Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 13, Petersburg, Pike County, 4 August 1899 — Page 2

$ht gifet (Sfltmtjj gf mortal H. MeC. STOOPS, Editor and ProprUtt a PETERSBURG. : : INDIANA. .. ~ . .1 The conspiracy ease against ex-Brit-ish officers at Pretoria has been withdrawn, and the remaining prisoners were released on the 25th. The date for the inauguration if President-elect Hadley of Yale has ■^jeea decided upon for October 8. A committee is perfecting elaborate ar'ffuigements for the occasion. Admiral Dewey entertained Frederick Mossfeld, the United States consul at Trieste, Austria, and a number of Americans, dn the 25th, at a concert on the Olympia by the ship’s band. | Baron Russell of Killowen, lord chief justice of England, and a member of the Venezuelan arbitration commission, entertained his colleagues of the commission at dinner in Paris on the 86th. August 12, the first anniversary of the day on which the American flag wav raised over Hawaii, will be observed as a holiday in the islands. This was decided on at * recent cabinet meeting. A specjal from Tacoma, Wash., says: •‘The Great Northern has decided to dismiss its 2,000 Japanese laborers. They do not work well, and the Montana labor unions have desnanded that white men be employed. Samuel Ketehum, the train robber recently arrested at Cimarron, N. M., died in the penitentiary at Santa Fe, of blood poisoning, resulting from a wound in the arm, received in the fight with the sheriff’s posse.

Ten thousand men were tnrown out of employment and work was stopped on 200 building's in the course of erection in Chicago, on the 28th, the second day of the strike of the union bookmakers of Cook county. Gen. Ulyses Heureaux, president of the Dominican republic, was assassinated at Moca, Santo Domingo, on the 26th, at 4:30 p. m. The name of the murderer is Ramon Caceros. He succeeded in making his escape, but an energetic pursuit was at once be£un. The war department has ordered Troops A, C, D, E, F, K, L and M, Third cavalry, to proceed to Seattle, to embark for the Philippine islands. These troops go from the following posts: Fort Myer, Va,; Fort Ethan Allen, Yt,; Jefferson barracks, Mo., and Fort Sheridan, UK August Mattingly, aged 17; Pearl Cneanev, 14, and Marion Onana were drowned in the Ohio river in front of Evansville^Ind., on the 28th, and three of their companions narrowly escaped the same fate. Miss Onana was one of the leading society belles of Henderson, Ky., and would have been married In a month. ! j -- .« J. J-Noel, a colored man from New Orleans, who arrived at San Francisco, on the, 27th, on the steamer Colon, says that he and 150 others went to Gindemala to work* on the Northern raft way, under the belief that they were to receive $6 per day. Instead, they were given $1.50 a day, with insufficient food. The drafting eon&nittee of the international peace conference at The Hague, on the 26th, decided upon the form of a convention on the laws and customs of war and the adaptation of the Geneva convention to naval warfare, as well as a formula for accession to the arbitration scheme by non-signatory powers. The funeral of the late Lloyd Tevis. of San Francisco, took place, on the 26th, from the family residence in that city. The simple, but impressive services were conducted by Rev. R. C. Foute, fector of Grace Episcopal church. No eulogy was delivered and there were no pall-bearers. A conservative estimate places the value of the estate at $15,000,000.

Information from the Klondike up to June 20 has reached the state department from United States Consul McCook at Dawson. The consul says that $10,000,000 instead of $20,000,000 in gold will cover the gold product tor the past 12 months, and adds that reports from Alaska indicate that more gold will be found there than will come out of the Klondike. After interviewing the American delegates. to the peace conference at The Hague, Editor William Stead writes this tc his paper, London Truth: “The relations between the American and other delegates, notably the English, German and Russian, was extremely friendly. The Englishmen and Americans acted throughout almost like a joint delegation. This was due to no arrangement or direction, but .solely because both nations found common ground of defense, common interests, civilization and humanity." Mr*. Lucy Parsons, widow of Anarchist Parsons, appeared in the Chicago insane court, on the 27th, and testified against her son, Albert R. Parsons, whom she claimed to be mentally unsound. The young man* answered all questions in an intelligent manner, and claimed hjs mother was trying to place him in the asylum to get possession of his property. Several friends testified in his behalf, saying at no time had he displayed any .signs of insanity. Notwithstanding all this, the jury adjudged' him iH sane, and he was ordered sent to the Elgin asylum.

