Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1902 — Page 6

POLITICS OF THE DAY

Miraculona Results of Subsidy. It Is hard to take Mr. Frye seriously In bis recent report upon the ship subsidy bill. He gravely tells us that by paying a paltry 14,700,000 per annum to a few steamship companies we can establish postal lines superior to any now in existence, except on the North Atlantic, and in a few years we will be able to beat the English and Germans, even In the trans-Atlantic service. According to the estimates of the Senate Committee on Commerce (made by Commissioner of Navigation Chamberlain), the cost of building a ship here Is at least 30 per cent greater than in England, and the cost of running under the American flag Is about 40 per cent greater ttian the cost under British registry. They tell us that Great Britain pays $5,530,000 a year in Subsidies to her merchant marine. Mr. Frye proves to his own satisfaction, at least, that the effects of these subsidies, together with all the groat natural advantages enjoyed by England over us. can be triumphantly overcome by the payment to our great steamship companies of a sum SB4X).O<)O less than that expended by Great Britain for the same purpose. Such a stupendous effect from so inadequate a cause is Impossible unless by the miracuious intervention of some superhuman agency. The piously disposed may credit this happy result (If it ever comes about) to Divine Providence, But the true protectionist needs not to fceek so far for an explanation of his economic miracle. It is all due to the inherent beneficence ot the protective •obey. Has not the Dingley tariff still ed the troubled financial waters and raised up prosperity from the ruin of ’93 In the fact of such convincing evidence who will dare to assert that a subsidy of our shipping will not revive our drooping merchant marine? Nevertheless a few discontented freetraders still talk of our great natural resources and attempt to belittle the beneficent effects of protection. But the enlightened protectionist can prove statistically that Providence has played a very subordinate part In our industrial development compared to McKinley and Dingley.

Protectionist Hypocrisy. The Republican controversy over Cuban reciprocity has again laid bare the hypocrisy of the ultraprotectionists. They oppose any concession to Cuba on the ground that it would open the •way for an assault on the whole protective system. That system, therefore, is to lx* maintained In Its integrity at any cost—even at the sacrifice of national honor In the case of Cuba. But what becomes of the argument adduced to support every new tariff schedule, that it is to be “only a temporary measure?” Give us the duty for a little while, has always been the plea—Just for a short time, you know, until the new industry gets on its feet. But when anybody modestly suggests that the new industry Is able to walk alone and tread the public under its feet a fearful cry goes up. Kansas City Star.

Funston in Need of Instruction. General Funston says that “the great mass of the Filipinos do not know what Independence la.” Neither does General Funaton. He evidently thinks that when the temporary officials of a republic adopt a policy It Is the duty of all patriotic citizens to accept and Indorse It, no matter whether they consider It wise and patriotic or not. He would not hesitate to strike down a safeguard of liberty whose Importance has been conceded by every statesman of the past century and which Is one of the beat establlahed principles of Anglo-Saxon right, in order to gain a temporary advantage In subjugating a 10l of aemibarbarous foreigners. That is imperialism and militarism in its Concrete aspect.—lndianapolis Sentinel. The Truth About British Hu ba id lea. Senator Vest devoted hia speech in opposition to the Frye ship subsidy bill to an exposure of the claim that England's mercantile marine has been sustained by subsidies. He declared that 53 per cent of British cargoes was carried In tramp steamers that never received a penny from the government, a statement that la borne out by the briefest investigation of British shipping. As to the subsidies paid to mail steamers be correctly stated that the money paid by the British government was spent for military reasons altogether apart from any consideration of promoting trade.—Pittsburg Dispatch. Citizens Who Fail In Their Duty. There are too many otherwise good men who fall to take a proper Interest tn the affairs of government. They seem not to care beforehand what is going to be done, but afterward complain that it was not done as they would have it. This la both Inconsistent and unjust. No man has a right to expect or demand that others sliall take from his shoulders his part of the burden of government.—Montgomery (Ala.) Advertiser.

Muzzling the Cabinet Officers. White Houue news must hereafter roach the public through Secretary Cortelyou And not through members of the cabinet. Such Is the latest Rooseveltlan edict. The clear Implication Is that members of the official family have been talklug too much and too loosely and must stop It. It may be easier to

muzzle a cabinet than a Senate—the number concerned being smaller in the former cose—but folks will talk, cabinet ministers included, give them provocation enough. Springfield Republican.

