Pike County Democrat, Volume 29, Number 26, Petersburg, Pike County, 4 November 1898 — Page 2

PETERSBURG. : INDIANA. ^BCdC—M—CBS——————— The authorities of Iloilo, Philippine islands, have cabled to Madrid expressing their loyalty to the Spanish crown. j. —>y ■ • ■■■ - Two American Protestant tract distributers have been arrested at Arequipa, Peru, charged with distributing papers contrary to the 6tate religion. Comptroller C. G. Daes, who is treasurer of the Lafayette monument fund, is being deluged with contributions from the school children of the counfcy* < Mrs. Richard Cooper, the last surviving daughter of James Fennimore Cooper, the novelist, died at her home in Cooperetown, N. Y., on the 27th, aged 79 years. Gen. Correa, Spanish minister of war, has been prevailed upon to withdraw his resignation for the present, / Tfi ’view of the difficulties with which / the country is confronted. The navy department received a dispatch from San Juan, on the 24th, stating that the evacuation of Porto Rico had been completed by the sailing of the last detachment of Spanish troops •n that day. Postmaster-General Smith has issued an order directing that Hawaiian postage stamps shall be recognized at their face value for the prepayment of postage on all articles rnuiled in Hawaii, whether addressed for delivery in the United States or elsewhere. The steamer Seneca sailed from San Ptancisco, on the ISth, for Manila, with S00 soldiers on board. All the steam whistles in the water front saluted the vessel as she passed down the bay toward the ocean, and thousands of people waved adieus from the docks. The department of state has received from the British embassy an invitation to the government of the United States to take part in the Western Australian mining and industrial exposition, which is to be held at Coolgardie, beginning March 21, and continuing for at least three months.

The Paris newspapers are thurply divided into two camps, one of them highly praising M. Hard’fere port to the court of cassiition as clearly setting forth the truth and proving 'the innocence of Dreyfus, and the other insisting that the report was merely a pleading in favor of the prisoner. Gen. £. V. Summer, commanding the department of tho Missouri and the Colorado, and Capt. Wm. H. Beck, in-spector-general of the department of the Missouri, left Denver, Col., on the 26th, for Sheridan, Wyo., to make an Inspection with a view to the establishment of a military post at Sheridan for 13 companies. The Acme Wrecking Ob., of San Francisco, has made a request upon the navy department for authority to raise the battleship Maine. The company has had experience in raising vessels on the Pacific coast, and representations have been made to the department as to its ability to accomplish the task in Havana harbor. Mrs. Clara Kluge, of Son Francisco, who claims to have been the contract wife of the late Adolph Sutro, has commenced a legal fight for some of the Sutro millions by filing an application for letters of guardianship over her two children, who are named in the application as Adolph Newton Sutro and Adolphine Charlotte Sutro.

The mobilization of the troops at Halifax, K. S., took place, on the 27th, when every available man in the garrisen was mustered in full marching order. The militia regiments joined with the regulars in the maneuvers. Attacks by land and sea were made on the city and repelled. All the forts guarding the harbor were manned. ■ -—r—*■—The French court of cassation, from which there is no appeal, met at the palace of justice in Baris, on the $7th, and immediately took up the Dreyfus case. Reporter Bard proceeded to review the case, and cited numerous facts favorable to revisiou, and expressed Astonishment at the manner in which the whole affair had been conducted. The atate department was notified, on the 27th, that the Spanish peace commissioners had accepted the negative view of the United States commissioners towards the asumption by the United States of the Cuban debt. The Spaniards had finally come to see that the Americans were in earnest, and abandoned all effort to modify the protocol. The recent wholesale emigration of indigent Jamaicans to the inland of Cuba has evoked a protest from the American authorities at Santiago and the local government there issued a memorandum, on the 2Sth, quoting the protest of the American officials and warning the British subjects not to proceed to Cuba without adequate means of support. Gea. Kitchener arrived in London, on the 27th, and was greeted by the com-mander-in-chief of the British forces, Gen. Lord AYolseJey, and other high military officers. The grenadiers formed a guard of honor at the railload station, and Gen. Kitchener received an oration from the enormous throngs of people assembled to welcome him back from Egypt. The aoene of enthusiasm was almost onjpreosdented. Ki *; \

