w it can 1; ~.l\on.w Allin -' GAZETTE
ENTIRE GIIOUP CLAIMED
Onr Oomm'ssioners Present their
Ultimatum to the Spaniards.
REPLY TO BE GIVEN FRIDAY
A Written Statement Presented at Paris
by Our Commisdoncrs. The Debt to be
Assumed Only Where It. Represents
Public improvements.
Paris, Nov. 1.-—The American peace
commissioners, each of them carrying
a portfolio containing records and per-
sonal memoranda, left their headquar-
ters in the Continental Hotel for the
meeting with the Spanish commission—
ers, at the foreign office, just before
two o‘clock yesterday afternoon.
The president of.the Spanish commis-
.sion, Senor Montero Rios, whose health ,
at one time was so precarious as to
threaten an indefinite postponement of
the sessions of the commission, had so
' improved that he was able to attend
tzie meeting.
He arrived at the foreign office in a .
nosed carriage, with his colleagues,
;.ist after the Americans.
The American commissioners presen-
ted a written expression of the purpose
of the United States to take the entire
group of Philippine islands and to as-
sume such proportion of the Philippine
debt as has been spent for the benefit
of the islands or their-inhabitants, in
public works, improvements and per- -
manent betterments.
It was also set forth that the United
States would not assume any part of
the Philippine debt which had been in-
curred by Spain for the furtherance of
military or naval operations to quell
insurrections of the natives.
After the presentation of the state-
ment the session was brief and unev-
entful, and an adjournment until Fri-
day was taken, to give the Spaniards
time to formulate a reply.
I:
Washington, Nov. 1.—The advices
from Paris to the effect that the United
States peace commissioners have de-
manded the cession to the United
States of the entire Philippine group is
lin'fi‘ne with the instructions that have
fb’een‘ issued to the representatives of
”the United States, Up to a very re-
cent date the United States commissio-
‘ners had no precise instruction upon
this vital point. -
; Before they departed from Washing-
ton a majority of their number-lean-
ed towards a restriction of the de-
‘mands asto the Philippines. But since
then the president has become con-~
vinced that there is a great popular
demand for the annexation to the Uni-
ted States of the whole, Philippine
group, and he is dispoSed= to defer to
that sentiment. . . 2-: ~ ,7 ~
Besides, there is ground. to believe
that, in an unofficial manner, the com—
missioners have satisfied themselves
that the difficulties in the way of an-
nexation, so far as they depend upon
the will of the natives, have been very
much exaggerated.
It cannot be learned definitely what
money consideration is to pass with
the title to the Philippines. Indeed,
there is reason to believe that even the
United States peace commissioners
have not yet been able to fix the am-
ount exactly.
The Klondike Gold Fields.
San Francisco, Cal., Nov. 1.—l.ce was
making on the Yukon and there was
thin ice at Dutch Harbor when the
steamer Portland, which has arrived
here, sailed on October 11. At least a.
dozen river steamers are stuck on sand
bars in the Yukon, and all will proba-
bly be held all winter.
The steamer Dawson City is a. total
wreck.
The Herman and Tacoma are stuck '
in the mud and the other boats are in
such perilous positions that when the
ice breaks up they may be ground to
pieces.
All the treasure on the steamer Port-
land was one box of gold dust and nug-
gets, consigned to the Alaska Commer-
cial Company.
Its value was not made known, but
it is not believed to exceed ten thou—
sand dollars.
Several returning miners were on the
vessel, but they carried-their treasure
in the form of drafts, and were reti« ‘
cent regarding the amount.
New French Cabinet.
Paris, Nov. 1.—-The new cabinet
constituted as follows:
M. Dupuy, premier and minister of
the interior.
M. Lebret, minister of justice.
Iii. De Frcycinet, minister of war.
M. Lockroy, minister of marine.
M. Dclcasse, minister of foreign af-
fairs.
