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THE DEMOCRAT. B. II. ADAMS, ru:ls!ier. mi'S'htri. Emperob William of Germany a- rived at Kiel, on the 22d, to attenr swearing in of the naval recruit Os the 18th Secretary of orter of Nebraska was fined u the Lin coin police court M 1 the health ordinance by butchering hog Within the cit.r UmH. TllE president has granted a fall pac tion to '3, M. Folsom, the Albuquerqwe (X. 1a.) banker, sent up for five years for publishing false statements f his bank's condition. Depositors iave since been paid in fall. The bsdget cemmittee of the lower house 'ef the reichsrath to winch the bill providing for a provisional-renewal xt the compact between Austria anl Hungary was referred, aanocaced, on the 18th, tbat it had adopted that measure. London suffered, oa the 19th, from 'one of the most disastrous .fires ia its history since 1066, ia which it was-offi-cially reported that 150 imicense ware houses, tcgether with their-costlycon-tents, wre consumed, thedamae be ing estimated at .00a,000. A Gkman force kas tended r.t Kia Chua bay, China, e demnud satisfac tion for the murder ef the Rhenish mis sionaries near i'en Cliu Fu aud the mob bing ( the German minister to China and the captaia of the gunboat Cor morant, the latter ancidf nt having oc curred on November 6 at Wu-Chang. Frank PiuscAxrii, of Michigan, re cently from the Klondike, where he is reputed to Jtave acquired -a mining claim which he -has disposed of for $1,000,000, was at .the war department, on the l'JtU. having been -euininoned by the government to confer respect ing the conditions in itiv. tuicing coun try. - -Tub Doiainion Cotton Gc. of Mon treal, Can-, iiai decided to -substitute electricity rstoaiu power in its mills, and has made a contract with the La chine Hydraulic -Co. -for the supply of - electrical pwwer lor their establish ment. The contract will .run for 20 years. The .poorer hvf enerated by the ' Machine rapids. ' Sec'RETAKC Alhcu received a tele pram from -a Loe Angeles. (Cal.) news paper, on thr lyiU, -offering--to publish j - 4he advertisement uf .the.irar depart- j Bent cailiiyr for proposals for the -building of the breakwater . at San - Pedro, Cal., -and take the .chances of obtaining p"""5. iaCpiyment from con- grr session. Fobtt-kicjik men fcan itho interior Of Austria, who were .arrested in the swamps of Mississippi by .United States inspectors, on the charge of violating toe alien labor contract law, were, on the 21st, with their iaadar, Jahan Pokje, locked up ia the immigrant house of detejition at Locust Point, Md,, awaiting deportatioa to aVremen. XftE Madrid rorrespomiejit .of the Liondon Daily Mail said, a the 20th: There is great agitation among the manufacturers X Catalonia against tan a concessions to Cuba. At .Bar- celona.a committee has been appointed with instructions to go to Madrid And organize a meeting of seuora .and deputies to protest against the cuaues- lons. ' Tub five survivors of the crew of the .alleged filibuster Competitor, recently pardoned and released from Spanish prisons in Cubav arrived af New York," '.on the 23d, v.tU ateaiushtp- Saratoga. The description 'of these mental and physical w.rflUs of former .'men and American citizens, ',as furnished by the press dispatches, was'-pitiable in the extreme. , . Gen. Saussi&r, theaiilitary governor of Paris, has appointed Gen. 'oUieux to inquire: into thetcharges brought against Ferdinand Walsiu Esterhazy, former major of French infantry, who has been charged by i-MaldNwtilrevfus with the crime for which '.Capt? Alfred fivj.uq, luabuicua urubuu, IS uuw u n- dergoing a sentence ef irapteisonm'ent for life, , . At a meeting of the Spanish cabinet, on the 18th, a letter from the United Slates minister, Gen. Stewart L.' Wood ford, was read, expressing the satis faction of the United States govern ment relative to the settlement of the Competitor case and other current questions. The communication creat ed a good impression in Spanish polit ical circles. The cabinet was in session for Cwo hours, on the lUth, the time being de toted largely to a discussion of the an nual reports of the different mem bers. The more important reports from