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Mi' « • . 1 .IP"! n.-' ' ^^SSSSSS^SS^1 McHenry Plaindeaier. _ - J . V A N S L Y K E , E d i t o r a n d P u b . Mchenry, 't 1 : ILLINOIS. ON THE CANAL '̂f̂ AŜ TRcS^NSTO i* -• .'- * ^%fct Nlearainia Commissioner Baa Been Collecting Data and Kay He- 1 " port at the Next Session of CongrcM ^ l( --How League Base-Ball Teams Stand • . fxV *' Walker Thinks the Canal Feasible. \ ' Admiral Walker, president of the Nic- "liragnR Canal Commission, has returned ; ..ib Washington and is pgain devoting his fs- Attention to the collation and compilation i ^ Jit the material which will form the sub- Ipftanee of the report of the commission. The admiral says the commission has now About two hundred and fifty men at work tlong the line of the proposed canal and ley will stay there throughout the rainy v 'Reason. They are making borings ana as­ certaining the character of the soil at ev- <lry point where it is proposed to locate -- .iiams, locks or other heavy masonry strue- "* ^tMres. In addition to this, the field par­ ties are taking accurate measurements o/ • •• - • the rainfall and the flow of the various I'vl^vSWrwims lying within the limits of the ^ ' /panal concession. This information was r :• 'particularly desired by the commission ' C- to the fact that \ip to this point all : A ^ h e c a l c u l a t i o n s m a d e h a v e b e e n b a s e d 1, ppon the conditions as existing in the dry iieason, the time when Nicaragua has al- |T--^frays been visited by commissions. Ad- fr Itiiral Walker is confident that the com- f., itfisision will be able to report to Congress <ft the approaching session, and while he ahys the necessary data has not been ob­ tained tt> accurately determine the cost of Ihe canal, he feels confident that the pro­ ject will be shown to be entirely practica- /•We and worthy of execution. if'lr y,* - *. f,"|f Father and Daughter Slain. ft.Jfohn Boyd's little granddaughter ran aH.pin»ost fainting into the residence of her Slncle tour milorfjoast of Cambridge, Ohio, iiying that robw&fs had entered her grand- , father's house near by in the night and filled her grandfather, a prominent and jjealthy farmer, aged 70; her aunt, Mrs. t wancy Wyriek, and her father, Orrin w, aged 30. Investigation showed that ly the first two were dead. When the ice entered the premises they found yd clad in his nightshirt lying dead on ^fhe floor of»his "bedroom, with bullet holes la his head and breast. Six feet away lay liis dead daughter, Mrs. Wyriek, partly "Pressed. Her breast had been pierced, &e bullet being found ih the bed. The room was in great cortfusion, showing evi- !#ence of a' terrific struggle. Law was fettn^ in an adjoining room, apparently drugged, but he wis aroused, and became Indignant when arrested. The theory of the officers is that Boyd and Law fought: that Boyd was shot, and that his daughter WD inio^th? room to assist him, only to h j»eet a like fate. Race for the Pfsaant. • &. Following is the standing of the clubs : the National Baseball League: ad Jtttit Moore, daughter ot lofcn ma engineer the Brie and Pittsburg road. An appalling disaster occurred ia Co- hoes, N. Y. A trolley ear of the Troy City Railroad Company was struck. by the night boat special of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad at a crossing at the west end of the Hudson river bridge which connects the city with Lansingburg, and its load of human freight was hurled into the air. Eighteen of the thirty-fire pas­ sengers are dead and at least ten of the Remainder will die Fire in the Newark celluloid works and neighboring buildings at West Scott and Darcy streets, Newark, N. J., did fully $200,000 damage. Owing to the inflam­ mable nature of the contents of the fac­ tory the blaze made an intensely hot fire. The fire started in the converting depart­ ment of the big building and spread with greater rapidity than had the building been oil-soaked. Most Of the surrounding buildings were three stories high, and were occupied by people working in the factory. They were rescued with diffi­ culty and most of them lost all their household goods. Fourteen persons were injured and taken to hospitals, some of the persons being seriously burned WESTERN. W. v Boston 77. ' .^Cincinnati . .78 /^tJaltimare .72 Jple veland 70 ..^Chicago .... .67 -nNew York.. .65 L. W. 42 Pittsburg ... .61 45Philadelphia. 57 48 Louisville .. .52 50 Brooklyn ... .44 54 Washington. 40 54 St. Louis 33 , \ Following is the standing of the clubs fin the Western League: W. L. W. L. .^Kansas City.80 ^Indianapolis. 76 4|UUlwaukee ..78 ,jjpoiumbu8 .. .69 48 St. Paul 70 47 Detroit 48 52 Minneapolis. 44 50 St. Joseph... .40 , ' After a Hermit's Money. V \ A warrant issued and served on Benja- " 'Iktin Hardin charges him with having iought and found a fortune left by Louis ' *feermond, a hermit, who lived and died in v «a hovel near Amity, Mo. Hardin was a paection hand, but a few months ago he %egan loaimig and spending money like a f '*';f,'#f(ioh man.