EVACUATIONI DELAYED)
V Spain to Be Given More Time to
Leave Cuba
. 120,000'SOLDIERS T0 DEPORT
The United States Not to Assume the
Civil Control as Soon asJIad Been
» Planned. The Change Made Irrespective
nations at Paris.
. . .. gton, oer. 22.—1t‘is now cer-
r.tam that'thecomplete evacuation of
Cuba will be delayed beyond the period I
originally fixed by the administratidn.
This will follow entirely without ref-
erence to anything that has occurred
in Paris before the peace commission.
The war department has about satis-
fied itself that the task imposed upon
the Spanish authorities, namely, the
removal and transportation to a great
distance by sea of about 120,000 soi—
diers, sick and well, with their accou-
trements, was beyond the ability of
the Spaniards.
The magnitude of the task is shown
by the fact that the great transatlan-
tic steam lines, crossing the Atlantic
fr: rn New York, all combined, in pror-
p":'ous seasons, would transport only
r‘:out fifty thousand persons in one
: ear, less than half the number which
: pain must transport.
Delay in the evacuation of Cuba will
cause a delay in the relinquishment of
sovereignty by the Spaniards over the
entire island, which was set for De-
cember 1.
It is hardly deemed prudent to un-
dertake to assume charge of the mu-
nicipal affairs of Havana so long as the
city contains a strong garrison of Spa-
nish troops, and it is felt that law and
order could be better maintained in
such centers by allowing them to re-
main under Spanish jurisdiction until
they are evacuated by the troops and
’ reoccupied by United States troops.
It is not to be understood from this
that the American military commissio-
ners are in any sense abating the pres~
sure they have brought to bear upon
the Spanish military commissioners to
secure-the evacuation of the.._island and
'the relinquishment of Spanish sover-
.eignty.
On the contrary, they have redoubled
their efforts to secure these objects,
but‘are not disposed to‘ insist upon
“the performance of impossible tasks,
and their demands .will- be largely
(shaped by their knowledge that the
Spaniards are acting perfectly in good
faith in their efforts to carry out the
'jterms of the protocol. .
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CELEBRATION .OF TRAFALGAR DAY.
‘Unusual Outburst oi Patriotic Feeling in
England.
London, Oct. 22.-—-Exeeptional inter-
est was shown yesterday owing to the
dispute with France over the occupa—
tion of Fashoda, in the celebration of
the anniversary of the battle‘of Tra-
falgar, fought October» 21, 1805, when
the British fleets under Admiral Nel—
son gained a brilliant victory over the.
fleets of France and Spain, commanded
by Admiral Villeneuve.
The Nelson column in Trafalgar
square was profusely decorated, and
entwined with a spiral chain of laurel
leaves, while laurel festoons hung from
each corner of the capital to the lions
at thc I-asc. whit-h was elaborately cm.-
boztishcd with anchors, wreaths, flags
and evergreem, w-th a background of
crimson cloth, with floral shields in
each corner. inscribed with Nelson‘s
great victories. namely, St. Vincent,
Camperdown, The Nile. and Trafalgar.
The morning was showery and misty,
but many hundreds of people were
present to cheer the hoisting of the
union jack on the top of thepedestal
at eight o’clock. ~.
At Portsmouth the masts of the old-
time line of battle ship Victory, Nel-
son’s flagship at Trafalgar, and the
vessel on which he died. were hung
with garlands of laurel. The provincial
towns celebrated the day by hoisting
the unionrjack on all the public build- .
' leaving the majority of the commission
ings.
_ . Roosevelt’s Stun") It: Tour.
New York, Oct. 22.—~A few slight
changes ,have been made in the sched-
ule of Colonel Roosevelt’s trip up the .
state next week. No stop will be. made ;
at Suffern, which was in the original
schedule.
The first step will be made at Hill-
burn, and a brief stop will also be
made at Monroe, Orange county.
The men who will acompany Colonel
Roosevelt next «week are Dr. Chauncey
M. Depew, General Stewart L. Woods
ford, Justice W. M. K. Olcott, John
Tractor Clarke, James 8.. Sheffield and
W. J. Youngs.
Colonel Roosevelt spoke last night in
'Poughkeepsie.~ He was accompanied
by Sereno E. Payne.
They‘will leave Poughkeepsie at 10.31
to-day and speak .in Little Falls at 2
o'clock. At 5 o’clock they Will ,speak_
at Fonda.
