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ALLEGED SPANISH SPIES.
Two Men Taken Off Transatlantic
Steamer at New York.

NEW YORK, June 11.-Edourdo Montici,
a Spaniard forty years of age, and an I'M
known man of the same nationality, were
taken off a transatlantic steamer here to-
night on suspicion of being Spanish spies.
AS the steamship Tartar Prince was about
to sail from her dock in Brooklyn for
Mediterranean ports detachment of ma
rines boarded her instructed to arrest two
Spaniards who are alleged to have in their
possession maps, charts, plans and specifica-
lions of United States Notifications and
coast defenses. The marines were given
permission to search the steamships be-
tween Brooklyn and Sandy Hook. In the
sick bay they found Montici, who was ac-
companied by his wife and child The other
man arrested was found in another part of
the ship. 1t is said by detectives who were
with the marines that papers were found
in the baggage of the two men that would
convict. They were brought back on gov
eminent launch and taken to Governors
island, where they were locked up. Montici
is reported to be a wealthy Brooklyn Span
lard. His wife and child were sent to their
home.
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Movements of Steamers.

NEW YORK, June u.-Arrived: Deutch-
land, from Hamburg. Sailed: Massa-
chusetts, for London: Maasdam, for Rotter-
dam; Etruria, for Liverpool; La Touraine
for Havre; Victoria, for London; Berlin,
for Southampton; Bulgaria, for Hamburg;
Island, for Copenhagen; Britannia, for
MarseilleS
ANTWERP, June 10.-Arrved: Mcfarland
from Philadelphia Sailed: Southwark, for
New York.
Westernland and Koenigen Louise, from
New York.
LIVERPOOL, June n.--Arrived: Gallia
from Montreal. Sailed: Umbria, for New
York.
HAMBURG, June 11.-Arrived: Fuerst
Bismarck, from New York.
PHILADELPHIA, June u.--Sailed: Rhyn-
land, for Liverpool
HAVRE, June u.-Sailed: La Navarro
for New York.
NAPLES, June S.-Sailed: Alesia for New
York.
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VIENNA, June u.-Following are Il
scores up to date in the international che
tournament:
Won Lost
Princess Louise's Alleged Forgery.

