The Greencastle Democrat, Greencastle, Putnam County, 9 December 1893 — Page 2

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INDIANA.

The News Condensed. Important Intelligence From All Parts.

CONGRESSIONALKe^ulur S«‘HhIoii.

Tna first regular session of the Fifty-third congress convened at noon on the 4th. In the senate a large number of Dills an*t resolutions

■were tntroUuccd and referred to appropriate »» .... f„commlttocs After ihe readlnu of the prwil murder of Victor Snellman, and Charles

ThuUsANl*s of KatiKas City people wore sufferitijf from the ifrip. Fihe destroyed the Newell block at Utica. N. Y., the loss beinf 140,000. A'ktoii F. Cvrikb, a drnj' clerk employed by E. I,. Caron in Chicago, ami Mrs. E. L. Caron, the wife of Cyrier's employer, eommiUed suicide at the Virginia hotel. They left letters indicating' that the pair had been too

intimate.

Abe Stein & Co., importer* of goat skin, hides, etc., in New York, failed

for *1,000,000.

C.rouge Armstrong (colored) was ■ hanged at Taylorsville. Ky., for the j murder of Kate Downs; .John Ueiter j was executed at Astoria, Ore., for the

dent'a message the deaths of Charles O Neill end William Lilly, Isle representatives from Pennsylvania, were announced and the senate, as a mark of respect, adjourned.... The speaker called the hnuss Voordor at noon and 11. S Bundy, of Ohio, and Mr Orlflln. of MicklKan, new members, took the oath af ofllee. The deaths of Messrs. O'Neill and billy were an nounced. After the read in* of the message from the president the house adjourned.

DOMESTIC. Colorado's jj-old output for 1893 will show an increase of over 1O0 percent, over 1892, which was up to that time the largest yearly outputiu the history of the state or territory. The Mexico (Mo.) Daily Intelligencer, edited by S. 11. Cook, secretary of the democratic state central committee, has suspended. At Oak Harbor, 0.. a boiler in a sawmill exploded, killing Edward Gordon, engineer, Edward W. Monroe, sawyer, and David Wright, laborer. The general assembly of the Farmers' Mutual Benefit association in session at Indianapolis voted to consolidate with the other farmers' organizationsof the country. In answer to Commissioner Blount’s report on Hawaiian affairs ex-Minister Stevens alleges a conspiracy to discredit Harrison's uci ministration. For the first tivc months of the present fiscal year the governmeutexpeuditures have exceeded the receipts by £14.000,000. Newton Jones, who killed O. (r. Herndon, was lynched at Haxley, tin. He was taken from the officers who had arrested him. Skcrktarv I-amont in Lis annual report of the war department says the total strength of the army on September 30, 1893, was 2,144 officers and •-J6,779 enlisted men. The organized militia in the states numbered 142,597 men. The expenditures for the year were •.'>1,965.074. Ok th*» grand jury which recently adjourned at Columbia, Mo., three members are dead and another was ill John R. Phootor has been appointed civil service commissioner in place of G. 1). Johnston, removed by the presi-

dent.

