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OCCUPATION 0B7 CUBA:
Gen. Miles Opposed to Sending
Troops There in October. '
SPAIN DIES VERY HARD:
The President Adhering to His Decision. '
’ Regular Regiments Demoraiized byI
Sickness. [The Situation at Havana.
Cubans Growing Restless. Suffering
i). for Look of Food,
Washington, Sept. 21. —The president
adheres to his decision to send 50, 000
or 60, 000 troops to eastern and Western
Cuba in October. Gen. Miles has been B
making a big fight against such a pre-
mature occupation of the island, and
he proposes to continue his efforts to
prevent the assignmentof troops to
Cuba for several months.
Letters have been received from reg—
ular army officers who served in Cuba
reporting the condition of their com-
mands, and they agree that the soldiers
are in a deplorable physical. state. They
claim that it will take six or seven
months to recuperate troops, and that
this can be accomplished only by send-
ing them to the military pdsf 5, instead
of l eeping them at southern camps. An
exunple of the danger of the southern
camps is afforded by the Fifth infan~
try, which was assigned to Cuba after
a long period in the South. The com-
ncand is reduced in strength by a long
sick list. '
The regiments in this country which
returned from Cuba are practically
worthless by reason of the large num-
ber of furloughed soldiers armed with
surgeons’ certificates. Men have ob-
tained furloughs and extensions and
used every means of staying away.
This is particularly true of. the regu-
lars, and the service is described as
well nigh demoralized.
Advices from Havana say that there
are ten Spanish men-of—war in port
and 61,000 Spanish troops, ,besides 40,000 .
volunteers there. The evacuation com-
mission has‘ a great deal of work be-
fore it, and it is said that its duties
cannot be completed before the end of
October.
‘ There is very little yellow fever in
the city. but there is a great deal of
typhoid malaria, which is frequently
fatal.
Havana is quiet, but the Cubans are
showing much restlesSness in their
anxiety tn\have the evacuation begin.
There is suffering and some starvation,
but the captain general wi-ll11'10t per~
mil: the relief stores on board the Co-
mal ;to be landed, unless $60, 000 is paid
in diities. 5"
Meanwhile the British consuL gen-
eréfl says that infants are dying fo1
lack of the milkand'fo'od on board'the
Comal. One correspondent of the navy
department thus closes a letter de-
scribing the conditions: “Spain .dies-
hard. "
Elan toba Wheat Crop.
Winnipeg, Sept. 21. r—Manager Thomp-
'son of the Ogilvie Milling Company has
just returned from inspecting the
wheat crop, and says
“As a result of my trip I am forced
to admit that the govsrnment estimate
of the 'crop"'will be eXCeeded by over
seven million bushels. I estimate the
crop of wheat for Manitoba this year
at 2,000 000, and allowing 6,,000 000 for
the NorthWest Territories, will give
us a total wheat crop nearly double
that of last year and the greatest in
the history of the West.
“I am pleased to find that the sup--
posed injury from wet weather has not
been anything apploaching what has
been represented, in fact, damage from
that cause is light. and Manitoba this
year will ship more No.1 hard wheat
than the entire crop of last year.”
The Dutch States General Opened,
The Hague, Sept. 21 .—Queen Wilhel—
mina, accompanied by the queen moth-
er, opened the States General yester-
day.
In the speech from the throne she
dwelté upon the innumerable proofs of
patriotism and affection for the dyn-
asty manifested since here accession
to the throne, the lee ollection of which,
she added, could never be effaced from
her memory. She had received the
czar’s disarmament p12 {105211 with pc-
culiar sympathy. She promised the
introduction of a number of social
measures.
Alger at Camp'Hamilton. .
Lexington, Ky. Sept. 21. —Secretary
' Alger and party inspected Camp Ham-
ilton and reviewed the troops yester-
day. Surgeon General Sternberg prais-
ed the division hospital.
The brigade of immunes was inspec-
ted in the afternoon. The secretary
left for Knoxville last night. He said
the condition of the troops is excel-
lent. ,
A Lake Steamer Burned.
