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5: „• iri*« sip . V v v-> ;r .;^t-- *• Jt , •* -» . - -»v-»>.~»~ -4*- «, 1 l' >;.» ' flelphia, doing business *&closi*l^*lth 'tacked h!s wife, Mary, with a meat as patrons outside the city and promising at their home in an isolated portion of the A MAXIM oetACHrtENT IN NATAL. iw mmmwainmau* co., pih. -:>/ ' ILL I NOUS. MCHENRY, fiECOKD ,V'*\ • Seventy-five homicides have occurred In St. Lonis during the eleven months of <his year. It exceeds by six the record *1'SSfor the twelve months of lfS)8. Of the many slayers, Frank B. Callaway is the - ibnly one whose life is in jeopardy, he be- " i 'v.^jhtg the only oue under sentence of death. At St. Louis J. Ends How, grandson |>f James B. Eads, builder of the St. >uis bridge, and himself a millionaire, jthould he choose to accept the fortune jits relatives have been trying in vain for years to have him accept, _ has given f2,000 to "he exi»ended for the public wel­ fare." J \ - Henry Cunningliam,*ged ^(15, tfftiftiad lived at Stony Brook, N. J., for thirty years, was burned to death in a tire which destroyed his house. One other Occupant, a colored man, escaped injury. • ;J$t'unninghara is supposed to have started r./i^he tire himself by upsetting a lighted lamp. After a legal battle in the United States courts covering a period of over 'Iwo years, Joseph Wilkins.,of Washing­ ton, D. C., and Howard Butler, of Phila- -oelphia, have been sent to prison to' serve .%||jeatenees imposed upon them for having $| Violated the law regarding the sale of oleomargarine. . '•'/ ; In Omaha Mr?. John W. Scott has; brought suit for divorce on the ground that her husband insisted upon treating her sick child by Christian science when it was sick and that it was necessary to abandon her home and return to her par­ ents in order to secure medical treatment, for the little one. The North Central Kansas Teachers" Association at Manhattan put itself ou •record when a young minister tried to pnt through a resolution condemning football. A hot fight followed, iu which the young Vomen present defeuded football by speech and vote. The preacher's- resoluK tion was defeated by two to otuv „f tt At BiTshnell, Neb., the Union Pacific ^Irahseoutinentar trains collided with ^frightful effect. Fifteen passengers .in­ jured, though none fatally, is. the rrpbrt from the two trains, both ot Vrhich were heavily loaded. One of the trains was -taking water when the other crashed into l§(t. Fireman Doone was fatally hurt. . ^ A wreck on the Neiliart branch of the 'Great Northern resulted in the death of three men and the destruction of an en­ gine and ten cars. A heavy coal train from Bolt, drawn by a Mogul engine, was about a mile from Great Falls, -Mont., when the engine strue£! a steer, left the track, and ten carp, twertfj>iled on top of it . * V , IncorpoftitiiA papers have been filed in the Secretary of State's office at Albany «nd in the County Clerk's office at Koch- ester. N. Y.. for the Rochester Optical Camera Company, capitalized at $3,500,- 000, $2,000,000 of which will l»e sub- eoveribeiL J»y Rochester financiers,.; Prqctic- nlly all the plate cameras manufactured as-ffl be ttH^ied oat by this trust. Bradstreet's commercial review says: Warm weather and a. holiday have im­ parted an appearance of irregularity and e\ en dullness to some lines'of distribu­ tive trade, completing • a .month which has been on the whole quieter than was the preceding month, but one which still makes satisfactory comparison with a corresponding period last year, when the weather conditions,;"par{iqtrtarly favored distributive business in Seasonable goods. *riu» price situation generally is appar­ ently one of notable strength in view of these conditions. Wheat, including Hour, shipments for the week aggregate 3,099,- / il00 InigfteJs,'^jfcainslf 3,t>&S,077 last week, 7.4SM,!»:>!> in 1898. »;,4iK>,900 in 1897. 3.- d *,53,1 <10 in 1890 and 3,150,828 in 1895. Since July 1 this season the exports ag­ gregate 89,167,904 bushels, against 90,- t<08.042 last vear, and 107,938,039 in 180T-S8. -•S . ' . BREVITIES. Fire destroyed the large foundry of . Schucli & Martin in Covington, Ky. Loss $50,000, insurance $10,000. A. J. Warren's furniture factory at Nashville. Tenn., was partially destroyed by fire. Loss $35,000, with $25,000 in­ surance. John McKay, an oil weli supply and iron pipe dealer of Titusville, Pa., has filed a petition in voluntary bankruptcy. The liabilities are $178,883, and the as­ sets $235. During the first nine months of Ameri­ can occupation exports of merchandise and gold coin from Havana to the I'nit- <h1 States reached a total of $10,411,150 more than to all other countries. . The unknown bandit who met his death in South Omaha, Neb., while attempting to hold up Bank Clerk Trumble, has been identified as W. M. Cunimings, liv­ ing at 5422 Wabash avenue. Chicago. Clarence B. Douglas, a newspaper cor­ respondent charged with killing Editor James Williams at Ardmore, I. T.. in June, 1897, has been found not guilty and discharged. His plea was self-defense. Capt. Ike T. Jobe, late of the Sixth United States infantry, who wdsto have been tried before the United States Court for using War Department penalty en­ velopes for private letters, escaped from the county jail at Columbus, Ohio. Mose Schcrijer,. 