Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, August 26, 1899, Page 6

The Mievais--Review. E. C. KILEY, Editor. MINNESOTA, GRAND RAPIDS - The man who is anxious to buy usually gets the worst of the bargain. If the wages of sin is death, some people are slow in collecting what is due them, The man who never tries to do any- thing and the man who tries to do everything are both foolish. History continues to repeat itself in spite of the fact that two-thirds of his- tory isn’t worth repeating. A man spends enough time wonder- ing why his neighbors dislike him to make himself agreeable-to them. A man informed said recently that by denying himself three 10-cent ci- gars daily for twenty years he figured that he had saved $2,190. He then asked for the loan of a quarter, When Abdul Hamid’s official Amer- ican farmer gets down to work per- haps he may be able to teach his royal employer how to raise that sum of money the latter owes this govern- All reports from the seaside and the mountains show an unusually gener- ous patronage of the summer resorts. This is not so much evidence of an lly hot summer as it is a sign of general prosperity. The inclination to go to the resorts is always strong, but the ability of people to gratify it depends, in large measure, upon the condition of business. yeneral Weyler recently told the senate of Spain that “revolutions were frequently necessary and accomplished a work of regeneration.” Weyler as.a regenerator would be one of history’s most colossal jokes, while his idea of “regeneration,” to judge from his Cu- ban doings, would be identical with that of the warrior who made a soli- tude and called it peace. Alderman Brick of Boston solemnly se in the aldermanic chamber and protested fervently against any appro- priation for a reception to Admiral Dewey. So successful was the protest the matter came to a vote Brick and Alderman Brick s recorded as against honor- ing the victorious sailor, leaving the indignant anti-glorificationist much in the position of the frog which sat by the road and croaked painfully when the elephant walked by. Col. Alexander Hawkins of the Tenth Pennsylvania volunteers could not find death upon the battlegrounds of the war-swept Philippines, but met his fate upon the sea, a helpless vic- tim of insidious disease. There was no glorious dash and no martial show to emblazon the passing of this brave soldier, and history will not give him the credit or the justice that were as rightiully his due as though he had fallen leading the boldest charge of the entire campaign. Yet he did his duty wherever it led, and when all is sifted and compared, what greater praise could be given to any fighting man? American railways and their man- agers are going to cut quite a figure in Europe next year. At Paris they will have one of the finest exhibits in the history of expositions, and after the big exhibition is over the staid people in other parts of the continent are go- ing to be treated to several examples of yankee enterprise that will startle them. One American railway will ex- hibit a model train, from engine to ob- servation car. After the exposition is closed this train will be run over all the principal railroads in Europe and Great Britain to show the folks over there how comfortably people of the United States travel and what those of the fatherlands are missing in the way of transportation accommodations. It may bring about a change in European railway accommodations. To be tenacious of his rights and privileges—real or fancied—while at the same time he may be forgetful of the rights and privileges of others, is no more peculiar to the white man than to his brethren of any shade of color. An anecdote told by a South- ern delegate to the National Suffrage Convention at Grand Rapids is amus- ingly illustrative. An island off the Southern coast, inhabited by negroes, had as principal teacher in one of its schools a white woman. She was there as much in the capacity of missionary as of teacher, and had so endeared her- self to the people by her self-sacrific- ing spirit, that they unanimously elected her a member of the school committee. The chairman, a pompous and prosperous negro, was so indig- nant that a woman should be thus honored, in defiance of all precedent, that he instantly resigned. “Now you've swere her in,” he said, “you kin swar me out. I isn’t gwan to sit in no board with no woman!” The Hon, James W. Bradbury of the class of 1825, who headed the proces- sion of alumni on commencement day at Bowdoin this year, is one of the fa- mous old men of the United States, He was in the senate more than