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EiitJfairPii •y-i".- . V*- ' *"• f y i•» «F»rj ®c»S@ »?r .SCHOOLS FOR AFRICA. /, > * ! ' . . . , « ' • • - > t f e - _ £ v i ij -!>V' "j'lf AMERICAN SYSTEM' 'is' ' :'r: ESTABLISHED^ Aj#Op^t*Uon Granted by Methodist ^ ̂ ifeplwopsl Board of Missions to For- s, ^ Ward the Work -- Another Bloody ' Revolution Imminent in Guatemala. f>'4^r . . • • i ;.•• • To Enlighten African Nation*. Backed by Cecil Rhodes and Earl Grey, tnenoiiepC'qf the board of directors of the British South Africa Company, Bishop Joseph C. Hartzell of the Methodist Epis­ copal Church, whose diocese includes the continent of Africa, has succeeded in ob­ taining an appropriation from the board of missions, which will enable him to plant the public school system of the Unit-: «d States in Africa. When seen about the inattec, Bishop HArtsell said: "I am' •commencing this work in the little repub­ lic of Liberia. .^Already, under the fos­ tering care of one church, a college has been established at Monrovia, in West Africa, which has 1,000 scholars enrolled under the cohtrol of a faculty of ti*re. JPrflf. A. P. Camphor^a black man edu­ cated in this country, is at the head of tikis Institution. It is my purpose to begin •it the foundation, establishing first the primary school, and in a short time I ho|>e tb hare 2.000 pupils under the charge of Competent t«?&chers sent from the United : fltates. To assist me to carry. sQUt, this. Idea I have been authorized to secure five teachers from among the educated young colored people of the State, and our church has pledged itself to pay one-half the ex­ penses incurred for salary and transpor- . tation. The salary to be allowed these -teachers, besides their keep, will be only $200. I am looking for some one who is 5 Interested enough in Africa to foot the Other half of the bill incident to the ex­ tension of thte work. My project also in- *f]udsp the establishment of industrial Is la Liberia." . -- --* Revolution in Guatemala, all advices received in San Francisco >m 'Guatemala contain information to ttie effect that the pending revolution rn. the southern republic has reached alarm-! ing proportions. Prospero Morales, one of the leaders of the lasf uprising against the late dictator, Reyne Barrios, has' •gain shewn his hand, and has boldly is­ sued a proclamation palpably directed' gainst President Cabriera, the present Vjixeeutive of Guatemala. Morales is plan­ ning a grand coup, his intention being to carry the, forthcoming elections, and, if possible assume the reins of government. Morales is gathering an army about him and'collecting afrm£ and ammunition. He fa now at Margrues delSufchiate. not hav­ ing dared enter the city of Quesaltenan- J. notwithstanding President Cabriera's pree of amnesty to all political refugees. *** - fitandirtg of the Clttba. "following is4the standing of the clubs ; r tt'the Natlohdl Baseball League: W. L. W. L. <2ncinnati ..58 28 New York 40 37 " Boston ... :".m 29 Philadelphia. 34 41 Cleveland*.. .48 30Brooklyn ... .31 45 Baltimore .. .46 30 Washington. 30 48 A "Chicago . 1^46 36 Lotiisville .. .20 64 Pittsburg . .J43 3©St. Louis.... .23 59 |:' - Following is the standing of the clubs iK the Western League: i* < W. L. W. L. Indianapolis. 50 28 Columbus .» ,41 32 »t. Paul 46 33 Detroit ......32 47 . 4 , Kansas City.47 34 St. Joseph... .26 46 fiilwaukee ..48 35 Minneapolis. 24 58 BREVITIES, at HtthoB, ob tlwlr New York. The men had cone from Mon­ treal and got to Albany without being discovered. .Tnst how they managed to get so far will be the subject of an in-(, vestigation. From what the Chinese in+ spectors now know of the case the ChinJ ese were evidently shipped over the line in a big dry goods box as freight. When Chief of Police Lane discovered the game the men had just got out of a bjg packing case. A soap box was nailed on one end of the case aitd in this the men rested their feet. With the Chinese was Charlea Briggs of i^lbany, who drove the wagon that carried the big box. He was prompt­ ly placed under arrest. Briggs said that he got the box full of Chinamen at Al­ bany. All sorts of schemes have been tried to get Chinese into this country since the exclusion act went into force several years ago. The most popular one was to have the Chinese swear they were returning from a visit to China; that they had been here before, and that a "father" lived in New York. Many Chinamen got into the country in this way. The "freight route," however, is entirely new, and so is the scheme to bring the immigrants so far below the iMe. of Defa#tire," 'Xkc^iMentati'vi • Keiss* Dingley of Maine, John A. Kasson of Iowa and John W. Foster of the District of Columbia. POREI&N. WESTERN. The torpedo boat destroyer Farraght *<was'launched at San Francisco. a vote of 18 to 4, the executive com- mfttCft-of (he Woman's Christian Tem­ perance Union, composed of the various State presidents, decided to abandon the project of "owning the Woman's Temple in Chicago. , The 'longshoremen, in session at Che-_ boygan, Mich., elected the following ofti^ iers: Presided!,'I^J. Keefe of Chicago; first vice-president, Frank Foster of Es- canaba; second vice-president, J. Walsh Of Cleveland; third vice-president, W. Murnan of Duluth; secretary and treas­ urer, H. C. Barter of Detroit. Buffalo was chbsen as the next place of meeting. The Rome correspondent of the London Daily Mail says: "The Italian foreign office learns' from .Washington that the Colombian Government has accepted the award of $250,000 made by President Cleveland to Ernesto Cerutti, an Italian subject, in a claim made by him against the Republic of Colombia, and theVinci- dent is now considered closed." The big strike of the Omaha packing house employes, which promised some most serious results, is ended. The re­ sult is a. compromise, in that the men are w *:r :• .'