A short stop will be m‘ade‘at Johns-
town, and at 8 o’clock Colonel Roose-
velt will speak at Gloversvilie. From
there he will return to the city.
Chicago’s Pracu Jubilee Crowds.
Chicago, Oct. 22.-——The city street and
elevated railways carried in the last
three days of the peace jubilee more
than three million passengers.
It is estimated that 1,416,300 persons
viewed the parade on Wednesday
last.
The receipts of the jubilee ball were
$25,100; of the banquet $13,000; expenses
of banquet, $11,000. ,x '
Total estimated amount realized for
3:1: benefit of soldiers and sailors, $35,-
' The New-Jersey Governorship
Trenton, N. J., Oct. 22.—Acting Gov-
ernor Watkins was at the state house
yesterday’and entered upon the duties-
of his new ofilce. He issued the writ
for ,the election of a senator from
Union county to succeed Foster M.
Voorhees.
To Probe (Server-3’s Daleat
Madrid, Oct. 22.4-Rear Admiral 'Mar.
tinez Illescas has assumed the duties
of councillor of the supreme military
court. He is charged With sifting the
evidence. connected with the destruc-
.non of cervera'sjneet. , , ‘ ’
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. the Ottoman troops.
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Q/ ouws WEEKLY REVIEW;
An Enormus Export of Wheat. Pro-Elec: -
tion Stagnation Lesg'Than Usual
New York, Oct. 22.—,With growing
foreign demand for American products,
exchange is” influenced mainly by po-
litical uncertainties abroad. While Eu-
rope waits for the outcome between
-England and France about the upper
Nile, the financiers of all European
countries are trying to force upon each
other. the burden of providing cash
for the enormous demands of the Uni-
ted States. England has so managed
as to make France and Germany send
most of the gold, and the resulting war
of exchanges between foreign nations
checks for the moment the movement
of gold this way. Yet these and all
other causes do not so far hinder busi-
nessas to prevent an excess over the
most prosperous of previous years. The
exchanges through all clearing houses
for the past week have been .6 per cent.
larger than last year, and .7 per cent.
larger than in 1892, but outside New
York for the week transactions were
smaller than in 1892.
Railroad earnings for the first half
of October exceed last year’s by 5.7
per cent, and those of 1892 by 5.9 per
cent. ‘
The outgo of wheat staggersall pro—
phets of disasters, but while the price
has advanced three cents at the West,
the rise would have been much greater
but for the feeling that the enormous
foreign demand may not last. Exports,
flour included, have been for the past
week 3,369,536 bushels at Atlantic ports,
against 3,576,607 last year, and 923,273
bushels from Pacific ports, against 1.-
295,914 last year, making for the three
weeks 11,984,538 bushels, against 14,227,-
390 last year. Without doubt many
western farmers are still holding back
their wheat, and yet the receipts at the
chief western ports have been in three
weeks 30,592,494 bushels, against 23,-
725,801 last year.
"Nhile. cotton Spinners are said to
have agreed upon :1 selling agency and
a curtailment of production, there is a
better demand for staple goods, and
prospect of a better demand in future.
In woolen goods, also, there has been
a. marked improvement during the past
week? and better sales with extensive
inquiry. ' , '
The boot and shoe manufacturers:
shipped from the east in three, weeks
of. October, 265,642 cases, against 250,— .
628 in the some weeks of 1894. and 249,-, ’ .
120 in the same weeks of 1897, while in
1892 their shipments in the same weeks i
were 228,636 cases. . . .
There is much hesitation in the =iron,
and steel trade, partly because the out-7 ,
come of various combinations in Besse-f
met pig, steel rails, bars, wire nails
and the like, cannot yet be definitely '
anticipated. -
Just before an election of importance,
some hesitation in business is not un-
usual, but there is less this year than
in any other October, with congres-
sional elections at hand, for many
years past. -While the state of foreign
eXchange is-mzeinly controlled by anx-
iety regarding peace abroad, the large
receipts of gold, including $3,590,000 at
San rancisCo from Australia with pros-
pect of continuing shipments from Eu-
rope, relieves the market on this side
from all apprehension for the pres-
ent.
A.
War Board at Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 22.—-The war inves-
tigation commission arrived here short-
ly before 10 o’clock yesterday morn-
m .
ghairman Dodge and his associates
drove to the headquarters of the de-
partment of the gulf and were received
by General Pemberton. An hour late:
they left for Fort McPherson to inves-
tigate' the hospital service there. '
It is intended to examine several wit -
nesses and leave to—night for Anniston,
Ala., where the commission will prob—
ably remaisn over Sunday.