^*He is charged with having <:pearched the hovel after the hermit's , > %eath, finding the money tuid appropriat- • . tug it to his own use. Soiie attorneys say • H* ; 's to the money. The prose- m inting attorney contends that it belongs i ? to the State. Hardin denies that he got -vfhe money from the miser's cabin, but H was left him by a Virginia relative. ,r( = BREVITIES. French cabinet has agreed to a re- vision in the case of Captain Dreyfus. Gov. Johnston of Alabama has removed 'the State quarantine against New Or- h : : l & . B e n j a m i n C l a r k i s t o s u c c e e d D r . E . Benjamin Andrews as president of Brown University, Providence, R. I. Mrs. W. JvScanJan, widow of the once- famous comedian, is now the wife of Au­ gustus Pitou, the theatrical manager. Congressman Northway of Ohio is crit­ ically ill at his home in Jefferson, Ohio. Mrs. Northway is also thought to be be­ yond recovery. The American Indies Company was formed in New York with a capital stock of $18,000,000. Its object is to develop the resources of Cuba and Porto Rico. The dates of the national peace jubilee at Chicago, as finally set, are Oct. 18 and 19. President McKinley and the leading members of his cabinet have accepted the Invitation to be present on both the dates mentioned. v As an outcome of the meeting at Pitts- l^hurg of table glassware manufacturers an rgauization has been formed to be known ,, *ke United Glass Manufacturers' As­ sociation, with headquarters in Pittsburg. " *The combine represents a total capital of *1*8,000,000. ; A private cablegram received in New **York says that Rhea, the celebrated tra- • gedienne, is dying from cancer, at her m *' chateau in Montmorency, France. The schooner Winslow sank in a heayy gale near White Shoals in the straits of Mackinaw. Congressman S. A. Norjhway of the Nineteenth district of Ohio ts dangerously ill at Ashtabula. Esquil Cano, ex-convict, who broke jail at Santa Fe, N. M., a few days ago and made good his escape, is now believed to have murdered three women withih the past five years, besides having committed numerous highway robberies and burg­ laries. * y Private Alex La Duke, Company I, Sec­ ond Wisconsin volunteers, was placed in the Federal prison at Leavenworth, Kan., to remain for life, for the murder of Pri­ vate Thomas Stafford of the Thirteenth United States infantry in a saloon row in Ponce, Porto Rico. Two robbers traveling on bicycles are traversing Missouri. They stopped at a hotel in Sedalia, but the second night they left, carrying with them jewelry and val­ uables secured from the guests' rooms. They were next heard of at Olean, Mo., where they robbed a Btore and several farm houses. Fourteen business buildings at Rapid River, Mich., were destroyed by fire, causing great losses. In John Caswell's barn twenty-two horses were cremated. The village has nearly 2,000 population and is entirely without fire protection. The belief is general that the fire was of incendiary origin. 1 A private telegram from George Q. Cannon, who is now in San Francisco, announces the death of the President of the Mormon Church, Wilford Woodruff. He had been troubled with kidney com­ plaint for some time and went to the Pa­ cific coast for the improvement of his health about a month ago. Mr. Wood­ ruff was born at Farmington, Conn., in 1807, and was one of the original 147 pioneers that, reached Salt Lake valley in 1847. A tornado struck South St. Joseph, Mo., the stock yards suburb, at 5:30 o'clock the other afternoon, and the damage is vari­ ously estimated at $25,000 and $50,000. Nearly*every house in the town was more or less damaged. Roofs were blown off, corners were torn out and a number of buildings in course of construction were completely destroyed. The damage by water was also heavy, as the wind was followed by a perfect deluge. Much dam­ age resulted to manufacturers and rail­ road shops in the south part of the city proper. Sewers were washed out and railroad washouts were numerous in all directions. Five men were killed by a premature explosion of dynamite near Stinesville, Ind. The men were at work on the Mount Tabor and Ellettsville turnpike and had prepared to blast rock for macad­ amizing. Fifteen men were working near the spot, but besides the killed only one was badly injured. All the dead were blackened and mangled almost beyond recognition. They were all married men and all leave small children. All lived in or near Stinesville. The debris and broken stone from the explosion were car­ ried over a mile and the earth was shaken as if by an earthquake. It is not know what caused the explosion. The most important case under the bankruptcy law yet recorded in Nebraska, so