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;*¥i .-v r S53WW -hagr "Wtll* W*IS or t$»ber of work- H•**$ Plaindealer J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. HcHEl^RY, ;#••. .. r ILLINOIS. POISONED ICE CREAM. hVWWW PERSONS DEAD , ? • OTHER8 VERY ILL. ^hm Extract Blamed--It Was P«tr- , chased fropwa Peddler and Used in , "J^lltaking: Ice Cre*m--Connecticut To* i%»cco Barns Leveled. 1 3 MyiterloM Ptomaine Poisonlnjf. tee cream prepared with lemon extract purchased from a traveling salesman has , . raused the death of three persons at Mid- dletown, X. Y., and a score of others are s : sick and more fatalities are expected. The '* deed and dangerously sick constitute near- i ly all summer guests at Arthyr Jones' cottages at Greenfield, which is about fire 1/ miles from Mountnindale. and the pro- prietor's parents and his family. The ice efeam was eaten at dinner, and about U • o'clock that ni^t Mrs. Seder was attack > ed with nausea. Soon after others were similarly sick. Dr. J. F. Curlette of Mountaindale was summoned, and he di­ agnosed the cases as ptomaine poisoning. ? He called Dr. Munson of Woodbourne. and the two worked incessantly. Mrs. ^ .Seder died two days afterward. Mrs. Mi- chaelis the following night, and early the :>> next morning' Robert Jones died. Dr. . Curlotte believes six more deatbs will ,* *ccar. ir* "• Bace for the Pennaat. following is the standing of the dabs ! ' :*l#<Ahe National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. 38 Pittsburg ... .55 5-1 38 Philadelphia. 50 53 41 Brooklyn *». .40 63 43 Louisville .. .40 68 47 Washington, 38 67 49 St. Louis..32 77 Boston 60 Baltimore^.. .64 Cincinnati . .68 Cleveland . New York. Chicago ... .64 .60 .60 Following Is the standing of dw cials Ift the Western League: W, L. TT. Milwaukee ..70 45 St. Paul... ..62 43 Detroit 42 47 St. Joseph... .38 Indianapolis. 67 JEansas City.68 Columbus .. .61 44 Minneapolis. 38 Exodn» of Indians. ' An exodus of 3.000 Indians f£om the "Creek nation will result from the Govern­ ment's action in depriving the nation of •elf-government. C. E. Douglass, found­ er of Creek City, and its governor, will leave for old Mexico in a few days to ar­ range for the colonization of the Indians there. They are incensed at the action of the Government and refuse to become United States' citizens. They purpose to trade their head-rights for a reservation in Mexico. The Creek nation comprises 8,000,000 acres and 15,000 people. BREVITIES. , .ifct fjeneca Falls, X. Y., Mrs. PatriA Bevlm, aged 70, was burned to death in a fire. Ernest M&rojt, the oldest artist in Cali­ fornia, Is dead at San Francisco, aged 71 years. Col. Sir Casimir Stanislaus Gzowski, C. M. G., died at Toronto. He was 85 years old. The Canadian steamer Cuba reports Hgrt the second mate, Benefenille, fell overboard while the boat was in Detroit ^tver and was drowned. ^The Hon.^homas M. Adams, Demo­ cratic nominee for the Legislature, was issinated at Giles, 'Ga., in a general at a political gathering. ! ' Thomas F. Bayard, ex'-ambassador to England, is reported seriously ill at Karl- stein, the summer home of his daughter, Mrs. S. D. Warren? in Dedham, Mass. Former Governor Claude Matthews *|s stricken with paralysis while he was fcutking an address to the old settlers at their meeting at Meharry's. grove, ten miles from Veedersburg, Ind. The Omaha exposition directors have passed resolutions inviting President Mc- Kinley and his cabinet, the Prince of Wales and other dignitaries to be present atthe peace celebration in October. The Thingvalla line steamer Norge sunk tfce French fishing schooner Laeoquette of Bayonne, France, on the Grand Banks. The captain and eight seamen were saved. Sixteen went dotrn with the unfortunate vessel. A woman known as Vicomtesse de Hen- ifct threw herself from a second-story Window at Paris and is so seriously in­ jured that recovery is considered hope- tess. She is. a member of a wealthy Cali­ fornia family. Albert Swanson of Chicago and Joseph Bolton of St. Louis narrowly escaped death from starvation in Alaska. They were lost for twenty days in the Stigine wilds, subsisting all that time on bugs, frogs and tree bark. A severe wind storm last night leveled ten tobacco barns in the northern part of Snfficld, Conn., blew down many trees and crippled the electric light service. The damage caused is estimated at $15,000, jfPf rA .oMfined largely to ruined tobacco. *¥", During a heavy thunderstorm at Pitts- ^' brag, Pa., lightning struck a summer car ? OB the Second avenue traction line as it Posing Greenwood avenue, and as ff' * result one passenger is dead, another & 1' •' w3l probably die and four others are bad- K'? fr/hurt. At Wheeling, W. Va., William Hyde, '••h '-!5 *® old Vrell driller in the Elk farm field, v- struck quicksand at 150 feet. He low' *' wed a lantern into the well to see the <, , condition of the hole. An explosion of *«»•'•• drovo the broken glass, sand and % scraps of the lantern into his face and LV; breast and knocked