fifty years ago, where Benton, Calhoun, Clay, Houston and Webster were among his contemporaries. His classmate, Na- thaniel Hawthorne, lived to be 60 years old, and yet Hawthorne has been dead more than a third of a century. The span of such a@ life is awe-inspiring. Has any other college an alumnus of seventy-four years’ standing? DULL SICKENING THUDS} & DOWNFALL OF THE CALUMNIATORS OF THE LIND ADMINISTRATION. Utter Collapse of Partisan Charges in the Bank Cases — The Investigation More Than Sustains the Action of Gov- ernor Lind and Examiner Pope—Re- ceiver Asked For Appointed by the Court—Terrible Rebuke of the Tradu- cers—The Millions That Such Discharge of Duty Would Have Saved the People in the Past—Other Echoes of Admin- istration—Slozan For the State Boards and Departments—The People Must See the Books—Governor Lind and the Itasca State Park—The National Park Scheme Glimmering — William Banquet Baldwin and His Coming Ban- quet to Bryan—“What Will the Uar- Goes vest Be?”—The Allied Forces Marching On in Iowa—The Commercial Sales- men’s Anti-Trust League—Young Mayor Gray’s Return of the Thirteenth—Note and Comment of the Week. Reform Press Bureau. St. Pau, Aug. 21, 1899. Never in the annals of political abuse of capable and honest public officials, was there a more humiliating outcome for the villifiers, than in the case of the lefunct Savings Bank of St. Paul and the vindication of Governor Lind and Examiner Pope for their course in that tase. The particulars have now been 30 widely published by the daily press that a mere summary will suffice. From the moment that the officials acted, they were beset and followed with the vilest abuse by the Twin City Republican press. They united in de- claring that the governor and examiner nad acted for mere political purposes and wrecked a solvent bank, that they j might make a “record.” Some of the so-called ‘‘independent” press joined the partisan cabal, as usual, with in- sinuation and inuendo to its heart’s tontent. All of these villifiers have been as silent asthe grave as_ to cor- tecting the falseimpressions. But that matters little, for the real character of all the press thus grouped, is very well understood by the people. The fall, a dull, sickening thud, came in the Ramsey county court, in public tearing of reports of the committees ap- pointed by the court. These found, in substance, that General Pope’s original schedule of the condition of the bank was more favorable to the officials of the bank, in every solitary instance, than the committee itself found. Here are the figures: Assets. As claimed by the bank... .$1,164,450 38 As found by Examiner Pope As reported by committee. . Take the real estate: As valued by the bank...... $ As valued by Examiner Pope As valued by the committee, Take the mortgages: As valued by the bank...... $3 As valued by Examiner Pope As valued by committee.... Take the other assets: As valued by the bank.... As valued by Examiner ope As valued by committee. .... The total liabilities being $1,179,- 110.46, it will be seen that while, as Examiner Pope reported the assets, the bank was “‘in the hole” $804,070.23, by the depositors’ own committee the im- pairment was $325,734.78. In other words that the committee found the bank $21,634.46 worse off than the ex- aminer had found it. General Pope, in the opportunity given him to come before the depos- ltors’ meet ing, showed that while the bank was hopelessly insolvent its stock- holders had paid in but $39,780 of its supposed $100,000 of capital stock, but the bank had paid out to stockholdersas dividends, $95,000. Also that while the present board of trustees were not le- gally qualified trustees, yet the sup- posed “‘trustees” had loaned over $40,000 of the bank’s money to trustees. officers and employes, the security for which was so poor that the $40,000 had to be scaled down to $25,000, The committee itself reported a large list of loans, in which the security is but a part value of the amount of the mortgage. In fact, the whole is as bad @ mess as can be imagined, and from 50 to 75 per cent is the most that the poor depositors can expect to receive from this “sound” institution, ruthlessly “wrecked” by Governor Lind and Ex- aminer Pope. Such is the result of another fearless discharge of duty tothe people—a re- sult confidently predicted weeks ago. What a contrast between the Republi- can administration, which permitted the bank tu go on absorbing the money of depositors, and this which has said “No” with fearless disregard of abuse and calumnies, Whata contrast be- tween the act of Examiner Pope, now more than sustained by