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I, % < * >*•*** j** v4";% Siv #s^r #1 * <*w. ^?*Nur. *** 'I? ? &-? \ ' y?/'Vs&v 4 , - y , ^ : y -- * ~ y W \ * X » ? ' - * " • ' » * 1 *S®1bR , . . ^ ^ ' r > v 1^*.^ •. r v" * *-/"% ^ ^aW7^ .1^ i.Tl'C'.T •"# ^<W'".l,'?r--*^-^ ^4. **; McHenry Plaindealer. J; THE Hkmm PLAINDEALE* CO, Pb*. HVtcHENRY, - • ILLINOIS EVENTS OF THE WEEK ; - Thomas Lindsay, aged 21, was shot ^ jand jnortally wounded by his younger fev jbrother, Jesse, at the home of their broth- *' •pr-in-law, Joseph Yeager, at Maryville, iv?; Iftlo. Thomas said the shooting was acci- V Cental. Jesse disappeared immediately Rafter the shooting. *' p.'.. •% Petitions were filed in the bankruptcy court, at Buffalo by John O. Manning and '"Splwilliam H. Manning, members of the • J l lirm of John B. Manning & Sons, which %trbecame insolvent in 181*5. The schedule /• •' -of unsecured claims is given as 53,496,- i ' 477. and there are no assets. ' ' William Anthony, widely known as ^W/?"Brave Bill" Anthony, the marine order- | Vly whose coolness when the Maine was *• >Igoing down under his feet to *the bottom - ,4* Havana harbor made ,l»im famous, . ^committed suicide in New York; Marital | unhappiness was the cause. A street car on the Seventh street line f of the "Springfield, 111., Consolidated Street Railway Company was blown up by dynamite in the north part of the $3^- '^w^ncity. ' The car WBS demolished, but the ,lf"> ' i^Jmotorman. conductor and three women . ^passengers escaped injury. •,MM A portion o£ the town of Cotulla.Tex., "taf'W*s Washed away by ;a'cloudburst, boni If;-inches of rain fell in thirty minutes. A 'merchant named Walker and his wife were drowned. Many buildings jeer* wrecked and great damage to live stock >iand ranch property in the vicinity. Unknown parties entered the office ol the Monroe, Neb., Mirror during th* fnight. destroyed the presses and duinpec type" and other material into a creek The act is supposed to be the outgrowtk of a bitter town fight. The, paper is tht State organ of'tin? Liberty party. The State Supreme Court in its-xlfccie ion handed down.at BlsmiwcJjl^f!*- p.. it) Graham versus Graham strikes another hard blotf tst the divorce industry. At holds that residence in the State must be bona fide and characterized.^* t$* i»ten ^tten to stay to give -th*JilisauL the beu- |efit of the State law. , . • _ > . |, *rtu? ^Commercial Travel^ an41[ S - iMeifs Anti'Trnst League llli&, y of State of Nol*' York at Al- • • \ bany a certificate of incorporation. - The '*% ^league"will maintain a meeting ujom in ,s v , a prominent hotel in every city in the - ' ^United States. The principal office will ; 1 " be in New York City. Near Coshocton, Ohio, % work train returning from the Morgan .Run, and mines on the Wheeling (aid, Railroad collided with Jailing three people,, jAsbury Ire West and Moses Caton, enty-five others. The dead p in Coshocton. eked the safe and the front State Bank at Bluff City, fHtffe. • Wjijfe,. dhrftwniteescaped with $l,00^:'M^'i^pp>eaides some silver and bills. This Is the eighth Kansas bank §•,/ . . to be robbed by .crackimflM^itbb three sp*" weeks. The safe of the State Bank of /« ^Clearwater, £an., was blown open and , --'if- $200 in cash and a number of notes f;S taken. i A. T. Frenzel of Horton, Kan4 has had •* "• ] .Ji-- tbe novel experience of" seeing hie home H 4 " v sold over his head to satisfy judgment on f^\ y> * « -6 per cent note for $100 which he had k**J, v«,;. 'given to help pay off the debt on the Methodist Church. When the note came "* *»»*'" * ^ue Frenzel, though he is a trustee of the.church, refused to pay it, and John V " A. McCormick. treasurer of the church, ; ^ f r • sued to collect it. Frenzel answered that f-< Vifs^he had received no money, property or , 1, , benefit and therefore denied the debt. ' ' » ^ The court gave the church judgment for $121 and Frenzel's house was sold for $600 to pay judgment and costs amount­ ing to $200. The balance of the money «. ^^waa turned over to Frenzel. t • R. G. Don & Co.'a weekly review of 3 trade says: "Monetary anxieties have •' ; faded with sales of bonds to the treasury i under the recent offer, the fall in sterling exchange in spite of dearer money abroad and easier here, and the receipt of about $750,000 net from the interior during the week. There is no trouble in the commercial money market, as there has been none, and loans on securities *, Robbers^ • V ;>«nd of the ithf. - • "* -1 -tii to reiastate a number 6f cnh^i metf •dlai charged recently. ' s ' * ' r Martin V . Bergen, son of Councilman Peter . V. Bergen, of Princeton, N. J., died from the effects of a hazing at Lawrenceville. Inflammation of the bowels caused death. Bergen was • lit year old and a freshman. All records on the Lake Show Rail­ road between Cleveland and Buffalo have been broken. One of the new loco­ motives started out of Buffalo with eig^t heavy cars au hour and one minute late and reached Cleveland two minutea ahead of time. The distance, 1SS miles, was covered in 18C minutes' ruuning time. fj WltSTERN. ' The PSrst ' Tennessee Uedidkent itis mustered out'of the service at San