Seventeen business houses were burned at Jasper, Ala. It was reported that thirteen persons were drowned in the Missouri opposite Hlaire, Neb., while trying to cross the river with cattle. In a drunken row among miners at Eckman, W. Va.,si.x men were killed and four others were fatally injured Miss Edith Ehshink, of Pleasnreridge Park, Ky., won fifteen barrels of whisky by guessing on world’s fair attendance. The annual report of Secretary of the Navy Herbert shows that the total number of serviceable war vessels in the United .States navy is forty-one, fifteen of which are armored. In addition there are sixty-four vessels on the list, mostly wooden cruisers, tugs and monitors that are set down as unaerviceable for war purposes. The United States ranks seventh in the list of naval powers. Protesting his Innocence of the murder of his wife and mother-in-law Van Haker died of consumption in the West Virginia penitentiary at Moundsville. It. E. Preston, the director of the mint, in his annual report says the value of the coinage executed at the United States mints during the fiscal year was |4B,685,17& The stock of metallic money iu the United States in July, 1893, was estimated to have been: Gold, *97,097.685; silver, *»115,601,484. The amount of money in active circulation, exclusive of the amount held by the treasury, ivn* stated as *1,596,701,255. An incendiary fire destroyed Jackson City, the .Monte Curio of the district of Columbia Promoters of the> new town site at the golti discoveries in Colorado have named it Balfour, in honor of the English champion of bimetallism. Twenty-one horses were burned in a fire at Lexington. Mo., and five others were made useless by their injuries. Fire destroyed the interior of a large clothing’ store in Chicago, the loss beng *185.000. Helen Dauviut, the actress, was granted a divorce from John M. Ward, the bail player, by a New York judge. The public debt statement issued on the 1st showed that the debt increased ffl,715,898 during the month of November. The cash balance in the treasury was *9.>, 199,617. The total debt, less the cash balance in the treasury, amounts to *961,568,816. Flames in the worsted mill of J. F. Cochran & llro. iu Philadelphia caused a loss of *225,000. There were 278 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 1st, against 887 the week previous and 2LkJ in the corresponding time in 1892. The exchanges at the leading clearing housesln tlic United States during the week ended on the 1st aggregated •790,870,812, against •957,775,035 the previous week. Thedecrense, compared with the corresponding week iu 1892, was 42.8. The secretary of the interior in his annual report says the policy of removg from the pension rolls those who ^e not legally thereon will be coninued, and denies that the purpose has ever existed of an extreme and unreasonable manner of suspending pensioners. lie says the work of the Indian bureau sh/> ws that they are steadily advancing in civilization. He recommends that Arizona, New Mexico and Utah be ndmitted as states into the union.

Johnson (colored) was hanged at ' Swainsboro, tla.. for the murder of a; negro named Shields. The leather firm of Edwards .t Barrett. of Hoston, failed for *500,000. The government receipts from all sources during November aggregated 9 100, or nearly *5, M0 less than during the same time in 1892. The expenditures last November were *31,802,026, or *1,750,000 more than in November, 1892. The town of Durant, I. T., was completely destroyed by tire. Leroy, alias Edwards, the murderer of Mrs. Dr. Haynes and three other women in Denison, Tex., was sentenced to ninety-nine years’ imprisonment. It was reported that a large number of Chinese were coming into the United States at a point a few miles below Debrio, Mexico. Di'RlNU the recent blizzard Nicholas Bergstrom and two daughters were killed by snow slides at Glendale, Mont, three miners met a like fate at Hecln, Mont, and near Pine City, Minu., Mrs. Bussell and her daughter were frozen to death. The New York board of education will try to put an end to cigarette smoking among scholars In Baltimore three large manufacturing buildings and the University of M aryland were burned, causing a loss of *400,000. The failure of members to meat their obligations has caused the collapse of many building associations in western Pennsylvania. In navigating the great lakes iu the season just closed 123 lives were lost, fifty-three boats, with an aggregate tonnage of 24,258 and valued at *1,040,400, passed out of existence, and partial losses by stranding, collisions and fire bring the grand total of losses on boats to $2,112,588. Woma n suffrage was carried by 6,347 majority in Colorado and Gov. Waite has issued a proclamation giving women the right to vote at all elections iu the state. A shortage of more than *40,000 has been discovered in the accounts of Lewis A. Arthur, treasurer of Bedford county, Va. Swearing he would not go to jail for life Alfred Anderson swallowed poison in a Fort Madison (la) court. Three men seized the Luzerne (la) depot, robbed every person who came along and imprisoned them in the freight room. •Tudor Stover, of Kansas City, Mo., decided shaving unnecessary labor and that barber shops should be closed on Sunday. Mrs. MacReapy, of Florence, Kan., was suffering from hydrophobia taken from a chicken that had been bitten. Judoe Winters, of Indianapolis, ordered the receiver of the Order of Iron Hall to wind up its affairs. Three men were killed while descending the shaft of a slate quarry at Welshtown, Pa., by the breaking of the cable. The special committee sent to the upper Michigan peninsula by Gov. Rich reports the miners in urgent need of relief. For stealing cattle to feed starving families six men received a one-year sentence at Cheyenne, W’ya, the lowest penalty. Houses Nos. 1 and 2 of the Union Dock & Warehouse company at Duluth were burned, causing a loss of *105,-

0(H).

