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R WHlCrFJAJQR LOGAN WAS CILLfcD
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Washington December 27 Mall Advices
hav6 reached tho war department In re-
gard to the crushing detent administered
by Wheatons brigade to the Insurgents
near San Jacinto early In November In
which engagement Major John A Logan
Jr lost hla llfo
According to the correspondent of the
Manila American the Thirtythird In-
fantry under Colonel Hare uncountered n
forco of the enemy between Sim Fabian
and San Jnclnto and brought on one of the
sharpest engagements of the war result-
ing In the death of moro Insurgents than
in any other light slnco tho beginning ot
tho Insurrection Tho battle raged for
two hours and at its conclusion seventy
rcven dead Filipinos were found In the
trenches Many wounded were found
hidden In tho high glass and creek bot-
toms It is estimated that over 100 Insur-
gents were ktllod In tho light fiom twenty
to thirty being found dead together In sov
eral places Twontjulno prisoners and
100 rifles were captured Tho Americans
lost one officer killed and sK men wound-
ed Tho ofliccr Killed was Major John A
Logan Jr who was shot through tho
head during tho list few minutes ot tho
engagement white at the head of hibat
talion which formed an advance guard
Ho was in the act of assisting a vvouuded
soldier and was hit by n Manner bullet
fired by n shnipshootcr concealed In the
top of t eocoanut tiee lie died a few
hours nftei
A roconnoissancc on the Tuesday pio
ceding marto by Major lluckH battalion
ot tho Thirteenth Infantry In the vicinity
ot San Jacinto developed nothing i > Im-
portance but nttcrward Oonernl Wheaton
received Information that the enemy was
assembling In stiong foico there for the
purpose of preventing our control of tho
oart from Lagupsn north through an
Jacinto by which It was eonaldcied piob
abla that Agulnnldos Tirlm army v nuld
attempt to ictrcat The Thlrljthlrd was
ordered oit accompanied bj a Catling
gun with a detachment nt the Thlrteoilth
under command ot Captain irnwland ot
Cfnernl Wheatons stiff Tho troops en-
countered iHo miles of tho worst road
ever found in Luzon being a succession of
creeks and ralrj ditches Into which tho
men ank to tjhott waists In mud and
water Kvery bildgo was Unsorvlcoablo
and had to be repalrod whore possible but
in most cases the men with horses and
guns plunged Into the quagmire and strug-
gled through as best they couid Nothing
but tho mlomltnblo energy ot Captain
Honlnnd enabled he Catling gun to got
Into action A score of tlmos It was nec-
essary to unhitch tho horsos nnd lctd
them around through rlc fields while a
hundred soldiers dragged tho gun over thu
ditches or broken bridges
The fight wns opened by tho Insurgents
two miles from San Jnclntu whllo tho
leading bntfnllon was passingu clump of
native houses surrounded byla grovo of
Cocoani t trees and the men were knoo
deep In mud Tho first llro enme from
sborpshoot > r In trees and houses and
from a small treiuh across tho road nil
at close range Thcro was nlsn n hoavy
tiro from thickets moro distant to the
right and left Tho aim ot tho sharp-
shooters was deadl and was directed at
tho officers for the llrst the men that
fell woio elthor chevions or shoulder
itraps Tho oftlLor hit besides Major Lo-
gin was Captain Croon llo also was
shot from a tree but his wound was slight
Tho regiment never wavered a moment
Tho crack marksmen It contained soon
located the natives and began knocking
them out ot trees like squlrrelH The men
lushed at the tronch through tho Boft
mud nalst deep and passed ovci It loavlug
four dead rlllpinos within At the saino
time tho regiment rieplojcd as skirmish-
ers Major lagans battalion In tho center
Major Cronlns on thu right and Major
Marshs on the loft Colonel Hare and
Lieutenant Colonel Uroroton directed tho
general movement Tho Bklrmlnh line
which Was nearly two miles long rushed
forward mpldly through wntor hoalted rleo
fields ditches crroUs and thickets tiring
all tho tlnio nnd doing deadly cxociitlnn
Tho Filipinos made the host stand for a
long time several cases being reported < C
the rchelh lemilnlng n position behind
cover until tho niorlcans were within
tnenl > feel of them
Major Marshs Inttnllon svipilsed u
trench full of Insurgents by omlng upon
heir flnnl Thn poured a terrible fire
along tho Irench slaughtering nearly nil
In It Just beforo cntorluc tho tnven tho
Catling gtin did good execution hj Killing
nvo pf a party that wan gtuidlng a broken
liridgo and nflervvnid swept tho country
boyqnd the town drivlnJI 150 lebela lnt
tho hills Jlnjor Maishs httuilon pnirrcij
