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VOLUME 96.—N0. 67.
PARIS PEACE
COMMISSION.
Americans Approaching Chief Ques
tion Intrusted to Them,
The Future Disposition of ths Philippine
islands.
They Are Well Prepared, However,
to Take the Matter Up When
ever It is Broached by the Span
ish Members—The Question May
Be Discussed at To-Day's Meet
ing.
PARIS, Oct. 2G.—The American Peace
Commissioners held a session of several
hours' duration to-day prior to the joint
session of the two Commissions, which
opened at 4 o'clock this afternoon. The
Americans fully realize that they are
approaching the discussion of the chief
question intrusted to them, namely, the
future of the Philippine Islands, and it
may .lie taken for granted that they are
welfare pa red to take the matter up
it is broached by the Span
ish Commission.
The meeting of the Commissioners
lasted an hour and five minutes and
was adjourned until to-morrow. Both
the Spanish and American Commis
sioners were more reticent after this
session than ever before. The Ameri
can Commissioners appreciate not only
their own serious responsibilities, but
also the delicate responsibility of their
Spanish colleagues, to bear the burden
of whose duties here is now added the
critical political situation at Madrid,
which may compel the President of the
Spanish Commission (who is also Presi
dent of tht Spanish Senate) Senor
Montero de Rios, to leave Paris.
The Madrid correspondent of the
"Temps," confirming the report that
Premier Sagasta and the Queen Regent
have prevailed upon the Minister of
War, General Correa, to indefinitely
postpone his resignation, pending the
conclusion of the peace negotiations,
says that they represented to the Gen
eral that his withdrawal might entail
not only the fall of the Cabinet, but
cause the resignation of certain mem
bers of the Spanish Commission, includ
ing Senor Montero Rios, and thereby
gravely compromise the United States.
The correspondent says: "The net re
result is that an open crisis seems to
have been avoided until the conclusion
of the treaty of peace. In any case,
this has done away with the necessity
of an ad interim government, which
Wall lately suggested as likely to be as
the only solution of the present diffi
culties."
As the peace negotiations are now
nearing the discussion of the Philip
pine question, the Americans feel that
no stage of the proceedings has so
demanded their considerate treatment.
It cannot be stated to-night with cer
tainty that the Cuban question has re
ceived its last consideration by the
Americans, nor have the Spaniards ac
cepted as ultimate the United States'
refusal to assume any portion of the
Cuban debt. It may. however, be af
firmed that the Philippine question was
not reached to-day. but it may be dis
cussed at to-morrow's session, which
will be the first occasion during these
negotiations of a joint session of the
Commission, being held on succeeding
days, which act is in some degree sig
nificant.
DISPOSITION OF PHILIPPINES.
WASHINGTON', Oct. 120. —There are
indications that the Peace Commission
ers in Paris are approaching the end
of the consideration of the subject of
Cuba and Porto Rico, and officials here
would not be surprised if to-day's pro
ceedings of the Commission concluded
those subjects, leaving the Commission
free to take up the disposition of the
Philippine. The Spanish case has
been presented with an ability and
adroitness that commands the admira
tion of diplomats without regard to
nationality, and even our own officials
have been compelled to yield in tribute
of respect to the arguments produced,
but they have been of no avail in ef
fecting any substantial change in the
first attitude of the American Commis
sioners, who are holding firmly to the
line of procedure originaly outlined. It
is expected here that henceforth, after
the courteous intimation that has been
conveyed to the Spanish Commission
ers that it is time to regard the Cuban
and Porto Rico matters as settled, bet
ter progress will be made toward the
final conclusion of a treaty of peace.
Some apprehension has been mani
fested in certain quarters as to the pos
sible adverse effect upon the Peace
Commission at Paris of an upheaval in
France. It has been suggested that
the Spanish cause is in such shape that
th" Spanish Government has nothing to
lose and everything to gain fiy any
change that can be brought about.
However that may be it Is the opinion
of the State Department officials here
that th*re is little danger of the situa
tion in Paris becoming so acute as to
Justify an abandonment of the work of
the Commission on the ground that the
Commissioners themselves are in physi
cal danger. It is confidently believed
that with the change of Cabinet in
France the present disorder will sub
side and normal conditions will be re
stored.
It is always possible that the Span
ish Commissioners, in despair over their
failure to force the Cuban debt upon the
United States in any shape, may break
off the sessions, hut this is not regarded
as probable. i t j s believed that the
Spanish program is to trump up as
many points of difference 1 as possible,
relying upon the sympathy to be excited
among European nations by their dis
pute of each point.
