Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 14, Jasper, Dubois County, 9 December 1898 — Page 2

lUceh-n Courier

JASP1 II

OA kl . i'ni. i.ii. i . : INDIANA

DECEMBER 1 85.

It in asserted in Madrid that marriage has been arranged between Don daimc, son of tin- Spanish prctetiik f, Dm t'arlos, uiul a bavarian princess. The Spanish mail steamer illnVcnle. with Marshal bianco, tin- Ba liier captain general of t uba, nd his suite on !oard, h't HMMi on the MMik, fT Spain.

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The v.-m tHrj- of state has received a cable asaaHBgc from I'nited States tonsiil ; i lt at Tamatavc, Madagascar, saving that the bubonic plag-uc ha.- broken .it Ht that place. Arrangements are being made by the war department to disinter the ren ains of II the soldiers who 1' their lives in Ihe campaign before Santiago, ami bring thnu to this country. liov. -elect Stanley of Kansas and Charles (i. Colin, president of "the WkslsMO Commercial elnb. have taken action to pmh ihe exhibit of inaie and its cooked producta t the Paris exposition. The Spanish glliei II II Will has received an important dispcteh from the Philippines, in which it in stated that Aguinaldo. the insurgent leader, deMUkda 11,500,000 for tlie release of the imprisoned lriars. i an The Cumpaniu Ti ansnthuitic has chartered the steamers Hapsburu'. Fulda and Werra. belongimr to the Ifarth t.erinais Lloyd Steamship Co.. and Will .ise them for ".In- r. patriation of tbc Spanish troojss in ( 'ula in December.

GUBBENT T0PIC8.

THE NEWS IN BRIEF. PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

hllc boring for oil on Summer luml beach at Santa Barbara, Cal., on tin Mtfe) a marvelous BOW of natural gal was struck, throwing Mad and loc ks a numher of feet into the air. It is pronoun -d the biggam strike ever Hiade in the vm -t.

Spain has SCCC ti I the I'nited States' offer of 120,000,000, and at a joint session of the peiieeconiniissions, in Paris, on the 29th, eonseated without condition to relinquish Cuba, and to eede Porto Rice, (junm and the Philippine Islands. Tin ar department, in view t . f the essu ranees that a peace treaty will be signed, is nrranglnf to muster nut more troops. Jt is probable that from :;e,uoo to to. unci volunteers will be mustered oir ! soon a- si lections of regiments can be made.

Coi. ( harles F. Dick, secretary of Ihe National republican committee nnd congressman-elect from the Nineteenth Ohio tli-trict. arrived m Cleveland, on the ':h. and held a eonferNH with Senator llanna concerning pieliniinary plans fur the national campaign of li'ito. Tin- navy depart neat pubiisbnd, on tlie -sth. through the office of the naval intelligence, the "Views of Admiral Gereuen Regard! a( the Spanish Navy in Uta Late War." in which that jfheer foretells with almost prophetic aecuraev the fate which actually overtook the navy of Spain.

The hank of If IM Bella 111. N. Y.. of which ea-State Pwwtiy GtNMMhMkMB er 1'. d. BabCOCll is president, tailed to open it lours for husines, on the iMh. nnd posted a notice to the effect that the hank had pone into voluntary liquidation -with the approval of state llunk SuKrintendent Kilhurne. A new ftohnlarshinhas just lie'n conferred upon the acientitic school of Harvard university 1 the eift of $10.Hju from J. ts. .It-ii kin-, a eraduate of tin- ia-s -f '77. and a mining engineer n the t'old district of South Africa. Tlie interest on this sum is to b" riven to a student of eagim i rinjr. . m TwaatjrBvaaa taaaria were driven ahote tad totally wrecked in the tieiyhborhovl of Provineetown. Mu.. dcrintr the late creut Mm, From the majority f these the crews were anvod. althiujth several liveswere lost. Pour or five of the w reeks were coasterand the ret were tUhin; schooner.

