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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-28
LAFAYETTE COMMISSION.

Archbishop Ireland and Edward
Everett Hale Appointed ON IL.
Chicago, Aug. 2s.-The Times Herald to-
day says: Archbishop Ireland was yes
terday appointed a member Of the Lafay-
cite Memorial Commission to the Paris
exposition by Commissioner General Peck
MI Edward Everett Hale of Boston
mission"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-28
FISH AND OYSTER COMBINE.
A Gigantic Combination to Control
the business.

st. Louis, Mo, Aug. 27.-The Republic
viii say tomorrow: Arrangements have
been completed for the formation of gi-
gantic combination. with millions of dol
lars of capital, for the purpose of CON
trolling the fresh fish and oyster business
of the United States and Canada. The
combination was effected in London by the
organization of a stock company with a
capacity OF S5O00,00O, of which 1880 900 will
be per cent, non-cumulative preferred,
and the balance IN ordinary shares of com
mon stock.
The combine has been negotiating for
several weeks TO secure some of the lead
ing fish and oyster houses in ST. Louis.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-28
want Fitz and shnrIsey to Fight.

San Francisco, Aug. 27.-The National
Athletic Club of this city has made an Of
fer for a 20-round contest between Bob
Fitzsmmons and Tom Sharkey to take
place in December. The inducement is a
purse of Sl7 co.,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-28
steamer mmInt Uavnnn

Havana, Aug. q, evening. The steamer
Comal arrived here this morning. She
carries million rations. The steamer
Macedonla with a general cargo also ar
rived to-day.
The exports from Havana yesterday
were 81 boles Of tobacco ana 2.O9O,Oe9 q
gara.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-28
MOTHER AND SISTERS INSANE.
Death From Starvation of Okey T..
Eddy Causes the Awful Result.

Marietta, o., Aug. 27.-The mother and
two sisters of Okey p. Eddy of the Eighth
Ohio, who, it is reported, died of starva-
ton on a transport while coming home
from Cuba, have been made insane over
horror and grief at the death of the young
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-28
STEAMER HOPE AT ST.. JOHNS.
She Reaches There From Her Trip
to Greenland.

ST. Johns, N. F.. Aug. 27.-The steamer
Hope arrived here last night from her trip
to Greenland, whittier she carried the
Peary exploring expedition
Al Foulke Ford, the Hope parted with
Lieut.. Peary, and sailed south on the 18th
inst, the Windward leaving at the same
time for Sheard Osborne Fjord, where
Peary will make his headquarters during
the winter
Besides sixty walrus, sixty dogs and ten
Esquimau men and women were taken
north.
Capt. Bartlett reports all we'll.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-28

A new terror IS in store Tor travellers
in tropical Africa, says the London cor
respondent of the Birmingham Post, II
DR.. Oscar Raumann is correct in his as
sertion that the domestic flea, which was
at first known only on the West Coast
of Africa, has spread across the conu-
nent and has just made its appearance az
Zanziosr In 1886 DR. Baumann, who IS
an eminent German explorer, came cross
the torment on the Lower Congo and az
Stanley Pool, but 1t was then unknown
on the upper river In 1892, on his ar
rival at Lake Victoria, he found the spe-
cies In such force on the west shores OF
tho lake that several villages had been
deserted owing to It's ravages among tho
Inhabitants. Dr. Baumann believes that
Mr. Stanley's expedition probably brought
the insect into the Victoria region ana
caravans carried ~ thence to Tanganhka'
whence q spread 10 the east coast OF Az
rica, taking the town OF Bagamoyo "
storm, and nnally capturing Zanzibar
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-28
AFTER TWENTY YEARS.
A Father Meets His Daughter,
Waitress at Hot Springs.

Waitress at Hot Springs.
Hot Springs, Ark, Aug. CASA Hughes.
wealthy retired broker of New York.
while passing through the Arlington Ho-
tel dining hall, discovered his own daugh-
ter who had been lost to him for twenty
years.
Hughes wife deserted him years ago
taking with her their only child a littIe
girl
The wife deserted the baby in Chicago
ana 1t was reared by strangers. She was
employed as a waitress In the Arlington
when accidentally discovered by her
wealthy father.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-28
Postmaster Apnointed.

Washington, Aug. 27-The President
has appointed George II. Tilley postmas-
ter at Berkely, Nd
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-28
SUICIDE OF FRAU OANNEBERG.