results, and that of Examiner Kenyon, who, him- self a borrower of the bank’s money, of- ficially found that the bank was $200,- 000 short, yet the administration took no action, and how dispicable the Re- publican press appears, that, for par- tisan purposes, condemned the Lind ad- ministration’s action, and how carefully now is suppressed its complete vindica- tion! To most minds the bank plund- erers themselves are more to be re- spected than this self-condemed and self-satisfied and venal press. a _ PENI nob aie 8 Stents Ie ae TE 303,438 90 275,074 47 274,090 00 Around dozen broken banks in the Twin Cities, with millions on millions of the people’s money’ testify to the criminal administration of the public examiner’s department under Repub- lican rule. Had Lind and Pope been at the helm a large portion of the losses would have been saved to the people. Is not this the naked truth? This is the slogan for the state boards and departments: Republican ne- potism, favoritism, incompetency and generally lax management haye got to ‘Where such exist it is safe to be- lieve that there is plenty of ‘something ore: The people want to see the ag here is another: None but safe, staunch, true and honest men on guard. Get such on guard as soon as possible. “Out with Heweugl The gang must sol Governor Lind, in an Patiag. has been making a personal inspection of Itaska state park, with the result that something will be done to improve it at once. Properly attended to—and there is aconsiderable sum available for ex- tensions and improvements—this will, in the near future, be one of the attract- ive objects Minnesota possesses, both for her own people and for the country at large. , And Governor Lind also finds in his observations confirmation of the utter folly of the proposition of non-resident builders of air castles on somebody else’s domain, to carve a national park out of Northern Minnesota. The Chi- cago gentlemen will please take notice that they can look somewhere else for “preserves.” Minnesota will be able to care for her own, without any of their interference. Hon, William Banquet Baldwin of Minneapolis is already engaged on plans for the great banquet he proposes for Mr. Bryan in January next. Mr. Bryan has accepted the tender in advance and Mr. Baldwin has plegded our great leader that the event will be the greatest ever given in the Northwest and prob- ably in the entire country. The aim will be tohave the entire Northwest represented at the banquet table which is expected to seat at least 2,000. Mr, Baldwin desires to correspond with prominent Democrats throughout Min- nesota and the Dakotas as to their views and will be glad to receive any suggestions. Address him 87 Eighth street S, Minneapolis. It is a question which the people des- pise most, the miserable record of Mc- Kinley’s secretary of war or the sneak- ing, cowardly means by which he retired Alger. _ How well Bryan states the responsi- ble duty of the administration: ‘‘The Philippines came into our hands by the accident of war and, coming into our hands, they must be dealt with accord- ing to American principles, and not ac- cording to European principles.” Minnesota and the Dakotas will har- vest 200,000,000 bushels of wheat, and receive for it a net $100,000,000, Kan- sas and Nebraska and Iowa may reach 600,009,000 bushels of corn, and receive for it as great asum of money. The net result on both products, will be less than for a number of years, owing to | the raise that has been made on all that the farmer must buy. The wheat rais- ers and the corn raisers will not perish, for the one has made both ends meet before, and can doit again, while the latter can feed on part of his product, and keep warm by burning the re- mainder! Free coinage, which would remove the competition which keeps prices down, would give our wheat and corn producers at least double the re- i turns which they are doomed ever to | receive under the gold standard. In- stead of $200,000,000, in the Northwest, we would have $400,000,000 annually, for wheat and corn alone. Here’s to the Iowa allied forces! You are moving on the enemy as Minnesota moved. May you winas great a vic- tory. The oppressions of the trust concerns, in the discharge of commercial sales- men, have resulted in the organizution of that fraternity of the Twin Cities? into the Commercial Salesmens’ Anti- Trust league. The secretary, H. L. Chaffee, states that they expect to have 500 members within 40 days. The con- stitution provides for both active and honorary members, the latter compris- ing all who desire to assist the objects of the organization, by payment of the