The majraitade of the disaster to

tdtiiiir ii the eiaist of Nv F'neland dtirintr the late .tonn prows with the new reports which sueeeedilip days brinfr. Not less than -oo vessels are paid to have keen lo-t. nnd. notwithtaadiafi he noble efforts of the life aavitir rews, MMp human Ixinpa irislin1. m The Cubans, den. Mnssn says, entertain profound ad miral ion ami gratitude for tiie AinerieaiiK. but nevertheless they will opps annexation or a protectorate. They are confidently evpei tinjr the I'nited States to sjvedily recmrnirc their ability to manage their BW affairs, on whie h hiisis only, ('en. Masoo roncluded, in permanent pi ;u e KKsille. i i ii m Ailviees from Bilbao, Spain, refer to the rieorons anti- iirlist precautions taken in tliat district. The convents, it appears, nre pa rt ieularly Vratehad. Portraits of Don I arlos and lon Jaime, his sin, have Is-en widely distril iited. A smnll hand of Carlista linve app. and n-ar Alcnta, in the plovinee of ( i stellon de hi I'nan;), and is beinjj panned by itrndarmea.

Mr. Frederick Stearns, a Detroit millionaire, has presented to the I'niversity of Miehip-nn, at nn llarhor, bis nnh)UC collection of musical inti nnietitv, aaaaberlng marly i.ouo pieces. Mr. Stearns has lee eolleetfor I.', years, nnd hns spent upon his ti.;i ores tontethitlf over $2,HM. The pr -ent value of the collection, however, is mnnv times that sum.

u the .inth the bermau aintiasaa dor at icniiA. Count Philip HeB Btth uheff, prestoted to Finperor Prämie Jos. ph. the fifl of Fmperor William, in honor f the foriner'a jubilee, it ia a niapniticent hct vice of jxirceiain. A larft arithdraw! of pjli from the iiauk of Filmland as nuule. on the PJiki for the I nitc.l Statea ami (lerBMUUTi Money rati rose in consenueiiee. and the higher discount rat. s caused a fn 1 1 in stock. (n the i'th the comptroller of Met currency appointed Mr. Arthur J. Shaw receiver of the Citizen' national hank of Spokane Falls. Spokane a h., vie- Mr. L. F. M. Strickland, resijr lied. A plot to assassinate Prince Fcrdi nand of ßalparUl has been discovered at Sotia. and nunieroua arrests have hi en made. There was a falling off of 100.011 votes in ihe Iowa election this year fluni that of two years up). No more presidential appotntBMnta of postmasters will he made until ciafjrcaa convenes.

NEWS FROM INDIANA.

At Pi40 o'clock on the eveiiinu' of the 27th. a sev r- cartluuake shock occurred at I'atras. Crceee. eaaalBg the inhabitant to become panic-stricken. At WtM p. second shock was experienced. No fatalities have been reported. Vugs retuminjr to ltoston, on tlie Csth. after a tour of the harlor reported about ::. vessels of all sics ashore or sunk in and near F.o-tou harbor. PI re prisoners convicted of counterfefting or pBHiag counterfeit money were taken from St. Louis, on t:.c "sth. tu the state's prison at .TefTer-on C ity. Nine vessels were lost in the late blizzard at (jioueestcr, M;hs It is believed that the crews of nearly nil ihe craft escaped. Nearly all of the vessels bant their fiahinf tackel. Undonbtedly the largeateamer !- land, of the Portland line, w hichsailcd for Portland from Boston on the night of the 20th. foundered in the hurricane and. with her 5 passengers. Iarp:e crew and hie? careo. is lost. I he Portland was one of the largest nnd finest coa-twise steamers runin Og out of P.oston. The protected cruiser Eaaaigi, built by the Cnimps for the Japanese for

eminent, and which left New ork on November 5 for N'ewcastl, Fn-Iand. attained eonaidarable injury try collldlag with and daBMgiag a bridge aiintment at the latter tdaee.

A careful estimate of leases to shife- ' ta of M0 other prisoners.