She Could Get No News From Her
Son, an American Soldier.
Berlin, Aug. 27.-Frau Danneberg a tai
ented portrait painter has committed sui
eide because ii is alleged she could get
no news Of her son, who fought with the
American army in Cuba.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-08-28

Mrs. smith-"Are you sorry YOU ever
learned TO play poker" Nr, Smith (who
has just lost AftD-"I never learned"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14
LATER.


Five powder mills of the Dupont
powder company near Wilmington,
Del, exploded. Robert M. Henry, John
Moore, John Wright and another man
named Stewart were killed. Several
others were badly burned.
Texas was blizzard swept the 9th.
All kinds of weather, rain, hail, sleet
snow and a driving wind have pre-,
vailed. The snow fall in Texas and
the Pan handle district was heavy and
traffic was delayed or stopped. Four
teen inches of snow are reported from
some places in the Pan Handle, while
In northern, eastern, central and
southern Texas the fall is about four
inches.
Jordan Webb, colored, who commit
ed criminal assault upon Mrs. Lucy
Bowden, an aged lady, in September
last was hanged at CORTLAND, W. Va.
He admitted his guilt just before his
execution.
Until further notice Gen. Davis will
exercise the functions of military gov.
ernor of the province of Pinar del Rio.
now completely evacuated. The oath
allegiance will be administered to the
mayors of the towns and other civic
officials. The existing authorities are
to be continued with notifications tC
suit future conditions Gen. Davis has
had conference with Gen. Wade, who
acquainted him in part with the in
structions the latter had received from
Washington.
The U. S. treasury the 9th had a gold
reserve of 1924, 529, 1877.
The navy department has received a
cablegram from Admiral Dewey sum
marizing the existing conditions at
Manila and such points in the Philip.
pines as have been visited by his Off
GERS. Advices also have been received
from Gen. Otis, the commandant Oh
the United States military forces in
the islands, and they both go to show
a better feeling.
The meeting of the Canadian joint
high commission at the Arlington,
Washington, D. c., was followed by
quite a long session of the Canadian
commissioners at their own quarters.
1t is now stated that owing to the un-
settled condition of the commission's
work it is impossible to say positively
whether or not the commission will
adjourn for the holidays.
Advices from the Transvaal country,
indicate that the Boer campaign
against the Magatos tribe is failure.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14
IT IS DONE.
The Peace Treaty with Spain is Completed
and Signed.

The Peace Treaty with Spain is Completed
and Signed.
Paris, Dec. 1.-THE treaty of peace
was signed at S:45 last evening. The
document was prepared by Secretary
Moore on behalf of the American com
mission and by Seuor Villa Rutia for
Spain, on account of the continued i'll
ness of Secretary Ojeda, of the Spanish
commission. Each copy contains the
English and Spanish texts of the treaty
in parallel columns. The wording had
been approved previously by the com
missions without joint meeting, SO
there was no controversy on this SUBJ
ject.
1t was 7:3O when Clerk Martin, of the
American commission, came into the
chamber with the document, where he
found the commissioners waiting, the
Spanish copy having arrived a halt
hour earlier. Mr.. Arthur Ferguson
then proceeded to read first the Eng
lish and after that the Spanish version
of the treaty.
This finished, two copies were passed
around the the table, the commission
ers signing them in the order of their
rank: William r. Day, Senator Cush.
man K Davis, Senator William p.
Frye, Whitelaw Reid and Senator
George Gray; Senior Montero Rios,
Senior Abarzuza, Senior Garnica, Senior
Villaurutia and Gen. Cerero y Saons
each commission signing its opponents
treaty. Both were tied with the Span
ish and American colors.
Where the seals were prepared to be
affixed, the attendants were sent sour.
rying for ribbons of the French tri
color, with which the documents were
sealed as a compliment to the French
hosts of the-commission.
Many officials interestedly watched
every detail of the proceeding.
The last seal being impressed, the
commissioners rose and without form
atty, each member shook the hands
of all of his antagonists and exchang.
ed assurances of sincere personal es
TEEN.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14
HOW IT WAS SPENT.
Detailed Statement of the Disposition
of the Emergency De-
tense Fund.