Fran­ cisco. Hamlin Garland and Miss Sulime Taft were married at the,home, yf the bride's father, I). C. Taft, in Ilanover, Ivan. Charles Fisher, who recently moved from Kokomo, lud., to Cowley County, Kansas, was acquitted Of wife murder at. Wintield, Kan. The town of MagaEine, Ark.; was de- s'troyed" by a tornado. Booneville suf­ fered a severe storm, houses being blown down and cattle killed. > At Liberty, Mo., Ernest Cleveuger, re­ cently convicted of killing George Alfen and Delia Clevengert was seutenc£d to be hanged on Friday, Jan. 5, 1900. At Holland. Mich., Alexander Craw- fold shot and killed his wife and then sent a bullet through his own brain. Crawford did not "support his wife and she relused to iive with him. Coldnel Richard T. Flournoy, a native of Virginia, a Confederate officer under General R. E. Lee and a resident of St. Paul. Minn., for nearly thirty years, died ,<ft heart trouble, a£$^>i) yehrs. y;W,. , Near Jopliu, Mo., three big zihc imnes, known as the Coek Robin. Pelican and Chicago Consolidated. &<?"' propkilifs (ft Thayer •&.. CIuiikHpV ljgli««^j<| ^(e sold to .thc.:.Uiiiied., Xiuc "CompwiJ v ifor $100,000. 4| % ,< •• : " Burglars- blew ' the • safe in the Ex­ change Savings Bauk at Brooklyqv Mich., to fragments, and escaped witli $2,800. The building was completely wrecked. The explosioni^tper^ • htanl for several miles around. The Farmers and Merchants' Bank of Ij^utte, Neb., of which Samuel C. Sample, •who died a few days ago in Omaha of heart failure, was president, is in the bands of the State banking board. W-hen d to^ charge no cash was fftund. aOUTHCRlC • Barnett, father s At Oweasboro, Ky., colored,, a lunatic, cut head*With aV^e^^; soldiers at Fort Ringgold, Tex., were attacked by citizens who resented $^ir presence. A^jwtche^l battle fdl}Gtv- eo; In which l.HOO^Bots Were fireoi '£ut only one man was'WoOnded. . ; Otto Blumer, one of the seven surviv­ ors of the Greely expedition to the arctic region, rescued by a relief party under command of Commodore W. S. Schley in June, 1883, died at San Antonio, Texas. A masked mob of seventy-five men at- ^emp^d tol"break into tjie jail at -Cotij*g- ton, Ga., and lynch William Collins. The jail was defended by a"&>Vee of deputies, who fired into the mob, wounding several men and dispersing the lynchers. Smallpox has broken out in a Virulent form in Union town, Ky**' *iMi«r1#C$iitucky State Board of Health quarantined the place and the Illinois Central Railroad has discontinued running trains on the branch road between Morganfield and Union town. ... IN general. Cdhgtess of Chili has approved the renewal of the Chilian claims com­ mission, 6t Washington tribunal, ac­ cording .to the convention with the Unit­ ed States. Allegheny University astronomers, by the use of curved plates in photographing meteors, developed a field of 950 square miles. Formerly ninety square miles was all that could be included. At the auction of the Muckross estate the Killarney Lakes failed to realize the upset price and were bought in by the insurance company which holds the mortgages. The highest bid -was £50,- 000. The company wanted £80,000. The steamer Lakonia, from Glasgow have ruled at easier rates. The iron in-d • ®°r Baltimore, passed Cape Henry, Va., dustry shows no yielding in material, but a little advance in Bessemer pig at Pitts- -j =1 burg, with large inquiries for next year. Sales of wool pass all records, having been at the three chief markets til,*>94,- 203 pounds in three weeks of November; whereas October sales in five weeks were but 68,314,989 pounds, and in only one . other full month have sales ev^r readied 60,000,000 pounds. The trading is large­ ly between dealers and leaves no indica­ tion of consumption. Failures for the week have been 191 in the United States, against 188 last year, and 22 in Canada, agaiast 21 last year." . ======= ' - NEWS NUGGETS. * ' ' • The wrecked cruiser Charleston has •lipped out of sight into deep wat^r in the Philippines and cannot b£ saved. The rioting of the wives and other fem­ inine relatives of the striking miners at , Nanticoke^Paiy was resumei^aniLcesult- •' - «d in the arrest of one woman tor thsow- * i iag pepper in the eyes of a deputy. BRITISH F0BCES WIN. BOERS ME€T HEAVY REVERSE , AT BELMON J $ y : • ' s Bol'K 'SiQ'ea Rafter Hie Losses In IStffeS, Wounded and Missinu--British Sliubt* ly Superior to Enemy in Nuinbers,- Forty Boera Taken Prisoner*. V \ • A British victory in which the army lost 225 officers and men in killed, wounded and missing is the first result of the beginning of the forward movement in South Africa. Gen. Methuen's col­ umn, advancing to the relief of Ivimber- ley, encountered a strong-force of Boera hear Belmont and drove them from their position after a fierce battle lasting many hours. The official report to the war office states that the republic'a forcea were routed, but gives 110 estimate of the Boer losses. On the British side three officers and fifty-tive men were killed, twenty-one officers and 11® men wound­ ed, while eighteen of 'the, rank and tile are listed as missing. Gen, Methuen claims that the enemy .carried away large numbers of