tho town hiuI captured n Inrco hattlo llag
f u iol iotKett I im > o Them Into the
VlHIIlttllllN
M Wccember 27 10 IB p pi Coa
pel JLockett with S fprce of 2500 in luj
lil nrM kry attneked this luoinlpu i
tiJopf Jorpo of Insurgents enttoo < hed In
fjfj H e jnpunlalns near Monlalljpn atoul five
i t c iptyWfnortheast of San Mftteo Tim enemy
a T WJien bend
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bo surprised nt how easily
dp their Work cure your
Mid biliousness rouse the
make you feel happy again
OJ < J by all wedlclno dsalejr
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u tho n > ieneial Lnwlon
was killed They numbered probably n
thousand
V doren lines of Insurgent treuchoi
coveted tho steep trail through tho hills
and likewise the volley below along which
the Americans passed Tho main attat Ic
ing pirty consisted ot tho Fortysixth
vqlunteer infantry a troop of cnvnlry nnd
artillery Colonel Iockctt commanding In
poison Tho rest of the command operated
from remote polnls In ap endeavor to
C rry out Colonel Lockntts belief of
throwing his linos around tho enemy and
thus cutting off rotreat
Tho nnturo of tho mountainous country
made It Imprattleablo to otccttto this
movement successfully
After tho Insurgents began to run thero
wns a vain attempt to use artillery
Tluy
Now
IMIIIMM It f LI CI ON
rc All fuflinlliN
Only Tlml
mloslonarlcs to tho Ilillliiplncs
Missionaries nro needed In tho islands
and I hope they will be sent thoro In
largo numbers There Is plenty of work
for theni to do and I hope they will go
vlth a complete undcrslandini of the sit-
uation to do good They must rcallza
that they are contending with a Catholic
educated people that known nothing nbjut
the lino differences between Irotpstaut
coefs and denominations Therefore It
would bo highly Impolitic to send mf
ulonnrlcs of dltfareut denominations to
Oiifutu tho minds of the people I do
hepe that when wo scud tho uiisslonailcs
we will decide beforehand on one form
of Irotestrint Chilhtititlty Send only one
typo tf missionary I believe tho fighting
In tho Islands Is neirly over and our
armies lighting In Northern Luzon will
won ba required only to keep down tho
hapdltc Mi i ot the leaders of tlio lnsur
rcctfon hsvi been dlepoocd of or havo been
won over to our side
imiiliiIim cvhiviTiis
cuerill OtlH Dlrnila n hint of Ueiiil
mid AVoiiiIiIimI
Washington pocember 27 Ooneral
Otis cent to the war department today
tho following list of casualties not pre-
viously repor d
Klle4 In Attlon Kiigagonient near
Hanna poconjbar 11 Thrd cavalry Parry
Hwiytcr Charles W Frazeoj action against
Hombloj Ianay Decemhcr 10 ICIghtoenth
Infantry qiiarles J Feoly
Wounded William J Sheeshy hospltnl
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SUMMARY OF TODAYS 1HPORTANT NEWS
TUB THANSVAAU
Wlnstqn Churchill has left Lotircn
Msrqticz for Durban
Oonernl MelhUfn ays thB Doors sro
strengthcnlnK their entrenchments
Tho two armlcfi In NJntil spent Chtlst
ma In slbt of each other
Winston Churchill wires from Chlevelcy
camp that aLdj smith drmnndj early re-
lief
England nmy fcclzo Dflagoi bar and Is
snld to have given notification of such In-
tent
POLITICAL
Elliot nanlorth of New York has nnds
a tour of tho South and told what ho
heard
Governor Ta > lor of Kentucky has ap-
pointed two election commissioners
miMCvriu
K C llodgcs Co bankers and brok-
ers ot Uoston made an assignment
The Southern ndUcntlonol iissaclatlon
assembled In Munptils
riiij iIiiihmims
Mall advices ot the battle ot San Ja
cinto have been received
Colonel Lnckctt attacked a large force
of insurgents nnd drove them Into the
mountains
General Otis sent In his casualty list
roituitiA
ficncrnl Wood admits that tho complaint
against Cuban prisons Is truo
The Indication IS that Cuban customs
officials are us corrupt ns under Spanish
ruleTho
Tho nnnunl statement or tho rclchsbank
will make a very bad showing
stout
A carload of venison bos been shipped
Into Snn Antonio to be stored for sale
COMMlSltClAt
Cotton advanced I to 10 points future
prices are non vvlnt they were prior to
the break of ton days ago
The dissipation ot apprehensive factors
raused a buoyant splilt in the mftrkot nnd
prices Improved closlnR m Kmil
strength nnd nt the ton levd ot tho day
Win at was firm under two supporting
fa < tors com was
caslei oits went off
under silcn md provisions wen firm
nml ICiiiivv
York Docembor 27 Tho Inde
pendent of tho current week will connln
an nrtlrlo by Jacob O Schurman president
of Cornell university chnlrmm of tho
United States commission to tho Philip-
pines entitled Our Duty to tho Ihllp
plnes
Ho cays In part SVo havo forty to fifty
