Evening Star Newspaper, October 27, 1898, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. i NING S PUBLISHED DAILY, EXCEET SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Ave., Cor. 11th St., by ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company. §.H. KAUFFMANN, Pre3't. 49 Potter Build.ng. tes or Canada—posts Spain Abandons All Claim to Cuba, Se DEBT QUESTION 1S DROPPED Terms of the Protocol to be Followed Strictly. ee RIOS THREATENED 10 RESIGN Commission Now Ready to Take Up the Philippines. PARIS PAPERS’ COMMENT PARIS, October 27.—The Spanish peace commissioners have accepted the negative View of the United States commissioners toward the proposed assumption by the United States of the Cuban debt. ‘The American commissioners had firmly but courteou for the Spanish financial conditions. Montero Rios, the president of the nish and his colleagues istence sought another re- sult: but they failed to attain it, and have commissio fa abandoned the effort and have agreed that the Cuban article of the pro- conditions, have a treaty of peac zh several sess' n of their Amer- not until Mond: ely convince from the outset ept. the an t they said Hoped Against Hope. spite of the the oners had, ts, doubt ng he ir contention has prosecuted that the final conviction of t inability to win then point brovugat » Spaniards such a shock wer ot debt, In fact that Danisn of eff ments is the 9s, after Mon- jay last, would ney of the Spa 1h have not bei grievi nd at the convi position, & under the aptic forward into th go inquish sovereign- jaim to Cuba without eithe d, regarding m of the I arranged the ¢ y a mutu and missioners s well-nigh touching the Philippine question, which will be taken up mn of s did not arrive at arding the Cuban debt, the ained, ow- attitude ured not decide ne negotiations will be course of the next meet- stionable that the near » American ¢ ions plays ttitude of the supposed that etter terms t the oppo- Hint at Renewed Hoxtilities. Con , the Gaulois intimates that if ans continue to show themselves intractable toward the Spaniards a renewal of hostilities may result, especially if the Spaniards declare that they have arrived at the extreme limits of honorable conces- sions. The Gaulois then adds: “We hope, how- t matt ill arrange themselves, w sufficiently well the sentiments American nation to be able to affirm w war would be received with en of common sense, and sion would, in bringing heavy responsibilities for matum Was Effective. The intimation conveyed by the American commissioners to the Spanish commission- ers at Monday's session of the peace con- ference in Paris, that the position of the United States with respect to Cuba and the Cuban debt could not be regarded as subject to change, and that consequently the American commissioners were ready to proceed with the consideration of other heads under the protocol, apparently having the decired effect. Yesterday’s adyices from Paris, while not indicating the existence of a real crisis, did seem to show that the negotiations had arrived at that pass where, if the Spaniards persisted in their efforts to im- pose the Cuban debt in some guise upon the United States, and refused to negotiate further except on that basis, then the con- ference must fail and the commission be dissolved, with all of the evil results that may follow. For even after considerin, carefully the last despairing appeal of the Spanish commissioners, the President and Secretary Hay feel that the American com- is Che Zvening Star. Ne 14,247, ated in Cuba. There will guarantee on this score. The Administration's Firi ‘The attitude taken by this goverai as thus described in The Star Monday The time h come to cut off all now feise pleas and to come directly to the main issue left open by the protocol, name- ly, the disposition of the Philippines. Up to this point the entire time of the commi: sicners aas been consumed in repeated ef- un the part of the Spanish comrat sicners zo force the Cuban debt quesiien pon the attention of the jgint commission firn opposition ef the American ners. The latter have stated as as they could that under no cir- es wil’ the United States a over Cuba, involving an a: sumption of the Cuban debt, and the ume now come when, in the opinion of the commissioners, the niards to under: ven Undue Significance. Undue significance has been attached to the dispatch of a special messenger from Washington yesterday to the President at Philadelphia. Almost every day a long re- port has come by cable from Judge Day, president of the American commissionners at Paris, telling what has been accomplish- ed, what the Spanish comm: seeking and what the American commi sioners propose to do at the next meeting. The President has gone over these reports very carefully in company with Secretary Hay, and simetimes with military or naval experts, if their advi ems to be neces- sary. In the interesting stage which the proceedings at Paris have reached it would to have omitted this daily perusal of the records of events. To have reduced ay’s long report to cipher code for the purpose of telegraph- ing it to Philadelphia