Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1898 — Page 6

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. GEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - INDIAN *.

THE WINSLOW LOST.

SINKS IN STRAITS OF MACKINAW. Crew Taken Off by Steamer Inter Ocean Near the White Shoals—Chaplain Mclntyre, of the Oregon to Be Court Martialed. Another Lake Craft Gone. The schooner Winslow, in tow of the «teamor Inter Ocean, was lost near the "White Shoals. The crew of the schooner arrived at Mackinaw City, Mich., on board the Inter Ocean, having been taken off the lost boat with the greatest difficulty, as the wind was blowing a gale from the southwest and a heavy sea was running. The steamer and consort were coming down the straits of Mackinaw when the gale proved too much for the "Winslow. Water began to pour into her hold and the vessel soon became unmanageable. The steamer then engaged in taking off the members of the crew in the big gea running. All were taken off in safety, and for two hours the steamer lay within sight of the abandoned boat. At the end of that time the hull was nearly out of sight and its sinking was a question of only a short time. The lost vessel was owned by Peter Wex and was insured for about 75 per cent of her value. She was built in 1871 and registered 885 tons. She was worth about SB,OOO. Had not the Escanaba ore rate gone to 45 cents the V inslow would have had a cargo of grain. As it was, she was chartered for ore from Escanaba to Lake Erie. TEN KILLED OUTRIGHT. Trolley Car Cut in Two by a Train at Cohoes, N. Y. A trolley car of the Troy City Railroad Company was struck by the night-boat special of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad at a crossing at the west*end of the Hudson river bridge, which connects Cohoes, N. Y., with Lansinghurg, and its passengers were hurled into the air. Ten of the thirty-five passengers were killed outright, eight died shortly nfterward and at least ten of the remainder will die. The motor car was struck directly in the center by the engine of the train, which was going at a high rate of speed. The accident came without the slightest warning. When the collision occurred the motor ear parted in two, both sections being hurled into the air in splinters. The people were torn and mangled. Those in front met the worst fate. Every person in that section of the car was killed. Bodies were burled into the air and their headless and limbless trunks were found in some cases fifty feet from the crossing. COURT MARTIAL FOR M’INTYHE. Naval Chaplain Who Circulated Sensational Reporta. Ever since the printed reports of the sensational utterances of'the naval chaplain, Joseph P. Mclntyre, reached the Navy Department the officials have been making a quiet inquiry into the accuracy of the newspaper publications. The chaplain, who was attached to the Oregon and was on board when the battle of-July 8 was fought, was accredited with some savage criticism of officers of the American fleet. His trial by court-martial has been ordered.

standing of the Clnba, Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Boston 74 42Pittsburg ... ,61 62 Cincinnati ..77 44Philadelphia. 56 57 . Baltimore ...70 43 Louisville ...50 70 Cleveland .. .68 48Brooklyn ... .44 67 Chicago <KI 53 Washington. 40 76 New Y0rk...64 53 St. Louis 38 86 Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis. 75 47 St. Pnul 60 56 Kansas City.7s 48 Detroit 48 77 Milwaukee ..78 51 Minneapolis. 44 85 Columbus .. .68 50 St. Joseph... .40 81 Wreck on an Ungllah Nail way. At Wellingborough railway station, on the London und Northwestern Railway, near Manchester, England, two l*oyß pushed a loaded luggage “trolley” on the track just as the express train was approaching at a speed of fifty miles an hour. Tlje train was derailed and fearful sceues ensued. The wreckage of the I railway carriages caught tire. The engineer, fireman and two passengers were killed and many others were seriously wounded. Torpedo Removers Blown Up. The Government steamboat John 1. Meigs was destroyed by an exploslou at Bt. Philip, Ist. She had aboard Lieut. Jervey and a party engaged in removing the tbrpedoes luid in the Mississippi river during the beginning of the war. Lieut. Jervey had n narrow escape. Four men were killed und two badly wounded. Hard Battle in Africa. The sidar, Gen. Rlr Herbert Kitchener, with the khulifu’s bluek standard, after a bloody battle, entered Oindurman, the capital of Muhdiam, opposite Khartoum, Nubia, at the head of the Anglo-Egyptian column, after completely routing the der▼ishes and dealing a death blow to Mah-' dlam. Lightning Strikes Oil Tank. During a storm lightning struck one of the mammoth iron oil tanks of the Buckeye Pipe Line Company, west of Findlay, Ohio, containing 35,000 barrels of crude oil. The tauk exploded and set fire to a second one. The loss will be $60,000. Wheat in Australia. The nrca sown to wheat in New Soutn Wales is shown by complete reports to' be 1,500,000 acres, which Is an increase of 26 per cent over the urea devoted to that product lust year. It is estimated that the total yield will be 15,000,000 bushels. Big Loan Company Kails. At Topeka, the Kansas Loan and Truss Company, lutely known as the Trust Company of America, has failed. The liabilities are estimated at $400,000; assets at $1,200,000.

