Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, November 4, 1899, Page 2

The Rerata--Review. E, ©. KILEY, Editor. MINNESOTA. GRAND RAPIDS - sugs cume to those who Lus- while they wait. ‘There are some truths that never get teo old for men to learn, The mildest kind of lying is bouad to injure a man’s standing. All the world can see through men who make spectacles of themselves. A bachelor says that matrimony is one of the blanks in the lottery of love. Most people have more curiosity than sympathy for the troubles of others. . Shots from the pulpit usually pass over the heads of the sinners in the front row. A preacher often labors with men, but the confidence man is the one who works them. A clock keeps right on working when it goes on a strike; that’s where it gets the bulge.on a man, The language of gloves is now being promulgated. Young men have long understood with fear and trembling the language of the mitten. The Cleveland Plain Dealer says that the best courting days of the year are at the threshold. Does the Plain Dealer speak officially for the spinsters of that region? Double-decked turrets are to be tried in some of the new ships now building for the American navy and experts claim that they will prove failures on account of the complicated mechanism. The ta'k of complicated mechanism still further emphasizes the passing of the old days—the time of mast and sail. Forty years ago the man most valuable on a warship, aside frown his fighting qualities, was the man who could zo up a rope and trim a sail. Nowadays the valuable man is the sea- dog who can not only fight, but operate several hundred cogs and screws, be- sides giving practical exhibitions of ability as a practiced electrician. The first thing done toward building the great dam across the Nile at As- Sin has beet thé érection and equip- ment of extensive hospitals and dis= | pensaries, for caring for the heaith of the army of laborers, A generation or two ago such a thing was unheard of, while in ancient times the disregard of Buran life was such that the bones of those who perished from disease or fatigue in building the pyramids would have made greater heaps than the py- ramids themselves, There are not many more impressive measures of the progress made by modern civilization than such care for the welfare of hu- man lives, According to Colonel Wright's stud- ies of the census, “the rich are grow- ing richer; many more people than formerly are growing rich; and the poor are growing better off. Statistics prove that while the proportion of persons engaged in unskilled and poorly paid labor re- mains nearly stationary, the propor- tion employed in skilled and semi-pro- fessional pursuits, which bring higher wages, steadily advances. He illus- trates from Boston the improved dis- tribution of wealth. In that city the rich men of 1824 were relatively richer than now. Then nine large taxpayers owned eight per cent of the property; now the nine largest own less than four per cent. In 1845 the three hun- dred and thirty-three richest men own- ed a larger proportion than twelve hundred of the richest citizens of to- day. This is good as far as it goes, and we can stand some more of it. Harvard, Yale and other universities have long-standing feuds with the townspeople at their doors. The doubt- ful feelings with which these antagon- ists regard each other culminate now and then in what are known as “town and gown” riots. During certain an- nual rites held the other day by Har- vard students to celebrate rowing and baseball] victories the roughs of Cam- bridge attacked the students with stones and knocked one of their num- ber insensibie. When the Harvard men went after their foes the latter fied ignominiously, and the promptnes3 of the police alone prevented a s2rious riot. With tradition to back him up and the fierce fighting tyrannical blood to urge him on, the student, as years pass by, does not seem inclined to fore- go the physical pleasure of exercising his fists on his natural enemy, the town “hoodlum.” It seems a pity that learning, notwithstanding the old say- ing, does not soften. the warlike feel- ings of the natural man when in the presence of his foe. The recent war experiences are likely to perpetuate human savagery for many years to come. Rudyard Kipling is out in another editorial in verse on a current topic— that of Admiral Dewey’s return. If the admiral had turned upon his course as often as Kipling turns upon the words work, kings, best, etc., he would