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McHenry Pfaindealer. TAN SLYfcE, d Pub. MUHENRY, ILLINOIS. w _ *<>• The BaWimowr «na Northern Electric Railway Company, hacked by a syndicate of New Ywrk, Philadelphia and Baltimore capitalists, has purchased the Baltimore City Passenger Railway property. There is involved in the transaction $12,600,000. The members of the Columbus, Ohio, Chapte* 0t the Phi Gamma Delta, who were arrested and later acquitted on a charge of desecrating a cemetery, have preferred charges of blackmail and con- doniqff ft crime against the, cemetery trus­ tees. Maj. Gen. Wheeler has recommended to the President that the sentence of death imposed by court martial upon Ste­ phen Lindsay, a colored soldier of Troop F, Tenth cavalry, for killing another sol­ dier in a brawl, be commuted to impris­ onment for life. ^ , At 6 o'clock the other night a young man, unmasked, entered the clothing store of A. ^roldman, St. Joseph. Mo., sought oat the proprietor, placed n revolver to his breast and compelled him to turn over all money in the safe, $50. The robber es­ caped in the crowd. China is greatly perturbed at the French ultimatum regarding the missionary held prisoner by Szeehuan rebels. The mem­ bers of the Tsung-li-Yamen declare it is impossible to comply with the demand of France for his release, as the Szeehuan rebcTl are beyond control. The Chandler mine at Ely, Minn., has announced a 10 per cent, advance in wages, bringing the schedule back to the scale of 189&, the highest ever paid in the fake regions. The increase is caused by the tremendous demand for men from the copper and iron ranges. Lieut. William L. Murphy, of the Twen­ ty-fourth United States Infantry, and Mis& Panline Whiting Lowe, of Omaha, were married in the Unitarian Church in that city and left for Fort Douglas. Salt Lake City. The bride is the daughter of one of the pioneers of Nebraska. Fire did considerable damage at the Government yards on the Illinois Central Railroad in New Orleans, where are stored great quantities of oil, rosin, tur­ pentine, etc. The fire broke out in the warehouse of A. Vizard & Co. and de­ stroyed $30,000 worth of turpentine and rosin. Solomon Wise, a prominent merchant at Ottawa, Ohio, has been found dead in his clothing store with a bullet hole through his breast. The indications point to mur­ der. A. W. Weller, cashier of the A. Bruon & Co. bank, was arrested on sus­ picion and made a confession, saying that he had shot Wise accidentally. Consul Skinner at Marseilles has inform- ed the Sia-te Department that if American coal companies can supply the right kind ' Of coal at the right price--namely, at about $1.72 pep ton delivered into the coal bunk«T#at Marseilles, they have before them the opportunity for a new and im­ portant market. The high price at Mar­ seilles ts ascribed to the shortage in the British output owing to the strikes. The decision ofj the District Court in Omrfha in declaring- bohdsmeri of ex- Treasurer Joseph S. Bartley not liable for his shortage was reversed in an opinion by the Supreme Court. The decision is important and unexpected. The amount directly involved is $201,000, which sum Bartley took from a State depository bank, and tor which he was convicted of embezzlement and sentenced to the peni­ tentiary,, w^t«r« he now is. ' Ertlest Clevenger, of Missouri City, Mo., *bOt "arid Instantly killed George Allen and fatally wounded his cousin, Delia CteVenger, at' the Clevenger schoolhouse, four miles east of Missouri City. Cleven­ ger was jealous of the attentions Allen had been paying his cousin. A church meeting had been in progress, and just as the congregation was dismissed Clevenger stepped up behind his cousin and Allen, who was her escort, and fired. Two shots took effect in Allen's head, one bullet en­ tering at the base of the brain, causing instant death. After shooting Miss Cle- •enger the murderer was disarmed. He escaped. BREVITIES. i<7 m-r • Reuben Betaer, by poisoning*, at Philadelphia, the jury without leavingthe bo* rendered a verdict bf not guilty. The Consolidated Tin Plate Company, a corporation formed under the laws of New Jersey, with a capital stock of $50,000,- 000, was formally organized at Pittsburg, Pa. The combine will take hold of nearly all the mills in the country on Dec. 1& Articles of incorporation of the A,meri- can Linseed Oil Company, with ah au­ thorized capita] stock of $33,500,000, Were filed with the Secretary of State at Tren­ ton, N. J. One-half of the capital stock is preferred, to bear a dividend of 7 per cent. t Frank J. Gould is the latest multi-mil­ lionaire. He became of age the' other day, and with his majority received a for­ tune of $10,000,000, the income from which is his to spend. He is the name­ sake of the wizard of Wall street and his favorite son. At New York, six men were scalded to death in the fireroom of the steamship Alamo of the Mallory Line by the Burst­ ing of a 11-inch steam pipe. One of the thirty passengers on board and the chief engineer and his first assistant were scalded slightly. The steam yacht Oneida, having on board her owner, E. C. Benedict, and ex- President Grover Cleveland, was in a col­ lision with a transfer float off the Bat­ tery wall in the upper New York bay. The yacht had her bowsprit carried away. No one was injured. cure pledges firemTari Iroifcn to hold theit tobacco. . \ One of the cars of the Dallas, Texas, Consolidated Electric system was blown up by dynamite. Half an hour later an­ other car was blown up. A stick of dyna­ mite a foot long was found at the scene of the se«^>nd explosion. No passengers were in .the cars. The motormen were un­ injured. The cars were badly wrecked, a wheel on each being blown to fragments. These are the first serious acts of vio­ lence since the strike of the motormen on the Consolidated system was inaugurated. •f • ' • gag.. i-aijlpV FOREIGN, Many revolver shots were fireii amfone man was wounded in a Paris riot precipi­ tated by a mob of citizens opposed to Capt. Dreyfus. Seven persons were burned to death in a fire which broke out in the small hamlet of Exenthal, near Sonnebergh, Saxe- Meiningen, about twelve miles northeast of Coburg. A fire which occurred in the Govern­ ment dockyard at Ferrol, Spain, gutted several buildings and a number of bomb­ shells exploded. The loss is estimated at 4,000.000 pesetas.