M. Peytral, minister of finance.
M. Leygues, minister of public in-
struction. '
M. Deloncle, minister of commerce.
is
M. Guillain, minister of the colonies. '
M. Viger, minister of agriculture.
M. Krantz, minister of public works.
Appointments Held Vuid.
New York, \‘ov. 1.—Comptroller (‘cr-
Ier has received from Secretary Mc-
Aneny of the Civil Service Reform As-
sociation a request that he refuse tr.
issue salary warrants for 930 city em-
ploy-cs, appointed since July 1, under
the rules promulgated by the civil ser-
vice board on March 5.
t is the contention of the Civil SeIr—
vice Reform Association that, by im~
plication, the recent decision of the
court of appeals holds that all of these
appointments are void.
Head On (allusion.
Providence, R. ., Nov. 1.—Two Chalk-
stone .avenue electric cars met in a.
head on collision in Pleasant valley
Monday afternoon, the accident result-
ing in injury to ‘the motormen that
may be fatal in either case, and seri-
ous injur yto half a dozen other per-
sons. Both the cars were completely
wrecked. .
Emperor’s Journey Cut Short.
Jerusalem, Nov. 1.-—The Emperor and
Empress of Germany are curtailing the
visit to the Holy Land. They have
abandoned their trip to Jericho, owing
to the European complications. and it,
is also believed that they will not go
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DEATH. OF 001. WARING. 9" ' " ‘
~ Yellow Fever Contrac‘ed in Havana the
Cause.
Colonel George E. Waring, Jr., suc—
cumbed to yellow fever at 7.35 a. m.
Saturday in his home in the Ruther-
ford apartment house, No. 175 Second
avenue.
Dr. Daniel M. Stimson, who had been
attending him from the time the dis-
ease attacked him on Tuesday last, left
the house at 10 p. m. on Friday night
for a brief rest. A change for the
worse set in shortly‘ after that, and
Mrs. Waring summoned Dr. Stimson
to the bedside of her sick husband.
He found that Colonel Waring was
sinking rapidly. .
l At 1.45 o’clock Saturday morning the
patient was taken with black vomit,
theforerunner of death in most cases
of yellow fever. From that time on his
strength failed~ rapidly.
The vomiting ceased about 5 o’clock
and there was no evidence of suffering
after that.
George Edwin Waring, Jr., was born
in Poundridge, N. Y., on July 4, 1833,
‘ and was educated at College Hill,
Poughkeepsie, where he studied en-
gineering and also took a special course
3 with Professor James J. Mapes in ag-
3 ricultural chemistry.
5 He displayed a special aptitude for
i this science.
I When‘ only 21 years old he made a
i lecture tour through Vermont and
, Maine, talking upon agricultural topics.
, Shortly afterwards Horace Greely be-
‘ came interested in his work and em«
ployed him to manage his farm in
. Chappaqua. This was in 1855.
' Two years later he was appointed
' agricultural and drainage engineer of
Central Park. He designed the present
system of drainage of the park and
incidentally planted the two rows of
noble elms on the Mall. He was in
this office when the civil war broke
. out. He dropped his work immediately
. to go to the front.
In 1867 Colonel Waring went to the
;state of Rhode Island as manager of
ithe Ogden farm, _where he remained
ten years. Subsequently he began gen-
eral practice as a drainage engineer.
l The disease which carried off Colonel
.Waring was the one which he com-
, batted successfully and which brought
ihim into prominence. When the epi-
idemic of yellow fever broke out In
.Memphis in 1878, Colonel Waring was
summoned to the city and revolution-
ized the sewerage system of the place.
Because of the peculiar topography of
the city, he found his task a diflicult
one.
He introduced there the system by
which the house drainage and the sur-
face drainage were disposed of sepa—
rately. It was called the Waring sys-
tem and has proved so efficacious that
Memphis has been free from yellow
fever ever since. By reason of this
work he became widely known. .Hls
system was adopted in many American
and some European cities.
