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HOLLY CHIEFTAIN.
CURRENT COMMENT.
EwenTerN thousand men, womcen
and children are said to be studying
English in Santiago de Cuba
A DENVER paper says that Colorado
this year will produce gold to the «
tent of £20,000,000, and perhaps SOO,-
000,060,
AT Hamburg and Bremen lust vear
the imports of corn from the United
States amounted to $15,500,000, an in
crease of nearly 50 per ceut
AN international congress to devise
means for combating anarchy con
vened in Rome on the tith and will
probably be in session for some weeks
ORKLAROMA is loowming up as a very
successful peanut-raising region, ond
threatens tocut into a marketof which
Virginia formerly enjoyed almost a
1 f.tn:--v y
SECRETALY OF e TREASURY GAGY
has decided to have bills of the san
denomination look alike I'hat is; he
wishes the 85 silver certificate, the &
United States note and the 25 Sherman
treasury note to bear a close likene
to one another.
THE treasurer of the United Stat
says in his report that the increase in
the circulation of the subsidiary silve
coins has drawn « n the 8 ry
Loldings from 0, 0 to S OO
and that it will be necessary soon
provide a further ipply of this clasy
of currency
INSTRUCTION in ewing ha coen
added to the carriculum of the Chieago
public schools. In over 70 grammar
schools the girls of the seventh and
eighth grades were given lessons in
simple sewing and it will hereafter
be part of the regular school work
Cooking lessons were started some time
ugo.
Pror. E. StoNe WiGulns, of Ottawa
Ont., who, among other things, re
cently solved the problem of squaring
the circle and claimus to have discov
ered a dark moou as another sateilite
of the earth, suggested an explana
tion of the meteorie showers which
frequently fall at this season of the
vear, that the people of Mars are send
ing huge stones to us as o means of
planetary intercommuanication.
UNIoN labor in the manufacturing
Industries of Kansas Citv, Mo, has
combined to protect the output of
legitimate factories against competi
tion with penitentiary-made goods
The Anti-Prison Labor association was
organized, whose purpose is to secure
by legisiation the abolition of compe
tition between prison and free labor
and to abolish the present systemn of
letting prison labor by contraet,
ToaE annual report of the commis
sioner of internal revenue shows that
Kansas paid in internal revenue last
vear $432,480.19, while Missouri paid
89,040,730, 31 Kansas has 53 registered
tobacco manufacturers and Missouri
88, Missouri leads the list of states in
the amount of tobaceo manufactured,
leading off with 63,016,016 pounds.
Kansas manufactured 20,150,501 cigars,
while Missouri put up 65,615 901 ecigars
and 424,424,100 cigarettes. Kansas pro
duced 5,580,365 pounds of oleomargar
ine, while Missouri produced only 944,
731 pounds.
THE circuit court at Norwalk, O,
has affirmed the verdict rendered in
the common pleas court against the
Nickle Plate railway, awarding $5,000
damages to Frank Schaffer, a brake
man. Schaffer claimed that he was
blacklisted by the company, in conse
quence of the latter refusing to give
him a certificate of good character as
an employe, so that he was unable to
obtain employment on any other rail
road. He brought suit against the
company a short time agointhe Huron
counnty common pleas court and way
awarded a verdiet of $5,000,
TrE Federation of Labor will make
a determined effort at the approach
ing session of congress tosceure action
by the senate upon a bill which passed
the house last summer. [t provides for
the amendment of the eight-hour law
s 0 as to include all contractors doing
work for the government and all em
ployes manufacturing material used
by the government. If this bill should
o into effect it would be a long step
toward a general eight-hour working
day. It would prohibit the govern
ment from buying from anybody whose
employes worked more than eight
hours.
TrE doings of the weather burean
during the past fiscal year are set forth
in some detail in a report recently sub
mitted by Chief Willis L. Moore to Sec
retary Wilson, of the departmentof ag
riculture. The most prominent event
chronicled in Mr. Moore’s report is the
extension of the bureau’s tield of
operations to include all of the West
Indies and the shores of the Gulf of
Mexico. Prof. Moore remarks that it
is too early to tell the value of the ob
servations secured by kites. Over 23.-
000,000 forecasts were distributed dur
ifg the year, exclusive of those printed
.in the daily papers.
THERE seems to be good reason, the
Chicago Record says, for the lamenta
tions uttered by an castern publica
tion because there are more unmarried
meén than unmarricd women in the
country. The trouble is evidently ir
remediable, for while there are 5,427,-
767 bachelors in the United States
there are only 5,224,404 unmarried
ladies. Many of the men may have re
mained single because of the rejection
of their advances in times past, but
even supposing that all the 5,224,404
maidens should consent to wed there
still must remain a surplus of 2,205,274
cases of bachelorhood.
Orricers of the American Maize
propaganda called upon Commis
sioner General Peck at Chicago to con
fer with him caoncerning the advisa
bility of giving corn and the food
articles made from it a prominent
place in the American exhibitat Paris.