Glen Haven, Mich., Sept. 21. ——The
Queen of the Lakes, while lying in the
harbor at South Manitou island for
shelter on Sunday evening, caught fire
.and was burned to the water’s edge.
Nothing was left but the iron hull.
which is still afloat. No lives were
lost.‘
Fiscal Ag nts 1.1 Porto Rico.
, Washington, Sept. 21.—The president
' has designated the firm of Deferd 6:
Co. of Boston, as fiscal agents of the
United States in such portions of the
island of Porto Rico as are now, or
may hereafter, come under the military
jurisdiction of the United States gov-
_ ernment.
Czar’s Peace Congress
London, Sept. 21.—A dispatch from
Brussels to a. local news agency says
that King Leopold has addressed an
autograph letter to the czar urging the
designation of Brussels as the meeting
place of the peace congress.
Window Glass Works Burned
\Voodbury, N. J., Sept. 21.—Fire offin-
cendiary origin, last night, destroyed
, the window glass works here, owned
by Colonel G. G. Green. Loss, $30,000.
The works had been closed for several
years.
John Sherinan/ Ill.
-" Washington, Sept. 21. —John Sherman
is ill at his residence in this city from
an acute attack of bronchitis. His - on- 1
dition is not regarded as dangerous. i-
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GOING HOME FROM PORTD RICO.
Spanish Soldiers Embark at San Juan.
The Sick Go First.
San Juan, Porto Rico, Sept. 21.—The
embarkation of the Spanish troops for
Spain begins to-day, when 200 sick
soldiers and 200 engineers will board
the steamship which is expected to ar-
rive from Havana en 'route for Spain.
The palace officers also report that .
two or three transports have sailed
from Spain for San Juan. There was :
a great feeling of relief on both sides
at the receipt of this news.
The evacuation of Lares, Aguadilia
and San Sebastian occurred this morn-
ing at nine o’clock, our troops taking
possession and raising the American
flag, and theSpaniards retiring to Are-
cibo.
On Wednesday morning the Spanish
will evacuate Viequez island, on the
southeaSt coast, and the garrison will
remain temporarily at 'Humacao. One
company of our troops is already 'at
Viequez island and another at Huma-
cao.
The commissioners have agreed that
it would be well to allow the soldiers
on both sides to fraternize, and have
also agreed that soldiers in pursuit of
bandits may enter the opposing lines.
This-action wipes out the neutral zone,
which has been a safeguard against
the bad element, and is taken with a
view of conserving good government in
the island, in which both sides are in-
terested, and as the result of depreda-
tions which have occurred between Ci-
ales and Utuado.
The United States troops are now in
possession of all the island save that
part northeast of a line from Arecibn
through Aibonite and Cayey to Huma-
cao.
These places would be evacuated im-
mediately but for the fact that there
is no room'for any more soldiers here.
Every available sleeping place is now
occupied.
Sickness continues among our troops
but it is not increasing, and there are
no malignant diseases.
General Brooke has ordered that ev-
ery tent in the island must have a
board floor.
KITCHENER lN FASHODA.
Report in London That the Egypt‘an
Floris Flying 'J'nere
London, Sept. 21.—It is reported in
government circles that news-has been
received that the Egyptian flag is fly-
ing over Fashoda.
The fact, however, has not been offi-
cially announced.
Paris, Sept. 21.—The Paris press gen-
erally holds the opinion that the set-
tlement of the question of the occupa-
tion of Fashoda ought to be brought
about through diplomacy and not by
force of arms.
L‘Eclair says it is in a. position to
prove false the report that Major Mar-
chandfisjhas been recalled.
Le 2 Matin' "believes that the British
received timely information of the oc-
cupation of Fashoda through secret
SOUI‘CES.
Le Gaulois does not believe that any
trouble will grow out of the Fashoda
affair, but feels certain .hat an amica-
ble agreement Will be reached by the
two governments.
At the cabinet council yesterday M.