CURRENT TOPICS. THE HEW8 IK BRIEF. PERSONAL ANO GENERAL. Because of critieism of football play* inp by Dr. S. F. Carpenter, one of the professors in Central medical college, at St. Joseph, Mb., nearly all the students hare announced their determination of leaving the\eollege at the end of the present term to return no more. William Anthony, sergeant of marines, the man who coolly announced to Capt. Sigsbee, on the night of February 15 last, that the Maine had been blown up and was sinking, has taken unto hiihself a wife in the person of Miss Adella Maude Blaneet, of New York city. France has complied with the demands of England, and has agreed to withdraw Maj. Murchaud and his expedition from Fashoda, Heaving the question of a right to a foothold in the Bahr-el-tihazai and a station on the banks of the Upper Nile for subsequent friendly negotiation. L Z. Letter, of Washington and Chicago, has purchased the premises at No. 1 Carlton House terrace, Londop, for his daughter. Lady Curzon of Kedleston, vicerine of India, for $200,000. The locality is one of the most exclusive in London. * it is learned from a |eini-ofticial source in Paris that Spain has at last abandoned her attitude of claiming any concessions in Cuba and Porto llic4 as a matter of right, ami has now simply thrown herself on the mercy of her conquerors. The Spanish commissioners plead that the full assumption of the Cuban debt by Spain means complete ruin.

A dispatch trom Jvooe, japan, sa.>s: “The Japanese steamer Mijagala sunk, almost immediately, after ^>eiug in collision with the Japanese steamer Kinshiu-Maru. Sixty Japanese were drowned,” Treasury officials at Washington are erercised OTer an official warning that has come to them from the authorities in Canada that several people with pronounced cases of leprosy had successfully eluded the American immigration inspectors and crossed the line into the United States, The American Association of Fairs and Expositions has fixed the following dates for state fairs, to be held in 1889: New* York and Ohio, August 28 to September 2; Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa, September 4 to 9; Wisconsin, September 11 to 18; Indiana, September 18 to 23; Illinois, September 25 to 30; SC Louis, October 2 to 7. The United States government is determined that there shall not be another Maine disaster in Havana harbor when our troops and warships begin to go there for garrison duty. The American commissioners who are arranging the details of the evacuation have called on the Spunish authorities for an official statement to the effect that there are no torpedoes or mines in the harbor. The United States transport steamer Indiana sailed, on the 27th, for Manila, having on board the First and Second battalions of the Kansas regiment, under command of Col.Funston. The men are not in the least crowded, and the voyage will be a veritable pleasure trip. A dispatch from Milwaukee, dated the 27th, says: “No news has been received from the missing tow barge Biwabik. On board the Biwabik was Capt. James Edwards and wife. Mate George Currie and a crew of four men. The barge Delta is also rnissinsr-'*

Two thousand delegates and visitors attended the convention of the Oh'io Federation of Women's clubs at Columbus on the 27th. Boston has been selected as the place for holding- the ne*t National Saddlery convention, Cleveland, O., being a close second. The government of the Netherlands has extended to this government an invitation to be represented at the third session of the International Periodical Congress of Gynecology and Obstetric* at Amsterdam, August S-12, 1$99. It is now recognized that the epidemic prevailing at Samarcand, Russia. is the true plague. The mortality is high. The British cabinet, on the 27th, decided to proclaim the protectorate of Great Britain over Egypt. While Vice-President Hobart was .being driven down Broad street in Philadelphia, on the 27th, the team became frigthened and ran away. After several blocks had been traversed by the unmanageable horses, they were finally halted by a plucky policeman, amid the cheers of thousands of onlooker*. In response to a communication on the subject, Gen. Parrado has assured the American evacuation commission, in writing, that Havana harbor is absolutely clear of mine* and torpedoes and Safe for any vessel that may wish to enter. Admiral Dewey has cabled the navy department that everything is quiet at Pekin, that no further troubles are antlctpated, and the American interests In China art not in danger. \

