Ligonier Banner., Volume 34, Number 31, Ligonier, Noble County, 2 November 1899 — Page 2

7 * *® (“ - @he Ligonier Launer LIGONIER, : s INDIANA. R T N D TA S NS L 0 DVN T A ARSI 52T THE rector of a New York Episcopalian church does not think the quality of Sunday school instructions is what it should be. He would like to have his parishioners raise an endowment fund of $lOO,OOO, the income of whieh shall be used to hire properly qualified teachers,

A NEw and greatly improved style of watertight doors and windows is being introduced into the navy. A strong pneumatic tube fits in a groove around the door or window. When shut this tube is fully inflated by autsmatic action, and makes the door or window absolutely air and water tight. -

A BRIDGE composed wholly of telegraph wire was built over the Jhelum river at Kohala, in the Punjab, in the plaee of a’bridge that was swept away by the floods in 1892. A similar bridge was constructed during the first Soudan campaign over the Kokora river for military purposes.

MELBOURNE has recently had its first taste of snowstorm, and to the great majority of the citizens it was as much of a novelty as an earthquake. - The fall was not particularly heavy, but young Melbourne found quite enough snow on the ground to enable it ta enter with enthusiasm into the povel sport of snow-balling.

IN one way, and that a financial one, the Dreyfus trial at Rennes was a direct benefit to France. All the telegraph and telephone lines in the republic belong to the government, and the great demand for news of the trial increased the receipts from telegrams $120,000 and from telephone messages $60,000 while the case was on.

A FrExNcH officer, Captain| Gerard, has invented an army bicycle which promises to do good service. It folds. At the word of command, the soldier riding the bicycle dismounts, folds the machine in two, whips out the handlebars, attaches two broad straps, slings it over his back and walks off, with no more inconvenience than if he is earrying his pack.

A LARGE paper house, with 16 rooms, has been erected by a Russian nobleman on his country estate in Padolia. It was constructed in New York by an American engineer and cost 80,000 rubles. Its architect declares that it will last longer than a stone building. To maike the triumph for paper more emphatic, the owner has resolved that all the furniture shall be of the same material. T

MR. Axp MBs. WM. K. VANDERBILT, Jr., contemplate an KEgyptian outing, for which they have engaged a dahabeah, the most luxurious one obtainable on the Nile. It is a sort of flatboat, with a house at one end and an immense rail at the other. In this picturesque boat, surrounded by half a_ dozen friends, they will float under a lilachued skv to the music of stringed inrtruments touched by native performers.

Tue 50,000 workmen who areengaged in making a living on buildingsin New York have not only had steady work for months, but thousands of them have had to work overtime at increased wages. Carpenters get $4 for eight hours; portable hoisting engineers, $4.50 for eight hours, and lately a number of contractors who have rush jobs offered as much as §1 an hour for firstclass bricklayers, and had bhard work to get as many men as they wished, even at this price. ¢

I~ the great New York March blizzard of 1887 Henry O’Donnell had his feet frozen so badly that both were amputated. Until a few weeks ago he walkked on crutches. Then he had a pair of artificial feet made, but his cilumsiness with them caused his friends to laugh. Mr. O’Donnell at once offered to bet that he could walk 1,000 miles with them. A heavy wager was laid and O’'Donnell is mow on his way, having reached Baltimore. He bets he can walk to New Orleans, 1,200 miles, in five months.

AFRICA has now nearly 10,000 miles of railway and offers an unlimited field for extensions. The dream of a great line extending tlie whole length of the country from Cairo to Cape Town, some 5,500 miles, seems likely to be realized early in thenew century. On the-north end about 1,100 miles are in operation, and on the south about 1.400 mites, leaving something like 2.500 miles yet to be built through the Dark Continent, which locomotive headlights will ere long illuminate.

