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RAISING SISIIISII SIIIIS
' The Navy Department Sends Aid
to Uonstructor Hobson.
THE COLON TO BE FLOATED
His Views Adopted Despite the Reports
of Other: Experts. Importance of the
Attempt. Appliances Sent to Him. The
Colon's Value is Worth an Efl‘ort to
Saved ”’5.“
W'ashington, Sept. 30.—-Assistant Sec—
retary Allen, who has been directly in
charge of the arrangements made with
the wrecking companies for raising
such of the Spanish warships as can
be recovered, said yesterday, referring
to Constructor Hobson’s work on the
Teresa. that the navy department had
given the young constructor all the
assistance which it was possible to ex-
tend in the prosecution of his work.
Moreover, it is now proposed to give
him further aid in his efforts to raise
the Colon, by far the finest shipof the
Spanish squadron.
.«'hatever credit has been earned by
C: nstructor Hobson by reason of the
d -resa would, in the opinion of Mr. Al-
1 a, be largely exceeded if the attempt
I ) raise the Colon results successful-
'1.
In the case of this ship the ycfung
constructor has pledged his profession-
al reputation against the unanimous
opinion of all the expert wreckers who
have examined the ship.
Yet the navy department is unhesi-
tatingly supporting Hobson’s judgment
as is indicated by the fact that it has
shipped from New York $20,000 worth
of specially manufactured rubber air
bags, to be used in lifting the sunken
vessel.
Aside from the sentimental reason
for sparing no effort to save this ship,
the navy department is satisfied from
the reports of the divers who have in-
vestigated her condition, that she is
well worth, from a. purely monetary
point of view, the expenditure of a con-
siderable percentage of her original
value, about $4,000,000, if there is a rea-
sonable prospect of raising her.
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/ NEW 01w oo’cx {foe e'osrou.
Satisfactory Preliminary Boring: and the
“"‘ A. :Structure Will Be Rebuilt. _
Washington. Sept. 30.:Reports have
been‘received at the navy department
of the preliminary boring's forthe foun-
dation of the granite dry dock at Bos-
ton. The reSults are satisfactory, and
the structure will be located at the
place selected by Civil Engineer Endi-
cott, chief of the bureau of yards and
docks.
The clock will be situated east of the
present smaller dock and in a part of
what is known as the Wet Basin. Bids
will be invited soon.
The department officials are grati-
fied that the foundation of the Boston
dock will cost less than the engineers‘
estimates.
A contract has been awarded for the
preliminary borings on the Portsmouth
N. H. dock. Bids will be invited on
Saturday by the bureau of yards and
docks for a large storehouse at the New
York navy yard. The plans contem-
plate a $30,000 structure, in which will
be kept the supplies of ships of war.
The yard is lacking in these facilities,
and stores for vessels are piled in
hallways or kept under temporary cov-
er about the yard.
The building will be erected for the
bureau of supplies and accounts.
Plans have been made for twelve of-
iicers’ quarters at the Mare island navy
yard, replacing the row of dwellings
destroyed by earthquake.
The structures will cost in the neigh-
borhood of $125,000.
l‘o ‘Ved u Baring.
New York, Sept. 30.-—The date for the
wedding of Miss Marie H. Churchill of
this city to Harold Baring of. England
is set for October 24, and elaborate ar-
rangements are making for its solem-
nization. It will take place in St.
Thomas’s, 'on Fifth avenue, the scene
of so many international alliances.
The engagement was announced some
time ago, on Miss Churchill’s return
from a European tour, on which she
met Mr. Baring. »
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
John H. Churchill, and is recognized as
one of the belles of the “four hun-
dred.”
Room—volt Favorite Over Van “'ch.
New York, Sept. 30.—Betting on the
Stock Exchange picked up considera-
bly as soon as the news of the nomina-
tion of Judge Van Wyck by the Demo-
crats was learned. The prevailing odds
were about two to one in favor of
Roosevelt.
E. B. Talcott offered to bet $1,000 to
$450 Roosevelt would be elected, and
E. L. Montague offered $2,500 to $1,500
on the same man.
There seems to be a. feeling on the
exchange that Colonel Rosevelt will be
hard to beat.
Receivers for the Arlington Mills.
Wilmington, De1., Sept. 30.——-Applica-
tion was made yesterday for the ap-
pointment of receivers for the Arling-~
ton mills in this city.
