The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 29, 1898, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, MONDAY, AUGUST 29, 1898. order to keep pace with the other pow- ers, must naturally feel the want of in- ternational co-operation in her present policy of peace and in economical de- velopment.” SRS ENGLAND APPROVES, BUT HAS MISGIVINGS London Press Doubts the Efficacy of the Plan, Yet Admits Its Merit. LONDON, Aug. 29.—The Dally Graphic this morning, referring to the proposal of Emperor Nicholas, says: “It woul be idle to attempt to ignore the many and grave difficulties standing in the way of the attalnment of the Czar’s wishes; but it cannot be possible to doubt the sincerity of the magnani- mous proposal.” The Standard says, speaking editori- ally of the Czar's proposal: “In England, at least, respect and sym- pathy will be felt for 'the pro- posal. It —is . a conception ! well worthy of the young sovereign. It is painfully obvious that there are enor- mous difficulties to be oyercomé which it is possible the Czar in his ardor and humane enthusiasm has not maturely considered. It is a vision whi¢h has ocer red to many minds; but has al- ways had to be dismissed a8 a mere | dream. The nations are not lkely to cast away the sword unless they have a better warrant than paper protocols | and Cconventlons. Moreover, the mo- | ment does not seem altogether propiti- | ous. w armed nations are arising in Asfa and America whom it might not be easy to convince of the safety and desirability of abandoning the’ enter- prises on which they have embarked | h 80 much energy | numerating the many obstacles to | the attainment of the object sought, | the Standard suggests that the Czar h the matter largely in his own hands, adding: “If ’Russia would | abandon her aggressive policy in China | and elsewhere, the era of universal | peace would be perceptibly nearer.” | The Times says editorfally: “The note breathes a spirit of generous, per- indeed, almost quixotic human- spirit familiar in the effusions of visionaries, but too seldom found in the utterances of great sovereigns and | respounsible statesmen. { “Never, perhaps, in modern hlsmry.’ have aspirations which good men in ali | have regarded as at once ideal| unattainable found so responsive | echo in the councils of one of the | eatest and most powerful of the| 1d’s rulers. In principle, the pro- posals of the Czar, put forth on a sol- emn occasion with every mark of dis- i ested sincerity, will command the sympathy and respect of all men of | good will. So far as Great Britain is concerned, we long ago abandoned Continental ambitions, and there is no | power in the world which has less to gain or more to lose by any disturb- | ance of existing territorial status quo. ‘The time has long gone by when British commerce could be made to sh in and by means of war. The st of our interests is peace, and BITTERLY BEWAIL WAR'S CAPRICES Havana Papers Cling to Spain. DEMAND PEACE WITH HONOR FIND COMFORT IN APPARENT COMPLICATIONS. Would Protect the wreat Wealth of Spaniards on the Island With the Last Drop of Cas- tilian Blood. " Correspondence of the Associated Press. HAVANA, Aug. 28.—Some recent editorials in the Havana papers throw interesting side lights on the situation. La Union Constitucional said the other day: It is impossible now to conceal the faot that within the last three months difficul- ties have been steadily arising between the Americans and the_ insurgents here and in the Philippines. News received of late from different sources indicates that these differences ex and will almost in- evitably terminate in & rupture. For in- stance, the Spanish officers who recently arrived from Manzanillo assert that the rebels and Americans there used to fire at each other dally from their respective camps. Spain’s hatred toward her common ene- mies was for a long time of equal grade. The different methods, however, employed by the Americans had naturally had. the result of making Spain’s hostility less to- ward them than toward the Cuban rebels. The Americans ought, indeed, to ashamed of their allies, for they came to Cuba ostensibly to aid the oppressed and to secure them justice. La Lucha, discussing the duty of the Madrid Government, stated its| view in this wise: | Spain’s sovereignty has not been repre- | | g | PANDO'S MISSION LEADS T0 A DUEL the Night. |HE IS STABBED BY HIS HOST INCIDENT CAUSES GOSSIP AT MEXICO’S CAPITAL. Results in Baron Starke Losing an Eye and Marquis de Sasmera Receiving a Bullet in His Body. - {8pecial Dispatch to The Call. CITY uF MEXICO, Aug. 28.