- Coxsur. DubLEY, of Vancouver, informs the state department that the telegraph line from Skaguay to Dawson was completed September 23, and is now in operation. The neare point to Skaguav reached by telegraph from the south is Camberland or Comax, B. C. Arrangements have been made for steamers to call at Comax to deliver messages from Skaguay, and on their north-bound trips messages to be delivered at Skaguay. Messages can now reach Dawson within about two and one-half days from Washington.

LzéeENDS in India run that if .a woman stricken with leprosy suffers herself to be buried alive the disease will not descend to her children. ‘There was in the northwest provinces w©of India the wife of a gardner on wheom the loathsome malady had fallen. Children were born to her. The disease grew worse. She importuned her husband to bury her alive. He, at last, yielding to her prayers, summoned his son. The two dug the grave. and four neighbors assisted at the sepulture. So the woman died. These facts were investigated in a magistrate’s cours and were proved. o

DurBAN, Natal, is the popular winter resort of South Africa. The suburbs are on a range of hills overlooking the ocean, and the residences, some of them superb, are surrounded with tropical ftrees, fruits and flowers. I'he public conveyances are jinrikshas, pulled by Zuius. The Zulus are the finest specimens of the black race in the world. They are mahogany-col-ored, stalwart, inteliigent and easily governe Those who pull the jinrikshas 'Eaétthe- horns of animals on their heads and fasten the wings of large birds on their arms. Durban may be in for a part of the campaign. Cr O RE e {

he Important Happenings of a Week Briefly Told. [N ALL PARTS OF THE UNION All the Latest News of Interest from Washington, From the East, the West and the South. THE LATEST FOREiIGN DISPATCHES . FROM WASHINGTON. ' Admiral Dewey has received the house purchased for him in Washington by popular subscription. ke The president has issued a proclamation setting apart November 30 as Thazksgiving day. Gen. Powderly, of the immigration bureau, in his annual report, gives the total arrivals for the year ended June 30, 1899, as 311,715, an increase over the preceding year of 82,416. Admiral Dewey in a letter thanks his countrymen for the gift of a house in Washington. Rear Admiral Melville, engineer in chief of the navy, in his anmual report shows that during the fiscal year ended June 30 the bureau expended $3,489,526 in connection with the machinery of naval vessels. 7

Commissioner Hermafin; of the general land office, shows in his annual report a grand total of 929,308,068 acres of unappropriated and unreserved public lands in the United States. -~

THE EAST.

Gen. Ludlow, governor of Havana, and Gen. Fitzhugh Lee arrived in New York from Cuba.

The new torpedo boat Dahlgren on her trial trip at Bath, Me., made 31 knots an hour, showing her to be the fastest boat of her kind in the world.

Admiral Sampson was presented at Trenton by Gov. Voorhees, on behalf of the state of New Jersey, with a fine sword as a token of high esteem.

On the Garden City alub links in New York Harvard’s golf team won the intercollegiate championship. - In New York Brig. Gen. Guy V. Hen--ry, U. S. A,, late military governor of Ports Rico, died of pneumonia, aged 60 years. : ) - Dr. Francis Lobdell, for 12 years rector of Trinity Presbyterian church in Buffalo, N. Y., died suddenly in the rectory. ‘ T ~ The will of the late Cornelius Vanderbilt, of New York, leaves Alfred - $50,000,000 and Cornelius only $1,500,000, but the youngest son gave kis brother $6,000,0000 additional, making his share equal to that of others in the family. The entire estate is estimated at $70,000.000.

Gen. Fitzhugh Lee says in an interview in. New York Cuba is “progressing slowly but surely.” ‘ :

WEST AND SOUTH.

The Nebraska corn crop for 1899 aggregates 244,125,093 bushels, exceeding all records. , At Paris, Mo., Alexander Jester was indicted for the murder of Gilbert Gates 28 years ago. In the Baker-Griffin-Philpot feud five more men have been killed and terror reigns in Clay county, Ky. Judge Eversole has fled from the county seat, fearing to hold court, and the governor has been asked to send troops. For park improvements John D. Rockefeller has given $225,000 to the city of Cleveland, O. ’ In Atlanta the Georgia legislature et in regular session, and in his message Gov. Candler said that while education had decreased illiteracy among the negroes, crime had increased.