Pauline Cushman, the noted female scout of the rebellion, died at San Francisco from an overdose of morphine. A fire swept through the commercial center of Baltimore, entailing a a loss of *700,000 and throwing out of employment over 500 persons. Lucius Holt, a negro arrested at Concord. Ga, on suspicion of the murder of W'ilbur Reynolds, was lynched by a mob. A bronze statue of Koscoe Conkling was unveiled in Madison square, New York. The annual report of the comptroller of the currency shows 8,795 national banks to have been in operation at the close of the report year, with a capital stock of $095,558,120. Within the same period 158 banks suspended, with a capital stock of *30,300,000. Of this number eighty-six, with a capital stock of *18,205,000, resumed, and sixty-five passed into the hands of receivers, with a capital stock of *10,885,009. The seventh annual report of the interstate commerce commission claims reforms have been made, although short of expectations. A fire at Corsicana, Tex., cremated thirty-five horses and burned other property, the loss being *109,000. The visible supply of grain in the United States on the 4th was: Wheat, 78,091,000 bushels; corn. 7,948,000 bushels; oats, 4,255,000 bushels; rye, 594,000 bushels; barley, 3,342,000 bushels. In a fit of insanity John Dunlap, a railway employe in Chicago, shot his wife and himself fatally. Crazed by business troubles O. B. Sawyer, of Palestine, Tex., shot his wife and then killed himself. John Dei.fino, an Italian barber, was successfully electrocuted in the state prison at Sing Sing, N. Y., for the murder of Caroline Gissell in Brooklyn eleven months ago. K. C. Williamson, mayor of Hazelhurst, Miss., was beaten to death with a baseball bat by Kirby Miller. Three hundred men resumed work in the i’ullman repair shops at Wilmington, Del, at a reduction of 20 per cent iu wages.

The boiler of a Texas A Pacific engine exploded near Eastland, Tex., killing Engineer Charles Elliott, Fireman Charles Heevers and Hrakcuiau Frank Spence. The Citizens’ national bank at Grand Island, Neb., the oldest bunk in the city, closed its doors. A CANAL which will irrigate 1,200,000 acres of land in the Salton desert is projected by a number of Denver capitalists. The Bruen stables near Burlington, la, were burned and fourteen valuable horses perished in the flames. Secretary Cahi isle asks for an appropriation for the treasury department for the next fiscal year of *411,870.041. John Davis was horribly burned and his wife and child cremated in a prairie lire in the Cherokee strip. At Erie, Da., Edward Cady, a victim of morphine, killed two of his children and then put a bullet in his own brain. Another big gas well was struck in West Seneca, near Buffalo, N. Y., the flow of which was estimated at 1,000,000 feet per day. Riconn Rosseau, president of the Banque Frtincai.se in New York, tied with at least *20,000 belonging to his depositors. The New York locomotive machine works at Home, N. A’., were burned, the loss being *500,000. A fire in the store of the Powers Dry Goods company at St Paul, Minn., caused a loss of *100,000.

THEIR FATE FIXED.

Mrs.

Foy’s Story in Connection with Cronin's Murder.

The Conspirator** Were to Have Killed John F. Finerty, Judcre Prenderg-ast and One Other .Man — F.flTort to Have Her Evidence Kxcluded.

THE NAVY.

