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Evangelina Cossio y Cisneros lias adopt­ ed this country as her home. She has signed her declaration of intention to be­ come a citizen of the United States. at New York. Under the terms of her oath she has renounced all allegiance to Spain. The prompt manner in which the Dau­ phin County, Pa., courts declared uncon­ stitutional the anti-fusion law passed by the last Legislature cause widespread in­ terest in Illinois and neighboring States "which have similar laws. In all proba­ bility test suits will be entered in other States as a result of the ruling of the THE PLAINDF.ALEK J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. KtaHENRY. ILLINOIS IN BEGrAKD TO-CUBA. BLANCO HAS GREAt HOPES OF RESTORING PEACE. General Led Will Not Leave Cuba Until tlie War Ends--All the Present Offi­ cials to Be Kept at Their Posts--Con­ stitution's Centennial. Will Be No Consular Changes. Marshal Blanco just before sailing from Spain said he was confident of restoring peace to Cuba ere long. The war, one of his generals thinks, will be ended in seven months. Gen. Fit zli ugh Lee, consul gen­ eral in Cuba, has anno.unced-to his friends that he expects to return to Cuba from Washington about Dec. 5 and remain un­ til the conclusion of the Cuban war. Mr., Mclvinley has decided to make no changed serf consular oncers on the island until the rebellion in one way or another is brought <to an end. "The interests of this country and, its citizens in Cuba will, the Presi­ dent believes,- be better subserved by offi­ cers who have had experience . on the isl­ and. In the belief that Congress, when it convenes, will desire information as to the attitude of the administration upon Cuban affairs, the President is keeping himself thoroughly posted, and is seeking information from all reliable sources in order that he may formulate his policy in accordance with the developments from time to time. i . "• The Old Ship's Centennial. The centennial of the launching of the United States frigate Constitution was celebrated in Boston. First there was a naval parade participated in by the sail­ ors and marines from the United States ships Massachusetts, Texas, Iowa, New York and Brooklyn, the naval brigade and the naval organizations. Exercises were held in Old South Church. Gov. Woleott presided, and addresses were given by the chairman, Secretary of the- Navy Long and Mayor Quiney. Senator Henry Cab­ ot Lodge was the orator of the day. The exercises were varied by the singing of patriotic songs by several hundred school children. In the evening the vessels of the North Atlantic squadron and other vessels in the harbor were illuminated. The celebration closed with a display of fireworks in the North End Park. Pennsylvania court. The anti-fusion law was passed in the shape of an amendment to the Baker "blanket" ballot act. It is stated that Gov. Hastings would not have approved the anti-fusion amendment if it had stood alone. Warden E. S. Wright of the Riverside penitentiary at Pittsburg has discovered that a number of the convicts confined in the institution have been manufacturing counterfeit 50-cent pieces. He has un­ earthed the metal from which the "queer" money was made; the molds in which it was cast and the names of several con­ victs who were connected with the mat­ ter, but as yet be has been unable to find the man who originated and carried Out the scheme. The counterfeits are mag­ nificent specimens of the coiner's art. The die from which they were made is almost perfect, and the milling of the coins, which is the Government's chief protec­ tion of metal monef from those who would imitate it, is as near perfect as it Is possible for human ingenuity to make it. The counterfeiters had already secured a connection with outside parties and some of the bad money is now in circulation. Warden Wright has a list of nearly a score of convicts and other persons sup­ posed to be connected with the counter­ feiting, and when the full story of the 'crim'e 'comes out it is' said there will be 6bnie sensational developments. WESTERN. Largest' in the Worlds Charles T.Yerkes' splendid gift is now m t£ie possession of the University of Chicago. Mr. Yerkes his formally pre­ sented to "President William R. Harper the keys of the observatory at Williams >Vip.,r w'hich contains tlie Yerkes telescope, /.The ceremonies covered two hoarsA"'^ld the greatest refracting tele^ scope in ;th^ -\Vtfrid, haying a forty-inch lens, is dedicated and ready-to btrused by astronomers from every part of the globe. ^r Jury Conld Not Agree. After sixty-six hours of fruitless delib­ eration, the Luetgert jury walked into court in Chicago and reported a hopeless disagreement and was then discharged by Judge Tuthill. James K. Taylor has, been appointed •upervising architect of the treasury. Russell Sage of New York is organizing a syndicate to buy the Union Pacific