small fee of $1. The league may keep “open house” on the fair grounds, dur- ing fair week, and‘will also be repre- sented at the coming anti-trust conven- tion at Chicago. The league is strictly non-partisan. Secretary Chaffee’s ad- dress is Roum 409, Northwestern Build- ing, Minneapolis. The savage but just arraignment of McKinley by Republican ex-Congress- man Henry U. Johnson of Indiana, now visiting in Minneapolis, is a sign of the times. Just, honest, liberty loving and patriotic Republicans like Mr. Johnson, will leave that party by thousands on the question of imperialism, and no re- sults of the Philippine war will change them. Wemay goon and crush the Filipino republic, as we can, or the ad- ministration withdraw from its di- lemma, by the arts and wiles that Hannaism can invent, but the princi- ples involved will remain, in either case, and the party in power must answer for all blunders committed. The gold standard press is appealing to the administration to force the cir- culation of gold so that it may be fonnd actually in the pockets of the people. What nonsense. The money that jin- gles in the pockets of the people is not gold, never was and never will be. Gold is the money of the banks, silver of the people. But the money preferred to either is a paper money based on both gold and silver, or on the faith of the government, Surprising that the Philippine upris- ing in Negros should escape Otis’ cen- sorship. If this thing goes on we shall soon need a draft. HAVE YOU? The meaning of this is, have you contributed to the fund for return of the Thirteenth nnder the Mayor Gray plan. If If not, gét there. There’s a North Star hv hustle on just now, There’s music in the air, You can hear it in the mills and shops, And feel it everywhere. The Twins haye got their jackets off, The towns are all a-boom,— For Jim Gray’s got ’em all at work To bring the Thirteenth home! . 8. OC. PICQUART PROBES THE SECRET DOSSIER AND POINTS OUT DISCREPANCIES. He Gives a Clear Analysis, Demon- strating That the Documents Should Not Carry Condemnation —Addresses a Few Words to Gen. Roget Which Are Not Appreci- ated by That Vituperative Ac- cuser of Dreyfus—Picquart Makes Some Interesting and Sensation- al Statements. Rennes, Aug. 20.—When the second trial by court-martial of Capt. Alfred Dreyfus, charged with treason, was resumed in the Lycee at 7:30 yester- day morning, Col. Piequart, former chief of the intelligence. department of the war office, was called to the wit- ness stand and continued his depo- sition. The colonel began by declar- ing he thought it necessary to imme- diately reply to Gen. Roget’s veritable arraignment of hinr while on the stand. At the outset of Col. Picquart’s re. marks Roget interposed and said he would reply to them. Continuing, Col. Piequart proceeded to discuss the se- eret dossier as being the mainspring of the condemnation of Dreyfus. Among those present in court were Generals Zurlinden and Billot, former ministers of war. Maitre Mornard, who argued the case in behalf of the Dreyfus family for the revision of the prisoner’s sentence before the court of cassation, was present to assist M. De mange, counsel for the defense. Col. Picquart practically occupied the whole of the sitting with a master- ful presentation of his side of the case. He spoke for five hours, and his voice at the end of that time began to show signs of fatigue. His testimony was followed with the closest attention by the members of the court-martial and by the audience. Dreyfus drank in all the witness’ words, which came as a balm to the wounds inflicted upon him by Mercier and Roget, and the prison- er frequently and closely scanned the faces of his judges, as though seeking to read their thoughts. From the standpoint of the specta- tors the the session was the most un- eventful one since the opening of the trial. Even the confrontation at the end lacked the dramatic force of the similar incidents which have marked almost every previous sitting. Pic- quart’s deposition was a fine perform- ance. He spoke without notes, and, in view of the mass of facts adduced, it must be ranked as a feat of memory. The members of the court-martial took copious notes during Picquart’s testi- mony, and it w quite evident that several of the explanations he gave came as fresh light. Then, when he concluded, both Gen. Roget and Gen. Mercier jumped up and asked to be heard contradictorily. “Gol. Jouaust asked Gen. Roget to speak first. He thereupon faced Col. Picquart, who replied promptly to his questions, which the general delivered in a theatrical manner and with fre- quent gestures. Gen. Mercier adopted a quieter demeanor. Neither, however, said anything which could be described as damaging to Col. Picquart’s evi- dence. LABORI’S ASSAILANT. Arrest Is Made, but the Police Think the Man Is a Vain Boaster. Rennes, Aug. 20.