Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, October 29, 1898, Page 6

The Hevald-Review. by BE. Kiley, GRAND RAPIDS. - The heaviest pocketboo!: haa a sil- ver lining. 3 Mobs frequently furnish noose items for the papers, The poet pipes the lay and the plumber lays the pipe. Tt is difficult to convince a loafer that he bores a busy man. It’s never too hot in summer or too cold in winter for the ice man. Men look forward to the future, while women dwell upon the past. Some men take less advantage of opportunities than those who offer them, The end of one mxa’s failure is oft- times the beginning of another man’s success, Some people are willing to live up to their light as long as their eyes are | bandaged. We never heard of husbands and wives quarreling about which loved | the other most. Some actors are like some eggs— | they go upon the stage When they are | no good for anything else. Great wit is said to be akin to mad- ness, yet we seldom hear of a man going around bragging of his superior insanity. Some one has said that truth is eier- | nal. Perhaps it is, but time changes it until its own mother is unable to recognize it, The man who gushes over women is sneered at as sentimental, and the one who doesn’t is called a brute—se what can the poor man do? The Soudan army ration, as deserib- ed in a private letter from a soldier, is appetizing and quite unlike some of the food recently offered our soldters, What with steaks, fresh bread, tea, and an occasional tart, the campaigner in Africa, a common soldier, seems to offer a striking contrast to his con- temporary on this side of the sea. Hap- pily for us, the army ration question may now be discussed at leisure, and uot under fire. ‘Some of the persons who are urging and even “insisting” that certain regi- ments of the volunteer army be mus- tered out of the service, forget that the men enlisted for two years. They did not enroll themselves either for a military picnie or exclusively to fight Spaniards, but to be good soldiers, going where they were ordered to go, and doing what they were ordered to do, without demur, or question, or thought of discharge. They should be Joyal to their promise of twenty-four months of faithful military service, and patriotic in their willingness to fulfil it, if this is demanded by the further necessities of the government. Col. Theodore Roosevelt gave some good advice to the “rough riders” who fought under him at Santiago, before they were mustered out. “Don’t pose as heroes,” he said, “or lie on your laurels, because they wither. Be care- ful of your conduct. The world will be kind for ten days, and then, in those cold words that the world is capable of speaking, it will declare you're spoiled by going to the war.” Here is a good-humored recognition that military glory is transient, espe- cially in this country. War is a rare episode in our national history. The duties chiefly exacted of Americans are those of peace—manliness in pri- vate life, integrity in business, good citizenship. The olive-growers of California will probably gather next winter the larg- est crop ever grown in the Union, For the first time the production of this fruit will be in excess of the demands for consumption in California alone. An enormous planting of olive groves has been made in California in the last few years. It has been reckoned that 600,000 olive trees were set out in this state last spring alone. Rough estimates put the area of bearing olive groves in Califor- nia at about 6,000 acres, while the total orchard area is about 24,000. This state has practically a monopoly in growing olives in America. Some attempts have been made to grow the nevadillo blanco olive in Florida and Louisiana, but the soil is not adapted to the fruit in either of these states. Some twelve years ago a seventy-acre olive orchard was started near Guad- alajara, Mex., but the trees never came to bear fruit, and the scheme was abandoned when it was found the air was too damp. France will not disarm unti] she gets back Alsace-Lorraine, There is a precedent for you. England will perhaps not disarm until she gets back the United States of America, e£n@ Spain will postpqne her disarma- sment until she gets back Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. ‘The