Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 15, Petersburg, Pike County, 19 August 1898 — Page 6

. • Hhc fifee County gnujcrat H. MeC. STOOPS, Editor Mid Proprietor. PETERSBURG. : INDIANA. Brig.-Gxx. Ezra P. Ewkbs, U. S. Vm has been appointed governor of the city of Guantanamo. Gbit. Milks reported by eable, on the Pth, that the force at his command was afnple for the purpose of completing the conquest of the island of Porto Bieo. Tub North American Trust Co. has died a bond of $250,009 with the secretary of the treasury, and has been made fiscal agent of the government at Santiago. A Madrid dispatch states that preliminary steps ;have been taken for the court-martial of Gen. Toral, who surrendered the Spanish forces in Santiago to Gen. Shafter. The American colony in Sydney, N. S. W., through the United States consul, have cabled to Washington, praying the government there to retain possession of the Philippine islands. Senator Platt, of New York, called on President McKinley, on the 12th, and asked for the appointment of Gen. Benjamin F. Tracey, of New York, exsecretary of the navy, as a member of the peace commission. The queen regent- of Spain has signed a deere^ arranging for the payment of the external debt and authorizing the conversion of the debt mid providing for an increase in the note issue of the bank of Spain.

Maj.-Gkn Ernst W. Lawton, U. 8. V., has been appointed military governor of the department of Santiago, and Brig.-Gen. Leonard Wood, U. S. V., has been requested to remain as governor of the city of Sautiago, under Gen. Lawton. Mtas Ruth M. Osborn, daughter of D. W. Osborn, the millionaire reaper manufacturer of Auburn, N. Y., died of consumption on the Union Pacific train just as it reached Denver, Col., on the 8th. Her father and mother and the family physician were with her. Secrrtart or State Day frankly gives as the reason for his contemplated retirement, that he is unable to assume the social responsibilities which the position places upon him without seriously impairing his private means, ' which are not large, enough to stand the drain. Out of regard for the United States, the Italian government has telegraphed Admiral Candiuani at Cartagena, Colombia, to give the Colombian government eight months' time in which to settle with Cerruti's creditors under the terms of Ex-President Cleveland's award. War department officials deny generally the assertions of discomfort and ill-usage of troops reported from Mon* tank Point, N. Y. The quartermaster’s department, which had charge of opening the camp, says that good progress has been made since the order was issued establishing it. A Tiuob^tt has been sent to Gen. Miles giving him directions as to tariff and other charges in the island of Porto Rica The new duties will be similar in general outline to those put in force preliminarily at Santiago. A regular tariff schedule for Porto Rico will be prepared soon. The lord mayor of London, Mr. Horatio David Davies, and his daughter, Miss Davies, will sail for New York from Liverpool, on board the White Mar steamer Teutonic, on the 18th, for a short visit to America. Mr. Davies will be the first lord mayor to visit America during his incumbency.

Afteexoo!# London papers comment upon the battle of Malag as being a repetition of the now familiar story: •‘The Spaniards, brave and incompetent, firing wildly and attacking too late; the Americans, brave, cool and ekillful, notwithstanding that their operations were conducted in the midst of a tropical monsoon.” A mscATCH received from Madrid, #ia Biarritz, on the 9th, said: “The Spanish reply to the United States expresses the hope that the American government will not hand Cuba over to the insurgents, but will retain control of the government of the island in order that the interests of the Spanish property owners may be respected.” Thk steamer Mariposa sailed from 6an Francisco, on the 10th, for Honolulu and Australia. She wijl convey to Honolulu the members of the commission recently appointed by the president to study the conditions of the islands; and 150 men of the New York regiment will proceed on the < Mariposa to join their regiment in Honolulu. Thk peace protocol was signed at the White House, on the 12th, by Ambassador Cambon. of France, for Spain, and Secretary Day for the United States, and the president immediately thereafter issued his proclamation putting an end to hostilities. Acting Secretary Allen, for the navy, and Adju-tant-General Corbin, for the army, notified our sea and land forces of the armistice. Thk Rome Tribuna says that the Vatican is in constant communication with Archbishop Ireland, Mgr. Marttnelli. apostolic delegate in the United States, and Duke Almodavor de Rio, the Spanish minister of foreign affairs, endeavoring to secure clauses in the treaty of peace that will safeguard the ^ religious interests of Catholic resi4ents in countries to be ceded by Spain <to the United States.

