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The leader., 1898-12-07
.DOINGS OF WEEK
What Has Happened Throughout
the Civilized World.
WEEKS NEWS CONDENSED
A Complete Review Of the Happenings
of tine Past Seven Days in This
and ALI Foreign Lands.
GIVEN In THE PRESS DISPATCHES
WAR NEW s.

In the past six weeks the Red Cross
society agents have distributed 500 tons
Of provisions among the destitute in
Cuba.
Mai. Gen. Butler said In conference
with the president that the Spanish
troops in Cuba were leaving as fast rs
possible, but he thought some might
remain to become citizens.
The Zealaplia, with seven compa mics
of the First Tennessee regiment, ar
rived safely at Manila.
Reports TO the surgeon general from
the field and general hospitals show
that a great improvement in the health
Ct the American army has taken place
within the last two months.
A commission including Gen. Garcia
arrived in Washington TO discuss with
officials the future OF Cuba and its peo-
pie.
A report from Admiral Sampson COW
ering the operations Of the United
States blockading fleet of Santiago
after the destruction of Cervera' S
squadron was made public by the navy
department.
Marshal Blanco. the former captain
general of Cuba. and his suite left
Havana for Spain on the steamer Viii
laverde.
A contract has been made by the
Merritt Wrecking company with the
government TO float the Reina Mercedes
sunk in the mouth Of Santiago harbor
and take her to Norfolk. Va.
The steamer Comal sailed from New
York for Savannah. where she will com
plete the loading Of 800, o0O rations for
the destitute people of Cuba.
In Santiago Gen, Wood gave mer-
chants permission to close their bust
ness places on Sunday. Under the Spa n :
ish law they were compelled to keep
open until noon.
With troops for Cuba the transports
Chester and Manitoba left Savannah
Ga.
From Ponce the transport Michigan
arrived at Savannah, Ga. bringing 500
regular troops which have been in
Porto Rico under Gen. Brooks COM
Thnd.
Dispatches from Manila say that the
spreading of the insurgent movement
is not directed against the Spaniards,
but against the Americans.
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The Naval Reserve.

Washington, Dec. 2. - Lieut.. w. Ii. H
Switzerland, in charge of matters per,
toining to the naval militia. has made
q report to the assistant secretary of
the navy upon the naval militia during
tie war. At the beginning of the year
an allotment of $4s 900 was made to sew
eral states having naval militia organi-
cations. with total of 4.4i5 men. The
states were California, Connecticut
Florida, Georgia. Illinois. Louisiana,
Maryland, Massachusetts,, Michigan.
Eew Jersey, New York. North Caro-
lima. Ohio. Pennsylvania. Rhode Island
South Carolina and Virginia. The Dis
trict of Columbia has since mustered
in an organization. lie says that the
war has demonstrated the necessity for
the maintenance of national naval
reserve which he recommends. He
commends the patriotism of the re-
serves and in conclusion says that he
considers that continuous annual APP
preparation of 100000 will be sufficient
to provide for force of naval reserves
to aggregate 1000 men at the end of
three years.
The leader., 1898-12-07
FROM WASHINGTON.

The rules of the new bankruptcy law
will take effect throughout the country
on Monday, January 2, 1899.
An offer of $4,000 to deliver series
cf lectures has been refused by Naval
Constructor Hobson.
The secretary of agriculture. in his
annual report, in addition to discuss
ing the domestic problems, reviews our
agricultural relations in foreign fields.
In the month of November the gov
eminent receipts aggregated $3S,9o0,-
9l5. and expenditures $49,090,9So. Since
July the receipts have aggregated S204,-
57O93, as compared with $l4S,1l3, SIS
during the same period of 1897.
The statement of the public debt is
sued on the 1st shows that the debt
increased S16,506.565 during the month
Of Novem Der. The cash balance in the
treasury was 5000, 117,1S2. The total
debt. less the cash balance in the treas
ury, amounts to $l,127,473,4s7.
For the month of November the coin
age of the San Francisco mint amount
ed to S4,51G250.
The French government will estab-
lish q naval attache at Washington.
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Profit In Cattle Grazing.

