Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 28, Petersburg, Pike County, 17 November 1899 — Page 6

M. McC. STOOPS, Editor and Pioprietor. PETERSBUKG, : INDIANA. The Paris Gaulois assert* that th« minister of commerce will submit the Franco-American commercial treaty tq the chamber of deputies immediately on its reassembling. It was rumored in the lobbies of th*. French chamber of deputies, on the 9th, that the government will initiate a project for declaring amnesty in all cases connected with the Dreyfus affair.

At the direct request of Queen Victoria Count Von Buelow, the German foreign minister, will accompany Emperor William and the empress to England, the date of the visit probably being the 18th. Ijcrd Minto. received a cable at Ottawa, Ont., on the 8th, from the imperial war office, stating that the second offer of troops for the Transvaal by Canada would not be accept**!, as they were not required. The Shanghai correspondent of thi London Times says there is every indication of increased friction between Russia and Japan, owing to the latter’s activity in Corea and the northKow that the revolution in Peru has H&een suppressed, it is rumored that Senhor Eduardo Romana, the president, will ask the Peruvian congresi to declare a general amnesty. Such t step would add to the increasing popularity of the president. Latest news from the elections, on the ?th, in the four states in which the chief interest centered show That Ohic and Kentucky went republican, while Nebraska and Maryland were errried by the opposition. In most of the remaining states republican gains were recorded. The lord mayor’s show, in London, which marked the induction of A. J. Newton into office, on the 9th, was favored by brilliant weather. Antiquated floats failed to satisfy: the London crowds, who poured out in enormous numbers to vent their martial enthusiasm. , istern provinces of China.

It is now known that Gen. Andrade, the deposed president of Venezuela, has arrived at San Juan de Porto Rico, on board the steamer St. Simon. He is quoted as having said, in an inter- • view, that he was still president of Venezuela, and that he would soon Return to that country. The diplomatic representatives of every nation directly interested in the Chinese question called at the state department on the 9th. It was noticeable tbat the calls of the Russian ambassador, Count Cassini,, and the French charge, M. Theibant, on Secretary Hay lasted longer than usual. At Pomeroy, O., on the 10th, suit was begun in the circuit court by AttorneyGeneral Monett to oust the National Salt Co.,' familiarly termed the “Salt Trust,” incorporated under the laws of New York, on the ground that ithad,in violating the Valentine anti-tiust law, forfeited the right to do business in that state. Later details of the Sghting around Ladysmith, previous reports of which had caused so much concern for the safety of Gen. White and his army, show that they were not only able to defend themselves, but to execute a series of»brilliant sorties, in one of which a considerable Boer force was literally cut to pieces. Beside retaining the coaling sta tion of Pago Pago and hequiring the Island of Tuluila, wherein the harbor* is located, and the three or four smaller islets in the vicinity, the United States, , in the Samoan settlement, will continue to enjoy, by stipulation, the privilege of trading with-Apia under conditions equally as favorable as those now . existing. / ♦

Private Colombian - correspondence says the award of the Swiss Anglo-Co-lombian arbitration in the 1‘unchurdMedellin railroad disptite favoring Great Britian and dismissing Colombia’s claim of $16,000,000, threatens just at this crisis to have a disastrous effect on the Colombian government by strengthening popular sympathy with the revolution. On the 9th the war department deft* nitely located Aguinaldo as on his way to the town of Boambang, about 71 miles northeast of Tarlac. Recent calculations had been that the insurgent leader was at the town of Bayambang, not far from Tarlac, in which case the several forces under Generals MacAr* thur, Lawton, Young and Wheaton would have had him practically sue founded. Mr. Kahe Oteni, president of the chamber of commerce of Kobe, and Kcnoahin Wani and T. Furuyu, delegates from other Japanese commer* cial bodies, Called upon President y.cKmley, on the 8th, to pay their re* spt cts. They are making a tour of tbit country and Europe for the purpose observation, and recently ,were in attendance at the International Ejcpdrt exposition at Philadelphia. i One of the most interesting features of the Patis exposition will be a model American post office, Which will be up date in every respect. Arrangcsts have been made with the French authorities, by which mails for leans in Paris will be sent'to this t office instead of going through the ir channels. In this way much will be saved in the distribution States mails.

