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STRAUS BROS. & GO, sIB “Ligonier, Indiana. S' L I PRI T : We t_ru'l-xrsact a general Banking business;in- * c¢luding- the Loaning of Muuoy,.purclmse of commercial paper, receivedeposits, buy and séll domestic and foreign exchange, and make collections. 3 57 Close and prompt attention will be given to all : busiress with which we are entrusted. Straus Bros. & Co., . LIGONIER, INDIANA. M—‘v‘—"""“'_fi""_—"._”‘ T—_"'"“—“"..’"—"“éj" e a THE REGULAR COMMUNICAa tions of Ligonier Lodge No. 185 I 1. &A. M., are.held on the first Mon- . day evening in each month at 7:00 during the months of November, December, January, February; 7:30 o’clock during March, Aprll, May:September, October, and %8 o’clock during June, July and August. Masonic brothers invited to attend. . . 1 C.G. KEEHN, W. M. W. G. BROWN, Secretary, e 35 v = + Y. A.R.—Stansbury Post No. 125. Meets o ON the first and third Fridays .of each month at 7:00 p.m. All G. A. R. comrades invited to attend. J.H.HorFMAN,Com. "HENRY KNEPPER, Adjutant. 42 £ 003\ I"' OF P.- Ligonier Lodge No. 123. :,5/’-\}"s\ X. Meets'every Thursday evening 2| =at 7:00. " All Knights'-who may be in jour town are invited to attend. > = E.J.SOCKRIDER,C.C. 0. E.BrowN, K.of R. & S.

F RANK R. ELDRED, - * . PHARMACEUTICAL - . GHEMIST. - - Sanitary Work of All Kinds. LIGONIER, . - - - - ° INDIANA

‘V A. SHOBE, - : & = 1y PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, LIGONIER .. . . INDIANA Office up stairs éver Graves’ Bakery. I Residence on Main Street

E W. KNEPPER, do : | - : PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, £ 2 . Will atfend promptly to all calls entrusted to him either day or night. Office, over.Eldred’s Drug Store Building, second floor. Residence on South Martin street, Ligonier, Indiana. : ' : = [4Bt: RWU L BRI RTS A TSR AR RS LA sT IR YIS S ATRC S (1 A. WHIPPY, M.D., : Xe : = l : .1 —HOMOEOPATHIST ,— . -~ (Sadgessor to Dr. W. E. Newton.) - Office over W.p.DcclfeT& Co.’s Gl‘O('-t‘l‘y Store : LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. DR. F.W.BLACK, « . Officein b : o Straus Block. S)){‘(-ial attention wllt be given toOBSTETRICS AND DISEASES PECULIAR TO WOMEN. " T _ Calls promptly answered. - Will be in office at night. > Phoness. .= @ - - LIGONIER, IND. ( YREEN & BOTHWELL, < ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, ALBION AND LIGONIER, - -. INDIANA, - aae § Ldgonier, over Sisterhen’s, e “"mf“s_‘( Albion, over Engle’s Livery Stable. Mr. Bothwell can be reached by telephone at Albion, and will be found in- their office in this‘city every Tuesday. : ’

\‘T—H. WIGTON, o it ® ATTORNEY-AT-LAW and ~ NOTARY PUBLIC. ; Office ;over Citizens’ Bzmk; cor. Third and Cavin streets, = _ {(Successor to L. D. Fleming,) LIGONIER, - - - - INDIANA. e RR S e e e e CHARLES»V.' INKS, Dealer in ‘ Sdooe . MONIMENTS, \’AULTS,I Tombstones and Building Stones. .- .. .. ! Corner of Cavin and Fifth streets, | LIGONIER, - - - - INDIANA. GEO. W. REED, —The Well Known—--2 : —And—- ~ BLACKSMITH, Has opr-ned-u shop in the hui](ling just west of the electric light plant where he will be found ready to do dll kinds of Wogon and and Buggy repair work. Mr. Reed has had . many years experience in this class and “can do all kinds of work. . Satisfaction guaranteed and prices. réasonable. He is associated with the well known blacksmith, Homer Vandeford. Try Them. T - LIGONIER, - - INDIANA. WHEN YOU V151T.... 4 ! © ——RIDE IN— '- : 5 \\\ : ’ o T /Js»;mm\m : The- ¢6W L 5 99 The ¢¢Wawasee, ~_ The fastest and safest steam- ; er on the lake. Reasonable ‘ rates for parties. Courteous . treatment. : : See the CAF'T'AIN. - L : ‘For Sale, - : One two story brick store building on Cavin street, Lrgonier Indiana. All in first-class condition. For par ~ ticulars see Green & Bothwell. . CcCASTORIA. ~ Boarsthe 9 Tho Kind You Have Always Baught i s e - o AR e e

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LIGONIER, NOBLE COUNTY, INDIANA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1898.