editor of the Humboldt (Kas.) Herald says: “The joy in a sweet wife is too great to be described—too sacred to be spoken of;” and the curious part of itjis that he is sr--%ing of his own wife, too. THE NEWS RESUME EVENTS OF THD PAST WEEK IN A CONDENSED FORM, A General Resume of the Most Im- portant News of the Week From All Parts of the Globe, Boiled Down and Arranged in Con- venient Form for Rapid Perusal By Busy People. Washington Talk. The subsistence department of the army has a statement refuting some features of the testimony of Maj. Sea- man, surgeon, before the war investi- gating committee, The first official recognition of the regular commercial transportation ser- vice in Porto Rico was an agreement entered into at the postoffice depart- ment Tuesday for carrying the maiis between Ponce and San Juan, the chief cities of the island. The decision of the arbitrator in the McCord case has been rendered, but its purport is not known to the state de partwent. According to figures transmitted to the state department by Consul Gow- | ey at Yokohama, there has been an astonishing increase in the imports of American flour in Japan, Third Assistant Postmaster Genera) Merritt, in his annual report, recom- mends immediate negotiations with the |} postal authorities of England, Ger- many and France, to reduce interna- tional postage rates to 2 cents per half- ounce or fraction thereof. Crimes and Criminals, ‘Samuel Phillips, aged 104, who had been in good health and circumstances, hanged himself in Jefferson county, K Frauds amounting to millions of dol- lars have been discovered in the ar- senal at Valparaiso. Senor Navarre, chief of ordnance, has committed sui- eide. Countess Louise von Lindeau, an actress, known in Germany and many American cities as Countess Koenigs- low, was locked up in the central po- lice station in Cleveland upon the charge of intoxication. T. Howell Richards, at one time rec- tor of an Episcopal church at Dell Rapids, S. D., but more recently a stu- dent of the Missouri Medical College, St. Louis, has been arrested by a United States marshal, charged with violating the postal laws. The Minneapolis police found $51,- 000 worth of government bonds in an old closet in South Minneapolis, ‘hey proved to be all but $5,000 of the bonds stolen from the Hardwood Man- ufacturing company some two weeks ago, and had evidently been secreted there by the thieves. As a result of a fight over a woman at St. Louis, John W. Edwards shot and killed Alexander Charlton. The latter was divorced three years ago. Since then his wife has kept boarders, Edwards being one of them. Charlton became jealous of Edwards, called at the house to see him, and a fight en- sued. Accidental Happenings. Five men were killed and eleven in- jured by an explosion of gas in Colliery No. 8 at Coaldale, near Tamaqua, Pa. Attorney C. A. Rickard’s office, in the Ellicott Building, at Jonestown, Pa., v damaged by fire to the extent of § 7 The American bark Maryland, for Paltimore, has developed five cases of yellow fever and three deaths in Ha- vana. The candy and cracker factory of the Winn-Johnson company and oil and paint store of T. C. Burke, at Macon, Ga., was destroyed. Loss, 125,000. Part of the crew of the Italian bark Ester have been landed at Montevideo. The Ester was lost off Cape Santa Ma- ria. Four of the crew were drowned. Four men were killed by the explo- sion of a Wilmington & Northern freight engine near Reading, Pa. The dead are: William Herflicker, George Mills, Willis Woodward and Harry Huydam, all trainmen. A steam launch belonging to the re- ceiving ship Franklin, towing a cutter, was run down near the Norfolk navy yard by the tug Pioneer. Aboard the laurch and cutter were fourteen per- sons, including several women, and as the former sunk she carried the cutter down with her. J. C. Pillsbury, a pri- vate of marines, was drowned. ‘Two boilers in the state asylum for dangerous and criminal insane burst at Ionia, Mich., killing Harry Hanley of Saginaw and fatally wounding Jack Hogan, both inmates. Another in- mate and Jack Carey, a brickmason, were also hurt. The patients were locked in their wards at the time. of the explosion, and there was little ex- citement. Foreign Notes. The censorship at San Juan, Porto Rico, has been