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« of Manila and
: sessions, but if the
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' which is generally believe
quarters.
amore and Ohio. _
. four troops are ordered to Fort Grant,
.; America.
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THE PEACE CONFERENCE
THE TASK A DIFFIGULT ONE
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.French Government Studiously Courteous
h Commis
Met
.10 American and Spams
sinners. Our Representatives
Formally Yesterday. Our Commis-
'sioners Are Comfortably Quartered.
2S.——While the reception
's-"to the United States peace commission
*7 here is all that could be cleared, and
“*whiie the French foreign office-has ta~
i‘ken great pains to treat the American
:and Spanish commissioners 1n pre-
‘ciselv the same manner, it must be ad-
. al atmosphere of
plomatic atmos-
-.does not incline toward Amer-
I’aris, Sept-
‘
fie: is the general impression here that
missioners have in-
vidc for the retention
the island of Luzon,
,nd for a commission to pretend to
egotiate is a farce,” said a prominent
Wigffiifica will put herself diplomati-
"cally in the wrong when she exceeds
‘zthe provisions of the protocol which
both‘nations signed. I know the Span-
iards have come prepared to make con-
Americans’ instruc-
mising nature
(1 here to be
“the case, you can rest assured that the
"Work of the commission will be futile.
'The Spaniards will retire, and Amer-
ica will at least have to threaten a re-
sumption of hostilities before she will
st ructions :to pro
_ gain ' her point.”
.-.:The French neWSpapers, beyond. an-
“nouncing the arrival of the commis-
sion, make no comment upon the mat-
ter.
The American peace commission, for
:' the first time since its appointment,
‘r met as a body yesterday, for two hours,
in the drawing room of the Continental
(motel.
Ferdinand W. Peck, United States
r'ommissioner to, the Paris exposition,
.of 1900, is about to vacate his quarters
‘ in the same hotel. They were formerly
o'ccupied‘by the ex-empress Eugenie,
and fha‘ve been used by Mr.~ Peck as
ofiices .until his permanent offices, on
the exposition grounds, are in readi-
ness.
,‘The suite of rooms which the former
empress at one time used will proba-
bly. be acquired by the American peace
commissioners. They will be used for
executive sessions and ofiicial head-
.As the joint commission is not a dc-
liberative body, it will possibly not or-
gan2ze with a presiding member from
.either commission. This is deemed in
some quarters to be the wiser plan, as
‘-.tending to promote closer working re.—
lations between the two commissions
and facilitating an ultimate adjust-
. ment. This, however, is not positive.
IJudge Day and Mr. Whitelaw Reid
.- are quartered at a hotel og'erloo'king
-L- the Tuilleries Gardens, and the other
commissioners are equally comforta-
ible.
The Americans enjoyed sunny weath:
er during their first day in Paris, and
they are all in good health and spir—
..its.
Zillhe French government is arranging
'to provide, at the salon where the joint
sessions of the commissions will be
held, an elaborate buffet, daily, for the
.use of all the commissioners.
"Grins Remofiged on the Alfonso XII.
‘Havana, Se’pt. 28.—The guns which
were taken ashore from the Spanish
cruiser Alfonso XII during the block-
ade of this port by the American fleet,
and which were placed in the Reina
battery, have been returned on- board
that vessel and remounted.
An American company, styled the
"“Island of CubaReal Estate company,"
'has opened business on Obispo street,
T‘Havana. It will deal in country lots.
.. Note is made of this fact, as it is the
first opening of American business un~
.:- 'er the new order of things.
,, “ One of the latest official envelopes
- exchanged with the Spanish commis-
-sioners treated with the subject of
. supplying relief to the insurgent troops.
Ninth Cavalry Goes.
' New York Sept. 28.—The Ninth cav-V
. alry arrived here yesterday from Mon-
- tauk, on its way to stations in the ter-
ritories of Arizona and Oklahoma. The
. regiment goes west over the Norfolk
and Western railway and the Balti-
Headquarters and
Arizona; three troops to Fort Iluachu-
rs, Arizona. Both of these detach-
ments go over the Norfdlk and Western
. railroad.
Two troops are ordered to Fort Apa-
eche, two troops to Fort Du Chesne,
Utah, and one troop to Fort Sill, Okla-
. homa territory. ..