Rail- •way. " " ;V • Wilson Brothers, wholesale and retail jewelers of Boston, Mass., made an as­ signment. The A. O. U- W., in session at Philadel­ phia, has selected Pittsburg as the 1898 meeting place. At Hannibal, Mo., Mrs. Virginia Todd •was found guilty of having murdered her 16ryear-old daughter. George Wester-man, 80 years of age, killed his stepdaughter at Madrid, Mo., and then shot himself. The State officials of Alabama have fled from Montgomery, where yellow fever prevails, and are established at Birming­ ham. Premier Salisbury has informed Am­ bassador Hay that Great Britain cannot -now aid silver by reopening the Indian mints. Tuberculosis in an advanced stage has been found to exist in a herd of cattle owned by the Kansas State Agricultural College. •. . Students of the Baptist university of Sioux Falls, S. D., went on strike against the president, who suspended two boys for a minor offense. W. H. Lever, the great English soap manufacturer, has come to America to establish soap factories in the United States and Canada^ Sir Hamilton Lang has been appointed governor of the Imperial Ottoman Bank at Constantinople in succession of Sir Edgar Vincent, resigned. The underground rapid transit system "will be built in New York., A contract is said to havA been practically signed with Gen. William Sooy-Smitli. Gen. Weyler is becoming mutinous and refuses to obey the minister of war and surrender his authority as governor gen­ eral to Ximenez Castellanos. Isaac Warren shot and killed Sheriff S. B. Lard at Leonardsville, Kan., and a . mob surrounded the jail at Manhattan, •where the murderer was confined, deter­ mined to lynch him. Never since 1S92 has the potato crop of the United States proved so nearly a failure, says the American Agriculturist, as the final reports of the yield of 1897. Compared with the liberal crop of last year, there is an apparent falling off of nearly 30 per cent in tonnage. Edna Davis killed herself with paris green at Lima, O., because her sweet heart had been ejected from the house by ter father. At Dayton, O., the shoe store of A. F. Diers was closed on mortgages aggregat­ ing $20,000. The Dalton Shoe Company and Hathaway, Soule & Harrington have $17,000 in the concern and are in charge. The boiler of one of the steam launches of the battleship Texas, off Boston, blew up while it was alongside of the battle­ ship, and a number of men, including two officers and a surgeon, Were injured, none fatally. Ex-Senator Algernon S. Paddock died suddenly of heart disease at the Paddock Hotel in Beatrice, Neb / , A traiup was killed, fourteen cars ditch­ ed and two engines demolished by a col­ lision of two freight trains near Mexico, Mo. Judge Foster in the Federal Court at Leavenworth, Kan., sentenced Joseph W. Oliver, convicted of dynamiting the resi­ dence of Gov. Smith of the Soldiers' Home, to six years' imprisonment at Fort Leavenworth. •' " Thirteen-year-old Johnnie Matthews was arrested at Guthrie, O. T., charged with murdering the 5-year-old son of Capt. L. L. Bridges, a well-known attorney, formerly of Sedalia, Mo. The boys quar­ reled and a few hours later the murdered boy was found dead lying in front of his father's house, with a bullet wound in his head. The bullet came from across the street, apparently, from the Matthews house, where a recently tired rifle was found. Madeleine Lucette Ryley's "The Mys­ terious Mr. Bugle," which opened at Mc- Vicker's Chicago theater to a packed house, has been doing big business. In this production there is a combination of the two elements always necessary in any great stage success--a vehicle of interest and amusement to theater goers, and a company capable in every degree to pre­ sent it. This company is headed by the popular Joseph Holland, who is widely known as a comedian of that character whose work is always brilliant and spark­ ling and never offensive. . The production was constructed solely for laughing pur­ poses. It is thoroughly French in mo­ tive and written with an aim to furnish innocent amusement. "The Mysterious Mrs-Bugle" will be followed at McVick- 's by Henry Miller in "Heartsease." A remarkable and romantic case of mis­ taken identity has come to light at Ak­ ron, O., with the information from Big Bug, Ariz., that George Case, who was supposed to have died in the war and to have been buried there, has in fact just died in Arizona, leaving quite a fortune to Akron heirs. George Case was the son of an Akron carpenter, who, being refused permission tp join the army, fan away from home and enlisted in the Sixth independent battery of Ohio, Jan. 15, 1864. His parents received information from Chattanooga, Tenn., that he was ill and in the general field hospital. Then came a letter from a comrade saying that George was dead. The parents ordered the body sent to Akron, but when it reach­ ed there the mother • declared that the remains were-net those of her son. The body Was