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The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-29

whose paw does not exceed $50 per month
may receive one ration per day
The Secretary of War has ordered that
in the case Of vessels employed in the
transport service Of the army, fitted up
for the TRANSFORMATION of men or animals,
the fittings shall not be removed or any
specialIy authorized.
ssrS,as The a,tire Second army corps will be
,e.,iauea Nv tbe Secretayv Of War on
r.t,.rdav Il js aynecfed fbaf the Camp
aiser troons viii show great improve
,ant -, n oy,r,aa,a nos over the last inspee-
tion There were two deaths from ty-
nbnid last night Corporal Brayton
EIFi,nt ~ q 52d Kansas and Private
Stanley B. Swartz, Co e. 8th Penn
svIvanja
T,;ftaan new cases were reported today,
az whieh same are wsali fefirlad and other
sIspeots. The patients at the Fort Myer
Hospital are said to be doing we'll Pri-
vate Gay. charged with rif1lng the mails,
will be tried by court martial on Monday.
Two orders have been issued by the
War Department which are of Importance
to the sick and wounded troops and their
friends One authorizes men who have
been furloughed from hospitals to report
to the nearest Government pest instead Of
being compelled to report to the hospital
from which they were furloughed.
This will allow the soldiers to be trans
ported from the nearest post TO their
regiments at the expense OF the govern, !,
nent. Before this order was Issued a
soldier on furlough from hospital could
not go home without being compelled to
pay his fare back to the hospital point.
This will apply to men from the regular
army as well as to volunteers.
Another order allows man furloughed
who has not been paid on account OF ms ms
regiment being away In Cuba TO go to the
nearest quartermaster and obtain from rom
him transportation TO his home me
cost VIII be charged against nlm thFousi
the pay department. OF the army
Many wounded soldiers from Cupa nape y
been unable to get pay on account OF the
absence of their regiments, and when
their furloughs We're obtained could not
go home because they hau no money.
AS some of them have not been paid for
two or three months they cannot take
advantage of the furloughs granted them
and go to their homes.
Being cabled to diminish measurably
the force of naval auxiliary vessels ein-
ployed in patrolling the Atlantic coast,
Eantain Bartlett. commanding this SER
vice. has begun to assign some of the best
sailors heretofore employed on those yes
sells to Admiral Sampson's feet Yester-
40 N eraxa or6arc for ia efachrr1erI of
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-29
RENT RECEIPT TAX.
Real Estate Men Consulting
Their Counsel.

The article in 'The Jersey City News
last evening setting forth that under a
recent decision of Internal Revnue Collec-
tor Scott all receipts for rent, where q
regularly executed lease does not exist.
must have affixed to them O. twenty-five
cent stamp, caused considerable excite
ment among the real estate dealers and
property owners in this city There was
considerable ambiguity about the word
ing of the decision and many of the real
estate men did not know where they stood
and many perplexing questions arose.
Some wanted to know if receipts given
for money paid on contracts prior to
July l. when the law went into effect,
were subject to the tax, while others had
their doubts about contracts which were
oral instead of written and expressed In
order to be on the safe side they decided
to get an opinion from what they con-
sidered competent authority. Judge
Charles w Parker has been retained by
one extensive real estate man to con
slider the matter and he will give a writ
ten opinion In few days.
Deputy Collector Farmer said that he
had heard nothing further on the subject
from Washington and he did not know
whether he would. The real estate men
viii take no action until Judge Parker 8
opinion has been given.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-29
DARING ROBBER CAUGHT
John Butler Attempts to Roo
a Store in Broad Day
light.

A daring attempt at robbery that was
almost successful was made in broad day
light this afternoon, in Washington
street near Montgomery street. Robert
D. Scott keeps a small cigar store at No.
255 Washington street. He lives in the
rear of the store. Shortly after two
o'clock this afternoon while he was TAX
ing a nap in his room he was awakened
suddenly by slight noise in the store,
and glancing through the door, was sur
prised to find stranger behind the
counter with one hand on the till while
in the other he held several packages
of cigarettes.
James Norton, of No. 81 York street, the
boy he had left in charge Of the store,
had fallen asleep in the chair. The man
had to pass him in order to get behind
the counter Mr.. Scott lost no time after
discovering the thief but jumped out of
bed and siezing him dragged him from
behind the counter The fellow strug-
gled and Scott threw him on the floor
and held him tight until Patrolman Gay
nor who had been summoned by the
boy, arrived and made him prisoner.
When Mr. Scott caught him the fellow
had a s. bill which he had taken from
the till. In his hand AT the Gregory
street station the prisoner said he was
| John Butler, 45 years old, no home. He
will be examined before Police Justice
Potts in the First Criminal Court tomor-
row morning
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MADRID ON PEACE.

