Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 41, Number 17, Jasper, Dubois County, 30 December 1898 — Page 2

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CURRENT TOPICS. THE NEW8 IN BRIEF. FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.

1 -ady Cook, of London, formerly Stlsi Tentiie Claflin, of Sew Vork, unmmnces H at she i going to stint tlic N. w Year a stock broker, under the name of "Lady Cook iv t " II I. mil Q I --

Edward Bain, preside ti J "f the l'niu Wagon Co., of Kenosha, Wis., died from haart trouble at Passdena, Calx on the 18th Mr. Hain xxas rated as one of tho richest men in southern Wisconsin. Win. Hurt, oin- of the oliit t residents of Michigan, died at Marquette, on the lath, lie xas distinguished us the inventor of the solar compass and ty peg raphe r of tlie lirst typew l iter. Steamers arriving at Auckland. N. 7... report that tho French are actively engaged in fortifxing Tachita, the

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Tlio senate wan not In session on in lMh In the bouse tii' bib gruimuK rtaht-of-way through the tan Krauel sen forest reserve In tin- 8ukIii. iw southern railroad of Arlaona, wss i ii.ii. Mr Payne irep., V called up iti- Mil extendlui Hi' I i - .'f tii.' t'nii.'.l States relative in commerce, navlaatton hii.I merchant warnen i the Hawaiian Islands, but nerstateat eftorta t amend iiir bin. i mains aeJaK. tin- bill whs withAt .wm The house I icn went lato easa mitte' of tln whole on tin- Indian SPOCO prladoa bin ! In the senate, on the lP:h. several hnnrtaiit siccchea wer' delivered, Mr.

Platt'a (N. V speech uaalnal Mr. yest'f resolution deoluililK tli.it the 1'iilU'J S' .t.s h is no power 1 1 1 acquire territory, l.-iiir the most Important The Nl. ir.niiui canal l.i.l was then taken up, ami Senalorn lu rry, Allen, Hoar, Caffery a'"1 stor Kan spoke to the quaatton In the house. H N-InK' suspension Jay. several hills were passed, th "lost Important one being thai appropriating BSO.OOC for the PhtlllJelphla exMisltloli of ivy Mr li.llley iTex.' Introduced a raaoltitloa directing an Investigation ami report on the status

. ... . . . . . . ... i or in.iiit'ers : tile House no Have acpnnciple island of the Society group, tpu mmlsslonatn the army, and mads

Coi Bdamrd ! fn.nert, national ptcsidrnt of the Sons of the Aim i n .m 1'cxolution, was killed by falling from a window of his home in Concor!, Mass , on lln 1st. lie xxna about ul y lira of am The din . tors of lln" Hell Telephone Co. declared a dividend f throe aar tit. at a meeting bald in Do-ton oa

Mat. An extra dividend of p., per

which is uuder the control of Franee.

- a 1 1 1 Seente n of the brc xx i ng companies of Dal ti more, Md., haxe consolidated irndaT the name of the Marx land brewing Co.. and negotiations are pending for the absorption of tin remaining four. in i i as Drof. John Bell Batcher, of Prince

ton

to continue his search for rare fossils and i xplore the interior of the country. He expect to ho absent three J ears. a " While examining state documents of the sixteenth century in the racttcan library, recently, Abbe Coua Luxzl. assistant librarian, found the Original maniiscri p t of a treatise of dalileo on The Tide,''

It the oe, .ision if s,iin- elrtracterlstlc re m. .rks. whi.h, however, elicited no com

ment or notice. In the senate, on the 2"th, Use Mrst half of the s. ssI mi w is occupied by Mr. Teller In .i ipeech in advocacy of the rUiit of the United States to expand its borders so aa to Include f ir-r. aching tarrltory, sad Inet dentally dlseusstng a form .f Boverunu nt for the Filipinos. The remainder f the aesslon was given up to consi.leruilon of the Nicaragua canal. Mr I'affery speakMii' im iiiii.o.ltl.in in th. V.ir'ji it hill In

