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> - "_i ^:A;*'..^/-.&->,*ii :fef»ir -«.r^k^ J.'sZ*. ., '1 .w, • i' •••"' ^ jr v -*** -«* , • S t . ! • • ' ( T* , « > ' \-¥ ,^>' j W •*"• .»»« s v***m».» e» ^ *' * V'C ,,^i*^'^'!"«'>' f" fer ;*i l\wV:£. " f/ 4 &*,•« ••» ' 1 >•" * v» mm McHeiify Plaindealer. F. K. GRANQER, Publisher. & IMCHENRY, ILLINOIS. &'%'• K ..irr «S>. SUMMARY OF NEWS, 4 A convention between Germany and Spain has been signed by the Due de Al- imadova, minister for foreign affairs, by Jwhich Spain cedes to Germany the Caro­ line, Palaos and Mariaune Islands. || A big rate war is in progress "on the Inpper Yukon. Fares to Dawson City have ween cut from $100 to $2.50. A compro- ^Jftiise must come or the rnin of the trans­ portation companies will be complete. a Miss Helen Kinan Wilder, the Honolulu heiress who has gained fame through her humane work in the Hawaiian Islands and her eccentricities abroad, was secretly married to Horace J. Craft, manager of the Pacific Cyclery Company, at the Ha­ waiian capital. Grover Cleveland, former President of the United States, was captured while .poaching on the land of Frank Johnson, a farmer Of Tyringhafci, near Winsted, Conn., and ordered from the place. His friends say he strayed there inadvertent­ ly, not knowing the boundaries. Following is fhe complete ticket nomi­ nated by Ohio Republicans in convention at Columbus: * Governor lieutenant Governor Auditor of State Treasurer of State.. Attorney General .....George K. Nash ....John A. Caldwell . . Walter D. Guilbert ».i.. .1. B. Cameron . James M. Sheets Judge of the Supreme Court W. Z. Davis Member Board Public Works.. .F. Huffman According to the declaration of the China Mail, published at Hong Ivong, the news given out by the Filipino junta at Hong King is not entitled to any more credence than information from Spanish sources during the late Mfar. The China Mail declares the junta to be an irrespon­ sible body, with no legal standing and no local recognition, beyond a portion of the Filipino refugees. Maj. Esterhazy, who has been accused, repeatedly of writing the Dreyfus bor­ dereau, has admitted his guilt. He has confessed the authorship, but declares it was written under instructions and that the chief of the army, who, he said, had abandoned him, knew of the entire affair and shared the responsibility.. This fact, Esterhazy declared, he could prove posi­ tively. Efforts, he said, had been made to secure his silence, but now neither threats nor emoluments would deter him. The Philippine insurgents are increas­ ing their forces at San Fernando and are constantly attacking the American out­ posts. Friday morning, while making a reconnoissance, Maj. Bell of the Fourth cavalry surprised a party of 100 Filipinos, who were taking breakfast. The insur­ gents fled, leaving their baggage, but were re-enforced and attacked the reconnoiter- ing party. Maj. Bell's party, which con­ sisted of nine persons, including Lieut. Vitale, an Italian attache, were chased by the enemy for a mile and narrowly escap­ ed being captured. Maj. Bell estimates that there are 4,000 Filipinos within two miles of San Fernando. The standing of the clubs in the Na­ tional League race is as follows: W. L. W. .31 11 Cincinnati ...21 .27 13Pittsburg ....17 16 New York... 17 17Louisville ...13 17 Washington. 13 Brooklyn .. Boston ... St. Louis.. Chicago ... Philadelphia. 23 Baltimore ..,23 ..25 17! 18 Cleveland 8 Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. Minneapolis. 19 16 Detroit 17 Milwaukee . .19 16Indianapolis. 16 St Paul 18 15Buffalo ......14 Columbus ...19 16 Kansas City. .13 NEWS NUGGETS. Dr. G. A. Thompson of Chicago com­ mitted suicide at Shreveport, La. Sloan won the race for the Walton plate of 200 sovereigns at Epsom, England. Varioloid exists among the Indian stu­ dents at the training school in Carlisle, Pa. The American gunboat Wilmington, which has wen cruising up the Amazon, ran aground on a reef. An alliance has been formed between Harper & Brothers and the S. 8. McClure Company, publishers of McClure's Maga­ zine. A disastrous fire broke out at Repub­ lic, Wash., and before^ the Unmes were brought under control the damage amounted to $350,000. A dispatch from Constantinople says that the Russian military movMnents on the northeast frontier are having a dis­ quieting effect upon the Turkish Govern­ ment. The long-talked-of chewing gum trust has been incorporated.at Trenton, N. J., under the title of the American Chicle Company, with a capital stock of $9,000.- 000. Carrie Jones, the nurse who helped to steal Marion Clark, was arrested near Summit, N. J. She said the child was stolen to extort a ransom from the par­ ents. Sugar planters, Hawaii, will issue or­ ders for about 6,000 Japanese laborers required for the ensuing four or five years, before the contract labor goes into effect. ^Articles of incorporation of the Ameri­ can Chicle Company, the much-talked-of chewing gum trust, were filed at Trenton, N. J. The capital stock is $9,000,000. Miss No 11a Bergen, as she is known on the comic opera stage, has gecurcd a di­ vorce in Fargo, N. 1)., from her husband, James I). Bergen, a glass manufacturer of Meriden, Conn. . Two men were killed by lightning near Walersville, Ky. F. Richardson, one of the victims, was standing in the door of his residence, while Thomas Spirby was found dead in Station Camp creek. Johann Strauss, the "waltz king," died at his home, No. 4 Tyelgasse, Austria, from inflammation of the lungs. He was ( 74 years old. At