would have con- sumed more time and been less satisfactory in results than availing of the services of a messenger. So Mr. Kellar of the State Department was charged with the task conveying the daily report to the Pr dent. rot have been prope The Philippines. In view of the point to which the ne: tiations relative to Cuba have progres: it is the expectation that, barring a com- plete interruption of the conference, the commissioners will soon take up the sub- ject of the Philippines. The American com- ssioners, acting singly, have already ven this subject much attention, although it has so hever appeared before the joint commission save in th s shape of one spasmodic effort made by the Spaniards at the v beginning of the sessions to have the United States abandon Manila as a precedent to further negotiations on the subject of the Philippi other things the American commissioners have been looking into the subject of the Philip- pine debt, about which there is much igr L It is unl end of the line. s insisted upon rela n debt. the Philippine Debt. tive to the Cub: Might Assam In other wi if the United States an- nexes the F nes, which scems now to be the lc ! outcome of the tion, it might be reasonably contended that at least so much of th2 debt as repr moneys expen for the improvement of ss to the Uni > situation i erent fi d the and st with the title. S$ materially di where the Ur 1, for, with the ppines we should acqu’ t as large as the Brit teeming population of more 200 people. Phi territory alm with a S.00¢ Il be for the American comm: range the details of the t to the United § Philippines rr stipulated in the osition of the Philippin by the commissioner: > is ample unlike th of Cuba, for full di of all ques tions of the id insular, far as the » concerned. Nothing Disquieting in Havena. It is said at te there 1 the St Department that ng in the situation mm commiss not ng disquiet he jon- t intervals to suit their d the needs of the work in troops are being shipped 1 the ways being cleared for on of the island by the Amer!- can troops at about the ti ettled upon; namely, the end of the pr Ta titude of the insurgents is not a cause for apprehension now more than it has been, and the offici e confident that entime nd of Cu the U with t of the better element on the a Will be effective in secur officers who administration of t the for charged the cordial support of the Cuban people. th the end of the of law war Spaniards well as Cul remote and unprotected districts, but this is an incident of most wai nd even in our laie civil war trouble was encounter- ed in suppressing such lawless ¢lem2nt: +e KITCHESE GEN. IN PARIS. Expresses Hope There Will War With England. PARIS, October 27.—Gen. Lord Kitchener Khartoum, i here en- ing from Marse ft this morning and wil! arrive in London this afternoon. The Evenement publishes an interview With Gen. Kitchener, in the course of which he is quoted as saying: “Iam only a soldier and am ignorant of He No last € diplomacy, which is not my business. hope the diplomatists will succeed in set- tling amicably the difficulty. I can onl praise the French, particularly Maj. Mar- chand, who received me shoda with charming cordiality. I shall always retain a pleasant souvenir of that reception. “The situation is rightly regarded as most critical, but I cannot agree with those who say war is the only solution. A calm. courteous discussion will give a solution eceptable to both nations. I have entire cenfidence in diplomacy, and perhaps my opinion of Maj. Marchand's exploit. may contribute to the result which we all de- sire.”” > GALE ON LOWER LAKES. Fiurries of Snow Accompany the Furious Wind. » Ohio, October 27.—Since terday aft-rnoon a furious gale has swept over the lower lake region. During the night the wind reached a velocity of fifty miles an hour, accompanted by flurries of snow. So far as reported, the only damag> suf- fered to shipping was to the yacht Cygnet, which was anchored inside the Cleveland breakwater. Her anchor chains gave way and she was quickly dashed upcn the beach, where she is being pounded to pieces by the waves. No person was aboard the yacht when she went ashore. . -——. ___ INDIANS ON THE WARPATH. They Attack Settlers City, Orego: BAKER CITY, Ore., October 27,—Word was received here yesterday by tetephone from Canon City of a shooting affray in which Indians shot and seriously wounded Dave Cuttings, and shot the horses from under F. Duncan and F. Mosier. The red- Near Canon missioners must maintain their position. One small concession they are willing to make; namely, they will guarantee for the Uvited States that life and property shal! be secure in Cuba. This responstbility the United States will assume only until such time that a stable government shal! be skins then went to the home of John High and shot him, but not fatally. ‘The scene of the trouble fs on the south fork of John Day river, about thirty miles southwest of Canon City. A well-armed posse from Canon City has taken up the trail, and hard fighting ts expected, as the Indians are well armed. WASHINGTON, D. ©, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, -1898—FOURTEEN