Washington, Dec. S.-The manner in
which all war funds were spent is told
in detail for the first time in letters
sent from all the departments and bu-
reaus to the house committee on appro-
priations and made public as part of the
report on the urgent deficiency bill.
OF the emergency national defense fund
of $50, 100000. the navy department got the
largest amount. viz, $29.973.27 OF this
the department proper spent $17.7O6,So4.
mainly in buying ships; bureau of yards
and docks, s1,05S, $50; equipment. 81 ,29O, SS3;
navigation, $124.OGJ; ordnance, S.912.OS4:
construction and repair. sl.1l5,3l5; steam
engineering, $430,613; supplies and accounts,
s2ll 1884, medicine and surgery, $4,000;
marine corps, $1O6,629.
The navy has balance of 5000 of this
emergency fund.
The war department expenditures, of the
emergency fund amount to S13,95l,SO as
follows: Office Of secretary Of war, S116,-
2O6 ordnance bureau, %,797O36; engineer
bureau, SIS. 339 1871; quartermaster's bureau,
81, 1856, $50; medical bureau. S1,2S3,G93; pay
masters bureau, s136,944; chief signal Of
ficer $23S, $50; lighthouse board, $6S,S66
Secretary Hay states in letter to the
committee that the state department re-
ceived $685., 900 in five allotments from the
emergency fund. OF this amount the sum
of 100000 has been transferred to the bank
erS for this department at LONDON, Eng
land, for the use of the peace commission
at Paris, and $4,000 was advanced to the
disbursing officer for the commission prior
to their departure for Paris. The amount
disbursed by the department. including
drafts Of amba ssadors, ministers and con-
suls, also for transportation of consular Of
ficers, Cuban refugees and others from
Cuba cablegrams, ETC.. was $4S,276
Assistant Secretary Spaulding writes con-
corning the treasury's expenditures of the
emergency fund:
'Allotments Of $4,000 for investigating
the administration of civil affairs in Porto
Rico have been made to the department,
all of which will probably be expended.
An allotment of $4,000 for expenses OF
commission of inquiry into the conduct of
the war has also been made to the treas
ury department, of which $4,000 have been
advanced to the disbursing agent of the
commission. How much more will be re-
quired the department is unable at this
time to state"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14
His Action Approved.

London, Dec. 10.-The Madrid CORE
spondent of the Standard says: Senior
Montero Rios acted under instructions
from the government when he declined
to accede to the American demands
concerning the Carolines, and init
mated desire to close the negotiations.
Both the government and the press APP
prove his action and protest against the
conduct of the United States. Every
body in Spain is pleased that the nego-
tiations are ended, because all had been
apprehensive that fresh pretensions on
the part of the United States would
be sprung upon the Spanish peace COM
missioners at every sitting.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14
WAR NEWS.

The joint peace commission had a
four hours sitting in Paris. when the
first eight articles of the treaty were
discussed and finally adopted. These
deal with amity, commerce and naviga-
ton.
Aguinaldo, the Philippine insurgent
leader, has renowned the Catholic re-
igion and is prosecuting the friars.
Gen. Brooke. the American military
commander in San Juan. Porto Rico.
accompanied by the members of his
staff sailed for the United States.
The 1900 troops which are camped
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee.
Gov. Wood reports that matters of
every kind in Santiago are adjusting
themselves to the new conditions; that
people are returning to their homes and
to work; that business is recovering:
that churches and schools are opening,
and everybody looks to better and hap
pier days.
The cruiser Buffalo left the anchor
age off Tompkinsville for Manila. car
rying 700 men for Admiral Dewey's
fleet
The United States transport Newport
bearing Gen. Miller and staff and sew
cral regiments. has reached Manila.
The United States cruiser New York
arrived at Havana.
Assistant Naval Constructor Hobson
will go to Manila to superiutend the
raising of the sunken war vessels.
pension of $50 per month has been
granted to Mrs. Harriet Vincent Grid
ley. widow of Capt. Charles Vernon
Gridley, who commanded the flagship
Olympia in the battle of Manila bay.
A great improvement in the health
of the troops in Cuba and Porto Rico is
shown by health reports to the war &c
partment from the commanding Of
ficers.
The United States and the Spanish
peace commissioners in Paris settled
the terms of the treaty of peace, and
the signing of the document will con-
clude the work.
The steamer Roumania sailed from
Savannah. Ga. carrying the entire First
regiment of North Carolina to serve as
part of the garrison of Havana.
The war department is placing guns
along the coast from Maine to Florida
1t is said that Japan has offered this
government $200.0O0,OO0 for the Phil
ippine islands.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14
ATTORNEY GENERAL GRIGGs.
Tells of the Work of Department of
Justice in His Annual
Report.