far as the amount of liabilities is con­ cerned, has just been filed in the office of the clerk of the United States Court. It is the petition of Ben Reynolds, a member of the firm of railroad contractors E. P. Reynolds & Co., who lives at Wymore, Neb". The liabilities are close to $2,000,- 000, and include notes for $118,000 for borrowed money, which are now held by Porter Skinner of Rock Island, 111., and the balance made up of bills for supplies and other unpaid accounts incident to the company's business. The assets are given as a $50,000 judgment in the United States Court against the Union Pacific Railroad Company. Mr. Reynolds seeks to be absolved from any further liability on these debts, or interest in the assets as a member of the company. The members of the expedition wluch sailed from San Francisco on the schoon­ er Volcan in June of last year to buy rein­ deer for the United States Government in Siberia, have returned. They were John W. Kelly, Conrad Slem and Alfred St. Leger. They landed on July 17 in St. Lawrence bay. The natives seemed friendly and there was every prospect of a successful mission. Dr. Sheldon Jack­ son came over on the Bear and remained a few days, satisfied that the object of the expedition would be attained. Their trouble began, and for a year Kelly was in imminent danger of incurring the hos­ tility of the natives who object to any diminution of their stock of reindeer. In October, 1897, an attempt was made to shoot Slem. Then it was rumored that a Russian was coming to oust them from their station. The men, who had procur­ ed 450 deer and 250 fawns, thought it best to leave, and took passage on a whal­ er to Port Clarence, across the straits, on July 6 of this yeai*. From that point they made therr way to San Francisco, glad to have escaped with their lives. yawl with fifteen men in It, em- ployed on Government work at Liberty f, . .Landing, Mo., capsized in the Missouri • j.<', v nver and William Stockholm was drown- .ad *'•#: »f*a* f"*-e A cUyring plot to kill the Czar by an ex- V", j plosion of gas in Moscow was frustrated the nervousness of one of the conspira- rotors, who caused the explosion "twenty '•j minutes before the Czar arrived at the de- #T-.'V f-i-. " EASTERN. / - I f i f r a n k a n d J o h n ^ M a n e , 1 6 a n d 1 7 y e a r s 'Mr ^ ' ;r,- old, respectively, fend George Grass, 14 'years old, were drowned while bathing in •\y. I Lake Erie at Buffalo, N. Y. There was : g,a heavy sea on and the boys were caught '.r..«;by a receding wave and carried into deep water. By the accidental Jibing of Hie sail of a SOUTHERN. s wail aa the qaeation of the liquor 11* cense in tl* dltt#««nt Arantiea. The Dem* ocratie State ticket, headed by Dan W. Jones, was elected. MX^ITAUK POINT^ WHERE TUB AMERICAN CUBAN IS CAMPBB FOR RBOpntMIOK. FOREIGN. v The London war office received the fol­ lowing dispatch, dated at Oindurman, frolb the sirdar, Gen. Sir Herbert Kitch­ ener: "This morning the British and Egyptian flags were hoisted with due cer­ emony upon the walls of the sarays (the palace) in Khartoum. The sldar, Gen. Sir Herbert Kitchener, with the khalifa's black standard, after a bloody battle, entered Omdnrman, the capital of Mahdiam, opposite Khartoum, Nubia, at the head of the Anglo-Egyptian column, after completely routing the der­ vishes and dealing a death blow to Mah­ diam. War between France and Germany as a result of exposures to be made in the Dreyfus case and war between Great Britain and Russia over complications in the far east are confldently predicted by well posted politicians in Europe. Paris is excited over the disclosures following Colonel Henry's suicide and the wildest rumors are affoat. The people are de­ manding a retrial for the prisoner of Devil's Island and the government faces the prospect of war with the Kaiser if this is granted and the whole truth told and a revolution at home if it is refused. Officers of the French army threaten to resign and tell all they know of the Dreyfus case, and many of the highest men in military circles are implicated in the promised exposures. No order for a revision of the Dreyfus verdict can be secured until the cabinet meets, and the ministers are now scattered, apparently wishing to keep out of the way for the present. Zola, from hia hiding place, has written Dreyfus' wife congratulating her. A report is current ih London that a treaty of alliance between Great Britain and Germany, on the lines of the speech of Mr. Chamberlain, the secretary of state for the colonies, has actually been completed. This probably is an amplifi­ cation of the gossip relative to the daily visits of Count Von Hatzfeldt-Weiden- burg, the German ambassador, to the British foreign office, which have been at­ tributed to a desire upon the part of Ger­ many and Great Britain to formulate a common policy in regard