dead and wounded in the retreat. Forty prisoners were takCfi by the imperial forces. The fighting appears to have been al­ most a repetition'of the battle of Elands- laagte. A dispatch of the previous day estimated that the Boors in that vicinity numbered 2.000 and that they had five guns, and, judging from the absence of. any statement to the contrary in the offi­ cial report, it is believed that, the British were slightly superior in numbers to the enemy. The Boers had chosen a position with their customary skill and were strongly intrenched. The British were obliged to carry three ridges in succession. Appar­ ently the guards bore the brunt in carry­ ing the last ridge by a bayonet charge aftey' Its defenders had been shaken ^flth shrapnel. Nothing is said as to whether the positions, so gained were held, and the destruction of ammunition aeems to indicate thtft (he contrary was the case. While Gen. Methuen can be congratu­ lated upon a brilliant victory, it is again at the cost of a heavy loss of officers and men. The secretary of war in London has received the following dispatch, through Gen. Forestier-Walker, from Gen. Me­ thuen; "Attacked the <yiemy at daybreak. He was in a strong position. Three ridges were carried in succession, the last at- Vack being covered by shrapnel.* Infan­ try behaved splendidly afld received sup­ port from the naval brigade and artillery. The enemy fought with courage and skill. Had I attacked later I should have had ft/ heavier loss. Our victory was com­ plete. Have taken forty prisoners. Am burying a good number of the Boers, but the greater part of the enemy's killed and wounded were removed by their com­ rades. Have captured a large number of horses and cows and destroyed a large quantity of ammunition." FILIPINOS FIGHT AND RUN. vK>r 4'.. •!& Against tide, wind and a.heavy head for at Irmtt hnjjjl'hrr jiattlaahip Kentucky made a record of 16.877 knots an hour on her official speed trial over the Government course from Cape? Ann to Baone Island. .. * f Nearly one-half of the btisfndSfe, portion of Weston, Ohio, was burned the other day. Twelve buildings, occupied by about twenty business firms, were destroyed. The amount of the damage is estimated to be $00,000, and the insurance amounts to about half that sum. • The American fishing schooner A. E. Whyland has been fined $100 at St. Johns,. N. P., for breach of tbe t'plonial fishing regulations. ^ '» An east-bound Oregon Railroad and Navigation passenger train was wrecked near Rooster Rock, Oregon, by running into a slide. ,Th«} fire in-m was killed and the engineer severely injured. Secretary bf the Navy Long has receiv­ ed a cablegram "from Admiral Watson informing him that the entire province of r m Zamboanga, island of sux-.,. rendered unconditionally to Commander Very of the Castiue. • •>%:*"[; bound in, and signaled that the steam­ ship Manchester Enterprise, which left Liverpool for Montreal, had foundered at sea and that ail hands had been saved. A party of twenty-five Yaqui Indiau squaws are en route to see President Diaz. They bear a treJty of peace mes­ sage from the Yaqui braves in the moun­ tains, who propose to end the present up­ rising if the Mexican Government will permit them to retain their arms and re­ turn and occupy their reservation. W. L. Thomas of Bradford, Ont., a L medical student at a Toledo college, met death in a mysterious manner at lron- ville, a suburb. His body was found under the derrick of an oil well. His clothing was wet and bedraggled, and there arb contusions on his head and face. It is thought Thomas was mur- . dered. • - MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $7.00; hogs, shipping grades, ! $8.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 66c to 68c; corn, No. 2, 02e to 34c; oats, No. 2, 23c to 24c;-rycs No^2, 54c to 56c; butter, Event? Battles Stubbornly While Re­ treating to Santa Barbara. There has been much Severe fighting north of Iloilo since Tujesday. Four Americans have been killed and twenty- five wounded, including j three officers. The insurgents are retreating to Santa Barbara. Col. Carpenror advanced to­ ward Santa Barbara, straight north from JtfM,1 taking trench after trench, the ene­ my fighting and retreating. Gen. Hughes' column has steadily been advancing north to gain a position west of Santa Bar­ bara. It encountered the enemy in small detachments. Six to ten Americans werk wounded in this column. Col. Carpenter on Tuesday morning opened with battery G of the Sixth ar­ tillery on the trenches. The enemy vol­ leyed as the artillery took up position, wounding four. Two companies of the Twenty-sixth regiment, garrisoning Jaro, moved through Capaz, attacking the en­ emy on the right flank, driving them to­ ward Col. Carpenter. The country between Jaro and Santa Barbara is thickly intrenched, especially near Pavia. The Sixth artillery fired on the trenches and the Eighteenth regi­ ment charged, the enemy retreating to the next trench. The Eighteenth again charged, encountering and attacking a force of bolo men, who were hidden in the long grass and who severely wounded several Americans. During the after­ noon the fighting