—The re- cent visit to this city of General Pando, Captain General Blanco's chief of staff in Cuba, led to a duel between Baron Starke, the Iron King of Durango and Marquis de Sasmera. It is said that Pando’s mission was to induce the Mexican Government to relax its neu- trality a little. Whatever it was, it de- manded secrecy. As he could not have secrecy at the Maison Dore, where he stopped first, he accepted an invitation to go to the home of Marquis de Sas- mera. General Pando had been the guest of the Marquis only a few days when one night Sasmera returned home from the Casino. An uproar followed his re- turn. A gendarme galloped up to his house, dismounted and broke into the hallway just in time to see General Pando retire to his room, bleeding from 2 wound in the neck. A messenger hur- ried a few minutes later to the Spanish Minister, and when that official arrived General Pando entered a hack with him, and-the two drove to the Spanish legation. sented {n Cuba by her land and sea forces only. It has been represented also by | other factors and interests, which are | really the ones from which she has de- | rived her strength and to which her at-| tention has been primarily due. The first | obligation resting upon her in treating for | peace is to protect the.great wealth of | those Spaniards and pro-Spanish natives | in Cuba who have been the real element of resistance against everything contrary to the Integrity of Spanish territory. The honor of the army must, of course, be saved; but there are also the concerns of | | those, now representing at least 80 per cent of Cuba’'s wealth, who, through all the changing events, have continued loyal to Spain and still continue loyal. Spain’s | Government must bear in mind that none of the Spanish colonies has had a Span- nsitive s our world-wide com- | of the Bpapieh colonres Bes Bal £ ORALS merce that even rumors often do US| many natives who have been faithful to more inj than war might do to & | gpain. In the Spanish colonies of former power dependent than 1is Great | day hose that are now republics and Britain on a free interchange with the whole world of manifold products of | its native industries. Russi: who has also a great, but still undeveloped, industrial future be- fore her, becoming fully convinced as we in England have long been, that her resources are better devoted to the beneficents of arts of peace than the destructive uneconomic energies of war, Englishmen as essentially a oving people, can only hail the Czar’s pronouncement with the utmost cordiality as glad tidings of great joy, | which, whatever may be the practical issue, does cast credit upon that sov- ereign’s generous and lofty spirit and humanity. The difficulties are great, but nothing can henceforth deprive the r of having brought peace and dis- armament in the sphere of practical | politics. “It looks at present as though all the great powers might be willing to enter the conference. While the United States ht be expected to lend a favorable r to appeals tending in any degree to lesson the weight of the imperial re- | sposibility she is about to undertake | industrial policy 1s closely akin to‘ our own and her abiding interest in | the Fluinlenfl.nce of peace is hardly less | vital.” The Daily Chronicle’s Parls corre- spondent declares that the disarma- ment olive branch would have ema- nated from Emperor Willlam in Jeru- :m, if the Czar's advisers, includ- ing perhaps M. Hanotaux, had not forestalled the Emperors project. Ed- | itorially the Chronicle says: “The Czar's encyclical isassuredlyone | of the most striking documents of the | century. It could only have been more | dramatic if the Kaiser had Issued it | m the birthplace of the Prince of | one’'s breath away. A cynical view is painfully oblivious. Russia has | just secured a series of vast territorial and diplomatic advantages which it will | take years to assimilate. She is-face to face with famine, a revolt of the| Pol threatened and she is threat- ened by other powers, and there are lution of the Russian- s Happily the -humani- tarian view is equally clear and con- vincing. The Czar, hitherto overborne by veteran, obstinate advisers, has now erted his natural desires. He is one of only two men who could make the proposal without fear of being mis- understood. Great Britain and the