to Russia and China. Another explanation of the Ger­ man ambassador's visits to the foreign office is that they relate to the mixed tri­ bunals of Egypt, the international agree­ ment on the subject ending in February. Through french and Russian influence the court has always hampered'the Brit- " plans for the use of the Egyptian sav­ ings and the advancement of Egypt. Now it is said an agreement has been almost reached by which Germany will support the British views relative to the future composition and powers of the mixed tri­ bunals. It is said that a quid pro quo for Germany's support in Egypt, Great Brit­ ain will recognize Germany's claims to utilize Syria as an outlet for her surplus population. r m THE, MONtWK LIGHT TO SEDUCE ARMY. MONTAUK POINT. ^ f , , COOL COUNfttL PREVAILS* r*XT P*no Bn Y SPANI-H WAR VICTIMS. ^Statistics Showing the Death Rate in Battle and Camp. The Chicago Tribune prints statistics showing the number of soldiers who have been killed in battle and have died of dis- easea in camps during the war with Spain, the Tribune says: "While 350 officers and men have been killed in battle or died wounds received, there have died of disease in camps between 1,200 and 2,000 voiunteers and regulars. The Tribune has secured the names of 1,284 who died in camp, on transports or at home after contracting the dread malady at one of the camps. There is no doubt about the 1,284 whose names have been secured. Neither is there much doubt that there are hundreds dead whose names could not be secured on account of lack of rec­ ords and the inability or unwillingness of army officers to furnish lists of the dead." IN GENERAL. A combination including most of the large manufacturers of flint-glass bottles ha is been formed. 5 ;4 Indians from the far north who have reached Dauphin, Man., report that a strange man descended from the clouds on the shores of Hudson's Bay. It is be­ lieved that the man is Prof. Andre. « A trusted employe in one of the Mexico city banks forged a check last April and drew out a customer's entire account, some $75,000, and went to Europe. The loss was not discovered until recently, when the depositor appeared and pre­ sented a check for his money. The clerk is now in England and measures will be taken to secure him. Bradstrqet's says: "The advent of Sep­ tember finds fall trade apparently in full swing at the west and northwest and more reported doing at Southern Missis­ sippi valley points and in the east, but the volume of business in wool and dry goods in the latter section is rather smaller than expected. Reports from the iron and steel trade are in a high degree favorable, the tonnage movement being unprecedentedly large and the tone of prices firm at the ad­ vances recently scored. The western crop situation remains practically unchanged, cash wheat being lower on a rather larger movement of spring wheat, but an active demand for export has furnished sustain­ ing power. Corn has been ruled in sur­ plus-producing States by the weather, which is dry and hot, with a steadying effect on prices. Distributive trade is active in the west and northwest, with dry goods, boots and shoes, hats and caps, millinery, clothing and hardware in most active distribution by jobbers, and with irop and steel and most of its products in active demand and consumption by manu­ facturers. Wheat shipments for the week, including flour, aggregate 3,687,040 bushels, as against 3,563.476 bushels last week, 6,263,647 bushels in the correspond­ ing week of 1897, 3,369,862 bushels in* 1896. 2,260,261 bushels in 1895, and 2,207,300 bushels in 1894. Since July 1 this year the exports of wheat aggregate 29,393,592 bushels, against 32,850,246 bushels during the same period last year. Corn exports for the week aggregate 1,661,700 bushels, against 2,648,933 bush­ els last week, 3,185,064 bushels this week last year, 2,527,516 bushels in 1896, 1,- 1 405,370 bushels in 1895 and 127,000 bush- ' els in 1894. Since July 1 this year ex­ ports of corn aggregate 24,539,001 bush­ els, against 25,533,409 bushels last year." j MAJOR GENERAL YOUNG. Commander of the camp at Montauk Point. The Tribune gives statistics of dead in each camp. The list by camps is as fol­ lows: Camp Thomas 852 Santiago 841 San Francisco 78 Camp Alger 75 Camp Wlkoff AS Jacksonville .*. 60 Tampa 58 Miami 26 Fernandina, Lakeland. Camp Meade and other minor camps, In private hos­ pitals, at home, etc 115 State camps 36 Transports and hospital ships 90 Total 1,281 Deaths are attributed to th« following causes? Typhoid fever ...» Yellow fever dysentery Meningitis . Malaria i ......... j i '. ... Pneumonia Causo reported as fever ....'. .V. Miscellaneous ailments or diagnosis not reported 327 Of the regular army, 290 are dead. Massachusetts is first, with 130; Illinois second, with 100; Michigan third, with 01; and New York fifth, with 85.. 