Washington, Dec. 8.-Attorney-Gen
eral Griggs Wednesday submitted to
congress his annual report of the oper-
ations Of his department.
1.-THE war revenue act" he says, has
been especially productive of doubtful
questions. and many instances of advice
and direction to the commissioner of in
ternal revenue relative to different fea lures
of that statute will be found in the report
Of that officer. The attention of congress
is respectfully called to them in order that,
if it be deemed necessary or advisable. con-
gress may correct any defects or inequali-
ties in the law which the interpretations of
the department of justice have made.
Very soon after the outbreak of the war
with Spain the department was called upon
to take charge Of legal proceedings for
the condemnation of vessels and cargoes
captured by the navy as prizes and brought
into our ports for adjudication. AS early
as April o. two Spanish vessels-the Buena
Ventura and the Pedro-were SO taken,
and thereafter similar captures were made
by our warships during the progress of the
war until total of Sc vessels were brought
into various ports and labeled as prizes.
OF this number 80 were taken to Key West,
within the Jurisdiction Of the southern dis
trict OF Florida, four were taken to Charles
ton, one to Savannah, and one to New
York. All but eight of the so cases brought
in the Florida district have been heard
and decided, those still undecided being
those captured during the later stages of
the war.
THE attention of congress is called to
the necessity Of providing more complete
and adequate form of government for
Alaska The efforts to administer justice
and maintain order in the territory. with
the large accessions Of population that
have recently gone into that region, re-
stricted by the very limited machinery
provided for Alaska in it's original sparsely-
populated condition, are attended with
great difficulty and embarrassment. The
power of congress to provide a form of
government adapted to the peculiar condi-
tons of this territory is undoubted. The
machinery of justice is entirely inadequate.
There should be an increase in the num-
Der of judges the number of United Sta ties
commissioners and United States district
attorneys. The powers Of the United
States commissioners in that territory
should be increased, so as to nable them
to hear and conclude minor cases of both
civil and criminal nature, with right of APP
peal to the territorial district court Much
complaint arises from the operat ton of the
fee system in connection with the Office
of United States commissioner. 1 recon-
mend that change in the method of COM
pensating these officers be made, so that
their compensation shall be paid entirely
by fixed salary. and all fees covered into
the treasury.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14
Happenings of the Past Seven
Days in Brief.
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
Casualties and Fires, Personal and PO-
litical Notes, Business Failures and
Assumptions, Weather Record.
INTELLIGENCE FROM ALL PARTS
CONGRESSIONAL.

The closing session of the Fifty-fifth con-
greSs began in Washington on the 9Th.
Vice-President Hobart called the senate to
order, 81 members being present. After
listening to the reading of the president s
message an adjournment was taken for the
day. In the house Speaker Reed was in
the chair and 267 members were present.
After the presidents message was read
Gen. Wheeler (Ala) introduced resolution
providing that the thanks of congress be
rendered Miss Helen M. Gould, of New
York, in recognition of her patriotic devo-
ton and bounteous benevolence to the SOL
diers of the army of the United States dur
ing the war with Spain. An adjournment
was then taken.
Senator Vest introduced joint resolu-
ton in the senate on the 9Th against the ac-
Quiring of territory to be held and gov
erned permanently as colonies. Petitions
were presented for reviving the grades of
admiral and vice admiral and recognition
of Rear Admiral Dewey.....In the house the
urgent deficiency appropriation bill $685.
$50, 1899 was reported The report of the
Hawaiian commission was referred to the
committee on territories, together with a
bill offered by Mr.. Hit to carry out the
recommendations of the commission.
The senate on the 7th confirmed the ap-
pointment of John Hay as secretary of
state. The deaths of Representatives
sippi, were announced and the senate adj
formed as a mark of respect to their mem
cries. In the house the anti-ticket rail-
way scalping bill was passed and bill was
introduced increasing the regular army to
approximately 100000 men.
A bill was introduced in the senate on the
Sth by Senator Vest for joint inquiry into
war scandals and also a bill opposing the
appointment of senators on presidential
commissions. Senator Mitchell introduced
a bill amending the existing law in regard
to volunteer soldiers homes so as to admit
volunteer soldiers who were disabled by the
war with Spain. The nomination of AS
sistant Naval Constructor Richmond p.
Hobson to be a naval constructor was re-
ceived from the president. Twenty-six pen
sion bills were passed. Adjourned to the
18th. In the house the urgent deficiency
BILL to provide for the support of the mill
tary and naval establishments, was passed.
Adjourned to the 18th.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14
nr,,,,h Troop. Mnssncred.

