Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 1, Jasper, Dubois County, 9 September 1898 — Page 6

WEEKLY COURIER.

JASPER

C. loVK, IMI.II.hir.

INDIANA

SEPTEMBER 1 38. I

(.en. Merritt sailed from Man In on the steamship China. n the -ttt. on his way to Faris to attend the teuton of the peace conference. The reunion of the Iron ltrigadc. nt Milwaukee, came to a close, ou the 31st. after choosing Uaeine. VTNm as the place of meeting in the first week of September next year. m A London dispatch, on the 1st. said: "Great Hritaiu is bejriiinitif to be alarmed lest the fstc of Hicks 1'nsha has befallen the Anglo- Kgy pt iun army under the sirdar. Sir lterlerl kitchener."

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Word has been received of the arrival at Seattle of the steamer Unanoke from the Yukon with 04 is). (WO in gold dust from the Klondike. Tlie Kounoke also carried a full liät of pus scugers. The city health department of Chicugo is taking strong measures to give prompt aid to all sick soldiera passing IfcrOQfh that city and to take care of those who are uuablc to continue their journey home. Solemn thanksgiving services were held in all the churches in Amsterdam us well as throughout Holland, on tha

aist, upon the occasion of Queeu Wilhelmina attaiuiug her majority and ascending the throne. emm o" The French newspapers generally distrust the practicability of the czar's p- ace scheme, ami clearly indicate that France would make the restoration of Alsace-Lorraine a prerequisite to her participation iu the conference. Col. Uirard. chief medical otlicer of the Second army eorpa, received a telepram from .secretary of War Alger, on the Mtfc, nuthori.iug him to increase the subsistence of the patients in the general hospital from n to ti cent a day . The United States transport China left Manila. Philippine Islands, on the WHM, having on lioard Maj.-Gven. Merrill and his statf. The general is bound for l'aris, where he will take purl in the .SpanisU-American peace cou ferenee. Spanish authorities at Havana rcfused a landing to lied Cross supplies for starving inhabitants, ou the :oth, and fined the master of the relief ship, Clinton No. $."00, because he had no manifest. Miss Clara Itartou was on board the vessel.

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ÖUKKEXT Tones. THE 1EWS IN BRIEF. PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

Orders were received at Annapolis

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the :ilst. dire. ting A'lmiral

Cervera to make arrangements to proceed with his officers and men back to Spain immediately, in accordau M with the instructions issued by the Spanish iu. mslcr of marine. l'eace makes no difference whatever iu the busy operations at Heading. I 'a., on shells and projectiles for tlie array and navy. During the past month the Carpenter Steel Co. made the largest shipments of projectiles u the history of tlie establishment. Kx-Gov. Claude Matthews, of Indiana, died, on the 28lh. at the country home of Isaac Meharry at Wingate, 1 in 1. He was taken there immediately after nci-iving a stroke of paralysis while addressing the old settlers of Montgomery county, and from wh'.ch he never rallied.

The official announcement it made that tlie interest on the four per cent. L' inted States bonds, due October It will ha anticipated; that coupon will be paid off Septemher 10, on preentation. and the interest checks on the registered bonds will be sent altout Si-plciuber 20 for immediate payuicut. The torn-do boat Davis, which is be

ing constructed at the Yollf V. Sewicker iron works, at Portland. Ore., was given a preliminary trial ou the William, ite river on the STUl No effort was made to force the craft up to the require I speed. 4 kil ts, but it is IMMUMM that the trial was satisfactory iu every res;ect.

i: . is announced. on the jyt'u. at the

Mar department that Gen. Merritt wus to go to Paris to give the peace e.:nmission the benetit of his experience in the Philippines. The origiual plan was to send Admiral Dewey to Paris for thut purpose, but this wus changed upon representations from the admiral l hm lie could be of greater sen ice at Manila tliau iu Paris.