tribes to clvlllc nnd seven or eluJil o
thcBO tribes havo some SC000O inamto s
each On tho Island ot Luzon thoro Is oio
tilbe ot a million and a hulf people who
speak ono languago tin totally distinct from
the olhci Huguages as Spanish 1b ft im
l ngllBh Anuthei rlbo on tho same Is-
land numborlng about 000000 Is ns dltf
tluct from tho others in Intiguiso aid
charnctiilstlcs ns ihey arc from tho Span
lards thcmfClvcs Thon on the gi iu is-
land ot Mindanao thcia uro nuns tilbo
that nic rntlrelj dlftcicnt from ca h nthoi
In tho Sulu nrchlpclago wo como to mi
othoi clnns of natives about whos custnm
of slaveiy so muei bus beut said roontl >
TIicho tiro nil Mohainmednus whlo ii
Luzon the natives nro nil Cilhnllc Chris-
tians
Tho priests Iihvo tulcd so long in Luron
that their Influento Is widespread and thn
tntlves Know of no other torm of Chils
tlaully Thn Ilotnnu Oithollr ihutch hlH
been IBlabllshed thcro for 300 jtais and
the MChlpolugo was really governed b > thn
that was floating ovor a coiivenL Not ni prle < ts and not by tho Spanish civil oi
native was left in tho town when the mllllrity rnmmjudcii Of Urn f 13500000
troops aulved except a blind boy nnd ono rnltcd on the Isltnd annually about 1000
woman tost of tho Insurgent forco nro WW svns c < 1 for tl113 churchs support
supposed to have escaped toward Mugal E cU amall church would recrlvo about
don 6r ljngnpan It was Impossible to W ror Ita PJwt and tho priest nn nl
pursue them further ns tho troops were lownuco of MOO We must crodlt tho
exhausted the ammunition was low amlltnuren wllu navlnB dotia a great deal ot
tho tronpt only had two da > s rations I Hod yor among the natlvfca Yo must
wjth tiem and no possibility of getting reckon with theso faots when we scud
further supplies from San Fabian owing
to the condition of the land The column
cninpft for Hip night ut Snn
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> y M ° utu AmonR tho bode
WmWmT tcuiVlWas that of a Icuteimut colonu
r
si > posod to be in command of the repels
at that point
1 > 6 > 1 IHUJVJW AlIACICIJl
8TATK
The annual report of the comptroller has
been made public
Headmaster Delano was shot and lert
ously wounded At Columbus at Trenton
Fannin county 1111 Lttrell and Sid Cray
killed each olher a negro tCnAtitj jwaa
killed near Mount Calm
Iirakeman Knox wns killed near Fort
Worth H L Thomas was hilled by a
train at Marques A C Melugln was run-
down by a passenger train nt Whltc
wrlsht n negro wns accidentally killed by
his mother near Caldwell
Colonel Aryans panther hunt was a
success but the bruto refused to fight
An attempted outrago near Mount Calm
Mrs T S Smith was burled at Hills
boro
Thcro was much ttMay In proceeding
with the Humphries lynching trial the
defense making many dilatory motions
Stevens Is the first to bo tried
Smith West of Whltesboro blew bis
brains out
Adjutant Ocnernl Scurry has been ad-
vised that there Is a prospect tor trouble
at Orovcton
A prominent Dallas irishman says that
the IVnlnn Invasion of Gnnndu Is simply
an Invention of Scothnd yard detectives
The State wnterwajs convention will
open at flnlvrston today
Several hundred ucres near Columbus
nro to be devoted to rice culture
F
ItAIMtOAnS
Speclnl rnln wns furnished Mrs Dclane
wife of the wounded roadmnstcr
Mr Ilcsseguio will leave for a trip over
the line
Notes and personals
LOCAL
Several have entered tho competition
gotten up by the Houston Manufacturers
nrsoclatlon to write articles against tho
proposed now tax law
Moro Christmas trees past and pros-
pective
1 ho order of Cssencs reorganizes and
elects new officers
Cvcrjbody favors organising a South
lexns fair at onCo
J 1 Donovan proscnted with a hand
somo gold hndge 1 division No 2 Ancient
Order of Hibernians
A negro boy named Henry Harris shot
and not expected to live
Iomi
was largo resulting from n heavy jn
atito and artllloiy flic for three hours
into ho trundles It l8 supposed that tho
lliMligents were thos0 who were driven
HusBerl foot John Nadouu tlilgh sb
veto Nineteenth lnfnntry William Illcks
aim action LigratiJI Samara December
7 Sixth Infintry Payton M Womack
buttock slight Tleed M Kccnoy attack
on Olnlgarnn Samar Decomhor S SlUh
Infantry Hnjmond D nurlzu thigh Will-
iam Huggaid wilst advance on Slhul
December 10 Fourth cavalry Jwono A-
Do Clalrmont corporal chest mederato
Wluthrop Klchardson corporal thigh se-
vere action lo December J1 Twenty
fifth lnfnntry Otsh Wade leg action
near Tarlac December 10 Twentyfifth In-
fantry lturt McCoy corporal thigh se-
vere Otis
nmiiniiY i AnMirrrn
Otis AVIll Try to SiiiiiieiKHrtlvi Pinr
< l e
Washington Decomhor 27 Tho adju
tant general has rccolved a copy of an