Their plans include a palace. In ita
kitchen is to be established, in which
will be prepared corn pone, johnny
cake, corn on the cob and parched
corn. These articles are all to be
distributed free of charge. The pro-
Jectors of the enterprisesaid that they
were willing to make any expenditure
0 introduce maize in Ep!on‘ i
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Gleaned By Telegraph and Mail 1
»
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.
Sexaton CocERELL does not look for |
anyv sweeping legislation in congress
this winter. e does not think that |
any special financial or tariff legisla |
tion will be attempted. The senator
from Missouri thinks we ought to as
sist the Filipinos to establish a repub- |
lic aud help them to maintain it ‘
Tug annual report of the secretary |
of the navy was made public on the
:3th. Iv says that our navy is unex
celled, tells the story of Dewey’s vie
tory at Manila and the blockade of
santiago de Caba, awards high praise
o the marioes and makes many rec
or:mendations for bettering the serv
ice
Grx. Suartenwas the prineipal guest
at u bunquetl given by the Sons of the
Ilevolution at New York on the 25th.
tyen. Shafter, in his speech, defended
lis line of action at Santiago.
A COMPLIMENTARY dinnpner was tep
dercd to Rear Admiral Schley in the
Lrookivn yat New York on the 25th
I'nere was a report circulation in
Havana that Gen. Max mo Gomez had
tied, but it was not cr ted in Cuban
reles
GEN. CAsTELLANOS succeceded Gen.
Blanco as captaio general of Caba.
Ine Boston Anti-lmperialist league
has berun the preparation of a signed
protest against the extension of Amer
can sovervignty over the DPhilippine
slands to be presented to the presi
lent and the congress of the United
States ['he “ant said the y l'.\]l"l",'
ed to scenre 10, LOOO names to the
protest A sort of endless chain ar
rangement was to be the method of
NVork
ALVICES were received by President
MeKinley on the (7th from Jadge Day,
president of the American peace com
mission at Par tating positively
that the Spanish nmissioners would
accept the United States terms of
peace and that o treaty would be
signed in o few days
. W, Covnpack, the actor, died at
New York on the 27th of indigestion,
complicated by dropsy of the heart,
aged 84 years.
Apsiearn DEwry is being boomed in
the cast for the democeraticnomination
for the presidency in 1000, according to
a New York dispateh.
SpPaIN on the Usth accepted the
United States offer of $20,000,000 at the
joint session of the peace commissions
at Paris and consented to relinquish
Cuba and to cede Porto Rico, Guaw
and the Philippine islands.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Tre United Stutes supreme court on
the 2Sth announced the new bank
ruptey rules which it was authorized
to frame and promulgate under the
national bankruptey aect of July i,
1808,
Fire at the Robert Keith Furniture
and Carpet company’s store at Kansas
City, Mo., on the 2sth, burned out the
sixth and seventh stories of the cnor
- mous building and the remaining five
| stories and basement were drenched
with water. Loss, estimated at $150,000.
Crossed eleetric wires were thought to
| have been the canse of the fire.
A voveMmesT is on foot in Chicago to
form a milk trust.
- Monre than 350 skaters narrowly es
| caped death in the Semple avenue
pond, St. Louis, the other afternoon.
| Two modest heroes risked their lives
ito save their fellowmen. One, a boy,
;.hm-;-h H. Lang, paid the hazard with
' his life and the companion whom he
died to save survived. The other, a
‘man of 30, dragged two drowning
' strangers from imminent death and
lives. Both deeds followed the break
| ingof thinice beneath skating parties.
A reriypoar full of workmen was
capsized while crossing the Volga at
| Kinessma, Russia, drowning 20 of the
| passengers.
GALLOWAY COLLEGE, located at
Searcy, Ark., was destroved by fire
| vesterday. The fire originated in the
| fourth story and in less than one hour
the building and contents were a total
| loss. Two hundred people, of which
| pumber 175 were young lady students,
| were asleep at the time, but not one
person was injured,
A pox of dynamite exploded the
other worning near the Reina battery
at Havana, killing and injuring 5% per
| sons.
E Monrk than 70 lives were lost in the
{wrecks of tugs, schooners and barges
1:110!1;: the New England coast in the
| recent storm and over 100 vessels were
| driven ashore or sunk beneath the
: waves,
| New Yorx and the New England
! coast had one of the severest blizzards
| ever experienced on the 27th. Thirty
five vessels were driven ashore in
| Boston harbor and nearly all trains
| were stalled.
| Busiyess failures in the United
| States for the week ended the 95th
| pumbered 178, according to Brad
| street’s commereial report, azainst 233
| for the corresponding week last year,
: Tue first assistant postmaster gen
| eral in his annnal report sayvs that the
| business of the department shows an
| inerease of £6,000,000 during the fiscal
‘_\‘«::lr. There were 27,708,075 domestic
money orders issued for the year,
| amounting to $i91,554,121. Mr. Heath
| recommends that post office clerks be
| clussified and placed upon a fixed scale
of salaries; that small post offices be
consolidated; that clerk hire appro
priation be made to apply to third
class post offices: that another form of
l money order be issued, and that §300,-
| 000 be set aside for extending rural
free delivery.
