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kinson, Sergeant Butler, Privates lei
bel, Onsted, Lowe, Schwalenstocker
and one Indian policeman, and eleven
wounded. The Indian policemen con-
cealed themselves at the opening Of
the fight and were shot by mistake by
pickets in the fight while trying to es-
cape in a canoe. Commissioner of In
dian Affairs William A. Jones, left to-
day for the scene of the Indian trouble
in Minnesota. He will have a personal
talk with the disaffected men and en-
deavor to induce them to dispense
quietly and submit to the regular pro-
cess of law. Commissioner Jones is
convinced that a talk with the leaders
and an assurance given that they
would be protected and rightly treated
will bring about a cessation Of hostili-
ties"
st. Paul, Mimi, October 8.-Nearly
200 additional troops will be scattered
about the scene of disturbance near
Leech Lake within a few hours.
Reports from the scene of trouble
tonight indicate considerable uncer-
tainty.
An Indian is authority for the state
ment that their loss in the fight Of
Wednesday was six killed and two
MORALLY wounded.
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AUTONOMY FOR PORTO RICO
The Inha Bit nts Anxious to Secure it
Americana Rapidly Securing Possess
sion of the Island

Copyright by Associated Press.)
San Juan, Island of Porto Rico, Octo-
Der 1.-THE leading politicians of the
island are very much concerned about
the future government Of Porto Rico.
After a prolonged struggle they sue
ceeded, just before the opening Of the
war, in securing from Spain the out
ward semblance of a complete auton-
omistic regime. The result of the war,
the transfer of sovereignty to the Unit
ed States, acceptable as it was to all
classes generally, of course upset the
plans of many of the leading natives
who had ambitiously striven to rise to
eminence.
The correspondent here of the AS
ISOLATED Press had an interview with
Luis Munoz y Rivera, the president Of
the insular government under the au-
tonOmistic regime, in which he made
it plain hat the people of the island
would not take kindly to a system
which destroyed their individuality.
The American forces occupied the
towns of Carolina and CanovanOs on
October 5th and Caguas was taken
possession of by them the following
day.
1t is said thai by October 10th San
Juan de Porto Rico, Rio Piedras and
Bayamo will be the only places re-
naming in possession of the Span
iards.
1t is believed that the American COM
missioners are making a strong effort
to bring about the complexion Of the
transfer of the island to the United
States, experimenting that acts of vio-
lence may be committed by the is
landers if the formal delivery does
not take place soon.
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Cash quotations were as follows:
Flour steady; Minnesota hard patents
straights s3.e0G3.15: bakers s. essIa %.
soft straights s.. S0G3.00: soft bakers
$2.loG2.25; No. . spring wheat, seIfe
CSC; No. } spring wheat, 6oefe3c; No. .
red, 64c: No. > corn. 2aA G2s1c: No. .
oats. 2l% G22c; No. . white. al.
No. 3 white. 2ShI24i4c: mess pork. per
Dbl, s7.70GT.75; lard. per 100 lbs, $4,000
471.: short rribs sides. loose. $1,000
$50: dry sailed shoulders, boxed, 81. 50
G4.61Lc: short clear sides. boxed. $5.a5
95.$5; whiskey. distillers' finished
goods. s1.25.
New York. October s.-Fiour market
dull, but steady. Winter patents 81. 70Gp
1856.
Wheat-Spot firm: No. . red 13G7sbc.
Options opened dull and easy under
short selling. absence OF outside or
foreign interest and easier cables.
Later rallied on a demand from shorts
and renewal of European buying:
closed lsc higher TO &c lower. March
70Ac; May 6S&c; December closed at
69hc.
~Corn-Spot market steady: No. . 35Ts.
Options quiet and a little easier with
wheat, closing steady on covering, nj
partly &c off. May closed at $3.50. De-
cember 34Nc.
