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The times., 1898-10-05
WEATHER ASSISTS HoBsoN.
Work on Sunlxen Spanish Cruisers
Progressing Finely.

Work on Sunken Spanish Cruisers
Progressing Finely.
Playa del Este, Cuba, Oct. Naval
ent smooth water there is an excellent
chance for the divers to inspect the Viz
caya and the Cristobal Colon. The divers
will accordingly inspect the ViZcaya today
to locate the holes.
Carpenters will soon leave here with
lumber to build camp on the shore near
the wreck of the Colon for the use of
the many Cubans employed there. The
saving of the Colon now seems assured
unless there is a gale.
The transfer of the wrecking force from
the Infanta Maria Teresa to the Vizcaya
will take place this week. They will erect
an immense hog frame from the stem to
the stern of the Vizeaya, and also across
me deck over the magazines. Air bags
are expected by way of Jamaica.
The big guns of the Vizcaya and the AL
mirante Oquendo can be saved by the use
out to them Immediately.
A second wrecking expedition is expect
ed soon, and then work will be begun on
both ships, removing the Oquendo's small
guns.
The Infanta Maria Teresa will be rea-
dy to be towed north by October 15 The
Sandoval was floated Sunday and towed
near the repair boat Vulcan.
The times., 1898-10-05
HALT IN THE EPIDEMIC.
The Health Autho orities. However.
Are hut Slightly Reassured,

Although the diphtheria reports at the
health office yesterday showed no in
crease in the spread of the disease. the
danger period has not yet been passed.
only four new cases were reported to the
department yesterday, and. as an equal
number was relieved from quarantine,
there was no increase in the total num-
ber of cases. As the number of new cases
varies from day to day the record of yes
terday may not be considered any cri-
terion of the exact state of the epidemic.
Three deaths were recorded at the de-
partment during the same period of time
resulting from diphtheria
An instance was noted at the health of
fee yesterday which illustrates how the
disease spreads. through the seeming fail
ure of parents to comply with health reg
ulations in time.
Two cases of diphtheria were reported
TO the health office from a house on
Thirty-second Street in Georgetown last
Saturday. This section of the city is the
hot-bed of the present epidemic, and as
soon as the reports were made by the at
tending physician in charge of the cases
Sanitary Inspector Walsh was detailed to
quarantining the patients and placarding
the house He found that a mother and
her child acre both i'll with the disease,
and that there were two children in the
house who were not affected
In order to notify the principals of the
various schools of the city of the presence
of diphtheria in families which send chill
dren to the public schools, the health of
flee inspectors are mailing warning cards
to them. asking them to refuse to admit
the children of all such families.
To these cards are affixed special de-
livery stamps. and they are mailed at the
nearest postoffice sub-station in order
that they may reach the principal with
all possible haste, and one of
these cards was sent TO the Fillmore
school, in Georgetown, notifying the prin-
cipal to refuse admittance to the children
of the family affected by the disease on
Thirty-second Street.
1t was not thought that the two chill
dren would present themselves, but the
postal card warning the school authori-
ties was sent in accordance with the re-
quirements of the health department as
precautionary measure.
Monday morning the two children ap-
| peared at school. They were sent home
and instructed not to return until told by
the family physician.
Yesterday a new case of diphtheria was
reported to the health department from
/ the house adjoining the infected prem
! ises, and Ii is attributed by the health Of
! ficer to the laxity with which the first
| family observed the diphtheria regula-
! tiOnS.
The times., 1898-10-05
PITTsBURG's BIG SUIT.
City Trying TO Recover One Hum
dred Thousand Dollars Damage.