’ SECRETARY Briss, of the interior de
partment, made public on the, 24th his
annual report reviewing in detail pen
sion, Indian, land, patent, educational
and territorial affairs. The Indians
are declared to have made substantial
progress during the past year. The
workings of the Curtis act in the In
dian territory are praised. The secre
tary reports 637.000 pension claims
pending and recommends & commis.
sion to revise pension laws. Early
legislative enactment for taking the
twelfth census is urged.
WLk a party of 12 people were re
turning from a ball at Otis, 0., early
on the 25th on two hanll cars they
were struck by the Lake Shore fast
mail east of Charleston, William Sea
benski and William Kempler being
killed outright, while William Sea.
benski's two daughters, aged 18 and 1!
respectively, were probably fatally in
jured.
Tur soap factory of the Allen B.
Wrislew company at Chicagro was com
pletely destroyed by fire the other
evening. It was generally supposed
that spontaneous combustion was the
cause of the x.re. Loss estimated al
$105,000; well insured. .
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‘ It was feared that thousands of ‘
| sheep would be lost in the mountains I
| near Pendleton, Ore., through the i
| heavy snows. I
| THx grievances of glass-workers at |
[ Millville, N. J., have been scttled. !
| Tue engineer and fireman of a Bos
ton & Maine locomotive driving asnow
plow were killed by the engine plung- |
ing over an cmbankment near So th |
Berwyck, Me. 1
Tue Franklin stamp mill at Hancock, :
Mich., was destroved by fire, the loss |
| being §150,000. Six hundred men were |
| thrown out of cmployment for six |
months |
A sevene earthquake shock recently
| pecarred at Patras, Greece, causing the |
inhabitants to become panic-stricken. [
Soon after a second shock was expe
rienced. No fatalities were reported. |
Tue battleship Wisconsin was f
launched on the 25th at San Francisco,
Miss Elizabeth Stephenson, of Wiscon- |
sin, christened the vessel. .
Tre steamer T. C. Walker, running |
between San Francisco and Stockton, |
Cal., hud one of her boilers blown up |
and six persons were killed, '1 dan |
gerously injured and !5 others more
or less badly hurt. The majority of
the passengers were in bed when the |
explosion occurred and they rushed on
deck in their night clothes. The elec
trie lights had been putout, which
added to the awful confusion. ,
A sTREET fight occurred at Hughes |
Springs, on the line between Marrs
and Cass counties in Texas, in which
Constable Driver and his son were
killed acd Ben Boone, a prominent
resident, was mortally wounded. The l
affair resulted from a trivial matter. ;
Tue vault of the Wrentham (Mass.)
national baunk was blown open by
burglars and robbed of $2,600 in cash |
and notes valued at £65,000, *
At Weatherford, Ok., on the 25th |
there were two banks ready for busi- |
ness, two newspapers, 40 or more busi- |
ness houses and 2,000 people where
four months ago there was a cornfield.
Tne Hutehinson & Southern railroad |
will be extended from Blackwell, Ok., |
to Ponca. i
Jonux B. Spaw was hanged at Cle- |
burne, Tex., on the 25th for murder.
Tur corner-stone of the confederate |
| monument that is to mark the final |
resting place of the 440 unknown con- |
federate dead buried in the cemetery |
at Van Buren, Ark., was laid on the |
24th. Arkansas, Missouri, Texas, Lou
isiana and the Indian territory were
| represented. Fully 50 per cent. of
those interred at the place are Missou
rians.
A Wasninaros dispateh stated that
17 of the principal peanut concerns in
| the country have agreed to a combine
or consolidation. There are about 20
cleaning houses for peanuts. These
| handle a crop which is valued at about
£4,000,000 a year. They represent an
| investment of £3,000,000. Itisthrough
the combination of the cleaning houses
| that the attempt will be made to handle
the crop hereafter, maintain prices and
| prevent ruinous competition.
. Every soldier in the Seventh corps
|l at Savannah, Ga., was made to feel
z that the 24th was Thanksgiving day.
| All drills were abandoned for the day,
| and at two o'clock each man received
a ration of turkey, fruit and cake.
| Over 1,000 turkeys and several wagon
| loads of fruit and cake were sent to
; “ camp in the morning. The feast for
Gen. Lee’s men was provided by the
: ‘ ladies of Charleston.
, A TrAIN was derailed on the Bur
| lington, Cedar Rapids & Northern
; | road while rounding a curve near Bur
|linglon. la. The day coach, contain
| ing 20 passengers, rolled over twice
. | and landed right side up in a diteh, 50
: | feet away. Two persons were fatally
.| injured and several others received
| | bruises.
i SiMoN GUGGENHED!, who was married
l“" the 24th in New York city to Miss
Olga Hirsh, commemorated the event
: I by giving a Thanksgivingdinner to 4,-
.| 000 children in Denver, C 01.,, where he
] | lives., The tickets were distributed by
, | Parson “*Tom” Uzzell of the People's
tabernacle, to whom Mr. Guggenheim
‘| entrusted the managementof the feast.