NEWS IN BRIER Compiled from Variou* Sources. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The Lima correspondent of the London "Times telegraphs that the •evolution in Iquitos, Peru, has been quelled, and the government has decreed the reopening of the port. Capt. W. H. Elliott, director general of posts for Porto Rico, sailed, on the 26th, from San Juan, to proceed to his home in Indiana. Pierre Humbert, Jr., a Boston banker, who is at the head of a project to construct a railroad from Pyramid harbor to Fort Selkirk, soys: “I don’t think the government should or will accept the Kluckwan line as final. A continuation of that line would throw over half the Porcupine district into British territory, which <*would, of course, be disastrous to American interests.” The Cardenas (Cuba) Herald urges Spaniards who intend to live and die on the Island of Cuba to accept existing conditions and become an integral pait of the new society., The Herald also calls attention to the unprecedented good health of the town, owing to the general cleanliness and disfmection. The will of the late Lloyd Tevis, of Saa Francisco, will probably not be opened until the arrival af Mrs. Fred Sharon, a daughter of the deceas<?d. Mrs. Sharon was in Paris at the time Mr. Tevis died and is hurrying home. A meeting of Knights of Pythias was held in Havana, on the 26th, for the purpose of organizing a lodge of that Older. There are a large number of Knights of Pythias in that city.

uen. jrau ucteateu lien. .\iuiaoars garrison of 300 Filipinos at Calamba, Luzon, atfer a sharp running fight, on the 27th, cutting through the north anil south avenue of the iusurgents. The expedition was under the supervision of Gen. Lawton. The American loss was four men killed and eleven wounded. -* * j; . | . Admiral I^wey has decided not to forego the pleasure of a trip to Napless, and will sail for that port August J. He will remain there about a week, and may then go to Leghorn and Yillefrucche. He expects to enter New York harlror on September 30. A party of tourists were going up the side -of the Schneeberg, in the Austrian Tyrol, on the 27th, when the cable by which the car is moved broke near the summit. The car, which was filled with passengers, was precipitated a distance of 6,000 feet, and was dashed to pieces in the valley below. Five of the passengers were fatally in juredAdolph Luetgert, the Chicago uxoridide, died suddenly, on the 27th, in his cell,-at Jpilet penitentiary. He was stricken with angina pectoris and passed away before assistance could be ghen. Luetgert had been, apparently, in splendid health for weeks previous to his death. Hrs. Ivy Crabtree, the 16-year-old daughter of Walter S. Warthen, living near Carmi, 111., is charged with the murder, by arsenical poisoning, of her biother, Floyd, 15 years old. The girl has made a full confession of her gaiilt, but says that she intended to pcison her father and stepmother, and meant no harm to her brother. All that is mortal of the late Hubert Ingersoll rests in a bronze urn at the home of Walston H. Brown, in Dobb's Ferry, N. Y. The body was ’cremated at Fresh Pond, Long Island, on the 2*th, and the ashes were taken back by the family to-^e scene of his Tdeath. ^ The body of Mrs. George S. Norton was interred, on the 27th, in the Pawling (N. J.) cemetery in strict accord with her strange dying wishes. The body was seated in her favorite rocking chair and inclosed in a great square box of white chestnut, resembling a large family ice ehesr. The two negroes who murdered Fred Bennett, white, railroad employe, while resisting hn attempt to rob him, at Mount Pleasant, la., were captured by the sheriff, on the 27th, after » four days’ chase. They have been fully identified and proceeds of the robbery were found on them. The joke of t he season is bn Mr. and Mrs. William K, Vanderbilt, Jr., who started from Newport, B. I., for Narragansett Pier, on the 27th, in an automobile, and returned in a farmer’s wagon. It was all owing to the tact

Tnat an automobile, like most other vehicles, will not run through mud three feet deep. A wealthy Colorado merchant, whose identity the police disguise behind the fictitious name of “George Edwards,” was robbed of $7,000 through a “panel game” operated in the house of Nellie Miller, in Chicago. The money consisted of seven $1,000 bills. This is the largest amount of money ever secured in a similar robbery in the levee district. The Miller woman has been arrested. The first race for the Seawanhaka cup at Dorval, Que., on the 28th, resulted in a victory for the American challenger, Constance, over the Canadian defender, Glencairn, III., by two minutes and 15 seconds. The result was a surprise to the large crowvi c! Montrealers who were present at the course to see the race. A private letter from Gen. Ludlow* in Havana to a friend in Washington city, gives a very encouraging account of the situation in Havana. He says that the health conditions of the city are such as to leave the doctors without employment to a great extent. The 2.200 troops in the Havana command are in excellent condition. The quartern aster at Chickamanga Park, Tenu., on the 28th, started a shipment of 482 horses and mules for the army in the Philippines via San Francisco, in compliance with an order from the war department.