*A ^ ' i ' s-r^-arr • - • . • • . : L; Emperor William is to be "personally ^ - inducted" by an agent of the Cbok Tour­ ist Company during his visit to the holy ?|nd. .. i:;ijlt is reported that the Grand Duke 44eorge of Russia is dangerously sick. The 46wager, euipress has gone to the Crimea to nurse him. ffiFred Fapcher, who has been insurance ^Commissioner ftr two years, has beei| nominated for Governor by the Republic , '{Cans of .North Dakota. ? »v The Milburn-Bass wagon factory at Chattanooga, Tenn., was bifrned, and is a total loss. The plant, stock, etc., was val- "i:f Oed at $125,000; insurance, $65,000. •I 'The Swiss federal council has entered, protest against the advantages given to France by the reciprocity treaty with the United States, and has demanded, under most favored natioh clause, that the jnme advanttf£$s be accorded to Swiss ^ vljoods. T - wi- New Jersex and part of New York were .*wept by a storm which caused great de- •ptfuetion tfr life and property. Four men ^#rere struck by lightning and. instantly .Killed and five others were badly injured x SPhile seeking shelter from the storm un- a tree near Boonton, N. J. '""«! Railroad men in the West claim to be <<Sn constant peril from harvest hands bound northward. The men travel in '4arge parties and in several cases have ^iaeized freight trains to help, them on their i .fway. Several railroad men have been |vf t^jadly hurt in fights with them. ^ A south-bound Santa Fe passenger train was held up near Saginaw, eight iQailes north of Fort Worth, Texas, by f',. ^ iaasked men. Six men did the work. Two '; *||oarded the engine at Saginaw and cov- *;,4red the engineer. They made him stop - - "|n a deep cut. Engineer Joe Williams • >%as probably fatally wounded. The fire- •f>"inan cannot be found, but is thought to '1 ' be also wonnded. While their eompan- _ 'Ions on the bank were firing the two rob- "bers on the engine jumped off. The whole ,-*^arty escaped, ^14.t ' . The Diamond Jo Line packet Dubuque ^• Vas blown against the bridge over the ^ t, Mississippi at Winona, Minn., and bo 'uad- '•! damaged that she sank. ^ ̂ •: Magovern & Thompson Bros., wholesale .S'fihoe dealers of New York, assigned to ri ^nrhoma's D. Barry of Brockton, ' Mass., ^without preferences. The firm was rated - -»t from $125,000 to $200,000. - A strike w*»% declared at the Cleveland |u ^Shipbuilding C©mpany?« yards at Lorain, Ohio. Between 200 and 300 laborers who X ,*were drawing $.1.25 per day went out on k.'i ./"fjltrike for $1.50l^er day. . vr EASTERN. * , }>l- Ic is oa-iu thirty Fall River cotton mills • 4 "'•rill shut down four weeks in August to ;^%ftail the production. Five frame buildings, a part of the car lops of the Central Railroad of New Jer- at Elisabeth-were burned, causing a of $109,000.' , v The news of a new scheme to get Chin- into this country la spite of the pro- ^•^HjBtes of the exclirtion act reached the ? ; Chinese inspectors of New York City. ' •Chief of Police Lane of Hudson, N. Y., Sj-Miscovered tKe '̂plbti Six Chinese were in the hay loft of the St«. Charles 1 Rjl' ^ -n ,» vp _ * .• | • If • m* '^1- «'-V - ^ alSffr *' ^ f # ' to be paid for their work according to the hours they put in, but no increase was paid. The point at the time of the strike was that the men should be paid for the time they actually put in at the plant. They claimed that sometitaes they were called and were not given work for sev­ eral honrs after their arrival. . The separating house at the Hercules powder works, located twelve mile* be­ low Hannibal, Mo., on the St. Louis, Keo­ kuk and Northwestern Railroad, has been blown up hb the result of the acid becom­ ing heated. Two employes were in the building, hut they had warning and escap­ ed before the explosion occurred. The building was totajly demolished. No esti­ mate of the damage has been made as yet, but the principal loss will be the closing of the plant. * Only giant powder and similar explosives are manufactured at the plant. The steamer St. Paul arrived at San Francisco from St. Michael's, bringing 172 i»aassengers direct from Dawson City. The cargo of treasure brought by the St. Paul is the largest that ever reached there on one steamer. The passengers brought $2,000,000 in gold and drafts, and there were besides in the treasure vault of the boat seventeen boxes of gold dust, one consigned to the Alaska Commercial Com­ pany. It is safe to say that the St. Paul brings more than $3,000,000, and her cargo is without doubt the richest ever brought from the gold fields of the Yukon. The 'Frisco passenger train leaving Wichita, Kan., for St. Louis was held up by two masked men at Andover, Kan. A citizen of Andover, who learned of the plan to rob the train, attempted to notify the train crew and was shot by the rob­ bers. He will probabiy die. His name could not be learned. Several hundred dollars was taken frotn the express car, but the exact amount is not known. As soon as the engineer slowed down the men, wearing heavy masks, entered the express car and demanded the money. The messenger drew a revolver,!but was gagged and disarmed, after which the men took the valuables from the safe. SOUTHERN. Mrs. Sue Drake Motes, at Burkett's island, Tenn., shot and killed a negro. Fire in Newport, Ky., destroyed the Livezy sawmill and thirty small dwell­ ings. Loss, $130,000; insurance, $50,000. Sherman S. Goodin, son of Dr. G. Good- in of Indianapolis, chief surgeott of the "Clover Leaf" Railroad, was shot and instantly killed at Charleston, W. Va., by James Wharton, aged 16, while attempt­ ing tb enter Jessie Murdock's house. The Murdock woman has been having trouble with Goodin, who was infatuated with her, and on this occasion he made an at­ tack upon her. Just before a terrific rainstorm Com­ menced at Prattville, Ala., a very pecu­ liar