CURRENT TOPICS. THE HEVB DT BBIET. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. These has been little ground, if any, upon which to base the persistent reports of frietion between Germany and the United States. No such complication seems possible when the prudence and patriotism of the German-Ameri-cans are remembered. They are good i soldiers, as they are good citizens, and | their native country should be as proud I of them as is their adopted country. Tas president will recommend to ! congress that Acting Rear-Admiral ! Sampson be advanced eight numbers and Commodore Schley six numbers. This will result in making each a rearadmiral, but with Commodore Schley ranking immediately below Sampson. The San Francisco Evening Post ■ays that the will of Adolph Sutro will be contested by Mrs. Kluge, the alleged widow, who says she married the dead millionaire by contract, and also by the recognized legal heirs, who say they will fight the trust clause in the will. While leaning from a window of the Shamokin Valley knitting works at Shamokin, Pa, on the 9th, Miss Jennie Allison, aged 18 years, was electrocuted by her nose coming in contact with a telephone wire that had been crossed by a live arc wire, and thus charged with 1,300 volts of electrical fluid. She had her feet resting on a coil of steamheating pipes at the time. A dispatch from Cartagena, Colombia says the treason of the Colombian government delaying its note replying to Italy’s demand for a settlement of the Cerruti claim is apprehension of a popular uprising.

One hundred miles of military tele* graph are now in operation in Porto Rico, connecting the points occupied by the United States troops with the cable station at Ponce. The Wade Porto Rican expedition has been abandoned as unnecessary. At a meeting of the stockholders of the Metropolitan Street Railroad Co. of New York, on the 9th, it whs unanimously decided to increase the capital stock of the company from $30,000,000 to $45,000,000. Of the increase $10,000,000 will be used to liquidate outstanding obligations and the remaining $5,000,000 will be held in the treasury as a fund for improving the property of the company The steamer Signal, reported as wrecked off the Washington coast, was towed into San Francisco harbor, on the 9th, by the tugboat Sea Queen, bavin? broken a crank pin. The steamer Farralou.frqm Skaguay, Alaska, arrived at Vancouver, B. C., on the 9th. The purser and captain claim that $1,000,000,000 is in the safe in gold drafts. The purser says that when she left Skaguay the town was in flames, and that the fire was fast approaching the dynamiteqlptores, with no prospect of checking it. The town of Coamo, Porto Rico, was captured, on the 9th. by Gen. Ernst's brigade, after half an hour's fighting. The Americans had six wounded. The Spanish loss is not known. Coaraa was regarded as one of the Spanish strongholds. Gen. Gomez has won an important victory over the Spanish fdrees under Gen. Jitninez Castellanos, forcing the trocha between Las Villas and Camaguey. Over 300 Spaniards and 130 Cubans -were killed and many wounded on both sides. The monument erected at Frederick, Md„ to the memory of Francis Scott Key, author of ‘*The Star Spangled Banner,*' was unveiled with appro* priate ceremonies on the 9th. llenry Watterson delivered the oration. M. D. Davis died at his home near Beverly, Ky., on the 9th, of malarial fever, aged 7t years. He was one of the organizers of the grange movement, and was the first grand master of the order. On the 10th John H. Lane, storekeeper of the United States transport Minnewaska, dropped dead in his boat at Savannah. Ga. The troopship was waiting to carry the Third regiment of immunesto Santiago. Lane was 55 years of age and the father of Capt. Lane of the Ninth police precinct, New York. On the 10th Joseph Saxton, an uncle of the wife of President McKinley, residing at Canton, 0., was struck by a street car and seriously injured. He is well advanced in years, aud suffered from defective hearing. His injuries were not necessarily fatal.

AT St. Louis, on the 10th, the coroner's jury in the case of Frank Kaentner, who was shot and killed, on the night of the 8th, while trying to escape from Special Policemen Leinert and Cremina, whom he mistook for highwaymen, returned a verdict holding Cremins on a charge of homicide. Advices received in Yokohama from Seoul say Corea intends to adopt the gold standard. The August report of the statistician of the department of agriculture shows the following average conditions on August 10: Corn, 87; spring rye, 9X7; barley.. 79.3; Irish potatoes, 83,9; spring wheat. 96.5; oats, 84.3; buckwheat, 87.3. The London Daily Mail, commenting on the appointment of Mr. Curaon as viceroy of India, says that a charming incident of the new viceroyalty is the nationality of Mr. Curzon's wife, who | was formerly M<iia'Leiter, of Washington. It addsylhitt this is the first time an American s lady has been called to assist the imperial government. Coxstkrxatiox has been caused at Madrid by the realization that the United States will not under any circumstances permit the debt of Cuba to be foisted on the eventual masters of the island, whoever they may be. The Spaniards have been hoping that “the tail would go with the hide.” The Spanish government, responding to an offer of the United States to surrender Admiral Cervera and the 1,800 prisoners taken from the Spanish fleet at Santiago, declines the offer, on the ground that the Spanish government has never consented to the paroles if Cervera and his men.

