Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 12, 1898, Page 6

ue nav —esu) life iss toe hel ous is ) hav ight yecas the eon The Hevald--Review. by E, Kiley, MINNESOTA. GRAND RAPIDS - The lack of money is the root of | most evils. The fcet of the somnambulist should never sleep. t hatred, or, at experience was an example Jonah's of prophet and loss, You’can’t judge the dinner by the tone of the dinner bell. >overty may blunt our other senses, but it sharpens the taste. A coward makes a great deal more biustering than a man of honor. are dangerous—especially if to go from St. Louis to Chi- often wonders if a certain xn wonders if she is thinking young of hir -eople probably get the blues be- they fail to look at things in the n who is constantly in the e is apt to get an occasional When a man once thoroughly under- he’s seldom seen at the track. A ton of coal can be carried a mile for a cent, even by rail; and water car- riage is cheaper still. Yet the total c umption of coal for all purposes is now so vast that the tax for trans- portation is a heavy burden. In Eng- land a strong organization has been formed, called the General Power Dis- tribution company, which proposes to take the coal at the mouth of the mines, donvert its energy into elec- tric ity, and supply power by conduc- tion to a dense manufacturing dis- trict. This plan not only saves the shipment of coal, but puts an end to the smoke nuisance. That seals are being rapidly exter- minated in northern waters is made apparent by a report just received by the Alaska Commercial Company. This report sets forth that only twen- ty-eight British sealing vessels were in northern waters this year, and their aggregate catch was only 10,000 skins, against 60,000 skins only three years ago. The biggest catch was by the Otto, which took 722 skins. The North American Commercial Company's catch this season is only 18,000 skins, against 100,000 for some _ previous years. The same falling off is noted in the Russian and Japanese rookeries. ussian Sealskin Company, which d the Comandorski Island rookeries, has taken this year only 7,000 skins, against 50,000 last year. In New York and other cities the public authorities are hotly blamed for the inadequacy of school accom- modations, and the building of new schoolhouses presses hard upon the re- luctant appropriations, especially in wards where the population is rapidly d by immigration, Often it is ary to hire extra rooms. In ston there has been at least one in- e where a new schoolroom was rho had not been two months in Our climate hardly permits us to adopt a custom of tke smaller towns of Greece, where the children often on benches in the open air, tunder nade of a tree—from which the t can easily cut a switch. The F not only commits ithe Koran in an out-of-door school, but flearns to write on the ground, using this finger or a stick in place of pen or pencil. The demand for coal oil is said to be so far in excess of production that the ces of Indiana and Ohio pro- nave been strained to their ut- most, though hundreds of new wells have been sunk. Fields which were condemned as unprofitable a few years ago are now being worked. The pres- ent price paid by the Standard Oil company to producers is 68 cents per barrel for Indiana and Ohio oil and $1.02 for the Pennsylvania product, which is an advance of 60 per cent in six months. The total daily produc- tion of crude oil of the United States is estimated at present to be slightly above 150,000 barrels, and the con- sumption, including our exports, 25,000 barrels daily in excess of this figure. A continued demand and an advanc- ing price will no doubt stimulate the use of substitutes for petroleum. Such a movement has begun in Wabash. where an acetylene gas plant for mu- nicipal lighting has recently been in- stalled, with the intent, if successful. of introducing it in other Indiana towns as a substitute for coal gas. A German inventor is said to pro- vide mirrors which will not break. He employs celluloid where glass was heretofore used. A perfectly transpar- tnt, well-polished celluloid plate re- ceives a quicksilver backing like that of a glass mirror. This backing is in turn protected by another celluloid plate which also reflects; so that prac- tically a double mirror is furnished, The man wlo makes the most dis- play about giving up his seat to a lady in a erowded car always does so just | gs ine car reaches his