LONDON, June II "A special dispatch
from Vienna says the creditors of Princess
Louise of Saxe-Coburg, wife of Prince Philip
of Saxe-Coburg, who is accused of forging
the signature of Crown Princess Stephanie
to the extent of $2,000,000, are bringing
action against her in an attempt to recover
the money.
The Vienna correspondent of the. London
Daily Chronicle telegraphed to his paper on
May 10 as follows: Princess Louise Of
Saxe-Ccburg was conveyed to a private
asylum last night The princess, who is
daughter of King Leopold of Belgium, had
clandestinely passed the last few weeks
with Lieutenant Won Mattachich-Keglinch,
her lover, at his castle near Agram, Croatia
In the meantime her debts grew to millions
of forins ana bills bearing the alleged
forged signature of the Archduchess
Stephanie came into circulation"
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STATES MUST DECIDE.
Federal Statutes Do Not Affect officers
of the Regular Army.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE attorney
general has rendered an opinion of great
interest to state officials and others who
have accepted commissions in the volunteer
army. He holds that Section 1922 of the
revised statutes, which prohibits army Of
ficers from exercising the functions of a
civil office on penalty of losing their army
commissions, applies only to officers of the
regular army. He IS of opinion that it
would be unfair to construe the statute as
affecting officers in the volunteers because
many of them accepted these positions be-
lieving the with Spain would be of
brief duration and therefore preferred not
to relnquish the compensation of the civil
offices they held. The case in question was
that of Mr. Griggsby, a State officer of
South Dakota who was appointed colonel
of one of the regiments of mounted rif1emen
authorized by the volunteer army act. 1t
is understood here that the opinion of the
officials is that the question of the compati-
bility of State officers retaining their posi-
tions~ while at the same time holding places
in the volunteer army is a matter which
must be settled by the States themselves.
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more permanent relations with the United
States than myself. Ever since have
had anything to do with public life
my foremost object has been the
cultivation of good relations with the United
States. There have been mischievous at
tempts to represent that there are differ
ences between the two political parties on
this subject There is no such difference.
There is no member of the Liberal party,
any more than of the Unionist party, who
does not place Observation-Disclosures, If you
choose to use the word in the sense of cor
dial friendship with the United States-in
the very forefront of English foreign pol
ICY"
Mr.. Joseph Chamberlain, at the end of a
long defense of his policy secretary of
state for the colonies, made an eloquent re-
Iteration of his desire for ''closer cordial and
Intimate relations with the United States
adding, land the more close, and the more
Intimate and the more definite they are the
more | shall be satisfied"
At one point of his speech Mr.. Chamber
lain was repeatedly interrupted by the Irish
members. The Daily Chronicle says: He
will rue the bitter words with which he
finally answered them" Mr.. Chamberlain's
words were: THE Irish will have some
thing TO say to it, but l am thankful to say
the Americans won't listen. / know more
OF America than Mr.. Morley, and l say the
irish vote won't stand between us and
america when there is real cause for
unity
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WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE War De-
partment has made the following table
showing the appointments of general officers
and officers of the general staff, United
States volunteers. as apportioned among the
States and the regular army: Alabama, g.;
Arkansas, 6; California, IL; Colorado. 4;
Connecticut, 6; Delaware, 2; Florida, 4;
Georgia, II; Idaho, 2; Illinois, 16; Indiana, Is;
Iowa, Is; Kansas, 3; Kentucky 2; Louisiana,
|; Maine, s; Maryland ); Massachusetts. ~;
Minnesota. II; Mississippi, 8; Missouri, s.;
Montana, A. Nebraska, 4; Nevada. none;
New Hampshire, 4; New Jersey, 5; New
York, 81; North Carolina, 2; North Dakota,
2; Ohio, 70; Oregon, 8; Pennsylvania, 81;
Rhode Island, none; South Carolina, s.;
South Dakota, 1; Tennessee, 10; Texas 81;
Utah, 2; Virginia, 10; Vermont, 4; Washing
ton, i; West Virginia, 4; Wisconsin, 5; Wy
oming, 2; District of Columbia, II; Alaska.
none; United States army, 275; United
States Marine Hospital, l. Total 633
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Assignment of Army omcers.

WASHINGTON. June 1.-THE following
named officers have been ordered to report
TO Major General Brooke at Chickamauga
for duty with the corps indicated after their
names: Maj. David Vickers inspector gen
eral United States volunteers, to the Sixth
Army Corps; Capt Gordon VOORHEES,, as
sistant adjutant general United States vol
unteers, to the Third Army Corps. The as
States volunteers to the First Army Corps
mas been changed. He is ordered to report
TO Major General Coppinger, commanding
the Fourth Army Corps, for assignment to
duty with that corps. The assignment of
Brig. Gen. Charles Fitzsimmons, United
states volunteers. TO the Seventh Corps has
Deen changed. He has been ordered to re-
port to General Brooke at Chickamauga
FOR assignment to duty. Brig Gen. John N.
Andrews, United States volunteers, has been
ordered to report to Major General Cop
plnger. commanding the Fourth Army
corps, Tor assignment to duty with that
corps.
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The Red Cross to Cooperate.

WASHINGTON, June 11.-Surgeon Gen
erai Sternberg, of the army, has sent to the
chief surgeons of the army corps and divi-
sions the following proposition, made by
the American National Red Cross Associa-
tion
1--WE can put any desired amount of hospi-
tai supplies-ice, milk, condensed milk-into
any of the volunteer camps in few hours.
Will you be kind enough to bring this let
ter to the attention of Secretary Alger, and
ask him if there is any objection to our ap-
pointing Red Cross representative to re-
port TO the commanding officer and the chief
surgeon in every camp, confer with them
as to their immediate needs and, if any
thing of the kind is wanting, open there a
Red Cross station and send in the supplies
We can do this, not in few weeks or few
days, but in a few hours, and can furnish
any quantity of any desired luxury or deli
cacy for hospital use. We hereby tender
our aid and put our organization at the
War Departments service for cooperation
In this field
The secretary of war has approved of the
propositions, and the surgeons have been
directed to cooperate with the authorized
agents of the association for the purpose in
dicated.
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Highlanders Want to Fight.