LATE NEWS ITEMS, The will of the late lohn W. Keely of l'hiladelpnia. the inventor, was adjlttad 'o probate on the Ut. It Ik queathl the ntire estate, which ha.- a value of ibont 10.(MM, to the widow, aid alsu lppoiuts her executrix. No referent is made in the will to the mysterious motor, upon which Kccly had been working for so many wars. tor. -ul Skinner at .Marseilles reports that lr. Cabnette, of the Pasteur institute at Ulla, France, has discover, d an an t i-venomoua terum by lin an- of v ieh the poisoaing from snuke bites can iilwavs be cheeked ami death prevented if used within four hums after being bitten. A German government official, in an interview, on the 1st, continued the report 'hat Germany is aegotiati g with Bpain tor the parehase of the Caroline inlands. It is understood that Spain expects to pet lo.ooo.ooo francs tor them, wi uh Germany considers excesaive. ESmperor Pranela Joseph of Austria,

on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of bis aecessiun to the throne, occurring on the 1st. "ranted full anij ne-ty to all I. sc maj-sty prisoners and I remitted the remainder of the seii-

Latcst Happcninss Within the Borders of Our Own State. w in baae iiii Rt Aiuierhou. tad.. Dec 2. A eiiai iona. hootitiK' affray. coUiijf the ictim both yea, ha ju' been difcdoscd for the first time, although it occurred ' Vt ral days a po. Ihe head of a larpeand respi etable family it said to have been annov.r.jj several w oine u. amonj; t hem Mrs II; rrv Schiiutncrhofa. ami aW sttentions became o objectimiahl I that he MM beaten recmtly by a relit ive He went to the Schimtnerhorti houe one niht last week and white looking in the window and under the door Mrs. Behinaserhorn discovered hint ami tent revolver bullets in his direction, kboat iup thronph the ilocr One of the bullets IstlTTtl tkroagh the flesliy part of the man's forehead. nsin IkTOBgk the nose and touching both ey s, knocklag one of the belli out on the cht ek. He was taken to private apartments at the hospital nnd an effort made to Veep the matter teeret.

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Report of Lieut. Southerland to the Secretary of the Navy on the Naval Militia.

THE STATES Wi FURNISHED THE MEN.

rUlUKtUf 1 Mr. PHILIPPINES.

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ping and vessel owners on the gieai lake- for the record-breaking year of l-'.is places the probable figures at .'.'."( ii i.e.. mi. This may U- increased before the .-los,, of navigation. It is officially announced that the San Jose M ale was found in five consignments of American pear and nectarines received in Cermany daring November. The fruit was seized ami will be re-exported. It is said at the state department That the next step in order will le to begin negotiation for the scqnisttion rrf l.'alan. in the Caroline islands, for a cable station. This is not to lie made the subject of a demand upon Spain, but w ill be an offer in all nneerity to jmreha.se the island at a fair price. There were no distnrljanees in Madrid resulting from the announcement of Spain's acceptance of the terms of the 1'nitod States. The papers, however, publish pl.minv articles, sadly renal ad hag theeountry that the day is one lone to be remembered as marking "the elosinr seene of a glorious colonial history. A box of powder exploded, on the 2Sth. Bear the Heina liatterr, at Ha

vana, Culm, killing or injnrintr :.- persons. The explosion oeeurn-d on the Avenue Infanta. U'tween the Santa Clara and Keina batteries. There is gloom anionp the victims of the erstwhile cattle kinir of Kan-a-. CriMit (i. (lillett. The swindling; operation1 are so badly tBBgled up that few of those who had dealings with him know just where they stand. Finaneial ruin stau s many of them in the face. There is renewed talk in Washington of the reorganisation of the regular army by the present ses-ion of congress. The peneral impression seems to lie that the regular army should consist of leXi.O'Mi men. It is stated that the widow of IV T. Bmraan is about to many a Pfeuek rotib nian in Paris, Thi- preat showman's widow took for her second bua hi nd. Demetrius allias Hey. a (ireelt. who fKcd in September. !',. The Carlton club of London has of