This being the Spanish policy. it is
expected that when the Commission
takes up the subjects of Porto Rico
and the coaling station in the Ladrone
Islands, there will be many hair-split
ting objections interposed by the Span
ish to propositions from the Americans,
just as many references or attempts at
reference to Madrid, and just as loud
protests over each little point by the
Spaniards at the uncompromising atti
THE RECORD-UNION.
tude of the Americans as in the case of
Cuba.
No one knows officially just what the
extent of the United States claim will
be as to the Philippine Islands. Admi
ral Dewey has much higher opinion of
the Philippine people and the capacity
for self-government than is generally
supposed. He has represented to the
American Commissioners that the Phil
ippines of the northern group, meaning
by that, first, the people on the island
of Luzon, and after that, in order,
Cebu, Panay, Leite, Mandora and Sa
mar, are as a rule intelligent, practical
and a most surprising statement, bet
ter qualified for self-government than
the inhabitants of Cuba. Admiral
Dewey is as familiar with the qualifi
cations of the Cubans in this respect as
almost any naval officer, having had
personal expenrience with the people,
so that his statement is bound to have
weight with the American Commission
ers, But with all this, he has made no
recommendation as to what should con
stitute the maximum or minimum de
mands of the Americans, and their de
mands, therefore, are likely to be based
upon their original instructions, quali
fied by any change of opinion that the
President may have experienced as a
result of his Western trip.
OFFER OF THE SPANISH COMMIS
SION. "
LONDON, Oct. 27.—The Paris cor
respondent of the '•Times'* says:
At to-day's (Wednesday's) sitting the
Spanish Peace Commission offered a
new counter-memorandum declaring
their readiness, provisionally, to accept
an article of a preliminary trea>ty stip
ulating that "Spain shall relinquish all
rights to sovereignty in Cuba without
formulating any other claim," and to
leave in suspense all remaining ques
tions, especially the Philippines, The
Americans asked until Thursday to
reply to this new memorandum. This
is regarded as a favorable sign, being
a slight relaxation of the rigidity the
Americans have hitherto shown. They
are perhaps aware that the Cuban and
even the Spanish bondholders are be
coming alarmed at the strange turn of
the financial side of the discussion in
which Spain, the United States and
Cuba, with extraordinary unanimity,
all repudiate the Cuban debt.
Nobody will be able to force Spain
to accept the debt, for, apart from
bankruptcy, she could only meet the
liabilities at the expense of her foreign
bondholders, who, by a strange anom
aly, would thus have to pay for the in
dependence of Cuba. It is not likely
that the United States or any Power
can or will force Spain to ruin herself
by meeting the Cuban debt, and it
will then either be a total loss for.Eu
rope, or be paid by the Spanish bond
holders.
CATHOLIC UNION.
Last Day's Proceedings of the Ses
sions at Washington.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 2b\—At the
session of the Catholic Young Men's
Union, C. C. Bonnell of Philadelphia
read the report of the arch-diocese of
that city, replete with the details of the
work of the Catholic young men of
that section.
Charles Webber, Treasurer of the
Erastus Bronson Memorial Commit
tee, in a fitting speech, reported that
the committee had decided that an en
dowment in the Catholic University
was an appropriate instrument to per
petuate the memory of that eminent
man, and he handed to Mgr. Conanty,
the Rector of the university, a pack
age which supposedly contained a
check as the nucleus for carrying out
these conditions.
The Monsignor, in a brief speech,
thanked the Union for its gift, which
would be placed where it would do the
most good, among the lay schools. Then
he spoke somewhat of the work and
scope of the university, of its popular
features and its prospects for greater
work in the future than in the past.
It was a university, he said, where
priests and laymen united as in no
other place to teach the doctrines of
the church and sciences under the in
spiration of God.
Mgr. Stephen, head of the Indian Bu
reau of the Catholic Church, spoke in
terestingly of his work among the red
nren of the West, pointing out the
great work laymen can do in this con
nection. The Indians wage war, he
declared, and he gave them credit for
doing so. for they had been cheated of
th- ir rights from first to last.
Dr. I~augh!in. Chancellor of the dio
eess or Philadelphia, spoke of his in
t- rest in the Union, and his loyalty and
<]• rotton to its interests and princi
ples.
Resolutions were adopted expressing
a renewal of fealty to the mother
church, and congratulating the Presi
dent and people of the United States
on the successful termination of the
war with Spain.
A resolution was also adopted calling
attention to the small number of Cath
olic Chaplains in the army and navy,
and recommending that steps be taken
looking to an increase of the same.
