Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 31, Petersburg, Pike County, 8 December 1899 — Page 8

The Story of the Trip of the United States Chartered Transport Manauense to Manila. THE MEN DIDN’T REALIZE THEIR DAN6ER. For Twelve Days rind Nights a Oat* talion of the Thirty-First Volon* teers. Coder Ueat.-Col. Webb Hayes Balled the Shli»,_to Keep Her Afloat.

Peoria, III,, Nov. 30.—Clerk Bohrport Manauense anchored - in Manila bay. Tuesday, 33 days from San Francisco, there were several feel of water in her hold, and 400 grimy, greasy, hungry, exhausted soldiers and sailors, who had been passing buckets of water since November 17, night and day. First Assistant Engineer Dunlevy was under arrest, and, according to Col. Webb Hayes’ official report, the chie* engineer also would have been under arrest if there had been any one to replace him. Dldu’t Know Their Dancer. The colonel’s report also declares that the captain of the vessel told him that the only thing which brought them through was the fact that the men were greenhorns, and failed lo realize their danger, while experienced seamen would have deserted the ship and taken to the boats in midocean. The Manauense is a chartered ship flying the British flag. She started from San Francisco, accompanied by the transport Pekin, which carried the remainder of the regiment, and encountered heavy seas -to Honolulu, without accident. After starting, it developed that she was undermanned, and soldiers had to be detailed to act as firemen, coal passers and waiters, and to do other work. ‘Before reaching Honolulu, the crew concluded that the ship was not safe, and the majority agreed to desert. Though they were closely watched, many of the crew succeeded in getting away, and the Manauense left Honolulu with less than half her cre*v. The captain of the transport, on November 17, told Col. Hayes that the vessel had sprung a leak, and an investigation resulted in finding several feet of water in her hold. No Pomp* Available. The steam pumps were tried, but failed to work,and there were no hand pumps on board. However, 46 buckets were found, others were improvised, and the soldiers were organized into shifts, and, stripped and forming lines, they began bailing, the officers' Vesiiel was 1'ndermanned.

working with the men, passing the buckets whi'*h were sent up to the deck by a windlass. The longest time n shift could stand was two hours, and often the peiiod was not longer ^ar. half an hour. The bailing being coutinued uhtil the ship anchored here. Machinery Collapsed. The same day the leak was discovered, the machinery collapsed, and the electric lighting plant and evaporating, distilling and refrigerating apparatus failed to work. There were no lapips, and the few candles found were exhausted after a few days. During the last week of the passage, the Manaueuse was in utter darkness at night. She had been rolling in heavy sens all the way, but November 22 she encountered a typhoon and pitched and tossed alarmingly. « In n Typhoon. The Pekin became separated from the Manauenso^in the storm. The water rose rapidiy, and the bailing force was doubled. But the buckets were gradually smashed, anti barrels and boxes were substituted for them, the men working in darkness, plunks and pieces of iron shafting being violently dashed among them. The firemen could only feed the fires by being lifted /on the shoulders of the other men, ^hrough water waist deep. En&lue« Failed Frequently. Throughout the remainder of the voyage the engines of the.Manauense failed frequently, and the ship rolled for a few hours while the engines were repairing. Then the steamer would pitch again for a few hours. The meat and vegetables rotted because of the failure of the refrigerators, and were thrown overboard. After the storm, the water supplied to th&ehip at Honolulu had to be used fm; jrojp boilers, and there was little cr none for drinking. In fact, it is asserted that during the last week of the voyage the men lived almost entirely on whisky, beer and hardtack. All Were Exhausted. The officers and soldiers were utterly exhausted when they reached Manila. They declare the engineers were grossly incompetent. The officers also say that the behavior of the troops was beyond praise. For days they worked in the dark, suffocating hold, with water sometimes up to their shoulders, and planks washing about in a manner dangerous to life and limb. Tl\e officers took the lead in bailing, and encouraged the men. A Searvey Captain. The captain of the ship promised the men 25 cents a day for boiling, but he now proposes *to pay them merely $1.50 per iftan. The soldiers talk of libeling the ship. The regiment will proceed to Zamboanga on the Pekin, to garrison several ports on^the island of Mindanao. Found Dead In HI* Chair.. Goshen, Ind., Dec. 1.—Dr. M. M. Latta, aged 80 years, the pioneer and tne oldest practitioner in northern Indiana was found dead in his office tbair List night