destination, , ds the ins and outs of horse rac- | ‘Western Mining Notes, ‘PITH OF THE NEWS ene output of ore in the Cripple DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. A Comprehensive Review of the Important Happenings of the Past Week Culled From the Tel- egraph Reports—The Notable Events at Home and Abroad That Have Attracted Attention, From Washington. The American commissioners at Ha- yana have notified the Spaniards that the evacuation must be formally ac- complished by Jan. 1. The naval bureau favors working on the Colon until it is shown whether or not she can be raised. It would raise the Rena Mercedes and abandon the Vizcaya and Oquendo. The monthly statement of the di- rector of the mint shows the total coinage at the United States mints during October to have been $8,600,- 841, as follows: Gold, $5,180,000; sil- ver, $3,354,191; minor coins, $66,650. An order has been issued by the war department directing that greater care be taken of the magazines of the vari- ous batteries in order to prevent the deterioration of the ammunition by damp. Instructions are given in order to avoid this by a proper method of ventilating. Foreign. Count Shigenebu Okuma, the new premier of Japan, began life as a poor boy, and is now a proof that the self- made man can be manufactared even in the despotic East. Polonski, the celebrated Russian poet, is dead at St. Petersburg. Since the death of Nicholas Nekrasoff, who died in 1877, Polonski had been re- garded by literary Russians as their mest elegant versifier. -. Parisian journals are commenting on the fact that President Faure was seen smoking a cigarette at a Champs Elysees garden party the other day. This makes him the first head of the French republic to smoke. The Czar has ordered Prince Alexan- der Oldenburg to depart at once for Asia to supervise the measures which the minister for the interior, M. Gor- emykine, has set on foot for the relief of sufferers from the pestilence which is raging around Samarcand, Turke- stan, Criminal Record. A party of boys playing Halloween pranks at Toledo, Ohio, frightened Mrs. William Sagus so badly that she died before help could be got to her. Frank B. Leefe, convicted, with J. N. Wolfson, of wrecking the Union Na- tional Bank, died in the parish prison at New Orleans. Michael Doty, under arrest at Chi- cago for polygamy, has been identified as Jacob Adolph Huff of Wheeling, W. Va., suspected of wife murder in 1895. William P. McElhany, under arrest at Denver, Colo., for the murder of Fred Schroeder, in La Grange, III., will be brought back for trial. The president has appointed John W. Lutz of Ohio consul of the United States in Arica, Chile, and Edward E. Garrett receiver of public moneys in Boise, Idaho. Clara Dumont was shot through the left breast at Chicago by Paul Vincent, who then shot himself. Vincent is dead and the woman will die The murder of a prospector named Botleau, on the Ashcroft-Glenora trail, has been reported to the provincial po- lice at Victoria. The murderer is variously known as T. Wilson, Mc- Gregor and McGraw. Count Leopold de la Boritz was ar- rested in Chicago for obtaining $8.73 by false pretenses. He then caused the arrest of a teacher of dramatic art and two lawyers, on the charge of at- tempting to swindle him out of $6,000. ; It was definitely announced at the civil service commission that the evi- dence taken in the recent investigation of charges against the federal officers at Richmond, Va., had not been sus- tained and no further action is prob- able. Rose Laurier, aged twenty-two, and J. E. Cleckner, aged thirty-two, both of Cleveland, walked out to the end of the dock of the Cleveland Yacht club, tied themselves together with | strips torn froma bed sheet and jumped into the lake. They were res- cued by two Lake Shore detectives. People Talked About. The London Daily Mail announces the appointment as governor of Khar- tum of Col. Kitchener, brother of the sirdar, Gen. Lord Kitchener. Rey. Dr. Samuel White Duncan died at his home in Brooklyne, near Boston, from heart disease. He was' born in Haverhill, Mass., Dee. 19, | 1833. Miss Mary Hoffman, daughter of United States Judge Ogden Hoffman, | has begun a course in the Bellevue | Eoniay New York, from which she, will graduate a professional fear Gen. Wesley Merritt and Mrs. Mer- | ritt are still in London. Mrs. Merritt | is suffering from typhoid fever. Al-! though her condition is not serious, her | sickness will necessitate her remain- ing here for some time. C. H. Summers, chief electrician of the Western Union Telegraph com- | pany at Chicago, was suddenly seized } the great lakes. with heart failure at San Francisco | while walking with a friend. He ex- Dired in a few minutes, At the meeting of the Bible society managers of New York Rev. Dr. John Dix was elected corresponding secre- tary to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dr. Alexander McLean in March last. John F, Phillips, treasurer of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacifie rail- road, is dead at Chicago of paralysis. Mr. Phillips was born in Brattleboro, Vt., July 14, 1837, and had been ‘con- 1 nected with the Rock Island road for | thirty years, reek, Colo., district in October 3 at $1,488,130, the highest ae bi month in the history of the camp. On Mount Chapaca, the Golden Zone has struck a bedy of free gold at a depth of 300 feet, and mill tests are being made with a view to the con- struction of a mill. The ledge is from six to ten feet wide, and there is ore enough exposed to justify the enter- prise. A number of new strikes have been made in mines in Tintic and elsewhere, in Utah. Chief among these is the Four Aces, where there was a strike of good ore in both drifts from the 750- foot level. Assays give it values of fifty ounces silver, thirty per cent lead ard one dollar gold to the ton. In Northport district, Wash., in the Colville country, the Red Top group, owned by Sutherland & Hayes, has made a strike of gray copper, a ship- ment from which has given returns of $600 per ton net. It is estimated that there is enough ore in sight to keep the miners busy three years. Some Denver capitalists are inyesti- gating the South Fork of Payette, Ida- ho, with a view to turning the river below Cherry creek. The Star mine is now marketing smelting ore that car- ries nearly 3,000 ounces of silver per ton. A plant with a daily capacity of 150 tons will be in operation by Jan- vary 1st. The Topeka mine in Central City, Col., continues to cause astonishment. Manager Henry Lowe brought from the mine three pieces of ore weighing about 200 pounds, which showed large streaks of pure gold. These particular spefimens will be mounted and ex- hibited in Denver. ° Otherwise. Gen. Greely, chief signal officer, tells in his report of inventions which prom- ise 3,000 words per minute by cable. The first test of American Krupp armor was made at Bethlehem, Pa. The plate was not cracked. Russia has ordered a large consignment. The national convention of whole- sale saddlery dealers was heid at Cin- cinnati last week. The next meeting will be held in Boston. The Newcastle, Pa., wire nail mill shut down on account of a strike of seventy of the helpers against what they believe to be a_ reduction of ‘wages. In the Cape Colony assembly W. B. Schriener, the premier, introduced a bill proposing an annual contribution by the colony of £30,000 to the British navy. Miss Flora Shaw, who is now in the Klondike, is the woman connected with the London Times who was said to have engineered the London end of the Jameson raid. The first case in Ohio under the bankruptcy law was that of the Le high Carriage company of Dayton, O. The liabilities are $115,000 and the as- sets $65,000. The First Maine artillery, consisting of four batteries, 450 out of the 519 members and 12 officers, commanded by Maj. F. F. Newcomb, left Augusta for Savannah, Ga. At Huntsville, Ala., preparation is being made for the troops to spend the winter there. A contract involving an expenditure of $55,000 has been let for the erection of mess halls and sheds. The affairs of the First National Bank of Lisbon, Ohio, look more prom- ising. The shortage of Child, the missing cashier, will not exceed $40,- 000. Depositors will be paid in full. The citizens of Atlanta, Ga., having in charge the arrangements for At- lanta’s peace jubilee, have decided upon Dec. 1 and 15 for the big event. President McKinley has signified his intention of being present. George H. Bonebrake, president of the First National Bank of Los Angeles, Cal. and a well known financier, is dead at his home, agod sixty years. He was born in Ohio and was a pioneer of Southern California. The Massillon Stoneware Company of Massillon, Ohio has voluntarily in- creased the wages of its employes, re- storing the 121-2 per cent cut made last winter. The force of employes will also be