.bate.
HAWAIIAN PNAALIINIS?
Congress Will Have a Difficult
Task on Hand This Winter.
PROPERTY QUALIFICATION
The Plans valsed by the Commissioner
g“ is One “’liicli Will Cause llIuch Debate
in Congress. The Rioney Qualification
is Desired Bicause it Will Lead t6”
“'liite Suprelnncv.
T‘Jashington, Cot. ,4.~—It is becoming
plain that it will be no easy task for
Congress next winter to provide a plan
of government for the Hawaiian Isl-
ends. The. scheme devised by the com—
missioners who have just returned, ac-
cording to the reports received from
San Francisco, is one which will not
get through the Senate without a pro-
longed debate. It exhibits more clearly
than anything has done up to date the |
marked change in our traditional the-
ories and governmental principles in-
volved in the new colonial departure.
The Hawaiian Islands, it seems, in—
sist upon a property qualification for
the electors who will choose the mem-
bers of the upper house of the Legisla-
ture. According to the sentative draft
of the bill, they place this money qual-
ification at $1,000 assessed valuation, or
$3,000 worth of property. It does not
appear that the members of the Mor-
gan commission have at all dissented
from this programme.
in doubt as to why the annexationists
desire such a money qualification. It
is the quickest way to whote suprema-
cy, and no one who has actively cham-
pioned the annexation of Hawaii could
have seriously contemplated anything
else.
111 one respect the problem is simpler
there than in our own Southern States.
The poor whites of the South are al-
most as thirftless as the negroes, and
hence the property qualification
straight does not entirely meet the
wishes of their leaders. The whites of
Hawaii‘must be more uniformly well I
to do, and the colored races more uni-
formally thriftless, than in the Gulf
States.
The proposal to make this group of
islands a territory of the American
Union cannot fail to occasion much de-
The territorial system is regard—
ed as the anomaly, and only permissi-
ble on the theory that its operation is
to be but temporary. Idaho and Wyom-
ing would not be in the Union to-day
but for the feeling on the part of many
good Senators that statehood was the ‘
and the ’
natural political condition,
territorial form of government but a
troublesome and unsatisfactory make-
shift, and hence, since we had Idaho
and Wyoming, we might as well make
states Of them first as last.
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Sufi‘ering in Havana.
“Washington, Oct. 4—A private letter
from an American citizen, in close
touch with the Cuban Military Com-
mission in Havana, states that great
suffering exists in Havana for lack of
food.
People are starving, some dying on
the streets, and many others who are
unable to go out and beg die in the
houses. There are a great number of
this latter class. _
All the while this has gone on the
authorities have refused to allow the
Consul, with a 1ni1;1on rations on board
to enter the Havana harbor. The
American Commissioner did a great
deal of hard work to secure the en-
trance of the vessel and finally got per-
mission to land her suplies at Matan-
zas. '
The Commission, the letter states, is
now making efforts to secure the ad-
mission of supplies sent by the Red
Cross. so a portion of the suffering
may be relieved. The Commission in
this, as in eveiuthing else,
they are dealing with procrastinating
men who delay ex 81) move as loong as
possible.
NO fault is found with the treat-
ment which the Commissioners receive
personally, the Spanish authorities be—
ing very suave and polite, but in the
matter of. business plenty of time is
taken.
Yellow fever is said to exist in the
city, but little fear is expressed by the
writer of the litter, who says it is not
reported as dangerous.
To \Valk Around the \Vorld.
New York, Oct. 4.—Eight young men
of this city and Brooklyn left No. 102
Fulton street at eleven O’clock yester-
day morning to walk around the world.
Each had 'plenty of money and car—
ried a. small pack on his back. ‘
When they left Fulton street the men
went over to the City Hall and saw
the Mayor, then took the Cortlandt
street ferry to Jersey City. From there
they took the plank walk to Newark.
Rudolph De Zapp, who is the leader .
of the walkers, said he didvnotp ropose
to go any further than Newark to-
night. He said that after a. few weeks
they would be able to cover twice the
distance. From Newark they will go to
Trenton, from' there to Philadelphia,
Baltimore and Washington, where they
wil call upon the President, and ex-
change letters.