fered to return to the Haoley estate the IM.MI wfedek Krnest Hooley, tka bankrupt, eontrihnted some tinie tga tkroagk the dab to the funds of the conservative party. A bomb contniiinp 140 gramaUM of powib r and nails, capable of doing terrible damage, was found in the bourse at Marseilles, France, on the latfek The fuse had lieen lighted, but it had cone out. President Irlesias of Costa Kica had a lOBg conference, on the IMIth, with Senator Morean. who has been the mmingif of Nlearagan canal Ingiila tion in the senate, relative to canal affairs. Tnx Collector Samuel T.. Fladley of San T.ttls Obiapo county, Cal., is a defaulter and u fugitive from justice. (The an tit of hin cmliczleinent may B nek 190,000. Ir. .". AV. I.nneford. of Ariona, and 19 of Boose velt'i Rough Riders, have pone to San Juan hill. Cube, to prospe't for cold. On the eveninp- of the 291 h President It'leslns of Costa Idea wns the JT'test of honor at a dinner jriveii by President M. Kinb j dispatch from P.rnssels, on the -'"ill. reatlirms the report that Maj. Count F.sti rhnv has saib d for Ainerien. Frank (1, Newland will be a candidate for Pnited States senator to sneceed n . M. Stewart, of Nevada The w.ir iaeettigatiag beard noa tinned its bearings In p.oston. aa 'he ;oth. Ho new j 1 rlopmenti noyiliinl

Win. Waldorf A-tor has donated

- ,000 to.var.ls the fund being raised in London it the instance of Gen, Lord Kitchener, to found the Gordon memoria OOilege at Khartoum, for tin purpose of educating tlM inhabitants of the Soudan. A colony of 10 negroes left Oklah ma City. Okie on the 1st, for Liberia. It its headed by an Intelligent farmer named AppleU t ry. who recently sold his farm on Fork (.reel, lor ISjOOOi Ml have some money. At Cam. Ton. Wis., a child was born in a jioor family named Dunn. The bitbor, in celebrating Um event. Ik c::ihe intovieatitl. and on rcturiiini home seized the lialie ami dashed out its brain-. The Paris Journal Official publishes a decree forbidding the admittance into France ot fruit and plants from the Halted Mates. This prohibition is directed sii'ainst the San .lose scale. The dissolution of the I'nited States of Central America, after a national existence of less than a month, was

! announced on the 1st. The estimates of the total shipments of ore from the several portr of lakes , Superior ami Michigan for tlie ynav i Ult, is i:;,ou,ooo tons. Tt was reported In Constantinople, on the Id, that there had bei n renewed

fight iug in Ifnama, the principal division of Arabia, one of tlo- chief towns of which ia Aden, the P.ritish naval station, on the guH of that name. The Turkish trinips ;.re saicl to have suffered a aartoaa defeat between Bodeida and Sana. .lohn I!. Pnnner, governor of Illinois, who was Inflicted for omission of dutv

I by the Macoupin country grand jury

in connection with the Vlrden coal mine riot, when interviewed, on the SO, refused to talk on the subject beyond stating his belief that the whole nffnlr was nothing but a poiltioal scheme. Mr-. Win. Mantell, who killed lnr b as head and attempted suicide la Alameda. Cnl.. on the night of the "Jd, will recover. She elaims to have been secretly married to Mantell a month agO, She dich. ns that they ipiarn l. il. and that he had knocked her dow II before su- shot Ililll. The Freu h amba-sa.lor at Madrid. M. Patcnotre. on the -d. bended to the queen regent of Spain an Insignia of the grand or -s of the Legfon of Ibmmi, i etovved upon her majesty after she bad decorated M. Fame, the president of France, with the order of the tioldetl Fleece. The atxteentb. rlctin of the Union Flevator holocaust at To.edo, t was found in th" reins, on the 2d. the body being that of sj year-old Harold Parks, son it' Bnpt. I'arks. who almost met his death in ihe flames. Four embem of the family lost their livea in the fire Co, A. S. Hunt, for M years night clerk at .he Phoenix hotel in Lexington. Kv.. died in Detroit, Mich., on