“Honest" John S&lUbury, a forme* member of the board of city aldermen at Kansas City, Mo., and for many years a prominent live stock commission man, committed suicide at his residence in that city, on the 28th, curting his throat with a poeketknife. He had been mentally unbalanced for several months. The census in Cuba will be placed under the supervision of persons familial with census work in the United States. This means the selection of a general supervisor for the Cuban census. The steamer Moana, which arrived at Son Francisco, on the 28th, brought $300,000 in sovereigns from Sydney foi San Francisco and eastern banks. Mrs. Margaret Foraker, mother of United States Senator Joseph B. Fornker, died at her home in Hillsboro. O., or. the 28th. She had been ill foi a long time. The statement of the condition of the treasury issued on the 28th showed: Available cash balance, $279,650,418; gold reserve, $245,731,754. LATE NEWS ITEMS. In the Ottawa (font.) house of commons, on’the 29th/Sir Charles Tupper spoke strongly m favor of a reduction of the royalty on the gold output in the Yukon. Clifford Sifton, minister of the interior, in reply, said that while the royalty was not permanently fixed, he could not yet consent to any reduction from the ten per cent, now coleeted. Thousands of persons attended, on the 30th, the funeral of Adolph L. Luetgert, the Chicago wife-murderer, who died at the Joliet penitentiary. Prominent in the group about the bier Jtt the Northwest Turner hall were Luetgert’s three children, near a floral

pillow with the inserpition. “Our Father’s Words, ‘I am Innoeent.’ ” Percival Spencer, the famous aeronaut, with a companion named Pollock, started in a balloon from the Crystal palace, in London, on the 20th, at 2:30 p. m., and arrived at Dieppe, France, a mile and a half in land, at 8 p. m. of the 30th. The balloon reached an altitude of 12,000 feet. Secretary of the Navy Long left Washington, on the 3$st, for a vacation of some weeks in New England. Assistant Secretary Allen, who recently returned to Washington from his ciuise along the Atlantic coast, will have charge of affairs during Secretary Long’s absence. The report of the geological survey on the production of iron ore for the year 1898 has been completed by Special Agent John Birkinbine. The year recorded the maximum in ore production for the United States, a total of 192,278,369 loi% tons. A private cable dispatch from Cape Haytien reports that the revolution in Santo Domingo is progressing favorably. A deputation, it is reported, is going to Cuba to confer with Gen. Gomez, whom it is desired to make president. The pope, in a letter to Queen Wilhelmina of Holland, expresses the hope that he will soon be able to establish harmony between the two South American nations which have submitted their dispute for his arbitration. By the capsizing of a small boat in the Delaware river at Philadelphia, on the 30th, Otto Kampf, aged 37 years, his son Albert, aged 8, and Christian Osterage, Kampf s brother-in-law, aged 30 years, were drowned. Secretary Hay left Washington, on the 30th, for a vacation in New England. CURRENT NEWS NOTES, Texas rangers are searching for Tom Ketchum on the charge of train robbery. The treasury department has readjusted the salaries of steamboat inspectors for the coming year. A woman was murdered and hei husband w’ounded by unknown assailants at Little Book. Ark. ■ A young girl was found hanged to a tree on her’ father’s farm near Bonham, Tex. Murder is suspected, and j the community is highly excited. Imported negroes are being shipped ' to Ardmore, Mo., to replace the striking miners. J. W. Bailey, of Texas, declares that England and America have entered into an alliance, both offensive and defensive. Gen. Miles has had the headquarters of the'army ornamented with pictures of distinguished warriors and famous battles.

Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn had a Conference with Director Merriam regarding1 the census of Cuba, which it is proposed to take soon. James Garlington, the Santa Fe train rubber, was hanged, at Fort ■Worth, Tex., Friday. He denied to the last that he had killed Fireman Williams. 9, The Indian uprising in Mexico has assumed large proportions. The Unit ed States has granted Mexico perrais-, sion to send troops through Texas to the scene. Gen. Nelson Cole, of St. Louis, who has been ill for several days, is reported considerably worse. His condition seemed to be improving until Friday noon, when he took a change foi the ivorse. Maj. Esterhazy refuses to face Dreyfus in the court-martial at Rennes, notwithstanding the promise of safe conduct. A movement of American troops in the disputed Alaskan territory is expected to take place within the next day or two. No secret is made of the belief at the war department that American manufacturers are selling goods to the Filipino insurgents. Plans for the blockade of the island of Luzon are being formulated by Admiral Watson, who will divide the coast line into districts and assign ships constantly to patrol them. ,

HOOSIER HAPPENINGS Told in Brief by Dispatches from Various Localities. 1‘aroniUtaUoaaL Terre Haute, Ind., July 28.—Judge S. M. McGregor has granted 'A perpetual injunction prohibiting the’city from collecting the vehicle tax recently imposed by the city council. Judge McGregor says that it Is an ordinance to raise revenue and falls within the taxing power and for that reason is unconstitutional, as the constitution prohibits the levying of a special tax and provides that all property must be taxed uniformly according to value. Accident at a Mine. Terre Haute, Ind., July 28.—A special to the Gazette from Coal Bluff says that, during the storm there the shaft building at the Gladstone mine was struck by lightning. Joseph Reid, check weighman, was severely shocked and other employes had narrow escapes. One of the large axles on the sheive wheels was cut off and allowed the cage with a loaded car of coal to fall to the bottom, causing damages which will make the mine lie idle for some time. Turned Over. Indianapolis,Ind., July 28.—The first serious accident in automobiling in Indiana occurred here when an electric carriage driven by Raul Skillman careened over while going rapidly on the smooth asphalt of East Washington street. Miss Etta Tinney, who j was with Mr. Skillman. was thrown to the pavement, sustaining a broken leg. Mr. Skillman was severely bruised. >

Drnwk Two Pensions. Muncie, Ind., July 28. — Elizabeth Yates,%of this city, is said to draw two pensions from the civil war*. In battle her first, husband, William Littlefield, was killed, and she was granted the original widow’s pension. Later she married Amos Yates, another war veteran, who recently died, and she has just been granted a pension on account of his death. A False Report. Spencer, Ind., July 2S.—The report that Charles Wolfangel chopped his two daughters and wife to death near Denmark while they were sleeping and then took a knife and cut his own throat from ear to ear is a fake. The man&id threaten to kill his family, but was arrested, and has been in jail here since last Sunday. Wafits Money Back. Crown Point, Ind., July 28.— C. C. Griifin, brother of Charles F. Griffin, of Hammond, ex-secretary of state, has filed suit against John Condon and others, owners of the Roby race track, to cover $500, which he alleges he lost while playing the races there. Mr. Griffin is a leading business man of Hammond. Held for Murder. Fort Wayne, Inch, July 28.—Mrs. Martha Hassenfoss has been bound over to jail without bond to answer to the charge of murdering Carl Westenfeldt. Her son Otto was held under a $1,500 bond as a witness and her housekeeper, Mrs. Sarah Ann Kreig, was held under a $100 bond. --g Church Burned. Scottsburg, Ind., July S8.—The Methodist church here was destroyed by fire by an incendiary. The ic ss is $2,500. and the insurance about $*00. The contract had been let for the construction of a new building and wjJrk on demolishing the old building has begun. Cloudburst. Evansville, Ind., July 28.—A cloudburst occurred in Henderson and Daviess counties, causing great damage to property and grow ing crops. A cloudburst deluged the country from Sebree to Pond river, a distance of IS miles in width. War on Gaiubllnf. Muncie, Ind., July 28.—The police raided the gambling houses and arrested a dozen players and confiscated considerable furniture. The police have issued an ultinfhtum to the sportibg fraternity and war is on. Younsr People’s Alliance. New Carlisle, Ind., July 28. — The Young People’s alliance of the Indiana and Ohio Evangelical synod, which has been holding its annual conference at Syracuse, elected as president Rev. L. Finkbeiner, of Elkhart.

rntany injured. Indianapolis, Ind., July 2S.—Arthur V. Whitesell, a constable of Justice F, H. Hay’s court, was thrown from his buggy while on his way to the office *nd died as the result of his injuries. WIH Close. Indianapolis, Ind., July 28.—The post office at Webb, this county, will be discontinued July 31, and those who receive mail at that office will be supplied through rural free delivery. Held for Forgery. Madison, Ind., July 28.—Capt. C. E. Cosby was bound over to the grand jury on the charge of forgery. His bond was fixed at $500, which was furnished. Unknown Man Killed. Covington, Ind., July 28.—An unknown man was struck by the Uig Pour passenger train near Foster. He svas brought to this city and died iu a short tilde. Closed the Store. Muncie, Ind., July 28.—The large Nothing house of A. I. Friend, who recently came here from Fort Wayne, has t»een closed in bankruptcy by Judge Baker. Will Teach la Turkey. Brazil, Ind., July 28.—Mr. Albert [dbyer, of this city, will occupy the chair of mathematics in Robert' coieee. Constantinople. Turkey.