increased 50 per cent. Frank Collier of Chicago, who was said to be insane as the result of a blow, underwent an operation upon the brain. Nothing was found and the doctors now diagnose “tumor on the brain.” The Vienna correspondent of the London Standard says that official ne- gotiations are about to be opened be- tween the Usited States and Turkey to raise their ministers to the rank of ambassadors. ‘The civil seryice commission has or- dered an investigation of the charges preferred by ex-Goy. Buriel of New Hampshire, against the Republican state committee of New Hampshire for making political assessments upon United States officials in that state. In the United States circuit court Monday, Judge Hallett will/hear a mo- tion for a preliminary injunction to re- strain Western railroads from enfore- | ing discriminating rates to the Pacific | coast on iron and steel products, in vi- olation of the interstate commerce law. John H. Mason & Sous, cotton goods manufacturers, have filed a voluntary | petition in bankruptcy at Providence, R. I. The petition shows that the lia- bilities amount to $810,000 and the as- sets to about $300,000, $120,000 in real estate and personal property and $180,- | 000 in accounts. The revenue cutter Morrill, Capt. Davis, has arrived at. Woodsholl, Mass., from Norfolk, bound for Mil- waukee via the St. Lawrence river and She will take the place of the Gresham, which came to the coast during the war, and which, owing to her size, cannot return. Judge Buffiington, of the United States circuit court at Pittsburg, Pa., has ‘granted a preliminary injunction against Edward W. Groetzinger, re- straining him from disposing of the property of A. Groetzinger & Sons ot that city, under judgments obtained by him against that firm. The executive committee of the in- ter-Collegiate Prohibition association met at Chicago. hosen as the place for the next na tional convention and oratorical con- test. Buffalo, N. Y., was! " SPAIN’S REPLY MADE KNOWN} FLATLY REFUSES TO ACCEPT OUR PROPOSITiON. Spain Holds That America Has No Ultimate Rights in the Philip- pines Because No Thought of An- nexing Them Was Expressed in. the Protocol — Capitulation of Manila Was Invalid — Spaniards Make Their First Positive Move Against the Americans, and It Constitutes Their Counter Propo- sitions. Paris, Noy. 6.—The Spanish commis- sioners, in the eourse of a two-hours’ session of the peace conference yester- day flatly refused to accept Monday's proposition by the Americans to take the entire Philippine group and to re- imburse Spain for her “pacific” ex- penditures there. This negative action was expected. The Spanish commis- ‘s had also a number of positive | tions which filled some thirty. seven sheets of a type-written present- ment. In this statement the Spaniards held that the United States had xo | ultimate rights in the Philippine is- lands and could have none save by the consent of Spain in these negotiations and upon terms satisfactory to her. According to the Spanish contention in the formal statement the United States entertained no thought of an- nexing the Philippines when the pro- tocol was signed, or it would have} been expressed in the protocol as cle y as the conditions regarding the cession of territory in the Antilles and the Orient. M. Cambon, before the signature of the protocol, received from: Madrid, the presentment alleged, a cable message clearly setting forth that the maintenance of Spain’s Authority over the Philippines should not be af- fected by the protocol, to which res- ervation the United States made at that time no protest or objection. This dispatch to M. Cambon, as the Spaniards claimed, embodied also the view that the United States had no yalid basis for claims in the archipel- ago. It was further held by Senor Rios and his colleagues that the capit- ulation of Manila, having occurred af- ther the signing of the protocol, and thus after the suspension of hostili- ties, was invalid. With all this for a ground-work the Spaniards made their lirst positive move against the Ameri- cans, and it constituted their counter proposition. They charged upon the United States a wrongful appropria- tion of public moneys belonging to Spain by seizing the tariff duties at Manila, and they formally demanded the return of these moneys, in the sum of nearly a million dollars. On the same premises the United States was declared to ‘have made and held as prisoners the Spanish