the Bd. He pfobiibly knew innre pe. .- i file than any, other man in Kentucky

ami was he original of 'The olonel" in the play "MM Kentucky.1 The war depart nent has decided to adopt at once tin- suggestion of lien. Wood, in command at Santiago, that the removal of the remains of American soldiers from that section of t uba he def. rreil until Februnrv nt tin earliest. Ill order to rebel ( the distfes in the West ladles, the ltrltish governmenl has decided to graat Harbadoen I to. and St. Vincent ItAefOO, ami to lend to euch the sum of f Ml.O.MJ. OfMelol election returns from all counties in Michlgnil but two shuvv Oov, pjnr -e's plurality to lie ?.;.1.

Ba paatea aeesWf imrge. bfuneie, Ind.. Dec. 2.-Fr d OlniL Bged 11. chareed with nmrtler in fbo first degree for the killing of five-year-old Andy RodemltlcT, has been admitted to bail. The defense in hecomt presented its testimony, the accused eiving an account of his doings on tr-e day of the killing to prove an alibi. After 'he statement the naotkm was made to. admit the loy to bail been use of his aee. and the court a-ke.l the pb .- nre of the state's prosecutor. Kdvvard M White, who latimattd that there is a reasonable doubt as to the boy'a guilt atn' suggested that bond he accepted in the sum of ?C.nnn. This vv.is fureished. ii.toiwn passtlr'a o.i, i u aartera. Richmond. Ind.. Dee. It is prohtbls that VigO county furnishes ihe only example in Indiana of a family living in a hollow tree Recently a family, numbering four, met with misfortune while driving along; the road between Tcrre Raute and Mscltavllle. Their horse dud. and the four took r. fDge in a giant sycamore tree, lying on the ground, and Ihej arc .j:iiling the winter there. They have placed their small stove ii.side. the pipe piujecting through a huge knothole. The family seem to be pleased am! comfortable. They are it. view ot passers-by on the r..ad.

Ktaavopse' n ana. Lnpurte, Ind.. Dec. 2. As previously pnbllahsd considers hie eaeitomtnl srai caused In tioshen by the alleged kidnaping of a little (diild named Farnie Gamet! by Mrs. ( harUs Coombs of Kahim.iroo. The allegation is made that 'he child had Is en abandoned by lira. Cooaaha a number el naentka age and ihat the infant is n ward of the circuit court. The case has I teen placed in the hands of the officers an.! severe pimbhment may be meted out to the abdaetor. Mrs. Coombs succeeded in getiiug inte Michigan Itefore Steps could he taken to arrest her.

Mae t"p "r 'i'uriiir' nent, Wir.amae. Ind.. Dec. 2. The many friends of Judge William Ppangb r. of this city, are urging him to er.ter the lace for I'nited States senator to sucte d Senator Tnrpie The Judge h is r.ot yet announced himself . snenndiInte. hut his son. who is one of the lead ng republican politicians of the stat ir.d who is now at Inflianapnlis looking after his father's interests in the matter, has said he would enter the race in due time, with the united support of the Thirteenth dlstrfet.