3 A pisearca from Perry, Ok., said
" | that prairie fires had played havoc in
'l Oklahoma and the Indian territory.
' | One farmer had lost hay, cotton and
+ | live stock to the amount of $20,000.
“|ln the Kiowa Indian reservation a
strip of land 30 by 75 miles wide was
* | burned over, cansing great damage.
4 ‘ Mus. WiLniay SANTENLO, wife of a
- | farmer in Paine county, Ok., after a
lr.uarrul with her husband, killed her
* | ten-months-old baby and threw it into
S| a well and then committed suicide by
* | jumping into the well head first.
B Tune crown sheet of the boiler of a
: | Denver & Rio Grande locomotive blew
out as Swallows, Col. The fireman
I | was killed and the engineer and brake
s | men seriously injured. Eighteen load
. | ed freight cars were burned.
\ l Mgs. THoMAs STEPHENS was burned
, | to deatn and Alex Ross was fatally
Ilmrned during a fire in the woman’s
1 | house at Elkton, Mich., caused by the
, | explosion of an oil stove.
A THE postmaster general makes an
; | interesting report on his department
.| in establishing post offices in our new
_ | territorial acquisitions and calls at
. | tention to the amazing growth of the
" I postal business in all its branches.
' | ACCORDING to oriental advices the
1 | number of houses destroyed by the re
-0 ’ cent fire at Haukow, China, was more
| than 15,000 and 3,500 persons were
1| burned to death.
‘-'. Cmer DeErury WARNOCK, in trying
“ | to arrest an eseaped negro convict in
¢ | Birmingham, Ala., wgs shot and in
“ | stantly killed. The town turned ott
!| to hunt the murderer and his capture
f| meant certain lynching.
® Rerorrs reached Meridian, Miss., on
1| the 27th that three negroes had been
lynched in Newton county, Miss., and
- | the farmers of that section were on
s | the trail of others implicated in an as
- | sault on a white man. The trouble
| | arose over the ownership of a hog.
s A sTORY was brought to Port Town
-1 | send, Wash., that the passengers and
¢ | crew of the steamer Jessie were not
- | drowned at the mouth of the Kusko
- | wim riverin Alaska,but were murdered
s| by Indians-—who had rescued them
- | after their vessel stranded—because
y | the whites would not give the reds the
e snlpplicn that were saved from the ves
sel
4 Dewey’s sword will cost $3,000, but
y | the one to be presented to Admiral
y | Schley, by Pennsylvanians will cost
t | $3,500, and will be the finest sword
- | that has ever been presented to either
g | # wilitary or naval officer of this gov
- | ernment. The scabbard will be in
-5| crusted with diamonds, the hilt will
-[ be ornamented with a large opal, and
the blade will be Damascened steel
~ | and will be highly wrought and em
- | bellished with etc{llnn. With the ex
r| ception of the blade all the metal
d| work will be 18-carat gold.
e| OnJanuary i, 1898, there were 26,838
t | miles of railroad in the Russian empire,
::"v;hlch the government owned 16,771
s
THE PEAGE COMMISSION
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A Sparish Member States They
Have Agreed to Make a }
Treaty Under Protest. |
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WHAT THE AMERICAN SECRETARY SAYS,
—_— |
Judge Day Is Satlsfied and Hopes lo?
Be Salling for Home in a Fortoight—
The Two Secretaries Begin the Joint
Task of Formulating the Articles of the
Peace Treaty—What Epain Sarrenders i
Paris, Nov. 80.—Abarzuza, the Span
ish peace commissioner, discussing the |
peace negotiations, said: ‘
We have fulfilled our = ission here and have
agreed to make the trea'y of peace, but we do
so under protest that ¢ soverelgn rights over
the Philippines are s/l intact. Our memo- |
randum sets this fact fc though, admittedly,
it cannot affect the tre ity. We lose our colo
nial empire, but Amer s does pot know what
new and dificult respc ilitles she {s under- |
taking The island o’ Mindanao alone will
keep her busy for year ‘
Asked if the trea'y will contain any
reference to debt Senor Abarzuzs |
answered: ‘
No., inasmuch as t Americans have put |
these questions aside and have refused to take |
them into account when framing the treaty. ‘
Subsidiary matters, such as cable stations and
80 on, will be dealt wilth separately. 1 don't ‘
expect more than two or three sittings after to- |
WOrrow. g 2 3 i ‘
Senor Ojeda, the principal Spanish |
secretary, said: }
Peace |s assured. We have agreed to sign o |
treaty in accordance with the protocol at
Washington, but at the same time protesting
our sovereign rights over the Philippines and
stating that we only yicld to the hard Amer- |
ican terms owing to our inability to renew the |
war and {n the presen { superior force. |
Secretary Moore, of the American
commission, puts it this way: **The |
Spaniards accepted our conditions un
reservedly and a draft of a treaty will
be laid before the joint meeting to
morrow. They have accepted $20,000,- |
000 for the Philippines.” Judge Day
remarked with urdisguised gratifica- .
tion: *‘l hope we shall be sailing for
home in a fortnicht. Everything is
now clear.”