The men lntend to visit all the news-
paper offices on their route in this and
other countries and get an autograph
from each. Mr. De Zapp expects the
trip will take not less than three years.
He said as they were not walking
against time they would not hurry
themselves.
Iron m... the Nlagl‘a River. ,
Buffalo, N. Y., Oct. 4.—-Charles Wicks,
a painter, who came here from Phuay
delphia, to work on the new steel arch-
brldge at Niagara Falls, fell from a
scaffold on the bridge Sunday, 150 feet
to the river. His body did not come
to the surface, some under current
having swept it into the rapids before
it could rise.
Chicago’s Bus: Bighwaymuu,
Chicago, Oct. 4.—-0tto Jacobson was
held up and robbed of $400 on a. down-
town street Sunday night by a. negro
in the presence of several persons, who
were awed by the flourishing of the
robber“: revolver.
Nor is any one '
find that '
LEAVING CAM P WIKOFF.
Only Three Rn; imcnts Now There
Montauk Point, Oct. 4.—The second
lCavalry, numbe1 .11 g 538 men, left Camp
W 1}.off early yesterday morning. The
train was composed of two sections.
W’ith the first were about 300 men in
command of Col. Noyes and Major
W'allace. The second section got away
at 840, and was expected to arrive in
Long Island City about 12: 30. The
.tioopers we1c in good condition and
spirits, and were anxious to get away
fiom Montauk. There are now here
only two vavalry regiments, the Sixth
and the Tenth. The Seventh Infantry
is also here, and will be the last to
leave. ' -
The Sixth and Tenth Cavalry are
packing up their belongings, prepar—
atory to leaving camp. The horses of
the Sixth will leave for Huntsville to-
day and the men will follow XVedne-s—
day. The horses of the Tenth wil de-
pat on Thursday, and the men v ill
get awe -y the day following.
Gen. Shaftei liming left to take
command of the Depaitment of the
East at Governor’s Island, Gen. Mc-
Clernand is in charge here to see to
. the closing of the camp. The morning
atmosphere is damp and foggy and
A very disagreeable. 'The detention hos—
pital is being closed by Major Elbert,
and Major Brown is sending the con-
valescents to city hospitals as rapidly
as possible.
SITUATION IN P-EKIN.
No Serioui Danger Yer, but Anxiety for
. the Putin-.0
Washington,‘ Oct. 4.—The State De-
partment has received the following
cable despatch from Ministe1 Congel
at Pekin:
“There is no serious danger yet, but
considerable anxiety for the future.
The foreign fleet is assembling at
Tientsin. Some of the Ministers are
ordering marines to Pekin for legation
guard.”
1 Secretary Long, upon advices re-
ceived at the State Department, show-
! ing the existence of threatening condi-
tions in China. has ordered Rear-Ad-
miral Dewey to send two warships im-
gmediately from Manila to a point as
'near the Chinese capital as possible
for a. war-ship to approach. The vessels
selected for this undertaking are the
I cruiser Baltimore and the gunboat Pe-
trel. The Baltimore will probably not
ibe able to get beyond the Taku forts
at the entrance of the Pei Ho River,
upon which Pekin is situated, but the
,Petrel can at least go up to Tientsin.
eighty miles above the mouth, and
about the same distance below Pekin.
The navy officials keenly regret that
there is not now on the Asiatic sta—
tion a. light-draught gunboat of the
Helena class, which could ascend the
river as far as the Chinese capital.
Joint Commission’l Plans.
Quebec, Oct. 4.—It has been definitely
settled that the Anglo—American Com-
mission will conclude its labors here
on Friday, Oct. 14. The adjournment
will last a month, when the negotia-
tions will be resumed at Washington.