CHICAGO, June u.-Andrew Carnegie
the steel king. has sent the following COM
munication to the Scottish Highlanders of
Illinois, in answer to their request asking
him to equip regiment of Highlanders for
service in the war with Spain, the regiment
to be uniformed in Highland costume at the
expense of Mr.. Carnegie and to bear his
name:
"Langham Hotel, London May 30.-I do
not believe that the will last long or
ever reach the dignity of a real war. You
will see Spain go all to pieces soon, much
sooner than you could get the Highland
army regiment organized as proposed. If the
country were seriously threatened and need
ed stalwart men who could be trusted to
carry any position they were ordered to,
then l should consider the matter. Mean
while l believe / am honored by the sugges-
ton that body of my countrymen from
the center of triumphant democracy, should
think of connecting my name with their
regiment. ANDREW CARNEGIE"
An effort will be made to organize the reg
iment if there is prospect of the continu-
ance of the war.
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scoFed MT i'm GERMANY.

BERLIN, June 1.-THE feasibility and
probability Of an Anglo-Amercan alliance
or understanding is attracting widespread
attention in the German press, though the
idea is universally scoffed at as imprac-
ticable. The papers here profess not to be-
lieve in the possibility of such an entente,
and point out an array of alleged facts
showing why the interests of the two ma
tons cannot travel in the same lines, de-
claring that Great Britain's anxiety for an
alliance is due to fear engendered by her
present isolation. The Cologne Gazette
ridicules the idea and claims that if an
alliance were consummated Great Britain
would secure the advantages and America
all the disadvantages. The Frankfort
Zeitung is almost alone in approving the
project. The Foreign Office does not take
the matter seriously.
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THE SPANISH CRISIS.
Little Probability that the Cabinet
Will Hold Together Long

Correspondence of the Associated Press.
MADRID, June 3.-Senor Sagasta has so
Tar succeeded in staving off any further
crisis, Senior Ganazo periodically declining
to make mischief by urging his financial
views in opposition to those of the minister
of finance Senior Puigcerver, but there is a
strong feeling that the present Cabinet will
crumble away at the first bad news re-
ceived. FV arything points to Senior Silvela
as the coming man, though a military Cab
s1net may be necessary first to suppress the
elements of disorder which are sure to break
~out. Catalonia is near starvation.
The interchangeable Senior Romero Robledo
Econtinues to attack the government He
Ehas given notice that, in conjunction with
Senior Manuel Uria, he will move that CON
bsidering the extraordinary and difficult state
fof affairs prevailing in the Philippines Con-
kgress shall urge the government to adopt
urgent methods to settle the conflict arisen
IN those isles.
So far Senior Sagasta has been able to
Keep the peace between his ministers of
puDnc works and finance, thus bearing out
what he said in the interview already sent
some days ago, but no one considers the
present Cabinet has any lasting power The
silver question is likely to give it a further
shake.
Starvation riots have again broken out in
the province OF Murcia and by all accounts
Iney must soon occur on large scale in
Catalonia. Everything points to disturbed
state of affairs at no distant date when
the only government that can keep even
the semblance of law and order here will be
a military dictatorship.
The Puerto Rico delegates have had a
meeting TO call attention to the fact that the
promised autonomy has not been in force
In that isle and steps will be taken to press
on the government the fulfllment of it's
promises to an island which has always
been remarkable for its fidelity to Spain.
The number of poor daily fed at the Santa
Cristina Asylum, Senior Aguileras pet insti-
tuition, now reaches eight thousand.
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PORTO RICO AN EASY PREY.
Can BE Captured without Much Eff
fort bN Our NnNY and Army.