him forty feet from fef: mouth of the well. He was fatally ^ ' hurt. i >Damage. to the extent of 515,000 was IP £ ' f!U^d 10 the *«dMing and maehinerv of We Simplex Railway-Appliance Company At Hammond, lnd., by a fire which origin- |"i~ , ated from an explosion of benzine in the " Paint room, where a workman placed an |f *1 unguarded t< rch too noat a cask of the fluid One hundred n^en are temporarily Wit of work. * s:Y- - ' .w^rS" C' ,E' 'Malkeinaus of Jacksonville 2®1 * s^lfo'ed her life saving her •7 'tttee Children from death.in a fire started H ^ tbc accjdeutal upsetting of a lamp All jp^V V • *ete terribly burned. The mother is f$l>„ ^ ^ -dp^df UuJ. the childn-11 will recover ti-Handfe P«. i The sceldfSt the tunnel caving in on men. Five men wfre in^nred. One of these, a negro, naoie unknown, was taken to the . West Penh hospital in a dyinf condition. One of the others is also ex­ pected to die. The men were eugased In tearing out the tunnel on the Chartiers valley branch of the Pan-Handle Kail- road, just west of the town of Carnegie. They were preparing to pall down the west wall of the tunnel, had fixed a rope for this purpose and were preparing to drill holes in it for blasting. Suddenly the wall fell over on them. Every man standing at that end of the big excava­ tion was buried alive. The other work­ men at once began the work of rescue. Seven of the men were taken out dead. > The Central Stamping Company, manu­ facturer of tinware and sheet metal arti­ cles, whose-office is at 25 Cliff streef, New York, and factories in Brooklyn and New­ ark, N. J., made an assignment. The company was organized in December, 1884, with a capital stock of $500,000. It absorbed five of the largest concerns in the tinware trade in the country and waa known as the "tinware trust." The con­ cerns 'absorbed were Lalance & Grosjean and Frederick Haberman & Co. of New York, E. Ketcham & Co. of Brooklyn, James Alkman & Co. of Newark, N. J., and the St. Louis Stamping Company of St. Louis, Mo. When the consolidation took place the factories and equipment of the five firms were leased to the com­ pany for ten years at a rental of $15,000 a year each. During the ten years the company did a very large and prosperous business and claimed to have made a large surplus. At the expiration of the ten years there was a disruption of the rela tions between those in the company, and Lalance & Grosjean and the St. Louis Stamping Company withdrew and were followed by Frederick Haberman & Coi The liabilities of the trust are said to be abou{ $300,000. * / trial of A. WCttfe KILLED. WESTERN. James G. Maguire heads the -California fusion ticket for Governor. ' The Tamblyn-Powers Clothing Com­ pany at St. Louis, Mo., filed a deed of trust to DrC G. Wiley Broome to secure Jane I. Tamblyn and eighty-seven other creditors. Liabilities, $64,288; assets un­ known. A rich strike was made in the Sheriff mine on Kaven Hill, Victor, Colo. Valu­ able ore was discovered in the Jackson lease at a depth of 65 feet in a drift run 30 feet west from the shaft. It consisted of- a large vein of quartz literally filled with free gold. The citizens of Carterville, 11L, wece aroused the other morning by the fire alarm to find their much-prized city in a blaze. The fire originated in the rear of Lauder's saloon, and all of the buildings from the railroad to JSiles' store were completely destroyed, with the exception of Hampton's drug store. The .'oss is estimated at $250,000. v Seated near the window of tjieir room in tbe lodging house at 91 Martin street, Milwaukee. Wis., Christian Zellner and his wife were found cold in death. Over' the face of each was a handkerchief which had been saturated with chloro­ form. Both were more than sixty years of age, and, weary of the battle of life, they had made their final exit together. v The police of St. Louis are to have an­ other mystery to solve. An unknown woman partly disrobed on the river bank at the foot of Meramac street and plunged into the water. The woman's body float­ ed out into the middle of the stream and sank and up to a late hour it^ had not been recovered. In , the pile of clothes scattered on the ground was found $205 in paper money, $100 in gold coin and some change. At the Wisconsin Republican State con­ vention held in Milwaukee thfe following ticket was finished by the Republicans: For Governor, Edward Scofield; Lieuten­ ant Governor, Jesse Stone; Secretary of State, W. H. Froelich; Treasurer, J. O. Davidson; Attorney General, EL R. Hicks; Superintendent of Public Instruc­ tion, L. D. Harvey; Railroad Commis­ sioner, Graham L. Rice; Insurance Com­ missioner, Emil Giljohann. James A. Baker, superintendent of the Majestic Steel Range Company, was shot and killed in front of his home at 5055 Ridge avenue, St. Louis, by Campbell Allgaier. The men quarreled over certain alleged statements Baker js said to have made about Allgaier's sister, Betty, who lives a few doors west of the Baker home. Baker was 37 years old and leaves a widow. Allgaier, who