accident occurred. Mallard Goodson, a colored youth, was in the act of splitting a piece of wood when an upraised ax in tlie youth's hands was struck by light ning and melted, as was also a saw at the boy's feet. The boy himself and Tom- mie Rawlinson, a white boy, standing near, were killed. A double lynching, in which Jim Redd and Alex Johnson, negroes, were the vic­ tims, occurred at Monticello, Ark. A mob broke down the doors of the jail and en­ tering the cellroom poured a volley of shots into the cages where the men were confined. Johnson is dend and Redd is fatally wounded. They were convicted of killing W. F.. Skipper, a rich planter and merchant of Baxter, and were sentenced to hapg. Appeal to the Supreme Court had granted them a new trial. A iiMsfwrt^h from Gleiwles, Rusarian Si­ lesia, says that twenty-four persons have been killed by a cage accident at :Jthe Paulus colliary, near Morgenrot. A great fire that broke out hi Sunder­ land, at the month of the Wear, in Eng­ land, destroyed thirty business buildings in three of the principal streets. The London Statist says it thinks the world's wheat crop for 1898 will be 45,- 000,000 quarters larger than the crop of 1897, reaching about 325,000,000 quar­ ters. A bulletin issued at Marlborough house, the London residence of the Prince of Wales, says the prince has fractured his kneecap. The injury was caused by slip­ ping on a stair while the prince was visit­ ing ^t Wadedeson manor, Aylesbury. The Frankfurt Zeitung says Russia has commenced ^making reprisals against Germany owing to the failure of the lat­ ter country to ful$ll the t^rftis of the commercial treaty- by jfvhlch she under­ took to grant exceptionally favorable rates on Russian grain and other products. This action is taken on orders from the Rus­ sian finance minister, Dr. De Witte, who has directed the exaction of'higher duties on certain German imports. Advices from- Honolulu announce that, the executive council of the, island gov­ ernment has signed a contract with the Scrymser company to lay a cable from the American coast to Honolulu and Japan/ The line will run from San Diego to Hon­ olulu, and thence to Japan, the latter section to be exclusive. The work is to begin within six months of the signing of the contract. This is with the under­ standing that the objection of the Secre­ tary of State of the United States shall vitiate all agreements. The provisions of the contract permit the Government of the United States to ptotect'itself should it deem the contract inimical to American iuterestS. •' IN GENERAL. William Walmsley of Waupeos, Prince Edward County, Ont., has been advised of the murder of his son William in Mada­ gascar in June or July, 1896, with three fellow prospectors, by natives of Imerina, the central province of Madagascar. They were attacked in their camp by or­ der of the governor and were killed by gunshots and spears. They defended themselves bravely, wounding three of their assailants. Just as the authorities were getting ready to muster recruits at Buffalo, N. Y., for the cruiser Buffalo so that the name could be borne out by a force derived from the fountainhead, it is discoverd. that there is n great scarcity of good sea- men on the Hikes. Not duly is this the fact with regsv d to the recruits, but sud­ denly there jomes up a wail from the lake captains v.-ho are in need of able sea­ men. The war has taken them apparent­ ly. Less than half the number expected, have come forward to join the crew to be sent to the Buffalo, and lake captains say that they are surprised to find that the supply is so short. Only a little while ago there were sailors enlisting in the infan­ try because there was ho way of pending them to the navy. A lake captain says that lately he shipped several men who represented themselves to be able seamen, but before he had got outside he learned that most of them knew nothing of sailing and had to be taught the simplest details of the work before them. The inference Is that actual seamen have drifted to salt water of late and that other men in need of work have taken advantage of the sit­ uation and offered themselves for lake service. ^ l*he revenue cutter Bear arrived at St. Michael's, bringing in the news, obtained at Cape Prince of Wales, that the Gov­ ernment relief party carrying provisions to several hundred ice-imprisoned whal­ ers at Point Barrow reached Point Bar­ row March 29, having covered 1,500 miles of difficult nfctic traveling in midwinter. Lieut. Jarvis and Dr. Call journeyed via St. Michael's, Unalaklik, Point Rodney and Cape Priijce of Wales. One hundred reindeer wefe secured from natives and the Government herd of 300 at Cape Prince of Wales, where Missionary Lopp volunteered to' drive them 500 miles to Barrow, taking seven native herders. The expedition proceeded via Cape Blossom, reaching Point Franklin, where the whal­ er Belvidere was imprisoned, March 26, and Point Barrow three days later. Lieut. Berthoff went ahead with dt% teams and succeeded in getting 1,000 pounds of pro­ visions to Cape Blossom for the use of Jarvis, Call and Lopp when they arrived. The whalers greeted the expedition with great demonstrations of joy, though they had supplies to last until August, when the cutter Bear will rescue them. Agent Brower of Liebes Company Point Barrow storehouse gave them his supplies, requir­ ing the Eskimos usually depending upon him to provision themselves. The Eski­ mos killed 1,000 deer, besides many seals and fish, game being unusually plentiful. From the abandoned whaler Navarach 354 sacks of flour were obtained. Lopp's reindeer herd insures the whalers plenti­ ful food until August^ Lopp returned to, Cape Prince of Waj^ before the cutter Bear called th< re last month. Govern­ ment officers give Lopp all the credit for getting the reindeer through successfully. SANTIAGO