18 years old, ftft tnekle of life: f lerfciiMer, N. Y„ football team, was thrown in a game at Herkimer with ^jthe New Hartford team and twisted his sphre: He was Tendered unconscious and died without regaining consciousness. 7"" The biirkentijie Cuidon arcived at'St. John, N. B., minus her , l|&\v#prjt and • , headgtfar. She had been in collision with the Spanish steamer Santauderine off the „ Newfoundland banks. The first mate of the steamer was killed in the collision. Fit* destroyed the merchandise stores of E. D. Hamilton and E. R. Beaiu hamp and the latter's residence at Edmonton, Ky. Loss $15,000, insurance $7,500. Stanton Barnard, formerly a Western lumberman and for ninny years president of the Chippewa Lumber and Boom Com­ pany of Cbippetva, Wis., is dead at' his home iu New York, aged 71 years. -- Mrs. John A. Logan, Youngstown. <)., ... has received a message from General Otis through the War Department that '•¥'the remains of Major Logan will not H leave Manila for San Francisco until the { latter part of December. EASTERN, V H. G. Chisnell, general manager of the Pittsburg Plate Glass Company, died at his home in Pittsburg, Pa. The Peter Paul Book Company of Buf­ falo, N. Y., has assigned. Liabilities $55,000, assets not stated. Col. John A. White, until a few years ago a business man in Chicago, was found dead in his office at Concord, N. H. He had been asphyxiated by escaping gas while at his desk writing letters. He was GJ years of age.. „ ^ur-.uc* The doors of the hOiftfe dint* 1<of the in­ vestors' Trust, 1221 Arch street, Phila- large ^frofits on investments, havfe Closed. Efforts to find the president,-sec­ retary and cashier are unavailing. Six persons were killed and about a score injured, some probably fatally, iu a railroad wreck on the Lackawanna at afcrossing at' TaterSon, N. J. The Phil-* lipsburg accommodation, west boilnd, crashed |nto the rear of the Buffalo ex­ press while the latter was standing at the depot. After suffering awful agony for tw® days, Joseph Gibbs, aged 32 years, died in the Chester County, Pa., Home for Hydrophobia Patients. His wife is af­ flicted with the same disease at her home. Gibbs and his wife were bitten by a rabid dog about two months ago. He was sent to New York, where he received the Pas­ teur treatment. 5 ; . . . W E S T E R N ? ' William T«clischmidt, cashier in Hie interna! revenue collector's office at St. Louis, is missing. Judge Garland of the United States Court at Sioux Falls. S. D., adjudged the Northwestern PackiufrCompany of that city bankrupt. The Studebaker Manufacturing Com­ pany of Chicago and South Bend, ind., has shipped 300 wagons to South Africa for the British army. / Flames were discovered in the planing mill of the Philip Rinn Company, Divis­ ion and Crosby streets, Chic»go, and a los^ of $150,000 resulted. Toledo reports the successful use of Surgery in a case of pneumonia. Sis ribs Were cut away for the removal of abscesses and the patient's life saved. W. J. Bryan has rented his home in Liucoln, Neb., for the winter, and l»^ud his family will spent thp next ^nree months in Texas ahti, northern Califor­ nia. w uZ '• Col. George-R. Davis, most prominently known foe his oflicjal fomicction witlfthe World's Fair as directo~r2enCWt1, dted at his honie in C^hV»gO5»f,^lpllnti0»» ftf the heart. ® . ^ :.iv _ : " A composite pbotufeiaph jot'the Madon­ nas painted by the old masters duriug 300 yenr§ has just been made by Joseph Gray I\itchell of Indianapolis after many months of wq^lu^,, ^ Robert WeSroC^a pioneer manufactur­ er of wagons and plows, well known,,to- travelers on the old Santa Fe trail, died at his home at Independence, Mo., of Bright's disease., Ezra Moore shot and killed Constable William Smith and seriously wounded Deputy Sheriff J. T. Conklin, who tried to levy on an execution at histhgme near Chicago Junction, Ohio. * ' At Sedalia, Mo., the jury in thy case of Jarne^. II. McManigal, charged -with the murder of, C<u>t./Th<?mfts C. Young of Lexington, Mo., Sept. 28. 1898, brought in a verdict of acquittal. The dead body ok John Cremeans, with a bullethole in the Jifa3, was found in a bed iu his late hpnie-ot Glenwood, Ohio. Crfrftieans wal^.lii ag<*iS- and wealthy citi­ zen. His young wife cannot be found. Charles Coghlan, the actor, who had been ill at Galveston, Texas, since Oct. 30, with acute gastritis, is dead. Mr. Coghlan was an actor and dramatist of ability, andfrwtis'borii ii^iMidofl^in 1848. The Chicago department battled hard with a fierce blaze in the Morse & John­ son storage warehouse at 182 Kinzie street, which, after ncarfjfr twox^&burs' fighting, was subdued at a {liss estimated at $190,000. 