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N. J., has pone hack to 1 atapoma , , , , . . ., ,f,n ,.,

lu xation of the Philippines The agricultural uiipri.prl.it Ion bill xvas passed, car-

r.Miif fi.ii." r $1x7,120 mere than the rretit law. Several resolutions calling I for estimates f..r propoaad rivae and hari. r xxork were adopted. In the senate, on the .1st. Mr ninlel iVa i made an ffort to obtain oonstdsra ti"ii of Senator Proctor's resolution pro vldlng f.-r the appotntmenl of a commit-i t. . . f ... nators to investigate the eondl- ' ttons of Cuba ami Porto Rico during the! approaching r cess of congress, which failed There was no quorum present, and no buelnees of Importance was transacted. . In the BOUSe the session lasted but an hour The Baiiey resolution dtrectlna an , Invests it ion of the right of members! Who volunteered In the Spanish-American XX ar to s.'ats III the house, Was ado). teil. and several billa of minor importance ware adopted.

c'nt. was also declared. The steam barge Ketcham. which had been ox. -nine, anixed safely at Cbieaga on the Hat A rear-end -ollision occurred on the l'ennsx lvniiia railroad ! lin e milea from Rahway, N. JH on the -1st, which resulted in the losa of txxo lixes and serious though not fatal injuries to four person. American officials and private citizens alike, after a casual inspection of Havana, generally declare the commission reports of its unsanitary and unhealthx Condition to be gross o. iterations, but a thorough oflieiul inspection lioxx th city to be a regular disease incuba lor.

WITHIN OUB LIMITS. fwl by Telegraph from Vurlom Towns in Indiana. .in. Maasi ami Pteaeaa, Dein bou. Ind., Dec, H. Txxo x ran ajM Tl.. BUM Wells, oft blOBgW. laiulcd here xxilli lots of money and once in can to woo Mi s. Jesse Chaplin, a

vxidoxx. Finally tiny were married. Since thru he has been making frci pient visits to Chicago, where ih.-re I xxa a woman xxho lu- BOW lainis haa sen rai houa - n Mlcbigas aveaae, tad ' who is in love xvith him. Mrs. Wella

learned of this und begin dtTOMM proeecdiaga in Ihe circuit court here and has secured divorce, 113.009 fn goverament bonds ami IS .000 m each.

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Report of Special Commissioner Porter On the Needs of Our New Acquisitions.

WAS SOMKWHAT PtEVlfjoJ Mtj. Kaaaell Harrison K,.rt, .,,. f lUltli.c DM .l..ry mmJ on.,,,, i.i emu ti Hum, llaxana. Dec. Maj. . ,, the pnivoKl marshal, xxlu. ,,,, rais. d the Stars and Strip. , Atar.s, xxiihout ardors ami i i . l. i -

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LATE NEWS ITEMS.

The report Is confirmed that Sir

i noma s i.ipton nas eutruteii tin

building of the shamrock, challentrer

for the America cup. to the Thorney

en fts. who hart nexeryet cunstructed

a racing yacht. m

A xien. said hy experts to contain millions of dollars' worth of gold, has

le'ii -truck in the Trickier tunnel, be

ing driven through Pike's Peak to in

crease the water supply of the city of

Colorado BpringBj CoL m n

tin the '.'d the Spaniards evacuated

the Santa Clara and Heina batteries, and all other forts outside of the city of Havana. They srert occupied by American troops, but no flags xvill be hoisted until .lanuarv 1.

Secretary Long will soon Issue ndv rtiseinents calling for proposals for raising the Maine and the Cristobal Colon, in accordance with the decision of the board Of construction, to which the matter had been referred. Mrs. Mary Tutt TlinH-kim.rton. in early life a leader in Washington . iety. died in that city, on the 1Mb, fioin the effects of inhaling illuminatinggas. which escaped by accident in tier room. lie xxas ,ars of age. If the reports received nt St. Paul, Minn., from people xxho are familiar with th1 Indians on the various reservations an- true, there is every probability of more trouble between the Indians and govTninent xx ithin a few Weeks.

A dispatch from Panama says; "The governor has received from Senator Zutrieta, in Bogota, a dispatch giving nssurane.s that C olombia xxill crant ar. extension of si years to the Panama ( anal Co. for the construction of tin- canal. The report is bediigeirculatod among prominent members uf the diplomatic et rps in Washington, especially from the Bpanish-spesklng countries, that Spain xvill return Senor Polo y DerBBhC) the former ministiT to Washinglon, upon the ratification Of the peace treaty.