The Southern Farm Gazette, pub
lished at Starkville, gives some interest
ing figures on the profits to be made
in cattle grazing in Mississippi. The
Gazette takes as fair example an in
stance which fell under its own obser-
walton during the present season in
Oktibbeha county. The Gazette says
ID. A. Saunders, of Starkville, put into
40-acre pasture on June 18th lest
thirty-four FLORIDA scrub steers,
averaging 572 pounds per head. On the
18th of October he sold them to ;. w.
lIalbert at 211 cents per pound. Dur
ing this period the steers gained 19j
pounds per head, making a profit OF
s4.s7 cents per steer, or sl6j.5O on the
purchase. thus paying a rental of over
81 per acre for four months grazing.
Considering that the steers were
Florida scrubs, the result should be
considered highly satisfactory. Well.
bred cattle would have made probably
800 pounds per head and been worth 4
cents instead of 219 cents. The pasture
was good. composed of variety OF
grasses, melilotus predominating.
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UNION DISSOLVED.
Attempt to Effect Coalition RetweeH
Nicaragua. Honduras ana Sal
vador COllapses.

Managua, Nicaragua, via Galveston
Dec 1.-The attempt to effect a coalition
between the states of Nicaragua. Hon
duras and Salvador, to be conducted I'M
der a common administration and
known as the United States of Central
America has failed completely.
The federal organizers formally de,
clared the union dissolved, the three
states resuming respectively absolute
sovereignty.
The collapse is due to the failur1 of
the troops of Honduras, acting in behalf
of the federal organizers, TO suppress
the outbreak in Salvador against the
proposed federation and to force Sal
yador into the union. The prospects
are peaceful.
Gen. Thomas Regalado, head of the
revolutionary movement in Salvador.
has usurped the presidency and pro
claimed himself chief executive of the
republic,
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JOHNSoN'S REPORT.
The Bureau of Engraving and Print-
ing Made a Remarkable Rec
ord the Past Year.

Washington, Dec. 3d. Claude NJ.
johnson, director of the bureau of en-
craving and printing, in his annual re-
port says:
During the year there were s2,S19,-
AS sheets of stamps and government
securities printed and delivered, al a cost
of sl,570,5 sos. This sum. however, includes
81, 500 increase of stock. $4,000 paid for ma
chinery and s64l6 paid to outside employees
Deducting these extra amounts, the cost
per LOCO sheets this year was II cents less
than last, making n total saving of s43.7G0
The average number of sheets handled by
each employee was $3.50, which is the best
record ever made by the bureau, and ar
increase of Sc per cent over the year 1898.
A remarkable record was made by the
bureau in supplying adhesive stamps to the
internal revenue bureau. In II days after
the passage OF the act the bureau had de.
livered lS5, $780, 26 stamps. This work was
done In addition to and in connection with
the new bond issue, and in addition &c
supplying increased demands for United
States notes. silver certificates and treas.
ury notes, as well as the issue of a new
series of postage stamps for the Omaha
Trans Mississippi exposition.
1t Is recommended that the appropria.
lions for printing postage stamps he made
direct to the bureau. and to settle the point
that the government and not private estab-
lishments shall do this work.
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ALASKA'S NEEDS.
Gov. Brady Enumerates Some OF
Them and Makes u Strong Plea
for CONGREGATIONAL Action.

Washington, Dec. 2.-The annual re-
port of Gov. Brady, of Alaska, makes
strong plea for congressional action
on Alaska's needs at the coming ses-
sion and points out that Alaska is IS
times larger than Cuba, has been ''in
our possession for 81 years, and its
value has been unknown and unappre-
ciated." Gov. Brady declares that '.it
would seem as impossible to prevent
smuggling of liquor into Alaska as it
would lie to prevent the clouds from
rolling by or the tide from ebbing OF
flowing"
Recommendation is made for higE
license liquor law. tax of few cents
case on salmon and ten cents ton
for wharfage. The first two combined
would net at least S235.000 annually,
the third 100000. based on this years
wharfage. 1t also recommended that
the general land laws be extended tC
Alaska; that Alaska be given repre-
sentation in congress; that Japonsky
island be made naval station and that
cable communication be effected with
the United States.
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FILIPINOS WILL RESIST.
Advices Say They Have Decided Not
to Recognize the CcssiOn of the
Islands to the United States.

Madrid, Dec. 2.-Advices from the
Philippine islands say the insurgents
there have decided not to recognize the
cession of the islands TO the United
States and that they will resist to the
last. 1t is also claimed that the United
States will require rocco troops to put
down the rebellion, and it is alleged
that the insurgents hold 10000 Span
ish prisoners whom they will force to
serve against the Americans.
An official dispatch from Gen. Rios,
governor of the Visayas islands, reports
that the Spanish troops at Iloilo have
made a successful sortie, infiicting
heavy losses upon the insurgents. The
spreading of the insurgent movement,
the dispatch says. is not directed
against the Spaniards, but against the
Americans
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MISSISSIPPI MATTERS.
More of the Norx..-ro.,.r Trouble.