515 81 03 & 61 106 • At Harrodsburg, Ky., William Morgan, a brother-in-law of Col. Jack Chinn, was shot twice in the breast fay James Mober- ly and died. Heavy rainfalls and a cloudburst in the lower portion of Kdox County, Tenn., oc casioned a general flood in that section Several streams running through Knox ^Slle overflowed their banks, washed away lumber and coal yards ai.d also did dam­ age to buildings by filling cellars with water. 'The Government steamboat John I. I Meigs was destroyed by an explosion at j St. Philip, La. She had aboard Lieu.t, j Jervey and a party engaged in renovins the torpedoes laid in the Missisrippi river ! duriiig the beginning of the war. Lieut. Jervey had a na-row escape. Four men were killed itnd two badly wounded. of State offi- , ^ - . -- lower houHe of ^ i off into the water and drowned before as- j the Legislature, sixteen State Senators ,_j tistance could , be rendered them. Their - V .. $ names are .> " pleasure yacht on Presque Isle Bay, near | Arkansas elected a full set U1ft#*' Erie, Pa., four young women were swept i cer8i 100 members of the lo off into the water and drowned before as- 1 --- a* .uld be renaerea uiem. xneir i and lo(<al officers in each of the seventy- Mary, Delia and EUa Pardine, gve counties and voted on the adoption of .at William l arding, an Erie tito important constitutional amendments, f>% .'If MARKET REPORTS. •fe.. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; whetit, No. 2 red, 63c to 64c; corn, No. 2, 30c to 31c; oats. No. 2, 19c to 21c; rye, No. 2, 43c to 44c; butter, choice creamery, 17c to 19c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 13c; potatoes, choice, 30c to 35c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, common to cfooice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 62c to 64c; corn, No. 2 white, 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c. •*- St. Loruis--<5attle, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.50 to $4.00; sheep, $3.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 20c to 30c; oats,'No. 2, 20c to 21c; rye, No. 2, 43c to 44c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, 65c to 67c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 30c to 81c; oats, No. .2 mixed, 21c to 23c; rye. No. 2, 44c to 46c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.25 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 65c to 67c;. corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 33c: oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c; rye, 44c to 45c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 65c to 67c; corn, No. 2 mixpd, 31c to 32c; oats. No. 2 white, 19c to 21c; rye, No. 2, 43c to 44c; clover seed, $3.15 to $3.25. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 62g to 63c; corn, No. 3, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 25c: rye, No. 2, 43c to 44c j barley, No. 2, 40c to 44c; pork, mess, $8:50 to $9.00. Buffalo--Cattle, good Shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.75: hogs, common to choice, $3.50 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice weth­ ers, $3.50 to $5.00; lambs, common to extra, $5.C0 to $6.50. New York--Cattle. $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 70 to 71c; corn, No. 2. 36c tor87c; oats, No. 2 white, 29c to 30c; butter, creamery, 15c to 19c; eggs. Western, IBe t» 16c. . FOR THE REGULAR ARMY. Requiting Stations Where Volunteers ill Be Mustered Out. The War Department has decided to es­ tablish a recruiting station for the regu­ lar army at every camp where volunteer regiments are to be mustered out. This action will be taken with a view to re­ cruiting the regulars up to the maximum Btrehgth allowed by law and to give the volunteers who may wish to continue in the service the preference in recruiting. It is estimated by the War Department authorities that about 4,000 or 5,000 men will be required to fill up the regular regi­ ments, that number of vacancies being likely to exist in the netf# future on ac­ count of deaths and disabilities and the withdrawal of men under the privilege allowing recent regular recruits to leave the service at the end of the war. \ Its Occupation by Troops May Cause Legal Complications. The camp at Montauk Point, L. I.-, where the tired and worn-out soldiers of the American Cubftn army are camped, may bring about some legal complications between the Montauk tribe of Indians and the United States Government. The at­ torneys for the Indians have served notice on Attorney General Griggs that the tribe claims ownership of the land and protests against dealings for the possession of the point by the Government. Montauk Point is the eastern terminus of the Long Isl­ and Railroad, and is within two and one- half hours by train from Long Island -City. The point proper is about ten miles long by one and one-half miles wide, and rises right out of the sea to a height of fifty to a hundred feet. It has a rolling surface, a duny soil, and many brackish ponds and marshes. Mont&uk Point is historic, and it is said that Spanish pirates once buried treasures there. The camp* is commanded by Maj, Gen. 8. B. M. Young. 