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DEMANDS COMPLIED WITH.
That the Insurgents Are Withdrawing
From the Suburbs OF Manila.

WASHINGTON. Sept 16.-Gen. Otis
Thursday cabled the war department
as follows:
"MASILA, Sept Is, 1898. -Adjutant
General, Washington, D. c.: Affairs
much more satisfactory. Demands for
withdrawal Of insurgent forces com.
piled with, and all withdrawn or
withdrawing Thursday, except small
forces in outlying districts, which are
not obeying insurgent leader Aguinal-
dorequests few days in which to with
draw them by detachments and punish
their commanding officers Over two
thousand already withdrawn. No
concessions granted insurgents, but
strict compliance with demands of sth
inst required. General good feeling
prevailing. Manila quiet and business
progressing favorably. No difficulty
anticipated Have been compelled to
confine Spanish prisoners temporarily
within limits of walled city.
"OTIs, Commanding"
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VESUVIUS IS IN ERUPTION.
Great strrsms Of Lava Are Spreading In
Every Direction In - Most Threat
ening Manner

NAPLES, Sept. TO- "A state of gloomy
apprehension prevails among the pop
ulation regarding the eruption of We
suvius. which is hourly becoming more
active and menacing. Streams OF lava
are spreading in every direction. The
most threatening one flows through
the Vedrino valley. which is almost
filed The observatory, which origin
ally stood at height Of GlO meters,
is now only 81 meters above the sea
level, owing to the sinking of the
ground. Seven new craters have
formed around the central one and
this has not tended TO diminish the
fears formerly felt, which were based
upon the eruption Of stones and
scorie, similar to that which occurred
in 1879
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MISS WINNIE DAVIS DEAD.
The Daughter OF the Confederacy Sue
Combs To MalariaI Troubles-Sick
for Several Weeks.

NARRAGANsETT PIER, Il. l., Sept. 10.
Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of Mrs.
Jefferson Davis, died at noon Sunday
at the Rockingham hotel to which
plsce she came as a guest in the early
part of the Piers social season. She
had been i'll for several weeks, and a
fortnight ago her condition became
very serious so that consultations OF
physicians were deemed necessary,
but frequent rallies gave renewed
hope that she would ultimately re-
cover
Miss Winnie Davis, the Daughter
of the Confederacy,r was born in the
confederate executive mansion, at
Richmond, Va, in 1853 She was edu-
Gated principally at home, owing to
the trouble surrounding her father
and the publicity which attended all
movements OF the Davis family.
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PUT UP AT PUBLIC AUCTION.
All the Horses That 1,sionged to Roose'
velt's Rough r. ders to he Sold In
New York NEXT Mond,y.

WASHINGTON. Sept l6-New York
ers who wish to obtain a souvenir OF
the famous rough riders will have an
opportunity to do so. The war de-
partment Thursday ordered that all
the horses which had been at Mon
tauk, about a thousand in number, be-
longing to the ist regiment of United
States volunteer cavalry, by which
is meant Col Rooseevelt's rough
riders, be sold at public auction. The
horses are already on the way to New
York by water, and the auction will
take place In that city at the earliest
possible moment Many of the ami
mails are highly trained in the style
pecu liar to the western COW puncher.
and it is likely that some of them will
be bid in by their former riders
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INVESTIGATION TO BE MADE.
The President Has Secured Six Men to In
vestigate the War Departments Man
sgement Of the War.