Sarretar; He.-bert Nut« Mora Rattle.hip. Arc NeediMC Washington, Dec, 1.—The report of Secretary of the Navy Herbert begin, with the •tatement that since the last report nine ve» ■els have been launched and six vessels have been completed and commissioned. The total 1 number of serviceable war vessels Is forty-one, I Ilf teen of which are armored. There are sixty | four vessels on the list, mostly wooden cruls- | ers, tugs and monitors, unserviceable for war

| purposes.

The United State* ranks seventh In the list of naval powers. The secretary requests authority to devote the 1450,00.) authorized for a vessel similar to the Vesuvius for three torpedo boats and asks an Increase of the limit of cost of the torpedo cruiser under construction

The bids for

TREY WKHE MARKED MEN.

Chicago, Dec. 7.—Mrs. Andrew Foy at a Lite hour Tuesday night gave the names of the three men who she claimed

were doomed to die with Dr. Cronin. , . . ., „„ , , ,,. , . ,, , , that It may be llntshed this year.

1 hey are Judge Richard I rendergast, three new gunboats are the lowest ever

received. Of 12.3)0 tons of armor under contract 1.0(0 tons only Were delivered by March 1

last.

The vessels completed since March 4,1885. cost *25,000,432 and the premiums aggregated

John F. Finerty and a Mr.Conway, She also gave the names of three other men who, she says, were implicated in the conspiracy ami had as much to do tvitli

it as “Dan” Coughlin. All these points *589,916, the heaviest sum being for the New were given to Judge Wing ami Attor-■ York, 1200,000. This does not Incmde theColumney Forest last summer, hut Mrs. Foy bia and other war vessels completed since the

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netrospoc.UvA. In s wagon made of willow Wheeled I once a little maiden. Ringlets shining on the pillow. Rolling homeward, treasure laden. Like a boat upon tbe billow. Ten years fled; oh' how I missed her When I left the village sohooll JBut she said she'd be my sister. As we lingered by the pool, And I passionately kissed her. Ten more hopeful years renew Bl Little wagon made of willow. Loving eyes are bent to view It, Loving hands adjust the pillow. And we've tilted rockers to It)

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. Dr. Alexander Guy, aged 93, died at Oxford, O. He gave thousands of dollars tocolleges. churches and charitable institutions. Ex-Congressman Phillips, of Salina Kau., died suddenly at Fort Gibson, I T. He served three terms c the house Gen. William Lilly, congressman at large from Pennsylvania, died at his home at Maueh Chuuk of congestion of the lungs. Judge E. C. Billings of the United States circuit court at New Orleans, La., died from heart disease at New Haven, Conn. Samuel Richards, one of the foremost of American artists, died at Denver of la grippe. Wap Sey. a Pottawattomie Indian living near Hartford, Mich., is HO years

old.

The republicans of Chicago nominated George B. Swift for mayor and : the democrats named John P. Hopkins. J. J. Van Ai.en has declined the appointment as ambassador to Italy.

FOREIGN. In a collision between passenger and freiglit trains in Italy twenty persons were killed and many injured. Twenty-one persons were killed in a fight to prevent troops closing a Cathlic church at Krosche, Russia. The Mexican revolutionists were making it unsafe for travelers to cross the border. • Severe earthquake shocks were felt at River Moisie and Seven Islands in Canada \ Canada’s new tariff measure will discriminate against the United States and in favor of Great Britain. John Boyd, governor of New Brunswick, died of apoplexy at SL John. Prof. John Tyndall, LL. D., the eminent scientist and author, died at Basic mere, Surrey, England, aged 73 years. Advices from Hawaii were to tbe effect that no change in the situation had taken place. The provisional government was still in power and Minister Willis was awaiting instructions from Washington. LATER.