On the -7th the associated banks of the city of New Y.sU held 5.' 1 . :U3,.loO in excess of the requirements of the 25-per-cent. rule. President and Mrs McKinley spent a pleasant hour at Camp Meade, on the

-'7th. en route to Somerset, Pa., for a' short vacation. Ir John Hopkinson, an English electrical emrineer. ami his son ami two daughters were killed while ascending, without a guide, the Deuts de Yctsivi, iu the Canton of Vulais. Sw itzerland, the mountains of which are amoiiir the hiebest in Kurope. and

w hich are expose'1 to furious torrents j

and destructive avalauclies. The Austrian aud Hungarian premiers reported to t he emperor, on the Mh, tliat. as a result of the Ausglcch negotiations, a final agreement on the subject was expected the next day. It is officially announced from Simla that for the week ended on the .'7th. th. re were 0JJ00 deaths from plag.ie in the Horn bay presidency. The epidemic is spreading. t apt. Lovis C. Duncan, surgeon of the Twenty-second Kansas regiment, is held by tko sheriff of Fairfax county. Va . to answer an indictment charging hun with desecrating confederate graves at Hull Hun. near Mauassis. The statement of the condition of the treasury, issued on the Will, showed: Available cash balance, .'.OOuyJl 1; gold reserve. KlS, l&,00t The Madrid correspondent of the Loudon Daily Mail says: Spain's peace commissioners will be Scnor Leon y Castiiio. Spanish ambassador at Paris; 8enor I'rrutia. Spanish minister at Hrussels; the duke of Najer, governor of Cadi.; Scnor Mareortu aud Scnor A barzuza. The Oakland Hcd Cross society has estahlished a hospital at Piedmont, across the bav from San Krancisco. Three sets of dies for making garters, dimes aud nickels were discovered

in the coal mines of the Kansas penitentiary at Leavenworth on the .".Hb. A gang of convicts had been making counterfeit mouey for several weeks, aud might have continued had not a tight occurred over the divisiou of Ihe coin. The instructions to the Cuttuns and I'orto Kit an military commissions wer' drawn up and approved by the president before he left Washington.

Gen. Inn Carlos Ihiell wvs reported.

on the t h. to be dying at his home

near Paradise. Ky. He w as taken Maidenly ill. on the JTth. and the attending phys'u an says that he can not live. He is Ho years old. Maj.-Gen. Otis is acting govt u.or of Manila, in the absence of Gen. Merritt. Halvor Floren, aged -"J, and Annie Dillnar. aged is, were drowned while loating ou Diamond lake, near Orove Citv. Minn , on the 3oth. Morris Blof

sen and Jennie Nelson, who were in the same lxat. bail narrow escapes On the 3oth the war department was notified of tlie death of Col. J. .1. Van llorne. of the hViphth I nited States infantry, at l'ort Russell, Wyo. The statement of the condition of the treasury, on the ;it)th, showed: Availa

ble cash balance, 8.,U-,.-'ö. li 1 : gout reserve. SIM)M0i Hrig .-(ien. Uoval T. Frank has h. en assigned to command temporarily the

Third anuy corps. formerly coinmanded by t.cn Wade, the latter havinir I n relieved to become a mem bur

of the Cuban military commission. Admiral W. S. Schley and Oen. Wm. . bor.lon. Uatiad States commissioners to settle the conditions for the Spanish evacuation of Porto lloo. sailed from New York, on the ;Ust. for san Juan on board the steamer Seneca. A isn't laartUl nt Nancy. Fiance,

has just sentenced a private soldier to

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,4444.4,4441 The Red Cross Home tor coiivswm

, ceuts will be openeo 111 sUi 1 in s few days, in charge of Miss Laura

McKinstry. a young IfWNI "oinanol that city. Kobbers secured frt.eou in asb freu the Pacific Kxpress C . in Omaha, ou the 31st. It was one of t he boldest, a well as one of the smoothest, pieces ol work ever perpetrated there. The money WM Consigned by the Fust na tionul bank of Omaha to the fill MM national bank of St. Paul, Minn. Admiral Schley has U-en selected t command the Facitie squadron upon the retirement of Admiral Miller, ahoiit the middle of Oetolier. if tkl Pi rto llicau commission tinishes its labor by that time. He will have vessel of tlie greatest steaming radus iu the navy.