A BOLD EXPRESS ROBBERY. Oae Mil a Hold* Vp Two MnaeMgeni and Sobarea Seventeen Uaa* dred Dollars. Charleston, S. C., Dec. 2.—An unknown white man, closely masked, held up two messengers in a Southern Express Cc. car last night, and, under cover of a revolver, compelled them to give up $f,700 in cash. Eight thousand dollars in another safe was overlooked by the outlaw, who accomplished his work without any aid. The robbery took place near Branchville, S. C., on the Southern railway. The train had just left the station when the messengers, Ramsey and Rhodes, were covered with two revolvers held in the hands of the robber. One messenger was made to stand with his hands over his head and the other was commanded to hand over, the money packages in the safe. Seventeen hundred dollars was quickly se- [ cured, and the robber, after warning the messengers not to put a foot outside of the car until the train had got \mder way again, pulled the bell and jumped off as the train slowed up. The conductor saw the robber escaping alongside the track, but thinking ' him a tramp signalled the engineer ahead. When the train got under way tlu messengers came out and told theii story. The car was an occommcda tion baggage and express, and tlio door had been opened to permit the conductor to reach the baggage sec tion, which was in the forward end o<! the car. The sheriff of Dorchester, with si* men and two hounds, have been bur ried to the scene of the robbery.

A DASTARDLY ATTEMPT. Tried to Destroy the-Home and Fan., lly of a Lawyer by Dyuaiulte. Minneapolis, Minn., Dec. 8.—A special to the Times from Cedar ltapids, la., says: ( A dastardly attempt to destroy tho home and family of Attorney W. L. Cron, was attempted last night by unknown parties, who placed three pounds of dynamite at his front door and ignited a 14-foot fuse which burned down into the fulminating cap, but failed to explode. Cron was awakened by the smell, and later descended and went to his stable. He found the mysterioi\|s package, but supposing it to be something belonging to his son threw it into the hallway. This morning he examined the package and at once reported the case to the police who are at work on slight clew. Following the Urbana outrage in which one man lost his life, the people are thoroughly aroused and incensed. Open threats of summary justice are frequently heard. COUNETRFEITER SENTENCED. HIm Previous Reputation Had Been Good, but the Court Would Not Relent, Indianapolis, Ind., Dec. 2.—Dr. Franklin P. Gillespie, of Glenns Valley, was sentenced*to three years at hard labor in the Columbus (O.) penitentiary yesterday and fined $100 and costs. It was the termination of what the secret service officers of the government think was a most dangerous counterfeiting scheme in which Dr. Gillespie’s neighbors, was read. It said embark on a wholesale scale. A petition, signed by 200 or more of Dr. Gillespie’s neighbors was read. It said that his reputation previous to his arrest had been good. Gillespie made a pathetic plea for mercy, but the court would not relent. FILLED UP ON BAD WHISKY,

Charles Blackwell Gives Pall $nr«r to His Murderous Nature, Fatally Wounding Two Mem. Bicknell, Ind., Dec. 2.—Charles Blackwell, aged 21, while drunk yesterday, insulted Sylvester Guyer and was knocked down. He stabbed Guyer several times, the blade penetrating the left side near the heart. Blackwell, a few minutes later, met Rolla Horn, against whom he had a grievance, and after a few words drew a revolver and shot him in the neck, the bullet almost cutting the jugular vein. Both men ' are dying. Blackwell is at large. Horn is the son of the wealthiest man in : Knox county'. | TURNED INTO A GRAVEYARD. Several Men Burled Alive by a Caving Excavation—No Hope Of Saving Any of Them. Denver, Col., Dec. 2.—By a cave-ia , of the excavation for a sewer at Thir-ty-fourth street and Downing avenue, last evening, several laborers were buried. The body of George Holtz was taken out an hour later. It is not known how. many were in the trench, but no hope is entertained for the life of any of the victims. POWDER WORKS EXPLOSION. The Only Occupant of the. Building Killed and Two Other Pernos* Injured. Columbus, Kas., Dec- 2.—One of the main buildings of the Laflin-Raud powder works, located four miles north of this place, was blown up about one o’clock yesterday afternoon. Wnt. Cushman, a workman, who was the only person in the building, was killed. Two other men who were working | near by were slightly injured by flying debris. The property loss is $25,000.