AGURALDOS CONGRESS,

National Assembly of . Filipinos Helps Clear the Air of Misunder- . standing with Americans.

INSURGENTS DESIRE TO .BE FRIENDLY.

"l‘roops That Have Been Ordered to the Philippine Islands Are Anxfous to Start for Their New Prost-=>Nu-merical 'Strength of thie Force Is 5,856 Men. | =~ .. ’ :

New York, Sept. 21.—A dispatch to the Herald from Manila says: ' ~ As the result of the meetings of the national assembly of ]:‘i_lipi;xoél,‘ thus far held in Malolos, there is How entire confidence in the American government on thepart of the insurgent leaders. :

. All the.mgmbers of the assembly exhibif an earnest desire that the future relations of the Filipinos with the Americans may be of the most friendly character. : ‘.

"The condition of the Spanish prisoners is beginning to excite anxiety among the 'mifitgry officers here.

- Eleven thousand of these prisoners are quartered\'in churches and other public buildings within the mnarrow confines of the walled city, where most of the Spanish people also live, where the American garrison is necessarily quartered, and where Gen. Otis has located the army headquarters. - Members of the sanitary corps are kept constantly at work clearing out filth that constantly accumulates, the Spaniards having not the least knowledge of the laws of sanitation. :

The result is a condition threatening a general outbreak of some zymotic diseases at any moment. Typhoid fever is already increasing at an alarming rate, =~ = . ! Authorities feel it'is absolutely essential tg the health of the city to get the Spanish prisoners out of Manila at the earliest possible date. -Similar conditions are ‘reported from Cavite, where the Spanish in the hands of the rebels are suffering from the lack of the necessaries of life, -

To make matters worse, the sailing of the hospital ship Rio has been repeatedly delayed. It is now istated positively that the vessel will sail on Thursday. Probably by that time she will have considerable accession to her invalid passenger list. : : . The Men Anxious to Go. : San Francisco, Sept. 21.—The troops just ordered to the Philippines are all anxious to depart as foon as possible, and their wishes are likely-to be grati-. fied, for Gen. Miller, who hopes to head the expedition, is doing all he can to expedite their transportation. The numerical strength ordered to the orient is as follows: First Teénnessee regiment, 1,286; Twentieth Kansas regiment, 1,301; Fifty-first.Towa regiment, 1,251; First. Washington regiment, 1,315; recruits Second Oregon regiment, 300; battalion Twenty-third regiment, U. S. A:, 400. Total force, 5,836. - b N All of the troops named except the Washington regiment have ‘been attached to thé Philippine expeditionary forces. The Washington men have belonged to the department of California. Although the Sixth. and Seventh California regiments are anxious’ to see active service; there seems to be little prospect of their being added to the expeditionary force. In case no general should be assigned to this expedition, the command will devolve ‘upon €ol. John H. Wholly, of the First Washington volunteers. He ranks Col. Funston by reason of prior service in the regular army, both having mustered in their ecommands on May 11. Gen. Miller has made application by telegraph to the chief of ordnance at ‘Washington for enough Krag-Jorgen-sen rifles to arm the four regiments that are going "with the expedition. The Wyoming battery of light artillery will be retained here. The Eighth California, now doing garrison duty, will probably be left, undisturbed.

British Gunboat Goes to Cebu.