The Hanover and Continental banks
of New York hold over $200,000 of the
paper.
Judge Bradford, in the United States
district court, set Tuesday next as the
day for-argument.
The Fue rat Bismarck Fast.
New York, Sept. 30.—-The Hamburg-
American line steamer Fuerst Bis-
marck, which, sailed from New York
for Cherbourg, Southampton and Ham-
burg, according to a cable dispatch,
reached Cherbourg at 3 a. m. yester-
day, making the passage in six days,
ten hours and 54 minutes. Her prev-
ious eastward record to Cherbourg is
therefore lowered by about 1 hour and
56. minutes.
Burglar! Rob 8 Post once.
Rumney, N. H., Sept. till—Burglar:
broke into the postofflce here Thursday
morning and blew off the door.of the
safe.' ,They secured all the receipts for
. I.the last quarter and a quantity of
stamps. The postmasterhas not yet
ascertained the extent of his loss.
AT CAMP WIKOFF.
Departurevof the Twuntyl‘il’m Infantry.
, Gen. Shorter’s Condition.
Montauk Point, L. 1., Sept. 30.—Gen-
eral Shafter is still indisposed and did
not leave his headquarters at the club
house yesterday. He has malarial fe-
ver and has had several chills, but no
serious results are looked for.
He is able to give orders, and they
are executed by Colonel McClellan, the
adjutant. He expects to resume active
work in a. day or two. “
The Twenty-fifth infantry, 700 men,
in command of Major Hoten, left yes:
terday by rail for Long Island City.
They are going to forts in Colorado.
Arizona and New Mexico, to relieve
the Fifteenth infantry, which is to do
garriSOn duty in Cuba.
Forty sick men Were transferred
from the camp in a hospital train, and
will be distributed among N ewIYork i21-
stitutions. ,
There are 195 patients in the general
hospital. There are three men in the
detention hospital. There were five,
but one was sent to St. John’s hospital
in Brooklyn, and another was furlough—
ed.
There was only one death, that of
Charles Rose of Company M, Second
regular infantry, from typhoid.
The Second, Sixth and Tenth cavalry
are waiting transportation. The Sev-
enth infantry will remain here as long
as the hospital is in existence, and the
engirfeers and Signal Corps men will re-
main with them.
One thousand cavalry horses are ex-
pected to be shipped by rail from here
for Huntsville, Ala., to-day, and on
Saturday or -Monday four hundred
horses will be sent to New York to be
sold, as they have been condemned.-
MISSIONARY REPORT-
American Missionary Association Rev-
enues Have Decreased.
Concord, N. H., Sept. 30.—The follow-
ing financial statement of the Ameri-
can Missionary Association, whose fif-
ty-second anniversary is to be held
here the last week. in October, has
been'received here from the treasurer
in New York, Mr. H. W. Hubbard:
The current receipts of the associa-
tion for the five years from 1886-87 to
1891-92 inclusive were $1,964,044, and
from 1891-92 to 1896—97 inclusive were
$1,658,984, 9. decrease, these” last five
years"’of‘¥305,060§” " ‘ " ' '
This decrease in receipts has caused
a burdensome: debt and a curtailment
of expenditures, crippling Work in all
departments, By :a. cut in expenditures
the, executive committee brought the
deficit down to $54,945, and during. this
year a further cut will reduCe it to
about $25,000. -
The determined policy of the commit-
tee will be' to' ’cut the work down in
proportion as' the churches withhold
funds necessary to conduct it.-
The Situation at Santinzo.
Washington, , Sept. 30.-—Letters not
exactly official have been received from
Generals Lawton and Wood at the war
department, giving some account of the
condition which exists and what these
officers are doing in the province of
Santiago.
They say that they are getting along
bans are being treated well, and those
who are willing to work are given em-
ployment, the more intelligent being
selected for positions in the govern-
ment service, which they are fitted to
occupy. The letters encourage the of-
ficials of‘the department to believe
that the problem of the government of
the island of Cuba will work ,itself out
with care and patience on thepart of
the American people. '
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The Island of Luzon nt Least to be Held.
W ashington, Sept. 30.—The presi—
dent is quoted by a representative who
saw him yesterday as admitting, what
has been asserted in these dispatches,
that the scope of the instructions to the
American members of the Paris peace
commission extended to the American
ownership of the entire group of the
Philippine islands.
are instructed in writing to take noth-
ing less than the island of Luzon.
