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i i i r- 1 -i. n. i i -4 MM A I The Ra'nest Eskimo. 1 1 i. 1 DEPARTMENT OF WAR THE NEWS EPITOMIZED, cohpehtorimbeTuI American Volunteers Celebrate Two Tears' THOM TRIAL ON.

Holding tte Fort. Faria, the home of -uniuo 1 i.appA-,. ings as vrell as unique cently been treated to little contest between an oas, la agent a-, 1 tenant, in which the latte wan nate enough to win. The owner of a larg biocS siruotuN make way for a new one. II I the tenants to vacato by Qctobf-r bat later decided to shorjeifj tli4 ti.

to July 15th. the -dccilpailN the building consented taj ruiH the payment, of $200 Bpiejre.j wirj'i exception of one man in the'rUr third floor. This tenant rost held out to the original dato as uis just rigui. The gas and the water demned structure were en tho fl3ors above the in oiV. aii 1 thivdlV, uemousneu; tue wmpiaceiu iti i i t.

') lecieia nis uauiaoti. t't'imi aviiu paftlin. When the staircases moved a ladder nuswercd the nate gentleman's means ositia. aud exit, lo ada to the hum. if T.

the situation ho inscrihci! Co able "flat to sub-let" across his flat. 11 he fr Finally the contractor 'was to stop work aud tho yrc forced to come to the ten ant ri bv tho payment of over sum claimed for the bf e'ae li original contract. I.clt In the T.urc! Simultaneously a you.iK -Cofn'i lady; had threoi suitors, the church, the army and tho The reverend gentleman huT a ('! advantage over his beinXV-ways "on the spot." llfforriu to in rivals in conversation with ho la ly i ono occasion, ho Iu interesting observation hat i were "land rats and water rr "An 1 ou-rata," retorted the IalyV to say the parson had whero for a jXewni Ten well-dressed younjmon. been parading tho streets advertising agents of a concert sunnh. They had their smoothly sh.nvtii i hiu -i' ornamented with the name b'f tlut ein-cert saloon rainted in Blind fishes, two inches lar to those" found in tlio long, sjv'i-MaKijjiK -i '1 a well lu tlbistcn, cave, have been taken fro 111 longing to Mrs.

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ts yerr Any people know wlw feel sharp twlneesof paln'ln $be blsruerve of the thlrh. Sciatic Is a very alnful sensation, and the torment Of it makes one think something ts some to an end. But hist at the first sensa- tlon or tvtnjse Is irhe best tlm to use fit. JaeobsOll. The' pain the more easily Is enred, and the Oil prevents Itsdeyelop- nveot by coothlnp; thn nerve.

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J. Cheney CoM Toledo. no mercury, and Is taken Internally, acting dlroctly upon the blood and mncnna nrfres-of the syBtpm. In buying flail's 'atarrh Cure be sn re to get the genuine. Itlstikcn Internally.

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Jlall's Family fills are the best. -t. r- -j: Thuta a Claa of 1'twinle yo are Injured fiy the'lseiof Recently there has been p'aced In all the frrocery stores a new preparation called Oraln-Q, ia6e of pnre (rralno, 1hn taken the rlaee of coffee, moat delicate ilomach receives It without distress, and bnt (few can tell It front coffee. It ct: ever, one-fcnrter as jnuch. Children mpy It with great benefU.

15 cts.tand 25 its. per tosckaze. Try it. Ask for rain-u. t.

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Fits permanently chred. No fits or nervousness after flrsjt use of Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer. $3 trial bottle and treatise free If. Kuirit, I.td,.93t Arch To Cure A (Cold In One Day." Take Laxative -Rrbmo QulnlneTablets. AH DruKKiats- retnnn money if it tails to cure.

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CATARRH CURED Troubled "or Two Years and i l'oor. 'I was troubled with catarrh for two year3 and mjr'hoaljth b'ecamo very poor. I heard so much about Hood's, Sarsaparllla that I dsolded to try It and after taking a few bottles was entirely cured" A. H. McDermmoW Bolton Marlboro, Mass Darilla The best ii (act.

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nrcy And Power. A trolIeV wire conveys not i power, from thei)ow6r -iiouse to the- motor of an electric car. The enerirv conveyed performs no worfc; ex, cept in overcoming tne resistance of tbo wire, tH it reaches the motor, wherein, i is converted into power which. is. expended in the performance ood Iter.

ir. Stevenson, wlio, In 1800, went to Point Barrow toi establish a -school and missionary station under the auspices of the Presbyterian board of home missions, returned from the North, recently and is stopping at tbe Cosmopolitan Hotel. He i-ls accompanied by three native children he is taking East to be placed iu a school for advanced education. I "The icliool was established the first year I airrived said Dr. Btevensonr "aud it has continued with the most gratifying results.