was placed under arrest, is 25 years old and a widower. The Cambria Iron Company, whose ex­ tensive plant is located at Johnstown, Pa., will be absorbed by a new corpora- ion, the Cambria Steel Company, and its stock will be guaranteed 4 per cent divi­ dends. The new corporation will have a capital of $24,000,000 and the holders of Cambria iron stock will have the privi­ lege of subscribing to three shares of the new company, the Cambria Steel Com­ pany, for every share of the old com­ pany. A most remarkable disiease, known as the jack rabbit worm, has made its ap­ pearance in Haskell and Grant counties, Kansas, and members of a dozen faihilies who have eaten the meat of jack rabbits are in a critical condition. Three deaths have been reported. Ix>cal physicians were unable to diagnose the disease and a specialist was sent to investigate. Ten days after eating jack rabbit meat the victims broke out with pimples similar to measles. Then a small worm would crawl out through the skin, leaving the patient a physical wreck. The physicians say it is the rabbit worm disease, caused by eating jack rabbits out of the frost period. The Leiter relief moveinent is still be­ ing agitated at Newton, Kan. Charles Schoefer of Sedgwick, who was consul to Vera1 Cruz under President Cleveland, writes to J. B. I'ugates, editor of the Xewton Democrat, as follows: "I enter my indignant protest against the unfair criticism newspapers are making about the Leiter movement. We believe that Leiter, Jr., caused the high price that wheat brought us. We know nothing of the wine and woman part of his life. But we do know that while he might have gone on the other side and 'beared* the market, thus recouping his losses, he did not do so, in this way hel|»ing the farmer to secure a better price for his grain. All this we do know and. feeling grateful, we wish to express gratitude in the only way it would count, that is, by giving 1 cfent per bushel on all wheat to help a man who has helped the farmer." K. Ward, charged with forfing notes to the amount of nearly $250,000, resulted NU||iER OF AMERICANS in a verdict of guilt?, and he was sen­ tenced to three years is the pfuiieniiarf, The south-bound passenger train on th« Atlanta, Knoxville and Northern wag wrecked near Knoxville, Tenn., and En­ gineer Bert Garwood of Blue Ridge, Ga., will die# Also the fireman, name un­ known. A tremendous explosion at the plant of the Chattanooga Powder Company at Ooltewah Station, Tenn., killed two white men, Lucius B. Eakiti and Harton Mort- chke, and wounded seriously, if not fa­ tally, six others. After the explosion the plant was destroyed by lire. Robert Taylor, who with five other men of Talladega County, Ala., is on trial be­ fore United States Commissioner Wilson at Birmingham on a charge of murdering W. A. Thompson, a Government witness, near Sylacauga, Ala., last March, made ; a full statement of the killing, implicating all the defendants. Alex. Walker, a negro living near Pleas­ ant Hill, Ala., was called from his cabin late the other night by a party of white men and carried to the woods. Here he was strapped to a stump and beaten with buggy traces. He was released and man­ aged to crawl back to his home, where he died half an hour later. The negro had been very troublesome in the neighbor­ hood. FOREIGN. A dispatch from Madrid to the LoiidOft Times says it is reported that at a series of bull tights at the village of Vicalvaro, four miles from Madrid, twenty-eight per­ sons were injured. The firm of Solomon & Koppell of Bo­ gota is financing the payment of the un­ settled portion of the Cerruti claim, the arrangements to culminate at the expira­ tion of eight months. The slaughter in southern' China, con­ tinues. Corpses float past Wu Chan daily. Two hundred rebels who had en­ tered Tai Wong Kong were defeated by Gen. Mawho, who killed 100 of the rebels and took forty of them prisoners. The gentry in the districts of -Paklan and Wungun daily send to the magistrates be­ tween ten and twenty rebels for execu­ tion. News of a fatal accident to one of two brothers of the name of Kortula has been received at Vienna. While making an as­ cent of the Geisterspitze, in the Ortler Alps, tied together, one of the brothers fell into a fissure. The other hrother fac­ ed tbe alternative of cutting the rope or of both being killed. He cut the rope and his brother fell into a mountain torrent and was drowned. . Coincident with the West Indian sugar conference, to assemble at Rarbadoes for the purpose of protesting against a sacri­ fice of the colonies, Jamaica is preparing a plebiscite to the British Parliament, re­ questing permission to endeavor to ar­ range for annexation to the United States. The promoters of this movement are en­ deavoring to secure intercolonial co-opera­ tion, but they are nOt depending upon it. EASTERN. <•* ... x ^fThrec warehouses will be built at the ^ f ^Rtooklyn navy yard to cost respectively s #75,000, $60,000 and $30,000. The larg­ est will be 250x60 feet, three storms high, and fireproof. This .will be used for stor- ,r Kfag torpedoes and ordnance stores. The $00,000 building., will be two stories1 high and will be used for sails, rigging, etc. At the League Island navy yard also another Warehouse will be built to meet the pres «Ure of naval supplies. , p, . '^Blight men were killed, possibly ten, and y.