IK IIEF OF liir. If Not Now An Accomplished Fact) It is Only a Short Distance Away. CLEW TO SEN. METHUEN'S HURRIED MOVE Seem to be Acting In Concert t With Lord Methnen In Oeenpylnjc the Attention of the Boers* Be* leaisucrlng Koree*. London, Dec. 2,—While the rumort of the relief of Kimberley, current on the stock exchange, may be premature in their literal sense, there seems no doubt that the pressure on the garrison has been much lightened by Gen. Methuen's success, and the actual relief of the place is likely to be a fact very soon. Wliy Methnen Hurried. Kimberley and Mnfelclng

A clew to the urgent reasons which dictated Gen. Methuen’s hurried uiareh may be found in Gov. Milner's hint to the relief committee at Cape Town to prepare for the reception oi 10,000 refugees, indicating that the garrison must ha\e had reason to feat the reduction of Kimberley by starvation and disease. Sewn by Way of Pretoria. The most recent^ews from Kimberley comes by way of Pretoria, and almost seems to show that Kimberley and Mafehing are acting in coueert ; with Gen. Methuen, for, at the time j the battle was raging at Gras Pun, both Col. Kekewieh and Col. BadenPowell made sorties and assailed the beleaguerers. The result of the Mateking sortie is not known, but according to a dispatch from Pretoria, Col. Kekewieh indicted, considerable loss on the Boers, two-shells killing nine and wounding 17 in a group of Boers. Another Sortie From Mufeklns. A special from Pretoria, dated Sunday, November 26, says there was another sortie from Mafcking, Saturday, November 2*>. On the morning of that day the chartered police attacked Kloll’s fort with great determination. The fight was progressing when the dispatch was sent. Several ambulance trains left Matching, November 25, for the Free State, where heavy fighting was expected during the then coming week, when the Boers, it was added, would resist the advance of the British in the direction of Kimberley. Heiuiuied tire March Northward. It is reported that Gen. Methuen resumed his march northward Wednesday and expected to form a junction with the Kimberley forces Saturday or Sunday. * It is suggested in some quarters that the Boer forces have withdrawn from the north of Cape Colony and may be hurrying , to attack Gen. Methuen's rea r; but as reinforcements have l>een pushed rapidly forward from Orange River and DeAnr, it is claimed they ought to circumvent such designs.