More of the Morzan-Foster Trouble.
There was resumption Of the Morgan
Foster difficulty at fernando last week.
r. Il. L. Morgan was in Mr.. Padelrs
barbcrshop and was leaving TO go TO
the courthouse. At the door her met
with John Foster and his mother.
Padell says that Foster put his hand
behind him and partly drew his pistol
and that Morgan was little quicker
and got his out first, and that Mrs. Fos-
ter ran in between the two men. Nor
gan's first shot struck Mrs. Foster in
the arm, infiicting slight wound.
When Morgan fired Foster ran into
NELSON'S store and, turning around,
fired at Morgan, missing him. Morgan
fred the second time, the bullet pass
ing through the crown of Fosters hat.
This trouble grew out of the killing,
some years ago, of Judge j. u. Morgan
by Henry Foster, brother of John
Foster.
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The Public Debt,

Washington, Dec. 1.-The monthly
statement of the public debt shows
that at the close of business in Novem-
Der the debt, less cash in the treasury,
amounts 10 ,4S7, an increase
over the last month of SIG 500, sos. This
increase is accounted for by decrease
of nearly ss,000.000 in the cash on hand.
and an issue of about the same amount
of bonds which had been paid for in
preceding months.
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AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE.
Terrible Results of the Storms Of
the New England Coast.
steamer Portland with over $50 Per-
sons on Heard Goes Down-Not
One II saved-scores of Nes-
sells wrecked.

Boston. Dec. News of the loss OF
the Boston and Portland Steam Packet
company's steamer Portland off Cape
Cod and the death of more than $50
persons. comprising the passengers and
crew Of the steamer. and the news from
hitherto unheard-of ports in Cape Cod
showing that at least a score and
| half of vessels were wrecked along that
| shore, with the loss of 10 lives, has come
as a dire climax to the previous report
OF disasters resulting from Saturday
nights storm. There are still other
places TO be heard from on both sides
of the cape, which have not been
reached by train on account OF wash
outs and which are cut off from other
| means of communication by broken
wires, blocked highways and shattered
bridges.
over Two Hundred Lives Lost.
Up to Wednesday morning, while the
total loss of life cannot be estimated
| with anv degree of accuracy, 1t Is
known that more than 200 persons per-
| ished.
| Nesse1s LOsts
From present reports it is known
| that Sc vessels have been totally
wrecked, while 40 are ashore with hard
| iy chance of being saved. OF the 90
| total wrecks, barges not included, As
craft aggregate 12,2o2 gross tonnage
or those in perilous positions, IS ag-
gregate 1859 tons. The strandlng OF
the big English liner Ohio and the
| ocean tug Tamaqua are not included
| in the estimate given, nor many OF the
| big coal barges ashore in Boston har-
| Dor. The position of these latter craft
is now dangerous, for they are ex'
posed to the northeast storm which
began Wednesday morning.
Fate of the Portland.
The Portland was last seen afioat by
| d fisherman in the vicinity of Thatch'
er's island at eight o'clock that same
| evening. Nobody knows what hap
pened in the awful hours of the angry
sea which followed, and the lips that
might tell the ta5e are sealed in death
The surmise is that with the wind
| blowing a gale at the rate Of 10 miles
an hour, rate which has never been
equaled but once before in the written
| history Of weather along this coast
with the waves running TO mighty
heights, the great steamer became dis
aDled. The Portland. with its side pad
die wheels and large exposure of hull,
must have been smashed by the seas
and rolled by the mad waves.
! The Portland was built in Bath, Me-,
! in 1890, and was side-wheel steamer
| Of 1917 tons net burden. Her length
was 230 feet; beam, AZ and depth, Is
feet. She was valued at $250,000 and is
| fully insured.
Five Bodies Recovered at Orleans.
Orleans, Mass, Dec. live bodies
have been recovered here from the
Portland The vessel was wrecked just
north OF Cape Cod. The Wreckage and
9 great many bodies are drifting south
possibly as far as Nantucket. 1t is
thought that the northeast gale will
| bring bodies in. The entire cape is
patrolled.
Crew of Ten Men Lost.
Provincetown, Mass. Dec. 1.-The
schooner King Philip, of Fall River
has been totally wrecked on the cape
The crew. probably numbering ten
have been lost. The schooner was OF
1924 tons gross register.
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MONTH OF BIG GALES.
Peculiar Meteorological Statistici
Reported for November by the
Chicago weather Bureau.