Cleveland, Ohio, Henry Lower, 70 years old, died from the effects of a cat bite received three months ago. His ill­ ness and death were accompanied with all the symptoms of hydrophobia. Marie Wainwright was married at New York to Franklin Roberts, who was* her leading man last season. Henry M. Stanley gets a K. 0. B. in <)ueen Victoria's list of birthday honors and Alma-Tadema is made a knight. EASTERN,H ; Elisha Dyer was inaugurated Governor of Rhode Island for the third time Tues­ day. Edward Conner, catcher in a ball game between two local nines at Lawrence, Mass4 was struck over the heart by a foul ball and killed. The unveiling of the bust of the late Henry George Tuesday night in the rooms of the People's Club of New York was attended by a large gathering. To prove his faith in theosophy, How­ ard Kretz, a young enthusiast with a •brain somewhat out of focuB, jumped off '•i*' t , .V£v -VV - . the Brooklyn bridge and was picked out of the East river uninjured and triumph­ ant. There has been Incorporated with the Secretary of New York State "The Naval Military Order of the Spanish-American War," with the principal offices in New York City. Gov. Roosevelt is one of the directors. James Williams of Pittsburg, Pa., shot and killed Harry Jones, and then commit­ ted suicide by jumping into the Mononga- hela river. Williams objected to Jones* attentions to his daughter, and this is sup­ posed to have been the motive for the kill­ ing, "WESTERN. Chicago hi to have a $100,000 Dewey statue. Judge John Mackey, aged 81, is dead at Sandusky, Ohio. Representative Babcocb of Wisconsin claims that sixty-four votes are in sight for Henderson for Speaker. : Six of the seven members of the Minne­ sota congressional delegation met at St. Paul and unanimously resolved to support Henderson of Iowa in his candidacySfor the speakership. * The San Francisco Call asserts that large, quantities of bogus dollars are in circulation there. The coins are said to be made of Mexican silver and to have the true weight and ring. Mrs. Stanford, widow of the Senator who built and endowed the university bearing his name, has jwrt deeded the bulk of her stocks and real estate, valued at $10,000,000, to the university. The Florence, Ariz., stage was held up by a man and woman. The woman ter­ rorized four passengers and the driver, while her companion relieved them of $350, a pistol and a gold watch. The ban­ dits escaped. An elevated train on the Chicago Lake Street road ran into a train ahead of it Tuesday and many passengers were in­ jured. None was killed, but a number were seriously hurt. A panic ensued for a few moments. Strawberry poisoning is reported from the vicinity of Logansport, Ind.. The trouble has somewhat dampered the strong desire to eat nice large berries. A physician said he thought it was cansed by the mildew on the berries. Albert Myers went to Cincinnati from New York to marry Gertrude Myers of Covington, Ky., whom he had met in New York with an excursion party three years ago. Investigation revealed the fact that they are brother and sister. Bnrnstine Brothers of San Francisco were the only bidders on 24,000 pounds of steel armor for the new navy. They can­ not deliver the armor for five years, and ask a price ranging from $50 to $150 a ton above the congressional limit. Leading Methodists plan to eliminate competition between the colleges of that church in Ohio by making the Ohio Wes- leyan University, at Delaware, a univer­ sity to which all other Methodist schools in the State shall be subordinate. Louis E. Bert, a farmer of Oxford town­ ship, Ohio, was killed by lightning at a barn-warming near his home. About thirty persons were in the barn and all were prostrated, several of them being more or less injured by the shock. The Standard Oil Company is making preparations to remove its entire manu­ factory plants and oil refineries from To­ ledo, Ohio, to Indiana, on account of the legal complications risen between the At­ torney General of the State of Ohio and the oil company. Dr. Richmond Cornwall, a Kansas City physician, prominent by reason of his strange career, committed suicide in the home of his brother-in-law, Dr. J. C. Whittier, shooting himself in the head and dying almost instantly. He left a-note saying that despondency over financial af­ fairs was responsible for the act. A terrific cyclone passed through a por­ tion of Mills County, Iowa, and as a re­ sult one person is dead and eight are dan­ gerously hurt, at least two of whom will die. The property damage is about $40,- 000 in houses destroyed and stock killed. The casualties are confined to the family of John Roherburg, a prominent farmer of Mills County. Roherburg, his wife and six of their children are the sufferers, Tillie, a 14-year-old girl, being instantly k/7ied. Tuberculosis is to be considered at a convention of Chicago physicians, which will be called at an early date. Particular attention will be paid to the spread of the disease germs by the sale and use of milk. Last December a committee of twenty- five members was appointed from the Chi­ cago Medical Society, at the suggestion of Dr. Reynolds, health commissioner, to make arrangements for a convention. That committee appointed a subcommittee of five members, who are now considering the matter, and they will make a report soon. SOUTHERN. Gov. Dan W. Jones of Arkansas has an­ nounced his candidacy for the United States Senate, to succeed Senator J. H. Berry. A negro Baptist preacher, whose name could not be learned, was shot and . in­ stantly killed at New Market, Ala., by Tom Pit cock, a prominent citizen. State Health Officer Blunt of Texas re­ ceived a telegram from City Health Offi­ cer Soucbon of New Orleans stating that yellow fever had again made its appear­ ance in that city. The Birmingham (Ala.) News says that with almost one accord the newspapers in Gen. Joseph Wheeler's congressional dis­ trict have united on a call for him to enter the race for Governor. which he has hsd under consideration for about a year. It releases from the opera-, tions of the civil service rules about 4,000 offices. Among such places are the fol­ lowing: Pension examining surgeons, In­ dians employed in the Indian service not connected with the Indian schools ser­ vice, and many places in the engineer de­ partment at large, the quartermaster's de­ partment at large, the subsistence depart­ ment at large and the ordnance depart­ ment at large of the War Department. With reference to those places in the out­ side War Department service it is provid: ed that they shall be subject to regulations to be prescribed by the Secretary of War and approved by the President, thus plac­ ing these branches of the service on sub­ stantially the same basis as the navy yard service. FOREIGN. Gen. Otis declares that the Filipinos forced the present war on the United States. Maj. Paty de Clam was arrested in Paris Thursday night. Paty de Clam wasj commandant at the time that Dreyfus was accused and much of the evidence against the captain was gathered by him or under his orders. * The winter wheat crop of southern Rus-, eia has been completely destroyed by a: protracted drought. The spring wheat, crop is also in jeopardy from the same' cause. The steamer Moscow has sailed' with 3,500 Cossack emigrants for Port Arthur. While dissenting as to the cost of the proposed waterway across the isthmus, the Nicaraguan Canal Commission is a unit in recommending the adoption of the route from Brito to Lake Nicaragua, call­ ed the Childs route, and from the lake to Greytown, called the Lull route. The body of Captain George H. Tilly of the Signal Corpsi who was attacked by the treachery of natives while landing from the cable ship Recorder at Escaiante, Island of Negros, has been found in a river near the place where the attack was made. The body bears marks of violence. The London Chronicle says that the well-known native statesman, Dr. Blyden, will submit to the United States Govern­ ment a unanimous demand from the Libe- rians for an American protectorate over their country. Failing to obtain the as­ sent of the United States, Dr. Blyde^ is empowered to apply to Great Britain. Maj. Esterhazy was publicly denounced as the writer of the famous bordereau In the Dreyfus case by Ballot de Beaupre, president of the civil section of the court of cassation, and by Procurator General Maneau. Retrial of Captain Dreyfus was demanded by both, their review of the evi­ dence showing much in favor of the pris­ oner of Devil's Isle. The American mediation scheme was unanimously adopted at Wednesday's sit­ ting of the sub-committee at The Hague. The plan differs from the British proposal. It provides that each country shall appoint a single arbitrator, to be selected by the Supreme Courts of the dignatory powers. The tribunal shall have a permanent cen­ tral seat and be composed of at least three judges, who shall not be natives or residents of countries belonging to the powers in disaccord. IN GENERAL. The United Presbyterian general as­ sembly has refused to repeal the article in the .confession of faith which forbids a widower marrying a deceased wife's sis­ ter. The United States Government has giv­ en notice to the Swi^s Government of the termination of the most favored nation articles of the commercial treaty of 1850 and the Federal council has decided to ac­ cept the situation. AIT the volunteers now in the Philip­ pines, if they are, mustered out at San Francisco, are to mobilize at Minneapolis and St. Paul. There they are to be ten­ dered a rousing welcome, made the more notable by the presence of President Mc- Kinley. . -• c Rich Ivlondikers are already arranging for the transportation Of their treasure to the outside world. Latest advices from Dawson say that fe-e thousand men ar* waiting to take the first boat up the river. Half are miners, who have from $1,000 to $50,000 each in dust. The Supreme Court of Canada has granted the claim, of 12. V. Hobbs of Vic­ toria, B. C., to the ownership of the East Wellington extension mine, worth over a million dollars. Mr. Hobbs is a dealer in second-hand goods. The mine was claim­ ed and worked by1 t^e Esquimault and Na­ na imo Railway. Mail reports received at Victoria, B. C., say a large tire at Yamagata, Japan, de­ stroyed six hundred houses and eleven shrines and temples. A, number of lives were lost. Thirty houses were burned in the Azohisa Theater fire at Kobe, April 30. Reports are current that Japan is preparing for war with Russia. The plague is likeiy to complicate the home coming of Admiral Dewey. Various governments have already declared severe quarantine regulations against all Egyp­ tian Red Sea ports and Hong Ivongf where the fresh cases and the number of deaths have nearly doubled in the last week, the new cases numbering 143 and the deaths 134. Admiralty officials say that warships have no privileges as re­ gards quarantine beyond those of mer­ chant ships. BABY CLARK 18 FOUNDy Child Abdacted from New York Is Re­ stored to Parents. The search for little Marion Clark, who