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AGE REQUIREMENT.
It is Increased for Apprentices Adj
mitted to the Naval Service.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-Acting on
the recommendation of Captain Dick
ems, Secretary. Long has increased the
age requirement in the case of ap-
prentices admitted to the naval SER
vice from Ia to 10 years
Captain Dickens found that the re-
ports of the commanding officers Of
vessels and from the Superintendents
of the training stations that the aver
age boy of IA years was not sufficient
ly developed physically to receive the
training of an apprentice properly.
Most of the boys were under 100
pounds weight, and not strong enough
to pull an oar in heavy weather and
to go out on the yard arm.
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The Gar to His Uncle.

ST. PETERSBURG, Nov. 2O.-Em-
peror Nicholas has addressed a most
fattering rescript to his great uncle,
the Imperial Grand Duke Michael,
President of the Council of the Empire
and Chief of the Second Brigade of
Artillery of the Imperial Guard, ON
the occasion of the Grand Dukes mil
itary jubilee.
His majesty soeaks of his s'un-
bounded esteem and love-" and orders
that the same honors be rendered the
Grand Duke as under the regulations
are accorded to the Car himself.
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to cooperate with Naval Constructor
Hobson-
MADE FALSE RETURNS.
An Illinois Captain Who Was Too
Good to His Men.

CHICAGO, Nov. 20.-Captain A L.
Bolt of Company G, First Illinois Reg
iment, has been arrested on charges
of attempting to defraud the United
States Government and making false
returns.
The accusations were made in a re-
port which Captain r. P. p. Vain
wright, u. S. A., mastering officer, for
warded to Washington. In the pre-
liminary examination before the mus
tering out of the regiment it is claimed
Captain Bolt, in his zeal to obtain PEN
sions for his men, made statements re-
garding their health and injuries re-
ceived in the trenches at Santiago,
which were fatty contradicted by the
men in their answers to the mastering
out officers.
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Changed Time for Fast Train.

DENVER, Nov. 2O.-yA change was
made to-day in the schedule of the
Chicago special of the Burlington
route. The train has heretofore left
Denver in the morning, arriving at
Chicago the following afternoon. 1t
now leaves Denver at 1:4O p. M, ar
irving at Omaha early the next morn
ing, and at Chicago at 8:15 p. m. The
train runs 1,24S miles in 2911a hours,
an average speed of thir-
ty-Six miles an hour.
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JOINT COMMISSION.
1t Will Investigate the Postofice at
Chicago.

CHICAGO, Nov. 20.-Four United
States Senators and four Representa-
tives, composing the joint Congression-
al Commission authorized by Congress
at its last session, will meet here to-
morrow to begin an investigation into
the receipts and expenditures of the
Postoffice Department in this city and
vicinity.
The commission is made up of Sen
ators Wolcott of Colorado; Allison of
Iowa Chandler of New Hampshire and
Faulkner of West Virginia, and Rep
resentatives Loud Of California, Moo
dy of Massachusetts,, Catchings OF
Mississippi and Fleming of Georgia
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PARIS, Nov. 20-The Spanish Peace
Commissioners have been notified that
the United States Commissioners will
be ready to treat with them in joint
session tomorrow afternoon. Unless
the Spaniards have an adequate rea-
son for further delay, the two commits
sions will join in the most important
meeting thus far held The American
Commissioners, in written commune
cation, will declare that the third arti-
Gle of the protocol regarding the Phil
1ppines is capable of only one fair con-
Struction; that no reason is needed to
lucidate its terms, and that the United
states cannot admit any other Power
to argue her purely as a lexicologist.
They will maintain that the two COM
missions are charged to determine
whether Spain or the United States
shall in the future own the Philip
pines. This will be accompanied by
the clear declaration that the United
States will possess the Philippines.
Following this determination the
American Commissioners will lay be-
fore the Spanish two alternatives:
First - To accept sum of money
from the United States, and to cede
and evacuate the Philippines.
Second-To lose the Philippines to
the United States by conquest. with
the possibilities of other territorial
losses to indemnify the United States
for the added expense of conquest.
This communication may not be
formally designated rs an ultimatum,
but it will lack naught of the conclu-
siveness indicated by that word This
will be so plain that the Spanish Com
missioners will scarcely haggle for
money on the first alternative, nor
cherish any doubt of American action
on the second, should the first be de-
clined
None here except the American
Commissioners know how much will
be rendered Spain as the cheapest and
most humane way of settling the diff
Guilty She is exceedingly anxious to
escape the Philippine debt, and posi-
bly, the sum to be offered may be de-
termined by an analysis of that debt,
which consists of S40.O00090 in bonds.
on which she realized $36.0Q0O00. OF
the latter amount she is believed to
have expended some S100OO.O00 or
S11000.000 in fighting the United
States, and part in attempting to
quell the Philippine insurgents. A rea-
sonable guess at the sum for tender
would be S20O00.000, although it may
fall below that
The Cuban question may come up
again tomorrow. The American Com
mission had thought the discussion on
that point finished. but the Spanish
Commissioners are reported to have
declared last week that the mortgages
imposed by Spain on the Cuban, as
well as on the Philippine revenues,
must not be impaired or questioned.
This would compel the American Com
missioners soon-and probably to-mor-
row-to demand whether Spain means
to repudiate the plain compact of the
protocol to relinquish sovereignty over
and title to Cuba
Three weeks ago the Spanish Com
missioners accepted the Cuban article
in the protocol without conditions. save
it's embodiment in the treaty should
depend on only an agreement here on
all the articles of the protocol Re-
Gently. however. Spanish representa-
tives have said that the Cuban matter
had only been temporarily passed and
was still in allegiance.
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RIGoR MODIFIED.
Dreyfus Will be Allowed More
Privileges Than Heretofore.