Can BE Captured without Much Eff
fort by Our Navy and Army.
KEY WEST, Fla, June 1-Mr. C. ].
Ajcvado, who was for twelve years a resi-
dent of San Juan de Puerto Rico, is
thoroughly in favor of the United States
taking possession of Porto Rico at once.
He said to a representative of the Asso-
ciated Press to-day: "A United States ex-
petition can land where it pleases in Porto
Rico except in the neighborhood OF San
Juan. The best harbor in Porto Rico is
Guanica, west of Ponce and south of San
Juan, from which latter place it is distant
eighteen hours carriage ride. The roads
between Guanica and San Juan, as indeed
everywhere in Porto Rico are excellent,
and the troops, with supplies could be
moved about the island rapidly, but, would
not ADVISE exposing men to the tropical sun
on long marches. This in spite of the fact
that the climate of Porto Rico is the health
lest in the world. The rainy season does not
Degln until August and is of short duration.
Yellow fever is almost unknown. Our men,
however, are not used to the hot weather
and would wilt under it. San Juan is where
the troops should be landed. The American
fleet should finish the work that Admiral
Sampson started last month and batter
down MORO and Fort San Carlos. The forts
are not at all impregnable We can destroy
them at some expense, but, judging from
the previous bombardment, without loss of
life. Then the troops can be landed to de-
feat the Spanish soldiers and take posses
sion of the city. The occupation of San
Juan would end the war in Porto Rico. for
the Spaniards could not make stand any
where else AS tie inhabitants of Porto
Rico are thoroughly disaffected, American
troops would not be required to subdue the
country. The people generally would well
come our soldiers Our soldiers could OBJ
tain good water in all parts of the island,
and there is no swamp land, as in Cuba.
The cheapest, quickest and most humane
way of conquering Porto Rico is by the use
of the big guns of our fleet"
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Balfour Sums Up the Peace Talk.

LONDON, June lin regard to the
rumored peace propositions of Spain the
Pail Mall Gazette says: Mr.. Balfour well
sums up the case. We should be delighted
to DO anything to help, but we could not
think of it unless both parties seemed likely
to welcome it and mean business, which
they don't. That's just it. America is ready
for peace, but only on the terms she is en-
titled TO. Spain is ready for peace but on
let US pretend that nothing has happened
terms. Until Spain sees the childishness of
this there is no hope for peace In the
meanwhile no power is likely to invite a
well-deserved snub by babbling about unin-
Yited Intervention or a congress-
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ObitulrY.

LEADVILLE, Col, June 11-John D.
Morrissey, the well-known mining man, is
dead. He about fifty years of age. In
the early eighties he made about $3.50 600 out
of the Crown Point mine, which he owned
jointly with Thomas and Joseph Diamond
joel Reynolds. Morrissey bought fine
string OF horses ana became a prominent
figure on Eastern race tracks. He lost his
entire fortune and returned to Leadville
about year ago.
OMAHA, Neb., June n.-Dr H. M. Chad
wick prominent surgeon, dropped dead in
his office this evening. DR.. Chadwick was a
graduate of the University of Vermont and
of the College of Physicians and Surgeons,
New York He a long time connected
with bellevue HOSPITAL. New York.
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How to Read Browning.
New York Sun.


The Rev. James Nudge, the editor of a
new Browning anthology called THE Best
Of Browning" has enriched that work with
valuable advice and directions in the shape
of a chapter entitled How to Read Brown
ing" If we had ever permitted ourselves 10
have any doubts to the rank of the au-
thor of '.Sordello' in the choir of bards
sublime. those doubts would have vanished
as socn as we found out that to read him
you have to have a prescription of dose and
manner of taking. as if his sublime works
were a box of pills. We are convinced that
Browning was greater than Homer and
Shakespeare, for 1T is a million times more
pother to tackle him than them. Here is one
recipe borrowed from the Browning So
ciety Of Moodus Conn:
How to read Browning: Take one volume
Of Browning. one pot of strong tea without
milk and sugar one red cotton nightcap
one complete set of dictionaries and cyclo-
pedias. Keep awake as long as possible
Write an essay before breakfast"
Some persons in New York hold that the
best way 10 read Browning is to read all
that has been written about him. Then you
will not have To read him before you are 233
years old.
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A Boy of the Maine.
Boston Transcript.

Young Pat Ford, jr. of Omaha, has had
some bits of exciting sealife for a boy born
so far inland. Several weeks ago he fell
among rough associates and committed a
crime for which he was sentenced to sew
eral years in the State penitentiary. On
officer and nothing was heard from him
until the destruction of the Maine, when
it came out that he was one of the men
of that vessel, serving under an assumed
name He was slightly injured only and
was at once transferred to another war ship.
The latest news from him is that he was
one of the boatload of men engaged in cut
ting the cables off Cienfuegos. The man on
his left was killed and the one on his right
seriously If not fatally wounded. The
boy has shown himself brave, and probably
the act of Governor Holcomb in pardoning
him from his sentence will be generally APP
plauded.
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Iuare Gerald Aenuittea.