ited States will certainly welcome : proposal. hIr unogher great power does also much: will be gaine desired direction.” e he Dally Mall says: “If the Czar had not been the Emperor would surely | Have been the dramatist. It is,too much | to hope for the realization, but some | good ought to come of it in the way of | a better understanding of the powers.” | The Daily Telegraph says: “The idea i8 so beautiful that we are reluctant to throw cold water upon it, but,what is | to be the basls of discussion? A con- ference which should cognize that | free and open markets are for the ad- vantage of the civilized world would indeed pave the way to universal peace, but short of this, we fear the gathering will prove abortive.” The Dally News says: “The Czar by this message has acquired . a moré righteous and enduring fame than be-- gs to the proudest conqueror of hjg!| illustrious house. There Is no quarter from which sucha manifcsto would pro- duce a more profound impression. Hith- erto the great obstacle was that nobody would begin. The Czar cannot be sus- pected of making a virtue of necessity. We shall hardly be wrong in attributing the momentous poliey to the Czar him- self. It is not the pen of Nicholes, but the doctrine of Cobden.” The Morning Post, discussing the dif- ficulties in the way of the proposal, ar- rives at the conclusion that it womld suit Russian needs and Russian designs wonderfully well, but would not suit England at all. HOW THE MOVE IS REGARDED IN ROME ROME, Aug. 23,—The Czar's note has made a profound impression nere. Bome of the newspapers applaud, while others :'elo[ut?e communication with reserve or strust. The belief here is that.the Czar first obtained Austrian and German assent to the conference. The papers admit the extraordinary importance of the document and pay tribute to the hu- manitarian _motives. The Tribuna thinks that German and Italy will con- | conquer the | in numbers and wealth in Cuba to-day. that were necessarily abandoned er because of the efforts of the foreigner to peninsula itself—there was nothing Spanish, efther in numbers or in wealth, to compare with what is Spanish | Therefore it follows that the Government, | in fe}ellnfi about for a solution of the pres- ent problem, ought to try to abide ‘; a course that would save, as far as possible, the great interests created in Cuba by the Spanish family. El Diario de la Marine, reproducing the editorial in El Imparcial, of Ma- drid, entitled “The World for the Americans,” which that paper pub- lished about the time war was de- | clared, says: The Monroe doctrine bas been:immense- | 1y extended ameng the Americans. They | feel strong enough, perhaps, “fo chango themselves from gold miners into con: querors. It is so handsome for these bar- barians of civilization to cry out, “Th world for the Americans.” 'o-day it 18 against Spain that they apply the prin- | ciple. To-morrow it will be any other European nation. There will always be a | chance to test thelr pretensions. The | American invasion, so terrifying and as- | tounding, can only be checked by Eurc-| ean patriotism. But, alas, this patriot- | fom is coming to an end: for it has seen Spain unjustly trampled down the | name of humanity. La Union Constitucional, bitterly pro- | in | testing against reports that peace is to | seconds. be concluded only after great territorial | sacrifices by Spain, says: i In the battlefield or in the lesson of a | peace treaty, in war and peace alike, let us alweys be the same—genuine Span- fards. If, for the interest of our race and | for right's sake, it becomes necessary, let us sacrifice everything to defend Spain’'s honor until the last Spantard has given his uie at the foot of the flag that waves over El Morro. Thus we shall show that | we are willing to do our duty. Thus shall | we render a great service to Eurppe. If the old world s to be made subordinate to the new; if the citizens of the new | world are to impose their ambitions upon the convenience of the civilized nations of the old world; and if the old world has forgotten its most important interests and Bpain is to be abandoned in this Ti- tanic struggle, carried on with her strength alone and with the sacrifice of her sons; if this is to be our fate, then let the perfod close in'a hapoy day on which Shain shall lend her services to humanity. EXPECTS RUSSIA TO EXECUTE A RETREAT Peking Correspondent Believes Eng- land’s Show of Force Has Al- armed the Czar. The