not have entered New York harbor un- til some time next year. The late craze for arresting people who have escaped imprisonment for crimes committed about twenty years ago suggests the idea that that must have been rather a bad epoch, tally injuring two. John Hinkys, er | fand Boy, Was killed and W Gine panied PITH OF THE NEWS 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, Criminal Record. Two of the men alleged to be con- cerned in the hold-up of the Union Pa- cific train at Wilcox, Wyo., on June 2, have been captured. Nellie Reedes of Chicago tried to kill herself by asphyxiation. She turned on two gas jets in the room, and was found later, unconscious. She was re- vived at the county hospital. William Holloway, colored, who was eonvicted at Chicago of the murder of Benjamin [’. Holmes and sentenced to twenty-five years’ imprisonment in the penitentiary, has been granted a new trial by the supreme court. No trace has yet been found of the two bandits and murderers who ¢s- caped from an island in the Missouri river near Atchison Sunday while be- ing searched for by 500 armed men. Gov. Stanley has offered $500 reward for the capture of the men. This brings the total reward up to $1,000. A. E. Davis of Cleveland, one of the officials under the last city adminis- tration, against whom indictments were found by the grand jury on the charge of obtaining money by means, of fraudulent claims, gave himself up to the sheriff and was placed under bonds. He explained that he had been away from home on a hunting trip- Accidental Happenings. Returning Klondikers nearly starve on the steamer. Forty houses on Epworth Heights, the Methodist camp meeting grove at People Talked About. Senator Lindsay will be a candidate for rc-election- ‘Tr. L. Matthews has been, appointed United States marshal for the district of Nebraska, vice George H.,Thum- mel, resigned. Frank L, Henry, a well known bank- er, died died suddenly at the Racquet club, at New York of apoplexy, aegd forty years. Mr. Henry was apparent- ly in the very best of health when he went to the club early in the evening. he engagement of Dr. Albert E. Stein of Indianapolis ‘to Miss Marie Burroughs, leading lady of Stuart Rob- son’s company, is announced, the mar- ringe to take place in New York Dec. 6. Miss Burroughs has resigned her position and will retire. The inauguration of Joseph Ide Wheeler as president of the University of California took place in the open air at Scranton, Cal., the cinder track en- closure being the scene of the cere- mony, which was very impressive. Speeches were made by prominent men. Mrs. Mary Ruby, a sister of Kit Car- son, the famous scout, died at War- rensburg, Mo., of apoplexy. She was born in an Indian fort near Boones- boro, Howard county, and during the eighty-seven years of her life was never out of the State of Missouri. Mrs. Ruby was the last member of Kit Carson’s family. General. The Catholic church trouble at East St. Louis is settled by the Vatican, The Maryland gold Democrats for- mally espouse the Republican cause. ‘rhe total registration in Greater New York is 476,717. Ore taken from a new strike in the Black Belle mine, a Colorado property, runs $376 per ton in gold. Senator Foraker nominates McKinley for the next president and Rooseyelt for 1904. The headquarters of the W. ©. T. U. are removed from Chicago to the suburban town of vanston. ‘The wage controversy between fire- Cincinnati, have been destroyed by fire. The loss will reach $50,000. The five-story building at 370 Broad- way, New York, and its contents, the property of several firms, was burned, ‘The loss will exceed $100,000. Nine men perished in a recent bliz- gard in Montana. Several flocks of sheep without herders have been wan- dering in that country to unknown deaths. The body of Theodore Zeiblo was found, in the north branch of the river at the foot of Lawrence avenue, Chica- go, by boys who were playing on the bank. The passenger elevator in the Wa ren Springer building fell from the sixth floor to the basement last even- ing, killing one man and probably fa- seriously injured, Postmaster Ira ©. Crawford died at his bome at Dayton, Ohio, from shock, the result of a fall a week ago in which his right leg was fractured. Mr. Crawford was appointed postmaster by President McKinley in the spring of of 1896. He was mayor of Dayton from 1886 to 1890 and was sixty years of age. Sere pierre. —_——— i a From Washington. President McKinley designate q day, Nov. 30, as a day of Thank The