The native took a great interest in it and, in fact, in everything we tried to do for them. They are an intelligent people and it did not take them long to realize that our offorta were tor their benefit and they became attentive aud apt scholars. The school nai au average attendance of forty daily. Along with the school religious servicei were held and on Sunday mornings from lb'J to 170 were at the meetings that were at the meetings that were held in a Toom not over sixteen feet by twenty- five feet. At the evening services there woult) be about 100; of the natives, and at the Wednesday night prayer meetings from 125 140.

"The he continued, "are the most, honest jpoople that can be found, Locks are unknown among them, and, in fact, such articles are not wanted there. I often left, my house fot. days at a time, leaving the door wide open, and, thdhgh the natives walked in and out as they pleased and examined articles that! were valuable in that oountry and lying abont, none of them were .1 was al ways-well treated by them, even by the tribes that were said to De cruel and fierce. I carried no weapons aud never had occasion to use one." San Francisco Chronicle. Telegraphing to Ships iat 8e.

Experiments in wirelessieiegrapuy have resulted in messages Jjeing trans- nfitted front shore to ships at a distance or twelve milesj and the United States Governineni have de cided to adopt the systemi for use in the JNavjr. Tons of Steel For Needles. A German paper calls attention to the fact that at Aachen alone 800 tons of steel wire are used up jannually in the manufacture of needles 4,000, 000,000 in valued: at 1,500, 000. 1 MEN CALL Go Sho la to alone on This was whv she prepared her 1 A otaaa'B Knowledgo A woman understand to. Vor tins' reason now known set to work After long confirmed of of the she saw that 4svnrn nrno the Saves Mrs.

libbert From an Operation. women' as a man-ncver can bop6 Mrs. Lydia E. l'inkham. of liynn, all over the English-speaking; to help her sex.

and patient invest igatiqn, Her own conclusions, namely: that teVt-ii-eighths the siiiTerings ot women are flue to uterine system. Ueaspning cjn this line, the only preventive of early breaking' n. tncriGc mediclno which Would u.t. of wDrk. boiler of a locomotive does not transmit power from the the.

water in the boiler; it transmits tfrm of known strictly speaking, the "boiler (loos jio work. By.a figure of speech Bay a boiler "works well or ill, "-da' tho "case mjiy be but when we consult has been such a boon toi thousands and thousands of women. 1 yi.a hfivc; headaches chiefly at the topof the head, and are troubled by paiufulincnsknu- tion, dizziness, sleeplessness, backache, ana tnaL uearing-uoA leciimg, our mechanical 'and thermodynomical definitions; we find no warrant for say E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound V. xiBBERT, 330 WOOU 0.keauiujf.

great power of the Jompounu. il ir nn cit TTrtut- rx. riiiniiaui vuuv vm me of the pains fend troubles which I will a very bad one, and puzzled tne doctor, fallen and I had terrible pains in my I could hardly walk; My husband went ily doctor, he prescribed medicine Washington Items. Serloui charges against the United States Commissioner at Dye, Alaska, hav been made to the President and Secretary Designs for a Government armor plant with a capacity of six thousand tons a year, have been completed by tho Naval Armor Board- ji Under tho proposed agreement between tbe United States, Great and Canada, the United State will suspend sealing on the Prlbllof Islands In return for the suspension of pelagic sealing by Canadians. Postmasterleneral Gary expressed gratl- ficatloa at the comments on his recommen dation for the establishment ot postal savings depositories.

Veterans In volunteer1 home have taken ballots, whlch'show they favoi the control of the homes by. the War Department. Sixty Employes In the Topographlca! Bureau were laid off because the Board ol Apportionment reduced the appropriation. The Secretary of the Treasury has Issued a circular to employes to the effect thai clerks receiving a stated salary who ne-gl ect to pay their debts, contracted for th necessary support of. themselves and theli without presenting satisfactory reasons therefore, will not be retained In office.

'j Domestic. In the Congressional election In the Slxtfc Illinois District, to choose a successor tc Edward D. Cooke, deceased, Henry 8. Bou-teire, Republican, was elected by a plurality of 840 over Vincent H. Perkins, Demo crat.

i The Cdurt.of Appeals, on he ground ol errors, granted a new trial to William J. the newspaper artist who shot nnd killed Rose Alice Redgate in New York City od September 23, 1896. At the hearing in the case of Colonel G. B. Gerald, who shot and killed the Harris brothers iat Waco, Texas, in a.

controversy arising out of the Erann-Taylor trouble, it was shown that Colonel Gerald was justified, and he was exonerated by the court. It was shown that Colonel Gerald did not draw his weapon until he himself was under cross fire from, the Harrls'brothers, and thajt the? shooting was in self-defense. James t. Brandt, a painter, fell 150 feet from the south dome of the General Post- office Building, New York City, and was i Richard- Croker announced that be rec ognized United States Senator Murphy, and not ex-Senator Hill, as the leader of the Democratic party in New York State. Royal Standard, the 'grand champion coach stallion of the Chicago Horse Show, has been a "ringer," and his own-.

ers, Graham Brothers, of ClaremOnt, Ontario, have been ordered to return tho trophies awarded to him. 1 James Charnley. Of Chicago, whose father; Charles M. Charhley, stole $60,000 of Presbyterian Church funds, committed suicide in Milwaukee, Wis. Margaret Devlin, ninety-six years whoso home was at Yardley, N.

died at theihome of her brother-in-law. Her death was supposed to be. from old age. Some unknown person notified toe Coroner that the aged woman's death was not due jto natural Acting upon this Information the body was disinterred. An, examination showed a wound on the right breast extending through the lung to' the oack.