The ship Tacotna sailed from Pan Francisco, n the ltd, for Honolulu with lit army mules on board. At Honolulu the mules xxill be turned out for u few weeks' BXSrcfsS anil xvill then be reahlpfted along xxith MO BSUleS and horses already In Honolulu, and the whole lot will be taken to Manila for the use of the United Stales troopStationed there. There is every reason to lielievc that when the treaty of Paris is ratified President McKinley will ask COngrCSS f.u authority to appoint a aomnii salon to pass upon and settle all claims against Spain tiled by American citizens, which this government has assumed in the treaty f peace. Despite the rigorous denials made at the time it is BOW a matter Of public record that President McKlnley'a ad

ministration became conxiuced. at bast as long ago as the lirst day of January, thai war xxith spam xvas ; probable, if not inevitable.

A report from ( ape Uavtian. Sun Zh 1 f ,'''it''.'' 8te IVki" mine,,. ,, the uth sni.l t'liaf P,,.i,I..Mt Edwl" H' Conder, has entered a pro-

n . ,. . . ., 1 t sf OB'S in Si the liroli Heureau.x had b en assasiiu ted vxhile

attending a christening incognito. I United States Minister Powell tir-t ea

biel th rumor, and immediately after mania added "No truth in the re-

PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

prt." Thomas JO) em, living uear (ireer, W. 'n.. attempted to light a tire with

crude oil, on the 1Mb. An explosion

loseil extontlon uf

I French jurisdiction at Shanghai. This. added to the Haorous British protest

Oil the same subject, will undoubtedly stitTen Chinese Ifeaistance. Thomas Crosby, the 1 It-year-old son of Mrs. Margaret ro-hx. a wealthy widow living in Edge water, a suburb oi Chicago, shot and instantly hilled

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iccurrcd. wrecking the room, and the !"" "nerin rvsHM .xc on IOC 5U,

.h.sses of his twi.. dntnrht.Ts. aged!1-"0 -v, "as i",'"'I""ig to serve a I i rears, ignited. He wast..,, sererelv nt of rst't",'"nburned to assist them, and thev were,1 " rbuekle Hros.' Chicago so badly burned that both Of them died ! ou f iling sugar direct to r-

shortlv afterwards. ( toners, ignormir tue JODDtng trade.

A dispatch from T'tica. X. V on-iSa,,-s u,'r" l,,a(l ilt -" P, r P'und for rounces the suicide of I.erov P. Mid- ,;1",!,r,l pranulated. which was lam. the last democratic post'ma-ter at ""- 'Ldith of a cent under the trnxt Manpiette, Mich., from which citv be I,,c lately rsimoisd i ' n, Wnaalle, which arrived at Vie-Fn-nch Ambassador Jules Cnmbon , tnrii- ll- ('- the KM, from Bhaguay, will sail from Havre for New York, on rP"'1l the wreck of a sloop which left January T, to resume his duties ut I Wra"gel two WOOlm ago far Bkaguay,

A dispatch from fSatnwhal to a Condi ti newspaper savs a povxib r inai'a7ine situated la the oenter of a ( iiitu'se camp at Hang Chow explode. I, leveling o square mile of bouses, it iestimated that H.000 soldiers WOTC killed, Inclvdingthe general eomasandlug the foeoca, . m On the 1 -1 h the Cubans eidtdirat. d the evacuation of Marianoa, on itivitntioa f Alcalde Senor Qoawa de In Ifanza. Kvery street was dee,, rat. d v.ith American ami Cuban (lags int-r-I Wined, ami at several points were erected triumphal arch. - bearing suitable inscriptions. e At Ihe abate eepmrtnsead it is nnnwwBOOd poottixalv (hat the question of tin- eontpenaataan of members n' the piaee commission is entirely in the hands of the pniibMit. and so far ns known b" has not mdicsted to any one what figure he proposed to fix as peopef renninerat ion.

Waahiagton. On the ttth Senator Bsnnn intro-

BOOOd in the senate and lie tresentntixe Payne la the house a bill le renal

subsidies for American shinidnir.