TBy Cable to The Associated Press
MADRID. July 20, 1898 (9:00 A. M).-Re-
ferring to the prospects of peace the
.sCorrespondencia,'' an independent semi
official newspaper, says today
while the Government has asked for
peace without STIMULATING preliminary
suspension of hostilities, it is supposed
that an armistice will be declared as soon
as the basis is agreed upon, and pending
a definite settlement. None of these basis
has yet been submitted; but, among the
condtions mentioned Is one relative to an
international conference in London, to ar
range the future Of the Philippine
Islands. We do not believe the Amer-
cans will propose such a conference, be-
cause they have no interest in doing so
and could not derive any benefit there
from Neither is the Spanish Govern
ment favorable to such conference con-
sidering that the negotiations which it
has opened directly with the United
States are better calculated to secure a
good understanding between the two
countries"
1t is understood that the Spanish trans
ports Isla de Panay and Isla de Luzon
will sail from Cadiz today for Santiago
de Cuba, in order to embark the Spanish
prisoners of war.
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notified the authorities here that Cap
General Blanco at first refused to
permit the delivery of messages sent by
these officers to their families. But, later,
under protest from General Shafter, the
Captain-General allowed the messages to
be delivered.
The American General has also au-
thorized the Spanish officers to charter a.
schooner at rManzanillo for the purpose of
bringing their families from there to this
port but no vessel was available and
other plans are now under way. Probably
a schooner will be sent from here to
Manzanillo under a flag of truce, to
fetch the wives and children of the Span
ish officers.
Major-General Shafter says he has not
made certain statements attributed to him
in an interview on the subject of the atti-
tude assumed by General Garcia and he
explains that the alleged trouble between
himself and Senior Ros, the Civil Governor
of Santiago, is a very small matter in
deed Senior Ros is ruffled at General
Shafter not allowing him complete con-
troll of the civil administration of the
entire section of the Province of Santiago
de Cuba which has been surrendered to
the American forces. Senor Ros consid-
ers himself the supreme civil authority,
basing his claims upon the State paper
issued by President Mckinley on July IS
and providing in general terms for the
government of the Province of Santiago
de Cuba, which contains the following
clause
'.The Judges and the other officials con-
nected with the administration of JUS
tice may, if they accept the supremacy
of the United States continue to admin
lister the ordinary law of the land, as
between man and man. under the super
vision Of the American Commander-in-
Chief
Senior Ros, it is understood, resents
General Shafters so-called interference
with his duties. little cloud arose over
the fact that Senor Ros discharged three
employees and substituted for them three
of his own friends. The discharged en-
p1oyes complained to General Shafter,
who ordered their reinstatement. Since
then, Senior Ros has been slightly ruffled,
but he is continuing to discharge his du-
ties as General Skaters subordinate.
The trouble was really insignificant, but
Senior Ros and his three friends being
Cubans the matter was magnitied in
their circles. But Senior Ros simply obey
ed General Shafters orders without pro-
test, though he may have murmured be-
hind his back.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-29