8H AFTER 18 AT HOME. Hero of the Santiago Campaign Ar• riVcs &t Moo*ank* Gen. Shatter, the hero of the Santiago campaign, has returned. His arrival at Camp Wikoff Thursday was unpreten­ tious. The transport City of Mexico, which carried him and his staff, was which carried him and his staff, was sighted early and the news sent through the camp that the general was nearly home. Gen. Wheeler immediately ordered out Troops M, E, C, H and K of the Sec­ ond regular cavalry. He also directed the Hotchkiss battery to fire a salute of four­ teen guns when Gen. Shafter landed." Gen. Wheeler and staff in full uniform prepared to receive the commander of the army of Santiago with honors. A mis­ take as to the time he was to land led to practically no reception for the general when he came aslhore. At noon, almost two hours before he was expected, Gen. Shafter came to the Montauk beach to find there only Gen. Young, who warmly greeted him. STORT OF THE ROUND ROBIN. Facts Regardlnar ^antiaco Document Which Created a Sensation. The New York Journal prints what pur­ ports to be the true story of Roosevelt's round robin at Santiago. Aug. 3, it is stated, Shafter called a conference of all surgeons and commanders. The sick list was then mounting; the majority were weak from hardships. Of the conquerors of Toral there remained perhaps 5,000 effective fighting men. All advised send­ ing the army north. In the face of this came an order from Washington to pre­ serve the health of the army by breaking camp each day and marching two miles to a new camp. The officers declared the plan impossible. Then came an order to move the army thirty miles, to San Luis, and to stay there indefinitely. Shafter was urged to take the troops home in op­ position to orders. Finally, wiith Shaf- ter's consent, Roosevelt wrote the round robin and all signed it. Corbin Orders the Muster Out of Nine* teen Volunteer Organizations. Adjutant General Corbin Friday, issued brders for the muster out of nineteen vol­ unteer organizations, numbering more than 20,000 officers and men. Including 'former orders more than 50,000 of the voS- unteers have, been ordered mustered out, and it^is said at the War Department that the work will now go forward more rap­ idly and within a week or two fully 100,- 000 volunteers will be mustered but. By December there will not remain more than 50,000 volunteers in the United States service. When Congress meets it will be confronted with the necessity for increasing the regular army to not less than 100,000 men, because of the neces­ sity for troops in Cuba, Porto Rico, Ha- wiaii, and the Philippines. The attitude of many State executives and a. great many people in demanding the release of the volunteers and the peculiar,provisiona of the law authorizing the President to call for volunteers, does not warrant the administration in depending upon these WAR BULLETINS. ARMY EXPENDITURES. For August Aggregate $33,000,000, and September Will Equal This. The war department finds it slow work getting back to a peace basis in the army. For the month of August army expedi- tures for all purposes will aggregate in round numbers $33,000,000. During the month to come the outlay will be nearly as great, and in the opinion of arm$r of-: ficers it will be December before the out­ lay appreciably lessens. When the de­ partment completes the task of muster­ ing out the first 100,000 volunteers, which cannot be sooner than October, it will re­ duce expenses by at least $6,000,000 every thirty days. / ' REGULARS GOING TO FORTS. Fourth May Come to cheridan and Others t>ta)r in the East. The War Department has decided to •end some regular troops to the United States garrisons in the East instead of keeping them in camp at Montauk after their recuperation. The Thirteenth in­ fantry will bg sent to Forts Niagara and Porter, in New York; the Twenty-first infantry to. Plattsburg barracks, New York, and the- Ninth infantry to Fort Madison, New York^v The Fourth infan­ try will probably return to Fort Sheridan, •ear Chicago. An order has been issued forbidding visitors boarding warships a* the Brook­ lyn navy yard. Gen. Blanco is doing all he can to sup­ press hostile feelings toward Americans by the people of Cuba. Lieut. Hobson has been advanced to the grade of naval constructor without under­ going an examination. The Government has again changed ija plans, and will send the New York sol­ diers at San Francisco to Honohilu. The insurgents in Pinar del Rio prov­ ince, Cuba, welcomed the tidings of peace, as they were^without