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'i\: 1 iitmnr f^ribmn* TRIBUNK PKINTINU CO Publisher*. WIULMAR. MINN It may be of interest to know that the average duration of yellow fever is a week, but in graver cases the attack may be precipitate and prove speedily fatal. Scientists declare that the physical deterioration of the human race, which has been going on for centuries, has ceased and a gradual improvement com menced. An Indiana minister who has married 1,200 couples has invited the entire lot to attend a reunion at his home. It is probable that most of them will send "regrets." Again comes a quiet intimation that town lots in Jerusalem are about to ex perience a boom, but it will be well not to get excited over the rumor. There has been a great deal of money lost in Jerusalem in the last 2,000 years. A New York woman who is making a study of flowers and their effects upon different temperaments claims that yel low blossoms afford protection from disease germs, that daisies worn by nervous women will benefit them and that violets act as intoxicants or stim ulants upon some people. Almost every nation, with the excep tion of Great Britain and the United States, 3s overtaxed to meet the ex penses of maintaining its army and navy. France runs behind to the amount of $100,000,000, Austria has an annual deficit of $SO,000,000, Russia of $50,000, 000 and Italy of $30,000,000. Four thousand of the Smith family held a reunion at Peapack, N. J., the other day. All of them trace their an cestry to a certain John Smith, who came to that part of the country as a boy ICO years ago. Whether he was a relative of John Smith of the Pocahon tas love affair is not known. A dispatch from Home says that Sig. Marconi, the inventor of the wireless telegraphy system, is soon coming to America for the purpose of endeavor ing to establish communication be tween this country and England by means of his newly invented apparatus. How ridiculous such an announcement would have sounded five, three or two years ago, or, for that matter, this time last year. Ex-Speaker Heed, who has resigned his position in congress and gone to New York city to practice law, is 60 years old, having been born in 1839. He has been continuously in politics since 1869, serving without interruption in congress for 22 years of that time, and having been last j'ear elected for anoth er term. He says he has had enough of politics, and in this alone he shows that he is a great man, for few men who have been in the political arena as long as he ever get enough. An unusual application was made to the United States district court at Pitts burgh. William Dowling, of Titusville, asked permission to withdraw his for mer petition in bankruptcy, his wife having paid his debts in full One of the receipts submitted was unique, inas much as it is dated back to Genesis. It reads as follows: "Received of William Dowling, by hand of Ann Dowling, the sum of $700, in full settlement of all claims from the beginning of the world to and including the date of this re ceipt." Heading matter is a costly luxury in the Klondike. Editor Harry G. Steele, of Ashland, Pa., has arrived at Dawson City and is about to commence the pub lication of the Daily News, the pioneer publication of the kind in the country, all publications in the past having been "semioccasional." Editor Steele an nounces that the paper will sell for 25 cents per copy, or $1.50 per week, and that the advertising rates are to be $1.25 per inch for each insertion. We are in clined to believe that the editor of that new paper is well named. Ex-Gov. Hogg, of Texas, says regard ing the stories about his children's names: "The truth of the matter is that my girl's name is Ima Hogg. She was named by her mother. Her mother was reading a book somewhere in which one of the characters which interested her exceptionally was named Ima. About that time the little girl came along and she was named Ima. We never noticed the play of the name un til it was called to our attention. The boys all have rational names. They are Tom, Mike and Will." The new religious law which has gone into effect in Japan requires that before beginning religious work propagators of a faith must go before a governor with full details. They must fully ex plain the scheme of faith, and if at any time any change occurs in any of the tenets the preacher in charge must go to the governor for permission. The lot of the local Japanese governors is likely to be an unhappy one when the missionaries representing the various denominations of the Christian church ask them to grasp the mysteries of all the differing creeds. A New York lawyer has been in formed by a decision of the supreme court that he must pay his wife's dress maker for making a silk dress, for which he.insisted his wife alone was liable, on the ground that he provided his wife with a weekly allowance, be sides paying the household expenses. The presiding justice sajdjhat notwith standing the statutes which allow a married woman, to make contracts, etc., as if she were unmarried, the husband was liable for such articles as she might purchase for herself, if they were suit able to her husband's