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Postal s,.tions IN Porto Rico.

New York, Oct. 2S.-Mai Stewart
and six members of the postal commits
sion sent by the post Office department
to establish postal service in Porto
Rico. have returned. Maj. Stewart
said the postal commissioners succeed
ed admirably in their efforts They
established so offices on the coast and
in the interior, the old officials in a
majority of cases being chosen. AS
fast as the soldiers took town the
postal commission would go there and
establish postal facilities
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INVESTIGATION CONCLUDED.
Commission to Probe Into War Matters
Compiet-s Tour of touthern camps
STRONG Tsstiaony at Knox willie.

Camp Poland. Knoxville, Tenn, Nov.
THE war investigating commission
concluded the work of it's southern
tour here yesterday, and at six o'clock
last night left for Washington.
The first witness before the commits
sion was DR.. john c. T. Martin, con-
tract surgeon from Ohio, who was at
Chickamauga He repeated his ex-
preston of opinion that the water in
the pipe line system at ChickamauRa
was contaminated by the water from
Cave Spring creek
Lieut. Col. Frank ID. Baldwin. in
spector general on Gen. Wilson's staff,
and who was on Gen. Wade's staff at
Chickamauga, gave some sensational
testimony concerning the conditions
there when the camp was first es-
tablished there" he said, II did not
inspect single hospital but what 1
found it in a filthy condition. Reports
were made of this to the commanding
general and improvements could be
observed for a few days. But in a
short time matters would get as bad
as ever. About the time the camp was
broken up this had been corrected to
a large extent
Col. Baldwin said that he had known
acquisitions to be made frequently and
not to be honored. This was especial
ly true in regard to the Second divi.
sion, Third corps He said that so far
as he knew Gen. Compton, command
ing the Second division. only inspected
his command on Sunday morning and
that he did not know either Gen.
Compton or Gen. Wade, the corps COM
mander, having inspected the Second
division hospital.
Col. w. X. Caffee. Second Missouri,
stated that his regiment did not re-
ceive all equipment until a few days
before leaving Camp Thomas for Lex
ington. Among the last things issued,
he said, were the boilers for boiling the
water, which were ordered more than
two months before. Col. Caffee said
that sinks could be dug at the Second
Missouri's camp at Chickamauga
only four feet before striking rock.
This, hestated, was represented to the
brigade commander and the inspector,
but no action was taken.
Col. Caffee said that his reg ment re-
ceived not only not enough barrels to
boil the drinking water, but not
enough to haul it the four miles neces-
sary. despite acquisitions made.
when we could not get men in the
division hospital, on account of its
crowded condition." said Col. Caffee,
1--WE had no medicine to give the sick.
/ We made acquisitions for it, and they
were returned with this Endorsement
from the chief surgeon of the corps:
Medicines are issued only TO men in
division hospitals, and not to those in
quarters In my opinion, it was a
great mistake 10 do away with the
regimental hospitals, but bad the di-
vision hospitals at Chickamauga been
anything like the one here at Camp
Hamilton there would have been no
fault to find" Col. Caffee gave some
of the most valuable testimony Oh
tanned by the commission.
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Washington. Nov The majority
of the annual reports of the Indian
agents to the commissioner of Indian
affairs are of an encouraging nature
and indicate IA progress generally along
civilized lines. The agent of the
Lemhi Indians in Idaho. however,
characterizes those redskins as about
as idle and degraded a set as one can
find. and morally they are as bad as
they were 20 years ago and no better
off financially.
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TWO METHODS COMPARED.
Significant Figures as tn Receipts Of the
Customs Duties at Santiago During
October.

Washington, Nov IA dispatch
from Santiago states that Sio0, 600 was
collected in customs duties during
the month of October. This does not
appear to be a large item in itself,
but as it is at the rate of $1,000, 600
at that port it is believed that the
restoration of order and the develop
ment of trade will increase the amount
to $500, 900 per year. The significant
fact In connection with the matter Is
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Nv sinynrnmant Ala.