Pittsburg. Oct 4.-Th sensational dis
closures made in 1895 regarding Major w.
c. Morelands administration of the city
attorneys Office were recalled yesterday
by the opening of the trial of the suit of
the city of Pittsburg against the Trades
mems National Bank. The city wants
to recover 100000 damages for the inter-
est paid on city money to Major More
land
Judge Stowe tried Major Moreland and
House in criminal court on a charge of
collecting this interest. They were ac
quilted, but ordered to pay the costs.
Whether the city can recover rests Who'll
ly upon its ability to prove that the bank
officers who paid interest on Moreland's
accounts knew the money he deposited
belonged TO the city.
The times., 1898-10-05


price of the stock According to this
theory 1t was bad enough yesterday to
overcome the Tobacco lead which IN
fuenced everything else in the market
The Doscher Company is purchasing raw
sugar and at the slight decline in raw
which has accompanied the decline in the
refined sugars. This very evidently means
that this company is nearly ready
TO start its works. The price of
granulated sugar is steadily declining.
1t could be bought yesterday at is cents
a pound, and there was the belief that
this price will be much lower. This
means apparently that the Sugar Trust
is preparing for the opposition by put
ting the price at a figure where there
will be an actual loss for the new people
and not more than an even thing for the
trust. There is every indication of a
hard fight in all this and the result OF
such a battle can hardly be other than
further declines in Sugar stock. This
predicted decline in Sugar stock of course
has very little to do with what may be
the final outcome of the fight There is
very little doubt in the minds of most
street people that the trust will win.
The times., 1898-10-05
UNDER GUARD IN HIS ROOM.
Ex-Stste Treasurer Haywood s
Prisoner in Omaha.

HI
Omaha. Neb.. Oct. 4-Today Hon. Ben
jamin j. Haywood ex-treasurer of Penn
sylvania, accused with Senator Quay and
others of misappropriating public funds
is close prisoner in his room at the
Paxton Hotel. His wife Is with him, and
they are in animated correspondence by
wire and long-distance telephone with
Prosecuting Attorney Graham at Philadel-
phia and with Senator Quay and others.
A number of cipher messages have been
exchanged Mr.. Haywood explains these
transactions by saying he is trying to ar
range to have bond given at Philadel-
phia for him so that he will not be sub
Jected to the humiiating presence of an
officer while he returns TO Pennsylvania.
Thus far it has not been arranged. The
Pinkertons at Philadelphia have wired
Martin White, chief of police at Omaha.
TO keep a man constantly in his pres
ence. Haywood is indignant at this turn
OF affairs. He says 1t is politics, moth
Ing more. He explains Graham's refusal
to have a bond signed there for him on
the basis of political bias. Graham wires
that a bond in Pennsylvania is not legal
unless first signed by the principal
Now Haywood is trying to secure per-
mission to remain here a week. Consent
has been given from Philadelphia, pro-
vided an officer constantly remains near
Haywood but this does not suit Hay
wood or his wife.
The governor of Pennsylvania and 9TH
er prominent people from that State ar
rived here tOdaV to attend the exnOsition
Haywood wants to go out with them,
but refuses to leave his room with n
guard over him. Unless he can get per-
mission to do without an officer, he
starts home tonight
The times., 1898-10-05
ELI sHAw's THIRD TRIAL.
Again Before the Court on the
Charge of Matricide.

Camden, N. J., Oct. 4.-The third trial
of Eli Shaw for the murder of his moth
er and grandmother, october u, 1897, was
begun here this morning. The first trial
resulted in mistrial. The second was
for the murder of his grandmother, which
resulted in an acquittal The trial be-
gun today is for the murder of his moth
er.
A jury was selected without any delay,
and the presiding judge allowed them,
under the charge of three constables, to
visit the scene of the murders.
The times., 1898-10-05
soIdier-Bridegroom Dies.

Pottsville, Pa, Oct. 4-Pottsville mourns
the loss by death of the fourth soldier
from the troops which left here last April.
The latest victim is Corp. Charles Web
ber, of Company M. Fourth Regiment,
P. V. l., who was taken i'll with typhoid
fever on the day that the Fourth Regi-
ment troops returned from Porto Rico.
Webber figured as the groom in a roman
tic wedding with Miss Clara Wolf, who
married him by the side Of his cot at the
hospital last week.
The times., 1898-10-05
School Hoard Scandal.

