r -w"---TSiTsy ft- .-rur -gig"y tv rv" -' - sh' - -A'"' k IKbicwi .--ei!yis-iv--i;J p-SMSi.Atwwo" TW"' J Cflkmfr ik-iF u;fil " -v : ntiR 7" v i - r -J. A . VOLUME XXIX.-NUJIBER 3(). COLTJMfetjS; iTEBRASfeA. WEDnSDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1898. WHOLE NUMBER 1,486. X SA'iyJf 5 -9JUUllUtt. Saa ;'Aii i SeciRl Nebraska Boys Say Girt Ije U Military Life. THE ACCOUNTS SQUARED. Orrt a Thousand Men Now In Condition tfi Ilcturn to Peaceful Pursuit Some of Tlirni Will 1'robably Ke-enlUt at ICt-gulum. Camp George D. Melklejohn passed ' out of existence before C o'clock last night, saj-s the Omaha Bee. The men , f. the Second Nebraska were sum ." tnoncd to regimental headquarters .it 11 a. in. to receive pay for the last .month and twenty-rour days' of ser- vice and final uiscnarge from Jhe army. They filed Into the paymaster's rooia a company sit a time and before C ..o'clock$85.00Q had been distributed among the 1.078 men on the mu6ter 'rolls. About 150 men are carried as absent sick and these will receive their money and discharge from the paymaster general's office at Washing ton. Each private received payment .'.at the rate of $15.00 a month, with al lowance for clothing and commutation of rations, so that no private carried away from the table less than $30 nnd a number received as much as fSO. In addition to salary, each man was provided with transportation to point of enrollment, with one day's pay for each twenty miles traveled, that be.ng an ordinary day's march. The discharges were, served from the bottom up, the most newly enlist ed men receiving his certificate first and Colonel Bills beinc the last man out. There was a brier mustering out ceremony; Captain W. H. Kell, Twenty-second infantry, mustering officer, called the name of each man. who fetcpiiCd five paces to the front and an swered to his nama. A roll was kopt fcr submission to Adjutant Gcnpral Barry of those who were willing to renew their service, either with the First or Second Nebraska and 15G names were obtained Most of the men lost no time In get ting their money and discharges. Carryalls were loaded with the persons and baggage of boisterous, homegoing soldiers and the roads were thronged with more economical ones, bearing blankets and satchels. The spectacle of so many soldiers as well provid.nl with . money was atempting one to gambling sharks and several chuck-a-luck tables were set up in the saloons in the neighborhood of the post. The matter was brought to the attention of Actlns Chief of Police Haze and a sergeant with a detail of men was sent to attend to the matter. Very little business had been done by the table, however, the boys sustaining the reputation for gooa sense and tem perance which they have gained dur ing their presence here. A portion oi the regiment received their discharges, loo late to get trains home and these resigned themselves to one more rainy night in the barracks. Fort Omaha will not be entirely abandoned to the elements and the tramps. A detachment of twenty men of Company E, Twenty-second infan try, has been assigned to the post for fatigue and guard duty. There is a considerable amount of government property at headquarters and the men will be fully, equipped for garrison duty, with 100 rounds of ammunition, tents, blankets, etc. The command ing officer will be Captain T. B. Jones. The Board of Survey appointed by Colonel bills to adjust the values of material furnished by the state to the government has completed its work. Adjutant General Barry has sat wiJi ihc beard in the interest of the stab the other members being Major "W. S. Mapes. Lieutenants Kennedy and Plat ncr. The finding was that the state has furnished equipment for about GOO men and the' value of this material was pro rated from the time of issu ance. The report has been forwarded to Washington. if Mil Memento to the Indians. ' All cf the Indians who visited the exposition will be given a memento that will enable them to remember. For all of these Indians Captain Mer- , cer has had struck off heavy gold plated metals. On one side are the words. "United States Indian Congress. Omaha Exposition, 1S98," while on the reverse is a raised design, showing an Indian mounted on a horse, running a lance into a buffalo. Beneath th's .. are the numerals. "1S6S." the date of 'the admission of Nebraska as a atate. Besides the medals Captain Mercer has had printed certificates, the samp , .showing that while at the congress ' the Indians deported themselves in an - "exemplary manner and that they have not broken any of the rules of !he ."''congress or the exposition. These cer tificates arc signed by Captain Mercer, offleer in charge, and J. R. Wise, as sistant manager. They bear a gold . ical, under which are ribbons of red. '.white and blue. A Girl Fatally Earned. A 'man came rushing into Hastings for medical aid, reporting that Ina, the 13-year-old daughter of Dame: Sunderland, living three and a half miles northeast of that place, was t-cr-ionsjy burned by the accidental tip ping over of a small can of