Henderson Is Receiving Light. It must be admitted that when Speaker Henderson flops—and his record in this line is something remarkable—he comes down with both feet. About a fortnight ago he was, if not openly and avowedly for beet sugar first, last and all the time, leaning strongly toward beets as the basis of harmony. Tuesday night he was friendly to Cuba with all the zeal of the convert who has come to a definite conclusion as to which side of the bread is buttered. He was for harmony without beets as ingredients. In effect he warned the extremists among the opponents to Cuban relief that if they persisted they had better make an assignment to the Democratic party and be done with it.—Boston Transcript. The Ship Subsidy Swindle. Again a chance has been provided in the Senate for the passage of the ship subsidy bill of unpleasant memory and evil (present) repute. We do not pretend to say that the bill would not result in an Increased tonnage under the American flag. We do Insist that tile game would not pay for the candle and that without this unjust subsidy, but with a fair reduction in the tariff and a proper apprehension of the enormous growth of our commerce, our mercantile marine will Increase by leaps and bounds within the next decade. Even the advocates of the bill acknowledge in private if not in public that the principle of subsidies is a bad principle.—Minneapolis Tribune. Both Houses After -‘Pork.” In the late Congress a large majority of Senators sat waiting to pass the $•10,000,000 river and harbor bill and Inwardly cursing the filibustering speech of Senator Carter of Montana, by which It was defeated. There is no change in the Senate in this respect. Hence the alleged menace of the ship subsidy Senators to defeat the river and harbor bill, should subsidy be defeated In the House, is not likely to cause much alarm. The Senate is quite as eager for the river and harbor “pork*, as the House.—Philadelphia Record. Must Stay Behind the Gnna. Gunner Hill has joined Gunner Morgan In the class deemed ineligible to promotion because not up to the etiquette standard established by the naval ring. They are flue types of those “men behind the guns” of which we hear so much In song and story. But they must stay behind the guns. Pro motion is not for them. They are not tit to associate with our new-found friends among the kings and princes. Class distinctions, bard and fast, are parts of the price we must pay in order to be a world power.—Terre Haute Gazette. Proves Republican Subserviency. In nothing else that the Republican party has done has the subserviency of the organization been so completely exposed as In the fact that It has authorized and defended tariff schedules that enable American producers to sell goods in foreign markets, with the cost of shipping added, at lower rates than are charged domestic users or consumers. That this state of things has existed for years is a standing reproach to the Republican lawmakers of the laud. May Give Democrat* a Chance. If the dallying about fair treatment for Cuba continues much longer, and ret Iproclty as recommended both by Mr. McKinley and Mr. Roosevelt Is Ignored by Cbngress, and the Isthmian canal question is bungled, the Democracy, under intelligent leadership, mny find Its opportunity and, shrewdly evading the old issues, capture the next House and the Presidency on the new lines of campaign.—Washington Star. Advantage of a One-Term Preaident No President who is ambitious for a second term can carry out his own ideas of right and Justice. He must bend to the will of a lienighted or selfish or corrupt Congress and he must constantly stand In fear of popular opinion, however mistaken it may be. Only a one-term President, with a Jacksonian backbone, can be depended upon to do his best.—St. Ix>uls PostDispatch.

Senators Fear Popular Election. Senator Hoar has once more risen to say that the United States Senate is the greatest deliberative body in the world, adding that the proposition to elect its members by a popular vote is a blow at one of the glories of the republic. The chances are that a large majority of his fellow Senators will agree with him on that point. I) may be said to be the inside view.—Boston Herald. Merely a Stalking Horse. The stand of Republican Congressman against Cuban reciprocity Is not to be credited to the influence of the beet sugar interest. That Is only a stalking horse. The big tariff trusts are all making their fight over the shoulders of this comparatively unimportant interest of “the farmer.**—ln. dianapolis Sentinel.

STORY OF A MYSTERY.