A grand demonstration oeeurreu ai Canton. O., on the 1st, iu honor of tlx visit of Presi.icnt McKinley anil Secretary of Mate Hay. Out of respect for the presidents expressed wish that Ins visit be informal, the affair was t . a considerable extent unorgani.ed , and partook largely of the nature of a sp. lutancous outburst of enthusiasm. The A Qcts Manufacturing Co.'s plant, ou the northwest corner of ClsrV avenue and Second street. St. Louis, was totally destroyed by tire that

started shorth before iniduight on th 1st. The loss was estimated tobeSls (, 000 S10O.000 on stock. $40.000 on toolt anil machinery and 140,000 OS building At 11 meeting of the di l ectors of tin Pacific t able Co., in New York, on th 1st o'.ans were considered for cstab

lishing cable communication with the Philippines, the Asiatic coast. Japan and Australia, via Hawaii. HarVfJI for n duplicate cable via Sitka and the Aleutian islands weie ordered. The schooner Sophia Sutherland, which left San Francisco IS mouths ago with a party of treasure seekers for the Solomon islands, has returned with a cargo of cocoanuts. The men were deceived by the projector of the enterprise. L. P. Sorenson, who was pat ashore ou cue of the islands. While attempting to rescue the sailors of au Italian bark, off Tybce, (la., during the storm, on the 31st, Lieut. Morgan, Fnited States engineer corps, ami six regular soldiers were drowned. The battleship Iowa was gölten into the new dry dock at the New- York navy yard on the 1st. Her bottom was in fairly good condition. Tin- American Microscopical society finished up its business a. Syracuse, N. V.. on the 1st, devoting the afternoon to pleusure. It is reported tli at the rel igious orders in Manila arc selling their property to u Hong Kong syndicate. The liglithouses iu the southern Philippines have been re established. Nicholas J. Shannon, one of the hicatro police officers who. on May 1. IN00, helped to quell the Haymarket riot, eli.-d in that citv on the 1st. The

cause of death was undoubtedly due to many wounds he received from the fragments of the bomb thrown by the anarchists. The bankruptcy, in London, of K D. MiConky is announced, with liabilities estimated at gll.iO.OOO. He was formerly a railroad contractor in New York, anil failed in ltaltiinoreduriug the year 177. K.-Mavor Fritz II. Twitchell. one of the most prominent eitizensof Hath. Me. .a member of Cov. Powers council, and well known in business cireles 111 Maine and Massachusetts, is a coufessed embe.aler. The amount of the em 1. e.., ement is placed at Stio.uuu. but it may exceed that amount.

NKWS FKO.M INDIANA.

Latest Happening Within the Borders of Our Owa State.

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LATE NEWS ITEMS.

President McKinley was on the bslconv of the Fifth Avenue hotel, in New

York, on the -'d. fanning himself w ith his hat when the naval reserves from the Yankee passed. He jumped to his feet and clapped his hands, and when the tars presented arms, bowed in answer to their salute. The sailors were surprisiVl and delighted at being reviewed ! he president. Oen. Cassius M. lay. of Kentucky, has sued for a divorce from his girl w ife. Dora Richardson Clay. In his petition be asks that t be -leren, lint !

restored to her maid. mi nam ' an igivcn ali proper relief, which is supposed to mean t hat he intends to provide a liberal alimony. The Hertrara ship yards at Toronto. Out., have been destroy. -d by Hre. The .teamcr ' ity of Toronto, in tlie final stages of construction by the Herlrun loinpany. was saved with great diiliculty. The loss is placed at about STo,-000.

