EVACUATION 11 ONCE
Hurry Orders to Our Commission-
‘ - inCuba.
N 0 FURTHER DELAY THERE
Spaniards in Porto Rico Proceeding
, Everywherein Good Fail-111. Preparing
for the Ceremony for Raising Our
,1 "r ' Flag at San Juan.
Washington, Sept. 24. ——A peremptory
message of instruction has been sent
to the Cuban military commission and
by them made the basis of a note to
the Spanish cemmissioners. The a'u-.
thorities in Washington will not make
public the terms of the note, but its
general tenor is that the United States
will not be satisfied with any further
delay in the evacuation of Cuba. It
is to the effect that the terms of the
protocol called .for the ‘fimmedlate”
evacuation of Cuba, and that Spanish
sovereignty must be relinquished. .The
'American commissioners have been in-
formed that the evacuation cannot be
delayed.
San Juan, Island of Porto Rico, Sept.
23.—-Everything regarding the evacua—
tiori Of the island of. Porto Rico by the
Spanish troops is proceeding satisfac-
torily. The Spaniards are acting in
perfect good faith, and are turning
over everything as the y quit the vari-
ous towns.
Preparations are making for an elab-
orate and impressive ceremony when
_the Americanflag is raised over San
. Juan. ' The military commission has
adjourned until next Monday.
The lights on the northern coast,
which were extinguished when the war
began, have been re—established except
at San Juan, where the lighthouse was
destroyed when this place was bom-
‘ barded by the fleet under— Admiral
Sampson.
The lights of the city warn mariners
approaching the port. The United
States bears the expense of the main-
tenance of the coast lights.
United States Consul Hanna is flood-
ed with letters from fortune hunters.
_ He strongly advises all of them to re—
A main at home until'the Americans are
in complete control.
the Santiago Garrison.
Washington, Sept. 24.—General Law-
ton, in command of the forces in San-
tiago, has made a number of recom—
mendations in regard to the depart-
ment. A cavalry force, he says, will
allow him to control a large section
now without garrison. He favors a
fliral police system, and says that a
force of this kind, composed of ex—Cu-
ban soldiers of good character, would
be invaluable.
‘Native regiments can be successfully
organized and mustered. The Cubans,
he says, are tractableand easily con--
trolled. With pay and clothing under
good officers their loyalty would be as-
sured.
International Commission.
Quebec, Sept. 24.—The international
commission, after an hour’s sitting
A yesterday, adjourned at 12.30 o’clock
until next Tuesday.
This adjournment was necessitated
by the stage which the negotiations
have assumed after the exchange of
written statements.
The members of the sub-committees
in the meantime will meet in joint ses-
sion daily. The written statements ex-
changed by the Americans and Cana-
dians deal with twenty questions.
Gen, IllicCook Will Serve.
Washington, Sept. 24.—It was an-
nounced at the White House yesterday
that General Alexander McDowell Mc-
Cook, retired, had accepted a. place on
President McKinley’s investigating
commission. .
f. The commissioners will meet at the
White House this morning at ten
o’clock, and after an interview with
the president, proceed to the war de-
partment, and enter‘upon the discharge
of their duties.
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Eesignation of Assistant Surgeon Pierce.
Washington, Sept. 24.—Passed As-
sistant Surgeon N. H. Pierce, one of
the volunteer officers of the navy, has
resigned.
He has a large practice in Chicago
and is desirous of returning to it. At
the outbreak of the war he was a
member of the board which examined
candidates for enlistment in the navy
along the Gulf coast. During the war
he was attached to the Kanawha.
Buffalo Bill Critically Ill.
Kansas City, Sept. 24.—Colonel W. F.
Cody, ”Buffalo Bill,” has been taken
very ill and has been removed from
his private car to St. Joseph’s hospi-
tal.
He is. suffering from typhoid fever,
and his physicians say his condition is
serious. He'has been ailing for ten
days.
To Resume Service.
New York, Sept. 24.—The Internation-
al Navigation Company announces the
resumption of its fast express service
between New York and Southampton
commencing with the sailing of he St.~
- Louis on October 12, to be followed bv
' the St. Paul on October 19, and the
Paris on October 26.