PAGES. Ul TWO CENTS. NEW YORK’S OUTLOOK DREYFUS CASE UP An Unusual Confusion of Opinion in Political Circles, SOME ANXIETY AMONG REPUBLICANS Expectation of a Roosevelt Walk- over No Longer Held. IGNORING NATIONAL ISSUES There is an unusual confuston of opinion in political circles as to the situation in the New York campaign. Without the reason being apparent there is an undercurrent of anxiety among republicans as to the result. This is probably because there is not the same prospect of a walk-over for Roose- velt that was at first anticipated. The democrats in New York, as eleewhere, are making a quiet canvass according to the most approved “gum shoe” methods. They are apparently meeting with some success in obscuring national issues, and are mak- ing the most of the vunpopularity of the Raines law and of the so-call- ed canal scandal. Roosevelt's greatest strength, it is said, lies in his personal- ity and the fact that it is believed that if he is elected he will give an honest gov- ernment, ignore the machine wherein its methods do not accord with his upright no- tions of things, and will not permit the fostering of any rings under his adminis- tration. In other words, his strength lie along lines of antagonism to the influences which present the local issues which the democrats are fighting. In Rochester, where Roosevelt was mani- fest, Woodruff, the candidate for lieutenant governor on the ticket with him, was com pelled to break off a speech in which h: vidertook to make a défense of the canal srk done under the present republ tate regime. This incidont is regarde4 ating that Roosevelt’s lack of sym thy with the machine is assumed by thos who oppose the machine, and the question ises whether the machi cting on a similar assumy cut him. . Democrats for Roosevelt. One of the most astute political observers in the country, who returned from York yesterday, told a Star reporter that he had talked with some of the most con- servative and best inform2d re and they discussed the situation stmption that the republican ticket might be cut in some localiti but asserted that Roo: prospects were improving from ths fact that it appeared now that ne would #et a very considerable demucraile vo man asseried that he knew forty- democrats in his own ward who 1 vote for Roosevelt, and he thought the ¢ Pment represented by these votes that many democrats throughout the state would vote for Roosevelt. On th Other hand, the course of the independents who recognized Roosevelt's fitn: by of- him their nomination, but are op- him because h on the regular an ticket, will, it is believed, de- m of many votes which, in all con- and common . he should re- Ignoring National Ixsues. It is said that the democratic ticket is not being hurt as much as might naturaliy expected it would by the efforts of the re. bublicans to direct attention to national 1s- sues. The material consequence of the ciection on national issues relates to the congressional clection, and the state tick- et and the’ congressional ticket oper- ate upon ch other, but the people in New York often he peculiar wa looking at things, and it is re not much disturbed by by voting the demo. are running the risk of of Rey ntatives to the s id th y are satisfied thac tue ites « any possibili of t and theretore fear of silver legislation democrats getting the House. sighted view is characteristic of > politics. id that they the warning ticket they the House BALA ose eae LY UNOFFICIAL, The Commission Lately in Conter- ence With San Domingo's President. Careful inquiry at the Navy Department Gemorstrates the absolytely unofficial char- acter of any svch commission as that said to be headed by Mr. Smith M. Weed, which was recently at Nassau, B. W. 1, pn ference with President Heureaux of San Domingo. Ii is said that Capt. Converse of the Montgomery may have taken Mr.’ Weed en bis ship as a gu but however that tay be, the ccmmission has no oficial standing so far as can be learned here. ‘The Montgomery had been ordered from yport to Charleston to participate in the Jubilee in the latter city, and Capt. obtained permission to stop at won the way. It is believed here that ed is the representative of an Amer- ican syndicate, which bas agreed to admin- ister most of the affairs of the Dominican TIR government, collecting the customs. re- ceipts in return and paying ge sum to the officials of the island. Some such scheme as this has been operated by an can syrdicite in Honduras for sev- s with marked success, it is said, and this has probably attracted the atten. ticn of speculators to the possibilities of other West Indian countries as offering handsome rewards. So far as any proposition to buy or ac- quire Samana bay as the United States ccaling station {s concerred, the naval au- thorities declare that there’ is no truth in the story. That favorite project of ident Grant's, but has rot taken serious pe since, and is less possible of consum- mation, now that the United States has splendid facilities of its own in the matter stations on the Island of Porto ————_ + +_______ A MEN WANT TO STAY. Volunteers