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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
PEACE COM MISSION SAILS.
Members With Relatives and Clerks
Left on the Campania,

memDerS WIN helatiVeS anu Nier5
Left on the Campania.
New YORK, Sept. 19.-The United
States commissioners to conclude the
terms of peace with Spain sailed Satur-
day on board the Cunard line steamer
Campania, on the way to Paris. The
commission consists of former Secre-
tary of State William R. Day, United
States Senators William P. Frye,
Cushman K. Davis, George Gray and
Whitelaw Reid. Each commissioner
is accompanied upon the trip by his
wife or other members of his family.
In the party also are j. b. Moore, Sec
rotary and counsel to the commission;
John r. Macarthur, assistant secretary,
and wife; Frank Branigan, disbursing
clerk, and Mrs. Branigan; Miss Atkin-
son and Miss McNaughton, stem
ographers, and Edward Savoy and
Henry Freeman, confidential messen-
gers.
Prior to going on board the steamer
Judge Day said to reporter: owe
had conference with the cabinet be.
fore leaving Washington; at least all
of us except Senator Gray. All under
stand the wishes of the cabinet with
reference to the terms of the treaty,
and 1 believe that there will be prac-
tically no change after our conference
with the Spanish commissioners.
"Do you expect much opposition to
the terms from the Spanish commits.
sioners?"
II think that Americas terms will
be regarded as reasonable, and there
fore l believe the work of the commits
sioners will not be impeded by useless
discussion"
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
NOT UNTIL ABOUT MARCH.
1t Will Take That Long for the
Spanish to Evaeuate Cuba.
100000 TROOPS TO BE MOVED.
Delay VIII BE Advantageous to Both
Countrles-It Is Proposed That Troops
Shall Take Arms, Ammunition, Nate
rial and Equipment With Them.

HAVANA, Sept. 10.--The official
statement of the number of Spanish
soldiers in the island is said to place
the aggregate at 100000, and it is I'M
derstood that it is proposed that the
men shall carry with them their arms,
ammunition, material and equipments.
1t is estimated that the end of Febru-
airy will have come before the evacua-
tion of the island is completed, as the
soldiers must embark in Spanish YES
sells. 1t is suggested that this will be
an advantage to both countries, the
United States having an opportunity
to acclimatize it's men during the
winter months, as it is proposed that
the American government shall land
troops to occupy each post stimuli
taneously with its evacuation, not
leaving any post unguarded at any
time.
At the Tacon thcater Saturday night
there was produced play based upon
the Dreyfus trial, in which Dreyfus
was portrayed throughout as an inno-
cent victim of conspiracy in the French
army. From the start the sympathy
of the audience for Dreyfus was plainly
manifested. Four Frenchmen, one of
whom is supposed to have been an Off
Ger of the French gunboat Fulton, now
lying in the harbor, occupied a box in
the first tier. All of them carried
boatswains' Whistles and at the first
insinuation against the honesty of the
trial they began to blow the whistles
and to hiss the players A scene OF
indescribable tumult followed, the en-
tire audience rising in defense of
Dreyfus,
The Frenchmen were forcibly eject
ed and the performance was continued
without further interruption. One of
the Frenchmen, he who was thought
to be an officer Of the Fulton, refused
to give his name at the station house,
to which the party was taken after be-
ing elected from the theater, and was
locked up over night.
OGeneral Blanco has prohibited the
future production of the play in Ha-
vana.
A difference of opinion between Gu
bans and Spanish officers in q promi-
nent cafe here resulted in an exchange
of abusive language and free fight
The disturbance was promptly quelled
by the police and the ringleaders were
arrested. The disorder is said to have
been provoked by the Cubans.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
MISSOURI TRAGEDY,
German Farmer Cuts Robbers Throat
and Is Shot Dead by Another.