means. There are 400 George Deweys in New York city. Every, one of these babies has been named for the hero of Manila bay. No other American, with the pos sible exception of George Washington, ha* been so universally recognized by having babies named for him as Ad miral Dewey. At one time the merry game went on at the rate of ten a day, There are no distinctions. Rich and influential parents apparently have as great delight in honoring Dewey as the poor and unknown. Many girls have been named Georgiana Dewey, and a f«* s»re been called Dewiana. •iii.i,-iV .iCj^iVia-jSi j:'ini.jrli|i|K0jiia)Pj!ij»!Vi iffElMORT Che important Happenings of a Week Briefly Told. IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION All the Latest News of Interest from Washington, From the East, the West and the South. THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES FROM WASHINGTON. In a report to the war department Gen. Wood says the Cubans are not fit for self-government, and that Ameri can control must be continued In definitely to bring about- needed re forms. A reward of $30 and travel pay not to exceed $20 is offered by the war de partment to any civil officer who will deliver to the military authorities any deserter from the United States army. The war department was informed by Gen. Brooke that the Cuban army had been paid, and of the $3,000,000 set apart for that purpose there was $400,000 left. In an interview in Washington Sen ator Carter, of Montana, said that in his opinion the war in the Philippines would be ended by January 1. President Schurman, of the Philip pine commission, made a comprehen sive statement of the situation on the islands at a meeting of the president's cabinet. On the 5th the amount of net gold in the United States treasury was $249, 246,254, exceeding all records. THE EAST. In Philadelphia the thirty-third na tional encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic was formally in augurated. President McKinley was in attendance. Throughout the country Labor day was very generally observed. In New York the central Porto Rican relief committee has issued another appeal to the people of the United States on behalf of the sufferers from the hurricane. John Flanagan, the world's champion hammer thrower, made a new world's record at Bayonne, N. J., flinging the missile 164 feet 6 inches. Sarah A. Baker died in Philadelphia, aged 81 years. She was the oldest Amer ican actress. J. Mahoney broke the world's profes sional record in Boston for the one-chartered handed 56-pound weight throw, landing it 30 feet 7 inches. At Newport News, Vt., the first-class battleship Kearsarge was given her builders* trial trip and made a maxi mum speed of 17% knots, showing her to be the fastest boat in the navy. At the age of 50 years Alfred Hender son, head of the seed firm of Peter Hen derson & Co., died at Spring Lake, N. J. In the United States the visible sup ply of grain on the 5th was: Wheat, 34, 768,000 bushels corn, 6,738,000 bushels oats,5,085,000 bushels rye, 528,000 bush els barley, 944,000 bushels. The former political boss of Grave send, John Y. McKane, who served four years in Sing Sing^ for election frauds, died at his home in Sheepshead Bay, N. Y., aged 58 years. Frederick M. Brookhouse was hanged at Wethersfield, Conn., for complicity in the murder of Daniel N. S. Lambert in Wilton, December 17, 1897. At the national encampment in Phil adelphia 40,000 grand army veterans passed in review before President Mc Kinley. Five persons were drowned by the capsizing of the yacht Ahadiain Sheeps cot bay at Bath, Me. WEST AND SOUTH. In Chicago Henry Emde killed his wife and five-year-old daughter and then took his own life. Domestic trouble was the cause. In Cleveland, O., rioters stoned street cars and ten of them were arrested. The commissioners who are enrolling the Chickasaw Indians at Atoka, O. T., enrolled Pah-He-Dah, aged 130 years. William Holl, Nicholas Fass and Au gust Schirck were killed by the cars at a crossing in Cedar Grove, Wis. At Pinconning, Mich., fire destroyed 13 business houses and 25 dwellings, with their contents. Yellow fever has become epidemic at Key West, Fla. Henry, James and Puss Campbell (brothers) were suffocated by foul air in a well near Kennard, Ky. A. Van Guilder, a carpenter in Salt Lake City, insane from illness, killed his daughter and boy and then committed suicide. On October 20 the National Woman's Christian Temperance union will com mence its twenty-sixth, annual conven tion in Seattle, Wash. The most noted of the chiefs of the Wisconsin Winnebago Indians, Black Hawk, died in Brockway, aged 90 years. James Ball, a laborer, at Greentown, Ind., fatally shot his father-in-law, Henry Murden, a well-known real es tate and insurance man, and then killed himself. Family trouble was the cause. The republican party of Virginia has declined to make any nominations for the legislature oh the ground that the elections are miserable farces. By the running away of a team in Burlington, W»s., ten persons were seri ously injured. For 1899 the com crop of the United States is estimated at 2,500,000,000 bush els, breaking all previous records. September 14 the Iowa' democratic