the treasury, war and navy de partments not having yet been made public these were given consideration. The president also discussed various features of his message. A dispatch from Fort Scott, Kas,. on the 21st, said: "Save for one or two artesian wells this city is without water. The continued efforts of 20 men, who for two days and nights have been dynamiting the Marmatou river bed for water to supply the city, have failed, and last night the water company's pump house began drawing wind and the entire city supply was hut off." The secret service bureau announced, on the 18th, the discovery of a new counterfeit ten dollar silver certificate and also a counterfeit national bank note. The silver certificate is a photo graphic production printed on two pieces of paper pasted together. The note is badly printed and the lathe work is blurred and indistinct, and is on the First national, of Joplin, Ma, eries 1883. CDEEBSt TOPICS. 1 -fE HEWS IS BRIEF. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Thb Peruvian minister. Dr. Eguiger an, was among Secretary Sherman's callers on the 1 3th. He called to talk over the last demand of oar govern ment for a settlement of the McCord claim, and, in return, proposed to ar bitrate the case. This proposition was not acceptable to our government and the negotiations will continue. Tux state department, on the ISth, notified CoL Charles Cage Bryan of his appointment as minister to China, and that he was expected to go to Wash ington immediately to qualify. The British admiralty court, oa the JSth, awarded the British steamer Vic toria 4.250 for ealviug the British steamer Velleda ia March last. Svlvestkr E. Collins, alias Wm Lyons, alias Murphy, of McGregor, la., who is said to be the leader of a gang of professional safe burglars, was captured ou the Bowery in New York, on the 19th, and held at the request of post office detectives. Rev. Nathan Tidbals, founder -of the old publishing house of TibbalsJfc Sons, died, on the l'Jtli, at bis home in Brooklyn, aged 82 years. Vs the ISth the contract for the con struction of the 1 l'aso Jt Northeast ern road wis awarded to George S. Good & Co., ef Lock Haven, Pa. This road opens up to El l'aso, Tex., the rieh gold, silver and coal .fields of the White Oaks country, aud one of the finest agricultural and stock districts ia that state. Maj. W. H. IIeiner, corps of engi reers, has been appointed a member ef the California debris commission An order was issued by the Washing ton (D. C.) orphan's court, on the lDUi, making Mrs. John A. Logan guardian for Miss Evangelina Cis'ieros. The proceedings in court were very brief, but the senorita's appearance created much interest. An Anglo-American general arbitra tion treaty will be proclaimed by the present administration if it is within the power of -President McICinley to bring it about. He has promised the -executive committee of the Mohonk conference dliat he will work unceas ingly to accomplish it. The secretary of agriculture purposes issuing a series of farmers' bulletins on tobacco, and has issued a circular solic iting contributions from experts ou the method of cultivation, on the expert tobaccos of Kentuky aud Tennessee and on the marketing of tobacco. Mrs. Nettie Winkler, wife of Jacob W'nkler, was outraged and murdered at her home in Cleveland, O.. on the lath. She was fouud on the lloor of her home with her skull crushed in' run a blow with a hammer. Sue died a few hours later. The government is actively en gaged in the preparation of its case against the Central Pacific Railway Co., ia anticipation of the Company's default of its payments due January 1, 1898. Tub Pierre Humbert Alaskan explor ing expedition, which sailed from Seattle. .October 15, has been located ten miles up the rirer from Cliilkoot inlet Xiie explorer had already lo cated a pass over the range 2,500 feet lower tuae either Chileat or Cliilkoot. A perfectly feasible a.ui an easy route for a raiicoad into the valley of the Yukon had also been discovered. The state department .makes nublie the fact that since the ber inning of the present administration, &arch 4, the releases of 27 Americans immured in Spanish prisons in Cuba hare