was kidnaped in New York on Sunday, May 21, and returned to her parents Thursday night,'revealed the existence of an organized body whose purpose is to gteal {he children of wealthy people aqd hold them for ransoms. Th* child was found at the farm house of Richard Oakley, in the heart of the Ramnpo mountains, near Sloatsburg, Rockland County, N. Y. One of the ab­ ductors was arrested when the baby found. She calls herseif Jennie Wilson. A man who said he was James J. Wilson, her husband, was with her when she was found, and was also arrested. "Jennie Wilson" formerly taught school at St. John's, the little postoffice in the Ramapo mountains, near which she was residing with Marion when arrested. The farm house of Frank Oakley, in which Marion Clark had been concealed, is about a mile from the railway station of Sloats­ burg, in Rockland County. St. John's is a settlement of a few scattered houses and contains a church and a school. The mat­ ron of the school is Mrs. Ada B. Carey, WHO is also postmistress of St. John's. The credit for the discovery of the child is due to Mrs. Carey, who recognized Marion from newspaper pictures. Marion was taken to St. John's by Jennie Wilson. When she called for letters at the post- office Mrs. Carey recognized her as Carrie McNally, daughter 6f a newspaper ,edi* tpr in Goshen, N. Y. Mrs. Carey swore out a warrant for the arrest of the suspected woman before Squire Isaac Herbert of West Haver- straw. It was served on the abductress by Deputy Sheriff Charleston of St. John's. The woman was accompanied by Wilson at the time. She broke down and wept. Then she led the deputy to where Marion . lay asleep in the farm house. Telegrams had been sent to New York, and as fast as it was possible for him to travel Mr. Clark hurried to West Haver- straw. Soon after identifying the baby the father left the village with the little girl in his arms. A big crowd greeted the party with the recovered child on its ar­ rival in New York. At the Clark resi­ dence a great crowd, cheering and weep­ ing, awaited and heralded the father and his child. Mrs. Clark swooned when she saw from a window the returning search­ ers. ETEffTFUL DAY IN PARIS. Return of Marchand and the Arrestof Colonel Paty I)e Clam. The return of Maj. Marchand and the arrest of Lieut. Col. Du Paty de Clam were the features of Thursday's eventful day in Paris. Du Paty de Clam was ar­ rested late at night and lodged in the Cherche-Midi military prison, charged with complicity in the forgery of the in­ criminating doouments used in the Drey­ fus affair. Mai. Marchand was welcomed to Paris by enthusiastic crowds of people who paekeel the streets all day and until an early hour Friday morning, shouting and singing the Marseillaise. At midnight an immense throng surrounded the Military Club, where Marchand was being enter­ tained, and he was acclaimed as the com­ mander of the army. Prominent officers gathered on the balcony and responded to the cheers. Du Paty de Clam searched the house of Dreyfus after the iatters arrest and tried to intimidate Mme. Dreyfus. He con­ ducted the famous handwriting test of Dreyfus, and supplied articles to the press tending to convince the public of Drey- fus's guilt.- One of these articles con­ tained an admission that secret evidence was used. MONEY OF THE UNITED STATES. Comptroller Reports Decrease in Cir­ culation Volume. The monthly statement of the Comp­ troller of the Currency shows that the total circulation of national bank notes on May 31 to have been $242,064,554, a decrease for the month of $049,779 and an increase for the year of $14,451,709. The circulation based on United States bonds amounted to $20(5,305,054, a decrease for the month of $1,600,333 and an increase for the year of $10,150,019. The circu­ lation secured by lawful money amounted to $35,758,000, an increase for the month of $1,010,553, and an increase for the year of $4,301,690. The amount of •Unit­ ed States registered bonds on deposit to secure circulating notes was $230,600,310, and to secure public deposits $71,172,940. The monthly report of the director of the mint shows the total coinage at the Unit­ ed States mints during May, 1899, was 7,804,566, as follows: Gold, $4,803,400; silver, $2,7S9,416; minor coins, $121,750. WASHINGTON. Washington authorities do not look kindly on the project of St. Paul to have the volunteers from the Philippines brought to the city for a parade in August, and War Department officials say it impossible, even though the presence of the President be held out as a bait. Rear Admiral Walker, president of the Nicaragua canal commission, submitted the report of that commission to the Presi­ dent, who transmitted it at once jo the State Department. Jt is expected now {hat this commission has concluded its labor the President wiiT announce the ap­ pointment of the new isthmian commis­ sion to carry on the work of canal survey. Conu.iissary General Weston has re­ ceived word from Havana of the award to Swift & Co. of Chicago of the coutract for fresh beef for the troops in Cuba. Swift & Co. also secured the contract for Porto Itico. Both contracts provide for refrigerated beef and beef to be freshly slaughtered at the army posts. It vill take about 18,750 pounds per day, or about 6,843,750 pounds for the eutiw year. The President has decided not to call 2 white> 20c to 28c; rye, No. 1, 57c to 58c for the 3»,000 volunteers or any portion. bar]py> Xo 2, 40c to 42c; pork, mess, MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.t"0; hogs, shipping grades, $;:.