NAVAL ENGAGEMENT 18 VIVIDLY DESCRIBED. Associated Press Correspondent Prob­ ably the Only Non-Comtoatant Who Witnessed the Fight froa af Ad­ vantageous Position, How Bchley Smashed 'Em. The following description of the battle between the American and Spanish war­ ships off Santiago was written by the only non-combatant who witnessed the entire fight. That non-combatant was the correspondent of the Associated Press, who saw the engagement from a position almost at the elbow of Commodore Schley on the cruiser Brooklyn: Daybreak of Sunday, July 3, the fifth Sunday for the American squadrons be­ fore Santiago, brought no particularly dif­ ferent situation from what had marked the preceding Sundays. The monotony, the lafck of picturesqueness at daybreak, the heat of the tropical sun--all were there. > Over the tops> of the supposedly de­ stroyed earthworks appeared the muz­ zles of the same old guns, quite ready, despite the Saturday bombardment, to speak their piece if called upon. On the slightly rolling sea the great gray battle­ ships of the American fleet swung lazily at a distance of from four to five mile* from the harbor entrance. The line, which at all times was supposed to be a half-circle inclosing the harbof enttanoe as a central point, was more than ordi­ narily broken up this hot morning. The big battleships had drifted to the east considerably, and flie Massachusetts, the New York, the New: Orleans and the Newark were not in sight. The New York had taken Admiral Sampson down to Altares, eight rfiiles east from the blockade, to make a visit to the camp of the American arm^, while the other miss­ ing vessels were at Guantanamo, forty miles to the east. The vessels on the blockade were the Iowa, Indiana ai\1 Oregon, battleships, the flagship of Commodore Schlep, the Brooklyn, and the small yachts Glouces­ ter a$d Vixen. The Iowa swinging a mile further out than the rest of the squad­ ron, trying to fix her forward 12-inch turret, which was out of repair, while the Indiana was doing the same thing to her forward 13-inch turret. The absolutely available entire ships in the squadron, therefore, were only the Oregon, Texas and Brooklyn, although later Capt. Evans and Capt. Taylor fought their ships. It is a custom on ships, regulated by the rules, that there shall be a general muster at least once each three months and that the articles of war shall be read. First call had been sounded at 6:15 a. m. and the men were assembling on the d^cks. The lookout in the masthead of the Brook­ lyn had some time before reported smoke in the harbor; but as the dhme thing had been noticed several times, no special at­ tention was paid to it. The Brooklyn and the Vixen were the only ships to the west 1 Ana the Indiana pace; bat the Oregon was coming ncros# to the assistance of the Brooklyn, which at 10:05 was engaging the first throe ships, the Infanta Maria Teresa, the Cris­ tobal Colon and the Vizcaya. At 10:11 the Spanish ships had all concentrated their shots on the Brooklyn and she was in a perfect rain of shells, most of which went over her. Standing in this hail of shells, Commo­ dore Schley asked a young'man named -Ellis, who stood near with a stadimeter: "What is the distance to the Vizcaya?" The man took the observation. "Twenty- two hundred yards, sir," he said, and there Was a whistle followed by a splash as his head was literally torn from his shoulders by an eight-inch shell. "Too bad," said Commodore Schley as the body fell at his feet, and then, with nis glasses to his eyes, he said: "The first ship is done for. She is running ashore." The Maria Teresa was running her nose on the beach and in an instant was a mass of flames. The Brooklyn was ordered lo. concentrate her fire On the Almirante Oquendo, and with the Oregon's assist­ ance, in ten minutes more the Oquendo was sent ashore a burning wreck, but a short distance from Santiago. The Iowa in the meantime had sunk one torp-^do boat destroyer, and the other one had been driven ashore by the Gloucester's terrific rapid fire. ^ At 10:49 the Brooklyn turned her at­ tention to the Vizcaya, the Cristobal Colon paving passed the latter and now being in the lead well up the coast. At the time the only vessels in sight from the Brooklyn were the Oregon, about a mile and a half astern. At 10:54 the Vizcaya was raked fore and aft clean along hfr gun deck, by an eight-inch shell from the Brooklyn. Another one, a minute after, exploded in her superstructure with ter­ rific force, killing eighty people. She was afire and at 10:55 sbe headed for the beach at Asseradores, where she went ashore. The Brooklyn did not stop, but went on the chase after the Cristobal Colon, the Oregon closing rapidly up and following her. * OUR FLAG IN SANTIAGO, The Ftara and Stripes Raised and.the Americans Take Possession. Sunday was an American gala day in the ancient capital of Cuba. The first item on the program was the surrender of the plaza and all Btores by Gen. Toral at 9 o'clock a. m. Promptly at noon Gen. Shafter and staff and Gen. Toral and Small Subscribers to War Loan Obtain One-Half the Amount. Subscriptions to the war loan bonds are staff, with picked escort, entered the city, still coming in, says a Washington corre- • . . « _ .. . . AttAnnanf /Inantfn + V» w AA +VI A ^ A/iK/i^n and the red and yellow emblem of Span­ ish authority was pulled down from the staff ou the house of the civil government, and in its place the red, white and blue emblem of American authority was flung to the breeze in the presence of a vast concourse of people, with military hondrs, a salute fired, no doubt with a will, by Capt. Capron's battery, and to the strains of the "Star-Spangled Banner" by the "bands. The President's congratulatory telegram was then read to the regiments, who were witnesses Of the enthusiastic scene from their positions