Russo-American dispute over the seizure of Alaskan sealers will be arbi- trated. The recall of R. Wiidman, Dnivedly States consul at Hongkong, “for cause,” is said to be imminent. The war department is considering the desirability of having a Cuban ex- hibit at the Paris exposition. There are yet fourteen regiments to start for Manila, but the department feels satisfied that they can be gotten there by Christmas. Notwithstanding the heavy war ex- the October surplus of the penses, United States treasury is increasing $4,000,000. ‘The government of Guatemala has Beat} the proposition of the U: nited Stafes government to adjust by arbi- tration the claim of Mr. May of Ten- nessee, aggregating about $125,000. Supt. Metealf, of the money order systefn, left Washington for Mexico to complete the money order agreement recently entered into with that coun- try, to take effect Jan. 1 next. The state department is without late official advices from Samoa. respecting the existence of fresh troubles, but it is believed that these lastest reporté? events are not really threatening in character, First Assistant Postmaster Geners] Perry S. Heath in his forthcoming an- nual report will recommend that coi- gress shall fix the salaries of assistant postmasters at $50°per centum of that men and trainment and the Big Four has been amicably adjusted. Capt. Oberlin M. Carter will appeal from the decision of Judge Lacombe in dismissing the writ of habeas corpus. Tax uncertainties frighten away the Chicago branch of the Bank of France. Freight and passenger rates are to be advanced Noy. 1. Cuban opinion is against the order of the civil governor prohibiting cock fights, and it is probable an appeal will be taken to the governor general. The unveiling of the Dewey cannon at Three Oakes, Mich., has been post- poned until next spring, at which time it is hoped the admiral will be present. John D. Rockefeller has donated $225,000 to the city of Cleveland to opstruch arches to connect Gordon and Rockefeller parks, It is sald that a fitimber of English- men are going to put up a biig paper mill in the neighborhood of Niagara Falls. A strike js imminent at the rolling mills owned by the Republic Iron and Steel company at Springfield, Il; which will involye 800 men. The Central Women’s Temperance union has decided to undertake the es- tablishment at Columbus, Ohio, of a heme for inebriate women, On a wager of $1,.Fischel Nauss- baum of New York stood for twelve hours in a chalked circle without moving his feet from the position as- sumed originally. The Kansas City & Colorado railway has been sold to the Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railroad company for the amount of its bonded indebtedness, $225,000. The civil governor of Havana has issued a proclamation prohibiting cock fights on the ground that “such con. tests are against good morals and good customs.” The Silver Hing Mining company of , has purchased t holdings “of the Massachusetts tire Mining company, adjoining its proper- ty, for $150,000. A charter was issued at Charieston, W. Va., to the American Mineral Mud Bath and Hotel Company of Chicago with a subscribed capital of $1,000,000, to be increased to $2,000,000. Miss Esther L. Burns, who eloped with H. H. Heidelmann from Wau- keeney, Tex., became a raving maniac at Denver as the clergyman was about to perform the marriage ceremony. The fusion governor of Idaho as- sumes full responsibility for his state for all that has been done in connec- tion with the Coeur troubles and for which the federal gov- ernment has been condemned. Suit brought by Henry Hentz to re- cover $225,000 commissions from H. O. Hayemeyer for assisting in the for- mation of the sugar trust was dis- of postmasters. Foreign. The W. C. T. U. resolves against the Philippine war. Col. Pando has been elected presi- dent of Bolivia in succession to Senhor Fernandez Alonzo. An insureection has broken out at Panama and martial law has been de- clared. A warship will be ordtred there at once. The Chicago branch of the Comptoir National D’Escompte de_ Paris, the Bank of France, has been discontinued because of local taxes. The new minister from Salvador, Don Rafael Zaldivar, was officially re- ceiyed by President Diaz in the hall of the ambassador at the national capi- tol in City of Mexico, According the the Berlin report of the London Daily Mail Emperor Nich- olas and Emperor William will meet missed on the ground that had-not shown cause for action. 