Indianapolis Journal, Volume 49, Number 7, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 January 1899 — Page 5

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OFF FOR CHARLESTON * FIRST BATTALION OF LINDER’S REGIMENT LEAVES COLUMBUS. ♦ Boarded the Cur* In n Downpour €f Rain unit Started for the Coast Lite Last Night. MANY HOOSIERS DISCHARGED ♦- COMPANIES IN THE I BOTH CUT DOWN TO EIGHTY-EIGHT MEN EACH. - Incidents of the Georgia Camp—March Over is Historic Battle Ground —tine Death. a Special to the Indianapolis Journal. CAMP CONRAD. Columbus. Ga., Jan. 6, with the One-hundred-and-slxtieth Indiana Volunteers.—The first battalion of the One-hundred-and-sixtieth, under Lieutenant Colonel Niger, did not get off last night as anticipated. In the night there came a holdover order which by many was interpreted unfavorable to the move, but to-day at 12:30 p. m. tin anticipated order was received. The day was most unfavorable, laist night rain set In and this morning tlie camp was a mud puddle. During the day the rain increased, accompanied by high wind. When the order came every soldier sprang to the work of getting ready. Baggage was packed, cars loaded, tents taken down and that part of the camp seemed stricken with desolation. This evening at 6:30 o’clock the command left camp for town on electric ears as nearly in a body as possible. The men at once hoarded the cars in waiting and start* and for Charleston by way of Savannah late to-nlgbt. The battalion consists of Company G. Captain Derrlson; Company H, Captain Sharp; Company D, Captain W'immer, and Company C, Captain .oarks. Rain has followed every movement of the regiment and this is no exception. The One-hundred-and-sixtleth Regiment will move by battalions and consequently all will not get away trom here before Jan. 20. Many discharges have been issued during the past two days and as a consequence the companies have been cut to eighty-eight. The transport Saratoga will be in waiting at Charleston when the first battalion arrives and is expected to get out to sea Saturday nieht. Colonel Gunder and Staff will go with the last battalion. The provost guard made one of the largest hauls of the season last Sunday nighl. The guards nabbed about twenty-five men, most of whom were going to church, but were without passes. They were detained, in most instances, only a few minutes. Tuesiiay afternoon, instead of battalion drill and dress parade, the regiment marched down tow i, ana thence over the Ohattahoochie river through Phoenix City, Alu., ami up th* hill to the fortification taken by General Wilson near the close of the rebellion. and near which his batteries were planted, compelling the surrender of the city. It Is claimed that more than a million dollars’ worth of property was destroyed, including cotton mills, government stores and two gunboats. The general visited the troops her* some time ago and received a very frosty reception by the citizens, many of whom have a very distinct recollection of his raid The rifle pits and embrasures for heavy guns ure in a good state of preservation, and furnish a most beautiful view of the three cities—Columbus. Ga., Phoenix City and Gerard, Ala. Cotton boles, everfrees sprigs and stones were gathered by he soldiers as souvenirs of the historic spot.’ The people along the line of march, especially over the river, were delighted with tin rim appearance of the regiment, and the excellent musle of Its band. Children danced on the verandas and old colored women frolicked on the sidewalks. Notice was given Tuesday that officers’ wives would not be provided for in the transfer of the troops to Cuba. Mrs. Cauuui

Burr will remain in the South, visiting Macon, Ga., and Tampa, Fla., until she can Join her husband at Matanzas. Company L, was sligntly indisposed Wednesday and was sent to the brigade hospital, and was sent to the brigade hospital. Lieutenant J. H. Barlow, of Company TANARUS, Tipton, who was recently promoted, received on Christmas a beautiful sword, a present from his sisters and brothers. Sergeant Gifford, of Company I, has been transferred to the hospital corps. Wm. Stone, of Company F, made a visit to his son at Athens, Ga., and while there was taken sick. He is in the hospital of the Third New Jersey Regiment. Captain C. F. Brum, of Company E, Bluffton, is now a citizen, his resignation having bet n accepted. Wm. Foreman, of Company B. Decatur, has been discharged, and Charles E. Ault, of Decatur, anti Louis Rape, of Geneva, are now corporals. Sergeant E. B. Foulke and H. C. Leman, of Warsaw, and Noah Baugher, of North Webster, members of Company H, have been discharged on account of physical disability. Bert Anthony, of Company D. Wabash, has been discharged on account of rheumatism; John Blair, of the same company, whose mother is a widow, has been discharged. James Case, John Cain and Eli Brown have been ordered left behind. They are members of Company G, Columbia City. The wives of Lieutenants Reed, of Wabash. and Linvello, of Columbia City, have left for home, accompanied by I. W. Sharp, of Warsaw. Mrs. Daniel Myres, of Columbia City, came to camp last Sunday to look after her son. who has been in poor health for some time. This morning he was reported worse. He is with his mother in the city. Mr. Walter, of Ossian. mention of whom has already been made, died at the city hospital last Monday. adjutant Martz. of Bluffton, who has been at home on account of the serious illness of his daughter, Mrs. W. F. Guoynes, returned Tuesday night and was most cordially received. W. j. V. WHI Go to Matanzas. CHARLESTON, S. C.. Jan. 6.—The Ward line steamer Saratoga returned here to-day from Havana. To-morrow the first battalion of the One-hundred-and-sixtieth Indiana Volunteers will arrive here from Columbus, Ga., to board the Saratoga, for Matanzas. Supplies are now heing loaded on the transport and will be ready to go to sea as soon as the soldiers march on board. WILL, BE DISBANDED. Division of (hr Arm) Into Seven Corps No Longer Practicable. NEW YORK. Jan. 6.