The following officers were elected:
President, Win. M. McGuire of Brook
lyn; Vice President, Bernard M. Bo
gan of Rahway, N. J.: Second Vice
President, Daniel P. Toomey of Bos
ton; Secretary and Treasurer, W. E. P.
Gallagher of Philadelphia.
A vote of thanks was tnedered the re
tiring officers.
The Union then adjourned to meet
Rext year at Newark, N. J.
Double Tragedy at St. Paul.
ST. PAUL, Oct 26.—Late this after
noon Dan Coughlan, a blind retired
railroad engineer, shot and killed his
young sister-in-law. Miss Katie Mar
sinan, and then fatally shot himself.
Mrs. Coughlan a short time afterward
discovered the dead bodies, and then
bet Use nearly crazed over the tragedy.
The mother of the two women recently
died, leaving her entire estate, about
$1,000, to the unmarried daughter.
Coughlan several times quarreled with
the girl OV< r this fact. This Is thought
to have 1,-d to the tragedy, to which
there were no witnesses.
Society of Municipal Improvement.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—Represen
tative s in municipal improvements from
various cities in the United States and
Canada met here to-day at the Arling
ton Hotel, in attendance at the fifth an
nual convention of the American Sa
clety Of Municipal Improvements. The
attendance was rather small at the
opening, hut many delegates are ex
pected. The feature of the morning ses
sion was an address of welcome by
Hon. J. B. Wight, President of the
Board of Commissioners of this dis
trict, and the response by the President
of the society, Harrison Van Duyne of
Newark, N. J.
SACRAMENTO,
RAIN INTERRUPTS
JUBILEE FESTIVAL.
Heavy Downpour Throughout the
Day at Philadelphia.
The Great Military Parade Postponed Until
To-Morrow.
Tlie Railway Station Thronged
With People to Greet the Presi
dential Party on Their Arrival
—A Dinner and Reception Ten
dered the Chief Executive in the
Evening.
PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 20.— Presi
dent and Mrs. McKinley arrived here at
noon to-day, but instead of finding the
city in the midst of the enjoyment of
its peac. l celebration, he found a dreary,
desolate condition of affairs, and many
thousand citizens and soldiers were dis
appointed at the interruption of ihe
peace jubilee exercises by the rain.
The day's program included the civic
parade. At 5 o'clock this morning,
however, rain began to fall heavily, and
until 10 o'clock there was a heavy
downpour. During the remainder of the
day heavy rain fell at frequent inter
vals. Early in the day the Citizens'
Committee concluded to abandon the
day's program, and to postpone the
parade until Friday.
The Presidential party was met at
the station by a Reception Committee,
and escorted to the Bellevue Hotel,
which will be the home of the party
during their visit.
Vice President and Mrs. Hobart ar
rived from Washington an hour earlier
than the President. General and Mrs.
Miles also arrived shortly after noon.
There was a great crowd at the
Broad street station when the Presiden
tial party arrived, but the police Kept
a c lear passageway, throusrh which Mr.
McKinley and his companions walked
without difficulty. A squad cf mounted
police was in waiting outside the sta
tion, and escorted the carriages of the
party to the hotel.
General Miles jvas accompanied by
his staff and Captain G. Paget of the
British army, who went through the
entire war as a spectator for his Gov
ernment.
General Graham and h's staff arrived
from Camp Meade tariy in the after
noon.
President McKinley was this evening
tendered a dinner and reception at the
Union League Club. The dinner was
entirely informal, and was given by the
Board of Directors of the League.
There were sixty at the tables.
President Stuart of the League wel
comed President McKinley, and the lat
ter responded very briefly, simply with
a few words of thanks.
Among those at the table were Vice
President Hobart, Pos-master General
Smith. Secretary Wilson, Secretary
Alger, General Miles, Commodore
Philip. Captain Robley D. Evan?, Cap
tain Sigsbee, Generals Shafter, Whee er,
Shaff'ee, Patterson, Sumner, Lawson,
Young and Sickles; Private Secretary
Porter, Commodore Carey, Captain A.
Paget of the Royal British navy, Gov
ernor Hastings and Mayor Warwick.
At th .: reception which followed then?
were fully 4.<*iO guests. The crowd was
so great that the President was not
even asked to say anything. He stood
in cne of the side rooms, the line of
visitors passing and shaking him by
the hand. The Marine l and and the
First Regiment Band and the regular
on h'<stra of the league were In at
tendance.