troops at Manila in violation of international law, because done after the suspension of hostilities under the protocol. A Further Charge | was that by the imprisonment of the Spanish troops at Manila the United States had prevented Spain from quell- ing the insurrection and had thus con- tributed to the violence against Spain after the cessation of hostilities. The Spanish presentment also cited the re- fusal of the Americans to consider the Cuban debt, on the ground that it was not sanctioned in the protocol, and demanded an adherance to this as a precedent in the discussion of the Philippines, regarding a _ cession of which the Spanish commissioners held the protocol to make no mention. In support of these assertions, arguments and demands the Spanish presentment invokes Spain’s record in the corre- spondence by mail and telegraph. The presentment was ipa by Interpreter Ferguson, being ndered from the Spanish, in which it was written, into English. At the close of the reading the Americans said they wished to have the Spanish statement rendered into written English for more careful consideration and an adjournment was taken to Tuesday. Mysterious Explosion, Zanesville, Ohio, Nov. 6.—A terrific explosion was heard throughout the three counties of Muskingum, Morgan and Guernsey. ‘The shock rocked buildings in this city like an earth- quake. So far, however, all efforts to discover where the shock originated have proved futile. That it was something other than a quaking of the earth seems certain, from the distant report like the firing of a cannon, which preceded a long reverberating umble, Senator Gorman on the Stump. Denton, Md., Noy. 6.—Senator Gor- man made his first appearance on the stump in the present campaign here in the interest of Col. John Walter Smith, candidate for congress for the First district, He spoke for fifty minutes. He declared in favor of giving Cuba an independent govern. ment under American control and in favor of retaining only a harber and a coaling station in the Philippires. Fed and Danced. La Crosse, Wis., Nov. 6.—The mem- bers of Companies B and M, Third regiment, who arrived home Monday, were given an elaborate banquet and ball at Germania hall last night by the citizens. The affair was one of the most brilliant ever held in the city. Fell 150 Feet. Calumet, Mich., Nov. 6. — The first fatality at the Arcadian mine occurred yesterday when Isaac Theya, aged 45, fell down the shaft, a distance of 150 feet, and was instantly killed. A cor- oner’s inquest exonerated the mining company. ‘ Wheat Stacks Burned, Vermillion, 8. D., Nov. 6. — F. M. Smith, a farmer living near Vermil- lion. Jost over 2,000 bushels of wheat by fire last night. Twenty-one stacks burned. Cause not known, 126 says: ; cinnati after visiting Holguin, WEYLER’S STEAL, He Worked the Philippine Treas- ury for $1,300,000. San Francisco, Noy. 6. — A special to the Chronicle from Manila of Sept. Direct evidence concerning Gen. Weyler, of Cuban fame, with the wholesale looting of the Philippine treasury has been unearthed in Bilibid prison. Maximiano Rosales and Julian Reyes, sent to prison as scapegoats for official thieves, have been liberated by order of Maj. Gen. Otis, but deliv- erance came too late for a third pris- oner convicted of the same crime, for he died in Bilibid eight days before the American army entered the city. When Capt. Moffett, superintendent of the prisons, began his investiga- tions of the cases of the prisoners con- fined in Bilibid, Rosales and Reyes de- clared that they were unjustly suf- fering for the crimes of others, and begged that their cases be reopened. They averred that Weyler and his as- sociates had looted the treasury of $1,- 300,000 in Mexican silver and that they had been accused of the crime and sent to jail. Moffett made a re- port of the matter to Gen. MacArthur and an examination of the books at the treasury was ordered. The latter showed that during the Weyler regime several immense sums of money had been withdrawn and there was an un- satisfactory showing as to the disposi- tion of it. Rosales was one of the cashiers at the treasury and goes so far as to declare that Weyler himself came to the treasury to aid in the crime, as he alleges. It has been de- cided to make a full investigation of the case. SMALLs. PREVALENT. Population in Parts of Cuba Suffer- ing From the Disease. Santiago, Cuba, Nov. 6—Dr. Wood- son, medical inspector of the