| CHICAGO LIMITED WRECKED. three Deaths Dne to the Dastardly Work of Tramps. Train No. 5 on the New York, Ontario and Western Railroad, known as “The Chicago Limited,” was wrecked at Ingalls Crossing, four miles south of Fulton, N. Y. t at 5 o’clock the other morning. The wreck was doubtless due to the dastardly work of tramps, who threw open the switch at which the train was wrecked, as well as two switches to the north of the wreck. The train was running nearly sixty miles an hour when it struck the switch and was thrown over to the side track. Tie engine was thrown twenty feet and blown to pieces. The tender was turned over. The trucks of the baggage car were torn off and the head coach telescoped the baggage car. A vestibule chair car and the sleeper Farragut were derailed, but neither was badly damaged. Engineer Dowd and Fireman Hall both jumped and were found under thh wreckage of the tender by passengers from the sleeper. Dowd died in a few minutes and Hall three hours later. The body of Brakeman Osborn was torn in two. Several passengers were injured. SERIOUS UPRISING IN CHINA. Kwangf-Si Insurgents Are Preparing to Attack City of Canton. The Kwang-Si rebellion in China, which has been quiescent for some time, shows signs of serious recrudescence. The rebels are in great force fifty miles northwest of Canton and are preparing to attack the city. Tan, the viceroy of Lang-Ivwang, protested against the surrender ’of Kwang-Chow to the French, and when the foreign offiee insisted upon the surrender Tan telegraphed his resignation to Pekin and handed his seals of office to the governor of Ivwang-Tung. The viceroy of Canton, having failed to dispatch troops to suppress the rebellion in Hainan and protect the American missionaries, the United States consul at Canton has made strong representations to the acting viceroy reiterating his demand for the prompt suppression of the general disturbances. GOOD OUTLOOK IN SAMOA. Prospect for Trade Improved by Cultivation of Cocoa. The schooner Sophia Sutherland, which left San Francisco eighteen months ago with a party of treasure seekers for the Solomon Islands, has returned with a cargo of eocoanuts. The men were deceived by the projector of the enterprise, L. P, Sorenson, who was put ashore on the island. The others sailed for Samoa, four of them dying of fever. Captain McLean has a poor opinion of the Solomon Islands, but says the outlook for trade in Samoa is good, as the people are beginning to raise cocoa. The political situation in Samoa was strained when the vessel left, as the death of King Malietoa was expeetpd. Pensions for Spanish War. Private William H. Hook enlisted for the war on Thursday, went into camp on Friday, fell ill on Saturday, died on Sunday, and on the following Wednesday his widow went before a magistrate and executed an application for a pension. Mr." Hook enlisted on May 12 at Milwaukee, Wis. On the 18th he went into camp at Camp Harvey, near Milwaukee. On the 16th he died. On the 18th, his widow, Lida M. Hook, executed her pension application, and on the first of June it was filed in the pension office. She was the first applicant for a pension growing out of the pending war with Spain. The application, with a number of others, is in the office of the chief clerk of the bureau of pensions in Washington, whore all await the completion of the records necessary to their adjudication. Up to date about a hundred applications have come in and for the present all sleep together. All pension applications have to be referred to the War Department for the record of the soldier involved. The muster rolls of the recent volunteer army are not yet in, and the records of the soldiers are very incomplete. Until these records are in better shape, which may be several months, the pension office is held at a standstill in the adjudication of applications growing out of the existing war. The pension office hns plenty of work to do, however, because there are pending in that bureau 635,000 old applications. Anti-Foreign Feeling In China. The Empress of China, in port at Vancouver, B. C., brings the following Oriental advices: The American ship Baring Brothers, from New York, burned in the harbor at Kobe Aug. 18. About 3,000 tons of matting was also destroyed. It is intimated that the fire was of incendiary origin. When the vessel arrived at Kobe from Yokohama six of lior crew were in irons. Four were afterward liberated. The United States consul at Shanghai is Inquiring into an anti-foreign outrage. Messrs. Chapin and Alexander of the International Alliance Mission, while on their way up the Yuen river with their houseboat, were stoned at Hong Kiang, Hunan. The boat was smashed aud then burned by the mob. The two travelers barely escaped with their lives on a Chinese gunboat. The officials did nothing to protect them. The annexation fever has spread to Japan, which recently hns raised the flag of the “rising sun” over a small island south of Japan. The Indemnity paid by the Hawaiian Government has been received. The .Inpanese delegations at London and Washington will be raised to the rank of embassies. Beached Off Galt Inland. With the water high In the hold of his ship, which was already deeply laden with iron ore, and running in through leaks so fnst that the steam pumps were unable to take care of it, Captain Hiram Eldridge of the steamer Superior beached the steamer on Gull Island, off Charlevoix, Mich., to prevent her being sunk iu deep water. The wreck is a total loss. The officers and crew were saved. Killed In a Railroad Wreck. Fireman Fred P. Smith was killed and Engineer George Hartford seriously injured in n wreck on the California and Oregon Railroad, near Simms station, Cal. The engine and eight ears jumped the traoU and rolled down an embankment. Shipyard Fire in Toronto. Fire broke out In Bert rani’s shipyards at Toronto, Out. TJie docks of the company and the large carpenter shop and some smull buildings, together with a barge arid a quantity of lumber were destroyed. The loss will reach $200,000. * Mod Dog Raids nn Asylum. A mad dog at the Ohio State hospital for the insane at Toledo bit a number of patients and tore n thumb from the band of Dr. F. A. Todd, first assistant superintendent. 9£he dog was killed after a desperate fight.