following day General Pando de- parted for Vera Cruz, where, peace having been declared and the blockade raised, he took the first Spanish steam- er for Batabano, going thence by rail to Havana. Three distinct stories regarding the affair traveled about the city. One of them was that the Marquis upon his return home was sternly reprimanded by his wife for keeping late hours; that he replied with such vigor that she screamed for help, and that her cries brought General Pando upon the scene. The Marquis, infuriated at interfer- ence in his domestic affairs, rushed at General Pando and struck him with a dagger. Baron Starke repeated at a Jjockey club another story about the affalr, which brought out an explanation from the Marquis, accompanied by a dem:j}d for an apology. The Spaniard sgld, upon his honor, that it was a casé of mistaking each other for burglars. He came home late that night and his wife, in nervous fright, cried out that there were thieves in the house. Gallant General Pando rushed to her assistance. Seeing the Marquis approach in a dark hallway, Pando pounced upon him, un- der the impression that he was captur- ing ‘a burglar. The Marquis thought that he was being assailed by a thief, and thus it happened that he inflicted upon his distingulshed guest a wound before he discovered his mistake. The Marquis in a letter deprecated greatly the reference to his wife 1n Starke’s remarks, and demanded full and public apology. Baron Starke re- plied that he had simply repeated a story. A challenge followed, and last Sunday the principals with their sec- onds went into the State of Hidalgo, where pistols at thirty yards decided the issue. At the signal two shots rang out, al- most simultaneously. Marquis de Sas- mera fell with a bullet in his body. The shock lasted but a second and then he| raised himself to a sitting posture and gazed at his opponent. Baron Starke was already in the hands of his A bullet from the Spanlard’s | weapon had grazed his face, tearing out his left eye. The physical net results so far are that the Marquis de Sasmera will probably recover entirely, while Starke loses one eye and may lose the other. PARIS NEWSPAPERS WELCOME THE PLAN| It Is Believed the Czar Sounded His Neighbors Before Risking the Proposal. PARIS, Aug. 20.—The Paris papers | publish the Czar’s note, but too late for comment. In diplomatic and press oircles the greatest surprise is evinced. It is no secret that the sensitive Czar’'s feelings are toward peace. He hates militarism and even objects to moving | about with a military escort. He | would prefer to govern Poland with | sympathy and is shocked by bloodshed. | Here is the great question asked: “What attitude does the Kaliser Wil- helm take?” Visits to various newspaper offices show the tone the Journals will take | to-morrow. The Aurore is delighted LONDON, Aug. 28.—The Dally Mail's Peking correspondent says: “M. Pav- loff, the Russian Charge d’Affaires in China, "who has been- appointed Rus- sian Minlster to Korea, will be succeed- ed by M. de Giers, who is at present ac- credited to Brazil. M. ‘Pavloff's re- moval is generally attributed to Great Britain’s sudden change of policy, the object of which was to impress Russia with the-advisability of recognizing our paramountcy in the Yang Tse Kiang Valley. “The Russian Government has been quite in accord with Great Britain’s de- sire to limit the matters of sphere of influence, but when on last Thursday it was asked permanently to Tespect the integrity, of thig sphere, it declined to glve any guarantee.” A prémpt de- monstration cn the part of the Eritish fleet in the Gulf of Pechill.was a ready answer to this equjvocation, “Now that Lord Salisbury has given a plain indication of his plan of action, it is not improbable that Russia will execute a masterly retreat from her present position.” A dispatch to the Daily Mall from Shanghai says it is reported there that the Russians at New Chwang are try- there to sell their holdings at absurdly low prices, and that in consequence of this the Chinese are on the verge of an anti-Russian outbreak. The local man- darins are, so to speak, between the crossfires of the Russians and natives and are helpless. ENGLISH INVESTORS WARNED. Silver Party in America Still Potent for Mischief. LONDON, Aug. 2.