An investigation will pe made. Constantlne Steiger. alias Fritz Meyer, who killed Policeman Smith In a New York City church, was senteneed to be executed In the week beginning January 10. It is reported that J. P.

Morgan of New -York City, are arranging a combination of forty-five manufacturers of sewer pipe into, a trust with capital. Donald McClelland, son of a Westchester (N. dentist, and a clerk In the Bronx borough-juank, disappeared alter getting a bank's check for $2500 cashed. An organization of Chinese has been formed in Chicago for the purpose of de- right of suffrage and the. repeal of the anti-Chinese law.

In the United States Circuit Court at To- peka, Judge Foster refused to issue an injunction restraining State Insurance, Uommisaloner Webb McNall from examining the books of the Travellers' Insurance Company. The suits of the New York Life Insurance Company against Commissioner MeMaU were dismissed on motion of the iompny's attorney. A woman's college building was received and dedicated by Brown jUnlverslty, and the cornerstone of a chapel twss laid at Wellesley. i i 'A-: boiler in tbe 'engine! room of the Graves Elevator Wdrks in Rochester, N. exploded, totally wrecking a one-story brick building in which it was loonted and burying tho fireman and Patrick Shields, a boiler inspector, beneath its ruins.

While playinjr with matches the three- year-old daughter- of Frank of Chatham'; N. ate the sulphur off a number of theni. She was taken 6lck and died In agony. I The football game between the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard played on Franklin Field, Philadelphia, -resulted in a victory for the home team with a score of 10 to o. An-immense crowa witnessed tne game.

j. -i Six of- the eleven members, of the family 3l William Meyer, ot Elizabeth, N. have alod ot malignant diphtheria since October 29.: The i last victim was the' mother, who leaves baby a week old. John Burgess, a youth of nineteen years. shot and killed George Hart at Merridan, Mich.

Hart, who was engaged to marry Burgess'4 sister, disguised himself as a sowboy and tried to frighten Burgess, who killed the supposed tramp; A sensational suicide occurred at Au gusta, Ga. William Moody shot himself through tne bock of the head while in bed in his room at his boarding house. He was one of the best-known men in town. About two months ago Moody married Miss-Maggie Puryear. The twd quarrelled and the wife! went to her parents' house to spend the When Moody awoke he killed himself.

A robber who was carrying wheat from a barn In Jfewbern, was killed by two men who Jiad been employed to watch the place. Ha proved to' be John M. Feagles, Postmaster of the town. I When his rooms Were searched a of stolen goods was found. Morrow: Brothers, of Clarksville, have secured tho contract for tobacco for the Italian Government, i About fifteen million pounds of dark tobacco are required fOr next year.

At the: Allen Farm, near Bryan, Texas, while gambling for pecans, a colored man named General stabbed and killed. Another colored man, Tom Sweat, was arrested for tho crime, and while being conveyed to Millican by a posse was taken from his guards and strung up to the limb of a tree. The vigilantes are said to have been colored men. The magnificent newt Anchor Line steamer Bluff City, one of the finest and newest boats on the l9wer Mississippi, Which left St. Louis bound for New Or leans, tvlth forty passengers and one thou sand: tons of miscellaneous was burned to the water's edge Chester, 111.

Fore I mi. Major I Arnold's column of troops In Africa routed the forces of the slave-raid ing Prince of Idan and drove him the i i It was announced in Berlin that the Man helm.Pure Oil Company, a competitor of tne etanaara on company, has purchased an island in the Rhine, on. whieh It is proposed to build gigantic tanks. The Countess ot Lathom, wife of the Lord Chamberlain of the Household of the Queen, was killed in ngland by being thrown out of a trap on returning from a shooting party. Germany proposes to enlarge its holdings on Chinese territory, 'diplomatically if possible." Weyler landed in Barcelona on his return from Cuba and proclaimed him self the friend of national production in pain ana.

oi tne Spanish workman. The Ameer of Afghanistan is Quoted in an Interview as denying all responsibility for the recent uprising of the tribes on the frontier of British India. General Lock- hart has announced his terms of submission to the Afndis and given them a week's grace in which to accept them. Opposition to the Cuban taril being mau autonomous nas aeveiopeajln Spain. aerr Neumann, a wealthy citizen of n.otzenau.

