteen
feet through a door. He alighted on the
ground and when he picked himself up
found that 'he was not injured in tho
least.
Old papers for sale at this offlc * .
STRUGGLE FOR PEACE.
Japan Making Desperate Efforts to
Force Russia to Cry "IJiicujrh. "
Tokio report declares that the Jap
anese K0 ° II ( ! are anxiously awaiting the
coining of % . 'le Baltic fleet , so that Togo
may crush it. Confidence of this sort
has its home in Japa . What Togo did
to the Port Arthur squadron will be re
peated upon the arrival of ihe Baltic
fleet , Tokio believes beyond a doubt. Lon
don encourages this belief. Moreover ,
the view ( a largely held in America that
Japan will preserve her naval supremacy.
The reason that Japan is a favorite does
not lie in the number and superiority of
her ships , but in the excellence of their
manipulation and in the greater effective
ness of Japanese gunnery. The world at
large has a small opinion of the Rus
sians as sea fighters. The North sea in
cident hurt Russian naval prestige almost
as seriously as the dismal show of the
Port Arthur squadron against Togo and
the Vladivostok fleet against Kamimura.
Moreover , the Baltic fleet will arrive
in Asiatic waters in a fouled and racked
condition , and , from all we know , at a
time of year when it will be impossible
to make Vladivostok for cleaning and re
pairs. And yet , Bays a correspondent of
the Chicago Daily News , Tokio Is wrong
to regard the destruction of the Baltic
fleet as certain as its arrival within strik
ing distance of the capable Japanese ad
miral. Togo himself has been weakened
by the hard service of the year , and his
losses , while small in ratio to the dam
age administered , are at the same time
greater than the world has been given to
understand. He will have to face a pre
ponderance of battleships and a sea force
that has everything to win and no shores
threatened or armies cut off if it lose a
force that has the example of its prede
cessor by which to profit and a prize of
incalculable value for victory.
With Togo , on the contrary , rests the
life of his nation. A thousand junks
will rush into Port Arthur if he lift the
blockade. If he is whipped the Jap
anese army is cut off ; the shores of the
island are left unprotected and com
merce , the vitality of Japanese finance ,
is destroyed. Togo is the pericardium of
Japan.
Tokio believes that the destruction of
the Baltic fleet will put Russia in a
frame of mind in which she will gladly
listen to proposals of peace on terms
' satisfactory to Japan. The Jiji Shimpo ,
highly representative of the Japanese
press , urges Japanese arms to push the
conflict with such fury that the enemy
will have to sue for peace. Tokio prays
i that the continuation of the battle of
! the Shakhe river will result in the com
plete shattering of Kuropatkin's forces ,
so that Russia will be forced to desist
from hostilities. Japan wants peace bad
ly. She is terrified as the game unfolds ,
mile after mile. The monster that she
has driven and pummeled will not stay
whipped , but quietly and without nerves
or noise , augments and returns to the
fight. Japan perceives the unsubstan-
tiality of England's support ; that it is
of the press and not of the treasure
house. English bankers make her pay
exorbitant interest for the money she
borrows. England is not yet in her dot
age : she is for England still.
Japan is fighting for peace , and fight
ing magnificently ; but her enemy , unless
rent by civil war , will not be the one
to cry "enough ! " This is not Russia's
way. She knows that years will crush
Japan if her troops cannot. She real
izes vividly that if she lies down to Japan
now the integrity of her domain will not
long stirvivo China's.
ROOSEVtLi t > AYS GUARD HOME.
Slakes Address at a "Washington Catho
lic Church Anniversary.
Speaking at the 110th anniversary of
the founding of St. Patrick's church in
Washington President Roosevelt said :
' 'While in this country we need wise
laws , honestly and fearlessly executed ,
nnd while we cannot afford to tolerate
anything but the highest standard in
public service of the government , yet
in the last analysis the future of the
country must depend upon the quality
of the individual home , of the individual
man or woman in that home.
"We have grown to accept it as an
axiomatic truth of our American life that
the man is to be treated on his worth as
a man , without regard to the accidents
of his position ; that this is not a gov
ernment designed to favor the rich man
as such , or the poor as such , but that It
is designed to favor every man , rich or
poor , if he is a decent man , who acts
fairly by his fellows.
"The field for charitable , philanthropic ,
religious work is wide and that while a
corner of it remains untilled we do a
dreadful wrong if we fail to welcome the
work done in that field by every man , no
matter what his creed , provided only
he works with a lofty sense of his duty
to God and his duty to his neighbor. "
A winter which will try the soul of the
innocent bystander is threatened in Muk
den.