At Oakland Dr. B. Ide Wheeler was formally -inaugurated president of the University of California.

Off the Cuban coast the American bark Helen E. Russel, from Pensacola, Fla., was wrecked and four of the crew were drowned.

Nine sheep herders lost their lives while trying to save their flockdin a storm in Montana.

~ In Chicago William Farnsworth, the bigamist, who admitted that he had married 42 women, was held to the grand jury. Richard Stone, Charles Nelson and Albin Forsterison were killed by an explosion of dynamite in the Cundy mine at Tron Mountain, Mich. Fire destroyed the dwellings of Harr¥ Goodlow and Samuel Smithson at Faires, Ala., and all the occupants of both houses, 14:in number, perished. At Atlanta the citizens of Georgia presented Flag Lieut. Thomas S. Brumby, of the Olympia, with a handsome sword in recognition of his services at Manila.

A dispatech says that Gen. Ruis Rivera has resigned the civil governorship of the province of Havana, Cuba. William E-Mason, of Illinois, will, it it is said, resign from the United States senate unless the republican national platform of 1900 be in accord with his position on the Philippine question.

A cattle train was wrecked at Argonia, Kan., and 200 head of cattle were . killed and 100 more erippled. In Detroit a trolley car was struck by a freight train, killing Conductor Schpeider and injuring 22 men and women, two fatally. : - At a meeting in Seattle, Wash., the executive committee of the National W. C. T. U. determined to make a strong fight against Congressman-elect Brigham H. Roberts, of Utah. American and Mexican troops have been ordered to Naco, Mexico, in order to stop ruffianism on the Mexican border. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Latest news from the war in South Africa is to the effect that in a skirmish near Ladysmith the British lost 12 killed and 89 wounded. The Boers have ‘taken Kripdam, north of Kimberley, and were supposed to be advancingon Douglas: A whole squadron of the Eighteenth hussars has been captured by the Boers. It is said the Boers have 100,000 men in the field, and that they will fight to the last man for liberty, preferring to die rather than come under England’s sway. Martial law has been proclaimed throughout Natal. It h=e Peen decided by Russia toopen Siberia® gold lands to foreigners. - After eight years Russia has agreed to arbitrate with the United States the claim resulting from the seizure of seal‘ersin the Behring seas

France ar.d Russia, it is said, will not permit England to annex the Transvaal or the Orange Free State. As a protest against the Boer war Michael Davitt, member for South Mayo, announced in the British house of commons his resignation. Senor Antonio Regidor, now in London, will, it is said, sail for the United States within three weeks and as a fully accredited representative of Aguinaldo will present to President McKinley new terms for ending hostilities and reconstructing the government of the islands. :

On the transport Grant the Twentysixth infantry arrived in Manila and sailed for Iloilo without disembarking. The insurgents have returned to the vicinity of Calamba. .

The noted mnovelist and man of science, Charles Grant Allen, died in London, aged 51 years. . . Belief is growing that England expects complications with the powers. The Germen and Italian fleets are being mobilized and the French Mediterranean squadron has been ordered to watch the British fleet.

A dispatch says that Rev. E. H. Lee and wife, who went from Vienna, 0., recently, as missionaries to India, lost their five children by an earthquake.

A Cape Town dispatch says that the British at Kimberley made a brilliant sortie, routing 700 Boers. The Boers under Gen. Cronje begah bombarding Mafeking, the women and children first being warned to leave. Ex-President Andrade, of Venezuela, who was driven out of his country by the insurgents, has arrived at Bridgeton, Barbadoes. Gen. Lawton has established a civil government at San Isidro.

LATER NEWS,

A Cape Town dispatch says that the meeting of the DBritish and the Boers in decisive battle probably will come soon, that the battleground will be in British territory, and the Boers will be the attacking force. Three columns of the Boers were advanding upon Ladysmith. ; Rev. G. E.. Morrison was hanged at Vernon, Tex., for wife murder.