An American commissioner, while
speaking guardedly, said the negotia-
tions were proceeding more smoothly
than he had anticipated. The future
(treaty has actually passed the trou-
blous stage. The same authority
Ivoufnsafed the information that a re-
, ciprocity schedule involving ’natural
and manufactured products was clear—
ly in sight.
lattlesliipi
Washington, Oct. 4.—The Oregon and
the Iowa may not start for Manila
until next week. It 1. as explained at
the Navy Department the t the fitting
out of the distilling ship Iris and the
supply ship Celtic might not be com-
pleted until Oct. 10, and this fact
alone would be sufficient to delay the
salling of the battleships, since all the
vessels are to go together. It was fur-
there explained that the Department
had at no time believ that the naval
reenforcements woul ' see out before
the early part of this month.
Smiling l‘elayed.
I Strikers Capture a town.
Washington, Oct. 4.—One hundred
and fifty coal miners from Pana, 111.,
came here last night and with the as-
sistance of local white miners drove
fifty negro miners out of town. They
all wore masks to hide their identity
and were heavily armed, ruling the
town for over an hour. A fire alarm
was turned in and many of the citizens
who responded were deputized to assist
the police. The masked miners then
I disappeared. Further trouble is expect-
ed. 1
Appointed by the Presidenc.
Washington, Oct. 4.—The President
,has made the followingappointments:
{Joseph E. Lee, ”Collector of Internal
‘Revenue, district of Florida; George
H. Green, United States Marshal, dis-
‘ trict of Texas. Navy—Lieut-Com-
imanders John E. Pillsbury and. Wil-
liam‘ H. Reeder, to be commanders;
Passed Assitant Engineer Frank W.
lBartlett, to be chief engineer and act-
ing gunner; Myles Joyce, to be gunner.
To Embark from Savannah,
Washington, Oct. 4.—Secretary Alger
,has announced that Savannah, ~Ga.,
had been selected as the point of em-
barkation of all troops which may
hereafter be sent to Cuba or Porto
Rico. It is stated at the War Depart-
ment that Savannah was selected be-
cause it afforded the best facilities.
A Stage Robbery.
City, Ore., Oct. 4.-—About
Empire
burgh-Myrtle Point stage was robbed,
: one mile west of the latter place, by a
highwayman. The robber secured the
registered-mail sack, containing be-
tween eight hundred and one thousand
dollars.
Gen. Shatter in Change.
New York, Oct. .4—Gen. William R.
Shafter,who has been appointed to the
head of the Department of the East,
went to Governor’s Islandon the Gen-
eral Hancock, at eleven o’clock Monday
morning to take _charge.. He was re-
ceived with a. Major-General’s salute.
Tod Slean Still Winning.
London,"00t. 4.—In the racing at the
Nottingham Autumn Meeting yester-
day, Tod Sloan rode two winners out of
. four mounts.
...I‘ - ”In“. ...... . In . .;.J4...
four o’clock Sunday morning the Roses.
111111111 AGUINALDOI“
Dictator of the Philippines Is ini-
Great Danger. ’
HIS SPEECH IS A SURPRISE
Aguinaldo Does Not Occupy a Very Firm
Seat. Forced Into Malolos Demonstra-
tion by Tiathends Anxious 10:11am
American Policy Defined. All Parties
Are Awaiting the Result.
Manila, Oct. 3.-No change. has been
made in the situation here by Aguin-
aldo’s Malolos demonstration. All par-
ties are still awaiting the result of the
Paris conference to determine the fut-
ure of the islands.
Even if a delegation from the dicta-
DELAGOA. BAY RAILWAY.
Arbitrator’s Decision Expected
r- H: 11: l)‘. .
London, Oct. 4.—-The decision of the
Swiss arbitrators in the matter of thl
The
A Delagoa Bay Railway has been pre-
~ pared for some little time, and may
‘ be issued any day, possibly to-morrow.
I understand that the award to be
paid by Portugal to the McMurdo con-
cessionarie‘s ”will certainly run into
millions sterling, though one expert
, estimate, given me to- day, of five mil-
...a ‘ ,_
I Portugal the necessary funds in return ,
-—......__ ._
tor does wait upon General Otis and .
offer him the protectorate over the new '
“republic” it is not likely the veteran
commander will commit himself.
Aguinaldo has been forced into ac-
tion by hot heads desirous of securing
from the Americans some indication of
the probable. policy of the United
States. Theldictator president does not
occupy a. very firm seat, and unless
some definite result to his actions can
be shown soon he realizes that his own
life will be endangered.