The Spanish mail Steamer Villa

erde, xxith Marshal K.imon lllam-o.

former captain general of ( aba

board, arrived at Alicante, Spain, on

the 19th, from llaxana. Marshal Dianen landed without in. idem, und evad

ing the crowd which xas a waiting

him, took tin train for Madrid. Oreat Britain has glvea soother instance of her friendship for the I'nited States b suppressing a filibuster ing expedition organised In Hong Kong for AgUinnldo and his fol lowers. t, Handle, one. if the most danger one of men xxith a weapon, and o of

xvith a party of 12. ltnuml for Atlin. It

tadfeared that nil on board were lost. A dispatch from Mexico Cttj says Ambassador ( lax ton. ami the minister Of fori Ige nffairs. Senor Marial. haxe agreed upon the form ami substance Of tin- nexx extradition treaty between the United States and Mexico. The Carllal agitation continues in several of the northern provinces of S ain, and a number ,f agitntors have been arrested at Morella, province f Caatelton de la Plaoa, owing to Carlist deiiioust rat ions.

CURRENT IILWd NOTES. Seven hundred coal in!!, i is are on strike at Lexington, Mo., tor increased v. I ges. George Hines, at Louisiana, Mo..

in a quarrel

1 Iroxvr.sville

on trial at

.. for killing his father-In

the best known in Texas. xv;i killed Killed hv ICItnn l.an,

outside f Rranch'i saloon, near the rn. city hull, in Dallas. T. x.. 09 the even l.Vx. William Olli, of inp of the 19th, by II. P. Krwin. of jTex., is raisaiag, and (f Fi roey, Tex. An old grmlgo xx;, . the his safety, ,: "- I Frank Bray, who was

The worst gre in the history of Ter Ozark, M

re Haut.-, i no., took place on the night Uw. was declared insan

if tin' I'nl ranalnn l..s.. ..( r,,IU i . 1

.ikmi. The blase started In the show windows of the Havens x Qeddea com puny, wholesale ami retail dealers in dry goods and notions. Sex nil per one wars fatally ami many seriously Injured, The general comtnanlinu the north

A Rock Island (III. I man says he can corroborate th. evidence that Thomas Drnoe xxas duke of Portland. James (iriliin. aged gg, and unmarried, xxas crushed to death under a falling telephone pole at Bristol, Tonn. Leo lewis, a negro, of Dallas, T. ..

was sentenced to 110 years in tin- peni-

em army of Spain hl I proclaimed the't, j.tinry for aiding in killing a whit

Grip is both contagions ami Infec tiotia. So declares the hoard of health o' Nexx N ork la a warning to the pub-

lie issued by Dr. John P.. Cosby, n Br.Ctnber Of that body. Dr. Coahy states that the disease is more pr-vnlent In the metropolis at present Ihan at any time since April, 1 sOl. Commander I. Mori, who is to take charge of the Nexx- .lapuuses cruiser Chltose, noxv lying at San Francisco, savs the policy of expansion which has been adopted by the United States ret eiv s the Bordial asoral support of the Japanese from both sentimental and commercial eonsiderattons.

closure, from the jotb, of all Carllst

clubs and societies in his district During- the tin- at Tern- Haute. Ind., on the night of tin ruh. tho Indianapolis (ire department sent over a WagOS and an engine on 11 special train, which made the di-taiu-e letvxoen Indianapolis and Terre Haute, T:.M . inii's, in 5 minutes. I'ire.xx bieh broke out nt Fort AdaniS, Newport. IS. I., in the stables of bight Battery F. Fourth artillery, not only destroyed the stables, but Oommunl eated to a neighboring gnnnhed eon tainlng some powder, and :m explo sion followed, killing three men of the

I oeventh artillery and injuring sesernj others, . l'.y n vote of 8 to ft, on party lines.

the house committee on military affairs unb red a favor.'ble report, at: the tüth, on the Mull bill ineretising the regular arm to 100,000 men.