There were 190 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 27th, against 145 the week previous and 226 in the corresponding period of 1898. ; ' Samuel Watrous, one of the murderers of G. W. Engberg and his wife, was hanged at Austin, Tex v ’ Anna Judge (colored), aged mnearly 100-years, was burned to death at New Albany, Ind., by the explosion of an oil stove.

The bank of D. A. Sayre & Co., the oldestin Lexington, Ky., elosed its doors with liabilities of $140,000.

Forest fires were raging throughout the Great Dismal swamp in Virginia and millions of feet of standing timber have been burned.

John Goosby (colored) was lynched by a mob at Reagan’s Mills, Ga., for killing Jobn Robinson, his employer. John Alexander Dowie, of Chicago, the apostle of “divine healing,” and a score of his elders and assistants were chased from lammond, Inds by an infuriated mob of townspeople. Judge William G. Parker was shot dead in his courtroom at Leadville, Col., by Michael Muler. The deed was entirely unprovoked. The' strike begun by the 2,000 coal miners at Spring Valley, 111., on October 17 has been callea off.

In a football game at Lima, 0., George Winemiller was fatally hurt and four others were badly injured. The trausports Tacoma and Sheridan arrived at Manila with American troops. Walter Ford, who murdered his sweetheart, Lucinda Moore, was hanged at Waco, Tex.

A Manila dispatch says that Gen. Young?s troops drove a force of rebels from their trenches near the Tuboatin river. The Americans lost two killed and one wounded. Ruperto Santiago, one of the wealthiest Visayans, who had taken the oath of allegiance to the United States and who posed as a friend of Americans, was arrested at Iloilo, charged with organizing a revolutionary junta. ’ Latest adviees from- South Afriea gave promise of a battle at Ladysmith. The situation was causing great alarm in London, where the impression prevailed that the Dritish forces in Natal were at a disadvantage. Mafeking was bombarded by oers and at last accounts was still besieged, and the water supply had been cut off. Further details of the engagement at Dundee show the British retreat to have been a rout. . .

The sheep pens at the stock yards in Kansas City, Mo., were destroyed by fire, 600 sheep being ¢remated. Stephen B. Lewis celebrated his one hundredth birthday in a Baptist church he built 70 years ago mear Elizabethton. Tenn.

A cave-in oceurred in the San Pablo minenear Gavilanes, Mexico, and caused the death of five miners. Ottmar Mcergenthaler, thé famous inventor of the Mergenthaler typesetting machine, died of consumption at Baltimore, Md., aged 45 years. The Twentieth Kansas regiment was mustered out in San Francisco. . Gen. ITernandez has started a revolution in Venezuela against Gen. Castro, who recently ousted President Andrade and assumed control of the government. New Boston, a suburb of Portsmouth, 0., was almost wiped out by fire. The annual report of the dead letter office shows that it received 6,855,983 picces of mail matter im the last fiseal year, nearly nine per cent. increase over the previous year. ‘ The transports City of Peking and Centennial sailed from San TFrancisco for the Philippines with troops. Continuous heavy rains iamd winds for four days did extensive damage throughout the province of Suntiago de Cuba. o :

Commmodore George Hamilton Perkins, U. S. N., retired, died at his home in Boston of apoplexy, aged 63 years. A hand car was run down by an engine near Atwater, 111, and John Norvil, George Cramer and Samuel Allen were killed.

The business portion of Wakarusa, Ind., a thriving town, was destroyed by fire. :

A dispatch from Manila says that Gen. Young seattered the insurgents north of San Isidro, and Capt. Evans struck a robber band on Negros and killed ten, wounded many and captured 20 .prisoners. Refugees report that Aguinaldo is moving to Bayamburg with 2,000 men instead of attacking Gen. Young. o

TO FIGHT VERY SOON.

British and Boer Forces Massed

at Ladysmith.

Latter Outnumbers Former by About 5,000 Men—A Decisive Engage= ment Sure to Oecur—Anxiety in London.