campaign will begin at Davenport. At £ey West, Fla,, the number of yel low fever cases is increasing steadily. The Atchison national bank of Atch ison, Kan., closed its doors with liabil ities of $189,163. Bad investments caused the suspension. Carnero established a new world's record for,one mile and a sixteenth at the Hawthorne race track in Chicago, the time being 1:45. In Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Nebraska and Kentucky intense beat prevailed, the mercury ranging from.06 degrees to 103 degrees. The Marblehead, Capt. Colby in com mand, arrived in San Francisco from her long cruise of 14,000 miles from New York around Cape Horn. The American Bankers' association commenced its twenty-fifth annual eon vention in Cleveland, O. On Lookout mountain atChattanooga, Tenn., gold in large quantities has been discovered. -.- i.i,li»Mi»«M II. nil If The death of Henry Pierce, for 21 years Episcopal bishop of Arkansas, oc curred at Fayetteville, aged 77 years. Off Amherstburg, O., the yacht Buck eye was lost with six prominent Toledo people, aboard. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Admiral Dewey will remain at Gib raltar until the middle of this month, when he will sail for New York. England is said to have completed plans for a war with the Boers in South Africa. By the foundering of a sailboat seven lives were lost at Halifax, N. S. With 48 officers and 1,210 volunteers the Tartar left Manila for San Fran cisco. On Lake Huron the schooner Lisgar, of Toronto, was lost with her crew of seven. Filipinos are endeavoring to secure recognition from the Japanese govern ment. An appeal has been made by Queen Wilhelminaof the Netherlands to Queen Victoria to intervene in the interests of peace in South Africa. In an interview in Gibraltar Admiral Dewey said that he hoped the next dry season would see the insurrection quelled in the Philippines. He also said that he did not expect to go on sea serv ice again, except in the event of war, and that he would probably retire un der the regulations. In Manila Lieut. Bat son, of the Fourth cavalry, has organized a band of 100 Macabebe scouts, who will operate under the direction of Maj. Gen. Law ton. All of them were former Spanish volunteers. All of the republic of Santo Domingo has joined the revolution, and at pres ent peace is reigning. LATER NEWS, The business portion of Hcrtonville. Wis., was destroyed by fire. The republican state convention of Maryland nominated Lloyd Lowndes for governor. President McKinley was elected a member of the Bricklayers' and Stone masons' International union of Chi sago. Fifty persons wpre injured in a rear end collision on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad at Connolsville, Pa, Robinson's opera house at Cincinnati was damaged by lightning. On account of the unrest at Vene zuela, the navy department has or dered the Detroit, at Philadelphia, to proceed at once to La Guayra. The heat in western Indiana the 6th was terrific, the thermometer touch ing 104 in the shade. The quartermaster's department has the ship Lennox to carry horses from San Francisco to Manila. Fire destroyed three stores at White hall, Wis. An entire business block at Marble Rock, lo., was destroyed by fire. Another street car strike riot oc curred at Cleveland. Two cars were derailed. Several revolver shots were firtd and one or two of the rioters wounded. An open switch caused a wreck on the Erie railroad at Millers' Station, Pa., in wfiich three Meadville men were killed and one injured. A tramp was killed and one injured. The Iowa regiment, the last of the volunteer organizations on duty in the island of Luzon, has been withdrawn from Calulet to the barracks at Caiii can, preparatory to departing for home.. The number who will sail in 806. Robert Miller, the American charged with the murder of H. N. Ward and two Japanese women, was convicted and sentenced to be executed at Yoko hama Sept. 19. Detailed reports of the accident sus tained by the cruiser Newark recently as she was entering the Golden Gate, show that what might have been a serious accident was averted by the fact that the ship was only under half speed, and that, owing to the thought fulness of her engineer, Commander Morritz, a double force in the engine room enabled the steam to be cut off promptly. Thomas R. Roddy of Chicago, was elected chief of the Winnebago Indians in Wisconsion. MINOR NEWS ITEMS. Daniel Lamont's private fortune is now said to reach $5,000,000. Frank H. Burford, a 15-year-old boy, has been admitted to the bar in Guth rie, O. T. The navy department has taken steps for the opening of a naval recruiting station at Buffalo, N. Y. The queen regent of Spain has signed a decree calling out 60,000 men of the 1G99 class for military service. Gups are now being made'with small thermometers which' tell the degree of temperature of the cocoa or coffee they hold. Alexander Henderson, of Syracuse, has acted as pall bearer at the funeral of 172 of his friends during the last 50 years. Two divinity students are working their way through Yale by doing job printing. The name of the firm is Clark & Watkins. At the convention in Marquette, Mich., of