been ob tained. ' . The very noticeable Improvement in the health of Mrs. McKiulev is the sub ject of frequent comment in VVathiog-I ton. The gain has been s!ady ever siaee she arrived at the White House, nine months ago. Attorney General BIcKenna will bid on the Kansas PiieiSu railroad. De- .emoer . unless a guarantee is given I that the sale shall bri.ijr the full , amount of the government claim. If I necessary, the road will be bid in for the government. Two vebv distinct shocks of earth quake were felt at Randsburg. Cal., on Ihe 21st, the first atl 1:30 a.m., the next an hour later. The vibralious were from north to south. Buildings shook perceptibly, but uo damage was done. Patrick Convert entered one of the ! buildings of the New Jersey Steel and j Iron Co., at Trenton, N. J., ou the 21st, i seeking a place to sleep. He climbed into an oven, and later the night watchman started a fire in the furnace with which the oven was connected. The heat awoke Con very, and his cries attracted the watchmau, who released him from hisdangerous position. When taken out of the oven, Convery fell un conscious to tiie floor. A ORKAT fire, doing damage esti mated at to. 000, 000, visited Melbourne, Australia, on the 21st, It started in the warehouse of Craig Williamson, in Elizabeth street, in the very heart of the city, and burned the entire blocks bounded by Elizabeth, Flinders and Swanston str4ets, and Flindeis lane, with the exception of two buildings. Three overdue deep water ships ar rived at San Francisco on the 21st. They were the Italian ship Orient, 201 days from Newcastle, England; the British ship Cawdor, 1S4 days from Swansea, and the ship Heath bank from Hong Kong. Ten per cent, of the in surance had been paid on tho Heath bank and 12X on the other two. A dispatch from Uawarden, on the 21st, said that Mr. Gladstone, concern ing whose health an alarming rumo had been widely circulated, was in ) nsual health. Capt. J. F. Chapman, for 25 vc tu c ,7 its prominent ship owner of Sau F co, died on the 21st, at his si residence near Oakland. A vigilance committee fromed at Sloatsburg, N. down a gang of train afs a .-aCtcis-berban lias been Y.. to ruu unrgiars mat nave op neighborhood of late. vre'ekers ani' 4rt'-e2"ih that Tbb royal decree for the establish ment oi autonomy in Cuba was sub mitted to a Spanish cabinet council on the 221. Gen. Albert Ordwat. of Washing ton, died at the Hoffman house. New York, on the 2lsU San Francisco and Puget Sound gamblers are preparing to reap a Klon dike harvest on a scale searcely less extensive than the big transportation companies. They will open big hotels and gambling resorts from St. Michaels to Dawson -and at Dyea, Weangel and Juneaa. John Denmark, a farmer, was shot while sitting in his arm chair in the dining-room of his home near Van Etten, N. Y., on the 21st. The muzzle of a double-barreled shotgun was forced through the glass in a window, and at short range the murderer in the dark blazed away with both barrels. Mrs. M. A. Trigg, aged 52 years, and her ten-year-old daughter, Ethel, lost their lives in a fire that destroyed their residence in Topeka, Kas., on the 21st. A son escaped with a broken leg, jump ing from a second-story window. Db. Guiteras, the yellow fever ex pert, expresses the opinion that yellow fever was imported to this country from Havana, which port alwaj-s ha been a menace to the health of th United States. Angel Paz. who betrayed the Cubar Gen. Castillo to the Spaniards for S3, 000. was recently captured by the in surgeuts on his way to Cienfuegos tried by a drumhead court-martial and hanged. The grand jury. convened in specia1 session in Taunton, Mass., on the 22d, found indictments against W. Shay and Frank Ford, common counciluien of Fall River, for soliciting bribes in connection with the awarding of con tracts for furnishing a school. Tue United States treasury, on the 221, received from the reorganization committee of the Union Pacific rail way Sl3.ti45.2o0 in cash on account of the purchase of the road, and turned over to il.e committee that amount in bouds which had been on deposit with the government in the sinking fund of the road. Cai'T. Leonard A. Lovkbixo. of