Admiral Dewey and Axs. Mildred Hazen Married at Sfc Paul’s Rectory, Washington. ONLY k FEW WITNESSES WERE PRESENT. A Wedding Breakfast at the Healdeuce at Mrs. Wash!actoa Me* Leas, Mather of the Bride, Fella vred the Cereasaay that Made the Conple Maa aad Wife. Washington, Nov. 10.—Admiral George Dewey and Mrs. Mildred M. Hr zen were married quietly at the rectory of St. Paul’s Catholic church in V Street, near Fifteenth, this city, shortly before 10 a. m. The ceremony was performed by Rev., James F. Mackin, pastor of the church, and Rev. Sidney Hurlbnt. A Simple Cercwaay. The ceremony was of the simplest character, according to the rites of the Catholic church, and the only witnesses besides the officiating clergymen were Mrs. Washington McLean and Mrs. Ludlow, wife of Admiral Ludlow, mother and sister respectively of the bride, and Lieut. Caldwell, Admiral Dewey’s secreatry. The arrangements for the Wedding were made with all the secrecy which has attended the whole affair. After procuring the license for the wedding, Wednesday, Lieut. Caldwell called on Father Mackin, of St. Paul’s, of which church Mrs. Hazen is a communicant, and arranged for the wedding.

A Special Dispensation. As Admiral Dewey is not a Catholic, a special dispensation was required for the performance of the ceremony, and this was procured by Father Mackin from Bishop Curtis, vicar general of the dioces of Baltimore, who granted it in the absence of Cardinal Gibbons, who is at present in New Orleans. Father Mackin went to Baltimore for this purpose Wednesday afternoon. The Wedding Party. At 9:45 a. m. two Carriages containing the wedding party drew-up before the modest brick rectory in the rear of St. Paul's. The general public had no intimation of where the ceremony was to take place, and not a single spectator was present as the party alighted. Admiral Dewey and Lieut. Caldwell quickly stepped from their carriages, and the admiral assisted the bride-elect and her mother and sister from the other carriage. The Bride'* Costume. Mrs. Hazen was gowned in a pearl gray silk, over which she wore a long stylish black -wrap trimmed with silver fox and lined with lavender silk. The admiral wore a black frock coat, gray trousers and a silk hat. Upon entering the rectory they were ushered into the reception room where Admiral Dewey was presented t» Father Mackin and the two clergymen who were to assist in the ceremony. Father Mackin Once a Sailor. Upon being presented to Fathei Mackin the admiral said that*he had heard that Father Mackin had in his early years been a sailor, and it gave him additional happiness to knouf that he was to be married by a clergy mart who had at one time followed the sea. Father Mackin replied happily that when helfound he could not become an admiral he had determined to become a priest. Mi^s. Hazen removed her wrap and she and the admiral immediately took their places in the center of the little reception room where the ceremony was performed which made them man and wife. Father Mackin and his assistants .wore simple black cassocks. The ceremony was performed with the ring, according to the nupital rites of the Catholic church, v A Wedding Breakfast. Father Mackin was the first to hail | the bride as Mrs. Dewey. Congratulations and felicitations , followed, and the wedding party drove directly from the rectorry^to the residence of the bride’s mother, Mrs. McLean, where a wedding breakfast was served. The admiral and Mrs. Dewey left at 12:45 for New York,