5 • * Aftei;^killing the late Cherokee treaty, the Cherokee council look it up again the next day and passed the bill, extending the time for ratification by Congress and asking that body to make certain changes in the document. Acting Superintendent Brown of the Yellowstone National Park in his annual report to the Secretary of the Interior recommends an appropriation of $300,000 for projected improvements, including new roaJfi and bridges. Fifty managers of Chautauqua assem­ blies of the United States met in St. Louis and formed a national organiza­ tion. Measures were adopted regulating the management and time of holding Chautauqua assemblies. A collision occurred on the Westerville division of the Columbus Railway Com­ pany, Columbus, Ohio, during a dense fog, and as a result several persons.were cut, bruised and more or less injured, and two cars badly wrecked; At Wilburton. I. T., two masked rob­ bers knocked Postmaster M. A. Cox senseless, robbed the postoffice safe of $300, and. while escaping, shot and in­ stantly killed United Sti^qps Deputy Mar­ shal Henry Prekenbaugli. The Supreme Court of Minnesota, in a case where a husband sought to secure possession of his wife, aged 13 years, de­ cided that girls under age can marry without their parents' consent, notwith­ standing the State law on age pf con­ sent. The Court of Visitation created by the Kansas Legislature at its latest session has been declared invalid by Judge Hook of the United States Circuit Court at Topeka. The function of the court was to regulate railroads and telegraph com­ panies. The local lodge of Modern WoodfflPh at Lushton, Neb., will contest the payment of $2,000 life insurance on Sherman Mc- Fadden, a member, who died there. Mc- Fadden was a Christian scientist and re­ fused the lodijfcV rfcqut^t^lb'^ltfpfoy a physician. -s r, **- The purchase of large tracts of fir for­ ests in Washington State by Eastern lumbermen has caused a sharp advance in the prices of both logs and standing timber. Stumpage prices have risen with­ in the past thirty days from 10 to 20 cents, according to the accessibility of the timber belts. Officers of the Flint and Pere Mar­ quette steamer No. 3 reported on their arrival at Milwaukee from Ludington that a passenger named Max Pfenning of Janesville, Wis., committed suicide by jumping overboard while the steamer was in midlake en route to Mtffwankee. Pfenning was 00 years old. Np cause is known for his act. Three hundred girls and women, mem­ bers of the Garmentmakers' Union, struck at Swofford Bros.' Dry Goods Company's factory in Kansas City. The women claim they were locked out, while the firm says the wonjen made a formal demand for a restoration of the piece sys­ tem of payment of wages and when it was refused struck. State Superintendent Jackson of Ne­ braska has decided that the Bible may be read in the public schools. A family in Gage County wanted a teached enjoined from using the book, although all others in the district favored it. Mr! Jaclison says: "There seems to be nothing in the laws of Nebraska that would prevent the simple reading of the Bible in our public schools." The Colonial Zinc Company of New York has purchased from C. E. Mayne of Omaha a forty-acre mineral"lease and the Mayne mill, near Galena, Kan., 110 acres of.ipineral land of the Free Coin­ age minfc and lease, including two mills, the Blue Wing and several large and small zinc and lead mines and first leases on three tracts of rich mineral lands near Carterville, Mo. The consideration was $300,000. ' - At Duluth, Minn., Jacob Schneider at- citjr, and after cutting her horribly satu­ rated the house with kerosene and set fire to it. He perished in the flames, but the wife was saved by her daughter. Three other women in the house ran to the rescue of the wife, but Schneider" drove them out of the house. Schneider had borne a good reputation, but his home life had not been pleasant. >ORBIQN. T./r«C • Wallace Moss, the oarsman, died to London. The Sultan of Turkey is said to be trying to inflame Tripolitdn sheiks against England and France. The failure of Bryson, Cooper & Co., a small firm of cotton brokers iti Liver* pool, England, is announced. Dr. William Ireland Wheeler, former president of the Royal College of Sur­ geons of Ireland, is d<>ad at Edinburgh. Attaches of the United'Statcs embassy at Berlin deny the story that Ambassador White intends to resign on account of age. Aron Waltz & Co. of Caracas, Ven­ ezuela, importers and bankers, dealing in wholesale and retail dry goods, have sus­ pended payment. They had a branch house in Paris. A new cabinet has been formed in Chili, composed of Senor Armeneta, min­ ister of foreign , affairsi Senor. Salinas, minister of finances, and Senor Malte, minister of war. The correspondent in Guayaquil, Ecua­ dor, telegraphs that the custom house, San Jose Church and the theater block in that city were destroyed by lire. The total losses arte estimated at 1,500,000 stlcres. The Lakes of Killarne.v, part of Muckross estate, were sold at private sale at Dublin. A Dublin newspaper states that Lord Iveagb Giiiness, the, pale-ale brewer, was the purchaser. The reported price is £50,000. Dr. William R. Brooks, director of Smith Observatory^ has just been award­ ed by the Paris Academy of Sciences the Grand Lalande prize for his numerous and brilliant astronomical discoveries. The prize is a gold medal woirth 500 francs. Yokohama advices say that a „terrible condition' of affairs prevails at New Ch#ang, Manchuria, with respect to the bubonic plague. Hundreds of deaths are occurring