-- iftve more injured, two fatally, at the Car- ̂ Pifmik. prison oi ^ / , , ' IN GENERAL. > X' • r i - ? • ' j , The total gold output of Blade. Hills mines for the last twelve months is esti­ mated at $8,000,000. Because their houses were closed, the Chinese gamblers of Vancouver, B. C.> made an attempt to blow up the town. Their plot was discovered just in time to prevent a terrible catastrophe. For the first time in the history of the United States military academy a first lieutenant is to be made superintendent of that institution. The officer to be thus honored is First Lieut. Albert L. Mills, First cavalry, one of the Santiago heroes, who now has the temporary rank of cap­ tain as a member of (Jen. Young's staff. The expedition of Theodor Leruer, which started in May last to search for Andre and to prosecute scientific investi­ gation, has returned to Hammerfest, Nor­ way, in order to enable his ship, the Hel­ igoland, to refit prior to starting on an­ other voyage. Lerner found no trace of the missing aeronaut, but achieved in­ teresting geographical and scientific re­ sults. Bradstreet's commercial report says: "Perhaps the most interesting feature of the general business situation at present is'Ae air of confidence with which the mercantile community awaits tho ap­ proach of the fall trade period. While, of course, baBed in some degree upon the favorable results already achieved in many lines, it is unquestionably true that the flattering crop outlook at home and the return of peace, with the expectation of benefits to our export trade naturally expected to accrue therefrom, make for much of tbe feeling thus expressed. Re­ flection of the growth of fall trade is found in the steady expansion now going on of bank clearings; the improving de­ mand at higher prices for most makes of iron and steel; the generally favorable railway earnings, which, in default of a large movement of crops to market, point to a large return trade in manufactured goods to the agricultural sections, and the reports of continued activity in distribu­ tive trade west and south, with signB of a moderate increase in interest at leading Eastern markets, which hitherto have not shared largely in the trade improvement." SOUTHERN. The South End Hotel at Tybee, Ga., was destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $50,000. Arnold Wyman of Brattleboro, Va., aged 72 years, committed suicide in (New York by shooting himself in the mouth. At the Texas Republican State conven­ tion at Fort Worth it was decided a State ticket would not be good policy and -no candidates were named. At Hot Springs, Ark., the National and W indsor hotelST-with two or three small structures adjoining, burned. Three lives were lost. The property loss is $25,000. The Black Diamond Coal Company, with mines at Coal Creek and offices at Kdoxrille, Tenn., failed, T. H. Heald be­ ing appointed receiver. Liabilities are $150,000; assets unknown.. The indictment against Mrs. Myra At­ kinson, wife of Gov. Atkinson of West . f i l l * i v . ,-.v -i .."rfsgrfr • ,, • ; " ' ' - •; . - V v ' . 2 H - • • 1 JT MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 65c to 67c; corn, No. 2, 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2, lttc to 20c; rye, No. 2, 41c to 43c; eggs, fresh, choice creamery, lf»c to 18c; eggs, fresh,- 12c to 13c; potatoes, choice, 30c to 45c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 65c to 67c; corn, No. 2 white, 30c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. St. Louis--Cattle. $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.50 to $4.25; sheep, $3.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 68c to 6!)e; corn, No. 2 yellow, 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2, 206 to 22c; rye. No. 2, 44c to 46c. Cincinnati--Cattle, S2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $15.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, Xo. 2, 66c to 68c; corn, Xo. 2 mixed, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2 mixed,. 