The Americans are settling down for
a long occupation of the city of Manila.
Several wives of officers arrived on the
Arizona.
Great mortality continues among the
Spanish prisoners in the walled city,
despite the fact that the whole place
is copiously sprinkled with disinfec-
tants, the American sanitary corps
making the most strenuous efforts to
cleanse the place before the unhealthy
season, now just opening, gets into full
swing.
Private Edward J. O’Neil of Com—
pany E, First California volunteers,
was not killed before Manila, as was
reported. The man is still alive.
By order of Provost Marshal General
Hughes every official of the Manila
penitentiary was arrested Saturday.
General Hughes declines to make the
specific charges public, but the men are
suspected of peculation and of using
their office against the American in-
terests here.
._—
Aguinaldu’s Speech.
Manila, Oct. 3.——There is considerable
comment here upon Aguinaldo’s speech
at Malolos on Thursday. During ,the
course of his remarks Aguinaldo said:
“Our friends the Americans came for
the purpose of demonstrating the gen-
erosity and grandeur of their govern-
ment and to assist in releasing the peo-
ple from slavery without annexing the
islands, thus setting a good example.
We now understand and-appreciate the
famous Monroe doctrine of ‘America
for Americans,’ and justice demands
that they add ‘the Philippines for the
ilipinos. ’ "
The insurgent officials express disap-
pointment at the., nOn- -attendance of
Americans at the festival of Malolos.
The provincial government has de-
clined to allow an American officer to
inspect the Dagupan prisons and secure
their plans without Aguinaldo‘s sanc-
tion. The half caste interpreter used
threats, and, consequently Aguinaldo
instructed his troops at the railroad
stations beyond Malolos not to allow
any Americans to pass.
A
Mothom Congress at Utica
Utica, N. Y., Oct. 3,—The New York
State Congress of mothers, held here
last week, adjourned Saturday after a
harmonious and pleasant session. The
name was changed, and hereafter the
organization will be known as the As-
sociation of Mothers.
Many valuable and instructive papers
were read. The work of the congress
is to be devoted to urging upon'the
mothers of the state the necessity of.
inquiring into the conditions surround-
ing the school life of their children and
recommending a personal interest in
the teachers under whose care the chil-
dren were placed, and to securing ade-
quate instruction of girls in the duties
of motherhood.
Officers were elected as follows:
President, Mrs. D. O. Mears of Al-
bany; first vice president, Mrs. J. Cal-
vin Meade of Oswego; second vice pres-
ident, Mrs. E. H. Merrill of Syracuse:
recording secretary, Mrs. Almon Hens-
ley of New York; corresponding secre-
tary, Mrs. Franklin H. Chase of Syra-
cuse; treasurer, Mrs. Fannie Bailey of
Syracuse.
About one hundred delegates were in
attendance.
__.\_"_’________,_.
Filipinos at. “'hile House
.Washington, Oct. 3.'—The inte‘rvifi
of the Filipinos delegates with the
president was Saturday entirely infor-
mal, it being distinctly understood that
tthe administration did no receive the
representatives of the insurgents in any
official character.
General F. V. Greene, who came from
the Philippines with them, was present
throughout the interview.
W'hile the Filipinos refused to dis-
cuss the interview, claiming it to have
been to pay their respects, it is pre-
sumed they informally talked over
their mission, which is to secure repre-
sentation on the Paris commission, if
possible, if not, then to be heard by
the commission as to the attitude and
wishes of the insurgents. Assistant
Secretary of State Adee was present at
the interview.
Camps'ln Cuba.
Washington, Oct. 3.—The war de-
partment has decided to send boards
of oflicers to Cuba to investigate and
report upon locations for camps for
the army of occupation in that island.
Each board will consist of a. quarter-
master, a. commissary and a surgeon.
Havana, Cienfuegos, Matanzas and
Mariel will be visited. There will be
five posts established, including Man-
zanillo, and six counting Santiago.
Thousand Sick at Santiago
Washington, Oct. 3.——The' following
cable has been received at the war de-
partment: _
- Santiago, Sept. 30, .1898.