PARIS, Nov. 2O.-The Government,
according to the Temps" has ordered
q modification of the prison treatment
Of former Captain Dreyfus.
Dreyfus is to be allowed to prone
made and exercise six hours a day over
an area Of eight acres.
1t is still unknown whether Dreyfus
Will be brought back and the most con-
fiicting statements are current.
Comte Esterhazy's ''L'Affaire Drey-
fus" is believed to be an attempt to
throw mystery on the Esterhazy case.
rather than enlighten the Dreyfus af-
fair.
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Eight Persons Injured.

ALTON Qll.), Nov. 20-Eight persons
were injured in wreck on the Big
Four Railroad shortly after O'Clock
tonight. The train was a special and
was derailed by COW at the Wood
River bridge, three miles east of Alton.
Miss Louise Ness of Pana will prob
ably die. James Long of Alton, Mrs.
Augusta Baudendecker, Mrs. H. s.
Dorsey, George Dorsey of Gillespie,
Emma and Ola Clawson of Alton, and
a student from Shurtleff College were
more or less seriously hurt.
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Japanese Minister Arrives.

WASHINGTON, Nov 20. = Jotura
Komura, Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary of Japan to
the United States, arrived here late
to-day from San Francisco. No ar
rangements have yet been made for
his presentation to the Secretary of
State and to the President, but it is
likely the ceremony will occur some
time during the present week.
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ON COAST DIAMONDS. s
Gilt Edges Beat the San Joses by
q Score OF 3 to 2.

SAN JOSE, Nov. 2O.-The most excit-
ing game of ball ever played here dur
ing the season was that between the
Gilt Edges and San Joses to-day, the
former winning by score of 3 to g
The San Jose team would probably
have come off victorious but for a wild
throw of Truck" Egan in the first in
ming, which gave two runs to the Gilt
Edges Whalen pitched for San Jose
and did fine work. Score.
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ARRESTED AND DIsARMED.
A Negro Regiment That Threaten
ed to XIII White Provost Guards.


MACON (Ga.), Nov. 20.-The Sixth
Virginia negro regiment that caused
SO much trouble in Knoxville is under
arrest in camp at Macon, all Of their
arms and ammunition having been
taken from them They are guarded by
a battalion Of the Tenth Immunes, also
negroes.
About midnight last night about
eighty of the Sixth broke through the
lines at camp and started to town
with the avowed purpose killing the
white provost guards, each man being
armed with a rife and a belt full of
cartridges. Information concerning
the action of the negroes was sent to
provost headquarters and General Will
SON at once ordered Colonel Gaillard
of the Third Engineers out to arrest the
negroes.
The Third went to the camp Of the
Sixth and found them rioting and dis
orderly. Further trouble is feared when
the Sixth is released from the guard
house.
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UNCoNFIRMED REPORT.
The Steamer Vile De Coblenz Said
to Have Been Sunk.