around the city. Among other items turned over by the Spanish were a gunboat and 200 seamen left behind by Cervera. GOVERNOR'S PALACE AT SANTIAGO. WASHINGTON. The Secretary of War has approved the award of the contract for the San Pedro breakwater to the lowest bidder, Held- mair & Neu of Chicag£>. The Secretary of the Interior at Wash­ ington has received information that spe­ cial forest agents have ejected more than 85,000 sheep from the Youemite park, Cal­ ifornia, and will in a short time probably succeed in removing others now on that reserve. Jasper Simpson, while resisting arrest, shot and Instantly killed J. B. Grady , and L. S. Hill, deputy United States marshals, near Jenson, Ark. Young Grady was a son of United States Marshal Grady of the central district. Marshal Grady has offered a reward of $500 for the arrest and conviction of Simpson. The Commissioner of Internal Revenue holds that papers and instruments exe­ cuted, made or issued by officers of the Government of the United States in the discharge of official functions pertaining to the operation of the governmental ma­ chinery and for the use or benefit of the United States are exempt from tax. The President has appointed the fol­ lowing commissioners, to meet a similar commission on the part of Great Britain and Canada, for the purpose of adjusting the relations between the United States and Canada: Senator Charles W. Fair­ banks of Indiana, Senator George 'Gray * MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common tb prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping 'grades, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 74c to 75c; corn, No. 2, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2, 23c to 24c; rye. No. 2, 47c to 49c; butter, choice creamery, 16c to 17c; eggs, fresh, 11c to 12c; potatoes, choice, 50c to 65c 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 $4.75; wheat. No. 2, 72c to 73c; corn. No. 2 white, 33c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 28c. ' St. Louis--Cattle. $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; si eep, $3.75 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, 73c to 75c; corn, vNo. 2 yellow, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2, 23c to 25c; rye, No. 2, 45' to 47c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 'red, 75c to 77c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 34c to 36c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 25c to 27c; rye, No. 2, 40c to 42c. Detroit--Cattle. $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.25 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2, 76c to 78c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 30c: rye, 45c to 46c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 77c to 78c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 32c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 25c; rye. No. % 46c to 48c; clover seed, $2.95 to $3.05. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 88* to 89c; corn, No. 3, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 28c; rye, No. 2, 48c to 50c; barley, No. 2, 47c to 48c; pork, mess, $9.75 to $10.25. Buffalo--Cattle, good shipping steera, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, common to choice, $3.50 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice wetfc-v ers, $3,50 to $5.00; lambs, common to extra, $5.00 to $6.75. New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 87c to 89c; corn, No, 2, 38c to 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 29c to 81c; butter, creamery, ISc to 18c; eggs. Western, 13c to 15c. of the entrance, the other ships having drifted well to the east. Reported f moke Moving. On the bridge Navigator Hodgson of the Brooklyn said sharply to the look­ out: "Isn't that smoke moving?" and the lookout, after a minute's inspection with the long glass, dropped it excitedly and fairly yelled: "There's a big ship coming out of the harbor, Bir!" Hodgson, who is a particularly cool man, looked once himself and then, grasping the mega­ phone, shouted: "After bridge, there! Tell the commodore the enemy's fleet is com­ ing out!" Commodore Schley was Bitting under the awning on the quarter deck. Going to the bridge he said: "Raise the signal to the fleet," and turning to Capt. Cook, who stood near, he^said: "Clear ship for action." Then lib went forward and took his place on a little platform of wood run­ ning on the outside.of the conning tower, which had been built for him. He was dressed in blue trousers, a black alpaca jacket and the regulation cap, without the broad band of gold braid. The men with a yell, went to their guns nnd the rapid preliminary orders were given. Schley, glasses In hand, watched the first ship turn out, and saw her start for the west. Still he gave no signaj to fire or move. The Oregon opened with her 13-inch shells, and the Indiana and Texas followed suit. But the range was a long one. Still the Brooklyn waited. But down below the coal was being forced into the furnace, every boiler was being work­ ed and every gun made ready to fire. Schley wanted to know which way they were all going, or whether they would scatter, the meantime the Oregon be­ gan to turn to the west and the Texas had moved in closer and was damaging the leading ship, the Infanta Maria Teresa. Commodore's Order to Firs. "They are all coming west, sir," shout­ ed Lieut. Seal's. And just then the west­ ern batteries opened jpp. "Full speed ahead. Open fireT' shouted the commo­ dore. "Fire deliberately and don't waste jp shot," he added; and the orderlies car­ ried the word to the turrets. In an in­ stant the Brooklyn's eifijj> and five-inch batteries on her port siflb opened, and the cruiser headed for a point in front of the first escaping ship, firing at and receiving the fire from two of them. Then Commodore