military department of Santiago, who arrived here on the United States cruiser Cin- Gibara, Baracoa, Sagua de Tanamo and Gu- antanamo, reports that on his arrival at Gibara with Col. Hood’s regiment, he discovered more than half the popu- lation suffering from smallpox. There were alsO many cases of typhoid and dysentery. He went immediately to work and isolated the cases, insisted on the regiment (the Second immunes) being encamped in a healthier locality near the sea. Every effort will be made to prevent the American and Spanish soldiers from fraternizing, as the Spaniards come from Holguin, about thirty miles from Gibara, and liable to infection. The whole coun- try between the two towns is thickly populated and the plague is scattered all along the route. Medical attend- ance is badly needed and the situation offers an excellant opportunity for the surgeons and nurses of the Red Cross. Gen. Wood will soon leave to make a personal inspection of the points vis- ited by Dr. Woodson despite the ad- vice of his friends not to do so. The military governor is simply indefatiga- ble in the line of duty. AN INTERESTING SESSION. Important Witnesses Appear Before the Investigation Commission. Cincinnati, Nov. 6.—The war inyesti- gation commission had _ interesting sessions yesterday. It had among the witnesses four officers who served in the Santiago campaign, one of them being Gen. H. C. Egbert, who was lieutenant colonel of the Sixth United States infantry, and who was shot down at San Juan Hill by a bullet piercing his chest. The general ap- pears entirely recovered. Lieut. Col. Miner, now in command of the Sixth infantry, was another interesting wit- ness. Perhaps the most suggestive testimony was that given by Maj. Griffith of Kansas City, who was in charge of the Third division hospital of the First corps. The commission expects to complete its work here this evening and to resume it in Chicago on Monday morning. Death of E. St. Julien Cox. St. Peter, Minn., Nov. 6.—Judge E. St. Julian Cox died at Los Angeles of smokers’ cancer. He was born in 1833, and was admitted to the bar in Wisconsin in 1854. In 1857, he moved to St. Paul, then to St. Peter. He was first lieutenant of Company E, Sec- ond Minnesota, during the Civil War and later captain of the Minnesota mounted rangers during the Sioux outbreak. In 1873 he was elected to the house of representatives and two years later to the senate. In 1877 he was elected judge of the Ninth judicial district. Old Lady Bismarck, N. D., strom, an old lady 3 was brutally murdered at her farm, thirty miles north of this city. Her head was crushed with a blunt instru- ment. A wandering stranger was seen in the vicinity in the afternoon armed with a heavy stick and acting peculiarly. The county officials are investigating. Will Be Reopened. Houghton, Mich., Nov. 6. — Edwin Henwood, formerly in charge of Lac La Belle copper mine, Keweenaw county, before suspension of -opera- tions, has interested Western mining men in the property, who will invest half a million dollars and recpen the property, which comprises nearly 20,- 000 acres. Stabbed by a Drunken Indian, Black River Falls, Wis., Nov. 6. — Deputy City Marshal Will Hewitt was stabbed while on duty by a drunken Indian named Wonk Choka. He re- ceived two serious stabs, one in the breast and one in the shoulder and a slash on the arm. The Indian is now in jail. Protocol Approved by Chile. Valparaiso, Noy. 6. — The Chilean congress approved the protocol be- tween Chile and Argentina for the settlement of the Puna de Ataama dis- pute under which William Buchanan, United States minister to Argentina, will act as final’arbitrator. The goy- ernment has ordered a suspension of the military preparations, Iowa Man Killed. London, Nov. 5.—Frederick B. Nor- man of Keokuk, Iowa, was run over and killed ir Holbern. * | sudden, and serious dln JUMPED FOR: THEIR LIVES ro fs PASSENGERS AND CREW ABANDO A BURNING STEAMER. Sie { Disaster to the Big Freight Steamer Croatin Fortunately Results in the Loss of Only Five Lives—Fire _ Spread So Rapidly That the Boats) Could Not Be Reached and Al \ ‘Were Compelled to Jump Into the Sen—Burning, Ship Was Sighte by the Schooner Alice Clark, whe Sent a Boat to the Rescue. Vineyard Haven, Mass., Nov. 6.