was severe immediately south of Pavia, three miles north of Jaro. The Twenty-sixth's companies return­ ed to Jaro after the flank movement, having captured three 6-pound smooth­ bore cannon and a quantity of arms and ammunition. The enemy's loss was not obtainable, but seven men were "found dead in one trench. DEWEY TRANSFERS HIS sMOME. tarp'-lw and Disappointment Caused by the Admiral's Action. Admiral George Dewey has transfer­ red to' his wife the title to the home which was presented to him as a token of esteem by the people of the United States, The transfer was accomplished by two papers which carried the title first to a friend and then to Mrs. Dewey. The deeds have been formally recorded. No explanation of the reasons actuat­ ing the admiral in taking this extraordi­ nary step were given. Naturally all sorts of rumors were afloat as to debts and other more serious complications. It was even reported that a firm of Washington lawyers had instructions from their cli­ ent, a woman, to bring suit against the admiral of the navy for breach of prom­ ise, but the lawyers in question stoutly denied that they knew anything what­ ever of. the existence of such a suitor. A Washington correspondent asserts that there is a very general disapproval of the transfer. Admiral Dewey is se­ verely criticised upon the ground that good .taste dictated the house given him THK housb given dbwky. by the people in grateful acknowledg­ ment of his services to the country should have been kept in his own name as long as he lived. Subscribers to the fund are already writing indignant letters pointing out that they gave their money to buy a house for Mr. Dewey, not for Mrs. Dewey, who is already a rich wom­ an. Some of the largest subscribers to the fund have demanded the return of their contributions, and they are quite bitter in their comment. Papers through­ out the country speak very disapproving­ ly of Admiral Dewey's action. ACCUSE COLONEL METCALF. FOREIGNERS PETITION DIAZ. Soldiers Swear He Shot a Helpless Fili­ pino Prisoner. Serious charges were made at Topeka, Kan., against Col. Wilder S. Metcalf, re­ cently brebetted brigadier general for gal­ lantry in the Philippines. Private Har­ ris C. Husky and Lieut. Arthur M. Fer­ guson, members of the late Twentieth Kansas, aiake affidavit that Col. Met­ calf shot a defenseless Filipino while he was a prisoner of war. The affidavit of Husky is dated at Ma­ nila, July 24, and alleges that at the bat­ tle of Caloocan a prisoner was brought to Maj. Metcalf, \yho Without provocation drew his revolver and shot the insurgent soldier. The prisoner was unarmed and on his knees when the shooting occurred. Col. Metealf, who is now in Elyria, Ohio, denies the charges. He says he does not know either of the men who ac­ cuse him and declares the charges are ab­ solutely false* c EIG BATTLE IN COLOMBIA. One Thousand Rebels Said to Hare Been Killed. A bloody page has been added to the history of Columbia, South America. A dispatch from Bogota says that a terri­ ble battle was fought near Bucamaranga on Friday and Saturday between the reb­ els and the Government forces, in which 1,000 rebels were killed and about 2,000 wounded. The engaging forces aggregat­ ed 10,000 men. The rebel general, Pablo Villar, is reported to be among the slain. Two generals on each side were wound­ ed. BASf^RMi - ^fyee-Prcsidpnt Garret A. liftbftrt died/ at Pater son, N. J. " '*• "••';/ Russian railway bonds at the value ofl $10,000,000 have been purchased by thf Mutual Life Insurance Company of New- York. ' E. Berry Wall, once "king the dndes," filed a petition in ban' .uptcy at Nifew York.. Liabilities, ,"\iJ84; assets, nothing. f More than 400 mac((i;ujgts and helpers of the New Ilrt Central 8ailroa|i|, rw»iM»w N Y 4«it *ork feesanse * M. company refused ..MiM choice creamery, 24c to 26c; eggs, fresh, 17c to J9c; potatoes, choice, 35c to 45c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattld shipping, $3.00 to $6.75; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $4.25; sheep, common to prime, $3.25 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 65c to 67c; corn, No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2-whit*, 25c' to 27c. St. Louis--Cattle. $3.25 to $6.75; hogs, $3.00ao $4.25; rjheep, $3.00 to $4.50; whfat. No. 2, 'lc to 72c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2, 23c to 25c; rye. No 2, 52c to 54c. .. Cinciun$t?--Cattl£, $2.50 to $6.50; hogs, $3.00 to f;4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, ¥0. 2, 70c to 72c; corn, No. 2 mixed, to 33c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 25c to 27w rye; No. 2, 59c to 61c. I">ef roilt--Cattle, $2.50 to $6.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wh< at, No. 2, 69c to 70c: corn, No. 2 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c Y> 28c; rye, 58c to 00c. / Toledd-J^Wfii&tt, .'No; 2 mixed, 68c to 70c; corn, NO. 2 mixed, 33c to 34c; oats. No. 2 mixed, '2:',; to 24c; rye. No. 2. 