'From Anniston the commissioners
will go to Chattanooga to take testi-
mony regarding complaints about
‘Caémp Thomas, after which they will
proceed to Huntsville, Ala.
Plans have not been formed for the
investigation after leaving those points
but Knoxville, Tenn, Lexington, Ky.,
and Chicago are to be visited.
A sub-committee may go to Knox-
ville, and from there to Washington.
to continue to Lexington and Chicago.
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Several important Witnesses are to be
examined at Chicago, among them Dr,
Senn.
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“Col. \Vikc it"s Funeral.
Easton, Pa., Oct. 22.—-—The funeral of
Colonel Charles A. \Vikoff, who fell on
1 the field before Santiago on July 1, was
held in Eastcn yesterday with full mil-
itary honors. The remains arrived
from New York Thursday night and-
were escorted to the late home of the
deceased by a committee of citizens
and G. A. R. men. 7
A brief. funeral service was held at
the lie-us:- at 1.30 by Chaplain Swift of
the regular armv. and the Rev. Dr.
H. H. Kiefer, pastor of the historic
l‘irst Reformed church of the city.
The day was ob’svrved as a general
holiday by the people of Easton and
its vicinity, and the streets were crow-
ded all day. Stores, banks and indus-
tries were shut down.
There was a military and civic es-
cort in which New Jersey and Penn-
sylvania troops and the G. A. R. post
took part.
Our ~Unmmropriated Lands.
Washington, Oct. 222.—-—A statement
prepared at the general land office
shoWs that at'the present time there
are, 579,368,274 acres of unappropriated
and unreserved public land in the Uni-
ted States exclusive of Alaska.
Of this area 546,549,635 acres, or more
than'94 per cent, are in the thirteen
so—called desert land states and terri-
tories.
Opening of New Terminal Station.
New Haven, Oct. 22.~-Presldent Clark
of the New Haven Railroad Company
says that the new passenger terminal
station at Boston of the New Haven
and Boston &'Albany roads probably
will be opened for operation by next
Thanksgiving day, and certainly not
many days later. A. part of it is al-
ready ready for occupancy.
Porte'l Reply to the'Powuo
London, Oct. 22.--A Central News
dispatch from Constantinople says that
the Porte has sent an official reply to
the ultimatum of the powers, agreeing
to the complete evacuation of Crete by
TROOPS AT CAMP MEADVE'. _
Men ’for the Philadelphia Jubilee
Parade. ‘
.Camp Meade. Middletown, Pa., Oct.
22.—-The troops who will take part in
the peace jubilee-will leave for Phila-
delphia next Wednesday morning by
the Pennsylvania railroad. They will
be moved by di’visions,and it Will re-
quire twelve trains of twenty cars
each. -
Chief Medical Officer Girard has ar-
ranged with the railroad company for
two hospital cars for each division.
Colonel Girard, will have the city ambu-
lances placed at his disposal.
Yesterday twenty-four more patients
were sent to Philadelphia, and by next
week‘it is expected that there will be
few serious cases in camp. The work
of the Red Cross will soon be at an
end. Preparations are now being made
for the abandonment of this branch of
the hospital, and the Red Cross forces
will return to Philadelphia within ten
days. - '
Colonel Girard has notified the socie-
ty that with the departure of the
troops South the Red Cross hospital
will be abandoned. ..- will employ the
most competeni female nurses sent
here 327 the society to take charge of
the warvl of the. hospitals in the :ropos-
ed southern camps. They will be as-
sisted by-tne Corps Reserve Ambulance
Company, which. is being recruited to
five hundred.
Division quartermaster stations‘ have
been established at these camps, and
al‘. supplies are being sent there.
As fast as they can be got ready sur-
plus tents and other equipments at
Camp Meade are being sent South.
THE PARIS FXPOSITION.
Twenty Two Thousand Square Feet More
Space Secured by Commissioner Peck
Paris, Oct. 22.—When Ferdinand ,‘W.
Peck, the United States commissioner
to the Paris exposition of 1900, arriVed
in this city the space allotted to the ,
United' States at the exposiion grounds '
was 175,000 feet. Mr. Peck’s first gain
was 6,000 square feet, and he has just
secured 22,000 square feet more, by
means of a direct order from the
French government on the director of
:the exposition, making the present to-
.tal 203,000 square feet.