- Gen. Otis, commanding in Manifo. re­ ports an improvement in the health of the troops in the Philippines^ There were but twenty-six deaths iu November, against forty in October.. At Liverpool, England, the steamer Elsa was seriously damaged and had a man killed by fouling a float and after­ ward colliding with the British steamer Rossmore, from Montreal. Antonio Terry, the Cuban millionaire and husband of Sibyl Sanderson, the Cali­ fornia prima doni?a, is dying of liver com­ plaint in Nice. France. Mme. Terry, who was stricken with paratysis eight months ago, is improving. A German Government official confirms the report" that Germany is negotiating with Spain for the purchase of 'the Caro­ line Islands. It is understood that Spain expects 10,000,000 francs for them, which Germany considers excessive. Advices from Russia say the reports of the threatened famine there are growing more gloomy every day. Count Leo Tol­ stoi has petitioned the Government for permission- to form relief committees to cope with the distressv and the Czar him­ self has contributed 500,000 rubles to the Red Cross Society to aid the starving peasants. The French Senate has adopted a mo­ tion placing courts-martial under the op­ eration of the law of 1897, which abol­ ished the secret examination of accused persons prior to trial. An amendment proposing to retain secret examinations in cases involving national danger was op­ posed by the minister of war, M. de Frey- cinet, and rejected. It was reported in May this year that the noted shipbuilding firm of Vickers' Sons & Maxim of Barrow-in-Furness, England, was about to purchase an inter­ est in the Cramp & Sons' Ship and Engine Building Company of Philadelphia. The alliance, if any had been in contempla­ tion, did not take place. But it developed quite recently that there was, after all, a strong probability that thb famous Eng­ lish shipbuilding and gunmaking firm would extend its operations to this coun­ try, acquiring a large interest in the great Newport News shipyard, where, if the negotiations now in progress are brought to a successful conclusion, a big plant for the manufacture of cannon will siso be established. £ , ̂ » , i« « r -» v ~ ^ ^ WESTERN* fc* • Sbtaiph Jefferson has decided to'rest this winter and will not return to the stage before next spring. At Dayton, Ohio, Margaret Isabel Wolf, wife of John Wolf, has sued for divorce. He is 80 years old and she is 35. The cruiser Buffalo has left the anchor­ age off Tompkinsville for Manila, carry­ ing 700 men for Admiral Dewey's fleet. The Kentucky State Board of Valua­ tions reduced the tax on whisky in bond from $8 to $7' per barrel for the year 1899. George Howard and Frank Howard, miners, wandered off the road in the mountains, near Ironton, Colo., and froze to death. At Pierre, S. D., the official count for Governor was completed. The totals are: 4*e, fusion, 37,319; Phillips, Republican, Lewis, Prohibition, 891. Naval Constructor Richmond P. Hob- son will probably go to Hong Kong to superintend the ^construction of the three Spanish cruisers recently floated at Manila. The hat factory of John W. Green & Co., Danbury. Conn., was destroyed by fire. Loss $125,000, insurance $101,000. Four hundred men are thrown out of em­ ployment. Rear Admiral Lord Charles Beresford, who has been in China for some time on behalf of tfce British Associated Cham­ bers of Commerce, is to return to England by,TfV the United States, and will start }uuneward soon after Jan. 1. James Dickinson Rhodes, a wealthy jcar-wheel manufacturer of Pittsburg, Pa., and Miss Mel us Edwards "of St, Joseph Mo., were married recently. Mies Hildegard Poppe, a former school teadhe* of Burlighton, Iowa* ban begun a fereftehiof promise suit for $6,000 against F. T. Mills, a wealthy bachelor of Spring­ field, .Mo. ! Three jrtPymen, who favored aeqbittal, p*S#e#ted the conviction of 72-year-old Mrs. Margaret Cody, at Albany, N, Y., on the charge of blackmailing the Gould heirs. The Case will be tried again iri •••• v- EASTERN. " i J V . T t a # . : • < -- . ' iWl'feea" Gompton, formerly member of Congress, died at Laurel. Md. £irs. Sarah Casin Of Brooklyn. N. Y., 1ival kffled by trolley car In New York, and' S crowd 4vho saw the accident tried to lytieh the faotbrmfln. He was rescued During a tierce snow and wind storm the breeker of th£ Enterprise colliery at Shamokin, Pa.,, was blown jdQwu, caust ing $100,000 damage. The loss is partly ©o*«^l. by insurance, . . In the trial of Mrs. Mary E. Zelner, charged with the murder of her aged bus- Nearly the whole business'"portion of Eufaula, I. T., on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway was destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $150,000. At Maryville, Mo., the jury in the case of Louis Cambron against the Omaha and St. Louis Railway brought in a verdict giving the plaintiff $15,000 damages. California raisin growers are preparing to protest against the free admission of Zante currants to this country, as recom­ mended in President McKinley's message. Roscoe Huntington, aged 57, who claiqi-* ed to be a nephew of Collis P. Hunting­ ton, killed himself with morphine in a Los Angeles, £al., lodging house because he could not secure employment. The dry goods store of H. Nl Bradley & Co. of Denver, Colo., has been closed on a writ of attachment secured by the 'Merchants' National Bank of New York. Liabilities are placed at $110,000. The grand jury of Macoupin County, III., returned indictments against fifty- four men connected in different ways with the late riots at Virden. Among those in­ dicted is John It. Tanner, Governor of the State. • At Cincinnati, the jury acquitted W. J.' Haldeman of the murder of ex-State Sen­ ator J. C. Richardson Sept. 