says that they persuaded her not f.o give them to the public and used the argument that her husband would be hanged if she did. Mrs. Foy also re- ! latcd somewhat at length the discussions which the alleged conspirators held iu her presence regarding the disposal of Dr, Cronin's body. Mrs. Foy also stated that her brother John McLaughlin, knew as much about the conspiracy as she did, but he would not perjure himself and fled to the old country to avoid being put on the w itness stand. She said: “There were three other men to be killed by the conspirators at the same time that Dr. Cronin died. They were Judge Prendergast, John F. Finerty aud Mr. Conway, a real-estate man. After Cronin was disposed of they began making their plans to do away with the other three. One night my husband said to me: ‘They're going, too.’ ‘More murders?’ I asked. 'Oh, it don't do any hurt to kill those fellows. They’re no good, anyway. If you are a loyal Irish woman you’ll never say a word.’ But I told them positively that if they attempted to kill anybody else 1 should certainly tell the story. Consequently they made no further efforts to dispose of the other three.” Chicago, Dec. 7.—The vacancies on the Coughlin jury have all been filled. After the twelve men had been sworn in they were taken to a hotel in charge of bailiffs. Then Judge Wing, one of the counsel for the defense, addressed the court in opposition to the introduction as a witness of Mrs. Andrew Foy, on the ground that according to her story her husband was one of the conspirators against Dr. Cronin, and consequently was liable. This being the case her evidence was not competent because it tended to incriminate her husband, even though he was not

on trial.

The state admitted the point was too well settled to discuss, but their contention was that Mrs. Foy’s testimony was not wanted to injure her husband. They did not care at all about Foy. It was Coughlin they were after. The state's lawyer said very emphatically they would be heard in answer to Judge Wing because Mrs. Foy was too important a witness to be left out of

the case.

ORDERS FOR WILLIS.

In the United States senate on the 6th Mr. Hoar offered a resolution requesting the president to communicate to the senate instructions given to any representative of the United States iu regard to Hawaiian affairs. Mr. Dolpii very severely criticised the administration for its action in regard to Hawaii. The nomination of W. 1). Horn blower, to be associate justice of the supreme court, was received from the presidenL In the house a bill was introduced providing for the transfer of the pension bureau from the interior to the war department. The bank-

ruptcy bill was discussed.

A receiver was appointed for the

Minnekahta state bank at Hot Springs, I Cleveland has

Instruction* Sent to Act at Once

ing Hawaii.

Washington, Dec. 7.—A prominent senator is authority for the statement that the revenue cutter Corwin carries orders to Minister Willis at Honolulu to see that the queen is restored to the throne without delay. It is evident that tile state department received by the last steamer, the Alameda, the news that Minister Willis had de-

termined to defer the carrying out of aKxm-st

his instructions until he had heard

further from his government.

It is a fair presumption that the revenue cutter Corwin carries to him the further instructions for which he asks. The paragraph in the president's message referring to Hawaii was written after the additional instructions to Minister Willis had been dispatched. This

paragraph may be taken to reflect spirit of the instructions. By

ferring to this it will be clearly

seen that whatever doubts

lad fiscal year. In addition to tbese there are now In process of construction, or authorized to be built vessels upon which have been cx-

p»Ufa»S 125,701,056.

Comment Is made upon the growing foreign practice of Installing on warships as many rapid fire and machine guns as can be protected, and towatd the extension of the rapid-tlrlng system of guns of higher caliber* The smokeless powder manufacture is regarded as being In the experimental stage. The'secretary says that he has approved the recommendation that the navy be equipped with a magazine rifle of .256 caliber, to use a smokeless powder which will give a muzzle velocity of 2,400 feet per second and effective range of a mile and a half, 200 rounds to be carried by each mam This rifle will be of a smaller caliber than that In use by any other

power.

Reference is made to the remarkable success | of the steelmakers In producing armor piercing projectiles In this country, and It Is said that they are the equal If not superior to any shells ! made abroad. A higher development, however, has been made necessary by tbe discovery th<*| they will not penetrate nickel steel plate at an

angle of 45 degrees.