abolished. Agitation for a military dictatorship is being revived in Spain. The dowager empress of China shows a more liberal policy. Turkey has ordered the withdrawal of all its troops from Crete. ak The warlike feeling in England and France is rapidly nearing the danger point. L. Z. Leiter will present the new viceroy to India, Baron Curzon of Ked- Jestcn, with another London residence. American Minister Strauss was re- ceived in audience by the sultan last week, Spanish peace commissioners are try- ing to enlist the sympathies of the pow- ers. Aguinaldo declares that here will be ho peace in the Philippines until the religious orders are expelled. The duchess of Marlborough, fcerm- erly Miss Consuelo Vanderbilt of New | Yorks city, has given birth to a son. j Mother and child are doing well, ac- { cording to the latest reports from the. attending physician. F. P. Schreitzer, the Afrikander: leader and former attorney general of Cape Colony, whose motion of want of coufid¢eree in the government recentiy overthrew the Gordon ministry, has succeeded iv forming a new ministry. It is regarded as being a strong Afri- kander combination. The coffin containing the remains of Qucen Louise of Denmark, who died Sept. 20, was borne to the funeral car recently by the king ef Denmark, the czar of Russia, the king of Greece, the crown prince of Denmark and other members of the royal family. Personal, Gen, Julio A. Roca has been inaugu rated president of Brazil. Senator Proctor of Vermont has been re-elected. Miss Laura Williams of Chicago has started for London to wed Gen. Wes- ley Merritt. Col. Fred Grant will be a guest of the Army of Tennessee at its annual reunion in Toledo this month. Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles H. Allen has arrived at Ports mouth, N. H. Col. Theodore Roosevelt, Republican eandidate for governor of New York, has started out on his campaign of the state. . Col. Waring and Mrs. Marsh, wife of Rear Admiral Sampson’s flag lieuten- ant on the Resolute, arrived at Havana on board the Orizaba. Former Postmaster General Don M. Dickinson has become a law partner of Charles B. Warren, one of the govern- ment counsel in the Behring Sea seal- ing cases. ~ Mrs. Caroline O’Fallon of St. Louis, who died the other day in her ninety- fifth year, was the widow of Col. John O’Fallon, who gave more than $1,000,- 000 to St. Louis for parks, churches and hospitals. Henry Paget, fourth marquis of An- glesey, died suddenly .in London. He was born in 1835, and succeeded his half-brother in 1880. His heir is his son, the earl of Uxbridge, who was born in 1875 and is unmarried. Harold Frederic, the London corre- spondent of the New York Times and author of “The Damnation of Theron Ware” and other novels, died at Hen- ley of heart disease. He had been ill for some time, but recently had much improved in health. Miss Rubina Walwarth died in New York, after a five-weeks’ illness of ty- phoid fever. Her mother is Mrs. Ella Hardin Walworth, directress general of the Woman’s National War Relief association. Miss Walworth was a Vassar graduate. When war was de- clared she left the school] she was teaching and took a course in nursing, later going to Camp Montauk. Otherwise. A severe snow storm prevailed in the West and Southwest last week. Spaniards in Cuba express the hope that the war will be renewed. An English syndicate is after Cincin- nati breweries. Yellow fever has broken out at War- ren, Ohio. Oregon citizens will present a $1,000 sword to Capt. Clark, of the battleship Oregon. Joseph Koransky, manufacturer of clothing, 231 Mercer street, New York, assigned for the benefit of creditors. The Episcopal council decides against any chenge in the canons respecting the marriage of divorced persons. The degree of doctor of laws has been conferred upon President Mc- Kinley by the University of Chicago. Tle war investigating committee has transferred its labors to Jacksonville, Fla. The children of Simon Hornsheim of New Orleans will donate $50,000 to the Fisk Free and Public Library, in mem- ory of their father, The Parmenter Manufacturing com- pany, which operated brick yards at Brookfield, Mass., and against which attachments amounting to $70,000 were issued, has assigned. George M. Bowers, United States fish ommissioner, has