kerosene from the stove shelf onto the h'Jt stove, setting fire to her clothlug, which was entirely burned off. She was so badly burned that it was thought she could not live. Her fath er and mother were at Omaha attend ing the exposition. An 'jffort was made to find them, but they could not get home until too late to see her alive. She died at 6:30 o'clock, ab ui an hour before her parents reached heme. An Old Man Commits SUclde. .. .Word was brought to DeWitt that William Clayborne, a highly respectt-.d farmer living four miles east of town, ""had hanged himself to a tree near his home. Of late he had been suffering from a complication of diseases which confined him to the house, but from "which he was recovering. During the afternoon he was seen to leave cis home and pass into a large grove. To .ward evening a young woman passing t that way discovered the body hanging ' to a tree. The man had remove3, hip ,, hat. coat and shoes, and laid them at I the bottom of the tree, and it is sup .IKised drew himself onto a limb ana ' jumped off. He was 60 years of ag:. and lived -with his mother, who is ncarjy So. Nebraska Cnlrerslty Botes. most important university The event of the year is the opening o the ucr mechanic arts hall, the first per inznent building for the mechanic arts Red manual training departments o j the university. ' J NEWS SUMMARY. Batarday, October S3. Three comapnles of the Third in fantry have been ordered home from Virden, in. Clalrvilie, a new town in Plumas county. California, reports the burn ing of a hotel and the loss of five lives. The state board of health has re moved all quarantine restrictions on passenger and freigut traffic In Missis1 sippi. Melville E. Stone, president of the Associated Press, and a party from Chicago arrived In Omaha on a West ern Union car to visit the exposition. The London Daily Mall says it has the highest authority for stating thj French government notified the Eng lish government three days ago it will not abandon Fashoda. The order requlr ng the Fourth and Seventeenth infantry regiments to be in readiness for fie.u service in connec tion with the Indian troubles In Min nesota was countermanded. The board ot health raised thajuatJAmajorlty of the flelegatesand mil? itino and "Memphis Is now dpenw T uary""delegates were preeiit"eacn of antino and Memphis is now open all points. Cold weather has prevailed for several days and the board regards all danger from yellow fever as passed. The Fir6t National Bank of Lisbon, O., has been closed. Cashier H. .T. Childs has disappeared and bank ex aminers are in charge. "Childs wa.s connected with -e bank as cashier for twenty years. Eleven Bear Indians were brought to i Duluth by Marshal O'Connor and a de tachment of ten Third infantry regu lars. They entered formal pleas of not guilty In the United States court and were given time to consult with their attorney. .Minister Buck has informed tho State department ...jat the Japanese government has appointed Mr. Jutaro Komura, vice minister of foreign af fairs, to be minister of Japan to the United States. Mr. Komura was born In 1853 and studie- law at Harvard University. Monday, October 34. England and France are on the eve of a conflict. John Melchart, insane with jealousy, shot and killed Miss Morris at Omaha. Two jealous husbands killed tiinr wives and themselves at Jersey City. The total registration of the city of New York Is 55C.369, as against 567, 192 in 1897. Serious trouble is brewing among the Comanches, Kiowa and Apache In dians in Oklahoma territory. The Manitoba sailed from Ponce yesterday morning with the Third Wisconsin, thirty-six officers and 7G4 men; sixty discharged soldiers and thirty pasengers. The french yellow book on Fashoda seems to indicate the intention on tne part of the French government to utilize the Marchand affair as a means of raising the whole Egyptian ques tion. Fire at Des Moines gutted the large jobbing house of Perkins & Brinsmaid, importers of fine China and crockery, entailing a loss estimated at $150,000. Philadelphia is to have a peace ju bilee this week. Telegraphic inquiries have elicited irrefutable reports that the Spanish dockyards show absolutely no signs of renewed activity nor the slightest symptoms implying the remotest idea of renewing the struggle. The steamship Victoria brings the news that two more battles have been fought in Formosa between Japanese IPBJd?' SSI J!,. & I all the Japanese on the island. The Bank of Spain's report for the week ending Saturday shows the fol lowing changes: Gold in hand, in crease, oiC.000 pesetas; silver in hand, increase, 1,839,000 pesetas; notes in cir culation, increase. 