To-mi rrow President McKinley will
review the military parade, and he ex
pressed his regret that he will not ba
able to remain to see the proposed civic
parade on Friday. He says that there
Will be an important Cabinet meeting
on Friday morning, which will require
his presence at Washington, and
furthermore, he desires to begin tire
preparation of his message to C ingress.
He will leave for Washington to-mor
row night.
It is learned that the President has
had with him at all times since leaving
Washington a body guard of three de
tectives. Th- President said to-night
that he never felt so safe as he did
while in Philadelphia.
The only sp-ech made by the Pres
ident was a brief one as he was leaving
the Union League shortly after il
o'clock. A tremendous crowd of peo
ple had assembled in the street out
side the building. Mayor Waiwick and
Naval Constructor Hobson passed out
the door just ahead of the Presidem,
and on reaching the top of the steps
leading to the sidewalk the Mayor pre
sented Lieutenant Hobson to the crowd.
A great cheer rose, and the hero of
the Merrimac bowed his acknowledge
ment.
Then the Presid nt was introduced to
the vast concourse of people by the
Mayor. When the cheering wh ; ch fol
lowed the introduction of the President
had subsided the Presid-nt said:
"You have cheered the President of
the United States and also cheered a
hero of the late war. If you will be
patient a few moments you will have
an opportunity to cheer other heroes of
the Merrimac.''
The President then withdrew, and
was escorted to his hotel. A moment
later four of the crew of the Merrimac
came from the building and were pre
sented to the crowd. They received a
most tumultuous greeting. The Merri
mac heroes then retired, and the crowd
gradually dispersed.
SEVENTH ARMY CORPS.
Orders Issued for the Reorganiza
tion of Gen. Lee's Command.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—An order
has bees issued by the War Department
for the reorganization of the Seventh
Army Corps as follows:
Cavalry Brigade—Seventh United
States Cavalry. Eighth United States
Cavalry.
First Division, First Brigade—First
Texas Infantry, Louisiana In
fantry*. Third Nebraska Infantry.
Second Brigade—Seventh Illinois In
THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 27, 1898,—EIGHT PAGES.
fantry, Second South Carolina Infantry,
Fourth Illinois Infantry.
Second Division, First -Brigade—One
Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana Infan
try, Second Illinois Infautty, First
North Carolina Infantry.
Second Brigade—Fourth Virginia In
fantry, Forty-ninth lowa Infantry,
Sixth Missouri Infantry.
The following assignment of general
officers by the President is announced:
Major General Fitzhugh Lee, command
ing; First Division, General Warren
Kiefer commanding; First Brigade,
First Division, Brigadier General Lloyd
Wheaton commanding; Second Brigade,
First Division, Brigadier General Edgar
W r illiston commanding; Second Divis
ion, Major General Francis V. Greene
commanding: First Brigade, Second Di
vision, Brigadier General Henry T.
Douglass commanding; Second Brigade,
Second Division, Brigadier General
Henry Hasbrouck commanding; Cav
alry Brigade, Huntsville, Ala., Briga
dier Louis H. Carpenter commanding.
CAMP SITES IN CUBA.
Selection Will Not be Made Until
President's Return to Capital.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.—The final
selection of camp sites for the Ameri
can troops who will garrison Cuba
awaits the President's return from
Philadelphia. It was discussed at some
length at the Cabinet meeting yester
day, and as the various reports of the
Hecker board were not finally disposed
of, it is probable that the Cabinet will
feel that it should take some expert ad
vice before making final selections.
The troops will not be landed at one
place, but each detachment will be
landed at the nearest and most accessi
ble port to the place which is to form
its camping ground. Among the places
that have been recommended by the
Hecker board are: Guanabacoa, which
can be reached best from Regla, oppo
site Havana, with a sea port at Playa
de Mari&no, and Mariel, on the bay of
the same name, about twenty-five miles
from Havana and beyond Mariano. All
these sites fullfil the needs of good
camping grounds, but in each case the
Hecker board has found that there
must be considerable expenditure by
the Government if permanent landing
places are to be provided so that the
troops will not run the risk of infection
by passing through Havana.
Associated Press Makes Correction.
CHICAGO, Oct. 26.-The Associated
Press having taken from a newspaper
that Blanton Duncan had been charged
by the Southern Pacific Railroad with
perjury in pleadings before the Inter
state Commerce Commission, which of
fensive personalities by another rail
road were stricken out by the commis
sion, and the statement used from the
newspaper being an error, the Associ
ated Press corrects its part of the er
roneous dispatch by this withdrawal
and correction.
Two Men. Drowned.