- Manila, Philippine Islands, Sept. 21. —Twentd Spanish vessels, including 12 steamers, have completed their transfér to the American flag ard a majority of them have now proceeded on coasting voyages. = 5

There is some uncertainty regarding the native crews ard the Filipino vessels. It is reported that they have been committing questionable acts, and the Boston, Raléigh and Manila sailed Tuesday under orders to protect commerce. : The British gunboat® Rattler has gone to Cebu. There are rumors that the insurgents are attacking Cebu and Hoilo. - - . o They Didn’t Like Cervera. Madrid, Sept. 21.—The workmen of Bilbao, where the cruisers which belonged to Admiral Cervera’s fleet were built, have decided to go to Santander in order to make 4 demonstration against the .defeated Spanish admiral on his return to Spain’ The government, however, has taken measures to prévent the plan being carried out, and the ministry has forbidden demonstrations welcoming Cervera home. Freight Trains Colilde. § Omaha, Neb., Sept. 21.—A rear-end collision between ‘freight trains oecurred on the Union Pacific near Grand Island Tuesday miorning. Engineer Reddy was fatally scalded, his engine {was demolished and several cars wrecked.. ’ ; : . Battery B, LN. G., Goes Home. Springfield, 111., Sept. 21.—Battery B, Dlinoils national guard, which has ‘been in camp at Camp Lincoln for three weeks ready to move to Pana, left for home ° (Galesburg) Tuesday

OUR SCHOOL SYSTEM.

A Gratifying Showing Is Made by the Annual Report of the Commis= : . sioner of Education. ;

Washington, Sept. 21.—The annual statement of the commissioner of education has been submitted to Secretary Bliss. The report shows satisfactory results for the work of the year ending June 30, 1898. A synopsis follows: . : :

‘‘One cause of congratulation on the part of those who hold the doctrine that popular education is the safeguard of our American institutions,”’ says the report, “is the continued prosperity of the elementary schools. The increase during the year 1896-97 amounted to 257,896 pupils over the previous year. The total enrolled in élementary schools amounted to 15,452,426 pupils. Adding to it those In.colleges, universities, high schools and academies, the total number reached 16,255,093.” ik The total amount of schooling received per individual, on an average for the whole United States at the rate of school attendance for 1897, is nearly five years of 200 days each, and reached quite seven years in a few of the states that are the most lavish in thelr expenditures for education. A little more than one-fifth of the entire popus lation attended school at some time during the year. i

A still greater occasion for congratulation, it is stated, is the increase of students in colleges and universities. This increase has gone on steadily for 25 years, and in 1872 only 590 persons in the million were enrolled in those institutions. In 1897 the number had risen to 1,216 in the million, being more than double the number. During the same period there has been an important change in regard to conditions of admission to college. The standards have been raised to such an extent as to require an average of a year’s work more in preparation for ‘the freshman class. Considering the elevated standard, it is safe to estimate the number in higher education measured by the standard of 1872 as three times as large in 1897 as 25 years before. This Increase was more remarkable in those students taking what are called post-graduate studies and engaged in the work of original investigation. The professional students in the schools of law, medicine and theology increased /during the same period. During the same period scientific and technical schools multiplied. In view of the continually increasing demand for Righer education, says the statement, the increase of professional education and especially the rapid growth of that class of students that make special expert studies in post-graduate work, is in the highest degree reassuring. A large portion of the report. is devoted to statistics- of education in the United States. During the year there were maintained in Alaska 18 day schools, with 1,216 pupils. =1 The reindeer herds there appear to be giving satisfaction. Mention i§ made of the expeditions sent to the relief of whalers and miners during the year. :

KILLED BY BURGLARS.

For the Sake of $3500 Three Men : Strangle a Husband and Assault His Wife. .

New York, Sept. 21.—Andrew Cassagne was strangled to death by three men Sunday night in the tenement in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, E. D., which he occupied with his wife. - - ’ According to the story told to the police by Mrs. Cassague, she had for a few minutes left the room in which she and her husband slept. Returning, she found her husband dead on the floor beside the bed, while three men stood over him. She ran to her husban’s side, but-was grasped by two of the men, who choked her nearly to insensibility, while. the third man searched the room, finding $5OO under the mattress of the bed. Meanwhile Mrs.. Cgssagne had: contrived to reach the door opening in the hall, and kicked upon it to call help. Her assailants relaxed their grasp upon her throat and she was then able to scream,which she did just as the three men fled from the tenement with the money. There were dark blue spots fupon Mrs. Cassagne’s neck, bearing out the story of the assault upon her. Cassagne, who had been choked to death, was 54 years old, his wife being six years younger. The police have ar‘rested two men upon suspicion. They are Michael Migol and John Thomas.

wx-Secretary John Sherman 111

Washington, Sept. 21. — Hon. John Sherman is'ill at his residence in this city from an acute attack of bronchitis. He has been in bed for about a week but progressed favorably until two days ago, when there was a slight relapse. Tuesday, however, he was reported as being better, though somewhat wéak and with alittle fever. His condition is not regarded asat all dangerous and the hope is expressed that he will soon recover. P

‘Carriage Builders Meet.