000 pounds. Ore brought out from a new discoy- ery on the Upper Snake river in Ore- ats in silver. Information has been drilling near The box car famine is serious in Southern California. at Darmstadt before the kaiser goes to England. The governments of Argentina ana Uruguay have decreed ten days’ quar- antine against arrivals from Santos and five days’ against arrivals from élsewhere in Brazil after disinfection. The Bolivian national convention met on Friday and on Saturday next will elect the next president of the republic. It is considered almost cer- tain Gen. Pando will be selected. ears to make a showing. Southern Pacific is also very short. The will of the late George W. Clay- ton, who bequeathed $1,000,000 to the city of Denver for an orphans’ college, has been admitted to probate. The contest of the will which was threat- ened by the heirs of the deceased, hay been abandoned. d'Alene mining plaintiff The greatest sale of wool ever made in Indiana was closed at Crawfords- ville when McClure, Graham & Round- tree sold to the Manchester Mills com- pany of Manchester, N. H., over 300,- gon, showed 50 per cent copper. the ore having a total value of $222.97 per ton, including $4.13 in gold and 54 car- received at Charleston, W. Va., that the Fidelity Oil Company of Boone county while Racine, at a depth of 1,885 feet, struck a large gas well. The company is composed of capitalists of Charleston, W. Va., and Corning, Ohio. becoming Ina short time the movement East of or- anges, dried fruit and walnut crops will begin and there are not enough The Santa Fe line is 300 cars short and the ATTACK BY BOERS IS MOMENTARILY EXPECTED AT LADYSMITH. Kruger’s Troops Gradually Closing Around the Town—City of Mafe- king Bombarded by the Boers— Comparatively Little Damage Done—Water Supply Cut Off by the Boers—British Have a Slight Encounter With the Boers North of Mafeking and Retire—Casual- ties of Boers in Recent Engage- ments. Ladysmith, Oct. 31—The Boers are gradually closing around Ladysmith. They have mounted two big guns on Tinta Ingoni, 500 yards from the British camp. An ear is expected. Ladysmith, Oct. OL. —Everything has serious difference. remained quiet here yesterday and the water supply is being renewed. A number of resident civilians have been ordered to leave the town under penalty of arrest. Pieteriariahine “Oct. 81.--It is of- ficially announced that the British troops who left Ladysmith on Friday to,mect the enemy returned yesterday after a slight brush, the Boers retiring on Elandslaagte. Disquieting rumors are current regarding the Umovoti country, but the official reports say all is quiet there. Big Force Around Ladysmith. London, Oct. 31, — The Daily Mail publishes the following dispatch from Pietermaritzburg, dated Sunday: “Patrols from Ladysmith report that there are four large Boer camps with- in a radius of ten miles extending in a semi-circle northeast of the town. Evidently the enemy is concentrating all its forees. Commandant Gen. Joubert is in supreme command, The British had several skirmishes with the enemy yesterday. Railway com- munication with Ladysmith is still in- tact. At Colenso a couple of Basutos were arrested for putting boulders on the railway. They confessed they had done this by order of the Transvaal authorities,” Mafeking Bombarded. Cape Town, Oct. 31. — A dispatch from Mafeking, dated Oct. 23, says: “A bombardment cf the city was commenced by the Boers, a battery of three Krupp guns throwing seven, nine and twelve-pound — explosive shells. At the beginning the marks- manship was erratic, but ultimately the gunners got the range and’sent a number of shells into the town. Com- paratively little damage was done. The British returned only one shot. Which, being well directed, disable one of the enemy's guns. After three hours the Boers sent Afi envoy to ask fF the fon Was prepared to surrender. Col. Baden-Powell replied in the nega- tive, but the shelling of the town was not resumed.” A later dispatch dated Oct, 24, says: The Boers are in possession of the water works and have cut off the sup- ply. This occasions no anxiety be- cause ample supplies are available in tanks ei sell During a sortie the Pritish encountered the enemy three piles off.to thenorth. The Boers had apparently been warned and returned our fire in earnest with a well handled machine gun. As our men had no in- tention of pressing an attack they re- tired immediately.” Boer Casualties. Cape Town, Oct. 31.