Chicago, Dec. meteorological sta
tistics and tables compiled by Forecast
CT Cox, of the weather bureau, show
that November has had a peculiar COM
hination of normal and abnormal at
mospheric conditions. The gales that
pounded boats to pieces on the great
lakes during the early part Of the
month were the severest recorded in
the archives of the weather office. and
the day of Indian summer which pre-
ceded the cold wave the god and the
sudden change between the two were
among the most remarkable phenomena
CT several years observations.
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THE EAS ST.

Off Highland Light the steamer Port
land was wrecked while on the way TO
Boston, and all of the 12l persons on
board persisted.
The champion bicycle rider of north
crn New York, Fred w. Ganter, killed
himself at his home at PAMELA.
In, Pennsylvania W. II. Ora ham (rep,)
has been elected to congress from the
Twenty-third district.
The official count of the vote in New
Jersey for governor at the recent cleo
tom gives Noorhis (rep) plurality of
5,499. Six Of the eight congressman
elected are republicans.
According to New York advices, John
D. Rockefeller is trying to gain control
Of the entire copper mining industry of
the United States.
Further reports say that $50 persons
lost their lives in the wrecking of the
steamer Portland off Cape Cod. Dur
ing the storm Sc other vessels were de-
stroyed, and the total loss OF life is
placed at over 200
The American Society of Mechanical
Engineers in session in New York elect
ed as president Commodore G. w. Mel
vile, OF Washington.
At lake ports the coal shipping sea-
son has closed, throwing several thou
sand meu out of employment
The students Of Princeton On. j.
university. at a mass meeting passed
resolutions aboGshing hazing.
Mrs. Richard Hurley. wife of gar
dener at Peabody, Mass. murdered two
of her children, l2-year-old daughter
and son seven years old. She was in
sane.
In Rochester, n. Y, fire destroyed
the Academy of Music and adjoining
property, the total loss being 100000.
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Asks for Aid.

New York, Dec. 1.-Gen. Jose Gomez
called on Stephen e. Barton at the Red
Cross headquarters in this city to ask
his aid in sending relief to the sick and
starving women and children at Las
Villas. Sanctus Spiritus. and Trinidad
in Santa Clara province. The general
stated that the suffering was more in.
tense there than in any other part OF
tie island. and II the relief did not
reach them soon it would be too late.
The leader., 1898-12-07

The steamer Senior. used by the
wreckage company for the storage of
salvage while the work of wrecking the
Cervera squadron at Santiago was in
progress, has arrived in New York.
She landed at the Norfolk navy yard
on the way four 5,5-inch guns from the
Maria Teresa and the Oquendo, ten
guns of various sizes from the Colon,
200 5Is-inch shells. 100 11-inch shells,
the safe of the Colon and tons of small
articles. Uncle Sam will have quite q
trophy museum when all of the cap
tured munitions of war are assem-
bled
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Supreme Court Notice.

Capt. E. w. Brown, clerk of the su-
preme court, gives out a notice to attor-
neys of the Third or Northern district,
that as the docket of that district is set
for Monday, December 20, the day after
Christmas, attorneys who SO desire may
have their cases passed, not to be called
before the Monday following. To do
this the clerk requires that the attor-
neys ON both sides shall file with the
clerk a written agreement to that effect.
The leader., 1898-12-07

At Bayville. l.. l.. the other day. Will
liam Cornell. aged "a, arose in the
morning handsome young bachelor.
and that night retired great-grandfa-
ther, with daughter older than HIM
self and a gra ndda ughter with child
old enough to make remarks about
him. lie had married the Widow Over
49,,
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Spanish Troop. Leaving Cuba.

Washington, Nov. 3o.-Maj. Gen. NJ.
{ Butler had another conference with
the president concerning affairs in
Cuba. In an interview he said that
since the American commissions have
been in Havana, about 10000 soldiers
have been sent back to Spain. Thirty
two transports will soon arrive there
and take away from $4,000 to 10000
more. The remainder will depart about
the first of January or soon afterward.
The leader., 1898-12-07

Because of the general use of auto
mobile carriages in Paris the council
has been forced to pass law COMPEL
ing the drivers and conductors of such
carriages 10 graduate from regular
course of training that has been pro-
vided before they will be allowed to
take their vehicles on the streets of
Paris. Ten years ago if a man had sug-
gested such law he would have been
considered daft.
The leader., 1898-12-07

