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AGOODT1MEIN HONOLULU
1xr and KaRBage Is Got Ready .ad the
St.rt Ik Made for Slnntl- Soldier Who
are l.f ft lXcIiInd Deaths Uecortlcd In
XUc i:einicnt.
Honolulu (H. I.) correspondence oi
Ihe Oin?.l.a Bee: The UniteJ Sfaiss
transport Senator arrived here on Oc
tober 22 witii a battalion of the Twenty-third
infantry and recruits for ihc
First Oregon It was followed by the
Valencia on the 27th. whiclt carried
r- .battalion of Washington Volunteers
and tyro batteries of California heaw
artillery. Both transports are still
in port, but expect to sail for Manila
in a few days. The Arizona also ar
rived from lions Kong on the 27th.
after a twenty-five days trip. There
-was considerable mall returned for the
Nebraska recruits, which had been ad
dressed to Manila and afterwards for-v.-arded
and for awhile the boys had
the pleasure of reading u number of
old letters, some dated as far bank as
Juno 22.
Sunday company II of Fi?U K'ebras
lraWas a;nin called to lnourn the 1cf.
of another ojip of Us members. Pri
vate George R. Keiman, who died 3a
nrday morning after one day's Illness
of acute gastritus. The home of the
deceased was Geneva. Neb., where hn
brother at present resides. It is r.ot
lenown whether his parents are living.
31c was an execwont young man and "a
7rood soldier, alwavs ready for r.nv
tlnty he might be called upon to pef-
inrm. ins sudden death was a severe
shock to his many friends. Tho flirt
oral was hold from the undcrlakerX
Chaplain Karl Schwartz rftadncted the
ervioes. which were intended largelv
by the members of the three Nebraska
'om panics. The body ivas interrpd in
Nuaina cemetery, in the plot allottd
to the soldiers. This is the seconn
death, of company H in almost a wc-k.
The first. Private Julius G. Miller it
i'eatree. died on Friday of the prcccl
iC week.
The First Nebraska lias many
TViPnds minnp tho w York boyS. and
:he mention o7 Omaha wili strike thei
tendor swot. Thev :ri all loud in their
praise of Omaha and the open heart n!
hospitality ot the citizens in tender
in.tr them a grand reception and hearty
welcome when parsing through whil-i
on their way to th v.-r3t Amons the
ones left behind at the hospital when
'lie First Nebraska recruits left San
Frnncis:ii was James Fanning- He en
listed at Omaha for the Thurston tti
l'c He shortly afterward became cor
alcscc:;t and was attached to the
Twenty-third United States infantry
and is now with them on the Senator.
In all probability h will reach Manila
before the balance of the recruit?.
At 8 o'clock yesterday morning the
tents were struck and baggage loaded
on the big trucks tiiat were prov'dad
for each company. At 10 o'clock, head
ed by the baud of the First New Yoik
regiment, which win kindly volun
teered by them, the troops took up the
inarch to the Pacific Mail wharf. They
Immediately embarked on the trans
port Arizona, bound for Manila. Short
ly afterward, amid cheers and wav:g
of flags by the people of Honolulu, the
Arizona slow'v steamed out into tho
bay and dropped anchor about two
miles from shore until ready to sail,
w Inch was generally understood woulo
be oi the 10th inst.
The following Nebraska soldiers will
be left behind at the hospital:
A company Captain G. H. Haide
man. coinmjndlng: Corporal Paul It.
Martin. Privates Wiilard M. Girton.
Calvin K. Girton. lia'ston Patmore. Al
bert Holtz. Louis Friesz. Emil Fore?.
H compinj Cap'rin Lincoln Wilson,
coinaiani'ing; Privates John II. Arm
tield. Wilbur i: Camp. William A.
Coon. Jesse 1. Farling. Edwin M. Fm
ley. Charles H. Foster. Charles !!.
Franklin. V.'ilbnr B. Johnson, Robert
Morris, Ira C llowlard. Edward M.
Shopp. Elmer 11. Schoelter. Ira Stou-,
liertram Wight. George W. Wilson.
V.'infrcd Cobb. Thomas James and
John Gregg
C company Captain Julius N. Kil
ian, commanding; Privates Ch irlos
flunyon. us A. Larson. Roy Prch!nn.
""ranlt Walla. Fred Strong. John An
derson. George M. Thompson rWut
flowers. Harry E. Hurke. Willinnt
Johnson. John E. lledlund, H:iry
Westbrook. I'atrick Fitzgerald. F.-el
Gilmcre. Chrrles Fisher. Norman G-:f-ftths.
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XheExpaiUea Prepertjr.
Another step has been taken toward
the transfer of the exposition property
to P. E. Her and his associates at a
meeting; held in the exposition offices
In the Merchants' Natitmltl bank build
in yesterday afternoon, says th2
Omaha Bee. Mr. Her and his as:o
ciates tendered the executive commi
tee checks aggregating the purchase
price- of 17,500 and it was arraned
that the bill of sale and the agree
ment to protect the present exposition
company from clarms of property own
ers should be drawn up and submitted
todny. When these are accepted the
deal will be dosed.