the Western Hay Fever asso ciation W. A. Rowe, of Des Moines, was elected president. The former Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes may be in the big water pa rade at New York this month in honor of Admiral Dewey's return. William Henry Ijams, who has re signed as treasurer of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad company, was in the serv ice of that corporation for 46 years. Cadet Philip D. Smith, wno was ap pointed to the military academy in West Point from Nebraska in 1897, was dismissed from the institution for hazing. ,, Secretary ot Agriculture Wilson is ar ranging for an exhaustive scientific in vestigation of the abandoned farms of New England with a view of their recla mation. Gen. B. F. Tracy, who is now in Eu rope and has attended sessions of the Dreyfus trial, says it is conducted more like a desultory conversation.club than anything else. At the coming session of congress Ha waii will be represented by William 0 Smith, formerly attorney general of that country. He will be appointed by President Dole. David Rankin, of Talkio, Mo., who ia •aid to be the richest farmer in the world, made his beginning with no oth er capital than a horse. He now owns, at the age of ?4,23,000 acres df land, worth from $50 to $100 an acre. Tl IS IN LINE. Fully 35»ooo Old Soldiers March in the Grand Army Parade. The Tramping: Hosts Pass in Review Before the Chief Magistrate— President Visits the Naval Fleet—Address at Klgnt. Philadelphia, Sept. 6.—Tuesday was the big day of the grand army encamp ment and the city Was alive at an early hour. The presence in the city of Presi dent McKinley increased the interest and his drive over the route of the parade aroused the greatest enthusiasm among the throngs- on the streets. Ad miral Sampson and the captains of his fleet made a formal call upon the presi dent before nine o'clock, Mr. McKinley receiving them in the reception room set apart for him during his stay at the Hotel Walton. Afterward the presidential party, in cluding the admiral and the captains, entered carriages and went over the route of the parade. The president's carriage was drawn by four richly caparisoned bay horses. With the president were Gov. Stone of Pennsyl vania, Mayor Ashbridge and Gen. Louis Wagner, chairman of the G. A. R. executive committee. The Parade. The head ot the procession moved at ten o'clock down Broad street, east side of city hail,tdMarket street to Fourth, to Chestnut, to Broad, to Pitie, where the parade was dismissed. The distance covered was five miles. Independence hall was passed during the march and caps were lifted and colors dipped by the veterans. The chorus of 3,000 school children occupied a portion of the grand stand on the north side^of the city hall and sang pa triotic airs as the veterans passed. At no celebration since the centennial has this city seen the crowdswhich lined the streets along which the veterans passed. The Avenue of Fame, with its snow-white columns and festoons of bunting and laurel was the favorite view point. President Visits the Fleet. A visit to the fleet was decided upon Tuesday morning when Admiral Samp son called upon the president at the Hotel Walton. It was the intention to have the chief executive remain here until Friday to review the naval pa rade and visit the squadron, but the president's desire to return to Washing ton caused a rearrangement in the pro gramme. The visit of the president to the squadron proved to be the greatest marine spectacle ever seen here. It was the intention to have Mr. McKinley to visit only the New York, but he grew so enthusiastic over the great fighters that he suddenly made up his mind to inspect all of fhem. Accordingly he visited the flagship New York, cruiser Brooklyn and the battleships Indiana, Massachusetts and Texas. It was his intention to also visit the cruiser De troit, but much to his regret he was unable to do so on account of lack of time. There was almost a continuous roar of guns during the 1% hours that it took to inspect the vessels. In all 462 guns were fired by the squadron in presidential salutes. President Makes an Address. Enthusiasm was rampant at night. Wherever President McKinley appeared he received a tipmendous ovation, par ticularly at the. Academy of Music, where the grand army was officially welcomed to the city and state by Mayor Ashbridge and Gov. Stone. The president was introduced as "Comrade" McKinley. He said: "It has given me great pleasure to as sociate with you to-day. I have been deep ly touched by many of the scenes which all of us have witnessed. With the joy aside of the glad reunion of old comrades who fought side by side in a common cause and for a common country, there was the other sad side, that so many of our com rades who two years ago marched proudly with you through the city of Buffalo are no longer ip the ranks. The circle is nar rowing. As years roll on one after another is not present at our reunions, but account ed for. They have gone to join the great majority of our comrades who sleep to night beneath the low green tent whose cur tains never outward sway. "But, with it all, my comrades, I could not but inquire, as I