., o.f'itnt'mn is irre will'' in 1 lo-

i hnritftl Uli lurüer. Frankfort, Ind., Sept. A sensa Hon was occasioned here by the arrest of V . S.iruh Shunkeiibergi II M the charge ,,f murdering her ilanghur in law, Mr . Edward Sliankenb.rgcr. The alleged victim died last Saturday, ami it is charged that her niotlier-ii.-hiw killed her with urseiiic. Hie youi g wife was sick, and the old woman, it is ulleg. d, fed her crushed ice containing urscrie. The young woman M4l an ante-morn in statement accusing her inofhe r-inlaw.

Mrs. Shnnkenbergcr in jail. 1 he bUSbaad of the dead gill has arrived home. lb i- a nu mber of the l'nite I State nay on the cruiser Minncap

ilis. Oi lVnr of BMlk, Terre Haute, ln.l. Sept. ?.-Wlien Mrs. Norton ret in red to her home from the fut eral of her hu-hand du found her 1 7-mont lis -old child dead. When she left the house there was no indication of approaching death. At the time Norton was dying the dial on the side of the courthouse clock, ihieh could he sein l'roni the house, larkened until the time could not be read. Immediately upon his death t he diadow passed away. The widow now believes there is the same fate in store for herself and is prostrated. I i (l lloiio- IS vinrr. Kokomo. 1ml.. Sept. 2.-Ti) week., igo Mi-s A!ta MichneU. of this city. young iady prominent I toelety, !( t hotBC without tdvUing hr friends of

her destination. Wer.! has bun rerelved from her at Fiskdale. Mass.. saying she is now Mr-. .Iidm Seyfert. the marriai having been solemnmed In that city. Miss Miciiaels journey ed more 'hau 1,000 miles ulone to niee! her lover, who holds a responsible po--it ion with I manufact uring -oncern. re groom was formerly a resident of this cit v . Verdict of utelile. Columbus. Ind.. Sept. 2 Coroner J. I). Bmoa ret tu ned verdict of 'strychnine po; oning. Felf-udminis-tered." after an inquest held eoneernIng tlie mysterious death of Her.son C. Hill, who died in convulsions last Friday. His wife committed suicide last spring by hanging herself from

rafter in the barn nt the rear or tinfamily resilience, and ever since then Mr. Hill has beer very despondent. n I BlflMkl Trip. Valparaiso. Ind.. Sept. 2.--Warren Pierce, a farmer nenr thll city, came to town to meet his son Roy. n member of the First Fnited States clival--y. wounded at Santiago, who came home on a furlough. During his nbsenee his residence was totally deroved by Are, together with emi nts. Kurt for Hit iunt-a. Anderson, Ind.. Sept. 2. David obfffjge, permanently crippled while t work in the National tin plate works at And Tson two years ago. 1 as brought I suit for flO.000 d.im.iiM ngainst the comjinny. His riirht leg was broken in two places and surgical iltil cannot reduce the double fracture.

shot nt llfr Kit titer. Indianapolis. Ind.. Sept. 3. Patrol man Crabtrec ..nested Ida Wilson, a colored girl, of RHfhtWOod. who ll only In years old but is married and l as a seven-months dl baby. She said her father "wouldn't let her alone." mil in a quarrel she shot at him, but failed to hit him.

A Revision of the Proceedings in the Dreyfus Case Not Yet Decided Upon.

TWO GREAT EUROPEAN WARS POSSIBLE.

The Krnirli tiieriiinnt Trying to Ktti iii immf Wem ' egmemi Wm em WMktfi em I'oiiti.ui Bmaaemi M lUmV Inn Korelsii War I'reft ruble to llvll htrlfe.

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IIIISJIISL :se ii i 1 n .i , . .-in Biuivi" " ps -r. three mouths imprisoinent snd 500 i humii. out of the purchase by the gov-

Bp aking of HM car's peace prop. isa.s. M. Clemeuecau, the rudical Krencli lesiler, said: "Tim circular WaeVmbtodlym the result of a secret previous agreement between llussni.