—The Times this morning devotes an editorial to the dis- cussion of the effects of the war upon American commerce and trade. It thinks that the present hopefulness of the Americans in this respect is not unreas- onable, and says that, looking at the marvelous expansion of exports, the con- sent, but France will disapprove of her ally’s action. ing to compel native owners of land | with the proposal. Le Journal shinks | it is a good omen for the future if the | autrocratic Czar makes the proposal. iThe Gaulois thinks it impossible that he could have made such a grave pro- | posal without having first consulted | France, especially as it comes at the | moment of the exchange of telegrams between the Czar and President Faure. | The Figaro believes that the confer- ence will assemble because the Czar | would not have risked a refusal. Tt | believes, however, that the aspiration is chimerical. GERMAN POLITICIANS INCLINED TO SNEER #Good Topic for a Dull Season” Is the Remark of a High Official. BERLIN, Aug. 28.—The Czar's note ‘was posted in the hotels and cafes this afternoon and is generally discussed rather cynically. A high official of the ‘War Office observed that it would be a “good topic for a dull season.” If the conference met there was no doubt that France would demand the return of Alsace-Lorraine. All politicians are | inclined to sneer at such a proposal emanating from Russia. The general belief is, however, that all the powers are willing to attend the conference, in the bellef that it will prove result- less, looking to the impossibility of agreement. . BRIDGING THE CHASM. Quebecflcm!am;" Commission Pro- ductive of Good Results. QUEBEC, Aug. 28.—The International Conference Commissioners will meet in joint -eslloxlx‘ dlcsln “;.a-;:::rrw and robably eacl day. 8 ?ate meetings of ltie‘?meflcm and e._n. adian commissioners and meetings of the sub-committees wilk continue during the week. Senator Fal ks stated to-night PEACEFUL SIGNS AROUND MANILA the Fields. BUSINESS IS BECOMING BRISK LAWLESS ACTS SUPPRESSED BY OUR SOLDIERS. Aguinaldo Changes His Seat of Gov- ernment—Merritt About to Sail for Paris-on the 1 China. Special Cable to The Call’ and the New York e e ayriented, 1%, by James Gor- don Bennett. MANILA, Aug. 28.—Indications are that the natives are resuming peaceful pursuits, They are tearing away the trenches around Santa Ana and Passay and beginning the cultivation of flelds. Aguinaldo will to-morrow remove his seat of government from Bakoor to Malolos, twenty miles north on the railroad, leaving the country between there and Cavite free of insurgents. Seven unarmed Taglo soldiers under a captain were on Saturday arrested in San Sebastian. They were dragging a Spaniard, bound and gagged, along the street. They said they were taking a Spanish spy out to shoot him. The intended victim was rescued by Amer- ican soldiers. The rebels had a pass signed by Colonel Montenegro author- izing them to patrol the city. Some of the rebels on Friday ab- ducted a woman from Binondo District, taking her away from her child four months old. The woman has not been seen since. Provost officers are on the track of her kidnapers. Plans for the sanitation of Manila are almost completed. Steamers are entering the river as usual. The Americans are temporarily maintaining the former Spanish tariffs. Business is brisk. The United States warships Raleigh and Olympia have gone to Hongkong to go into dock. Admiral Dewey has transferred his flag to the Baltimore. General Merritt will sall on the steam- ship China Tuesday on his way to Paris to attend the sessions of the peace con- ference. No agreement has yet been reached with Aguinaldo upon any sub- Jjet, although circumstantial rumors are current that everything has been set- tled to the mutual satisfaction of those concerned. S FIFTY THOUSAND MORE MAY BE MUSTERED OUT But Merritt’s Force Will Be Needed in the Philippines Even After Peace Is Concluded. NEW YORK, Aug. :8.—The Washington correspondent of the Herald telegraphs: Becretary Alger said to-day that there might yet be 50,000 more volunteer troops mustered out. He saw no use in keeping them in the service if they were not need- d, and he implied that there would not be as many needed for garrison duty as was at first supposed. Major General Merzitt's force of 15.000 will be kept in the Philippines, dt least until after the conclusion of peace. Sec- retary Alger seemed to think that at least that ‘many would be needed there, even after the treaty of peace. In accordance with the suggestions of General Miles a number of regiments will be brought back from Porto Rico, and it 18 not thought that as large a force as has been anticipated will be sent to Cuba. Becretary Alger sald, moreover, that the Seventh Army Corps as a corps would not be selected to go to Cuba for garrison duty. When the proper time came those regiments would be selected which It was thought most wise to select. — - MERRITT HAS NOT YET BEEN ORDERED TO PARIS NEW YORK, Aug. 28.