order recently Issued by Oonernl Otis alin
ing at tho suppression of bribery which
It la reported has bocn cjctenslvo In the
Philippines Geneinl Otis says tho persist-
ence of theso leports touching both tho
military and civil service In tho Islands
has forced him to tho conclusion that
theio may bn somo foundation for the
general charge
An AmcilriiH Killed
Mnnlln December 27 lOSO p m It
now nppenrs that ono American was killed
In tho attack on tho Sublg garrlsou ioj
tcrdjy by Jencral Santa Aunt
mmnimv
rum in st iivn Tiiiiiii
Iunit III Hi ii ut t fill t ml III ii Territory
to lie Viirnttit
Chicago December 27 A speclnl to the
Chionkle from Perry O T nays Januaiy
1 every lessee of hnd In tho Indian Tcirt
loiy will bo compelled to leave tho Terrl
toiy or submit to ejectment by the United
Slates autuolltlos The number of fann
ers who nro leasing lands on the live clv
lllrcd trlho robcrvitlon will leioli Into the
thousands and nil will have to vacate The
oodus from the Indian Tertltory began
somo dnjit < igo and It Is estimated that
moro thnu 1000 families Invo como to
Oklahoma 150 families having left Whit
Held 1 T in one dn > for Oklahoma
licccnt livvj iKisHrd by congica debar
tho Indians from lending their lands for
liny put peso nnd thin will shut out not
only fanners but cattlemen Tho mer-
chants and business men In many towns
In tho Chickasaw Gheiokco Somlnoli
Creek nnd Choctaw Nutlons mo much
nlnrmcd over tho prospect ot their busi-
ness being ruined In communities which
have been thickly nettled pvcry family will
be compelled to move leaving the country
to tho Indians who live in bauds and a
fovv squaw men Thcro aro several towns
In tho lndrnn Territory that have several
thousand population and If this new law
is carried nut they will dwindle to almost
nothing Congress will bo asked tu re-
peal tho law
lloutvlli In it blelc Man
New YcrK December S7 cpeclal to tho
JlWs from Dungor toys The report comes
t night frcm a trustwprthy sourto that Con-
gressman Houtillo la suffering from Urlghts
disease in its last sagis and that violent at
tucks bordering on dOlrllim which liu has
cxpeiencfdln the last f dejs havo been
cautcd b > urucmle poisonln wtilth resblti
In convulsions r ciuLllug ujunlciiiB ot in
etiiHjf
A fiiin run I red Cure lor IMIex
All druggists ere authorized by the man-
ufacturers of PAO OINTMENT to lUfund
tho money where It falls to cure anyicaaa
of plica no matter how long standing
Cures ordinary rases In six da > s the worst
cases Jn purtoen day pup application
gives caso and rest nolloyes Itching In
stonlly j >
This Is a now discovery hnd Is the only
pile remedy sold on n positive gaurantce
no cjir no pay Price JO cents
If your druggist dont keep t In slock
send us 10 cents In postage siampa and
we will forward same by mail
eorpsfBbdoinen and head ullghlly wounded l Manufactured by Paris Medicine Coi
< nd Jukon prisoner during attack on train Bt Louis Mo
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WHAfTDANFORTH HEARD
Hie New Vprk Democrat Has Been In the
Soulh
AND TALKFJMO THE MEN OP THE PARTY
Vfttlinnl Convention Will rrnliulilj
lie Hold lit n WckIith Ill
lint ui In CliUliRO
New York pocember 27 Elliot Dan
forth cltalimanof tho democratic State
committee returned to New York today
after n trip through the South during
which ho talked with Senator James K
Jones chairman pf tho National commit
tee and most ot tho chairmen of the
Southern democratic State committees
This nftcrnooti Mr Danforth gave an
Evening ljost reporter tho result of his
observations nnd some Information about
nou years NntI6nal compilgn
I found bo said that tho sentiment
ns generally In favor of tho selection ot
somo Western city other than Chicago as
tho plnco for holdingtho National conven-
tion Tho members < t tho National com-
mittee havo a strong feeling against Chi
cago on account of the treatment they
havo ttcolvcd fiOm tho newspapeis thero
since they established hraduuartbrs In that
city In ISpfl It looks now as It either Mil-
waukee or Kanais Cltj will secuio tho
Natlbnnl convention Milwaukee seems to
bo In tho lead It has nn auditorium with
a seating capacity of 15000 and tho citi-
zens havo orfcrcd to entertain the dole
gates handsomely
1 also discovered that thoro Is n gen-
eral reeling ot establishing the headquar-
ters of tho Nntlrtnnl committee not year
In Washington Senator Jones favored
Washington In tS9i but gave wa > to Mr
llrynn who was In favoi ot Chicago In
m > trip through tho South I observed one
thing which will be considered of par-
ticular Intel est In Now York namely tint
nnnp ot tho lenders denied disposed lo In-
sist on free silver as tho msln Issue nt
