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The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
PILLSBURY IND T4RR4SCH TIED. The Conclusion of the International
 Chess Match at Vienna.

Vienna, July 25.-After the conclu-
 sion of play in the final round of the
 international chess tournament in this city, this evening, it was found that
 Pillsbury and Tarrasch had won an equal number of games and that, therefore, tie match, which is to be- gin on Monday, will have to decide the
 destination of the first and second prizes. Moreover, one game, that be- tween Blackburne and Caro-, was left unfinished this evening and, as by win ming this game Blackburne may come in for a share of the tenth prize, the
 result of this game will have to be awaited before the tournament will be wound up. JanowsN won the third prize Steinitz the fourth, Schlechter the fifth, Burn and Tschigorin divided the sixth and seventh prizes, Lipke and Maroczy divided the eighth and ninth prizes and Alapin is at present the only candidate for the tenth and final prize.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
GERMAN CAPTAIN INDIGNANT.
His Ship Fired on After He Had Stopped
 the Vessel.

St. Thomas, Danish West Indies, July 25.-Captain Lotze, of the German steamer Croatia, which arrived here yesterday and reported having been fir ed upon three times off San Juan de Porto Rico on Saturday night by an American warship understood to be the United States cruiser New Orleans, was quoted in an interview to-day as saying that the first solid shot fell within twenty yards of the ship. The steamer was immediately stopped, but her captain adds, two more shot were fired over the Croatla's bow from close range. Later an officer from the New Orleans boarded the Croatia and asked if the ship was injured. Captain Lotze was highly indignant at being fired up- on, as he considered his ship was out side the blockading zone. He says he saw nothing of the invading fleet. The French gunboat Fulton arrived here to-day. She is going in search of the French line steamer Olinde Rodrigues, which was captured by the United States warship and taken to Charles ton, $. C., while on a voyage from Hay ti to St. Thomas, with passengers, mails etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
AN ARMY OF eG1, 100 MEN.
This Number Recruited in Ninety Days
 Since Presldemt,s Call.


 Washington, July 25.-Adjutant Gen eral Corbin tonight made public a statement showing that in the ninety days which have elapsed since the pres ident issued the first call for volunteers an army of 261, 400 men has been re- cruited, mustered, equipped and placed in the field, an achievement that has elicited surprise and admiration from the best informed military authorities in Europe.
 The personnel of the army, the state ment says, is far superior to that of any body of men hitherto raised for military purposes by the United States. Every man recruited, whether for the regular or for the volunteer army, has l undergone careful physical eXamin- ation conducted by disinterested and competent officers. The statement in- dicates that only one in four appli- cants for admission to the regular army ! was accepted by the mastering officers and medical examiners.
 Of the 216500 volunteers authorized | by congress, 212000 have been placed in the field, nearly all of them fully equip ped. In few days the entire volun- teer army will be thoroughly organized into regiments, brigades. divisions and army corps. The aptitude for military | discipline and instruction which the volunteers have evinced has created surprise among the representatives of ! foreign governments with the United States army They say the United | States soldiers are the finest in the world.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
BRITISH ExPERT.s SHIPMENT.
Strongly Approves American Annexa-
 ton of Hawaii and Porto Rico.

London, July 26.--Sir George Syden-
 ham Clarke, the expert on naval tactics
 and imperial defenses, writes to the Daily Graphic this morning strongly approving American annexation of Ha- waii and Porto Rico. He says: Ut is for the best interests of the world that any canal connecting the Atlantic and the Pacific should be controlled by the United States, and whatever attitude the European powers may take, foreign Interference in Central America is out of the question because the interests of the United States and Great Britain in the future canal will be paramount. Therefore, Lord Salisbury's policy to-
 ward the United States is wise and statesmanlike"
 The letter was evoked by an article in the Daily Graphic calling attention
 to the reversal of England's traditional policy to prevent the United States from acquiring strategfcal positions in the Atlantic and the Pacific, enabling it to control the possible canal The Daily Graphic in an editorial this morn- ing says it agrees with Sir George Sy- denham Clarke, but is curious to know what induced Lord Salisbury to adopt an attitude which has so much facili- {! tated the success of the United States.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
THE QUESTION OF PEACE
POPE REPORTED IS COM1TUNTCAT-
 ING PROPOSALS TO POWERS.