Private Walter Rosser, of the Tennessee regiment, was arraigned before Judge Wallace, in San Francisco, on the 28th, for the murder of Henry Hilderbrand. Hfc) pleaded not guilty, and his trial waHset for November 21. The hospital ship Bay State, from Porto ltico for Boston, with the sick men of the Sixth Massachusetts on board, reached Boston on the 28th. M. Dupuy formally informed President Faure, on the 28th, that he would accept the task of forming a new cabinet. The steamer Cottage City arrived at Victoria, B. C., from Skaguay, Alaska, on the 28th, with a large number ol passengers. They report that the Yukon river is filled with slush ice, and travel to Dawson suspended. The statement of the condition oi the United States treasury, issued on the 28th, showed: Available cash balance, $301,484,378; gold reserve, 240,744,514. The Minnesata Federation of Women’s clubs closed its session at Winona, Minn., on the 2Sth. LATE NEWS ITEMS. George A. Steele & Co., of Portland, Ore., have petitioned the United States Court to be declared bankrupts and to be discharged from all indebtedness. The assets are given in the petition as $150,000 and the liabilities $411,000. Mr. Steele’s failure is due to his efforts to support with his own fortune the East Side electric railway, between Portland and Oregon City. After the excursion to Jericho, Djevad Pasha, former grand vizier, recently Turkish governor of Crete, and now attached to the person of Emperor William as a special representative of the sultan, will leave the imperial suite. It is remarked that this is. due to some unpleasantness. During a severe storm Saturday night a small area, about half a mile square, around Denmark Hill, Camberwell, London, was visited by a cyclone. Cabs were overturned, windows, doors, lamp posts, trees and chimneys were blown down and a number of houses unroofed. A dispatch from Manzanillo says: “Lieut. Young has formally claimed, on behalf of the United States navy, the wrecks of the Spanish gunboats that went ashore or were sunk by the United States gunboats in the memorable engagement of Manzanillo on July 1.” ' V;'

A sensation was eausect in jronce, t. R., on the 29th, on the arrival of the Red D steamer Philadelphia from the Spanish main, by the discovery in the handbags of two passengers of a number of explosive cartridges containing dynamite. Emperor William has sent his portrait in brilliants to Tewfik Pasha, Turkish ambassador to Germany, who who was among the high Ottoman dignitaries that received tne emperor and empress recently in Constantinople, A great fire in Serina Gur. one of the capitals of Cashmere, in the Vale of Cashmere, on the 28th, destroyed all public buildings and many residences. One man was killed. The damage is estimated at ten lakhs ($300,000). Fraulein Pocha, one of the two nurses who attended the late Herr Barisch, of Prof. Net her gale’s pathological laboratory, the first victim of the outbreak of bubonic plague in Vienna, died on the 29th. The country around Mentone.Franee, was visited by a terrific hailstorm, on the 30th. The hailstones were of immense size, and the olive and lemon crops were completely destroyed. CURRENT NEWS NOTES. The Omaha exposition will close Monday next. Hiram Ellwotxl died at his home in DeKalb, 111., suddenly, aged 70 years Mrs. Agnes U. Pitkin has been arrested at St. Louis on a charge of arson. C. W. Dennison, of near Milan, Mo«_ while hunting, accidentally shot awaj his left haud. The post office at Chamois. Mo., was robbed of a small amount of silver Friday morning. Mrs. Peter Weir, while in a fit of temporary insanity, fatally burned herself at the home of friends in Austin, Tex.

r run K UIVKUUU1 nuiru at Kaufman, Tex. While working in cottonseed the mass suddenly caved, in and buried him. At Selma. Ind., the residence of Patrick Maiey was completely demolished and then burned by a natural gas explosion; loss. $1,500. At St. Joseph. Mo., John Maylen. an employe of Swift & Co., was struck by a Burlington train, thrown 40 feet In the air and killed. The Acme Wrecking Co. of Sim Francisco has made a request upon the navy department for authority to raise the battleship Maine. The rare ceremony of the consecration of an abbot by the Trappist monks took place at the monastery at Gethsemane, Ky., Friday. The Duck town (Tenn.) Sulphur and Iron Co. will soon reopen the east Tennessee copper mine. It will give employment to TOO men. William Doughty, an employe of the Speed cement mill, north of Louisville, Ky.. fell from a building to a car track and was run over and killed. John Stoneman,a Burlington switchman at St. Joseph, Mo., fell from a moving train, struck aon his head, broke his skull and will die. Mrs. X. A. Peterson, of Montana, was shot and painfully wounded by Mrs. Owen Corrington at Hot Springs, Ark. Jealousy wss the cause. Albert Larsen and John Majors, arrested by state officer* at Huntsville, Ala., for counterfeiting, will be tried in the state'court, now in session. The Tonkin Biver boiler and engine works at Oswego, N. Y., were destroyed by fire. Loss, $105,000. Otto Snyder, the night watchman, perished in the building.