DENVER, Oct. 2&—Dri Edward W.
Bovett, a- well-known veterinarian of
this city, and E. Girard, cook at the
clubhouse of the Standard Shooting
Club at Bowles' Lake, ten miles south
of here, were drowned while fishing
in the lake to-day.
GERMANY'S CLEVER SCHEME
PLANNING TO ACQUIRE COAL
ING STATIONS
At Points in Conflict With This
Country's Interests When Nic
aragua Canal is Completed.
CHICAGO, Oct. —A special to the
"Journal" from Washington says the
State Department has discovered a
clever scheme on the part of the Ger
man Government to acquire coaling
stations or naval bases in both the
Atlantic and Pacific at points where
they will come in direct conflict with
the interests of this country when the
Xicaraguan Canal is built.
In this same connection the depart
ment has also unearthed what appears
to be a breach of faith on the part of
England toward the United States in
Samoa. Ever since the death of King
Malietoa Germany has been running
things in Samoa apparently indepen
dent of the triple protectorate exer
cised by the United States, Great Brit
ain and Germany. Careful investiga
tion has convinced the State Depart
ment that Germany and England have
made a secret compact, whereby the
latter has ceded to the former its rights
in Samoa under the protectorate, and
has consented, for a consideration, to
allow Germnay to utilize the island as
a coaling and naval station.
While this compact between England
and Germnay is not an actual viola
tion of the protectorate, it is yet prac
tically a breach of faith on the part
of England. While professing the ut
most friendliness for tills country, it
has given to its rival in the Pacific
rights which may cause a serious clash.
Germany is bent on securing naval
stations as near to the proposed isth
mian canal as possible. If it has Eng
land's claim in Samoa, it is established
at the Pacific end. For the eastern
end it is working out a plan which may
give the State Department much trou
ble to circumvent. It is said that Ger
many is trying to secure a naval base
at Santo Domingo. Should she suc
ceed here, the United States, which ex
pects to build the canal, would put it
self at a disadvantage at the outset
Porto Rico is to be the American naval
base in the West Indies. It is admira
bly situated for this purpose, but
should Germany secure a foothold in
Santo Domingo it would be in a better
strategic position for control of the
canal than would this country.
The Republic of Santo Domingo is
heavily in debt. Most of its bonds are
held in Germany, and the Kaiser ex
pects to acquire a naval station by
threatening foreclosure on his bonds.
The President of Santo Domingo and
Smith Weed of New York, represent
ing the syndicate which controls the
customs revenue, and stands ready for
the annual expenses of the republic,
are holding conferences. Should it be
disclosed that there is no other way to
prevent Germany from securing the
coveted naval base, it is highly prob
able that the annexation of Santo Do
mingo to the United States will be
urgett. It is asserted that annexation
would not be a small price for the
United States to prevent Germany
acquiring a naval base at the very
mouth of the canal.
SECRETARY LONG
AT BOSTON.
Guest of Honor at the Dinner of the
Republican Club.
Received With a Tremendous Ovation When
He Arose to Speak.
The Achievements of the Navy Dur
ing the Late War Not Due to
Any Man at Its Read, But to
the Thorough Training of Its
Officers and Men.
BOSTON, Oct. 2(3.—Secretary of the
Navy Long received a genuine New
England welcome at Music Hall to
night on the occasion of the annual
dinner of the Republican Club of Mas
sachusetts. Secretary Long was the
principal speaker. When he rose he
received a tremendous ovation. He
said:
"My experience in the Cabinet has
confirmed the impression that I have
long cherished, that a Cabinet officer,
with or without a vote, should have
a place on the floor of Congress, where
he shall be subject to question in all
matters of his administration, and
have the opportunity to present in per
son the needs and demands of his
branch of the public service, so might
he best get larger growth.
"The almost entire freedom of the
navy during the war from loss of life
or sickness or disease, and from even
ordinary casualties is the best evi
dence of the thoroughness of its prep
aration, the intelligence of its direc
tion, and the skill, efficiency and thor
ough training of its officers and men.
Let me bear my testimony that all
this has been the work of the navy
itself, and not of any man at its head;
of the completeness of its system and
the competency of its personnel. Of
its professional spirit I cannot speak
too highly. The commandant at the
yard, the chief in the bureau, and no
less the grades, every one of them, be
low these. Line and staff, superior
and subordinate, have all worked with
matchless fidelity and ability and in
harmonious co-operation, and deserve
equal honor.