—A dispatch to the Herald from Washington says: "Secretary Alger will soon issue an order formally disbanding the seven army corps organized during the war. These corps are still in existence, hut the dispatch of troops to Cuba and Porto Rico has so reduced the force of several of them that only a few regiments represent a corps. The First and Seventh corps are now in Cuba, but as the island hns been subdivided into seven departments the corps are practically no longer recognized as such. The Second and Fourth corps, whose headquarters are at Augusta, Ga.. and Huntsville, Ala., are practically disbanded. Instructions have been given to all commanding otlieers of regiments to grant discharges to such enlisted men who tequest it and who enlisted in the regular army for one year. The six regiments which are going to the Philippines are especially receiving the attention of the department in this respect, and before they start the commands will be made up of men who have enlisted for three years. The officials have found that the men are making money by applying for discharges anti then securing clothing and travel allowances. When discharged and after the receipt of their allowances they apply for re-enlistment for three years and obtain the advantage of increased pay.” ♦ SANITARY INSPECTORS. Secretary Alger Is sues an Order to Alllltnry Commanders. WASHINGTON. Jan. 6.— Profiting by the experiences of the recent war. Secretary Alger has Issued stringent regulations for the sanitary inspection each Saturday of all military camps, including regimental, brigade and division hospitals. A special medical inspection also is ordered on the last Saturday of each month. Similar Inspections will be made on the last day of each month of all military posts and general hospitals. The senior medical officer present is to make these inspections for detached commands, military posts and general hospitals; brigade surgeons will make them for troops that are organized into and serving as brigades, and when special occasion requires and the general commanding orders, division, corps or department chief surgeons will make them. It is directed that a report of these inspections, with such recommendations as are deemed proper, be made to the commanding officer, who will return It after Indorsing thereon his views. The medical officer is then to forward the rej*ort through military channels to the surgeon general of the army. All commanding officers are directed to facilitate ihe prompt transmission of these reports to their proper destination. Gen. Wilson to Sail To-Day. * SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 6.—The transport Obdarn sails to-morrow' afternoon for Matanzas with General Wilson and the headquarters of the First Army Corps, two signal companies of the corps and a battalion of the Eighth Massachusetts. The remainder of the Eighth Massachusetts will follow on the next transport. Advices were received here to-day that the battalion of the First Maine Artillery, now in camp here, is to be mustered out of service at once.. Batteries C and F, of the Third, and D. of the Ftfth Regiment of Artillery, leave here in a day or two for Fort Riley, Kan,

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, SATURDAY, JANUARY 7, 1899.

BOLD FILIPINO MOVE BENOR AGONCILLO ASKS RECOGNITION AS A PLENIPOTENTIARY. Wonts to Present His Credentials to the President as Representative of the Philippine Republic. a SITUATION IN THE ISLANDS + INSI RGENTS SAID TO BE PRESERV ING ORDER AT ILOILO. * Comments on General Otis’s Proclamation—Tronhle Predicted by the Editor of Independencia. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—Senor Agoncillo, who Is in Washington as the representative of the Philippine government, has asked to be recognized by the United States as such and to he accorded the same rights as other diplomats. His request is now in the hands of Secretary Hay. To-day Don Sixto Lopez, the private secretary of Senor Agoncillo, visited the State Department and presented to the officials a letter to Secretary Hay requesting, upon behalf of Senor Agoncillo, an interview for the purpose of arranging to present his credentials to President McKinley, and inquiring when it would meet the convenience of the President to meet the Philippines’ representative. The letter of Senor Lopez further states that he is instructed by Senor Agoncillo, in view of recent developments, to urge the advisability of an understanding between the American government and the representative of the Philippine people as to the relations between the respective nations; such an understanding to he reached either at Washington through the joint representatives of the two governments, or in the Philippine islands in like manner. The letter concludes with an expression of the earnest hope that the friendly relations between the two peoples may ever be maintained. Accompanying the letter is a memorandum setting forth the establishment of the Philippine republic and the provision for a detailed system of government. From the facts submitted, says Senor Agoncillo, "it will appear that the Philippine government is now, as it has been practically ever since June 18, 1898, substantially in full possession of the territory of the people it represents." The representatives of the Philippine government will now await action upon the request made to-day. it is their desire that the United States appoint a commission to hold a conference for the purpose of discussing and settling the Philippine question. —♦- VIEWS OF AN EDITOR. Say* Hie Problem Is Grave and that Trouble Im Probable. MANILA, Jan. 6.—A dispatch to the Independencia from Malolos, the seat of the so-called Filipino government, says the governors of all the orovinces of the Island of Luzon have assembled at Malolos for the purpose of offering their lives and property in adhesion to the policy of the President and government. Continuing the dispatch says: "They say they fought only for the independence of the Filipinos, and are not willing to surrender to strangers." Commenting on President McKinley’s proclamation to the Filipinos, issued on Wednesday by General Otis, the Independencia, which is a native paper, says the problem presented is most grave. It admits that there are only two solutions possible, namely, the Americans’ abandonment of their annexation policy, claiming that the people are not desirous of absorption into their nationality, or a prolonged and bloody war. It cites the example of the "noble patriots of Iloilo defying General Miller,” expresses hope for a pacific termination of the crisis, but hints of trouble. The official organ, the Republica, is less aggressive, but it is indisposed to accept the suggestions of General Otis in their entirety. The Spanish papers are evidently afraid to comment on the situation. The California regiment is still on board the transports here awaiting orders.