Ladysmith, Oct. 30.—The Boers are gradually closing aroumnd Ladysmith. They have mounted two big guns on Tinta Ingoni, 4,500 yards from the British camp. An attack is expected. The British intelligence department is completely informed regarding the Boer plans. Theé enemy have planted two guns, said to be those used in shelling Dundee, on a copje 2V, miles away, in the direction of Elandslaagte.

The British believe the Boer plan is to crush Ladysmith garrison with a part of its force, while other burghers overrun Natal, striking Pietermaritzburg and Durban. Boers from Wilmoth are reported to be menacing Durban. ‘ Causes Anxiety. London, Oct. 30.—The position at Ladysmith, without being alarming, is sufficiently dangerous to excite anxiety. Evidently the Boers are trying to repeat their Dundee tactics. Roughly estimated, they have 17,000 mesy==as against 12,000 British. Gen. Sir George Stewart White has the better artillery, but his is of lesser range. The delay in the Boer attack is reported to be due to the nonarrival of Commandant Gen. Joubert’s column. This has given the British a much needed respite after their recent exertions. Everything, it is now considered, hinges upon Gen. White’s resource and judgment. Nothing is known regarding the progress of defensive works for the protection of Ladysmith. - ‘ :

Joubert in Command.

London, Oct. 30.—The Daily Mail publishes the following dispatch from Pietérmaritzburg, dated Sunday: Patrols from Ladysmith report that there are four large Boer camps within a radius of ten miles, extending in a semicircle nertheast of the town. Evidently the enemy is concentrating all his forces. Commandant Gen. Joubert is in supreme command. One Boer laager has a Red Cross tent carefully posted in a conspicuous position. ‘The British had several skirmishes with the enemy Sunday. Railway communication is still intact. Bombardment of Mafeking,

Cape Town,!Oct. 30.—A dispatch from Mafeking, dated October 23, says: A bombardment of the city was commenced by the Boers at 7:40 o’clock this morning from a range of 21, miles by a battery of three krupp guns throwing seven, nine and twelve-pound explosive shells. At the beginning the ‘marksmanship was erratic, but ultimately the gunners got the range and sent a number of shells inté the town. Comparatively little damage was done. A convent which had been converted into a hospital was the chief sufferer, three of the shells striking the building. The ammunition used by the Boers was apparently of an inferior quality. There were no casualties. The British returned only one shot, which, being well directed, disabled one of the enemy’s guns. :

Refused to Surrender.

After three hours the Boers sent an envoy to ask if the town-was prepared to surrender. Col. Baden-Powell replied in the negative, but the shelling of the town was not resumed.

A later dispatch from Mafeking, dated October 24, says: The Boers are in possession of the waterworks and have cut off the supply. This occasions no anxiety, because ample supplies are available in tanks and wells. During a sorfie Tuesday evening the British encountered the enemy three miles off to the north. The Boers had apparently been warned and returned our fire in earnest with a well-handled machine gun. As our men had no intention of pressing an attack they retired immediately. Commander Sydney Webb was severely-wounded and left behind during the retreat, but was afterward rescued by Trooper Stevens. The conduct of our men was splendid. The enemy’s loss could not be ascertained.«

Losses of the Boers,

Cape Town, Oct. 30.—A dispatch to the South African News from Pretoria says.the Boer loss at Elandslaagte was 36 killed and 64 wounded.

According to a dispatch to the Cape Times from Ladysmith the natives say that the Boer losses in the fighting at Reitfontein last Tuesday were at least 80 in killed and 150 in wounded.

The Boer losses during Friday’s engagement at Talani hill are estimated at 500 in killed and wounded. To Mobilize More Cruisers,

London, Oct. 30.—1 t is reported from Plymouth that the admiralty is about to mobilize 29 cruisers. Farmers Flee to the City.

London, Oct. 30.—Farmers in the neighborhood of Ladysmith have left their farms and stock at the mercy of the Boers and are congregating in the town.