Yesterday was not just the sort of a
day that the committee that is solicit
ing subscriptions for the 1899 exposi
tion would have selected on which la
complete the canvass, but it answered
exactly in that they were at least able
to find the business men in their of
fices. The committee divided into
three sections and spent the entire
forenoon in a vigorous effort. Id raise
the subscription, list to $100,000. pre-
.paratory, to. meeting the executive com
mittee or the exposition In the after
noon. In this they were Very neariv
successful, in spits Of the elements. It
was stated at noon that the gas com
pany and the street railway company
had subscribed $15,000 and the Council
Bluffs Bridge company 52,000.. Thaso
two subscriptions brought the "total to
$70,000. Besides these each of the com
mittee did a satisfactory mornius"3
wcrYk.
Fatal Uniting Among Ilttniift.
As a result of a fiftrcS quarrel which
arose over a game of cards Felipe Cos
tanao Wa3 killed last night, says the
Ohiaha World-Herald, in the Italian
quarter. Nineteenth and the tracks,
while Charles Costanzo. his brother,
and Pedro Mancuso were serioualv
wounded.
After tho affray in the house of
Nicholas Barbato the wounded men
were assisted to their homes and the
dead man was left upon the floor where
he fell. Then some disinterested citi
zen called up the police by telephone
and told what he knew of the bloody
encounter. Captain Cox and savcral
detectives went at once to the se-;ne
and found themselves fpee to face
with the usual mystery that surrounds
every Italian tragedy.
The principals, however, had all suf
fered in the deadly combat and .vere
Boon placed under arrest. Pedro Man
cuso was found at the horns of his pa
rents. 2038 Poppeiton avenue, where he
was bleeding from a bullet wound in
the left breast and a knife wound
across the left arm. Charles Costanzo
was seated by the kitchen stove in Ms
own little hut next door to Barbato's
when the police called to take him into
custody. He was qiven medical at
tention at the police station, while
Mancuso. who was in a bad way, was
permitted to remain at his home. The
story told by Mancuso was the clearest
account of the battle, but it met with
numberless contradictions and the po
lice arc still greatly perplexed.
HEWS SUMMARY.
Monday. ftoVeaAbftr 3i.
The most important legislation in
congress will be that of the senate on
peace treaty.
In Madrid political circles it is as
serted that an agreement lias been
reached between the psace commis
sioners in Paris.
Rev. Dr;,Krtne; reddr .of Christ's
churchj fBplfah and grand master cf
the Belfast Orangemen, died from a.
stroke of apoplexy.
IL A. Bradbury, for thirty years con
nected with the Jacksonville, 111.. Jour
nal, is dead in Kansas City. He was
visiting friends in that place.
A report, entirely unconfirmed, has
been in circulation at London that the
steamship Vllle do Coblenn of tho
North German f.Ioyd lihe has fbun
dered at Sea with all on board-.
The Illinois auditor of .public ac
counts made but the tax rate for next
year for state taxes. The amount Is
56 cents on the. $100; ofjwhich 42 cents
is for school purposes and 14 for gen
eral purposes.
J. A. Brandreth. who claimed to be
Tfctnday. XTiabr S4.
Troop 8 Was ordered away frohl V&
na, HI., leaving bdt sixty soldiers. The
town is QuieL
Jack Bennett or MikSesporL Pa., was
given the decision over Tom MeCand
of Detroit in a flfteen-round battle at
Toi-enta
Mrs. Mckinley and a distinguished'
party witnessed the performance of thi
N'ieisbtt Opera company ai (life Lf8f';
ette opera house last night.
;, The Italian government has sent'ai
ultimatum to the sultan of Morocco o
the subject of the detention and ill
treatment of Italian protegts.
General Horace Porter, American
ambassador to France, held a bri Iliad
Thanksgiving day reception at the em''
bassy in Paris, at whieh many persons
were jf recent:
Pter Mahtir,and , "Kid" McCoy,
whos fight f before .tile. Greater Ne
Vork Atnleiic club of Coney Island on
December 12. has been declared off
may have Ihe mill in St Louis. &.
' TheUnltedStates tnmsportMinne-'
Minnewaska, from Porto Rico, passed
in Sandy Hook. On board were the
First regiment of engineers, for whom
L MONDAY
HI Tiki Ail thf Timfl Possible to
h Answer America's Demand
it
IELAYING THE INEVITABLE,
Bopa.Tbat Oar Comiiiiu'.ontri Kaaa
THE WORLD'S GOLD COINAGE.
Tlia IUcnt far INI tha largaat Em
WaShixotox, Sot. SG. In his annual
report Mr. George P. Roberts, director
of th mist, says:
Hm most important events of the
fiscal year 14 the World ot government
flnauaahate been the consummation
of the l'bngf plahftetl resumption of
specie payments by Russia id tfold the
h Se.e00.e09 TVhca They
eeo,OOD To Btrrala With the Cam-
k ilea aatl the Otrallne as a I.tit Effort.
v t . ; reorganisation of the monetary svstenJ
say se.- of ,ib -
a nenhew of the millinnnirp nlJlmVfr
of that name, was found dead in his ! a reception and Thanksgiving dinner
cell nt the county jail in Philadelphia,
navmg ueen arrested the night before
on the charge of vagrancy.
The Rome correspondent of the Dal
ly Chronicle ?ays: "A very important
pontifical document is about to ap
pear, expressing the pope's full appro
bation of the democratic and liberal
tendencies of the CathoXc church in
the United States.
The Importations cr o:J into the
United States in the year of 1898 aro ' lief of the distress and damage caused
by far the largest in the history of the by the recent hurricane in the West
country, and the exportations tho Indies. The Mansion house fund for
smallest in many years, while the pro- ' this purpose is inadequate, only 44,
duction of gold from the American ' 000 having been realized.
was waiting at the Eighth regiment ar
mory.