Our the 10th the British foreign office formally announced the appointment of George N. Curron, until now the parliamentary secretary of. the foreign office, as viceroy of India, in succession to the earl of Elgin. A peace protocol was drafted, on the 10th, and handed to M. Cambon, the French ambassador, acting for Spain. It embodied the president's original demands on Spain, and was accompanied by the assurance that if it was not promptly signed negotiations would cease. • Plans for the temporary government of Cuba and the territory which will be acquired from Spain as a result of the war are now under serious consideration by the president and members of the cabinet. The steamer Mariposa, conveying the Hawaiian commissioners and 154 men of the First New York volunteers to Honolulu, sailed, on the 11th, from San Francisco. She was detained at her dock all night awaiting the arrival of delayed English mails. Ambassador Cam bon received a ea blegram, on the morning of the 12th, announcing Spain's approval of the peace protocol and directing him, as the diplomatic representative of Spain, to attach his signature to the instrument, which was expected to be done in the diplomatic reception room at the state department some time during the day. The steamer City of Topeka, which arrived at Fort Townsend, Wash., from Skuguay, Alaska, on the 11th, reports that the recent fire at Skaguay was not as disastrous as reported. Only a few deserted houses in the outskirts of the town were burned. A few hundred dollars will cover the loss. Wolfe Cooxe, a full-blood, and Watt Duncan, a half-breed, have been nominated for principal and assistant chief of the Cherokee nation. The nominations show the attitude of the fullbloods. It means that they will bitterly resent any changes proposed by the United States. Advices from Kalgoorlie, Wdft Australia, say thousands of people are rushing to the vicinity of Lake Gwynne, close to Kanowna, where a nugget of gold weighing 95 pounds was recently discovered. The excitement in the mining districts is reported to be intense. Tue transports Manteo and Berkshire sailed north from Santiago, on the 11th, with the Twenty-first regular infantry and the balance of the Seventy-first New York thus completing the embarkaton of the First division. In a collision, on the 11th, between a passenger train and freight train, near Ponte Deqimo, Italy, nine persons were killed and 40 seriously inj ured.

Levi Z. Leiteb mortgaged two pieces of real estate in Chicago, on the 12th, for 81,000.000 iii favor of the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. This makes 83.000,000 borrowed by Leiter of this insurance company. It is claimed by the authorities that absolutely no booty was secured from the Adams Express Co.'s safe by the robbers who, on the night of the 11th, held up the Burlington train at SL Joseph. Mo. Cantos (O.) physicians have found that Josephs. Saxton, Mrs. McKinley’s uncle, was not internally injured when be was knocked down by a motor, and declare he will recover. The statement of the condition ol the treasury, issued on the 12th, showed: Available cash balance, 8267,« 176,567; g«.ld reserve, 8196,108,877. LATE NEWS ITEMS. The statement of the associated banks of New York city for the week ended the 13th showed the following changes: Surplus reserve, increase, 86,781,150; loans; increase, 89,911,400; specie, decrease, 82,763,600; legal tenders, decrease, 83,091,800; deposits, increase, 83,703,000; circulation, decrease, 842,700. Advices from Melbourne report that the American bark C. C. Funk, Capt. I Nissen. which sailed from Tacoma, | May 22, for Melbourne, was wrecked on Flinder's island, Tasmania. Eleven of those on board the bark, including Capt. Nissen, his wife and two children, were drowned. • News of the cessation of hostilities between the United States and Spain ; was received at Hong Kong on the 13th. : The British steamer Australian, bound for Sydney, N. S. W., was chartered to carry the news to Manilla No other vessel was available for the purpose, owing to the presence of typhoons. Japanese papers received at Seattle, Wash., contain a story to the effect that the Japanese ministry will protest against the United States holding the Hawaiian islands in order to remove the opposition of the upper house to it by raising an issue of foreign complications.