Who Object to Being Mun- tered Out. Senator Bacon of Georgia was at the War Department today endeavoring to effect an arrangement which will permit the reten- tion of the Georgia men who wish to re- main in the volunteer service. Two regi- ments, the Ist and 2d, have been ordered mustered out. About half the men in eaci desire to remain. Senator Bacon has asked that the 2d Regiment be retained, and the men who desire to leave the service be transferred to the Ist Regiment, while the men of the Ist Regiment who desire to stay in the service be transferred to the 2d. Th offictals of the War Department are dis- posed to grant the request. Personal Mention. . Mr. George W. Leet of the quarter- master’s department, who contracted: the fever during the Santiago campaign in Cuba, has recovered sufficiently to resume his work at the department. Mr. Leet was in the yellow fever hospital at Siboney, and subsequently had several relapses after his return to Washington. : Mr. Morris, auditor for the Navy Depart- ment, has gone to Ohio and -will not re= turn until after the election. Called in Court of Cassation in Paris Today. FEW SPECTATORS ~ ALLOWED M. Bard Presents the Cause the Prisoner. of SU RP RISE TO JUDGE PARIS, Octoter 27.-The court of cassa- ticn, which is to decide upon the question of reopening the case of Alfred Dreyfus, the prisoner of Devil's Island, who is a!- leged to have been falsely convicted of s ing important military plans to agents of a fereign power, opened at noon today. The hall was filled with people, but there was no demonstration around the palace of jus- tice, the gates of whi¢h were closcd, as a matter of precaution, only ticketholders be ing admitted. The few spectators abcut the palace vere kept moving by the poiice, and inside the building municipal guards were stationed in all the corridors Ivading to the court reom. Maitre Labori, who was counsel for M. Zola during the latter's famous trial, was seated among the lawyers occupying the first row. Madame Dreyfus, wife of the prisoner, was provided with a seat in a corner. She was represented by Maitre Mornard. Case Called at Once. The Dreyfus appeal case was called im- mediately after the opening of the court. Reporter Bard opened the proceedings by referring to the excitement and scandals aused by the case, even before the appeal evision of the trial was lodged. He then reviewed the history of the case from the arrest of Dreyfus and said his condemnation was one of the crimes which inspire universal horror, and jt struck one of these in whom the country had the most confidence, Continuing, M. Bard spoke of the efforis z to obtain a revision of the c ferred to the denunciation of Maj hazy and reviewed Mime. Dreyfu for a revision of the ease. Bard said the sumption that by Maj. Esterhazy. He then pointed out tWat there were sus- piciou: which justify the request for the revision. Mme. Breyfus contended that her husband did not wrHe the borde- reau, which all the experts reported he did write. The ec therefore, would have to 4 ucts and decide whether a ision was justified. Col. Henry's Confersion. M. Bard added that the appeal for a re- Vision was decided “upon in consequence of the late Lieutenant Colonel Henry's con- fession that he had férged a document in the case; but, M. Bard said, this forgery was commmtted in 1896, and could not alone © regarded as ground fer a revision or for n annulment of the judgment rendered in SO, In so doing M. appeal was based on the as ‘twithstand & the fact. M. Bard said, fenry had committed forg- his evidence Was the most crushing nst Dreyfus; but, he continued, the evi- e of a forger is open to suspicion There was, therefore, the presumption of consclence, based upon fresh fact, which led to the appeal for a reviston of the case, and there was also greund to ask whether another new fact has not been brouzht to light and if Dreyfus was really the author of the bordereau and note written to Major crhazy found in the #partment of Mademoiselie Pays, in which the writer 2d what he should do respecting the rderau. M. Bard next read Col. Du Paty report of the arrest then a captai: reneh artilic Staff duty, in which the yfus, while writing ed inte excitement.” M. Bard Surprises Hix Hearers. “But,"" M. Bard added, amid the surprise of his hearers, “the photograph taken of this writing docs not give the slightest in- dic t Dreyfus was laboring under excite Dreyfus, M. Bard also said, denied to Colonel Du Paty relation: eign y Colonel Du Paty de Clam’ ae Clam that he ever had directly or indirectly, with for- report further showed that Dreyfus had to write in- criminating documentg in ten different Ways, sitting and standing, with and with- gloves, pointed TANNER GROWS BELLICOSE 1 with ofdinary and broad- Illinois Governor Will Prevent Contract Labor Coming In. He Threatens to Meet Trains at the State Line With Gat- ling Guns. CHICAGO, October 27.