No Looting at Iloilo. HONG-KONG. Jan. 6.—The newspapers here publish the following dispatch from Iloilo, evidently from a Filipino source: “When the Americans arrived at Iloilo they found absolutely no looting on the part of the Filipino forces, or conduct of any kind unworthy of civilized people. Tn conformity with their agreement with the Spaniards, the Filipiros entered Iloilo in an orderly manner and formally hoisted the Filipino flag. The Americans found a good government established and meeting with the complete approval of tho foreign residents. The postottice, customs and other departments were working smoothly under the entire control of the Filipinos. This disposes of the allegations of the Inclination of the Filipinos to loot and kill. The Filipinos occupied Iloilo on the same humane principles which have guided their actions against their Spanish oppressors.” The correspondent adds that the reports of an opposition republic having been established are refuted by the facts that the governor and general commanding at Iloilo have assured the American delegates from the war ships that they settle nothing without orders frfom the national government at Malolos. TO CO-OPERATE WITH MILLER. Dewey Sends Two Gunboats to Iloilo —Troops to Land at Onee. NEYV YORK, Jan. A dispatch to the Tribune from Washington says: “Admiral Dewey cabled to the Navy Department that he haei sent the gunboats Concord and 1 etrel to Iloilo to co-operate with the cruiser Baltimore in support of the army expedition. These vessels are the lightest draught vessels in his fleet, but have powerful batteries of six-inch rifles and rapidtire guns, which make them among the most useful vessels in the fleet. After they are no longer needed at Iloilo they will continue to cruise among the southern islands of the archipelago, where American jurisdiction has not yet been established. "Confidence is expressed at the War Department that General Miller will land all the troops from his transports by the end of this week. It has been decided that a close confinement of the troops on shipboard for over a week would have a damaging effect cn their health and spirits which cannot be permitted and therefore General Otis will set a limit on the pacific negotiations with the insurgents there. With the display of force that the army and navy will be able to make In the neighborhood of Iloilo by the end of this week it is thought the natives will abandon their show of resistance and welcome the soldiers. In any event, however, according to the present understanding. the troops will be landed without further delay.” IlexuUri to Mall for Manila Soon. WASHINGTON, Jan. 6.—General Sumner, commanding at Omaha, Neb., has Informed the War Department that he has received notice that the transport Scandia will be ready to sail from San Francisco for Manila on the 15th insrt., and that he has accordingly ordered the Twentieth Infantry, at Omaha, to leave on the llth inst. for San Francisco. The Twentieth Infantry will be the first regiment to start for Manila out

of the six regiments of regulars now under orders to proceed to the Philippines. Three of the old regiments will start from New York about the 17th hist., and will make the trip by way of the Suez canal. The remaining two regiments will proceed to the Orient by the Pacific route as soon as transports can be provided at San Francisco. Waiting; on News from Iloilo. WASHINGTON, Jan. if.—Nothing of special interest had been received by the government from Iloilo. Although much interested in the progress of events there, the administration has full confidence in Us representatives on the ground, and no further action will be taken until something further is learned as to the situation. As soon as the reaty is ratified by the Senate the President, it is expected, will make any changes that rnay have been found to be necessary in matters of administration, to the end that his instructions to General Otis and by him proclaimed to the people may be fully carried out in letter and in spirit. Manila C nutoras Receipts. SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 6.—Advices received to-day at the custom house from officials in the custom house at Manila report that trade in the city has received an impetus since American occupation. The receipts at Manila custom house during November averaged S2O/100 a dfcy in gold, and the report states that shipping is on the increase and that the possibilities of commerce are unlimited. Two Emissaries from Agninulilo, SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 6.—Lieut. B. E. Calkins, who arrived from Manila on the Doric, reports that two emissaries of Aguinaldo are en route to this country in the interests of the Filipino government. It is said they will try to have the Filipinos granted several of the Philippine group as an indemnity. WIFE AGAINST HUSBAND. Mr*. Wright Says the “King of Fresh Water" Is Guilty of Murder. GOUVERNEUR, N. Y., Jan. 6.