Reading, Pa, Oct. president Wanner
has a number of names under considera-
ton for the committee to investigate
school board affairs. He has not yet an
nounced the names of the controllers who
are to conduct the inquiry. At the last
meeting of the board a resolution was
passed authorizing him to appoint five.
The times., 1898-10-05

Democracy is a handsome new week
Iy political paper, devoted to the cause
of the people, as its name suggests. 1t
is published in Nashville, Tenn, under
the editorial charge of Mr.. Rolfe S.
Saunders. an old and tried Democratic
editor. we'll known in Washington. where
he formerly resided, and in Memphis and
other Tennessee cities, where at differ
ent times he has conducted some of the
best Democratic journals in the State.
Democracy is too good thing to con-
jure by TO leave any doubt as to the
success of the venture.
The times., 1898-10-05
Came Home Dazed.

Plainfield, N j., Oct. Thomas K.
Leslie, a New York business man, who
resides on West Front Street, this city, is
at his home ina dazed condition after
having been mysteriously absent from
home since last Tuesday.
Leslie's mind seems to be total blank,
and he is almost a physical wreck. All
that he could-te ef his wanderings was
that he had left a friend last Tuesday
evening and that Saturday night he
found himself walking in the streets of
Newark.
The times., 1898-10-05
Accused of Murder.

was lodged in jail here last night on the
charge of killing his brother-in-law, Will
lam Matchones. 1t is alleged Liates
went to Matchones' house Sunday night,
and started a quarrel with the neigh
bors. Matchones attempted to eject him
from the house, when Liates stabbed him
In the neck three times.
The times., 1898-10-05
BraxvI Ends in Murder.

Pottsyille, Pa, Oct. 4.-George Harock,
of Minersville. died from fractured
skull, received during a barroom brawl.
The row was started by Harock insulting
John Miskinius and a party of his
friends A scuffie ensued, and Harock
was thrown upon the floor and fatally
hurt.
The times., 1898-10-05
TRY GRAIN-O! TRY GRAIN-O!

Ask your Grocer today to show you pack
age OF GRAINO. the new food drink thas
takes the place of coffee. The children may
drink IL withoutinjury al Well as tie adult.
All who try it, like it. GRAINO has that
rich seal brown of Mocha or Java, but it 10
made from pure grains, and the most deli
cate stomach receives 1t without distresa
One-Quarter the price OF ooffee. SC and 2os
Der package. Sold by all groceTs. 1a27-1
The times., 1898-10-05
Merchant. Anxious About China.

London, Oct 4.-There is general com
unsatisfactory state of trade with China
because of the disturbances there, and re-
cent cablegrams from the commercial
centers as well as from other districts in
China are far from encouraging.
The times., 1898-10-05
New York Cotton Market.
TRAGEDY IN CLEVELAND.
A Former Boarder Kills a Landlady
and Commits Suicide.

Cleveland. Ohio. Oct. "A tragedy il
which there were two victims was en-
acted this morning at clearinghouse
kept by Mrs. Blanche X. Winship. di-
vorced woman, on Lake Street. There
was a knock at the doar, and Mrs. Win
ship, looking out of the window, saw L. H.
Dickerson, a former boarder.
She refused him admission. and he
forced open the door. Entering the house
he shot Mrs. Winship. killing her instant
ly. He then turned the revolver On him
self and fell dead.
The times., 1898-10-05
worriment Caused His Death.

Cape May, n J.. Oct. John ]. stur-
men, aged about f9rty-fve years, died
suddenly Sunday night from worriment
caused by the prospect of a severe SEN
tence from the. court yesterday. He had
been indicted by the grand jury on two
The times., 1898-10-05
Washington stock Exchange.

sales-Capital Traction. sOa76 "a; 2Og
II 1-2 Washington Gas. 12a49. Mergen-
thaler Linotype, 10d1s6; 15a1S5 H. Amer
lean Graphophone, 12oG14 IA; 1o0a14; 1000
13 rs; 100a13 81; 1OGd13 SIS; 1co413 IL.
American Graphophone pfd., 200d14 Ia.
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
The times., 1898-10-05
cIemmer Refused n New Trial.