Fever cases of all kinds, 622; total
sick, 1,.062 Death, Paul Vincent, Ninth
United States volunteer infantry, bil-
lous fever; died September 29.
LAWTON,
A , g [-1 Major General.
lions sterling, probably is an exag ger-
ation.
Upon this award great international
events hang. Portugal cannot herself
find the money. She must sell some-
thing. Dr. Leyds’s present mission to
Europe is largely concerned with the
Transvaal’s desire herself to lend
-.n-.,.-4~.-~g.a
for the Delagoa Bay Railway, for
President Kruger realizes that herein
is the key to the South African posi~
tion, but Dr. Leyds’s rebuff at Berlin,
last week, kills this project.
England will, as foreshadowed in my
despatch of September. 6, herself pro—
vide Portugal with the money in re-
turn for a long lease of the railway.
The original idea of a joint Anglo—Ger-
man, guarantee seems to have been
abandoned in favor of a solely British
financial operation, Germany lending
her moral support.
Other features of the Anglo-German
deal are not yet ripe for public offi-
cial announcement. Among other
events they await the Kaiser’s talk
with the Sultan.
COL. ROOSEVELT’S TAXES.
No Judicial Action in the Matter. Pay-
ment Has Been Blade.
New York, Oct. 4.~—The application
in behalf of Theodore Roosevelt for a
discontinuance of his certiorari pro-
ceeding against the Tax Commission-
ers was not on the motion calendar 0!
the Special Term, Part I., of the Sn;
preme Court, before Justice Smyth
yesterday. When the certiorari was
called, before Justice Daly, in Special
Term, Part 111., it was adjourned until
October 11.
A check for $995.28 was delivered to
the Bureau for the Collection of Taxes
by the Title Guaranty and Trust Como
pany, acting in behalf of Col Roose-
velt. This is the firt day on which
such a'payment could have been made,
and the check was for the tax of $1,005,
less a rebate of $972 for payment in ad-
vanoe.
War Invr stigation.
Washington, Oct. 4.—The members of
the War Investigating Commission, at
yesterday’s session, took the position
that under a. strict construction ‘the
Commission had no authority to com-
pel a witness to be sworn by a member
of, the Commission, but that witnesses
would not raise technical objections.
‘ It was decided, however, to inform
Witnesses frankly of the status of the
Board and to afford them an. oportun-
ity to decline in case they so desire. It
was suggested that the difficulty might
be avoided by getting the President to
appoint one of the officers of the Board
a notary public, so as to have an ofii-
cer capable of administering oaths
present.
Major-Gen. Joseph Wheeler was no-
tified to appear to-day before the Com-
mission.
Big “'oolen Fa ilure.
Dover, N. H., Oct. 4.—The Sawyer
Woollen Mills have assigned for the
creditors, to Jeremiah Williams, a wool
commission merchant, of Boston. Al.
W. Sulloway of Franklin will arrive
to-day to take charge of the plant. The
corporation owns six mills and employs
600 workmen. The corporation also
owns practically the whole of Sawyer's
Mills settlement, a station on the
Portsmouth & Dover branch of the
Boston & Maine Railroad, consisting
of more than 100 tenements. Mr. VVil-
liams, the assignee of the Sawyer Mills
says that the liabilities are about $1.-
000,000 and the assets probably nearly
as much.
Fatal Foot Ball.
Boston, Mass, Oct. 4.—The first fatal
accident on the local football gridiron
this season happened Sunday afternoon
on Franklin Field. Robert Coveney,
the seventeen-year-old son of the late
Postmaster Jeremiah W. Coveney, re-
ceived injuries to his spin which re-
sulted in his death at the City Hospital
this morning. The lad was playing
end on the Hartfords, a local eleven,
and the acident happened on a tackle
play during a scrimmage, four or five
men of his own and the opposing eleven
coming down on top of him.
To Succeed Julm Bassett Moore.