Tux merchant vessel* of the world are now free to enter or leave all Cuban and Porto Rican ports. The state department holds that no further proclamation is needed to raise the blockade of these islands. Tux Madrid El Liberal says the article in the protocol relating to the Philippines does not indicate that anything good for Spain will be fixed upon, and the question will not be settled favorably for her. Although the war with Spain lasted only 114 days, it is estimated that it has cost the government, so far, $130,000,000, of which *98.000,000 has been actually paid out of the treasury. Tux night train on the railway to Lisicux, 34 miles east of Caon, France, was derailed, on .the 14th, near Bonvillers. Seven persons were killed and 41 were injured. lx is unofficially announced that Ambassador Hay is to succeed Secretary Day when the latter becomes president of the peace commission. Ox the 13th the associated banks of the city of New York held $33,111,850 in excess of the requirements of the 85-per-cent. rule. A YiQLKST shock of earthquake was felt at Messina, on the 14th, throwing the inhabitants into a great panie. ■

The National Capital Settles Down to Conditions Existing Before the War with Spain. THE DQ6S OF WAR ARE ALL GALLED OFF. The Government Oflleinle Giving Their At* tent Ion to Matter. Pertaining to the Be-Eetabltohment of Peace Conditions —The Philippines Present the Most Dttteolt Problem. Washington. Aug. 15.—The White House, the war department and the navy department yesterday resumed their usual Sunday quietude, a condition which has not prevailed since the Maine was blown up in Havana harbor, February 15. Secretary Alger was at the department a few minutes and also went to the White House, but did not remain long. Gen. Corbin went to his office during the day and looked over his dispatches, but did not remain constantly on duty as he has been doing. There were a few clerks about the departments, but scarcely a Sunday passes in times of peace that this does not happen. The busy warlike attitude has entirely disappeared and W Mb tag ton Hm Settled Down to a Peace Basis. The president believes that the most serious problem w hich the peace commission will be called upon to deal with is the Philippines. Before the commission assembles it is hoped the affairs of Cuba and Porto Rico will be found in such process of adjustment, as to leave nothing before the commission to consider together under that head. Only Property Questions to Be Settled. The absolute relinquishment by Spain of all sovereignty over the islands in the West Indies will allow only the property questions to be settled between the governments—that is, what Spain shall take away, and what shall remain as captures of war, and the protection of Spanish subjects and their property in the islands. The greater questions growing out of the war, as relating to Cuba and Porto Rico, will have to be dealt with by the United States alone. The Philippine. Will Present the Dlfllcalt Problem. The fact that the Philippines will present the difficult problem in the pea^e negotiations has caused the administration to give it a great deal of careful attention. Several suggestions have been made as to what shall be done, one being the retention of the

bay, city and harbor of Manila, just what the protocol gives temporarily. Another is that Subig bay and a sufficient amount of territory for a naval and coaling station be secured and the building up of an American city at that place begun. Still another idea, which is being considered, is the retention of the island of Luzon, the advocates of that plan believing that there would be trouble between the governments which occupied a portion of the island, with a line of demarkation such as would exist in case Manila and the bay only was retained. The Island of Luzon s the largest of the group, and contains about 3,000,000 people, which are said to be the bet ter class in the Philippines. It is believed, however, that the administration and the commission will be greatly influenced by the reports which Admiral Dewey and Gen. Merritt will, make on the subject. Their reports are expected before the commission meets. Will Become Quite Rapidly Americanised. The final determination as to the government of Porto Rico and the settlement of the government of Cuba are problems for settlement, but the impression prevails that these islands will become quite rapidly Americanized, and every encouragment for them to do so will be given. Porto Rico will be under military control for the present. Cuba, also, will be similarly governed, but it is probable that American reforms in the matter of government will be such that the people of Cuba will see the advantage of becoming annexed to the United States. It is thought the sanitary improvement of Havana and other cities, the management of municipalities and the liberality offered the country people will be of such a character as soon to convince the people that the changed conditions are for their good. To Bo Treated at tine* as aa American !*<»»•( *sIon, There has been little doubt about soon settling the transfer of Porto Rico, and the reception which the American troops have received in that island is a justification for the belief that Porto Rico will be treated at once as an American possession. The first movement in this direction will be the sending of a delegation of officials from the post office department to investigate and re port upon the mail facilities there now, and to make such recommendations as they may deter

mine upon. Mail routes, methods of transportation and the conditions of post offices generally in the island trill be examined. Postoffices will be established at-once wherever troops are itationed, and at such other points as may be necessary. A similar course w ill be taken in Cuba, but this is like ly to be delayed as the immediate removal of the Spanish and the occupation by the Vnited States is not expected Mo or* Troops for Mi alia Unless Asfcod For. No more troops will be sent to Gen. Merritt unless he asks for them. It ia believed at the war <1 the 16,000 men now the to garrison Manila n which the United Sta ■at. will occupy. apartment that re are sufficient ad the ground ea, for tb* "res