clothing and starv­ ing. Gen. Polavieja, who is regarded as the possible dictator of Spain, says the Span­ ish people are thoroughly disgusted with the present leaders. For the first tiljne in the history of tlhe United States army, a woman has been IW A HOSPITAL TENT. troops, keeping them in the service, and trying to maintain discipline. Regular army officers are disposed to the opinion that with the increase of our territory the increase of the regular army is inevitable, notwithstanding the opposition always manifest in Congress to,a large standing army in time of peace. FLAMES IN A HOSPITAL 8HIP. Catania Has a Narrow Escape on Wajr to Montauk. A sea horror was narrowly averted em the transport Catania during her receaft trip from Santiago to Montauk Point with hundreds of sick soldiers on board. File broke out in the coal in the bunkers of the vessel during the voyage from Cuba, but, fortunately, it was discovered in time by the engineers. By hard work it waa kept under control until the steamer reached Montauk and discharged the sick soldiers. The transport was then ordered to proceed to New York to unload the burning coal. CANNOT 8AVE THE SHIPS. Experts Believe Cristobal Colon and Teresa Should Be Given Up, Commodore Watson, who was directed to examine the condition of the sunken Spanish ships Cristobal Colon and Maria Teresa, has reported to the Navy Depart­ ment that in his opinion the Colon cannot possibly be saved, and that he questions whether the Teresa can, although the wrecking company expresses hope that with a week's additional work the ship may be floated. H0BSON MAY RAISE VESSELS. * • ^--^ Given Permission to Continue Work Under Commodore Watson. Lieutenant Hobson will be permitted to proceed with his plan of raising the Chris- tobal Colon by meaus of air bags, but he will have to work under the direction ot Commodore Watson, in command of the fleet at Santiago. His reported action in ordering the wreckers back to work after they had been withdrawn by Commodore Wmtson ja criticised a± the Navy Depart­ ment and may prejudice him there. Porto Rican Postal Service. . I Perry Heath, first assistant postmaster general, says that the postal service will be extended in Porto Rico as rapidly aa LANDING SCENE AT MONTAUK PIER. appointed a member of the medical staff. Dr. Anita McGee has recently been sworn into the service as acting assistant sur­ geon. The officers of the army at Manila who distinguished themselves at the capture of the city have been promoted by the Presi­ ded. The graves of America^ soldiers at Santiago are being located, preparatory to returning the remains to the United States. The Spanish prisoners at Portsmouth, N. H., loudly cheered the marines from Guantanamo, Cuba, who arrived on the Resolute. The transport Charles N. Nelson has ar­ rived at San Francisco from Honolulu. She reports everything quiet on Hie Ha­ waiian Islands. It is reported that Gen. Garcia, upon entering Gibara, slapped the customs ad­ ministrator in the face, and- afterward ordered a negro to beat him with a ma­ chete. possible. In many towns the Spanish of­ fices are still in operatiou and the'sal^ of Spanish stamps continues. Transport Reachcs Spain. The Spanish transport Covadonga, which sailed from Saiitingmpde Cuba on Aug. 19 with 2,148 Spanisfr soldiers, 160 Spanish officers, 44 women and 45 chil­ dren, a total of 2.346 passengers, arrived safely at Sfe&tander, Spain. • Kios Ge's day. Gen. Rlo8,.the Spanish Governor of the Viscayas islands, is reported to have pro­ claimed himself governor general of the Spanish dominions in the Philippine Isl­ ands and to have invited the adherents of Spain to rally at IloiJo. To Investigate Came Wlkoff. Catiip WiKofl", at Montauk Poirit, L. I., i% to b'e investigated. Gen. Wheeler has ordered Gen. Adalbert Ames, chief of staff on Gen. Kent's staff, to" conduct an investigation; He is giveu almost auto­ cratic powers. mtmm m* S»«sas; II!., Rest*e!ae4: Violence by Leader*. Only the earnest pleading ot John Mitchell, William Topham and other oA> ciatfc of the Coal Miners' Union prevented an armed demonstration against the Springside coal.shaft at Pana, 111., the other afternoon. David J. OveAolt and Levis J. Overholt, the president and sup­ erintendent of the company that "has fifty ' negroes at work, were captured by twen*y - of the striking miners and marched to­ ward the shaft. Rev. Dr. A. Millard, .ait- aged Baptist minister, received severe i*» juries while trying to rescue the Ovef-'.