witnessed the vast procession of old veterans and heard the plaudits of the people, I could not but ask the question: 'What has endeared this vast army to the American people? What has enshrined you in their hearts? What has given you-ai permanent, unperishable place in history? The answer comes, that you saved the nation. It,was because you did something: aye, you sacrificed some thing. You were willing to give up your lives for civilization and liberty, not for the civilization and liberty of an hour, but of ages. That has given you the place in the hearts, of the}American people. "Great and good deeds never die, and the Grand Army of the Republic is to be congratulated to-night that the union is saved and the peace it secured at Appo mattox Court I^ouse more than a third of a century ago, is stronger, better ahd dearer to the American people to-day than ever before in ah our history. We areNataroute once more and forever one people—one in faith, one in purpose, willing to sacrifice our lives for the 'honor of our country and the glory of our flag. The blue and the gray march under one flag—we've got but one flag now—the same that our grand fathers lifted up, the same our fathers bore, and that flag which you kept stain less and made triumphant forevermore. "I. may be pardoned for saying in this presence that this has been one of the happiest days of my life, looking into tbe faces of my comrades. They are getting a little too old for war, but they are all right. That 'during last year and this summer, we were able to convene 250,000 of the best- young men in the United States .was due to the example of your patriotism and the inspiration of your ex ample." Spanish Officers Acquitted. Madrid, Sept. 6.—The trial of Capt. Diaz Moreu, who commanded the Span ish cruiser Cristobal Colon at the battle of Santiago de Cuba/and Gen. Parede, who was on board the Colon, on charges arising from the destruction of the Spanish fleet Off Santiago on July 3 of last year, was concluded, both the ac cused officers being acquitted. Declines' Appointment. Washington, Sept. 0. Putnam B. Strong, son of ex-Mayor Strong, of New York, has declined the appointment of major in- the Forty-second regiment, United States volunteer infantry. Death of John Y. McKane. New York. Sept. 6.—John Y. McKane, at one time "king" of Coney Island, died at his home at Sheepshead Bay at 6:55 Tuesday night. His death was due to a paralytic stroke. His health Ead been poor since, he was released from Sing Sing prison a year ago, where he had served 4% years for election frauds. Three cases Fatal. Washington, Sept. 6.—A telegram frdxn Surgeon Carter,-of the marine hospital service, to Surgeon Genera! Wyman reports that to date there have been 28 cases of yellow fever at Key West, three of which have proved fatal. •A THE TRANSVAAL TROUBLE. Tbe Situation Dally Growing More Serious—Activity in tbe British Admiralty- and War Office*. London, Sept. 6.—The premier, the marquis of Salisbury, wilt come to Lon don to-day from Walmer to confer with the secretary of state for the col onies, Joseph Chamberlain, and a cab inet council has been summoned for Friday, urgent messages having been sent to all the ministers requesting their attendance. There is great ac tivity at the admiralty, the war office and the colonial office. Numerous tele grams from South Africa arrived at the colonial office yesterday, but their contents have not been made public. Gen. Lord Wolseley, field marshal and commander-in-chief, is in daily commu nication with the war office, as are also Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood, adjutant general to the forces, and Col. Hector Archi bald MacDonald, aid-de-camp to the queen. The press association asserts that the officers of the Highland light infantry at Devonport notified their men last evening to prepare for de-momentous parture, probably on Thursday. The Daily Mail expresses the opinion that the "next move will be an ulti matum unless President /Kruger yields." It declares that 15,000 men is the outside number that the Transvaal government can put into the field. The Berlin correspondent of the Daily Mail says: "I learn from Boer sources that reliable news has been re ceived at The Hague from Pretoria to the effect that President Kruger will not give Mr. Chamberlain time to send an ultimatum, but will take advantage of the first suspicious move of the British troops on the border to assume the offensive." Berlin, Sept. 6.—The Nueste Nach richten, commenting upon the news that the Germans in the Transvaal are forming a league to help the Boers, says: "We fear that this offer will en tice the Transvaal government to carry their resistance against England fur ther than is advisable." Other mfluen tial German papers continue to warn President Kruger that he need not hope to receive the least help from Europe. Johannesburg, Sept. 6.—Public anx iety shows no abatement, and the ex odus of the population continues. The staffs of several large financial houses are leaving with their books for Cape Town. At a public meeting held at Boksburg the field cornet guaranteed the safety of all the residents of the district. He announced that the natives would be transported immediately upon a declaration of war, in trucks that were waiting at every railway sta tion, and he advised families to group themselves and that superintendents be appointed to take charge of each group. Magdeburg, Sept. 6.