The Midland Railroad Co. of l'nghsnd hu-- place, I an order for tn BHSgul freight englm - xxith the Rche neetady (N. y.) loeontotive xx-orks. Claude Herbert, vxin, was enacting gents Claus in the I bristaina display window of Havens a Qeddea, of Terre Hunte Ind., at the time of the uthli ak of the gnat lire, after assisting many others to escape, xvn himself

SI ven's Post I T. C.. A. It., of

Lit its. Pa., has Indorsed theuresidenta lost in the flames

apeeeb relating to the government Among a net word of xxiros. 2i feet Baring for the gram of confederate thove the ground, at the corner of

h ad. ami has requested Congressman

llrosius to use his influence to bring about national legislation to onrrv it to 'Uit the orcsident! MnUnwanta,

Flftv fifth and State streets. tTllcagO, Roderick Chisholm, an deetrlelSB, xvas SBWly burned to death iri sight uf aeveial hundred anectut org.

boy. The tat- department lias been notb fid that Prance vxiii put s duty on cottonseed oil to bar out the American product. Three candidates are being men tloned for the governorship of the IIaxxaiiu i-latiil S. M. Damon, Harold M. Small n n 1 President Dole. James Nettles, the negro on trial nt Si. i.ouis for the murder if Conductor Mann of the st. bonis & Suburban railroad, xxn. found guilty. Arrangement are Iwing made by Acting Secretary Alien of the awry for the dispatch of more naxnl vessels of Rubi draft to Cuban watera. An opinion ha.- he n givi-n in Canada "that a man ia;'.' ceremony perform.' I in Canada by a minister resident In the I'nited States is not legal. Dill" Tipton, of Lebanon. III., the Si. Clair County "reformer." has l n arrested n a warrant charging hint With ket ping his saloon open on Sunday. The r; tal report ,,r ir..f. Phillips, consulting engineer of the Missouri Kiat- board of health, on the Chicago Canal, declares it to be n menace to health. t Biel mood, Kv.. Henry (iiles wr.s sequi tied of the Murder of Joe (,atliffe, The crime xxas committed .inly I. txxo years ago, and this was the (bird trial. Dy the death of aa nnota, nr. I d. l orf.r. of Memphis, Trim., Mrs. Rob rrt Dem diet and Thnmns Priiff. of Siuigis, K j .. fad heir to au eatate north tdsXOtd,

i in in 1 1 M ii i Dsetsloa, Indianapolis. Ind.. Dec. 22. In a -:ise affecting all the foreign building and loan associations doing huslnt in In

diana In la. when thelaw flziag rule under which the J should operate within the state xvas passed, the supreme court lays that a failure to comply v ith the lnxv up to this time xxill not cancel mortgages held by the-e as-,.cinti;ns. The court holds that the associations may collect the attWUBj due them by reason of loan contracts after they have complied with the statute. raptwcea rival ltas. Lebanon, Ind., Dec. 22.- Corporal H B, Nivvtnan. ofennpaiiy 15. TxventyBecoad United States Infantry, whose home i in this city, xxho commanded the squad of soldiers xxhich cnp'ttred the lirst Spanish flag in tin1 Santiago campaign, has been officially aotlfled by the war department that hi claim has been reeoenlzed. Corporal N - .v -

man ami his comrades hare reeelved reward aggregating several hundrc.l dollars in recognition of th-ir ach! x. -nient. u Pa an apes. Kvnrsvillc, ndM Dee It. sensational damage suit for $10.0(i0 h;;- I,, , n Bled by Mrs. Jessie Newman, the ilivorced wife of Walter Newman, s buti r. i -s man htr--. against l.ida. the present wife of Newman. Fraud on the part of Newman and his second wife are charged in the procurement of the divorce In order that Newman and the defimlant might ninrry. ii ln- I ft I rnnii. tedtananolis, Ir.d.. Dec. 22. Kat'.rrine Crosby Clayton Tracy is the name of a stylishlv dressed woman of SO who xx ns arrested ..1 Rnglish's hotel. The ofBcefl accuse her of securing sinn of monev fnxm hotel k-eners in vnrioiu