The armor plate tests during the last year have In cases exceeded In severity any ever attempted, and have demonstrated the desirability of using the Harvey process for armor. | On a 14-tnch nickel steel Harvey plate four 10-lnch Holtzer projectiles were crushed with- j out penetration The striking energy was ! 8,344 foot tons per ton of plate attacked. The I Harvey plate absorbed the energy of the ball j in crushing it, while the untreated plate received nearly all the energy within Itsedf and j racked the vessel. The experiments Induced | the secretary to order that all of the armor al ready ordered be treated by the Harveyed |

process.

Tbe department Is Investigating what would i be the effect upon the crew of a submerged boat of the detonation of a high explosive under water near by. The department is waiting for the result of experiments with 15-inch pneumatic guns before proceeding further with the test of the Vesuvius. The secretary suggests that In case department experiments show these guns to be of little value for naval purposes the Vesuvius should be made a tor-

pedo cruiser.

As to the naval policy Mr. Herbert says that our navy has not yet come up to the standard, that the navy shall be as efficient when compared with others as that which the country possessed before the era of modern ships, and when the seaports were deemed to be, as they certainly are not now, amply provided with fortifications. The secretary says we have now bufldtng only four vessels which can properly be denominated first-class battle ships. The cruisers and gunboats constitute an efficient fleet and will prove efficient whfn they ehall all be In lommlaslon for cruising purposes In ordinary times and to look after our commerce abroad. But unarmored cruisers are not fighting vessels. Continuing: "They can destroy merchant ships but they cannot meet armored vessels: and In time of war, scattered abroad over high seas, they would leave our unfortified seacaast, with all Its cities, absolutely without reliance, except upon our first-class and secondclass battleships, seven coast defense vessels and two little torpedo boats. These, If they were all concentrated, would scarcely be able to create a diversion of an enemy's fleet, and If scattered would not furnish a battleship, or even a torpedo boat, for the defense of each city. If we carried out such a programme during a war an enemy with a fleet of battleships could wreck cities while we

were robbing schooners.

"The navy has now a sufficient number of

cruisers and should be further strengthened by battleships. The military value of a commerce destroying fleet is easily overrated. Many, Indeed, were the complaints made

President Lincoln. because he

aent so few ships to search for the confederate cruisers, but he was too wise to listen to the clamor. The fleets blockaded the ports of the confederacy, penetrated its rivers cut oft Its interior communications and thus rendered services to the cause of the union which the public has never yet fully appreciated In the meantime. In spite of depredations, American commerce flourished. Commerce destroying was Irritating, but it decided

nothing.

‘For fort defense torpedo boats are more the effective, according to cost, than any other re- class of vessels. The English naval maneuvers last summer show that eighteen torpedo boats, valued at II,800,000, with crews

or appre- tl j 35^ men, destroyed a battleship and

hensions Minister Willis may have ex- six cruisers, valued at IB,750,ouo, and pressed of the accuracy or good founda- with crews numbering 2,050 men, the tion of the Blount report. President dl ® e f ence of , 1 ™ K08 _V elns , in j nonc y *7.050,000,

and in men, 1,090. Therefore, 1 recommend the

not

report,

lost any of his ab-

K. I). The British sh ; p Jason went ashore off Highland light, near Boston, in a hurricane, and the crew of twenty-six, with Capt. McMillan, were drowned. The Chicago trust and savings bank was placed in the hands of a receiver. Martin Anukbson, murdered an unidentified woman in the cellar of his employer’s store at Omaha and then killed himself. The Lehigh Valley railroad strike was declared off, both sides making concessions. Harper Whitmier, a farmer aged40, murdered his mother-in-law and sister-in-law and then disappeared in the hills at Butler, Pa. Robbery was the motive. Capt. Bassett has completed his six-ty-second year of continuous government service. Daniel Webster made him a page. Mrs. George H. Williams, a Portland (Ore.) religious enthusiast, finished a forty-day fast and resumed eat-

ing.