presented to Cornell university a collection of near- ly 500,000 specimens of fresh and salt water fish. The annual convention of the Ameri- can Christian Missionary society, the largest organization of the Christian church, began at Chattanooga. About 2,000 delegates were in attendance. At least 500 delegates are at St. Lou- is, attending the twenty-fourth annual convention of the Wholesale Drug: gists’ association and the Proprietary association of America, in joint session. The First National Bank of Neligh, Neb., is in the hands of the bank ex- aminer. The bank had a capital stock of $50,000. No statement has been given out. The lock-out in the window glass trade has been broken by the cutters and flatteners at the Bradford Glass company’s works, at Hazelhurst, Pa., returning to work at the scale origin- ally agreed upon. It is stated that the contemplated col- lar combine in New York city is about consummated. It is intended to em- brace most of the collar factories in that city and to control the collar trade of the world. Despite continued bad weather, the German day exercises attracted many people to the Auditorium building on the Omaha exposition grounds. The parade of German societies was post- poned, Word comes from Newton Falls, 0., that Dr. C .O. Probst, of the state board of health, is convinced that Miss Blanche Beck of Paris township, who recently arrived from Mississippi, has genuine yellow fever. A lodge of the Order of Elks, com- posed of colored men, has been organ- ized in Cincinnati. Grand Exalted Ruler Galvin, of the order, says the action is wholly without warrant and clearly void, as the constitution pro- vides that the members shall be white. SPOILING FOR A FIGHT RELATIONS BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE ARE STRAINED. The Fashoda Affair the Cause of Much Eitterness Which Is En- hanced by the Attitude of the London Papers — Blustering Atti- tude of the Yellow Journals of London May Yet Cause War Be- tween ihe Two Countries—Recall of Marchand Wouta Be a Humili- ation Which France Could Not Endure, Paris, Oct. 23.—English yellow jour- nalism is beginning to bear fruit here. There is no question that the relations between England and France are be- coming very strained. This is simply due to the blustering attitude of the London papers over the Fashoda ques- tion. So far the French Press has been very calm. Some little restiveness, however, began to show itself a few days ago. Le Temps has bitter com- ments on Punch’s cartoon which shows France as an organ grinder, with a monkey on his barrel organ, which is labeled “Fashoda.” John Bull is: say- ing: “Go away.” The organ grinder replies: “What you give me?’ Where- upon John says: “Nothing: but what will I give you iff you don’t?” ‘This is not calculated to promote a pleasant understanding. Last night the Liberte asked if Eng- land really wished to provoke war. ‘Yo-night it dwells upon Sir Michael Hicks-Beach’s speech, and says: “We cannot, and will not, consent to recall Marchand, which would be purely and simply a humiliation for the French flag, which he planted at Fashoda under express orders from his government. If England persists in maintaining her indefensible demand, we are as ready to run the risks of a re- fusal as she is to support the conse- auences of the attitude she has taken.” it would be a mistake to look upon this as bluster. The Liberte only re- flects the firm determination of the na- tion. The people want peace, but not at any price. ‘The Liberte’s closing re- mark is typical of this sentiment: “We still believe,” it says, “that war between France and England would be a calamity for both nations, which have so many reasons for wishing to live in harmony. Also for the sake of civilization we have have been and are ready to make all possible sacrifice to maintain friendly relations with Great Britain, but our mild dispositions and peaceful sentiments have limits. ‘They are trying too severely by their ex- actions, and above all, by their threats.” ENGLAND COOLS DOWN, Not So Excited as She Was Over the Fashoda Affair. London, Oct. 23.