T 11 1:3 syn NING‘ (1311 ”Z . T T E 7:? The War With Spain Cost the U. S. New ’ Only 17 Lives. Washington, Oct. 10. ~Seventeen‘ sail- ors killed and eighty- -four casualties. all told, were the total loss suffered by the United States navy in tile war. The figures just have been compiled at the , navy department. In Dewey's great fight in Manila bay not a man was killed, and every one of the nine men wounded was able to and did 1eturn to duty. In the battle of July 3,0113 Santiago. :one man was killed, and there were .eleven casualties altogether. In that fight, also, every one of the wounded returned to duty. The loss suffered in the attack upon lithe forts at the entrance to Santiago shy the American ileet 011 June 22, was «one sailor killed and eleven men woun‘ ided, seven being able to return to duty. “The heaviest loss of the navy was at Guantanamo. There were twenty-two casualties in that fight. Of the woun- ded men nine returned to duty, three were invalided from the Service and :‘four continue under treatment. Next after Guantanamo, the battle ‘with the forts and gunboats off Cien- fuegos caused the greatest number of casualties, the list aggregating twelve, with one man killed. Another man died subsequently from wounds; nine retu. :1ed 1.0 duty and one continues un- der :1eatment. ‘ M - 1e fatal in its results was the flier e battle between the torpedo boat Wi .slow and the revenue. cutter d- .sor. with the Spanish land batteries nd .arzillery forces at Cardenas. Of the lei .5111: casualties five were deaths. '"Iliree wounded men afterwards re- :turned to duty._ In the bombardment -of San Juan the casualties numbered eight, with one man killed. One of the wounded men was invalided, while six returned to duty. There were four oth-' .er casualties, occurring in as many .-.separate engagements, and that com- rpletes the list of naval losses. 5 Of the sixty- seven men wounded in ’the war, fifty- -four returned to duty, one died of wounds, six were invalided from the service, and six died under treatment. Considering results ob- tained this list is said to be the most remarkable in the naval history of the ‘world. \> i A MARVELOUS RECORD. _————_ , .34}, A Desert—er Shot. M New York, Oct. 10. —With a bullet 7‘ through his brain, Thomas Greenwald. - a private in Battery I, Seventh artilm lery, fell dead last night while trying 1' fto escape from Fort Slocum, New Ro- . cheile. Private John Coates of the z.: same battery narrowly escaped a simi- lar .fate. He was shot at, but threvr ‘1: himself on the ground just as the guns .Weve fired. - ,. Gweenwald was kelled while running. and the bullet that ended his life was fired by order of Lieutenant Colonel William Sinclair,. commander of the battery. Coates surrendered and was mlaced in the guard house. The civil authorities have exonerated rthe officer who gaveb the command and the squad of three men who fired at the :fleeing man. . Greenwsld and Coates had been un- i-der arrest for two weeks. Pending the 1.. announcement of the finding of a court :martial they were assigned to police «duty during the day and were locked yup in the guard house at night. They were together a good deal and planned Lto escape and desert from the army. ‘liI-axim Accused of 'Blgamy. New York, Oct. lO.——-Hiram S. Maxim,’ the inventor of the famous machine gun, was arraigned in the Tombs po- lice court Saturday morning on a ~:charge of bigamy and abandonment. 'The charge was made by a woman who gave the name of Helen Leighton. According to her allegations she mar- ried Maxim in 1878, when she was lit- tle more than, 15 years old. She sub- sequently discovered that he was ale ready married and he deserted her af- for their baby was born. Mr. Maxim’s examination was very brief, and was conducted in Magistrate Cornell’s private room. At its conclu: sion he was turned over to the custody of a detective f1 om Poughkeepsie, where the wa11;.1 t for his arrest had been issued. He was subsequently arraigned in a malice court in Poughkeepsio, waived .examination until next Friday and was radmitted to bail in $1,500. Maxim and the woman tell widely "different stories. He says that he is 'the victim of a blackmailing scheme. flushing Troopi to. Paris 'Paris, Oct. 10. v—The government has :5‘15' sued special s1 ders to the garrisons of numerous towns near the capital to send immediately to Paris 500 infantry = each. The Journal Des Debats declares that 1these reinforcements will