London, Dec. THE British foreign
office has received news that Lieuts.
Heating and Gale and IL native sol
diers were massacred in October last
while parleying with tribesmen of the
Niger territory between Jobba and llo.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14
Personal AND POLITICAL.

Ex-Congressman William 81. Robert
SOC died at his home in Katonah, N. Y,
from paralysis, aged 10 years,
r. B. T. Pierce, general manager of
the Indiana, Decatur & Western rail-
road, died suddenly in Indianapolis. He
was an ex-member of congress.
DR.. Joseph Wright. aged 100 years.
died at his home near Austin, Tex.
William Mcmillan. the defeated re-
publican nominee for governor of Ne
vnda. will contest the election of Rein
hold Sadler, fusionist.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14
Slain mt Church.

Missouri City, Mo-, Dec. 9.-What will
undoubtedly prove to be double muir
der was committed Thursday night in
a country church two miles out from
Missouri City. Miss Della Cleverger
was shot down, MORALLY wounded, and
her escort 10 the meeting house, George
Allen, was instantly killed. The MUIR
derer was Ernest Clevenger. cousin to
the young woman who was one of rs
victims.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14
MARKETS..
MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi.

MInneapOES, M1nn., Dec. III.
Wheat-No. 1 northern, 63@64c;
No. 2 northern, 6O@61c; May, 63a4c.
Oats-No. 3, white, 22@23c.
Corn-No. 3, CSC.
Cattle-Steers, s.. 2O@3.50 cows, $2.7O.
Hogs-$3. 20@3.4O.
Sheep-Muttons, $3.1O@4.25; lambs,
$5.25.
Butter-Creamery, extras 22@2S19c;
creamery, first 20@21c; dairy, fancy,
10000.
Poultry-Turl<eys, 7@s; spring
chickens, 7@Sc.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14
Fire Causes Heavy Loss.

Los Angeles, CAL, Dec. S.-1The care
less handling of a lighted match by an
employe of the Standard Oil company
caused fire Wednesday afternoon in
the company's works, located On the
river bank in East Los Angeles, which
completely destroyed the company's
property, resulting in loss of about
800 900, with no insurance.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14
FOREIGN.

Three heavy earthquakes were felt
along the southern coast of Santiago
de Cuba.
While en- route from Boston to Lon
don the steamer Londonian was lost at
sea and Capt. Lee and "a of the crew
persisted.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14
DOMESTIC.

Simonson, Whiteson & Co., owners Of
the largest department store in Louis
willie. KY, failed for $150,000.
A snowstorm which swept over De-
1roit. Mich. and vicinity was the worst
experienced in IL years. and caused an
immense amount of damage
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1898-12-14

The official count for governor of
Souht Dakota shows: Lee (fusion) 81
319; Phillips (rep.). 36.949; Lewis
(pro.). sol.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-09-26
PORTER AT CIENFCEGOS.
assures ubaus That the United State
Will Not Grab the Island.

Assures Cubans That the United States
Will Not Grab the Island.
HAVANA, Sept. 26.-Mr. Robert P.
Porter was given a banquet by the
leading club of Clenfueeos while in
that city. Mr.. Porter made a speech
at the banquet in the course of which
he said that his mission to tie island
was purely that of studying the riches
and u of the country and the
best mean Of developin, the same and
every branch Of industry and com
merce; that he hoped he would find
the Cubans ready to help him to sue.
coed in his mission. He expressed
himself as strongly IN favor Of the
Free Importation of Cattle,
both for agricultural work and for on.
sumption, and also for free importa.
ton Of all material and implements
for agriculture and manufacture. He
dweit upon the necessity for co-opera.
ton to help carry out the plans of
the United States for the prosperity
Of the island, and said it was we'll
known annexation was no part of the
United States programme in Cuba, bu,
if annexation should be treated on
eventually the movement would eman.
ate from Cuba herself by her asking
the United States for annexation.