interred in Glendale cemetery, and, no further tidings were received. J. F. Seiberling, the well-known manufac­ turer, recently received a letter from Big Bug, Ariz., telling of the death of George Case, whose only relatives, so far as known there, lived in Akron. The man had long lived there, but died of rheuma­ tism on his way to Hot Springs, Ark. liOU'tHERN. At Huntington, W. Va., Frank Woleott, son of wealthy and influential parents, shot and instantly killed William E. Webb. Woleott has tried to commit sui­ cide three times in a year. There is^neit^her hope nor encourage­ ment in the situation at New Orleans. The deaths have not run up to an unusual mark, but there were enough of new cases and fatalities to disappoint those who be­ lieved the fever was on the wane. There were fifty-six new cases and four deaths in one day recently. At Green Grove, Ky., Sam Smith of Kettle Creek and a son of Will Henry Ross of New Albany, Ky., while racing their horses collided, killing both animals instantly. Smith's right leg was broken three or four times above the knee and once below. He is injured internally and terribly bruised. His eyes are badly in­ jured and his right arm crushed. Ross is in about the same condition. Ever since the appearance of yellow fever in Texas refugees from Galveston, Houston and ether cities in the Lone Star State have been flocking to St. Loui§. A special train, carrying sixty-five passen­ gers from Houston and Galveston, has lately arrived there. Among those on board was Dr. John Guiteras, the yellow fever expert of the United States Marine Hospital service. He said there was ab­ solutely no danger in allowing these refu­ gees to come to St. Louis. Dr. Stark- loff, health commissioner of St. Louis, takes the same view. A majority of these passengers will stay in St. Louis, while the others will scatter about the country on business or pleasure. Dr. Guiteras said he was en route to his home in Phjla delphia', as he had finished his tour of in­ spection in the South. He \jill make an exhaustive report of his inspection to his chief, Surgeon General Wyman. The Knights of Honor in New Orleans have organized a relief committee and notified the grind jurisdictions throughout the country that they are prepared to look after any members of the order who may be sojourning in that city pending the pre­ vailing fever and see that fraternal care and attention be accorded such members as may become afflicted. [ promoted to the supreme bench, the gen­ eral opinion in Washington is that Judge Day, the first assistant Secretary of State, will either be made Attorney Gen­ eral and a new assistant secretary select­ ed or that Sherman will retire, Day be appointed to succeed him and other "Changes and promotions made to fit the circumstances. So fur as can be learned by Washington correspondents; however, the President has no intention of asking Mr. Sherman to resign, and the Secretary has said that he had never given the idea a moment's thought, and that he would remain to the end. The result in both Ohio and New York will have a direct influence on the President's action in re­ constructing his cabinet. Unless tjlie British foreign office of its own;"moti6n presses the negotiations in connection with the, arbitration treaty, State Department officials in Washington say the matter will not.again be taken up by this Government. In the past three months nothing has been done to expe­ dite n^a^terSf, When .Secretary Sherman suggested to Sir Julian Pauncefote last June that, the President would be grati­ fied to 6ee the negotiation of a treaty of general arbitrastiob during his administra­ tion rtheria4rtec..'expres«ed pleasure at the information and entu^ed ujrtrn a discussion of the subject, which, however, was lim­ ited to generalities. Sir Julian then went to London to, consult with Lord Salisbury on matters of importance arid, acting un­ der the instructions of the State Depart­ ment, Ambassador (Hay consulted with the British foreign office on the subject. Apparently the representations he made were not as enthusiastically received a3 were those of his predecessor. As a re­ sult the matter has languished, and now, department officials declare, Great Britain must be the one to revive the subject and push it to a successful conclusion. FOREIGN. Merchants and manufacturers of France gave President Faure a great ban­ quet in honor of his recent visit to Russia. The rebellion in the eastern part of Guatemala is becoming very serious and the insurgents are encamped not far from the capital. Fighting has been resumed in India, Gen. Sir Bindon Biggs having driven sev­ eral thousand tribesmen from Chagru and burned many villages. A German shop keeper in Valparaiso, Chili, has been fined and imprisoned for exhibiting a small copy of the famous group, "The Three Graces." W. Hughes, correspondent of Black and White of London, liasv starved to death in Havana. He