—A dispatch to the South African News from Pretoria states that Boer loss at Elandslaagte killed and sixty-four from Mafeking; , ie mae RENT Soto YOO was thirty-six wounded. According to a dispatch to the Cape ‘Times from Elandslaagte the natives state that the Boer loss at Reitfontein last Friday were at least eighty killed and 150 wounded. The same correspondent says that small Boer raiding parties continue their depredations among the villages and, several farms haye been looted. The’ rains continue and the volunteer camp is almost flooded. More Troops Ordered Out. London, Oct. 31. — The Household guard, it is announced, have received orders to form a composite regiment for South Africa, including the First Life Guards, Lieut. Col. Sir Lockhart, commanding, quartered at Windsor, and detachments of Second Life Guards, Col. Dundonald, commanding, and the Royal Horse Guards, Lieut. Col. Brocktenhurst, commanding. The medical examination was begun yes- terday and it is expected that the regi- ment will embark in about a week. Emperor William wired a farewell message to the Royal Dragoons, of which regiment he is honorary colonel, saying: “May you all return ,un- scathed and well.” a Anxiety in England. London. Oct, 31. — The position at Ladysmith, although not alarming, is sufficiently dangerous to excite anx- iety. Ev idently the Boers are trying to repeat their "Dundee tactics. Rough- ly estimated they have 17,000 men as against 12,000. British. Gen. Sir Stew- art White has the better artillery, but his is of lesser range. ‘The delay in the Boer attack. is reported to be due to the non-arrival of Gen. Joubert’s column. This has given the British a much needed respite after their recent exertions. Everything, it is now con- sidered, hinges upon Gen. White’s re- source and judgment. Nothing is known regarding the progress of de- fensive works for the protection otf Ladysmith. British Looking for Officers. Berlin, Oct. 31—It is reported from both Hamburg and Metz that British recruiting officers are busy engaging German underofficers for service in, South Africa, offering $80 per month. Necessitated by a Famine. London, Oct. 31. — The Exchange ‘Telegraph company has a dispatch from Allahabad saying that the fam- ine expenditure has compelled the In- dian government to suspend telegraph- ie transfers and restrict council bills. , Argentine Money. Puenes Ayres, Oct. 31.-—The clamber of deputies has passed a bill fixing the eorversion of paper money at the rate of 44 cerrtayos, gold, per dollar, as soon as there is sufficient specie on hand to permit of such conversion, TREATY WITH SPAIN. Negotiations win be Opened Kon it Madrid. ts Oct. 31. — An under- standing has been reached by which it is expected that negotiations will be opened~ soon at Madrid for a new treaty between the United States and Spain. This will be the last step to- ward completely restoring the friendly relations between the two countries. The war with Spain swept the old treaty out of existence and the only in- ternational agreement now in existence is the peace treaty, which is confined to the events growing out of the war, has no reference to commerce, naviga~ tion, extradition and other manifold relations between nations in time of peace. The coming negotiations will be for the purpose of forming such a treaty of commerce, amity and friend- ship. The present condition is quite anomalous, as there is no basis on which persons could be extradited from one country to the other or for the determination of any commercial dif- ference which might arise. Fortunate- ly there has been no case occasioning Both sides expect. that the new treaty will be a great improvement on the old one, which was an auti- quated document, dating back to 1795, with many of its provisions devoted to the boundary between Florida, then a possession of Spain, and the United States. Save for the Cushing protocol it had been impossible to frame a new treaty satisfactory to both sides and it remained for the war to dispcse of it and thus open the way for a modern treaty. It had been thought that the Duc d’Arecos would conduct these negotia- tions with the state department here, but the minister is rather relieved at the understanding that the work will be carried on at Madrid. The United States minister there, Mr. Bellamy Storer, will act for the United States. Is It Malaria or Alum? (Popular Science Monthly.) Languor, loss of appetite, indigestion and often feverishness are the common symptoms of a physiological condi- tion termed “malaria.” All these symptoms may be and