WITH DUE MILITARY HONORS, Tlit> Remains of Two Heroes of the Philippine War to be Iaterreil at Arlinwton To-Day. Washington, Nov. 10.—Arrangements have been made at the war department for the interment, at Arlington cemetery, with military honors, of the remains of Capt. Bogardus Eldridge, Fonrteenth infantry, and First Lieut. M. C. Krayenbuhl, Third artillery, two officers who lost their lives on the firing line in the Philippines. The remains of Lieut. Krayenbuhl arrived here yesterday afternoon from San Francisco, and were escorted frem the station to Arlington by the battery of the Seventh artillery. They were placed in a vault, and private funeralservices’ will take (place to-day. The remains of Capt. Eldridge are expected to arrive from San Francisco to-day. Coimie l Durtiif * For. Abilene, Kas., Nov. 10,—A through west-bound freight oia the Union Pacific crushed the caboose aud one ear ~vtsx local freight, two miles east of town, colliding in a fog. Two engines were wrecked, and a train of soldiers following narrowly escaped. Two passengers in the caboose were badly injured. D. A. Huai*well, of Seneca, Fas., was scalded and injured internal* ly, perhaps fatally. C. A. Blair, of Solomo$£ Kas., has a broken leg, and other injuries; not dangerous. The trainmen saved their Stives bv lumping.

'ALL OVER THE STATE. Events in Various Portions of In» diana Told by Wira | , Claim Om Man. Indianapolis, lnd., Nov. 10. — L. H. Wright, of Evansville, arrested here for bigamy, had an examination and conducted his own defense. He says that he was a detective for 15 years on the Chicago and St. Louis detective forces. Two of his alleged wives were on the stand as witnesses. One, a widow of the name of Glosser, said, that they were married recently in Noblesville. Another said that she was a Miss Poe and had married Wright in 1895 at California, Mo. The third wife is living in Evansville. Restrains Payment." Hammond, lnd;, Nov. 11. — Judge Tuthill, of the superior court, granted to Bedmond D. Walsh an injunction permanently restraining the city of East Chicago from paying the balance of tie city’s water works bonds. The issueNvas made in December, 1894, in the amount of $130,000. On this bonded debt $25,000 was paid, but the balance can never be paid, as the debt exceeds thb constitutional two per cent, limit. The bondholders will foreclose their lien and take the city waterworks system. The Prlstlas Contract. Indianapolis, lnd., Nov. 10.—The successful bidders on the contract for the general printing, binding and i; stationery and on the supreme and appellate court reports of the state have been announced. The lowest bidder on the general printing, etc., was W. B. Bur ford, of this city, $113,2$t.08, and Levey Brothers & Co. captured the other plum, their bid being $129,614.48. Old Soli^er Drowned. Marion, lnd., Nov. 10.—James Dolan, aged 72 years, a member of battery M, First United States artillery, in the civil war, was found dead in the Mississinewa river. It is thought that he fell between the ties of the Panhandle railroad bridge or off the side. Dolan had been a member of the home for ruany years. ‘ " s Burned to Death; Fortville, lnd., Nov. 10. — The two-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Berry Warren, of Fortville, procured a box of matches and managed to set fire to his clothing. His mother ran to his assistance and managed to put out the flames with her own clothing, but the child was so badly burned that he died.

Pot of Gold Dust rp. Tipton, Ind., Nov. 10. —'While workmen were excavating preparatory to laying the foundation for a new home for Jacob Tilgas, a farmer, they unearthed an iron pot containing $1,000 in gold. It is supposed that the treasure was secreted by the late father of the present owner many years ago. Oldest Resident. South Bend, lnd., Nov. 10. — Benjamin Croquilard. the oldest inhabitant in point of residence in St. Joseph county, brother of Alexis Croquilard, the widely known manufacturer, died here of heart disease. He was a son of Alexis Croquilard, the founder of South Bend, and was born in 1829. Gift to De Panw. Greencastle, lnd., Nov. 10.—Chancellor Hickman, of De Bauer, announced in chapel a gift of $35,000 to the endowment fund of the college. The name of the giver is withheld for the present. This makes $40,000 added to De Pauw’s endowment within the past few weeks. Recelversnlp Wouutl Up. Fort Wayne, ind., Nov. 10.—The receivership of the Fort Wayne Consolidated electric railway has been wound up and the sale of the road to the Fort Wayne Traction company formally approved by the court. The capital stock of the new company is $2,000,000. Curious Accident. Princeton, Ind., Nov. 10.—Frank Turbie, a coal mine engineer, lost his right eve in an unusual manner. He discharged his shotgun at a railroad crossti£ and one of the shot, striking a raii, rebounded and lodged ia his eyeball, causing him ty lose his ej*e. Dead Fifth. - Cicero, Ind., Nov. 10.—Cicero creek, between here and Atlanta, where arc large tin plate mills, has been so polluted by acids $rom the works that practically all the fish in it are dead. Hundreds of them line the shores.