—A Washington special to the Herald says: Secretary Al- ger states that no orders have been issued for General Merritt to go to Paris, and he does not belleve the report from Manila. There has been some talk of both Gen- eral Merritt and Admiral Dewey being called before the Peace Commission before it adjourns, but nothing has been done about the matter and it is not certain that they will be called to Paris, though it 1s not tmprobable. NEW YORK VOLUNTEERS KILLED IN A WRECK Two Men Lose Their Lives, a Third Is Dying and Four Are Seri- ously Injured. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Aug. 28.—Two en- listed men of the Sixty-ninth New York Volunteers were instantly killed and one fatally and four seriously injured in a wreck which occurred on the Louisville and Nashville near here to-night. The killed are: YP];](TgR FARLEY, Company G, New ork City. FRAN}’( GLENNON, quartermaster’s sergeant, Company G, nephew of Colonel John E. Duffy. The fatally injured is Sergeant J. J. Minning, Company B. The seriously hurt are Thomas Skellie, Company B; ang Donoghue, Company E; James Meade, Company E; 8mith Do- ran, Company F. % The train was carrying the Sixty-ninth to a new camp at Huntsville. Tt left Fer- nandina, Fla., at 1 o'clock yesterday aft- ernoon, three or four hours after the time set for its departure. The train wrecked wag the first section. It was going at a high rate of speed. Ten miles north the engine jumped the track, deralling five cars, which rolled down a’ steep embank- ment. The soldlers claim the train was running too fast around a curve. The injured were brought here and are heing given every attention at the in- firmary. SIMPLY A SUGGESTION OF THE BERLIN PRESS German Government Disclaims De- sire to Partition the Samoan Islands. LONDON, Aug. 29.—The Berlin corre- spondent of the Times, referring to the report that Germany had entered into negotiationy with the Unlte1 s;uu for partition of® the Samoan Islands, says Phat the semi-official Marine Polltische correspondent observes: “So far as we are aware no such pro- posal has been made to Washington by the German Government. —Proposals to that effect have been made in the Ger- man press, but nowhere else, to our knowledge. The assertion that were Ger- many to come Into soverelgn possession of Upolua, the United States would be shut out from the harbor of Apia, is ab- solutely absurd, and this applics equally to any other nation having a harbor on that island.” CASTORIA traction of imports and the movement of | that the first week's work had been ve; American bonds homeward, there is irre- | satisfactory and that everything up '%' For Infants and m vocable evidence of the country’'s grow- | this point ‘indicated the bést resuits. fie, ~ ing wealth. © o8 cautions En{lllh expects that considerable progress will| Thsfao- = vestors, however, to rememper that the | be made between this date and next Fri- | siaily sfiver perty in America Iy gtill ‘potent for | daxy wpen § Fepess: will ho teken Ul mischiet. |, Septem| FERC i RELIGIOUS RIGHTS IN PHILIPPINES Mistaken for a Thief in|Natives Resume Workin|Clergy Question a Sub- ject of Negotiation. L ] SUBSTITUTES FOR THE FRIARS POSSIBILITY OF THE VATICAN AGREEING TO PLANS. An Influential Prelate Tells of the Work of the Pope and the Promise of Intervention Made Spain. Spectal Cable to The Call and the New York Herald. Copyrighted, 188, by James Gor- don Bennett. ROME, Aug. 28,—The question of the clergy of the Philippines is a subject of negotiations between the Vatican, Spain and the United States. I have had an interview with an influential prelate of the department of the Papal Secretary of State and propaganda in regard to the matter. I asked: “If the United States, while respect- ing their rights, requests the Vatican to substitute by degrees for Spanish friars others of different naitonalities, do you think the Vatican would agree?” “I do not know. The Vatican has done the same favor for France in Tunis and for Italy in Abyssinia, and it is not said that the Vatican will not agree to do the same for