21c to 23c; rye, Xo. 2, 47c to 48c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.30 to $5.25; hogs, $3.25 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, 69c to 71e; corn, No. *i yellow, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 25c; rye, 44c to 46c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 69c to 71c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 30c to 32c; oat#, No. 2 white, 20c to 22c; rye. No. 2, 44c to 46c; clover seed, $3.30 to $3.35. Milwaukee--Wkleat. No. 2 spring, 03c to 65c; corn, No. 3, 29c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 25c; rye, No. 2, 41c to 43c; barley, No. 2, 45c to 47c; pork, mess, $8.75. to $9.25. Buffalo--Cuttle, good shipping steers; $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, common to choice, $3.50 to $4.50; pheep, fair to choice weth-' ers, $3.50 to $5.00; lambs, common to extra, $5.00 to $6.25. New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat,4 No. 2 red, 75c to 76c; corn, No. 2, 35c to 37c; 6a*s, No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; butter, creamery, lfic to JJQc; aus, Western, 14c to 15c. ~ Spate* Lom Ken Waa Xai^Thaoa WhfttOnn Waa, and Bhe Has Parted vritli Mnch Valuable Propertjr-Ks* timat. of I^e. in Both • y Casualties Were Few. < WasmTigton eonwsponaenes; THE Army and Navy Departments are in possession of nearly complete lists of casualties on the American side, and of more of accurate es­ timates of losses inflicted upon the Spaniards during the war, which lasted only 114 days. The double total is probably _ less than that of single battles in"our civil war. The Span­ ish casualties are, of course, far greater than ours, but are difficult to estimate be­ cause of conflicting reports. The first defenders of Spanish honor to fall in the war were undoubtedly killed at the bombardment of Matanzas, on April 27, the war having been declared by Con­ gress to have commenced April 21. Short­ ly ufter this the cruiser New York fought some Spanish cavalry at Cabanas, thirty eight miles west of Havana, without sus­ taining loss, and on May 1 Dewey won his world-famous victory off M&nila, af­ ter stopping for breakfast when hixlf way through. The loss on the Spanish side footed up 400 killed and over 600 wound­ ed. The American casualties consisted of the» wounding of six seamen. The Vicksburg and the cutter Morrill engaged the Santa Clara batterleB off Ha-. IMat S2mm INTERIOR OF HOSPITAL TEITT. rana on May 7 without sustaining injury. Four days later came the fight in Car­ denas harbor, in which the only American naval officer to be killed in the war met his death. The cruiser Wilmington, tor­ pedo boat Winslow and gunboat Hudson had entered the harbor to attack some Spanish gunboats. In the fight a shell burst aboard the Winslow, killing Ensign Worth Bagley and four others. The Spanish losses in Cardenas included one medical officer, three sailors, two women, three children killed; wounded unknown. The day of this skirmish was also the day on which the cruiser Marblehead, the gunboat Nashville and the auxiliary cruiser Windom attacked some Spanish troops behind improvised breastworks at ttffi Great Crowds Greet Home-Cora ̂ Mg War Fleet BIG NAVAL PAGEANl! * 1. Vf , A,". Jtlakes f f the General Holiday. ot,er' U »PPear« to me that that bird &ia moulted wonderfully since last February." famous charge of the rough riders and the Tenth cavalry and First cavalry on Sevilla Heights, near Slboney, when 1,000 Americans fought twice their number, took place on Jnne 24. The killed in­ cluded: Capt. Allyn K. Capron, Sergt. Hamilton Fish, Sergt. Marcus D. Russell, all of the rough riders; Capt. Maxipil- iano, Corp. White of the Tenth cavalry, Corp. Doherty and ten privates. Maj. Crow, Lieut. Col. Alexander O. Brodie, Capt. McClintock and Lieut. Thomas of the rough riders, and Maj. Bell, Capt. Knox and Lieut. Byram of the First cav­ alry were wounded, as were forty-six oth­ er soldiers. The Spaniards lost 285 killed and wounded. The Texas shelled the Santiago bat­ teries on June 22, when a six-inch shell killed Apprentice Frank E. Blakely and wounded seven seamen. Shortly after­ ward Thomas Levalley of White Plains, N. Y„ died in the Key West hospital of appendicitis caused by overexertion while serving on the Yankee before Guanta- namo and Santiago. » ^ v Casualties at EantlagOt"";,"^ In the advance on Santiago of 1, 2 and 3, there were killed 21 officers, 205 enlisted men and 77 officers, and 1,197 en­ listed men were wounded. At that time 8-1 enlisted men, of whom many have since been found, were reported missing. In the destruction of Cervera's fleet on July 3, Chief Yeoman George H. Ellis of the Brooklyn was the only American killed. Three were slightly wounded on the Texas. The Spanish loss has been estimated at 350 killed and 160 wouhded, including Admiral Cervera himself atyi 250 SCENE ON THE HIGHWAY NEAR PONCE, PORTO RICO. Cienfuegos. One seaman was killed and another was so badly hurt that he died later. Captain Maynard and Lieut. Cam­ eron Winslow, both of the Nashville, were slightly, and Robert Volts of the Nashville, Herman WT. Kuchneisted, John Davis and John T. Doran of the Marble- head, and William Levery were seriously wounded. Many other Americans receiv­ ed trifling wounds. The Spaniards lost 800 killed and many hundred wounded. Sampson's bombardment of San Juan de Porto Rico, an engagement satisfac­ tory in its" results, took place the next day, the Iowa, Indiana, New York, Ter­ ror, Amphitrite, Detroit, Montgomery, Wampatuck and Porter joining in the at­ tack. The enemy responded with a heavy fire, killing Frank Widemark, a seaman en the New York, and the