. i Keep Remains of Columbus.
.’ New York, Sept. 28.—The following
" telegram was sent to President Mc-
; Kinley yesterday by the Cuban .Amer-
ican League: _
“The Cuban American‘ League be-
,lieves that it voices the earnest wish
vof the people of both the United States
.. and Cuba when it urges you not to
=.- permit- Cuba’s most interesting and
.- sacred relic—the remains of Christo-
~'-pher Columbus—to be removed from
“A. A. AGURRE,
"Secretary."
Threatened Blockade of Clete.
‘ Vienna, Sept. 28.——It is semi-officially
wannounced that if the Turkish govern-
ment replies unfavorabiv -r
‘rfmands of the powers respecting the is-
land of Crete, which must be complied
'with by October 11, the powers will
blockade certain places in Crete by
..-'land and sea. .
, Ex-Ausmb ym'un Di-nd.
"awego, N. Y., Sept. :28.—William
".Smyth, formerly member of the as-
sembly for Tioga county, died yester-
day morning, aged 79. He was chair-
man of the delegation which met at
. .Saratoga in 1856 and formed the Re-
, Hover,
OCCUPATION OF CUBA-
. V ,
Gan. Miles Opposed to Sending Troops
at There Soon.
Washington, Sept. 28.——General Miles
is opposed to sending troops to Cuba
until December, and has made a rec:
ommendation to that effect. He insists
that the present period is likely to
soldiers, and that the month of October
is one of the‘worst in Cuba from a
hygienic standpoint. ' ”-r
It is doubtful whether this advice
will be accepted by the president, who
wishes to put the army of occupation
upon the island within a few weeks.
In this view he is guided by the rec-
ommendation of the war department
officers, although the latter, now that
General Miles has appeared on the
scene, are discreetly withholding their
contrary opinions from the public.
General Miles believes also that there
should be ample and good accommoda-
tions in Cuba for the troops; he is rig-
idly opposed to camps at home or
abroad if the troops are to be kept for
weeks in any one place. So he has re-
newed in strongest terms his protest
against the camps in the United States,
'and has advised sending regulars to
army posts, and most of the volunteers
back to their states, where they can be
quartered economically and with due
regard to health and comfort.
It is General Miles’s intention to go
to Cuba again when the troops are
settled there. While he will not assume
active command he will exercise the
authority vested in him by his rank.
and will make his trip something of a
tour of inspection.
Iowa and Oregon Start for the Pacific
New York,.Sept. 28.——Captain Sum-
ner, acting commandant of the Brook—
lyn navy yard, received a dispatch
from Washington yesterday directing
that the battleships Iowa and Oregon
be sent away from the yard to-day,
and as a result there was great activ-
ity aboard both vessels. It had been
generally understood that the battle-
ships would not get away from the
yard until the supply ship Iris and the
collier eltic were ready to make the
trip with them around Cape Horn, and
no reason Was assigned for the sudden‘
order to send the battleships away
without the supply ship and the col-
lier.
It was reported that neither the Iris
nor the eltic could be got into condi-
tion within three days, and that they
would follow in the wake of the bat-
, tleships.
A Bank Robbery in Indiana.
Flora, Ind., Sept. 28.—-Between two
and three o'clock yesterday morning
the safe of the Farmers‘ bank was
blown open by robbers, who secured
close to $12,000 and made good their es-
cape.
W'illiam Lenon, the cashier, who was
aroused by the noise of the explosion.
appeared on the scene while the rob-
bers were still at work, was shot,‘and
it is believed will die. ‘
A posse of citizens followed the gang
of robbers for some distance, but they
got away on a hand car. Blodhounds-
have been. secured and are now on
the trail. There were two terrific ex-
plosions, and the bank building was 31--
most wrecked.
The Seal Industry.
Washington, Sept. 28.—Special Agent
Murray, in charge of the Seal islands,
reports that during the past season
18,047 skins were secured.
This is a decrease of about three
thousand in the number taken in 1897.
He reports a general decrease in the
seal herd. .
The branding of seals, he believes,
is a complete sucrvess, and may be re-
ty. He states that two of the'seals
branded in 1896 were killed in 1897, and
the brands amply demonstrated that
neither hair nor fur will grow on seal
skins after they have been branded by
a. hot iron.