Oermany, has been condemned to a year's imprisonment for lese molest e. The offensive words which led to his ar rest and conviction were spoken in bis own nouse wniie ne was intoxicated. One person was killed and many were wounded, in Uratz, the capital city oi styria. by the police in suppressing a riot between Austrian Christian Socialists and Bociai democrats. -Earthauake shocks vera fnlt Falkenau and Carlsbad, Bohemia, and la Forty men were killed reaentl-viri nnirnta the oapltal of the Colombia Bepubllc, ta an Successes.

In eelebratlonof their success and growth during nearly two years of existence the Volunteers ot America held a grand rally in Carnegie Hall, New Tork- City. Representatives from many other cities were present and helped to make the meeting MBS. MAUD BALLIXGTOX BOOTH. noteworthy. More than $1000 was raised In subscriptions.

To conclude the ceremonies Mrs. Maud Ballington Booth was reirularlv ordained as I a minister of the. Gospel, and can henceforth perform mar riage and funeral ceremonies and prefix the title Of Beverond to her name if she so chooses. Her assumed titlo is "Minister of tho Church of God In General." It was con ferred upon her by Dr. MacArthur, for the.

Baptists; Dr. Bradford, for the; Congrega-tionalists; Dr. for the Presbyterians, and Dr. Strong, for the Evangelical Alliance. The meeting was presided overbyChaun-cey M.

Depew. who commented upon the wide scope and self-sacriflcing nature, of the society's work, and impressed upon his hearers the duty ot the public to further nnanciallv the interests of the organiza tion. HOW NEW ZOOi WILL LOOK, Immense Inclosures Provided For Me. phauts and, Lions. With only artlflcal ponds, here and there and walks curving throughout tho new Bronx Zoological Park in Greater New York, according to designs' by Hein3 Le Farge, architects, no other features are re garded as essential in the topography ot tbe park, which in its natural form is ad- mirauiy aaaptea to a zoological garden.

Some of the important features of the garden will bo a range, for bison nnd deer at the southern end of the park, a roomy elephant inclosure and an Immense outdoor eage, large enough to oover an entire city block, and over top growing trees and shrubbery, and provided with suitable lakes, in which flamingos, showy swans and tne other birds will be placed in sum. mer. The chief house, from the landscape point of view, will be tho elephant houso, which will be a high-domed structure in tho centre of an open valley near, the north ern end of the grounds. Other large ani mals will be placed in this house. In the big reptile house there will large cen tre pool for alligators, i The Hon house will i be provided with newly invented appliances for the care and study of these animals.

Underneath tho row of cages will run tramway carrying a cage car that can be luted by turning a crank up through the floor ot the cage, so that the anlmnl may easily be driven into it and carted to a special studio cage at another end of the building. ARMY IN CQ0D CONDITION. A Fnnd For the Widows and Orphans ol Soldiers Recommended. The. Inspector General of the in his annual report, recommends that a fund be created for the benefit of the widows and orphans of military men.

It is suggested that if a reservation is made from the pay of persons hereafter appointed to the army, ana tne tuna be increased by the addition. Qf all the fines Imposed upon commissioned omeers by courtrmartlal, the relief measure would be sufficient The work of in spection during the year has shown the army to be in all of its departments gener ally satisfactory condition. The new rifle is said to be -etill defective some degree in the sights, and it has been shown to be as satisfactory in skir mish work as at known-distance shooting. $50,000 FOR BOSTON LIBRARY. W.

C. Todd Gives That Sum For a Fond With Which to Purchase Newspapers, Mayor Quincy received letter from Will" iam C. Todd, ot Atkinson, N. inclosing bis check for $50,000, payable to the city of Boston.1 The money is a gift to the Eos" ton Publie Library to establish a fund, the interest of which is to I supply the periodi cal room with the leading daily newspa pers or the world for public use and refer ence. The gift has been accepted with the.

city's thanks. In the letter Mr. Todd says: "it is most cheerfully given for the ob-- fleet Indicated, with my most sincere wishes lorthe prosperity of Boston and all her interests, especially of her noble City Lib rary, in all time to come." LONDON 13 BEHIND THE TIMES. The Inefficiency bf Her rire-Fightlng Eqainment Fully lemor s'ratcd. The London Daily Mail, in an.

editorial. jcalled forth by the fact that the people are Imarvelllng that such a flro as that which occurred lately is possible in London, ascribes it to neglect to reform the methods Of the Are brigade. 'The fact is," the paper savs, "that Lon don's showy, but ineffective fire-flgliting equipment Is a decade behind that of Mon ireal or New. York. We appear almost as unprepared for Are as for a conflict with any first-rate European power, and for the same reason that we have antiquated Imethods at the War Office, we are out of date at fire headquarters." WHhelm May Need Guards at Ilome.