Thanksgiving day Was observed in
the usual manner at the White Hodse.
A snow and rainstorm kept people off
! the streets and reduced attendance at
I the churches. All the executive de
j partments and business houses were
closed.
The English government has decided
to make a generous grant for the re-
sParis, Nov. ?& It is now known
t Spairi will exhaust her time .limit,
thicK expires Mdnday, bsfdre repiy
IC id llie Airie'rieau offr rorcirdino
fiUe Philippine islands, in ihe incaii:
wK:tK i: c s .i V i i :
theciitire field and exhausting every
Aepnrce to oostnone tho inevitable.
HfcAs cabled omtVednesdaT, they eoald
not accept the American proposition as
final without asking if it were really
an ultimatum. That applied to the
time limit. Xow, the Spaniards ap
parently doubt the fixedness of the
amount the Americans offered for the
Philippines aiid they sent a communi
cation to the American commissioners
mines will prove the largest in many
years, if not the largest in the coun
try's annals.
The news that Emperor William is
to return to Berlin by a round-about
route, without touching at Vienna or
Berlin, has created a sensation in po
litical circles, as it Is interpreted as be
ing a confirmation of the recent in
dication that the relations between
Germany and Austria are less friend
ly than they have been-.
The State Tearhem.
The Nebraska State Teachers' asso
ciation holds its thirty-third annual
meeting at Lincoln December 2C t-j 29.
inclusive. Among the prominent edu
cators from abroad who will take p:irt
in the different sessions are Dr. Kmil
G. Hirsch. the eminent Jewish rabbi
of Chicago; Miss Sarah C. Brooks of
St. Paul, who will give special in
structions in primary work; Henry
Sabin. ex-state superintendent of Iowa,
and Prof I). L,. Kiehle, who occupies
the chair of pedagogy in the university
of Minnesota. The meetings will be
held In the Oliver and Funke oprtrc
houses. "" '
H. D. Travis of Nebraska City is
chairman and J. M. Gillan of Omaha
secretary of the school board scion
of the association. In its program for
Wednesday afternoon are papers on
"School Boards and Truancv." by T.
P. Ludden of Lincoln: "Text Rooks,"
by H. D. Travis: "Relations of Sc'ioal
Boards to Teachers." Henrv Sabin.
Iowa. Thursdav afternoon thern wiil
! be papers by Judge Hopewell on Finan-
nancial Management of Public School.-,
and bv E. E. Lvle of Wahoo on What
should School Boards Do and Not -lc.
General discussions by members and
ofiicers of school boards will folio -v
each paper.
Tuesday, November 22
War will not ensue. Spain's o!ace
commissioners will sign a treaty with
in a fortnight.
On board the steamer Coptic, wh .-h
arrived in San Francisco, from th-j
Orient via Honolulu, was ex-Queen
Liiiuokalani of Hawaii.
The report that the insurgents have
captured Ilolio is declared untrue. !t
is said measures have been taken for
tne defense of the town by the Span
ish authorities.
After a residence of 3C1 days in the
Klondike, where he arrived pennil -.-;,
Frank E. Simmons has come to New
York with gold dust worth S141.u)0.
and a total fortune which he estimates
at not far from 3500,000.
The executive committee of the cele
bration held a special meeting on tl-o
Returns from the entire state of
Wyoming with the exception of eight
small precincts in Albany, Big Horn,
Fremont and Uinta counties, which
will not materially change the result,
show the following majorities on the
state and congressional ticket in the
recent election: Governor, DeForest
Richards, 1.456; secretary of state,
Fenimore Chatterton, 1,575; auditor,
Leroy Grant. 2,400; treasurer, G. E.
Abbott, 2,225; superintendent of pub
lic instruction, T. T. Tynan, 2,327.
and thts refusal bi life,fcernmenrJ
India to cO-Aperate with the' go'Sera
ment of the United States and Franco
in an effort to establish bimetallism by
International agreement.
The gold coinage of the world in
i897 ttas the" largest recorded, amount
ing in value iO 9437,710,442, against
19.i;$9Sl,5iT in 1998. Of tlt ftinflei'
sum Sl&.ti'.&.litt was a fecoiriage' and
approximately 2y'j,Cr;J-is, it he addi
tion to the Jitock of gold coinsl lIh
priBcipkleoiBage was by the' United
States, Great Britain, Russia, Ger
many,' Anstro-Hnngary, France and
Japan. The extraordinary coinage of
the year is accounted for by the prepa
rations of Russia, Austro-llnngary and
Japan for their monetary reform.
In the case of Russia, particularly,
gold; which has been accumulating for
years, much of it in bars, was passed
ninvin.
Americans Should Have Taken the
Carolines and Pelew Group.
WERE URGED TO SEIZE THEM.
Tk Frmltlaal DM Na Acre With tb
Xaval War Boaril Ow llaa Tara4
Oat to Be 'a tMaatraUa
for Facia Saab
TIMOWItlLIMU.
Columbus State Bank
to-day asking- if the latter would accept
a counter proposal by Spain to cede ! through the mints to prepare it for
iuBiuiiiiniiuoirw1uW,ul,. opiiu circulation. The completion of Rns
imagiucs the Americans might ba will-1 sIa'8 plans of roonetary reform and the
ing to top ok tue great lsianu oi Mtn- openinir to the uses of commercs of
fQi Utrat TiB DqkMi
Friday, November 25.