amount to 110,000 men. The paper expresses the hope that —- the country is not on the eve of a revo- 1111111711.: All the trOops will be supplied with two days’ rations and sixty rounds of ball cartridges. Sunday passed off quietly. President iFaure, instead of visiting the races at 1’Longchamps, as he had intended, pru- ndently remained at Rabouillot, thus :avoiding a. demonstration. Princess Maria of Germany Dead Berlin, Oct. 10,—Princess Maria, the aregent of Brunswick, died Saturday af- 'ternoon at Kamenz castle. She was xiduchess of Saxony and a daughter of EDuke iErnst of Saxe-Altenburg. She was born on August 2,1854,and was snarried to Prince Albrecht at Berlin on April ',19 1873. Bolden Will Not Run. Syracuse, Oct. 10.——Representative flames.‘ J. iBelden. in a letter to the Re- jpublicau voters of the Twenty-seventh .. congress district declines the nomina- t-tion recently thrust upon him despite '.-hispr'otests, by the united Republican organization of Madison county and by ‘the McKinley or machine Republicans «of Onondaga county. ‘ Ivon- nicot- New Son-tor. Salerb Ore. ., Oct. 10. -Joseph Simon , of Poul/and was Saturday elected Uni- ted- States senator by the Oregon legis- attire in joint session, receiving the full Republican vote, as follows: Si- ..mon .64", Kincaid 23,-13e1u'1e11 2, absent 1. ‘wife of Prince Albrecht Of Prussia, the- ,GERMAN-VIEWS ARE CHANGING. Favorable to Retention of the Philipp- ines by the United States. Berlin, Oct 10.-—-There has been a great change in German public opin~ ion on the subject of the retention of the Philippine islands by the United States. The feeling toward America is generally much more favorable than ‘t was a couple of months ago. The news from the United States that the government at Washington is seriously contemplating holding the Philippine islands, is commented upon dispassion- ately in the German press, and it is significant that two papers of such standing as the Kolnische Zeitung and the Vissische Zéitung have published long letters from German merchants settled in the Philippine islands, in which annexation to America is stron- gly advocated. A correspondent of the Vossische Zeitung even vigorously combats Germany making any attempt to secure-a portion of the islands, cit- ing weighty reasons therefor. . Another significant fact is that a delegation representing German and, German-Swiss firms in ‘the Philippine “islands called at the United States em~ bassy to express hopes that America will not relinquish the islands, and above all not to return them to Spain, which, the delegation claimed, would mean a recurrence of the revolution and the perpetuation of commercial troubles. The delegation also asked if it might go to Paris and lay its views before the United States peace 00mmission. But the United States ambassador here Mr. White, advised the delegation not to do so Mr. White does not anticipate Ger- man interference, direotly or indirect- ly, even if the United States insists up- on retaining the whole of the archi- pelago. _ Privy Councillor Schwartzensteln, formerly of the German embassy at Washington, strongly expresses the same view. He declares that Germany in America’s way. Mr. White had a long conference on Wednesday last with the German min- ister of foreign affairs, Baron von Bu- low. The Turkish Ultimatum. Constantinople, Oct. lat—The ultima- tum of the powers to Turkey on the subject of the evacuation of the is— ;land of Crete by the Turkish troops, declared that, should the sultan refuse to yield, he would lose his sovereign rights in Crete. This has irritated Turkish circles.- They call the action of the powers unol just, and hope is entertained that Rus- sia will decline to co-operate with the other powers, in which case it is be- lieved the latter will not resort to ex- tremities. 'In diplomatic circles comment has been excited by the fact that the cen- sor permitted the newspapers here to reproduce the dispatch in which Rus- sia, replying to Great Britain, declared she was opposed to violent measures, and would protest beforehand against their employment. This is believed to be an attempt to make Great Britain alone responsible for the coercion. ______..._._____.— President Off to Canton W'ashington, Oct. 10.—-President and Mrs. McKinley left heie over the Penn- sylvania. railroad at 7. 