The ceremony of swearing in the Guards ixecrnits took place at Berlin. They were warned by the German Emperor that thoy- imtgtrt be called upon to light an ono my within tho empire. A Commodore's "Widow Arrested. Mre. Emmeline H.

Badd, Widow of Com modore John Budd, of the United States jNavy, was arrested in New York City on the charge of stealing ieweQry and. wearing apparel from tho keeptr of a- boaramg house with whom she formerly lived. She confessed and was held In $1500 bail. Trying to Bribe Cubans. General Pando, in I command of the Spanish military operations in Cuba, has bent emissaries into the camps of insurgent leeneruls offering rewards of money and.

(none case, ol nlgn rant la tho bfiauisu Army to secure their; nliegianco to tne of Nebraska's yote Protested. The counting of the vote of Nebraska was protested on the ground that the returns liad been tampered with. The Secretary bf State admitted opening tho returns, but denied changing the figures. The protest was overruled, and tho matter may be car ried Into the courts. Ten Sentenced ta Die.

The great trial in the City of Mexico of lArroy's murderers is; over, terminatinj; with sentences of death pronounced on ton- tof the police officials and policemen con- Uornnrl In hn hntchflrv of the lianless Crotch whose attack on President Diaz caused so profound a sensation. Chamber of Commerce Dinner. At New York City, 453 members of the Chamber of Commerce attended tha' 129th Annual banauet. Among the speakers were Alexander Orr, Secretary Gage, Governor Black, General Merritt, commodore uunce, jMayor Strong ana iresiaent oilman, oi ohns uopKins. i.

A Notorious Swindler Convicted. William C. Woodward was found guilty attempting to blackmail Samuel; V. jBridgham in the Supreme Court, New York City. He said that he had bean arrested ihirtw-sBven times and had made over tl.000,000 in Lndoa by gambling, iioundnp reijei, ana grew worse lutkteiin Fccts and Recommendations From Secretary Alger's Annual Report.

ARMY'S CONDITION AND NEEDS. 5f eeeealty of Men to Fight the GunsWork or the Ordnance Hoard West Fotnt Can Accommodate More StudentsSea eoast Defenses Elver and Bar-hor Estimates Are Much Too Iarf. Wassixotos, D. (Special). Many sug gestions and recommendations of Importance are contained in tho first annual report ot General Bussell Alger, Secretary at War, just submitted to the President.

The Secretary quotes with approval a terse official statement of the and needs of the army prepared by Major-Gen eral Nelson Miles. It is urges the recommendation concerning two additional Regiments of artillery be considered avor- iblyby Congress. Mi I BECEETAE BUSSELL A. ALGEH. 8ecretarv Alfter in his report has de parted from tho usual custom by reproducing in fnll thd reports of the command ing Generals anfl heads ofj -bureaus and contenting himself witn priei comment thereon.

i i'-" The Secretary fldes not indorse General Miles's plan for a general increase in tho number of troops. The only recommenda tion of General Miles's in this line which receives the explicit sanction of the secre tary is that for two more regiments, although tuo, oesiraoiiriy oi further military divisions in Alaska is ad mitted. I I Secretary Alger recommends tbe revival jot the grade of Lieutenant-Colonel, and urges that, whilo serving, military attaches bo crlven rank and pay of Colonel, and that such attaches at legations be1 given. Lieutenant-Colonel emoluments. The Secretary! says that the Military Academy at West Point can accommodate more students, and, if prqvision for two more artillery regiments can absorb more of the graduates.

He does not indorse the recommendation ol tho superintendent that (two cadets-at- large be appointed from each State, which would give ninety more cadets than there ar.e now, but recommends jthat the President be authorized to appoint ten cadets- at-large each year, which would increase the present number thlrty.1 The Burgeon-Oenoral recommended a return to the former practice of providing public quarters a stated number ol married men in i ench organization. The Secretary does not indorse the recommend ation. The amount expended for the improvo-. ment of rivers and harbors during the Us-cal year ending June 30,1397, was The estimate submitted, for the fiscal year ending June SO, 1889, for continuous work authorized by Congress and by the Secretary of War is $18,098,007.56. "Tho estimates for river and harbor im provements submitted by the Chief of Engineers," said the Secretary; "greatly exceeded former With the excep tion of waterways and harbors where there 13 a large traffic or jwhere immediate improvement is imperatively needed I am convinced the estimates are largely in excess of what they should be at a time When the demands upon the (Treasury are a9 great as now.

It is therefore recommend ed that tho amount to be appropriated be largely reduced below estimates." Tbe estimate for armament of fortlHcn- Hons of the fiscal year I ending June 30, 1800, Is $7,468,651, or 2,605,243 in excess of the appropriation for the fiscal year ending June SO, 1898. Secretary Alger urges that the estimates of the (Jiilol of Ordnance be appropriated. The Secretary recommends an appropria tion of $10,000 for experiments with military balloons and $20,000 for cable'systems for the harbors of New -York, Boston and sau Jt rancisco. Army Department expenditures for the fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1897, were Theappropriations for the present nscat year are. given as 62,832,417, while the estimate for the next fiscal year Is $9G, 03,140.