weekly, the mortality reaching forty to sixty every day. The disease is beginning to spread over Manchuria. A number of arrests of Mussulmans have been made in Constantinople, in­ cluding a general of division and several important officials, charged with being engaged iu a pl6t to assassinate the Sul­ tan with dynamite bombs on the occasion of Jhe Selamlik. The accused have been exiled to Yemen. COMING INTO 'ACTION FRONT." . These troops represent the Natal carbiniers, who took pgrjt la tk«" riec6at en­ gagements at Glencoe and Elandslaagie. BATTUE AT GRAS PAN. IN GENERAL. The report of Rear Adm/rcv* Endicott, chief of the bureau of naval s.4id docks, submits estimates for improve­ ments amounting to $14,750,439. The new torpedo boat Craven had her builders' trial over the Southport course. She made one knot at the rate of 3il.07 and two knots at the rate of 30.75. On the run down from Boston to Hampton Roads the battleship Kentucky broke all records for ships of her class. The average speed was fifteen knots an hour. Maj. Gen. Miles, commanding the ar­ my, has returned to Washington after a tour of inspection, which included the fortifications on the Pacific coast and the Gulf of Mexico. N. E. Dawson, a clerk in the office of Gen. Miles, has been dropped from its rolls on account of letters he has written to officials of the Government reflecting upon the President. Formal transfer has been made of the leading shoe machinery companies to the Consolidated Standard Shoe Machinery Company. The stockholders of the latter organization elected officers at a meeting held in Boston. J. Turner Routledge, an Englishman well known in Canadian social circles, committed suicide at his country resi­ dence at Georgeville, near Montreal. He was married to a daughter of the late Hugh Allan, head of the Allan Line of steamships. The Pennsylvania company has acquir­ ed control of the Baltimore and Ohio. At the same time W. K. Vanderbilt, in the interest of the New York Central, takes over the controlling holdings of J. P. Morgan in the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis and the Chesa­ peake and Ohio. Captain Whalen of the schooner Harry L. Belden, at Boston, reported the loss of the Boston fishing schooner Sylvester Whalen as the result of a collision with the Portland schooner Major Pickands, and the death of Patrick Powers and Mi­ chael Corrigan, two of the Whalen's crew, in the accident. The Donaldson Line steamer Hestia, from Baltimore for Glasgow, has arrived at Greenock with the crew of the Ameri­ can schqoner H. 'and J. Blenderman, from Hillsboro, N. B., for New York. The shipwrecked seamen were rescued in latitude 40, longitude 65, much exhaust­ ed, having been for thirty-six hours in an open boat. MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common t® prime, $3.00 to $7.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 05c to 00c; corn. No. 2, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2, 22c to 23c; rye, No. 2, 54c to 55c; butter, choice creamery, *>5c to 27c; eggs, fresh, 17c to 19c; potatoes, choice, 35c to 45c per bushel. Indianapoli^Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to Oca. Methuen Meets Boer Force Tea Miles from Belmont. Gen. Lord Methuen's force, advancing to the relief of Kimbcrley, again met the Boer army at Gras Pan, ten miles north of Belmont, Saturday, and a desperate battle, lasting many hours, ensued. The engagement was not ended when'the offi­ cial report was sent, but It was construed as a British victory, despite heavy losses, in which the naval detachment stood more than its share. A recapitulation of the losses by Gen. Methuen's forces at Gras Pan shows that fifty Boers were killed and twice as many wounded. The battle began at G a. m., lasting until 10 a. m. Boer losses must have been much heavier than known. Fifty horses were found dead where the Boers withstood a steady rain of shrapnel. The British did not pursue the routed forces of the enemy, but halted oue day to rest. The brunt of the fighting in both en­ gagements was borne by the Ninth brig­ ade, the naval brigade, the Second York­ shire light infantry and First North Lan­ cashire regiment. The Boer force was composed of Transvaal and Free State commandos. Its artillery was command­ ed by the Transvaal general, Delarraye. The artillery was carried off the field, de­ spite the flanking attack of the British cavalry. Among the killed were Com­ mander Alfred P. Ethelsten of the cruis­ er Powerful, Captain Guy Senior of the Royal marine artillery, attached to the battleship Monarch, and Maj. Plumbe of the Royal marines. Flag Captain R. C. Prathers was severely wounded. The Boers shelled a camp of Rhodesian horse, north of Crocodile river, and captured the horses and mules of the squadron. Up to date the Boers hold as prisoners thirty-nine officers, 1,237 men and sixty- two political prisoners. The total Brit­ ish losses since the opening of the cam­ paign on Oct. 15 are 222 killed, 881 wounded and 070 missing, making a total of 2,779. About 400 who are not ac­ counted, it is feared, were killed. Gen. Methuen's second battle foreshad­ ows a hard campaign for the British. The information sent by