20 o’clock Satur- day night for Canton, Ohio, where they will attend the funerol of Mrs. Mc- Kinley's brother, George D. Saxton. With them V1 ere sevex al relatives, Miss Helen McKinley, Mr. and Mrs. Bow- man, Mrs. Barber and her son, John Barber, and Major V’ebb Hayes. The party a1 rived in the private car Campania, \\ inch \\ as attached to the rear of the regulai western express. Mrs. McKinley looked a trifle pale, but smiled pleasantly at a small crowd gathered about and passed to the train supported by the president and Sec- retary Wilson. 3 The train arrived at Canton at 10. 26 Sunday morning. ..__,,. Big Tobacco Deal blade. St Louis, Oct. 10.—After negotiations extending over sevex a1 months, the American Tobacco company of New York has finally purchased the im- mense tobacco works and warehouses on Spruce street, bounded by ourth and Valentine streets, owned by the Drummond Tobacco Company of which Harrison I. Drummond is president. The purchase price is not given, but is said to be well up in the millions, as the plant is one of the largest of its kind in the we ld. President Duke of the American To- bacco Company, who has been in the ‘ciFty for several weeks past negotiat- ing for the property, brought the deal to a. close. ' 4th New Jersey Going to Camp Meade. New York, Oct. 10.—-—Deputy Quarter- master General Kimball, at the Army building, has been-ordered to arrange for the transportation of the Fourth New Jersey volunteers from Sea Girt, N. J. to Camp Meade, Pennsylvania. The regiment expected to be sent to one of the southern camps, and the new orders will be somewhat of a sur- prise to the men. , The Fourth. will eventually. go to Cuba to do garrison duty, Postmaster Short 32,400. Weymouth Center, Mass, Oct. 10.— _P05tmaster Robert F. Shaw 0f the Weymouth Center postoflice has been relieved from duty on account of an alleged shortage in his accounts of $2,400. His bondsmen have made good the amount of the shortage, and J. A. Cashing isnow in temporary charge of the office. \ Boston Leather Finn Assigns. Heckman, Bissell &. Co. of this‘ city nas assigned to George W. Brown. The firm has been dealing largely in hides and sole and “upper” leather. It has been doing a business of between $500,- 000 and $750,000 a year. Great Fire Near Sydney. Sidney, N. S. W., Oct. 10.-—An enor- mous fire. at Redfern, the principal sub- .urb of Sidney, has destroyed the whole ofthe area covered by busineuc.=prem- ises and dwelling houses. does not dream of putting obstacles Boston, Oct. 10. —The leather firm of SAGL’SIA LUSES HOPEi Spanish Premier Expects to Give Up the Philippines. NO HELP FROM THE POWERS' Vain Appeal to the French Government for International Action on the Quest-v ion. The French Would Prefer Ameri. can Owner Ship to German. Madrid, Oct. 10.-—Senor Sagasta at last becoming reconciled to the ev— entual loss of the Philippines, though it is a most bitter disappointment to . 'i-nches 1.11 diameter and six or seven the q‘ueen regent and the cabinet, for until \Vednesday the secret hope had been cherished by the premier that' Spanish diplomacy might prevail upon France, Germany and other powers to exert their influence to withdraw the, final settlement of the Philippine ques- tion from the Paris commission and refer it to an international conference in case the United States should insist upon anything more in the archipelago than a port and a coaling station. These hopes have now vanished, for it is stated on good authority that the French foreign office, being sounded on the subject, expressed‘most courteous and genuine sympathy but declined to hold out a single word of promise or- encouragement. It is now beginning to be realized in. ministerial circles here that the French government, aware of the intention of Spain ultimately to dispose of what- . ever can be saved from the Philippine wreck to the highest cash bidder, would rather see the whole archipelago an- nexed outright by the United States than have it remain a bone of conten- tion, with the likelihood of its being some day transferred to Germany. Such, at least, is the present situa— tion, subject of course to modifications when the American demands are act- ually known in detail. As far as can be ascertained, no ln-. terchange of views has taken place here between the cabinets of Madrid and Berlin with a. view to referring the Philippine question to an international conference; so that any threats of be- ing able to achieve such a diplomatic victory may be regarded as a. pure bluff. General Weyler, whose recent arri- val here from the