Washington, Oct 80. 1t is the In
tention of the administration to urge
the construction of the Nicaraguan
canal by government aid, in accord
ance with the concession of the Mari
time Canal company. This state ement
was made by an official of the ad dminis-
tratiOu to-day
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Kansas City. Mo, Nov The re-
ceipts of cattle at the Kansas City
stock wards during the current month
were in the neigh borhood OF 23l, 900,
the largest receipts on record since
the wards were established. During
the month 19,S75 calves were received
and the previous best record was made
in August, 1892, when 10, s4o were re-
ceived.
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.,o,,~r sensation in Penn yIvanla.

Williamsport. Pa, Nov. 1.-More
fuel was added to the flame of Pennsyl-
vania's famous campaign last night
when Dir. Silas c. Swallow, the "honest
government candidate for governor.
boldly charged that the democratic
state chairman, John NJ. Garman. had
made proposition to United States
senator Quay to ''sell OUT the state
democracy.
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hour bill at the coming session of con
gress in Der.


San Francisco. Nov. The trans.
port Newport, with Gen. Miller and
his staff and the First battalion of the
Twentieth Kansas regiment, will prob
ably get away for Manila Saturday.
Mrs. Funston. the bride Of the Kansas
colonel, expects to sail on the Newport
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the relation which this amount hears
to the collections by Spanish officials.
The amount they turned into the Span
ish treasury at Havana was S475, 900
per annum. The methods of American
officials, therefore, will produce many
times the net return tn the treasury
which was afforded under Spanish mis-
rula
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A santlago- Havana R.uwsr Plan.ed.

Santiago, Cuba, Nov. T. United
States Commissioner Dalzell, of Pitts
burgh. Pa, is inspecting properties in
Santiago and vicinity with view to
large investments and railway fran
chise for line between Santiago and
Havana
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New York, Oct 3i.-Silvia Catharine
Coffin, a Red Cross nurse who did
noble work during the warwith Spain,
died at the post graduate hospital of
typhoid fever contracted in the service
of the country.
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Methodist Bishops Vote to Call for
$4,000, 900 from the Members
of that Denomination.
INDIAN AFFAIRS IN THE NORTHWEST.
Views of an Ex-Indian Inspector-Rev. DIR.
Gardner, Interpreter of the Chinese
bureau at IAN Francisco, Sentenced tn
Death by Htghbindcrs- s-New Y0rk's Big
Tax budget.