correspondents con­ cerning Gen. Joubert's movements is not altogether reliable, and engagements may be looked for in unexpected places. Gen. Joubert, in an interview, declares the British will be greatly Weakened by their losses, and that a defensive war by the Boers will result in guerrilla warfare the British could not long endure. A dispatch from Rome says many Ital­ ians are leaving there to join the Boers. The Boers in their marches frequently halt their horses and dismount to pray for divine guidance and aid. As the sec­ ond stand by the Boers at Gras Pan was only ten miles from where the first en­ gagement took place, another battle is expected as soon as the British again ad­ vanced DEATH OF GEORGE R. DAVIS Director General of World's Fair Ex­ pires in Chicago. Col. George It. Davis died at the family residence, 092 Washington boulevard, Chicago, Saturday night. At the bedside were his wife, his two sons, Benjamin and George R. Davis, Jr., and his four daughters, Delia, Nellie, Georgia Belle, Elizabeth Davis and the attending phy­ sicians, Drs. Patton and Foster. On Nov. 13 Col. Davis was stricken with heart trouble and a specialist was COL. GEOROE H. DAVIS. •50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 05c to 07c; corn. No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; oats, No. S? white, 25c to 27c. m St. Louis--Cattle, $3.25 to $6.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2, 71c to 72c; corn, No. 1 yellow, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2, 23c to 25c; rye, No. 2, 5 c to 53c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $6.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wljcat. No. 2, 69c to 70c; corn, No. 2 mixed, "31c to 33c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 25c to 27c; rye, No. 2, 59c to 61c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $6.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2, 09c to 70c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 3&j to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 28c; rye, 57c to 59c. 'lV.edo--Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 67c to 08c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 23c to 24c; rye. No. 2, 55c to 57c; clover seed, $4.70 to $4.80. Milwaukee--Wheat, No, 2 northern, 64c to 60c; corn, No. 3, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 20c; rye, No. 1, 54c to 50c; barley, No. 2, 43c to 45c; pork, mess, $7.75 to $8.25. Buffalo--Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $0.75; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice weth­ ers, $3.00 to $4.50; lambs, commoi to extra, $4.50 to $5.25. New York--Cattle, $3/ 5 to $0.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat. No. red, 72c to 74c; corn, No. 2, 39c to 40c; oats. No. 2 white, 30c to 32c; butter, creamery, 23c to 27c; egg*# west ern, 15c to 21c. called at once. His patient was found in a critical condition, but owing to his great vitality, rallied and for several days there was hope of his recovery. On Sat­ urday, however, he began to sink and an hour before he passed away he became unconscious. Col. Davis was born in Palmer, Mass., in 1840. In 1862 he enlisted and was made a captain in the Eighth Massachu­ setts infantry. Later he entered the cavalry service and was promoted to a colonelcy. In 1871 he Went to Chicago. He was director general of the World's Fair,, EVANS A CANDIDATE. MAC ARTHUR ROUTS REBEL& Occupies Mangatarem and Drive* Fill* pinoa Toward Mountains. Manila advices say that Gen. Mac Ar­ thur's force has occupied Mangatarem, west of Bayambang, in the valley of the Rio Agno. Seven Americans who had escaped from the insurgents were found at Mangatarem. Three other Americans escaped from the rebels at the same time. The escaping American prisoners say that four American deserters are serving with the insurgents. The insurgents re­ maining in the west are retreating be­ fore MacArthur into the mountains, drag­ ging six guns. They are in command of Gen. Alejandro. Maj. Bell is in pursuit of them. Much interest is manifest in Washing­ ton official circles as to the disposition of Aguinaldo in case of his capture. Some persons say that the best solution would be to put him to death in action. Should Aguinaldo escape to Hong Kong the United States could not as a matter of right ask for his surrender, and the Pres­ ident would therefore doubtless deter­ mine to leave the insurgent leader alone. In connection with the disposition of THE SLIPPERY AGUINALDO. Aguinaldo in case of capture, the authori­ ties would have to consider the effect of their policy upon the natives. When the insurrection is finally sub­ dued, a civilian or a committee will be sent to govern the Philippines. The arch­ ipelago will be divided into four military departments, the island of Luzon in two, over which Gens. Lawton and MacAr­ thur will probably preside. Admiral Watson Monday cabled a con­ firmation of the reported surrender of the entire province of Zamboanga, island of Mindonao. An unconditional surrender was made by the natives to Commander Very of the Castine. Gen. Otis' troops now occupy Zamboanga, which is the principal city of the island. The south­ ern