Colonel Waring was the writer of
many books and found time to lecture
extensively. He was commissioner of
the street cleaning department of this
city under Mayor Strong and under his
management the department of street
cleaning was reformed thoroughly and
3 reached a high degree of efficiency. In
5fact it can be said that for the first
'tlme in the present generation the
; streets were cleaned thoroughly. The
‘employes of the department were unl-
formed, their work was systematized,
and the streets of this city were not
only cleaned, but kept clean.
Lucky Chicago University.
Chicago, Oct. 31,—President Harper
has announced to the members of the
senior class at the University of Chi-
cago that before January 1, 1900, the
university authorities, in all probabil-
ity, will have obtained sufficient addi-
tional gifts to meet the conditions nam-
ed by John D. Rockefeller in his last
ofier to that institution.
i Mr. Rockefeller’s offer is that he will
give that sum provided an equal sum
shall have been raised from other
sources before the end of the coming
year.
In this connection Dr. Ii-arper said
that when the $2,000,000 shall have been
secured it will be used to establish and
develop technical schools, such as law,
medicine and applied sciences.
' Of the $2,000,000 to be raised in order
to accept the offer of Mr. Rockefeller,
nearly $1,500,000 already has been pro-
cured.
Mormon Missionaries Sail.
New York, Oct. 31.—Eighteen Mor-
mon missionaries sailed Saturday mor-
ning on the American liner Pennland
for Southampton. They are in charge
of Elder Lyman A. McBride of Tooele,
Utah. He was formerly a grocer in
Tooele, and was making $300 a month
when he decided to become a mission.
ary. The ni’issionaries will scatter all
over Europe and preach their gospel
for two years, at the end of which
time they expect to return with a norm
ber of converts.
: Mussulman Murderers Executed.
Candia, Crete, Oct. 31.——Five of the
Mussulmans convicted of taking part
in the massacre of British soldiers on
September 6 have been executed. In
addition four Bashi-bazouks have been
sentenced to twenty years’ imprison-
ment at hard labor.
iher efforts to put down insurrections
I
§ Since the departure of the Turkish 1
‘ troops a number of guilty Mussulmans
. have been discovered daily. -It also ap-
i pears that the Turkish officers appro-
I printed the valuables stolen by their
| soldiers. ‘
Vetcrm' Journalist Dead.
' W'orcester. Mass, Oct. 31.—-C. A. Wall
one of the oldest newspaper men in the
country, died at his home in this city
Saturday. ~
Mr. Wall was born in Leicester
in
since. For a time he was proprietor. of
the Daily Transcript, which later be-
came the Gazette.
Cloth lllilgs \‘Vlll Courlail.
Fall River, Mass. Oct. 31.—Manul‘ac-
turers state that the pooling and cur-
tailment of print cloth mills is having
a satisfactory effect. -
All the mills in the agreement will
curtail four weeks. many of them hav.
ing already shut down. and from eight
hundred thousand to nine . hundred
thousand pieces will be withheld from
the market.
E
l
- jail by'tunnelling through the walls, a
i 1320. In 1837 he entered the office of
' the W'eekly Spy of Worcester, with
which he has been connected ever I
1 distance of over ten feet.
. National Bank has decided to go into)
on (will ISLANDS
Story That $210,000,000 Was to
Be Paid for Philippines Untrue.
____———
QUESTION NOT CONSIDERED
.,_
Spain Has not Offered to Release the
Island for Any Stated Amount of.
Money. Everything Points to Fuel: that
I
All of the Philippines Will Be Re.‘
talned. i
' I
Washington, D. C., Oct. 31.—So many 1
stories are being sent broadcast over
the country in regard to the alleged,
attitude of the administration in re-[
gard to the Philippine question that’
the following authorized statement I
from a member of President McKin—j
ley’s cabinet will be of interest and _l
have much weight.