Believes Them Satisfactory to Both
 Spain and United states-The London
 Times Correspondent Says Ministry
 Stin Declines Information on the
 QuestSon-An Endeavor to K eep Alive
 the Impression That Something is
 Going on Behind the Scenes.
 London, July 26.A special from
 Rome says the pope has communicated
 to the powers peace proposals that he
 considers acceptable to both Spain and
 the United States, namely, American
 annexation of Cuba and Porto Rico, the
 restitution of the Philippines to Spain and commercial treaty giving Spain exceptional advantages in the colonies surrendered.
 The Madrid correspondent of the
 Times says: "The ministry still declines information as to the peace question, and some days may elapse before any
 thing definite is known. Whatever re- suits there may be, the public is be
 ginning to recognize that the govern ment has been less inactive than was generally supposed and has greatly strengthened it's moral position by it's success in bringing the country to ac- cept the situation and to see the neces- | sity for peace."
 l The Madrid correspondent of the ic 1ti11 n- deavor to keep alive the impression 1 that something is going on behind the | scenes in the direction of peace, but l the prevalent idea is that the war will continue until the fall of Manila and l the invasion of Porto Rico. Peace is | impossible until there is more unan- | unity in Spain with regard to the nec- l essary sacrifices of territory. The min- | isters having arrived at an understand | ing will await the march of events. A | cabinet crisis has been averted for the l time being.
 l Those who succeed the present cab- 1 inet will certainly be obliged ere long l to ask the country to submit terms l profoundly repugnant to the national l pride. The prospect of intermediary 1 cabinets marred by the loyal and | correct attitude of General Polvieja, who declines to become the instrument of politicians eager to create a third | party"
 The Daily Chronicle this morning claims to know positively that no l peace negotiations of any sort have oc- l cured between the American and
 Spanish governments. The Daily Chron- | icle says: Spain has made no ap- breaches and apparently does not mean
 to yet. It is understood that the
 Spanish government is still hopeful of l being able to organize European con- 1 cert against the United States"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
BISHOP M,GoVERN DEAD.
One of the Best Known and Most Be-
 loved PreIates in This Country.

Harrisburg, Pa, July 25.-Rt. Rev. Thomas M. McGovern, bishop of the Harrisburg diocese, died this evening at the Episcopal residence in this city after a lingering illness from a compli- cation of diseases. Bishop McGovern was one of the best known and most beloved Catholic prelates in the United States. He was born in Ireland and emigrated to this country with his parents when a year old. He was graduated from St. Mary's college, En- mittsburg, Md, in 1859 He concluded his theological course in the seminary of St. Charles Borromeo, Ivy Brook, and was ordained a priest December F, 1861. He was appointed bishop of the Harrisburg diocese January 15, 1888.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
AN APPEAL TO SIMPSON.
Cubans of Cienfuegos Pray Him to
 Haste to Their Help.

[Copyright, 1898, The Associated Press.I
 Guantanamo Bay, July 25, Il a. m.- The following pitiful appeal has been addressed by the starving people of Ci- enfuegos to Rear Admiral Sampson:
 Honorable Sir: The Cubans, old men, women and children, resident in the town of Cienfuegos and this neighborhood, are all dying of hunger. The young men are all in the field with the Cuban troops and have not shoes, neither food. All the pro- visions in this town are in the hands of the SpaniardS CubanS cannot obtain a piece of bread, as 1t is considered necessary to send everything to the Spanish troops. The situation is terrible. If you, honorable sir, do not come quick with your squadron toour help and take possession of this town we shall be lost. We beg you to precipitate your operations. About 5000 old men, wO- men and children shall die of hunger in this poor town. Some of these old men have four or i've sons fighting for freedom. This is our situation, horrible situation. If the great people of the United States do not come quick to our help we are lost For Gods sake come quick.
 Signed: Some Cuoahs
 Nothing can be done for the people of Cienfuegos until that place is cap tured. This will not be for some time.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
THE HARRINGTON PUBLISHING CO.
SHOT FROM AMBUSH.
A Jealous Botsford Farmer Shoots n
 Young Man.