so Temptation for .. Moont. Indianapoli. Ind.. Dec. 2. - iot. Mount, upon being informed that Bj embers of his party were preparing to offer him the I'nited States enntorship in ret urn for control of state institti ions, announced that he w ouhl re ject Ihe offer. He supplemented his announcement by declaring that lie would teto any bill providing for partisan management of any of the slate institutions. Sueil for IM, or.'f. SheHiyvii:-. Ind. Dec. 2 Theodore .Tneo. aged oV is defendant in n suit for divorce custody of child and $10 000 olimopy. Meet liili-iil llenlh. flakland. ( ai. Dec. - Mrs .Müs L. Marble, the .-ged -ister in-law of ihe l ite Tan,, s (, p.laine, for some Ham i resident of Pmitvnkt, met a ith a tragic death at Bon Leandrn, She sraadrlring in a light buggy when the horse took frigbf uiul ran away, going through an open gate into an orchard. A lowbanging limb struck Mrs. Mnrhle in the hrenst, throwing In r fr'iin the buggy ami killing her instantly. Sha was 70 yean of age and Mas a native of Augusta. Me. Daet Maattlsh liiil enllv. I'hiliuh Iphia. Dec. 2. The Mr-tish steam, r Mi iardene, w hose master, f 'apt. Johnson, defied the Fngiish ailtnilalty court and sailed from tjueenstown Norsmabtf IS. arrived at Ihe Delav.are braakwatai T he court had aabad 'he steamer i r debt nnd the marshal Mad placed . bailiff on hoard C'apt. Johnson l"ft tjuecr.atow n with the bailiff on beard.

LeSMMI li.lisee I'm'li.ri New Vork. Dee. 2 William II. Unter has been elected permanent president of the I'nion Tobacco company 1 he Union has leased for n hmg term the office nnd factory building in this ( t Th iofliecrs of t he company ars already in possession of it and workmen are equipping it as rapidly n possible.

asaeeee Bern gsaari Montevideo. I'ruguay. Dea. Arredondn. the murderer of President Idraite Ik.rdii, hns been absolved by ihe i 1 1 rt because he is said to have acted under the influence of political elTerrenasane. The aabUe pmsreutor win nppe il atrainsl the iudirnient.

I lie :tprrlur f llir K-tnl W Hkiikiiitlrain tin- liiirrall Ne rll) f.ir III Hsluteuauie nf an l ltl.niii No.l lie SSeS IBS Mrr. Iianl .Marine t an Net It V bully Iteln .t I Miu. Washington, Die. L'. Lieut, W. II. Dual anl FbaBd. OB charge of matters jtert. lining to the naval militia, has made a rcjsirt to the assistant secretary of the navy upon the naval militia during the war. BBettmeai llnaemBäueeai At the beginning of the year an al