The Ely-Rogers Diaappearance Bafllea Police of the Whole Country. For a person to suddenly vanish as if earth had swallowed him up is a most difficult feat. This is the opinion of po-

liee and expert detectives. Yet, despite this dictum, hundreds of persona drop out of sight every year. What becomes of these people is a mystery few detectives will attempt to explain. The most notable and inexplicable case of mysterious disappearance during the past year

MISS ELY.

was that of Frank Ely Rogers, a boy of 14, who disappeared from his home in Evanston, Hl. He was accompanied by his aunt, Miss Florence Ely. Since their disappearance last July all efforts to find them have been futile. Until last July Miss Ely had been a piano teacher in Evanston. She is 40 years old, slender and of delicate physique. Her hair is dark brown. Her large dark eyes are expressive. Altogether she is a handsome gentlewoman bf more than usual intelligence and devoted to music. For twenty years she made her home with her sister, the wife of James O. Rogers, as did also her mother, who is heartbroken over the peculiar action of her daughter. Mr. Rogers is connected with the mercantile firm of Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co., in Chicago. When Frank was born, fourteen years ago, Miss Ely idolized the baby. She loved him as if she were his mother, and it was her delight to care for and amuse him. As he grew into boyhood her affection kept pace with his growth. The care ot the boy took precedence of all else in her mind. As the boy grew older and her, absorption in him increased she gave up nearly nil her social duties. She wished to devote her entire time to h*r' nephew. On the morning of July 13 Frank left home ostensibly to attend n picnic in the

woods near town. He said good-by cheerfully to his mother and his grandmother, the aged Mrs. Ely, and slighted his aunt, as it is now remembered. By persistent search their movements for an hour or so after they left the house have been traced.

FRANK ROGERS.

Finally they took a north-bound electric car which runs from Chicago to Milwaukee, and that was the last time they were seen in Evanston. Since then dozens of clews have been followed, but not one has led to a reliable trace of the couple. Mr. Rogers has spared neither time nor money in the search. He has employed private detectives, and the police force of every city and town in the country has been warned to keep on the alert. As a last resource the parents have resorted to the chain letter system to find the absent ones. Here is their plea for help: Dear Friend—Will you kindly help a heartbroken father and two mothers In an effort to find their loved ones by writing three copies of this letter and sending them, over your own signature, to three friends, making the same request of them, and so on, forming an endless chain. Miss Florence A. Ely and nephew. Frank Ely Rogers, disappeared from their home, 713 Hinman avenue, Evanston, 111., July 13, 1901. Nothing has been heard of them since. Miss Ely is 40 years of age, about 5 feet 3 inches in height, very thin and weighs from 90 to 100 pounds; face rather long and very expressive; dark-brown hair; large dark-brown eyes, with an intense expression, are her most noticeable features; good music teacher; attractive to children. Frank E. Rogers Is 14 years of age, height about & feet 2 Inches; weight about 80 pounds; medium brown hair, gray-blue eyes, long, slender hands, is left handed, writes with either right or left; draws well, always using left hand. Only love and a glad welcome await them both. A large reward will be cheerfully given for Information leading directly to the restoration of either or both. Printed letters with pictures will be sent upon request. Send all information to JAMES C. ROGERS. 713 Hinman avenue, Evanston, 111.

HETTY GREEN’S HUSBAND DIES.

Decedent Was First American to Make a Fortune in the Philippines. Edward H. Green, husband of Mrs. Hetty R. Green, the richest woman in America, died at the Green home in

Bellows Falls, Vt., after an illness of several months. He was 81 years old. Mrs. Green has been at Bellows Falls constantly the last few weeks, and Miss Sylvia Green has been with her father all through his sickness. Mr. Green was born in Vermont, but early In life

EDWARD GREEN.

left that State to seek his fortune. He found it at Manila, the capital of the Philippines. He resided in that city for seventeen years, and left it with $1,000,000. He then settled in New York, where he engaged In Wall street speculations, at first with considerable success. Hetty Green was at that time Miss Harriet R. Robinson, a society belle and a woman of striking personality and beauty. She was even then reputed to be worth something like $10,000,000. Naturally she had scores of suitors. Green entered the lists and carried off the prize. He was then a handsome man and apparently destined to become a very successful one. Before their marriage an ante-nuptial contract was signed and sealed, by which Mr. Green agreed that his wife’s fortune should not be liable for his debts and obligations, or for any of their joint expenses. For seme time after their marriage the Greens lived in London, where their two children were born, but In 1872 they returned to New York. Mr. Green was reputed to be a shrewd and level-headed financier, but Mrs. Green, who is now about 70 years old, early proved herself the better financier of the two. He lost his fortune. She doubled and trebled hers. The British government him decided to raise the pay of its private soldiers to 25 cents per day for two year enlistments and to 37 cents per day for eight years' service.