23 last. The men were business associates, and the killing was in the office of their mills at Lockland, Ohio. Division No. 2 of the Supreme Court, at Jefferson City, Mo., affirmed the death aentence of O. H. Baker of Shannon County, who was .convicted of the murder of his wife, whom he beat to death last March. He will be hanged Jan..10. Samuel P. Flint, assistant superintend­ ent of the railway mail service, was struck by a locomotive at Fourteenth and Frank­ lin streets, Oakland^ Cal., and received in­ juries which proved fatal. He was thrown about fifteen feet and his head badly cut. Fire broke out in the Baker-Bayless Shoe Company plant in St. Louis, anil before it was under control destroyed the building. The flames spread to a tailor shop adjoining and thence to the building on the north. The Baker-Bayless loss Is probably $20,000, other losses $12,000. Fire that started from an unknown cause in the opera house block at Frank- ton, Ind* wiped out the business portion of the town. Inadequate fire protection made it impossible to check the flames. The total loss is about $100,000, with in­ surance of about one-half that amount. The formation of the school furniture combine is now completed. AH the big Grand Rapids companies, and, in fact, ari the companies making school furniture, are represented in this newest pool, which is to have a capitalization of $8,500,000. A Grand Rapids furniture manufacturer is to be made the president and the head­ quarters will be in Chicago. At San Francisco, Carl Becker, one of a quartet of forgers who raised a check for $22,000 on the Nevada Bank, the orig­ inal check calling for but $12, has con­ fessed. His accomplices have all turned State's evidence, and it is believed that Becker confessed so that Creegan, who has been his particular partner in crime, could not benefit by his^confession. A month ago Michael Voelkaer of Rock- port, Ohio, abused his wife. Their son Henry, 19 years old, tried to protect his mother and the father turned dn him. He pursued the young man into the woodshed and raised an ax to strike, when Henry shot him. The young man was arrested. Voelkner was badly wounded, but is re­ covering. The grand jury^refused to in­ dict the son, but returned a bill against his father for assault with intent to kill. Robert Findley & Co., of Sterling, and C. R. Lee, of Lincoln, Neb., have pur­ chased all the available broomcorn brush in Kansas and Oklahoma, comprising the principal growing districts of the United States, and pushed the price up $15 per ton. They paid $40 to $60 per ton for the product, but have refused $75 per ton. Broommakers know that Kansas and Ok­ lahoma are the principal brush-growing districts in this country and the short­ age of the crop enabled these men to run the corner. The Ohio State crop bulletin shows that the condition of the growing wheat crop In Ohio has fallen off 2 points since Nov. 1, due M the ravafces of the fly and the grubworm. Still its condition is 100 per cent of a full average. The corn area in Ohio for the year 1898 crops is given as 2,954,564 acres, producing" 111,354,701 bushels, or 38 bushels per acre, the largest crop except that of 1896 in the history of the State. The potato area was 117.341 acres, producing 8,254,121 bushels. The cattle being fed for spring market is 82 per cent average number and sheep 82 per cent. • - SOUTHERN. IN GENERAL. Princeton University students held a mass meeting and unanimously voted to abolish hazing. Gen. Horace Porter denies the charge of Henri Rochefort that he recently said England had financed the Dreyfus syndi­ cate in the hope of weakening France. At Montreal, Que., Pierre Lauzon shot and killed Mrs. Adelard Richot and then committed suicide. Lauzon had been suitor for the woman's hand, but she chose Richot. A great tobacco war between the Ameri­ can Tobacco Company and the Conti­ nental Plug Tobacco Company on one side, and the new Union Tobacco Com­ pany and other independent concerns on the other, is expected to take place soon. R. G. Dun & Co.'s- weekly review of trade says: "The report of failures for the month of November is extremely gratify­ ing, because it shows not only a decrease in number and a smaller amount of liabili­ ties than in any other month, excepting three summer months, since the monthly record,began, but because careful analysis shows a striking improvement both in the small and in the large failures, and in nearly all classes of industry and trade. Failures for the week have been 281 in the United States, against 306 last year, and 19 in Canada, against 28 last year." The .steamer Dirigo arrived at Van­ couver, B. C., from the north, bringing the report that Dr. Turwange and party had started on a search for Andree, going by balloon. J. Mangold of Vancouver was assisting in the search for Andree. A Klondike detective named Franks discov­ ered that Mangold was with the balloon party. He traced them to a point near Mount White, when the rigorous Alaska winter compelled him to turn back. In­ dian guides told him that the party had an immense bag with them that took fifteen Indian packers to carry, evidently the bal­ loon. I FRUITS OF THE FIELD VIBDEW JUHY reports. 