Mira-r. Belmont Dead.
New York, Sept. 28.—Announcement
was made yesterday of the death of
Mrs. August Belmont, wife of the ban-
ker. Her death occurred in Paris, and
was unexpected.
Mrs. Belmont was formerly Miss Bes-
sie Hamilton Morgan. She was the
daughter of Matthew Morgan, one
time head of the banking firm of Mat-
thew Morgan & Sons, of this city.
At the time of her death she was
about thirty-five years of age and had
been married twelve years. She was
one of the most beautiful society wo-
men in the city.
Adirondack Steamers Collide.
Utica, Sept. 28.—The steamers Sto-
well and Zip collided on Second lake.
Fulton hain, about 5.30 Monday even-
ing. They came together almost head
on, and the Zip sank immediately in
forty feet of water. ,
The latter is the smallest steamboat
on the Chain, a mere launch, and had
a. crew of but three men.
These and one passenger, G. S. K.
of New York, were rescued
without difficulty.
Ll Hung’s Enemy Imprisoned.
Pekin, Sept. 28.7—An imperial edict is-
sued yesterday practically rescinds the
recent reformatory edicts and orders
that Chang Yen Hwan, the former
member of the Chinese foreign office,
and opponent of Li Hung Chang, be
confined until further notice. '
The edict, however, absolves him
from complicity in the alleged plot to
assassinate the emperor.
New Yellow Fever Cases.
eral Wyman .has received a message
from the Louisiana state board of
health at New Orleans that there are
twenty-six cases of a. mild type of yel-
low fever in Wilson, La. .
The town and parish are quarantin-
ed. The source of the infection is un-
traceable. '
Honored by Japan’s Emperor.
‘ San Francisco, Sept. 28.—Dr. M. C.
Harris, elder of-the Methodist Episco-
pal Japanese Mission ofthe Pacific
conference, has been decorated by the
'Emperor of Japan with the Order of
the Sacred Treasure. in recognition of
services in the missionary field to sub-
jects of Japan.
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prove detrimental to the health of the
sorted to annually with perfect safe- ;
Washington, Sept. 28.—-5urgeon Gen-,
I.
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The French Premier Ready to Assumc
Responsibility for Revision. t“..—
Paris, Sept. 28.—At a cabinet council
held yesterday, at which President
Faure presided, the minister of justice
read the letter he had addressed to the
court of cassation, requesting a revis-
ion of the Dreyfus. case.
The minister also read a circular
public prosecutors throughout the
country, instructing them to repress
energetically any attacks upon the
army. ' V
The discussion at the previous cabi;
net meeting was practically confined
to the premier and the minister of jus-
tice, MM. Brisson and Sarrien.
Replying to the latter’s objections to
a revision of the Dreyfus case, based
on the negative character of the com-
mission’s report and the vote of the
chamber of deputies affirming respect
for a chose jugee (a case already pas-
' sed upon by the courts), M. Brisson
pointed out that the late Lieutenant
Colonel Henry’s confession of forgery
changed the whole aspect of the case.
He concluded:
“If your~scruples arise from personal
considerations, if you do not deem
your self sufficiently .armed to under-
take without hesitation all your respon-
sibility, you need not leave us. You
can remain without having to sign the
letter referring the case to the court
of cassation. Take the portfolio of the
interior. I will take that 6f justice,
and thus all the responsibility will de-
volve upon me.”
M. Sarrien yielded to this appeal.
English and French at Fashoda.
Paris, Sept. 28.—At the cabinet coun-
cil yesterday the minister for foreign
affairs, M. Delcasse, read a telegram
from General Sir Herbert Kitchener,
the British commander on the Nile,
which had been communicated to the
French foreign office by the British
ambassador here, Sir Edward J. Mon-
son. It was worded as follows:
“Met at Fashoda September 1 Mar-
chand flying French flag. Marchand
arrived July 10 with eight officers and
120 Sudanese tirailleurs.”
The dispatch also said that Major
Marchand told General Kitchener he
had sent dispatches to the French gov-
ernment through the Congo and Abys-
sinia. Neither of these communications
hOWever has yet been received by the
French minister of foreign affairs. The
latter said that no orders had been sent
to Major Marchand.