In the football game at Omaha on
Thanksgiving day Iowa bested the Ne
braskans in a score of six to five.
The Thanksgiving banquet of the
I American society in L.onaon, wnicn
l was held at the Hntpl Hooll xraa n ln.
riflcation of Anglo-American friend
ship.
A careful estimate of the loss by the
Baldwin in San Francisco places the
total at $1,500,000, on which at the
outset there was not over $150,000 in
surance. The insurance, $50,000. car
ried on the hotel, was ridiculously
small.
A special from Knoxvihe, Tenn.,
says: Mrs. Susan Sanders, aged 10,
died today in the house in which she
was lorn oil Chucky river, in Watau-
danao from the Philippines and pay
Spain $'0,000,000 for what would re
main, instead of S20,00D,0O0 now of
fered for the entire archipelago.
Spain will learn in response to such
inquiry that Americans employ the
word ultimatum to signify ultimate
conditions.
However strendously Spain ma
;ek to increase her money advantage
for the cession d( the Philippines, she
will.hnally be compelled to know that
the United States' offer means 520, 000,
000, no more and no less, and that the
whole archipelago must pass to the
United States for that sum.
Spain, before giving up or turning
away, will also propose some alterna
tive bargain of the Carolines or the
Canary islands, to be held in the pos
session of the United States, in addi
tion to the Philippine islands, on con
dition that Spain be permitted to
retain her sovereignty in the Philip
pines. In other words, Spain would
cede certain territory in tho Carolines
and Canaries and the control of the
Philippines by the United States,
Under a nominal Spanish sovereignty!
and, as a further inducement, proposa
that the United States shall pay Spain
her great gold reserve, systematically
gathered year by year until it is the
greatest single hoard of treasure tho
world ever saw, is in itself a mos'
notable event
WHERE WERE THE OFFICERS?
TtM Htj'fMtt Now York's Captala
.ira Atklac Pointed Question.
JCbw Vork, Not. CO. The captains
bf the rJefretity-'firsi New York regi
merit hie't Wednesday night. With the
exception of Capta:ri Penfferty,- the
only dfficef of the regiment td distin
guish" himself, all were present. They
met to discuss the charges of cowardice
against their regiment. Major Clinton
Smith called the meeting to order. His
first invitation for an expression from
the meeting was responded to by an un
expected demand for his resignation.
"Where were yon when the charge
up San Juan hili was ordered?'' one
captain cried.
I "Judging from some of the stories I
! hare heard it would seem to be the
general impression that I was in com
mand of the Seventy-first regiment,
when I was onlv second in command
on
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hie. Herbert H. Hiv and Walter
Jones.
Dr. Sherman A. Yule of A company
has been appointed assistant sursr-nn
and will remain in Honolulu on duty
at the hospital.
I'rnm loerty to Wraith.
Omaha dispatch: James Doyle is at
the Merchants. James Doyle is the
discoverer of the famous Portl.u.d
mine at Cripple Greek. He has been
in attendance at an annual meeting of
the directory of the Portland Mining
company at Council Bluffs, which was
held yesterday, the company being or
ganized in Council Bluffs five years
ago.
Doyle wa a mechanic in Portland,
Me. Seven years ago he went west,
discovered the first gold in Cripple
Creek six years ago and named his
mine the Portland. A year ago he fcoid
cut for a cool $1,000,000, and now oper
ates the Uintah, and it is "pay dir: "
He is also mayor of Victor, and is
serving his third term.
Mr. Dovle is not yet 40 and is wo-th
$1,000,000. He landed in Cripple Crock
with $50 and a family. He is a genial
gentleman of fortune.
Kilted by a Playmate
Genoa dispatch: Robert Potter, a
student at the Indian industrial school
at Genoa, was accidentally shot and
instantly killed by another student,
Willie Cox. The boys were playing
with pistols, and Willie Cox had a 32
caliber revolver. He discharged tho
contents of one barrel into the body
of his victim, the bullet taking effe'.t
in the left breast, ranging downwr.i
and coming out at the right hip. The
boys dispersed, leaving the body on the
ground, and it was not discovered for
several hours.
ltiMurtn for thp First Keztiunit.
Iu a letter received Iv Govcrnoi
Holcomb from Major John 31. Stotsen
burg of the First Nebraska regimen;,
now stationed at Manila, dated Octo
ber 5. the following excerpt is taKen:
"In resard to the health cf the regi
ment I will simply say that it is in as
good health, in as fine military con
dition of efficiency and discipl:n as
any regiment here. Yes. I may .ay
that it is superior to any. in my esti
mation. Moreover, the First Ne'.nv.s
ka's services have been unexcelled by
any organization in this expedition. !t
is as good a regiment as any regiment
that ever left the United States. We
may not have gained as much newspa
per notoriety as some others, but that
is due to our modesty. When called
upon in the field we always get here.
Major Snyder has just informed rac
that our losses since leaving bonif
have been less than 1 per cent of our
enlisted strength."
receipt ot tne president's telegram and j ga valley. She was a relative of John
ueciueci to uesignate tne affair as "At- Sevier, first governor of Tennessee
lanta Jubilee day." The dates wiil be and owned many souvenirs of the bat
as at first announced. December 14 and tie of King's mountain.