Schley saw the tirpt ship was coming out from the short:, headed directly for the Brooklyn, with the evident intention of ramming her. A clever manoeuver was here accomplished. "Hard-a-port with your helm!" shouted Schley; and the cruiser began to go around, the smoke coming from her fun­ nels in huge volumes. Quickly she turn­ ed, and quickly her big steel ram was pointing at the first ship. The Infanta Maria Teresa had to work in shore to avoid being rammed. The shells of the Texas and Oregon, with the terrible storm of shells from the Brooklyn, had done their work and the smoke began to ap­ pear pouring from her decks. In the meantime the converted yacht Gloucester could be" seen, with the help of the Iowa, destroying the two torpedo boat destroyers that had followed the last ship out. At 10 o'clock the entire Cape Verde squadron was outside the harbor and going rapidly westward. The Iowa Notwithstanding the siege and the nat­ ural discomforts arising from it, Gen. Shafter reports the city in good condition. There is much distress, but little sickness, and it is particularly gratifying to learn that there is scarcely any yellow fever, notwithstanding the rainy weather' ana the unsanitary conditions of the city. The civil government is helping to keep order, and probably is overjoyed at the opportu­ nity and at the freedom from looting which it had suffered at the hands of the Spanish troopB. The troops deposited their arms in an armory over which Gen. Shafter has placed a guard, and the ob­ structions are rapidly being removed from the mouth of the harbor. The Ninth and Thirteenth regulars will remain in the city for the present as a guard. The most significant feature of Gen. Shafter's report is his statement that the city was surrounded by a perfect entangle­ ment of defenses, and that if the Span­ iards had resisted our army as they did the first day of the assault it would have cost us 5,000."!ives to have taken Santiago. Nothing succeeds like success, and in that glorious success every sailor in Sampson's fleet and every soldier in Shafter's army had his part and performed it in a manner which entitles them to the gratitude of tha whole country, which is proud of them. TERMS OP SURRENDER. The Conditions Under Which the City of Santiago Became Onrs. The terms of surrender under which Gen. Shafter took formal possession of the tity of Santiago are,as follows: 1. All hostilities shall cease pending the agreement of final capitulation. 2. That the capitulation lnchides all the Spanish forces and the surrender of all war material within the prescribed limits. 3. The transportation of the troops to Spain at the earliest possible moment, each force to be embarked at the nearest port. 4. That the Spanish officers shall retain their side arms and the enlisted men their personal proi*»rty. 5. That after the final capitulation the Spanish forces shall assist In the removal of all obstructions to navigation In Santiago harbor. 6. That after the final capitulation the commanding officers shall furnish a com­ plete inventory of all arms and munitions of war and a roster of all the soldiers in the district. 7. That the Spanish general shall be per­ mitted to take the military archieves and rccsrt»» 8. That all guerrillas and Spanish Irregu­ lars shall be permitted to remain In Cuba if they so elect, giving a parole that they will not again take up arms against the United 8tates unless properly released from parole. 9. That the Spanish forces shall be per­ mitted to march out with nil the honors of war, depositing their arms, to be disposed of by the United States in the future, the American commissioners to recommend to their government that the arms of the sol­ diers be returned to those' "who so bravely defended them." Germany Meant No Offense. A Hong Kong correspondent says tha German admiral in the Philippines has protested that he meant no offense by his a^effion in Subig bay. A St. Petersburg newspaper character­ izes the destruction of Cervera's fleet as "brutal slaughter," and accuses the Amer­ icans of employing some kind'of new ex­ plosive machine or bomb contrary to in­ ternational law. tibLO Storms, Starvation and Indifferent 8nccess in the North. The schooner Samoa has arrived hit Se­ attle from St. Michaels, Alaska, with thirty-six Klondikers, who brought with them from $300,000 to $400,000 in gold dust. The Samoa left St. Michaels July 6. Among her passengers was Thomas C. Auston of New Whatcom, Wash. He says that the clean-up on Eldorado, Bo­ nanza- and Hunker creeks in the Klondike district this season will not be more than $10,000,000. This, together with about $5,000,000 of last season's output will all be shipped out this year. He confirms previous reports that no important now discoveries have been made. Several pas­ sengers were from Minook creek, where they worked all winter with but little suc­ cess. Bx-Gov. McGraw of Seattle and E. M. Carr have the best claim in the district. This yielded about $20,000. When the Samoa left St.,Michaels there were many people there who had decided not to go on to Dawson and were await­ ing an opportunity to come back. The steamer Roanoke was to sail for Seattle July 9, with many passengers and a large amount of gold, estimated by the Samoa passengers at all the Way from $5,000,000 to $10,000,000. One misfortune after another seems to have befallen the craft which started in tow for St. Michaels and up to the time of departure of the Samoa not one of the numerous river boats had arrived except those taken by the steamer New Eng­ land. The steamer Conemaugh, which left Seattle early in June with a river steamer and a barge in tow, when more than half way on her voyage encountered a heavy gale and lost, both the river steam­ er and barge and came near going to the bottom herself. She was thrown on her beam ends