gunner's mate on the Amphitrite, and wounding seven. The ships were uninjured. The Spanish governor general reported the casualties in the town as eight killed and 34 wound­ ed. A second minor attack on Cardenas took place, in which seven Spaniards were reported wounded, and on May 31 Com­ modore Schley bombarded the Santiago fortifications, firing on Morro Castle, La Zocapa and Punta Gorda. Our forces were unscathed and the Spanish loss was reported heavy. On June 6 Sampson took a tyrn at the forts, silencing them without fcis#rfning loss. On the Spanish side Col. Ordonez, Capt. Sanchez, Lieut. Yrizur and Officers Perez and Garcia were wounded. An ensign and five sailors were killed and twenty wounded. Five American ships bombarded Cal- manera, In the bay of Guantanamo, on June 7, vd forty marines went ashore there from the Oregon three days later. Then they were joined by 600 more ma­ rines from the troopship Panther, under Lieut. Cel. Huntington, and the Marble- head, Vij:en and Dolphin ran up the bay to fire ou the Spnnish earthworks. The first battie of the marines took placb June 11, wlieo Assistant Surgeon John Biair Gibbs of Richmond, Va., Sergt; Charles H. Smith and two privates were killed. The Spanish los.s is unknown. In the next two or three days' fighting, in which the marines did gallant work, Sergt; Maj. Henry <Joode and Private Tauman were lulled a td five privates wounded. There were also some Cuban casualties. a Sampjron'a next bombardment of San­ tiago resulted in the killing of an officer and thv*e men and the wounding of an officer and twenty men. On June 13 the Yankee fought a Spanish gunboat off Cienfuegos, and Solon P. Kennedy of New York wits wounded. Three days later the Spanisu general, Jovai, was killed in a naval attack on Santiago. A gunner was killed i»t target practice on the Yankee by an exploding shell. Then Shafter effected a landing in Cuba and moved upon Sibo- ney, and the army took up its share of suffsring and danfer. The daring and Capt. Eulate. Besides this, in the sink­ ing of the &panfeh crujser iteina Merce­ des, Capt. Acosta, five seamen and 21 Marines were killed, and a lieutenant and !1 men wounded. In the subsequent mu­ tiny of Spanish prisoners on the Harvard Lix of them were killed and 15 wounded. The loss with the Spanish cruiser Alphon- t;o XII. is unknown. Winthrop Chanler of • New York, a brother of Col. Wm. Astor Chanler, was wounded in the right arm on July 3, while Unding with a force of 25 rough riders %nd some Cubans from the auxiliary gun­ boat Peoria, at Palo Alto. Gen. Miles, after effecting his landing in Porto Rico, at Guanica, has had such a gratifying time of it that there were practically no American casualties. Capt. Clihon Barrett and four men, all Sixth Massachusetts, were wounded in a fight before Yauco, where four Spaniards were found dead and several wounded. On 4ug. 6 eight privates were wounded af (luayama. One Spaniard was killed and two wounded- Five men were wounded at Asomanta, Lieut. J. P. Haines, Fourth artillery, and two privates were wounded and a corp6ral killed. One man was kill­ ed and an officer and 15 men wounded near Hormigueros. In' the fight at Manila July 31, the Span­ ish loss was estimated at 300 killed and 1,000 wounded, and we lost nine killed, nine seriously wounded, including Capt. Reinholdt Richter, and 38 slightly wound- ad. Tbe last casualty in the navy was the death of Emanuel Konlouris, a coal pass­ er on the gunboat Bancroft, who was kill-, ed during a recent engagement with Spanish riflemen at a point of land jutting out into Cortes bay. Corporal Swanson was' killed by a shell in Gen. Wilson's advance in Porto Rico. Capt. Lee and Lieut. Maines and three privates were wounded. The Span­ ish loss has not been reported. Total Losses in Both Armies. Gen. Vara del Rey of the Spanish forces was one of those killed at El Caney. Gen. Toral declined to estimate the total Span­ ish losses there. It is sdfe to say that their loss in killed in battle on land and sea is several times our loss in dead. Ac­ cording to the estimate at hand the navy has lost: Killed, 1 officer and 18 men (in­ cluding Cadet Boardman, accidentally shot at Cape San Juan Aug. 10); wound­ ed, 3 officers and 40 men. The army has lost: Killed, 23 officers and 213 men; wounded, 87 officers and 1,316 men. Total American loss, 24 officers and 249 men killed, 90 officers and 1,356 men wounded. The estimating of the r umber of Ameri­ can soldiers who lost their lives through sickness in the war is a more difficult mat­ ter, because of tbe latek of complete re­ ports from all hospitals. At present the Navy Department has no sufficient date on the _ matter. As to the army, deaths is a conservative estimate. The land that Spain must add to men and ships in her column of losses includes Cuba's 43.319 square miles. Porto Rico contains 3,530 square miles, and is the healthiest of all the West Indies. Guam, or Giiahan, Is the southernmost and larg­ est of the Ladrone group. If we select it as our