parts of the country by misrepresenting herself. Mr. Tracy i. known from one end of the country to the other. arrives1 sr ti-i . JefferaonviBe, Ind.. IVe. 22. On November 12 Henry Nagle, an aged Oernaaa of this city, left in an oyster Digger for New Orlenns. He was nreomponied by his on. Theodore and ( harles (iilmore. They arrived at New Orleans the other day. having sailed the entire distance. The trip wn purely for pleasure. Hold, er- still nt Innr. Delphi. Ind.. Dee. 22 The r porti 1! capture of the Carroll county jail breakers in Miami county has been leuoiineed by Sheriff Bridge, Bf t It i - place. a a canard. He is Indignant over the f die statement, sent out from IVsbash, and fars that it will militate against the capture of the escaped criminals. ..Ii ., la Letters), Marion. D.d.. l), e gg, Indiana is heir g flooded with greengoodi letters. A prominent business man of th! city, - well as one in Logan sport and also one In Üfnncle, haxe received similar letter, offering to wll Ihe Stuff. The rlrrnlan ire sent out over the name of A. d. Wad:-. Rest Rochester, N. 11. V ,11 In 1. Im. Richmond, Ind.. Deo. IS, William M. Smith, captain of the Richmond conipanj xvith the One Hundred .-.t d s;xtyti rai Indiana, w rites that the buy 1 stood the trip to Havana well. They had spring bedsand mattresses to h-cp on and plenty to eat. I . 11 n x,-ri Irp. Goshen, lt d.. Dee. 22. K. (I. ( ham-b.-rlain has been eleetetl for the flftxthird time to serve a secretary to 'he local blue lodge of mBSOBS, His years of service in that office in Ihe 1 m n lodge eclipses any other record in this country. Mr, -a eli uf Pronilar. EvsnsviBe, InsL, Dee. 22. Peter Poll merchant and councilman, was found guilty of breach of promise and verdict of $1 siiii wa given against him in favor of Miss Anna Wairner. a handsome x Hin g woman of Day ton. O. K litre ix 11 flywheel. New Castle, inii . D.c. gt.. Jacob Btoaer, aged t.,, an employe in .lennlngs' hoop factory, in this city, was instantly killed by being caught in the fty xx heel while oiling the machinery. ID ; a v 1 s a v ol. , xx . 01 Uallty. Marion, Ind, Dec, tg, The jury in the esse against Attorney George hfouser, aharged with blackmail. after being out 1.', miiiiit 1 Iiii ii. (1 a verdit t of not guilty . bases iioih Bros, Vlncennes, Ind., Dee. g2. Albert Holl, xxhtle hinting, attempted to pound a shell into hi gun. The shell exploded nnd blew out both hiseyrs. t.... s I Mood 1 "!. Mm eir. Did . Dec. gg, Joshua Null, gi.l si,, died in this city of blood poison. contracted from n slight ierael

on ot e ftnger n few weeks afro. Metetra Haalied out. Dedford. Ind.. Dec. 22.-Salt er. . k hrldgl on the main line of the Mot oni four miles north of here, xxas vxiohrrl out.

ras Law Ceteris aastraaalassl sat Latsal Itevassuneel ssseeeSl laa ut rVsjSSWttt Ho- sinU f.u slriiiatle ix...,, sn. .nl. 1 respars Fee i. vii,i; ami Oalseetlaa tateraal tteesaae 1 n.-.

i s evaciiatii.n coininiss,,,,,. ,

FILTH OF AGES OUG FROM THE STREETS. " American tings should he , ,

Havana or its suburbs Until .1 1. was to-day formally r-pi iinui Hnj. -(leu. bee, und wa 1 , h-xxer the Hag. Lieut. I.e.- r, ( , few hours later to hendquart, 1 tin- Ha" had Ix-cn lowered. , less, at (he hour of filing tin rl (4::;u p. m. ) it is still H ing , staff BVer the famous fort. , hie from tin- harbor ami city, lie L -Gen. Lee having rcceiveti hie dispatch from Gen. Ugt r that th.- secretary f war und

mat iiurc an- tlioiisands ,,

lot.-d

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crod Beel

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Prsun

starving in Havana, and dlrectli to lead them -without delay," . 1 .. 1 . .......