"The glory of the navy and the glory
of the war which it shares with the
army is not, however, in battle alone;
or, rather, it is not in the brutal ele
ments of battle. It is rather in the
fine instinct, the heroic courage, the
splendid devotion, the intense patriot
ism, which nerve men to endure what
otherwise were unpardonable horrors
of armed conflict for the sake of in<=
cause for which the battles are fought.
"The war through which we have
just passed was not waged for the ex
ultant of victory. It was for the un
loosening of the yoke of bondage, the
elevation of an oppressed people, the
Divine visitation of the coming cen
tury.
"It was a revelation to the Spanish
prisoners when they found themselves
received in their encampments, rather
than prison, at Portsmouth with Chris
tian kindness, their wounds bound up
and every want provided for.
"The lesson has not been lost on the
civilization of the time, when Cervera,
returning to his seat in the Spanish
Senate, proclaims the humanity of
Americans, and suggests to Spain that
she benefit by our example, awaken
from her bondage to old limitations,
and follow the lead of American en
terprise and American institutions.
"If I may say one word more con
cerning the navy, I agree with the evi
dent proposition that with the exten
sion of our territory the new duties
that are on us, and the now enlarged
importance of our sea power, the in
crease in our naval force should go
on. But I am not one of those who
would have it extravagantly expended,
and I would prefer a reasonable in
crease commensurate with the in
creased need. Too rapid a development
will surely lead to a reaction in the
popular mind and a tendency to the
extreme, as happened after the war of
the rebellion. Nor must we forget
that the increase of the army and navy
is necessarily attended with a great
increase in expenditure, therefore its
taxation; and in the zeal of the present
moment we may stand on the old
fundamental principle that under no
circumstances should this be a country
where the military arm is a burden
instead of a defense, and the military
arm must be subservient by a long
interval to the educational and indus
trial.
"If ever there was a man who loved
his country, a servant of the public
whose purpose was to do his duty, and
who was guided by a prayerful sense
of accountability to God and fellow
men, it is President McKinley. For
two years I have sat at the Cabinet
table, and I recall not one instance
when in the discussion there was any
question, one word that has been ut
tered with regard to its effect or bear
ing on the personal or political futures
of the President or any member of his
Cabinet, or of the party of which he
was the choice two years ago, as to
day he is the choice of all the people."
Senator Wolcott and Senator Lodge
also spoke.
GENERAL KITCHENER.
British CommanAer of Nile Forces
Arrives at Marseilles.
MARSEILLES, Oct. I*o. —General
Lord Kitchener of Khartoum and Cap
tain Baratier, the bearer of Major Mar
yland's report on Fashoda, arrived
from Alexandria, Egypt, to-day on
board the Messageries steamer from
that port. During the voyage the two
officers dined together, and cordially
conversed on the customs of the tribes
and peoples each had met.
The British Consul here met General
Kitchener on landing, and Captain
Baratier received an affectionate greet
ing from his mother and brother.
General Kitchener and Captain Bara
tier left for Paris on the same train.
A crowd which assembled on the plat
form cheered Captain Baratier, and a
delegation from the naval and commer
cial schools presented him with the in
signia of the Logion of Honor.
A deputation from the Geographical
Society of Marseilles congratulated
Captain Baratier. With General Kitche
ner the speakers expressed admiration
of the General's Nile campaign and
work in behalf of civilization, and
thanked him for the courtesy he had
extended to Major Marchand and his
colleagues. The General thanked his
visitors warmly, and eulogized Major
Marchand. whose expedition, he said,
had excited the admiration of the World.
The train then departed amid shouts
of "Vive Baratier" and "Vive Mar
chand."
PARIS, Oct. 2b\—General Lord Her
bert Kitchener, commander of the An
glo-Egyptian forces in the Soudan, and
Captain Baratier. the French officer
who brings Major Marchand's dis
patches from Fashoda. arrived here at
1 o'clock this afternoon. General
Kitchener left the railway station un
noticed.
One Hundred Persons Drowned.
SALON ICA (European Turkey), Oct
2b\ —Terrific storms have swept over
Macedonia, doing- an enormous amount
of damage and causing considerable
loss of life. In one instance of a car
avan consisting of 400 persons. I<K>
were engulfed in the River Galice. and
all were drowned.
Sixty Japanese Drowned.
KOBE, Oct. 20.—The Japanese steam
er Mijagala was sunk to-day almost
immediately after having been in col
lision with the Japanese steamer Kin
shiu Maru. Sixty Japanese were
drowned.
Spain's War Minister.
MADRID, Oct. 2)s.—General Correa,
Minister of War, has been prevailed
upon to withdraw his resignation for
the present, in view of the difficulties
with which the country is confronted.