Road Elections. Hartford City, lnd., Nov. 10.—Residents of Washington and Harrison j townships, Blackford county, voted in j favor of constructing gravel roads aggregating 23 miles in length, at a cost of about $79,000. « Said to Be Short. Macy, lnd., Nov. 10.'—J.-W. Eurit, postmaster here, alleged to be $1,200 short in his accounts, has been relieved from doty by Postal Inspector Moore, who piaeed E. M. Clendenning in charge of the office. Money for Farmers. Greenwood, lnd., Nov. 10.—The J. T. Polk Canning company has commenced paying off its growers for the past season’s j produce. About $40,000 will be distributed among the farmers in this vicinity. Death of a Pioneer. Wabash, lnd., Nov. 10. — Samuel Boone, one of the pioneers of Wabash county,died of paralysis in Lagro township, where for y/years he has resided- • He wias 81 years old. v Electric Line. -. Indianapolis, lnd., Nov. 10.—The electric line between Greenwood and this city will be opened about pecember 15. Part of the equipment has arrived at Greenwood.

ELECTION FRAUDS EXPOSED. Til* Alleged Perpetrator*. All Proa* Wuklagtoa, Placed Pader Bead* tor Appearance. Philadelphia, Nor. 11.—As the result of an investigation conducted by an anti-Quay newspaper, five men, all residents of Washington, were yesterday held in bail for court on the charge of repeating, impersonating election officers and other fraudulent relation. The defendants are John F. Sheehan, R. M. Drinker, Wm. Cook, Harry McCabe and George Kirkland. All but one are said to be in the government's employ. It developed that Kirkland had been employed by the newspaper mentioned to enter the conspiracy. He was the principal witness yesterday. The testimony involved several prominent republican politicians in this city and a lieutenant of the capitol police

a i vtasmngton. The fraud was alleged to*! hare been acomplished in the Thirteenth division of the Seventh ward, and the election papers of this division were produced in evidence. The returns showed a vote of 337 for-Col. James E. Barnett, the republican candidate for state treasurer, and five for Wm. T. Creasy, the democratic candidate, Kirkland,whoat the time of his arrest said his name was George Wright, described the trip from Washington to this city of the alleged repeaters on Monday night. He then related in detail all that happened froyn the time of their arrival until their arrest at the railroad station on election night. On Tuesday morning, he said, he and Wm. H. Cook went to the house of Deputy Coroner Samuel Salter, accompanied by Lieut. Joseph G. Rodgers, of the capitol police. Lieut. Rodgers, Kirkland declared, was m charge at the party when it left Washington. At Salter’s house they met the deputy coroner and John Silverman, one of the election inspectors. Continuing, the witness said: “Salter handed a number of ballots, folded and sealed, and told us they were to go in the box as soon as we got to the polling plaeei On our arrival there Silverman and .Cook unlocked the boxes, and we put the ballots in. There were about 200, I jpdge. Kirkland said he acted as minority inspector under the name of Clarence McCabe, the regular ' inspector, and that Cook impersonated E. E. Rantain, the judge of election. During the afternoon, witness asserted, 15additional votes were marked by Cook and Silverman and placed it the box j He said 124 votes were actually cast and that the number returned was “330 or thereabouts.” j Kirkland said he acted in the mattei at the instigation of a newspaper reporter. He was paid $15 for his work at the polls by Lieut, Rodgers, he said: William Hamilton, the judge of elections, testified that he was unable to officiate owing to illness, and to the fact that in, order to do so he would have to resign his position as laborer in the post office. The clerk of the hotel at which the Washington men stopped Monday night, said the bill was paid by a prominent local republican politician. SERIOUS FIRE AT MEMPHIS. A Quarter of a Million Dollars* Worth of Warehouse Property Licked Up by Flame*.