The Launching the Illinois.
Norfolk, Va., Sept. 28.—Except for a.
few minor details everything is in rea-
diness for the launching of the battle-
ship Illinois at the Newport News ship-
yard next Tuesday.
The big masts, funnels, and fighting
turrets are in position, and workmen
will to-day begin greasing the ways
and taking the unnecessary blocks. from
under the keel.
The platform for Miss Leiter, who
will name the Illinois, is being erected.
and the shipyardlis being handsomely
decorated. The launching is set for
about eleven o’clock in the morning,
and will be followed by a dinner at the
hamberlin Hotel, Old Point.
DI nmcratlc State Convention
Syracuse, N. Y., Sept. 28.——"1‘he state
"Democratic convention meets in this
city to-day. All the indications are
that Mayor Van W'yck will receive the
nomination for governor, although
Oroker has' not absolutely given the
word. Of course the word will be final
when he gives it, but he seems. to be.
still guessing.
The state committee met last night
and decided on George M. Palmer of
; Schoharie county for temporary chair-
; man.
Fred C. Schraub of Lowville probably
will be chosen as the permanent chair-
man. ..
Gardiner “’ins at Trenton
Trenton, N. J., Sept. 28.-—At the in-
terstate fair grounds yesterday the five
mile professional race, which began
Monday, was completed. The third
heat was won by W. E. Becker, with
I F. A. McFarland second. The time was
7 12.01. .*
Fourth Heat—“Major” Taylor won by
a few inches; H. T. Terrill second. Time
12.37 3-5. .
Final Heat-Arthur Gardiner, first;
“Major” Taylor second, F. A. McFar-
land third; H. B. Freeman fourth and
W. E. Becker fifth. Time, 11.48 3-5.
Bryan's \Vire Sent for
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. 28.—Mrs. William
3Jennings Bryan has received a tele-
‘ gram calling her to the bedside of her
.husband, Colonel Bryan, who is sick
in Washington.
‘ The message received by Mrs. Bryan
gave no information as to the serious-
ness of the colonel’s illness. ..
She departed for Washington
evening. Colonel
from malarial fever.
Dr. Nancy Guilford Arrested
Bridgeport, Conn., Sept. 28.—It is al—
most certain that Dr. Nancy Guilford
was arrested yesterday at Liverpool
upon the arrival of the steamship Van-
couver, which sailed from Montreal ten
days ago. - -
second class passage on the Vancouver
due at Liverpool yesterday, and it is
known that the English authorities had
been officially asked to apprehend the,
fugitive.
Last of the Bonds
New York, Sept. 28.—;Advices receiv-
ed‘in this city are to the effect that the
treasury department at Washington
will to-day deliver the last batch of
the $200,000,000 of three per cent. war
bonds. .
Secretary Gage will leave the capital
the latter part of the week for a three
weeks’ tour of the West. In his ab-
sence General Spaulding will be the
acting secretary.
Virginia Bank Closes Its Doors.
Richmond, Va., Sept. 27.—-The Alle-
gheny Bank at Clifton Forge closed
yesterday- No statement of its finan--
cial condition has yet been made pub-
lic.
Soc'ulist Ticket In Kansas,
Topeka, Sept. .28.—-—The Populist state
authorities have decided that the So-
cialist state ticket shall have a. place
on theofficial Elliot.
last '
Bryan is suffering.
It. is claimed that Dr. Guilford took,
which he had caused to be sent to the
' were: Ewan"; —
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BRA'SSON All" VDREYFUSWM- ‘ i NEEDS OF OllfiNA Y.
CONSTRUCTOR HICHBORN WRITES
i, ON LESSONS OTTHE WAR.
Oregon and Prookiyn Ai‘e‘the Most I’ll:~
fective Types. ”Foreign Nations Axe
Likely to llIodel After Our Best Battle-
Ships and Cruisers.
The war has taught us what some of
us has already held, that the torpedo-
boat is not the formidable engine of
war which it has been credited with
being. The naval battles of the future,
as of the past, will be fought by the
most powerful engines of naval war-
fare thato can be constructed. The
battle-ship, in‘spite of its great cost,
will‘continue to occupy the prominent
place. The torpedo boat will have its
uses, but they will not be the import-
ant uses of a naval engagement. Dur-
ing the war just closed the torpedo
boat was practically of no use at all.