was maltreated and robbed by guerrillas and lost his passport. The German Government, it is under­ stood, has decided to rearm the entire in­ fantry with the new six-millitmeter rifle, said to surpass the Weapons of all other States. *. .V-v7J:r\ . . . " The German Government has granted the exequatur of Benjamin Nausbaum cf Pennsylvania, recently appointed consul at Munich, against whom there was a strong fight. o. The Lokal Anzeiger of Berlin says that Count Lyof Tolstoi, the Russian author and social reformer, is suffering from an illness which will necessitate the perform­ ance of a serious operation. The American board of commissioners of foreign missions elected these officers.: President, Charles M. Lamson, D. D., Hartford, Conn.; vice-president, D. Willis James, New York; treasurer, Frank H. Wiggins; auditors, E. H. Baker, E. R. Brown and Henry T. Cobb. IN GENERAL. WASHINGTON. The United States Steamship Philadel­ phia arrived at San Francisco from Hon­ olulu. She will transfer her crew to the Baltimore, which is being fitted out for a cruise to the Hawaiian Islands as speed­ ily as possible. At Montreal, an organization known as the Canadian Independence Club has is­ sued a manifesto which was distributed throughout the city, stating that the time had come for Canada to throw off its con­ nection with England. The executive of the Independence League of Canada, at Montreal, which comprises many conspicuous French Ca­ nadians, has issued an address to the peo­ ple of Canada urging immediate action toward securing the complete indepen­ dence of the dominion fTom Great Brit­ ain. "Who is the man who would not be free?" says the address. "Relying on the justice of our cause we claim the priv­ ilege of using our inalienalifle right to free ourselves from British tutelage. A tute­ lage presupposes an incapable or an inter­ dict. Are the Canadian people so miser­ able that they will submit to such a dis­ grace? Will 5,000,000 of brave and hon­ est men, occupying a greater country than the whole of Europe, continue to bow their heads beneath the British yoke? Cer­ tainly not, and as they have a right to do, they will proclaim their independence. Legally England cannot prevent them. The time to act is now. Not only onr dig­ nity refuses to longer accept the English tutelage, but the future of our country depends upon the energy which we show toward realizing as soon as possible the great project of free Canada. To those who are not blinde^l by English fanati­ cism, personal interest or ignorance, it is evident that Canada is marching with rapid steps toward bankruptcy." Thou­ sands of copies of the address have been printed in French and will be scattered broadcast throughout the province of Quebec. MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime. $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 90c to 91c; corn, No. 2, 24c to 2Gc; oats, No. 2, 17o to 19c; rje, No. 2, 45c to 40c; butter, choice creamery, 21c to 23c; eggs, fresh, 14c to 15c; new potatoes, 40c to 50c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2, 92c to 94c; corn, No. 2 white, 26c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 22c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, 95c to 97c;. corn, No. 2 yellow, 24c to 25c oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 22c; rye, No. 2, 42c to 44c. Cincinnati---Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2, 91c to. 93c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 25c tx> 27c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 20c to 21c; rye, No. 2, 40c to 48c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2, 91c to, 92c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 27c to 29c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c; rye, 47c to 48c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red, 92c -to 93c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 25c to 20c; oats, No. 2 white, 18c to 19c; rye, No. 2, 46c to 48c; clover seed, $3.30 to $3.40. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 85c «to 87c; corn*. No. 3, 25c to 26c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c; rye, No. 1, 45c to 47c; barley, No. 2, 40c to 43c; pork, mess, ---- DEATH OP MB. DANA. PASSES AWAY IN HIS LONG ISLAND HOME. a ^ • •• intention of capturing the provincial pris-, on and releasing three of their members! there imprisoned. One band tore down1 the prison, setting free several huqdred murderers, thieves and imprisoned debt­ ors. Another gang attacked the central" part of the city, first murdering the mag' Col. Peter C. Haines of the engineer corps of the army, at present in charge of river and harbor improvements, for the Baltimore district, has been appointed to be engineer commissioner on the Nicara- guan canal commission. Chief Justice Fuller, when the Supreme Court met at Washington, announced! that the Joint Traffic Railroad Associa­ tion case from "New