LONDON, Nov. 2O.-A report. en-
tirely unconfirmed, has been in circu-
lation to-day that the steamship Vile
de Coblenz of the North German Lloyd
line, has foundered at sea with all on
board. Lloyd's agent has received no
news on the subject, and the owners
OF the steamer believe her safe.
According to ''Lloyd's Weekly Ship
ping Index" of November 11th the
Coblenz of the North German Lloyd
line left Bremen on November 7th for
Brazilian ports
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Would Reject the Offer.

LONDON, Nov. 20.-The Madrid cor
respondent Of the Daily Mali says:
sIt is asserted that the Government
would reject an offer of S40,000.000 for
the Philippines as ridiculous
The Madrid correspondent of the
STANDARD" says: .'Spain will decline
indemnity for the Philippines if the
sum offered appears inadequate in the
eyes of the nation
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Killed Two Men.

CLEVELAND, Nov. 20.-John Stef-
anien was shot and killed and John
Fedorco nortally wounded this after
noon by Sam Carr, a. colored man from
North Carolina. Carr entered Stef-
anien's yard in an intoxicated condi-
ton. Stefanien attempted to put him
out A quarrel ensued and Carr pulled
revolver and began firing. Carr was
arrested.
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KILLED Ills Mistress.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 20.-May
Boetckh. aged % years. was shot and
killed to-day, supposedly by Vincent
Tortoreni, an italian beer bother, aged
SO years, who was arrested several
hours later. TortorelH is married and
has q family The dead woman is said
to have been his mistress.
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AN AGREEMENT REACHED.
Spain Will Notify Cuban Bond
holders That She VIII Not Pay.

MADRID, Nov. 20.-In political cir
cles it is asserted that an agreement
has been reached between the Peace
Commissioners in Paris.
The Government, it is officially an
nounced, intends to notify the Cuban
bondholders that Spain will not pay
the Cuban debt, which will not be
mentioned in the peace treaty.
The Government considers itself
completely freed from these entangle-
ments. which fall upon the Uation ex-
ercising sovereignty and collecting
taxes in Cuba
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Another Victim Found.

TOLEDO (O.), Nov. 2J.-After two
months of search and the recovery of
eighteen dead, the grain handlers at
the Union elevator found the charred
body of an unknown man to-day. His
appearance indicated him to be a we'll
to-do man, and it is supposed he had
been visiting the elevator at the time
of the explosion.
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Annual Horse Sale.

LEXINGTON Q<y.). Nov. 2O.-The
great annual Easton horse sale opens
in this city tomorrow and will take
all the week Over GOO noted thor
oughbreds will be offered, including
the famous stallion Top Gallant, and
such racers as Ben Holiday, the Ken
tuckian and many others.
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SUSPECTED oF FRAUD.
New Yorker Arrested in Michigan
for Grave Robbing.


BALDWIN (Mich.), Nov. 20.-H. v.
White of New York is under arrest
here, suspected of grave-robbing for
the purpose of defrauding a, life insur-
ance company of $1,000, the amount
of insurance on the life of his brother,
Frank M. White.
November 10th III. " White came
here for the purpose, he said, of finding
his brother, whom he believed to have
been foully dealt with somewhere in
this vicinity. A body was finally
found by White, which he claimed to
be that of his brother. Investigation
developed that the body was that of a
Baldwin man who had died in August.
His grave was found empty and in such
condition as to show that the robbery
had been committed very soon after
his burial.
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Fatal Explosion at Paris.

PARIS, Nov 20.--A terrific explo-
sion occurred in the Cafe Champeaux,
underneath the Office of the Havas
Agency A woman was killed outright
and eight other persons were seriously
injured. 1t is thought the explosion
was due to ignited gas, but there are
rumors of an anarchist plot.
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Mistook Powder for Coal.

PORTSMOUTH (O), Nov. 20.-By
an accidental explosion to-day George
Ferguson, quarryman. is dying. two
of his children are dead and his wife
and another child disfigured for life.
Ferguson poured the contents Of can
of blasting powder into the cook stove.
supposing it to be coal.
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Bank of Spain Report.