Lecturer and Novelist Dead.
Baltimore, Sept. 24. ——Richard Mal-
' colm Johnston, the lecturer and novel-
ist, died in this city yesterday morning
' after an illness of several months.
As an author Richard Malcolm J 011n-
ston is best known by his dialect sto-
ries. The first of these were published
:11 the Southern Magazine at Baltimore
in 1870.
Mr. Canon 3. Peer.
London, Sept. 24.—Mr. George M.
Curzon, the newly appointed Viceroy to
India. has been elevated to the peerage
- as Baron Curzon of Kedleston, Ire-
' land.
Chill and Argentine Agree.
Buenos Ayres, Sept. 24.—It is repor-
. ted that an amicable agreement ber
tween the Argentine and Chilian gov-
ernments has been signed.
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GEN. WOODFORD’S RESIGNATION.
Will Not Go to Madrid When Diplomatic
‘ gel relations Are Resumed.
Washington, Sept. 24.—Officers of the‘
administration admit that Gen. Stew-
art L. Woodford has tendered his re-
signation as United States minister to
Spain, but are not able to give any
particular reasons for that action other
than that General Woodford practically
relinquished his diplomatic post when
his passports were tendered to him by
the Madrid government last April. He-
has not been drawing any salary for
more than two months.
The tender of his resignation means,
of course, that General Woodford will
not return to Madrid when diplomatic
relations between the United States
and Spain are resumed.
WOODFORD.
GEN.
Thele is a report in administration
circles that General Woodford wants
to be United States senator from New
York and has resigned in anticipation
of a campaign to that end. He expects
to become a member of the peace com-
mission, and some surprise was cre-
ated among his friends'when he Was
not appointed, as they had been made
to understand that he was one of the
first men selected by the president.
Decision as to Dreyfus.
Paris, Sept. 24. «The Dreyfus revis-
ion commission has reached a decision
in the matte of evising the tial, but
its conclusions have not yet been
communicated to the minister of jus—
tice.
Le Soleil publishes a letter from M.
Trarieux, senator for Gironde, and for-
merly minister of justice, in which he
assures Colonel Picquart of his contin-
ued affection and moral support and
expresses himself as convinced that
Picquart’s judges will be compelled to
recognize his innocence.
It is learned that it was General Cha-
noine and not General Zurlinden who
actually transmitted to _the military
government after the adjournment of
the cabinet council on Tuesday the
dossier forming the basis of the fresh
charges against Colonel Picquart.
These papers he received from General
Zurlinden.
Le Rappel declares that General Cha-
nois was trapped into ordering the in-
stitution of military proceedings ag-
ainst Colonel Picquart, the order for
his prosecution having been surrepti—
tiously slipped in among a lot of im-
portant documents placed upon the
minister’s desk to be signed.
Battleships Nearly Ready.
Brooklyn, Sept. 24.—Preparations for
the long trip of the Oregon and Iowa
to Honolulu are rapidly nearing com-
pletion at the navy yard. Gangs of
men are busily at tyork upon the decks
of the Oregon, putting the finishing
touches to the new planking which has
been laid over the steel decks.
A few minor repairs of a like nature
to the Iowa is all that is necessary to
put both Vessels in proper shape for
their journey.
Officers on both the Iowa and Orc-
gon deny that wholesale desertions are
taking place aboard their ships since
the orders to proceed to Manila have
been received. There have been a few
men, they said, who overstayed their
leave-but the number was no greater
than usual.
Forty seamen arrived aboard the
receiving ship Vermont Thursday night
to take the places of the short term
men on the Iowa and Oregon. The
recruits are from Boston, having been
enlisted'in that vicinity.
Rumored Cabinet Changes.
Washington, Sept. 24.—Rumors 11f
forthcoming cabinet changes are flyin'
thick and fast in the vicinity of the
White House.
Every “cabinet maker” in the Capi-
tal city is working over time to help
the president get rid of Secretary Alger
and fill his place with more desirable.
timber.