America. Nevertheless, the difficulties are many. When the de- struction of Cervera's fleet was known, and seeing the end of the war, Mon- signor Mozaleda de la Vila sent a long statément to Cardinal Ledochowski, prefect of the propaganda, setting forth the sad situation and their fearsfor the future. The Cardinal visited the Pope, praying him to open diplomatic nego- tiations. They commenced immediately, and we expect good results shortly. “The first steps were taken in regard to President McKinley by Mgr. Ireland and Mgr. Martinelli, apostolic delegate at Washington. The United States Government would not at first enter into any engagement, but after urgent solicitation from the Vatican de- clared it was disposed to recognize the rights of Catholic missions in the Phil- ippine Islands on condition that the Spaniards would not create trouble for the United States and renounce Span- ish protection. The Pope succeeded ia getting his advice accepted at Madrid by demonstrating the dangerous posi- tion of the clergy and Catholicmissions, and the possibility that the United States might take vigorous measures against the church with the danger of prosecution. The Pope also promised Spain his intervention with a view of getting the best conditions of peace. “This advice was seconded by Aus- tria, and Spain has manifested a dis- position to be ready to accept it.” DETECTIVES BELIEVE MURDER WAS DONE Body of a Los Angeles Man Found in the Basement of an In- complete Building. 3 108 ANGELES, Aug. 28.—The body of Frank Strayhorn was found in the base- ment of the incomplete Tenth-street Ho- tel to-day. The head was terribly crushed and the man had been dead sevéral hours. Whether he fell through the flooring, which is old and rotten and has been in several places removed, so that a man could easily have fallen through in the dark, or whether he was murdered and his body placed there is yet unknown. Strayhorn was a steady man and indus- frious and well liked by his assoclates. He has been employed as 2 clerk in the office of the City Assessor for some time. He was seen down town last night and was not intoxicated. The city detectives are at work upon the case to-night, be- lfeving that a murder has been commit- ted. e ANTILLES EVACUATION. MADRID, Aug. 2, § p. m.—Duke Al- modover de Rio, Minister of Foreign Af- fairs, and Senor Gomazo, Minister of Public Instruction and Public Works, have arrived at an agreement as to how to instruct the Antilles evacuation com- missioners and the instructions were maliled -to-day. Cold Bath Causes Death. SAN JOSE, Aug. 25.—Walter Antenreith, aged 20 years, was found dead in bed at his mother’s house in College Park this morning. On Saturday evening he -ate a hearty supper, then took a cold water bath and went to bed. The shock caused congestion of the lungs and death. — Death of Arthur Pease, M. P. LONDON, Aug. 28.—Arthur Pease, Lib- eral-Unionist, member of Parliament for Dariington, died to-day in his sixty-first year. Mr. Pease was Mayor of the bor- ough of Durham in 1873-74. priadiachl i ) Senator Davis Bound for St. Louis. NEW YORK, Aug. 28.—Senator Cush- man K. Davis, one of the members of the Peace Commission, left the city for St. Paul at 5 o'clock this afternoon. ADVERJISEMENT™S. POR BILIOUS AND NERVOUS DISORDERS such as Wind and Pain in the Stomach, Giddiness, Fulness after meals, Head- ache, Dizziness, Drowsiness, Flushings of Heat, Loss of Appetite. Costiveness, Blotches on the Skin, Cold Chills, Dis- turbed Sleep, Frightful Dreams and all Nervous and Trembling Sensations. 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Losses adjusted and unpaid... $65,170 82 Losses in process - adjustmen in suspense ..... 139,552 41 Losses resisted, including expense: 23,860 06 MILES MAKING A HOMEWARD MOVE Five Thousand Men Will Leave Porto Rico. CONCENTRATE IN BROOKLYN GRAND REVIEW TO BE HELD IN CENTRAL PARK. General Brooke Will Remain and Move on San Juan—§iporadic Disorders That Cause " No Alarm. Bpecial cable to The Call and the New York K.ng. yrighted, 1838, by James' Gor- don Bennet kel PONCE, Porto Rico, Aug. 28.