The Spanish commissioners were
gloomy and deyressed at Monday's
meeting. There was no interchange
of the usual coupliments and civili
ties. They were performing an un
grateful tusk under compulsion. 1t is
known that Senor Montero Rios asked
Premier Sagasta to accept his resig
nation from the commission rather
than force them to cede or surren
der Spanish c¢olonial empire. But
Sagasta appealed to them to fulfill
their mission io the interest of the
dynasty. For the first time since the
meeting of the commission the Span
inrds have shown their feelings.
When Gen. Cerrcro entered his car
riage he put a bandkerchief to his
eves, bang overcome with emotion.
Montero Rios le’t the meeting place
with bowed head and a spiritless gait,
the picture of deiection.
The secretarics of the two peace
commissions, Messrs. Moore and Ojeda,
began their joint task of formulating
the articles of the peace treaty atthree
o'clock this afternoon as directed by
their respective commissions at yester
day's conference. This work will be
easy and rapid, us to the relinquish
!mt-nl and cessions referred to in the
protocol, the terms of which document
will be transferred bodily to the treaty.
! The secretaries, moreover, will em
‘body in tentative articles, for discus
'sion on Wednesday, the subjects of the
religions freedom of the Caroline
islands, a naval station for the United
'States in the same group, cable land
;in;: rights at other points within
' Spain’s jurisdiction, the release of the
insurrectionist prisoners and the re
vival of the treaties broken by the war.
| What spain Surrenders.
- Washington, Nov. 80.—The govern
‘ment has been officially advised of the
|successful termination of the peace
?ln"_'n'.ux'inn\ with Spain. A cablegram
| to this effect, which bad been received
?{rum Chairman Dav, was read at to
‘day’s cabinet meeting by the secretary
(of state. DBy the terms of the treaty,
| which will be signed during the pres
ent week, Spain surrenders to the
i['nih‘d States her sovereignty in the
' Philippine islands and Guam islands,
one of the Ladrone group. In lieu of
'all claims to indemnity the United
States will pay Spain the sum
iuf £20,000,000 in gold or its equiva
'lent. Before returning to the United
iSlulcs our comimissioners will secure
| from the Spanish representatives, if
| possible, a proposition for the sale to
| the United States of Strong island, one
'of the Caroline group, some distance
'east and south of Luzon, for a cable
'station. Should Spain, however, de
cline to sell the island forareasonable
imnu. the matter will be dropped for
| the present at least.
' Vengeance of w Kentuocky Mob.
St. Louis, Nov. 30.—The Post-Dis.
patch has atelegran from New Madrid,
Mo., saying it has just transpired that
J. L. Loins, a prominent farmer living
across the Mississippi river in Ken
} tucky, was murdered for money by two
negroes last Saturday night and his
‘il)mly thrown into the river. One of
!thu negroes has been captured and
' shot to death by a mob which is now
after the other murderer.
What the Ex-Queen Really Desires.
St. Louis, Nov. 30.--Ex-Queen Lili
nokalani, of Hawaii, and suite passed
through this city to-day en route to
Washington, where she will lay be
fore President McKinley her claims to
1,000,000 acres of Hawalian land ac
quired under the title, She will also
submit a proposition offering to dis
pose of the property in question to the
United States government for the sum
of $£6,000,000.
Otia Reporta Arrival of EC' Troops.
Washington, Nov. 30.—The war de
partment has received the following
from Gen. Otis at Manila. Transport
Zenlanadia, with headquarters and
seven companies of the qmn'. Tennes
see, arrived this morning. No casual
ties.
Clippings.
The famous old city of Ghent, Bel
rium, is built on 26 islands, which are
connected with one snother by 80
bridges. Three hundred streets and
50 public squares are econtalned in
these islands. Ghent lfo famous be
cause Charles V. and John of Gaunt
were born there. It has been the
scene of many treaties, insurrections
and revoits and it was there the treaty
was made terminating the war of 1813
between this country and England.
Of the 1,200 United States mulessent
to Santiago, 23 havedied. One kicked
dynamite and the others wers dis
couraged at the climate, e
MANY LIVES SAVED.
Superintendent of the Life-Saving Seryv
lce Makes a Report of a Year's
Splendid Work.