the Fourth infantry, statioued at Fort Sheridan, 111., appeared before acoutl uiartial at that post, on the 2:!l. to stand trial on the charge of "conduct prejudicial to good order and military discipline," the specific charge being the causing of Private Hainwoud to "be "dragged over the ground by the heels from the guard house to the ollice of the regimental adjutant. A sentence of six years and six mouths each, at hard labor, in the eastern penitentiary and the costs of the prosecution was iinpoed by Judge Xiutler, in the United States district court at Philadelphia, on the 22d. upon John B. Meixell, ex-cashier, and Willie E. Hoch, ex-teller of the South Bethlehem (Pa.) national bank, both of whom pleaded guilty to embezzle ment. Herbert Wiswall, a Boston capi talist, who fell down a stairway in the Grand theater at Atlanta, da., recent ly, died on the 22d. An inquest by the coroner's jury found that the fall was accidental. 1 he remains were shipped to Boston. The United States torpedo boat Por ter arrived at Savannah, Ga., on the 22d, to arrange for a visit of the Erics son. The Porter made the trip f rom .oyai in inree hours. Mrs. O Reillv. widow of the late John Boyle O Reilly, the patriot, poet and editor, died at her home in Boston oa the 22d. of pneumonia. LATE NEWS ITEMS. Marshal Blanco, the captain-general of Cuba, has been authorized by the government at Madrid t ; 1 creditof 3HI0.000. to b .Ut .i. immediate relief of the suffering peas ants who have been trathered in th- vicinity of the towns occupied by the ...t. j,au.u uoops. as a precaut onarir : measure, and who have been suffering I hardships aud Driv.-iflrm Ehkune II. Rtum. widow of Coramo dore John IJ,l I ir;...,i o.... i -w,-''" u ii i ir i a lt i h.i Mti nanit was arraigned in court t v, ew lii-iyh- ton. Statcn Island, on the 22tl. to an- iwerto the accusation of stealing a quantity of jewelry from a hons in which -ihe had recently boarded. Mrs. Ru.ld admitted that she had taken th property, but sai l that she could not tell why she had done so. Uxrours of general merchandise from the purt of New York, for the week cntled on the 231. were valued af. Si.i . 041. 4U' iutr w 403, against S7.478.08S in the Dreeen eek, and S7.721.20. in the eorr r-jMMiuiu- n-eeK oi last year; ana si January I, SttJ.G-iS.ScSi). against f 8B (U-tu sii in i:ic corresponding per 3ti,--! lat year. .Qf The countess of Latham, v turning from a shooting par bile re 23J. was thrown out of tb tV,-cn the killed near Wigan, Lan- e 4rep and countess was formerly L Aster. The liers. second daughter jfty-Aliee -Vil-earl of Clarendon. S' ; nhe fourth to the earl of Lathair .e'-vas married The London U'u ."ib'rsflo. about to issue a m: jeftlllic teajyue is position and pol .uffesto -defining its cen t negotiator ?n view tof the re states mouela ,s 'between the United British gove rV eomtnissron and the committee o ftieuL :The executive the qucstir f .thtJ ieasue is dtvided on Gkn. VV ,r"6: tatlo. of his fr ek,-addressing a number in Bar- tts suo.rtly' after his arrival his rr ywia; expressed great regret at Was 4t'l'.rtin ' I'lfh nrlilintr tl.nl ho, a-.cularly annoyed at the atti jc'bf Tdrtaiu newspapers, which de eir.e' favored the insurgents. 'Tarr Steamer Moan a of the Union sftpifchip Co., of New Zealand, which sails' from Sydney. 'N.'S. W.,' on the 23d;-'for San Francisco, carried 275, 00J iufc-ld. Slj an explosion in a firework. fac tory at Schoetihauseu-Allcc. Germany, on the 2:1.1. one man and two girls were l::lled audseven other persons were in j jred. PitiNCE IIesht of Prussia, brother of Emperor William, is t lalte comin m l of the German squ.idrou in Chinese waters. MISSOURI STATE NEWS. Bailroad FanMuBen Have Right. According to decisions handed down by the Kansas City court of appeals, a railroad company must deliver its pas sengers safely at a safe place or be re sponsible for injuries that may result from its neglect to do so. Mary Ana Spry, together with her three chil dren, boarded a Missouri, Kansas & T)xas train at a station in Howard county to no to Nevada, Mo. It wa-i very bad weather, and was raining , and soowinz. At Sedalia the train did nt pull up to the union depot, but