An inference. From Lord Wolseley’s announcement that it had been decided to call out one more division, it appears clear that the war office does not look for a speedy collapse of Boer resistance. The brief telegrams coming- from Natal and the central theater of the war convey little information about the situation. Ladysmith Relief Force. So far as known, the Ladysmith relief force is still at Frere, though iho bridge was perhaps sufficiently repaired to permit of its passage November 30, in which case the opposing forces may already have come in contact near Cdlenso where, apparently, the Boers are strongly intrenched on the north side of the river. Boers* Driven Back. A special dispatch received here today from Frere, dated Tuesday, November 2&, says that while attempting to blow up a 500-foot bridge over the river at Colenso, the Boers were driven back by British artillery and mounted infantry. ABSOLUTE SILENCE PREVAILS. No News Received la London from the Wsr In South Africa—Becoming Impatient. London, Dec. 2, 4:30 a. m.—Absolute silence has fallen over, affairs in South Africa. The war office has not yet received Lord Methuen’s casualty list. The public and the press, hitherto patient, are beginning to murmur at the apparently needless delay which keeps many families in a state of painful suspense. It is regarded as practically certain that Lord Methuen has been reinforced by half a battalion of the Gordon Highlanders, a regiment of cavalry and a battery of artillery, and that De Aar is being daily reinforced by troops to hold the lines of cammunication. It is supposed that the Natal advance has been delayed by the necessity of getting supplies to Pietermaritzburg, but not a word emanates from any of the various commands. Robbed by a Cabman. New York, Dec, 2.—Mrs. Miley Bigelow, of Chicago, who was found insensible in the streets, Thursday night, asserts that she was robbed of $3,600 by a cabman. Mrs. Bigelow told a police court magistrate that she came from Chicago to find her husband, Hiram Bigelow, a lawyer, from whom she had been estranged for several years. The magistrate discharged the woman. Mrs. Bigelow claimed to be a daughter of Robert Eames, formerly of Birmingham, England

MEMORIAL TO MRS. THURSTON, To Raise Funds (or aa Orphan Aar* lam (or Cabas CU<> drea. New York, Dec. 4.—A movement for the rasing of funds for a memorial orphan asylum for Cuban children, which shall bear the name of Mrs. Thurston, the first wife of Senator John M. Thurston, and who died short* ly after a visit she made to Cuba, was started last night in the Madison Avenue Presbyterian church under the auspices of the Thurston Memorial association. V The name of the proposed home is to be the “Thurston Home for the Orphans and Homeless Children in Cuba,” and Gen. Yandervoort, of Nebraska, one of the managers of the Cuban Mail Steamship Co., has ordered a tract of ground for the institution. Gen. Yandervoort and Mrs. G. E. Andrews, of Echo Lake, X. J., were tire speakers at the meeting last night. Gen. Yandervoort told of the large number of orphans in Cuba and of the need of some institution tq care for them. The home is to be an industrial school, he said, as well as a mission. It is especially fitting, he thought, that this work be started as a memorial to Mrs. Thurston, whose death, he said, her friends believed was caused by a broken heart, the result of her visit to Cuba and seeing the conditions there, j The collection last night was devoted to the fund, and contribution slips were handed around, upon which many members of the church pledged themselves to large amounts. «

THE POLICE OF SANTIAGO. They Have Been Transferred to tj Millttary Department Under Capt. Pleree, Santiago de Cuba, Dec. 4.—Saturday the poliee were transferred to the military department. Under command of Cr.pt. Pierce, 150 men in new gray uniforms and wearing felt helmets similar to those worn by the New York poliee paraded, making a fine appearance. Until now the force, owing to the jealousies of the municipal police, have been insufficient, and the mayor requested the transfer thus accomplished. Many former members of the force failed to pass the examination insisted upon by the American authorities, and the present personnel is a great improvement upon the qjd. Capt. Pierce' will require daily drills in conformity with army regulations. This change is in line with Gen. Wood’s recommendation of a recruit drill of Cubans for the army, having in view the gradual removal of the American oftict rs. DETAINED AT QUARANTINE. Four Culfee-Ludcn Ships from Bubonic Pluuue Ports Held Up at Quarantine. New York, Dec, 4.—Four steamers from Santos, Draril, with coffee, are detained at quarantine, having come from a bubonic plague port. They are the j. W. Taylor, lioman Prince, Lasselle and Hagusa. Seven lighters with the cargo of coffee discharged from the .7. W. Taylor, are anchored off Clifton, S. I., under close observation of the police patrol. Three lighters oi the seven have served the eight days' detention required by Health Officer Doty, and are free from further quarantine restrictions as far as Dr. Doty’s department is concerned. The plague patients on Swinburne island are doing well. There is no illness among the crews or stevedores detained on board of the vessels or at Hoffman island. A SUPPLY TRAIN WRE D. Salt Pork Intended for the British Army In South Africa Dltehed In Illinois.