~Oats-Spot quiet; No. . &c. Options
dull and nominal.
Lard-Steady: western steamed $50.
October $5.05 nominal; refined dull.
Pork-Easy; mess SS.25GS.15; clear
$11. GOA IL. rs: family SO. 50ml3.0O.
Cotton Seed Oil-Steady; prime crude
11kG1Sc nominal; prime summer yell
low 21hG22c: butter grades 25m27c.
Eggs-Steady; state and P~ennsylva-
MIA lSG22c; western fresh l7ml7lsc.
Potatoes-Quiet: southern s0ca 81 90.
Petroleum-Strong refined New
York $40; Philadelphia and Baltimore
S705; do in bulk s4.55.
Rice-Firm; domestic fair TO extra,
4s05c; Japan SC.
Coffee-Options opened steady at S
points decline, ruled fairly active with
weak undertone. following European
and Brazilian decline. rallied partially
on covering, closed quiet, net 8 points
higher to 5 points lower: sales II, 900
bags. including November at $40:
December $500. Spot coffee-Rio quiet:
No. Z invoice SIC: No. Z jobbing 6Esc:
mild quiet; Cordova S615c.
Sugar-Raw steady; fair refining
3 1l-l6c bid; centrifugal. SO test. 4 3-lsc
bid; modasses sugar 3 7-l6c; refined
steady; graduated &c.
NAVAL STORES.
New York-Rosin steady: strained.
common to good, $l.30 Turpentine
firm at 32hM33c.
Charleston-Rosin quiet and un-
chang: nc sales.
Savannah-Spirits turpentine firm at
2912; sales 50; receipts 2.66s. Rosln
firm n unchanged; sales 639. receipts
2,668.
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Savannah, Ga, October Two for
easn vessels put into this port In dis
tress today and two American schoon-
ers arrived having sustained consider
able damage. All had encountered the
terrific West indian hurricane, which
swept the coast in this vicinity last
Sunday.
The German bark Nanny, Captain
Gewald. bound for Cadiz, was towed
to the city, leaking badly. She was
lowed into Tybee by the British steam
er Macedonia. On board was the crew
OF the American brig Robert Dillon.
which was taken of the vessel last
Tuesday after she had been on her
beamends for two days. off Port Roy
al. The steward of the Dillon was
washed overheard and drowned.
The Russian bark Vanadis, bound
from Plymouth for Darien. came INTO
port totally dismasted and was lowed
to the city tonight. She encountered
the storm of Tybee Sunday.
The schooner Isaiah Hart. Captain
Queen. from Norfolk. bound for Kings
ton. ia. with a cargo OF coal, managed
to reach port today. She was $50 miles
from Tybee Friday, September goth.
when struck by the hurricane. Her
ru~dderhead, main n mizzen sails are
gone n considerable damage vas
done.
The schooner Edward II. Black.
which arrived today from New York.
had lost mainsail and main gan.
Charleston, s. G.. October The
fishing smack Herbert brought I'm to-
day a Norwegian captain who had been
picked UP on Wednesday, sixty-ive
mi 8 from Charleston. The mariner
was drifting OF a piece of timber and
! said his vessel was wrecked SUNDAY
night. He was I'm sue a condition
that no particulars could be obtained
tonight. Neither his name or that Of
! his vessel are known as yet He will
probably recover.
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New York. October S.-Cottou dull.
middling S 7-1sc; net receipts 600; gross
receipts 2,s1s.
Total today: Net receipts so.s57: ex-
ports TO Great Britain 10. $50: TO the
continent 12.24o: stock 6S4.151.
Consolidated: Net receipts 6e.S1: ex-
ports to Great Britain 1880; TO he
continent 1880.
Total since September LIST: Net re-
ceipts LOST .sSs: exports to Great Brit
tain s5.sss: to France &1.1ss: TO h
continent 1.S.sss.
Spot cotton closed dull: miidiing up
lands 5 1-lsc: middling gulf 5 ii-isc;
sales none.
Futures closed steady. October SCI.
November 5.l. December Sc. January
$50. February SIS. March 5.4a April
a.4S. May 5.5i. June SIS. July $50. Au-
gust 5.se.
GRAIN AND PROVISION.
Chicago. October S.-The leading fu-
lures were as follows:
Open High. Low. Clos
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The President Leaves Washington