2.S86.C00 resetas. The London Daily Mai; correspond ent has been cabled by that paper as follows: "The relations between France and England are very critical. Watch." It is Inferred from this mat a movement from Esauimalt of the fleet here is expected. Tuesday, October 25. Reports to Washington indicate that the yellow fever epidemic is rapidly i declining. It is reported at Shanghai amang ! influential Chinese that the emneror i was made away with. . Lieutenant Hobson has arrived at ! Boston, and says he hopes to raise all ' the Spanish ships sunk oft Santiago, All quarantine restrictions at Mem phis, Tenn., have been raised and the sale of tickets through that point will be resumed at once. Lieutenant General Sir William Howley Goodenough, in supreme com mand cf the British troops in South Africa, died yesterday. The marriage of General Wesley Merritt to Miss Laura Williams, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Williams of Chicago, was celebrate! in London. The Marshall Paper company, manu facturers of tissue and cigarette paper at Turner's Falls, Mass., assigned be cause of poor trade. Its capital stock is $246,000. A telegram has been received at the Harvard college observatory from Prof. W. R. Brooks at Geneva. N. Y., stating that Brooks' comet was ob served by Prof. Brooks October 22. Secretary Wilson has awarded to the New York Market Gardeners' as sociation the contract for furnishing all the seeds to the Agricultural de partment for the current fiscal year. It is understood in Paris that the American peace commissioners have received positive sharp instructions from President McKinley to refuse to discuss further the question of the Cu ban debt. President McKinley has told Prime Minister Sagusta through the French government that the disposal by Spain of what this rovernn"nt considers immovable property in Cuba must ttop at once. At Savannah, Ga., Colonel Bryan, who is with his regiment, the Third Nebraska volunteers, as a part of Lee's corps, is 111 at the DeSoto hotel. He is suffering with fever, but his condition is not regarded as serious. The president has approved the sentence of the court martial dismiss ing from the naval service Chapiain Mclntyre of the Oregon fcr remark made in a lecture at Denver, reflect- in? on Admiral Sampson and other-. The Spanish cabinet was unexpect- edey assembled to consider the question of the repatriation of t"a3 troops and matters connected wita t the peace commission. It is believed j that General Correo. miniEter of wsr, j has resigned. I Wednesday October 26. Private Yates of the-regular army vs accidentally shot in the right side j of his haad at Long Pise. Neb. The Little Rock & Memphis railroad was sold under a decre of foreclosure of the United States for $325,000. S. McXichols, manager of the Bruns wick Hotel, Chicago, committed sui cide by shooting himself in the head. The statement of the condition of the treasury shows: Available cash balance. $305,213,479; gold reserve, $240,233,900. A Havana (Ga.) dispatch says: Col onel William J. Bryan of the Third Nebraska regiment has been sick id bed with enteric fever for the lasi two days. Constructor ilobson arrived id Washington and reported to Captain Crowninsbields, who was acting sec retary of the navy In absence of Sec retary Long. Spain has strongly protested to the United States at the lattcrs action in dispatching the battleships Oregon and Iowa to reinforce Rear Admiral Deweys squadron. The first sesion of the Cuban assem bly was held at Santa Cruz del Sur. tne sis army corss being represented. The British war ships, Pallas and Talbot, arrived at Halifax from Ber1 muda. General Lord William Sey mour, commander of the troops In British North America, will return from Ottawa, his visit having been cut short by the unusual activity in mil itary and naval circles at this station. An order was issued by the war de partment reiievfng frcm further duty in the volunteer army James G. Blaine as captain and assistant adjutant gen eral. Having seen service without the limits of the United States, Captain Blaine is granted a leave of absence of sixty days from this date, at the expiration of which time he will be mustered out. Thursday. October 37. The tumult in Paris has subsided and the troops are less in evidence. Edward Tangcr, aged 30 years, of Hancock, Mich., a rough rider, died at Boston of malaria. During the last fev weeks Spanish rule in the island of Cuba has been marked with unbridled corruption. Blanco has issued an order inform ing the soldiers there will be no more discharges until he bears from Madrid. By a colision of trains on the Union Pacific near Silver Creek, three men the engineer, fireman and brakeman were killed. Four companies of the Second regi ment of volunteer engineers now at Montauk Point have been orderd to join General Lee's corps at Savannah. Tho Arbuckle company has invaded California territory and reduced the price cf sugar from 5 to 5i cents. Tho cut wa3 immediately met by the Western refinery. Dr. Roch, who has been attending the victims of the bubonic plague in Vionna, together with Herchegger, an other of the nurses has developed symptoms of the disease. An order from the war department has been rceived at Fort McPherson, instructing that a board meet at the i earliest day practicable and examine the eight contract doctors there. The American apriorities at Manila have released some of the Spanish sailers captured during the war. The authorities at Ho have cabled to Ma drid, expressing their loyalty to the Spanish crown. The treasury department has prac tically completed the issue of the $200,- i 000,000 of 3 per cent bonds authorized the last session of congress and the last of the temporary force of clerks appointed for duty in that connection will be dismissed. Friday, October 38. The coroner's jury found no one re sponsible for the death of the miners at Virden. 