lotment of Ms ooy was made to several states having naval organial ions, with a total of 4,4sS men. The states wen- California. Connecticut. Florida, tieorgia, Illinois, lAiuisiana, Maryland, Maaanehaaetta, Michigan. New Jersey, New Vnrk. North Carolina, (hin. Pennsylvania, Khode Island. South Carolina and Virginia. The Distrii t of Columbia has since mustered in an organization. Tlir Stntp that fBtoMMSSl The various states mustered into tlie service, during the war. the following: Calilornia. 1! olliei rs und so men; Connecti" cut, 13 otliccrs and 108 men: Florida. '., ofBoen and .. men. and in the eviast signal service. 1 ofOccrS and M men. Illinois, 10 oflleers and Ngt men; Louisiana. Ill ollicers and 111 i.o n; Massachusetts, othcers and men; Michigan.il otliccrs ami To men: New Jersey. IT officers and :.? : nu n; New York. ".: ollicers and si ', men: North Carolina, V officers and 189 men; Pennsy rvnnkst 1" nffleern and 8 I men: Rhode Inland, s otliccrs ami 117 nun; South ( arolina. Is officers. ', mat, s ami 1-7 DM'ii; irginia. J officers and ii. men. A ii I in per. 1 1 Ii N . 1 1 The reports stales that from the Im ginning of the building of the new navy, efforts have Iteeu made to orgauute a naval militia, but nothing baa b--!! done beyond the formation Ol a f.w state organizations. The principal training bOS beeti in lie' line of eoast 1. fens,.. The report then st;it.s; The expeiienee of this slmrt war Las dearly demonstrated the Impem tree neeessitv for the mnlatenance of a national leserve, in the orgaaixa tion of which too much reliame mast not be placed upon the merchant marine alone." iii.w riifr Msssaa he shBeoBee. Lieut. Southerland savs the elnsse of naval militia should Is- enroll. . I for live ycurs. ami in such classes should be included those who have served in the present war and all others who nre connected with sea service and not in the regular naval establishment. These classes should take an annual course of Instruction and drill. The enrollment of the new organization could Ik- eondueteil by the officers of the naval militia who served in the Spanish war. A naval officer should le detailed to conduct the drill of the ships' companies, Officers should lie commissioned in the naval reserve after an examination by a board of nnval officers. "It is i Oil alflil fid that s continuous annual appropriation of fjon.'iou will Ite sufficient to provide for a force of navai reserves to aceregate Tjsmi men nt the end of three years." CUBA'S TOBACCO INDUSTRY, ii win as IVsssasstf r rr..iiinui. Tariff To ( Iran Mini IlainISSt Havana. Havana, Dec. 2.- A cable message ri c. iw d here Wednesday by ihe principal tobacco and cigar exporting firm in Cuba, announces, on the authority of Senor Luis Maiv. special Commissioners ot the Cuban tobacco aaanfaeturern at Washington, that the Ualted governnient will place a prohibitive import duty on leaf tobacco Imported into the island of $5 per pound, ami of JCjU plus N per c nt. on cigars. Althoagk hopes had been entertained that export iluti'-s would lie abolished entirely, the announcement that prohibitive duties will lie placed on tobneco imported into the island has been received with jubilation by Ii aiitifaeturers and eMrters. as guaranteeing the survival and development of the tobneco industry in uba, which olherwise would have baen threatened with extinction. Last evening the Manpiis Kstaban. mayor of havana, had a long conference with den. Omen concerning; st r et cleaning. lien, dreea undertook to clean and disinfect "he city forthwith. It vvai decided that the refuse should be loaded in scown. towed out to sea and dumped several miles away. A sufficient numlier of scows and lighters nre to be sent here by the United States government for this purpose. Bevern! of the mnnlelpal ngbdabi now holding office under the Spanish regime will he retained to iissjst the Americans with their experience and apecial knowledge of the city. I I Meeats fttsB,) Wsemal i ateeentif rneu

Dsatrsj est, Unaatoi Neb.. Dee. 2. Fire do atroyed the main building of the Lincoln normal university three miles from the city It was a four-story brick and BtOtM structure. Loss, $100.001; insurance. '.', oon. oi. It l ait.ir.T llnrnr,!. t anajoharie. N. V.. Dec. 2. -Th. BBady factory of the Pettit Manufacturing to was destroyed by tire. It is supposed that the fire wuseaiisfd by an explosion in the chucolnt

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Manila, Dec. Oaring to t liiat the result of the Paris extnfi lind long bmn anticipated here agree nana! of Bpain to eede lbs i

pine labia Is to the I mi. ated no excitement. The made no demonstration, circles were relieved; tile