“There is absolutely no word of
truth in the declaration that the United
States has agreed to pay Spain $10,000,-
000 or any other sum for the surrender
of the Philippine islands. Neither is it
true that Spain has offered to release
the‘islands for this sum or for any sta-
ted amount. In fact, the question of
the Philippines and the indebtedness
of the islands has not yet been consid-
ered by the peace commissioners at
Paris. It will be taken up for the first
time next week. The newspapers have
merely jumped at the conclusion that
we are to pay $40,000,000 from the fact
that the Philippine debt amounts to
about that sum. There is absolutely no
authority for these statements, how-
ever. Of course it is also untrue that
the United States has gone so far as
to prescribe the manner in which the
money for the' Philippine debt will be
applied, if paid by us. I do not say
that this country will not make a pay-
ment of money to Spain, but what the
amount will be no one at this time
knows.”
.The fact that President McKinley's
views in regard to the retention of the
entire Philippine group of islands has
undergone a change since his recent
western trip hoWever, remains undis-
puted. -
As stated in dispatches on the day
the president returned to Washington,
from Chicago, the great unanimity
throughout the West in favor of ex-
pansion greatly impressed President
McKinley and he came back to the na-
tional capital practically converted to
the theory of expansion.
The situation in Paris regarding the
peace negotiations according to ad-
vices received in this city from the
French capital, is favorable, and in ad-
ministration circles the statement is
made that the work is in a fair way
of being speedily and successfully ac-
complished.
While it can be said that the Phil-
ippine question has not come up for
formal consideration, some representa-
tions have already been passed between
the two commissions, and in adminis-
tration circles it is said that an adjust-
ment will not be as difficult as it ap-
peared would be the case some time
ago.
Everything points to the fact that
President McKinley has decided to re-
tain all of the islands.
Must Reinuln in Our Poseession,
Washington, D. C., Oct. 3l.—Secre-
tary Hay has had an interview with the
president, presumably on matters be-
fore the Paris peace commission, but
nothing is known of the contents of dis-
patches which may have been received
from Mr. Day.
It was intimated. however, that our
representatives in Paris probably
would be prepared to take up this week
and submit to the Spanish members :1
distinct proposition on the Philippine
question.
It is fairly assumed, however, that
this proposition may be subject to
change as the negotiations progress.
On the general subject of the Philip—
pines members of the cabinet are un-
usually reticent and this fact is as-
sumed by some to indicate that up to
this time the administratibn itself has
not fully determined Upon what it will
or will not demand in this connection
beyond the fact, as heretofore stated,
that the entire archipelago must re-
main in the possession of the United
States. This determination has un-
doubtedly been reached and under no
circumstances will this government,
through its Paris representatives. con-
sent to a treaty which does not involve
a complete surrender of Spanish sov-
ereignty therein. »
It may be further stated that this
government will not assume any Span-
Ish debt or obligation possibly beyond
the guarantee of certain municipal ob-
ligations which have been incurred in
substantial municipal improvement.
The debt which Spain has incurred in
will neither be paid, assumed nor gua—
ranteed by the United States.
First. “7118"“: Bark to Return.
San Francisco. Oct. 31.——The whaling
bark Charles W. Morgan has arrived
here, being the first from the Okhotsk
sea fleet to- return. She had a rough
trip down and sustained some injury.
but her voyage was fairly successful.
She brought 1,300 barrels of sperm oil,
100 barrels of whale oil and 900 pounds
of bone. ' .
When the Morgan left the Okhotsk
sea for San Francisco the bark Califor-
nia had 740 barrels of oil and the bark
Horatio 840 barrels.
Bloodhound-i Trail Mon.
Boulder, Col., Oct. 31.—Sheriff '1‘. J.
Thompson and a posse with blood-
hounds are attempting to trail five pri-
soners who escaped from' the county
The fugitives include John J. Cassi-
dy, convicted of murder, and sentenc-
ed to life imprisonment.
Only two prisoners remained in the
Jail.