—Sheriff George a! Storrs, of Utah county, Utah, left here yesterday, accompanied by Mrs. Jennie Wright. They arc en route to Utah in an endeavor to clear up a murder mystery and to free, if possible, a man from a life sentence. At the Pelican Point ranch, Utah, in 1895, three young men were shot down one night in their ranchhouse. The stepfather of one of the boys, named Haynes, had had trouble with the men and was arested, charged with the crime. The bodies of the men were found sunk in Utah lake and the premises they had occupied were looted. Haynes was convicted on circumstantial evidence and was sentenced to be hanged, but a stay was secured and the sentence commuted to life imprisonment. A short time after the crime George TV'. Wright left that locality and lived in various parts of the West, finally drifting to Fre-h Water, Col. He was a graduate of Kalamazoo Law College. He soon became prominent.. bearing the sobriquet of “King of Fresh Water." One morning a man with whom Wright was at odds was found shot to pieces in his cabin. Wright assisted at the coroner’s inquest and wrote out the verdict of "murder by a person unknown." Later Wright became involved in a questionable sheep deal, and after being arrested jumped his hail and fled. He visited his wife at h( r parents’ home and tiien disappeared. After he left the West evidence of a positive character relating to the murder at Fresh Water is said to have been found against Wright, and after working on the case for over a year Chief Harder elicited a confession from Mrs. Wright to the effect that her husband had goods which figured in the Pelican Point murders. The Utah authorities were communicated with and found the articles just where she said. Mrs. Wright said she was willing to testify against her husband for the terrible crime, providing he can be caught. She says her lips have previously been sealed through fear of him.

MANY SOLDIERS INJURED. Hurled front Their Bunks by the Giving Way of Scantling. COLUMBUS. 0.. Jan. 6. Two hundred members of the Fourth Ohio Volunteers, gathered hero for muster-out were hurled from their improvised beds at the Auditorium early this morning, and twenty-three were injured, quite a number being seriously hurt, although no fatalities an: expected. In order to accommodate the men temporary double-decked bunks had been constructed out of tent floors and scantling, and under the weigiit of the sleeping soldiers the structure toppled over. All the injured are battalion men. The more seriously hurt are: JOHN KASHNOR, Company M, Ashville, injured about the neck and spine. GORDON WITHROW. Company M, Hallsville, spine and abdomen injured. ALBERT BARBER. Company H. Portsmouth, lower bowels and lumbar region. NAT J. COFFMAN, Company E, Washington Courthouse, back. ED I. WALKER, Company M, Circleville, back and abdomen. SAMUEL SPANGLER, Company M, Cireleville. hip and back. CHARLES NEAL. Company H, Portsmouth. back and neck. SAMUEL A. JOHNSON, Company H, Portsmouth, back and right hip. ALBERT MESSER. Company H, Portsmouth, neck anil back of head. FRENI 11 SIMMS, Company E, Washington Courthouse, rib broken. GEORGE NEWHARD, Company M, Circleville, ril> broken. There were twelve others who received severe injuries and many who were more or less bruised. Lack of bracing of the bunks is the reason given for the accident. The men in the lower bunks suffered the most. A number were removed to the various city hospitals owing to the severity of their injuries. BISHOP CONSECRATED. Lncian bee Klnsolvlnjt' to Hale Over Episcopalian* in Brazil. NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—lmpressive services marked the consecration to-day of the Rev. Lucien Lee Kinsolving as bishop for Brazil. The services were held in St. Bartholomew’s Protestant Episcopal Church. The event was of historical interest, inasmuch as the Rev* .Mr. KlnsolVing will be the first Protestant bishop for Brazil. Bishops, priests and laymen from many States were present at the services. The services began at 10:30 o’clock this morning and occupied two hours. A fine musical programme had been arranged. The Rev. A. B. Kinsolving, of Christ Church, Brooklyn, a brother of the bishop-elect, was one of the attending presbyters. Another brother of the bishop-elec., the Rev. Dr. George Herbert Kinsolving, of Texas, preached the sermon. Bishop Lawrence, of Massachusetts, was the epistoior, and the gospeler was Bishop Potter, of New York. The Litany was read by Bishop McVicker, of Rhode Island. The Rev. David H. Greer, pastor of St. Bartholomew’s, officiated as master of ceremonies. The most impressive part of the. ceremonies was the bishop-elect’s "promises of conformity" and the “laying on of hands” by twelve bishops. Bishop Kinsclving was a pupil of the Protestant Episcopal High School near Washington when be was fifteen years old. and before he attained his majority he started a church school on his own account and made it a success. For several years he has been a missionary worker in Brazil and was chosen as bishop LiY h -> s fellow-workers. TRIED TO ASPHYXIATE HER. Attempt by nn Ex-Conviet to Put His Mistress Out of the Way. NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—Richard Price, a former convict, to-day attempted to murder his mistress and commit suicide in a somewhat novel and horrible way. The woman was Mrs. Hannon, with whom, until lately, Price lived for six years. They separated a month ago on account of Prices alleged cruelty. Last night they met and Price compelled the. woman to go with him to a Bleektr-street hotel. When she was in bed he gave her whisky believed to have been drugged. Then Price turned on the unligf ted gas jet. There was a gas stove in the room and he also let the gas from this escape. He shoved his trousers against the door on the floor, so that asphyxiation would be sure. The. woman rose from her bed in terror. Price knocked her down ami held her mouth over the ga-< stove. Just before she was overcome by the gas that poured Into her mouth she screamed loudly. A man in a near-by room heard her. He broke open *he door and prevented the murder of the woman and suicide of Price. The woman was unconscious, but will probably recover. Price, whom the gas had not seriously affected, was arrested. ,