tho campaign next year They did not say
that they hnd nbindoncd tho 10 to 1 Idei
but they acknowledged that tho situation
had changed since 1S30 nnd tint tho dom-
inant Issues next jcai weie trubts nnd im
perlnllm that Is to sav they ar6 Unwill-
ing to ropudlnto the Chicago platform but
they seo that new Issues of farreuchlng
Importance have como up and tint thel
cholco should bo rccognUed Cven In-
States llko North Carolina I found that
tho antitrust and antiimperialism
Ideas engaged tho attention of the people
moro than the free sliver Issue In tact I
might sum up my observations by stylng
that the sentiment of democracy In tho
South is such that I am conddeut there
will 1 o no grdat troublo In bringing about
a union of thordemocrats of the wholo
country next year Tho domoeiatlc Na-
tional convention Mr Danfnrth added
wllj be held a short tlmo after the repub-
lican convention according to custom No
matter vvhen It lshold there Js no doubt
about tho head of the tlckot everywhere
I heard only Mi Ilrjans name mentlqncil
Thej nro not talking about candidates foi
vico president yet An Eastern man will
probably bo selected
GOV TAYLOR HAS NAMED TWO
II11 AIMOINTIll HLCCTION COMUIS
MOMlIf TO KILL VAUANCllJif
Dcipiict nllc Clorlc AVIll Svvcnr In imv
Jlvn nml He > Iit IteeoKnlo
the Ollii ih
KuinUfort Ky Dccomhcr 27 Clovornnr
Tajlor this attcinoon appointed W H
Micloy antlGoebol democrat and A
M J Coehian republican Stale election
cnmnifssloneis Tho republican minor
Slnto ofllclaKclect whoso contest will
como beforo the bond have decided what
couifo thoy wilt pursue but ns Clerk
Schackelfoid will mvear In the dcmncrntla
commlsblonois appointed by Commis-
sioner Pojntz It Is probable
Tayloi appointees will Institute
ma ml run ih piocecdlugs lo get pos-
session of offices Dcmocintlc loiders do
not believe tho courts will hold Tajlors
appointments good but they do not dis-
guise tho fact that thoy regret tho com-
plications growing out of the re > gnotlons
of lormci Commlsslonern Pryor nml LM
lis V few memberH ot tho legislature ar-
rived today and it Is pxperlol tint owing
to tho unusual interest In the contest ffir
governor nnd lieutenant governor nearly
all will bo bore by Saturday and Sunda
run maim uijau
lloillcs Have Arrived nt AiIIiikIoii
Cpnielerv
Washington December 27 Captain
Slgsbeo and Chnplaln Chadwlck called nt
tho navy department this morning to con-
sult with Assistant Secretary Allen re-
specting tho ceremonies to tako place to-
morrow nt Arlington In connection with
tho reinterment of tho bodlos of the
Mnllios > letups Tho remains of 161 dead
nlors arrived licjo this morning at S
oclock oyer the Chesnpeako and Ohio
road on a special tram ot fclx cars They
wero escorted by u guard ot honor com-
posed ot tvvelvo men from tho Texas in-
cluding among them one of the members
of tha prlglnal Maine crow Jerrj Shea
Tho party was under the command of
Lieutenant Honliam The remains were
conveyed to Itossn Vn Opposite the
District nnd thcro wero transferred to
wagons belonging tp the quartermasters
department which removed them to tho
burial alto in Arlington cemetery 7hb
cusketH h
tents nnd
tomorrow
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United States
tftxionroffce This Is P te < < >
alcinJlMrablo effect In tho flplWStal <
cof
Mexican
of
by Increasing tho receipts
fee At present mest of the Central Amor
lean coffee growing countries raise ft part
of their government revenues by taxing
coffco exports
MASilll nTO NOTHS
Washington December 27 Gilbert 8
Carpenter recently confirmed s brlgadicr
general has hecn placed on
list at hla own request There aro now
two acancles In the grade of brigadier
general Ono majpr gcnoraUhlp of olun
tceis Is also vacant
The subscriptions to the Lavvton home
fund roielved by Central Corbln at the
war department up to date amoiiut to
1732r > 15 Tho total subscription n
now amounts to 31i0t45
Arrangements have been mado to s
horn tho remains of Major aencral Li
Smallpox among Ihe Indlins of the In-
dian Territnrv and other reservations has
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HOUSTON DAIJiY PQST ftJWRSDAY jMCXRNIiW DECEMBER 28 1899
New York December 27 As a result
or tho protest ot merchants against tho
reclassification ot merchandise by the
Tt f
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ADMITTED BY GENWOOD
He Finds hat Prisoners Have Been Dadly
Treated
CHARLTON LEWIS TOLD ONLY A PORTION
Men nelnlnert WHIinnt nl rHI ot
Ti lnl Customs OfllcInlK Ttrc ris
Corrupt nn Under Spntn
Havana December 27 General Wood
says that ono of tho first things ho looked
into after his arrival was tho managemont