‘ Rank (_r Illfl Md-inrss,
Springfield, Ohio, Oct. 31.——The Second
; liquidation. It is perfectly solvent and
has a surplus of $120,000. but lack oil
1 business caused the semi-annual divi~ '
dead to fall to two per cent.,.and the ,
officers concluded to quit business. Th» !
capital stock was $200,000. l
n
WORK OF INQUIRY BOARD.
Examlnatlon of Camp andlflospital Still
Going On.
Knoxville, Nov. 1.-——The members of
the war investigating cOmmission, who
reached here Sunday, started early yes-
terday upon the investigation of Camp
Poland near this place.
They visited the geneml hospital and
the Fourth Tennessee regiment togeth-
er, and then separated for the work in
the other commands,'General McCook
taking the Second Ohio and Third
l North Carolina, General Wilson and
Captain Howell the Sixth Ohio and the
First West Virginia, and ex-Govern-
ors Beaver and W'oodbury the Thirty-
first Michigan and Sixth Virginia.
It was evident from the first that
there would be comparatively little to
do, the camp being new. and well lo-
cated.
More time was spent at the hospital
than elsewhere. There are two hun-
dred and fifty patients there, many of
them suffering from typhoid fever, but
it is claimed that the fever was im-
ported. .
The commissioners showed much in-
terest in the report of three deaths last
Saturday among the coloredpatients of
the North Carolina regiment. Twoof
them were unexpected by the. surgeons
in charge, as the men Were not consid-
ered seriously ill.
They seemed of the opinion that two
had died of fright at seeing their com-
rades expire.
There were some complaints among
the troops of the absence of stoves, and
some of the soldiers confessed a desire
to get home, but otherwise they seem-
ed well satisfied.
There was a review of the troops here
yesterday. The commissioners will vis-
it every camp before hearing any testi-
mony that may be offered concerning '
it.
They concluded their work here last
night and left for Lexington, Ky.
Dr. Conner, General Dodge and Colo-
nel Sexton are in Lexington, having
gone there direct from Chattanooga,
Tenn.
WORKING ,ON ANNUAL MESSAGE.
The President Will Exercise Great Care
in Its Preparation.
Washington, Nov. 1.—President Mc-
Kinley has commenced formal work on
his annual message to Congress. The
president realizes that he has an ex-
ceedingly important state paper to
draft and he fully understands that it
will be scrutinized more closely, per-
haps, than any similar document that
has emanated from the W'hite House
during the past half century.
He has before him the data from the
annual reports of the cabinet and bu-
reau officers, and he will proceed to
cull from them such information as
will guide him in treating of the busi-
ness affairs of the government.
In consequence of his work upon the
message the number of callers has
been greatly reduced. It was stated at
the executive mansion that while the
president does not intend to deny him-
self to all visitors while he is engaged
in the preparation of the message, he
will be obliged to deny himself to the
general run of callers who flood the
corridor day after day. Cabinet offi-
cers, members of Congress and those
whose business require a personal in-
terview were received as usual at the
convenience of the president.
Federation of Woman’s Clubs.
New York, Nov. 1.-—Delegates from
all parts of the state to the number of
about four hundred met at Mendels-
sohn hall, No. 119 West Fortieth street,
this morning, when the New York
state Federation of Women’s Clubs
convened.
The convention will last four days
and the general public will be admit-
ted to the morning and evening ses-
sions.
Many interesting papers will be read,
followed by discussions. Reports and
routine business will occupy the most
of to-day, and an informal reception of
delegates will be held at the Hotel Ma-
jestic this evening. .
The election, around which centers
much of the excitement of the conven-
tion, will take place on Thursday. The
polls will be open until 5 p. 111. There
will be two sessions, and between them
Mrs. Washington A. Roebling will give
a luncheon to the delegates at Delmoni-
00’s.
The Case of Capt. Carter,
Washington, Nov. 1.-—It is expected
that the case of Captain Carter of the
engineer corps will be disposed of this
week.
The papers in the case are now with
the president and have received his
careful consideration.