WASHINGTON, Sept. l6.-Six commits
sioners have been secured by the pres
ident to investigate the war depart
ment's management of the war. They
are: Gen. John NJ Schofeld, Prof. ID.
C Gilman, Gen. Grenville NJ. Dodge,
Col. James A. Sexton, Charles W. Dem
by and Evan p. Howell.
The president concluded to exercise
his prerogative in the case OF Gen.
Schofeld, and despite that officers re-
quest that he be excused, has ordered
him to serve as chairman of the COM
mission.
The president Is determined that
the investigation shall bo made.
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the military attache, Baron Riedl, In
the uniform of the Austrian imperial
guard, and Capt Rodler, naval at
tache, In the uniform of the Austrian
navy, acting as ushers. Minister Von
Hengelmuller wore the striking cos
tune of the Hungarian" "Magnat, "denot.
ing high dipl omatic rank. 1t was OF
sombre black, satin coat, knee
breeches and high boots and heavy
black velvet coat hung from the left
shoulder His sword, scabbard and
hilt was hid with windipgs of Grape
AS the carriages of the president
and cabinet reached the church, Mr..
Won Hengelm ullcr left his pew and
met the president at the church door,
escorting him to pew at the front
at the right of the chanceL With the
president were Secretaries Gage and
Wilson, Postmaster General Emory
Smith and Acting Secretary Adee.
Back Of them, as representatives Of
the army, sat two of the officers OF
Gen. Miles staff, Col Maus and Lieut.
Col. Michler, in fatigue uniform, while
the judiciary was represented by JUS
tice Harlan, of the United States SUI
preme court Many other officers of
the state, war and navy departments,
also were present The diplomatic
corps occupied pews opposite those Of
the United States government officials
With the Austrian minister sat Ambas-
sador Cambon, wearing the heav.
lily GOLDEN broidered uniform Of an Of.
fcer of highest diplomatic rank, with
a wide silk sash from shoulder to hip
He left his pew after the president and
ca abinet were seated, and crossing the
aisle paid his respects to the president
and cabinet officers. The German
charge d'affairs, Baron Speck Won
Sternberg, with the German military,
naval and civil attaches, in
full uniform, the minister of
Switzerland, whore the assassin.
alton of the empress occurred. and the
of Russia, Norway and
Sweden, Belgium, Denmark, Portugal,
China, Japan, Turkey, Colom-
bia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Brazil,
Peru, Chilli, most of them in court and
attire, were present In
the absence of the British ambassador.
Sir Julian Pauncefote sent large |
Horal cross OF white roses and carna-
lions, which was in the middle of the
,hancel facing the congregation. The
was represented by Capt
Paget and Mr.. Young.
The church interior was simply ar
.anged for the occasion. Back OF the.
,hancel hung long Grape draperies,
the windows and darkening
he altar. The pulpit was draped with
heavy bands of craze. Cardinal Glib
IONS was assisted in the mass by
arge number of priests and acolytes,
he usual rich vestments being put
side for those Of black and white.
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why He Was Arrested.

COLUMBUS o.. Sept l9--J. W. Cross
ley. soldier Of the 18th regiment, was
arrested for safe-keeping. Crossley
fell iuto the hands OF number OF
women, who wanted the buttons of
his blouse as souvenirs of the Santiago
fight He gave them freely, and the
women tore off pieces of his blouse.
The lieutenant of his company, per-
ceiving the predicament he was 10, d.
rected a police officer to take him in
and relieve him from the attack to
which he was subjected. Later no
was released.
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THOSE ISLANDS.
Archbishop Dozal Hopes the Philippines
Will Not Be Returned TO Spain.
tncessant Strife and a Lapse Into rarbar-
ism and Natural Incidence Of Tropical
Races Would Take PIace-Prefer
tn he American subjects

MANILA, Sept 19--In All interview
here with Archbishop Dozal OF the
Philippine islands, said: Il earnestly
hope the islands will not remain Span.
ish, because the rebels are now so
strong that such course would newt
ably cause appalling bloodshed. The
re-conquest of the natives is impossi Bile
until after years of the most cruel
warfare"
lie also expressed the hope that the
islands would not become absolutely
independent, because it was certain
that dissensions would occur which
would result in incessaut strife and a
lapse into barbarism and the natural
Incidence of the tropical race. The
only hope, the archbishop declared,
was that a strong western power
would intervene now. Delay was dam
gerous, because the people are intox-
icated, vainglorious and restless.
He said it was undeniable that the
religious orders must go, because the
whole people had determined to abol-
ish them, now that they were able 10
render their retention impossible
He lay the chief blame upon the
Dominicans, Augustins und Fran
ciscan receletans, the richest orders,
and next uron the Bencdictines
and Capuchians, which are of less im-
portance. The Jesuits, Archbishop
Dozal says, are comparatively blame
less. lie added that the rival orders
quarrel among themselves, intrigue,
act unworthily and SANDER their OPP
ponents, thus increasing their general
disfavor.
The provinciales, who are approxi.
mately equivalent to archdeacons, are
mainly responsible. They are utterly
beyond the control of the archbishop,
who denies possessing much power
The total number ol .p: pish priests
in the Philippines before the wan IS
about one thousand, but lately every
departing steamer has taken fifty or
hundred OF them away, now barely
800 remain. A native priest privately
stated to the correspondent that the
reason the archbishop hopes for the
expulsion of the friarly orders is that |
they have grown too powerful for him
and that he wishes 10 strengthe him
self. Several responsible Spaniards |
assured the correspondent that |
they would refuse to remain |
here If Spain was reinstated in
the control OF the islands Many |
of the Spanish soldiers refuse to
serve again and Spanish officers are
utterly disgusted with the rottenness
Of SpMn's government and prefer to
become American subjects.
The annexationists have ma jority
Of II in the national assembly but the
discussion Of the subject has not been
iniShed
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Omcers Elected.