Kntrland and Oerinany. i nese nine powers have their bands full. A treaty which would consecrate their late acquisition iseininently desirtsble. Frame as uot been considered." In the arrest of bieut.-t i Henry m Iaris...n the '. i st.i hi t lie confession that he was the author of an nupoi taut letter which tigured in tlie reyfun case, omeof the I'reneii peoule be.ieve tliat perhaps the real turning point in the Drevfus case has been readied, aud that the arrest will lead to a revision of 1 1ii- tr iii f the pnsoiietsof Uevil's island. After his arrest Col. Henry cut his throat in prison.

The St. James Oazette ssid, on the Hth: "It Is reported on the stock excliauge tliat an An,flo American trust to eont rol I he output ami sale of sewingmachine, knitting machine and 11 other kinds of n IU:s, is being formed Several American and two Midland Hnns are reported to have old their business to the combination. The capital, it is farther announced, trill he f7,-10),0(K), divided into preferred snd ordinary stock.

f tin.. f..r Omiit i iil' "Vive .oi a

.lames F.lliott. of Hctiiot. Mich one of the oldest tire chiefs in the United Stilles, died on h '1st, of stomach t rouble. On the 31st President McKinley spjKiinted C I Woodward, i professor in rinlMmMn iii'iversit v. as one of the

S BS m ' commissioner-- to represent this govei uemeit M mm Paris exposition. The title is that of nssistani cmninissionergeneral, and the position is one of trust and leouriniT irreat executive

ability. 1 In- McKinley' bale -of cotton that has been going Cue rounds of the boards of trade of the country, being

mid st auction for ÜmheemÄt ol the United States hospital fund, was Motioned off on the Kansas it;. (Mo.)

sxehaoge, on the list, for $:ic.". I he transport steamer Olivette, which has been lying near the quarantine station, nt I- eriniiidiiia. Fla., through

some mysterous agency sank M the 1st. Alxiard the ship Were the Im--pital corps i f ll". and a crew of 4.". persons all of whom escaped without in

jury, but in Beauty attire. üeüueowa leesndlarlm tried to kill the family of Fred bangs, b farmer living near Melrose Park, a Cmlomjej suburb, by setting tire to his liomt . Mrs. bangs and her child were asleep in the dining room at the time, and had a narrow escape from death. Four suspicious cases of fever vrero declaredat Parlor, Miss.. 4n miles south

Of UoUv Sm i.gs.Vn the 31st.

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eminent Of four trunk ran maus, aim reports arc rcviv.d that the government intends to raise a foreign loan of rjj oen in hi Mer to complete pubho works. The Spanish transport CovadonfTa, v Ii km sailed from Santiago dc tiilm on August l'.i. With -Mts soldiers. 109 s-piuiish otli'-ers. I women and IS chil-.i.-..,, ...ml of S'tlii nasseiigcrs. ar

rival safely at Santauiler, Spain, ou the ML The cold reserve n the United States

ti. usury reached the highest point in its history, on the Jd, with u total f serve ef flMMt7ti The highest pre

vious amount was SMs.oiio.ihm, wnieii w as recorded in Miireli. LMf At a special conference of the repres, ntat ives of me Adams. Ainer icau und United States express companies, in Chicago, on the ad, it was decided thai the companies would hereafter pay the expenses of the war tax. Failures for the week ended on t he 3d. as reported hy lt. Ii. Dead wer.-, for UM I niled States. 171. llg.lilisl mi for the corresponding week last vein; for Camilla the failures were -'J, ugainsl J.'i 'or last 'a1hi legates fi-iuii the Hong King iuhiugiut junta are to Have an ihtervievv with I nited States Consul Williams,

and it is thott&rht this possibly may result iu a settlement of the insurgent question. The international conference at Juebec adjourned, ou the '.M, until September 99i

. I it mi er Mi-Iii I lVincennes.Ind..Sept. 8.- John T.ater. n farmer living near hero, while returning home from this city, was held up by highwaymen and rolibed. (TtimHI gave the alarm. ..ml a large iiuniii r of farmers collected and chased the rolih r. who escaped in a buggy. CIsbsJ Deal. (ireensbnrL'. Ind.. Setit. 2. The stnto