James A. Clemmer was refused by Judge
Weand at 9:15 this morning. The judge
then passed sentence of death. Clemmer
said he had been convicted by the public
and press. AT the conclusion of the SEN
tence he broke down completely.
The times., 1898-10-05
Fractions Horse Kills a Boy.

Bloomfield, N. J., Oct. Awhile driving
fractions horse attached to a stone
cart yesterday afternoon Tony Church,,
fifteen years old, was thrown out and
killed. His head struck the curb and
death was instantaneous. One of the
wheels passed over his neck
The times., 1898-10-05
struck work to Go to the Circus.

London, Oct. 4-The workmen of the
town of Bolton, Lancashire, struck work
yesterday. despite the threats of their
employers in order to go to Barnum S
circus The result was that work in
many factories was stopped.
The times., 1898-10-05
THE WHEAT MARKET.
There Was an Uneasy start, Follow
ed by Bearish Trading.

Chicago, Oct. Wheat traders were
bearish today, but uneasy at the start
They had lower cables and larger North
western receipts and prices opened Lie.
to 1-2c. lower. The feature has been the
loss of October premium over December,
which last night was 1c. 1t was attrib-
uted to selling by Armour. December
opened at 81 S-4d61 rs and advanced to
e2 Is. Bradstreet's world available ex-
ceeding expectations by over 900 bush
els carried the price down TO 81 3-S
Chicago Grain and Provision Market
Corrected daily by ". B. Hibbs & Co.,
members of the New York Exchange
JA1q F. street
The times., 1898-10-05
The Duke of Teck Very III.

London, Oct. 4-The condition of the
health of the Duke of Teck is such as to
cause great anxiety. No one but his rel
atives are allowed to see him.
The times., 1898-10-05
New york stock Market.
Open High Low Clos

Corrected daily by W. 3. Hibbs & Co.,
members of the New York Exchange,
1919 F street.
The times., 1898-10-05
MONEY WANTED AND TO LOAN.
Loans Of SlO = .'.ss 5;s;;5s 5sas4ss sss. s.

Wagons etc. az lowest rates and on the d7y
you apply. Loans may be repaid on .he build
ing association plan. in easy weekly CT EouShly
payments: every payment reduces cost Of car
ryinz loan. II ycu have q loan with some other
company, we viii pay il OF and advance yog
more money, il desired.
Leans made anywhere In the District Can
and get rates. Front room. arst door. Scientias
American Building.
National Mortgage L oan Co.
625 ST. NJ w
MONEY TO LOAN on D. C. real estate; 1ayabla
in small monthly installments JOHN z
WALTER. WILSON WILLIAMS. 1921 a. rs.
iy23-t
The times., 1898-10-05

Sugar had bad drop yesterday even
while the remainder. of the market was
strong. The general opinion of the Sugar
situation is that it is very bad for the
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-02