send ot Cuban prisons Investigation has proved
aw that even among American prisoners thero
Ion Major John A Logan Jr nnd Major jas iecn an avcrago detention of Ilvo
Armstrong on the transport Tjiomas which without trial There nro many
30th Instant for
will leavo Manila on tho
San Francisco
General Otis has Issuod a decree author-
izing tho celebration of civil marriages In
tho Philippines
The rcpoit of John M Morton 1nltcd
Mntes agent onthe seal islands djs the
scil herds havo diminished 20 per cent
within the last jear bearing out tho
United States clultn that the herds were
being so demolished by poaching and po
Inglc sealing that tho animal would bo ex-
tinct nt n very eirly day
The British government has accepted the
things calling tor Immediate attention
puitlculirlv In tho mutter ot sleeping ac-
commodations Reform will be promptly
instituted In this respect and hammocks
will be supplied so that tho prisoners will
not bo compelled to sleep on the bare
llbors as Is now tho case with those who
are witnout frienas or money Onty a low
who are able to pay for them havo cots
He Intends to make weekly visits to tflo
prisons until a maJoiit > of tho otlstlng
abuses ate abated nnd he is trying to
dcvlho means thnt will Insure prompt trial
for pilsoucrs accused so far as tuo 11a
ana pen Is concerned this has been found
agreement and treaties for the paitltlon ot t0 a perfecily oatlsfuctoiy condition
Samoa and has withdrawn the siliicivlbory u is CcaU ary well drained and welt
aulhorlty which It has exerted of lito j > ontllatcrt and tho inmates scfim healthy
jears in common with German nud the A lawyer who tccently vlslicd sivcrai
of the Island pilsons says that tho Clnrl
tuu T Lewis report glvc3 ml ft portion
or the terrible truth Lnrly last January
Geneial Ludlow appointed a miiltiiry
becomo so serious that congress after re bonrj t0 imiuile iu0 tlio question Over
convening will be asked for an npproprla I tJU 15rlEOuei3 were leportcd upon nnd Geu
tlon of 0000 out
r > to stamp
the eplmedlc
Admiral Schlcjs fhgshlp the Chicago
has arrived at Iluenos Ajres and will re-
main thero until further ordeis
The senate elections committee tvIII
take up the Quay ca o soon after the close
of the holiday recess The committee will
take up tho Clark cjsc Janunij 5
In official Ocrman quarters It Is stated
that Germany has never contemplated
tho acquisition of tho Danish West Indian
Islands
riiuimiT nArns
< < ItiKnj Will Up Jlipn fde Altor
nij ictiiinl
Washington December 27 Tho lnter
stato eommcice totnmlbslon decided today
to inmplywith tho lequcst ot tho shippers
pf freight to transmit to the attorney gen-
eral of the United States a transcript of
evidence taken beforo the commission list
week on the increased classification of
freight by the official classification com-
mittees Tho shippers In their petition
urged that tho testimony taken showed a
violation of tho Sherman antitiust act
Their desire is that the attorney general
shall take action bj injunction or other-
wise o restrain the railwajs from putting
the classification Into effect January 1
Oial Ludlon Issued oiders foi the release
of more than 100 Ueforo fifty had been
discharged however General Urooko or-
dered a halt nud the matter was referred
to the cabinet secietarlcs since which
time practically notnlng has been done
Mui whom General Ludlow ordered re-
leased aro still held after three or four
jears waiting without tilnl
General Wood thinks that when his or-
der goes Into eftect calling upon Judicial
officers and military commanders to send
complete lists of prisoners awaiting tilal
thn congestion of untried prisoners will
bo lolloved within fifteen da > s theicafter
and he docs not Intend that similar condi-
tions shall nrlso again
Warrants are out lor tho rearrest of
three of tho customs housj nppialsers re-
cently released Two custom houso brok
eis and sl other men were arrested today
in tonuei tlon with tlio charge of defraud-
ing tho government but were released in
2000 ball each Tho caes will be pushed
to tho utmost Consldeiablo difficulty Is
being experienced In obtaining evidence
with leference to tho Impoiters and their
emploes because nearly all tho best fam-
ilies lit Havana have relatives who aro
believed to be Implicated The Investi-
gation shows a widespread conspiracy tn
defraud Heretofore Collector Bliss when
he has had persons arrested for fraud
has beon referred to the governor gen-
erals secretaries and ho has found tho
entlio Judicial sjstem apparently banded
against him and against conviction Now
tho matter seems to have been taken up by
the military authorities who are deter-
mined that tho courts shall act with firm