—The man who at- tempted to murder Maitre Labori, leading counsel for Capt. Dreyfus, has been arrested at Dol, in this depart- ment. His name is Glorot, is a native of the department of cone du Nord, and has confessed. Glorot w: rested because he said in a cabare' I am the man who shot Labori.” Rennes, Aug. 20. — Glorot, the man who claims to be the man who at- tempted to assassinate M. Labori, was brought to Rennes. Col. Picquart, M. Ga who saw the would- be ed Glorot was not the man. The prisover has written a letter to the auth ies making a con- fession and glorying in the act. The doctors say he is insane. THREE HUNDRED LIVES Lost. Town Swept Away in the Recent Tropical Hurricane. Jacksonville, Fla., Aug. 20.—Accord- ing to a Miami dispatch Capt. Dillon, of the steamer Cocoa, states that the town of Red Bay, on the island of Andros, twenty miles southwest of Nassau, was swept away in the recent tropical hurricane and about 300 lives lost. An eye-witness of the storm esti- mated that the loss of life on the is- land was fully 600. Scattered through the wreck of houses at Red Bay after the storm subsided he said were hun- dred of corpses of persons of all ages and classes. Capt. Dillon says the wind blew at the rate of ninety miles an hour at Nassau, with occasional gusts which reached a velocity of 105 miles en hour, Another Ou ge at Little Rock. Little Rock, Ark., Aug. 20.—Another white woman was brutally assaulted by a negro in this city. A deputy sher- iff came upon the scene while the as- sault was being committed. The ne- gro took the revolver from the officer and beat him into insensibility and es- caped. Excitement is intense. American Machinery Wanted. Sydney, N. S. W., Aug. 20.—The pre- mier, Rt. Hon. George Houston Reid, in addressing the farmers’ conference here promised that the government would assist them to get the best American machinery, thus aiding in the improvement of their condition. ‘Window Glass Trust. Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 20. — More than fifty representatives of the leaa- ing window glass interests have ef- fected a consolidation waich -will rank with the greatest monopolies of the country. Capital stock, $50,000,000. Storm in Canadian Northwest. | Winnipeg, Aug. 20.—A Prince Albert dispatch says the most terrific hail and wvind storm ever known in tat district visited Stony Creek. All grain was destroyed, a number of houses demol- ished and one man killed. JIMINEZ ARRESTED. ‘Was on a Steamer Bound foirSanto Bomingo. Havana, Aug. 20.—In view of the fact, that Col. Bacallao, chief of the se- eret police, persisted in his denial that Gen. Juan Isidro Jiminez, the aspirant to the presidency of Santo Domingo, was still in Havana and had not left his house, the military authorities tele- graphed to Cienfuegos instructing Capt. Stamper, collector of customs there, to ascertain whether Jiminez was on the Mendez steamer, and to take him under arrest if that should be the case. Just as the steamer was about leaving Cienfuegos Capt. Stamp- er located Jiminez and arrested him. Jiminez denounced the arrest as an outrage. He said he had broken no law and would not yield except to force. Capt. Stamper replied that he was ready to use force if necessary. and Jiminez then yielded, remarking that he did so only because he could not help himself. Senor Frias, mayor of Cienfuegos, refused to make the ar- rest, claiming that Gen. Jiminez was an old personal friend whom he had known intimately for years. When Jiminez was taken into custody Senor Frias was found with a police inspec- tor in close conversation with Jiminez and the latter's secretary. It is be- lieved the mayor was urging him to leave. the steamer, to conceal himself and to wait for a better opportunity. Capt. Stamper informed Jiminez that he would make him as comfortable as possible, and after Jiminez and his sec- retary had packed their trunks they were driven, accompanied by the chief of police and Capt. Stamper, to the Union hotel, where two bed rooms and a dining room were placed at their dis- posal. Gen. Jiminez will be kept un- der police charge until further orders are received from the governor gen- eral, There is much excitement among the people of Cienfuegos over the af- fair. The sentiment is generally ex- pressed that the authorities had no right to arrest Jiminez, an unarmed citizen, going apparently to Santiago, Cuba, and the point is made that even if he were going to Santo Domingo, he would only be returning to his native country. Santiago, Cuba, Aug. 20. — The Do- minican agents are rapidly recruiting expeditions in this part of the islana, particularly on the north coast. Orders have been received from Ha- vana to hold the men recently cap- tured at Baracoa, pending an investi- gation. All trading schooners are closely watched. Thursday the tug Adonis armed and sent to Guantanamo te was to patrol the c KID M'COY KNOCKED OUT. McCormick Puts Him to Sleep in One Round. Chicago, Aug. 20.