55c to 57c; clover s« eds $4.05 to $4.75. Mihvuuki (».">c to 07c; mess, $7.75 Buffalo--C' $3.00 to $0.' $3.25 to $4 ers, $3.00 extra, $4.5 New York $3.00 to $t wheat, No.. 41c to 33c? batter, era, 15c t No. 2 northern, $>c to £4c; oats, ?cj' rye, No. i, 55c 44c to 46c; pork/ d shipping steers, common to choice, fair to choice weth- larabs, common to $3.25 to $6.50: hoes, p, $3.00 to $4.50; to 75c; corn. No. 2, I white, 31c to 32c; t» VUr, They Ask Him to Accept Nomination for Re-Election. One of the'most notable political dem­ onstrations, in the history of Mexico oc­ curred in the City of Mexico when the foreign residents of that and adjoining counties inarched in a procession up San Francisco street to the national palace to urge President Diaz to accept the I nomination .for re-election by the liberal > party, whose convention will assemble early in the coming year. Several thousand Frenchmen, Ger­ mans, Americans, Englishmen, Belgians, Austrians and Italians took part. Houses and business edifices were handsomely- adorned with flags and Federal emblems and the American and English flags were conspicuous. The demonstration Sas viewed by an enormous crowd of exicans. Gen. Diaz replied to his callers in a brief but eloquent speech, in which he deprecated the idea that a man of his age should be selected to carry on the execu­ tive department of the Government an­ other four years. j • Odds and Bnda. Cuba and Porto Rico will have exhib­ its at the Paris fair. In a wreck at Bibbville, Ala., Engineer Patterson was killed. Truck crops at Diamond, La., are ruin­ ed on account of the drouth. A Shell exploded at the arsenal, Troy, N. Y., killing James Shaughnessy. By the explosion of gas following a nitroglycerin shot in an oil well, St. Marys, W. Va.. J. I>. Payne and Moses Stutler were fatally burned and two others painfully injured. There are several cases of bubonic plague in Spain, and two sailors have died of the malady at Bordeaux, France. Many families of soldiers of the Ninth infantry, now in the Philippines, are re­ ported to be iu destitute circumstances at Watertown, N. Y. „ During the recent visit of the Dutch Queen to Emperor William, the idea of making the Netherlands part of the Ger­ man Empire, holding a similar position to Bavaria, was discussed. I Irishmen at East Mayo have adoptet resolutions commending the 1,000 Brits Isb mules that stampeded near Lady smith. Hie son* of Erin also seek to prevent British enlistments is Xr«fa&d. MURDERED HIS FATHER.. Yotins Moore of Dexter Tells How the Crime Was Committed. Elijah Moore, aged 19, who has bfien held at Dexter, Mo., under suspicion for the foul* assassination of his father, Rev. Jesse Moore, made a full confession, im­ plicating his 15-year-old sister Mary as an accessory. lie afterward amended his confession by exonerating his sister. He planned the assassinati6n two weeks previous to its commission, and his rea­ son given for the deed was that his fath­ er was a hard, cruel man in his family, rigid in his discipline, and that he allow­ ed his children no pleasurf of any char­ acter whatever. M'KINLEY'S MESSAGE. AN OUTLINE OF WHAT THE PRES- - ?' * :»ENT WILL SAt&"r^\" " London now has women barbers. London "Lb importing American ballet girls. Parliament fixes freight rates -in Eng­ land. India has 170,000 widows under 9 years of age. --s ----'--f- Tokio's recent fire destroyed 8,027 houses. Automobiles are being used in the Ital­ ian army. Emperor William has learned to speak Swedish. Germany has spent $350,000 on its new airship. London has 109,000 students la Its night schools. St. Petersburg I Is to have an under­ ground railway. Morocco has an army of 40,000 men fairly well trained. Hawaii is complaining of a heavy in­ flux of Chinese. Women are now employed as sign painters in ^Berlin. France receives $970,000 a year from taxes on bicycles. • German newspapers praise the Amerfr can consnlar service. • Japan will open twenty-one np* to foreign commerce. • . ; ;"v * Nansen told a Berlin reporter that believes Andree dead. ' Peace Committee's Report the Basis for His Philippine Suggestions -- Cuba, Porto Rico and Hawaii--The Army and Navy--Currency Reform. The Washington correspondent of the New York World gives what purports to be an accurate outline of the main points in President ^ McKinley's forth­ coming message to Congress. The recommendations of the Philip­ pine peace commission, this correspondent says, will form the basis of the sugges­ tions relative to the Philippines. He will nrge their retention as an integral part of the United States. The present suc­ cess of the army in the Philippines, if continued, will influence the President to make recommendations at this time which would have otherwise been reserv­ ed for a special message. A form of government will not be recommended, but the President will suggest that it be learned what will be best for the natives of the Philippine Archipelago. The Phil­ ippine situation will also be treated his­ torically. ' The substitution of' civil for military government in Cdba and the appointment of a civil governor. He may vecommend the appointment of a chief justice and the election of a native Legislature, but coupled with this will be a suggestion that a congressional committee be sent. to Cuba to ascertain to what extent local offices may