The wife of Gen. Jan Kock has arrived at Ladysmith under a flag of truce to nurse her wounded husband. All the unwounded Boer prisoners have been sent to Durban to prevent any attempt at rescue.

Slain by a Watchman. Lincoln, 111., Oct, 30.—John Petter, a recently discharged private of company D, Thirty-ninth United States volunteer infantry, and native of Oakland, Cal., was shot and instantly killed by W. C. Mowry at two o’clock Sunday morning while, with a gang of burglars, he was attempting to enter a general store at Beason. Championship Chess Ceontest, New York, Oect. 30.—Janowski hag agreed to play Lasker for the chess championship of the world for $2,000 a side and in a contest of ten games. The contest will be played in January next. Strike Is Off, Charleston, W. Va., Oct. 30.—The strike of coal miners in the New River district has been officially declared off. The strike started six weeks ago for an advance of five cents a ton. The advance was granted by only 13 of 45 mines in the field. It is not thought the district will be fully at work again before January, as many miners have left during the strike for the svest. ‘Will Oppose Grand T;;ink Plans. London, Oct. 30.—Some of the British bondholders are organizing an opposition to the reorganization plan of the Chicago & Grand Trunk railroad, J

MAY GO BACK TO MANILA.

Philippine Commission Likely to Return to the Islands—Young’s Army Advances Under Difficulties.

Washinigton, Oct. 30.—Although the plans for the approaching session of the Philippine commission have mnot yet been fully outlined, the indications are that the earnest efforts of the body wiil be devoted to the preparation of a short, concise preliminary report, which will be submitted in season to serve as a basis for such congressional legislation as may be necessary at the approaching session. Itis presumed that this will set out briefly the origin of the breach between Aguinaldo and the American forces, fixing the responsibility therefor with all of the weight that should attach to the conclusion of a body e&f this character. It is not believed that the attempt will be made'in the preliminary report to plan a detailed system of government. for the Philippineé, but this will be allowed to go over until the insurrection has been quelled. All of this forecasts a return of the commission to the Philippines, even before the expiration of the present dry season, if the result of the present military operations warrants it, and a circumstance that tends to corroborate this belief is the fact that the commission has left behind at Manils, installed in its headquarters, the entire force of employes and officials save Secretary MacArthur.

Manila, Oct. 30.—Gen. Young, with the infantry, is advancing upon Cabanatuan under difficulties. The country is furrowed with rivers and deep ravines, the bridges over which have been destroyed; the mud is.deep, rations are short and the transportation of supplies has been delayed by low water and the poor condition of the roads. There are sufficient stores, however, to keep the brigade. The insurgents for a long time have lived off the country, impoverishing it. The American horses are not yet accustomed to the native grass, and a long bullock train has left San Fernando, carryi}xg hay for the cavalry. The Spaniards report that there are no insurgents at Cabanatuan.

Manila, Oct. 30.—Detachments of the Sixth infantry have recently been engaged in dispersing bands of bandits who have been operating in the island of Negros. Capt. Simons struck a village of T'ulisanes, near San Carlos, and Capt. Evans defeated another band, killing ten, wounding many and capturing 20. There were no American losses.

Washington, Oct. 30.—The war department received the following dispatch from Gen. Otis:

‘““Manila, Oct. 28.—Young struck insurgents Santa Rosa, north of San Isidro, yesterday, driving them: captured some of their property. Casualties two killed, one wounded. Evans, Sixth infantry, struck robber band Negros 27th instant, killed ten, wounding many, capturing 20 prisoners. Simons, Sixth infantry, struck a small band, dispersed them, killed three. No casualties.”

Washington, Oct. 30.—8 y the death of Gen. Guy V. Henry the president has the appointment of another brigadier general in the regular army. He will thus be able to reward Maj. Gens. Lawton and MacArthur at the same time.