111. Inspector Vaille reports that the business men of Manila are pleased with the improvements. The war department has been in formed of the sailing of the Panama from Ponce to Santiago. Mrs. W. J. Bryan is preparing to go to Savannah, Ga., if the health of Col onel Bryan does not improve. The marine hospital service has been notified that steamboat inrpection at i New Orleans was discontinued. it is reported in Paris this evening that the British cabinet at todiy's session, decided to proclaim the pro- tectorate of Great Britain over Egypt. Mrs. Richard Cooper, tho last sur viving daughter of James Fenimore Cooper, ihe novelist. Is dead at her home in Cocperstown. N. Y., aged 79' years. The Specialty Carriage company of Cincinnati, O., assigned to the Union Savings Bank and Trust company. Liabilities, 65,000; rssets are in ex cess cf that amount. The rep..rt of General Merriam, commanding the Department of the Pacific, regarding the facilities for a camp at Honolulu, has been received at the War department. Philip N. Hildreth, 26 yeara3 old, a member of Troop A, New York volun teers, committed suicide at his home in New York while delirious from fever contracted in Porto Rfco. The Postoflice department has or dered the establishment on December 1 of military postoflice stations in Cuba at Baiquri, Guantanamo, Bara coa, San Luis, Manzaniilo, Gibara and Holguin. Colonel W. J. Bryan continues quite ill in his room at the Desoto hotel. Savannah. Ga. His regiment has been there for two days, but he has not been able to see any" of his officers or discuss its affairs. Three Killed in a Wreck. Omaha, Neb., Oct. 2S. A rear-end collision on the Union Pacific yester day resulted in the death of three men and the serious injury of one other. The dead: Samuel Hindman, engi neer; William Ranan, fireman; B. Shannon, brakeman. Seriously in jured, John Griffing, brakeman. An extra freight train sidetracked, switch left open, freight going at fail rate of speed, crashed into the rear end of th 5 extra. The engine was badly wrecked J and four freight cars reduced almost to kindlin" woo i Antl-RevoinUonlit at oh. LoxDox. Oct. 23. Aceordinar to a dispatch from Paris an anti-revolution- ist mob around the palace of justice. where the appeal in the Drevfus case is being heard, became m dangerous that the lawvers fled. The Absconder Cansht la London. I Louisville. Oct 2. Chief of Police - Hager received official notification to j day that Charles G. Henning. who ab- sconaca irom tue ianc oi Lou;sviiie with $8,000 several weeks ago, bad baen captured in London. ." -.. .fe?5 1 1 HIE. Secretary of State Hay's Comment on the Peace Negotiations. LIKE FRANCO-GERMAN WAR. The fpiinUr.W Shorfld itave Considered the Probable Cott Before War Begaa The I'eace Coaiailssloners Work Ex ... - pected to Be Ovor by Decembsr. St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 20. The St. Louis Republic prints the following from its Washington correspondent: "Secretary of State Hay made the- followinjy statement to-day: " 'It may be stated as a fact that ia Cuban debt question before the Paris commissioners is a closed iucident: It may be further state I that all matters relating to Cuba and Porto Bicd are clo&cd. ' 'The Philippines question probably xvill not be taken np this week. It will be taken up, however, and dis cussed at the first meeting of the joint commission in the early part of next week. ' Thc work of the peace commis sioners is nearer ait end than is gener ally surmised. Two weeks ago I said that I thought the American commis sioners would be through their labors by December 1. I see no reason to Amend that statement. u 'Of course the Spanish commission ers have used every pretext for delay. When hard pressed they have thrown themselves upon the mercy of their conquerors with the exclamation that if Spain is ruined the crime will be ours. Well, when Germany had France at her feet, France threw her1 self on the mercy of her conqueror. She said that if Alsace and Lorraine were torn from her and the French people were loaded with a billion dol lar debt, she, too, would be financially ruined and France would be reduced to a third rate power. Germany's answer was that she could not help that. France should have counted the cost before she declared war. That answer we must justly make to Spain's contention that she. too, will be ruined. She should hare counted the cost before making a declaration of war.'" Paris, Oct. i'8. The American pease commissioners, at their sessions to day, will draw up a memorandum upon the subject of the Philippine islands. It is expected