Committer of the Independent Order tf Odd Fellows hnt. closed the denl for

the purehae of 122 aeies rast of ( . i eensl.urg to be used as a itc for the pew Odd Fellows' home. The price puid wuf ll.oon. lintel CttM4. Anderson, Ind.. Sept. 2. The Crifflih hotel here has been etoeed ntul will be lorn down nnd the site oeciifiieil by business blocks. The hotel

w as one of the oldest in Indiana ai d a

favorite resort for traveling men. Mom Wmm i-ntni. Ttirro Haute. Ind.. Sept. 8, Alex J tint (colored) died from u fractured skull caused by a blow from a brick struck by Mrs. . S. Allen (ahm eored), with whom he boarded anil

nimm be attempted to assault. (nttlr VltneUeil. .leffcrsonville. Ind.. Sept. 2. myterious enttle disease has broken out lu re. It rteemMea nnthrax but ll tint in every way similar. So lar it cniiflnrd to one locality. Tun Persons Kllleil. Valparaiso. Ind.. Sept. 2. Nr.it North Jnibon Sinn Scott, ngerl 2) yenrt. nnd Mr. Mary Konnpska. age I (" years, were struck hy a Chicago & '.rie trnin nnfl killed. Vclrrilll' Ueiinlon. Harford ( ity. Ind.. Sept. 2. The second eneval reoeloe "f t be vrtrrnr.s i,t Blackford and in! joining counthe e. ill be 1 rid here on Thursday, September 27, ItM, sjrw llnnk. Cnlvei City. Ind.. Si pt. 2 - V new mtrfinnge bnnk Is to be opened here Srptrmber 11 by M. C. McCormicI,. of Ar-troe.

I "a. is, Sept. 3. The report put in eirculati ui by a news affOBCJ that a revision of the Dreyfus case had been

decided upon appears to h premature. it is now pointed out thai revialoe must be sanctioned by a euhinet council under the presidency i I M. l'aure. No such council bus been hud us yet, hut 11 Cavuignao. the min itCV Of vvar, conferred at great lengt i yesterday with M. Barrien, the minister of justice, and M. Hrisson, pres leal of the oottnoil and miniater of I m interior. The presatnptiou is tliat these conferences had to do with the proposal of revision, but the results have not been

mudc public. Two tirent Wurs liinuliu'Ut. The most pessimistic feel.ngs exist. It is the common belief tliat Great Hritaiu aud ltu.ss.ia arc Ml she eve of w ar, and that the cons nucn. Ml of the Dreyfus scandal will iuvolve I ranco in vvur with I icriuuny. TryliiK In si.-ui llii HIsIiik ttSS T he government is doing its best to atom the rising tide of agita: um by a studied qnimeene which BcandeUnm the Journal des Debet and otmOT papers, but it may succeed iu getting jver the crisis. M. Faure igi. res the ............ ..I. ..u . . f t 1 1 .. I, .... ii ii 1 1 i'.'iiiiiiis at.

I ' l 1 -ii. . . v. . . 1 1 v . v .m .. " . - - Havre. M. ltourgcois, minister of education, lis tn Switzerland. His address is not j known here. M. Peytral. min -ter of liiiance, is at Marseilles, and M bock-

roy minister of marine, is u: Cher-

bonrpj. Iii.' NseamMyi so fwitllaal Itei Islmi. In the meantime. M

minister of war. and IL Narrien. min

I ister of justice, are busy enough. M. Sarricn hud two prolouged conferences .with M. Hrisson yesterday afternoon, and after M. Cavaiguue's long nterI view with M. Sarricn, both ministers

looked ruffli'il. rneew ami outer impromptu ministerial conferences were devoted to au endeavor to conv line the minister of war of the neccssit ., ou poHthml grounds. of a revision of tho

Dreyfus ease, which the whole country, including the army, now demands Will I'rulialilT K u It In Wm High ofticers confess that the dis cussiotis tliat will follow revision will probably result in war. but they say that would be oreferable to having

the army undcra cloud, with the possi

bilities of agilatiou leaning iu civu .st i ife.