Death of Col. George E. Waring, Jr.9 at His Home in New York, of Yellow Fever. RE ARRIVED OR SUNDAY FROM HAVANA. Tit* Fatal Malady was Contracted While Acting as Special Commissioner to In* ▼estimate the Sanitary Condition of Ha* van*—The Body 'Hermetically Sealed Dp and Cremated at Swinburne Island Washington, Oct. 30.—Nicholas R. Waring, Jr., died of yellow fever at his home in this city, where he had been i since he arrived from Havana, on the ; Yucatan, on Tuesday last. He was 6? j years of age. Dr. Blauvelt, who had been attend- j ing Col. Waring during his illness, ! was summoned to the house at 1 a. m. He found that Col. Waring had been attacked with black vomit. This symptom continued all morning without cessation. Everything possible was done for the dying man, but he only lived until 7:45. The Body Hermetically Seeled Cp> President Murphy of the board of health was informed of the death of Col. Waring within five minutes after it occurred. Dr. Rgers, the sanitary superintendent, was ordered to have the body placed in a hermetically sealed casket immediately. Mr. Mur- | phy also gave orders that every preI caution should be taken to prevent | the spread of the disease. ; Fever Con tree ted ’ While on OIBclal Duty. j Col. Waring had been sent to the I city of Havana as a special commisi sioner of this government to ascertain [ city, and to form ideas for the best | methods of putting the place in# first ! class sanitary shape. He was to re1 port to the president, and on the day j he returned he said he expected to go 1 to Washington the next day. 1 The Disease Didn’t Develop Until His Return Home. J Col. Waring was apparently well * when he left Havana, and he felt-vonly ! slightly ill during the latter part of ! the voyage, but when he reached his j home he was obliged to take to his i bed. It was then discovered that he | was suffering from yellow fever. Col. Waring was immediately isoi lrited in his apartments on the ninth I floor of the Rutherford, the apartment J house in which he lived. There are j nine families in the house.

Precaution* 1 aimed lately Taken. , Precautions were immediately taken to prevent the spread of the disease. No one but the physicians and Mrs. Waring, who has had the disease, and is therefore immune, were allowed to see Col. Waring. Everything that was taken in or out of the apartment was disinfected. Inspectors of the board of health were stationed at and in the house to prevent people from getting rear to the sick man. The Doctor* were at Fault. The doctors at first did not think that the case was a malignant one. When Col. Waring's temperature rose to 105%, nowever, the physicians became alarmed, and the case was considered in its most serious form, and Col. Waring was treated accordingly. The Body Cremated. President Murphy of the board of health states that the body of Col. Waring will be taken to Swinburne island, where it will be cremated immediately. The father, mother, brother and three sisters of Mrs. Waring died of yellow fever in New Orlenas some years ago. PORTO RICANS IN COUNCIL. Considering Recommendation* for the Cm of Special Commissioners to Visit Washington. San Juan de Porto Rico, Oct. 31.— The principal theater of the city was taxed to its utmost capacity yesterday afternoon on the occasion of a public meeting of delegates from the chief ! towns of the island to consider and draft recommendations regarding the necessities of the island for the use of the special commissioners, who will be • selected later to represent Porto Rico at Washington when the time comes for settling the administration sysi tern.

The assembly was fairly represents- ! five, and although the proceedings grave undue prominence to unimportant details, there was abundant evi- } dence of intelligent reflection on the : part of the delegates and of a determination not to tolerate partisan politics 1 at this crisis in the island's affairs. Carefully prepared reports were sub- ! mitted by the political, social and ecoj nomical committees. The meeting received with enthusiasm the resolutions demanding terri- j torial rights, the cessation of the present military rule and the installation of regular civil government. Other resolutions were adopted ask1 lng an eight-hour day for the laboring man, and severely denouncing the , present corrupt system of registering j | deeds of lands. j ' Sailors Toll a Harrowing Tmle of Croeltj by Their Officers. Seattle, Wash.,Oct. 31.—A delegation ■ of sailors form the American bark St. j Catherine, from New York, told a harrowing story of abuse at the police sta- j j tion. They wanted warrants for the 1 ' arrest of Capt. Edward Matthews and j ! First Mate Dressel. Giving to the faet that the prosecuting attorney could ("not be found the matter was postponed ■ until Monday. The sailors were Germans and Scandinavians and can not apeak English. Capt. Matthews strongly denies the