—A special to t ‘Times-Herald from Madison, Il, say: reiterate that I will not toierate this wholesale importation of foreigners into Illinois. And if J hear that a mob is to be Lrougat into this state, such as was taken into Virden, I care.not on what railroad it comes, or for whom, I will meet it at the state line and shoot it to piéees with Gat- lirg guns.” So declared Gov. ‘Tamer in a speech de- livered before 1,200 awditor# gathered at the Knights of Pythias Hall in this city. It was the concluding staterfent in an ad- dress largely devoied te @ deferse of his course in the recent mine riots at Virden. The governcr reviewed at’ great leng:h the causes leading up to the rioting. He held the operators at fault in'their dealings With the strikers, and then; reverting to his acts when the crisis came, said: “When the United States government found it necessary and deciifed it just to fcrbid the importation of foreign labor {nto this country I felt that I was fully justified in the course J te6k at Virden. That trouble never would have occurred if the negroes had not been brought here to take the places of white men. The impor- tations were representatives of the scum of the country—ex-conviets and worthless characters generally—and the state of Illi- rois should not be made a demping ground for such reprobates. I do not propose to al- low the operators to. bring these people here, and I took what J considered, and still consider, the prop: means to prevent’: Then followed his unccmprom'sing dec ration that any train‘in:entering the state uncer similar conditions in the future would be met at thq border and shot to pieces with Gatling guns. SES eee Major Clark Ordered Here. Maj. Winfield M. Clark, additional pay- master, U. 8. V:, has-been relieved from further duty in the department of the gulf and will proceed to this city and report in person to the eget comment OL the army for duty. CHAIRMAN BABCOCK —_—.+——_—_ He Makes Nome Predictions About the Elections. se RAPID CHANGE OF SENTIMENT The Next House to Have a Safe Republican Majority. NO FIAT MONEY ae WANTED Mr. Babcock, chairman of the republican corgressional committee, when asked to- day abont the condition of the campaign and the prospects for republican succ in the coming election, said: “This campaign has been very difteront from the campaigns of 1894 and 18%, from the fact that so many new conditions hz come to the front. In the campaign of 18M the people generally had become thoroughly cut of patience with the Wilson bill and the democratic policy on tariff and money. We succecded in electing a large republican majority in the Fifty-fourth Congress, but were unable to take any action as to tariff matters until after, the election of 1896. In the presidential election the lines were closely drawn. The republican party was in favor of sound money and protection. Its views, so far as protection is concern- ed, have b2en enacted into law, and con- fidence has taken the place of distrust in financial circles, not only at home, but the world over, and we hear not a word even of the ‘endless chain.’ SS Change of Sentiment. ‘During the pres2nt campaign the admin- tration has prosecuted the most success- ful war known to modern history. Not- withstanding the briillant achievements of tie ariny and navy, the democratic party and its allies have endeavored to belittl> and criticise, not so much the results of the war the methods of the War De- partment, seeming to forget that war means pestilence, sickness and death. The facts in regard to the conduct of the war have been shown up completely, and the criticism and the attempted opposition to the administration on this account have fallen flat, and the change of sentiment during the past month, and especially dur- ing the past two weeks, in this respect has been simply wonderful. Democrats and Fiat Money. fhe appointment of ‘Coin’ Harvey as nelil maneger by the joint committee appointed by Chairman Jones of the demo- cratic committee consisting of ex Stene of Missouri, ex-G Illinois, Senator Tel Senator A Governor error Altgeld of er of Colorado and n of Nebraska to take charge of the financial part of their campaign in- dicated at once the design of the opposition ag squarely to the front the free ge of silver on a basis of 16 to 1, as ted in 18¥6. The result of this action been far-reaching and has been an el ment cf great strength to the republic: campaign. Distric t were considered dcubiful four wecks ugo are now safely republican. The sound money democrats who were ha’tin between a support of their old organizaticn on state issues and the dangerous fallacy of flat money, have announced their intention to support the republican congressicral nominees in al- mcst every state of the Union, and for the pest two weeks reports received at head- qvarters show that the trend o! public sen- tment fs to indorse the present admir tion and give Mr. McKinley a republic Hicuse that con be depended upon to sup- port him in tie interest of sound money in the adjustment of the great ques growing out of the war, and to tal ntage of the oppertunitics offered tor ul supcemac) crtiment in this cam- : publican nominees is similar to he change of sentiment in last Harrison-Cleveiand campaign of when the democrats practically won their fight within four weeks of the eicc- tion. towards ihe r The