,t . . - . ,. ,.- 'i hanksglvlng flay was observed as a
A dispatch was received at the Navy holiday at the camp in Huntsvile, Ala.
department from Captain McCall.-. There were no drills and onlv neces
tiatcd Nassau, ntatmg that he had sary duties were performed by" the sol
abanuoned the alana Teresa on ..If ! ,iiers and camp force. The Fifteenth
19th and that the Vulcan and Pot.mca infantry will probably leeVomor
had sailed on the same day for Nor- row for Savannah under orders to join
roik' ! General Carpenter at Nuevitas, Cuba.
arrived in Washington. They will cc- nttlln! f.AJ
fer with interior department officials lllrL ?JLrfI ers-two of Hur
on allotment matters and will ask iWlA2fi?t
a change in the methods of issuance of . tSiiSSSS:
Z,' . x. . , . ! cd for the Belgian-American service
Mr. Brown of Norwich university j and that they will fly the Red Star flag
has received a personal letter from Ad- Unn u , ,, ,. .
miral Dewey under date of October .1 . "?n',L hafles, T- RUchle, president
in which the Admiral sav: "f .ir cf e b?-nI of trale of London, dis-
the entire archinelago will be retained ?"SSln, thZ su?ect Brish trade be
by the United States. Any other nr- J tn oydon Chamber of Com
rangement will lead to no end ol ?CrC? sajs,J he reSreted to have to con
trouble " ! fCKS that tne exPrt3 for the year just
I on 1 oil with rtntni.A.. i..i .i .
The War department has cn.ei cd 2 600 000 chleflv thmnt-i. thu
four companies of the Second vo i .- tion of the United 5w "
tcer engineers to embark at once from ! , auues larlir'
Savannah for Tampa, sail thenc to ' . T1,p exact date of the issuance of
Havana, reporting to Major Gea-il ,ae eivi1 servfce order of the president
Greene, who commands one of the di- ' nas asked have the final department
visions of the Seventh armv corns. recommendations submitted at the
The postoffice department has placed ' 1 .fj?,? ment The indlcatins 3
a very serious and perhaps insnr- w"10 V,t ,n a ?"
niountable obstacle in the way of the Dr-"let has d scussed the general
alleged combination of succniaiii a . ,"e.,u u,e coinin; exemptions
mail contract bidders by pi ohibttiug
postmasters from certhylng nonCs of
the bidder.-, until after the leveniie
stamp It: affixed thereto.
and utterly powerless to give an order
no money on account of the Philippine . except when directed to do so by my
is'nnds.
Madrid, Nov. 25. The Corrcspon
dencia comments upon the attitude of
the Americans insisting upon a re
newal of the protocol of 1ST?, thanks
to which they, without warning, coni
spired against Spain in Cuba.'' It
adds: "The Americans will next plot
aguinst Spain in the Canary and Bal
earic islands without Spain being able
to minish them."
NEGRO TROOPS RIOTOUS.
at
Waylay and Shoot White Soldiers
Camp Anntston, Ala. J
Axxisto.v, Ala., Nov. 20. Members '
of the Third Alabama, the negro regi
ment, with murder in their hearts,
caused the greatest excitement last
suoerior officers, protested Major
J Smith. "Now, I want to say that what
' ever orders I got I obeyed promptly,
. but I could not obey any orders I did
1 not gctM
j "Colonel Downs says that he was on
the firing line ail day." began Captain
Goldshorouglt. He Whs interrupted by
Shouts of "Not so!" add "Downs is a
liar!"
Personal Insult followed the ques
tioning and the meeting broke up in
disorder. It is felt that the regiment
cannot be re-organized as militia.
MAHAN VALUES PORTO RICO.
the llaad' Great Iai?artaae la Coa
tteotloa .With the lathmlan Can!.
LoxdoX, Nov. 26. Captain Mahanof
night that this town has ever known i lhe Unitd States navy publishes in
Shortly after dark, Private Gildhartj I the 1jnnd Times the first of the four
of Company II, Second Arkansas, while ! nrt!cls oA "The War ort the Sea and
WAsiiisGtojr, Nov. 26. There is rea
son to believe (flat the administration
would be willing to pnrehase from
Spain not only the Philippines and
Ualan islaud, but nil of the Carolines
and the Pelew group. Much regret is
felt in political circles, particularly
among naval men, at the failure of the
President to Insert in the peace proto
col & provision regarding the Caroline
nnd Pelew'fslsirds similar to that relat
ing to the Philippines Jt ino longer
a secret that during ilic war the
naval war board and Commander R. R
Jlrihlfwrd, chief of the bureau of equip
ment of (fre liavy department, strenu
ously urged upott Secretary Long and
tho President the scir.ufe of the Caro
lines. In fact, one of tho monitors j
sent to Manila was selected by the I
board for this duty, but the President f
failed to approve the proposition. Be
hind the proposition to buy Ualan
island lies the hope in some quarters
that Spain will make a counter propo
sition for tho cession 'di the entire
group and tho Pelew islands for an in
creased compensation.
The occupation of Guam by this gov
ernment was based upon the belief
that it had a magnificent harbor and
would be an excellent stopping place
between Honolulu and Manila. The
American commissioners have now
learned that tho harbor is exposed to
monsoons, that it is shallow and that
the island is subject to earthquakes.
In the Carolines most of the islands
have excellent harbors, well sheltered.