slopped at what the j road calls its Fifth street depot, telling the passengers toe train would go no further, be cause there had been a flood and washout the other side of Sedalia The passengers. Includ ing Mary Ann Spry and the three children, got off at the Fifth Street depot to wait for another train that would go on by another road. But the little depot was small and dirty, and Mrs. Spry said she would rather walk to the union depot through the rain and snow and mud than stay in that di ty place. She did it, contracted a cold and sued the company. The court in Howard county said she could recover from the company, aud she did. getting a judg ment for t.MX The court of appeals affirmed the decision, saying it was the business of the railroad company to provide for its passengers a clean, comfortable place to wait, and deliver them safely there. Another case was that of John Talbot, who sued the Chicago & Alton Railroad Co. because its trainmen did not de liver him exactly on the depot platform at Clark, Ma The train pulled up to the depot platform, but the steps of the rear coach did not quite reach it. The porter opened the train irate for Talbot to pet off. Talbot stepped to the ground, but on a rock. His ankle turned, and he was thrown heavily to the ground. He sued the company, got judgment, and the court of appeals said he was entitled to it. Thought Traunforiice. The Thanksgiving proclamations of Gov. Stephens of Missouri and Gov. Piugree of Michigan bear a striking re semblance. Gov. Stephens issued his message November 1 and Gov. Piugree November 5. Gov. Stephtnt: Our great common wealth, tilled with a greater population than bel in.'ed to the whole country wjien our lathers fought fur national independence, c-au look Lack over the seventy-six years of statcuood and see the simple industries of the pioneers, grown to the many diversified indus tries which have made us the eighth state in wealth, aud we are lifth in numbers and polit ical power in this great Union. The spirit of philan thropy among our citi zens nas been active in provimngfor the needs of suffering and unfor tunate. Christian! workers have brought many to acknowledge their obli gations to lead better lives, and countless homes have been made happier for their eBorts during the year. . 6 or. i'intjrte: Our great common wealth, tilled with a larger population tnaa bt.'lone.i to our whole country when our fa thers fought for na tional inuependenee, can look back over the sixty years of state hood and see the sim ple industries of the pioneers grown to the diversitied iu terests which have made us a great slatj in wealth and in a great maiij other ways. The spirit of philan thropy umoiig our cit izens nas ber n active in providing for Ihen ects of sua.'i ing and unfor tunate. l.'hristriiin workers have brought many to acknowledge their obli gations to lead better lives, and countless numuers have been niatie happier for their efforts during the year. To Join Oarrett's Free-Love Colony. Says a dispatcn sent from Sedalia a few days ago; Fifteen families have left Jayvllle. Benton county. In wagons, to join "Kev." U S. Garrett, . ., ,,,:, who nas located a heaven" at Willow Springs. Howard county. Last summer "Kev." Garrett established a free-love community at Jayville and built a two-story building, in the Erst floor of which was the church, while in the sec ond story was the office of the World s t'reset. the organ of his peculiar doctrines. Tho con- ... . auu mc lemaie memDorv ft' community at Joyville b2C4m,i - . .ae ! Y"i,-r.H "S 5 AU"m oonoxious visited the World's Cr- . SIW or 3(W men Rev. U- - the street The quartsrs of ilg --tt were visited, but he escaped b, T JN"i,.,"7 Fr Land So.d. Judge ttillian, Leeper sol.l Tmi '' of land in Hughes townslUp Nc i" county, recently for$40.500 Six hundred and twenty acres of I to David Gelvin th. . s or ' 4 were sold forte per acreT The land i7e 7 "'e ' of Graham, and the amount pa- value for purely agricultural d. represents in The Onuiu up Gov. Stephens has p . he will ann..;nf ,niunecd Wsat range for a state ex' nssioners to ar productions for dis AWtof Missouri's mississinpi and I. P1 at t,lu Trans- tion, to be held : Jtevuationul exposi year. t Omaha, Neb., next Wade c At Libert- T" Vearo, against Fr -Jury iu the case Alexauder facia M. Wade for killing Springs. Schaniel near Excelsior returue A1 ('he uight of September 8, second t vedict of murder in the puuif . degree, and assessed Wade'a tiar Ainteet at 20 years in the peniten- Sentenced for -Forgery. (Prank Fulton, a farm-hand who ashed a forged check for 23 Septein I fber 23 last, and used the money to pur : 'chase a wedding outfit, was sentenced. .at 'Sedalia, to -five years in the peni tentiary. 