Those persons who talked with the
president yesterday ciuld discover no
traces of a prospective reorganization
of the cabinet.
King liIcnelek at Fashoda.
Berlin, Sept. 24.—A dispatch to the
Cologne Gazette from St. Petersburg
says that it is regarded as possible, in
the light of recent information, that
not only the French'expedition under
Major Marchand but a force of Abys-
sinian troops is at Fashoda.
It is expected that King Menelek
will refuse to relinquish his old claim
to the Nile border of his empire, and
accordingly may plant his flag and as-
semble a considerable force of troops
opposite Fashoda.
Turkey Still Contrary.
Constantinople, Sept. 24.—The Porte
has addressed another circular to the
four powers controlling affairs in Crete
protesting against the disarmament of
the Mussulmans in that island unless
the Christians are also disarmed sim-
ultaneously.
There have been a great many ar--
,. rests of Mussulmans here within the
last few days. The motive for the ar-
rests is not known.
Err-Secretary Sherman Better.
Washington, Sept. 24.—Ex-Secretary
Sherman has 'so far recovered from his
illness that his physician, Dr. Frank
Hyatt, has left the city for a few days. ‘
on his advice, Mr. Sherman has aban—
doned his speech making plans in the
state of Ohio.
{ENTONBNN IN A MINE
Eight Dead and Nineteen Are Still
_Unaccounted For.
TWENTY, - SEVEN ESCAPED
TGn-lble Accident at; Brownsville. P8. All
Explosion of Gas, the Cause of the
Disaster. Searching Parties liIake Brave
Efl’orts to Find the Entombed Men. _
Brownsville, Pa, Sept. 24.—Fifty-four
men' were entombed in the Umpire
mine of Snowden, Gould & Co.. a quar-
ter of a mile below Brownsville, by an
. explosion of gas at eight c’clOCk yes—
terday morning. Two dead bodies
were taken out soon afterward. They
were James Hall and John Bennett"
Five more bodies were recovered at 10
o’clock.
TWenty—seven of .the entombed min—
ers returned to town at 1.30 o’clock,
having escaped by traversing a mile
and a half of underground passages,
coming out at an opening near Lynn
station on the Red Stone branch of the
Pennsylvania railroad.
Another body, that of Robert Davis,
was recovered at this time,.making
eightdead. Nineteen miners are still
unaccounted for.
Searching parties are making fran-
tic efforts to reach the entombed min-
ers, but their progress is slow, and
there is great danger of another ex—
plosion, which might bury them also
under‘ tons ofvrock and earth.
Immediately"following the explosion
of gas theie was:~ Isecond explosion of
fire damp. There were 140 men in the
mine at the time of the explosion, work
having been begun for the day a‘ short
time previous. Of these 58 were in en-
tries Nos. 9 and 10.
Four men,'Jacobs, Davis, Whetzell
Walker and a Hungarian, were neax
the mouth of the entries. The others
were far in.
When the explosion came these five
ing, which they succeeded in reaching,
though all‘were more or less injured.
They finally crawled out to the Open
2111'.
Intelligence of the disaster soon
spread, and crowds gathered around
the mouth of the mine. Terrible scenes
were presented. Wives and children of
the entombed men were frantic with
grief, and their shrieks and wails were
frightful to hear.
Notwithstanding the great danger,
the rescuing parties are working brave—
ly, but their efforts have so far‘been
fruitless.
GERMANY AND MANILA-
Govermnent Warned__of__a Conspiracy
With Aguinaldo.
San Francisco, Sept. 24.—A man of
this city who formerly had a large in—
terests in the Philippines and who has
correspondents there and in Germany
declared that the Germans are plan—
ning to help Aguinaldo by furnishing
him with Krupp. guns, rifles and skil-
led gunners, and that‘when they have
made him so formidable that the
Americans will be forced to retire, then
Germany will take the islands and
throw Aguinaldo over. What gives
plausibility to his story is that the
teller of it was the first to warn Pres-
ident McKinley of German designs on
- the Ladrones, which led to sealed or-
ders to the Charleston to take those
islands. .