Balearic islands cau- ses considerable uneasiness in circles friendly to the dynasty, is b‘elieved to have at last made his choice between the Carllsts and the Republicans and to have cast his lot with the latter. It is learned from' sources that have hither- to proved trustworthy that Weyler is zealously working with a newly form- ed committee whose sphere of activity is Portugal as well as Spain, and whose aim is to proclaim after the signature of peace an Iberian republic uniting the whole peninsula, with Weyler as pres- ident. A rise of a few points has taken place in the six per cent. Philippine bonds, which are held almost exclusively at Madrid, Barcelona and Manila, and are largely in the hands of Jesuits and the monastic orders” which have rela- tions with the Philippines. Liliuokalani Wants Us to Pay. San rancisco, Oct. 10.—The United States transport Valencia has arrived here from Manila and Honolulu. She was 34 days and 14 hours on the trip from Manila and nine days from Hon- olulu. She brought the following ad- vices: Honolulu, Sept. 28.—-It is learned on good authority that ex-Queen Liliuo- kalani will leave here for Washington sent her claims to Congress for remu- neration for the loss of her throne and the revenue from the crown lands, for i which she feels that the people of the United States owe her some pecunia- ry compensation. Company I of the New York Engin- eers is now in camp at Pearl City. They iave been ordered to make a survey of the pear'l harbor region, probably with a view of obtaining data for fortifica- tions and improvement plans. Victoria, B. C., Oct. 10.—The steamer Warrimoo arrived here Saturday after ' a good passage from Honolulu and Australia. She had news from Honolu- lu as follows: There was a fire on the United States cruiser Philadelphia shortly before she left on September 29 with Admiral Mil- ler on board. The fire was extinguish- ed after about an hour’ 5 hard work. . An Exodus from Crete. Canea, Island of Crete, Oct. 10 —Ma- ny Christians. Mussulmans and Jews are leaving the island. All the steam- ers are crowded and the members of the different Roman Catholic orders have removed their valuables to places of safety. Influential Mussulmans, however, as- sert that trouble is improbable, as the population is cowed by the sultan’s consent to the departure of the Turk- ish troops. Paris Markets Depressed by a Rumor. Paris, Oct. 10.—Business on the Bour'se Saturday started weak, owing to apprehension of the spread of the strike, coupled with a rumor, subse- quently found tovbe false, of the as- sassination of President McKinley. To- ward the end of the day there was a general recovery, and prices closed stpady. The Atlantic City Blaze. Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 10.—-Twenty buildings on the beach front were de— stroyed by fire Saturday morning with- in two hours. They had been occupied by about fif- ty business concerns. In addition half a dozen families were made homeless. The loss is estimated at $200,000. Guilty of Stealing 876,242, San Francisco, Oct. 10.—A. G. Wid— flier, exetr-easurer of this city and coun- ty, has been convicted of. embezzling $76,242 from the public treasury. The jury was out all night. Wildber will be sentenced to next Saturday. is: LNEW YORK LETTER. Special Correspondence It was Ia wise man who made the Lstatcmemt that “Bread is the staff of life,” and lie w 110 has visited the bread 'stands of New York’s great east side I will realize the fact from the tons and tons of bread he sees there ofiered for ‘ sale. A short trip of less than a mile, from Mulberry street down Hester, 01 :to Monroe or Orchard, will enable the L beholder to see and count over 200 L d‘ifieient kinds and forms of bread. = There will be seen not only the numer- ous forms of American bread, but the Italian variefies and the Hebrew 1 forms, as depicted in the engraving. Promgin-ently displayed is the famous rye bread, made in loaves twenty inches thick. TheSe loaves, as seen in the engraving have been cut through the center, and are sold thus, as a complete loaf is a great amount of bread for a single family to handle at one time, even as numerous as the Hebrew families are. The loaves at the top are freshly cut, while those nearer the bottom seem to have been divided at some far-distant day, and have assumed the weaflherbeaten ap- pearance of sawdust. At the left is the form of bread most commonly seen in this quarter. The loaves