'PaM' to Local Labor. The Missouri river improvements at and near Miami, Saline county, have been completed. Most of the mouey 822.000 was paid to local labor in the neighborhood. 'Two Lives Loet. James Jlarker and Elmer Fruit, young" men of prominent families, were cremated in a fire that destroyed Black 1 Bros. livery barn at Bethany. 1 For Alleged Slander. -In the Boone county circuit court Mrs. -Etta Hancock Courtney was given judgment for $7,750 against Dr. J. 8. Blackweli for alleged slander. Alleged Game Law Violative. "A. H. Purdy, a poultry and produce dealer of Golden City, was arrested on a charge of violating the game law by shipping out of the county. Wanted to Die. Harry Cox, ex-treasurer of Buchanan county, attempted suicide by jumping into the river at St. Joseph, but waa rescued and restrained. Stabbed In the Heart. Merritt Smith, colored, was stabbed and instantly killed at Uuntsrilla by James Dunn, also colored. One eat penetrated the heart. The Rifle Waa Loaded. Hiss Mame Ritchie, of Sturgeon, ac cidentally shot herself while cleaning what she thought to be an unloaded rifle. OUR NAVAL MILITIA- Secretary Rooaavft on LJeufc Gib bons Report. Meeds and Uaea of the Organization IU Zeal and EBIcieucy Teasel Wanted aad the Building of tteveral Brcommeod ed An Emergency Reeervo. Washington, Nov. 2. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt has submitted to the secretary of the navy, the report of Lieut. Gibbons' who has charge of naval militia matters. The report speaks' in high terms of the operations of the naval militia and is approved by Mr. Roosevelt. Commenting on the inspection made by himself, Mr. Roosevelt says: '! was greatly pleased with the zeal and efficiency shown by the different organizations which I personally visi ted (Ohio, Michigan, Illinois and New York), and no less with the showing made by most of the others, as set fourth in the accompanying reports. "The different stx.ts organizations are continually asking for old vessels, and the department has finally tried the experiment of sending the Yantic to the lakes for the use of the Michi gan militia. The supply of these old wooden vessels has now become prac tically exhausted. The department has tried the experiment of loaning monitors to the different organiza tions, but the results have not, so far, been satisfactory. "There are three or four of these or ganizations which, in the event of a sudden emergency, could be utilized at once for manning the smaller cruisers, but this, of course, cannot generally be the case with the majority of the organizations. They must be depended upon primarily as a second Mne of de fense. There are two very important features which should be attended to, the placing of mines, and the es tablishment of signal stations for coast defense. The department should request that there should be inserted in the provision for the maintenance of naval militia the words "submariae mining outfits.' so as to allow of train ing them for this purpose. The de partment has also been maturing plans for signal stations for the coast de fense, and a very slight expenditure of money, with the co-operation of the treasury, will put thess on a satisfac tory basis. The organizations are con tinually requesting the detail of officers to instruct them, and they can best of all be instructed by actual service on regular war vessels, or under the su pervision of naval officers, and in con junction with the sailors. "It is much to be wished that con gress will authorizj, in the first place, the substitution for the old paddle wheel steamer Michigan on the lakes of a small modern gunboat, perhaps