It will be remembered that the first
intimation of the. Charleston's mission
came from this city, and at the same
time the informant gave the first sug-
gestion of German intermeddling in
the Philippines, and with his knowled-
ge of that Government’s policy pre-
dicted serious’Complications. He told
how he had seen Germany’s officials in
the guise of traders supplying arms
and ammunition to Filipinos foryears
with the deliberate design to harass
Spain until she would be glad to part
with the islands at any price.
In spite of repeated disavowals by
Germany of any such designs, time has
Iproved that the Government’s infor-
' ment knew what he was talking about,
_ and every few days since then Germa«
lny has made some move that plainly
[indicated-her determation not to let
I the 'coveted Philippines slip away from
, her. Plans have been completed where-
’by the policy inaugurated under Spa-
nish rule in the islands will be contin-
ued more vigorously, now that they
are under American control. Germany
'is determined to have the Philippines,
and Ag uinaldo will continue to be the
icatspaw to rake in the chestnut. He
has been beguiled by Germany into the
‘ belief that he will be permitted to as—
sume the governmentin exchange for
Evaluable concessions and commercial
[advantages that he can bestow upon
Ithe Germans, but Germany does not
' expect to retain him even as a figure
head.
ON THE DIAMOND
Games . Played Yesterday
New York 3, Louisville 6.
Brooklyn 4, St. Louis 3.
First game, Washington ’3, Cincin-
nati 1. _'
1 Second game-~Washington 6, Cincin-
nati 10. -
Pittsburg 1, Boston 2.
Baltimore 0, Chicago 2.
Cleveland 1, Philadelphia 5.
How The Clubs Stand.
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Explosion 111 allislilling Plant
New York, Sept. 24.—~The grainery in
the Fleischmann distilling Company’s
plant in Blissville, Long Island City,
exploded yesterday afternoon at 1.50
o’clock, and injured several men.
The force of the explosion was
great that it"blew one of the distillery
houses on to the tracks of 'thte Long
Island railroad, near which several'of
' the houses of the. establishment stead.
'1 .
men made a rush for the main head;
Clubs. Won. Lost. P.C.
Boston 88 44 .667
Baltimore .. .. .. .. .. .... '85 46 .649
Cincinnati ...... . . . ..... 82 .53 . .607 ’
Cleveland ........... . .. 74 57 ’ .565
Chicago ..... 73 63 .531'
New York .. . .......... 70 62 - .530
Philadelphia . . . . . . . . . . . 66 62 .516
Pittsburg .. .. 67 68 .436
Louisville . . . . .. . . . . . . .. 59 74 ' .444
Brooklyn 48 76 .387
Washington .. .. .. .. 43 89 .325 ‘
St. Louis ....... . ..... .. ’ 35 96
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SUN’S WEEKLY REVIEW.
The Reports for Three \Veeks Have Been
Larger Than Last Year.
New York, Sépt. 24.—Europe will
have to consider possible American de-
mands for money much more anxiously
in the future. Doubtless there has
been for many years a feeling that the
new continent could not be put off
with promises. But the control of this
country over money markets in the old
world is coming lug be that of a master.
Our banks lend over there heavily
when it is the most convenient market
for them, but they draw on Europe
Whenever they want money and no lon-
ger have occasion to limit their drafts.
The August return of foreign com-
merce shows another heavy balance on
merchandise and specie account in fa.-
vor of this country, and the exports
from New York for three weeks have
been five per cent. larger than last
year, and although the imports have
been 18 per cent. larger, the trade bal-
ance in September was last year so
great that there is sure to be a heav-
ier balance for this month than in
August. In addition the‘ growing for-
eign confidence in American invest-
ments has materially affected the
movement of specie, and probably will
affect it more decidedly in the fut-
ure.
This country is not dlawing on Eu-
rope as largely to pay for bread stuffs
as it did a year ago, and yet wheat
exports for the week, flour included,
have been 3,963,204 bushels from At-
lantic ports, against 3,677,868 last year
and 543,417 from-Pacific ports, against
1,094,893 last year, making for three
weeks 10,203,941 from both coasts, flour
included, against 15,569,129 last year.