It is expected that the appointments will be made in the order named, so that Gen. Lawton will have precedence over Gen. MacArthur. It is said at the war department, however, that no appointments for either the regular or volunteer army will be announced for several days. . The command of the department of the Missouri, left vacant by the death of Gen.- Henry, will fall to Gen. Merriam. As a matter of fact Gen. Merriam is now in command of that derartment, as well as the department of the Colorado. It is the intention to keep him in this dual command indefinitely, for the reason that by the appointments of Gens. Lawton and MacArthur there will be no one available to take command of the department of Missouri.

Gen. Henry, although assigned to that command, had not, owing to illness, been able to.assume the duties.

TREATY WITH SPAIN.

Negotiations for n New Agreement Between the Countries Will Soon Be Opened.

Washington, Oct. 30.—An wunderstanding has been reached by which it is expected that negotiations will be opened soon at Madrid for a new treaty bétween the United States and Spain. This will be .the last step towards completely restoring the friendly relations between the two countries. The war with Spain swept the old treaty out of existence, and the only international agreement now in existence is the peace treaty which is confined to the events growing out of the war, and has no reference to commerce, navigation, extradition and other manifold relations between nations in times of peace. The coming negotiations will be for the purpose of forming such a treaty of commerce, amity and friendship. The present condition is quite anomalous, as there is no basis on which persons could be extradited from one country ito the other or for the determination of any commercial difference which might arise. Fortunately there has been no case occasioning serious difference. 5 . Coal Famine Threatened. Huron, S. D., Oct. 30.—A coal famine \# threatened in this part of the state. There is already a shortage of 200,000 tons and wholesale dealers find it next to impossible to get their orders filled. One reason for the shortage lies in the fact that it is well-nigh impossible to get cars, owing to the heavy business being transacted by the roads. ' Voters of Cleveland. Cleveland, 0., Oct. 30.—THe registration of voters gives a total of 64,542. Last fall the total was 55,399. The total registration in 1896, when McKinley was elected, was 72,073, Big Gas Combination, . Columbus, 0., Oct. 30.—A special to the Dispatch from East Liverpool, 0., says that a deal is in progress which involves a gigantic combination of gas interests in the Ohio and Beaver river valleys. While the statement cannot be definitely made as yet, it is believed ‘that. the combination is practically completed a.ready. : Mergenthaler Dead. Baltimore, Md., Oct. 30.—Ottmar Mergenthaler, the inventor of the linotype typesetting machire, died of con‘sumption. He was korn in Germany on Miy 10,1968, S N s R S eL el e U oe I e e

GEN, HENRY’S FUNERAL.

Remains Escorted from Residence in ‘New York by Imposing Military Parade—Taken to Washington..

New York, Oct. 30.—The largest-and most impressive military funeral pa-. rade since the death of Gen. William T. Sherman took place Sunday morning, when the body of Gen. Guy V. Henry was removed from his residence to the Pennsylvania train that cbnveyed it to Washington, where interment will be made in Arlington cemetery. The. services at the residence were conducted by Rev. John Huske, of St. Thomas’. Protestant Episcopal church, and consisted of simple prayers, lasting not more than ten minutes. The coffin was partially covered with a silk American flag. Numerous floral pieces were on the mantels and a few on the foot of the coffin. The immediate family, relatives and the most intimate friends were present at the house service. - -J The honorary pallbearers were Gen. A. S. Webb, Maj. Azel Ames and Maj. Franecis H. Mills, of the Loyal.legion; Col. Daniel Appleton, Dr. Albert Shaw, William R. Corwine, Henry Hamilton Lewis and Gilbert K. Harroun. The military pallbearers were: Col. John S. Rogers, Fifth artillery; Col.J. W. Clous, judge advocate general of the department of the east; Col. Peter D. Vroom, inspector general of the department of the east; Col. Tully McCrea, Fifth artillery; Lieut. Col. Carl A. Woodruff. Fifth artillery; Lieut. Col. John P. Myrick, Second artillery; Maj. J. B. Burbank, Fifth artillery, and Capt. B. K. Roberts, Fifth artillery. Lieut.T. B. Mott, of the Seventh artillery, was present as officially representing the United States government, and went to Washington with the body. Lieut. Peter Traub, First cavalry, who was aid de camp to Gen. Henry, was present and had charge of the arrangements. : While the services were being conducted in the house three mnational guard regiments, the Seventh, Sixtyninth and Seventy-first marched down Madison- avenue and teok positions in readiness for the parade. The second battery, Capt. Wilson commanding, lay on Thirty-first street and a caisson was brought up in front of the door ready for the coffin. After the services in the house were finished the coffin was carried out to the caisson by eight artillery sergeants from the surrounding wmilitary posts and who acted as body bearers during the services. The caisson was then driven up Madison avenue as far as Thirty-third street and the carriages ‘with the family and honorary pallbearersfollowed. The carriages then turned 'and proceeded down the avenue, imme--1 diately following the Seventh regiment, l which had the right of line, the place of honor being assigned to the Second battery. The carriage was followed by the Sixty-ninth .and Seventy-first regiments in the order named. As the procession started the Seventh regiment band, augmented to 75. pieces, started Chopin’s funeral march, which - was Iplayed unceasingly to the ferry house at Twentyv-third sireet. i