Washington, Oct. 4.—The President
has appointed David J. Hill of Roches-
ter First Assistant Secretary of State
to succeed John Bassett Moore,
signed. Dr. Hill
Rochester university. He is versed in
international law. He has taken a
prominent part in New York politics,
and has delivered many public ad~
dresses during recent campaigns. He is
now in Holland, but is expected to re-
turn at once, having accepted the posi-
[‘3-
' tion tendered.
Germany and Dreyfus.
Berlin, Oct. 4.—A semi-official state-
ment issued by the Cologne “Gazette"
denies the assertion made in French
newspapers that the German Minister
of Foreign Affairs, Baron von Bulow,
has been commanded by Emperor Wil-
liam to furnish the French Govern—
ment with friendly explanations as to
the role of Col. Schwartzkoppen in the
Dreyfus affair.
New Pearl Fields Discovered.
Washington, Oct. 4.—New pearl
fields of great richness have been dis-
covered off the coast of New Cale-
donia, on the west side, according to
United States Consul Wolf at Noumea.
He says that one shell contained 256
pears, and one little boat of one and a
half tons furnished last year twenty
two pounds of pearls.
Forty Seventh to: Porto Rico.
It was anounced at the Army Build-
ing yesterday that the Forty-seventh
Regiment of Brooklyn, which has been
doing garrison duty at Fort Adams,
Newport. R. I., had been ordered to
Porto Rico, and- would leave on either
the Manitoba or Mississippi. probably
Wednesday next.
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WONDERS IN WANSHIPS
Bids Received for Building Four
Large Monitors.
WILL BE GOOD FIGHTERS
Lewis Nixon, Newport News. Bath and
Union Iron Works Likely to Get the
Contracts—The Bids “’ere Well With-
in the Limit Fixed by Congress—A List
of Those Who Presented Bids
Washington, Oct. 3.—Bids were open-
ed Satt1rday at the navy department
for the construction of four harbor de-
fense vessels of the monitor type, au-
thorized by Congress at an expenditure
'of $1,250,000 for each monitor.
There were some limitations in the
act, such, for instance, as that not
more than two of the vessels should be
built in one ship yard, while an allow-
ance of four per cent. was made in fa.-
vor of the Pacific coast shipbuilders in
case they bid. The act also provides
that the secretary of the navy shall
award the contract to the “lowest best
responsible bidder," which! is unusual
and seems to admit of the disregard of
bids from any but the most responsi-
ble firms.
The abt also directed the {secretary
to have in view"‘the best results and
most expeditious delivery." , Conse-
quently the department in laying down
its requirements made twenty-seven
months the maximum time' for the com-
pletion of the vessels providing a pen-
alty ranging from $300 to $600 per day
for any delay in their completion.
The bids were opened and announced
by Judge Advocate General Lemly, ex-
an 'ned by Chief Constructor Hichborn
Engineer- in~Chief Melville, and re-
ported by Constructor Zahn and Passed
Assistant McFarland.
All of these concerns submitted bids
as follows:
Lewis Nixon, $825,000, to be complet-
ed in 27 months; Newport News, $860,-
000, in 27 months; Bath Iron Works,
$862,000, -in 27 months; Union Iron
Works, $874,000, in 27 months; Maryland
Steel Company, $876,000, in 26 months;
Wolff & Zwicker, $937,500, in 27 months;
the W. B. Fletcher Company, $927,000,
in 21 months; Colombian Iron Works,
$1,015,000, in 27 months, and John Dian
logue, $1,171,000, in 26 months.
From the face of the bids it would
appear that the lowest bidders for the
four vessels were Nixon, Newport
News, Bath and Union Iron Works.
The last would seem to be entitled to a
monitor even without the allowance of
four per cent. which the law provides.
This is made possible by the fact that
all of the bidders, including the three
who were lower than the Union Iron
Works, limited their bids to one moni-
tor each.
The bureau chiefs Of the navy de-
partment are congratulating them-
selves that the bids are well within the
limits fixed by Congress, and as there
is little opportunfi‘y for irregularity in
the bids, owing to the fact that only
one set of plans were open, it is proba-
ble that there will be no difficulty in
awarding the contracts.