Memphis, Term., ^Tov. 11.—The Planters, warehouse, the Woods-Chick-asaw Manufacturing, Co.’s warehouse, and the plant of the Louisiana Molasses Co. were destroyed, by fire Thursday night, entailing a loss of about $250,000. The two warehouses were filled with merchandise, and there was a large stock in the sugar refinery. The estimated value of the merchandise stored in the Planters’ warehouse is between $150,000 and $200,000. The Woods-Chickasayv Manufacturing Co.’s stpck was worth about $50,000. and the Louisiana Molasses Co. suffered a loss of $10,000. The building of the Planters’ warehouse was valued at $35,000, and that of the Woods-Chiekasaw Co. at $12,000. These estimated losses do not inI chule five box cars burned, and damage to adjacent property. The stocks in the Planters’ building were insured by individual merchants. The Planters’ building was insured for £25,000, while the merchandise def stroyed in the Chickasaw warehouse was insured for $38,000. I ' -l_

ALBERT A. BECKER HANGED. _—.—|— Evocation of the Second Edttlom of SannaKe-Saker Ltetgcrt in the Jail at Chjtcasro. Chicago, Nov 11.—Albert August Btcker, the German butcher who, on January 27 last, murdered his wife, Rachel, and afterwards chopped up and boiled the remains in order to dispose of them, was hanged in the coun* ty jail at 12:05 p. m. Becker’s neck was not broken by the fall, and it was 16 minutes before he was pronounced dead. On the scaffold Becker protested his innocence, and declared George Sutterlin, the father of his second wife, was the real murderer, f _ -> Morch-uii Sin t Mini liohbeU. Dunlap, Tenn.. Noy. 10.—It. M. Bob* t inson, a prominent merchant of this ; vicinity was shot last night and robbed of $3,500 while returning to his home near here. He had been to Cini cinnati, where he had sold some | stock. He was met at Dunlap by his | brother, and they started over the Cumberland mountains. They were met by three masked men who shot j their horses and fatally wounded Bobinson. The brothers were bound and | the money taken. Bloodhounds am trailing the robbers.

ADVANCE ON KENILWORTH. :...— The Boers Got a Worm Reeepttaa and Retired Firta*—3laJ. Ariel Wouded. London, Nor. 13.—The war oflgpe has I issued the following dispatch from den. Sir Kedvers Duller, dated Cape Town, November 11, 10:30 p. m.: “Col. Kekwich (British commander at Kimberly) reports that the enemy were very active on November 4, with the object of driving off the cattle. The Orange Free State troops retired rapidly before Col. Turner without firing. Advueed o* Kenilworth. “At 12:30 p. m. the Transvaal troops advanced on Kenilworth. Maj 1>eakham, with a squadron of the Kimberly light horse, was hiding in the bush and gave the enemy a warm reception. The Boers retired, firing. Col. Turner reinforced Maj. Peakham, and 12:40 p. m., the enemy opened fire with one piece of artillery at nearly 4,000 yards* range. Baem y*a Gobi Ceased Fir lac. ‘*The guns of the Diamond Field artillery were then sent in support of Col. Turner, but the enemy’s guns had ceased firing after the fourth round. Consequently our guns did not come into action. The enemy’s artillery fire was not damaging, and the shooting whs bad. Maj. Ayle« Woanded. “Our casualties in the Kenilworth engagement were limited to Maj. AylefF, of the Cape police, who was wounded in neck. He is expected to recover. •Latter in the day, our pickets say, the Boers carried off six dead from one spot, probably killed by our Maxim. The total Boer loss was not heavy, but has not been, estimated by Col. Kekwich. la Contact With a Yen Body. “About 5:30 p. m. Col. Turner was again in contact with a new body Qf the enemy on the Schnest drift road. i From the conning tower a large num- | ber could be seen about two miles to the north of the Kimberly reservoir, I and others held a walled enclosure on j the right flank. Col. Turner opened ! with a Maxim and two guns of the Diamond Field artillery sent in supj port. He came into action at 5:45 p. m. and continued firing until dusk. ThV Casualties.