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 77c to 79c; corn, No. 2, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2, 24c to 26c; rye. No. 2, 63c to 05c; butter, choice creamery, 17c to 19c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 14c? potatoes, choice, 27c to 40c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $4.00; sheep, common to choice, $2.50 to $5.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 72c to 74c; corn, No. 2 white, 33c to 34c; oats. No. 2 white, 29c to 31c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.50 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $5.75; wheat, No. 2, 79c to 81c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2, 25c to 27c; jyCjNo. 2, 64c to 66c. ClnclnuatT--CattTe, $2.1-0 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, 75c to 78c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 34c to 36c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 27c to 28c; rye, No. 2, 64c to (i6c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $5.75; wheat, No. 2, 77c to 79c; corn^ No yellow, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 'J white, 30c to 32c; rye, 63c to 64c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 79c to 80c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 34c to i*5c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 27c to 29c; rye, Na. 2, 60c to 02c; clover seed, new, $3.75 to $3.85. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 7 to 7Sc; corn, No. 3, 33c to 34c; oats, No, of them at present, ^t can be stated on authority that Gen. Otis wants ouly 30,- 000 men in the Philippines. He makes the simple request that the American forces there be kept at that strength. As the volunteer soldiers are ^returned their places will be taken by regulars, so that the strength of the American army in the ouent is as low now as it will be permit­ ted to get. President McKinley has issued the amendments to the civil service roles .; i Buffalo--Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, common to choice, $.'125 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice weth erj, $3.50 to $5.50; Iambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $7.00. New York--Cattle, $3.25 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25 wheat. No. 2 red, 86c to 87c; corn, Na 2, 40c to 42c; oats, No. 2 white, 82c to 84c butter, creamery, 15c tc 10c; eggs, West­ ern. 14c L» 16c. REPORT ON PORTO RICO. Commiesion Puys tl»e People Are All Ready to Ke Americanized. The insular commission appointed by the War Department to investigate the affairs of Porto Rico and to report upon all matters relating to currency, laws, tax­ ation, judiciary, public improvements, ed­ ucation and civil affairs generally has made a unanimous report to the Secretary of War. The commissioners say that all classes and conditions of the Porto Rican popula­ tion are ready and willing to accept Amer- ciin institutions and to bc>x content with them, and in general they recommend the establishment of such laws as will give the people substantially the same protec- ion now enjoyed by the people of the United States. OBSERVANCE OF MEMORIAL DAY MANILA RECEIPTS INCREASE. Statement of the Kevennes for Three Months of 1800. Assistant Secretary of War Meiklejohn has made public the detailed receipts from customs at Maniia for the months of Jan uary, February and March, 1899, and comparisons therewith for the years 1893 to 1897, both inclusive. A comparison of receipts with 1893 shows as follows: Year. January. February. March. 185)3 $217,074.10 $148,309.51 $130,241.79 1890 3fe5,:«5».0e 267,214.21 292,161.94 These receipts embrace import and ex­ port duties, tonnage dues, fines, ©tc. Graves of American ^oldlers Every where Are Decorated. The Memorial Day services at the Ar­ lington national cemetery at Washington were made especially notable by thfc pres­ ence of the President of the tJniteS States and most of the members of his cabinet. The crowd was larger than at any other observance in recent years, owing, doubt­ less, to the interest taken in Memorial Day exercises on aceount of the newly ipade_ yaTftj soldiers of the Spanish- American war. "*«••* - Memorial Day was observed at the na­ tional cemetery at Chattanooga, where nearly 15,000 Union soldiers lie buried, by joint exercises, under the auspices of the G. A. R. and soldiers of the Spanish- American war. A large number of the latter who died at Chickamauga are buried in the national cegaetery. At Knoxville, Tenn., impressive exer­ cises were held in honor of the nation's dead. The national cemetery, containing 2,198 known and 1,048 unknown dead, was filled by patriotic people from over the central South. Each grave received a floral tfibute, several ex-Confederates as­ sisting in the distribution. Defenders of the Union from thirty States lie within the ten-acre inclosure, which also in­ cludes a score of victims of the Spanish war. Memorial Day was very generally ob­ served throughout Nebraska, and espe­ cially at Omaha. The exercises there were more elaborate than anything x»f the kind for years. The effect of events transpir­ ing since last Memorial Day was plainly apparent in the unusual interest manifest-' ed in the exercises. All business was suspended in Manila in honor of the day set aside to decorate the graves of American soldiers. Ser­ vices for the dead were held in Paco cem­ etery in the morning, and in the afternoon at Battery Knoll cemetery. Great crowds from Manila