MILES WOULD QUIT.

THREATENS TO RESIGN IF ARMY BILL 18 PASSED. Military Head of the Nation Tells Senate Committee He Could Now Name the Men Who Would Be Ad-vanced-May Be Removed. Lieut. Gen. Miles, testifying before the Senate committee on military affairs the other day, declared that if the army reorganization bill submitted by of War Root should become a wocild be forced to resign his position and retire. Further than that, Gen. Miles stated that he “could name the men Mho would be selected to fill the new plactfs” should the bill become n law. The declarations of Gen. Miles are expected to widen the breach between hfm and the War Department, and friends of the President declare he will resent the statement that certain persons in the army are already assured of high positions should the bill become a law. The testimony of Gen. Miles was given privately before the committee, and he submitted a typewritten outline of his attitude toward the bill. The testimony created a sensation in the capital. Secretary of War Root, when shown Gen. Miles’ testimony, declined to say whether any action would be taken by the President or by the department. Secretary Root exhibited little feeling. Ht remarked quietly that he was sorry

Lieut. Gen. Miles opposed this bill. He pointed out that, under the section of which Gen. Miles complained, the lieutenant general would have greatly enlarged powers in army management, instead of being restricted in his functions, as he supposed. Gen. Miles’ testimony created a good Impression on the committee and his earnestness had evidently considerable influence. It is possible the statement made by Gen. Miles that he could name the officers who are likely to be selected for the new places under the bill will arouse the ire of Mr. Roosevelt. The statement was made without the knowledge that it would be repeated, but it became known to Secretary Root and the President and led to a good deal of comment in the War Department. Gen. Miles, in opposing the idea of a general staff, controlled by civilians, claimed part of the credit for the victory of the American army at Santiago, declaring he ordered Shafter to move from Tampa to Santiago, and it was because of his orders that Shafter*., army arrived so soon. He told the incident to show that, had he been compelled to wait for a staff meeting, Shafter would have been delayed in leaving Tampa. Lieut. Gen. Miles had been summoned expressly to give his opinion upon the Root bill, which provides for the consolidation of the quartermaster general’s and commissary general’s departments into one supply bureau, and which also creates a general staff. Gen. Miles submitted to the committee a typewritten statement in which he declared that the Root bill was subversive of the military establishment, and he bad no hesitation in declaring that the measure would render it impossible for him to continue to hold the office of lieutenant general in command with due respect to the dignity of his position. Gen. Miles read his typewritten statement to the committee, which accepted it as an official criticism. The stenographer present was directed by Senator Quarles to omit a good deal of the testimony whieft followed the reading of the statement. This was because Gen. Miles wished to have the statements he made regarded as confidential. He did not hesitate to describe the bill as one calculated to increase the Confusion of the military administration, knd at one time be stated that the effect of the bill would be to enable the authorities to reward their favorites. He made the assertion that he could name the officere who were likely to be appointed by the President to the new office of major general and that of brigadier general among the places created by the pending measure. Gen. Miles was 02 yeara old last August. The President has authority to retire him now arbitrarily under the law, and, a Washington correspondent says, It la strongly intimated that this will be done, and done in a way to make it nnpleaeant for Gen. Miles. A suggestion has already been made to the President that he should retire the lieutenant general under the law and rebuke him aeverely for his action in the Schley case, for the publicity given to his plan to relieve the situation in the Philippines, and for his testimony before the Senate committee.

Georgia Bank Closes Doors.

The People’s Bank .of Americus, Ga., closed its doors as a result of a quiet run for a week. The capital of the bank was $50,000 and the amount due creditors is ■aid to be $30,000. President Simmons ■lainis that the assets will offset the liaMlitles. Harry Barber, living at Mt. Zion, twenty miles southeast of Clinton, Mo., was burned to death. The bouse in which he was sleeping caught fire and he was unable to escape. Two brothers, Neill and Carl Barber, wera severely burned and will probably die.

KNIGHTS IN CHICAGO.