perquisite in that locality we will get a fertile piece of ground 100 miles in circuit, thickly wooded, and provided with a couple of Spanish forts and a roadstead. The Philippines have an aggregate area of 114,400 square miles. Wre have taken thirty or forty transports in thckeoiurse of the war. P . ^ ' •, •• WAlfT TO BE ANNEXKBy f| A Strong Feeling Among; Spaniard! in Cuba for Union with Us. A correspondent of the New York Her­ ald who visited Havana since the signing of peace articles between the United States and Spain says that the sentiment of Spaniards iq the capital is in favor of the annexation of Cuba to the United States. They realize that if a steady ai:d strong government is not fonnded it will be very difficult for them to remain in the country, representing as they do the wealthy element. They prefer the idea of annexation , to any other kind of rule, for they believe it would be the only thing Which would guarantee order and the pro­ tection of all kinds of interests. They state that a government established under any other conditions would not last very long. The Cuban element, representing finan­ cial interests and having social standing, who have tak^n no active part in warfare, have similar ideas and believe also that any other government which might be es­ tablished in Cuba in which certain radical elements would participate would precipi­ tate great disturbances and render im­ possible all efforts for pacification by the Government. Among many of the plain people the feeling of annexion is strong. "We want to belong to the United States and not to the Cubans," many of them said to the correspondent. HAVANA BASS AMERICANA* Officials Refuse Landing: to Boat's PasseOgcrs. Officials in the city of Havana are ap­ prehensive of trouble and refuse to allow Americans to enter the city or the resi­ dents to hold mass meetings. The schoon­ er Ellen M. Adams, from Key West, with a cargo of potatoes and onions, un­ loaded and was ordered away before the goods had bee® sold. They were con- Hi<rn<u1 tn o XT were prevented from landing. Feeling against Americans in the ranks of that part of the soldiery favorable to Weyler is at such a high pitch that it is as yet unsafe to land. There is great suffering for food among the poor, but officials say there is food enough left to last two months. r PKAtB AGKKTS NAMED. Spain Balecta Blanco and Madaa to Read Commission. .The following peace commissioners have been decided on by the Spanish Govern­ ment: For Cuba--Gehs. Blanco and Castel- lanos and Admiral Monterola. For Porto Rico--Gens. Maeias and Or­ tega and Admiral Vallarino. Senor Leon y Castillo will be chairman of the Paris commission. Senor Moret, who has been prominently mentioned for the commission, will not be appointed be* cause of the hostility of the press. ; CtftAXD REVIEW HKX.D. Brilliant Spectacle Witnessed at Camp Thomas. '« Forty thousand people saw the great review at Chickamauga. Snodgrass hill was black with spectators, and their ve­ hicles formed a line of miles. The crowd came early and waited. The assembly in m >> -.y--j, 7* ft •/%, AN AMBULANCE WAGOJT. itself Tvas a great show. People were there from all the country round about to see the last review of Camp Thomas. They were not disappointed. The military panorama passed before them was all they expected it to be. Farmer Boys Not the Moat Rugged. In one of the soldier boy letters from San Francisco it is recounted that a coin- pany of farmer boys recently arrived at Camp Merritt and were examined for en­ listment. Very much to the surprise the officers, who regarded the men as the strongest and most rugged looking of any in camp, 130 out of 98 were rejected on account of heart disease and rupture. The examining surgeon advanced the theory that farmer boys were put at heavy work too joun& . . rW'ii America's Fattte-rcarred Tleet tha* J Cervera'a Ships Thnndcrs Its \ *vN Tribute at the Tomb of Gen. Grastfc. 1 J -One Million New Yorkers WildJjP^y^ Cheer the Fighters, While Roaring Gatw Kmphaslae the We!cotuo-?<f*»« ti- ' S, '• tion to tatnpsou and tclilcy. New York special: <. ' * * ' New York and the nation pa Saturday x fitly signalized the appreciation of the rt*~. - • public of her victorious fleet. An impos* • '®g pageant of warships was received ia,,* • ' the harbor of the larg-st city of the coun- / ," try with acclamations of delight ami miration, and the ovation from shore anil ' from the great flotillas of all sorfV ol^.'.'A'^ craft on tbe water significantly gave tcK the returning heroes some idea of the es«» . teem and admiration in- which they arr v J regarded by the people. Long before suurise gun was fired tat ' , Castle William. Governor's Island, thf„ u '* people were astir5 and abroad. Crowds were hurrying to the river to be early oiii the scene. The New York and New Jer- . sey shores were crowded with people. The-' * *'] river and bay were literally alive with: . craft and the craft alive with people, all cheering and good-natured. An imprest/. A sive scene was when the flags were raisl'v ed on the forts and flagships. As th# ' „ ' starry banners were raised aloft the band#;V„ :A of the forts and on the flagships played the "Star-Spangled Btfuner." and th^ '5^:' shores rang with patriotic cheers. - < iy; There was very little friction in carryin^r\< out the program and no more delay thaif*?