German Farmer Cuts Robbers Throat
and Is Shot Dead by Another.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, Sept. 19.-Two
masked robbers went to the home OF
Charles Duffner, wealthy farmer liv-
ing in Dallas county, twenty miles
north of Springfield, at G o'clock last
evening and demanded his money. The
farmer and his wife and a grown SOIL
were in the yard when the robbers
came up to the house.
Mrs. Duffner tore off the mask of one
of the men, and the robber drew 3
pistol and fired at the woman, the bull
let grazing the side of her head. Duff
ner then seized the robber and began
to cut him with pocket knife. One
slash cut the robbers throat.
Otto Duffner, the farmers son, had
hold of the other robber, and was
keeping him from shooting. After
killing one man, the father ran to the
sons assistance, when a third robber
rushed up from the road, where he had
been concealed, and snot the elder
DgHner in the back.
The two surviving robbers then fled,
leaving the dead comrade behind in
the yard The dead robber has not
been identified.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
OUR PEACE INSTRUCTIONS.
State Department Gives Out a
Statement Concerning Them.
SPAIN MUST TOE THE MARK,
There IL to Be No Deviation From or
Modification Whatever of the Demands
Made by tho United States-This Has
Been Fully Decided On.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 1.-THE state
department last night gave out the
following statement concerning the
discussion between the members of
the cabinet and the peace commission
yesterday:
"Whie for obvious reasons it was
determined that the nature of the in
structions as to the negotiations about
to be entered upon should for the
present be kept secret and made known
only after definite results shall have
been reached, it is possible to state
authoritatively that the commits
sion goes to Paris fully prepared to
follow course of action mapped out for
it as the result of the consultation of
the last two days.
cat the very outset it will be made
clear to the Spanish commissioners
that, as in the case of the preliminary
protocol, there can be no deviation
from or modification of the demands
made by the United Ssates.
'The decision arrived at by the Pres
ident after q full consultation with
the members of the commission sub
sequently received the cordial and
unanimous approval of the ca binet at
a meeting held this afternoon.
There is scarcely any doubt that the
island of Luzon will remain under the
stars and stripes The United States
will consent to no cession of the other
islands to Spain except upon guaran
tees fully recognizing the paramount
interest of this country in the Philip
pine group The commissioners will
be instructed that under the laws of
nations America can demand from
Spain money indemnity amounting
to hundreds of millions, and that will
be made basis Of computation, elm
ina 9.s.2g Cuoa, but including Porto Rico
and the Oriental islands. The indcm-
nifty to be assessed will be both actual
and punitive, and, as Spain is bank
rupt, it will have to be paid in terri
tory
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
DEATH OF CAPTAIN CAPRoN.
His Son Killed at Santiago and He Con-
traoted Disease There.

His Son Killed ut Santiago and Ho Con
traoted Disease Thore.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19--Captain AL.
Ign Capron, First artillery, died at his
home near Fort Myer, Va, yesterday.
Captain Capron was one Of the best
known officers in the regular army.
He had devoted himself particularly
to the artillery branch of the service,
having been an honor graduate of the
artillery school in 1878, and was re-
garded rs an authority on artillery
tactics. When General Skaters corps
went to Santiago Captain Capron ac-
companied it, and his battery did
notably fine work in the battle of San
tiago.
During the first days fight before
the city Captain Caprons son, Captain
Allyn X. Capron of the rough riders,
was killed. The death of his son
preyed upon the fathers mind, but he
never swerved for an instant from his
duty during the terrible days that fol-
lowed. The seeds of disease were
sown in his system during the Cuban
campaign, and he returned to his
home at Fort Meyer, near this city,
only to be stricken down with typhoid
fever
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
A BIG RAILROAD DEAL.
Jim Hill, Armour and Others Control
the IL. q q.

the IL. " ~.
CHICAGO, Sept. 19.-Philip d. Ar
mour, Marshall Field and Norman b.
Ream have secured control of the Bal
timore g. Ohio railroad. They have
made James ]. Hill, president of the
Great Northern railway, the dominat-
ing factor in the reorganization of the
system, and have gained for Chicago
and the Northwest what is practically
trunk line from ocean to ocean con-
trolled by Chicago capital.
Mr. Ream engineered the deal by
which his wealth, that of Mr.. Hill and
Messrs. Armour and Field gained a
controlling interest in the Baltimore
& Ohio, which hereafter is to be Chi
cago enterprise, fed and sustained in
transcontinental affairs by the i'm
mense mileage of the Great Northern
railway. If any road completes the
gap between the terminus of the Great
Northern railway in st. Paul and the
terminus Of the Baltimore & Ohio in
Chicago it will be the Chicago Great
Western railway, but that is matter
for the future.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
WINNIE DAVIS IS DEAD.
The daughter of the Confed-
eracy" Passes Away.
CRITICALLY ILL FOR WEEKS.
Suffered From MalarlaI Gastrltis-Her
Mother Watched Unremittlngly at Her
side-Born In the Executive Mansion
at Richmond, Va.