AIL OVER THE STATE. Events in Various Portions of In* diana Recorded by Wire. A Woman's Revenge. Princeton, Ind., Aug. 12.—Frenzied because be had sold liquor to her husband and sons, Mrs. Harry Jamison, of this city, went to the saloon of Adolph Schulze and with a revolver demanded that Schulze go with her to her home and pledge himself never to sell her family drink again. Schulze fled in terror and Mrs. Jamison locked the saloon door and proceeded to stand guard over the place until Schulze should come back. Officers forced the door and arrested her. She fought desperately, and now swears she will kill the officers who arrested her. Battleship Indiana. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 12. — Gov. Mount has received from H. C. Taylor, captain of the battleship Indiana, a long description of the important part the battleship took in the action between the American and Spanish fleets off Santiago July 3. The captain says he was moved to communicate the story to the governor because of the Interest the people of Indiana have taken in the battleship; and he recalls that just before the ship was put in commission the people of the state presented it with an $8,000 silver service. A Sad Case. Anderson, Ind., Aug. 12.—Mrs. Charles Robinson was brought to her lome here from Gretna. O.. where she went visiting a week ago. She is at the point of death, and was brought home | m a stretcher. By her side in the baggage coach was a coffin containing the remains of her child. They were near a gasoline stove that exploded, and 1 | both received terrible burns. The child | died in a few hours, and it is feared I that the mother cannot recover. . - -- Colored Knights. Richmond, Ind., Aug. 12.—The meet- j I ing of the representatives of the^colored Knights of Pythias lodges of Indiana came to an end here with the installation of the officers elected. A grand lodge was successfully organ- | ized and will meet regularly hereafter, the next meeting to be held at Indianapolis on the second Tuesday in July. 1899. Dr. J. H. Ward, of Indianapolis, was elected grand chancellor. Found Dead In Bed. Columbus, Ind., Aug. 12.;—Isaiah B. ! Barrett, auditor of Bartholomew county, was found dead in bed, supposed to be from heart disease. Mr. Barrett was born in Clermount county, O., t October 16, 1826. and moved here, lo- ; eating near Hartsville, in 1348, He was elected auditor on the republican ticket. He was a cousin of the late Dr. S. J. Barrett, of this city.

Leave for Florida. Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 12.—The One Hundred and Sixty-first regiment broke camp here and left over the Big Four railroad for Jacksonville, Fla. The two colored companies at Camp Mount will remain there for several days, when they expect to receive or ders to join a colored regiment. Col. Durbin is in command of the One Hundred and Sixty-first. Death Prevest* Arrest. Marion, Ind., Aug. 12.—T. C. Tibbitts, a prominent business man. found dead beside the railroad track, it is thought fell from a train accidentally or jumped with suicidal intent. He was receiver of the Malleable iron works and agent for a building and loan company. The inquest developed the fact that he was to have been arrested for embezzlement. Death of a Pioneer. Bedford, Ind., Aug. 12.—Theodore Ileitger, one of Bedford’s prominent german citizens, is dead after several months of intense suffering from spinal trouble and consumption. Mr. Ileitger was a resident of Bedford since 1856, and had seen the town grow up from a small village. He leaves a widow, six sons and three daughters. School’s Stiver Jubilee. Valparaiso, Ind., Aug. 12.—The silver jubilee of the northern Indiana normal school was fittingly observed at the college auditorium. The week’s commencement closed with the annual | graduating exercises. Lieut. Gov, Haggard, of Lafayette, conferred the degrees on the 350 graduates and presented the diplomas. Woald Give All Liberty. Terre Haute, Ind., Aug. 12.—In his address at the old settlers’ reunion at Farmersburg, at which 10,000 persona were present, ex-Gov. Matthews said that “this nation must not permanently control any of the islands seized in the war, but should give each an independent home government.” Lockjaw from Boras. Seymour, Ind., Aug. 12.—Walter Harsh, aged 12, was so badly burned on July 26 that he is threatened-with lockjaw. For the past few days he has suffered from muscular spasms, and his jaws at times have become unmovable.