—Jack MeCormick of Philadelphia knocked out Kid Me- Coy in two minutes and forty-seven seconds last night. The bout was to have been for six rounds, and it was generally thought that Me Cormick stood no show at all. He himself s before entering the ring that he folng to do his best and let it go The fight was so short and so oy kly over that there was almost nothing to it but the punch that put McCoy to sleep. The fight was under strict Queensberry rules, hitting with one arm free permitted. When the gong sounded McCormick started in to rush things, relying on his greater ight and superior strength to offset y's seience, He received a ight left on the mouth the first » he tried it and a second later a ge left hook on the side of the head halted him a second time. He then rushed twice more, carrying Mce- Coy to the ropes both times. The first time he hit McCoy over the kidneys with his right. The second time, as they came from the ropes still clinched, “Coy freed himself and sent a hook eCormick’s cheek, dropping him to » floor. ‘The knock down did not injure him in the slightest. The men squared off once more and then came the end like lightning from a clear sky. McCoy was moying cautiously around McCormick, both hands low down, neither being as high as the beit. McCormick suddenly let fly his right and it landed full on the jaw. McCoy went down like a dead man, flat on his back, legs and arms out- stretched, his-face pointing squarely to the ceiling. It was evident the instant he struck the floor that his fighting was over for that night at least. Pandemenium broke loose in the hall, snd there were wild yells for McCor- mick, shrieks of “Get up Fid,” “Get up.” The instant Hogan shouted the word that gave the fight to MeCor- mick the yelling in the hall increased until it was deafening. The general opinion seemed to be that McCoy lost the fight through an excess of confi- His easy knock down of Mc- k in the opening of the fight had given him an idea that he would have it all his own way to the finish, and he was not as careful as he might have been. THE GOULDS AT MOSCOW. Entertaining Members of the Impe- rial House of Russia. Moscow, Aug. 20, — Mr. and Mrs. Howard ‘Gould, with United S‘ates Consul General Winslow of Stockholm as their guest, visited St. Petersburg this Week on Mr. Gould’s steam yacht Niagara. The party entertained while at St. Petersburg the Grand Duke Alexis, uncle of the czar, and com- mander-in-chief of the Russian navy, Admiral § Schilling and Captains Niloff and Fouroff, accompanied by United States Ambassador Charlemagne Tower. The party remained on the yacht an hour. ‘The grand duke ex- pressed astonishment at the complete- ness of the yacht and the comfort of its apartments. The Niagara has re- turned to S tockholm, and will go thence to Kiel. Drowned While Fishing. Mansfield, Ohio, Aug. 20. — William Saidner and Lewis McCunne of this city were fishing at Lakeville. They have been missing since Tuesday. A boat which they had hired was found overturned in the lake. Twenty Years for Murder. Bowling Green, Ohio, Aug. 20.—John Zeltner, accomplice of his brother, Paul, in the murder of Attorney B. x Westenhaver at Hoytsville last March, was sentenced to twenty yeas im: prisonment. , . nem ie enern sete ad = SC —————— ———————————— ———— —— MORE MEN WANTED GANIZED AT ONCE. : Orders Issued by the War Depart- ment and the Recruiting Will Be- gin Immediately — Fort Snelling= Will Have One Regiment—Secre- tary Root Says the Policy of the War Department Is to Furnish Gen. Otis All the Men and Supplies Necessary to Wind Up the War in the Shortest Possible Time. Washington, Aug. 19.