to tasteful and liberal nobieman asked
themselves how far the works at Welbeck
would be continued
The present Duke, though he has not
spent his money with the lavish hand of
his predecessor. still expends large
amounts IN completing the works at the
Abbey. This place will always be famed
for its underground passages which ex-
tend for miles, and for Its subterranean
apartments, including a spacious ball
room and suites of rooms in the bosom
of tie earth. The most striking feature
in the buildings above ground is the large
Gothic hall, restored in 1751 by the Count
ess of Oxford.
In the arly part of his career, the late
Duke devoted himself ardentIy to the
cultivation of art, and the hundreds Of
paintings which adorn the walls OF the
Abbey testify to the good taste he must
have possessed.
Extending in all directions from the Alb
bey are those lofty and spacious passages
which have been for so long the wonder
and admiration of the privileged visitor
They are brilliantly lighted by means of
costly apparatus for attracting the sum
light, and where the sunlight cannot be
9
riding school," the like of which is not
to be found in the world, is reached
through one or two underground pas
sages Entrance is gained by a trap door
which is opened by a curiousIy designed
crank in the passage. The place was used
for the purposes of a riding school II the
Duke of NewcastIe's time, but has since
been converted into magnificent museum
Of frat ;y.1 RI ,e-s
of pictures are arranged in the gallery,
and on the oak floor are thousands OF
rare and valuable books, ancient and
modern
According to '.Burke's Peerage." the
Fifth Duke died unmarried, on December
8, 1879, and the Dukedom passed to his
cousin William John Arthur Charles
James, the present Duke. who was born
on December 2S 1857. and married Wini-
fred Anna, only daughter of Thomas
Yorke Dallas Yorke, Esq, of Welmsgate.
| in the County of Lincoln, on June II, 1889.
The Dukedom was created in July. IT'S.
Two additional titles borne by the
family. and which are now claimed
| by the Australian, are Marquis OF
Titchfie1d, viscount Woodstock and
| Baron of Cirencester.
The Bentinck bamily dates back to the
fourteenth century. and is one of the rich-
/ est in England. In addition to owning
magnificent country seats in Nottingham
shire, Berkshire and Ayr, Scotland. the
Duke of Portland is one OF the largest
! owners Of land within the city of London.
Much OF the fashionable northwest quar-
| ter around Portland Square Portland
place and Cavendish Square is portion
! of the Dukes estates. A published esti-
mate of the estates of the late Duke conl-
puted his rent roll at something like
92oo, 900 Cs2, .0o0) year.
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NATIVES ALARMED.
rBy Gable 10 The Associated Press.l

TRy Cable to The Associated Press.l
LONDON, July 20 1S9s.-NativesN of the
Philippine Islands and British subjects
who have interests there are alarmed by
the reports that the peace terms include
the return of those Islands to Spain. AS
result they have held a meeting here and,
after consultation with the Philippians in
France and Belgium, have eabIed to Pres
ident Mckinley and to Senator Davis,
Chairman of the Foreign Relations Com
mittee. The message to President Nc
Kinley, is as follows
"The Philippians resident in Europe
pray you not to abandon the Philippine
Islands for the sake of peace with Spain,
Our LOYALTY and trust in the honor of
America entitle us to your consideration
and support. To hand over our country
again TO Spain is contrary to the humani-
tartan proceedings of your noble nation
and the wish of all classes. Civilization,
trade and order, all will be lost if Span
ish authority is re-established in any
form
The message to Senator Davis says
"A cast-iron agreement binding Spain
to form a government satisfactory to the
inhabitants is preposterous. To retain
her sovereignty means deception, oppres-
sion and biSotism We placed our rights
in your hands and pray you to induce
the President and Senate not to abandon,
in the hour Of peace, people VINO,
trusting In American honor, fight for
their common interests
The agent here of Aguinaldo. the insur-
gent leader in the Philippine Islands, has
received a cable despatch, dated Hong
Kong. $40 p NJ today, but it makes no
mention. of Manila having surrendered 10
Rear Admiral Dewey.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-29
TRANSPORT LEONA ARRIVES
Her Wounded Soldiers All
Guaranteed at Hoffman
Islands.

NEW YORK, July 20, lS9S.-The United
States transport Leona, Captain Wilder,
arrived this morning at Quarantine from
Siboney, July %, via Hampton Roads
2Sth bringing fifty convalescent soldiers,
two newspaper correspondents and col
ored boy who went with the 9th Cavalry
from Tampa to Santiago The Leona left
New York June Il for Tampa, where she
lay in the harbor for over three weeks.
The Leona fhen embarked the Isl ana
loth " >. taVairy ana proceeoeo 70 sah-
tiago, where she ianded her troops.
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AMERICAN STEAMSHIP LINE.
German Vessels to Take the Plncs
of Those Used by the Government.