frequently are the effect of the use of alum baking powders in food making. There is no question about the poisonous effect of alum upon the system. It obstructs di- gestion, prostrates the nerves, coagu- lates and devitalizes the blood. All this has been made clear, thanks to physicians, boards of health, and fooa commissions. So “highly injurious to the health of the community” does the eminent head of the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Barker, consider the alum baking powders, that he says “their sale should be prohibited by law.” Under these circumstances it is worth the while of every housewife to em- ploy the very little care that is neces- sary to keep so dangerous an element from the food of her family. A pure Ser of tartar baking pow- der, whieh is th only k rf thet ould Be ised, igh est abbut forty-fiv to fifty cents a Cane ‘Therefore, if you are paying much less, something is wrong; if you are paying twenty- five cents or less per pound, the pow- der is certainly made from alum. Always bear these simple facts in mind when purchasing baking powder. THE MARKETS. Latest Quotations From Grain and Live Steck Centers. St. Paul, Oct. 31. — Wheat — No. 1 Nortbern, ‘0S 1-4@69 3-4ce; No. 2 North- ern, 661-2@68c. Corn—No. 3 yellow, 29 1-2@300; No. 3, 29@291-2c. Oats— No. 8 white, 28@23 1-2c; No. 3, 22@28e. Barley and Ttse—-Feed barley, 38@ 401-2c; No. 2 rye, 53c; No. 3 rye, 52 1-2c. Duluth, Oct. 31.—Wheat—No, 1 hard, eash, No. 1 hard, 69¢; . 1 North- ern, 68c; No. 2 Northern, 65¢c; No. 3 spring, 61 1-2c; to arrive, No. 1 hard, 693-8c; No. 1 Northern, 68 3-8¢; De- cember, No. 1 Northern, 68 3-8c; May, No. 1 Northern, 72c; oats, 24@24 1-4c; rye, 54c; barley, 38@43c; flax, to ar- rive, $1.25; October, $1.24; December, $1.22; May, $1.25 1-2; corn, 303-4e. Minneapolis, Oct. 31. — Wheat — De- cember opened at 67 1-4¢ and closed at he May opened at 705-8¢ and closed 703-8c. On track — No. 1 hard, 69 1.2; No. 1 Northern, 68c; No. 2 Northern, 66c. Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 31. — Flour is steady. Whe stead: No. 1 North- ern, 701-2c; No. 2 Northern, 68 1-4c. Oats higher at 24@251-2c. Rye firm; Xo. 1, ‘BT 1.-2¢. Barley firm; No. 2, 47@48 1-2c; sample, 89@48c. Chicago, Oct. 31.—Whea’ No. 2 rea, cash, Tic; No. 3, 67@70c; No. 2 hard winter, 67@68c; No. 3 hard win- ter, 64@ic; No. 1 Northern spring, 70 1-2072c; No. a G9@70ec; No. 3, 64@ Te. Co 0. 2, 828-4@38c; No. 3; 32@32 1-4c. ate 2, 23 1-4c; No. 3, 28¢., Chicago, Oct. 31. — Hogs — Mixed and butchers, $4.10@4.40; good heavy, $4.15 @4.40;. rough heavy. $3.S0@4.05; light, $4@4.35. Cattle—Beeves, $4. G6.05; cows and heifers, $1.75 Texas steers, $3@4.10; stockers and feeders, $8@4.80. Sheep—Natives, #250) @4.25; lambs, $4@5.35. Sioux City, Towa, Oct. 31. — Cattle— Beeyes, $4.50@5 cows and bills, mixed, oe @3.60; stockers and feed- ers, $3. 25; calves.and yearlings, $3.50@4. 7. Hogs, $3.90@4.10: bulk, $4. Scuth St. Paul, Oct. 31. — Hogs — $3.9004.15. Cattle — Heifers, $2.50@ 3,10; calves, $4.50; stockers, $2.90@ 3.40; cows, $2.65@2.95. Sheep, $3.55@ 3.80; lambs, $4.80@5. : New Explosive in Use. Washington, Oct. 81—Lieut, Charles YP. Parker, Second artillery, left here for New York, where he will be joined by Dr. Tuttle, inventor of the new ex- plosive territe. and proceed to the Philippines, where the new explosive will be used in actual Rervice. "ie 2 Bishop Neely Il. Portland, Me., Oct. 31. — Rt. Rev. Adams Neely, bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church and chairman of the house of bishops of Maine. is very ill at his home in this city and it is feared he cannot recover. Block Goes ‘Up in Smoke. Philadelphia, Oct. 31.—The triangu- lar block bounded by Canal and Sec- ond streéts and Germantown avenue was almost entirely destroyed hy fire yesterday, entailing a loss of more | than $150,000. ee oiew PITH OF THE NEWS! acct ottanlATTAGK BY BOERS) ™===-r-m (REBELS REPULSED FILIPINOS DRIVEN FROM STRONG ENTRENCHMENTS. dent Young’s Column Has a Brisk Fight in Which Two American® © Are Killed and One Wounded—A Wealthy Visayan Who Has Takem the Oath United States Is Accused of Or- of Allegiance to the ganizing a Revolutionary Junta and Has Been Arrested. Manila, Oct. 29.