Return of the Scientific Party After ft' Very Successful and Enjoyable Journey. THE TRIP EXTENDED OVER 9,001 MILES. Territory Hover Before Visited kr >ntnr«4lita Explored—Co S leet lone In ZooIokv. Oeoloary and Ethaol* o«ty Seemed nad Import*at Geographical Kaowledge Gained. Seattle, Wash., July 31.-—'The Marrlman Alaskan expedition, reti rued on the steadier George W. Elder. The expedition, both from a scientific and pleasure point of view, was an entire sueceess, A Journey of Mac Thousand Mi Ira A journey of over 9,000 miles was made. The (tarty left Seattle May 3$, It sailed northward through the inside channel, stopping at Victoria, WrangeJ and Juneau, reaching Skagui>y June C. From here the members of the expedi* tion went over the White Pass to the headwaters of the Yukon. Made Good l»e of Their Time.

'Returning to Skaguay, they sailed for Glacier bay, where several days were spent studying the glaciers and making collections. Sitka was visited next day. Three days were spent examining ty old town, climbing some of the neighboring mountains and making collections. From here the party steadied to Yakutat bay, going to the extreme head of the bay and examining and mapping the glaciers about, it. ' Several days were devoted to an exploration of the little-known Prince William sound, many of whose fjords and mighty glaciers have never before been seen. ' Never Before Visited by >'«tnrnlkt!i After the completion of its work there, the party proceeded to Cook inlet, and lifter on its way westward a party of Scientists was left at Kukat bay. North Kodiak islands, to make collections on the Alaskan leninsula, which up to that time had ever lieen visited by naturalists. Kodiak and Wood islaud were then visited. Pursued a 'Westward Course. » From there the route was westward via the Sjhunmgen islands, where a party of naturalists was left until the returv of the vessel. Passing through Unlmax pass into the Jtehring sea to Unalaska and the Pribylof islands by the way of Hogoslof volcano, and then went into Plover bay, in Siberia. From Plover bay the party passed to Port Clarence, on American soil, and from there went to St. Lawrence island, ou the way steaming around King island, and Jater visiting Hall and St. Matthew islands, returning-to Seattle over much the same route followed on the journey northward. ZooloKy, Geuloicy and Ethnolosy. During Almost the entire trip line weather, was enjoyed. There was not a single storm, and comparatively little rain or fog. The health of The party was good throughout. Large collections were made of vetebrate and invertebrate zoology, and in geo logy and ethnology. Many birds and mammals hitherto rare were found in considerable numbers, and it is a ltogether probable that many new invertebrates are included among the collections made. Important GroKraphleal Eenultn. The geography results of the expedition are considerable and important. New waters were entered and explored and many new glaciers discovered, studied and mapped. An extensive fjord, hitherto unknown, and a splendid glacier running into it at its head were named by the geographers of the expedition after Harriman. Studying Rocks and Girders. The geologists had many o jportunities of studying the rocks and of investigating the action of glaciers. It was found that most of the glaciers ,vhich have hitherto been known and explored are retreating. Little hunting was done, for the time was chiefly devoted to the gathering of scientific material. Moreover, the game ait this season of the year is usually found back from the coast. Eskimos in Their Primitive State. From Sibjeria, and also at Port Clarence, the Eskimos were found in their primitive condition, living n huts