ness and that declsons shall be Impar-
tial and In accordance with the ovldence
Legal talent of a high order has been en-
gaged by both slde3 The government In-
tends If psslbl to make an example ot
those against whom there Is absolute proof
nnd will endeavor to strike terror to tho
others The corrupt sstcm which It Is
talhvajs nnd of Inturviews of members nought to break down has cistct1i for more
of tho merchants ass iciatlon in this cltj thln a century and scaiccly anj one has
with trunk line officials tho latter have JnoKo1 pon ll nt the Proaent proceod
sald that while this classification will golns L ttu nsttulcJ a curable evil
Into effect January 1 tho matter of a I V ly Bome weka vlu clapso before
readjustment of classifications which it i cnc3 can b > brought to trial
is claimed by the merchants will hum V c cban Pinters a socintion in view
their business will bo taken up again by i 0 tllc nIIcBed uigcnt need of Immigration
the trafllc officials and executive officers1 10 Cuba nns finally published the ex
of tho mads who will sift every gilevanco1 r ° clea circular for circulation in Spain nnd
to the bottom and meet the merchants 0Pr foroKn countries The circular
halt way In making proper adjustment I J Spaniards will find a homo In
u
71 mercnn na hive asked the clasblllci onI > nS different being the
lion committee to call a meeting of that vernment fnbi can
committee for Intiuar ii for the putpese fOOOOO people vvheie as t
of taking the mutter up nnd consldeiln ara on5 r00 000 nn th
grievances
He
iciciiv umiii
Pnv tn
Chicago
MmiIKIimi of
ll cilMtn Iih
the Nuti
Dcccmbci 27 James H
Lckcls former comptroller of the cur
rerc today explained to the memtoM ot
the Commciclal Tcnchcis federal n In
annual convention his views
on the caiso
of the financial
panls The were dun
laigel he said to tho governments ten 1
Ioiy to let millions of doll us llo Idlo In
the various buhtrcasurlcs This country
In the full tide of prosper and rich in
nil that goes to make up the wealth of a
great nutlon said Mr Kckels In begin-
ning suddenly felt a stringency in the
money market recentl and a panic all
This was In a large measure caiued by
tho fact that thousands and mil loas or
dollnrH aro dally being east Into the gav
eminent subtrcasurlcs to remain idle Ii
the vaults Instead ot going into tha chan
nels ot circulation of the coantry Sc >
relnr Gage realized the situation h n
nioment and diverted the money from the
note 0 he bank s < nieu and
po Itlcal economists of tho country ae
n this direction and I believe It will not
bo long before the subtreasury systasn
10 B0 rtW Aia
result
lt may be abolished entirely
put on a safer basis l
or
>
HOUIIb AMI riLIIMINOS
Ilnil h > mnnili > Aiiioiikt Hie lollovv
eis of IelllRrevv
Sioux TallB S D December 27 About
200 iusloniots met hero tonight and or-
ganized an American leiiguo as a protest
against Impeilallsm mllltailsm and the
control of all industrial Institutions and
tho government itself by organized cap
tal AH the
officers aro fnslonlsts and
tupporters ot Mr IettlBrew In ll i nPii r
havo been placed n open hospital reelection Governor A r iiB iM
the uaid of lienor will be main blefly anolnst rusts t5Z J
Thocxercises wll bo as simple as pos-
sible Tho president nnd memhors pf na
cabinet and a number of nival officers
aro expected to attend the funeral cere
monies Tho navy department today or
iltued a sufficient number of wreaths to
lhTOV5TP Sr S Pettlgrew
talned over them mW they are burled
r vvu u IU
unablo ono to be placed on eaoh casket
MDMOAV tOKIUU
Tax Will lie AiiolUlicd una It vin
lie V oil Here
W Bhlngton December 27r Word ha
b t een received here recently that4nVMex
Je u goverpinont has abolished thei ejport
i < ik
If
Llere a irlplno l would Kl11 ut I was
grrt if i as not killed soonor
Ho declared that President McKlnley
Avas elected and owned by trliBta He de
nounced the ponding currency bill as the
greatest omrage of this generation and
dctlaied that the republican senators
were so completely undor thq admlnlstri
toils whip and lash that his rewluttan
for Inforwat on about the alleged salutT
S Ubled Klpln0 aB eww
nn 6 K adjourned a resolu
OR on the administration to offer Its good
oaslly uupport
at present there
Islnnl Tho
climate Is excellent and a good futuro Is
assured to tho steady laborer
IT IS AIIIMIOMJD
ImhiIssIIIp TiotiTns
Vlcclinw 1 n
Illicit XllIlllKT
Louisville Ky December 27 Tho Loulst
vibe Driving and Pair assocluion whoso an-
nual meeting hah been ono of tho most im
poitant ovents in the trotting season lias
decided to ko out of business Tho associa-
tion owns a lino track and grounds Just