General losses Of the business hrins ana
diyiduals are not enumerated above tis5.-
900.
The hre vtarted In pile OF rubbish.
underneath the platform Of the Denver d
Rio Grande freight depot. Within Ave
minutes Il had communicated 20 the
freight cars standing at the depot, and II
spread 80 rapidly that II was impossible
10 move any Of the cars. Half car OF
powder exploded. Cans were thrown for
hundreds OF feet. and the wonder Is
that nobody was injured. Great chunks
OF fire were scattered about. and in few
moments. the Crissey & Fowler lumber
yards. 90 feet away. were burning The
wind was sweeping along. az perfect
hurricane. The flames rushed through the
lumber yards and burned all the light
/ frame buildings In the block. Then they
leaped across the street and burned the
Ell Paso Lumber Company and the paint
establishment Of sperry & Truckerman.
A few minutes after the Newton lumber
yards caught. For time after this It
looked as n the Antlers might be saved,
but the heat was too great, and there
was not ==ater enough 10 send stream
half up the building. At 4 o'clock II was
burning on tho south end. and the famous
hotel was doomed The flames rolled
higher and higher, and soon the outlines
cf stone we're seen. with the woodwork
burned away from them. It took about
two hours for the hotel to burn. and Il
made tremendously hot Fe.
At G o'clock all that was left Of th'
once beautiful Antlers was a mass OF blaz'
ing debris. Thousands gazed upon it viii
sorrow and regret. as 1t was universally
conceded 10 be- the chief ornament OF the
town. The Antlers was beautiful si'
story building owned by the Colorado
Springs Hotel Company. in which Gen
eral Palmer was heavily interested. Tn
lessee proper was E. Burnett.
The buil6ing was insured for $4,000
and the furniture for SSi,5oO.
The hotel will be rebuilt. There wer'
several guests in the hotel, including
number OF .nvalids. but all were gotteI
out in safety.
= Several arrests have been made tonigh
= OF persons suspected Of starting or at
tempting to start fresh fires, but there
no, a question that the first tire 80 tn
/ Denver & Rio Grande freight house wa
t entirely accidental. possibly being cause
a by a spark from locomotive.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-02
GREAT LOSS IN COLORADO.

DENVER. oct. 1.-The forest fires
which ara devastating the western por-
ton OF the state are burning with un-
aba,cd fury, only subsIding where fuel is
exhausted A special TO the Rocky Noun
tain News from Red ClIne says:
Nothing Is heard in Eagle county but
talk OF the Gre from all sections. From
reports of the territory in the grasp OF
the demon. and when a providenual
storm comes and the summing up Is
made there will be little timber left to
coll tho sad tale All along the
s,ac hills near Mlnturn even the
ground Is burning. Cattlcmen are getting
their cattle into the unburned districts
os rapidly as possible, and even then are
compelled to keep close a watch on
them and keep them moving. \ regular
gale is blowing through the country
which means that the fast travelling hre
will be driven forward, hurricane oil
flames. The deserted village OF GoldparK
was reduced to ashes yesterday Dwell
ings, barns, and other houses, and the
stamp mill of the Goldpark NJ. & NJ Co
were licked up in a few hours. Thousands
of acres Of finest timber land are thinS
OF the past. In several places there Is
no doubt that the fires are Of incendiarN
origin.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-02

HUNDREDS
WERE LOST.
Fearful Results Of the Great
Forest Fires In Colorado
and Wisconsin.
IMMENSE DAMAGE DONE
Rain Has SET In and II Is Belley-
ed the Devastation
Is Checked.
COLORADO SPRINGS VISITED
Fire Sweeps a Large Section Of the
Town. DOIug $l.OOO.OOO DAM
age Fine Hotel Burned.

MILWAUKEE,. oct. 1.-The peeuniafy
damage wrought by forest fires in the
northwestern part Of this state cannot DC
estimated al present. II may amount to
anywhere between 10000 and S.O'''0'
A general rain Is falling throughout the
state tonight. This win probably put an
end 10 the devastation.
clarke. Chippewa and Barron counties
appear to have suffered the greatest de-
,truc,lon. over 100 people are reported
missing In the vicinity Of Rice Lake.
A special to the Journal from Rice Lake
says:
Relief parties are now out through the
burned districts south and west Of this
city The loss Of life from the disastrous
forest Ares cannot now be estimated. but
Il win be great The work OF getting TO
the burned districts Is slow. as all the
bridges are down. over 100 people are
missing. Many dead bodies nave Oeeh
found. burned beyond recognition. The
rcmalns Of man uan.cd Nelson were
found this morning NJ the bottom OF a
we'll. where he had gone to escape the
nrc. Al another place woman and TWO
children were found in a we'll. and in an
other place whore man had been plow'
ing In a Hcld his charred remains ans
tho carcasscs Of his horses were found
All the cattle. horses and other stock II
A large district have been burned ''
death.
The wind this morning was sou'heas
and blowing az the rate OF about 40 mile'
an hour.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-02
CONDITIONS AT SANTIAGO
ARE VERY PROMISING.
General Wood. Military Governor Of the
Place. Gives Detailed Statement Of
Affairs of the City.