Delcasse, minister.‘ of foreign affairs,
explained, thexforelgn situation and
communicated to the council full in—
formation in regard to the mission of
Major Marchand in Africa.
The Powers Coolness to Turkey
Constantinople, Sept. 21.—The proml- .
nent persons'in political circles here
are discussing three salient features
marking the sltliation of Turkey in re-
' gard to- Crete, namely:
The action of Great Britain in ignor-
ing the sultan; the cool reception ac-
corded by the powels to the‘ Turkish
circulars to neither of which has any
one of the powers as yet replied, and
the action of Great Britain in dispens-
ing with the assistance of the other
three powers in Crete.
The attitude of the English govern-
ment has produced a. deep impression
in all circles
Third Pool Sirikc Ends
Pittsburg. Pa. ., Sept. '21. -‘—-The big
strike in the'third pool, which has been
waged for the past few weeks'with so
much bitterness among the miners,
and which has been productive of sev-
erai"sensationa1 incidents, has been set-
tied.
The terms are rather unusual, but
are entirely satisfactory to both sides,
and are in the nature of a compro-
misc.
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Mr Gould’s Assesqnent
Trenton, N. J., Sept. 21._—The state
board of taxation has dismissed the
complaint of the Somerset county board
of freeholders against the assessments
made in the county of Ocean.
It is understood that the board will
make no further move in the matter,
and the assessment against Mr. Gaul-L
of $200, 000 on his personal property,
will stand.
Poisoned at a Siciable
Niles, Mich., Sept. 21.—Nearly one.
tenth of the entire population 'of Plain-
well, a little village inAllégan county,
is ill from eating canned pressed beef
at a church sociable.
Fifty-five persons were poisoned, 20
are dangerously ill and four are ex-
pected to die. the doctors having ex-
pressed no hope of their recovery.
Czar and Kaiser to Meet.
Berlin, Sept. 21.—The Tageblatt says
that the Emperor of Russia will visit
Dantzlg on September 27 to"take part
in the ceremony of unveiling the mon-
ument to the Russian soldiers who fell
there in the Polish war, upon which
occasion he will meet the Emperor of
Germany.
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Rough Riders Horses Went Low.
New York, Sept. 21.—The mounts of
the Rough Riders, over one thousand
in number, were sold at the East 24th
street stables of Fiss, Doerr andCar- '
roll, yesterday. The lowest price reach-
ed was 39, the highest $77. The aver-
age for the entire lot was not above
$20.
$2,000,000 in Gold Purchased
New York, Sept. 21.—Further pur-
chases of gold in London have been
announced in Wall street. Brown Bros.
reported the engagement of $1,000,000.
and Lazard Freresr another million,
making two million in all. The sales
were made by the Bank of England.
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GEN. WHEELER TO GO.
He HasBeen Ordered to Huntsville, All:
to Command the Cavalry.
, Camp Wikoff, Sept. 21.—The Third
' cavalry expects to get away from here
to-day and will be transported across
the Sound to New London, where they
will take the Central Vermont Railroad
B for Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont.
The men of the Eighth Maine Vol-
unteer Signal Corps will be relieved
from duty to- day.
l The Twenty- fourth infantry, colored,
was to have gone wholly to Fort Doug-
§ lass, Utah. As only half the men can
be accommodated at Fort Douglass,
I the rest of them will be stationed in
Wyoming.
General Wheeler is to go to Hunts-
ville, Ala., where he will be in com-
mand of the First Separate cavalry (11.
Vision.
General Wheeler is now in commu-
nication with the quartermaster’s de-
partment regarding the transportation
for moving the cavalry.
General Wheeler says he‘ could move
all the cavalry from Camp Wikoff in
a day or two if proper transportation
is provided.
There were no deaths reported from
the hospital yesterday.
Return of Gen, Merriam.
San Francisco, Sept. 21.—The steam-
er Australia arrived in port yesterday
from Hawaii. General Merriam, com-
mander of the department of Califor-
nia, who has been in Honolulu, was
one of the passengers.