MADRID, Nov 20.-The Bank of
Spain's report for the week ending
yesterday shows the following: Silver
on hand, increase, 105, ,244,000 pesetas;
notes in circulation, decrease, 8. 10S.-
600 pesetas. There were no changes in
the gold deposits.
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noon from the south coast railway and
were escorted to the Captain Generals
summer residence, where they were
deposited pending interment- The tenn
porary interment will take place to-
morrow morning. the bodies being de-
posted In the mausoleum of the civil
Governor until shipped to Spain.
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Villages Flooded.

PARIS, Nov 20-Dispatches from
Perpignan, capital of Pyrenes Oriental,
on the right bank Of the river Tet. re-
port that the region has been visited by
severe storms Villages have been
flooded and traffic is interrupted.
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Appeal for Funds.

LONDON, Nov. 20.-The Royal Geo.
graphical Society has issued a formal
appeal for funds to fit out an Antarctic
expedition Alfred F'ramsworth, proprie-
tor of the Daily Mail'' and the .Ev-
ening News has offered f5,000.
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Fatal Explosion of a Locomotive.

LIMA (O), Nov 20--A freight To-
comotive on the Chicago and Erie ex-
ploded near here this morning, killing
David Little, the fireman, and probably
fatally injuring Walter Shiftleff, en-
gineer; Edward Quick, conductor, and
Frank Smith, brakeman About twen-
ty-five cars were wrecked and the
track was blocked.
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The southgart rloated.

LONDON, Nov. 2O-The British
steamer Southgart. Captain Perch, be-
fore reported stranded in dangerous
position on Diana Bank, has been float
ed and is anchored at Gallipoli.
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Twenty-one Persons Killed.

BUDA-PESTH, Nov 2O.-A dis
patch to the Poster Lloyd from
Russia, at the confluence of
the Inmul and the Dug. says that twen-
ty-one persons have been killed there
by an explosion in a rocket factory.
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A Bark ON Fire.

LONDON, Nov. 20.--A dispatch from
Iquiqui says the British bark Inverlide,
Captain May, which arrived there on
November 10th from Montevideo. Is on
fire.
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Grand Master of orangemen Dead.

BELFAST, Nov. 20.-Rev. DR.. Kane.
rector of Christ's Church, Belfast, and
Grand Master of the Belfast Orange
men, died to-day from a stroke of apo
plexy.
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AMERICANS WILL
Be READY TO-DAY.
Spanish Peace Commissioners VIII
Be Notified.
Two Alternatives VIII be Laid Before
Them.

Must Either Accept a Sum Of Mon
ey and Evacuate the Philip
pines or Lose Them by Conquest,
Along With Other Territory
Spaniards Say the Cuban Cues
tion Is Not Yet Settled.
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WATSONyILLE. Nov. 20. :


WATSONvILLE, Nov. 20. = San
Francisco and Watsonville played ball
to-day and much. interest was mani
tested. Lange, Chance and Mertes Of
the National League played with the
Watsonvilles. The score was 10 to
in favor of Watsonville. The batteries
were Baltz and Chance for Watson
vile, and Shea and Hammond for San
Francisco. The game will be protested,
owing to Watsonville playing three
Eastern players.
STOCKTON, Nov 2O.-Stockton won
the final game to-day from Oakland
by a score of Z to /, most of the runs
being made on four bad errors in
throwing, made by Sullivan, the visit
ingscatcher. A disagreeable feature of
the game was the Kicking of Lange.
which drove more than one attendant
away from the grandstand. Score:
Stockton Z, hits 8, errors 3: Oakland 1,
hits 6, errors 9. Batteries-Kne1l and
Pace; Russell and Sullivan.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 2O-Ten in
nings, with six runs on each side, was
the result of the baseball game played
at Recreation Park to-day by the Ath-
letics and Santa Cruz mines. The Atl-
letics struggled hard with the heavy
hitting visitors and held the lead for
five innings.y Then deadlock came
with the sixth, and the tie remained
unbroken when, at the close of the
tenth inning, game was cahed on ac-
count of the apl coaching darkness.
Score: Santa Cruz g. hits Ii, errors s.:
Athletics s. hits 8. errors 8. Batteries
Borchers and G. Daubenbiss; Fitx-
patrick, Johnson and Lohman.
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Summary: Earned runs-San Jose /.
Base on ba11s-San Jose 2. Gilt Edge 2.
Left on bases-San Jose 4, Gilt Edge s.
Three-base hits-Hopkins, Doyle Two
base hit-Hanlon. Double play-Whalen
Foley. Time-1 hour and 40 minutes. Um-
pire-SWeeney. Scorers-Doyle and Web
ber
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MITES AND BLIGHT
Considered by the Fruit len in Session
at Fresno