Washington, Nov. 20.—The follow
ing is an abstract of the report of the
general superintendent of the life
saving service:
At the close of the last fiscal year the
~establishment embraced 264 stations, 192 being
on the Atlantic, 38 on the lakes, 15 on the Pa
cific and one at the falls on the Ohio at Louls
ville, Ky. The number of disasters to docu
-mented vessels within the ficld of the operations
of the service during the year was 402 There
were on board the vessels 3,113 persons, of
whom 12 were lost The estimated value
of the vessels and cargoes involved was
27,168,390, Of this amount 6410 was
i“"cd and 1757.860 lost; 003 _shipwrecked
| persons received succor at the sta
tions The number of vessels totally
lost was 59. In addition to the foregoing there
were during the year 265 casualties to small
; craft, on which there were 874 persons, of whom
10 were lost; value of the property involved,
1193,705, of which 1177 825 was saved. Forty-six
other persons were rescued who had fallen
from wharves, plers. etc., the most of whom
would have perished but for the aid of the
life-saving crews The crews saved, and as
sisted to save, during the year 471 vessels,
valued with their cargoes at 2 888,655 and ren
dered assistance of minor importance to 824
other vessels in distress, besides warning from
danger by the signals of the patrolmen 225 ves.
sels. R
SEVENTY LIVES LOST.
The Storm on New Euagiand's Const Rer
sults In Great Loss of Life and Over
100 Vessels are Wrecked.
Boston, Nov. 20.—1 t is known defi
uitely that more than 70 lives have
been lost in the wrecks of tugs, schoon
ers and coal barges during the sorm of
Saturday night and Sunday morning,
and, if the steamer Portland has also
gone down, as now seems possible, the
list of casualties will rise to 140, with
i over 100 vessels of all descriptions
| ashore, two score of them known to be
wrecksand and an unknown number
| probably beneath the waves of Massa
chusetts bay.
[ There is scarcely a bay, harbor or
‘inlet from the Penobscot to New Lon
‘don that has not on its shore the
bones of some stanch craft, while along
‘ Massachusettts bay, and especially
' Boston harbor, the beaches are piled
high with the wreckage of schooners
‘and coal barges. The record, although
‘ hourly lengthening, is still incom
plete, for that ocean graveyard off Cape
| Cod is still to be heard from.
Riot Among Kansas Soldlers.
‘ Leavenworth, Kan., Nov. 29.—A riot
broke out in Camp Waties, of the
"l‘wcnl_v»tirst Kansas, last night. An
attempt was made to demolish the
‘ cook house, operated by Green & Co.,
of Topeka, Kan., under contract. The
trouble was the outgrowth of dissatis
faction over the quality and quantity
of the food. The contractors dared
not show themselves until the officers
came to the rescue, driving the men
off with their swords.
Drowned While Toesting the Ice.
Ithaca, N. Y., Nov. 20.—Wilson
Klinger, of Will county, 111., a gradu
ate student in the school of pedagogy
at Cornell, was drowned in the hy
draulic laboratory canal in Fall creek.
The theory is that he was drowned
while testing the ice to ascertain its
strength for skating purposes. He
was preparing at Cornell for an ap
pointment as professor in the Missourj
state university.
The Ailton O tion Withdrawn.
Chicago, Nov. 29.—Negotiations for
the purchase of a controlling interest
in the Chicago & Alton by a syudicate
headed by President Stilwell, of the
Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf road,
have been dropped for the present.
President Blackstone, of the Alton,
is said to have withdrawn the option
he had given and announced that his
stock is no longer for sale «.nd advised
his friends not to sell.
Car Famine I« Serioua.
Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 20.—The rail
roads centering in Kansas City are
face to face with the most serious car
famine which bas ever existed in the
west for years. If the present equip
ment of every railroad in Kansas City
were increased 50 per cent. it is prob
able that the demand would not be
filled. The car famine has existed for
weeks and there is no indication that
the end is near.
The Experiment ntations.
Washington, Nov. 29.—Dr. A. C.
True, director of the office of experi
ment stations, in his report says that
the agricultural experiment stations
are, as a rule, working more thorough
ty and efficiently for the benefit of
American agriculture than ever before.
I'he appropriation of $720,000 by con-
Zress for the support of the stations
was supplemented by over $400,007
state funds.
Shipoing Losses on the Lakes.
Chicago, Nov. 20.—A careful estimate
)f losses to shipping and vessel owners
sn'the great lakes for the record break
ng vear of 1898 places the probable
igures at $2,500,600. This may be in
:reased before the close of navigation,
out, even without more storms or
foundered wvessels, it will hold first
olace for losses in the history of navi
zation.
Detectives Are After Glllett.
Woodbine, Kan., Nov. 20.—Pinker
ton detectives are on the trail of G. G.
iillett, the ex-cattle king. A fund
~as formed yesterday to organize and
s:ontinue the pursunit. The informa
lion here is that the absconder has not
yet crossed the Mexican line. The
story from New York that Gillett had
sailed for Spain is believed to be 2
lake.
The United Ntates' Great Bargain.