PREDICTS A STRIKE.

TO BE VERY BITTER AND MANY MONTHS IN LENGTH. ■* Mark Hanna’s Manager Announces that There Will Be a Big Redaction in' Coal Miners* Pay Next YearGreat Britain and Germany Allied. A Prophet of Discord. In an interview at Cleveland, Ohio, Manager Young of the M. A. Hanna Coal Company is quoted as saying: “In the early part of next year we will have one of the greatest coal strikes this country has ever seen. All indications are that the strike will last many months. The miners stand at all times ready to fight against a reduction of wages. When tha Chicago contract expires, or possibly before that time, they will be obliged to accept a reduction of 15 to 16 cents per ton or fight. I think they will fight, aud will fight harder than they havd before. The West Virginia miners are working cheaper than they ever have before. All efforts on the part of the other miners to organise them have been in vain. There is no hope that they will be brought into line.” VILLAGE DESTROYED BY FIRE. Fourteen Buildings Consumed and Twenty-two Horses Burned. ' at Rapid River, Mich., destroyed fourteen buildings. The principal losers are: Alexander Caswell, $4,000; James Gakey, hotel, $4,000; James Savoie, saloon, $660; Louis Jerome, salt Son and hotel, $1,500; P. G. Gibouree, livery barn, $600; M. L. Merrill, store, $3,000; Fred Darling, dwelling, $600; James McPherson, blacksmith shop, $300; Alexander Caswell, dwelling, $500; George Merrill, dwelling, $500; Max Glazer, general store, $2,000. These are estimates on the building losses only. The contents of all the buildings were mostly destroyed. In John Caswell’s barn twenty-two horses were cremated. The village of Rapid River has nearly 2,000 population, and is entirely without fire protection. The belief is general that the fire was of incendiary origin. < FOUR MEN BLOWN TO PIECES. Dynamite Explosion at Stinesvllle, Ind., Works Terrible Havoc. At Stinesville, Ind., four men were instantly killed by u dynamite explosion and many others seriously injured. The men were blasting rock for a new pike, when a terrific explosion of dynamite occurred, instantly killing the following: John W. Williams, John Grubb, Buck Wampler, and Edward Watts. Three men were fatally injured. The injured were taken to Stinesville and the coroner was summoned from Bloomington. The men killed and injured were well-known citizens of the county —all had families and some grown children. They ranged in age from 40 to 50 years.