washington, October S.-PresIdent
and Mrs. Mckinley left here over the
Pennsylvania railroad at 1880 o'clock to
night for Canton, where they will at
tend the funeral of Mrs. McKinley's
brother, George Saxton, who was as
assinated last night. With them were
Miss Helen Mckinley, Mr.. and Mrs.
Bowman, Mrs. Barber and her son,
Mr.. John Barber, and Major Webb
Hayes. The party travelled in the pri-
vate car Campania, which was attach
ed to the real of the regular western
express.
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G. w. Haitcox in Statesville Mas
cot: I wish through your excellent pa
per to say to my friends and the pub
lie that I have severed my connection
with the republican party, from the
fact that that party believes in the
gold standard and I believe in the free
and unlimited coinage of silver and
white supremacy.
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Was the ball hat hit G.. p. Stead
man, OF Newark. Mich. In the Civil
Var. 1t caused horrible Ulcers that
no treatment helped for 20 years. Then
BCcklen's Arnica Salve cured him.
Cures Cuts. Bruises, Burns. Boils. Fell
ons, Corns, Skin Eruptions. Best Pile
cure on earth. Is cts. a box. Cure
guaranteed. Sold by X. r. Bellamy.
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Prices same day last year, 6Ac.
NAVAL STORES.
Spirits turpentine firm; machine
barrels soc; country barrels 29hc.
Rosin-Nothing doing.
al steady at $1.15.
Crude turpentine firm at S1.15 and
$40.
Prices same day last year-Spirits
turpentine 32Ac and 31Ac; rosin s1.15
and s1.20; tar, $1.35; crude turpentine
$1.50 and $500.
Receipts today-1 casks spirits tur-
pentine, AIS barrels rosin, 1873 barrels
tar, 81 barrels crude ~turpentine.
Receipts for same day last year-4
casks spirits turpentine, 521 barrels
rosin, 243 barrels tar, q barrels crude
~turpentine.
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
Peanuts-65c.
Rice-None offering as yet.
Corn-53 to SIC.
Corn meal-5Ohc.
Cow Peas-90c.
North Carolina Bacon-Hams, 10 to
lie; shoulders, 6k to &c; sides, s to
Shc.
Chickens-Firm; spring 10 to 1Sc;
hens, is to Csc; ROSTERS, Is to 22c.
Eggs-Slow at 13c.
Shingles-Per 1000 five inch, hearts
and saps, s1.5092.1O; six inch, $500
$50.
Timber at s3.oO'to $500 per 1000 feet.
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Little
Pimples Turn
to Cancer.

Cancer often results from an i'm
purity in the blood, inherited from
generations back. Few people are en-
tirely free from some faint in the blood,
and it is impossible to tell when it will
break out in the form of dreaded Can
Ger. What has appeared to be a mere
pimple Or scratch has developed into
the most malignant Cancer.
"I had q severe Cancer which was ct first
nnlv q few hlOtches. that I thought would
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Jackson, Miss. October six new
cases OF yellow fever developed in
Jackson today. three whites and three
negroes. There were no deaths and
none OF the cases are considered criti-
cal. One Of the new cases is Mr.. Ear
ly, telegraph operator at the Illinois
Central depot. Several cases of suspi-
cious illness are under surveillance. +.
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MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
N

New York, October S.-Money on call
nominally 2hG3 per cent; prime mer-
camille paper at 3h@4 per cent; ster-
ling exchange steady with actual bus
mess in bankers bills at A.84G4.S4A
for demand and at $4.S1A @4.S2 for six
ty days; posted rates at A.s2k and
$4.S5; commercial bills at s4.S0h; sill
yer certificates at 60q61A; bar silver
at COZ; Mexican dollars at Al; state
bonds steady; railroad bonds firm;
government bonds strong.
COTTON.
Liverpool, October ST. p. m.-Cot-
ton.-Spot quiet, prices l 32d lower;
American middling fair 3kd; good mid
ding 3 9-32d; middling 3 SGD; low
middling 2 15-16d; good ordinary
2 25-32d; ordinary 2 1920. The sales
of the day were 5000 bales, of which
500 were for SPECULATION and export
and included 1900 American; receipts
100 bales, all American. Futures open
ed steady with a moderate demand
and closed quiet at the decline.
American middling. low middiing
clause: October 3d63 lad sellers, Oc-
tober and November 3 3-64d value;
November and December 2 63-64d SELL
ers; December n January 2 62-640
2 63-64d sellers; January n February
2 62-64G2 63-64d buyers; February and
March 2 63-64G3d sellers; March and
April 3dG3 1-64d sellers; April and
May 3 lad buyers; May and June
3 2-64d sellers; jun and July 8 3-64d
sellers: July and August 3 3-e4G3 4-s4d
buyers; August and September 3 4-e4d
value.
PORT RECEIPTS.
Galveston-Steady at SC; net receipts
2 ,270.
Norfolk-Steady at SIC: net receipts
4,742.
Northumberland at sac.
Boston-Dull at 5 7-1sc; net receipts
142; gross receipts 1,211.
Wilmington-Firm at sc; net re-
ceipts 4.210.
Philadelphia-Quiet at 5 Lice; net
receipts 6S5.
savannah-Quiet at 4 13-Isc; net re-
ceipts 1856.
New Orleans-Steady at sc: net re-
ceipts 1922; gross receipts s,100.
Mobile-Quiet at 4Ac; net receipts
3.2ls.
Memphis-Steady at sc: net receipt.
5,451; gross receipts 5,492.
Alphabetically at s Lie; net re
ceipts 3,27S.
charleston-Steady at 4 12-1se: ne
receipts 4,S01.
Cincinnati-ouiet at &C; net re
ceipts 723. -
Louisville-Quiet at 5 I-1sc.~
st. Louis-Steady at &c; net receipt
1.0S9; gross receipts a,s44.
Houston-Quiet at sc: net receipt
! e0,742.
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General Brooke.s Sanitary Report