York and the La­ clede Gas Light case from St. Louis had been assigned by the court for argument/i $7.50'to $8.00. on the first Monday in next January. The|f\ Buffalo--Cattle, B$3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 95c to 97c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 30c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, The New York Journalist, After a Lorg Battle for Life, Succumbs to Exhaus­ tion--Nova Scotia Town in Ruins- The Triton Disaster. Sun Editor No More. Charles A. Dana, editor of the New York Sun, died at his home in Glehcove, Long Island, at 1:20 o'clock Sunday af­ ternoon. Death had been expected for several hours, and his family and physi­ cians were at his bedside when the end came. His condition had been such for several months that the members of his family had kept themselves in constant readiness to go to his bedside at any mo­ ment. Saturday morning he had a re­ lapse, and it was apparent that recovery was impossible. Several times, however, he rallied, but toward night began to sink. .During the night there were feeble rallies, but they did not last long. In the morning it was seen that the end was but a few hours off, and his attendants re­ mained almost constantly at his bedside. The cause of Mr. Dana's death was cirrhosis of the liver. • June 9 be was at his office apparently strong and healthy. The next day he was taken ill, and he never afterward visited New York. He was 78 years old. It is generally stated'in newspaper cir­ cles that Mr. Dana had nothing to do with the editorship of the Sun for the lost six months and had not had any financial in­ terest in the paper for some time. Theo­ dore E. Hitchcock, a Wall street banker, is reported to be the controlling owner and the publisher of the paper. Mr. Lahn is supposed to be the next in ownership. It is thus not believed that Mr. Dana's death will have any marked change on the policy of the paper for a time at least, though it is expected that a good deal of Fstrnte who had 8ent the three bandits to prison. His entire family, numbering thir­ ty-two, including servants, was killed. The entire night was spent in slaying and plundering. All mandarins and every civil and military officer in the city were slain. The number killed and injured exceeded 1,000. The insurgents numbered 15,000 men, half of them armed. Their avowed object is to destroy existing government in southern China. The government is great­ ly alarmed, but has no adequate means of suppressing the insurrection. HOMES NOW IN RUINS. Five Thousand People of Windsor, N. S., Lose Their All. Historic Windsor, one of the most beau­ tiful towns in the province of Nova Scotia, was devastated by fire Sunday morning. For six hours, beginning shortly before 3 a. m., the fire, fanned by a violent north­ west gale, raged so fiercely that the local fire department was absolutely helpless to cope with it and within half ah liourr-after its discovery the Mayor began to call for outside assistance. Long before noon the town had been eaten up almost completely, the area cov- ertkl by the flames being nearly a mile square and of the 400 or more buildings occupying the section barely half a dozen escaped. During tl-» past few years many handsome brick structures have been erected, but these were' generally contiguous to old wooden buildings and ail went together before the furious flames. . . * The orig:.i of the fire is somewhat mys­ terious. ' A severe lightning storm passed over t'je town before the flames burst forth and some think the barn in which the fire started may have been struck by lightning, but many strongly suspect that the conflagration originated through the carelessness of some drunken man. CHARLES A. DANA. interesting information will come to the surface as to just what Mr. Dana's rela­ tions with the paper were during the last few years of his life. Life of Charles A. Dana. Charles Anderson Dana was born Aug. 18, 1819. He came ,of an, old New Eng- lad family, which lias supplied as .many students to Harvard ijridas many well- known names to literktu'ri*- ' atij? in the East. College life ove¥,l!hb ehrered the newspaper profession and was first em­ ployed by Elizur Wright, who was then publishing a paper called the Chronotype in Boston. He earned $5 a week. From this point his rise wis rapid. In 1847 he went to New York, having been engaged as city editor on Horace Gree­ ley's rdsvjg paper, the Tribune, at $10 a vtoek. The following year he was sent as special corresiKvndent to Europe. Damn w;?s an accomplished linguist. French, German, Spanish and Italian he spoke like a native; and, it is said, he learned several others, including Icelandic. This unusual gift, together with a wide knowl­ edge of European literature and politics, made liim a successful correspondent, acid on his return to New York he became Greeley's principal assir^it. His salary gradually was increased rom $1,000 to $2,500 a year, this being the highest sal­ ary paid at that time by any newspaper. In 18(51 Mr. Dana went to Albany to advocate the election of Mr. Greeley to the United States Senate, and lie almost succeeded in his endeavor. In the fol­ lowing year they differed on the proper conduct of military operations, and Dana resigned from the management of the paper, after a service of fifteen years. After the war his services were sought by the proprietors of the Chicago Repub­ lican, a new daily, but owing to his in­ ability to agree with the management af­ ter several months' service he resigned and went to New York. In that city in 1867 he organized the stock company that now owns the Sun newspaper and became its editor. FIVE THOUSAND DIE OF HUNGER When morning broke the site of Wind­ sor was a scene of desolation, with hun­ dreds of frantic, thinly clad and destitute ijrnen and women and children rushing back and forth through the smoky streets. Fortunately no lives were lost, although the streets were perilous with flying bricks and slabs which the fierce hurri­ cane drove- like thunderbolts from the roofs. No Nova Scotia town has ever been visited by a conflagration of such dimensions. Of the 3,500 people that in­ habited the place few have homes of their own now. SALISBURY TO RETIRE. British Premier Anxious to Relinquish the Cares of Office. The London Daily Chronicle announces that in view of Lord Salisbury's desire to resign the premiership an early recon­ struction of the cabinet is probable. According to the Daily Chronicle no se­ rious difference of opinion exists among the ministers on matters of policy, but WILL NOT AID SILVER. British (Government Not Ready to Re- ' open the Indian Mints. t „ Lord ~ Salisbury sent to Ambassador Hay the reply of the British Government to the proposals of the American Ttir^otfll- Terrible Mortality at Las Palacios, Pinar del Rio Province. Five thousand concentrated people have died of hunger at Las Palacios, a towii in Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, in seven months. Insurgent Brigadier Castillo has sacked tlie town of San Jose, in Havana province. The garrison made no resist­ ance, but a strong Spanish force came to aid the town and a fierce combat in the outskirts ensued. The insurgents defeated the Spaniards, inflicting heavy losses. Col. Jose Loieto Cepero, who was cap­ tured and kept in Cabanas prison for some time and is now fighting for Cuban lib­ erty, attacked the Burgos battalion near Santa Clara, defeating the Spanish, who lost forty-eight killed and ninety-seven wounded. Col. Sanchez and four other officers were killed. Cepero afterward at­ tacked a Spanish factory at C.ienfuegos, taking, all. the merchandise needed. It is said at Havana that some volun­ teers have agreed to assassinate Sagasta, and that three men have sailed to Spain for that purpose, the cause being tlie re­ call of Gen. Weyler. GREAT MASSACRE IN CHINA Rebels Sack the City of Kuans Yang and Kill-and Wound 1,000. The city of Ivuang Yang, in Hunan province, has been captured and its inhab­ itants massacred by a baud of rebels forming part of a rebel army which is de­ vastating Hunan and Ivriang provinces, in southern China. Aug. 27 the bandits scaled the walls of Ivuang Yang with the I.OKD SALISBURY. Lord Salisbury finds his health unequal to the strain and burden of his two offices of premier and foreign minister. So grelTt is his desire for rest that on his recent visit to Beaulicu he did not even take his secretary. Moreover, the premier is much concerned about, the health of the mar­ chioness of Salisbury, which is far from good. ~ GO DOWN TO DEATH, Fate of the Passengers on the 111- Starred Triton. Tl\e gunboat Maria Christina, which left Havana for the scene of the wreck of the coasting steamer Triton, bound from Havana to Bahia Honda, Pinar del Rio, which sank between Dominica and Ma- riel, retnrned, accompanied by the tugboat Susie, which went with her. The gun­ boat had on board nineteen and the tug­ boat twenty-three of the members of the lost ship's company. The Triton struck the rock during a heavy rainstorm. Her cargo shifted, and fifteen minutes later she sank in 120 fath­ oms of w atcr. A scene of terrible confu­ sion and panic ensued as soon as the pas­ sengers realized the meaning of the crash- In a wild struggle they rushed for the boats. The first boat that was lowered capsized immediately, and all of its occu­ pants were drowned in the whirling wat­ ers. The next was struck by an enormous wave and turned over, drowhing twenty, but the frail craft was righ'.ed again, and eight who had been thrown out regained. Four soldiers on planks whom the strong currents carried east of Havana, opposite Morro castle, were saved by a pilot boat going toward Cardenas. Many became food for sharks. - lib Commission, headed by Senator Wol­ eott. It is a diplomatically worded note. His lordship says that the Government