Next House. fhe present House s of 27 re- publicans and 150 democrats, populisis and ists, or a republican majori of I. From the best information ob- tainable and from reliable reports from every district in the Union, the indications ure now that the republicans will elect 184 which, together with the eight al- elected f Maine, Vermont and will make 192 members of tne Fifty-sixth Congress. This would give them a Working majority of twenty-seven over all. I do not see how this number can be reduced if the party continues its present agere ign, but to achieve this essury for every repub- lican to do his full dut) co on, ARMOR FOR Successfully Stood the Test at Indian Head Yesterday. A fifteen-inch plate representing a large up of armor for the battleship Wiscon- sin, was successfully tested at the navai proving grounds, Indian Head, yerterday afternoon. The plate was the target for two projectiles fired from a ten-inch rifle with high service velociti It steod the test well ard at its conclusion showed but one crack of a trivial character. While the crdnance officials think highly of the re- sisting quality of armor treated b; Harvey process, they regard the Krupp treatment as superior, aithough the latter is more expensive, Captain O'Neil, the chief of the naval bureau of ordnance, has expressed the he- lief that it should be adopted for the new warships of the United States. ee AND BELL, new ané@ even EATON Court of Inquiry Into Charges and Counter Charges. A court of inquiry is in session at che New York navy yard in the effort to ascer- tain the merits of accusations made by Capt. J. E. Eaton of the Resolute and his navigator, Lieut. John A. Bell. The Reso- lute has been plying back and forth be- tween Cuba and Porto Rico and United States ports. The captain gave his navi- gator a bad professional record when the latter came up for promotion, and Lieuten- ant Bell retaliated with charges against the captain, and it is for the court of in- quiry t> ascertain which of the officers is in the right. Capt. Nicol Ludlow is presi- dent of the court and the other members are Commander Mackenzie, Lieutenant Commander J. A. Regers, with Capt. T. M. Wood, U. S. M. C., as judge advocate. + e+ _____ PREDICTS ROOSEVELT’S VICTORY. Statement by Third Assistant Post- master General Merritt. “Notwithstanding the reports to the can- trary, the Roosevelt boom is booming, and we are going to carry the state by an over- wh2iming majority.” This ts whateThird Assistant Postmaster General Merritt told a reporter of The Star this morning. General Merritt has just returned from his old home at Lockport, N. Y., where he presided Tuesday after- mcon at a rousing republican rally, at which Col. Rooseveit spoke. He says when ‘the special train errived at Lockport the * United States army. . Station was crowded with an enthu assemblage. The opera house ha bedily taken by the peopl>, who upon Col. Roos king. The w frightful, Mr. id, and came down in torrents. But it dampen the spirit ¢ the voters. “Col Re » of his ch teristic Merritt. i him and the pe some fellow got udionce and cried, “Three chee Billy Bryan.’ Quick as a flash C velt rep’ ‘I admire are not You are braver than your party leatc They are afraid this year to stand up for their party principles “I accompanied the distinguished part continued Gen. Merritt, as far as Rochester. On the way several speech?s were made small towns, and everywhere we mot fame enthusiastic reception. 1 campaigned through N. years, but never in my recollection ther> been such Interest manifested } people in their candidate. Republican suc- in New York this year is a foregone conclusion.”* up = for Roo: ave w York a number ¢ ———— MUST SERVE THREE YEARs. Those Who Enlist Hereafter in the Regular Arm Future enlistments and re-enlistments in the regular army will not be governed by the same rules which prevailed during the war with Spain. May 10 last Major Gen- eral Miles, with the approval of the Sec- retary of War, issued an order announcing that “men enlisted or re-enlisted in the regular army during the war may be in- formed that they will be granted their dis- charges, if desired at the close of the war, upon their individual applications.” Major General Miles today issued an order revoking the previous order and announc- ing that its provisions will not govern in the cases of men hereafter enlisted or re- isted in the reguiar army, Under this action all enlistments or re-enlistments in the regular army will be for a term of three years regardless of the present status of the negotiations with Spain for peace. By direction of the Secretary of War, Colonel Thomas Ward, acting adjutant general, has issued a general order in re gara to the cases of members of volunte organizations who enlist therefrom in the regular army. It is explanatory of a pre- vious ge.eral order issued in) September last, prescribing that such men will be given credit for their service in the volur teer army. The indorsement required by the regulations on the enlistment papers of men who have served in the volunteer army and subsequently enlist in the regu- lar army results in giving