NARRAGANsETT PIER, r. l., Sept. 10.
Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of Mrs.
jefferson Davis, died at noon yester-
day at the Rockingham hotel, to which
place she came as guest in the early
part of the Piers social season. She
had been i'll for several weeks, and u
fortnight ago her ailment was dag
nosed as malarial gastritis,
Mrs. Davis has watched unremitt-
ingly at her daughters bedside, and
she is now bowed with sorrow. The
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
TYPHOID EPIDEMIC AT DAWSON
Returning Miners Bring News of Serious
Conditions In tho Gold Fields.

Conditions In the GOlu tieldS.
SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 10. = Two
hundred miners who left Dawson Sep
TENDER have arrived, with $4,000
in gold dust. They report typhoid
epidemic prevailing because of the I'M
sanitary condition of last winter Hun
dreds are i'll, deaths averaging ten or
twelve daily. There were seventeen
funerals in one day. The body OF
Captain Edward Darlington was
brought here.
The latest gold discovery was made
in creek just below Dominion by
Frank Slavin's party. For several
years the creek was unsuccessfully
prospected from end to end. Slavin
tapped the benches, finding gold plen-
tiful.
Consul McCook has advised the
Americans at Dawson that he has no
funds with which to furnish them
transportation out of the country.
Many were expecting to get out by
this means. They are advised to go to
st. Michael's in small boats and report
to Colonel Anderson, commanding the
United States troops there. Consul
McCook has arranged for their passage
to Seattle on the gun boat Wheeling
and the revenue cutters of the sound
fleet. He advises all who have no
prospects for the winter to leave at
once, before the river shuts off the
outlet via st. Michael's.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
SULTAN HAS YIELDED.

Orders Djevad Pasha, Commander In
Crete, to Comply With UItimatum.
GAMBIA, Island of Crete, Sept. 49,
The sultan has ordered Djevad Pasha,
the military commander in Crete, to
accede to the demand of the British
admiral, Gerard Henry Noel, for dis
armament, thus complying with the
whole ultimatum of the admiral. A
British military detachment to-day
occupied the entrance to the fort and
it is rumored that the Ottoman troops
will be withdrawn and British force
will occupy the town.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
A Spanish Ship in New York.

New YORK, Sept. 10.-The Spanish
steamer Gran Antila, which arrived
this morning from Havana, is the first
Spanish steamer to arrive at this port
since the declaration of war with
Spain, April 81 last. She left Havana
last Saturday evening, September 10,
with eight cabin passengers and a
small cargo
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23

LONDON, Sept 19.-The Daily Tel
egraph's st. Petersburg correspondent
SAYS he has ascertained that Luchenni,
the assassin of the Austrian empress,
belonged to a gang of anarchists who
went from Europe to the United
States two years ago, and who had for
their object the assassination of
crowned heads. The correspondent
says it is also known that the chiefs of
the band are still in New York.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
Assasslnated in Bed.

INDEPENDENCE, Kan, Sept. 19.-Wil-
liam Freedman, bachelor, living
alone eight miles west of Nowata, Ind.
Ter, was assassinated Friday night
while asleep in bed. A man who had
who had been in Freedman's employ
has been arrested on suspicion. A
strong guard of deputy marshals sur
rounds the Jail to prevent lynching.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
Spain Wants Philippines.

LONDON, Sept. 19.-The Daily Mails
Madrid correspondent says long con-
ference was held between Senior Sa-
gasta, the premier, and Senior Montero
Rios, the. president of the Spanish
peace commission, to-day, which re-
suited in the decision that the peace
commission shall strenuously defend
the retention of the Philippine islands
by Spain.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
oo years for TraIn Robberv.

DALLAS, Texas, Sept. 19.-Pearce
Heating and JEFF Taylor have been
convicted of robbing Gulf, Colorado
& Santa Fe express train near Cole
man, Texas, in June last. Each was
given a sentence of ninety-nine years
in the penitentiary. One railroad man
was killed and another wounded in
the robbery.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
He Saved Thlrty-NIne Lives.