NEW ALLY FOR BRITAIN. Reported Treaty of Alliance with the German Empire. A report is current in London that a treaty of alliance between Great Britain and Germany, on the lines of the speech of Mr. Ohnmberlain, secretary of state for the colonies, was actually completed. It is said an agreement has been almost reached by which Germany will support the British views relative to the future conqMJsition and powers of the mixed tribunals in Egypt. It is said that as a quid pro quo for Germany’s support in Egypt, Great Britain will recognize Germany's claims to utilize Syria as an outlet for her surplus population. Four Yonng Women Drawned. By the accidental jibing of the sail of a pleasure yacht on Presque Isle Bay, near Erie, l*a„ four young women were s\v<*pt off into the water and drowned before assistance could be rendered them. Their names are Mary, Della and Ella Pardine, daughters of William Pardine, an Erie machinist, and Jessie Moore, daughter of John M. Moore, an engineer on the Erie and Pittsburg road. Cable to the Philippines. At a meeting of the directors of the Pacific Cable Company 4n New York plans were considered for establishing cable communication with the Philippines, the Asiatic coast, Japan and Australia, via Hawaii. Surveys for a duplicate cable by tvay'of Sitka and the Aleutian Islands were ordered. » ”7 Made Him Insane. Dr. E. F. Adams of New York, who arrived from Alaska on the steamer Roanoke, was declared insane at Seattle. Adams was one of the parties that had a large amount of gold stolen at St. Michael’s, and It is thought that brooding over it unhinged his mind. Fell with a Scaffold. A scaffolding in the tower of the union station at Kansas City, Mo., fell a distances of thirty feet, carry down with it five workmen and burying them beneath a shower of bricks, broken timber and placer. It is thought none will die. Dig Bt. Loula Factory Burns. At St. Louis, the five-story brick building of the A. Geisel Manufacturing Company took fire, and within twenty minutes was totally destroyed. The loss is estimated at $l(X),000. It is supposed the fire started from nn electric wire. Launch Buttleship Illinois. It has la*en decided by the Navy Department at Washington to launch the battleship Illinois, now building at Newport News, Va., on Oct. 4. Gov. Tanner's daughter hns been selected to christen the vessel. , Dies in Illuckhurn’a Arms. Merritt Hughes, a wealthy lumber denier, shot and killed Andrew K. Steele, 60 years old, at Versailles, Ky., the wounded man expiring in the arms of ex-Senator Blackburn, bis lifelong friend. Hinklngof the Olivette. The hospital ship Olivette sank in thirty feet of water while near the quarantine station at FernanAina, Fla. No one waa drowned. The cause of her going down is yet a mystery. Receiver for Godey’* Magazine. Justice Cohen, of the New York Supreme Court, has appoint'd Louis T. Golding receiver for the Godey Company, publishers of Godey’s Magazine. Ten Yellow Fever Case*. Ten new cases of yellow fever are reported from Or wood. Miss. These cases are said to be of a mild typp. ,