The Georgia house passed the bill providing for the issue of currency notes by state hanks. A den where counterfeit nickels, dimes, quarters ami halves were being made was discovered in Cincinnati and the counterfeiters were arrested. Eight thousand persons in the Michigan peninsula were said to be in need of assistance. Juan Guadalupe was shot by law in the City of Mexico for heating to death his 3-year-old boy who refused to drink a cup of coffee. The influenza was increasing in many places in Germany, and at some points was largely of a fatal character. 8c11loss & Co., New York clothing manufacturers, failed for *500.000. The firm w us ruined by its confidential manager, who embezzled 175,000.

solute faith in the accuracy of the Blount investigation and the justice of j his conclusions, it is highly probable, I therefore, that the new instructions are a repetition of the old. A New England senator will introduce a resolution declaring that it is the sense of congress that the monarchy shall not he restored. A gentleman informed as to movements of the provisional government says tha* President L'ole, at the first active intervention of Minister Willis against the provisional government, will send Minister Willis his passports, and if resistance is made put him under arrest for attempting to destroy the

government.

An Associated Press representative received from a reliable source an intimation of the policy intended to ho pursued in HuivuiL The extent of the active influence intended to be employed in behalf of re- I seating Liliuokalani on the throne has probably been exaggerated. The purpose of the administration is believed to be rather to act as an arbitrator as between two parties in dispute and endeavor t<> prevail on them to j agree between themselves. THE NEW NAVY. Figaro* Showing It* Total 4,'ost to Ito Over Stir,,ooo.ooo, Washington, Dec. 7.—The actual 1 cost of the new navy since its inception is officially given us follows: Amount appropriated, *77,184,108.80; amount expended, *05,288,780.18; balance in treasury November 1, 1893. *11,895,424.02. Amounts appropriated anti expended for construction and machinery plants at the several navy yards from September 7, ISt*. to October 31. iv.13, *715,000; total expended, *058,802.29, leaving a bulanco in the treasury Jotober 31, 1893, of *50.187.71.

construction of at h ast one battleship ami six

torpedo koala.

"Kvery vessel now authorized may be expected to be In commission by July, 1899 The secretary calls ihe attention of congress to the personnel of the navy. He points to the evils which result from retarding promotions so that men have passed the line of life without acquiring knowledge of responsible duties or Having had ths opportunity to ussume the control of a man-of-war. He says that no method now exists whereby the government can get the flower of Its personnel Into those positions where they can be of Ihe greatest service to

the country.

He recommends that the number of enlisted men and boys lu the service be increase by 200 men. Ho also recommends that the enlisted men he allowed to become citizens of the United States without forfeiting their contlunous service In tbe navy. At tht date of the last report the number of men In the naval militia of seven states was 1,794, while the total at present is 2,376. Thesecreiary asks for congressional direction respecting the disposition to be made of the Columbian caravels and the Viking ship The report closes with the presentation of the estimates for the next flscal year. These amount to 127,805,914. The estimates for the same purposes for the current fiscal year amounted to 121,171,498. For the current flscal year the esllma.es for Increase of the navy amounted to 19,703.657 anu for the next fiscal ^ear they amounted to 112,455,025. The total Appropriations for tho current fiscal year were *22.&• 1,1,61. Iu explanation of this Increase tbs aeoretary says: The rapid deliveries of armor make the Increase necessary. HELP FOR THE MINERS. Ytliard and Colby Syndicate Sends 91,000 to Ironwood and llesseiiier. Milwaukee, Doc. ‘A—Charles L. Colby, of New York, has telegraphed ills represeniative, Frederick Abbot, of this city, to send a check fc-r *1,000 to relieve the suffering of the miners at ironwood and Bessemer. It is in that region tho mines of the Colby .t Villard syndicate are located, and the relief from this check is to be confined to the Ironwood and Bessemer district probibly because the mil.ers on tho Wisconsin side of the line are being looked after by tlic Wisconsin authorities.

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IN THE BLADDER

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