London, Nov. 29.—The Paris corre
spondent of the Times, commenting on
the settlement of peace, says never has
a power more rapidly won a greater
treasure than the United States. The
territories it obtained will bring SIOO,-
000,000 and have 12,000,000 inhabitants.
The day is not distant when the pat
rimony of the United States, owing to
the proserH.y which will accrue from
exploiting the islands under a good ad
ministration, will have been increased
by four times the sum total of the ter
rible war indemnity France paid t¢
Germany.
Project for a Great Lake Caoal.
Washington, Nov. 29.—An effort will
be made by persons interested in lake
transportation to have the Anglo-
American commission take up the
project for a canal joining the great
lakes and the Atlantic. This project
has been favorably reported upon by a
deep water way commission authorized
by congress and appointed by the
president.
Terrible Acocident in Havana.
Havana, Nov. 29.—A box of dynamite
exploded this morning near the Reina
battery, killing and injuring 40 per
sons.
PITH AND POINT.
When some people are unot hungry,
they are sleepy.—Atchison Globe.
The Limit.—Foreigner—*Parvenu! 1
will pull your nose!™ *“Maybe my nose,
count; but never my leg!"—Philadel
phia North Americaa, :
“I see you've got your old office boy.™
“Yes.” “lmproves with age, does he?"
“Well, he seems to be getting fresher |
‘every day."-Philadelphia Record.
! One Woman's Wisdom.—Blecker—
‘"‘\\'h(-n- on earth did you ever discover
stch a homely typewriter?” Meeker—
“Oh, that's one of my wife's discov
‘eries.”—Chicago Daily News. :
‘ From: a Novel.—“Adolar iwas be
witched. Never before had the countess
’:('(’xncd to him so beautiful as at this |
}mnmcm. when, in her dumb grief, she
' hid her face.”—Fliegende Blaetter.
‘ Willis—*"A pin factory in Jersey
turns out 1,000,000 pinsa day. Iwonder |
’\\‘nnt becomes of them all?” Hills—*l
guess that sooner or later my baby
fswnnmn the most of them "—Town
Topies.
“Did yonu find the snakes pretty thick
down there?” “Not very thick, but
some of them were pretty long.” *“Oh,
you know what I mean! Were there
many round?’ “‘Cylindrical’ would
be a better word.”—Boston Transeript.
Mrs. Hicks—"l told you Mrs. Dix was
envious of our neaw dining-room furni
llunf. and you don’t believe it.” Hicks
—*Has she been here and told youso?”
Mrs. Hicks--“No; but she sent over a
box of boy's tools to-day to Dick."—
Odds and Ends.
Visitor—*Johnny, how are you get
ting along with your geography in
gchool?” Small Boy—-*“Teacher says
I'm doin’ great.”” Visitor—*Tell me,
what is the capital of New York state?”
Small Boy—*l don't know. sir, but Ha
vana is the capital of Cuba.”—Roxbury
Gazette,
FIGHTING INDIAN FASHION.
.
Individual Firing While Watching
the Movements of the
5 Leader,
{ Tu
The Indian wethod of fighting, as
shown at Leech lake, is a unique type
| of warfare, and as such is a subject of
’zrv:n interest to foreign military men.
"l'he United States regular soldier is
I‘m expert at it, and has learned to
{fight the Indiun as the Indian fights
{him. Military attaches sent by for-
In-i;_ru governments to observe the Span
!i~l|».\nwrir‘.m war asked many ques
lliuns from American officers on this
topic. and considered the veteran In
lian fighter, represented by such men
as Gens. Chaffee and Keni, as one of
the best types of soldiers.
Individual fighting is the Indian
style. It was <o in the days before the
revolution, and a century has not
changed it. The Indian has adopted
many innovations taught*him by the
white man. He usually wears “store
clothes” in these days and hives in a
house, even if it is only a log hut. But
he fights as his forefathers did, secking
to gain an advautage over his foe by
ambush or some other form of stategy.
The Indian who can hide behind a rock
or tree and shoot down an unsuspect
ling foe who is passing is considered
much more of a hero than one who will
fight in the open and die bravely fac
ing the encmy.
Indians on the war path are com
manded by chiefs, who are zenerally
elected at a council fire. These chiefs
are usualiy the heads of layge families
and command squads of from 20 to 100
mnen, composed of their brothers, sons,
cousins and other relatives. One of
the chiefs is known as the ‘“great
chief,” and is usually given this rank
for prowess in war or hunting. He oc
cupies something like the same rela
tion to the forces ucder him that a
general or colonel has in the United
States army, but his quthority is much
more restricted, and is exercised only
in rare cascs,
The usual method in a fight such as
that at Leech iake is for the chief to
advance and his men to follow him,
keeping near enough to see his move
ments and acting in conformity with
them. When the foe approaches with
in range general firing begins, one of
the chiefs usually setting the example.
When his men sce him fire they fire
too, und so the rattle of ithe guns be
comes general,
It is seldom that an order is given to
an Indian in battle. Ie follows his
chief, picking out individual foes and
fighting individually. His commissary
and quartermaster’s arrangements
are attended to by squaws.