attended both services. The American soldiers, bearing wreaths of green and white, marched to the ceme­ teries with the regimental bands playing slow music. Following the soldiers came marines and sailors from the American warships. Gen. Otis and stuff, Captain Barker in temporary command of the squadron, and the members of the United States Philippines commission, occupied positions near the speakers at both ser­ vices. Nearly all the English and Span­ ish residents of Manila participated in the ceremonies. Soldiers of our two last wars joined in making the New York Memorial Day pa­ rade the largest and most impressive that the city has seen for many years. The day was observed at Havana in a notable manner. In the morning a com­ mittee of women were taken to the wreck of the battleship Maine, where they strung the skeleton of the unfortunate craft with ropes of laurel and wreaths of flowers. Exercises took place at the Que- mados and Colon cemeteries. The day was also observed at Santiago. The re­ maining graves of American soldiers at Las Guimas and sailors at Guantanamo were appropriately decorated. Prominent Cubans displayed interest, and many are desirous of having the day officially rec­ ognized as a holiday for the decoration of the graves of the Cuban dead. A large throng gathered in the ceme­ tery of Picpus, at Paris, to assist in the annual decoration by Americans of the tomb of Lafayette. Interest in the occa­ sion was enhanced by a speech from for­ mer President Benjamin Harrison. Ten thousand men, including 2,000 sol­ diers and sailors of the Spanish-American war, marched in Chicago's Memorial Day parade. The column was headed by mem­ bers of the G. A. R., followed by men who fought in the recent war, the Illinois Na­ tional Guard, and semi-military and civic organizations. MINISTER TO BELGIUM. Lawrence Towinend Transferred from Lisbon to Brussels. Lawrence Townsend of Pennsylvania will succeed Bellamy Storer as United States minister to Belgium when that gen­ tleman leaves Brussels for Madrid. Mr. Townsend is a polished diplomat and a LAWRENCE TOWNS ND. HOPKINS OUT PF THE kACfc Rainy season's begun at Manila. Louisville, Ivy., gets six new letter car­ riers. Lord Mayor Talton, Dublin, Ireland, will visit St. Louis. Epidemic of typhoid fever reported in Dawson, Alaska. Tod Sloan continues to lose in ttoe races, Manchester, England. Henry Ismon found in his bed with his head blown off, .OakvHle, Texas. Geo. T. Parsons, wealthy planter, Par- agould, Ark., died suddenly at Gainesville United States consul offices at San Juan, P. 11., and at Manila will be abolished July 1. Hotel men have been in session in Chi cagqi. Cliff Shears, Cincinnati, elected president. Booming cannon and screaming whistles and thousands of people welcomed the cap­ tured Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes at Norfolk, ,Va. lawyer of much culture. He is now at the head of the American mission at Lis­ bon, Portugal. He showed that he was made of diplomatic stuff when, as minister to Portugal, he had to navigate through thes touchy times of the war with Spain. He can speak nearly all the languages of Europe. NATION'S FIGHTING FORCES. Location and Strength of Uncle Sam's Military Establishment. A detailed statement of the disposition of regular troops has been prepared at the War Department for the President, which shows there are now in Cuba 14,868 men, embraced in four regiments of cavalry, one regiment of artillery and six regiments of infantry. It appears to be the view of most of Gen. Alger's advisers that the force now in Cuba must be kept there if order is to be maintained. There are but 2^)72 troops in Porto Rico, and fully this enlisted strength is likely to be retained there al­ ways, since the army must be represented in the island, and a smaller force would be insignificant. There will be in the Philippines when troops now under orders reach Manila a few hundred more than 24,000 men. This makes a total of 41,830 troops now On for­ eign stations. Taking this strength from the 65,000 comprising fhe enlisted force of the regulars at present and the records should show that 23,000 men are at home posts. But this does not mean there is that number of soldiers of the fighting arms waiting fully equipped at garrisons in the United States. The 23,000 includes the large force of signal corps men, hos pital stewards, ordnance sergeants and enlisted men of the engineers, as well as the men at recruiting depots. The troops on actual duty here can hard ly be spared for other service. They are divided into detachments and are guarding public property at ^abandoned army sta­ tions; they are looking after the recruits; they are assisting in the shipment of sup­ plies, so that really there are but four ar­ tillery regiments maauiug coast defenses, four cavalry regiments distributed throughout the West in localities of possi bte trouble with the Indiant., and three in­ fantry regiments at home. Calonel Henderson's Election Will B« Probable Result of Action. Col. David B. Henderson, Representa­ tive of the Third Iowa congressional dis- £Lct>, PVoĵ bJ-y- -e- the national House of RepresentaufeSt His most dangerous rival, Congressman J. Hopkins of the Jjjlighth I]]jnois dis­ trict, withdrew Trom the""race Friday af­ ternoon, and the Illinois delegation, which had been ranged solidly with Mr. Hop­ kins, pledged fourteen votes to Col. Hen­ derson. The immediate effect of this ac­ tion was to increase the Iowan's known voting strength from forty-three to fifty- seven and leave him a clear field for fa* ture operations in the States west of the CONGRESSMAN D. B. HENDERSON Alleghany mountains. As there are enough Republican Congressmen in that territory to control the House caucus, and as they are considered almost certain to vote for Col. Henderson in view of the stand taken by Mr. Hopkins and the Illinois delega­ tion, the Iowan's success in the caucus Is regarded as a foregone conclusion. Col. Henderson's known strength is de­ rived from the following States: Minnesota T Total ..