The caisson and carriages, with the honorary and military pall bearers and the body bearers, took a ferryboat for the one o’clock train for Washington. Upon reaching Jersey City the body was carried to the train. The family and Lieuts. Mott and Traub took a parlor car. Three of the honorary pall bearers also went to Washington to act as escort there. A

DEAD LETTER OFFICE.

The Annual Report Shows That Near=1y 7,000,000 Pieces of Unclaimed Mnail Were Received.

Washington, Oct. 30.—The annual report of the dead letter office shows that it received from -all sources 6,855,983 pieces of mail matter, nearly nine per cent. increase over last year. Of these over 145,000 consisted of insufficiently paid mail, 250,000 were undelivered letters to hotel addresses, over 167,000 unclaimed parcels and more than half a million pieces of foreign mail. Mail directed to fictitious addresses decreased by 45 per cent., indicating a notable restriction in operations of fraudulent concerns. More than threequarters of a million of letters and parcels sent to the dead letter office were subsequently delivered to the owners unopened. Money, drafts, etc., found in the dead mails aggregate a face value of $1,168,000. -7

THREE MEN KILLED.

Hand Car on Whieh They Were Go=ing for the Doctor Is Struck by a Passenger Train.

St. Louis, Oct. 30.—A special to the Post-Dispatch from Carlinville, 111., says: Three men were killed on the Jacksonville & St. Louis railroad between Barnet and Atwater, Macoupin county, Saturday. James Bryant, foreman; John Norvell, George Cramer and Samuel Allen, members of a Quincy, Carrollton & St. Louis section crew, were on their way on a hand car from Barnet to Atwater to secure the services of a physician for a friend who was very ill. The men were in the employ of another road but took chances in running over the Jacksonville & St. Louis railway to fulfill their errand of mercy, when they were run down by a passenger engine. Bryant escaped by jumping. :

Hurricane at Santiago.

Santiago de Cuba, Oct. 30.—After five 'days of continuous rainstorms a ter- | rific hurricane from the southeast swept over Santiago Sunday, causing much destruction. Twelve houses were wrecked and others badly damaged. The unprecedented rainfall continues. Telegraph wires are down and it is impossible for vessels to enter or leave the harbor. : Elected Rector of Glasgow University. . _London, Oct. 30.—Lord Rosebery has -been elected rector of Glasgow university by 829 votes to 515 votes cast for Lord Kelvin. SO, Price of Flour Raised. New York, Oct. 30.—An advance of ten cents a barrel in all patent brands of flour is announced by the United States Flour Milling company. The same increase has also been made by( other large flour manufacturers. The ’ advance is stated to be entirely on account of the rise in freight rates. : ) Two Miners Killed. : ~ Cripple Creek, Col., Oct. 30.—William " Van Why and John Lambert were ) killed in the Joe Dandy mine. As they were being hoisted the cable broie, _dropping them to the bottom of the

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President McKinley at the Battle of Manila,

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