TERRIFIC STORM IN GEORGIA. Savannah Wrecked and Many Boats Sent to the Bottom. A special from Savannah, Ga., says: The annual fall storm came and left its usual trail of destruction. All the naphtha launches and small boats in the river were destroyed. A small river steamer was capsized after being blown away from the dock. A bark was ajso wrecked and there was extensive damage to property in the city. In thirty hours 8.20 inches of rain fell. A conservative estimate of the damage is $250,000. Three companies of the Second North Carolina regiment were stationed at Tybee. /Their tents and clothes all blew away and they quartered themselves in any place they could find. The Norwegian Noe broke away from its moorings at Tybee during the heaviest of the gale and was wrecked in Culibogue sound. All hands on board were saved except one man. AMERICANS NOT STARVING. Canadian Government Investigate* an Erroneous Report. A report was published in many United States newspapers recently that some 3,000 Americans were starving on the Teslin trail between Telegraph Creek and Teslin Lake. The United Statqs Government asked the Canadian Government to investigate the matter. This has been done, and report has reached Ottawa, Ont., that there are only 1,500 persons altogether on the trail and that they are well supplied with provisions. There is, therefore, no foundation for the report and the Washington Government officially, informed of this fact. Fcorching for Nashville. Fire broke out in the fifth floor of the large establishment of the Phillips-But-torff Company, dealers in stoves and tinware, on College street, NashviHe, Tenn., and spread rapidly, destroying the building and those occupied by A. J. Warren, furniture dealer; Phillips & Stevenson, stoves and tinware, and the DaVis Printing Company. The building occupied by the American National Bank was damaged by fire and water. The loss is estimated at $500,000, and is covered by insurance. The loss sustained by the Phil-lips-Buttorff Manufacturing Company on stock and building is estimated at $175,000; A. J. Warren, loss on stock, $25,000; loss on building, $32,000; Phillips & Stevenson, loss on stock, $25,000; American National Bank, loss on building, $20,000; Duvis Printing Company, loss on stock, $4,000; J. M. Head, loss of Phillips & Stevenson building, $20,000. New Developments in Dreyfus Case. Lieut. Col. Henry, *ne of the chief witnesses against Captain Albert Dreyfus, killed himself in the Mont Valerien fortress, near Paris. He had made confession that the document which he offered at the trial-had been forged to aid the army in the prosecution of Dreyfus. Upon hearing of the tragedy Gen. de Boisdeffre, chief of stuff of the French army, resigned. Body Found in a St. Louis Well. At St. Louis, Mo., the body of Mrs. Catharine Doerr, wife of Peter E. Doerr, cashier of the Lafayette Bank, was found in a well in the rear of a house close to her own home. Mrs. Doerr disappeared mysteriously during the night of Aug. 21. The body was discovered when a woman went to the well for some water. Wellman Has Returned. The steam whaler Fridtjof, having on board Walter Wellman and members of his expedition to Greenland, has returned to Tromsoe, Norway, after landing an expedition at Cape Tegathoff, on the southern point of Hall’s island. The search for Andree, the balloonist, has proved futile. Sultan of Morocco 111. The greatest anxiety prevails among the Moors regarding the health of the reigning sultan of Morocco, Muta-Abd-el-A»iz. The gravest rumors are in circulation, but the populace is denied all information and the people believe the Government is suppressing the truth. Bathers Drowned in Lake Ontario. Miss Fanny Beck and Charles Herrick, editor-in-chief of the Law Co-operating Publishing Company of Rochester, N. Y., were drowned at Windsor Beach, on Lake Ontario, while bathing. Little Queen Is of Age. Queen Wilhelmlna of Holland coming of age, the Queen Regent has issued a proclamation placing the Government in her daughter's hands. Sawyer Nominated in Wisconsin. Judge Hiram Wilson Sawyer of Hartford has beeu nbminated for Governor by the Democrats of Wisconsin.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cnttle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; whewt, No. 2 red, 03e to 64c; corn. No. 2. 30c to 31c; oats. No. 2,19 c to 21c; rye, No. 2,43 cto 44e; butter, choice creamery, 17c to 19c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 13c; potatoes, choice, 30c to 40c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; bogs, -choice light, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 65c to 66c; corn, No. 2 white, 29c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c. St. Louis —Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.50 to $4.25; sheep. $3-50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2. 70c to 71c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2,20 cto 21c; rye. No. 2,43 cto 44c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25: hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; shoe**. $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,65 cto 67c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 30c to 31c; onto, No. 2 mixed, 210 to 28c; rye. No. 2. 44c to 46c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.25 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,67 cto 68c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 820 to 84c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c 1 to 25c; rye, 44c to 45c. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 65c to 67c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 3lc to 32c: oats, No. 2 white. 19c to 21c; rye. No. 2,43 c to 44c; elorer seed. $3.15 to $3.25. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 spring, 62c to 03c; corn, No. 3,30 cto 82c; oats, No. 2 white. 22c to 25c; rye. No. 2,43 cto 44c; barley, No. 2, 400 to 44c; pork, mess, $8.50 to $9.00. Buffulo—Cattle, good flipping eteers, $3 .00 to $5.75; hogs, common to choice, $3.50 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice wethers, $3.50 to $5.00; lambs, common to extra, $5.00 to $6.50. New York—Ckttle. $3.00 to $5.75; hoga, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep. $3.00 to s4.7fi» wheat, No. 2 red, 70 to 71c; corn. No. 2,36 cto 37c; oats. No. 2 white, 29e to 80c: butter, creamery, 15c to 19c; egga, Western, 15c to 10»