um tri j venerea i.ieut.-i oi. Wood dlatribute rations, and to u

teinatie efforts to feeil Ihe . carefully avoiding waste. Tiiere nrc humln ds in Hat t, . day who, though not actually it are in a deplorable state of vv,.r . v

tili. I disease, tile . iTects of th,

I concentration policy. Thei hospital treatment, which i 1 ways available. Much of the v I eiiness in due to the neglect, J tlOn of (he tenements. Every day or so the relief dl

tors com, upon dead bodh

einaneiatcil. Two were found in tin suburb of d rro yesterday. It 1 fieutt to distingnads between th, pn feesdonal eagrant and the reallj serving eaaea, but the committee- u o, 1. ai knowledge arc able to render es ccllent serv Ice. The Cuban colonel ahmnj with QOO Cuban hornemen, pan .li -us del Monte today, ami Binrched out again to camp. The I nited States transport V' waaka, which left Bavnnnah for t'ubi on December 19, with the Vnru b vxa regiment, arrived here tin noon. To-day the Spanish transom - 1 lud de Cadi ami Neutlia sail. Spain, the former xxith 1,256 im oiTic.-rs, Im, und for Bantander, at latter with l.n ;:i for Cadi. FOR PORTO RICAN WATERS

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Washington, Dec fig, Bobsfi V. rortcr, special oommlsslcuer for the United stat s to Cuba ami l'orto Rico, has rcturneil from Santiago, ami has submitted his report to tin- secretary

of the treasury. Hate malls Heainsae While in Porlo Kico Mr. Porter held public hearings, und all persons intereated in the welters of the Inland were Invited 1 submit statements und give Oflnl testimony. The chamber of BOm mere,., representing tbe ciiinuu-n ial ami industrial interests of the province, responded. stllliarj Um siaa aal Baaialaa iasaartnir The machinery of the military government, Mr. Porter says, K running xxith a fair degree "f snioot linos, and the men responsible for it understand their business thoroughly. 1,1 fn iii IbS BSessSS IS Llltti ..f Vi:. The disagreenblt smeUi of the ty pical Cuban city, the report savs, arc leas pronounced in Santiago, while white wash, lime wash, painting and nil sorts of disinfectants have deordorlaed the surrounding- atmosphere, and made the old tOWn quite inhabitable. The str ets are no longer used as sewers, and the unhappy individual xxho violates tin- laxx and escapes the lash Ol the sanitary OOmmissioner'l xx hip is Compelled to xx.u-k OB tbe streets for SO day s. This official, Maj. Daroour, with M Bieii. dressed in spotless xx bite, and 82 good United Stale- mule teams and carts, having dug out from the streets of Santiago the 11th of ng-s, is now- able to keep them absolutely clean. Every day, by the aid of petroleum, the garbage of the city is burned. i-e..ii.. tfaklae srwrr t ' atrsels I'u Iii lily ll,riwttli-t. The xxork of sanitation is nut eonfined tO the streets, but extends t the dwelling houses, ships ami buildings of all kinds. To accomplish V Iii--, bowvi r. tbe doors of the hOUSCa had to In

smashed iu, ami people making s. xx.-ra

of the thoroughfares were publicly horsewhipped in the streets, Baal nentty respectable dtiaens wrere fond- ' bly brought before the commanding genera ami sentenced to aid in elesuaing the streets they were in the habit of defiling. a aaapteta sWeesaees la tiii asnitary V iitliorUIThe campaign has ended in a complete surrender to the sanitary authorities, ami the inhabitants of Santiago, regardless of class, have had their first object lesson in the new or- j il-r of things inaugurated by the war. Be vc rai important streets have been repaved: all the public buildings haxe i -. n thoroughly eieaned, tin- xv.,rk oven extending to the opera hon--, tin- i.w Caans Bsorsaalsasl The law court s, xx h ich were abolished xv I. . ti Qen. Shatter took the city, have been reorganied. The supreme court, the rcMirt continues, is composed of carefully selected Cuban Judges, the appointees nominated wholly on bccoainl of legal attainments, the bar as- j n idation of the province having been nsulted as to tin- character and quel Ideations of the new judges. i.i. .ii .. i um it i Bsstwri il. in the same manner local govern tnent has been restored, ami native mayors ami city officials n. pointed, the only requirement is-itiL' that persons SCCcpting such OfBcCS shall take ti ath recognizing the mlllterx occupation of the island by the United stales, but in no xxay committing them to any of future form ,f govern incut. 'flu- Spanish, when in possession of Cuba, not only assumed BOSOltltS Control of the judiciary, but of the muni

cipal government, tbe larger portion Of (he taxes raised for municipal purposes being diverted, xxith the other revenues, into channels which, says the

r pott, either led to Bpaia or into Spanish pockets. BImswM l'r. .rf fr thr I -tI,iic kimI 1 olle. IhiK ..f Illicit, Ml It.,, mi,.