CnvKlgunr Mill Cunvlnemt of the I'rUonSfa

l. ulll. Pari. Scot. 3. M. basics, a member

of the chuiuber of deputies, had an

interview this morning Willi the min

ist, r for war. M CaVSÜraaC, on the . .-

cent developments iu the Drey f us ease. The minister reiterated that he was convinced of the guilt of the prisoner.

but added, that, at the same tunc lie was deterinineil to punish all who had been derelict in their duty. The deputy afterwards dc '.an d that k long as M. t avaigmtc was minister for wi.r. there would be no revision of the Dreyfus ease, adding that as in the event ol a revision the tr:al couid not ugain be held behind closed doors, and it would le impossible to produce publicly some of the documents, the acquittal of Dreyfus must eeit.unly I esuit bom a reopening of the ease.

MERCY MEETS A REBUFF. 1 Tin ll. il Cross n llrnvy Him for V. ItliiptliiK In Itelli'vr HulTi'iin; In IIavnua l'slsre Klrurk by I Igliuilii. Havana. Sept. the st cainer Ci iuton, which hud been placed at the dis pusiii uf tin- Kol Crom society temporarily for the distribution of relief here, being wanted for the government. President McKinley instructed Miss Clara Karton to return to the I nited States for the present, especially as the Spanish government had uot reached a definite decision regarding the entry and distribution of the Bad Cross society s supplies. Mi emmmi mi stn " for inemje Miss barton, accompanied by her stulf. sailed on the Clinton Monduy evening for Taiupn. Hefore leaving she naul the custom', tiiu- of &5oo im

posed tor her lack of manifest of the Clinton's cargo, making the payment under protest, as din . ti d by President McKinley This morning the Spanish transport Keguspi sailed for '.evitas and .lhani carrying supplies for lien. Loqne'a division. Advices from Colon say that three battalions of Spanish infantry arrived there last Mitiirday. ami simiiar uuviccB from other points in the island indicate that the Spanish government is Banking preparations to embark its Iroofm tor Spain. Dergatm f sugar Laoviag r,,r tle t'uited HI ill in i argues of sugar in- leaving many ports for the I nited States, mostly ou consignment. The uncertainty and luck of contidcncc among the planters nrevi nts the undertaking of new op

erations. The sto i-k of sugars in the island is now Hs, ., ) bags It has run low und just sufficient for consumption. The stock of leaf tobacco is small and is selling at fancy prices. The uiui-ket is overrun with the nrin

eipal American buyers, who are lidding furiously for what they can get. rslBfis nf ths MlUtsrjr OsvsratM strue by Ltgnsatse. At three o clock this nftmnOQBli during u heavy rain storm the tower of the palace of the military governor, across the way from the palace of the governor-general, was struck by lightning, w nicli caused considerable damage, destroying the electrical apparatus, the Uttings of the oflices aud several apartments and the woodwork in the stables adjoining. A spark from the same bolt struck a lightning rod on the palace, huruing the insulators and damaging the electrical apparatus iu tiie government oflices. An BBMlSBB PHtBBWi Francisco Garcia Valenti.au American citizen, who had been confined at Mntnnnna as a political prisoner, has been released. The Herman cruiser (icier arrived here Thursduy evening from Porte Pico, bringing the Swedish military attache, ( apt. M. Kcndt.. The Spauish war ship (ialieia arrived Thursday I - .. .....

and u French gunboat is stn. lu re. Vessels Kulrrluc Vort The United States steamship Comet, with supplies, is still awaiting inttnaotiona from Washington. The following vessels have entered port within the last 24 hours: The tug George W. Cliil.N. fr-.m Key West, with passengers; the bark .lose'.. .a from lamp.-. 'he; the schooner Wave from Key West; the steamer Lyderhorn from Philadelphia, and the steamer Kennctt from New York, all with general cargoes.