EUROPE'S LEAGUE FIXED. 1 Combination Against the United States Has Been Aprecd Upon. Count Goluchowskl, tho Austro-Hnngar. (an Minister of Foreign Affairs, when mak ing an appeal to, all Europe, in his annual address befbro the Austrian and Hungar ian delegations, to closely for th vigorous defence ot Enropo against the United States the "crushing com petition or transatlantic nations," sala: A turning point has been reached In European development Which calls for the unremitting attention I of government. The great problems of material welfare, which become more pressing ea-ery yearj require to be taken in hand instantly.

The destructive competition which trans oceanic countries are Carrying on requires prompt ana inorougn counteracting meas ures if the vital interests of the people ol Euro po are not to bo gravely compro- iniseu. 1 i The Maltone of Rome. Italy, discusses ihe speech of the Austrian Chancellor. It says that the project of (a European com mercial league tho United States was discussed nnd agreed upon during re cent coniercnces at iiomburg and Alonza. General Ordwsy Dead.

,1 General Albert Ordway, of the United States Army, died at the Hoffman House, New York City. The end' was hastened by Knei over; uis uaugnier, liouma u-erara, tho actress; "and the excitement of a zuiauon wun ner. I A Fend Costs Four Lives. Inews lias lust been reolelved of a trntrnrlv at Bayou la Combo, LaL Four men, Ar thur and Edwin Jolio and Lawrence and cawin naa a street ugnt as a re sult ot. a family feud, with shotguns and revolvers, aii iour are aeaa.

Japan Demands From Japan comos news that the Japan ese Government has demanded the sum of gold from Hawaii, hy way Of Indemnity in connection with the emigra tion uuairs. For a Henry George Sleinorlal. A memorial was sent signed by Mayor Strong, of New York' City, and oth- asking for contributions to Henry Ueorge family and for a monument to uim. Minor Mention. About 05,000 tons of refuse-are swept oflt Lionaon streets yearly.

The Marquis of Bute's mansion, near ftothesay, cost 1 10.000,000. Five thousand live hundred newspapers ure jiuunsuuu ia uermany. Boston is now promised another mhrhtv building, in tho construction of which not a single particle oi wood will bo admitted. London firms are said to spend over a week advertising. Blackflfih have not been seen in Massa- cnusetts- jjay tor rnirten years.

Bu6sia has warned Turkey against using the Greek war indemnity to increase her armament. Four new steamships have, been ordered from the Cramps for tho foreign fruit iraae. Since 1874 the population of Fiji has decreased from 150,000 to 100,000. The mortality among, children is forty-four per cent. j.

In the BepuhUo of Uruguay the termination of the late Civil war has been embrac ed in every city with general rejoicing and "Mm" et tht etas. k. 1 1' i i MM SV k. kW The doctor examined me and wantedto perlorm Reopening of the Guldensuppe Mur: der Case at Long Island City. A JURY QUICKLY- SECURED.

asttce Smltb Compelled to Ketlre by 111 ness Justice Maddox Selected to Trj tbe Cm In HU Sted Great Speef Made In CnooUnc the Jury For Mrs Augusta Nack's Alleged Aeeompllce Nxw Yobs: City (Special). Martin Thorn the barber, who charged with having murdered William Guldensuppe on Jan 25, was put on trial for. the second time ti the'Snpreme Court Of Queens County sit ting In Long Island The effort to bring Thorn to trial has beei met by a most remarkable series of 6b tractive incidents. After Mrs. Kack bad astonished the cour with her and an anticipated rapid trial had been upset by -the suddei StABTZN Illness of a juror, the attorneys on both sides hoped that the obstacle of securing a jury lor.tne second trial once things Would co nlonp; Smoothly.

but when court bad reconvened Justlce Wllmot who presided at the former trial, announced from the bencli that he was too 111 to' bear the case; add Justice 8amuelT. Brooklyntoolj bis plnce. Two hours' delay was caused bj reason this misfortune, but -after Justice Maddox ascended the bench he. hustled thlDirs alone with erent celerltv. Seven Jurors' had been selected at the close of the work, wmie this does not equal tm record of the last proceeding, where; the full complement was chosen on tho first MBS.

AUGUSTA SACK. day. lt Is considered quite as remarkable. awing to the great notoriety that was given the case at Chat time, and the consequent likelihood of prejudico being aroused in the minds ot tne That tne interest ot i the public had par tially subsided was shown by the-smallne3s tffthe attendance, as compared with that at the former trial, and the dullness of tho day's proceedings evidently bored those, who, took the trouble to come. When the case was called by.