9EOREX^* WILSON'S report. * Head of the Department of Affrical- tnre DIkomm Various Subject* with WWch He Has Had to Daal la Hi* Official Capacity. • The Secretary of Agriculture, in his an­ nual report, presents' some considerations relating to the general work of the depart IadictMat* Retnmad Against Botb Gov. Tanner and Ktoagtr Lnktas. The grand jury called in special session at Carlinville to inquire into the cause of the Virden coal miners' riot, which took ^)lace in the city of Virden Oct. 12, finish­ ed its labors Thursday and made a report to Judge R. B. Shirley, who came down from Springfield. The jury indicted fifty* four persons, among whom were' Manager Lukens of the Chicago-Vrirden Coal Com­ pany and John R. Tanner, Governor of the State of Illinois. There are three counts against Mr. Lukens for alleged murder and manslaughter, and those against Gov. Tanner are "for palpable A duel to the death with revolvers took place at Jackson, Ky., between C. C. Run- yon, marshal of Jackson County, and Al­ fred'Allen, a well-known character. They fought ov^r an old difficulty, and both men were instantly killed. The American Savings Bank of Charles­ ton, S. C^ has beei^ placed in the hands of a receiver at thte instance of the Han­ over National Bank of New York. The latter'bank holds"'notes of the former to the amount of $22,000. James H-. Hoi comb, marshal of Bir­ mingham, Alii., was assassinated at Horse Creek depot by an unknown man, supposed, however, to be Joe Marino, a moonshiner,, wJj>pse arrest Holcomb had been trying for some time to effect. Mrs. Mary Bradford, matron; Mrs. Sarah Vanderveer, music teacher, and the fifty-four young female inmates of Cleve­ land orphan school at Versailles, Ky., were made very ill by poisoning, the poi­ son believed to have been in pumpkin pies. f. ' Kentucky tobacco growers held a meet' ing at Frankfort and adopted resolutions denblitiding the tobaccti trust and provid­ ing Mr a fight against the trust by ap­ pointing a committee iu each county *o ae- ment which serve as the basis for special neglect of duty as an officer, and mal- rO/VMTl tn An/1 n t inn O- n n Acnl>\i» »V> 11 _ ̂ ' feasance in office. This latter indictmcnt recites the whole trouble at Virden, how the sheriff called for troops, the appeal the manager of the Chicago-Virden Coal Company made to the Governor to send troops, the riot that followed, and the killing of the fourteen men. F. C. Lukens, superintendent of the Chicago-Virden Coal Compitny, is indicted on two counts on a charge of "willfully, ktlling and mur­ dering Ellis Smith," and with manslaugh- ter in the case of Joseph Gitterlie, Frank Wilder. J. E. Sickles and J. H. Smith. One hundred and seventy-five witnesses *JXam'ne{' by the grand jury. Nearly 1,000 pages of the coroner's jury evidence was read and reread, and many prominent men were examined, many of them con­ flicting in their statements. The grand jury was in session twenty days and the coroner's jury fourteen days. The vote OU indicting the Governor stbod thirteen to ten in favor of the indictment. The vote on the indictment of F. W. Lukens stood the same in number as that of Gov. lanner. Judge Shirley fixed the bond of Gov. Tanner at $500 and that of Mr. Lu­ kens at $1,000 in each case. In the minor cases the bonds were made merely nomi­ nal in amount. The closing scenes in the grand jury room were full of dramatic interest, and the jurymen were glad that the work was at an end. During all the time the jury was in session each witness was rigidly examined and cross-examined, and every word uttered was minutely sifted. MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sbeap, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 65c to 66c; corn, No. 2, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2, 25c to 27c; rye, No. 2, 52c to 54c; butter, choice creamery, 20c to 22c; eggs, fresh, 23c to 25c; potatoes, £hoice, 30c to 40c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light. $2.75 to $3.50; sheep, common to choice, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to 69c; corn, No. 2 white, 31c to 33c; oats. No. 2 white, 28c to 30c. St. Louis--Cattle. $3.00 to $5.50; hogs,1 $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $3.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2, 27c to 29c; rye. No. 2, 51c to 53c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; bogs, $3.00 to $3.50; sheep. $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, 68c to 70c; corn, No. 2- mixed, 34c to 35c; oats, !<o. 2 mixed, 28c to 30c; rye, No. 2, 56c to 58c. Detroit--Cattle. $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $3.50; sheep and lambs, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, 69c to 71c;, corn. No. 2 yellow, 34c to 36c; oats, No. 2 white, 29c to 30c; rye, 54c to 56c. . Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 69c to Tie; corn. No. 2 mixed, 34c to 35c; oats, ^No. 2 white, 26c to 28c; rye, No. 2, 53c •to 55c; clover seed, new. $4.65 to $4.75. Milwaukee--Wheat. No. 2 spring, 65c to 66c; corn, No. 3, 33c to 34c; oats, No 2 white, 28c to 31c^rye, No. 1, 53c to 54^?; barley, No. 2, 43c to 50c; pork, mess, $7.50 to $8.00. Buffalo--Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, common to choice, .$3.25 to $3,75; sheep, fair to choice weth­ ers, $3.50 to $4.75; lambs, common to extra, $5.00 to $5.50; New York--Cattle. $3.00 to $5.75; bogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep. $3.00 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 75c to 77c; corn. No. 2, 40c to 42c; oats. No. 2, ,32c to 34c; butter, creamery, 16c to 21c; eggs, West en, 26c to 27 c. recommendations and explain more fully the estimates already presented for the ensuing fiscal year. On the practicability of exporting dairy products, Secretary Wilson says it Ms not commercially profitable to send butter to Europe just now, as the home demand at present absorbs the supply. For the pur­ pose of obtaining for dairymen all the facts relating to the export of this article, the department sent an agent to Paris to ascertain what encouragement there would be to ship butter to that port, and an agent to Hamburg to ascertain the facts regarding customs duties, as well as prohibition and other difficulties that, might meet exporters of butter to Ger­ many. It was found that no line of steam­ ers sailing to French ports direct could furnish refrigerator space, so shipments could not be made during hot weather. Whenever our home supply of finest but­ ter exceeds the home demand it ,can be profitably sent to both France and Ger­ many. The American farmer is now sell­ ing cheap grains and mill feeds to the European dairymen, who meet us in Eu­ ropean markets with products made from raw material furnished by us. But there is no reason to believe that there is a growing tendency toward the consumption of grains and mill fe^ds at home and ex­ porting the products of skill and