—An order has been issued directing that ten addition- al regiments of infantry volunteers be organized for service in the Philip- pines. The regiments will be num- bered from Thirty-eight to Forty- seven, and will be organized at the following places in the order named: Jefferson Barracks, Fort Crook, Neb.; Fort Ritey, Kan.; Camp Meade, Pa.; Fort Niagara, N. Y.; Fort Ethan Allen, Vt.; Fort Leavenworth, Kan.; Fort Snelling, Minn.; South Framing- ton, Mass.; Camp Meade, Pa. Two regiments will be organized at Camp Meade. “The policy of the war department,” said Secretary Root yesterday, “is to furnish Gen. Otis all the troops and supplies that he can use and which are necessary to wind up the insurrec- tion in the Philippines in shortest pos- sible time.” The secretary was speaking of the regiments which were called out yes- terday by the presideut’s order. He said that no deay would be allowed in enlisting, equipping and supplying the new regiments nor in transporting as well as other regiments already or- ganized to the Philippines as soon as they were needed for tctive opera- tions. If the present number of tran: ports are insufficient more will be pro- cured. The men already enlisted for the Philippine service will be sent at once and the new regiments will be forwarded as fast as they are organ- ized and needed. While it has been suggested that the new regiments will be used as a reserve force, it may be tated positively that these regiments, as well as more, if they can be used, will be sent to reinforce Gen. Otis. Secretary Root sent a copy of the order to the various departments of the army and they at once began preparations for supplying the new or- ganizations. The regiments will be re- cruited with the same care exercised in enlisting the first ten regiments. 'The selection of the majors and com- pany officers for the regiments is now occupying the attention of the secre- nd the men are being chosen m among the volunteers who were called out in the Spanish war. The of- ficers will be distributed as equitably as possible among the different states, but the individual records of the men will govern to a great extent in their selection. BOERS GIVE IN, But Their Action Creates Suspicion— Move to Gain Time. London, Aug. 19.—The Johannesburg correspondent of the Daily Mail says: 1 learn that, instead of reply ng to the yroposal of Mr. Chamberlain to refer the franchise controversy to a joint commission of inquiry, the TI government will intimate its willing- ness to grant a five years’ simple fran- retrospective and unclouded by restrictions, and that the representa- tion of the gold fields will be extended to one-fourth of the volk: , thus exceeding the fifth demanded by Sir Alfred Miller, and rendering an in- quiry into the present franchise law unnecessary. Nothing will be demand- el in return for these concessions, but a suggestion will be made that the imperial government should grant something reciprocal. This apparent surrender must, however, be received with cautio Unless the new laws are properly secured by effectual guarantees they may only be intended to grant the shadow of reforms with the object of gaining time and placing Great Britain at a disadvantage. The Johannesburg correspondent of, the Morning Post says: It is stated on all hands that the Boer are threat- ening that in the event of war they will murder all Englishmen and out- yage their women. All the burghers in the Krugersdorp district were warned to take the field at a moment's notice. ENDS THE REBELLION. Venexuelan Insurgents Are Defeated With a Loss of Eight Hundred. Washington, Aug. 19.—United States Minister Russell, at Caracas, reports to the state department that the in- surgent faction in the State of Los Andes, Venezuela, under Gen. Citriano Castro, was completely defeated by the government troops in a bloc:ly bat- tle which lasted eighteen hours. The joss of the insurgerts is placed at 800 killed and wounded, and that of the government at 300. This is the end of the disturbance in that section, which is the only one affected. BLOWING UP CARS. Getting to Be a Popular Amusement for Boys in Cleveland. Cleveland, Ohio, Aug. 19. — Another arrest was made in connection with two attempts to blow up cars here on July 23. The prisoner is Ray Folger, nineteen years old, who, it is alleged, was associated with a gang of four other lads recently arrested. Folger is charged with suspicion. There were serious disturbances in South side last night. A dozen cars were attacked during the night by persons under cover of darkness, Twe Men Killed. Nashville, Tenn., Aug. 19. — An ex- plosion of dynamite in a storeroom of the Cumberland Electric Light and Power company here wrecked the building and killed two men, the only men in the building at the time. 3 The Harlem Will Be Saved. Duluth, Minn., Aug. 19. — The steel Royale since last November, was re- leased by wreckers this week. It is now os sade believed that she can be say TEN NEW REGIMENTS TO BE ORs" steamship Harlem, ashore on Isle — ‘ : t i | 4 i =