Botsford, Conn.,, July 25.-Jealousy it murder late this afternoon though for tunately while the intended victim is gunshot, the would-be murderer failed in his purpose. The intended victim is who Is employed as a, section hand on the New York, New Haven and Hart ford railroad, and Paul Belot, forty, a farmer living about a mile and a half eat of Botsford, did the shooting. Both Belot is insanely jealous. but though acquainted with Mrs. Belot, claims that his jealousy is unwarranted.
 Bresson was walking along the rail- road track returning from work, to his home near Monroe station, and was about half a mile from the house when he received the contents of a
 
 Julius Bresson, a, brother, heard the shot fired and his brothers outcry, and hastening to the scene discovered Belot skulking in the bushes and trying to steal away. He followed him until he was able to fully establish his identity. In the meantime the wounded man reached the house of Martin Troy, another section hand, and as soon as possible Dr. Smith of Newtown was summoned. He found four small shot wounds in the upper part of the left arm, one over the breast, one in the right leg and quite a severe one in the left hand. No. shot were used. Dr. Smith was able to extract some of the shot and reports the man in quite a comfortable condition, and it is thought no serious results will follow. Sheriff Rogers of Newtown was notified and tonight placed Belot under arrest.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
LA BOURGOGNE SiFLORS
Nineteen Austriuns Taken Before a
 French Magistrate-Six Remanded.

Havre, July 25.-Nineteen Austrian sailors, who arrived here by La Bre- tague yesterday were taken to-day be- fore a magistrate and confronted by four second-class passengers surviv- ors of La Bourgogne, on charges of cruelty and brutality, at the time of the collision between La Bourgogne and the British ship Cromartyshfre, off Sable island, on July 1. Although the evidence offered against them was very slight, six of the accused were held on remand. The others were discharged.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
Relief for Soldiers Families.

New Britain, July 25.-At a special town meeting held this evening New Britain furnished ample assurance that all families that are represented in the United States army by the bread win uers will be furnished speedy relief if needs be, as $3,OOO was appropriated for that purpose. There was a lively discussion as to how the money should be distributed, but the proposition that it be in charge of a committee was defeated and the matter was left to the selectmen.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
THE BALLOON USED AT SANTIAGO.
Apparatus Reclaimed From the Battle-
 fieId-To be Used at Porto Rico.

Washington, July 25.-The signal ser vice has succeeded in retaining from the battlefield of Santiago the tubes which supplied the military balloon with pure hydrogen gas and they, with the balloon itself, have been brought over to Tampa on the steamer Adria. The tubes will be recharged immediately and the whole apparatus will be dis patched at once to Porto Rico to assist General Miles in his campaign there The balloon is said to have proved of great value in the Santiago campaign and from the character of the country in Porto Rico, where military opera tiOns must be conducted, it is believed that it also can be used to advantage there.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26