Springfield. Mass, Nov. 1.-The bish-
ops OF the Methodist Episcopal church,
who have been holding their semi an
nual conference here, voted to call
for twentieth century thank Of
fering" of SO. 900. 900 from the mem
bers of the Methodist church. The
funds will be collected at intervals be-
fore January /. 1901. 1t was voted to de-
vote the money to the Improvement Of
tions maintained by the Methodist
Episcopal church. None of it will be
used for the establishment of new in
stitutions 1t is not intended to make
the collections at one time, but TO
make them so gradual that they will
not be burden. The Offering is in
tended as an expression OF thanks for
the compile tion of 20 centuries of Chris
tianity and will be the greatest effort
OF its character ever undertaken by
any religious organization.
Indian Affatrs la the Northwest.
Chicago, Nov AT the weekly meet
ing yesterday of the Congregational
ministers of Chicago. c. II. Howard,
formerly Indian inspector under Presi-
dent Garfield. spoke at some length on
Indian affairs in the northwest The
speaker. in referring to the outbreak
of the Indians of Leach lake, said that
the government had broken faith with
them and that United States deputy
marshals were in the habit of distri bu-
ing whisky among the Indians and then
arresting them for drunkenness. The
Indians, he said, after being arrested,
were taken 80 to 100 miles from their
homes for trial as the fees derived from
the arrest and conviction of an Indian
were about $50. Mr.. Howard said
that lumber dealers were in the habit
of starting fires upon The property of
the Indians and of purchasing the
was really as valuable as the un-
charred.
Sentenced by Highbinders.
San Francisco, Nov. Rev. DR..
Gardner, interpreter of the Chinese
bureau, has been informed by friendly
Cinnamon that the Highbinders de-
cided at a recent meeting to take his
life. DIR. Gardner has been most per-
sistent in breaking up the trade in
slave girls and has given the govern
ment much information on the subject.
New York'r rig Tax Budget
New York, Nov 1.-The city tax
budget amount ting to S93, $50. oS2, was
passed yesterday by the board of esti-
mate and apportionment The depart
mental estimates were cut $4,000, 1S5.
The cut in the estimate of the board
of education alone was Sl1, 405, 264.
About $4,000, 600 of this sum was al
lowed for new schools, but was taken
out of the budget on the ground that
1t should be raised by bonds.
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Caldwell, Kan. Nov. l.-Fire that
started in Stanley's restaurant by a
gasoline stove explosion destroyed half
block of buildings. including Ing
hams grocery, Mrs. O'Connor's mill.-
merry store and Collins restaurant
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Madrid, Nov. 1.-The news that the
Spanish peace commissioners at Paris
had referred to the government a
formal demand of the American COM
missioners for the absolute cession of
the entire Philippine group caused
the greatest surprise in Madrid. The
strongest feeling prevails that the
government should protest energet-
ically against what is regarded as a
violation of the spirit of the protocol.
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We Don't Know.

Editor National Tribune: / wish you
would inform me why Camp Aiger was
located two miles from any good drinking
water. | read in the papers tyour paper
that the drinking water is drawn by teams
for the boys todrink. Can water drawn so
far in tanks and barrels be wholesome to
drink this hot weather. ! am told $3.50 per
month is paid for the use of this camp. /
have an only boy in the Sd n. Y, and i am
solicitous that they have decent water to
drink and to bathe in while about Washing
ton, for | know it there up and down the
Potomac. L. FAIR, Big Flats, n. Y.
I'VE simply do not know. The location of
Camp Alger is as great a mystery to US as
it can possibly be TO anyone else. Why
the camp was not put somewhere on the
banks of the Potomac or at least near
some considerable stream where there
would be Sufficientewater for bathing, is
beyond orr fndingrUut as also why the
roads leading to it areinOt widened, leveled,
and the streams bridged, so as toeavoid
mudho.es. Also, why wells were not dug
before the men began to arrive. Why there
were no sheds for Commissary and Quarter
master stores. and ainumbcr of other com
mon sense preparations. The only expla-
nation that occurs to US is that the Regu-
lar Army men in charge were too busy
abusing the volunteers to think about
common, necessary things.-Editor Ma
tional Tribune
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CHAPTER VI.