they will place it before the Spanish commissioners at the joint session which is to take place on Mon day next. DEBATE IS USELESS. Wasiiixgtox, Oct. 29. The Presi dent gave the cabinet very encourag ing reports from Paris to-day regard ing the progress of tho peace negotia tions. The administration now fully believes that the negotiations will be concluded much sooner than expected a few days ago. It can be stated au thoritatively that the commissioners have not yet actually begun the dis cussion of the Philippine question, and further that it will not be taken np until next week. Since the Spaniards have found that the American commis sioners mean exactly what they say and that their presentation of the side of the United States is in reality an ultimatum, the Uhelessuess of pro longed debate, it is said, has become apparent to the Spanish and it is now believed the Philippine discussion will be less protracted than reported some days ago. The United States has not assured nor guaranteed the so-called municipal debt of Cuba or Cuban municipalities, but it is expected that such debts will be paid by the municipalities incur ring them, for by no reasoning could they bo charged upon Spain. Our government, it is said in official cir cles, would look upon any attempt at evading the payment of such debts as repudiation, and whatever government is established in Cuba will be expected to sec that these obligations are car ried out in good faith. Moreover some of the bonds of Cuban municip alities arc held by citizens of the United States and the United States might insist that the investments of her citizens in such securities arc made good. The state department has no information as to the amount of their municipal liabilities. H0BART IN A RUNAWAY. The Bravery of a. rollceaisa Saves the Tic President's Ufa. Philadelphia, Oct. 29. The hones, pulling a carriage in which were seated Vice .President Ilobart and two members of the city council, ran away yesterday while the parade was form ing. They dashed down Broad street, passing the President at Christian street. The crowds gave way before the runaway and their shouting fright ened the horses more. At South street a policeman seized the bridle of the horses. He was dragged 100 feet be fore the team stopped. Sampson Wants the TcsotIos. Washesotox, Oct, 29. Bear Admiral Sampson has asked the navy depart ment to send the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius to Havana. It is said he de sires the presence of the Vesuvius as a precaution against any outbreak on the part of either the Spanish soldiery cr the Cubans. Admiral Sampson has learned since his advent to Cuba that of all the American warships the Ves rius strikes the greatest terror to the minds and hearts of both the Span iards and the Cubans. Beeaasa His Play Failed. Philadelphia, Oct 29. Nathaniel Childs, press agent of the "Way Down East" company, which is playing at a local theater, died a suicide yesterday at the Jefferson hospital. He had swallowed forty-five grains of mor phine, after which he shot himself in the head. He was one of the best known men in the theatrical and mus ical world. The failure of the plav. "Little Miss Nobody," in which he was interested, made him very despon dent and he began to drink. He was about 50 year of age aad leavas a widow. THOUGH t .Aije-.,-4f riy lufesacaJStMa 1 TION'S THANKSGIVING, at McKlaler Itiaas Bis Aaaaaf . - - . X Froclasaatloa. kotov, Oct 29. The Prest- fter the cabinet meeting to-day, the following Thanksgiving ation: the President of the United A proclamation: approaching November brings the customs of our ancestors, d by time and rooted in our sacred tradition? of giving to Alraiirhtr God for all the igs He lias vouchsafe J to us dur past year. years' in bur History have af such cause for thanksgiving. to been blessea by abundant our trade and commerce Have beewondcrfnlly increased, our public' creejt,; has been improved and strengthened, all sections of our com moiTceunlry have been brought to gVPCr,'UU KQIllCU Li -ll purpose sad unity.. s ti T" Tho' skies haVeusa"?ar timi time dark ened by a cloud of war, but as we were Compelled to take up the sword id the! cause of humanity, we are permitted to rejoice that the conflict has been of brief duratio'a and the' losses wo have had to mourn; though grievous and important, have been so few; considering the great re sults accomplished, as to inspire' us with gratitude and prais: to the Lord of Hosts. We may laud and magnify His holy name that the cessation of hostilities came so soon as to spare both sides the countless sorrows and disasters that attend protraeted war. I do, therefore, invite all my fellow citizens, as well those at home as those who may be at sea or sojourning in foreign lands, to set apart and ob serve Thursday, the 24th day of November, as a day of national thanksgiving, to come together in their several places of worship for a service of praise and thanks to Al mighty God for all the blessings of the year; for the mildness of the seasons and the fruitfulncss