Garcia Encountered Force of Span
 iards Who Were Returning to santi-
 ago to Surrender and Was Defeated by
 Them-Shafter Was Not Superseded. LCopyrght, 1898, The Associated Press.l Santiago de Cuba, July 25.-Every-
 thing here is peaceful. The 1000 Span- ish soldiers at Guantanamo lay down their arms to-day. The 3.35O from Pal ma Soriano, San Luis and Longo sur- rendered yesterday to Lieutenant Miley
 and to-day pack trains with provisions were sent them.
 The only others included in the capi-
 tulation are 1000 troops at Baracoa and 1000 at Sagua. They have not yet
 been turned over, but they are now
 here in General Garcias vicinity. He is at Jiguany to-day and reached there without encountering any Span-
 iards, General Shafter authorizes an absolute contradiction of the report that Garcia encountered a force of Spaniards who were returning to San tiago to surrender and was defeated by them.
 Lieutenant Evans of the Ninth in- fantry will receive the formal surren- der of Guantanamo. Yesterday Gen. eral Shafter released forty Cubans who had been confined in the local jail on political charges. Indeed some of them were confined without charges of any l character others on the most trivial pretexts and yet others solely because of sympathy with the insurgent cause. | The jail is still filled with many whose | crimes and sentences are not on record and are absolutely unknown, so far as | has yet been ascertained. A general | investigation has been ordered imme- diately.
 American newspapers which have ar ! rived here contain articles written ap- parently under misapprehension of | the facts regarding the conduct of the campaign and the dictation of the terms | of surrender. General Miles was here 1 simply as visitor and adviser. In his 1 official capacity he had nothing to do with the terms of the equalization, the entire credit for which belongs to Gen
 eral Shafter, who on July 10 received
 the following dispatch from Washing | ton of that date:
 l General Shafter, Slboney: The secretary of war directs me to inform you that Gen 1 eral Miles left here at 10:40 o'clock last | night for Santiago, but with instructions
 which do not in any manner supercede you | troops in the field near Santiago so long as | you are able for duty.
 | Signed: Corbin. Adjutant General"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
NEW CHTLI4N CRUISER.
The AImirante O'Higgins Arrives at
 Valparaiso.

Valparaiso, Chili, July 25.-The new Chilian cruiser Almirante OHiggins arrived here to-day:
 The Almlrante o'Higgins, named after the founder of the Chilian navy, was launched at Elswick on May r, 1891 She is of 1,70O tons displacement and 16,50O horse power With speed of over 21 knots with a natural draught. With bunkers full she carries 1,200 tons of coal. Her arma- ment consists of four S-inch quick firing guns. three firing direct ahead and one astern, and all mounted in barbettes of six inch armor and with gun houses of the same thickness, ten 6-inch quick firing guns, Maxims and four torpedo tubes, two sub merged She has belt of Harveyized steel al.mOr extending over 260 feet of her en- tire length, which is All feet g inches This is seven inches thick and seven feet wide The armor on the coming tower is nine inches thick The O'Higgins is 62 feet 6 inches in the beam and, having in view speed, coal capacity and armament she is rated by naval authorities as probably the finest armOred cruiser afOat.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
sDUTCHo WALLER'S FAST RIDING.
In 24 Hours Wheeling on the Road H
 Breaks Several Records.

Norwood, Mass, July 25.--Frank A. Waller, or more familiarly known as Dutch Waller, the long-distance cy- clist, completed his twenty-four- hour road record breaking attempt at 4;24 p. m. to-day. The start was made at 4:25 p. m. Sunday from postoffice square, Norwood, the pacing being done by six tandems and triplet, each team pac- ing five miles, then waiting till Walters return. Large crowds congregated all along the course to cheer him on, many remaining all night to see him pass. Waller finished strong and apparently not in the least Tagged out by the long and tedious ride.
 Waller established state records for fifty and seventy-five miles. broke the state record for 200 miles, the national and worlds record for 300 miles and the national and worlds record for twenty four ..ours. He covered i!fty-one miles in 2:31 :33; seventy-five miles in 4.01 50, and one hundred miles in 5:17. He low cred the 200 mile state record, made by Warren P. Taylor of Norwood ove the same course, August 10, 1897, from 15:04 to 13:04:47. The next record to go by the board was the 300 mile worlds rec ord of 22:56:08, made by H. Smith, at Baltimore, May 9 and 10, 1897, Waller completing 306 miles in 19:47:18. The worlds twenty-fourshour record, pre- viously made by Evans at New Bruns- wick, N. J., August 10. 1897, of $50 miles, 790 feet, was finally left in the shade by Waller, who raised the distance to S6S miles in 23:5S elapsed time. On the last circuit of his fifty-one mile course Walters wheel broke, necessitating a delay of several minutes, but otherwise his trial was singularly free from acci- dents.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26

Gilbert John Elliot, fourth earl of Ninto, was born in 1S45, has been in the Scots Fusilier Guards, was a vol unteer in the Egyptian campaign and commands the South of Scotland vol unteers with the rank of colonel He is a liberal, and retired from the army in 1870. He was military sec retary to the governor general of Can ada in 1SS3-S6. and served as chief of staff i'll the Northwest rebellion in Can ada in 1885.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
AMERICA, ENGLAND AND JIPAN.
Squadrons to Cooperate in Case of Conn pIications in the PhiIippines.