of Great Britain is not able to reopen the India mints at present. He regrets his inability to accede to the proposals of the American commission, Great Britain hav­ ing as great an interest as the United States and France in securing a stable par exchange for gold and silter and an en­ larged use of silver. In these circumstances, continues Lord Salisbury, the British Government does not see the desirability of an international monetary conference, but will be pleased to consider any other practical sugges­ tions from the United States. Lord Salis­ bury incloses with the note a copy of. the statement of Sir J. Westland, head of the financial department of India, which Was under discussion at the meeting, of the cabinet council last Saturday, and which takes strong grounds against the reopen­ ing of the India mints. BREWER IS MENTIONED, Michigan Ex-Congressman Urged for Governor of Hawaii. It is said that ex-Congressman Mark S. Brewer of Michigan has been urged for the governorship of Hawaii in case the islands become a part of the United States' this winter. Brewer's name was presented to the President by Senator Burrows of Michigan. Brewer, worked on his father's farm near Addison, Mich., MARK S. BREWER. until 19 years of age, and after getting an academic education read law with ex- Governor Moses Wisner and wals admit­ ted to the bar in 1864. He served in the Forty-first, Forty-sixth, Fiftieth and Fif­ ty-first Congresses. He was consul gen­ eral at Berlin during Arthur's adminis­ tration, and last year was one of the Mc­ lvinley delegates-at-large to the St. Louis, convention. MINT REPORT. The Year's Coinage and Precious Metal Production. The report of the director of the mint for the fiscal year 1897, submitted to the Secretary of the Treasury, contains some interesting figures. The report covers the operations of the mints and assay offices, together with the statistics of for­ eign countries relative to production, coinage and the monetary condition of such. The coin executed during the year is: Gold, $11,646,705; silver dollars, 21,203,- 701; subsidiary silver, $3,124,086; minor coin, $984,509, Silver dollars were coin­ ed from the silver bullion on hand. Bal­ ance of silver bullion on hand: Purchas­ ed under the act of July 14, 1S90, 115,- 438,461 fine ounces, cost $104,336,312; for subsidiary coinage, 1,348,353 fine ounces, cost, $1,641,090; including balance on hand July 1, 1897, net signoriage on tlie coinage of silver from that date to June 30, 1S97, of $84,822,821. At the average price of silver for the year the commercial ratio between gold and silver is 1 to 31.94. Net imports of gold were $44,609,841, against $78,904,612 net exports for the previous fiscal year. The uet exports of silver were $32,636,836, against $33,262,- 258 for the fiscal year 1896. The product of gold in the United States for the calendar year 1896 was $53,088,- 000 and silver of a coining value of $76,- 009,236. The stock in the United States of gold is $696,270,542; of silver, $634,- 509,781. The total metallic stock and uncov­ ered paper of the world is estimated for Jan. 1, 1897: Gold, $4,359,600,000; full legal tender silver, $3,(515,800,000; limited tender silver, $652,500,000; uncovered pa­ per. $2,569,200. * The world's product for the calendar year 1890 was: Gold, $204,396,600; silver (commercial value), $109,406,800. The director of the mint reviews the decline of silver since 1873 and attributes it to the great increase in production. SETS A NEW PLAGUE RECORD. Sixty New Cases and Six Deaths at New Orleans. All previous records were broken at New Orleans Wednesday. Sixty new cases were entered in the books of the board. There were six deaths. The most important' death of the day was that of Ira T. Rritton, manager of the General Electric Company. Owing to the preva­ lence of yellow fever in Montgomery, Ala., and the fact that all of the towns and cities of the State have quarantined against that place, the State Government has temporarily been removed to Birming­ ham. The Governor and all the State offi­ cers, have located there and are transact­ ing business from that point. Kansas Sheriff Is Slain. Sheriff S. B. Lard of Manhattan, Ivan., was shot and instantly killed at Leonards­ ville by Ike Warren, a "boot-legger," up­ on whom he was endeavoring to serve a warrant. Warren was captured. PULLMAN IS NO MORE: PALACE CAR MAGNATE DIES OF HEART FAILURE. End Comes Suddenly in the Early Morning-Started a Poor Lad at $40 a ;Year and at Death Was Reputed Worth $40,000,000. Career Is Closed. George M. Pullman, president of the i Pullman Palace Car Company, died at; 5:30 o'clock Tuesday morning, at his| home in Chicago. Death was sudden, and^ is attributed to heart failure. Monday night Mr. Pullman retired at 11 o'clock, a?ter entertaining a party of friends at his home. At that time he made no par­ ticular complaint regarding his health. During the past month