—The Magdeburg Gazette says that Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands has written to Queen Victoria appealing to the British sov ereign to intervene in the interests of peace in South Africa. London, Sept. 6.—The latest news re ceived in this city from various points in South Africa is vague and contra dictory. Nothing more is known re garding the status of the negotiations between Great Britain and the Trans vaal than that learned Monday. The officials of the British war office emphatically deny that the reserves have been called out or that any.steps have been taken to that end. The afternoon newspapers follow the lead of the morning papers in taking an extremely grave view of the situa tion, although the war office denial somewhat tends to allay the wildly alarmist reports current late at night. The Boer organ here, the Standard and Diggers' News, prints a dispatch from Pretoria saying that the tension there was apparently less severe and that it was believed arrangements for the proposed conference at Capt Town would be completed, although Presi dent Kruger of the Transvaal republic was unlikely to attend. The opinion of those who regard the beginning of a war between Great Britain and the Transvaal as only a matter of a short time is voiced by the St. James' Gazette, which says: "The news concerning the crisis is very grave. We learn that three more infantry brigades have been ordered to Cape Col ony, including the Gordons, of Dargai fame: one battalion of the Highland light infantry, who fought in Crete, the Second battalion of the Black Watch, and the Second battalion of the Cameronians. These regiments are under orders to be ready to leave at 24 hours' notice. The of ficers and men are delighted at the pros pect of active service. "In service circles war is considered ab solutely certain. The admiralty have a number of transports ready to convey troops to Cape Colony. The Boers, while procrastinating in regard to their reply, have been making every preparation for war and are contemplating raiding the frontier. Laings Neck, which is the sole from the Transvaal to Natal, is undefended." Oldest-Actress Dead. Philadelphia, Sept. 6.—Mrs. Sarah A. Baker, who has just died at Forest Home, was the oldest American actress. Her last appearances were made with Thomas W. Keene during the season preceding his death. After that she re tired from the stage and a place was found for her at the Forest Home. Mrs. Baker was born in Philadelphia in 1818 and made her debut 19 years later at the Walnut Street theater, of which her fa ther, Charles S. Porter, was at that time manager. :i Dewey May Retire. Gibraltar, Sept. 6.—Admiral Dewey on Tuesday expressed.a favorable opin ion as to the outcome of the war in the Philippine islands, saying that he hoped the next dry season would see the insurrection quelled. The admiral said, that he did not expect to go on sea service again except in the event of war, and that he will probably re tire under the regulations. The Enlistments. Washington, Sept. 6.—The number of enlistments Monday was 291, making a total of 2,893 for the last call for volun teers. Breaks Her Record. New York, Sept. 6.—The .North Ger man Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wilhelm Der Grosse arrived Tuesday morning from Bremen, Southampton and Cherbourg after a record passage of 5 days, 18 hours and 15 minutes, beating her best previous westward Cherbourg passage by 2 hours and 53 minutes. Cousin of Dreyfus Dead. Joplin, Mo., Sept. 6.—Abe Dreyfus, aged 35 years, said to be a cousin of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus of France, is dead here of typhoid malaria. He came to Joplin from Fayetteville, Ark., twoworking weeks ago to clerk in a clothing store. PHILIPPINES BLOCKADE. Administration Hesitates to Take the Step, But Is Giving the Ques tion Much Thought. Washington, Sept. 6.—The matter of making an effective blockade in the Philippines, and especially around, the island of Luzon, so as to prevent the' insurgents from obtaining ammunition and supplies, is one that is. giving the administration considerable concern. It jhas not been deemed feasible to proclaim a blockade, as it would indi cate a state of war and possibly open a way to the recognition of the insur gents. Whether or not it is feasible to attack, subdue and garrison all the ports of Luzon which might serve as ports of supply for the Filipinos has n«jt yet been determined. Heretofore there have not been sufficient troops in Luzon to make this possible, and the question will now arise whether troops had best be spared for this purpose. New York, Sept. 6.