Just before the outbreak of hostilities
there was a great scare on account of
the flotilla of torpedo-boats and tor-
pedo-boat destroyers which was said
to be on its way across the Atlantic
from the Cape Verde Islands. When
the war actually came, we heard noth—
ing more about them until they were
destroyed. In fact, torpedo-boats were
not used by either combatant, except
occasionally for dispatch boats, a. duty
to which other craft might be more
advantageously assigned. The Wins-
low, it is true, was sent into the bar-
bor of Cardenas to reconnoiter, but
this was gunboat service and not the
work for which a torpedo-boat is in-
tended. '
As for the Spanish boats, there was
really nothing to fear from them
Sigsbee made quick work of the Ter-
ror off San Juan, although the St. Paul
which he commanded, was exactly the
kind of a vessel, unarmored, and pre-
senting a full side, that torpedoes
might be expected to inflict damage
on. ~-
The Furor and the Pluton were
among the very best and the most
modern of the destroyer‘class, and yet
the Gloucester, which is merely a con-
verted yacht, defeated them both.
The war has taught us to rely on
‘our great battle-ships and cruisers
with absolute confidence. Hitherto
the question has been open to fair dis--
cussion in the absence of any practical
illustration of ‘ their work
warfare. But now we know what
they can do.
The two vessels which, as: ships-of--
war, have given the best account of
themselves, 'without'regard to the man
net in which they were handled, al-
though that, cf course, was above crit-
icism with all our ships, are the Ore-
gon and Brooklyn, and these are types
of vessels which are likely to become
more and more in vogue, not only in
the American navy, but in the navies
of foreign powers. The Brooklyn, for
instance, with only four inches of ar-
mor on her sides, was far more than
a match for the Viscaya, with a
twelve-inch armor belt. This type of
vessel combines speed with efficiency
to a most desirable degree.
As for the Oregon, she combines
great strength of armament with a
reasonable amount of Speed and coal
carrying capacity in a proportion
which seems to be eminently desira-
ble. Battle-ships will be built more
and moreon the Oregon plan, with
greaterL speed if possible, without in-
terference with their effectiveness as
fighting machines.
The navy will have to-‘be supplied
with vessels particularly adapted to
the work for which, at the beginning
of the war, we were compelled to buy
all sorts of veSSels at all sorts of
prices. When the war broke out we
were practically without ships suita-
ble for auxiliary service. We had no
patrol-boats and hardly any dispatch-
boats. ‘So that steam yachts, tugboats.
and even ocean liners had to be bougfit
or chartered for the use of the navy.
The result was highly gratifying when
it is considered with what sort of ma
terial we had to deal. But in prepar-
ing for the possibility of another war.
the United States will have to build
ships especially adapted for this aux-
iliary work. , Some of the ships which
were bought for this emergency can
doubtless be made to answer the put-J
pose permanently very well, but as a
rule the auxiliary fleet ought to be
constructed from specially prepared
plans. ' . .
Perhaps the mOst important lesson
which we have learned is the necessity
of making our fighting ships fireproof.
You remember that at Manila and at
Santiago the Spanish ships took fire
and they suffered as much or more
from this cause as from the impact of
our shells.
The War has demonstrated also the
value of the rapid-fire guns and the
eight-inch guns as compared with the
guns of larger calibre. At Santiago
the secondary batteries of the Brook.
lyn and the Oregon are reported to
have been more effective than any
other portion of their armament. The
Manila and Santiago battles also have
shown that smokeless powder is an in.
valuable part of a ship‘s equipment.
It is rather curious that no good
demonstration has been given during
the war of the value of the experimen-
tal craft which the government has
been interested in. The ram Katah-
din has had no opportunity to display
its merits and the submarine boat has
been ignored. The Vesuvius, it is true,
had ai’chance at' Santiago, but it does
not appear that the results were at all
decisive as to its surpassing value ir.
naval operations.
PHILIP HICHBORN, U. S. 11.
“‘Remember," said the good man.
"that there are sermons in stones.”
7"N0t in those that you run against
”with your bike," retortedthe cynic,
and the argument was, necessarily, at
an end-Chicago News.
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