Chicago, Dec. 4.—A train of 14 refrigerator cars containing salt pork intended for the British army in South Africa was wrecked yesterday near Kenilworth, 111., on the Milwaukee division of the Chicago & Northwestern. The cars were completely demolished, but it is believed the greater part of the pork can be saved. A serious delay in shipment, however, will result. The wreck is supposed to have been caused by a broken journal. Hints were passed among the crowd of trainmen and spectators to the effect that the journal had been tampered with at Milwaukee by overzealousBoer sympathizers, but these were scouted by the officials of the road. Uhcuiiinit Chamberlain** Speech. Berlin, Dee. 4.—The German press continues to discuss the recent speech at Leicester, England, of the British secretary of state for the colonies, the comments on which are not favorable, and one paper says: “Mr. Chamber lain used the word ‘Alliance’ as th<$ most apt word to portray the general good relationship between Germany and Great Britain, but no secret cop# pact exists.” f THE MEXICAN PRESIDENCY. General ilnthualaam for the Caaib dney of the Present Inennabent/ President Dina. /' City of Mexico, Dec. 4.—The/liberal party committee has called amayiouat convention of the party to Assemble here "February 10, to nominate a candidate for president of the republicThe local committees report general enthusiasm for the candidacy of Pres^v ident Diaz, and political meetings and processions are being held all over the republic.

1111(1 II The Surrender of Gen. Conon and Eight Hundred Filipinos to Fifty Americans. UEUT. MONROE PUYED BUIFF AID WOt ine of the Beat Pieces of Worlc Boot Durian the Katlre Filipino WarSeventy Spnnlah Prisoners and Some Amerteaaa Rescued—Arrna and Property Captured. New York, Dee. 3.—A dispatch to the Herald from Manila says: Th_» surrender of Gen. Conon and 800 in-1 surgents at lluyonbong, to Lieut. James E. Munro, of the Fourth cavnl J ry. was the result of a remarkable display of courage and “bluff” on the part of the Amerisan oflieer. Lieut. Munro had only 50 men with him, and aH*« possible rennorceinents were far in his rear. He communicated by telegraph with the insurgent leader.' stating* that he was ready to move on Bayonbong at once with a large force unless he received the unconditional surrender of the rebels. The lieutenant wired south for reinforcements, but 24 hours before they reached him he went to Bayonbong with his little escort of half a hundred men and Gen. Conon surrendered to him..

It \Va« a Snceeutul lllutf. , Manila, Dec. 2, <J p. m.—The capture by Lieut. Munro nml 50 men of the Fourth cavalry of the J'ilipino general, Conon, with 800 officers and men with rides, several American and 70 Span* ish prisoners at Bayonbong, Province of Nueva Vizcaya, w;as a successful blutV. Lieut. Munro tapped the rebel w ire, telegraphed to Conon that he was advancing' with a lage force and demanded his surrender. After negotiations, Conon consented to capitulate te u “Superior force” w hereupon Lieut. Munro telegraphed that he would enter the town with a small guard and receive the garrison’s surrender. Ut captured the whole Filipino force and secured their arms, the rebels supposing Munro had an army behind him. Gen. Otis* Official Report, Washington, Dec. 3.—Gen. Otis informed the war department o f the surrender of Bayonbong In the following dispatch: Manila, l3ee. 2.—Report received that Bayonbong, with province Nueva Vis caya, surrendered November 28 to Lieut. Munro, Fourth cavalry, who commanded the advance scouts cs Carranglan trail, consisting of 50 men of the Fourth cavalry, and three native scouts. The insiirgent general, Cano, surrendered his entire force, numbering 800 men armed with Mausers and a number of officers; 70 Spanish and two American prisoners were secured, and probably considerable insurgent property. i Suicide of Capt. Breretou. Washington, Dec. 3.—The war department has received the following from Gen. Otis at Manila, dated December 2: Lieut.-Col. Brereton, captain of the Twenty-fourth infantry, while tempo rarily insane, committed suicide at Santa Thomas, near San Feraudo, Union province, Luzon, at six o’clock this (Saturday) morning. Insanity was first manifested November 29, at Aril:* gay.