and in this condition she wal­ lowed in the heavy sea for . forty-eight hours. Her crew and passengers had about given up in despair, but when the storm abated she righted and succeeded in reaching port in a battered and dilapi­ dated condition. An official letter from Capt. Abercrom- bie, U. S. A., now at Copper river, Alaska, contains the statement that there are 200 destitute men now there. WILL REACH SIOO.OOO,00a spondent, despite the fact that Secretary Gage's circular inviting proposals fixed 3 p. m. of the 14th inst. as the close of the period within which they would be receiv­ ed. Since* that time nearly 20,000 appli­ cations have come to the department. Of these about 5,000 have been included by the officials in the list of the subscrip­ tions coming within the terms of the cir­ cular. They were delayed by failure to make railroad connections, having been deposited in the mails at the starting point in time to have reached Washington, had there been no unusual delay, by 3 o'clock of the 14th. The accepted applications have not yet been all tabulated, so the complete figures cannot yet be given. Mr. Vanderlip, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, said that subscriptions in sums of $500 or less would reach fully $100,- 000,000, $10,000,000 in excess of his first estimate. The prospect Was, he said, that subscribers in the sum of $5,000 would get little or nothing. The allotments to subscribers under that sum would nearly exhaust the $200,000,000 to be issued. Secretary Gage'said that these would be no further issue of bonds, in his opinion, before next winter. CARRIERS ARE TO PAY. Express and Railroad Companies Must Provide Stamps. In answer to references from the Com­ missioner of Internal Revenue, all bear­ ing upon the question as .to whether the shipper or carrier shall pay for and affix the required revenue stamps to bills df lading, etc., Assistant Attorney General Boyd has held as, follows: The lav,- makes It the duty of every rail­ road, steamboat company, carrier, express company or corporation, or person whose occupation it is to act as such, to issue to the shipper, consignor or his agent or per­ son from whom any goods are accepted for transportation a bill of lading, manifest or some other evidence of the receipt of goods, wares or merchandise received for carriage and transportation, and this bill of lading, manifest or memorandum requires a revenue stamp of the value of 1 cent affixed to it and canceled. In case of failure to issue such bill of lading the law imposes a pen­ alty of $50 upon the carrier guilty of such failure. The penalty for failure to so affix the stamp is not more than $100. The purpose of the law is clear. It was to tax the otr- rler and not the shipper, and these provi­ sions undoubtedly fix upon the express com­ panies and other carriers the duty of pro­ viding. affixing and canceling the stamp, and their failure to so provldei affix and cancel Such stamp subjects them to the penalties provided by law. HARVEST HANDS IN DEMAND. Farmers in the Northwest Unable to Obtain Help. The farmers of North Dakota,, and South Dakota are unable to get men to help in harvesting their crops. During the last ninety days Nebraska has sent 3,000 soldiers to the war. Most of them were young men from the farms, and in consequence the wheat raisers are crying out for help. Farmers are paying good wages for harvest hands, in some in­ stances $2 a day and board. The wheat yield is estimated at twenty bushels an acre, while oats will be nearly fifty. PRINTER OF CHECK STAMPS. Evening Wisconsin Office Designated by the Government. The Evening Wisconsin Company's printing establishment, Milwaukee, Wis., has been designated by the Treasury De­ partment as an office for the printing of Government revenue stamps on checks, drafts, etc. This appointment has been made largely out of consideration for the large lithographic interests of Milwaukee, which is the third city of the United States in that industry. This appoint­ ment will be a great advantage to print­ ers, and bankers.of the Northwest, s 1/1 ^ ^ * I 7" •} 4 Telegraphic Brevities* Good rains throughout Virginia insure a full crop of tobacco in that State. Mrs. John St. Clair of near Humphreys, Mo., committed suicide by drowning her­ self in a pond. Assessment of real and personal prop­ erty of Philadelphia shows -an increase of $23,000,000 this year over 1807. There is a lively war in progress be» tween the brewers and saloonkeepers at Cleveland, Ohio, over the war tax on beer. Col. B. M. Long, owner of large tracts of lands in Walker County, Ala., has ef­ fected a sale of coal land near Horse Creek to capitalists from Eastern and Canadian points. The amount involved in the transaction is -placed at $100,000 to $150,000. and the properties will be de­ veloped at once. % The highest honors at the commence­ ment exercises of the Kansas City Col­ lege of Pharmacy were conferred upon a young woman graduate. She was Miss Harriet Benton of Odessa, Mo. She re­ ceived a diploma, and also a gold medal, which was the first prise for the highest grade in all the branches taught at the college. "&SS&Ei While McKinley expects that Spain wQ$i now ask terms of peace, he believes th#^: bestnvay to realize that expectation is t<*.