While the press and people of the
middle western and northwestern
states are discussing the beet sugar in
dustry and building factories on paper,
California goes right along charging
the business. From capital amount
ing 10 100000 in 1890. the total invest
ment in the industry has grown to
over sIo.Ooo0 900. and the area of sugar
beet fields from 2.lO0 acres to 36.00o
acres. There are seven factories in The
state. which produced, last year, So
600 tons of sugar. This, however. is
but small fraction Of what we con-
sumo
The leader., 1898-12-07

American exports 10 Africa for the
first nine months Of the year, as shown
by the report just issued by the bureau
of statistics of the treasury depart
ment, were 81 100000 greater than dur
ing the same period last year. Reports
from that country made by our consuls
state that American goods are not only
favored because they are popular with
the people. but particularly on account
of their reputation for good quality and
The leader., 1898-12-07

According TO note in the Courier
de Paris. the Athenians and Greeks
collectively intend to exclude all bach
elors from their parliament. The idea
seems to be that the bachelor has no
stake in the commonwealth; il he is
represented, that is as much rs he can
ask for; representative he ought
never to be, for whom does he represent
except himself?
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Fears the Carlists,

London, Dec. 1.-The Biarritz CORE
spondent of the Daily Mail says.
"Senor Sagasta now admits that Carl,
ism is the greatest existing danger to
Spain. The authorities are seriously
alarmed at the indications of an i'm
minent rising. The Carlist plans have
been deliberately devised, even to the
extent of appointing governor of Mad
rid"
The leader., 1898-12-07

In addition to several Spanish battle
ships and IS or 20 steam launches which
are being raised and repaired at Manila,
the naval authorities are advised that
25 or 30 Spanish gunboats now in West
Indian waters can be repaired and made
available for coast duty at small ex-
pense. Altogether these converted
Spanish ships will make quite a ma
terial addition TO our navy
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H. ii. yreeland, of New York, the

II. ii. Ereeland, of New York, the
president of the Metropolitan Traction
company. which hauls more passengers
each day than any other road in the
world, has been bonored by the Rail-
road Mems club by being elected pres
ident of their organization. Vreeland
is remarkable man. and there are few
who can show record similar. In 1874
he began work as a common laborer.
shoveling gravel for the Long Island
railroad. and gradually climbing up
through the different offices he has at
last gained position about as high
in the railroad world as possible.
The leader., 1898-12-07

One of the most interesting results
of the recent elections was the adop-
ton by the people of South Dakota Of
. constitutional amendment providing
for the initiative and referendum. The
principle will now be given fair trial
and II IL be successful in South Dakota
\ will very probably be adopted in
other states. As amended the South
Dakota constitution provides that when
ave per cent. OF the voters present a
m<aEnfe q the legislature. the same
shall - passed and submitted to the
l<ep'e 2; The next election. and II APP
Eoksa ~ majority shall become law.
The leader., 1898-12-07

One of the most novel and radical de-
partures from ordinary methods of in
PRODUCING new improvements in rail
way management is the formal an
nouncement by an electrical headlight
company that it is ready to guarantee
railroad companies from any loss from
head-on collisions occurring at night
where the locomotives are equipped
with our headlights"
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The State Treasury.

Treasurer May has issued the follow
ing statement of the condition of the
treasury up to December /: Receipts
to November l, 1886, lS4. 80; rece pts
for November, $50, 500. O3: total receipts
81, 70G, T40.35; disbursements to Novem.
Der /, 81 ,442, 733. 10; disbursements in
November. 1921, 553. 03: total disburse-
ments, 81, 5G4, 302.1 10; cash balance on
hand December /, S142. 1873. 1G. From
now on with the receipt of the various
taxes this balance will be rapidly in
creased. The statement shows the
State to be in a hourishing financial
condition
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First Shin of Sugar Fleet.

San Francisco, Dec. 1.-The Ameri-
can ship Edward O'Brien will be tn.
first ship of the sugar feet to be put
on between Honolulu and New York
She has been chartered 10 go to Puget
sound and load coal for the islands
and then take cargo of sugar around
the Horn to the factories of the trust.
The leader., 1898-12-07

None of the States cotton has as vet
been sold. Most of the crop has been
giuned and baled and will be sent to
the compress as fast as possible. The
cotton will be sold in the following
places: Jackson, ViclSsburg, Greenville
Yazoo City and Clarksdale.
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Killed for M. Monex

New Madrid. Mo-, Nov. 3O.-J. l.
Loins. prominent farmer living across
The Mississippi river in Kentucky. was
murdered for money by two negroes
and his body thrown into the river. On
OF the negroes has been captured and
shot TO death by a mob which is now on
tine trail of the other murderer.