PHILADELPHIA, July g. 1see.--As a
consequence Of the many changes made
In It's fleet of vessels by the war de-
mands of the government, and the de-
velopment of the Klondike travel, the
American Line Steamship Company has
decided to transfer the boats now run
ming between Philadelphia and Liverpool
to it's New York and Southampton service,
replacing themby five large German steam
ships which it has chartered from the
Hamburg American Packet Company
BY this arrangement the Philadelphia and
Liverpool service will be increased by an
additional steamer, giving Philadelphia
an increased service over the present
schedule.
The steamships Waesland. Belgenland,
Rhynland and Pennland, owned by the
company, will on the completion of their
present voyages proceed to Southamp-
ton to load for New York, and by that
time the chartered craft will leave Liver
pool for Philadelphia, the first vessel sail
ing on August II The chartered steam
ships are the Russia, Scotia, Aragonia-
Italia and Adria. all modern steam craft
and large cargo carriers. All of the ves-
sells have large passenger accommoda-
tions.
1t is the Intention of the company TO
maintain a regular weekly service from
Philadelphia, leaving every Saturday on
this side, and every Wednesday from
Liverpool.
Since the war broke out the govern
ment has chartered from the American
Line the steamships st. Louis. 81. Paul.
New York, Paris, Pennsylvania. Ohio and
Indiana, and has acquired BY purchase
the Illinois, Berlin. and Chester, leaving
the company short of steam tonnage for
the time being.
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SHAF TER DID II ALONE
He Says He Was Not Ham
pered by the War Depart
ment--Spanish Prison
ers' Shipment
Home.
IRv Cable to The Associated Press. ]

by ltaDle TO 1ue <AsSpCidleu 1-ItsSs
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, July 2S. 1885,
d0:15 A. M)-Delayed in transmission.)-
Major General Shafter is desirous that it
should be known that the United States
War Department has in no way interfered
with the conduct of the campaign. The
General adds that he was never hamp-
cred by the War Department and that il
the campaign in this vicinity had failed
the fault would have been all his own.
The departments only participation in
the operations was in ratifying the terms
of the Spanish surrender.
General Shafter has requested that
those statements be published, in view
of the fact that the War Department has
been criticized for faulty management
General Shafter has received advices
that two Spanish transports, one Of them
being hospital ship, have left the Island
of Martinique. They are expected here
tomorrow. In addition, three Spanish
transports left Cadiz yesterday and four
others are to leave Cadiz on July 30.
These vessels are capable of carrying
about fifteen thousand troops. and the
embarkation will begin when all the yes
sells are here. 1t is expected that all the
Spanish prisoners-of-war will be enl-
barked by August Is.
The American Commander has author
lied the Spanish officers who commanded
the troops that came to Santiago, dur
ing the siege, from Manzanillo. to send
for their wives and families, IN order that
they may be able to take them back to
Spain at the governments expense. IN
all, there are about seventy Ave women
4 - ~, 4, i xox,3 ass
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TOOK HIS 5" r. PUN /" NOTES
Dapper Little Sharper Finds
An Easy Victim in
MIR. Squire.

William ]. Squire. of No. 1S1 Church
street. who had just returned from
Europe on the steamship Teutonic, fell
into the hands of a sharper on Payonia
avenue yesterday. He was fieeced Out Oh
three five-pound English bank notes, an
English sovereign and five dollars IN
United States money.
Squire was in search of "a situation
when he fell in with the dapper little
sharper, who was about thirty years old,
five feet nine inches in height and wore
a light suit and a light, striped cap The
sharper convinced Squire that he could
get him first class situation. In ex-
change for the money above mentioned
he gave Squire lot of fake certifieates
and told him he would introduce him to
a gentleman who would give him first
class position.
Upon some pretext the sharper got out
of Squire's sight. He never came back
and it afterwards dawned upon Squire
mind that he had been victimized- He
reported the matter to the police. The
three five-pound notes were numbered re-
nectiyely 00994, 26690 and 9a33S.
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MANILA De [W[Y'S.
fBy Cable to The Associated Press ]

TBy Cable to The Associated Press.1
PARIS, July %, lS9S-A despatch from
Madrid to the Paris edition of the New
York Herald says the Spanish Govern
ment has received a cable message an
nouncing the surrender of Manila to Rear
Admiral Dewey.
WASHINGTON, D. c., July 2s, 1885,
The War Department would not be sur
prised If Manila has surrendered to Dew
ey. but has no such information. Ma
drid's report that Manila has surrendered,
it is believed, may be due to knowledge
that Spain has authorized Captain Cen
eral Augusu to yield up the city.
1t is believed at the War Department
that Major General Merritt has arrived
at Manila. He sailed on June 20, just
month ago today. His vessels were fast
er than some of the others, and ought to
have reached their destination by this
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DU BOSC'S BOUNCE.
fBy Gable to The Associated Press.