—. disaster at sea, fortunately with a! small loss of life, five persons in all, was made known yesterday by the) landing here of twenty-two persons) who escaped from the burning steam- er Croatin, of the Clyde line, bound from New York for Wilmington, N. C., and Georgetown, S. C. The disaster occurred on Noy. 1 about eighteen miles north of Cape Charles and,rbou 200 miles from New York, from ‘whic port the steamer had sailed on Oct. 31 with a general cargo and eight passen- gers. At 3 o'clock in the afternoo the burned hulk of the big freighte sank beneath the waves. Of the twen ty-seven persons on board twenty- two? has survived. These were landed at) this port yesterday afternoon by the ‘ steamer Alice E. Clark of Portiand, Me., which had been in the vicinity off the Creatin at the time she was burn) (= ing: The story of the disaster is tol by Capt. Hale and other officers cy tle unfortunate vessel as follows: ‘Th Croatin was twenty hours from Ne™ York on her way to Wilmington an” going at a good rate of speed, with - smooth sea and clear calm weathe when, at 3 p. m. a fireman came hu riedly on deck and reported that The Ship Was on Fire. A general alarm was immediat ‘ly y | given and an effort was made to lower! the boats, but the fire spread with such | rapidity that all efforts to reach them 8 were unavailing because of the flantes. t In fact, in less than ten minutes after the fire was reported the ship was” completely enveloped in flames from stem to stern. Capt. Hale seeing: that | to remain on the vessel meant) sure death gave orders for all hands to) jump overboard and save themselves as best they could. The captain and> first officer succeeded in securing a yawl boat which had been damaged in lowering. and by hard work rescued eight persons from the water. The burning ship was sighted by the four- masted schooner Alice Clark of Port- land, which lay becalmed six miles off, and her captain sent a boat crew to aid in the work of rescue. They suc- ceeded in saving twelve persons, many of whom had been an hour or more in the water and had become nearly exhausted. They were taken on board the Clark and given every possible attention. The origin of the fire is a mystery to the officers and crew. —_ su IN COLLISION. Freight Stenmer Goes Down in Twenty-Five Feet of Water. Buffalo, N. Y., Nov. 6. — The Mari- tania, a big steel freight steamer owned by the Minnesota Steamship company,,crashed into the Starucca, a pig steel freighter belonging to the Brie railroad. The Starucca sank al-/ most immediately in twenty-five feet of water with an immense hole in her side. Marine men estimate the dam-/ re age she sustained at from $10,000 to $20,000, and say that a week’s time) will be required to raise her and sev-\ eral weeks to put her into condition for service again. Her upper deck is) above water and her officers and crew remained on board during the night.) | The Maritania’s bow was somewhat) injured. HAS A GREAT FUTURE. \ - Prediction Regarding the Copper) River Country in Alaska. Juneau, Alaska, Oct. 18, via Victoria, | Nov. 6. — Capt. Abercrombie, of the | United States army, head of the Cop- per river expedition, with the remain- | : der of his command, has arrived here. | He predicts a great future in mineral) and some agricultural development) for the Copper river valley. He states, é that his party discovered anthracite’ and bituminous coal in quantity. When asked to what he laid the gen-; eral disappointment of the sei son, Capt. Abercrombie replied: “To men > Qe who should never have left the plow, ™ handle. Most of them were grub staked. r hey weakened and remained | in camp.” j Snyder in Command. { Camp Poland, Knoxville, Tenn., Noy. i, 6. — Brig. Gen. Snyder has arrived here and, assumed command. Bight | men from Michigan and West Virginia } ' who have been in the divisional noe } pital have been furloughed and haved left for their homes. The hospital re- port was 4 received, 18 released; 227 remaining. Livery Outfit Burned, Hot Springs, 8S. D., Nov. 6. — ©. L. Jensen's magnificent livery stable was totally destroyed by fire, involving a loss of $10,000. Insurance, $5,000. The horses and vehicles were mostly saved. The fire 2 Ss in the of é mow... i od Joe Gans Whips McP@ytland. New York, Nov. 6 oeNG Gans was / awarded the decision over Kid Me-! Partland in a twenty-five-round bout | before the Lenox Athletic club. Mc-} Partland was a favorite in the bet- ting over the Maryland boy. tig Jefferson Seriously mm. New York, Nov. 6. — Owing 40 ue : a Jefferson, who has bee “The Rivals” at the 5 theater, the audience | was: last night at 8:10, |