such soldiers credit on the records of the department for time actively served in the volunteer army, but it is not intended that the term of en- listment or re-enlistment in the regu my shall be shoriened by réason of thei volunteer service. According to the onder just issued, such soldiers “begin a new en- t in the regular army for the full term of three years, and their clothing al- lowance likewise begins at the first ye rates. age limitation of thirty-fivi years for original enlistments in the regu- lar army does not apply in such cases. Th: al advan however, accrue to ho re-enlist in the regular army within three months from date of dis . fem the volunteer army. in their cases tmie actually served in the volunt ed in the reg army ir comp from time to tim THE SITUATION IN OFIO. Democrats Claim That It Favorable to Them. ts are claiming that the sit rable to their mek ing a considerable gain in their vote there this fall. Two of the democratic dates for Congress—Lentz and Brenz having a very hard fight, and one or be may be defeated; but, on the other h the democra: aim to expect to de Bromwweil, Weaver, Southard and Lybra — CHIPPEWA TIMBER LANDs. he soldier’s service pay is Very Demoe! tion in Ohi The System of Disposing of Them to Be Examined. An investigation of the system of dispos- ing of the timber lands of the Chippewa Indians has been ordered, and Messrs. Schwartz and Parks, agents of the depart- ment, who have had much experience in this line of work, are making a detaiied in- auiry into timber-cutting privileges on the Chippewa lands, and will report as their work 1s completed. ‘They were dispatched to the scene as the result of instructions from Secretary Bliss, who directed Commissioner Hermann of the general land office to sce that no more contracts are entered into with these In- dians pending the present investigation veral conferences between officials in the department have been held in the past twenty-four hours, going over the import- unt results of Commissioner of Indian Af- fairs Jone: it to the scene of the lat Indian troubles in Minnesota, and steps have been taken toward remedying abuses found to exist. pon as A REPORT FROM MANILA. Postal Agent Vaille Has Had No U. S. Mail Since Acgust 4. An interesting report has just been re- ceived by the Post Office Department from Postal Agent Vaille at Manila. He dec the situation at Manila as satis! ‘actory, with the mails moving regularly. The only thing needed, he says, to make the people entirely happy is a mail from the sates. The mail of August 4, from San Franci, s h» says, is still the last received. Several of the largest business houses have re- ported the mail facilities much better than at any tme under Spanish rule. Mr. Vaille speaks in slowing terms of the is!and, and express>s the hope that the United States will retain it. There is room for millions of people, he says, and the ccuntry is not surpassed by any in the United States. On September 19, he says, h> met Gen. Aguinaldo at Maialos and had a short talk with him regarding the mail service to and from the provinces under his control, where the former Spanish offi- cials are out and there is no regularly con- stitu authority in charge of the raails. Mr. Vaille says he told Aguinaldo if h: could satisfy him that the mails sent out weuld be delivered to addresses in proper condition he would deliver the mails. Aguinaldo promised to s2nd a represenia- tive to discuss the matter in a short time. ————— REPUBLICANS IN VIRGINIA. Ex-Representative Libby Thinks They Should Carry Five Districts. Ex-Representative Libby of Virginia said to a Star reporter today that the republi- cans ought to carry five congressional dis- tricts in Virginia. He said he could not tell how the election would come out, but that the second, the fourth, the fifth, the ninth end the tenth districts were naturally re- publican. In one district the republicans, he said, were having trouble on account of the claims uf two candidates, but apparent- ly the situation was all right in the rest. ——_—_—__+ 0+ _____ Te Relieve Col. Oxgood. Maj. Eugene T. Wilson, commissary of subsistence, United States Volunteers, now in St. Louis, Mo., has been ordered to pro- ceed to Santiago, Cuba, and relieve Lieut. Col. Henry B. Osgood, subsistence depart- ment. of his duties at that place, and while on such duty will have the rank of lieutenant colonel. Lieutenant Colonel Os- good, on being thus relieved, wil proceed to Washington, D. C., and report in person to the commissary general of subsistence, Adve classification the Hel under “Wanted and “Wanted Situations” are in- sements serted in The Star at a charge of one cent per word per inser- tion, the minimum char; being | 15 cents. _—_—_—_——_____—_ HEROES ON PARADE - Veterans of Cuban Campaign in the Line at Philadelphia. PRESIDENT REVIEWS THE COLUMN Military Arouses Intense Enthusiasm Among the Spectators. Sees ee FAIR WEATHER PREV AILS aes FHILADELPHIA, October 27.