THE MASTER OF ALL CUBA. tien. Leonard Wood Said to be Slat* ed for Supreme Command In the Inland of Cuba. Chicago, Dec. 3.—A special to the Times-Herald from Washington says: Gen. Leonard Wood will be the master of all Cuba, under the direction of the president, until the time comes when congress takes action by providing a new civil government for the island. Gen. Wood is not to be called officially “civil governor.” He will be military governor, in supreme command of the island, but in the absence or any insurrection or trouble—and none is expected by the administration—his duties will chiefly be civil. Gen. Wood is to have the rank of major general of volunteers, which will enable him to outrank the regular army oflicers, who remain in Cuba under his command. Some of the generals now there arc to be withdrawn, and those who remain will be placed under Gen. Wood’s orders. To appease those who are taken away, the president-5will make several promotions to brigadier generalships of the regular army. Those to be thus honored are Generals Lee and Wilson. Gen. Wood will return to Cuba in a few days, and as s^nm as the president can arrange the future of the other generals involved, the present commander at Santiago will be placed in charge of the entire island, military and civil, with headquarters at Havana.. Trouble Possible at Frankfort. London, Kv., Dec. 4.—The Baker feudists^ are still hunting for the men who ambushed Jason Rowling and Joe Johnson, last Friday, and fatally injured the former. It is estinYited that there will be over 1,000 men from Laurel, Knox, Whiteley and Clay counties go to Frankfort this week towatch the proceedings of the state board of election commissioners, and these visiting statesmen will include leaders oi both the Baker and White factions in Clay county, who may get together at the state capital. %

... ■---~ — ROOT GIVES HIS IDEAS Sancatloa* Are Wad« Seeretar» of War la Bi* aval Report. Washington. Dec. 1—The annual report af Elihu Root, secretary of war. was made public Friday. The first half is devp^d to the operation of the army in the Ptaiiippines. Cuba ard Pcrto Rico. ThepSiort Iflves a ftiH history of the militaryoperatlona in the Philippines from August 12. 1S1*8. up to the present time. Anjinvportant feature of the report Is a comprehen* live outline of a plan of government for Porto Rico. It is understood that President McKinley is in entire-accord.w&h Secretary Root on this question, ajfd that the plan outlined by the afecretaiwjfvviirbe the identical plan which ine president will recommend to congress in his annual *nj«M8s*e, Concern ing~the^plan of govern mai&^iro- ' posed for Porto Rico, Secretary Rost cRea , the Paris treaty, which provides t^tt congress shalL determine the civil rights and political status of the natives of the territory ceded to this government. The schema outlined includes a definite declaration by congress of what American laws are to be made applicable to tjhe Porto Ricars. following which it is recommended; that a federal Judiciary he established. The form of Insular government prenosed provides for the appointment of a governor by the president, to be confirmed by the senate; the chief officers oPstate customary under our system, and a legislative!council to be composed of the ehle^aTBoersof state and a minority selected frsftnthe people of the island by the presiderf?7/AH act*n>f the council are to be subject Wthe veifc power of the governor and to be passed over the veto by a two-thirds vote. No law is to beoomeeffective t .til It has remained without this approval for 30 days after Its presentation to congress or the president. It is suggested that voting right should be limited to those who read and write or who own a small amount of property The secretary considers it too eaffjfrto 9Ptablish a local legislature, glvingi'lRe inhabitants the franchise only in municipal