of the soil, for the continued ptosperity of the people, for the devotion and valor of our countrymen, for the glory of our victory and the hope of a righteous peace, and to pray that the Divine guidance which has brought us heretofore to safety nnd honor may be graciously continued in the years to come. William McKinley. In wit noss whereof, etc., by the President. John Hay, Secretary of State. PAY FOR FRANCHISES. The Illlnoli Supreme Coart Gives Chicago Another Chance. Chicago, Oct. 29. The Illinois supreme- cotirt has decided that the city council may insist on compensation for street railway franchises. The de cision was given in the appeal of the Chicago General Railway company against a judgment of S2.250 given the city in a suit to recover damages on the bond of ths company. The ordi nance granting the right to the com pany to operate a street car line im posed an annual license fee of S500 fof every mile of track. The court also held that the power to impose such a tax is discretionary, and that the council may insist on such compensation from one company and decide that the tax is not war ranted in another case. THE OPERA OFFENDED HIM. A Texas Alderman laterrapts the Com edlan In "J-'alka." El Paso, Texas, Oct. CO. James Clifford, an alderman, during the per formance of 4'Falka" by an opera com pany, sprarg to his feet as the charac ter of Pelican, the priest, was telling of the enjoyable times he was having with the convent girls. "I shall not sit silont here and per mit yon to burlesque my religion and ridicule tho priesthood," Clifford shouted. The play stopped, the gallery yell ing. "Put him out." Fearing a riot the chief of police hurried to the angry alderman and the two left the opera house. The play went on. KILLED HIS NIECE IN KANSAS. A Toons Woman of I.eaora Shot by as Uncle Whom She Would Not Marry. Lexoha, Kan., Oct. 29. Miss Fannie Lashell was shot and almost instantly killed by Will Elliott, her uncle, about midnight. Elliott came here from Chicago recently, and has wanted to marry his niece, wha would have nothing to do with him. Last night he attempted to go homa with Miss Lashell and her sister, Nellie, from a dance. As tbey seemed to fear him some of the men detained htm until after they were gone. lie followed, and after shooting Miss Lashell, shot himself three times. Ha will probably recover. TO TRY MRS. BOTKIN AT HOME. The Saa Fraacltco Grand Jury to Be tan aa Iadtetmeat. Saj? Fraxcisco, Oct 29. Mrs. Cor delia Botlcin must stand trial here in the superior court on the charge of the murder of Mrs. John P. Dunning of Dover, Del. The grand jury, after a prolonged session, has voted to in dict her. Philadelphia's Peace Jubilee Over. Philadelphia, Oct 29. Philadel phians and their visitors again poured into the streets to-day to seek posi tions to witness tho third and last of the great peace jubilee processions. To-day's procession was purely of a civic character and wound up the week's jubilee. Three Killed by a BoUer Explosion. Lakb Lixde. Mich., Oct 29. A boiler in the Calumet and Heels boiler house exploded at noon to-day, vmig three men. To Get Evea With Germany. Washkotox, Oct 29. During the winter the administration purposes to take steps -retaliating against Ger many for discriminating against American pork. Prof. Wiley of the agricultural department is now con ducting an investigation for the ben efit of the President, and has gone to New York for the purpose of securing samples of German wines and' other products, which will undergo s close scrutiny to find ground for excluding thesm froaa this cemntry. I-iMt IRE HIPS fill DEWEY. The Helena Has Orders arid Others Are" to Follow. BIG FLEET FOR PHILIPPINES. It Is SaM tha Torktoirn and the Craclc Crwlser Breoklya, Schley a Old fla;h!p, WU1 Also Go to the tar East, bj Way or Sacs CaaaL WiSHlXGTOX, Oct 29. Two more ineri-HJfcwar' will probably follow tho auxiliary cruiser Buffalo to the Asiatic sqna'drori: Orders havo already been giveri.to' tho gunboat Helena to pre pare for her long trip1 though the Suez canal to the Far East, and es soon as she is ready she will ttart Hear .Admiral Tlanrov has imnreiwed mm-tidepmCoctfAilfUlMS pt Jae,-aa taa seen of U having a large number of light draught gunboats among the Philip pino islands. The Yorktown, it is un derstood, wilt be placed in commission Od the Pacnc coast, add will start for Manila. s In addition to thesa gunboats it will be necessary for the department. With in the next few months, to send an auxiliary cruise'r carrying another draft of men to take the places of those on the Asiatic station whose terms of enlistment shall 1 .vo ex pired. New York, Oct 29. It is stated at the' navy yard that the cruiser Urcok lyn will sail for Manila by way of the Suez canal Monday or Tuesday with recruits, ammunition and supplies fur Admiral Dewey's fleet. On her way she will coal at Colombo, Ceylon. Work on the cruiser Chicago is ad vancing rapidly and it is believed that she will be ready next week to go into commission. The Oregon and Iowa left New York