PROBLEM FOR BROOKE THE GGXBRAL SOW TACKMSO THE EDIT ATION AL QI ESTIOS. Rector of Havana University Forbid - den to (liarjut- Students $450 Eaeli for Diploma*. LUDLOW SEARCHING FOR ARMS THREE HUNDRED RIFLES FOUND IN HA\ ANA AND SEIZED. Proclamation to lie Issued Asking; the People to Surrender Their Weapon*—No Reply to Gomez. ♦ HAVANA, Jan. 6.—Governor General Brooke is penetrating the fringe of the educational question. To-day he learned that diplomas to graduates of the University of Havana were signed under the late regime by the captain general and subjected to a tax of $l5O each. He has issued*instructions to the rector of the university and the directors to grant diplomas hereafter without a diploma tax. Three hundred young men are now in attendance at the university. At the request of General Brooke the Bank of Spain has reported as to the amount of the primary scliol funds it holds on deposit. The bank has $35,200 in paper currency, worth about G cents on the dollar, slOl in silver and $77 in bronze. The teachers have been unpaid for a long time, the arrears varying in Individual cases according to political influence. Nothing can be done at present for education, sanitation or road building. Everything must wait until Generals Brooke and Ludlow and their staffs can get definite grasp of perplexing situations. There is an innumerable company of volunteer advisers always available, always suggesting tearing up everything and substituting something new. The courts are an intricate subject. Probably one or two Cuban lawyers will be retained to aid Judge Advocate Dudley in preparing a plan for a supreme court to act as a tribunal of last resort. General Brooke received the following telegram yesterday from Remedios on Jan. 2: “General Carrillo directs me to inform you that General-in-chief Gomez has just arrived at his camp at Guanguabo, and that he does not know when he will leave for the capital. RAFAEL CARRANZA.” As the dispatch is not in answer to an inquiry it was not replied to. ARMS MUST BE SURRENDERED. Major General Ludlow, governor of the Department of Havana, has decided to issue a proclamation inviting the surrender of arms at the arsenal. Receipts will,be given for the arms, which will probably be returned later. There are supposed to be as many as 40,000 rifles in private possession, held chiefly by former Spanish volunteers. Acting on reports received from various agents, Adjutant General Greble and Captain Blunt have searched at night time this week a dozen dwellings and seized altogether about three hundred rifles, with a number of machetes. The largest collection found in any once instance was in a chocolate factory, where twenty rifles were found. Parties of Cubans have been going into the residences of former volunteers, taking their rifles and handing them over to the nearest American patrol. But this is quite another matter. Nine Cubans were caught in the act to-day, among them a colonel, a captain and a lieutenant. They were arrested, taken before General Ludlow, lectured roundly and dismissed. The military administration has no objection to individuals having a revolver or a sporting rifle or so in their residences, and the searchers decline to take the weapon in such cases. They make seizures only where two or more military rifles are found and no acceptable explanation is forthcoming. A Spanish former lieutenant colonel asked General Ludlow to-day to send to his house and seize thirty Mausers, as he did not seem to wish to give them up voluntarily. This was done. A local dealer in arms has 4.500 rifles in stock, but agrees not to sell them at present. All these are simply precautionary measures taken against any possible diturbance. „ The funeral services over the remains of Col. W. H. Mabry, of the First Texas, who died at Quemados camp on Jan. 4, took place yesterday. The coffin, draped with the stars and stripes, rested in front of the colonel's tent. The First Texas stood at "parade rest” when the services were read by the chaplain. The body was brought to Havana last night. Further particulars concerning the shooting of a negro by the United States patrol on Wednesday show that Privates Weiss and Cox, of Company E, Eighth Regiment, arrested a negro w'ho had in his possession a Krag-Jorgenson bayonet. On his way to jail the man tried to escape and was ordered to halt. But, as he continued running, Weiss fired a shot in the air. This did not stop the negro, and Weiss shot him through the heart. Weiss has been arrested pending an inquiry into the case. The United States transport Mobile, which left Savannah on Jan. 3, has arrived here, having on board the Fourth and Ninth Illinois regiments. “King’s holiday” was observed to-day, just as though the. king reigned over Cuba. The business houses were closed, but the Americans kept the public offices open. Captain Sigsbee had a thousand guests on board the United States battle ship Texas to witness the regatta to-day. Punch was served and there was dancing. The race