*. ..57 Iowa 11 Wisconsin 10 Ohio 15 Illinois 14 The following States have been counted on to make declarations for Col. Hender- son: Kansas 6j Kentucky Michigan 12i Missouri , Indiana Nebraska Wyoming California South Dakota-. North Dakota Color^lo 9] Oregon 21 Tennessee .. 1 Texas 6 Washington 2 -- 1 Total 52 1 SPAIN GIVES UP ISLANDS. Germany Gets the Carolines) the l'elews and the Ladrones. The Queen Regent in the speech from the throne at the opening of the Spanish Cortes Friday said: "The pangs at my heart are renewed in considering the mis­ fortunes of my own country. It is more dignified to compose ourselves in quietness than to complain anew. The Government in ratifying the peace treaty acted accord­ ing to the constitution. Although the Carolines, the Marianas and the Palaos yet remain under the dominion of Spain, the Government has made arrangements for their cession to Germany, for which a bill will be presented to you." The price which Germany will pay is 25,000,000 pesetas (about $5,000,000). Spain reserves for herself three coaling stations in each group, to be designated hereafter, and which Germany agrees to defend in perpetuity for Spain. Germany also agrees to give Spaiu the advantage of the favored nation clause It is understood that the negotiations for the sale of the Caroline Islands," Palaos and Ladrones to Germany, have been in progress for some time. By the relinquishment of Cuba, the ces­ sion of Porto Rico, the Philippine and Sulu islands, and Guam, the largest of the Ladrone Islands, as a result of the recent Spanish-American war, the colonial pos­ sessions of Spain have been reduced to an area of about 245,097 square miles*, of which 244,487 square miles are in Africa. The Pacific possessions about to be ceded to Germany include the Caroline Islands and Palaos, with 560 square miles and 36,000 population, and the Mariana, or Ladrone, island (except Guam), with fifty square miles and 1,000 population. Spain's principal colony in Africa is Rio de Oro and Odrar, with 243,000 square miles and 100,000 population, which are under the governorship of the Canary Islands, with a sub-governor resident at Rio de Oro. VOLUNTEERS TO DECIDE. Vote to Be Taken as to Where They Shall Be Mastered Out. Secretary Alger sent orders to Maj. Gen. Otis to let the various volunteer or­ ganizations in the ^Philippines determine by vote whether they shall pe mustered out at San Francisco or at their homes in the United States. The money that will be received by some of the regiments through a muster-out in San Francisco amounts to a considerable sum. If any organizatfon elects to be mustered out at the place where it was organized, the men will be transported home free, but will not get anyJja.v&l pay. The"TelPflR3?cnnsylvaiiia regiment, for example, will gain a considerable amount by preferring to be mustered out in San Francisco. T*he fare from San Francisco to Washington and Philadelphia is $59, but each enlisted man will receive from ?127 to $201 in travel pay, the non-com­ missioned officers getting the larger amount. Volunteers mustered out at San Fran­ cisco will receive travel pay approximate­ ly as follows: Men of Companies--Colo­ rado. $50 to $95; Idaho, $51 to $81; Iowa, $82 to $130; Kansas, $83 to $131; Mon­ tana. $53 to $84; Nebraska, $74 to 117; Nevada, $55 to $87; North Dakota, $86 to $136; Oregon, $31 to $51; Pennsylvania, $127 to $201; South Dakota, $82 to $130; Tennessee, $107 to $169; Utah, $36 to $57; Washington, $39 to $62; Minnesota, $$> to $142. HOLD UP FAST MAIL TRAIN. Robbers Blow Open Express Pafe, Se­ cure Money, and Kscapc. The Union Pacific transcontinental west-bound mail train was held upf dyna­ mited and robbed at 1 o'clock Friday morning near Wilcox, a lonely station on tUe Wyoming division. The hold-up was accomplished by the waving of a danger signal a short distance cast of the Wilcox bridge. Engineer Jones resisted, when one of the robbers climbed on the engine and struck him on the head, injuring him severely. At the point of a revolver Jones was compelled to cut the engine loose from the train. The robbers then drove the messengcY from the express car and wrecked the car with dynamite. The mail car was also badly damaged by the explosion. The bandits then blew up the Wilcox bridge, cutting off communication between the train and engine. Jones ran his engine to Medicine Bow, the nearest telegraph station, and gave the alarm. Superintendent Harris, who was aj: Laramie, reached the scene early in thc^moroing and by 9 o'clock a posse of twenty men was started in pursuit of the robbers. The amount of money secured by the robbers is unknown. The mail was Hot touched, presumably on account of the fact that four armed mail clerks were in charge. Union Pacific officials offer a reward of $1,0^0 a head for the •abbet*- S FROM OUR COLONIES. Porto Rico* English dictionaries are in greater iA* mand than any other commodity. More than half of the Porto Ricans llTS on less than five cents a day. „ Skilled laborers, snch