early this month after a thorough over hauling in dry dock, ostensibly for Honolulu. Their ultimate destination is, undoubtedly Manila. They were ordered to pr6ceeil around Capo Horn, stopping at various ports for orders. At last reports they were taking part in the national demonstrations of a South American state. A trip of nearly three months lies before them. With the arrival of these powerful battleships Admiral Dawcy will have a fleet that will far outclass any in Asiatic waters, with the exception of the British. Germany has only one battleship on the Asiatic station. Ad miral Dewey, besides his fleet of bat tleships and cruisers, has the two big monitors Monadnock and Monterey. MILLIONS IN PLUG TOBACCO. Transactions That Absorbed Ono Tart of the American Con-piny' Tndc. New Yobk, Oct. 29. When the Drummond Tobacco works of St. Louis was opened a few days ago as the property of tho American Tobacco companyi the first positive rtcp in forming thti largest industrial interest in the United States was taken. It is nearly two years agd that Colonel Jos eph B. Hughes of Hamilton, Ohio, and his associates, Fletcher S. Heath, a banker of the same city, and Perry S. Heath, first assistant postmaster gen oral, began to syndicate Use great plii tobacco manufacturing establishments of this country and form an organiza tion which, although at that time without the design, is cow to control more than four-fifths of the plug to bacco output of tho country and take from the American company its entire plug trade. A month before the declaration ol war against Spain, S2S,r00,OD'J in cash, the amount necessary to begin the transfer of the properties, was made ready, but the prospect of war frus trated all plans. Two of the largest life insurance companies ia New Yoilc city at one time contracted to take nearly 820,000, 003 in -the Crst bondi, while Russell Sage and his associates had arranged to place half as much more. Lawrence & Hughes of No. 120 Broadway. New York, have now about completed the articles of incorporation of the Continental Tobacco company and they will probably b3 iilcd for rec ord this week. The company will have a capital of S75.O00.OC0, one-half to be 7 per cent preferred and one-half common stock. The actual aggregate cost of the concerns, exclusive of the plug tobacco business of the American Tobacco company, was a little less than $60,000,000 cash. P0ST0FFICES WITH TROOPS. toar Hoars After a l'orto l!!n.i Town's Capture Stamps Vcro oti bjlc. New Yobk, Oct. 29. "We had an up-to-date American postoflice running like clock work four hours after a town was captured." So reported ?Iajor James F. Stuart when he landed from the transport Manitoba which arrived here from Porto Rico. Major Stuart went to Porfb Rico two months ago, backed by a commissian from the Postoflice de partment to establish the United States system m the new American territory, ne returns with the state ment that eighty offices, most of them with Americans as postmasters, have been established. Mlssoorl Cattle Quarantine Kxten-Jed. Columbia, Mo., Oct. 29. The execu tive board of the Missouri state hoard of agriculture extended indefinitely the cattle quarantine regulations for 1598, yesterday. Southern cattle can only be admittod into the state for im mediate slaughter, or for grazing and feeding purposes, after having been dipped under the direction of the board or upon inspection of ths live stock inspector when they arc found free of Texas fever infectioo. a .Lower Basils. St. Petzmbubg, Oct. 29. The medi cal authorities now admit that the ep idemic prevailing at Samarkand in Lower Russia is the plague. The death rate is very high. Ia Caaaa Aiyhuas the Insane Die. Havaka, Oct. 29. The records of the Mascorra, an asylum for the in sane, show' that in fifteen months 632 deaths have occurred among 700 in mates. The condition of the asylum willaeaaare thoroughly investigated. "SnaflaffaBaTlHfri i iVii' lit VJ 1 r -r fiJ i OREGON INDIAN WAR. Oao Whit Maa aad ? Iadlaas Killed Se Tar. CAXtfox CrfT, Ore, Oct. 9. A joung man who was a Member of the sheriff's posse has just returned to Canyot. I City with a report of a desperate fight which took place between the whites and a renegade band of Indians. The ninetcca whito men and five buck warriors were about forty feat apar'i when the battle be gan. George Cuttings, son of David Cuttings, received a ball in the left rirta, tho missile passing throngh his furies. One of the Indians, who was af tcrwafil shot and killed, fought with desperate courage After being re; peatediy shot he continued firing with his rifle until it was empty, then fired his revolver until thexmzzle dropped so low that "the bullets struck the ground near the dying redskin's side. George Cuttings, after 1 receiving a w'dhutl,- started ia cc-'mnany with 31. irouoze. xiie worraaea man oecame so weak that he was left near the trail, propped against a tree. When a searching party went to look for Cut tings they found his dead body near a spring whero he had crawled. The posss continued in pursuit, and