for ten-oared cutters, marines, in competition for the purse offered by 4he owners of the yateh Coronet, was won by the Brooklyn. The race for six-oared gigs for the American Club cup was won by the Arethusa. The race for ten-oared ('utters, firemen, for a purse offered by the Coronet, was won by the Texas. The race for foureared dingles for a Coronet purse was won by the Brooklyn. The race for ten-oared cutters, for the cup offered by Mr. G. L. Childs and other local bankers, was won by the Texas. Colonel Richards, General Brooke’s adjutant general, has arrived here from Porto Rico, via Santiago and Ctenfuegos. He left Cienfuegos yesterday. He said that General Bates, of the Sixth Ohio, has arrived there, with Dusenberry’s Second Illinois, battalion, which makes 1,500 Americans and 30.000 Spaniards camped in and about the city. The Cuban camp is near the American camp, but strict military discipline is maintained, and there have been no disturbances. Colonel Biddle, from Matanzas, who has just arrived here, said there were 15,000 Spaniards and 400 Americans there when the American flag was raised. There are now 1.300 Americans there and everything is quiet. Captain Matias. one of the late Colonel Waring’s assistants, is engaged in supervising the work of cleaning the streets here. The steamers Roumanian and Covandonga, she latter with 230 exiled Nanigos, have arrived here from Spain. The United States transport Manitoba lias arrived at Matanzas from Charleston. The United States military commissioners gave a farewell concert and dance at the Trocha Hotel last night. A number of distinguished Cubans and Spaniards were present. The. United States guards at San Severino fortress, Matanzas, found a prisoner in an obscure cell who had been three days without food. The Spaniards had neglected to release him. Colonel Manuel Glrauta. secretary of the Spanish evacuation commission, called with General Clous upon Governor General Rrooke to-day. He remains lure to settle some trifling points in connection with the evacuation. General Maximo Gomez has arrived at Remedios. Brigadier General Jose Miguel Gomez railed for New York to-day. The Second Illinois battalion, under Major Duzenberry, now at Cienfuegos, where Maj. Duzenberry raised the United States flag on Tuesday, will soon return to Havana province for service under Major General Lee. THE CURRENCY PROBLEM. Price* Still Measured in S|Hnl*lt Honey—Brooke’* Reply to Banker*. NEW YORK. Jan. 6.—A dispatch to the Tribune from Havana says: "To the committee of bankers who waited on General Brooke and asked his concurrence In a plan

for regulating the island currency, be replied that no occasion existed for action on the part of the American military authorities. President McKinley had fixed the value of the Spanish and other foreign coins in American money when received for customs receipts, which left nothing further to be done. Bankers and commercial houses continue divided in their opinions regarding the future of the Spanish and French money which is. in circulation, importers have obtained enough American money to pay customs duties for the present, and no disarrangement of values has yet occurred. The payment of troops is putting American money in circulation, but the complaint is made that small change is lacking in all business transactions. Centenos and Alfonsos and French Napoleons are acccepted at thdr inflated value. Spanish silver, which had been advanced artificially, is falling in value very slowly. Between SB,OOO 000 and $0,000,000 of this Spanish silver is estimated to remain in Cuba. Prices are still measured in Spanish money and show no material variation. “The Cubans are divided over a proposition for General Mario Menocal to accept a place under General Ludlow in the government of Havana. The majority appear to favor his acceptance, though this requires his resignation as an insurgent commander. Menocal commands the insurgents in this province. lie is a graduate of Cornell University and has the respect of the Cubans and Spaniards alike. His influence is conservative.” REVENUES OF Cl BA. Their Expenditure and DlMrlbntion Discussed by (lie Cabinet. WASHINGTON, Jan. G.—The Cabinet, at its meeting to-day, gave special consideration to the administration of affairs in Cuba. There seems to boa misunderstanding among some of the people of Santiago as to the policy of the government with respect to the expenditure of money collected from internal revenue and customs sources. It is not believed that General Wood, who is in command at Santiago, misunderstands the purposes of the government, lyit in any event nothing will be done in the matter until General Wood arrives here. Then an effort will be made to arrive at some general plan for the handling of the receipts in the island. It seems certain, however, that all moneys disbursed must come through a central head and that under no circumstances can any particular city or section be allowed to expend all of its collections to tlie neglect of other sections. General Wood, however, will receive a proper and probably a sufficient allowance for Santiago province, but full consideration is certain to be given to sections which collect nothing or little from customs. It is very likely that soon after General Wood returns to Santiago the governors of the. several provinces will be instructed to assemble for a discussion of the question of their