are also round, about twelve inches in diameter, five or six inches thick, and, like the rye bread, were baked Without tins upon the bottom of the oven. Nearly all the bread is baked in the same manner, and con- sequently has a heavy crust all over it. One of these loavestafter becom- ing stale, if covered with plus-hand trim-med with fringe, would'make an elegant and durable hassock or foot stool for parlor or sewing room! The Shakers In Real E-state. People would be amazed to know that some of the richest patches of improved land on Manhattan Island are owned by the Society of Shakers in New Lebanon. Only a few days ago they acquired title to a valuable hotel property running an entire square on the West Side and worth at least $2,000,000. They are forever on the lookout for heavy investments, all in real estate, and seem to have a. pocketbook without a bottom. They are rich as cream. Their methods are peculiar, extremely primitive. One of their slyest members slips down to the city, spends a few weeks in nosing around for bargains, talks with prop- ertyaliolders and agents and then goes home to report. The supreme council of the Shakers is composed of fifty acute business men, who can drive a. bargain and pray with the same facil- ity. In this body these reports are discussed, and the investment of enor- mous sums hangs on the verdict. Everybody has a chance to make sug- gestions, and, in this way some point that others would miss is seen and acted on. As a result these peculiar, ascetic disciples of Mother Ann and Joseph Meacham, who founded the New Lebanon settlement back in the last century on a plain oatmeal basis, now possesses property here on the island that will make their descend- ants Astors. They have 'gone special- ly, in the past five' years, into upper \Vest Side development. All this is the outcome of economy and thrift. Idleness they call a cardinal sin. They have enormous gardens, where flow- ers, medical herbs, fruits and vegeta- bles are cultivated Lately they have ‘ gone heavily into agriculture and man about the middle of November to pre- 1 ufacture, and find a. ready market for all they produce. Dramatic Troubles. John H. Haverly follows Abbey and Grau in the track of bankruptcy, his debts being $325,000, while his assets are only $10,000 and poor at that. What a precarious profession, and in- deed I can hardly mention a dramatic manager who has retired with a com- petency. Looking back to the old Park, its early managers, Cooper and then Price and afterward Simpson, all died poor. Hamblin, who gave fame to the Bowery theater, also died poor. Mitchell of the Olympic shared the same fate. Hewas noted for low prices and comic performance and drew such good houses that be made money, but miSfortune overtook him and-he sh-aredthe fate of his prede- cessors. Laura Keene, whose variety theater was at one time so attractive. also died poor, and then there was Booth, the greatest of modern trage- dians, who started a theater bearing his own name but was obliged to sur- render it'in 1a few years to his credit- ors, having sunk $150,000, which left him bankrupt. He afterward re- trieved his fortunes, but was the only member of 'his profession that did so. The latest instance, previous to Hav- erly, was Oscar Hammerstein, who sunk a million in his Olympia and is now trying some scheme for retrieval. Yes, it is a precarious business, and yet there always seems someone ready to engage in it. Haverly was noted for his enterprise and had a dozen companies on the road at one time. As an illustration of the immense ex- pense for printing bills it may be add- ed that -he owes one lithographic firm $10,000. This alone would take the profit of many a performance, but managers cannot economize and must Lgo at full headway until they bil'lSt. What a. striking instance of this is found in the ruin which befell Abbey and Grau! ' Young Widow'l Dream. “I ’wonder,” said. Mr. Blykins in a pensive tone, “Why it is that children are always so anxious to forsake all their joyous freedom from care and be grown men.” “Maybe,” answered the young son, “it’s because grown men get attention and sympathy when they have a stom~ sch-ache, instead of being laughed at.” —-Washington Star. 4“. “—u—w 11.1. WEEKLY TRIBUN BEGIN THE, YEAR BY FOR THE AND BOTH PAPERS Sent to anv Ad. dreSS‘ FOR One — Dollar! ADDRESS ALL. ORDERS '10 seems 4w 13. (N' (L I'- 1‘1“
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