-V^ holts. He was knocked down with a re-" '4 volver, his nose and jay being broken. In- . terual injuries •were sustained and he mar not recover. ? The miners, 700 or 800 strong, upon hearing of the affair, left tlieir headquar­ ters. wihere they had been in session, and hurried toward the colliery, the State offihjt. cials following. Tfiey overtook the mob ™ half way out and secured from David J. Overholt a note advising Sheriff Cobum to allow the negroes to confer with th® union men. The operators behaved brave- ly and were well treated after the union . " officials arrived. Sheriff Coburn met the * committee of citizens and miners who, bore the note at the edge of the mine property. The negroes and deputies occu- • v pied strong positions behind hastilir* thrown up barricades of logs. Coburn de-< clined to honor the request, giving as hjB vxcuae that the Overholts were not the -f- urine owners. He sent back a note act dressed to John Mitchell demanding •tsbjp* '• • surrender of the captives. Mitchell re ­ plied he had nothing to do with -the mafr'•' •:' >- ter. The miners then held a meeting ani were addressed by Mitchell, William ? ; Wright of Carterville, William Opphaiiji of Danville and others. A1 lurged peace " - and no violence. The men were for atari* * iug again toward the mine. They wanted to make the Overholts march in front and. would have done so had not the cooler headed men prevailed. The crowd of arm­ ed men surged back and forth around tlhe Overholts, who were well guarded, and 1 the mob several times was on the point of starting for the shaft. The officials oif the miners' union, not desiring trouble, managed to induce the more frantic men to listen to re&son. Some one cried: "Let ua have a parade," and with a cheer the men moved toward the business part of town, with the Overholts in the front line. At Sdiuyler's bank the crowd halt­ ed and the prisoners were taken into th«« pjresident's private office, where they con­ ferred for a time with the principal offi­ cials of the miners' uriion. In half an hour they were released and hurried to the'shaft. The men paraded the streets ; for a time and then became quiet. « ONLY FILIPINO IN AMERICA. Ramon Reyes Lala, Native of Philip­ pines, Now in United 8tates. Ramon Reyes Lala, now in New York, is the only native of th» Philippines at present in the United STates. Mr. Lala ia a member of a wealthy and influential native family, and was for many years RAMOS REYBS LALA. prominent in business and social life in Manila. He was educated at St. John'* College, London. Being no longer able to endure Spanish oppression, a few years ago he transferred his allegiance to the United States. NATIONAL FINANCES/ Monthly Treasury v tatenant Presents Home Figures. The statement issued by the Treasury Department shows that during the month of August the public debt, less cash in the.,treasury, increased 134,789,711. The Interest-bearing debt increased $74,845,- 070, owing to the issue of that amount of new bon4s; the debt on which interest has ceased since maturity decreased $1,020, and the non-interest-bearing debt decreas­ ed $411,470, while the cash in the treas­ ury increased $39,642,869. The debt ctn Aug. 31 was $1,307,357,801. The cash in the treasury is made up of the following items: Gold, $253,377,494: silver, $513,400,895; paper, $93,084,056; other cash. $67,282,201. Total, $927,144,- 646. Against this there are outstanding: Gold certificates, $37,119,149; silver cer­ tificates, $401,107,504; certificates of de­ posit, $20,560,000; treasury notes of 1890» $99,260,280; other liabilities, $74,600,628, leaving a balance, including $100,000,000 goU reserve, of $294,487,084. The total circulation of national bank notes on Aug. 31 was $230,508,524, being an increase of $481,745 for the month and a decregfce of $3,329,909. compared with the same date last year. The receipts of the Government for Che month of August as compared with the same month last year were: Customs, $16,249,699,increa "0 $9,261,996; internal ' revenue, $24,015,935. increase $12,822,- 303; miscellaneous, $1,51T,078, increase $074,356. Total, $41,782,707, increase $22,758,655. Sparks from the Wires. A North American free trade zollverein, composed of Canada, the United States and Mexico, is favored in the latter coun­ try. At Bellefontaine, Ohio, Mrs. Mary C. Wolf, who was bitten on the finger by a rat several weeks ago, died of blood poi­ soning. Willie Pettus, aged 18 years, who was shot by James Burns at a chr.reli festival near Fairview, Ky.. died at his home near Hopkinsville. Burns escaped and is still at large. A pension hf.s been granted to a Turk­ ish soldier, who, after three years' service in the ariuy, became ill, and, coming un­ der medical treatment, was discovered to be a woman. The public funeral cf Mr. Gladstone was not expensive. Some of the newspa­ pers gave the cost as $35,000, but a com­ petent authority says that the actual cost was about $10,000. Fifteen jsr-ars ago William Glenn of Powhnttan County, Va.. was a dark mu­ latto. Hie color has Invr- g>;adual'y chang­ ing ever since, and low he is while, with l!ie exception of a few spots on his face and neck. He.says! that hv has ne^er been sick. " " -s <4