half of the island is pacified and American authority supreme in the dis­ trict. Secretary Root and Secretary Long are elated and predict that the remnants of the native army will melt away with­ out offering further effective resistance. After the last Filipino council of war at Bayambang in the house now occupied by Gen. MacArthur, the native army scattered everywhere along the lines of railroads. Twenty Filipinos captured three and killed one of a foraging party of soldiers near Bam ban. The Americans punished the natives by driving the Fili­ pinos into the mountains and burning their village. At Malasiqui thethroats of Antonio Mejia, president of the town, the vice- president and five members of the coun­ cil were cut because they welcomed the Americans. The mayor of San Carlos, who rode in a carriage with Gen. MacAr­ thur, was murdered. 1M.PORTS AND EXPORTS. Treasury Statistics Showing Balance of Trade in Favor of Uncle Fam. The detailed tables of the September imports and exports have been complet­ ed by the treasury bureau of statistics. The summarization which accompanies them shows the foreign commerce of the month by great classes, compared with that of the corresponding month of last year, as follows: IMPORTS. Sept. '08. Articles of food and live animals $14,071,345 Articles lu a crude Sept. '99. 120,579,033 condition for do­ mestic Industry. . Articles manufac­ tured for use in the mechanic arts Articles manufac­ tured ready for consumption .... Articles of volun­ tary use, luxuries, etc; 14,048,165 24,328,742 4,537,358 6,872,713 8.980,100 432,714 6,821,419 8,446,206 Tennessee Will Name Him for the Vice Presidency. Tennessee will present the name of H. Clay Evans as a candidate for the Vice- Presidential nomina­ tion on the Republi­ can ticket. The an­ nouncement has been made at Chattanoo­ ga by Mr. Evans' friends. Evans, it is claimed, A the most popular man among the Illinoisans for the vice-presidency. Sen­ ator Cullom stated beforeo starting for Washington that no a.€i,A> evans. better man could be put ou the ticket. w IN WICKED CHICAGO. A Thousand Crows Rob a Farmer and Claw Hiin. A thousand voracious crows swooped down on John Schmidt, a German truck farmer in the suburbs of Chicago, Thurs­ day, and took from him a five-pound package of sausage and flew away. The experience of Schmidt is one of the most remarkable of the kind that ever decorated the books of the Chicago police department. The attack upon him was made near his home when he was return­ ing from £ meat market half a mile away. face and bands show the ht with! the birds, and a k that accompanied him es. ~3£t: Total imports.. $48,456,387 Per cent, of free..... 40.58 Duties collected ... $16,759,574 Foreign goods $70,659,408 43.96 $19,120,358 malnlug In ware­ house 85,207,434 85,421,921 DOMESTIC EXPORTS. Products of agricul­ ture $57,368,965 Products of manu- 25,020,047 2,664,460 factures Products of mining Products of the for­ ests ; Products of the fisheries Miscellaneous $66,184,415 81,373,264 2,877,999 3,544,131 4,187,339 696,729 110,039 762,946 253,386 Total domestic exports ... Foreign goods exported Gold imports .... (Sold exports ... Silver imports .. Sliver exports . Total imports $89,304,380 $106,579,349 1,341,057 1,296,146 $16,808,341 3,1(»'_',810 2,000,696 5,152,103 of merchandise nine months 475,360,893 Total exports of merchandise nine months 869,292,778 $2,503,894 61.8,995 2,37U,84C 3,622,011 5SS.354.129 902,466,318 'II^RETARY ROOT MAKES HIS ANNUAL REPORT, Palicy of Administration aa to Cuba and Porto Rico - Operations of Troop* in the Philippines-Recommendation* for Reorganization of Army. Secretary of War Root's first annual report is of exceptional interest la that it deals exclusively with great questions of insular policy, army reorganization, the future of the Island of Cuba, and of the state of affairs -in the Philippines. The Secrtary's report is a surprise to the officials for its originality. It has not the ear marks of the usual annual paper aud officials say it is the most in­ dependent and far-reaching of any yet offered during the present administra­ tion. Comment on the report is diversi­ fied and the consensus of opinion seems to favor the instrument in most of its provisions and recommendations. Sec-rtary Root has attacked red tape methods and in the face of the Adjutant General's report to the contrary, recom­ mends the adoption of the system of ro­ tation of staff officers in the United States army, thus hoping to abolish the stale methods, giving the officers gener­ ally a knowledge of the requirement's of their positions and preventing the use of red tape methods, the chief cause of so many mistakes in the past trouble with Spain. There seems to be an opin­ ion that these provisions in the report especially will provoke a bitter fight in Congress. The report begins with a recital of the policy followed in reorganizing the army in accordance with the necessities aris­ ing from the discharge of the State vol­ unteers and of the men enlisted for the Spanish-American war, and gives statis-' tics of the past and present strength. of the organization, covering in that respect matters dealt with in the reports