Washington, October 8.-General
Brooke, in a telegram to the war de-
partment tonight gave the number of
deaths among the American troops at
Porto Rico for the past four days at
seven. 1s.-i-xaA1 4xa
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isfactory experience"
Dr.. Miles Remedies
are sold by ali drug
gists under a positive
guarantee, first hoctle
benefits O. money re
funded. Boc, On dis
eases OF thc heart and
nerves f-2a. Address.
DR.. N.fnE.@
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WILMINGTON MARKETS.

Wilmington, n. c., October s.
Receipts of cotton today-,210 bales.
Receipts same day last year-3,09o
bales.
This seasons receipts to date-69. 500
bales.
Receipts to same date last year-sS,-
766 bales.
The quotations posted at 4 o'clock
today at the exchange:
Cotton firm.
Ordinary .............. ......... . 9-16
Good ordinary ................ 3 1915
Low middling 4 9-16
Middling ............. ........... S
Good middling ................. 81
D,;onc ~, loy last uaar cha
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soon pass away. l was
treated by several able
physicians. but in spite
of their efforts the Can
Ger spread until my con-
dition became alarming.
After many months OF
treatment and growing
steadily worse, / de-
CT to try S. S. S.
which was SO strongly
The first
bottle produced an i'm
proyement. 1 continued
the medicine, n i n
four months the last lit
tie scat dropped of.
Ten years have elapsed
s->nr1 I4- raS~r o1 -
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3uU uOC 8 SISU OF tUG UlSedSt mas ttUILeU
r. F. WILLIAMS,
Gillsburg, Miss.
It is dangerous to experiment. with
Cancer. The disease is beyond the skill
of physicians. s. S. S. is the only cure.
because it is the only remedy which
goes deep enough to reach Cancer.
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THE WAR NOT OVER.
Further Fighting With the Hostile Indians
May OCCUR at Any Time.
WAR DEPARTMENT WALKED UP

By a Spicy Telegram From the Governor of MinnesOta..The Telegram
Submitted to the President and Troops Ordered t. the Place of
Danger-One Thousand Men Necessary to Completely
Subdue the Indans.-The People Still Alarmed.
General Bacons Report OF His Action
With the Indians.
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Blood

(Swift's Speciic) is the only blood
remedy guaranteed Purely. Vegetable.
All others contain potash n mer-
curry, the most dangerous of minerals.
Books on Cancer and blood diseases
mailed free by Swift Specific Company,
Atlanta, Georgia.
The San Francisco call., 1898-01-16