WASHINGTON, Oct. l.-Secretary Al
ger has received long letter from Cen
eral Leonard Wood, military governor
of Santiago. General Wood says in part;
when we came into the city the san
ttary situation was something frightful.
There was a great number of unburied
dead in the houses, between 1000 and SVo
Spanish wounded and sick, and a great
horde of half furnished and sick people,
nearly eO0C0 in number, who had just re-
turned from El Caney. where they had
gone during the seige. There was no
water to be obtained except from eisterns
and a few wells. and the streets were fuli
NJ dead animals and all sorts of filthy
materials. had to start in from the bot
tom and repair the waterworks' Then
came the removal of the dead, Some OF
these were burned, because the number
was too great and decomposition had ad-
vaneed to such an extent that they could
not be buried. Burning is not uneom'
monty practiced here during the epidemic
season.
1--WE had yellow fever all around u
and about 20 cases inthe Spanish military
hospital. The hospital was full of dying
and public buildings We're being used a
hospitals.
81 have been working systematieali
with every means at hand to improV
the sanitary conditions of the city.
have force of about no men constant
employed, and at many times have ma
nearly double that force working day an
night to remove the vast accumulation
of indescribable filth which had accum'
lated in the outhouses and yards as We
as the streets of the city, which is
puted to be one Of the most unhealtf
4 and dirty in the world.
: 1.-THE death rate has dropped steadl
e since we came in and is now about on
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-02
PROPOSAL
APPROVED'
Powers Have Agreed tOCzar's'
Suggestion for a Disarnl-
ament Congress.
WEEKS NEWS IN ENGLAND
COplous Downfall Relieves DrOuth
Striker Districts Situa-
tiOn Was Serious.
TOD SLOANE NOW THE RAGE
American Joeky Carries off Many re-
ees Greatly to the Discontinue
Of His English Rivals.

Copyright. 1885. by Associated Press)
LONDON. oct. 1.-The clerk Of the
weather has at last relente6. and Great
Britain has emerged from period Of pro-
longed drouth amid general rejoicing.
The western, central and northern eoun-
ties were deluged on Thursday, while
London and the south were treated 20
refreshing showers. The thermometer
and the barometer fell today. Frosts are
recorded in several parts Of the country.
The change in the weather promises to be
lasting and viii All the reservoirs which
throughout the country had run very
low. Birmingham only had storage sut-
ficient for ten days. and the villagers in
many parts were obliged to walk miles
in order to obtain water. Many OF the
fine. patriarchal trees in Windsor park
are dying.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1898-10-02
coLLIDEs WITH THE
DERELICT LOG RAFT.
The steamer santa Rosa. With over Ono
Hundred Passengers on Board, Mar
rowly Escapes Disaster.

SAN FRANCISCO. oct. Lover 100 peo-
pie narrowly escaped death by the colli-
sion Of the steamer santa Rosa with one
of the derelict log RATS now afoat in the
Pacific. The ship was bound from San
Diego via Los Angeles and Santa Bar
bara with 1O2 people on board. When Off
Pigeon Point she almost ran at full speed
into the raft, which lay low In the water.
Her course was quickly changed, but the
raft scraped her side and carried away
the patent log as it passed her stern. The
raft which has become such a menace to
navigation left Astoria on the 18th Of Sep
tember in tow of the steamer Progresso'
,t broke loose and efforts to locate Il
have proved unsuccessful.