Prices have risen sharply, about four
cents for the week, and the exports of
corn, though not as large as last year,
have been heavy in comparison with
any other year. The price slightly ad-
vanced.
The reports from different cities dis-
close a wonderful activity at the chief
centers of western trade, the dispat—
che‘s from ’Chicago, St. Paul and St.
Louis being specially‘”‘significant.'
The iron and steel trade expands with
a rapidity which throws into the shade
all expectations, with a steel famine in
Germany, and Great Britain in the
market for ten‘ thousand tons plates,
and the American works are crowded
for months ahead.
The deliveries of boots and shoes
have been about 9,000 cases larger than
in any previous year, and 27, 000 cases
or ten per cent. larger than in the year
1892 to date '
The textile industries are not sharing
the general improvement to a full ex-
tent, in part because the heavy decline.
in cotton, with large stocks of goods.
accumulating, makes the mills dispos-
ed to wait for‘ future developments,
and in part because the price of wool
is higher than the mills are _at present
disposed to pay.
Failures for the three weeks ending
September 15 have
against $5, 621, 518 last year, and $18,-
019,232 in 13 95.
The Generals of the Army.
Washington, Sept. 24.—Nothing defi~
nite has been determined regarding
the muster out of various general staff
ofiicers’, although the list is being pre-
pared. '
General Wheeler will. be in command
of'the cavalry division when he reaches
Huntsville, Ala.
The impression seems to be that Gen-
eral Wheeler will resign his commis-
sion in order'to re-enter Congress.
General Greene, who arrived at San
Francisco Thursday, it is supposed, will
tender his resignation after a report
has been made.
Two major generals in the volunteer
service, General Graham and General
Coppinger, will soon retire under the
army regulations. General Graham is
now in command at Camp Meade.
The suggestion has been made that
even after he retires as a regular army
officer he could be retained in the ser-
vice under his volunteer commission
and still remain in command of Camp
Meade. The law in the case is being
looked into.
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Yellow Fever Situation Better.
New Orleans, Sept. 24.—The yellow
fever situation is now regarded as fa-
vorable. No new cases have been re-
ported since Wednesday, all the pa-
tients are improving and the fever is
of a very mild type. ‘
The Louisiana state board of health
has quarantined against New Orleans
and Jefferson parish, which is just op-
posite the city.
It advises a liberal construction of
the Atlanta regulations as to passen-
ger traffic and freight, because the in—
fection is very small .and removed
from the commercial district and the
danger from freight traffic remote.
There have been seventy cases of fever
at Franklin to date and two deaths.
Plans of Spain’s Commission.
Paris, Sept. 24.—It is said here that
the Spanish peace commissioners will
leave Madrid on the evening of Sep-
tember ‘25, and that a preliminary
meeting of the joint commission will
be "held on September 27 at the Quai
d’Orsay. The meeting will be wholly
informal.
Madrid, Sept. 24.—El Liberal under-
stands that the government has ap-
pointed Senor de Ojeda, Spanish min-
ister to Morocco, secretary of the Pa1is
peace cimmission.
Soldiers May Vote at Sea.
Topeka, Kart, Sept. 24.—The Twenti-
eth Kansas regiment, now stationed at
San Francisco, and soon to start for
Manila, will have a chance to vote for
state officers and congressmen, but
the polling place is likely to be on
ship board, near the middle of the Pa—
cific ocean.‘
Secretary of State Bush is preparing
the ballots, which will be sent to Colo—
nel Funston at San Francisco to-day.
lilore Gold Engaged.
New York, Sept. 24. "—Imports‘ of gold
yesterday amounted to $850, 000. Hei-
delbach, Ickelheimer & Co. reported the
engagements of $600, 000, and Kountze
Brothers $200, 000. This brings the total»
gold movement thus far up to $13, 715 -
000 . .
Cumoauia Near Queenltoirn.
Queenstown, Sept. 24.—The steamship
with the American peace
commis'Sioners' on board, passed Old
Head at one oclock yesterday after.
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