* was to be expected. There was consid* > \ erable wigwagging on the gray battle^ . > ships, and the police boats formed in line;V'/'?v;v Then came the Glen Islam!, and then thejVL -it" battleships began to slowly move up the-* 4- bay. There was a salvo of cannons an<f cheers of people, and the toots of thouf sands of whistles made an indescribably **? din. . ? Soon after the monster pageant was in line. First came Admiral Sampson's flag­ ship, New York, then Admiral Schley's flagship, Brooklyn, then the Massachu­ setts, Oregon, Iowa, Indiana and Texas, and after them a moving innss of all sizes and descriptions, with flags waving and people cheering. The great battleships moved slowly and majestically. As Governor's Island was passed there was a tremendous report from the giins that did so much execution at Guanta­ namo and Santiago. The people on shore and afloat went wild. They yelled and screamed, waved flags, and jumped up and down in patriotic fervor. And so it was all the way up to Grant's tomb, where there was a final demonstration of patri- otic fervor such as New York has never f witnessed before. The pageant was view- t ed and cheered by hundreds of thousands of people. It was a magnificent and in­ describable scene and one never to be forgotten. ^ Since leaving Guantanamo no incidents •«,' of an nnusual' nature except a temporary breakdown on the part of the Indiana had i marred the homeward progress of Samp- | son's fleet. Few ships were passed. ? Smooth seas and fair winds made the pas­ sage pleasant. There was occasional change of formation* Heading out from - Cuba, the armor-clad ships came in single columnf the New York leading, the Iowa next, then the Indiana, Brooklyn, Massa­ chusetts and Oregon. At night the fleet shone with sjde lights, running lights, portholes lit up by electric lights from within blazed out on the wat- t-io uo cue u luv TV jiiu- ward passage. It is months since such an illumination has been seen in Cuban waters, where warships, blockade run­ ners, transports and all sorts and condi­ tions of craft have been threading their way with all lights screened, great shad­ ows, that passed silently. On the trip from Guantanamo, as the air got cooler . the spirits of the 3.000 men and officers aboard the six ships rose correspondingly. The relief from the perpetual heat of Cuba was indeed appreciated. Saturday's celebration was the first op­ portunity the American people have had * of demonstrating in a public way their gratitude for the great achievements of the Santiago squadron, and throughout a long day of greeting there was no stint in the welcome, no pause in the shouts and cheers, no cessation of the spirit of rejoicing at the sight of the vessels and over the return of the nation's defenders at sea. Enthusiasm knew no limit, and the sentiment of gratitude and rejoicing dominated land and sea and people. The hearts of our naval heroes were gladdened by the royal welcome extended by a mill­ ion patriotic Americans. Such an out­ burst of enthusiasm was never before wit­ nessed on the banks of the Hudson or any other river News of Minor Note* A plague of roaches -infests the northern portion of West Philadelphia. The Piccadilly Club of Cincinnati will r(< present a loving cui> to Admiral Dewey. It is said dpain njever learns or forgets anything. It will therefore remember the • \ Maine. ^ J. N. Taylor, aged 64 years, committed suicide by blowing oft his head at his home, eight miles south of Marshall, Mo. Divers in Lake Huron have recovered * ^ 1 1 600 tons of copper from a wreck 160 feet deep, after it had lain there for thirty-two years." ' ' "• ••••' ,* A cylinder band of a threshing machinP*- A burst near Solomon, Kan., and killed George Parks, who was feeding the ma­ chine. Rome Armstead shot and almost in­ stantly killed a young man named John Cooper at a Wheat thrashing at Mo. t i-1 • --V . r %x h . While cutting tobacco near Lancaster, Pa.. Henry Barr stopped to pick up a stalk and gouged one of his eyes eV with his cutter. Italy is the first of the powers to tears a lesson from the war. The Navy Depart­ ment has given orders that wood shall not be used on battleships. The Oklahoma City (Okla.) Mercantile Company has been chartered tvlth a cap­ ital stock of $10,000, to de^l in' cotton gins and general merchandise,-. Secretary Long ridicules as ̂ absurd all rep?>rts that some of the European pow­ ers may cause trouble if Commodore Wat son goes with his fleet to'Spain. . Details of the wreck of the Klondike steamer Jessies-show that eighteen per­ sons who were on the boat are miming and it is feared that all are lost, ' / * * • • * - , • . > • • v - • • • ~'k \' ; " ... ^v -i