FRESNO, Nov. 2S-The annual meeting
of the State Association of County Horticul-
tural Commissioners is being held here to-
day. Kings, Tulare and neighboring coun-
ties are well represented, while commits
sioners from more distant counties are in
attendance. The forenoon has been devoted
to the discussion of remedies for exterminat-
ing the yellow mite and red spider.
AT the afternoon session the topic of dis
cussion was the Goblin moth, for which a
solution consisting OF paris green, lime and
water was recommended. In the evening
pear blight was taken up for discussion.
Professor Woodwork of the state univer-
sity took the stand that the only proper
method of treating the blight was by inocu-
lation. Some Of the growers differed from
the learned gentleman, and the discussion
grew quite warm. No definite conclusion
was arrived at. The association will be in
session again to morrow
Tomorrow the annual State Fruit Grow
ers convention will open. 1t will continue
in session for four days. On Friday the
state board Of horticulture will hold Sec
ond meeting to consider such matters as
may be referred to it by the convention.
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ment Corbett and Sharkey growled and
snarlet at each other, but they desisted
when requested by Senator Sullivan.
Sharkey, on his own behalf, stated that
the fight was "on the level" He went into
the ring to win and was convinced that he
would have knocked out Corbett in another
round had the fight gone on.
Corbett, the last witness, said:
Il won't believe McNey was bought He
has been with me for many years. l have
supported him ard he has eaten my bread
and butter. After we returned to my dress
ing room ON Tuesday night, McVey said to
my brother Tom, L could not see the big
fellow licked and got into the ring That
is all there was to it, l had the better OF
the fight from the second round
Senator Sullivan reviewed the evidence
and said: 1T seems that McVey thought
Corbett was being beaten and jumped into
the ring to save him. No evidence to the
contrary is forthcoming and the directors
have done all that they could do to set the
matter right in the eyes of the public. As
to the bets, we have nothing further to do
with them"
This ended the inquiry so far as the club
was concerned. After it was over, Corbett
declared that Sharkey should give him an
other fight, and O'Rourke promised to give
the Californian chance.
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A MINER MURDERED
The Turquoise King of the Jarillas the
Victim

DENVER, Col, Nov. 2SA special to
the News from Ell Paso, Texas, says:
a. J. De Mules, better known as the "Tur-
quoise King of the Jarillas," wzs murdered
at the celebrated turquoise mine, fifty
miles north of El Paso. in New Mexico, at
an early hour this morning by Mexican.
with whom he had quarreled about a trivial
matter. De Mules was shot In the back
with a six-shoeer, while eating breakfast,
and instantly killed. After the killing the
murderer attempted to escape, but was pur-
sued and captured by several American
employees. After his capture determined
effort was made to lynch the prisoner by
the large force of mine employees, but the
Americans who had him In custody and
several railroad men stood guard with Win
chesters and prevented mob violence.
De Mules was born in New York. He was
until recently poor prospector, but three
years ago obtained sufficient money to de-
velop his Jarillas mountain turquoise
mines. The mines proved 10 be of great
value, and De Mules became suddenly
wealthy and was given the sobriquet of the
Turquoise King of the Jarillas.''
The herald., 1898-11-29
A Chicago Milk Trust

MILWAUKEE, Nov. 28-- 1t is stated that
John LIE Feber of North Greenfield, a suburb
of this city, is working in connection with
the rumored milk trust that the Joseph
Letter and the e-Chappel Company Of
Chicago are connected with. lie Feber owns a
large dairy at Waukesha, Wis, and was
engaged in a scheme to control the entire
shopment of milk from this section TO Chi
among the best dairy sections in the country
and large quantities of milk are shipped to
Chicago daily. A brother of John LIE Feber
said the gentleman was now in Chicago in
connection with the project and had been
working on the scheme for the past year,
and that it was now nearly perfected. The
plan of the trust is to control all shipments
of milk from different sections Of the coun.