be filled by natives, the Pres­ ident believing that the customs and postal service may be filled by Cubans with beneficial results. A military force to be retained there only for the preser­ vation of pacific condition. For Porto Rico the President will rec­ ommend a territorial form of government when he believes the natives can conduct their own affairs. Reports give the Pres­ ident little encouragement to recommend a change at an early date from military to civil government on this island. But he will make suggestions relative to tariff laws which should apply to Porto Rico. The establishment and maintenance of Bchools there will be urged. For Hawaii legislation is needed which will give the islands a status, and it will be recommended that laws be enacted along the linep of the report of the spe­ cial commission sent by the President to Honolulu. The arrangement by which the United States secured one of the most important islands of Samoa, with its harbor, Pago- Pago, will be pointed to with some pride, as a most satisfactory settlement of what has been a vexatious question heretofore. it is not expected that th^President will dwell to any extent upoiWhe stand­ ing army, it will be difficult to make suggestions as to the physical strength required until it is determined what force will be needed permanently in the Philippines. Then, too, the present force of 100,000 can be maintained until 1901, and no legislation is necessary until the next session. As the expenses of maintaining the army and navy will remain at the present figures, the President must suggest the maintenance of the present war revenue law until conditions in the Philippifaes permit of the reduction of the forces there. « Secretary Long's recommendations will be embraced within the message, which will include a Suggestion that the maxi­ mum price for armor must be increased to enable the Navy Department to suc­ cessfully construct warships. The .chief recommendation by the Secretary of the Navy will be the great need of a dozen light-draught gunboats, such as are being used to advantage in the Philippines at present, and the addition of such pther vessels as the naval board will decide to be needed. Recommendations for currency reform will closely foJlow the lines adopted by the special joint committee which devot­ ed a greater part of the summer to a consideration of finance legislation. In Addition to providing additional protec­ tion for the gold reserve, the establish­ ment of national banks with small cap­ ital and the issr& of national bank cir­ culation to the full value of the bond de­ posit, the committee will recommend the refunding of the entire national debt at lower rates of interest than now paid. This would save the Government $7,000,- 000 to $14,000,000 annually. , Congress will again be advised of the urgent need of the construction of a wat­ erway across the Isthmus of Panama or some other desirable route, providing the Nicaragua Canal Commission, will have given the President something tangible upon which t.o base recommendations, which it does not dow appear will be done. Special recommendations in this event will be reserved for a special mes­ sage. Attention will be called to the tempo­ rary arrangement between the United States and Great Britain relative to the Canadian boundary, with remarks to the effect that the prospects for the solution of all differences between the United States and Canada are bright. Reference to the war in South Africa will be couched in language which can give no offense to Great Britain. If the Chinese question develops suffi­ ciently to warrant it, an announcement w i l l b e m a d e o f t h e p r o t e c t i o n t o b e a f ­ forded to American trade in 'that quar­ ter, but until the assurances asked by this Government are given in writing the information which could be imparted to Congress would not be sufficiently defi- T«f CRUSH LABOR UNIONS. All English people drink twio* a# Scotch as Irish whisky. S The French Republicans fear a Roya'iist coup d'efslv, Many Frenchmen Iielieisi tangled tide Dreyfus Chicago C< p t ilfsts Would Take Union Rights from Toilers. War upon the building labor unions of Chicago was declared formally Friday night by the Chicago building contractors' council in a .communication laid before the building trades council. The union men referred the matter to their business agents, the men the contractors attack most bitterly. This is the resolution the contractors, one of the most powerful organizations in the city, sent to the union men: "Resolved, That on and after Jan. 1, 1900, the trades represented in the build­ ing contractors' council shall not recog­ nize: "Any limitation as to the amount of work a man shall perform during his working day. "Any restriction of the use of machin­ ery. "The right of any person to interfere with the workmen during working hours. "The sympathetic strike. "Restrictions of the use of any manu­ factured material, excepting prison made. "The light of the unions td prohibit e employment of apprentices." OOKtD" FOR S200^0pa K«> poolers Suffer Heavy Low in Applcf, hjcago commission merchants mourn 00,000 lost in apples. Three weeks of ceptionally hot weather when the cream of the winter stock is shipped by Michigan. New York and Indiana grow­ ers, "cooked" the majority of the con­ signments so badly that even cold step s*e CfS&'iMt save them from dec*y. H0B£ ET PASS E8 AW AT E PRESIDENT SUCCUMBS TO !