London, July 25.-A special dispatch
 from Shanghai says that four Russian
 men-of-war have left Port Arthur and
 it is supposed their destination is the
 Philippine Islands Another special
 dispatch from Shanghai says that the
 Japanese warships Woshino, Itsukushi-
 ma and Sai Yen have been hastily dis patched to Saiseho to reinforce the Jap
 anese squadron there, making it the strongest in those waters. It has been ordered to cooperate with the British and American admirals in the event of complications. While the dispatch does not explain the matter, it is inferred that the squadron is desired to be in readiness for the Philippine operations.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
ANOTHER COUNTRY CRIME. Man Kills His Mother-in-Law, Shoots His Wife and Kills HtmseIf


 Blackstone, Mass, July 25.-Bernard F. Boylan, resident of this village, tonight shot and fatally wounded his motherin-law, Mrs. Kate Maroney, twice shot his wife, Mary A., and then so badly wounded himself that death ensued in short time. The tragedy known in this vicinity, and the cause of it may never be definitely known, as Mrs. Maroney is dead, and Mrs. Boylan is not expected to survive, and there is no other witness. The. terrible affair occurred in the home of Mrs. Maroney on Canal street, just after o'clock at the time Mrs. Maroney returned from her work as a weaver in the Black stone cotton mills.
 Boylan and his wife had not been happy in their marriage life and for some months they have lived apart, Mrs. Boylan returning to her mother s roof shortly before a child was born, three months ago. Soon after they were married, about thirteen years ago, Boy- Ian left his home, and going to Chicago got employment with a bridge builder. Later, he was in the saloon business in that city, and some years later return ed to the east and worked at bridge building in New York About fourteen months ago he succeeded to the dry goods business here of his brother. He had at different times returned to his wife but from all accounts they were not rocopci1ad Tha last Sana ra tiOO is believed to have much to do with the desperate acts of the husband tonight and the murder and suicide are thought to have been the act of man wrought to frenzy by disipation.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
Presumably the American lady re-

Presumably the American lady re- ferred to is Miss Jessie Schley, daugh- ter of Charles Schley of Milwaukee, a cousin of Commodore Schley. Miss Schley is a member of the Paris peace society and went to Madrid with the intention of interceding with the queen regent and Senor Sagasta, after which she proposed to proceed ito Washing ton for an interview with President Mckinley. Her course has been dis avowed by her father, who had written her to return to Milwaukee immediate ly.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
"Drowned on July ga. 1898. 5

Milwaukee, July 25.-It is reported to- night that a naphtha launch owned by Emil Schandieu of this city was found on the beach at South Milwaukee,
 twelve miles from this city. On board was found card bearing the words,
 Drowned on July 23. 1S9S.'' Several women's hats were found strewn along the beach, also three or four mems hats. Emil Schandieu and a party left Mil- waukee on pleasure jaunt about ten days ago.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
Gold From KIondike.

Seattle, Wash, July 25.-The steamer Charles Nelson arrived here to-day from St. Michaels with eighteen pas- sengers from Dawson and bringing gold dust estimated all the way from $1, ,O00, 900 to $1,50O,OOO.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1898-07-26
Derhx rrnnsorint Rnnsht.

Derby, July 25.-The plant of the Der by Transcript company. which recently suspended publication, was purchased this afternoon by Frederick F. Burgin, news editor of the New York Herald. The paper to be issued by the new management will be called the Derby. Daily News.