Germany has 150,000 square feet. It
is not known yet how much space has
been allotted to Great Britain or to
Russia.
Some of the American newspapers
received (here describe. alleged inci—
dents in connection with} Mr. Peek
which the latter says have not occur-
red.
He is described as having left a box
at the opera house here because he was
not permitted to occupy it with a par-
ty exceeding the official limitations of
the box, and as having refused to
leave a sleeping car on arriving at
Paris at an unseasonable hour.
Mr. Peck says there have been no
circumstances or occurrences in any
degree warranting the stories referred
to. .
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Precious Metal Production
Washington, Oct. 22.—The director of
the mint, in his report upon the pro—
duction of the precious metals during I
the calendar year 1897, just submitted
to the secretary of the treasury, says _
that the value of the goldproduced in
the United States during the calendar
year 1897 was $57,363,000. The South
African Republic holds first place. pro-
ducing gold to the value of $57,633,861,
Australasia $55,684,182, and Russia $23,-
245,763. There was a notable increase
in the production of gold in the world
dUring 1897 over 1896. The United
States increased $4,275,000, the South
African Republic made the remarkable
gain of sf3,354,192, Australasia increas-
ed $10,502,249 and l‘tus:sia'$1,709,970.
The United States produced during
the year 53,860,000 fine ounces of silver, .
and Mexico 53,905,180 fine ounces, 3 de—
crease for the United States of 4,974,800
fine ounces, and an increase for Mex-
ico of 8,256,756 fine ounces.
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The Award of the “Hit Bonds
Washington, Oct. 22.—Judge Cox, in
the district supreme court has decided
the case of George B. Wightman and of
William H. Wharton against Secretary
Gage in favor of the secretary of the
treasury. '
One suit sought an injunction and
the other a mandamus, the basis of
complaint in each being the rejmtion
by the secretary of the treasury of
bids submitted for the recent war
loan bond issue by the complainants.
Secretary Gage rejected the bids, be-
lieving the bidders really represented
certain institutions.
Judge Cox held that under the act of
Congress the secretary of the treasury
had discretion in the . award of the
bonds, and that the intent of Congress
was thatthey should go to individuals
to the exclusion of—banks and corpo-
rations.
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No Case A .ainst Maxim
Poughkeepsie, N. Y... Oct. 22.——The
charge of bigamy and abandonment
against Hiram S. Maxim, the gunmak-
er, by the woman calling herself Helen
Maxim, was yesterday formally dis-
missed with the assent of the plain-
tiff. ‘ .
Maxim arrived in the court room be-
fore Recorder Brown or his counsel
had put in an appearance, but early as
he was, Helen -Ma1xim had preceded
him, and sat coolly""surveying the gun-
maker, while he chose a chair a con—
siderable distance from her.
There were also present Maxim’s
eldest daughter, and W. 'W. Culver, a
Philadelphia lawyer, who represented
Helen Maxim in her litigation with
Maxim's first wife over the furniture in
the Philadelphia house.
Strike of Coal Miners
Pittsburg, Pa., Oct. 22.—Two thous-
and coal miners in the fourth and fifth
pools on the Monongahela river struck
yesterday for the enforcement of the
Chicago agreement. .
The strikers are preparing for a long
siege and are establishing camps near
the mines to prevent non—union miners
from working.
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Admiral fichley Ordered Home
. Washington, Oct. 22.—I{ear Admiral
Schley, having reported to the navy
department that the Porto Rico evac-
uation,,,commissi,on has concluded its
Work, has been directed by the de-_
partment to return ‘to Tompkinsville
9n: the cruiser Newark with the, report
and the clerks of the commission. '
POLITICS AND CIVIL SERVICE-
, .
A Circular to All Boards of Exulu'zners
}. from the Comm TifOll.
W’ashington, Oct. Skulls: civil ser-
vice commission has sent a circular to
the members of the seven hundred
boards of examiners throughout the
country on the “political activity of
ederal officers and employes.” ‘
It calls attention to extracts from th-1
,executive instructions of July 14, 13:57:-
which the circular says are still in
force, and which are republished for
the information and guidance of all of-
ficers and employes in the executive
civil service. The circular then goes
onto say: '
. “The postmaster general, in a letter
dated August 8, 1898, stated that the or-
der of the president above quoted hail
been neither revoked nor modified.