intelli­ gence. Growing Trade In the East. The trade in American farm products is growing in the China seas, and in order that markets may be opened up in Japan, China and other countries of the Pacific ocean, an agent is now in that region es­ tablishing agencies, to which the depart­ ment will make trial shipments and gath­ er all information possible for the Ameri­ can producer. The Secretary recommends the exten­ sion and adoption of the provisions of the law regarding the inspection and cer­ tification of means and meat products for export, so as to make them apply to but- ter^and cheese. The brands of "pure but­ ter" And "full-cream cheese" should then be affixed by United States inspectors to such products as come up to the required standard of quality. This would place the good butter and cheese of this country in foreign markets under the identifying label and guaranty of the United States Government. The daixy products of Denmark and Canada, which are the chief competitors of the United States in the markets of Great Britain, bear the inspection certificate and guaranty of quality from their respective governments. The Secretary enlarges upon the need of nature teaching in the common schools. He says that there is a growing interest in education that relates to production, and all classes of intelligent people favor More knowledge by the farmer of what he deals with every day would en­ able him to control conditions, produce more from an acre, and contribute more to the general welfare. The Secretary calls attention to the ne­ cessity of his department undertaking an investigation of the agricultural condi­ tions of the insular dependencies of the United States, emphasizing the fact that the department should as soon as possible put itself in a position to extend to the producers of these new regions, largely dependent for their prosperity upon agri­ culture, ^he benefits which it now admit­ tedly confers upon our own farmers. He also advises the careful study of the in­ sect pests and plant diseases in these isl­ ands, with a view not only of discovering preventives or remedies, but of guarding against their introduction into the United States. The report then reviews at length the operations of the several bureaus, divis­ ions and offices of the department, reportB of some of which have already been made public. In conclusion. Secretary Wilson expresses the Opinion that a review of this work for the past year shows it to have been one of satisfactory growth and de­ velopment. I • .la *•» SECRETARY REVIEWS MILITARY | OPERATIONS, REVENUES AND EXPENDITURES. Comparative Statement of Heceipta and Disbursements. The monthly comparative statement of the Government receipts and expenditures shows that during the month of Novem­ ber the receipts aggregated $38,900,915, as compared with $43,303,605 for Novem­ ber last year. In that mouth, however, is included about $18,000,000 received on ac­ count of the Pacific Railroad settlement. Independent of these payments the re­ ceipts exceeded those for November, 1897, by about $13,500,000. The receipts from customs last month were $15,335,200, an increase of about $5,500,000; from inter­ nal revenue sources, $21,336,743, an in­ crease of nearly $8,000,000. The disburse­ ments during last mouth amounted to $49,090,980, an increase on account of the war of $11,000,000. Since July the re­ ceipts have aggregated $204,557,093 as compared with $148,113,875 for 1897. FIGHT OVER CANAL PROJECT. Maritime Canal Company Will Oppose Concessions Made, A hot fight is promised over the control of the Nicaragua canal. The contending parties are the Maritime Canal Company, vghose ten year concession from the Nic- araguan Government expires October next, and the new Grace-Eyre-Cragin syndicate, said to be backed by $100,000,- 000 capital. The Maritime Company ex­ pects an extension of its concession. The syndicate claims its rights are unassaila­ ble. The fight will become three-cornered when Congress takes a hand. Sentiment is being abused throughout the country in favor of the canal being completed by the Government, and a bill will he reported to Congress advocating Government absorption of the Maritime Canal Company. The Grace syndicate is certain to fight such a measure. WOMEN PRAY AT THE POLLa Ujie Their Influence for Prohibition* but Lose the Fight. In Macon, Ga., 500 women threw aside their domestic duties and assembled at the election precincts to use their influ ence for prohibition. They formed choirs and sang hymns and prayed at the voting places, and their presence at the polls made a spectacle never before seen in the South. The battle was between white women on one side and anti-prohibitionists and negroes on the other. The women carried church organs to the middle of the street, the choirs sang, and dozens of exhorters prayed to'God to wipe out bar-rooms. But the women's work was unsuccessful, as the towa "Voted prohibition down by 1,000 majority. The women charge fraud and Hfc«7 pzopoafto e0Bteitibe4to«tkai. DEATH BLOW TO NEW REPUBLIC Failure of Troops to Suppress Out­ break Responsible. The atteftapt to effect a coalition be­ tween the States of Nicaragua, Honduras and Salvador, to be conducted under a common administration and known as the "United States of Central America, has failed completely. The federal organizers have formally declared the union dissolv­ ed, the three States resuming respectively absolute sovereignty. The collapse is due to the failure of the troops of Honduras, acting in behalf of the federal organizers, to suppress the outbreak in Salvador against the proposed federation and to force Salvador into the union. Gen. Tomas Itegal®o, the head of the revolutionary movemefit in Salvador, has usurped the presidency and proclaimed himself chief executive of the republic. Regalado, who had been a general in the artillery service of Gutierrez, president of Salvador, was dissatisfied with the plan and during Gutierrez's temporary absence from Salvador Regalado managed to gain control of the Government. The first out­ break occurred in Santa Ana, where the "quartel" or presidio was seized. The city was forced to surrender and subse­ quently San Tkliguel capitulated: Not long ago Cajutcbeque was surren­ dered to Regaiado's army, after which President Gutierrez managed to check the advance of the rebels. A conference be­ tween the presidents composing the trium-j virate was suggested. Accordingly Ze-' laya, Sierra and Gutierrez met at Corinto., After a lengthy discussion of the situation President Zelaya refused to employ bis' troops in putting down the insurrection in1 Salvador. FUNDS FOR THE NAVAL MILIflA. -- f Congress Asked for an Annual Appro* priation of $200,000. Lieut. W. H. Southerland of the United States^ navy, who was in general charge of the'naval militia during the late war, asks Congress for an annual appropria­ tion of $200,000 to foster this branch of our reserve force. In his report, submitted to the Secretary of the Navy, Lieut. Southerland gives a comprehensive history of the work per­ formed by the naval militia in the opera­ tions against Spain. Of the total force of 24,123 enlisted mi?n employed in the navy, 4,216 were mustered in from the naval militia organizations, of which number about 2,600 served in the regular navy, the remainder in the auxiliary n^yal force and coast signal service. The lieutenant praises the troops mere for their zeal than efficiency. The war clearly demonstrated, he believes, the im­ perative necessity for the maintenance of a national naval reserve in the organ­ ization of which too much reliance must not be placed upon the merchant marine alone. GRANT GILLETT RUN DOWN. Kansas Cattle King Said to Have Been Arrested. Grant C. Gillett, the Kansas cattleman who, after a meteoric career, skipped out after floating $2,000,000 worth of value­ less paper, is said by the representatives of the creditors to be under arrest at Chi­ huahua, in Old Mexico. It is stated that a message received from the northern bor­ der of Old Mexico conveyed information of Gillett's whereabouts and asked what proportion of the money found on him would be given his captors if they turned him up. An officer was sent to Mexico to take charge of Gillett on a charge of for­ gery and an application for extradition papers was made. Mayor Edward Hoos of Jersey City ex­ pects to be a candidate for re-election next spring on a platform favoring Sunday the­ aters. Among the items in the campaign ex­ pense bill of Ijlon. P. S. White, New York State Senator, is "$60 for renewing old acquaintances and $20 in making new ones." U. S. Grant, son of the dead general, is a Republican candidate for United States Senator from California. His. candidacy is opposed by some of the Republicans of that State. Georgia Is wrestling with a deficit of $1,500,000 in the State treasury and the tax rate is the second highest in the South. The trouble is the State is long on government and short on revenue. According to their sworn statements Col. Roosevelt's election expenses were $2,000, while Judge Van Wyck's were a little more than $400, but the latter gave j^ a^O^OOipeaHion toTtm for the «fllao. Without Criticism He Traces the Move­ ment of Army and Navy - Makev Recommendation* aad "OfWtf Coat of Operatlona. The annual report of Secretary pf War Alger, reviewing,, the work of the year, and especially the operations in the Phil­ ippines, CubfiL and' Porto Rico, has been made public. It gives a general summary of the military operations during the war. "Soon after the declaration of war," it says, "a movement was contemplated looking to the investment of Havana, and orders to that effect were issued, and also for a reconnoissance in force along the south coast of Cuba, but the movement of the enemy's fleet changed these plans and culminated i$,t&e campaign of Santiago." Of Gen, .Miles' share in the Santiago campaign the Secretary sayB: Maj. Gen. Miles arrived off Santiago July 11, and that evening communicated with Gen. Shafter by telephone, and on the 12th arrived at Gen. Shafter's headquarters. July 13 and 14 he, with Gen. Shatter, met the Spanish commander under a flag of truce between the lines to discuss the surrender of the Spa.nish forces. On the afternoon of July 14 G.^n. Miles left Gen. Shafter's head­ quarters and soon thereafter went on board ship, preparatory to sailing for Porto Rico. July 17 the Spanish commander, Gen. Toral, surrendered the city, Inchidlng the troops In Santiago and the. surrendered district, over 23,000 men, upon Cur terms, and at noon of that date the American flag was, by order of Gen. Shatter, hoisted over the Governor's palace. After briefly outlining, the operations in Porto Rico and the Philippines the report continues: Aug. 18 an order was issued to muster out 100,000 volunteers, which Is being carried out. Thus an army of about 250,000 volun­ teers and recruits for the regulars was called Into existence from civil life, which, with the regular army, made a total of 274,- 717 men. It was organized, armed and equipped (no supplies being on hand other than those of the regulars, save the Spring­ field muskets), and 50,000 men of this force were transported by land and sea to battle­ fields in the tropics 12,000 miles apart, where they won their victories without a single de­ feat, and all within the period of 113 days from the declaration of war to fhe signing of the protocol. This great achievement can be credited to no Individual; it belongs to the nation. It was accomplished through the intelligence and patriotism of all who served, from the commander-in-chief to the private in the ranks. It also speaks vol­ umes for the prompt, patriotic and Intelli­ gent assistance of the people who furnished in so short a period the supplies necessary to prepare this great army for the field. To the heroic men who serve In distant fields the country will ever offer a true meed of praise, but the mighty army in camp, ready and eager to take the field, should also be given equal credit. It was tfceir presence, ready at an hour's notice for any emer­ gency, that overawed the enemy