“Our further casualties there were Private Lubb, of the Cape police, who* was shot through the head and died on arriving at the hospital, and Sergeant YVatermage, of the Kimberly division’ of the Cape Police, who was wounded, but is doing well. “Col. Kekwich is unable to state the enemy’s loss, but believes these must have been severe, judging from the precipitate retreat of the Boers. Inflicted No Damage. “At 6:10 p. m. the enemy opened fire with one piece of artillery from Hamper’s dam, on Otto's Kopje, the latter being held by the Cape police. The enemy inflicted no damage. AX IXSPJUING SPECTACLE. ‘The March of the Naval Brigade Through the Town of Dnrhan. Durban, Natal, Nov. S.—Capt. Percy Scott, of the first class protected cruiser Terrible, has been appointed commandant here in the place of Maj. Bethtne, who will assume active command of the mounted outlanaer corps. The march of the naval brigade, with 20 guns, through the town was an inspiring one. The band of the Terrible, stationed outside the town hall, played popular airs, and the crowds along the line of march exhibited interest. Another batch of BOer prisoners has arrived. The British wounded will go to Cape Town to-morrow. Since; hostilities began there have been small factional fights along the Pondoland border, but otherwise the natives there have been quiet. The natives at Maritzburg, however, owing to the situation at Ladysmith, are becoming nervous and beginning to seek places which they think safer. Heuvy Firing Towards Ladysmith. Estcourt, Natal, Nov. 9, morning.— Heavy firing is gow proceeding in the direction of Ladysmith. It bega^ at daybreak. Some reports are so much heavier than any previously heard, as to lead to a general belief that the ’British heavy naval guns are again active. The safe arrival at Ladysmith of | Lieut. Hooper, of the Fifth lancers i shows that communication with the ! garrison is possible. He was anxious j to rejoin his regiment and started | hence, accompanied by a Natal poliee- | man. They succeeded in traveling the Boer lines. ■ > f,

A General Boer Attack Repulsed. London, Nov. 13.—The following dispatch from Col. Baden-Powell, British commander at Mafeking, dated October 5, and forwarded by Gen. Buller, was posted last evening by the war office: “All is \vell here. After two days* shelling and a heavy bombardment, a body of-the enemy made a general attack on three sides of the town, which was repulsed by our Maxim tire. The enemy is now drawing off. Our causalties were slight. “Lieut. Llewellyn, with several armored trains, drove off the ^nemy at Crocodile pool on Wednesday, killiug eight.” Reeonnoltered Without Incident. Orange River, Cape Colony, Nov. S.— A squadron of the Ninth lancers, with a company of mounted infantry, reconnoitered yesterday in a southerly direction, returning by way of Pecasville, without incident. The excursion had the effect of quieting the inhabitants of the district. Bled of Apoplexy. fc Brussel, Nov. 12.—Herr Leyds. brother vf Dr. I-eyds, and himself an agent of the Transvaal government-died of apoiuexy yesterday, while on a visit , to bis brother. },