The friends of Captain Carter have
petitioned the president for a. hearing
to present some statements as to facts
and law in the case.
This request has been granted by the
president, and he will hear the case
during the week.
Huge Gun-Carriages Completed. ’
Cleveland, Ohio, Nov. 1.—The Walker
Manufacturing Company has just fin-
ished the first of the eleven carriages
for the Buffington-Crozier disappear-
ing 'guns, for which it wasawarded the
contract last April by the govern-
ment. '
A test shows that everything works
with the smoothness and accuracy of
clock work, the carriage being turned
in five seconds. The carriage weighs
107,000 pounds, and the gun 32,000
pounds.
Earthquake at Norfolk.
Norfolk, Va., Nov. 1.--A slight earth-
quake shock Was reported in the west-
ern part of this city between four and
five o'clock Monday morning.
Residents say that the vibrations
were distinctly felt, being from north
to south, and lasting for several sec-
onds.
Telephone Stock Increased.
Albany, N. Y., Nov. 1.5Tfie New York
and New Jersey Telephone Company
certified to the secretary of state yes-
terday that it had increased its capi-
tal stock from $5,000,000 to $8,000,000.
The liabilities of the company are
$2,100,521.66. ' '
Death orla Noted Actress.
London, Nov. 1.-—Helen Faucit (Lady
Martin), the English actress who re-
‘tired from the stage many years ago,-
is dead. She was born in 1820, and was
married in 1851 to Sir Theodore ,Mar-
tin. K. Co.-B-
REVISION FOB DREYIUS
No Demonstration Followed the
Announcement.
[neuter TO BE INSTITUTED
The Court of Cassation Orders i. Revlr
lion of the Case but Refuses to Release
the Prisoner. It is Reported that the
Secret Documents in the Case Have
Been Burned Some Days Since. ,
Paris, Oct. 31.——The court of cassation
has decided to grant a revision of the
Dreyfus case, and will institute a sup-
plementary inquiry.
The court, however, has declined to
order the release of Dreyfus.
The decision of the court, textually,
is as follows:
“In view of the letter of the minis-
ter of justice, dated September 20, 1898,
in view of the arguments of the public
prosecutor denouncing to the court the
condemnation pronounced by the first
court martial of the military govern-
ment of Paris on December 22, 1894,
against Albert Dreyfus, then a. cap-
tain of artillery attached to the gen-
eral staff, in view'of all the documents
in the case and also of articles 443 to
446 of the Code of Criminal Procedure,
amended by thelaw of June 10, 1895,
relative to the admissibility of an ap-
plication in proper form for revision:
"Whereas the ’ matter has been
brought before the court by the public
prosecutor, in virtue of the express or-
der of the minister of justice;
“Whereas the application comes
within the category of the cases con-
templated in Article 443, and has been
introduced within the period fixed by
Article 444;
“Whereas the judgment, revision of
which is demanded, has the force of a
chose jugee;
“Whereas the documents produced
do not place the court in a. position to
decide all the merits of the case, and
there is ground for making a supple-
mentary inquiry;
"For these reasons the court declares
the application to be in proper form
and legally admissable, and states that
it will institute a. supplementary in-
quiry, and declares there is no ground
at the present moment for deciding
on the public prosecutor’s application
for a. suspension of the penalty."
The judges of the court were occu-
pied for three hours and a. half in con-
sidering the judgment.
The public, whose admission to the
court was regulated with _the greatest
care, awaited the decision with marked
calmness. During the suspension of
business the public crowded into the
lobbies, and there was evident anxiety
to hear the result.
There was no demonstration when
the court rose. .
At the opening of the court M. Mor—
nard resumed his arguments in behalf
of the Dreyfus familyfinsisting that
the bordereau was not in the hand-
writing of Dreyfus, or an imitation by
him of the writing of Major Esterhazy.