of the Major General commanding and of the Adjutant General. It is stated that at present all of the new regiments of volunteers are in the Philippines or on their way there. The. operations iu those islands are next taken up and the report again points out that the outbreak of last February was pro­ voked by the insurgents themselves and was, from our standpoint, unfavorable. Frequent reference.is made to the re­ port of General Otis to show the magni­ tude of the task set for him with the in­ adequate forces at his command when the outbreak came. In reference to the management of Porto Rico, he recommends a govern­ ment consisting of a Governor, Secre- ary of State, Attorney General, Treas­ urer, Comptroller and Superintendents of Public Works and Education, appointed by the President, Vith a legislative coun­ cil composed of these heads of bureaus with a minority selected from the peo­ ple of the island by the President. He suggests a Supreme Court, appoint­ ed by the President, and trial courts ap­ pointed by the Governor. The people are to be given the suffrage for the elec­ tion of municipal officers, who are to be independent in the exercise of purely lo­ cal functions, but are to 4be removable for cause by the Governor, the vacan­ cies being filled by a new election. Many other recommendations are made con­ cerning affairs of national importance. WOOD WILL HAVE COMMAND. Former Governor of Porto Rico to Be Supreme in Cuba. Despite his not being officially known as the "civil governor'* of Cuba, Gen. Leonard Wood, according to a Washing­ ton correspondence, will be invested with all the powers of that office. He will be military governor, in supreme command of the island. In the absence of insur­ rections or trouble his duties will chiefly be civil. He is to have the rank of ma­ jor general and outrank the army offi­ cers who remain under his command. President McKinley will make several promotions to brigadier generalships in the regular army. Gens. Lee and Wil­ son are to be thus favored. Gen. Wood displayed fine administra­ tive abilities while in charge of the med­ ical departments. He refused $30,000 a year to act as superintendent of a street railway company in Washington in order to go to Cuba. His headquarters will soon be established iu Havana. Cry for Help from Guam. Another appeal for re-enforcemeuts has been sent by Capt. Leary, Naval Govern­ or of the island of Guam. The few men the Governor has at his command are but an insignificant force compared with the 8,000 population of the island and fears of a native revolt are increasing. The Navy Department" first received a telegram from Capt. Ler.ry asking for an additional force of marines late in October, and his appeal was answered by the mustering of 300 men. This sec­ ond appeal leads the department to be­ lieve that the situation is more grave than was supposed. VALUE OF HOBART ESTATE. Dead Vice President's Wealth Is Esti­ mated at $5,000,000. It is estimated that Vice-President Ho- bart left an estate valued at $5,000,000, or perhaps more. He carried life insur­ ance wi{h several large companies amounting in the aggregate to $350,000. The remains of the late Vice-President will not be placed under ground, but will be inclosed in a massive tomb especially built for their reception in Cedar Lawn Cemetery. In the meantime the body will be left in the receiving vault at the Peterson Cemetery, where it now lie*. McKinley shaves himself. Zola, at 21, often went hungry. Attorney General Griggs is a crack shot. Of Emil Zola's -works 90,000 copies are sold annually. ' United States Senator Nelson was born in Norway. Mr. Gully, Speaker of the House of Commons, is an expert at golf. Two streets in Ledignan, France, were named after Zola and Dreyfus recently. United States Supreme Court Justice Shiras is a stenographer. H. W. Denoison of Vermont is the law adviser to the Japanese Government. John Stephens of New Albank", Ind., danced recently on his ninety-eighth birthday. Thomas Sidney Cooper, ag€d dt, is the oldest member of the British lloyal Academy. Former Gov. John S. Pillsbury of Min­ nesota has given $100,000 to the Minne­ apolis Home for Children and Aged Women. Bolton Stafford Bird» tho now premier of Tasmania, was once a Congregational minister. Former Senator Davis of West Vir­ ginia is to present the State with %u or­ phan asylum. ^ Prof. Fryer of the University of Cali- fortiia is collecting funds for a free hos­ pital for Chinamen in San Francisco. Jesse Brackman of Mason City is uear- ly 101 years old, and claims the distinc­ tion of being the oldest man in Iown; W. C. Coleman, one of the wealthiest colored men in the South, has started a cotton mill at Concord, N. C., with 500 •pindftls. 0̂, A.'- ft-* Miss Lillian Paunceforte, daughter Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Am­ bassador to Washington, will be married on February 22, Washington's birthday, to Robert Bromley, honorary secretary of the British Embassy. The wedding date, it was stated at the embassy, was selected by Miss Pauncefote without thought of the coincidence with Araef»> , * : 3TVr1?