We were more than year at Jala-Jala
without seeing a European. One would
have thought that we had withdrawn our
selves entirely from the civilized world
and that we were going to live forever
with the Indians. Our mountains had so
bad reputation, that nobody dared ex-
pose themselves to the thousand dangers
they feared TO encounter in the locality.
We were therefore alone, yet still very
happy. 1t was, perhaps, the most pleas
ant time ! spent in my life. / was living
with beloved and loving wife; the good
work | had undertaken was performed
under my eyes; the comfort and happi-
ness, the natural results of such good
work, spread themselves among my vas
sails, who daily became more and more
devoted to me. How could | have re-
gretted quitting the pleasures and enter
talnmentS of a town, where those di-
versions and pleasures are bought by lies,
hypocrisy, and deceit-those three vices
OF civilized society? However, the terror
spread around by the banditti was not
great enough to keep away the Europeans
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him the state of affairs in the Baltic, the
attitude of Sweden, and the uses she had
for him with respect to her Baltic fleet
This interview introduces one OF the
many romances of Paul JOneS'S career.
Capelle says it marked at once triumph
and the beginning Of a misfortune The
Empress was then past her 56th year.
But she was, as ever, 20 years younger
than her age.
On this occasion she seems to have
conceived fancy for Paul Jones. Ac-
customed as she had been for many years
| to command men to love her, she believed
| that whenever she honored any man with
her fancy, that honor made him her slave,
and as such forbade him to think or even
dream of any other gallantries. Whatever
may have been Jones's reception of the
admiration of the passe, though still at
tractive, female autocrat, ii is certain that
he did not accept the idea OF slavery.
But we are here interested only in the
character and conduct of Paul Jones as
Vice-Admrai in the Russian Navy. On
this point suffice to say that Catharine al
once placed Jones in command of her
Baltic fleet, then january, 1897 ice
! locked in the Gulf of Finland. This feet
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see what is upon Ithe learth, you must
also see what is inside iii it!'
My Lieutenant would not have been
frightened at 20 bapdit1, he would have
struggled against every pne of them until
DEATH but his legst trdmbled, his voice
faltered, he was terrified at the idea OF
remaining alone in this cabin, exposed to
the view of the spirit of Gunan.
Whilst he addressedy me these COM
plants, l had leant my back against one
side of the we'll, my knees were applied
against the other, and Shown | went. 1
had already descended about four yards,
when felt some rubbish falling upon me.
| raised my head, and saw Alila coming
down too. The poor fellow would not
remain alone.
'Wen DONE" said to him, "you are
becoming curious too; you will be re-
warded, believe me, for we shall see fine
sights" And | continued my under
ground research.
After proceeding six or seven yards l
reached the opening had remarked from
above, and stopped. l placed my light
before me, and espied corner, where sat
the corpse of Tinguian in the same
state as a mummy. l said nothing; l
was to enjoy his surprise. When he was
aside of me: Look, look" / exclaimed;
what is THAR" He was stupefied.
MASTER" said he at last, 81 entreat OF
you to leave this place; let us get out OF
this cursed holel Take me to fight
against the Tinguians of the village
am quite willing to do that-but do not
remain among the dead! What should
we do with our arms, if they suddenly
appeared to ask us why we are here?"
"Be quiet" | answered him; eve shall
go no farther" | felt satisfied that this
well was tomb, and that lower down !
should see SEINE more Tinguians in a
state of preservation. l respected the
abode of the dead, and came up, to Alila S
great satisfaction. We put everything in
its place, and returned to the upper story
of the cabin. | soon fell asleep, but my
Lieutenant could not; the thoughts of the
mummy and horrible beverage kept him
awake.
ITO be confinffed)
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SYNOPSIS OF Preceding CHAPTERS.

The author, young surgeon, while on
voyage, disembarks and resides tempo
rarily at Manila. The ship by accident
sails without him. He makes a great rep
utation by curing Spanish Captain, Don
Parras, of blindness, and falls in love with
and marries Madame de Las Salinas, a
beautiful widow. His wife's fortune, W hich
was to come from Mexico, is lost. They
repair to Tierra-Alta, garden-spot of the
islands, where the author cares for his
sick wife until she is well. He buys a
countryseat at Jala-Jala, where he axes
friends with the native leaders and enlists
them and some of their followers as his
guard. A village is established. La
Gironiere commands all the local gen.
darmerie of the province.
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CHAPTER XVI.