The internal, industrial, professional licensing and other miscellaneous taxes have so far been remitted in this pari of Cuba, but the authorities are now preparing to enforce tln tn. Now that the customs tarilT lias liern disposed of, Mr. pot-t.r recommends that

an immediate si-h.-m.- be prepared for London, Dee. 2.1. Lord D, the lex vim l..lil colli ction of internal 1 iv a ri I (Veil fllilneaat lias ores, at' l t'""

island. The I Jenner Institute xxith tin-

Baltimore, Mil.. Dec. Jll. -The and geodetic survey steamer lft Daltiniore yesterduv for

Kicun xvuter-. Her departure BMrkl the beginning of work by this govern. tnent in the new possessions, this ing the first expedition sent to any of thoM islands for the purpose of ing surveys. Most of the Spanish par M - -ions have bOOU poorly charti '. 1b f.fi.'lst lini's .f Porti. I.'ii'.i I .1

tin Philippines contain many go harbors of xxhich little is know: curate surveys of these hs xxill he made by the goxcrnt B000, The Blake has been fitting out Doltimorc for several weeks S ,t by tin- Blake begin in the harbor Johns, xxhich is reported to be t finest harlsir on the coast ol Pico, but about xxhich little is at pf nt know 11. JOINT HIGH COMMISSION. i'r.,i,.-.u f,r n Beoesasint laaa M XI re ssvaeaMa tnaa ri.iiit iiefuri. aejeaeaaasal

Washington. Dee. gg, I he n n'on of the joint Canadian hi' miaaion xxill be limited pretti elo to a fortnight. Lord Hersche 1 British member of ihe eomml . , i thed to sail for Kurope on .1 v -. He can not delay longer i" United States, for the reason th ' ia obliged to attend the op, uing Paris arbitration on tbe Venerm boundary, being one of the srbiti it Then are indications that aft, r

the commissioners regard tin

peets of reachingaii agreenii nt a M much brighter than they did J fire ihe adjournment of tinand the opinion is now expr-well-informed circles that before Ixei lb rscliell's departure a tn.ii; " ' have been completed, settling till points in dispute between He tei countries, und exen meklfl ' slight prog rcss towards the attsi : of reciprocity. A MAN WITH A MISSION.

pre

Will ii.ii.,i Tnn Million Dnl iti feasBass Mm I'aaUs iiraitii Vot4 I-.. ili- .eitiroaltr

revenue lor the entire

question f separating these taxes from purely municipal taxes should li Imi be considered. The large amount of delinquencies during the last threeyears, which haxe amounted to about -'..uoo.iino. was. of COUrse, due It, the xxar. In normal times vvc have lo re four or 1'Ve million dollars of revenue that must not be overloohed, Mr. Porter advises that those taxea hereafter must be used exclnnlvelj for local purposes, and, BS far as may ne deemed practicable, ths they i,c cilIrcted ami disbtirsed by properly - Bt flu ted local authorities. The rural districts of Santiago have

been mi depleted that it will be impossible to Collect (axes over and above those needed for Ihe bare aeoessitiea I Ot eel I . for the poor ami probably small sums to improve sanitary coudi- i Hons. Mr. Porter speaks In high praise of tbe sdndaistrative ability of Qon I Wood, the military ejoxernor at L'-un j tlago.

of seicntiflc n seams mid other forti

gghO,OO0 in aid ir, baeteriologx

biology. The Jenner institute Inelndei f the leaders in medicine, and M bed sciences in Hrenl Britain. Lord Ixeagh ai-o proposed in Rl

C 250,000 upon the Improvement university Dull Alley urea, in th of Dublin.

heart

x. irlf Maa4ee t sail N i Malone, N. Y.. Dec. gg, . a tenth of Patrick Baggert y, i

the oldest man in the BtSK reached his friends in Malom

llaggerty would have 1 u I ' old the 7th day of Match Bi woa wnnderfuUj preserved tn and physically. He enjoyed hi- "' paper, reading the Bnesl type " "' ';T without glnssea. He wm " !" " ' his habits, ami was always an ,lU crate smoker from Childhood, xvln" he cotnineiiced the use of l the adxiee of physicians. He tW" S few miles south of Potsdam.