as bricklayers, carpenters and plumbers, earn 60 cents a day. ; Rents have gone np in San Joan and prices of real estate hare monnted sky­ ward. .. V . Polygamy exists to a great extent.' It is not uncommpnjfor one man to have two or three families: - •. -- |» --^ A resident of Porto Rico, desiring to go to Europe, asked the State Department ^at Washington for a passport and was in­ formed that the request could not be ^granted because, until Congress takes ac- jtion in reference to the annexation of Porto Rico, the inhabitants of that island cannot be regarded as American citizens. The Porto Rican way of burying the dead is curious. A coffin is rented for tb& corpse to be carried to the cemetery. Two or four natives carry it on their heads or fastened to two bamboo poles. The corpse is taken out of the coffin and buried abont two feet. If the rent for the burial Jot la not paid within a certain time the body ifi dug np and thrown away. h • Cuba. ^ Baseball games are played dailjfv ^ Traces of gold have beta found in tSi' province of Porto Principe. Five Havana newspapers advocate an­ nexation to the United States. ' A Cuban radish grown this year nttt Manacas weighed eight pounds. Half a dozen American women are eara» ing a living as stenographers in Havana. There are fifty-four pprts in the island, but only fifteen are open to the world's commerce. No one can be admitted to the bar who has not a diploma from the University of Havan^/ For the first time in the melbory of the oldest inhabitant there is no yellow fever in Havana. Since the American occupation the num­ ber of pawnshops in Santiago has increas­ ed from two to six. Nearly all the volunteers are now out of Cuba. The immune^ at Santiago will be the last to leave. Philippines. At least forty American lawyers are endeavoring to earn a living in Manila. Since the American occupation over 400 saloons have been opened in Manila. Montana soldiers have found indications Of gold while at work in the trenches. Dewey's flag was the first of a full ad­ miral to be flung to the breeze in Asiatic waters. Spanish oflteers are returning home and all have large quantities of native gold, which they say is plentiful in the moun­ tain streams. Malolos is less than thirty miles from Manila, yet day after day the American, columns advanced through towns and cities of from 1,000 to 10,000 population. The eighty-three officers' wives who ar­ rived on the Morgan City were not al­ lowed to land, as Gen. Otis thought he had women and children enough to pro* tect. Alaska. Some of the Alaska Indians eat mos­ quitoes. Wood is $15 a eord. Last year it was $60. Consul McCook says winter at Dawsoti is preferable to summer. The coldest weather of the winter at Dawson was 50 degrees below zero. Among the Indians the woman who out­ lives her husband and doesn't marry be* comes a slave. Lieut. Castner reports that the number of Indians has been greatly reduced by civilization. MeClarty's body was carried fo* burial by his four partners over the frozen trail to Dawson, twenty-five miles away. There are no dentists in the Alaskan capital, no jewelers, except the crudest, artisans among the Indians, no photog­ raphers, dressmakers, nor milliners, not even an undertaker, and only a semi-occa- sioqpl shoemaker. X Gnam. Daily concerts are to be given by the Governor's band. American immigration has been infini­ tesimal since the island was captured. Regular steamship communication with the United States has not yet been estab­ lished. Nine-tenths of the Islanders can read and write, and it is reported that they are rapidly learning English. Hawaii. Nearly on*tenth of the population are Mormons. Eighty-four per cent of Ifae native Ha- waiians are able to.read and write. There has been a decrease in the immi­ gration of Americans. Scores of those who came immediately after annexation are in poverty and unable to return to the mainland. The postal savings banks have nearly 11,000 depositors, with nearly $1,000,000 to their credit. There is some demand for the continuance of the system under American rule. MILES OF RAILROAD. New York Central Has Over Six Thou* and Kast of BnfFalo. . It may be interesting to note the follow­ ing statement of mileage of the New York Central, teased and operated lines, which shows the total miles of track east of Buffalo as 6,114.81. It is, of course, geh- erally known that some of the Western lines have aj*reater mileage, but their tracks run thKnigh a itumbcr of sparsely settled States, while the trackage of the New York Central and leased lines is all in the densely populated States of New York and Pennsylvania, accommodating, by its numerous trains, millions of passen­ gers each year. Here is the mileage of the New York Central leased and operated lines: New York Central and branches.... 819-45 New Y6rk and Harlem 135.90 Spuyteu Duyvll and Port Morris.... 6.04 New York and Pntnam r 61.21 Troy and Greenhu^h. 6.tX) Moli-awk and Molone and branches.. 181.50 Horue, Watertown and Ogdensburg and branchos * 624.35 Carthage and Adirondack 46.10' G-ouvcraeur nnd Oawegatclile 13.05 New Jersey Jiuictioh 4.85 West S!*>re and branches 405.^0 Heei-h Creek and brandies. -. .-157.38 Walkill Valley,. 32.88 Syracuse, Geneva and Corning and branches % 64.82 Fall Brook and branches 100.70 I'i ne Creek 74.80 TIvoAl Hollow.. 1.23 St. Lawrence and Adirondack 86.4V Terminal Railway of Buffalo 11.00 Total Miles of track Miles of aiding . .2,892.86 . .4,453*83 .1.680.88 Total number of miles of track and siding 6.114-01