—The London morn- ing papers have cooled down to an ex- ceedingly cautious and conservative tone in dealing with , the Fashoda question, apparently redlizing that the public on both sides of the channel is heated to the danger point. There is a marked effort to avoid an offensive tone. The Times says: “Sir Michael Hicks-Beach has gone some way to persuade our neighbors that we really mean what we say. The time has come when it is absolutely necessary to dispel French dreams on this sub- ject, unless very dangerous conse- quences are to result, but the chancel- lor of the exchequer might have per- formed the operation more dex- terously.” SHOUTED FOR BILL. German Emperor Receives on Ova- tion at Constantinople: Constantinople, Oct. 23.—The em- peror and empress of Germany, with the sultan, reviewed 15,000 Turkish troops from a window of the Yildiz Kiosk. They saluted the flag of each regiment. After the review the sultan escorted the. empress to luncheon, taking her on his arm. An immense crowd of Turks surrounded the palace / and cheered: until Emperor William appeared upon the balcony. The sul- tan presided at a grand farewell ban- quet to his guests, at which all the Turkish ministers and the foreign ‘en- voys were present. TAKING NO CHANCES, British Reserve Squadron Ready for Trouble. London, Oct. 23.—A dispatch to the Exchange ‘Telegraph company from Portsmouth says the British admiralty has issued orders that no dockyard re- pairs are to be commeneed upon ships of the reserve squadrons unless they one be completed within forty-eight ours. Judge Brought Into Court. Washburn, Wis., Oct. 23.—County Judge Howard Benton. who is also vice president of the Washburn, Bay- field & Iron River railway, was ar- rested on the charge of contempt of court. The district attorney has com- menced action against the road to have. a receiver appointed.» Judge Benton was summoned to appear. He refused to do so, and left town until his attor- ney arrived. Judge Paris acquitted him of the charge, Who's Next? New York, Oct. 23—The Herald prints the following: Lillian Russell is again free from matrimonial ties. Signor Perngini, whose wife she has been since Jan. 21, 1894, has received a decree of divorce in the chancery court im Jersey City. Assistant Secretary Hill Arrives. New York, Oct. 23.—Daniel J. Hill, recently appointed assistant secretary of state, arrived on the Cunarder Lu- cania. Mr. Hill was in Paris at the time of bis appointment. “year-old white boy. FRANCE DOES NOT WANT WAR. Anxious to Settle Differences Amic- : ably. 4 _ Paris, Oct. 25.—Interest in the ta- shoda incident is increasing. Indeed. a certain tone of anxiety is noticeable in public opinion. ‘There was a rumor last evening that England intended to ‘send an ultimatum to-night. ‘The press repeats it and says it is current in of- ficial circles in Lendon, ‘This is proba- bly nothing more than an alarming view of the orders given by the ad- miralty in various directions that the warships at Portsmouth shall bring up their crews to the full strength. The Havas agency announces that official notes have been given out to the Eng- lish papers denying that any warlike preparations is intended in these or- ders. As matter of fact, everything is being done here to settle the question peacefully, Most of the papers dis- cass compromise as an acceptable ar- rangement, All of them refuse even to consider the recall of Marchand, pure and simple. ‘The Liberte, in discussing the speech of M. Chaplain, says the president of the local government is like all his col- leagues. Lord Salisbury himself, while professing pacific sentiments friendship for France, demands the evacuation of Fashoda by Marchand as a preliminary to negotiations, “That,” says the Liberte, “it mzst be said and repeated, the English govern- ment will never obtain.” To-night the same paper records a slight improve- ment in, the situation, but at the same time it deplores the looseness with which English statesmen talk to the public. “We don’t insist, it adds, “upon the occupation of Fashoda, but we do absolutely upon having access to the Nile. If an agreement is possi- ble on this basis, we ask nothing bet- ter than to subscribe to it. But it ought to be clearly understood that until such an agreement has been concluded, and so long as the region allotted to us has not been placed un- der cur absolute sovereignty or ex- actly defined, the French flag will re- main at Fashoda with Marchand guarding it. We provoke nobody, but we insist upon our rights being re- spected.” What the Liberte says is representa- live of the French pre: War is not sought, but will not be avoided at the price of dishonor. THE MARKETS, Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Stock Centers, St. Paul, Oct. -—Wheat—No, 1 Northern, 67@68e; No. 2 North mn, 65 @66e. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 31@31 1-2¢; No. 3, 301-2@303-4¢. Oats—No. 3 white, 24 1-2@25 No. 3, 24@24 1-2c. Barley and Rye—Sample barley, 32@ 38c; No. 2 rye, 46@47c; No. 3 rye, 45@ 45 3-4e. Duluth, Minn., Oct. 25.—Wheat--Cash No. 1 hard, 711-2c; No. 1 Northern, 68c; No. 2 Northern, 651-2c; No. 2 spring, 62c; to arrive, No. 1 hard, 711-2c; No. 1 Northern, 68e; October, No. 1 hard, 711-2c; No. 1 Northern, 68c; December, No. 1 hard, G7e; No. 1 Northern, 65c; May, No. 1 hard, 68 1-Se; No. 1 Northern, 67 1-8c. Oats —24 1-2@25 1-2c. Minneapolis, Oct. 25.—Whest—Octo- ber closed at 65 1-2c; December opened at 64 8-4c; highest, 65 1-2c; lowest. 64 31-8c; closed at 64 1-2¢; May opered at 66 °3-4¢; highest, 67¢; lowest, 66e; closed at 66 1-Se; on track, No. 1 hard, 67 1-4e; No. 1 Northern, 66 1-4e; No. 2 Northern, 64 1-4¢. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 25.—Flour is steady. Wheat weaker; No. 1 North- ern, 68 1-4c; No. 2 spring, 67¢. Oats lower; sample, 25 1-2@26 1-4¢. Rye lower; No. 1, 51¢; No. 2, 50 1 Bar- ley strong; No. 88 1-2@40c. Chicago, Oct. 69e; No. 3, 66 G6 3-4ce; No, 3, 66c; No. 1 Northern spring, 67 3-8@GSe; No. 2, 66@67e; No. 2 spring, 65@66 1-2 Corn—No. 2%, 31 5-8e; No. 3, 31 3-8@31 1-2c. Oats— No. 2. 23 1-2¢; No. 3. 23 1-4¢. Chicago, Oct. 25. — Hogs — Light, $3.50@3.95 ; mixed, $3.5: S heavy, $3.45@3.97 1-2; rough, $3.45@ 3.55; Yorkers, $3.90. Cattle—Bee $4@5.70; cows and heifers, $2@. Texas steers, $2.80@4; Westerns, G@A.55; stockers and feeders, $3@4.50. Sheep—Natives, $3@4.75: Westerns, $3.60@4.65; lambs, $4@6.15. Sioux City, Iowa, Oct. 25.—Hogs— $3.55@3.75. Cattle—Westerns, $3.20@ 4.20; canners, $2; cows, $3.50; heifers, $3.35@3.75; bulls, $2.50@2.75; stockers, $3.75@4.25; yearlings, — $3.65@4.10; calves, $4.50@5. Sheep—$3.25@5.20. South St. Paul, Oct. 25.—Hogs— $3.22 1-2@3.65, Cattle — Cows, $2@ 8.40; stockers, $2.50@3.75; heifers. $2.75@3.50; calves, $5.50. Sheep—$3.2: G@4.50. Home From Porto Rico. Hudson, Wis., Oct: 25.—A few of the invalid boys from Company C, Third Wisconsin cglunteers, have returned home from ®Porto Rico, and their friends were delighted to see them, A telegram came from Gov. Scofield that the entire company and regiment had just left Ponce on the transport Mani- No. 2 hard, toba, and would reach ‘New York on’ the morning of the 29th. Our people are wild with enthusiasm, and have called a public meeting to arrange a grand welcome and peace jubilee. The British Cabinet Will Meet. London, Oct. 25.—The British cabi- net has been summoned to meet early this week for the purpose of discuss- iug the Fashoda question. It is under- stood that the government proposes to | take the steps necessary to insist upon an early and definite statement on the subject from France. Lynched by a Mob, Lafayette, Ala., Oct. 25.—John An- derson, colored, charged with the mur- der of Charles Holmes, a well known white farmer was lynched here by a mob of people of Fredonia and West Point, Ga., Lynching Is Probable, Dallas, Tex.. Oct. 25.—Three negroes shot and killed Julius Redd, a sixteen- A mob chased the hegroes to a house on the outskirts of the city and surrounded it, and a lynching ts prcbable. ‘ MINNESOTA’S SICK SOLDIERS FOURTEEN ARRIVE IV SAN FLAN] CISCO FROM MANILA. Galy Two of the Fourteen Are Sick— Eight Men Die on the Voyage and Five Are Buried at Sea—None of These Were From Minnesota— Col. Hartley, of the Governor's Staff, Meets the Soldiers at San Francisco and Provides for Their Comfort—All Wi Be Home Thurs- day—All Praise the Management of the Ship During the Voyage. San Francisco, Oct. 25.