Twenty Thousand Pythians from Eleven States Hold a Jubilee. Knights of Pythias from eleven States congregated in Chicago recently. More than 20,000 of them came, and these, added to a like number residing in Chicago, made an army of 40,000. It was one of the biggest conclaves ever held in the history of the order, and there was an initiation at the Coliseum which had never been surpassed in impressiveness by this order. Three men, one of them of national reputation, received the degree of knighthood. These were Gov. La Follette of Wisconsin and two of Chicago's Aidermen, Frank T. Fowler and Milton J. Foreman. During the initiatory services, which began at 7 o’clock and did not end until long after midnight, thousands of knights were in attendnnee. Many of them came that could not get in. Charles H. Cushing, the grand chancellor of Illinois, presided. The convention, which was known as a “Pythian jubilee.” was opened by Timoleon Lodge, No. 351, of Chicago. Immediately following was a reception of the supreme lodge officers and of the grand lodge officers of the several grand domains. Addresses were made by Robert L. O. White of Nashville, Tenn., the supreme keeper of the records and seal, and by Maj. Gen. James 11. Carnahan of Indianapolis. Senator Beveridge of Indiana was expected, the intention being to Initiate him into the third degree also. Late in the day, however, a telegram was received from him stating that owing to public duties he would be unable to attend. Gov. La Follette was initiated by the Garfield Lodge of Milwaukee, Aiderman Fowler by the Indianapolis lodge and Aiderman Foreman by the lola men of Dayton, Ohio. The three initiates had already taken the two first degrees, those of page and esquire. More high officials of the Knights of Pythias were in Chicago than were ever together at one time, the grand chancellors of eleven States being present. They represented Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Michigan, lowa, Texas, New Mexico, Indiana, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Minnesota. A conspicuous figure was that of Henry Clay Berry of Illinois, who is the oldest living past supreme chancellor. The Coliseum was decorated elaborately for the occasion, flags and Pythian emblems hanging from the galleries and girders In profusion. The knights took care of everything in connection with the building while the initiations were going on, the electric lights and the heat being cared for by members of the order. Even the waiters were knights and the policeman who stood inside the door was a knight also. Pythian knights were everywhere In Chicago. They paraded in the streets, dressed in their military looking uniforms, they filled the hotels and the eating rooms and later they surged about ths doors of the Coliseum. The building was crowded shortly after tho doors were thrown open at 4 p. m. and a Hue half a block long stretched northward from the crowded door. The big building was made into a grand lodgeroom and there all the commanderies in attendance made their headquarters during the jubilee. The building will hold about 13,000 persons If well packed and this means not very many, more than one-third of the visiting knights got into the place at one time.

TO SUCCEED POWDERLY.

Immigration Commissionership Offered to Chief Sargent. T. V. Powderly, Commissioner General ot Immigration at the port of Now York, and Edward F. McSweeney, Assistant

Commissioner o t Immigration at the same port, will, It Is reported, shortly be retired from office. It is understood that Frank P. Sargent, grand master of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, has been selected to succeed Commissioner General Powderly.

The decision to retire Commissioner General Powderly was made within the last few weeks. It Is not understood that Powderly has been suspected of any dereliction of duty, but in view of the fact that he has failed to operate in perfect harmony with higher officials it wm thought that the appointment of a new commissioner general would tend to promote the efficiency of the service.

LOAD OF MANIAC SOLDIERS.

Pitiable Condition of a Consignment of Men from the Philippines. A consignment of insane soldiers passed through Chicago the other day and excited both horror and pity. There were eighteen in the consignment and they were on their way from the Philippines to the soldiers’ hospital at Washington. Everyone of the eighteen was violently and incurably insane. Their wild, haggard faces peered menacingly through the windows of their coach, their manacled bands wildly threatened the onlookers and their fiendish shieks and laughter echoed through the railway station. Few of them were apparently diseased in body. The maniacs were in charge of a squad of soldiers armed with clubs. Ths guards said in reply to questions that a consignment of a score or two score of maniacs from the Philippines was by no means unusual. The affliction is dus either to the heat and unhealthy climate of the Philippines or the indulgence in the Filipino “Vino” and other liquors sold there. The malady is of a violent and persistent nature and will not respond to airy treatment that has yet been discovered. When the train rolled into the union depot the insane soldiers chattered, snarled, moaned and whined like wild beasts. Depot employes and trainmen who passed the car, not knowing of the presence of the maniacs, were greatly frightened when they heard a snarl of rage and then looked up into fiendish faces, which had their lips drawn back and teeth exposed. One unwitting man fainted from horror and fright and was compelled to receive medical aid. The condition of the maniacs was pitiable in the extreme. All were absolutely mad nnd violent. Every ou of them wore leg irons and handcuff*, and some were in strait Jackets nnd bound to their seats in the car. Mott of there c re young mex

CECIL RHODES DEAD.