on the Petrel typa, to be devoted largely to cruising with the lake mili tia organizations and to overseeing them; and, furthermore, to the b1-''ii' ing.of one similar small cruiser "ti " Pacific, and two on the Atl- ,. f - - , . .ntic, to be -aed for this same Pp- WUb these cruisers it wqul possible bring W-4 naval militia organizations to a very high standard of efficiency and the vruisera themselves, of course, would be available at any moment for any of the regular naval uses in an emergency." A NOTE OF WARNING. Ataierlca Catting Deeply Into England' Foreign Trade and Invading Her Home Territory, London. Nov. 94. Rt- Hath Charles C. Ritchie, president of the board of trade, made an important speech be fore the chamber of commerce of Croy don yesterday, taking as his theme the decline of British exports during the last ten months, upon which he hung a grave warning against American cfn- petition, now "ousting British trase Mr. Ritchie, after declaring tht the Dingley tariff and the engineering trade dispute were mainly responsible for the recent decline of exports, and after pointing out that "England had no weapons against the tariff, said there was a great deal of talk in com mercial circles about 'the serious com petition of Germany, but he thought they ware -too apt to overlook a more serious competitor in the United States. "The facts are serious," he continued, "and call upon 'us for the exercise of all our powers 'to enable us to main tain our .position in the commercial world. There is no doubt the United States. is executing orders which ought to-be executed here. As we all know an American firm obtained the con tract for the Central Underground rail way (of London), as its bid was lower than those of the English concern, .and it could deliver the supplies three months ahead of the British tenders. Many important continental orders have gone to America. -"The same is to be said of Egypt and Japan, where the Americans are doing work that Englishmen should have done. In consequence of the engineer ing dispute many orders are -leaving the country, and unfortunately these orders seldom return. "America's successful "Competition it due to her enterprise in embarking capital, but it is yet more due to the freedom her manufacturers enjoy of employing the best machinery and working it in the most economic man ner, untrammelled by the restrictions which have hampered "manufacturer! here." COUNTESS OF -LATHOM KILLED. fhrown from Trap While Retaralng from m Shooting Part. London, Nev. 84. The counteos of Lathom, while returning from a shoot ing party yesterday, was thrown out of the trap and killed near Wigan, Lan cashire. The countess was formerly Lady Alice Villiers, second daughter of the fourth -earl of Clarendon. She was married to the earl of Latham in I860. They bad foor children, -two tons and t-wo -daughters. The earl of Latham is the lord chamberlain of the houanuold of Queen Victoria. WOMEN POSTMASTERS And Employe, of the Port Offlee Depart--meat A Oood Showing In Their Behalf A Krqnest f or Inf ormatioa from the - man tioierament Call Forth" Home In teresting Information. Washington. Nov. 24. First Assist ant Postmaster General Heath has transmitted to the postal department of the German government through. Second Assistant Shallenberger a com prehensive report on the employment of women in the government service There are 71,022 postoiKces in the" United States, at each of which there are several employes who lawfully may be either men or women. Postmasters at third and fourth-class offices select their own employes without con sulting the department, and it is, ac cordingly, impossible to give the exact number of women employed in the. postal service. There are, however,. 7.670 women postmasters and. perhaps,. 