It is expected that when they de-
mand this and propose to circumscribe
Spain on the rest of the islands by for-
bidding her to dispose of them to any
other power, she wilt very willingly
consent to part'with all of them to us
without more ado, and we shall get
what we set out to get without having
to haggle over it.
l‘hree Thoiuuml Idle.
Philadelphia, Sept. 30.—Nearly three
thousand carpet weavers have been
thrown out of employment in this city
becauee of the action of the ingrain
carpet yarn spinners in shutting down.
This action on the part of the spin—
ners was decided on several days ago.
For Some time the spinners have been
turningoutyarn twice as fast as the
weavers could consume it, and this
forced the price down to-such an ex-
tent that it was deemed advisable to
close down for the present.
Klondike lumen Return.
Port Townsend, Wash, Sept. 30.-—A
bark has arrived from St. Michaels
with ninety-five passengers and $20,000
in gold dust- , ., .; ‘ . .
The steamship Farrallon has arrived
from Lynn Canal ports, bringing sev-
enty paSsengers from. Alaska.
On September 26 theFarallon picked
up the wrecked schooner Capella in
Seaforth channel and toWed her to
Belle. Della. The Capella’s captain
was drowned in a gale on September
20. ' »
Big Forlilizer Works Burned.
North Weymouth, Mass, Sept. 30.—
The factory buildings .of the Bradley
Fertilizer Works, about two and one-
half miles from the village, were burn-
ed at about 11 o'clock Wednesday eve-
ning. Their contents, including stock
and much valuable machinery, ,were
also destroyed, and the total loss will
be about $250,000.
The buildings covered an area of
more than three acres.
Gen. Hawkins Promoted.
Washington, Sept. 30.—Ma.jor General
Hamilton S. Hawkins. United States
' volunteers, who commandedthe divis-
Ion which captured San J uan hill in the
second day’s fight at Santiago, has
been appointed a brigadier general in
the regular army to fill the. vacancy
caused by the retirement of General
William'M. Graham. ._ .
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as well as could be expected. The Cu- .
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THE QUEBEC CONFERENCE.
Attorney General Martinfiit'nritish co:
lumbia Arrives \Vlth a llIemorla'.
Quebec,Sept. 30.—-The Hon. Joseph
Martin, attorney general of British Co-
lumbia, arrived here yesterday. He
beers with him for presentation to the
Canadian commissioners a memorial
dealing with the Behring sea and Alas-
ka boundary questions, as well as other
issues, including commercial reciproc-
ity and reciprocity in towing and wrec-
king. ,
The memorial expresses the views of
the British Columbia. government. That
government is unwilling that Canada
should cede her rights to pelagic seal-
ing for a monetary compensation to
the Canadian sealers. ,
Mr. Martin is confident that no dlf-
ficult‘y will be found in settling the
Alaska boundary dispute. His idea is
that the American interpretation put
on the treaty defining the boundary
should be strenuously resisted. He pro-
tested strongly against what he called
1;,
. the large and expensive methods adop-
ted by American customs officers in
enfarcing the boundary regulations at
Skagway and other gateways to the
Yukon.
The memorial he brings favors a wide
measure of reciprocity between the two
countries. It also seeks an interna-
tional arrangement for the protection
of fish from wholesaleslaughter. Mr.
Martin will seek the abolition of the
United States duty on ores containing
lead. He says the question is o e in-
volving the very future of the m ning
industry.
Captain Cox, who represents the Bri-
tish Columbia sealers, declares that he
never advocated the extinguishment
of the rights of British subjects to en-
gage in pelagic sealing as a basis for
the settlement of the dispute.
The sealers do not seek to influence
the commissioners, he says. They
would be satisfied with a just settle-
ment. If compensation, as has been
suggested, were offered, his fellow seal-
ers would be prepared to sell out of
a business fast becoming unremunera-
tive. '
PEACE COMMISSIONS MEET.
No Business Will Be Transacted Till Gen.
Merritt Roaches Paris.