St. Louis, Sept. 21.-—The Carriage Builders’ National association assembled for the twenty-sixth annual convention in Horticultural hall at the fair grounds Tuesday, and proceeded at once to business. About 800 delegates are present, representing millions of dollars and cities all over the United States. President ‘George H. -Babcock, of Watertown, N. Y., called the meeting to order. The convention will be in session several days. Want McKinley to Visit the Coast. San Francisco, Sept.-21.—The most influential and commercial bodies in California have united in sending *President McKinley a telegraphic invitation for him to visit this state and this city immediately after his contemplated visit to Omaha next month, ; Robbed a Gold Camp. Vancouver, B. C., Sept. 21.—A tele. gram from Lillooet states that 800 ouncegs of gold amalgam have been :gtolen from the Golden Cache mine, It was the result of-a three-weeks' clean-up and was worth about $lO,OOO. There is no clew to the robbers. Zurlinden Given Amother Job. . Paris, Sept. 21.—The cabinet coun. cil Tuesday morning reappointed Gen. Zurlinden to the post of military governor of Paris, which he occupied previous to accepting the portfolio of minister of war, made vacant by the resignation of M. Cavaigpac. ; ; Alger Has Not Resigned, . Lexington, Ky, Sept. 21. — Secre tary Alger, when askéd about his reported resignation, said: . “There’s not A word of truth in it, that’sall.”

OUR FLAG WAVES THERE

Floats Over Havana Soil for First - Time Since Consul General Lee Took It Down. .

AMERICAN OCCUPATION HAS BEGUN.

Evacuation Commissioners Take Up Quarters in Vedado, a Suburb of Havana, and Shake Out “oOld Glory” to the Breezes—Spaniards Draw in Their Puerto Rico Troops.

- New York, Sept.2l. — A dispatch to the Herald from Havana says: The American occupation has begun. The stars and stripes wave over the salon of the Hotel Trotcha,,a tree-embow-ered -villa in the suburb of- Vedado. A happy omen and emblem of beneficent power raised on Havana soil for the first time since it was removed’ from the American consulate—not flying in the narrow, confined gtreets of the antique business section, but in the newer portion, is this breezeblown flag flying over a region suggestive of the natural riches of a land of plenty converted into an abode of want by internicine strife. The whole commission party moved from the Resolute to the Trotcha Tuesday. The party includes three commissioners, Recording Secretary Clous, 13 army officers, one naval aid, one counselor, his two assistants, 15 interpreters, typewriters and eclerks, three messengers and six servants. The whole place is now.in the hands

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of the commission at a cost of $1,400 a week. Even :the public bar was closed’ for a cash compensation. The hotel is still guarded by the Orden Publicos against possible foes.. The commission will probably post marine sentinels as a protection’ from possibler over-intrusive would-be friends. |

The whole party is in the best of health. Admiral Sampson hasnotably improved in strength since the voyage began. : The commission will begin itssession in the new quarters Wednesday, when Maj. Clous and Quartermaster Brooks have reduced the confused chaos to systematic order. The, commission will meet in a spacious hall, a room of pictures and bronzes, which is Gén. Butler's quarters, where, a big, open window looks toward the open sea, ever restless like the island, and separating ‘it from the land of freedom.

The first work of the commission will be to prepare a second series of propositions answering the Spanish reply to the first series sent a week ago. ’ Evacuation of Puerto Rico Begun.

San - Juan, Sept 19 (delayed in transmission).—The evacuation of the outlying positions occupied by the Spaniards began Monday. -Aguidilla, San Sebastian and LEares were aban-doned-by them, and the troops of Gen. Garretson’s brigade and the Eleventh infantry moved in and hoisted the American flag. The Spanish troops “from the abandoned positions are being concentrated at Arecibo, from whence they will reach San Juan by railroad as soon as transportation is available. They could not enter the city before owing to its crowded condition. G L ; ~ On ‘Wednesday the Spaniards will evacuate the island of Vieques, where a company of American troops, dispatched from Gen. Grant’s brigade, has been landed. The Spanish troops from the island of Vieques will remain at Humacao until the Spaniards fall back on the line of the military road. ' The condition of the troops on the island is not improving. Almost 2,000 men have been reported sick. Gen. :Brooke is doing all in his power to improve the condition of the soldiers and afford them every comfort possible, He has ordered every military tent on the island to'be fitfiwith flooring. To Import More Gold., New York, Sept. 21.—Brown Bros. have engaged $1,000,000 and Zimmer‘man & Forshay $lOO,OOO gold for import. Lazard Freres have engaged $l,000,000 gold in London for import to New York. o

SEVEN HAVE ACCEPTED.