Boston, Sept. 19.-William R. DAILY,
q noted life saver, for many years
champion swimmer and champion
oarsman of the Pacific slope, and in
recent years well known in theatrical
circles, is dead in South Boston. His
doath was caused by pneumonia Dur
ing his career he saved thirty nine
lives.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
win Go with Alger.

C1Nc1NNATI, O., Sept. 19.-General
George NJ. Sternberg, surgeon general
of the United States, and General M.
P. Ludington, acknowledgement
of the army, arrived here last night
from the East to join Secretary OF
War R. A. Alger on his itinerary IT
the Southern camps.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
Pearv,s Plans Work Well.

New YORK, Sept. ia letter re-
ceived in this city from Explorer Peary
says that on August 13 he was at Etah,
near the entrance to Smith sound, up
which he probably proceeded soon
after he wrote, if he was to reach his
proposed new camp on the northwest
coast of Greenland this season. Mr..
Peary wrote that thus far his plans
had prospered
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
COMMISSIONS WORK ENDED.
Preparations for the Evacuation of Porto
Rico Are Practically Complete.

SAN JUAN, Sept. 19.-The work Of
the military commission is practically
over, all arrangements for the evacua-
ton by the Spanish troops and the re-
ceipt of government property having
been determined upon. Admiral Schley
says that if there were transports here
for the embarkation of the troops the
commission could leave for home with
in week.
The attitude of the American com
mission has offended some Porto
Ricans, who think the Americans have
not demanded enough. They have in
sisted they should claim the sum of
100000 alleged to be in the bank here
belonging to the government.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
Business Is Good at Manila.

MANILA, Sept. 19.-The general sit
uation is satisfactory. Sickness is
fast decreasing. The transport Rio
Janeiro will start for San Francisco,
Cal, on September %, having on
board $50 sick and wounded soldiers,
who have been discharged. Business
is good. The customs receipts for the
past twenty-three days have averaged
nearly S23, 900 day.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
They Put LIN Coal Prices.

FRANKFORT, KY, Sept. 19.-The
Franklin county grand jury indicted
every coal merchant in Frankfort,
charging conspiracy. The coal men
combined few months ago and have
been supplying the trade at prices
agreed upon by the combination.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
Suburban Train Robbed.

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, Sept. 49,
Three men held up the Lake Manawa
railway train returning from the lake
to Council Bluffs last evening. The
robbers boarded the car at the lake.
They got less than 500 from the con-
ductor and passengers.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
Austrian Consul Killed.

FORT WAYNE, Ind, Sept. 19.-Che-
Waller NJ. Proskowitz, acting chief
consul of Austria Hungary at Chicago,
lost his life in Fort Wayne last night
while en- route to New York, by fall
inc off the train
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
A County Attorney DIsbarred.

SALIVA, Kan, Sept. l9.-The trial
of County Attorney w. a. Norris Of
Saline county, charged with malprac-
tice in Office, resulted in his disbar-
ment. Mr.. Norris is the Populist
county attorney and the disbarment
proceedings were brought about by
Il. N Gaines, editor Of the Salina
Union, Populist organ.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
FrnncIs Iosenh,, ThnnI...

VIENNA, Sept. ia rescript of the
Emperor to Count Won Thunn Hohen-
stem, president of the Austrian coun-
Gil of ministers, has been published,
expressing in eloquent and pathetic
language the Emperor's thanks for the
expression of national sympathy with
him in his great bereavement.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
For More Darrack. at San Francisco.

SAN Francisco, Sept. 19.-Brigadier
General Miller will urge the war de-
partment to erect more barracks at the
Preside. He will try to have the mat
ter attended to before the rainy season
begins, as it now seems that many of
the volunteers will remain at the post
all winter.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
Soldiers Ready to Mutlnr.

CAMP MEADE, Pa, Sept. ia ma
jority of the men in camp are becom-
ing more and more restless and unless
the war department acts promptly
there may be mutiny in some of the
commands
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23

The bennington Ordered to Honolulu,
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 19.-The gun
boat Bennington has gone down from
Mare Island under sailing orders for
Honolulu. 1t isexpected that she may
ultimately go to Samos
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
wenborn Nominated for congress.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Sept. 1o.-The
Fifth district Republican Congression-
oil convention to-day nominated John
Wellborn of Lexington, Lafayette
county, for Congress.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
Rnmor Find, mis-, Fair a husband.

NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-The latest So
ciety rumor links the names of Willie
X. Vanderbilt, Jr., and Miss Virginia
Fair. If their marriage should really
take place. as is now quite generally
predicted. it would mean a singular
combination of millions.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
soldiers Sent to Hospital

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Sept. leone
hundred and twenty-eight sick soldiers
arrived here yesterday on a govern
ment hospital train from Montauk
Point, and were Immediately distri-
buted among seven hospitals in this
citv
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
sioI,nasa Il INCREASING.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-Siclzness
among the troops of General Lawton's
command at Santiago is increasing.
Nearly one-sixth of his force is now
on the sick list, although the number
Of deaths is not great. .
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
ENGLAND AND FRANCE AGREE.
Differences Over the Nile Expedition Sot-
tied Amlcably.

LONDON, Sept. 19.-From Cairo and
from an entirely independent source,
the Daily Mail learns that France has
assumed conciliatory attitude toward
Great Britain, and has declared that
the expedition of Major Marchand is
quite unofficial. The sirdar will offer
to take Major Marchand to Cairo and
it is probable that the major will &C
cept and that Fashoda will be occupied
by Egyptian troops.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
rnnr nentha In Portn RIcn.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-In dis
patches to the war department Major
General Brooke reports four deaths
among the American troops at Ponce,
Porto Rico, from fever.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
WORST OF THE CENTURY.
Details as to the West Indies Hurricane
Confirm the Earlier Reports

Cortirm the Earlier Reports'
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Sept. 19.-The
hurricane of Sunday was undoubtedly
the worst visitation of the kind ever
experienced by the West Indies during
the century. Details received from
st. Vincent show that an unparalleled
destruction of life and property has
taken place there Out of popula-
ton of Al 900, 300 were killed and 90
900 were injured and rendered home
less. Besides this, owing to the com
plete destruction of the provisions,
they are all starving. The island has
been absolutely Quilted by the wind
and floods from the mountains, in ad-
dition to the waves along the coast.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
didn't Find the Prirntcsr.

SEATTLE, Wash, Sept. 19.-The rev.
enue cutter Grant, which went up into
Alaskan waters in a fruitless search
for a Spanish privateer, has arrived
here from Sitka.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
Another DnclInatInn.

DEDHAM, Mass, Sept. 19.-General
Stephen n. Weld, who was offered a
position on the war investigating COM
mission by President Mckinley, has
decided not to accept it.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
SHE LIKES POKER.
SIgnor PeruSini Tells Lillian Russelrs

Failing.
New YORK, Sept. 19.-Taking of tes-
timony in the suit of Signor Perugini
for divorce from his wife, Lillian Rus
sell, was begun Saturday in Jersey
City. The grounds on which he seeks
to be released from his matrimonial
bonds are desertion and his wife's per-
sistent refusal to live with him. The
plaintiff attributes his domestic
troubles to his wife's uncomfortable
infatuation for draw poker. He says
she preferred playing poker to sleep
ing or eating.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
Tom Reed WIN Come west.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-Speaker
Tom Reed is to make a stumping tour
of the West. He is to speak in Mis-
souri, and Kansas with Webster Davis.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
snsnend Admiral Monteio.

MADRID, Sept. 19.-The supreme
council Of war has decided to suspend
Admiral Montejo and Major Sostoa,
director of the Cadiz arsenal
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
DR.. JOHN HALL is DEAD.

In a Few Days the Famous Minister Had
Intended to Sail From ireland.
BELFAST, Ireland, Sept. 10. - The
Rev. DR.. John Hall of New York died
this morning at Bangor, county Down.
He was planning to sail for America
shortly to take up his work as pastor
of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
church of New York.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1898-09-23
DREYFUS TO BE TAKEN BACK.

Prisoner of Devils Island VIII Be Re-
turned to Paris.
PARIS, Sept 19-It is reported that a
vessel has already started for the Isle
du Diable in readiness to bring Drey-
fus to Paris, and NJ. Brisson and Gen
eral Chanoine are determined that no
body, however high his position, will
be sheltered.