They are heavily wooded and supplied
with fresh water, and earthquakes are
Unknown. In addition they would, if
acquired by the United States, be the
outposts for the Philippines. They
extend in a belt- along the ninth de
gree of latitude and are only 300 miles
to the southward of Guam and MO
miles from the Philippines. The
Pelews are about (too miles from Min
danao. The belief prevails here that the
Germans will bring pressure to bear
upon Spain to prevent her from sell
ing the Carolines to the United States.
Such action would undoubtedly be
looked upon as cause for a breach of
friendship.
SECRETARY BLISS' REPORT.
IfcsLNHiBalifttt
BFnicmCwsmtrlM.
Nw TrkM4
nui muanr ticana.
BUYS GOOD NOTES
An helpeits caste wh they !
with the members of the cabinet and
others and there have been several
consultations of late among depart
mental officials.
The Arndouiy of 'clrncc.
Lincoln dispatch: One of the im
portant events of the year at the ani
versity of Nebraska will ha the an
nual meeting of the academy of sci
ences. A letter has just been issued
by President H. B. Ward and Secretaty
G. D. Sweezey giving an outline of 'Tit
program of the meeting and contain
ing much interesting xnatt-r.
Wedncdday o-m(r s:t.
Yesterday's statement of the con
dition of tne treasury shows: Avail
able cash balance. $3i?3.S26,oC2; gold
reterve. $240,7S9,7L'0.
Br. Charles Massey Hammcl. former
ly health officer and coroner of the
District of Columbia and weil known
practitioner, died of Bngnt's disease,
aged 63 years.
Saturday. November "0.
Eight vessels were lost in the Brit
ish channel during a storm.
Tile body Of TatP Prvrr wxa tnL-
late from the ruins of the Baldwin Tennessee, in the stomach.
returning to camp from town, was
shot in the head by a negro soldier
who also stabbed him in the back.
Gildhart was taken to the regimental
iiuspii.u. i
A little later a member of the Fourth
Kentucky is reported to have been
shot on Walnut street by negro sol
diers, who lay in a gully shooting at
the white men who passed. Firing
was heard in Liberia, the negro quar
ter of the'eity, whieh is not far from
Walnut street, and a squad of the pro
vost guard went to investigate. As it
turned the corner of Fifteenth and
Pine streets, a large crowd of negro
soldiers, without warning, opened lire
upon the guard with Springfields, the
gun in use in the regiment.
The guard returned the fire, but had
few cartridges and soon had to retreat.
When reinforcements and ammunition
were secured, the ncgrix-s had dis
appeared. In the engagement, George
Dodson, Third Tennessee, was shot in
the arm, and Private Graham, Third
If any of
hntn
tUli. . A. ,
i "- lit-jjjuca were niiub it is net Known,
. Huuuiii ui ;irnic r plttipii rnr- tt ' ... .i...i i. i
- , ' -... w iUfJ no iiu ucau or vioiiii(i;:i lias oecn
found. Two members of the provost
Carlsts have been seized in a house in
uiiuoa.
The prosperous condition of Col
fax county land owners and the eager
ness of capital to find Investment were
aptly illustrated at the recent sale fcr
delinquent taxes by the unusually
small amount of delinquent taxes of
fered for sale, but little over $1,000,
when there used seldom to be less
then $3,000. There were four buyers
present, each fully determined to buy
all there was to offer, fctt a division
was finally agiwi
r!onai1 Ok. . .
fense of the town. T e uaX renort of Paymaster
Ti,o rntirt f 5.,!- :..-., .... """ SUHUOn Of the
- - ' , v. UUtlv
tne secretary of the na
why the Spanish cruiser
was abandoned and to fix the rcspons
luuuy, uegun lis lauors at .Norfolk.
S. H. King.
den on eastern
the last sixteen years, is dead at his . !.'.- ,.D,o...
home in Atchisonn from the effects of ' vonr. ?.. " ...,
i ."' iiui" " &uum anu souinwest
n?..??m Vy shows an exPnitnre of $23,499,969.
navy to ascertain an increase ot $2,32G,804 compared
iser Maria Teresa with last year -upareu
Several of the Turkish minister
a joclev who has rid hfTe E"bmltted ! the sultan memori- fatally injured
w .?? i I aIs nointinB ont the disturbed state of I
anu western tracks for the empire and the reform thv ,.
guard are missing.
A negro soldier was dangerously
beaten up by some white soldiers on
Tenth street, and this incident is sup
posed to have cansed the riotous
actions on the part of the negroes, who
are said to have slipped out of the
camp through the guard lines.
Later One nesrro soldier has inst
been brought in dead and annthor
Its Lessons.
Captain Mahan insists weightily on
tho great military importance of l'orto
Rico, which, considering the future
isthmian canal, is to the Pacific coast
what Malta is or may be to Egpyt bs
yond. He pays a high tribute to Sampson
for his successful bottling up of Ccr
vera's squadron at Santiago, an opera
tion fraught with difficulties, doubts,
Uncertainties and more akin to the
wiring down of champagne in unbreak-
able bonds than the mere shoving of a
J cork in a UdttlC.
As to Camera's move to the Philip-
pines, Captain Mahan says, if he had
j persevered, though the American fleet
, was quire safe, It might have ncccs
( sitatcd a temporary abandonment of
.Manilla bay. He then enters into
a technical consideration of the mo
mentous problem whether the individ
ual size of ships or their number
should be the aim of naval powers.