President McKinley Has Nearly Suc ceeded in Securing a Commission " to Investigate the War.,

Washington, Sept. 21.—The president is making progress in the matter of preparation of the commission for the investigation of the conduct of the war so far as it relates to the war department, and he 'stated .to members of the cabinet Tuesday that he had so far completed the commission that he \had invited the members to meet him'for a conference at the white house on Saturday next, with the view to beginning their work next week. Seven of the nine members of the body have definitely indicated their acceptance of the president’s invitation, and he expressed himself as being confident of being able to secure.the.services of the other two gentlemen necessary to complete the quota of nine by the time set for the. conference. The names of the new men who have been invited to serve were not given out.. )

HER FIRST PARLIAMENT.

Queen \Vllf\ellniha of the Nether . lands Opens the States General’ | . ~The Queen’s Speech, -

The Hague, Sept. R2l.—Queen Wilhelmina, accompanied by the queen mother, “opened the states general (parliament of the Netherlands) Tuesday. Iu the speech from the throne, her majesty dwelt upon the innumerable proofs of patriotism and affection for the dynasty manifested since her accession to-the throne, the recollection of which, she added, can never be effaced from her memory. The queen also said she had received the czar's

disarmament proposal with peculiar sympathy. . ; b The queen, in her speech, also promised the introduction of a number of sogiail measures. | " | Mine Strikers Are Quiet. Pana, 1111. ,Sept. 21.—There is practically no change inthe miners’ lockout situatio'll, from the standpoint of vigtory for either the operators or miners. In addition to 50 blacks who are now camped at Springside and working whenever it pleases . them, some 25 are now at Penwell stockades and a few are lowered into the shaft of the Pana Coal company each morning. The blacks are not working satisfactorily at all to the operators, and are sending but little coal to the surface.

Convention of Physicians.

Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 21.—The eleventh annual meetifig of the American Association of Obstetricians afil@ Gynecologists convened at the Monongahela house in this city Tuesday, and will be continued three days. Nearly 100 delegates, eminent in the medjcal profession, from all parts of the country, are in attendance. At the gpening session Lieut. Gov. Lyon and Dr. J. M. Duff, of this city, welcomed the delegates, after which interesting papers were read. . Brewers Hlect Officers, Cleveland, 0., Sept. 21.—The morning session of the National brewers’ convention was taken up by the election of officers and the appointment of various committees. William F. Wooster, of Pittsburgh, was elected president; Frederick Baier, of Sandusky, first vice president; ¥rederick Schreller, of Chicago, second vice president; Louis Suéss, of Chicago, secretary; Gustav: Etter, of Chicago, treasurer. The® afternoon was spent on a lake steamer. _ : bl sfipport the Ministry, = - London, ' Sept.- 21. — Special dispatches from Madrid say the provincial councils election has resulted in the return of the ministerial nominees, except at Bilbao, where the Basque patriot Serana has been elected by an overwhelming majority. Seriousstreet disorders attended thejelection. : : oOdd Fellows Elect a Grand Sire, Boston, Sept. 21.—Alfred S. Pinkerton, of Worcester, was unanimously elected graud sire of the sovereign gravd lodge L.0.0F. '~ ° The supreme grand lodge 1.0. 0. F, has voted to hold the next annual seslibnTin Detroit, Mich. P

HATAL DUFL ON A BOAT

End of a Feud Between the Mate and Night Watchman on Board ~ a Mississippi Steamer.

BOTH OF THE COMBATANTS ARE DEAD.

The Stru[nxle' Takes Place on the ‘Mayflower Near Creston, Mo., and I 8 Witnessed by Many Passengers, Who Are, However, Unable to Sep- “ arate the Men. .