—A special from Washington says: The decision of a question by the president is pending. It is this: Shall the Ameri can army in the Philippines be com manded by the three major generals of the regular army—Nelson A. Miles, Wesley Merritt and John R. Brooke? Gen. Miles suggests that all the major generals of the regular army be sent to the scene of hostilities. It is probable that this plan will be adopted. It re moves the president's objection to let ting Miles win the military glory he would be certain to secure if he alone went to the Philippines, eliminates Otis as a factor, therefore Otis could not re gard himself as humiliated if the three major generals arrived in Luzon, and is understood to have Secretary Root's support. It is therefore likely that the fall campaign against Aguinaldo will be fought under the direction of the highest military officers of the nation. Unless Adjt. Gen. Corbin succeeds in dissuading the president from taking this step, the necessary order will be issued within a few days. BANKERS IN SESSION. Largest Attendance at Cleveland, O., In the History of the American Bankers' Association. Cleveland, O., Sept. 6.—The twenty fifth annual convention of the Ameri can Bankers' association was called to order in the auditorium of the chamber of commerce building Tuesday with probably the largest attendance in the history of the organization. Between 1,200 and 1,500 visiting bankers, representing all sections of the country, were present. The amount of capital represented by the delegates in round numbers is given at $5,700,000,000. The report of the treasurer, George M. Reynolds, of Chicago, showed that the total income for the past year was $125,151.64. The total balance on hand is $52,0S4.90. This report with the re port of the secretary were ordered printed in the minutes. After the re port of the auditing committee, Alvah Trowbridge read the report of the executive committee, after which a number of resolutions were introduced. SCORCHING WEATHER. Intense Heat Reported from Many Localities—Long- Drought Dam ages Vegetation and Crop*. Chicago, Sept. 6.—From Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Missouri, Nebraska and Ken tucky come dispatches telling of in tense heat on Tuesday, the mercury ranging from 96 degrees to 103 degrees. Vegetation in many localities is burn ing up with the heat and extended drought. Late corn and potatoes are badly damaged. Prostrations from heat are^ reported from many points, some cases proving fatal. In Chicago the thermometer reached its highest point at five p. m., register ing at that hour 98 degrees. There were many prostrations, two of them proving: fatal. Channel Is Blocked. Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., Sept. 6.—The steel steamer Douglas Houghton, the largest ship on the lakes, lies sunk across the channel of St. Mary's river at the Sailors' Encampment, and ef fectually blocks the passage of Lake Superior commerce. All down boats are being advised fo wait here until some thing has been done with the wreck, and it is said that it will take several days to raise the steamer. The Houghton grounded and swung around across the channel. While in this position she was struck by the schooner Fritz and near ly cut in two. The steamer sank to the bottom at once, in such a position that the deep channel is blocked. Jlmenes' Popularity. Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo, Sept. 6. —Gen. Juan Isidro Jimines landed here Tuesday, having come from Cuba, touching at Cape Haytien on the way. He was received at the water's side by, an immense throng. The populace hailed him as the country's deliverer. Santo Domingo, Sept. 6.—The pro visional government, which arrived here Tuesday, met with a splendid re ception. Festivals of all kinds had been prepared by the people, who are anxious to demonstrate their satisfaction at the change of government. The whole re public has joined the revolution, and at present peace is reigning. Bridge Firm to Blame. Chicago, Sept. 6.—The Pittsburgh Bridge company and Charles M. Peas lee, superintendent for the company, were held responsible by a'coroner's jury Tuesday for the death of the 11 men who were kjUed in the fall of the Coliseum arches August 28. Tbe ver dict charges gross carelessness and neglect, and recommends that the mat ter be referred io proper authorities for full investigation. The Dewey Fnnd. Washington, Sept. 6.—The contribu tions to the Dewey home fund to date amount to $23,700. The Shamrock Is Speedy. New York, Sept. 6.—The Shamrock was given another trial off Sandy Hook Tuesday, and won more friends by the showing she made. She was sailed in a brisk southerly breeze for nearly three hours, and was tried close-hauled, run ning, and reaching, and seemed to have more speed than she did on the first day's trial. Fire In Buffalo. Buffalo, N. Y., Sept. 6.—Fire in the premises of the Mills Drydock com* pany, did $100,000 damage. The wood shops, engine room and pump house were destroyed. APPEAt TO EOYM/fY. Emperor William and King Hum bert Asked to Aid Dreyfus. M. Labor! Urges Them to Permit Col. Schivartskoppen and Fanissardl to Come to. Rennes and Give Evidence. RenneB, Sept. 6.