respective needs for adm uistrative purposes and also for pressing internal improvements. Thus, it is expect* and. a fair and equitable distribution of the funds collected on the island will be secured. There has been no change in the original order issued by the War Department for the regulation of the customs in Cuba. Any modification made by the Havana authorities therefore in favor of Santiago was nothing mere than a recurrence to a proper construction of that order, it was said at once at the War Department upon attention being called to the complaint that the funds received at Santiago were being sent to Havana, that if this were done it was something not called for by the order, which in terms called only for a report to Havana of the business of the subports. It is not the intention of the authorities here to modify the plan laid down for the regulation of the customs, and It certainly will not be attempted to erect as many independent governments in Cuba as there are provinces, as has been proposed. o LETTER FROM GOMEZ. The General VYa* Grntefni (o Amerienn* Last November. NEW YORK, Jan. 6.—C01. Ethan Allen, president of the Cuban League of the United States, which went out of existence last April, to-day made public a letter from General Gomez, in answer to a letter sent by him in July last to the Cuban veteran, congratulating him upon the intervention of this country in behalf of the Cubans. The letter, which is dated “Ignonio Narcissas (Yaguajay), Nov. 9,” follows: “Dear Sir—l am in receipt of your letter, dated July 20 last, which has moved me to express my profound gratitude, not only for the high political sentiment it contains, bur for those you express concerning my humble personality. I have only fulfilled the superior duty of well-understood Americanism I have served within the modest sphere of my capacity the interests of civilization and of liberty as taught in your own America. “The Cuban people are deeply grateful to the American people and appreciate very highly their cordial enthusiasm and sincere devotion to the cause of Cuba. From these sentiments, entertained by the Cubans, springs the confidence they now feel in the loyal, just and noble declarations of the government at Washington. I take this opportunity to offer my grateful respects to you, and your patriotic league, which surely has contributed so much through the circle of its influence to cause the sun of justice to shine over Cuba.”

Santiago Jealous of Havana. SANTIAGO DE CUBA. Jan. 6.—To-day being a holiday there were many small gatherings in the streets and several mass meetings. Everywhere the popular cry, growing out of the friction over the “money concentration order,” now suspended, is “God created Santiago equal to Havana.” There has been considerable excitement and though there was little likelihood of trouble. Colonel P* acorn, in the absence of Ge neral Wood, had the United States troops ready to act at a moment’s notice in case of an emergency. The United States gunboat Hist has been ordered north and will leave Santiago tomorrow’. Gomez’* Alleged Scheme. NEW YORK. Jan. (I.—A special from Havana says: “A colonel in the insurgent army says that Gomez recently sounded the army on his old ambition of uniting Cuba and San Domingo under one government. The wily old chief thinks that the United States can offer no objection to this plan, which, if accomplished, would create a state strong enough to absorb Haiti soon. With this done, Gomez believes the foundation would be laid for a republic which would soon take rank in the Western world second only to the United States.” Itritnin"* Representative In Culm. LONDON, Jan. 6.—Lionel G. Carden has been gazetted British consul general for the Island of Cuba. Mr. Carden was until recently British consul at the City of Mexico. About fifteen years ago he was British consul at Havana, where he married an American lady. Adjutant General Dor*t HI. HAVANA, Jan. 6.—Adjutant General Dorst, of the Fifth Cavalry, is critically ill with malarial fever. LOSES HIS FORTUNE. Returning Klomllker Let* Hl* Gold Sink Into Thirty-Mile River. SEATTLE. Wash.. Jan. 6. William Welsh, Frank Rehoka and W. Devine, of Portland .Ore., who have arrived here from the Klondike, claim to have broken the overland record from Dawson to Skaguay. They left Dawson Dec. 12 and arrived at Skaguay Dec. 29. Antonc Groboslts and Albert Bernard, two young men from New York, met with hard luck on the way out. They broke through the ice on Thirty-mile river, and were in the water some time. They were finally rescued and cared for by the police. Groboslts lost $2,800 in gold, which was tied on his sled. He arrived here to-day absolutely penniless. His partner is at Tagish House, in the police hospital, and will lose both feet as well as several fingers. Grobesits will need to have a toe amputated. The Williams sawmill, on the Klondike river, near Dawson, was totally destroyed by fire Dec. 10. A number of horses perWewiH Matters BEST APPRECIATE CUTICURA SOAP. It# retuarkableemollient, cleansing, and purifying properties warrant it# use in the form of washes or solutions for annoying irritations, inflammations, and dialings, for ulcerativa weaknesses, or too free or offensive perspiration, and for many sanative uses. Gentle application# of Ci'tioura (ointment), greatest of emollient akin cure#, in addition, will, In many instance#, prove of marked benefit.