after a running battle killed all five Indians. Settlers have been sent to Canyon City for more ammunition, stating that the Iudiaus arc gathering atonnd Izee in large number-). The trouble arose over the Iudiaus accusing tho whites of stealing horses. DUPUY CALLED BY FAURE. President of France Asks Mas to Forsa a New Ministry. Paris, Oct. 29. President Faure at D o'clock last evening asked M. Dupuy to form a cabinet, in succession to the Brisson ministry, which resigned on Tuesday. It is thought that the cabi net will be composed as follows: M. Dupuy, premier and minister of thsi interior. M. De Freycinst, minister of war. M. Constans, minister of justice. M. Delcasse, minister of foreign af fairs. M. Kibot, minister of finance. M. Burgcois, minister of public in struction. Charles Dupuy was born at Puy, on November 5, 1S51, and has already been twice premier of France. M. Dupuy, who was interviewed as he was leaving the Elysec, said the question of the Dreyfus revision was purely judicial, adding: "Xo honest politician will decline to accept the decision which shall be given." Office Holders Assessed. Washington, Oct 29. Ex-Governor Charles A. Busiel of New Hampshire lias preferred charges with tho civil service commission against the mem burs of the Republican state committee of New Hampshire for assessing polit ical contributions upon federal office holders in that state, and has written to tho comptroller of the currency complaining that the First National bank of Concord is aiding and abetting the violation of the civil service law by acting as the agent of a United States oflicial in soliciting political subscriptions from other United States oftiesholdcrs. 6,000 Jobs to Be Glvea Oat. Washington, Oct. 29. It is under stood that a presidential edict, remov ing a largo number of government offices from the classified civil service probably will be promulgated before Thanksgiving day. As at present de termined upon, the order will affect upwards of 0,000 places. It will in clude deputy collectors of internal revenue who arc authorized to become acting collectors, actually serving in that capacity. There are about 2,000 of these deputies. The largest class affected is the corps of examining sur geons of the pension bureau, of whom there are in all over 4,000. KItchner la Loadou. London, Oct. 29. General Kitchener arrived here yesterday afternoon and wah greeted by the commander-in-chief of the British forces. General Lord Wolseley, and other high mil itary officials. The grenadiers formed a guard of honor at the railroad station and General Kitchener received an ovation from the enormous throngs of people assembled to welcome him back from Egypt. The scene of enthusiasm was almost unprecedented. Yellow Fever ia New Work. New York, Oct. 29. Colonel George E. Waring, Jr., formerly street com missioner of New York, is sick at his home in this city with yellow fever, contracted at Havana. Colonel War ing returned from Cuba on the Ward line steamer Yucatan two days ago. Colonel Waring was sent to Cuba by President McKinley to inspect th sanitary condition of Havana. Zanesvilic, Ohio. The three mam moth pavin? brick plants of this city will, it is understood, be included in the new paving brick combine. It is said here that the combine will acquire all the factories making modern clay working machinery, thus shutting off outside concerns from equipping them selves with machinery that would make competition possible. Tanner Slay Be Enjoined. Chicago, Oct. 29 The coal operators of Illinois interested in the Virden sit uation are preparing a petition to be presented soon in one of the United States courts for an injunction to pre vent Governor Tanner from interfer ing with the importation of laborers to take the places of men formerly em ployed at the seat of trouble. The present step is deemed necessary by those about to take it, because, as they say, the governor has reiterated his determination to forcibly keep out imported labor, and becauss all efforts at an adjustment by arbitration have failed. Perish la Sight of Shore. Rochester, N. Y., Oct. 29. The three-masted schooner St. Peter of St. Vincent sank about five miles north west of Sodus, on Lake Ontario, in sight of shore, with all on board save Captain John D. Griffin, who was res cued in a precarious condition. The wife of the captain was lost, also Mate McLaren of Kingston. Eight persons at least perished. It is thought that the St Peter lost her rudder and that the heavy seas caused her to spring a leak. The St Peter was bound from Oswego to Toledo with 700 tons of ooaL THEOLDftCLIABLK. Col (OidMt laik im tka IUU.) ParsIitLTOtHTnDeyelb lata to M Watt MUM aMBT DSArra OsT Osauthss, Csticaf, ITw Yark aa aH Faralgm Caamtrfaa.- - ,, i ; .! aBaaaaaaaaaaaSaaaaaaam V rfiBl'ii SILLS ITXAMSHIP TICKETS, BUYS GOOD NOTES aaa1 half If cast swa waea they ut aaH amCEa AND DIRECTOaaV. Leakdeb Qebjuxd, Prea't 8. H. Hknxt, Vice Preal. i M. Bkcgqex, Cashiar. John Staufjer, Wtc Kccaxav L or COLUMBUS. 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