—Gen. Young’s col- umn, which left San Isidro yesterday mornirg at daybreak, moving north-y : ward in the direction of Santa Rosa, , encountered the enemy strongly in- trenched just beyond the Tuboatin river. A brisk fight ensued and the rebels were repulsed. Two Americans were killed and one injured. Pursuit was impossible on account of the width and depth of the stream. M. Ruperto Santiago, one of the wealthiest Visayans, who has taken the oath of allegiance to the United States. and who posed as a friend of Americars, has been arrested ut Iloilo, while other Visayans are being watched. The prisoner is charged with organizing a revolutionary junta. Santiago owns sugar estates through- out the island of Negros.’ It is assert- ed that a council of ten and the man- F ager of the junta met daily at Santi- ago’s office for the purpose of engi- ‘, neering an extensive scheme of collec- tions for an _ insurrection. One of Santiago’s steamers was captured car- rying supplies to the rebels. His ar- rest caused rumors of an outbreak of the natives of Iloilo and precautions have been taken to prevent trouble. A battalion of the Eighteenth regiment and the marines of the gunboat Con- cord form an expedition at Concepcion, i Northern Panay, which is searching for the Concord’s coxswain, who was . « lured ashore by a white flag and who is supposed to be a prisoner. They ¥ found the place deserted and burned - every house as a punishment. : DECLINED BY OTIS. No Necessity to Negotiate for the Ie- “ lease of Spanish Prisoners. Washington, Oct. 29. — The war de- partment has received the following from Gen. Otis: “Insurgent government submitted application to send five commissioners to Manila to arrange difficulties at- tending release of Spanish sick prison- ers and discuss peace conditions. De- clined. No negotiations necessary, as we would gladly receive all Spanish a prisoners at our lines, welcome them from their cruel captivity and labor for their welfare. Correspondence by mail.” RIVERA WAS FIRED. } He Refused to Resign When Re- quested. Havana, Oct. 28.—Gen. Ruis Rivera, Ps civil governor of the province of Ha- vana, whose withdrawal from the gov- ernorsbip. was cabled Thursday as resignation, denies that he resigned. He claims that he was dismissed, and does not know on what grounds the dismissal was made. He admits that he said recently that he would resign in the event of two or three Americans he had recommended for office were not appointed, but he says he was dismissed through Senor Capote, secre- tary of state in Gov. Gen. Brooke's: cabinet. Senor Capote, according to Gen. Rivera, sent a request asking for the latter’s resignation, which he re- ig fused. Gen. Brooke, when asked about the resignation, declined to talk, : saying he preferred that any explana- ; tion required be made by Gen. Rivera himself. Senor Capote said he request- ed Gen. Rivera to resign because he hade become an obstructionist. Gen. Rivera refused to resign, saying he would wait to be dismissed, which was done. CUBAN MINES. Official Steps Taken, to Collect Sta- tistical Information. Havana, Oct. 29.—Senor Domingues Capote, head of the’ department of government, has ordered the govern- ors of the provinces to furnish particu- = lars of all mines within their jurisdic- tion; also to obtain from the mayors the number of cattle in each district. f Col. Acea, at one time a member of a the staff of the late Gen. Antonio Maceo, is starting a paper. It is to be called El Veterano, and is to be de- yoted to fostering “fraternity, union ‘ and concord.” All the port captains of the island of Cuba have been placed under Capt. Lucien Young. paced ates ibs FOR MORGAN’S SHOES. Several Alabama Candidates in the Field for Senator. Montgomery, Ala. Oct. 29.—Col. J. D. Rouemeyer of this city and one of the most prominent members cf the bar, yesterday announced his candida- ~ \ cy for the United. States senate to suc- ceed Hon. John Morgan. The contest for Senator Morgan’s seat promises to be extremely warm. Senator Morgan 5 is a candidate for re-election. Ex-Gov. William C. Oates is another avowed candidate. Gov. Johnston’s announce- — ment of his entrance into the race is — expected daily. { j ————————_. Miners’ Strike Ended. Spring Valley, Ill, Oct, 29.—The big strike inaugurated by the 2,000 miners of the Spring Valley Coal company on Oct. 17 was brought to an end yester- day. All the demands of the organiza- tion were granted exeept that of weighing coal at the bottom of shafts, and that was not pressed by the union, Reward Is Increased. Atchison, Kan., Oct. 29—The rewar@® offered for the two Doniphan bandits, dead or alive, was yesterday raised to fo total of $1,500, Anton Baun and Charles Fauster adding ‘to the sum. Baun’s son was killed by the outlaws. Easy for Choyneki-