—The Rio de Janeiro weighed anchor at Manila Sept. 22 with 147 sick and wounded soldiers. She sailed to Hongkong, Where she remained two days coaling. She then steamed down the inland p: ige of the Japan sea, passing the great Japanese forts, touching for two days at Nagasaki, leaving there Oct. 2 for San Francisco, passing through the Golden Gate Saturday morning at 4 o'clock. She dropped anchor off Angel island at 4:30, where she was immediately boarded by federal and state quarantine officers, and, after in- spection, the soldiers were taken on tugs to the division hospital at the Presidio. The sixteen Minnesota boys were landed in good condition and spirits. At 1a. m. they were met by Col. Roland H. Hartley, Gov. Clough’s representative, who has all arrange- ments made for their departure home- ward bound this evening. All hands join in praising the management of the ship during ‘the voyage. There were eight deaths on board during the trip, none of them from Minnesota. Five were buried at sea and three were brought here. There was also one suicide by jumping overboard, All sco is praising the man- ner in which Minnesota is caring for returning sick and wounded heroes, she being the only state having repre- sentatives on the ground to meet the floating hospital from Manila. It opens their yes to see surgeons, nurses and special palace, sleeping and din- ing cars, stocked with all that money can procure for their comfort. They will be taken by special yacht from the hospital this afternoon to Oakland, where they will board their cars for St. Paul, where they should arrive some time Thursday. The party con- sists of the governor's representatives and the following soldires: Lieut. C. G. Bunker, Corporals Harry L. Hart, David Small and Bedbury, Privates David K. Christian, Walter J. Cork, Antone E. Johnson, George Lenze, William L. Murkland,"L. J. Nichols, Edward Robinson, Clarence L. Rice, Joseph Webb, R. I. Obermire and Cor- poral Lindholm and Sergeant W. K. Neal, of the signal corps, and Ray- inond R. Tennaur, of the First South Dakota. MORE SOLDIERS COMING HOME. Third Wisconsin and Sixth Massa- chusetts Sail From Ponce. Washington, Oct. 25.—The following bulletins from military commanders in Porto Rico were posted at the war department: “Ponce, Oct. 25.—The Manitoba sailed for New York to-day with 30 convalescents, 60 discharged soldiers and 36 officers and 560 men of the Third Wisconsin. The Missouri and Relief sailed also, but they were not ‘ reported to me officially. —‘“Henry, Brigadier General.” “Ponce, Oct. 25.—The Mississinpi sailed at 4:30 o'clock this evening, with Gen. Gozdon, of the Sixth Massa- chusetts, 37 officers and 813 men. —‘Brooke, Commanding.” “Ponce, Oct. 25.—The surgeon gen- eral repcrts that the Relief sailed with 246 patients. The Missouri has gone to Arroyo to take sick. She. will re- turn here and then go to Mayguez to get ‘the sick. —‘“Henry, Brigadier General.” MINISTERIAL CRISIS, Spain Continues to Have Consider- able Trouble at Home. Madrid, Oct. 25.—The newspapers here regard a ministerial crisis as im- minent, and they urge the ministers to sink their differences, in view of Spain’s many difficulties. Several of the papers violently attack Senor Gamazo, the minister of public in- struction, for resigning and thus com- plicating the situation. Insurgents Are Menacing. Manila, Oct. 25.—The attitude of the insurgent troops has become yery menacing. Their supplies are growing searce and they are becoming desper- ate. Their leaders assure the troops, who have had no pay for months, that they will soon capture Manila. The Filipino newspapers insist upon abso- lute independence and denounce an- nexation to the United States or an American protectorate with equal en- ergy. The American authorities, bot! naval and military, are taking precan- tionary measures, although no imme- diate trouble is anticipated. A Cowardly Deed. Stephen, Minn., Oct. 25.—A laboring man living here named F. A. Gordon committed suicide by drinking car- bolic acid. He has been out of work for some time and drank a good deal and became despondent. He leaveya wife and three small children. Three Men Drowned. Chicago, Oct. 25.—A small skiff, in which Louis Baban, son of a wealthy brick Manufacturer of Evanston; William Schaeffer and another man whose identity has not been estab- lished, capsized in Lake Michigan and all were drowned. Norwegian Steamer Ashore, Stavanger, Norway, Oct. 25.—The Nerwegian steamer Colin Archer, Capt. Larsen, from New York, Sept. 27, for Steckholm, is ashore in a crit- _ical position at Aarr Jaerderen, ‘