Death of Jndce McLain. Wabash, Inch, Aug. 12.—Judge Nelson McLain, one of the oldest and most highly respected citizens in northern Indiana, died at his home in this city. He was born in JonesTille, O., March a, 1809. \ Dropped Dead. Princeton, Ind., Aug.* 12.—W. B. McDonald, an insurance man, aged 63, dropped dead at his home here. He was prominent in local and state politics. _ Nearly a Centnry Ola. Pendleton, Ind., Am?. 12.—William Stewart, for 40 yearra leading merchant of this city, is dead. He was nearly a century old. , . v. -'Xta.

War Comes High, But There Ar* Times When the Expense Can’t be Avoided. JUST ONE HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN DAYS That Hu B««o the Duration of the , and it Haa Cost the United States One-' Hundred and Fifty Mlliions —The Lessons Learned Will Stand aa a .partial Offset. r — Washington, Aug-. 14.—Although the* war with Spain lasted only 114 days, it. is estimated that it has cost the government, so far, $150,000,000, of which $98,000,000 has been actually paid out of the treasury. Beginning with March. 1, when the first increases in the ex* , penditures in anticipation of war became apparent in the daily expenditures of the treasury, the actual disbursements of this account have been approximately as follows: Expenditures by Months. MaTch, army, $600,000; navy, 2,400,OOOfc. total, $3,000,000. ‘ April, army, $1,200,000; navy, $9,800,000; total, $11,000,000. May, army, $12,000,000; navy, $7,000,— 000; total, $19,000,000. June, army, $16,500,000; navy, $6,500,— 000; total, $23,000,000. July, army, $29,500,000; navy, $5,500,— 000; total, $35,000,000. To August 13, army, $5,500,000; navy,, $1,500,000; total, $7,000,000. Total charged to war department,, $65,300,000; total charged to navy department, $32,700,000; grand total, $98,— 000,000. The Appropriations Available. The appropriations made by congress on account of the war aggregated about $360,000,000, and cover the.time to January, 1, 1899. A MUCH-SURPRISED JAPANESE. Bear-Admiral Matsanaga Wonders That. We Did Not Demand the Philippines—Japan's Navy. Seattle, Wash., Aug. 15.—Rear-Ad-miral Matsuuaga Oki, of the imperial Japanese navy, has arrived in this city on the steamer Rio Jun Morn, on his. way to London, where he will superintend the construction of two cruisers, and a battleship for his government. With him were two first paymasters of the Japanese navy, Takuchi Jujaro, ivho will go with the admiral to London, and Shimizu Nuke, who goes to San Francisco to join the Japanese Oruiser now building there. : Admiral Matsunaga was greatly surprised that peace was to be made and was very much interested in the terms. When told that the disposition of the Philippines was to be left to a commission, he expressed his surprise that the. United States had not demanded the islands as Porto Rico was demanded. He declined, however, to say anything as to his or his country’s opinion on the question. He said: Japan has learned many things from the war America has been waging against Spain. The American admiral’s fight at Manila has taught ue that a fine ironclad and heavy guns would not win a battle. We will pay more attention than ever to target.

practice, ana wun mat me Japanese will become a powerful naval nation. “We will have a fine navy if the: present policy continues. * In this country several are about ready to gointo commission, and in England we will build three large vessels. I am going to London, and will be gone three years. During that time I will superintend the construction of thevessels that are to be built there, and at the same time study the navies of* the world. It will not be long until Japan will be able to build her own. * warships.’’ 0 GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION. the Madrid Liberal Regard* the Situation. in the Philippines ae Exceed- . Io|ljr Grave. * Madrid, Aug. J . —The Liberal, commenting on the gravity of the situation as regards the Philippine islands, says it appears certain that the peace conxqsission will ae~ cord to Spain sovereignty over* almost the whole of the archipelago, . but that Spain will lose more than she will gain if Aguinaldo's insurgents do not make submission. THE PEACE COMMISSIONERS. Probable Personnel of the Peace Commission as Par as the Catted States Is Concerned. Washington, Aug. 14.—SecretaryDay, Senator Allison and Senator Gorman, in all probability, will be three of the commission, and either Joseph. Choate or Elihn Root, of New York, will” be another. Senator Davis, of Minnesota, will be offered a place on. the commission, bnt it is expected that, he will decline, and that a fifth man, not a United States senator, will be selected. .

COURT-MARTIALED AND SHOT, Melwauksk, Aug. 14.—A special to. the Journal from Marinette, Wis., says; Word has beep received here from Ponce, Porto Rico, that Private LaDuke of the Second Wisconsin regiment, who shot and killed Private Stafford, of the regular army, daring a quarrel in a saloon at Ponee, was court- mw* tialed August 3, found guilty, and shot, on the morning of August 4.