and proved to him that further resistance would be In vain. Smallest Death Rate in History. The deaths in the anny from May 1 to Oct. 1, Including killed, died of wounds and of disease, were 2,910, the smallest death • rate recorded of any army In history, a most gratifying fact when It Is considered that over 50,000 of our troops, born and reared In the temperate zone, were campaigning In tropical climates, subject to rain aud heat almost unprecedented. The volunteers mustered out were granted one and two months' furlough before dis­ charge and final payment. In the summer months this was an indulgence. To do so in winter months would, in many of the States, be a hardship. In order that all may be dealt with alike, It Is recommended that the ofiicers and men of the volunteer troops yet to be mustered out be given two months' pay at the time of discharge. This would admit of theh- pronipt discharge In their present camps in the South. In view of the needs of a military force In the islands occupied by the United States it Is earnestly recommended that the regular army be permanently increased to 100,000 men and the requisite officers; that a por­ tion ofT this army be recruited from the In­ habitants of those Islands, to be mustered into the service of the United States and commanded by officers of our army, discre­ tion, howef^r, to be given to the President to tnak^ appointment of officers from the force so recruited. These men are acclimated, understand the language and habits of their countrymen,- and their enlistment will not only give them employment, but also have a tendency to enable the Government to get Into closer touch with their people than It would other­ wise be able to do. This would also relieve our people from serving In those climates to a large extent, and would, moreover, enable the volunteers to be mustered out of the ser­ vice and return to their vocations of civil life. The distinction between the regular and the volunteer is very sharply drawn. The regular enters the service' because he prefers the life of a soldier. Not so the vol­ unteer. He enlists for an active campaign; when that Is over and the enemy has laid down its arms he at once desires to return to civil life. In the cities of Cuba, Torto Rico, and the Philippines there should also be employed and sworn into the service of the Uulted States a constabulary force for police duty- men who have had experience and can speak the language of those Islands, thus relieving our soldiers from that work. To supply food for the destitute, especial­ ly In Cuba, is a question that must tax this Government greatly, for a time at least. The effort should be made to aid those peo­ ple by giving them work, so that they may feel that they are earning their own "bread instead of living upon charity. Would It not be wise economy for the Government of the United States to construct a substantial railroad, practically the whole length of the Island of Cuba, with branch roads to the leading cities on, the coast? Such a road would, of course, cost a large sum, perhaps $20,000,000, but It would give employment to the people of Cuba, teach them habits of industry, be an Inducement for them to cul­ tivate their farms and thus furnish supplies for the laborers and for market when the road Is constructed. This, In my judgment, Is absolutely essen­ tial to the pacification and development of that great Island. It will bring Its minerals, lumber and agricultural products to market and open up communication with all purts of the island with the least possible delay. The road would be a good property, and when It had served its purpose for the Gov­ ernment could be sold for Its cost. If such an Improvement is not made the Govern­ ment will, no doubt, expend fully that amount In charity. Even If this road be built, there Is Immediate necessity for a large appropriation to relieve the destitute. The report says the supply of powder was a most troublesome question at the outbreak of the war. There are only two establishments in this country which man­ ufacture smokeless powder, and they own patents upon the process. These, how­ ever, like all other companies called to aid the Government, responded with alacrity, ran the works day and night, and produc­ ed in a short time an ample supply. The report continues: The Krag-Jorgensen, or a similar thlrty- callber magazine gun, should be manufac­ tured until we have at an early date at least 500,000 stands of those arms in our arsenals, and an ample supply of ammunition for the same. The sea-coast defenses should also be brought to completion without delay, so that hereafter no emergency will find us unpre­ pared to meet It. In this connection atten­ tion Is called to the difference In the caliber of the heavy guns md small arms. In my Judgment they should be alike In botb branches of the service (army and navy), to enable alther arm to supply the other with ammunition. The reasons for this are too patent to need elaboration. The expenditures from ordinary appro­ priations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, aggregated $02,534,784. and the ordinary appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1899, aggregate $55,652,- 035. The estimates of all amounts re­ quired for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1900, aggregate $195,250,377. The extra­ ordinary war appropriations made availa­ ble until Jan. 1, 1S99, amounted to $221,- 828,112, of which $22,504,744 had been expended prior to July 1. 1898. The esti­ mates of extraordinary appropriations re­ quired for the six months ending June 30. 