Wn.LIAMsroBT, Pc, Sept l6.-The
Unsn Veteran league Thursday elected
the following officers: National com
mander. W. 5. Norcross, Lewiston,
Me-; senior vice national commander,
W. w. Brown, Washington; junior vice
national commander. ]. Ben Renner.
Cincinnati; quartermsster general.
Thomas J. Hubbard, Baltimore; chap
lain-in-chief, Henry n. Coudon, Wash
ington; surgeon general, John T..
Booth, Washington.
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NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON.
The Fleet Reorganixed and Reduced From
Force of One Hundred Ncs-
sells to Thirty Two.

WASHINGTON, Sept 1T-Secretary
Long Friday afternoon issued an i'm
portant order reorganizing the North
Atlantic squadron. The fleet is re-
duoed from force Of about 100 yes
sells TO SO, the remainder being detach-
ed ready for disposition in the future.
The four vessels of the Morgan line,
the Prairie, Yosemite, Yankee and
Dixie, with the auxiliary cruisers
Badger and Panther, are ordered to be
laid up in reserve at League Island.
The feet as reorganized will consist
of the Indiana, Massachusetts,, Texas,
New York. brooklyn, Amphitrite'
Puritan, Miantonomoh,. Terror, Gin
cinnati, Montgomery, Newark, San
Francisco, Detroit, Marblehead, May
flower, New Orleans, Bancroft, Mari
eta, Topeka. castine, Nashville, VIII
mington, Maehias, Princeton. Fern,
Wash, Hist, Resolute, Potomac, Scor-
pion and Alvaredo
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YELLOW FEVER.
,,o Eases Are Reported at Oxford,
Miss, by DR.. Cant.
sorthbound TraIa Prom Jsckson
a.. carries Load of Refagees-The
Io,ecuon m Lafayette coanty.
u,,, About Kun Its Course.

tor,syIiLE Ky, Sept 10. --Advices
IN the south Sunday night Indicated
material change in the yellow fever
...,.,on since Saturday nights re-
-, Following is a resume of the re-
80 received: DIR. Cant arrived at
o,,ori Mss, Sunday, aud after look
into the two cases o. fever in the
tanner family said they were undoubt-
.5v yellow fever, lie also located
,.,eral suspicious cases in the family
ain Wood oxford physicians do
.o,s,ree with the board of health ex-
,c,, they claiming that the cases are
malignant type OF malarial fever.
n. Price. OF Raymond, Miss, re-
norris that he has patient VINO is
.nspici0usly i'll An expert will
D. sent there Monday to dag
,osc the case. The investigation of
the suspicious cases in Jackson con-
times AMI all suspects so far have
b.en discbar, ,ed The patient, Man
ler was resting easily Sunday night,
bu, shows symptoms of black vo init.
Each northbound train from the city
carries coach load of refugees. DIR.
Nurray declares that there is no
fever a, rOnt0toc. INSPECTOR Cant has
Investigated Water Valley and wires
taai there is no fever in the place. The
infection in Lafayette county has
about run its course and most of the
patients are convale scdnt One new
case is reported fr ON Taylors and !
three from 0rwood Sunday. The gen.
sral situation throughout Mississippi |
'eems reassuring.
The situation at New Orleans is un-
,hangei.
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REV. DR.. JOHN HALL DEAD.
The LIN n-ni Divine. at New York, Dies nj
the H"mr OF lis sister - Bangor,
County Down, irta ui.

