The leader., 1898-08-10

BILLY DELANEY, Jim Jehries mana
ger, met Tom ORourke the other aft
ernoon and in behalf of the Californi-
an signed articles to fight Jim Corbett
at the Lenox Athletic club. New York,
within three months The articles call
for a 95-rouud bout for 60 per cent Of
the gross receipts.
RIorINa was resumed by the striking
wood workers at Oshkosh, Wis, on the
5th on account of the sash and door
men trying to run their plants with
non-union labor. The strikers dubbed
and stoned the workmen trying to
reach the Morgan mill Policemen
were dispatched TO the scene and a
fight occurred. The street was finally
cleared at the expe nse of many broken
heads and a score of arrests, including
nine of the women ringleaders.
GEN. SHAFrER's army will be loaded
upon transports as rapidly as possible
and taken from Santiago to Montauk
point, L. l., where it is hoped they
will be able to. recruit their health.
Immunes will take their place at San
tiago.
ADvICEs have been received at Aus
tin, Tex, from number of points on
the Rio Grande border stating that
| thousands of Mexicans were crossing
into Texas with their families with
the view of making that state their
permanent home. This great influx of
| Mexicans was caused by the law which
recently went into effect in Mexico,
compelling all able bodied citizens be-
| tween the ages of IS and 40 years to
serve five years in the army.
| TIE prospect of opening up trade
with Cuba is the all-engrossing sub
ject among the stockmen at Eagle
Pass, Tex. according to an official OF
the agricultural department. Many
territory cattle will be directed to-
ward Cuba during the winter and
Cuba will certainly exert strong in
! huence on the cattle business in Texas.
A FISHERMAN at Noddy bay, n. F.,
reported that he saw a steamer collide
with an iceberg and sink soon after.
He said that the steamer looked like a
passenger ship and he could see the
| people trying to launch boats, but she
sank before they could do uything.
! w. RANKINGooD and Harry Price, of
| Cincinnati, who originated the idea OF
starting a fund among school children
for the purpose of raising money to
build a battleship to be called THE
American Boy" were in Washington
recently forwarding their plans. They
had an interview with President Nc
Kinley, who gave them letter indors-
ing their idea.
THE war department on the 18th post
ed the following sanitary report for
August received from Gen. Shafter:
Total sick, 3,354; fever cases, 2,5iS; to-
tai new cases of fever, 502; total cases
of fever returned to duty, $40.
DURING a storm off the Florida coast
the tug Nimrod was sunk 40 miles at
sea and her crew of IL drowned.
The secretary of war has ordered
Gen. Skaters troops relieved from
further duty in Santiago as fast as
transportation can be provided and
! the transfer of Spanish prisoners will
admit OF reduction of the garrison.
| Five United States volunteer reg!-
ments, immunes, have been ordered to
Santiago for garrison duty.
THE steamer Fridtjof Nansen
brought 20 refugees to New York on
the 81 from Sagua, Cuba, some OF
whom had been in Havana. One won!-
an described the condition of Cuba's
capital city rs being deplorable and
! daily growing worse. Four thousand
reconcrntra,Ios were huddicd at Las
Fesos and were dying by hundreds, as
nothing was done for their relief, the
government not having food enough
| ,le "a
to be much suffering at Cardenas and
Matanzas and provision stores were
guarded by soldiers to prevent looting
! by starving people.
INFoRMA has been received at
| Washington from London through pri-
vate channels that the Indian minis
are to be reopened to free coinage OF
silver at an early date. There was
said to be Il strong effort to have the
ratio changed from IG to l to >? to
and it WAS asserted that both France
and the United States had evinced
willingness to assent to the change.
THE secretary Of war has sent an or
der to the commanders of all the
| nitcd States hospitals granting 30
day fur]ough to all sick and wounded
travel and to furnish them with trans
portatiou.
SQUIRE MURDOCH, his son and John
Beech attempted 20 cross Otter creek,
near Osgood, Ind. with four-horse
| team. They were swept down stream
and drowned.
A TREMENDOUS sensation has oc-
Cared in the Sixth Massachusetts reg
| iment, which is in Gen. Garrcttson's
! brigade at Porto Rico. The friction
| between the line officers and the Off
GERS of the brigade reached its climax
when Col. Woodward, Lieut.. Col. Chat
| fin, Mai. Taylor, Chaplain Dousseault
and Capt. Goodell, of company X, re-
| signed their commissions. BY military
| law to resign in face of the enemy
| means a court-martlal.
TIE town of Center Ridge, Ark, a
place of about 800 people, was de-
stroyed by fire, only two dwellings
being saved. The fire was thought to
have been the work of incendiaries.
In statement issued over his sigma
ture Bib Fitzsimmons said that he had
posted forfeit of $4,000 with the
sporting editor of New York news
| per IOF IL uPnI with III oSIli 4CS, VI
California, before October |.
GEN. SKATER sent to Washington
the following sanitary report for Au-
gust /: Total sick, 4,239; total fever
cases, 3,lT9; new cases of fever, ESQ:
cases of fever returned to duty, GO;
deaths on August l, Is.
The officials at Washington received
a cablegram from the pope stating
that information had been received at
the vatican that Aguinaldo and his in
surgent forces at Manila had planned
a massacre of the Catholic clergy. In
structions were sent to Gen. Merritt
and Admiral Dewey to take every
means possible to prevent the insur-
gents from carrying out their plan.
THE 4th was Indian day at the ex-
position at Omaha, Neb. 1t was cele-
brated by the formal opening of the