HOOSIER HAPPENINGS Told in Brief by Dispatches from Various Localities. A. Boy Fire Fiend. Princeton, lnd., Oct. 29.—Walter Bru ner, aged 17, was arrested at Patoka, four miles north of here, shortly after having set fire to his father's stable. The boy turned in the alarm himself by ringing a church bell near by. Citizens soon extinguished the blaze and began to look for the cause. They found the boy hidden in the tower of the church and the marshal arrested him and brought the prisoner to the county jail in this city. There have been five fires in Patoka within the last week and all were of incendiary nature. The boy confessed that he started all the fires. He was sentenced to the reform school until of age. One Too Many Wives. - Brazil, lnd., Oct. 29.—James Tate, a prominent citizen,, was arrested on a warrant sworn out by his former wife charging him with adultery in living with his present wife. Tate was arrested and bound over to court. Two years ago he got a divorce from his first wife at Terre Haute and left at once for Canada A few months ago he wedded Charlotte Coleman in Canada and moved to this city. In the meantime his wife had the Terre Haute decree set aside and Tate never knew of this action. He has now applied a second time for a divorce from his first wife. • In Financial Strait*. Terre Haute, lnd.. Oct. 29.—Th.'i Terre Haute Trotting association which controls the famous Terre Haute track is in financial straits. At a meeting of the association a joint committee to act with members of the Vigo Agricultural society was appointed to look into the formation of another association which will purchase the two organizations. Local capitalists will compose the new association and the directory will probably remain unchanged. • Cal In Two. Greencastle, Indl, Oct. 29.—Riiey Brown, aged 60, a prominent farmer residing near Greencastle Junction, i was killed by a freight train in the ! Vandalia yards. He was engaged in ! shipping a car of stock and stepped I from one track to another to let a ! train pass. On the siding a local freight was backing slowly and struck Brown, whose foot was fast in a frog. His body was cut intwo just below the abdomen. .

natural uaa Supply. Hagerstown, Ind., Oct. 29.—The Hagerstown Natural Gas company has just brought in its last well,, which shows but a faint trace of gas. not enough to justify piping. This well was drilled in territory which heretofore developed wells of strong pressure, and the fact that this one is an absolute failure is an indication, in the opinion of experts, that the supply of gas is surely becoming exhausted. Verdict for *14,060. Brazil, Ind., Oct. 29.—The case ot Daniel Grimm against the Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad company for $5,04)0 for injuries sustained in the wreck of the miners’ train near Coal Bluff last October, was given to the jury and they brought in a verdict in favor of the plaintiff fixing the damage at $14,0S0. The case will be taken to the supreme court. Arrested for Book Robbery. Marion, Ind., Oct. 29.—George Martin, suspected of being one of the robbers of the Flora bank, was arrested here in the express office, where he called for a package. When arrested the prisoner asked what the charge was, and when told stated that the officers would have a hard time to prove it. The amount stolen from the bank was $10,000. Solclde with a Shotirun., Evansville, Ind., Oct. 29.—Word was received of a tragedy in the country near here. As a result of numerous quarrels over a land transfer between Harper McCutchan and his stepson, Mark Fentriss, the latter committed sucide by shooting himself in the head with a sbotgun. McCutchan is prominent and wealthy.

The Painters* Strike. Indianapolis, Ind„ Oct. 29.—Pros!* J dent Kevers, of the Master Painters’ association, said that no onion men j would be employed until the boycott of Fertig & Kevers is removed. Secretary Seyfried, of the Painters’ union, said that the union remains firm and is supported by the officers of thenatioal organization. 11 roan lit Uood Prices. Muucie, Ind., Oct. 29.—The John 3, Moore herd of Jersey cattle was sold here for au aggregate of $4,000. Topp & Co., of Indianapolis, paid $270 for one cow. A four-months calf sold for $105 j and another for $100. The stock went to Ohio. Indiana and Illinois. Over 60 head were sold. , Secret Double Wedding. Elwood. Ind., Oct. 29.—A double wedding of El wood young people, which occurred Thursday of last week, has ! just been made public. The participants were L. Owens and Bertha O'Neil Everting, Isaac Allenberg and Ora Srada Qwens. Hog* Die of Cbolcru. Muncie, Ind.. Oct. 29.—Farmer J. H. Bell, residing east of here, reports the loss of nearly $200 worth of hogs from cholera within the past two weeks. Other farmers in the vicinity are reported to be suffering likewise. Mills Bunaed. Hagerstown,' Ind., Oct. 29.—West River mills, three miles north, owned by Richard Cheosman, were totally destroyed by fire, the loss being $5,000; nartbr insured.