- keep pounding. It !s the purpose to cal|. home all the boys at Santiagp except th# artillery as rapidly as possible, and giv# them a chance to rest and feed up and tel|i, > the folk about their fighting, while sev»«|» eral regiments of immunes will be sent; down to garrison that city during th#^ summer and assist a military governor^; who will probably be Gen. Shafter, t$» restore order and rebuild the town and - revive business'-and agriculture in thaf.» province. Every possible encouragement will be offered the residents of eastern, Cuba to recover their prosperity. Steam*- . Bhip communication with New York will - be resumed at once, public improvements' will be introduced and the owners of" plantations will be afforded protection while they clear their fields and plant" their crops. The iron mines will be in : operation' very shortly, because the ore iftC needed in Baltimore, Pittsburg and Chi«»t ; cago, and before the summer is eudesl. eastern Cuba will be in a condition t<r illustrate what may be expected of,th(d " rest of the island when it is relieved frbm Spanish despotism. ". • • * The startling charges made by Mr. Hearst of the New York Journal about the murder of Spanish prisoners by the Cuban soldiers in front of Santiago are ' confirmed by officers who have reached Washington. They are reluctant to dis­ cuss the subject, and justify the barbar­ ous act on the ground that, the victims were not members of the regular Spanish force, but independent guerrillas, who had themselves violated the laws of war andl . were guilty of the most infamous crime- among soldiers, the slaughter of the wounded. Officers say the Cuban allies treat ordinary Spanish soldiers who have deserted or have been captured with great consideration, but for guerrillas and Spanish volunteers they haveTio mercy?-- The officers smile when Gen. Shafter's denial is referred to, and explain that he - knows nothing whatever about the mat­ ter; that the capture of Spanish guerril­ las is never reported, and that when one1 is found he is hustled into the Cuban lines as rapidly as possible. • * • , Everybody you meet on the streets of Washington these days is either a school teacher or a soldier. The national asso­ ciation, which has been in session for ten days, brought 12,000 or 15,000 interesting «• young women who are professionally en­ gaged in molding the minds of the coming generation, and they are indefatigable sightseers. The capitol, congressional li­ brary, the White House, the national mu­ seum, the Washington monument and other places of interest have swarmed with them. They monopolize the street cars, throng the sidewalks and have made their visit here the source of both pleas­ ure and profit. These young women do not hesitate to ask questions when they desire information, and their inquiries have been addressed to anybody they met upon the streets. The soldiers from Camp Alger have almost equaled the school teachers in number and Cbme over by hundreds every day. • * * The officials of the internal revenue bu­ reau believe the country will absorb more internal revenue stamps than postage stamps. The Postoffiee Department prints about 3,000,000,000 of postage stamps a year, or an nverage of 10,000,- 000 a day. The requisitions for internal revenue stamps from the sixty-three col­ lectors already filled amount to 500,000,- 000, which seem to have been instantly absorbed by the public, and they are now calling for more. The department is send- ing out about 15,000,000 a day. * • • It is proposed ppen the arrival of the commissioners ta hoist at Honolulu the identical flag that was hauled down April 1, 18Q3, by Paramount Blount. This flag belonged to the cruiser Boston, then lying in port, "and was taken possession of by Lieut. Lucian Young, one of her officers, who presented it to Minister Thurston. Mr. Thurston treasured it as a sacred thing and will deliver it to Admiral Mil­ ler to be restored to itsf former placs at the top of the flagstaff on the Govern­ ment palace.' ' " » ' » • ' * 'There is not the slightest apprehension in administration circles concerning the attitude of Germany in th«!f Philippines or elsewhere. On the contrary, there is a perfect understanding between the two Governments and the two admirals at Manila. While some of the German offi­ cers may show independence and perhaps impertinence, the Emperor and his minis­ ters concede the position of the United States in the Philippine Islands and will not interfere in any measure with our plans. • * • It is said that no attempt will be made to attack Havana. Gen. Blanco will be allowed to eontejnplate his fortifications and study the art of war within his own lines without disturbance from our ships or soldiers. He is entirely cut off from communicatiw. with Madrid. One can imagine the unhappy and hopeless situa­ tion in which he is placed, with his sup­ plies of food rapidly growing less and no prospects of rescue or re-enforcements. The Comptroller of the Currency has received applications from several persons for authority to organize national banks in Honolulu, Havana, Manila and Porto Rico, which of course must be held up until those places become subject to the. laws of the United States. The first Hon­ olulu application was made by some In­ diana people. - " ; * • • The officials of the Treasury Depart­ ment have assumed it was the intention of Congress that the corporations of the country instead of the public should pay the petty taxes imposed upon business transactions by the war revenue bill, and so far as they can control the matter this intention will be carried out. • • *' Commodore Watson's missionary expe­ dition will be hastened in order to fur- viish tjhe Spaniards a practical example of war and emphasize the determination of Uncle Sam to have his own way. It i« expected also that he will seize Ceuta, the Spanish outpost on the / African side of the Straits of Gibraltar,/and hold it as a base of supplies. . , • • » Spain has already lost twenty-one ships of war, with an aggregate of 44,940 tons* and twenty-one therchnnt vessels of 32,-, 400 tons. The United States has lost no ships of war, has had only one, the tor*, pedo boat Winslow, disabled, and none of its merchantmen has been captqred, ,s • • • The Spanish Government can no ibnger communicate ^th its officers either hi Cuba or the Philippine Islands without the consent of the United States. 1