The monitors are to be built strictly
in accordance with the department’s
designs, no provision being made, as is
usually the case, for the submission of
contractors' plans. In type they have
no duplicates in modern ship construc-
tion, and, more than anything else, re-
semble the little monitors which dis-
tinguished themselves in the civil war.
The board of bureau chiefs would have
liked much to have provided a. more
powerful class of vessel, but the small
limit of cost fixed in the appropriation
act prevented this, and they were ob-
liged to content themselves with single
turreted monitors of... ‘7 .700 tons displace-
ment.
While resembling roughly the war
monitors, these new vessels will be
vastly superior to them in actual pow-
er. Their speed, for instance, will be
twelve knots, about double that of the
old vessels. Their batteries will consist
of two twelve-inch breech loading rifles
capable of piercing the side of nine-
tenths of the naval vessels of the
world; four four-inch rapid fire guns,
,and seven smaller calibred rapid fire
guns like those that did ;,such service
in the destruction of Cervera’s squad-
ron. .
The builders are not required to fur-
nish either guns, armor or turrets. The
turrets, by the way, are to be electri-
cally controlled, like those on the crui-
ser Brooklyn. These turrets will be of
the balanced type, ten inches thick, be-
hind 11-inch barbettes,. and a belt of
armor eleven inches thick and five feet
broad will be placed on the sides of
the vessels.
The monitors will be 225 feet long,
fifty feet broad, and draw about twelve
and a half feet of water, enabling them
to move freely in any of the shallow
Atlantic coast harbors.
Forest Fires Spreading
Denver, Col., Oct. 3.—Forest fires on
the west slope of the Rockies continue
to spread, and only a. heavy rain can
stop them. In the vicinity of Steam-
boat Springs there has been a. rainfall
which checked the fires there, but they
are still smouldering and will start into
life again unless there is more rain
soon. The local forecaster says no
change in the weather is in sight,
though the welcome prediction of the
weather bureau in Washington is
“showers.”
Governor Adams said yesterday that
from 'what he has been able to learn
the fires are due wholly to accident.
Within a. day or two fires have ap-
peared on the west slope of the Pike's
Peak range, and large sections of tim-
ber are being destroyed.
The fires seemto be burning fiercely
along the west side of Mount Baldy,
which rises to an altitude of 13,000 feet.
four miles south of Pike's peak. The. -
people of Pitkin county are terrified
at the havoc wrought by the fire rag-
ing near Aspen.
Porto Rico in Military Department
Washington, Oct. <3;—The president
has issued an order creating a new
military department, to be known as
the department of Porto Rico, with
Major General John R. Brooke in com-
mand. ,The headquarters of the de-
partment will be at Ponce until'after
the evacuation of the island by the
Spanish army, when it will be trans-
ferred to San Juan. ‘f
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SAGASTA TRUSTS. M’K NLY
hadrid Believes That the Conditions 0!
Peace Will Not Be On 1 .1115
Madrid, Oct. 3.—-Many reports have
been sent out stating that the Spanish ‘ '-
government had lodged a. serious pro- :
test at Washington and ordered the
Paris commission to stop negotiations,
all on account of the coursé“ of events
in the Philippines. There is no truth
in all that. ' ' -
The Spanish government does not
propose making any . reclamations
whatever. Senor Sagasta says that by
the protocol concluded at Washington,
the United States engaged not to give
assistance to the Lagalos, and he feels
sure that President McKinley will-keep
his word.
In ministerial circles the spiiit is
optimistic. The talk is that the terms
of peace will be less unfavorable to
Spain than was anticipated; that the
president will act in, a generous spirit,
and that Spain is not to be despoiled
of the Philippines. .
Admiral Cerver presented himself to
General Polavie'v Saturday and has
joined the latter's political party for
reform and pure government. -
The members of the chamber of com-
merce of Barcelona have voted to pro«
test against Senor Sagasta for not an-
swering. their urgent telegrams.
The Marquis de Camillas has gone to
Paris to make arrangements for furth-
er transports to repatriate the troops
and not for the purpose of negotiating
a loan, as generally supposed.