The United States regular when
fighting Indians adopts their tacties
only when the Indians are near. The
skirmish formation is then used and
the men dodge behind trees or rocks,
but they listen for and quickly obey
the orders of their officers. If hard
pressed they usuaslly assemble and
throw up hasty intrenchments, where
they can pour a collective fire into any
foe that may attack them.—Baltimory
Sun.
A Sensible MITC'.
For more than ten years a very sen
sible mnle has been working in the
mines near Biossburg, Ala. He will
pull his usual load of six ears from
the bottom to top without a murmur,
but if you put on an extra car he will
kick and bray and refuse to go until
relieved. When the cars arc unioad
ed at the top he will mount an empty
car and lie down and ride to the bot~
tom of the slope, a distance of half &
mile, On one cccasion as he was draw
ing up a load a train of empty cars got
loose and went down the slope at a
break-neckspeed,and the men thought
the mule would be kiiled by the col
lision, but as the empty cars were
about to rush on him he jumped on
the first one and rode back to the bot
tom with the whole train.—N. Y. Trib.
une.
Ready for Him.
“Surely. I cannot be mistaken,” said
the bunko steerer. “This is Uncle Si
las, of Joachim’s Corner’s, isn't it?
Just let me carry that carpet bag for
you.”
Ten minutes later the bunko man
war perspiriug like a horse and grunt.
ing with every step. "
“What in the world have you got in
this bag?” he asked. “It weighs =
ton.”
“Meant that it should,” returned
Uncle Silas, tersely. *“Loaded it with
bricks a-purpose an’ put my clean col
lar an’ an extra pair o’ socks in my
coat pocket. Reckon you binko-bun
ko men don't get hardly enough exer
cise to keep your health good.”~Chi
cago Post, D TR R
Blood Purified by Hood's Sarsapa
rilla and Health is Good.
*J was a sufferer from catarrh. One of
'my neighbors advised me to take Hood's
Sarsaparilla and I did so. A few bottles
purified my blood and cured me. I haye
remained in good heaith ever since® Jae
T. Apkins, Athensville, lilinois. Y
Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Is America’s Greatest Medicine. 81: six for§&
Hood’s Pilis cure all Liver Ills. 25 cents.
THE COLONEL’S LOGIC.
He Thought That Where the Cham..
‘ pagne Flowed the Fish Would = =
Be Plenty. 3
|
| ¢ only wish I had thought of it befo't*™
’ cxcl.\ime{i Col. Stillwell, a'a;’%:e seized his hat..
““Where are you going? 1
“To the sto’ to fiuy some fishin tackle.
I T've inissed a lot of good ?Fn t this mm%
and I've got to hurry and make up foh los
time. When ] think of what a little care:
Jessness has cost me I am positively
ashamed!” o X
“Why, you can fish at any time.” 7
“No, I can't. I can fish at an{ time in
(he future. Butl can’t call back t: eg?ld
hours when I might have been fisl m’_.fi
Newpo't News. I'm willin’ to put up wit!
' the inconveniences of a night trip in order
to get there, suh, and not waste any mo'
time. I'mjy fishuhman by nature, suh, and I
Lave hitherto imagined that I have done
some very fancy angling. But when I think
of the harvest [ ought to have been taking
care of I feel that I haven’t 2 minute to Jose.
I'm goin’ to have a go at them even if I have
to chop a hole in the ice and =it ovuh it in a
furtrimmed ovuhcoat like an Eskimo,”
. “But why Newport News? There’s fish
‘ ing elsewhere.” - f
“So I used to think. Ah,_mg mig'..
1..“mul to xh}mk of what l\\:e mlutm 1 ]{fe
,ecause we don't figure things out properly.
Where have most of the ships beenflmbgi
lately ?” A
“Why, at Newport News, I believe.” = =
“Exactly so. .(nd when they launch the:
ship what do they do? 20
“Why, they break a bottle of champagne:
over her bows, for one thing.” § 1
. “Precisely. And if lam not mistaken
most of the fish in the Atlantic ocean and
its tributaries have gotten a hint of that
fact by this time. They’'ll be there as thick
as stars in the milky way, and all I'll have
to do is todrop a line over and pull 'em out.”
—Washington Star.
Confused.
“You went fishing with Miss Keedick yes
terday, didn’t you?”’
“Yes.”
“Catch anything?”’
“Well, we came back enfiaged, but I didn't.
know whether I caught her or she caught
me.”"—lllustrated American.
To Cure a Cold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure, 25¢c.
Money makes the mare go, but that isnot
believed to be wholly due to her sex.—Town
Topics.
Check Colds and Pronchitis with Hale’s
Honey of Horehound and Tar. A
Pike’s Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
It's pretty hard for some men to keep their
wants down to their incomel.—(.&ielco
Laily News.
Very cold, very bad Neuralgia. St. Ja
cobs Oil very sure to cure.
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