0R iJile U f or Jrar kfPt up
u R r
hrv iT15 ln tp it0 ot unsat sfnc
condlllonJ lriit nn1 f orsblo went her
thi Th1l1n wm r monpy lost In
iMP r5ri ° c he backers of ho
SA The Louisville prize the
rrSKK
SSs iite
onus ahe STnoRG
Anil Scelnw 111 70 llrllUh Force
Wllliilrovr
Klmberley December 20At 230 oclock
this morning mounted detachments under
toionel Ponttmnn with three Maxims ami
three sevenpounders under Major May
reconnoitercd Leaving the entrenchments
he liitish
advanced on Toll Pan The
SlSj VltCil nrcd J1nn ° or Maxims re
rdao disappearing over tho
n U ifUMU e besan l0 8be Toll
Pan nt a lange of 500
yards A lloer irun
t ° ZeLS ° UT llt118 arX men Md
no damage As the
Doers wcru straue v
TOIIKS ov rooi >
Are Pohhc1 liyTh
1Jocr t pc
I ondon December 28The Dally Chfon
clo publdhes tho following from Cape
wn jlerr ScWesslnger an agent of the
ew ork Uquitnbia Assuranco society
ho has arrived here
from Pretoria says
nTnif 1 MlatIvii capltallsta under
thousana He BayB aU < > that there wore
ft ° fPct al0f8 t the Pfotorla
ll ° wh en tho British who
trained 11 at Nicholsons Nek at
Bo r t Tlle pconl ° Va ordered by tho
W 110 baro oads and
the
lUlV > 0aaTu b t BrltlBh e obW r °
ArnuiKeil with Ku > i >
London December 28The financial r
Slth 2H U5 > oa he expected easa
wblctl
no arrangements for the stock
J
sides baa
makesawpiaa
in a close
feminine
orKanls U
Women who are not hiJ
well and dont knni9
what is the m5Sw ISSi
women who are i I
and dont kn0v5 ll
what is the
matter should
write at once to
Dr R V Pierce
at nuflalo NY tfl
statins their A
symptoms In dc
tail They will
be advised by
Dr Pierce
with-
out charge
Dr Pierce is
<
an t for over
thirty years has beB
alt <
Physician in the worb j
otel and Surtfcrt jOsS
He has ticatcd a idS
women nnv
world and more of his St
lion for the correct nVi 1
orders and diseases of thefcffi
except cancer h hV
other similar medicine WllsT
Write to Dr Pierce fMliiW
what you need he m teiiSLW
not what you need heSfM
position s a sufficient fflj
advice will not be bitsed bvrtiS 1
selling > ou a fewbottlesof Ji
Jfvou wish to study K S
Dr Pierce will send yWSVS
n papcrbound copy of WW rS
K rr ira
wh
the cost of mailing onlv Ufy
Addrcsr Dr R V Pierce Buffa RT
The Llttlo StorsvilUuBltTri
House cleaning over aftsr
twtsfci
wonderful business wo flnd m M m >
ends In
and overcoat ltt v
Put off bujlni until this lit J i
nt thes left overs villi convl ciB
youhavo made money br waltlni ll
havo neglected
a friend on CbrUtsai
wish lo
remember him on Nnr TWIl
vou ran have any of our HcllJir M
Sn cling Jackets suspenders MJ tin
wear at
cost > 1
K H CAWTHQN
Clothiers Hatters TurnlshMi niln
and 514 Main Under Capitol HottU
etchange sottlemcnt have till
The apprehensions prevailing for id
night of bankruptcy and eitreneH
have not been reillied
money j
Cull for Money
Philadelphia Pa December It
Is a general movement amoni W
citizen here to aid the BoerJIi
war with England A call mbdtf
out for a special assessment
niembei of the Order otHltrwjK
Wlilefc there are 25000 in1 toliMtW1
tbrn of 23000 Is expctea tiajM at
lioljj to swell thegeneral fnnlrtUr
001 which organizations ttwuil t
country seek to raise
Vlny lie a War
Victoria B C December UrWfcfti i
vices received from the Orient WBi ot
that Russia and Francs are a > wMHJf
encroaching on Chinese terrlurrt
Cngland nnd that Japan Is Infix
mense quantities of rice Tbest
sugffest the possibility that T
break out In the spring j
MOODVS MFDWORJtJ
Ilin Im VIimIc for Funds to C 6
thill Which He UnilMl1
Noithfleld Mass December SI j
pcnl to the world to provideM f
continuation of tho work begun
ears carried on bf n i
twenty
Moody was issued tpday bytun
of tha othfield seminary
The plea begins i >
tious not to lay up wealthf but o
do wero
woik for 0u to
words of D L Moody to mf
Tho plea sas Mr Moody
ln character TBH
aro unique
Northfield seminary and tttuow
for oung women
foi men and
sohool young
having lo all w
Hon at Chicago
stndenth About 133000 anMiWl
maintain he
quired to
the r sW
by Mr Moody on
fully pursued for the put J
This sum has heretofore
raised by his personal enortiAl
asked tor v > u > >
ROO000O Is
cnnl will perretuate the Wj
Moody of earth iW > ill
Tho mound
grave of Mr Moody t Wffl l
over with flowers theJrlWM
ho
friends
acores of loving
East Northfield to visit BW M1 T
In laMa
gravowas filled
stone was puMnjUiMJW
TO CUBB A COIU WjtJJ
Take Laxative BrtW WA
All druggists refund f SS j
to cure B W CroT
each box 2 cents
n J
Have you any r W u ecu
Dees our blood show w
purltlesr Aro you ottiow
larger th o naI i
iomblued years III Jth v
have Kca
conditions be < P j
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