DALLAS, Tex, June 10-Judge G. B.
Gerald was acquitted by jury at Waco
this evening of the charge of murder for
having killed w A. and j. W.. Harris.
Times-Herald in November last The
tragedy was one of several growing out OF
w. C. Brann's warfare on Baylor Baptist
University in Brann's Iconoclast On the
verdict of acquittal to-day Judge Gerald
who is now the editor of Brann's Iconoclast
Brann having been recently killed in a
street duel, was given an ovation by a large
number of his friends and former partisans
of Rrann's
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SAN FRANCISCO, June 1.-THE fact has
just come to light that a sack containing
about 2,000 letters addressed to all parts of
the world and written by men in the Klon-
dixie or on the trail was left at Dyea some
time ago by an outcomfpg miner, who evil
IDENTIFY kept the money intrusted to him for
the purchase of stamps and his services as
volunteer mail carrier. The letters have
been recovered and those intended for peo-
pie in California sent to the Chronicle
which has supplied the necessary postage
The others are in the hands of O. Marcusee
of Dyea who is mailing many of them and
hopes soon TO have them all sent to their
destination.
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SAN ANTONIO, Tex, June 11.-A tornado
descended yesterday on Riddleville, small
town, fifty miles from San Antonio and
three people were killed outright. A boys
skull was crushed and he is fatally in
jured. Several other people were injured by
the tornado, many limbs being broken.
Much damage is reported and small houses
were demolished. The track of the tornado
was about five hundred feet wide.
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Admiral Cervera Not Threatened.

Special 10 the Indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, June u.-Authoritative
denial is given the report printed in New
York paper this morning that the Navy
Department has sent orders to Admiral
Sampson to notify Admiral Cervera that
if the latter destroys his four armored
cruisers and two torpedo boat destroyers
to prevent their falling into our hands,
Spain, at the end of the war, will be COM
PEELED to pay additional indemnity to the
value of these vessels. Secretary Long says
the report is without the shadow of foun-
dation, and that such a proceeding would
be unheard Of.
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Suspected spaniard Released.

WASHINGTON, June 11.-Assistant Sec
rotary Meikejohn has directed the release
of Jose Castellanos, confined at Mcpherson
barracks, Georgia. The man is a Spaniard
and was arrested at Tampa, but there was no
evidence against him at his examination to
show that he was engaged in any actions
prejudicial to the government.
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Negro soldier Acquitted.

TAMPA, Fla, June 1.-THE trial of the
two negro soldiers, Young and Johnson,
charged with killing Jose Collins at Lake
land, few weeks ago, resulted in the ac-
quittal of Young. The jury is now out on
the case of Johnson and court has adjourned
until Monday.
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THE wooING o, MISS AMERICA.
John Bull Growing More Ardent i'm
His PrOtestatiOns of Love.

LONDON, June 11.-Last evenings pro-
ceedings in Parliament contained repeated
Illustrations of the high favor in which
America is held here just now, Every al
fusion of Sir William Vernon Harcourt Mr.
curzon or Mr.. Chamberlain TO the suggested
alliance or understanding was loudly
cheered. the Irish alone dissenting.
Sir William Vernon Harcourt, the Lib
eral leader, said: mo one IL more
anxiOus or more eager for closer and
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most stcadfast friends here are losing hope.
Her candid friends of the press deplore the
sobstinacy with which she accepts war when
totally unprepared and declare that to con-
finue fighting, when the cause is hopelessly
aost, viii only ALLEVIATE France. whose good
words would prove serviceable in the day of
settlement"
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sick Soldiers at Fort MCPHERSON.

ATLANTA, Ga, June 11.-Sixty-fve sick
soldiers arrived here last night from Tampa
and were taken to the general hospital at
Fort Mcpherson. Nearly all are regulars,
only a few volunteers being included in the
list Many of the sick are said to be suffer-
ing from fever. There are now about 40
patients at this hospital, and all are being
we'll taken care of