LONDON, July 29, 1s9S.-The Secretary
of State for the Colonies, Mr.. Joseph
Chamberlain, replying in the House Of
Commons today to Mr. Thomas Gibson
Bowles, Conservative. Member for Lynn
Regis, said Senor Du Bose. the former
Spanish Charge d'Anaires at Washington,
was formally requested by the Canadian
Premier, Sir Wilfred Laurier, to leave
Canada. This Mr.. Chamberlain added
was done at the direction OF the Imperial
Government and on the ground that there
was reason to believe Senior Du Bose was
using Canada for the purpose of belliger-
ent operations against the United States
Continuing. Mr.. Chamberlain remarked
that the authority to expel aliens from
Canada, in such cases, rests with the
Crown,
Answering another question, Mr., Cham
berlain said the government could not
undertake to lay on the table the papers
having bearing upon Senor Du Bosc's ex-
Dlllai0n
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-29
DUKE DENIES.
LBycable.

IBy Cable to The Associated Press.1
LONDON, July %, 1ssS-Deniais of the
allegations made by Mr.. Erness Terah
Hooley. the company promoter. in the
Bankruptcy Court, continue to be pub
lished here. The Duke Of Somerset writes
that he was of course ignorant that his
co-directors had accepted money. until he
read Mr.. Hooley's evidence and Them he
adds, needless to say. he forthwith re-
tired from the Directorate of the Dunlcp
Company.
The Earl of Warwick also emphatically
denies that he received a penny Of tha
Hooley money.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-07-29
HOBART is IN II.
New Company to Scoop in the.
Profits of Philippine
Trade.
Especial to "The Jersey city News''l

Especial to s'The Jersey City News.
STATE HOUSE, TRENTON. July 20,
1S9S.-In the office of the Secretary Of
State today. certificate of Incorporation
was filed by the Union Selling Company.
1t Is thought that Vice-President Hobart
is interested in this corporation, and that
1t has for its real object the handling Of
flax, hemp and the like from the Philip
pine Islands. The company has an au-
thorized capital of 100000, and among
other things it has as an object the inn
portation from foreign countries of rope,
twine, cordage, fax, hemp, jute and other
products.
The incorporators given in the certifi-
cate are:-Henry D. Cooper. New York;
Malcolm Gordon, ]. Edwards Barbour,
Albert A Wilcox and Hobart Tuttle, all
of Paterson.
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FOR STAMP COLLECTORS.

WASHINGTON. d. c.. July %. 1895
An order issued today by the Postofiice
Department will be of interest to all per-
sons engaged IN collecting stamps. An
order was issued some time since dis
continuing the use of newspaper and
periodical stamps. and postmasters Were
directed to retain such stamps then on
hand until directions were given for their
disposition. Now the Postmaster Gen
eral has decided to call in all such OUT
standing stamps, and 1t Is a question as
10 whether or not they shall be sold to
collectors, and IL this action is decided
upon they may be sold for less than their
- "a vaflip
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ANOTHER RAID ON AoBoEs.

Another raid was made this morning
on the tramps which infest the Central
Railroad yards. Five men were captur-
ed Two Of them gave good account
Of themselves when arraigned before Act-
ing Police Justice Macs, In the second
Criminal Court. and. were discharged.
They were James Hannigan. Of NO u
Westervelt avenue. and Michael Harmer,
Of No $50 Garfield avenue. Sloaknan
Jones. claiming to hall from Philadelphia
was given the option of paying $40 fine
or going to Snake Hill for sixty days
Frank Tigh and Patrick Dorm, also claim
ing Philadelphia as their home, were
fined S. apiece. in default of which they
No other preparation has eves, done 30 many
people 50 much good as Hoo1'e safsapasilla,
AMERICAS Greakest Medicine,