80,000 women to whom the oath of of fice has been administered to qualify them to assist in conducting the busi ness of the post office. There are 16T women employed in the post office de partment proper. "Women," the report says, "are em ployed in all branches of the postal service, except as letter carriers, clerks in the railway mail service and as post office inspectors. They are not de barred by rule or regulation from en tering any branch of the service. In fact, there are post offices in the United States at which there are none but women employed. The same salary is paid them as to men for the same character of work. Ia the post office department salaries now paid to women vary from 240 to 51,830 per annum, according to service per formed, though there is no rale pre venting them from receiving more than that, and as postmasters or assistants they sometimes received much larger salaries. "Some of the most faithful and ef ficient employes iu the postal service are women." Continuing, the report says it has been a mooted question for many years with the heads of the executive departments whether women can ren der as good general service as men. be cause the latter are transferable at all times to other positions, whereas women may be confronted with duties in a sense indelicate, or which require too much manual labor. But it is seN tlym that duties devolve on any clerk or officer which cannot be properly" performed by women. The conclusion of the department is that, altogether, the services of women have proven almost, if not equally satisfactory with those of men. The report is basjd on a request of the German government to be in formed as to what has been the gen eral experience of the United States government with women employes. Gtfi. WcYLER SPIAKS. Annojed at CrltlcUul Concentration) Ex plained Oppoaed to Autonomy. Barcelona, Nov. 24. Gen. Weyler,. addressing a number of his friends shortly after his arrival here, ex pressed great regret at his recall from Cuba, adding that he was particularly annoyed at the attitude of certain newspapers, which declared he fa vored the insurgents. Continuing, the. general remarked: "Spanish soldiers, however, have the same contempt for these papers as the; have for filibusters." Referring to the concentration of the Cuban peasants near the towns of1 that island, Oen. Weyler explained that he devilled sueh a step necessary, because they were spies, and the most devoted fri.euds of the enemy." la regard to autonomy, the former" eaptai j-general of Cuba said: "Autonomy in Cuba would be raosk unfortunate for national industry. 1'he riches of Cuba belong to Spain, and autonomy means the disappear ance of Spanish workmen and com plete misery throughout the island. "There is as much rear on for Cata lonia, the Balearic islands and the other provinces to ask for autonomy as for Cuba to do so." It is understood in Barcelona that Gen. Weyler will hold aloof from the Carlists and republicans, but he de sires to pose as the champion of na tional production, and aims at reor ganizing the conservative party, and in order to realize his protectionist ideal he will vigorously oppose the granting of tariff autonomy to Cuba. AN OPEN RUPTURE PROBABLE. Conservatives In Calm and the Marqnls of Apeztegala Do Not Agree. Havana, Nov. 24. The statements credited to the marquis of Apezteguia, leader of the conservative party in Cuba, in interviews in New York, while on his way from Spain, via that city.'are producing displeasure among the followers of the marquis here, particularly his remarks to the effect that Weyler did-not deserve the abuse -or criticism he has received, etc. Such allegations coming from a conserva tive leader, who is credited with hav ing brought about the recall of Gen. Weyler from Cuba, are resented and are classed as being on a par with the utterances and behavior of those who are taking part in the demonstrations in honor of the former captain general of this island. As a result, it ia be lieved that an open rupture between the conservatives and the marq.uis will follow his return here. Opinions Differ oa the Qaeetloa. of Aato nomy. Madrid, Nov. 24. The Imparcial strongly opposes the granting of tariff autonomy to Cuba, declaring that on Jess Spanish products are admitted to. that island on preferential terms, geo .-graphical conditions wjll compel the .peninsula to renounce. the Cuban matv ket. El Liberal strongly supports the -proposition to give Cuba an autono mous tariff, and publishes documents. ' :tending to show that all the Cubans, even the Spanish, colonist, desire, autonomy.