Paris. Sept. 30.—The American and
Spanish...neece commissioners met for
the first time at 'nden‘yéatérday. The
meeting, which was purely. of a social
character, took place at the residence
of M. Delcasse, minister of foreign ate
fairs, who introduced. the. ' commission-
ers' to oneanother after which lunch-
eon was_ser’ved.l’,___. .. ,._ , :jf,
The‘rew‘lll be no official meetin of
the joint-"commission until I u; fly.
The. American commissioner'sfhel'd ‘a
conferenceyesterday, morning and? read
and“ discussed some documents... :The
commissioners._ will hold daily: sessions.
Saturday's meeting willbe merely for?
mal. and no“ businessf Will be; aetuillly
undertaken‘_ ,u'nt'il aftergtht‘e “ Anierlodn
commislener‘s have'had‘ja conSult‘a-
tion with General 2M'erri‘tt’, iwh‘o-Uwill
arrive in Paris next t'Mon‘day. '
Nebraska’s Big W'heat Crop.
Omaha, Neb., Sept. 30.—-V-Vhat to do
with Nebraska’s big wheat crOp w..-.—
the subject of discussion at the meet-
ing of the State Millers’ Association
yesterday afternoon. The sessmi. '.\-.
held with D. M. Dean of Seward, pres-
Ident of the Millers’ Association, in th.
chair.
Many matters relating to the inte-
ests of millers Were discussed, but th
one about which all present had some—
thing to say, was the wheat crop.
It was determined to form a stat;-
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organization to grind all surplus wheat.
into flour and keep up the price of that
’ commodity.
To Quell an Indian Outbreak.
St. Paul, Minn, Sept. 30.—A detach-
ment of the Third infantry, in con:-
mand of Lieutenant G. B. Humphrey,
will leave Fort Snelling to—day for the
scene of the lndian ulbtbl'bdi.ccb ll. t...
Leech lake country.
The disturbances began when a Uni-
? ted States marshal arrested two of the
‘Indians, and the others came to their
lrescue and took them from the mar-
‘ shal and his posse by force.
I They then declared to the authorities
'that they would make laws of their
1 own and would refuse to obey the laws
of the United States.
“ Tlie'PresidTnt- Accepti,
I Washington, Sept. 30.-—A delegation
'from Philadelphia, headed by Mayor
Warwick, yesterday formally invited
President McKinley to attend the peace
jubilee celebration to be held in that
city on October 26 and 27. _
The party consisted of the congress-
men from Philadelphia districts, Pres-
ident Miles of the Select Council, Pres-
ident Hartman. of the Common coun-
cil and chairmen of the various com—
.; mittees of the jubilee celebration. The
Ipresident accepted the invitation.
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Medals for the Brooklyn ‘Crew.
Brooklyn, Sept. 30.-—Handsome bronze
medals were presented yesterday after-
noon to 341 of the ofllcersand crew
of the United States armored cruiser
Brooklyn at the 23rd regiment armory.
on Bedford avenue. Brooklyn, in com-
at Santiago. . ,
The medals are the gift of the patri<_
otic citizens of Brooklyn and are in-
tended as an expression of their ap-
preciation of the gallant services per-
formed by the men behind the guns. -
A Draw at Conny IllamL
New York, Sept...30.——The much dis-
cussed fight between Kid Lavigne, the
lightweight champion, and Fra Ems,
for the lightweight champio ip 01
the world, took place at the Greater
New York Athletic Club. Coney island,
Wednesday night, and resulted like the
majority of the fights decided at this
club—in a draw. ‘
Time for rum; Nominations.
Albany, N. Y., Sept. 30.-—Yesterdl.y
was the first and October 9 will be the
last day for filing party nominations
with the secretary of state.
certificate must bear a ten-cent reve-
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nue stamp. ,‘ « ' ,
World’s Pacing Record Broken.
Salem, Ore:,-Sept. 30.—Del_Norte, the
guideiess pacer,~ha.s reducedthe World's
recordyof 2.04 3-4 for one mile to:2.04 1-4.
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memoration of. the great naval battle-
Ever!”