Turkeys are so plentiful this year that
their price will be higher than ever be
fore.
In looking for a place to make his last
stand Gen. Stoessel finds the standing
room scarce.
Gen. Nogi has a faint idea as to where
he will eat his Christmas dinner if he
cares to do so.
Russia is going in for reform and can
stand a lot of it without feeling any
particular surfeit.
In taking Port Arthur the finishing
touches appear to be about as difficult
as the preliminaries.
St. Louis wants to run the fair while
the weather permits. That should be all
winter along the Pike.
In other words , 'Gene Ware is going
to mount his old reliable Pegasus and
canter back to Kansas.
Perhaps Port Arthur has nad so much
practice in not falling that it does not
know how to do the falling act.
Everybody has to tread lightly in the
vicinity of the French cabinet these days ,
for the slightest jar might upset it
It Is a pity that Harry Thaw's mother
did not have a barrel stave at hand ami
th ability and inclination to use it.
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One Hundred Years Ago.
Tho expedition under Lewis ami
Clark went into winter quarters at
Fort Mandan , on the Mi.ssouri River.
General Armstrong , Americanmin
ister to France , presented lis creden
tials to Napoleon Bonaparte.
Major General Philip Schuyler died
at Albany , N. Y.
Insurrections occurred in the inte
rior of Spain , caused by the scarcity of
food. In some places the pe ple had
been without bread for three and font
days.
The English were carrying on a
large fur trade along the Missouri
River , all the fur being sold in Can
ada , where it brought a high price.
Fifty thousand French soldiers were
advancing into Holland , witk orders
to take possession of Hamburg am'
Swedish Pumerunia.
Seventy-five Years Ago.
General Bolivar's attempt to estab
lish a monarchy nnd place a. crown on
his own head was frustrated by the
Venezuelans.
Prince Leopold , of Saxe-Coburpr , was
chosen for the throne of Greece.
Adrianople was evacuated by the
Russians.
A prize of $2,10 was awarded an
American by the Paris Industrial So
ciety for the invention of a machine
to remove fur from skins.
A tcrand ball was given by tin ;
French ambassador at Constantinople ,
all of the Sultan's court and repre
sentatives of foreign powers beinj ?
present.
The city of Camden , S. C. , was al
most entirely destroyed by fire.
Fifty Years Ago.
Mr .Soule. American minister to
Spain , left Bordeaux for Madrid.
Thirty-five ships belonging to Ed
ward Oliver , of Liverpool , r.-ere sold at
auction.
The fire of the allies on Sevastopol
\vas almost entirely suspended.
Domingo Elias gave battle to the
Peruvian general , Moran. Of Elias *
100 troops , 3,200 were either killed
or wounded.
General Espartcro offered his resig
nation , with that of his ministry , to
the Queen of Spain , but ske refused
to accept it.
Advices from Constantinople an
nounced an entire change of ministry
in Turkey.
Forty Years Ago.
Wheat sold on the Chicago board at
? 1.SS and corn at $1.40 a bushel.
General Grant left New York City
for the front after a quasi secret visit
of a few days.
Fighting between Union and Confed
erate forces near Knoxville , Term. , re
sulted in the repulse of the Confeder
ates.
Sarah Jane Smith. 10 years old , a.
Confederate spy , was sentenced to
death at St. Louis for cutting four
miles of government telegraph lines.
The capture by a Union vessel of the
Confederate Florida in a Brazilian
port was the subject of di/lom.itic ne
gotiations between the United States
and that country.
A report that Sherman had captured
and burned Macon , Ga. , caused excite
ment throughout the North.
Fhirty Years Ago.
China introduced breech loading
rifles as the arras of a portion of the
imperial troops.
Railway mail clerks from ail parts
of the country met in Chicago and
formed a national organization.
A meeting of the cabinet decided to
hands off the Garland-Smith
keep - gov
ernorship controversy in Arkansas.
The Turkomans attacked a town ,
killed eighty Russian residents , and
carried away their wives and children.
Two hundred delegates representing
sixteen States attended the first ses
sion of the National Temperance Con
vention , which opened at Cleveland ,
Ohio.
A hurricane swept the Atlantic coast
of the United States , causiag l ss o. '
life and property damage.
Twenty Years Ago.
At the third plenuary council at Bal
timore Bishop O'Farrell , of Trenton ,
N. J. , denounced divorce as worse than
Mormouism.
There was much feeling in Washing
ton , D. C. , over the pardon of Flem-
ming and Loring , of "Fund W" fraud
fame.
The Illinois State Board of Health
adopted measures to prevent Asiatic
cholera from infesting the State-