ErFASr Ireland, sept. l9.-R"v. DR.
John Hail. OF New York. died Satur.
day morning at bangor, County Down,
Ireland DR. Hall was on his annual
visit to Europe. H. died ut his sisters
rcsianc. His health has been broken
down for more than year. lie had
hoped to return to New York shortly,
and had alre ady engaged passage on a
steamer for himself and his wife.
NEw YoEk, sept 19.-Dr. John Hall,
who aied Saturday in ireland. was
born in County Armagh, ireland, on
July 81, 1879 lie was of Scotch de-
scent When lS years of age he en-
tered Belfast college, and was repeat
ediy Hebrew prize man. In lS49 he
was licensed TO preach and at once
engaged in labor as a missionary in
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Apostolic DeI.rats in Columbus.

COLUMBUS. o., Sept lo--Mcst Rev.
Sebastian Martinelli, apostolic dele
gate to the Catholic church In the
United States, arrived in Columbus
Saturday morning at ii:a5, over the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad, from WASH
ington. accompanied by his secretary,
Rev. DIR. H. 2. Rocker. Sunday morn
ing at o'clock he will dedicate the
new church Of ST. John the Baptist
for the Italians The dedication Of
the church will be followed by the
pontificial high mass. at which Nom
signor Martinclh Will be celebrank
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want to Retain the PhIllppIne..

LONDON, Sept. l9-The Daily Mails
Madrid correspondent says long con-
ference was held between Senior Sa-
gasta, the premier, and Senor Montero
Rios, the president OF the Spanish
peace commission Sunday, which re.
suited in the decision that the peace
commission shall strenuously defend
the retention of the Philippine islands
hy Snain.
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Nne Were Drowned.

EosToS, Sept 1.-THE steamship
Gloucester. of the Merchants and
Miners Transportation CO., which ar
rived here Friday forenoon from Bal
timore, reports that at 1880 o'clock
Friday morning she collided with the
Gloucester schooner Alice Jordan off
Martha's Vineyard, and that nine Of
the Jordan's crew were drowned.
Seven of the crew were saved and
brought here on the Gloucester.
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q &c lofsela wn, No, s.~..

hon' %''"'NeIos. sept. 10 After half
Sa'n., conferences with the president
,h.'u'y zen. schofeld announced
., ''+' he would not serve as a mem Der
.ond' s committee to investigate the
'0'dnet Of the war.
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E.tablished a NV Record.

OMAHA, Neb.. sept IA special
train of an engine and four IS on the
Chicago & Northwestern railway es-
tablished a new record between Chi
cago and Omaha Friday. waking the
run Of 49s miles in hours and 20 min
utes. 1t left Chicago at o'clock Fri
day morning and pulled into the oma-
ha Union depot at 5:e9 r. IN
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I"'arkation of spanish rroops.

Th 40 JUAN DE PoRro Rico Sept I9.--
- Preparations for the embarkation
.'e spanish troops are reported to
.O'nP,eted, although the American
dD'sS'oners ,d,', have not been officially
'''iSed to that effect
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Naval Omcrr Dead.

wAsmxorcS, Sept i7-chicf En-
gineer GEORGE X. johnson, OF the navy,
died Of heart failure here Friday night,
aged 10 years the remains will be
tntcrred at Arlington.
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The Sixth Infantry Com,n,.

"1" ioEk, Sept 10. The 9th infsn-
n. .'' Hon'auk Saturday morning on
VI. "'nsport chester for Jersey City,
e,". nee the soldiers will start for Gin
c,a'" cN' 1t Is scheduled 20 arrive in
''ne'nnati la sdav.
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southern Road branching Out.

LOUISVILLE, Ky, Sept lit is
rumored that the Southern railroad
has about consummated plans to Sc
cure the Louisville, Evansville Il ST
Louis railroad and the Kentucky and
Indiana bridge in this city. The
Southern will thus secure entrance to
Evansville and ST Louis
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Winnie pa,,. Much Better.