COOL COUNSEL PREVAILS. Miner* at Pam, 111., Restrained from Violence by Leaders. • Only the earnest pleading of John Mitchell, William Topham and other officials of the Coal Miners’ Union prevented an armed demonstration against the Springside coal shaft at Pans, 111., the other afternoon. David J. Overtook and Levis J. Overholt, the president and superintendent of the company that has fifty negroes at work, were captured by twenty of the striking miners and marched toshaft. Rev. Dr. A. Millard, an aged r ßaptist minister, received severe injuries while trying to rescue the Overholts. He was knocked down .with a revolver, his nose and jay being broken. Internal injuries were sustained and he may not recover. The miners, 700 or 800 strong, upon hearing of the affair, left their headquarters, where they had, been in session, and hurried toward the colliery, the State officials following. They overtook the mob half way out and secured from David J. Overholt a note advising Sheriff Coburn to allow the negroes to confer with the union men. The operators behaved bravely and were well treated after the union officials arrived. Sheriff Coburn met the committee of citizens and miners who bore the note at the edge of the mine property. The negroes and deputies occupied strong, positions behind hastily thrown up barricades of logs. Coburn declined to honor the request, giving as his excuse that the Overholts were not the mine owners. He sent back a note addressed to John Mitchell demanding the surrender of the captives. Mitchell replied he had nothing to do with the matter. The miners then held a meeting and were addressed by Mitchell, William Weight of Carterville, William Oppham of Danville and others. A 1 lurged peace and no violence. The men were for starting again toward the mine. They wanted to make the Overholts march in front and would have done so had not the cooler headed men prevailed. The crowd of armed men surged back and forth around the Overholts, who were well guarded, and the mob several times was on the point of starting for the shaft. The officials of the miners’ union, not desiring trouble, managed to induce the more frantic men to listen to reason. Some one cried: “Let us have a parade,” and with a cheer the men moved toward the business part of town, with the Overhoks in the front line. At Schuyler’s' bank the crowd halted and the prisoners were taken into the pjresident’s private office, where they conferred for a time with the principal officials of the miners’ union. In half an hour they were released and hurried to the shaft. The men paraded the streets for a time and then became quiet.

ONLY FILIPINO IN AMERICA.

Ramon Reyes Lala, Native of Philippines, Now in United Btatea. Ramon Reyes Lala, now in New York, Is the only native of the Philippines at present in the United States. Mr. Lala Is a member of a wealthy and influential native family, and was for many years

RAMON REYES LALA.

prominent in business and soml life in Manila. He was educated at St. John’s College, London. Being no longer able to endure Spanish oppression, a few years ago he transferred his allegiance to the United States.

NATIONAL FINANCES.

Monthly Treasury statement Presents Some Figures. The statement issued by the Treasury Department shows that during the month of August the public debt, less cash in the treasury, increased $34,789,711. The interest-bearing debt increased $74,845,070, owing to the issue of that amount of new bonds; the debt on which interest has ceased since mnturity decreased $1,020, and the non-interest-bearing debt decreased $411,470, w-hile the cash in the treasury increased $39,642,869. The debt on Ang. 31 was $1,307,357,801. The cash in the treasury is made up of the following items: Gold, $253,377,494; silver, $513,400,895; paper, $93,084,056; other cash. $67,282,201. Total, $927,144,646. Against this there are outstanding: Gold certificates, $37,119,149; silver certificates, $401,107,504; certificates of deposit, $20,560,000; treasury notes of 1890, $99,260,280; other liabilities, $74,600,628, leaving a balance, including $100,000,000 gold reserve, of $294,487,084. The total circulation of national bank notea on Aug. 31 was $230,508,524, being an increase of $481,745 for the mouth and a decrease of $3,329,909 compared with the same date last year. The receipts*of the Government for the month of August ns compared with the same month last year were: Customs, $16,249,699,inerea5e $9,201,996; internal revenue, $24,015,935, increase $12,822,303; miscellaneous, $1,517,078, increase $674,356. Total, $41,782,707, increase $22,758,055.

Sparks from the Wires.

A North American free trade zollverein, composed of Canada, the United feta tea and iiexico, is favored in the latter country. At Beliefontaiue, Ohio, Mrs. Mary C. Wolf, who was bitten on the finger by a rat several weeks ago, died of blood pair aoning. Willie Pettus. aged 18 years, who was shot by James Burns at a church festival near Fairriew, Ivy., died at his home near Hopkinsville. Burns escaped and is still at large.