He comes to the conclusion that, other
things being equal, numbers mean an
increase of offensive power.
The article has created the liveliest
interest in naval circles, where, owing
to its inevitable technicality, it is
principally Te ad
PICQUART ASK3 FOR HELP.
te
a fall received while ridintr .-r iippw
two vears ago 5 irgmia report having experienced
,"c n-u 1 , 1 an earthquake shock. The disturb-
Yor- cJ lfadn; iJr?" rfi"" was felt from Nottoway coun v
lorn. citj. had a private audience 1 to tti ToTinncc n ' '
. -.,,
with
said
the pope. Later Jlr. Thnrr.fnn
tne prelate was in excellent
Xoteu
Frank Wenneman's saloon at San
croft was broken into and 500 cigars,
considerable liquprand $7 in cash tak
en. The Brownell extension of ihe Meth
odist Episcopal church, recently com
pleted in Grafton at an expense of
about $S00. was dedicated Sunday. The
structure is free from debt.
J. Neumann, a young man employed
at the B. M. shops in Wynsore, swal
lowed a dose of carbolic acid, which
he had mistaken for cough medicine
Prompt medical assistance saved him.
Brakcman William Washburn had
a foot smashed and an ankle broken
at Orleans.
The Workmen and Woodmen lodges
of ExeTer decided upon Thanksgiving
day as a proper time for dedicating
their handsome new lodge rooms. Din
ner and supper was served and an in
teresting progravrendered, both :n j commission in Chicago.
The French cabinet has ifMi tr.
tbe keenest taiercst the current tK- SLmS0.,.."1., tSXJ?1
ical ouestion . . . " "joicm iu cuu-
rriZ aesuons; . ; nection with the Chinese railroad
The commissary department has -r, z?.,. , ." .
dispatched the steamer Bratten from i , -m' ." ?AnY7i 3-30?. men
tons of nrovisions r-m- i.- "Z ZTJ"Z. "um n-
for the starving people of Cuba. Tho i XhiZ 5S? "STXL
-- .w .tj vi UXIkC LUC
cargo at Havana and then will sail to tm J.,. 7- ." ' L .;r5"u,8. yuo.a-
Mantanzas and other norte. ' JT "a'" v'crv u,Ken wun tRe
A special meeting of t-e cabinet
was held lasting an hour. Important
ii snatches relating to the peace ne
gotiations were received by the presi
dent. They were of sufficient import
ance to require a meting the cabinet.
Savannah with 700
Rntfnn v-Hl !;. : , .,.-. . e IUSJ
V "V h "''"., .C'", "V" "POrt Chester fir Nuevitas. Cuba.
. v... ...i. in iu . 1 vi r.i"K Trnin 'vot-a
other ort.
Among the callers at the White
house were Andrew Carnegie and 1
Samuel Gompers, the head of the
American Federation of Ibor. Mr.
Carnegie, in an interview, expressed
himself as strongly opoosed to the 1
policy of territorial expansion. I
The war investigating commission
decided that it would not visit Mon-
tauk Point, the site of Camp Wikoff, '
m a oouy, dui wouiu send a committee
to prepare a report.
the afternoon antevenihe
While huntine on the Sntrden 'arm. 1 tb Ihmois Central railroad
two miles south of Syracuse Mr. Wal- 1 the commission by declarins
It is now known that Soain win r.
: haust her time limit which expire
on Monday before replying to the
j American ofter regarding the Philip-
Examination of railroad of!?! in Eme ."lanas. in the meanwhile the
regard to the cost of the railroad cos- ' ? ""? ai"w C5UvaMnS the entire
tal service was resumed bv the postal I ?e,d cd "-""ne every resource
commission in Chicago. Sunsrintend to nostPne the inevitable.
i ent of Transportation John R. Dalv of - Tae statement of the condition ot
j me treasury suows: Available cash
TO TAKE COLUMBUS' ASHES.
ffpaalard Will Leave Havana With tha
Discoverer Early Next Month.
HiVAXA, Nov. 26 Eight light draft
gunboats, nsed during the insurrection
for patrolling the shores and the
rivers, arc drydocked preparatory to
sending them home or selling them.
The Alfonso XIII, the Nueva Espana
and the Diego Velasquez, now at dif
ferent port of Cuba, will come to Ha
vana harbor to await here the coming
of tho auxiliary cruisers Metero and
Rapido, which will arrive December 10.
Columbus' ashes will be placed
aboard the Rapido, and about Decem
ber 8 the fleet will proceed to Spain.
The monnment was taken away some
days ago.
The first stop will be made at Mar
tinique, where tha ships will be coaled
and where honor will be paid by the
French to Columbus' memory. The
same thing will be done at the Cape
Verde Islands, and the fleet will then
proceed to Cadiz as usual.
TlITkl? ?-!
rinc that thP i halances. $296,589,288; gold reserve.
ters. a son-in-iaw of'jonas Sugden df ! ?et Profit ot tne company weald bo : ?-4USl,-
Lincoln was quite seriouslv shot by the
young son of Mr. Sugden, the loal
taklms efect om tht aide froa t'ie
koY4tr ivwa.
increasea 11 no mails, were carrio.1
for the government. Mr. Daly gave J Little Clarence Father what is the
figures to prove his statement His 1 di, h.M !-'J! -li8 I?e
Sraatar atinacv? Father i!aritr . ... .
examination consumed
part of tftt MMioa.
the
iicg, my aoa. TM-Blta.