He was accompanied on the voyage
9 by Lieutenants Graves and Bennett of
his staff.
Everything was quiet in Honolulu
when the steamer left. The people
were jubilant. open the annexation and,
were interesting themselves in an ef-
fort to make the government of the
islands similar to that of the United
States.
The officers of the Australia say that
the Arizona, with troops for Manila,
sailed on the 11th inst, and the Scan—
dia, with troops and money, was to
leave on Tuesday, the 13th.
To The Klondike.
_ Montreal, Sept. 21.-The comptroller
of mounted police at Ottawa‘is in re-
ceipt of information to the effect that
Inspector Moody and his small party
of mounted police, who set out for the
Yukon by way of Edmontton, have
reached Dawson City.
No serious mishaps have befallen
them, but their trip was across a coun-
try which white men had never befOre
1 traversed, and although a good deal of
fun has been poked at the expedition
(for the time that the trip has taken,
there is little question that the report
Iwhich it will be able to present will
be of public value.
It has. mereo'vér, cut a path from
EdmOnton to the water strettch lead-
ing'down to Dawson, that has already
been utilized by?prosp'ectors passing in
and out.
The Shoe Workers Strike.
yesterday the indications were that the
strike of lasters would net be so wide-.
spread nor so leng lived as was at first
feared. In addition' to the se'Veral set-
tlements made. Monday, another was
were expected at any time according
to reports by the union officials. How‘-
ever, forty—three men quit the A. M.
Horrod shops, and a few left the Field-
Hazzard and D. W. Field factories to-
day.
Twenty- -six shops are affected. The
union officials claim that twelve firms
have, made settlements.
Ballots for Vol unicorn.-
' Albany, Sept. -.-21--—The official ballot
prepared by the secretary of state for
the purpose of enabling the New York ‘
State Volunteers to vote at the Coming
fall elections is five feet eleven inches
long and six inches wide.
contains the titles of offices for Which
any elector may lawfully vote.
There are seventyeeight office titles
on the ballot, divided as follows: State
7, judicial three, legislative three, coun-
ty eighteen, city thirty-six, ward and
town eleven.
Gen. Zuriinden Reappolnted.
Paris, Sept. 21.—The cabinet council
has reappointed General Zurlinden,
who last week resigned from the cabi-
net because he disagreed with the ma-
jority of the ministers about the pro-
priety of having a revision of the Drey-
fus case, to the post of military gover-
nor of Paris, which he occupied pre-
vious to accepting the portfolio of the
ministry of war.
Telegraphic Service at San logo.
Santiago de Cuba, Sept. 21.—The
United States transport Yucatan ar-
rived here yesterday from Ponce, Por-
to Rico, having on board Captain
Bradley of the Signal Service, who
' will be attached to the staff of General
Wood and make preparations for the
establishment of a telegraphic service
in this province. '
Shafter Goes 'Home
Camp Wikoff, Sept. 21.—General Shaf-
ter left on the nine o’clock train yes-
, terday morning. He goes to his home
' in Michigan, to be present at the re-
union of his old regiment. He will re-
main away about five days. This is
the first time General Shatter has vis-
ited his home since the outbreak of the
war.
Snow at Mt. “’ash'ngion.
Mt. ,Washington, N. I-I., Sept. 21.-
The first snow storm of the season on
Mount Washington took place Monday
night. There were snow drifts yester-
day morning about the summit, ac-
companied by sleet and ice and a high
wind. The thermometer registered 26
degrees above zero.
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Invitation to the President.
San Francisco, Sept.'21.—The most
‘ influential commercial bodies in Cali-
: fornia have united in sending to Presi-
’ dent McKinley a telegraphic invitation
to visit this state and city immediate-
1y after his contemplated visit to Oma-
ha next month. .
The Monitor Terror Reported.
Norfolk, a., Sept. 21.—The monitor
Terror passed in the Virginia capes at
noon yesterday, bound for the Norfolk
navy yard, it is said, for repairs. She
has lately been at Ponce, and wished tc
be reported “All w.ell" .