were indifferent, and tona

American eoloatecra wen dl i ut the prospect of being retain.. i hera now that tlo- Bghthag i- Anished. aaaiaaBssfs pasinBui Res ksj i ih.m,.,i, ... Aguinaldo i: certain to naaiinii ooneiilntorj attitude, because bis is tion is daily becoming more um. ,. ble. His rival intriguers are be. ,. ing aenoatrolabiti espeeiallj funds have run short and the QUtlvins I provinces have beeonae dimfrestrHl, . though never much mote than . arekend, Agalaobse has keen coa, nfatentfy temperate ami the author!. ties have no reaSOO to fear thai i.fl will depart from this poliev. atStUSStS nt Hi BattVS l're.. Nevertheless the native newsj.a rs contiiic to publish laflnmmator) arti. Cles. The lb publica Kilipina daj publish d an article beaded i Tin hfonienl Has trristsd." i aasBssStf aas UM Nut re "When the conference terminated its labors.1 says this paper, -the I , pines had alreadj eopquemd II of iu island of Luzon ami the inljn. rettl ialIlllds. except Ihe towns of Iloilo. ( i layte and Bamatilio. Tberei n Spain has ceded authority which h( did not poss, ss. The Filipino- will never consent to tin- brnomini of being treated as chattels. Thev will shed tin ir id. o.l in torrents again fore bowing t foreign dominion, bowev. r light. Ibbmwbmhm si. .mi. i as CsisaBases, "Aim riea i rougbl the great chtH Aguinaldo from Hoag Kong and ree ngttfamd our nationality by allow ir . our liar to ls raised at Corregedor und. and to sail the liay in full sip of all the foreign fleets. None i:a; j to interfere. If America now declii t to openly neknow ledo-.. our indepeu denee a gnat injustice vviii be eom milted. Had Spain naked 40,000,001 for ihe islands, the Filipinos won'. gladly hav.- given tarlea that amour, or more, ha preserve their rights, ruth lesslv set iside by the enemy ami tin nation without a true nnderstat ii ig of the aapiratluna. rights and ant frees of tfcoSS v ho have BtOOd tOTtUri enough and who are left to Bgkt nt suffer in defense of ibeir eountrv frotl new slnvery." i ripii.itiii ,.f IBs fUsUaas f.ir the Ammt Iran. In conclusion the article affirtiLs t friendship of the Filipinos for Aim r: cans, insists tha the insurgents al never tire the first shot ami adds tha the harmony exisiing will only b biohcn by " priests or traitors India ing the Americans to attack us." HEALTH IN THE PHILIPPINES

'IratlfyltiC l. r. - In On- IVrc-rntr holdlera on tlo Sl k I.Ut Itrl.ortr.l kf Boa. oils

WanhhigtoBi Dec. That there h a decided iinproveiiient in the ! o . . . ' of the troops in the Philippines i show ii by the f id lowi tig telcgra in froB in ii. otis. eomamndiag at Manila, re t rin d by Adjt.-lien. I 'orbin yestet la v 'Pereentiitn of sick of command ' eemketF . ten and one-sixth, a' against twelvt ami one-fifth. Oetobel 14. Novenilier deaths gsV as against I J for th-tolwr. Sick rate in asamnail ; -ibout same M among trivops of oth.i goeeranaeatsj serving in tropica climates. One-third of present til suffering from t.vphoid and malar i fevers, one-sixth from intestinal i re . Met and the ft naming half of ail

n:ents slight in character."

TO INCREASE THr, ARMY. i. en ajBBai Peoria a am m Bssss MM fssg "in Bessy to IBM Hsaaaessl Thwnaaml Men. Waahineton, Dee. 3. (ien. NC e

ii mina tiding the army, has pre tlie draft of n bill providing for a r- . nlar stnmling army of loo.oou r The oill. it is said, will provide for e i otgnnieation of II companies t.. i regiment, with an arrangement for n third lieutenant for each conip.in.v case of need for that officer. It n ' contain provisions for a staff enrja largely in accordance with the r. . ' ' niendatlons of the head- of the rari ons bureaus as recommendeii In tin m in their annual reports. Chairman Hull of the house comnnt tee on military affairs intends to presi nt the measure in congress at th first opportunity.

teeantas Rseaa iaitiaa,i tm iBsastass. llristol. IV L. Dec. .1. The t..rp. kaOta DuMint and Morris earn, m here Thursday niirht iiiuh'r their on'i steam hut considerablv darai Moth Iniats weathered Satunlav -off N'ewjMirt. but the heavy s.ns .a twisted the stem of the )iiMtlt ami several steel plates of Isith ve U H natu badly sprung.

second

corps.

Or.l. ri.l m Havana. Savannah, (ia., Dec. X The division of the Seventh nriiiv

the second division hospital corps and tlie signal -orps battalion F. armv -orp.. have I n OTd fed BMre as soon as possible from iah to Havana. OeanaBased tanstae srUB Use rates 1os Annelee. OaL. Dee. 3. Roscoa

iKUBtiagtOB, aged '. who claimed te be a nephew of ( oliis p. Huntington nnd a saatl o of H. K. Raatingtr eommitted suicide in a lodging liousa ssitl. looruhme.