—Details of the homeward movement have been practically completed. General Miles and his staff and eight companies of the Second Wisconsin Volunteers leave on the Obdam on Tuesday night and the Fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers are to start home on Wednesday. All the cavalry horses, gln-carriages of batteries, etc.,, of the Pennsylvania troops will leave on the Mississippi on Thursday, while the men of three Penn- sylvania batteries and the Third Bat- talion of the Second Wisconsin will sall the same day on the Concho. The men and guns of the Missouri, Illinois and Indiana batterles are to leave on | the Alamo on Friday and the battery horses on the Uto on Saturday. The Sixth Illinols Volunteers will follow on the Seneca and another ship not yet named. It has been arranged that the whole detachment of about 5000 men shall land in Brooklyn. After resting there a few days they will parade across the bridge to Wall street, to Broadway, to Fifth avenue and thence to Central Park. The men in line will be commanded by General Wilson and General Miles will review them. General Brooke Is preparing to move to San Juan. Omne hundred wagons have been sent to him.from Ponce to transport supplies across the moun- tains. It seems probable that he will take all the forces at Guantama, in- cluding the mounted troops. Reports of disorders continue. The authorities believe the outbreaks are sporadic and will soom quiet down. General Miles will probably issue a proclamation calling for order and de- creeing severe penalties for disobedi- ence. The trial by military commission of twelve civillan prisoners charged with burning the town of Cotto will begin to-morrow at Ponc GUNBOAT ZAFIR IS SUNK IN THE NILE| LONDON, Aug. 25.—A. dispatch from Camp Hegiar, opposite the island of Ge- bel Rayan, says the Anglo-Egyptian ex- pedition has suffered a rather serious loss by the sinking of the gunboat Zafir. The boat sprang a leak when near Shendy and within a few minutes went down. “All on:board were saved. p—— The Animals’ Friends. The office of the Society for the Preven- tion of Cruelty’'to Animals will.be moved from Sixteenth and Harrison streets to room 403 of -the fourth floor-of the Par- rott building on next Tuesday, where the apartments will be fitted up with taste and care. After the removal from the Donohoe building the officers found that a mistake had been made, and the advan- tages expected failed to materialize after the public pound was_ taken from. the management of the socfety and again g{ven over to politicians. ~Hereafter on aturday evenines the rooms will be kept open from 8 to 11 o’clock, and ‘the public is invited to visit the premises and learn of the good being accomplished by the or- anization. There isialso a movement on ‘oot to give public lectures every four months in the assembly room of the build- ing on the treatment of animals. ADVERTISEMENTS. United States Branch. 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Real estate owned by company $40,000 00 Loans on bonds and mortgages. 14,750 00 Cash market value of all stocks and bonds owned by company. . 535,730 00 Cash In banks. . 87,689 08 Premiums in due course of collection 60,158 68 Total assets ... 9683,327 74 LIABILITIES. Losses adjusted and unpaid. ... $13,574 68 Gross premiums on fire risks run ning one year or less, 3$357,228 24 reinsurance 50 per cen! Gross premiums on fire ning more than one year, $55,755 00 178,614 13 reinsurance pro rata... 31,711 00 Cash dividends remaining uapaid.... 13,13 00 Total labilities . smnem INCOME. Net eash actually received for firs premiums $341,085 19 | Net cash actuaily received for ma- rine premiums .. 22,862 61 Recelved for inter on bonds, stocks, loans and from all other sources. o8 . waeTs Total income .. "o $384,096 49 EXPENDITURES. 14 for fire losses. $176,571 85 Nt amotnt paid for marine losses.. ' 9,071 &3 Dividends to_ stockholders. 25,000 00 | Paid_or allowe brokerage .- 67,591 97 Pafd for salaries, d other ¢ charges for officers, clerks, etc 22,772 33 Paid, for State, pational and local ik Al ather pavments and expenditures. 19,998 §1 Total expenditures . incurred during “Risks and Premiums. 500 24 176,571 00, Fire Risks.|Prémiums. Net amount of risks writ ten during the year, Net amount of risks $30,907,638 $468,239 60 Total liabllities on bonds, stocks, loans and all other sources . Received for rents. Total 1NCOME ............ §965,807 75 brokerage ... Pald for salaries, fees and other charges for officers, clerks, etc.... 164,725 48 Paid for State, national and local es ... . 48178 91 ‘All other payments and expenditures. 137,024 21 Total expenditures ......., ..n.g«,m [ 5 s ire. Losses incurred during the year......$1,007,233 00 Risks and Premiums. |Fire Risks.[Premiums. 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