i mu ii Commissioner of Pensions H. Clay Evans Presents Some Statistics of His Office. THE DEATH ROLL UP TO SEPTEMBER 30. Two Thousand Kina Hundred and Six American Soldiers and Sailors Have Ix»t Thela Lira, the Majority of Them from Dieease—Comparison with Losses Sustained* Darias the Civil War. Chicago, Oct. 30.—Commissioner of Pensions U. Clay Evans, who is in this city, states that up to September 30 the war with Spain had caused the loss of the lives of 2,906 American soldiers and sailor. He further declared that the statistics of his office show that the percentage of deaths in camps from disease during the last summer was much less; than during the civil war. Commissioner Evans being asked for further particulars spoke as follows: “During the rebellion 40,000 men were killed in. battle, and 360,000 perished in camps and prisons. From official figures which I have recently, completed, covering a period from May 1 to September 30, I find that the total number of deaths as a result of

' Y COMMISSIONER H. CLAY EVANS. \ the war with Spain was 2,906. Of thia number 107 were officers. At Santiago the loss of life was 22 officers and 222 men. This is an average of one officer for every ten men. At Cardenas one officer was killed. Since the battles on Cuban soil 61 men have died of wonuds received in service. DIimm More Deadly Than Ballets. The total number of American soliiers that have died in camps from disease are 80 officers and 2,520 privates, or an aggregate of 2,600. This is remarkable, in view of the terrible climatic disadvantages, and it fully verifies the soldiers' adage that disease kills more men than bullets. There have been 600 claims for pensions filed to date as a result of the war. “In the Cuban campaign the loss of so many officers is accounted for by the fact that the Spanish sharpshooters hid in the trees and dense foliage,, used smokeless powder, and picked oft the officers with ease. Some of the wounds received by officers were remarkable. A Case la Point. “I recall one case in particular—that of Capt. Knox, of the First cavalry. The captain was shot in the back. The ball penetrated his kidney, liver and lung and broke two of his ribs. He is alive to-day, and the president has promoted him. “Commissioner Evans says that the loss of life resulting from the destruction of the Maine at Havana wilt be placed on the same basis as mortality in battle. He holds that the general law providing for indemnity to sailors and soldiers in the federal' service will apply to the explosion at Havana. PcBilon Claims on Account of tlic Maine. “Thus far only 55 claims have been presented from relatives of the boys who went down with the Maine.” said the commissioner. “Everyone of them will be pushed through. It is no more than right that the dependents of the men who went to watery graves in Havana bay should be provided for by th« United States government.” '

WHAT DOES IT MEAJNr Sodden Recall of Colonels Heeker sod Lee of tbe Catted States Special Transportation System. Havana, Oct. 31.—Col. Heeker and Col. Lee, of the United States special transportation commission, received * cablegrams from Washington last night directing their return to Washington by the first steamer available. The messages which were from Secretary Alger were very brief, simply directing the recipients to report to the war department. Beplies were immediately cabled to Washington, but up to the hour of filing this dispatch no rejoinder had been received, thus leaving the matter of Col. Ifecker’s departure doubtful, though Col. Lee will leave to-morrow bv the Ward liner Seneca. The supposition is that the death of Col. George 32. Waring, Jr., in New York city, has necessitated some change in the plans of the war department. Gen. Wade and Lieut.-Col. s Clous had a long conference with CoL Lee and Col. Heeker yesterday afternoon. Supectcd Anarchist*. Arriving at Ponce, Arrested. Ponce, Porto Rico, Oct. 31.—A sensation was caused here Saturday on the arrival of the Red D steamer Philadelphia from the Spanish main, by the discovery in the handbags of two passengers of a number of explosive cartridges containing dynamite. The discovery was made by the customs officials and the passengers were arrested on the supposition that they are anarchists. The police, who fear that ethers belonging to the gang have escaped, are —».*—a strict search.