£ . MMOERING ILLNESS. ^ Cnd Come* with His Family Present at the Home in Paterson - Deep Sorrow Kxpceased at Washington for tfee Na­ tion's Loss--His Career. Garrett A. Hobart, Vice-President of the United States, died at his home in Paterson, N. J., shortly after 8 o'clock Tuesday morning. Dr. William K. New­ ton, who has remained at his bedside almost constantly since his condition be­ came serious two weeks ago, ascribes the immediate cause of death to heart fail- are. Mr. Hobart's condition began to change for the worse late Monday afternoon. He became suddenly weaker and his heretofore wonderful vitality seemed to be deserting him. Shortly before mid­ night he spoke to Mrs. Hobart, who was kneeling by his bedside. What his words were are not disclosed, but after they - i . GAB RETT A. HOBART. Wire spoken the Vice-President became unconscious. He remained in a comatose condition during the balance of the night. At his bedside when he passed away were Mrs. Hobart, Garrett A. Hobart, Jr., Dr. Newton and his wife and Miss Alice Wardell, the nurse. As soon as the Vice-President expired a message an­ nouncing his death was sent to President McKinley at the White House. Another message was dispatched to Gov. Voor-' hees of New Jersey. CAREER OF GARRETT A. HOBART. Front^a Country School Teacher to Vice President. Garrett Augustus Hobart was born at Long. Branch, N. J., June 3, 1844. Me received his education at Rutgers Col­ lege and graduated when he was 20 years old. He began his career as a schoolmaster. Later on he took up the study of law and was admitted to the bar in 1869. In 1871 he became cit7 counsel of Paterson, and in 1872 counsel of the freeholders of Passaic County. He rep­ resented the Third district of Passaic County in the State Assembly in 1872. Mr. Hobart soon became one of the leading Republicans of his section. He wasvmarried July 21, 1809 to Jennie Tut- tle, daughter of ex-Mayor Socrates Tut- tle of Paterson. He was re-elected to the Assembly in 1873, and at once took the highest rank and was chosen Speak­ er of that body. In 1870 Mr. Hobart was elected to the Stat<? Senate, and in 1881 was clected president of the Sen­ ate, and was re-elected the following year. During his terras in the Senate he be­ came a member of some of the most im­ portant committees. From 1880 to 1891 he was chairman of the State Republican committee of New Jersey, and under his leadership the party conducted some brilliant campaigns. He wa* nominated in 1884 for United States Senator, but the Legislature being Democratic, he was defeated by John R'. MacPherson. He was a delegate at large to the Repub­ lican national convention in 1876 and again in 1880. He became a member of the national Republican committee in 1884, and served until 1896, when he was nominated for Vice-President and elected. Since his election to the vice-presidency Mr. Hobart had played an important part in political affairs. Between the President and Mr. Hobart there have ex­ isted the most cordial relations, and the visits between the two have been of the most informal and neighborly character. Mr. Hobart was a first-class business man and was connected with numerous big concerns. Mr. Hobart was a very fascinating man, With a pleasant face. He always had his pocketbook open in behalf of charity. When he located in Paterson his entire capital amounted to only $1.50. He worked hard and his ef­ forts were rewarded by a remarkable success. Garrett A. Hobart was well beloved in Paterson. He is said to have been a good neighbor and an honest business man. During his illness the city seemed to neglect regular duties to hear the nfews from the bedside, and on all sides were heard prayers for the sick man. Mr. Hobart in health was a genial, courteous gentleman and was most approachable. After his election to the vice-presidency he remained the same to his old friends and associates. Mrs. Hobart has been invaluable to Mrs. McKinley, relieving her of many of trying social duties. Mr. Hobart eon eqttalTy vaI uable to MclvinLeyT He was a man of great tact, and his dip; lomaey has been made use of by the President in several trying situations, lel^-vaphlc Urevitie*. Statue of Oliver Cromwell was unveil­ ed in London by workmen. in the river, New York, Was a passen­ ger on the wrecked ferryboat Chicago. James Meabon, 22, Titusville, Pa., dragged his gun over a log. He is dead. Mrs. Harriet A. Fox, mother of Delia Fox, the singer, is dead at her home in St. Louis. Mrs. Jane H. Sennatt, aged 65 years, and Mrs. Elizabeth Sarstield, aged 75, were-suffocated by escaping gas at Rox- ,ry^ Myss. Ex-County Treasurer John C. Lem- merts of Lockport, N. Y., whose official accounts showed a heavy deficit, was con­ victed of grand larceny. Thomas Wright was hanged- at Ste- phensvillc, Texas, for the murder of John Adams, whom he believed had caused him to