A PRINCELY GIFT. Tlirri'.Hiiinlrril Tliimsiiiiil l iorliis l'resi-nt-eil liy III' llurtjoninslrr of .1 nisi enl no

ror I'll i 1 .s Ii t Ii r.iple FwtfWMk The Hague. Sept. 3 The ipieon dowairer irautcd au audicnee yestof

iliiv to a committee formed for the purpose of oaferlag "toatlmooj of the people's love at the close of the regency." The burgomaster of Amsterdam has presented too.oiHi Borioa for philant loopy, and the iiuvcn has announced her intention of founding a hospital for B.iiuptives with a portion of t 'ic fund ami devoting the remainder to the Dutch Kast Indies.

DEFENDING THE CZAR'S NOTE. Wlutt the Niivoe Yrrmy Intrrprets bs tli Mtnuln( nf llir t MMT1 1'i'sce I'roptMMls. St Petersburg. Sept I The Novoe Vreiiiya. replying to criticisms of the ear s note, interprets I hem as meaning that the powers meto maintain the relative positions they BOW oc upy and together seek the iiicaoe of ren tiering unnecessary the expensive and purposeless armaments which are ruining ail nut imis The paper t hen adds: "There is no question of immediate disarmiiiio nt

or the resulting co n sequences, wincii seem to disturb the Frcm h undticriuuni. "

CHASED IN CUBAN WATERS, tarn Jams asaem eMemeammmi win Imakam tin; I iilleil Slates tiiivernineiit for Kxlaiitlnn of the Affair. Kingston. Jamaica, Beni . ince the wilhilrawal of the Auieriean licet several Jamaica schooners that have a casual trade with Cuban ports, have reported beinf chased along the coast uf Cuba by a mysterious schooner. The captain of the schooner Carunta and Dr. Gobini. passenger on the vessel, now report that she was chased between ( ape Cruz and Nuiuero. on the gulf of Guansyro. by a schismer withiilles. ThcCarmitB. hiivingarms, ret uriicd the tire, repelling the attack. The Jamaican government, it is reported will make lepe omental kin as to the incident to the l uited States government through the Hritish colonial

iBtce. A BIG STRIKE PREDICTED. Mtaeed nisi Mmmaeti Imai ' is.i.iuu. Witness One r the l. rent eil t BSj strike. SO Ui'inril. ( levehind. .. Sept. I" ; il,,'r view lure. Manager Vonng of the M. A. Hunnn ( oal Co.. is quoted us saying: "In the early part of net year we will have one of the greatest coal strikes this eountrv has ever seen. All indications arc that the strike w:ll last nmnj months! "The miners stand at all time rendy to tight against a reduction of wages. When the Chicago contract expires, or possibly before that time, thc.v will he obliged to accept a re duction of 15 or M cents per ton of c.'ht. I think they will light, and

will tight harder Hum they ever huye before. Tin- West Virginia mineraore working ehenper IkM ever before. AH rtforls on the part of other miners 1o organie them have been iu vain. There is no hope that thcj will be 'nought Into line."

The OeM Keservr. Washington, Sept j l'he gold reserve in the United States treasury reached the highest point in its history yesterday, with ll total reserve of S-MW.-190,373. The highest previous nmoont was s 'Is.oon.oiMl, which wus recorded in March, isss. The reserve was estahlished in is;.; with 110,000,000. It first reached 0'.' (MM mo, oou in October, lss7, when the tigun s were ga090,000 above hat mark. The lowest point reached was i44,MM),noo jn JaumiJ, lu:,. In June. 18'J7, there waa llW,OUo.(XK) and one year later the amownl was J107.ooo.oou.

Not Oeeeeeatf Mpntiiie.i. New York, Sept. .1. A special from Huston to the C iiinercial Advertiser snys: "A private dispatch from St. Johns, N. H. . srtya Coat a man drowned near there earlv in the week while boating, and who was supposed to lie FranW T. Allen, of New York city, was not Allen, but Franklin Weld, formerly a well-known resident of New York, snd prealdent of a number of western railroads. It Is mid that Weld was a director In several New York banks, lie hail been In poor health, snd was traveling

in Ctnada to recuoeratv.