Justice Mad dox, on the second, day of the tridl, seven, men were lp the jury box. Shortly after' aoon the twelfth man was sworn in. After recess. 1st riot Attorney Youngs opened his ease by telling the Btory of the murder and promising to bring witnesses to prove every allegation. The young men wno round tne body alleged to be Gulden-Juppe's, wereoalled as the first witnesses, They told, the same story whioh they rela ted at the first trial.

rive Brothers Made Masons. Five brothers, were advanced to the; degree of Master Mason in the lodge rooms of Northern Lodge, F. and A. 51., of. New N.

J. -Tuev are Harry A. Phillips, Everett I. rhlllip3, Frederick A. Phillips, Robert Phillips and William Phillips.

They are sons of Henry F. Phillips. He is seven ty-five years old and wns raised to a Mason in Newark Lodge in 1849. He now Is high priest or uormtnian Chapter, Deputy Mas ter of Adelphia Council, a -thirty-third degree Mason of the Scottish Rite, a Knight Templar, and a life member of the Grand Lodge. The raising of five brothers at one.

time is said to be unique in the annals of Masonry. Czar Too, Mncli For Kaiser. The Turkish Government announces the postponement until spring of its naval re organization This is due to the representations of Russia that arrears of the Turkish-Russian war indemnity are stui uue, ana mat it lurcey persists in the reconstruction oi her navy, Russia will In slat upon the payment of these arrears. It Is also a setback to Germany, who was sup pvriu tne xurKisu naval policy. II.

Mellne'g Hopes For Bimetallism. In the course of his speech in the Cham ber of Deputies, at Paris, during the de bate on the subject of the agricultural crisis, M. Mellne, the French Premier, expressed the hope that the day would yet come when Dlmetalllsm would triumph a a soiuiion ot tne agricultural depression Died Protesting innocence. Erwln Ackerman, suspected of connec tion with tbe murder ot Marcus Nichols; died at Oakvllle, protesting his innocence. -Worry over the accusation is to nave hastened his end.

Jtasso, Cuba's Chief. The Republlc.ot.Cuba has a new govern ment. The election occurred on November 4 at Guaymarillo, Puerto. Principe, and re- buiiou an overwhelming majority for. Bartolome Masso asPresldent.

Domlned iuouuoi, vouid, Yice-i-resiaent; secretary of-. War, Aleman; Secretary of Finances Fonts Sterling; Secretary of Foreign Rela! lions, Moreno do la Farre, and Secretary No Farther Effort For Arbitration It Is learne4 from an authoritative source that the negotiations tot an arbitration: treaty between the United States and Great unyiin nave not been renewed. -Criminal' Code For Alaska. The commission appointed to revise the criminal uoae oi tne united States wlU present a proposed code for criminal procedure in Alaska. At present the laws ot uregon are maae applicable to Alaska and these will be revised, codified, and amended by the commission to 'suit present con ditions.

Jmped Into a Fire Bos. Joseph Williams, fireman of the North ern Paclflo transcontinentaf com- mitted suicide at Mandan. North Ditnu: by lumping into the are box ot his engine. Before th engineer could tall him out hu ueaa un eaouiaen were consumed. five Prisoners Released From the Cuban Cabanas Reach New York.

MELTON'S TALE OF TORTURE. All of Them Emaciated From lonr Con-' flnement and Hardship Captain. Ia--. borde Crippled riorror of Nineteen Months la a Spanish nanrcon Condemned to Death Without 'a Healing. I Nkw Yobk Citt (SpeciaO.

ie Ave members of the crew of the alleged, filibustering ichooner Competitor, who were released after nineteen months' cor flnement In Spanish prisons in Cuba, arri in this city on the Ward Line steamer Sarat oga. Broken In health by their long confine: nent and the treatment accorded them by ielr jailers, and clad Only in the rags which they have Worn since they were capturedj Over a year and a half ago, they made, a pltliible spec ta-3le as they walked down the gangplank of the steamer and fell into tbe arms of their friends, who had been waiting Ion the dock for hours. The five are: Captain Alfredo Laborde, of New Orleans, mnster ot the American schooner Competitor and a citizen of the United States; William GUdea, an Englishman by birth, but aj naturalized citizen and mate of the CompetltorOwna Melton, a Kansas newspaper man and school teacher who sailed, on tbe Competitor; William LeavittJ oook of the Competitor and a native of this city, and Charles Barnett, steward of the Competitor and a British subject. The two members of the Competitor's: crew were captured were Dr. Bedea jand Telcado Massa.

Massa was tried and acquitted on the charge of filibustering; but was kept in prison as a witness against Dr. Bodea. The latter is still in Cabana Fortress. -m r. i Of the five men who returned young Melton was in far the worst He went away on the Competitor a robust man, healthy, strong, and weighing 165 pounds.

He returned pale, emaciated, and hollow-eyed. He weighed just 100 pounds when he landed, and was so weak that he con Id scarcely talk above a whisper.1 His hands trembled violently, and he' looked to. bef nothing but skin and! bones. In this condltiion he was sent aWay from Cuba, with no clothing but a white flannel shirt, the trousers which he wore when lie was captured, a thin jacket and shoes: and socks. His teeth were chattering with the cold as he stood on the deck ot the Saratoga when she hauled into her dock.