—M. Labori Tuesday afternoon telegraphed personal appeals to Emperor William and King Humbert to grant permission to Col. Schwartz koppen and Col. Panizzardi, German and Italian military attaches in Pans in 1894, to come to Rennes to testify in the trial of Capt. Dreyfus. This is the news of the day and the chief topic of conversation in the cafes and resorts of the journalists. The appeals were couched in eloquent terms, invoking the assistance of their majesties in the name of justice and humanity. They are quite supplementary to the formal application that will be made by the government commissary, Maj. Carriere. Tuesday's Session. Rennes, Sept. 5. When the open session of the Dreyfus court-mar tial began M. Labori presented a formal application to the court for an order upon Maj. Carriere, the govern ment commissary, to request that in terested foreign governments, through diplomatic channels, communicate to the court various documents relating to the bordereau. M. Labori explained the purpose of the" application by cit ing the aqt that the court was now in an extremely delicate situation, and added that he had pointed out to Maj. Carriere Col. Schwartzkoppen and Sig. Panizzardi as witnesses he deemed necessary to summon. M- Labori said he thought this step would worry no body and that it was in conformity with precedents. Maj. Carriere replied that he did not think the government could ask an other government for the restoration of documents. He suggested that the de fense should obtain and submit the pa pers semi-officially to the court. He saw no objeetion to hearing Col. Schwartzkoppen and Sig. Panizzardi if they consented to come. Col. Jouaust said the court would de cide the matter later, and meanwhile proceed with the taking of evidence. Reporter Bassett's Testimony. The first witness who was called to the bar Tuesday was the reporter Bas sett, whom the Matin sent to London, to interview Maj. Count Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy. The witness de posed that Esterhazy confessed to him that he wrote the bordereau under or ders from Col. Sandherr, who was then chief of the secret intelligence bureau. The order, Esterhazy said, was to catch the traitor at the headquarters of the general staff, whom Esterhazy after wards said was Capt. Dreyfus. Labor! Calls on Roget. M. Labori then called upon Gen. Roget to testify regarding letters he had received from Maj. Esterhazy since the opening of this trial. Gen. Roget looked the ghost of his. former assertive self. His face was careworn and showed little of that fighting spirit which first characterized his appearance upon the stage. He re plied that he only opened one letter from Maj. Esterhazy, which he had forwarded to Col. Jouaust. Gen. Roget added that he had declined to receive other letters. M. Labori then asked Col. Jouaust to have the letters read. Forces Col. Jouaust to Yield. Col. Jouaust at first declined, but M. Labori insisted so firmly that Col. Jouaust, after wrangling awhile, gave way and consented that the letters should be read later. Col. Jouaust ex plained that he opposed the reading of the letters because they only contained personal attacks upon various parties and would only lead to a prolongation of the trial. Gen. Roget then read the one Ester* hazy letter which he admitted having opened. In this letter Maj. Esterhazy said he could not prove the existence of the alleged syndicate organized in the interest of Dreyfus and complained that the general staff had refused to give him a fair hearing:. M. Demange asked Gen. Roget his opinion of Maj. Esterhazy. "I have an absolute conviction," re plied Gen. Roget, amid cries of "Oh!" from the audience, "that Maj. Ester hazy is a stranger to treason." M. Deffes, a reporter for the Temps,, testified that he saw Maj. Esterhazy in London, and' that the latter confessed that he was the author of the bor dereau. The witness added that he raised the question of the letters of Mme. Boulanc, and brought away the impression that Esterhazy wrote the "Uhlan" letter. Testifies for Dreyfus. ,M. Trarieux, formerly minister of justice, was the next witness called. He made a long deposition in favor of Dreyfus, reviewing the history of the case and his own part in connec tion therewith.. Go Into Secret Session. At the conclusion of M. Trarieux's. testimony, which was a veritable speech for the defense and which apparently made an impression upon the judges,, the court-martial went behind closed, doors and examined the secret espion age dossier. BITS OF CARLYLE. Through every star, through every grass blade, and most through every living soul, the glory of a present God? still beams. Why do we pray to Heaven without setting our own shoulder to the wheel? That one man should die ignorant who had capacity for knowledge, thls I call tragedy. Silence is the element in which great things fashion themselves together, that at length they may emerge, full formed and majestic, into the daylight of life, which they are henceforth to* rule. In the fact that hero worship has ex isted and will forever exist universally among mankind mayest thou discern the corner stone of living rock where on all politics for the remotest time may stand secure. One is scarcely sensible of fatigue while he marches to music. The very stars are said to have harmony as they revolve in their spheres. Wondrous is the strength of cheerfulness, altogether past calculation its power of endur ance. A L- 'K