Two Americans Under Arrest.
lima (Peru), Oct. lib. —Two Amer
ican Protestant tract distributors have
been arrested at Arequipe, charged
with distributing papers contrary to
the State religion. The Sta'e Attorney
will apply for their release.
Oscar Knapp Dead.
AUBURN (N. V.). Oct. 26. — Oscar
Knapp, senior member of the firm of
Knapp, Peck & Thomas, publishers of
the "Daily Advertiser," died of pneu
monia in his eightieth year.
COALLNGA OIL LANDS.
Ownership to Be Contested in the
Federal Courts.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20. —A suit
Which may affect the* title of thousands
of acres of petroleum lands in Califor
nia has been entered in the Federal
courts by Attorneys A. H. Ricketts.
W. H. H. Hart and A. R. Cotton, on
behalf of the California Oil and Gas
Company of Arizona, against E. O.
Miller and the New York Oil Com
pany. The case is to be tried before
Judge Ross in the United States Cir
cuit Court.
The piaffrtttfr- corrrpany contests the
ownership of some petroleum lands in
the Coallnga district, in Fresno County.
The Federal court will be asked to
decide to what extent the diverse hold
ings of the Interior Department affect
the title of petroleum lands now in
dispute because of different location
claims; also to decide the full effect
and meaning of the law of February
11. 1897.
So important is the case that the
interested parties declare it will event
ually be taken beiore the Supreme
Court of the United States.
SAWMILL BURNED.
Two Hundred and Fifty Men
Thrown Out of Employment!
VANCOUVER, Oct. 20.—Fire has left
but a remnant of the Hastings saw
mill, and 230 men are out of employ
ment. The mill was one of the most
complete on the Pacific Coast, having
a capacity for 000.000 feet every twen
ty-four hours, or iJ.OtXMXK) feet per
annum. The very valuable machinery
has all been destroyed as well as the
wharf and company's mill. The owner
is the Royal City Planing Mill Com
pany, and the loss goes up to several
hundred thousand dollars.
Three lumber ships were saved by
strenuous efforts. They were the
American ship Kennebec, loading for
Soath Africa; the British bark Gart
more and the Chilean bark Elisa. They
were in imminent danger during part
of the fire, but fortunately tugs were
in readiness close by and they were
hauled out into Burrard Inlet. Tho
cause of the fire is unknown at pres
ent.
ADOLPH GOETZ.
Mystery Still Surrounds Disappear
ance of the Stanford Student.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 2b.—Mystery
still surrounds the sudden disappear
ance of Adolph Goetz, the Stanford
student. The friends of Goetz have
made every effort to locate him, and
have called to their aid the Alameda
police. Goetz came up from Stanford
on last Saturday to visit a Mrs. Clark
in Alameda. Mrs. Clark last saw
Goetz at 0 o'clock Saturday evening,
when he left her house, saying he was
going to meet a friend on Park ave
nue. Since then nothing has been seen
or heard of the young student. Goetz
has no relatives in these parts, but
has a brother in the Fourteenth In
fantry, now in Manila.
Spring Valley Water Works.
OAKLAND. Oct. 20.—An instrument
w as riled in the hall of records to-day in
which the Spring Valley Water Works
ccnveys to the Union Trust Company
of San Fi ancisco property to the value
of $4.<MK>,(KKi. in consideration of fchfl
issuance of 4,000 third mortgage bonds
of .sl,(>lK) each. The mortgaged prop
erty includes the entire system of the
water works in the State. The war
revenue stamps affixed to the instru
ment amounted to $2,000.
Railroad Commissioners.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 20.—The
meeting* of the Railroad Commissioners
thi? afternoon. Wm. R. Clark presiding,
resulted in little but the transaction of
routine business. At the request of
Commissioner La Rue, the case of the
Pullman Palace Car Company, which
has been subpenaed to mak_> an ex
hibit of its affairs before the board, was
postponed until the next meeting, to be
held on November 10th.
WHOLE KO. 17,901).
CUBAN SOLDIERS
MUST DISARM
The Only Condition on Which Ra
tions Will Be Issued.
General Wood Declines Assistance of Armed
Men to Preserve Order,
Cuban Extremists DispleAsed Be*
cause They Are Not Placed in
the Highest Offices at Santiago,
While the Moderates Believe
the United States Should Con-,
tinue in Control for a Year at
Least, to Prevent Any Foreign
Complications.