anaii'. Abolition of the duties between th^l'nited States and Porto Rico is reconprphnded. The report cites in brief the hist<|riy)0f the military operations in the Phfifgpines. Porto Rico and Cuba during the ftibMyear ended June 30, 1899. Relief work trail three places is dilated upon. The t ran specie© rvice, it is stated, includes 51 steam transports, with a saving in work done over ordinary commercial rates of 2501,060s ?phe removal of the dead from Cuba aftp^milar work contemplated from the Philippines is touched upon. An increased and reorganiase^Af^|«lar > army, with many new and novel-features in the system involved, is earnestly recommended. Radical changes, which ecsbtemplate the betterment of the service in every department are prei^red, The charges in the army organisation and the increase proposed are in the firstinstance specified particularly, while in t^g -second no definite statement Is made eXCCPt as to artillery. The present artillery force is recommended to be increased five times itr present strength. The increase Sniofficerir and enlisted men is to be sufficient to man the equipment in the seacoast fortifications, besides providing for other branches of the service. In order that there may be a ffibhe general dispensation of military knowledge to officers both of the regular army and the national guards, the latter of whom it is intended to bring into closer touch with the federal authorities, it is alst?proposed to establish a war college. tion is to be in charge of a staff headed by the major general commanding, Experts are to be detailed for such f||phe for stated periods: Likewise staff - appolnti ments are to run for a specified tSajp, after which the officer whose term of service as such appointee expires must serveiah© year in the line before being eligible for staff selection. The secretary recommends the enlargement of West Point military academy ar.d an Increase in the number of eddehs to be admitted annually. Especial attention is 1 to be paid to the artillery 'branch;'©* the service in that institution and In-thearmy A ranking officer of artillery is recommended. there being no such officer r.ow\ The regular army now numbers fil,f<59 enlisted men ar.d 2.24S officers, making a total of 64.247, and a volunteer fcrce numbering 20,050 enlisted men and 1,524 officers, makiljL 7 & total of 34,574. Thedcaths fromuli eau><«' * including casualties in action, fur the n months from May. 1388. to Jung. 1899, inclusive, were 6.619. The deaths from disease from all causes were at an annual death

rate or but 3a.t» per thousand. SggjV Estimates of the cost of maintenance for the fiscal year ending June 30, IS#, are as follows: Civil establishment ..,.$1,967,706 Support of the army and military academy . .„.;v.:$7,<tt5,29a Fortifications and river and har<' bor improvements .30,493,576 Miscellaneous ....5. ,5.196,799 A net deficiency appropriation of $16,000,000 -is asked for. , The secretary declares in favor of a cable from the United States to the Philippines, via Hawaii ar.d Guam. Among his other recommendations is one that Gen. Shatter be retired, with the full rank of major general. The continuance of the river and harbor Improvement work now under contract, it Is announced, will cost $15,436,6%#. A monument to Gen. Grant, fo ne erected In Washington, is also recommended, as is a memorial bridge extending from the capital city to Arlington, where the national, cemetery is located. It is also recommended that $65,000 be appropriated for purchase of the ground for a battlefield park eovered by the battle ground of Fredericksburg, Salem Church, ChancellorsviUe, the Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court-House. FATE OF THE KHALIFA. A Very Uriel Account of ttUt in Which He and His guard Met Deal Cairo. De<?. 2.—Officers from the Soudan who arrived here say thg| when Gen. Wingate’s force overtook the Khalifa the latter tried to outflank the Anglo-Egyptians, but failed; Seeing his position was hopeless, the Khalifa told his emirs to stay with him and die. He then spread a sheepskin on the ground and sat down on it, with the emirs on either side of him. The Khalifa was found shot through the head, heart, arms and legs, and the emirs were lying dead beside him. |&he members of his bodyguard were all dead in front of them. Gen. Wingate’s force swept over them without ^cognizing the Khalifa and his emirs, but they were identified later. ‘ The Khalifa is described as of medium height, strong and stout, of light brown cfptCtr, and wearing a long, gray beard, pf^ - ON HIGHWAYS OF STEEL. The Netherlands railway, Connecting Pretoria and Johannesburg, has one of the finest roadbeds in the world. j English newspapers complain that Irhe increase of railways in Great Britain has been attended by a large destuction of crops from fire started by sparks from the engine, and incidentally compliment American builders upon their superior construction in this regard. They express the hope that English mechanics will be able to equal the American construction and thus over* come the difficulty. .