maue irom ine Dones oi -whales ami covered with skins and traveling in boats of sj<in. At Port CJureneo a great number of them had gathered to meet whalers, which were lying there awaitjing the arrival of the supply ship, then overdue. Several of the whalers had already provided themselves with natives and with dogs for their long cri ise into the arctic. Original Plans Enlarged Cpog. The expedition visited all points as originally planned, and in addition made the trip through Behring sea to Siberia, and was in all respects a success. Several thousand photographs were taken, and there will be a revelation of magnificent scenery, even to those who have seen the betts *-known portions of Alaska. Affected with Tohetrcalotii. Omaha, Neb., July 31.-—A special to the Bee from Port Dodge, la., says: “Foi ten days past State Veterinary t Gibson has been here conducting dairy 3 tests for tuberculosis. Several herds 1 have been examined, and in e;ch case j the presence of the disease has been t discovered. The last and most impor- , tant test was made Saturday, when the herd of the Oak Lawn dairy was exam- 1 ined The tests revealed the startling and the tests revealed the startling ( fact that 11 of them answered to the % test, showing the presence of the dig- c ease ir. 30 per cent, of the ani ials.” ,j

YELLOW FEVER BI Tklrty Cases, with Reported, from the (Vn.) Soldiers* Home*'Newport News, Ya., July •re 30 eases of what is be! genuine yellow fever at soldiers* home near Ha three deaths from the di sea ported yesterday. There other deaths at the instil dry, but it cannot be slat them were causer! by New port Xe*tfslind Hampton antine against the soldiers’ morning’. The govern men at Old Point have already step, and no strangers are enter the reservation. » 411PP Quarantine Officer Hobson, port, went to the soldiers’” night, and verified the St there are now 30 ease dill at the home, and that there deaths from the malady nr. W^ile no one outside o home*l^new anything abov ence of VUow fever until it is said th^t the disease, tn pea ranee thr*\ days ago, 1 rigid quarantine, rcgulati* enforced to pi event the malady. of

J ne news has created gyeat oxeiten«^rt in Newport News, Om Point un«l Hampton, and the mosf ures will l»e resorted to to>', spread. There are ,4.00<p^^ at the home, and several sion parties went laist week. Prompt Mneutres Washington. July 31.eral Wyman of the Myj service was informed of what was feared wasvv. ~ the national soldiers’ ht ton, and immediately di geons in the service from N. C., Norfolk and Was ves?|igate the sickness there,i its character to the aut and to take measures spread of the disease. Dr. Wyman himself will go to. Hampton in a few days of the work of preventing the disease if it develops yellow fever. Two of the surgeons the home reported vest* symptoms very much of yellow fever, and (hal t could not be positive In as yet, they were incline the illness was the di Jack. The government^ strict precautionary vent a spread of the disease, fight its progress with aV~ ' resources at its eomnaam belief' ^Yellow adopt to prewill: kill and: SAN DONINGO RE^ The Government lfot Lon inn Ground—Gen. ly to be Made Kingston, Jamaica, rate cable dispatch way of Cape Haytien re revolution in Santo Dot pressing favorably. The that the real reason Hon of President Hen Santiago, and its intermen that the country bet inti Porto Plata is oecu, surgents, who, abandoning of occupying Moca as operations, are con attack Porto Plata, feebly garrisoned, Great § prevails, owing to the government has not been tain the extent of the ram the revolution, and is g llized through the death dent. In the event of the suc~ Deeding still, according to th'O private cablegram, it is probabi^^^ Jimtnea and Jitones, the reputed leaders of therevolution, will agree to retire, offering the presidency to Hen. Maximo Gomez, who would prove acceptable to all parties. A deputation, it is reported. is going to Cuba to confer with. Gen. Gomez.

feeble attempt was mii«|||roseisse the Jody of President Heut|l||x by the issassins Kamon Caeeres, Manuel Ca:eres, lloracio Vasques and DomihgoMehardo, who are in the country about taste. ' The government is taking steps forhe protection of business and the inance of the coutnry, and expectso carry out the contemplated cancelation of the state bank notes. In *uerto Plata there is an urgent demand that the government send a snficient force to Moca to hunt down the* ssassins of the president. Kot Denying Newspaper Reports. t Trieste, July 31.—Admiral Dewey*, rhen seen by a press representativeesterday regarding the report of ao. erview published in a New York > mper, in the course of which the ad- * oiral is quoted as saying: “Oitt next mr will be with Germany,0 said: “I long ago gave up denying or affirming newspaper reports.” Admiral Dewey remained on boards: he Olympia yesterday, tiding lunda rith Capt. Lqmberton, the: commander*, f the cruiser, and afterwards receive ag United States Consul Hossfeld. tloca with their follower tf President Heureaux vith fitting honors. Gov. Pepin has asseml iloca, and the governor c tas 1.000 men. The mi reaeury has arrived at