be sent to the penitentiary. William C. Whitney, New York, has sold the Fifth avenue stage line to the Electric Vehicle Company. W. J. Latta has been elected president of the new telephone combine, fie has only ten shares, at $50 each. Capital stock is $30,000,000. In Boston the other day a man who had been arrested on a chorge of non- support was fined $20, and his neglected wife secured his release by paying that amount. The heavy faosts in Alabama, have practically killed the growth of top Cot­ ton. Reports from several counties show that the cotton fields bare prnct&ally ¥eea abandoned. hbvkv c. payn^T; ; next presidential Henrj O. Payne, who may manage the next Republican national campaign, has had good political training. During th» contest of 1896 he was one of, most able of tor Hanna's tenants and special attention to the work in the Western States. Senator Hanna has the highest appre­ ciation of Mr. Payne's political skill and the gen­ eral impression is that should the present chairman retire he would be his successor in the management of the campaign. Since 1872 Mr. Payne baa Served consecutively as secretary and chairman of the Young Men's Republican Club of Milwaukee, secretary and chair- tnan of hi3 county committee, and the tame offices in the State central commit­ tee of Wisconsin. Since 1880 he has been a member of the national conmittee, and tor ten years he was postmaster at Mil­ waukee. . ^ . . T, •, Mrs. Maria Jenks of Pontiac, Mich* who supports herself by washing and ironing, was once engaged to marry Gen. U. S. Grant. Re­ cently at a church social one of the • curiosities displac­ ed to the guests was a little rose- colored ' silk apron bearing the legend: "This is the apron which matched Gen. Grant's tie at a necktie party 40 years ago." Mrs. Jenks was found to be the owner of MBS. JUNKS. this and she told how she had become Grant's partner that evening and a short time later they were engaged. The young woihan's father did not like Grant and sent his daughter to Albany. She wKW# saw the future President again. . _ Miss Daisy Ledter, of Chicago, whose i beauty and prospective fortune • have . caused her to take^f cftpspicuous pl^p, in society in this * m a ^ ^ " country and abroad since her debut a few years ago, and who is accounted • one' of the great " 't "catches" of the day, is, it is report­ ed, engaged to Ma­ jor Colin Powys Campbell, a Brit­ ish officer of illus­ trious ancestry and d i s t i n guished - ' ^ achievement. Ma­ jor Campbell is one of the heroes of the Anglo-Indian army, He lifat present officer ot the Second Central India Horse. Miss Daisy Leiter is the voungost of the three daughters of Mr. anjd Mrs. Levi %, Veiter. of Chicago. Her oldest sister fH | e wife of Lord Curzon, -^Viceroy of la- MISSL'EITER. ,„2.V ig up new attract ' '/ »&• CAMTAIUN TOUCH. Already the inventors of lae counttfr are busy getting up new attractions fcfr the coming presidential campaign. Fnott Oklahoma conies one of the most novel of the netr suggestions. It he calculated not only to stir partisan feeling to the height, but, at the same time, to ren­ der miserable th* lives of all resi­ dents along the line of march of polit­ ical processions. It consists of a torch at the top of which is mounted a papier mache representation of the face ot the presidential candidate. Below the Jamp a pair of cymbals is mounted, one of them being loosely fastened, so that by swinging their torches t'he marchers can' make as much noise as may seem desim- ^ ble. * ' Whether or not the report that Count Herbert Bismarck is to separate from Ms young wife be true, it is said to be ft fact that their mar­ ried life has not been a happy one. The count is 50 years old and his wife is not yet 30. She was the daugh­ t e r o f C o u n t George Hoyos, a retired officer of the Austrian army.- Count Hoyos is the a o n - i n - l a w a n d partner of White- couwtkhb bismarck. head, the inventor of the torpedo which bears his name. The' Countess Hoyos is the solo heir to the wealth of her fath­ er and her daughter has a fortune iu her own right. She was married to Count Herbert Bismarck in 1S92. The first war correspondent to bf ^ tured in South Africa is Eugene Easton, who was picked up by Boer outposts while riding along the frontier of the Transvaal Repub­ lic. Mr. Easton's father, the Rev. J. A. Easton of Tip­ pecanoe, Ohio, has asked the State De­ partment to inter­ fere in his behalf. Young Easton is said to represent a syndicate of Amer­ ican newspajH»rs, and it is thought that he may have al­ lowed himself to be captured in to, get inside the lines of the Boers. President Krnger has sent seven son# uud fifty grandsons into the Boer army to fight the Eng- ETTOENK JtASTOX. , .1. ' lish, in addition to taking the field himself, and it would appear from the illustration, which is drawn from a photograph, t h a t e v e n t h e fourth generation is keeping up the martial reputation of the family. The ' y o u n g s o l d i e r shown Is Fritz Eloff, a ^freat- gramlson of the president, who re­ joices in the cour­ tesy title of "lieu­ tenant"' in spite of ubaxc the fact that he is only 4 years old.