CHAPTER XVI.
BUILDING UP A RUSSIAN FLEET-AT
THE COURT OF CATHARINE-A
SPELL OF ILL-HEALTH AND RE-
TURN TO PARIS-RECEPTION BY
ENCHMEN.
Leaving Oczakoff early in November,
1888, Jones iourneyed leisurely nOrthward
by way of Kharkoff, Kursk, Oriel, lula
and Moscow; stopping a few days in each
town and about two weeks in Moscow;
and arriving at st. Petersburg on the 7th
of January, 1889.
In his journal of 1790-'91, Jones has left
an account of this so days journey through
Russia in NIidwinter which, merely as
the impressions of an intelligent and OBJ
servant traveller, would form historical
picture of Russian life and customs in
those days profoundly interesting. But
it cannot be reproduced here in full.
He arrived in Moscow the 14th of De-
cember, Just a month from Oczakoff. On
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EDITORIAL NoTE.-The authors further
adventures among the wild tribes of the
Philippin is told even more entertainingly
than hitherto, in succeeding installments
Every chapter is replete with episodes of a
strange sojourn in strange country.
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N. w. Aver g. Sons Souvenir.

Messrs n. w. Aver & Son, the well-known
advertising agents of Philadelphia. have sent
out beautiful and unique booklet giving a
history of the famous Liberty Bell. The
printing is tinted aud the whole bound be-
tween embossed boards. This enterprisng
firm keeps everlastingiy at it," even in the
face of the hot spell, when the average person
is inclined to loiter at the seashore.
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Ez~5L1zhzZIzdEAZlzI'

This is engraved from picture painte d
by Deschamps for the Empress Catharine
by order of Potemkin, when Jones was
ViceAdmiral in the Russian Navy, in
1888. He was then in his 45tfl year, hav-
ing been born at Arbigland, Kirkkud-
brightshire, Scotland, in July, 17a3. 1t
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represents him in the uniform of the
Russian Navy, but wearing the six
pointed great star of the French Order OF
Military and Naval Merit, conferred on
him by Louis XVI. Deschamp's original
OF this portrait is now IN the Gallery OF
Heroes, Ermitage Collection, alongside
the portrail OF Gen. Termoleff
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EDITORIAL N0TE.-Joness visit to Eng
land and his reception by British naval
officers form an interesting detail of the
next installment. In Immediately succeed
ing issues will be treated his part in the
intensely interesting political situation In
France at the close of the 18th century.
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Cantn-ed I,eb.l Ela-s.

Editor National Tribune: / have noticed
mention of returning the Confederate flags
Why would it not be far better to destroy
them on some public occasion, like, the
Fourth of July, and let it be a day OF re
uniting North and South. Have our Gen
eral Government assume the care of al
Confederate cemeteries, the same as oul
own. This would bury animosity between
the sections quicker than any other way
Or, it might be arranged that all Federal
and Confederate captured flags and trophies
be sent to Washington City and placed in
a flag and relic room.-J. n. Welker, 18th
Ohio, Cleveland, o.
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Editor National Tribune: We are one and
inseparable. The South knows the North
and the North the South better to-day than
ever before, and have Joined hands in one
cause for humanity. The sons Of the Blue
and the sons of the Gray, under the folds
of Old Glory, for humanity's sake are
marching forth against cruel nation. /
think if the flags were burned on the occas-
ion of the National Encampment and the
a hes distributed throughout the different
cemeteries and the same scattered around
the flowers growing by the graves on Deco
ration Day would tend to obliterate the
past II seems right for the veterans to do
this and not leave it for some future gen
eration.-S. Scott Hammitt, Co. b, Both
Ohio, College Hill, O.
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his arrival he was waited on by the Com
mandant of the City with an order from
the Empress to occupy the old palace OF
Ivan, in the Kremln and there await her
further orders; intimating that she would
soon come to Moscow.
This order included a credit of 5000
roubleS 49,, 500 to enable Jones to live IN
the Kremlin in state suitable to his rank
for the week or two that he was to wait
there.
On Dec. 81, however, he received an
order from her to come on to St. Peters
burg, as she had then given up her plan
of coming To Moscow that Winter. So,
setting out early in the morning of Jan. 2,
after 81 hours of New Years festivities,
Jones covered the 430 miles of sledging
between Moscow and st. Petersburg in
five days and nights, stopping nowhere
longer than for meals and relays of horses,
sleeping, of course, in his sledge.