NARRAeANsETT PIER, r. l., Sept 10.
Miss Winnie Davis was much inn
proved Thursday and the prospects are
good for her rapid recovery to health.
The hotel in which she is guest
closed for the season Thursday, but
Miss Davis and her mother and the at
tendants viii remain until it is safe to
remove the patient
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The cunard line steamer Aurania.
from New York on September o for
Liverpool. has been reported off the
south coast OF Ireland, disabled and in
tow
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WASHINGTON, Sept l7--The peace
commissioners, with the exception OF
Senator Gray, who is expected to join
the party at New York Saturday, left
Washington at o'clock Friday after
noon over the Pennsylvania railroad
without any ceremonies
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LoyDoS, Sept i6.-Next to the high
est balloon ascension on record was
made here Thursday afternoon from
the Crystal palace, Sydenham, by Stan
ley Spencer. the well known aeronaut,
and DR.. Berson. The balloon. which
was inflated with pure hydrogen and
has n capacity of $500 cubic feet, at
tanned an altitude of 1880.
Al height of Is, 900 feet the air was
so rarified that the occupants of the
car were compelled to breathe com
pressed oxygen BY tubes. The tenn
perature was 81 degrees below freez-
Ing point The atmosphere was clear
and the coast distinctly visible.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1898-12-03

Spain and the cession OF Porto Rico |
and the Philippines. These articles, |
which may be considered as consti- |
tuting the conditions OF peace. win be
ready for submission tomorrow.
A great deal of interest was taken
in yesterdays meeting. The two COM
missions arrived at the foreign Office in
carriages in the rain. almost stimuli
taneously, and, repairing to the con-
ference room. Immediately opened the
only business before them.
Senior Montero Rios, the president of
the Spanish commission, has usually
preceded the presentation of a Span
ish communication in writing by YER
bally summarizing it. but Yesterday
Senior Rios was silent and unusually
grave. His face was deeper lined. and
he clearly showed the mental strain
under which he was laboring as he
approached the final REIMBURSEMENT
of Spain's colonial possessions.
Without a word. Senior Montero Rios
produced two typewritten sheets and
passed them to the interpreter of the
United States commission, Mr.. Fergu-
son, who read them substantially as
cabled, the outline of the Spanish doc
ument being furnished later to a press
correspondent by Senior Ojeda.
The commissioners left the foreign
Office Immediately after the secretaries
had been directed to prepare the arti-
cles of the peace treaty. There was
scarcely any conversation between the
American and Spanish commissioners
after the adjournment.
| Among the Americans only the most
| grave consideration for their Spanish
| colleagues was apparent. The Span
iards seemed to be relieved at having
arrived at the conclusion of a long con
troversy.
Having embodied in the treaty arti-
eles all the protocol questions, the two
| commissions will now enter upon
friendly negotiations regarding the
matters suggested in the American Ill
timatum a week ago, matters subsid-
larry and incidental to the principal
provisions, which must form part OF
the peace treaty as finally signed
These include the religious freedom o.
! the Caroline islands, as agreed to Il
years ago; the release of political pris
oners now held by Spain in connection
with the instructions in Cuba and The
| Philippines; the taking over of tn.
Island of Kusaie, or Uralan, in tn,
Carolines, for telegraphic and nava
station cable station rights at othe
points in SPANS jurisdiction, and thu
renewal of certain treaties previousl,
; in force between the United States AM
Spain which may be lapsed or beer
D vitiated by war.
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SATURDAY. DEC. 3. 1898.
MYSTERIES.

Ah, what q mystery is life and deathi
We live and be ss long as we have
breath,
And when the last of that by us is shed,
We cease to be, are numbered with the
dead.
The human mind, that greatest mys-
terry.
That subtitle spark which seems indeed
A psrs of God set in human frame,
To guard and guide it in its Makers
Can dwell on earth or pierce the vault
ed skv,
In search OF truth, before its Maker
lie,
Or in its flight descend to lowest hell,
And yet refuse to in that region dwell.
Yet in dispite this power which none
Which one of us can tell from whence
we come?
Again, who tells, when we live here nc
more,
What route we take. and whittier dc
we goT
The first we knew was that we were CT
earth,
Aud that we owed our presence to oul
birth;
But why the birth? and why the pres
ence, all,
Should have occurred on this terrestrial
ball?
BY wisdom man can never find on
God!
While on the earth his weary feet shRl
plod.
But he may find by faith and fait
alone,
That God made man to wait aroun
His throne.
Ard he will learn by faith and humbl
prayer,
That God here placed him that b
might prepare
FOR higher walks and for q nobler life
When done with earth and all h
earthly strife
Then let us not be mystified because
This life may seem to have some puz
cling flaws,
But see that God who made the cart
and man,
Wrought out His own, His wise an
perfect plan.
EVA.