The latter hypothesis, counsel contin-
ued, was highly improbable. If it was
an imitation the author of it must be a
third party. If it was no imitation, the
author of the bordereau, he asserted,
could only be Major Esterhazy .him-
self.
Continuing, M. Mornard pointed out
that the honor of the army was not in-
volved in the doings of courts martial,
as, like other courts, they can err
without their honor suffering.
After M. Mornard had closed his ar-
gument, the court retired to deliberate,
with the result announced above.
M. Yvos Guyot, in the Siecle asserts
that the secret documents in the Drey-
fus case were burned some days ago.
Sympathy in Russia for Dreyfus.
London, October 30,—An article in the
National Review, written by J. L. Max-
se, who has previously shown himself
to be well informed m the Dreyfus af-
fair, has caused some stir.
He affirms that the Czar has now
become a convinced Dreyfusard and is
taking a sympathetic interest in the
prisoner of Devil’s island.
The National Review adds that there
has been great astonishment and in-
dignation in French, ministerial and
the higher military circles of France
by the publication in Russia of two
frank, outspoken articles by M. Zak-
rewski, president of the Russian ap-
peal court, declaring that the Dreyfus
court martial amounted to a return to
the lettres de cachet and the days of
the Bastile, and also scathingly criti-
cising the prosecution of M. Emile
Zola. ‘
It is asserted that the Russian gov-
ernment received remonstrances from
Paris in the interval between the arti-
cles, efforts being made to have M.
Zakrewski silenced or removed.
But, it is added, the attempt failed.
This is looked upon as being evidence
of a remarkable change of opinion in
Russia.
Currency Imports and Exports.
New York, Oct. 31.—Exports of gold
and silver from this port to all coun-
tries for the week ending Saturday ag-
gregates $804,708 silver bars and coin,
and $273,582 gold, a total of $1,078,290,
against a total of $996,413 in silver in
the same week last year.
Since January 1 the exports of gold
have been $7,202,481 and silver $37,175,—
391, against $29,745,546 gold and $38,910,-
478 silver in the corresponding period of
last year. _
Imports of specie last week were $1,-
- 017,060 in gold and $31,691 silver, a. total
of $1,048,451 against a total of $2,459,-
522 last week and $270,497. in the same
week last year. . .
Since January 1 $36,252,005, against
$15,681,274” in the corresponding period
of last year. ,
Commercial bar silver was quoted at
61 3-16 cents an ounce in the local mar-
kets to-day, with Mexican silver dollars
at 47 1-2 cents.
Currency shipments by the sub-trea-
sury for the week ended yesterday
amounted to $397,000.
Clhiml Our Action is Unjust.
Lima, Peru, Oct. 3L—The government
is preparing a special book giving a
history of the MacCord claim with a
view of showing that the action of the
United States is unjust and unfriend-
1y. ._ , _
,here. . _ ___
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”Porto Eieans Meet and Ask Pull
Territorial Rights. _
ANARGHISTS Inrrsr PONOE
Delegates from the Chief Towns of the.
Island Meet at San Juan. They Pan
Resolutions Demanding a Cessation of
Military Rule and for a Regular Civil
Government.
San Juan de Porto Rico, Oct. 31.—
The principal theatre of the city was
taxed to its utmost capacity this af-
ternoon on the occasion of a public
meeting of delegates from the chief
towns of the island to consider and
draft recommendations regarding the
necessities of the island for the use of
the special commissioners, who wilLbe
selected later to represent Porto Rico
at Washington when the time comes
for settling the administrative sys-
tem. ,_
The assem y was fairly representa-
tive, and, al hough the proceedings
gave undue prominence to unimport-
ant details, there was abundant evi-
dence of intelligent reflection on the
part of the delegates and of .a. determ—
ination not to tolerate partisan politics
at this crisis in the island’s affairs.
Carefully prepared reports were sub.
mitted by the political, social and eco-
nomical committees.
The meeting received with enthusi-
asm the resolutions demanding territo-
rial rights, the cessation of the pres-
ent military rule and the installation
of regular civil government.