I: ee*e. smallTHEY CLOSED IN ON baa, tke Secoad Sti plao Poi^loa Already and Troops Prmlat Manila, Not- 13.—Gen. and Gen, Lawton are closing- int lac. Communication with distant point# is impossible except" t>v means of the government wire, whi<di is crowded with official business. Gen. MacArthur took Bamban Saturday.- This is supposed to be the strongest position held by the Filipino except Tarlac. The brief accounts of the engagement that occurred indicate that the rebels fought according to> their recent tactics, retiring after firing a few volleys. One officer ihf the Thirty-sixth regiment is the only American reported lulled. Gen. -MacArthur began at daylight. Col. Smith, with enteenth regiment, on the Bell’s command and the on the left and the Ninth ter. Col. Smith encounter force at six o’clock, easily them. Maj. Bell seized a the mountain, from which a fire from rifles and Hit upon the first line of the? trenches. The Filipinos st for 20 minutes and then the mountains. ; g - Gen. MacArthur entered Bamban at ten o’clock, and Col. Smith occupies Sev* Capas, the first town beyond. Gen. Lawton’s headquarters is still at Cabanatun. ' ' G^n. Young, with his cavalry and infantry, is still pushing ahead through the fearful mud, but his exact whereabout is not known. Tarlac Takes. : . Manila, Nov. 13, 8:25a.m.—Col. Bell’s regiment, and a small force of cavalry entered ,Tarlac last night wiMout- opposition. Where Aguinaldo and the socalled government have ft^lo is a mystery. GENERAL OTIS Cl Col. Childera of the Uotnrned Ten* nessee Regiment Think* Hint a Soldier and a Statesman. _

San' Francisco, Nov. 13, Childers of the Tennessee regime**, which arrived from the Philippines. Saturday, said: “I have a very high regard for Gen. Otis, and his ability as a soldier and a statesman. He has held a most 'difficult position, and 1 thlraghe has handled it well. Of course'he could have slashed in and laid the islands waste with fire and sword, but to do this without an effort to. show the natives that the United States wished to give them a fair, just and liberal government, would have forever prevented amicable relations, and it would have become a question of extermination and re-colonization. The islands are too far away idf such a policy, even if humanity afiH&eslf-inter-est did n<^t forbid. “In my opinion a forceJiq|r T3,000 rc 100,000 men is needed to promptly and. quickly settle the question. This force will have to be retained until those who are friendly and take the oath of allegiance to the United States are strong enough to protect themselves; otherwise the natives will cyme down from the mountains destroying the lives and property of all,: who aft ‘traitors,’ as they would call ttitm. 1 think local affairs should.as far as possible, be left in the hands,of the natives.” _. THE NAVAL FORCE* Some Pertinent Recommendation* by Assistant Secretttg-Allen— A Coast Signal System.

Washington, Nov. 13.—The leading feature of the annual feport of Assistant Secretary Allen to Secretary Long relative to the naval militia is his strong indorsement of the plan for the organization of a national reserve, lie points out that the experience of tb<T past year has suggested certain changes in the original plan for this organization as contained in the bill submitted to the last session of congress, and he therefore urges that it be again pushed with the amendments prepared by Lieutenant-Commander W. II. H. Southerland, who was for a part of the year in direct charge of the naval militia bureau of the navy department. In substance yfbat officer says that as the personnel act has made the term of service of enlisted men in the navy four years, the same period should.be fixed for the enrollment in the naval reserve flip

It is also’ recommended that steps be taken for the organization of a per- ‘ manent coast signal system from the retired list of the navy and the employs of the lighthouse^ and life-sav-ing service. There are several thousand of these men, and with a small appropriation and an annual drill for a few days each year, they tvould be competent, the report says, to take up their duties immediately upon the--out-break of war. With a retired naval officer in charge of each lighthouse district and an officer in charge at the navy department, and the necessary paraphernalia at the nearest navy yard ready for use, this necessary adjunct of war could be put in working order in 24 hours. A Record Without a Rival. Denver, Coh, Nov, 13.—A record ot rifle shooting, which it is < believed, stands unequalled, was made at the regular meeting of the Denver Rifle club yesterday afternoon'. C. C. Ford, the secretary of the club, scored IDS out of a possible 200 on a 500-yard range with the regulation target for that distance. The record was made from 40 shots^Forrl scored eight bullseyes, then put the next shot in the circle immediately outside of ths bull’s eye, following this with 31 consecutive bull’s eyes. Ill* latter is the remarkable feature of the. record.