Bt. Louis, Sept. 21.—Word was received here Tuesday of a desperate and fatal duel between Mate® DBart Davis and the night watchman -on board the steamer Mayflower, of the Diamond Jo line, which left here Monday night for Memphis. Both men are dead. . For some time there had been a feud between the two men. Monday night when the boat was tied up at Hugs’ landing, one tile from Creston, Mo., the quarrel between the watchman and the mate broke out. The former attacked the mate with "a knife. For some time the struggle lasted, both participants rolling about the deck, to the horror of the passen gers, who were unable to interfere. Finally, when the mate, who had been cut in numerous places, was about to give up, he succeeded in pulling his revolver. With a well-directed sHot he laid the watchman low. -

Stephen Hugs, proprietor of the landing, went up town for an officer and returned with Deputy Coroner Bell. They found both the mate and watchman dead, lying on the bloodcovered deck. ‘ . ~ Charles Baker is the name of the watchman, who lived at Paducah, Ky. Bart Davis is a resident of St. Louis.

NOT OVERESTIMATED.

Later Reports of Damage Domne by Recent Hurricane in the Barbadoes—l6o Persons Killed.

. New York, Sept. 21. — A dispatch to the Herald from Barbadoes, B. W. 1., says: . Full reports of the damage ‘wrought by'the recent hurricane here have been made to the authorities here. They show that the destruction to.property was not overestimated, though the loss of life was somewhat smaller than was supposed at first., As it Was, the reports show 160 fatalities. Fifty thousand persons were. made homeless by the great storm. -The full damage is estimated at more than $1,000,000. | Notable Masonic. Gathering. Cincinnati, Sept¢. 21.—The supreine council of Sovereign Grand Inspectors General of “the thirty-third degree, Scottish Rite, for the northern masonic jurisdiction, opened its eighty-sixth annual session here Tuesday. The supreme council was opened in full ceremonial form by 111. Henry L. Palmer, most puissant sovereign grand commander. Divine blessing was invqked by Rev. Josiah L. Seward, grand prior. The calling of the roll of ~officers, active and emeriti members occupied much time, after which the rest df the session was consumed i reading reports and examining credentidls. ‘ :; Jubilant Over Annexation. San Francisco, Sept. 21.—The steam-. er Australia arrived in port early Tuesday morning from Hawaii. Gen. Merriam, commander of the-depart-ment of California, who has beéen in Honolulu, was one of the passengers. He was accompanied on the voyage by Lieuts. Graves and Bennett, of his staff. Everything was quiet in Honolulu when the steamer left. The people were jubilant over the annexation, and were interesting themselves in all efforts to_make the government- of the islands'similar to that of the United States. ’ : Bryan to Quit the Army. Kansas City, Me., Sept. 21.—A special to the Star from Jacksonville, Fla., says: Cel. Wiliiam Jennings Bryan; of Ell;e Third Nebraska volunteers, will shortly resign his commission in the United States army and resume the discussion of public questions. This statement is not made upon the authority of Col. Bryan, however. Mr. Bryan did say to a reporter: “You might say that I am not so enamored of camp life that I would at the close of war apply for a commission in the regular army.” Coe ‘Work Resumed in Third Pool. ‘Monongahela City, Pa., Sept.2l.—The coal miners’ strike in the third pool is over and work will be ‘resumed in all the pits Wednesday, pending a settlement of the differences by arbitration. -Both sides have agreed to abide by the ' decision of the arbitrators. The acceptance of the arbitration proposition is regarded as a victory for the miners. ol Illinois Men Coming Home;j - Springfield, 111., Sept. 21.—The Sixth Jllinois infantry will leave for home Wednesday on a 60-day furlough. Of 40 sick in the military hospital here, 15 were sent home. The others will remain in the hospital. It is the desire of Col. Foster that the men should be mustéred out at the respective company headquarters. . B ; ‘Representative Hill Renominated. Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 1. — At the republican congressional convention of the Fourth district Tuesday, Representative E. J. Hill, of Norwalk, was unanimously renominated. L Plundered in Broad Day. e Warsaw, Ind., Sept. 21. — The Big Four passenger station at New Paris, Ind., was robbed of $lOO at one o’ciock while the agent was at.dinner,