Pains and Aches Os Rheumatism Mako Countless * Thousands Suffer. But this disirose is cured by Howl’s Sarsaparilla. whltfh neutralizes tho ackl in the blood, if you have any symptoms of rheumatism take Hood's Sarsaparilla at onee> and do riwf waste time and money on unknown preparations. The merit of Hood’s Sarsaparilla is unquestioned and its record of cures unpquanti. Hood’s Sarsaparilla Is America's Greatest Medicine for rheumatism. Hood’s Pills cure all liver ills. 2*> cents. IN RUSSIA. An article relating the unpleasant experiences of an American in the dominions of the Tsar, by . • . Foultnsy Bigelow, will be one of several excellent contributions to the Jan. 12th issue of THE YOUTH’S COMPANION. THE NEW SUBSCRIBER WHO SENDS 51.75 NOW will receive The Companion for a full year from the time cf subscription, and THE COMPANION CALENDAR FOR 1839, the most beautiful gift ever giver, to Companion readers. Illustrated Announcement of more than 2co articles and stories to appear during 1899, sent FREE on request. THE YOUTH’S COMPANION, Jit ('•'•Ilf, Pelnn, Mass. ished. Sulphur creek, wjiich was disappointing hist year, is reported to be showing up well this winter. A number of Yukon river steamers will be lest when the ice breaks up in the spring. Some were caught in very unprotected places, and can scarcely escape being wrecked. The Robert Kerr, of the §loruu fleet, is stuck fast on a bar fifty milts below Circle City. The fine steamer Arno'd, of the Abakan Exploration Company’s fleet, was caught by the ice while fast on a bar some thirty miles below Forty-mile. A crack bout of the Empire line, the Seattle, is reported stuck twelve miles below Circle City. She is on a bar and ice was jammed up ail around her. Tho Tacoma and John C. Barr are also fast and in a dangerous position. Thirty citizens of Dawson have been Indicted for perjury in connection with a recent stampede to Kentucky creek, a short distance below Dawson. Swearing to false statements regarding claims is the charge against them.

IMPORTANT INVENTION. Machine for Defihrulinj? Riimie Made by a Cleveland Man. CIjKVEI,AND, 0., Jan. 6.—W. H. Packer, of this city, has invented a ramie detibrator which is said to boa success in every particular. and will, it is believed, revolutionize the manufacture of fabrics. Other inventors. it is stated, have been at work on a machine of the same kind for the past three years, and although large amounts of money have been expended and premiums have be< n offered by governments, they have not been successful. The machine can be operated by a boy and has a capacity of four hundred pounds a day, against two pounds per day, whieh is the output of a man in China. The capacity' of the machine can he increased according to requirements. Ramie, which is grown very largely in South America and the Southern States, is a possible substitute for cotton, flax and side. The fiber produced from it is the strongest in the world. To Pnrehiise Rubber Lunds. NEW YORK, Jan. C.—The Exploration Company of the; Amazon (Oamjtanhia Explorodora do Amazonas) has organized under the- laws of the State of Virginia with an authorized capital of SIO.OiW,C9O, with tiia power to purchase rubber lands and concessions in foreign countries. It is understood that a number of leading rubber manufacturers of tit * I’nlted States are Interested in this corporation with the idea of obtaining their rubber requirements through tlni ownership of rubber lands. Mr. Richard i*\ Scars arrived yesterday from the Amazon with options on several important producing districts. ■!"! 1 SJJ Perfect & | Gail Borden Eagle Brand ! Condensed Milk BRBjXfiHMMHHHBRMHHMMHHHHSSHHHHBBHMBHfINHBHHHMHBI Sm. A Perfect Substitute Fop Mothers milk. For 40 Years the leading brand. Q §"tNFANT HEAL7H's*nt FREE V NY @NOI*SKO MltK®. KIWYOUH Vj ———i*- miMmxt*- mnm* Oil —■—£ DRAGOON PLUG THE FINEST TOIJACCO MAIJE. No other brand so pure and satisfying. Kill LAIUIUST, OI.IIKsT, HE ST. In Ontrul Went. Bryant & Stratton, B Indianapolis %f BSiNESS UNIVERSIT ■ N. Penn., op. P O. t>ay and nifiit tiradiutt** *lsUd to positions. K,ob(i in sood situaiHun* Write for mrttciitars K J. HUfclß, Pwwtdtii* WluWff term beitioa Jnn a, .. >-V> - - ' , ,

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