1899, aggregate $60,177,539. There was allotted to .the War Department from the $50,060,000 national defense f«od the sun «f«t8,7»46Z7. THE WEEK'8 DOINGS IN SENATE AND HOUSE. "*Y M:. A Comprehensive DlKc*t of tfca Pro­ ceedings la the LeitlalatWo Cham- . bora at Waahinstoa--Mattero thafr Concern the People. In the House ,on Tuesday Mr. Cannon- chairman of the Committee on Ajjpropria* lions, reported the urgent deficiency bill *V for the army and navy. The President J 4 sent to the House the report of the Ha-* , d'" ' waiian commission, and Mr. Hitt, chair* -'V#, 4 man of the committee, introduced a bill in • connection with the consideration of it,. V the whole matter being referred to the' Committee on Territories. At 12:30 the V ^ House adjourned out of respect to the late ) T. J. Northway of Ohio and W. F. Lotq ^ oit Mississippi. In the Senate Mr. Hale offered a bill for the erection qf a monu- ment t<j the officers and sailord who lost r - their lives by the explosion of the battle-thiv * M s h i p M a i n e i n H a v a n a h a r b o r . R e s o l u - U ' ' tions from the Legislature of Vermont"'5Vtv were read requesting that Rear Admiral 3 Dewey be made admiral and that Captain,?.. I f Clark, commander of the Oregon, be given * such rank as his merits demand. Mr.,;, * -'-v' Vest offered a resolution objecting to the* „ proposed colonial system and reeling that the Government should acquire only coal-', i n g s t a t i o n s i n t h e o r i e n t , u n l e s s i t s h a l l " ] t h e p u r p o s e o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s t o > , V . i organize the far-off possessions into terri- jifer" tories, and ultimately to be admitted a»\ n States. The President sent a large num-% »' _£ : j ber of nominations to the Senate, but, •*" „r ^'\ they were all recess appointments with rf the exception of Powell Clayton of Ar­ kansas, whose rank has been raised to r, ambassador extraordinary and plenipoten- tiary to Mexico. Seuor Romero having « announced that his Government had con- » jjl ferred that distinction upon him. Mr. Cul- lom introduced a bill to provide for the Ch territory of Hawaii. A brief discussion of the navigation laws was precipitated by the consideration of a; bill amending those laws by the addition of a provision that foreign built vessels wrecked in the United States purchased by citizens of this country and repaired to the extent of three-fourths of their value shall be subject to forfeiture if they engage sub­ sequently in the coastwise trade of the United States. It was made a special order for Monday. * In the House on Wednesday the anti- scalping bill passed by a vote of 119 to 101. In the Senate no business was trans­ acted in open session. A few minutes af­ ter the Senate convened it went into ex­ ecutive session. At 2:15 business in open session Was resumed, the death of Rep­ resentatives Northway of Ohio and Love of Mississippi was announced and the Senate adjourned as a mark of respect to their memory. On Thursday the Senate held a short session and adjourned until Monday, af­ ter making the Nicirnguan Canal bill the unfinished business before that body. Mr. Morgan called up the measure;-whereup­ on Mr. Pettigrew moved to adjourn. This motion failed--13 yeas to 42 nays--and the bill was brought forward. Adjourn­ ment was immediately taken. During the session Mr. Vest stated his opposition to the hurried •manner of passing pension bills in the Senate, and gave notice that he would insist upon a quorum being pres­ ent when pension bills were being acted upon. At the other end of the capitol the general deficiency appropriation bill was passed, and the House adjourned anffl Monday. yf $ ii There are four Smiths in the present Congress, and there will be five in the next. Four of them are Republicans and three come from the State of Michigan. The only Democratic Smith is David Highbaugh Smith of Hodgensville, Lame County. Ivy., who represents the district in which Abraham Lii^oln was bOrit. Mrs. Doniinis of Honolulu, formerly queen of the Hawaiian Islands, arrived in Washington fro4n San Francisco. She comes to present a clnim to Congress through the Secretary of State for the crown lands in the Hawaiian Islands, which are said to be valued at $4,000,000 and to produce an annual revenue of $100,000. Gen. Garcia and his Cuban associates are pleased with the President's message, and declare that his references to Cuban independence are in effect, if ndt in words, a recognition of the republic. It is doubt­ ful, however, whether the President in­ tended that such a construction should be placed upon his words. *3 A communication received at the State Departm^fc from the consuls general at Berlin nil* Frankfort places the total value of all exports from Germany to the United States for the quarter ending Sept. 30 at $19,789,007. an increase over the same period of 1897 of $5,110,093. The monthly statement of the director of the mint shows the total coinage at the United States mints during November, 1898, was $7,845,910. of which $5,006,700 was gold. $2,755,250 wjis silver and $83,- 960 minor coins. The standard dollars coined' amounted to $1,402,000. Bishop Hurst of the Methodist Church returns to Washington from a tour of the Pennsylvania cities, with assurances of contributions of $1,000,000 from the rich Methodists of that State for the American university in this city. • *" ' The President did not offer a idau for a , | government in the Philippines in his mes- sage, simply because lie desires* first to- * ascertain how far the people are capable of self-government. The Secretary of the Navy has added to- the ornaments of his office the figurehead of the cruiser Cristobal Colon, which was destroyed in the battle off Santiago. v -J--:- ' %j! A canvass of the Republican Senators $4 discloses only two votes on that side * || against the ratification of the Paris f treaty, those of Messrs. Hale and Morrill. Mr. Simon, the new Senator from Ore- gon, is the smallest man in Congress-- smaller than Gen. Wheeler and Senator Wilson, who weighs only 96 pounds. Senator Mason announces that he in- ii tends to devote his entire energies at this ,,J| session of Congress to tbe'-pasMge of thfr a '* postal savings bank bill. ' ;• " «§ The ordnance department of the army j has awarded a contract aggregating about $400,000 for 10.000 rounds of ammunition. || Thetw were 546.852 visitors to the con- * greemonal library in Washington daring- y ^ ,;: t b e l a s t f l s c a l y e a r . - • . 1 2l.* -TT^V