.The «time. p. by, gunners was 9.30, 1.00,
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PADDY PLAYED WELL AND LONG.
shuts Out the Other Stars and Give: the
Entire Concert. ,
'I dare say you haveheard of Pader-
ewski’s love for his own particular pi-
ano and his absorption therein. He-
r'ealistic fashion one evening, when
young Mr. Alfred Harmsworth, the
proprietor of the London Daily Mail
and thirty odd other papers, gave an
“at home” in his beautiful house in
Berkeley square, to which all London
west of Bond street seemed to try and
seek admission. '
There was a long list of artists who
had been engaged at “enormous ex-
pense,” as the bills say, and among
these were Paderewski, Melba, Plan-
con, Johannes Wolff, Eames, etc., all
of whom came with their checksai-
ready in their pockets. Paderewski got
five hundred pounds in advance and
brought his own piano; Melba received
three hundred pounds, for which she
was to sing three songs, and the others
had sums varying from one hundred
to two hundred and fifty pounds, ac-
cording to their importance. ,Early in
the evening there was a tremendous
crush, particularly in the neighborhood
of the dining room. Nothing seemed to
serve to thin the crowd. The music
was advertised to begin at 11.30, but
owing to the frightful crush, the host
decided to turn on the ~musicians an
hour earlier.
So they approached M. Paderewski
and asked him if he would begin the
concert. Certainly he would, and there
was an immediate rush for the drawing
room. For fifteen minutes the pianist
held the audience spellbound with his
wonderful music. He played anything
and everything and seemed absolutely
lost in the chords and rhapsodies of his
instrument. Half an hour more and
Paderewski was still playing. The au-
dience began to thin out and seek the
neighborhood of the supper room
again. Harmsworth commenced to
wring his hands in despair, and Melba,
who was standing by, with her musm
in her hand, ready to sing, began to
scowl and look glum. No one dared
.stop Paderewski.;;.Half past. _11 and he
was still playing. Twelve o’clock, and
the great master was fairly revelling
in a whirlwind of music, while Melba,
with her notes in her hand, Wolff, with
his fiddle under his arm, and Plancon,
with a. frown on :his face, stood behind
the young Napoleon of sournalism and
cursed between their teeth. Paderew-
ski was having a grand time of it.
Finally, at half past 12, after two
hours of fun (for him), he stopped,
gave a. grand flourish of his right arm,
ran his fingers through his hair, and
walked out of the room with a most
gracious smile on his face. He did
not know that he had kept anyone
waiting. He had forgotten his very
existence, while Melba and the others
fumed and fretted their tempers away.
There were exactly eighteen people is
the room when Melba. sang her one and
only song of the evening. and then
swept out of the house in a tower of
indignation. The others did not get a.
lock-in at all.—Chicago Inter—Ocean.
HOW FAR ONE NEWSPAPER WENT.
Price People in Alaska. Paid for News of
Dewey’s Victory.
“Papa" Cobb, the old Harvard ath-
lete, who returned from Dawson on
the Roanoke with a big bag of gold,
told the following story about patriot-
ism for the Stars and Stripes at Daw-
son:
“One day a man showed up in camp
with a single copy of a newspaper con-
taining the first account of Dewey’s
victory at Manila. This single paper
was the first intimation we had of the
great things our navy had been doing,
and it was sought after more eagerly
than gold.
“An enterprising Yankee purchased
it for $10, and then hired Tammany
hall for the evening. He charged 50
cents and packed the hall. He read the
paper to the crowd and after every
sentence there was a warwhoop. It
made the walls of (the building trem-
ble. The success of the venture was so
pronounced that he rented the hall for
the next night and reaped another ‘har-
vest. He made $400 off that one news-
paper and sold it to a. miner who was
going into the diggings for $50."—Seat-
tle Post-Intelligencer.
Music an Aid to the Sick.
The theory that music is a sedative
to the nerves is no new' one, and has
been fairly well tested. Mr. Gladstone
during the many weeks of acute neural-
gia which ushered in the last phase of
his fatal Illlness found great relief it?
music. Mr. Herbert Spencer is said to
have had recourse to music for the re-
lief of nervous disturbance; and the
empress of Austria is reported to have
been cured of neuralgia; by certain
strains of sound repeated at frequent
intervals. Many other illustrious suf<
ferers have had illicit pain charmed
away by the same sweet medicine. The
“music cure" had considerable vogue
, , some rtime ago in Germany, and a spec-
ial hospital for its systematic applica-
tion was established in Munich.
WISE PAPA.
Small Boy—Pop, dey say Slat do fish
is biting today. .
~Big Father—W31, you stick
work and day won’t bite you.
to: your
gave proof of his passion in rather a
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