End to Caban Aatoaoeay.
Havana. Nov. 2C llie members of ! union.
ine colonial cabinet have tendered '
their resignations to General Blanco,
who accepted them, but requested the
secretaries to continue in the exercise
of their functions until his successor
shall have taken possession. General
Blanco has announced his intention of
leaving on Saturday or Monday next
7 the atMrncr Vlllaverd.
rfae Coart at Camttaa Appealed
AgalMt Mllltatr AathorltU.
PABts. Nov. 2.V. Despite attempts to
maintain secrecy regarding '410 mat
ter, it has leaked out that Lieutenant
Colonel Piequart'a deposition before
the court of cassation wt-, sensational.
J Picqnart, it is said, broke down and
appealed to thi judges for help in his
persecution by the military author
ities. It is believed that the court's de
mand for the secret document will lead
to a renewed conflict between the mili
tary and civil authorities. It is under
stoon that If- de Freycinet, mi mister
of war, vainly appealed to General
Znrlinden, the military governor of
Paris, to grant Colonel Picquart pro
visional liberty.
Much indignation is manifested by
tho Dreyfusites at the decision to try
Colonel Picqnart by court-martial.
COSTA RICA WANTS THE CANAL
rrwMeat Iglcstai WIU Dteenia tbeQaee-
tlea lafaraBallj With Mr. MeKlaley.
Washixctox, Nov. 23. Thus far no
arrangements have been made for a
conference between President McKin-
I ley and President Iglesias. It is said
by those familiar with President Igle
sias plans that there is no prearranged
purpose to bring forward the Nicara
gua canal question or Central American
onatente oa the Procresj Made by the
Indian.
WasuixctoS, Nov. 20. The annual
report of Secretary of the Interior
Bliss reviews in detail the progress of
pension, Indian, land, patent, educa
tional and territorial affairs. Review
ing the gradual diminution of public
land area. Secretary Bliss says: "Of
three hundred and odd million acres of
desert land requiring irrigation to
render them valuable farming lands,
the available water supply is sufficient
for only 71,500.000 acres, leaving 2C0,-
676,000 acres suitable for grazing pur
poses. There are thirty forest reser
vations embracing an estimated area
of 40,;i9.7 acres."
The Indians are declared to have
made substantial progress, and the
Chippewa outbreak was the only seri
ous disturbance of the year. Refer
ring to this trouble, the report points
to Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Jones' successful efforts In bringing
about the surrender of the Indians,
nnd says the origin of the trouble is
now under joint investigation by the
departments of tho interior and of
justice.
Xeeroet Jfot Wanted In Santiago.
Saxtiaoo, Nov. 2'j. El Porvenie
prints a two column article with ref
erence to the intention of a colored
preacher at Topckn. Kan., to bring
thirty families of uegroes and estab
lish a town iu the highlands above
Santiago which shall be known as To
peka. El Porvenie demands that the
people boycott the Yankee negroes,
asserting that they are frequently
guilty of horrible crimes, and that the
Southern states, anxious to be rid of
their colored population, will endeavor
to hend them to Cuba. The paper
maintains that the Cubans have a
right to regulate immigration into the
is'and; that they object to the negroes
and that they will not have them.
Thanksgiving In London.
Loxdox, Nov. 26. The Thanksgiv
ing banquet of the American society
in London, which was held at the ho
tel Cecil, was a glorification of Anglo
American friendship. Three hundred
Americans and their English guests
sat at a table under the entwined flags
of the two nations. Two notable
speeches were made one by Mr. Henry
White, the American charge d'affaires,
and the other by Sir Edwin Arnold,
who was supposed to be nearly at the
point of death from paralysis, but
who dragged himself into the banquet
hall against the orders of his physi
cians, leaning on the arm of his Jap
anese wife and supported by a cane.
Oae of Iglesias' suite said that while
the present visit would not bring
about any formal propositions or de
clarations of policy upon the part of
Costa Rica, it would quite probably
lead to a better understanding as to
the desire of that eoantrv for the
canal and iu identity ef interest with
tha United fUtw. . .
Faare Dons Mlaera Clothes.
Paris, Nov. 25. With a view of
averting a strike of miners at Lens, in
the Department of Pas de Calais, Pres
ident Faure, accompanied by his suite,
made a personal visit to the town,
where he donned miners' clothes and
descended into the pit. The president
conversed with the men and made a
brief speech to them, in the course of
which he said he desired to bring to
the workers proof of the government's
solicitude for them. M. Faure received
an ovation from the miners.
Tha Latest Revolt U la Cracaay.
New York, Nov. 26. A dispatch to
the New York Herald from Montevideo,
Uruguay, says: Revolutionary bands
from Brazil have crossed the frontier
and are threatening to unite and march
forward toward the capital. Troops
have been sent to pursue them. Thesa
bands are supposed to be the vanguard
of a large force which has been gath
ering in Brazil for several weeks and
awaiting favorable opportwalty to
mCtM AJTD BOKCTOMt
fjUXOKM Qsnaxn, Pres't.
B. H. Hntr, Vies Prea.
K. Bsueen, CasaUr.
Jonr Sraumx, Wjc Vccmsav
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Pai4 ii Capital, - - 90,000
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Joxas Wkxch,
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Rebecca Becker, H. M. Winslow.
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