‘ gm”,
Brockton, Mass, Sept. 21. —At noon.
made yesterday fdre‘noo‘n, and more'
The ballot ‘
Attractive Culling now...
A pretty little gown is composed of
grey ,crepon, embroidered with a. dainty
leaf design. The skirt has the upper
fitted portion cut in scallops and en-
cicled with three little plain grey frills,
headed, with a cording. The attached
flounce is made perfectly plain.
The full bodice is mounted on a plain
yoke of the material, which is covered
with a fancy shaped collar and small
epaulets, trimmed withi'three ruffles.
corresponding with these on the skirt.
The sleeves are close fitting, with a
frill at the-wrist. A .satin‘sash tieing
in a graceful bow in‘ the center of the
back finishes the waist.
What :It meant to Hubby.
"What, doi'VOu think .of it?" asked
the wife'of'th'e newspaper man who is
paid by the column.
The scribbler sighed and shook his
head doubtfully.
“I presume," ‘ he said “math is'
quite the correct thing as gowns go,
but it looks tome as if it must have
cost a lot. ”
“Well, of course goWns like this one
are not to be had for nothing, ” sh‘e ad<‘
mitted, “and this is just the nicest one
I ever had; but considering the work-
manship and material, it was really
very reasonable.”
“How much?" he inquired, and she
handed him the bill.
An hour' later'he was still deep in a
mass of figures, and she began to get
curious.
“What are. you doing?” she asked. ,
"I am trying to find out What enter;
ed into the construction of that re-
markable gown,” he answered.
“Well, you’ll never find out that
way," she'asserted.
ask'me? I could tell you.
eight yards 'of‘the finest
He motioned to her to stop.
“You couldn’t do this problem in
eighteen years” he said. “Now, just
listen. and I will tell you what was
needed to make that gown. It took,
first, a third of a yard of leading ’edig
torial,‘ a yard and a half of special ar-
ticles, eight inches of verse, 3. full two
yards of editorial paragraphs ' 51:
yards of humordus items, an eighth of
a yard of financial statistics, eleven
inch‘es- of headlines. and half a yard
of literary review.
“This was trimmed with sixteen
inches of'dramatic notes, and a yard
and a' quarter of the Woman’s Col-
umn. I tell» you, Maria, that gown
ought to be a gain! one.”
It. 1.901!
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A Sherbet and an Ice.
The difference bett’veen sherbet and
an ice is that the former has added to
it gelatine or the whites of eggs after it
is taken out of the freezer. . In freez-
ing, the sherbet must be stirred with
the crank as is ice cream, the ice being
left unmolested after a few rounds of
the .dasher. Lemon water-ice is now
sometimes enriched by a half-pint of
rich cream that is stirred in ‘with a
wooden spoon just as the mixture be-
gins to set. The can is then covered
and packed well in ice and salt, and
left untouched until thoroughly frozen.
Dainty Furnishings.
The beauty and perfection to which
furfiishings for the country house have
been carried have produced their own‘
reward. From china to window draper-
ies, the inexpensive fittings intended
for summer use have achieved a popu-
larity that has given them longer life.
It is common now for these pretty ef-
fects to be found above stairs at least,
and in the family sitting-room in city
homes.
A Military Entertainment.
A recent entertainment by the war—
reli'ef committee took the' form of a
military encampment. The hall was
hung with flags and military insignia,
and the stalls were tents named for the _
various heroes of the present war,
Camp McKinley leading, with Dewey,
Sampson, Schley, Shatter, and others
duly represented. The attendants ,wore
military costumes, music of a patriotic
character was furnished, and a general
martial atmosphere secured.
Satin \Vall Papers.
The choice of satin papers is permls
sible in rooms where few pictures hang
upon the walls. Where the reverse is
true, plain, dull- finish papers should be
used. A polished surface makes a poor
background for a picture; the reflec-.
tions of light prove distracting, but the
lame printed with some light pattern
is ornamental in itself.
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