I One of the first men aboard the steamer was a Cuban, who quickly stripped himself of his overcoat and covered the shivering man with it. i William Leavitt, the cook of the Com petitor, was in almost as bad The others sayHliat his sufferings have af fected his mind. He is a physical wreck and had no more clothing than Melton. Captain! Laborde was iu: fairly shape, although he has aged, very much since he went away. He Is thirty-plne years old, but looked fifty-five as he walked down the ills hair and beard were dark broWn when he went away.

They are now streaked with gray. Captain Laborde walked with the aid of a crutch, uis left leg is useless, rendered so by two strokes of paralysis which he had while in prison, --n-i. The men gave the first connected account of the Competitor affair. Owna Melton told the story as follows: il "When the expedition had been nearly landed on the shore warning of the approach of the Spanish gunboat Messa- gera was given. The Competitor put to sea, but was overtaken.

A solid shot over our decks showed what fata was In store for us. The small boats were launched, and the seven men left on board jumped Into them and started for the shore. Wo were captured, however, one after an other, by bouts from tho Messagera. i 'After being landed we were turned over to the Spanish soldiery. Our arms were tied at tho elbows behind ourl baeka and the cords drawn till our elbows touched nnd our shoulder-blades were nearly dislocated.

We were taken to a prison near Havana, where we were' kept incom municado for six In Ylnrlr There was no furniture In the cells neither, bed nor chair. We were fed-onoe a day. We were not allowed to see the American Consul. Three of us were then put in a cell six feet by twelve, where wewere kept for three weeks without stepping out of it once. Then a list of Spanish officers was handed to us from which we were ordered to select one: to defend us in Our trial for life.

We took the first. He came to us, spent just one minute in asklntr us If we were guilty or not, and left. i. "Wo were tried and, without any defence boyond a short general speech; by the officer for clemency, were sentenced to death. We were then thrown Vlnto separate cells for another i 1 six Idays' incommunicado.

Then began the work of tho United States Government in pdr behalf, and wo 'were removed to Cabanas Fortress, where- we have; been confined since. I have spent the time in one large room with about forty -other prisoners of all descriptions; from' the murderer to the thief. The room had one small window and one never allowed to go Out." i door. We were KILLED WHILE PLAYING INDIAN. Little Charlie Wilson It iddled With Shot by nis Companion.

Two boys, Charles. G. Wilson and Willie Johnson, both living on the Black; Rock turnpike, near played "Indiana." Willie Is seven years old and Charlie was a tow months younger. In someway Willie secured an old gnn and said he would bo the hunter and Charlie could be the Indian. a war whoop and began to dance, preparatory to scalping the hunter.

Willie levelled his gun at the make-believe redskin and pulled the trigger. Charlie dropped to the ground riddled with shot. Ilo died almost instantly. 1 i Melbourne Has a Big Fire, A great fire broke out at Melbourne, Australia, and in'a short time did enormous damage. It started at the warehouse of Craig Williamson, in the heart of the' city.

A strong wind was blowing, and the fiercely fanned flames rapidly swallowed up building after building. The burned section included many of the largest business houses In Melbourne. The buildings were completely gutted. It Is estimated that the loss will reach $5,000,000. The trade in soft goods has received a serious setback.

Hundreds of employes of all sorts have been suddenly thrown out of employment. Lions Kill a Tamer. During a performance of wild beasts and their tamer in a village tiear Kovno, Poland, the lion tamer was killed by a lion and ngress. a panic ensued among the spectators, eight persons being crushed to death and many others seriously Injured. i -t f.

Fainted at Seeing the Murderer Hanged. Thomas Johnson, alias Hijnry Clay, colored, the one-legged murderer of Newsboy William L. Amend," was hanged fat 8t. Louis, recently. William Amend, who witnessed the execution, fell ia a faint as the trap was sprung.

iu Tale Beats Princeton. Eleven Yale heroes won from the Trlnce-tbn team one of the most sensational football games on record, at New Haven, Conn. Begarded as inferior by experts everywhere, by their own followers, and by the great crowd in general that saw the game, this wonderful band. of kickers dem-' onstrated the incertalnty of the greatest of American pastimes by defeating Princeton's Tigers 6 points to 0. Yale's play was brilliant and strong.

It is said that Vrineeton lost the game through a fumble. China Appeals to Itnasla. China has asked Russia to exert ihflu-dhce to compel Germany! to withdraw her force from the Shan-Tung Peninsula. Killed Uis Father. Adolphus Coker, of Clarendon County, South Carolina, was whipping a ten-year-old son when Bosey Coker, eighteen years old, the eldest son, tu whom the child appealed, told his father not to hit bis brother again.

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