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THE NEWS CONDENSED.: The funeral of Miss Winnie Davis will _ . occur Friday in Richmond, Va. .. Dr. Henry Otto Claus, 72 years old, committed suicide in his. office in New York by shoeting. - i 1 ) ) It is .said Manitoba’s wHeat crop will be the largest in years and double that of _ last year. It will aggregate 40,000,000 bushels. T : AN . The steam schooner Excelsior, from Cop!%r river, Alaska, arrived in Seattle with prospectors who had failed to find any 3 gold. - : The queen regent- of Spain praises the czar’'s peace project-and has promised .ta send a delegation to the proposed confer- | ence. ! > F . McDougall’s flour mills and other factories in Mill Dock, London, have been de= stroyed by fire. The damage is estimated - at $325,000. w = . A destructive ~hurricane swept over southern Spain, doing great damage in the provinces of Seville and Granada. Many persons fell victims to the storm at Guadix, in the province of Granada. 2 t The citizens’ committee, .appointed by Mayor Warwick for the purpose of arranging a péace jubilee in Philadelphia, has ‘Selected October 26 and 27 as the dates upon which’ the celebration will be held. » Down the main shaft of the Orpha May, Cripple Creek, a loaded ore car fell 400 fect, crushing Matt Dranagan and Patrick Fitzgerald, miners, into a shapeless mass.” W. D. Crawford was also fatally injured. The Michigan M. E. conference has adopted resolutions censuring ministers who have voted any other than the prohibition ticket in the past; and instruecting them implicitly 'to do so in the future., . - A specialsfrom Defuniak, headquarters of the Florida Chautauqua, 80 miles east of - Jacksonville, says that a fire began there in the large store of W. D. Cawthorn and destroyed 15 stores and hotels besides a number of smaller buildings.

The eruption of Vesuvius is causing great damage to property and frightful misery will result if the lava and ashes continue to come as they have during the past week. The spectacle, it is said, is one of indescribable grandeur at night, and travelers are flocking from all parts of the world to view it. - .

. 'The City Railway company, which manages the chief street car lines on the South side of Chicago, has absorbed the South Side elevated railway. It isstated thatthe surface road assumes $750,000 of outstanding bonds, and guarantees four per cent. on $10,328,800 of the capital stock of the elevated. The transfer will take place January 1. .l : y

THREE MORE FIGHTING SHIPS.

Chicago, Atlanta and Yorktown te Go Into Commission During ' . the Coming Meénth. )

Washington, Sept. 21.—1 t is the ins tention of the navy department +to place three men-of-war in commiss sion during the coming month. They, are the cruisers Chicago and Atlanta, which have been undergoing .repairs at the New York navy yard for two years, and the gunboat Yorktown, which has been put in condition for service at the Mare Island navy yard, The Chicago and Atlanta will be as 2 signed to the North Atlantic fleet un+ til the conclusion of a treaty of peace with Spain, when the future stations will be assigned. The Yorktown will be. assigned to the; Asiatic station, where the need of small gunboats in the waters-of- China and the Philip« pines is especially felt. k - Capt. P. H. Cooper has been ass signed to the command of the Chicaga. and. Commander C.-S. Perry, -equipment officer at the navy yard, has been selected to command the Yorktown. So far as can be léarned the Atlanta’s commanding officer has not been determined.

It will not be surprising if the Chi< . cago is assigned to the KEuropean squadron, to be formed probably in November. ‘The intention of the department to relieve Commodore J. W. ° Philip, i command of the- second | squadron of the North Atlantic fleet, in the event of continued peace and ‘assign him to duty as commandant of the Boston navy yard is regarded as indicative of the intention of the authorities to send Commodore H. L. * - Howison to sea.” As the KEuropean: = squadron will be the only commodore’s post which will be vacant, it would not be surprising if he were assigned to that command. | Bids will be opened October 1 for contracts for the construction of four coast defense monito™, authorized by ‘the last naval appropriation law. It is said at the department that four firms wiH" surely bid—the Union iron works, Bath iron works, Columbian iron works and Dialogue & Sons. The- - has not awarded the contracts for the construction of the tor~ pedo boats and torpedo boat destroyers. Considerable opposition is manifested by shipbuilders whose bids were not recognized by the naval board on construction to the assignment of contracts to the Herreshoffs and John' W. Trigg, of Richmond. ‘ | Commodore J. C. Watson has re- - ported to the navy department that he has sailed from Guantanamo in the Newark with two other vessels under his command for the scene of -the - wreck of the Infanta Maria Teresa. It is the purpose of Commodore Wat-": son to assist the wreckers in raising the Tepalme: - -5 nLI o i WERV R Badth” SR o Ase eSI TTR TR e R L