- 'isJ--. • MISS LILIAN PAUSCKfOiFKi^r . ' 'V. lea's holiday, but all concerned are now delighted with the happy choice, Si* Julian himself having stated that he is I very much of an American. The wed- i; ding will be celebrated at the embassy ^ and will be one of the brilliant events oi g the Washington season. Miss Paunce­ fote is the first child of an Ambassador | to be married at the United States cap- ital. The President and all the members is of his cabinet, with the entire diplomatic U corps, will attend the ceremony. . A question of precedence has been tfelr tied by Secretary Porter, the official so­ cial arbiter at the White House. Occa­ sionally the wives of cabinet officers ar« ^ unable to take their place in the official y line at the state receptions. Under such t* circumstances a daughter frequently acts for her mother and the momentous ques- ^ tion has been whether this daughter ~ should take the blace in the line which her mother would occupy or go to the f! foot of the class. Secretary Porter has | decided that the substitutes must go to 'i the foot of the line, below Miss Wilson, daughter of the Secretary of Agricul­ ture, who is the regular representative of her father, but who takes the foot of the line because he is legally at the foot of the cabinet succession. Mr. Porter's decision puts an end to a social discus­ sion which had in it the elements of some §j heart burnings, and the matrons of t]ie cabinet are overjoyed at the fact. The Roberts case is an annoying imt " . to both, parties. Public sentiment i» **' p against allowing the Mormon member t« | hold a seat in Congress. Mr. Roberto 3 contends that the constitution of Utah, accepted by the United States Govern­ ment when the State was admitted, pro­ hibited polygamous marriages, but did not prohibit fflfen who had plural wivei from living with them and caring foi them and their families. The Republicani want to expel Roberts because he is • polygamist, not because he is a Mormon or a Democrat. The Democrats do nol want to have him expelled because he i» i a Democrat, but they do not care to de­ fend him as a polygamist. They hesitate at inviting him to the Democratic caucus, but they do not care to deny him adfi^ii; v sion as a good Democrat. Nei^r sida :2 cares to have it made a party issue. '•*. Mr. Madden, the fourth assistant post­ master general, in his annual report tells how fourth-class postmasters sometime! ®j increase their compensation, which is reg- 5| ulated by the number of stamps that ^re 5 sold and canceled in their offices. Many p postmasters who are merchants arrange i with the wholesale dealers with whom : they buy goods to send as much as possi­ ble by mail as fourth-class matter. The wholesale merchant puts a single 2-cent stamp upon a package, and when it ar­ rives at its destination the merchant post­ master adds a sufficient number of poBt- age-due stamps to cover the deficiency, which may run into dollars in a month. Then he credits himself with the commis­ sion on their cancellation under the ex­ isting rules for the regulation of compen­ sation of postmasters of the fourth class. Members of both houses of Congress are receiving largely signed petition? of sympathy with the Boers, which ask that Congress shall interfere to protect them from the rapacious policy of Great Brit­ ain by insisting upon an arbitration oi the questions at issuer While Congress has nothing to do with the foreign af­ fairs of the country, and is expressly for­ bidden to interfere with them, there will doubtless be an effort to respond in some measure to public sentiment by the intra- , duction and the possible passage of • J; resolution of sympathy. „ C „. .. " For thirty days the families of the ad« 5 ministration will abstain from all social pleasures out of respect to the memoxy of the late Vice-President. The ladies ol ^ the cabinet have withdrawn acceptances ' g of several dinners and a number of inter- J esting affairs have been abandoned. All -the houses of members of the cabinet will » be closed until the 1st of January. | The Navy Department has awarded contracts for building the six unprotected , " cruisers of 3,200 tons authorised by Ipr last Congress. Note* of Current Kventa. " 'The Pope proposes to make a llew # Tear's address to nonagenarians of countries. George Hite.T, Louisville, Ky., got tlm ' carbolic acid bottle instead of the wh|^ 1 ky and is dead. Burt Harvin, 16, Fort Worth, Texa% caught in a shaft. His legs, arms and' head were torn off. • Whitecap cut rages are numerous n#f - '* Couway, Miss., where Joe Laflore was burned at the stake. Shingle manufacturers of Washingt^ ™" State, in an endeavor to force up prioff^ shut down for sixty days. Col. Henry Inman, Topeka, Kan., widely known as the author of the Santa Fe Trail," is dead. y M iss Flora Johnson, Jewett, Texas* dropped a lamp on the floor. House WW burned and she was cremated. 4 .. A panic was caused by falling meteors j in Russia, the people believing the end of the world was about to come. Rumored in Mexico that Gen. Diaz wjll refuse renominatiou.for the presidency. , > People demand that he keep the office. J The American Public Health Assocla- tion has declared emphatically against ^ thenseof food preKrvative preparation J, • „ - 1 -