COLOSSUS OF SOUTH AFRICA PASSES AWAY. Story of Hia Career Reads Like a Ro-mance-Gained Fame and Wealth as One of the Greatest of the English Empire Builders.

Cecil Rhodes, the colossus of South Africa, died at Cape Town Wednesday evening after a serious illness for several weeks. As long ago as last June the cables from Cape Town brought information of Rhodes’ bad health and his general breaking down within a short time was predicted. Rhodes lived at Groat Schur, a beautiful country seat near Cape Town. His sister Alice presided over his home for him. Ho never married, and had the reputation of beiug a woman hater. He is supposed to have been immensely wealthy, but he was always a man who had little to say about his wealth and his affairs and estimates of his fortune have varied widely. A native of England, a minister's son, of college education, a spirit of adventure took Rhodes to Africa, where lie engaged in diamond-mining. Born apparently with Midas touch, everything he undertook added to his fortune. The

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sobriquet of “diamond king” has been his for twenty years. In 1890 he became premier in the Cape cabinet. His political opinions favored self - government throughout the British empire until within very recent years, when financial ambition swerved him back into imperialism. While a home ruler he gave a subscription of $50,()00 to the nationalists of Ireland. As chairman of the British Sonth Africa Company his political conduct and monetary power were combined in the promotion of imperialism, but for a time on federal principles. He predicted a new political community to be called “United South Africa,” of which he expected to be president or king. In combination with Dr. Jamieson he organized a reactionary party in South Africa, whose purpose was to absorb the wealth of the country for the carpet baggers who preferred to refuse citizenship in the local governments, which by the use of capital and cunning they expected to merge absolutely in the British empire. This design culminated in the difficulties which led to the treaty of 1884 between the Transvaal Republic and the British government, of which Mr. Gladstone was then the head. The treaty guaranteed the independence of the Transvaal on condition that it should enter into no treaty with zuy other foreign power without the consent of the government of Great Britain. British patriots like John Morley, Sir William Vernon Harcourt and James Bryce have repeatedly asked, but in vain, for evidence that the obligatiqn assumed by the Transvaal had ever been violated. The South African raid directed by Mr. Rhodes and led by Dr. Jameson was only the preliminary skirmish opening up the prolonged war whose end is not yet in sight. Its object was to secure possession of the diamond mines by force and depend upon diplomacy at to make the seizure a political sovereignty. Cecil Rhodes has always been looked upon in his native country as a British patriot and statesman. Oxford University publicly conferred upon him the degree of doctor of civil law in 1899. The amount of his fortune is beyond computation. Cecil Rhodes was 49 years of age.

REVERSE FOR DELAREY.

British Make 135 Boers Prisoners and Capture Five Guns. Reports of the result of the combined movement of British columns against Gen. Delarey have enabled Lord Kitchener to announce the capture of 135 prisoners, three fifteen-pounders, two pompoms and quantities of stock, wagons, etc. Gen. Delarey appears to have evaded Lord Kitchener's cordon successfilly at the offset. In a dispatch dated at Pretoria Lord Kitchener says: “At dusk the evening of March 23 the combined movement against Delarey was undertaken by columns of mounted men, without guns or impediments of any sort. The columns started from Commando Drift, on the Vaal River, and traveled rapidly all night, and at dawn, March 24. occupied jmsitions along the line from Commando Drift to the Liehtenburg blockhouse line. Kekewidh’s column, after the commencement of the action, captured three fifteenpounders, two poin-jioins, nine prisoners and a hundred mules, carts and wagons. Gen. W. Kitchener’s column captured eighty-nine prisoners, forty-live carts and wagons and a thousand cattle. There are a few more prisoners, on the blockhouse line. The troops covered eighty miles in twenty-four hours. In a later message Lord Kitchener says: "The total numbers of prisoners is 135.” 1 Cable nnd other supplies have arrived for the construction of the test automatic river gauge which is to be placed in the Tennessee river at Chattanooga by Observer W. M. Fulton of the Knoxville station. It will be the first gauge of the kind ever constructed, and the workings will be tested for a year before attempting general iritroduction by the government. It is officially announced that King Edward will not go abroad this year. Ha will cruise in British waters on board the royal yacht Victoria and Albert.