and Petruchio," knowing that West End audiences had had no chance of seeing Miss Ada Rehan and being desfrous of making his production as artistically notable as possible, MT. Tree invited the charming American actress to appear with him at Her Majesty's. The terms have not been hitherto divulged, but believe I am betraying no confidence in saying that Miss Rehan was offered a salary of e100 a week for play lasting some fifty minutes.
 His offer was declined, ostensibly on the ground that other arrangements had been entered into which would preclude MISS Rehan from appearing in London after the conclusion of her engagement at lsl1ngton. To the ordinary unobser- want playgoer the attitude of MT Tree would suggest chvalry and an unselfish love or artistic excellence; but how false that conclusion would be is seen from Mir Daly's expression of opinion, reserved until he is once more in America
 T could not have considered it pos siole, says Mir. Daly, that Mir Tree would send me such an unmanagerial. coollyinsulting proposition as to separate Miss Rehan from her companions and ask her to descend to play in an emascu- lated version of Shakespeare's play. af- ter she had established her renown in the production in which she is dintin- guished.'
 It is indeed news that an offer to star at the finest theater in London at a very remunerative salary. and backed by a singularly efficient company, is to be construed into 'coolly insulting propo- Sition.''
 When Sir Henry Irving placed the Lyceum, with himself, Miss Terry and the whole resources of the theater at the command of Edwin Booth after the lat ter had failed at the Princess with his own company, we all applauded-and rightly so-the generosity of the pro- ceeding.
 Must we then be instructed on these matters by a gentleman whose principle. Tn William Archers words, is that
 shakespeare may think himself lucky 1T he gets his words spoken at all, and must not be too particular as to who happens to speak them"; who tackled or the epilogue from Henry VIII' to 'sThe TWO Gentlemen of Verona; who threat ened us with a production of the two parts of Henry w. jumbled into one: and whose version of 'The School for Scandal was bowdlerised to the point of the ridiculous.
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perhaps for this season that Brian Boru" was, of the two operas, the bet ter liked by the public of New York At all events 1t was the success of last season, and we may thank the Tivoli's enterprise for the chance of hearing it.
 This is the authors argument:
 The action of the first act takes place in the Wicklow hills. at the beginning of the eleventh century. The Fairy Queen the Spirit of Ireland, with her train meet at midnight and summon Brian BOru and Pat O'Hara, his henchman. They warn the former of his fate. and point out to him how to reach the throne of Ireiand To the latter they give magic fiddle and show him how to save his master in the hour of need. Brian is beloved by Erina the sister of OConnOr, one of his most loyal chiefs. The English Princess. FL frida. tries to win him by her wiles, and the plots of her scheming factotum the monk, Oswald. O'DonoVan his foster brother, is also desirous of securing the throne of Ireland. The first act ends with Brian accepting the flag of Ireland and taking oath to set his dear country free
 The second act takes Us to the English headquarters in Dublin Castle All is registering and feasting. The English set q trap to imprison Brian. but O'Hara plays his magic fiddle, all are entranced to dance. during which Brian escapes.
 The first scene of the third act is in the forest near Dublin. Here the true-hearted
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models and costume plates. Arthur Donaldson has been brought out from the East to play the title role, and Thomas c. Leary will appear as O'Hara, in which part he was promi- nently identified with the success of the piece on the road last season.
 As told before, the score is hardly as ambitious as that of "Shamus." al- though it is written heavily and in the modern mode. A peculiar feature of the music is the number of quotations from well-known songs and operas that are employed in the orchestra tion. The vocal music Is more directly melodic than that of "Shamus"-it was
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of instruments. You don't really suppose anybody cares about looking at the front elevation of a trombone do you? Or at the man at the other end of it, either. And besides the esthetic side of it there Is a good practical reason why we should keep our hats on. The Tivoli is not warmed for the symphony concerts, and the dressing rooms are not lighted. Are we to take off our hats at the risk of getting bad colds? And, having taken them off, how are we going to get them on again?
 I had not, I admit, considered man and his trombone from "A Symphony Subscribers" point of view, but the cold Tivoli struck us all hard last Thursday afternoon. I wished that fussy old gentlemen might wear their hats, too. The symphony management
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"NNNS Iohu Tloii' who loves her de- votedly, but, true to his duty, refuses to interfere. Through a train of Nor osco circumstances the prisoner es- cape5. to bring death and disaster to the Yankee camp. The hero's life is spared only on condition that during the fathers life he and the heroine shall neither see nor communicate with one another. The gallant captain becomes blind during the war, and five years later, miserable and mortgaged is discovered by the heroine. Her father, now being dead. she Is honora- bly, able to devote heart and fortune to the comfort of what Is left of the hero. All the Morosco favorites are in the cast. and as the play offers some big scenic opportunities a characteristic performance may be looked for.
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and the people who attend them, and I judge you to be a fussy old gentleman with no particular love for my sex. For one of those who go to the symphony concerts, not because "they think it is the nice thing to go," but because they find delight in good music. and who do hap pen to know "the difference between Schumann and Sousa." Now, you have criticized. in your sarcastic style, the women who have kept on their hats at these concerts. Will you kindly explain why they should take them off? The high hat ordinance was enforced to give all persons an equal view of the stage. What A lot of men in modern clothes and a lot
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Mile. Dlko.

and duets on a variety of musical in- struments; Carter de Haven, the diminutive comedian, who has recently made such a success in the East. Mas ter de Haven is but ten years of age, but is said to take rank as an artist rather than as a boy prodigy.
 The novelty of the bill is Professor Gallando, clay modeler, who is said to excel anything of the kind that has yet appeared at the Orpheum. Knight Aston, a tenor robusto, has been imported from Australia by Gustav Walter for the Orpheum circuit and tour of the East. The boys Hungarian military band, which recently played such a success ful engagements at the Orpheum, have been brought back for farewell week, when they will leave for the East en route to Europe. The hold-overs in- clude Patrice, supported by Ali Hamp- ton, and J. F. Whitbeck. Barney and Russell and Paulo and Dika
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BY ASHTON STEVENS.

Dan Mason must not be included in the general background of "The Man From Mexico" An actor who can be funny through 8 German dialect in this end of the century is preposterously clever.
 What I hope will stand without a ri val as the worst record of 1898 is Nellie McHenry's vaudeville farce, "A Night in New York" which is now playing at the California. It ought to be in a tent for men only.
 This is to me from "A Symphony Subscriber:
 I have been reading your remarks in