WASHINGTON GOSSIP

As much as everyone must deplore the amount of sickness among our victorious troops, it is a fact, nevertheless, that the percentage of deaths from disease for the number of men enrolled is far less than it was in the civil war. The records of the Union army show a mortality list of 11 per cent of the entire force, or 313,000 In all. Of these 03,443 were killed in battle or died subsequently of wounds;. 186,216 died of disease, the cause-pf death in the remaining cases being for the most part unknown. The hospital records show that 6,049,648 cases were treated during >■ the civil war, the mortality list being aa follows: Gunshot wnd5.33,949 Reifitat. fever. .4,855Diarrhea 35,127 Intrmtnt. fver. 4,164 Dysentery .... 5,576 Inflammation of Typhoid 29,336 luuga 19 971 Typho-malarlal Smallpox 7,058. fever 5,360 Measles 5,177 During the war 285,245 men were discharged for disability, classified as follows: Gunshot wounds, 34,209; consumption, 20,905; diarrhoea, 16,487; debility, 15,040; rheumatism, 12,653; heart disease, 10,797. The heavy mortality which must have resulted in these cases is not included in the mortality records of the war. The army which fought the civil war had no such climatic conditions to contend with as our present army had in Cuba. Neither did the armies of the civil war have to be transported ip troopships, hastily gathered and fitted up in an emergency. A crowded ship in the temperate climate of the North Atlantic is not a sanitary habitation by any means, and in. Cuban wmters it is a prolific breeder of pestilential diseases. * * • Before Congress has proceeded far with its investigation of the War Department and the part it played in the conduct of the war the unpleasant fact will be revealed that Congress itself is the primary source of the trouble and of the inability of the war office to properly grapple with tihe war situation as found during the last five or six months. Con'gresa is not wholly to blame because the War Department is not up to date and because many of the officials are s 6 wedded to oldstyle red tape methods and to old-time regulations that they cannot break away, but it is largely responsible. It will have to take much of the blame upon itself for conditions which at the present time are found to be intolerable. If Congress will take this lesson to itself and liberalize the methods in vogue and the spirit in control of the War and Navy Departments the agitation will not have been in vain. * * * Admiral Schley has a happy gift of remembering names and faces and incidents connected tvith cnsual meetings with people years ago. He has surprised many people since hjs return by greeting them, cordially and recalling little things that happened at some previous meeting, whidhthey did not dream he had remembered or which perhaps they themselves had forgotten. Admiral Schley has lived many years of his life in Washington and at one time or another has met thousands of its citizens. Everybody knew him by sight, but until the last few days nobody had any idea of the number of people he knew by name. * * * Plans for the investigation of the management of the war arc\leveloping in the War Department. Before leaving on his vacation, President McKinley had a conversation with Secretary Algor concerning the question of determining responsibility for mismanagement, and it is tne intention to appoint a board of inquiry. This will be composed of a representative from each department of the line and staff of the army and will be presided over by either the judge advocate general or the inspector general. Before such a board every officer from Gen. Miles down will appear for examination. * * * . In defense of the bureaucrats of the War Department and of the officers of the regular army it is urged that they have been educated to a strict construction of the rules and regulations of the department and of the army and trained to fear to take unusual responsibilities, particularly where money is involved. • * * “The President and Mrs. McKinley were as happy ns two childreh going to a picnic,” said a White House attache, recalling the scene of their vacation leavetaking. • * • Camp Wikoff does not seem to lack inspections anyway. There is a new on* every day or two.

CURRENT COMMENT

Now that the war is over, it is time for the youngest soldier in the war to come forward.—Pittsburg Post. The only genuine ovation will be pulled off when Dewey and the Olympia come sailing home.—Pittsburg Post. The joint high commission seems to be sitting down to quite a love feast at Quebec. —Cleveland Plain Dealer. Somehow' the most of the cheering for Sampson has to be marked out on the official program.—St. Paul Dispatch. Admiral W. S. Schley would make a very good ambassador at Constantinople to collect American claims.—Suit Lake Herald. Boston proposes to furnish flags for the Porto Bican school houses. There is also an opportunity for Boston to work off a Job lot of old maid school teachers.—St. Paul Dispatch. In starching for a queen to preside at their fall appearance the Kansas people want the Topeka carnivnl knights to consider the girl who kissed Hobson.—Kansas City Journal. The Spaniards nt Santiago are cremating their dead soldiers by saturating pile* of them with kerosene and setting them on fire. It almost seems like a burn in* at eve, however.—Boston Globe.