The Imparcial says anything which
suggests the continuation of the war
should be rejected by Spain.
said relative to the Philippines, which
the leading papers of the country op-
enly discuss the wisdom of relinquish-
ing. _,
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LEE FAVORS MARIEL. I: s":
Says It: Should Be the First City in Cuba
Occupied by American!
Washington, Oct. 3.—-If the recom—
mendations of Major General Fitzhugh
Lee are adopted the first landing of
troops comprising the Cuban army of
occupation will be at Mariel, twenty
miles west of Havana. During his con-
versation with Secretary Alger Saftur~
day General Lee was asked by the for-
mer to state what city he thought
should be first occupied by American
soldiers.
General Lee replied that Mariel
would be an excellent point to start in
with, as the health conditions there
This is ‘
are better than at almost any other ’
place on the island.
Marie} ls Situated at the base of a
ridge of mountains and is practically '
free from malaria and Other fever.
When the war department was out—
lining the plan of campaign against
Havana, early in the war, it was in-
tended to capture this point and use
it as a base of operations.
It is now regarded as practically cer-
tain that when troops embark for Cu-
ba they will sail for Mariel and'that
this is the first Spanish city to be oc-
cupied by our soldiers.
ON THE DIAMOND
Games Played Saturday
Washington 5, New York 4, first
game.
Washington 8,
game.
Baltimore 6, Brooklyn 5, first game.
Baltimore 3, Brooklyn 1, second game.
Boston 5, Philadelphia 2.
Pittsburg 2, Cleveland 1.
Cincinnati 4, St. Louis 3, first game. .
St. Louis 7,. Cincinnati 3, second game.
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How 11... -0“... s’lnnd.
New York 2, second
Clubs. Won. Lost. P.C.
Boston 95 45 .679
Baltimore 91 48 .655
Cincinnati 86 58 .597
Cleveland .............. 77 61 .558
Chicago 78 64 .549
New York 72 68 .514
Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . 69 67 .507
Pittsburg 68 72 .486
Louisville . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 75 .460
Brooklyn ............... 50 83 .376
Washington .. . . . . .. .. .. 48 92 .343
St. Louis 36 101 .263
Dr. Nancy Guilford Arrested
London, Oct. 3.—Dr. Nancy Guilford,
the midwife of Bridgeport, Conn., who
is wanted by the American police on
the charge of having been connected
with the death of- Miss Emma Gill, the
young woman whose body, out into
several pieces, was found several weeks
ago, near Bridgeport, has been arrest-
ed.
' Dr. Guilford was arrested by Inspec-
tor Freese of Scotland Yard, who has
been on her track ever since she land-
ed at Liverpool from Montreal, on last
Tuesday, from the steamer Vancouver.
She was taken into custody at a mid—
dle class boarding house in Hampstead,
and gave the name of McAllister, al-
though on first arriving in London she
declared her name was Catherine Wil—
bur. The prisoner was taken to the
Bow street police court, where she
was formally charged and remanded.
She will be taken before a. magistrate
to-day.
Porto Rico Our. by October 6
San Juan de Porto Rico, Oct. 3.—The
Spanish transport Isla. de Panay ar-
rived here Saturday, and a second tram.
sport is expected to-day. These, with
a. hospital ship which will come from
Havana to remove a number of sick
troops, will carry away about 3,500
Spanish soldiers.
Sufficient vessels are said to be now
on their way here to remove the re-
mainder of the troops.
It is Admiral Schley’s opinion that
the evacuation by the Spaniards and
the official delivery of the island to the
American authorities will be complet-
ed by October 6.
The Spaniards are now engaged in
perfecting the details of the evacua-
tion and arranging for the transporta-
tion of officials and their families back
to Spain.
New .Camp Sit-as
Washington, ct. 3.-—General Schwan
who has just returned to Washington,
has made a report recommending that
camps be located at these points:
In Georgia, at Augusta, Macon, Ame-
ricus, Albany and Atlanta.
In South Carolina, at Columbia, Spar-
tanburg and Greenviile.
He recommends that in Alabama. the
camps at Anniston and Huntsville be
retained.
It is thought that Gen. .‘Schwan s rec-
ommendations will be approved, as
they are the result of a long and thorn-f
ough investigation of, the s set. j, ’g,
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