SANTIAGO DR CUBA, Oct. 2a—Ma
jor Petit, in command of the United
States troops at Manzaniilo and Mili
tary Governor of the city, telegraphed
to-day that the Cuban General Rios
offers 200 armed men to assist the
Americans in preserving order, merely,
asking rations in return. General Wood
sent the following reply:
"Certainly not. The only conditions
on which rations can be issued are
the complete disarmament and dis
bandment of the troops."
Some of the Cubans here consider
that the United States is treating its
allies badly in not allowing the Cuban
forces to remain armed. They con
tend that the Cuban soldiers who have
been lighting three years, who speak
the language of the country, are better
fitted for garrison duty than "un
trained volunteers."
The Cuban General Macro Rodriguez
virtually voices the sentiment of the
Cuban army when he says: "We thank
the United States for the assistance It
has given us, but the time has now
arrived when the Cubans should be
placed in the highest offices, and should
be prepared to take over the island
on the departure of the Spanish."
Cuban extremists here are jubilant
at the reported attitude of the Cuban
Assembly at Santa Cruz del Sur, where
the delegates, while expressing their
i gratitude to the Americans, practically
demand a distinctive Cuban Govern
ment. The Cuban moderates, on the
other a&nd, regret this stand, thinking
it best for the United States authori
ties to continue in charge of affairs
j for a year at least, so as to set things
going, and to prevent any complica
tions with foreign Powers.
j The foreign Consuls are considering
the advisability of appealing to the
i' avers to prevent a too hasty recogni
| tion of the Cuban Government.
General Wood is considering the ad-
I visability of granting a hotel license
|to any responsible applicant who would
undertake to establish a first-class
house in Santiago.
General Wood is fully resolved to
allow no more paupers to land here,
and especially no more from the West
Indies, a class entirely unwilling to
do hard work. One schooner from
Jamaica and one from Hayti, loaded
with negro emigrants, have been or
dered to return their passengers to
ports of embarkation.
Lieutenant Victor Blue, in command
of the prize gunboat Alvarado, arrived
here this morning from Guantanamo,
and left this afternoon to inspect the
wreck of the six Spanish gunboats
driven ashore on July Ikl by the Unit
ed States warships, with a view to
raising some of them if possible. lb'
consulted with Major Petit to ascer
tain whether the latter required naval
assistance.
The United States transport Rou
mania arrived here to-day from Man
zaniilo en route to Guantanamo with
Colonel Ray's immunes. Colonel Ray
brought 5."..7<m». representing customs
at Manzaniilo.
The Santiago customs receipts for
September were $39,233. it is expected
that the receipts lor this month will
exceed $ltK),<;00.
EVENTS ON THE TURF.
Races Run at the Aqueduct Track
in a Dense Fog.
NEW YORK, Oct. 2t>.—The racing at
Aqueduct was not very Interesting to
day, for after the second race a dense
fog set in and the horses could onl> bo
seen at the start and linish. Results:
One mile, Bardella won. Her Own
second, Van Ness third. Time—l:4s.
Mile and forty yards, Marsian won,
Eistaca second. Merlin third. Time—•
1:42.
Five and a half furlongs, Strangest
won, Camatop second, Leando third.
Time—l:oß%.
Mile and a sixteenth, Sensational
won, Edith second, Sanders third. Time
—1:52%.
Seven furlongs. Diminutive won,
Kirkwood second, Tendresse third.
Time—l:27y 6 .
Six furlongs, TrlUo won, Harry Reed
second, Midnight third. Time—l:l7.
AT CINCINNATI
CINCINNATI, Oct. 2(l.—Weather
cold and disagreeable at Latonia to
day. Summaries:
Six furlongs, selling. Randazzon won.
Flop second. Primate third. Time—
1:24.
Five furlongs, Florisant won, Theory
second, Schanken third. Time—l:o6%.
The third race was declared off.
One mile, selling, Eleanor Holmes
won, Rastus second. High Noon third.
Time—l:s4.
Mile and an eighth, selling, Harry
Shannon won, Zufalig second, Gcmez
third. Thne-~2:oft
One mile, selling, Kitty B. won. Dam
ode second, Hampden third. Time—
1:53.
Again a Merchant Steamer.
NEW YORK, Oct. 20.—The American
liner Paris, known during the war as
the auxiliary Yale, resumed her place
as a merchant, steamer when she sailed
to-day for Southampton.
College Building Burned.
RYAN (I. T.). Oct. 20.—Ryan Col
lege was burned to-day. Two hundred
pupils in the building all escaped. It
was one of the best buildings in the
Indian Territory.