Those who enter the classified civil ser-
v1ce upon the ground of ascertained
merit, as established by the civil ser-
vice rules, and are protected therein
should be quick to recognize the rccio:
rocal obligations thereby imposed and
avoid any action which now or at any
future time could reasonably be sub—
ject to adverse political criticisms. ‘
“The commission believes that the:
best interests of the service will b“-
promoted by the non-participation of.
all members of its board of examiners:
in political conventions or in the work
of political committees.
“While attendance at a political con-
vention as a delegate, or membership
upon a political committee is not in it-
self a violation of the civil service
rules, the commission holds that all
partisan activity, if sufficient to impair
usefulness as a representative of the
civil service commission, is sufficient
cause of removal from membership on
any of its board of examiners.
“Section 2 of the civil service act of
January 16, 1883, provides that no per-
son in the public service, ‘has any right
to use his official authority or influence
to coerce the political action of any
person or body.’ "
Convict John Garlson Dying.
Sing Sing, Oct. 22.—Death will soon
end the life imprisonment of Convict
John Garlson, who is in the Sing Sing
prison hospital dying of consumption.
The scene yesterday about the con-
vict's bed was a sad one. Two faith—
. ful negro convicts stood over the dying
man, fanning him as he gasped for
breath, while two Sisters of Mercy
knelt at the bedside and prayed.
Mrs. Sage, .the warden’s wife, at the
. request, of. the dying man, read some
I chapters from the Bible. He: took her
'hand, and after thanking her, whis-
.pered: ‘fI am now ready to go. It will
soon be over." ’ ’
I ,, He has served fifteen years' impris-
; onment,'having-been sent to Sing Sing
on January 23, 1883. . He was convicted
of murder and sentenced to die by
=Judge Brown, in Orange county. but
his sentence was afterward commuted
by Governor Cleveland to imprisonment
for life. ' . '
I He killed a fellow workman named
; FelixMcCarthy during a quarrel while
i at work on a‘railroad near Newburgh.
~, He has, been in the hospital three
1 years. He is a. native of Finland and
has nonrelatives in this country.
Ordered to Manila
' San Francisco, Dot. 22.-—General' Mer-
‘riam has ordered the following troops
gto the Philippines on the transport In-
:diana, to sail in about a week: '
; Colonel Frederick Funston, Majors
jFrank H. Whitman and Wilder S.
IMetcalf, Surgeon John .A. Rafter, As-
sistant Surgeon Henry D. Smith, Adju-
,tant Charles B. Walker, Chaplain G.
F John Schlieman, regimental non-com—
I missioned staff, and band and Compan-
‘ies C, D, E, G. H, I, L, M, Twentieth
Kansas Volunteer infantry, and sir:
privates of the hospital corps. Total.
thirty-one officers and 750 enlisted
men. -
Naval Orders.
Washington, Oct. 22.--These naval or.
' ders have been published:
I Assistant Surgeon F. E. ,Vi’agner,
|honorably,discharged, Assistant Pay-
imaster C. R. “food to Boston navy
tyard; Naval Constructor J. H. Linnard
from Naval Academy' and home; Chief
Engineer W. B. Dunning to Washing-
ton for examination for retirement;
Chief .Engineer C. P. ‘Howell .to the
Minneapolis: Chief Engineer R. S.
“Ross, from the Minneapolis to Boston
navy yard, and Chief Engineer J. L.
Hannum, from the Boston navy yard
and home. _
Our Warships Near Pekin.
Washington, Oct. 22.-—The navy de-
partment has been notified that the
cruiser Boston and the gunboat Petrel
which were sent by Admiral Dewey
from Manila. to protect American in-
terests in China pending the settlement
of the political troubles, arrived at Ta-
ku Thursday. -
Taku is at the mouth of the Pei-Ho
river ,on which‘Pekin is situated. The
Petrel‘will probably go farther up the
stream in the direction of Pekin, but
the Boston will be obliged to remain
at Taku.
A New Japanese Minister
Washington, Oct. 22.—Minister Buck
has informed the state department that
the Japanese government has appoint-
ed Mr. Jutaro Komura, vice minister
of foreign affairs, to be minister of
Japan to the United States.
Mr. Komura was born in the year
1853, and studied law at Harvard Uni-
versity. '
Bridegroom, 98 Bride 84
Prescott, Mich, Oct. 22.—-Daniel B.
McDonald of Reno, 98 years old. has
been married here to Mrs. Margaret.
Ann O’Regan, 84 years old.
The-bridegroom was married three
times in Canada and is the father of
fourteen children. The bride has been
married twice before.
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