—There was ecmpensation today for the disappointment in the enforced postponement of the cixle de which had been scheduled for Today opened with a clear sky and bright sunshine, and with every favorable opportunity for the assembled crowds to witness the great military pa- rade on the program for this day in peace jubilee. The successful and popular naval review of Tuesday had whetted the to witness and applaud the country who had enlisted to serve with the lands. men in the government service jn its de- mand for humane and just treatment of the Cuban populace. The program which called for the parade today of the military was permitted to stand as previously arranged, and the civic parade was carried over from Wednesday to Friday. possible desire fs Sons, od Sized Army Present. From 25,000 to 30,000 soldiers had r the clty to participate in the grand and all were promptly at the assigned points of assemblage this morning to take their place in tne great procession. The President and Vice President of the Unite State with the members of the Presi- dent's cabinet, distinguished d navy officers and hundreds of th sofr dents of this city and other locali honored the occasion with and with almost the entire p city cheered the soldiery over the route. President McKinley prior to the rode in a carriage over the route of t process.on to view the d ations, and was greeted with a continuous ovat With Gen. Nelson A. Miles, the h the United States army, in thi . arted from Broad str at 11 o'clo 1p d str to nut str hence east on the latter thoroughfare to ad street. Going north one block on 34 to Market street.the soldiers marc west on Market to Broad, and then pi sded north on the 1 reet to York street. The ered was about seven miles, and r hours were occupied in passi int. thusiasm Along the Route. Broad street there was & continuous line of stands, which were crowded to t utmost capacity, and the soldiers were greeted with tumultuous cheers throu out the entire march. Music was plentiful throughout the long line of soldiery, the enthusiasm of the spectators route was unbounded. The decorations were the most pr ever displayed in the cit carcely ing being without its covering of red and blue bunting and profusion of flags. The fronts of many buildings were almost hidden by the national colors. — IGNORANCE, FooT BA Yale's Alumni Weekly Criticises the Team. Conn., W HAV Oct ump in the Yale University f during the p! nt W has ocea great alarm among Yale n alarm is emphasized by the failure uate coachers to return to New Ha assist In the preparation of the elev the important contests of the © The Yale Alumni Weekly which today contains a vigorous criticism of Situation, Under the caption “Many Ball Cripples and Much Foot Ball Igno: ance,” the Week’ S: “The whole te joose and disorgan- ized; the candid: ide of t have been playing more or lees with the eleven are so far beni able form that an accident to four men would seem like ping out. Yet there is pl terial and an abundance of It is # question of instructi of rigint nLy be given at eto be hard coaching and pienty will save the team. Th as bright a HUSTING CLUB Commodious Lodge Mend Dispatch to The OAKLAND, Ma Meadow Mountain Hunting Chub, w will open a commodious lodge on Meadow Mountain, in Garrett county, w zed at Oakland, with the tollowing of Sp Cetober 3; organ’ rs: President, Hen. R. T. Browni vie Presidents, A. 2. Dewitt and Solomon Sin: secretary, N. C. Browning; corresponding secretary, Col. William Kilgour of Mont- gomery ‘county; — attorn Gilmer 8. Hamill. The list of honorary members in- cludes G. H. Hellen and Frank wring of Washingtca, D. c Victor Baughman end I Downey of Frederick. At the opening in November the club will formally unfurl a United States flag and a club's name. pernant bearing the —— AN OCEAN RECORD BROKEN, Farst Bismarck Lowers a Previous Time to Cherbourg. NEW YORK, October 27.—The Hamburg- American line steamer Furst Bismarck, Capt. Albers, which sailed from New York on October 20, clearing the bar at 10:58 a.m. and the lightship about twenty-two minutes later, arrived at Cherbourg at 2:35 this morning, bound for Southampton and Hamburg, making her time of passage six days, ten hours and fifteen minutes, which is thirty-nine minutes better than her best previous 2astward record to Cherbourg and the best record on that course held by any steamer. She made an average speed of nearly twenty knots per hour. SERRE esr orens WILL START HOME TONIGHT. President McKinley Will Leave Vhil- adelphia at 11:30 P.M. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., October 27.—Sec- retary Porter stated this morning that President McKinley will leave for Wash- ington at 11:30 tonight, and that there will be a meeting of the cabinet tomorrow morning. Mr. Porter declined to say anything about lest night's meeting of the cabinet in this city, but it was authoritatively stated that the session was informal, and that no mention was made of any commu- nication from Paris. —_— Wants Quickly Filled. At this season, when so many are seek. ing situations, and, on the other hand, so many seeking employes, it is of interest to know that advertisements under the classifications Wanted Help and Wanted Situations are inscrted in The Star at 4 charge of 15 cents for fifieen words.