Mr. Pullman Sad been ailing, but the trouble was not suffi­ cient to interfere with his business, and Monday he was at his office as usual. Early Tuesday morning a friend, who was stopping with Mr. Pullman, heard si slight noise from, his host's bedchamber and en- j tered to see Mr. Pullman make his way to a safe, where he fell gasping for breath. Physicians wefe summoned, but the sick man had pxpired before a doctor could reach his side. His very sudden death, came as a shock to his relatives and friends, and as it became known through­ out the city formed ihe chief topic of con­ versation in business circles; Mrs, Pull­ man was in New York at the time of her husband's demise. , Founder of a City. George Mortimer Pullman, one of Chi­ cago's most distinguished citizens and founder of the city which bears his name, •was born in Chautauqua County, N. Y., March 3, 1831. At the age of 14 he was GEORGE M. PUI.I.MA\. a clerk in a country store at $40 a year and his board. Three years later he went to Albion, N. Y., where lie was employed as a cabinetmaker. During the following ten years he was engaged in contract work of various kinds. In 1859 he went to Chicago. Between 1859 and 1802 he remodeled several passenger coaches into sleeping cars. These cars were first ran over the Chicago and Alton and Galena and Chicago railroads. In 1865 the first complete sleeping car, "The Pioneer," was finished at a cost of $18,000. He then organized the Pullman Palace Car Com­ pany and established the plant at the town of Pullman, which was a plan of his own creation, and has grown to splendid proportions and is known the world over as a model city. At the time of his death Mr. Pullman is reputed to have been worth $40,000,000. The Pullman Palace Car Company is the largest railroad manufacturing inter­ est in the world. It employs a capital of $40,000,000 and has assets exceeding $45,- 000,000. About the time of the World's Columbian exposition it had in its service 2,239 cars and employed 13,885 persons, whose annual wages aggregated $3,331,- 527, being an average of $610 per capita. At present, however, both the number of employes and their wages are lower than then. But, although Mr. Pullman was the moving spirit of this vast enterprise, his capacity for business was not fully satis­ fied in any single venture. Among the important interests with which lie was identified were the Eagleton iron works of New York, and the New York Loan and Improvement Company, which he organ­ ized and which built the Metropolitan Elevated Railway on Second and Sixth avenues. He had also been interested in the Nicaragua canal plan since its incep­ tion. At the time it was constructed, in 1884, the Pullman office building, where the business headquarters of the car com­ pany are maintained, was probably the finest business and apartment block in Chicago, and it does not stand behind many to this day. His home, a. mansion of brown stone on Prairie avenue and Eighteenth street, is one of the finest ap­ pointed residences in Chicago. In business Mr. Pullman was prompt but never hasty. Socially, he was court­ ly i» manner, but his formality was not such as to make him unapproachable. In 1867 he married Miss Hattie A. Sanger, daughter of James T. Sanger of Chicago. Their four children are Florence. Harriet, George M. and Walter, the last two being twins. GEN. RAMON BLANCO GP« Jim Corbett is said to have made over $10,000 in baseball during the summer. lit is estimated that there are 30,000 elks in the National Yellowstone park. Tsehigorin and Cliarousek are tied for first place in tlie Berlin masters' chess " tourney. . A bit and spur club is being organized in Chicago as an auxiliary to horse show interests. The Illinois university trustees have goven up the entire second floor of the machinery building to the athletes. Deer were almost unknown in Maine in 1880, and now good judges say there are more deer than sheep in the State. Automobile tricycles are being intro­ duced in New York and Philadelphia. They are sadd to be capable cf 35 miles an hour. . Sncceeds "Butcher" Weyler as Cap­ tain-General in Cuba. Gen. Ramon Blanco, who succeeds Gen. Weyler in Cuba, is credited with being one of ,the ablest commanders in the Spanish army. As governor of the Philippine Isl­ ands he gave satisfaction to his. Govern­ ment and treated the natives with justice and moderation. While much of his work in Cuba will be of a military nature, it is certain that lie will follow the example of GEXERAI. BX.AXOO. Gen, Campos find carry out all his mili­ tary operations according to the accepted principles of- warfare, thus reversing the savage and sanguinary policy of Weyler. Gen. Blanco is a fine appearing man and is entirely in sympathy with the'policy of the Liberal party, which means to graut autonomy to Cuba. The Cubans, how- evojr, will probably reject any such offer ami will light to the last for their inde­ pendence. ,