Other resolutions were adopted ask-
ing an eight-hour day for the laboring
man and severely denouncing the pres-
ent corrupt system of registeriw deeds
of land.
It was obvious that the delegates
proceeded upon the assumption that
the United States would grant Porto
Rico territorial rights.
Ponce, Porto Rico, Oct. 31.—A sensa-
tion was caused here yesterday on the
arrival of the Red D line steamer Phil‘-
adelphia from the Spanish Main, by the
discovery in the handbags of two pas-
sengers of a number of explosive ca;-
tridges containing dynamite.
The discovery was made by the cus-
toms ofiicials, and the pessengers were
arrested on the supposition that they
are Anarchists. '
The police, who fear that others be-
longing to the gang have escaped, are
making a. strict search.
IVill Pay Dollar for Dollar.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 31.—Mr.
Dawes, the controller of the currency,
has received from the committee of the
directors of the failed Tradesmen's .Na-
tional Bank of New York a letter ex-
pressing satisfaction with the control-
ler’s action in appointing a, committee ,
to pass upon the action of the bank
with a view to its going into voluntary
liquidation.
They also state that “within a week
after such authority is given the bank
will be prepared to pay one hundred
cents on the dollar to all depositors,
that is to say $1,750,000 on demand and
$650,000 witlrinterest in certificates of
deposit, payable on or before the expi-
ration of four months.”
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Quakers Mustered Out.
VVilkesbarre, Pa., Oct. 31.——The Ninth
Pennsylvania regiment have been for-
mally mustered out of the service and
the men paid off.
The paymasters distributed nearly
$40,000 among the men.
While the Ninth regiment did not see
any active service, it suffered heavy
losses from disease. Three captains
and twenty-six privates died from ty-
phoid fever.
\ On Her Way North.
Caimanera, Cuba, Oct. 31.—The Spa-
nish cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa,
which was raised and repaired under
the direction of Naval Constructor
Hobson, sailed for Norfolk Saturday
afternoon.
Owing to‘a slight accident to one of
her engines earlier in the week, she
started north in tow of the repair ship
Vulcan.
Veritable Cyclone in London.
London, Oct. 31,—In a severe storm
last night a small area, about half a
mile square, around Denmark Hill,
CamberWell, London, was visited by a,
veritable cyclone.
Cabs were overturned, windows, and
doors, lamp posts, trees and chimneys
blown down and many houses unroof—
ed. Many persons were injured.
The Dinner for Gen. Miles.
New York, Oct. 31.——Arrangements
for the dinner for Major General Nel-
son A. Miles at the Waldorf-Astoria on
Friday, November 11. are well under
way. The large number of applications
indicates a notable affair. At the
guests’ table Joseph H. Choate will‘.
preside. The boxes and galleries will
be given over to the fair sex.
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Pastors Will Have to Be Used.
Albany, N. Y., Oct. 31.—The sudden
death of Colonel George E. Waring,
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t.
.s {-0.1 54- 9-“
the candidate for state engineer and
surveyor on the state ticket of the Citi-
zens" Union party, will make necessary
the use of pasters on the official state
ballot for the first time since the blan-
ket ballot has been put in operation.
Movements of Naval Vessels.
Washington, D. C., Oct. 31—1‘he Dole
phm has arrived at Annapolis, the
Montgomery at Charleston and the Le-
banon at Washington.
The Boston has sailed from Chefoo
to Taku and the Supply from Brooklyri
to League island.
Alabama Town Burned.
Tuskegee, Ala... Oct. 31,—NeaFiy the
entire business portion of this town, “
including thirteen business houses, the
telephone exchange and opera house,
were destroyed by fire Saturday, with
a loss of $60,000. Insurance only $1,600..
Supplies for Sick Soldiers.
Santiago, Oct. 31.—The steamer Port '
Victor, from San J uan. has brought re- ..
lief and supplies for the sick soldleu,_f
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