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Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-29
REVISION or HOUSE RULES
New Committee Suggested to which
fhe Speaker Is NOT Eligible.

Washington, Aug. 2S.-On the meet
ing of congress an effort will be made
to secure a revision of the rules of
the house which will restore to the
members CT the floor much CT the
power which has rested in the hands
OF the speaker during the past several
congresses. 1t is understood that
the plan will net be resisted by Cen
HENDERSON, who will be the speaker,
but on the contrary, will meet with
his approval. The most active advo-
cate among the republicans of
change of the rules so as to increase
the power Of a majority on the floor
OF the house is Mr.. Hepburn of Iowa.
H3 tried. without success, to secure
such change during the incumbency
Of Mr. Reed.
1t has been thought by some that
the selection of his friend. General
Henderson, tc be speaker might dis
pose him to abandon The project, but
this is not the case, and the fact that
he is close to Henderson and had,
charge of his canvess for the speaker
ship is accepted an indicative of Hen
derson's Willingness that tie change
should be made. The plan agreed up
on cOntemplates the abandonment of
the present committee on rules, of
which the speaker of tt.2 house is
chairman and which is controlled by
him, and the constitution in its stead
Of I new committee, consisting of
seven members, to be chosen by the
majority of~the house, and on which
the speaker shall not be eligible to
membership. This committee is to be
composed entirely of members of the
majority party and to have charge OF
the forms of procedure.
Another very important change in
the rules proposed relates to the recog-
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-29
LIKE FLIMSY CARDS
The Steel Work of the Coils.
cum Collapsed.
Twelve Horribly tangled Dead Have
Been Removed and There IS
Fearful Conjecture Regarding
Number of Victims in fhe Ruins.

| Chicago, Aug. 2S.-The whole steel
! ing erected on the site of old Libby
prison at Sixteenth street and Wa
| bash avenue, collapsed about 4:30 p.
IN. Ten or fifteen persons are report
ed killed and a large number injured.
The building was being erected by the
F-.tsburg Bridge company and the
frame was nearly complete. Twelve
of the dead have SC far been taken out
of the ruins. How many more there
are buried beneath the pile of girders
and brick it is Impossible to say, and
it will probably take a week before
the wreckage can he cleared away.
Fully a hundred spectators, men,
women and children are said to have
been inside the building when it col
lapsed. On she tcp Cf the girders were
ten thinkers and along the partially
completed bricks, from twenty to
thirty brickiayers- All Of these are
supposed ito have been carried down
with the wreck The trusswork was
completed, but the iron g.rder on !he
north end. This was bsing put in
place when it suddenly fell toward the
south and carried, the other girders
down like a stack of cards. The dead
in most caEes wlsres horribly mangled.
Heads and limbs were cut off and the
bodies were torn and =lacerated by the
c.-eel work
Nearly all the men who were killed
were at work on top of the steel arches.
forty feet above the ground. Some of
them made futile attempts to slide
down the side CF the arches, but before
they could hep themselves they were
hurled to the ground. Many of them
uttered piercing shrieks for aid as
they fell.
Most of them were killed outright
by the awful nr.ure of their injuries.
The skulls of the unfortunate men
were crushed into shapeless masses.
their limbs were cut off as If by
monster knife, and they were mangIed
beyond recognition.
Later-It is now said that nine lives
were crushed out The bodies of three
men are supposed to be under the
wreckage. Seven are in the hospital
with injuries received in the accident,
and of these -four will surely die. Ten
are injured, but not seriously. Two
workmen are missing.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-29

United States to Germany in 1899 were
the largest in the history of the trade
between the two countries, being
$155, ,772, ,279, against $155, 5,039,973 in
the fiscal year 1898 and $125, ,246,0SS in
1897, pricr to which year it never
reached the 100000 900 line, except in
the great export year of 1892, when it
was $105, ,521, ,55S The importations
from Germany in the fiscal year 1899
were $14, ,545, 1867 greater than in the
preceding year, being $84, 4,242, 745,
against $69, 1897, 1878 in 1898 and SILL
210,614 in 1897, the only year in which
the importations from Germany
crossed the $1OO, 100000 line. The bal
ance of trade in favor of the United
States in the fiscal year 1899 was ST.
529, ,476, against sS5, ,342, ,594 in 1898,
14,035,47 in 1897, and S3,656, 1854 in
1896 During the decade 1S90-1S99
there have been several occasions in
which the balance of trade was IA
vorable to the United States and three
on which the balance was against it.
The total imports into the United
States from Germany in the decade
1S9O-99 were $SS5, ,O65, ,4O2, and the total
exports from the United States to
Germany $1,OS5, 1926, ,756. the balance of
trade in favor of the United States in
the full decade being 5000, 1854.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-29
MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE.
Grand Preparation for It's Celebration
at Nogales

NogaIes, Ariz., Aug. 2S.-The people
of Nogales, Mexico, are preparing to
celebrate the anniversary of the in
dependence of Mexico from Spanish
domination on a scale more elaborate
than anything hitherto attempted in
the history of the city. The festivi-
ties will be inaugurated on September
Is and continue two weeks
A shcrt distance from the in,-3rna-
tional boundary line stretch of val
ley is being prepared for the occasion
and on the opening day this ground
will be covered with booths and tents,
where feasting and gambling will be
the supreme attraction during the gay
period.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-29
AMERICANS AMBuSHED
General Otis Reports The Killing of
Four Soldiers.

Washington, Aug. 2S.-The follow
ing dispatch was received from Gener-
al Otis:
Hughes, at Iloilo, reports four SOL
diers ambushed and killed and mutil-
ated four miles south of Cebu; names
not given. The robber bands of Ne
gros are scattered and most of them
are returning to work on the sugar
plantations. The armed Tagals who
entered the territory were severely
punished and conditions are favorable
for the formation of a civil govern
ment under military supervision
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-29
THE THIRTY-FoURTH INFANTRY

Washington. Aug. 2S.-CoL Kennon
of the Thirty-fourth infantry, at Fort
Logan, Colorado, has made a report
to the adjutant general in regard to
the condition of his regiment He
says that thirty-nine officers have re-
ported and more than the full quota
of enlisted men. The health condi-
tions are excellent and the equipments
are all right with few exceptions,
which will be supplied at San Fran
cisco. The men are fairly well prac-
ticed in target shooting, but the drill
is not what it should be. He says the
regiment is a fine body of men.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-29
MERCER WAS THERE.

Rennes, Aug 2S.-When the fourth
week of the court martial of DreyGus
opened this morning General Mercier,
who was minister of war when Drey-
fus was first tried in 1894, was present
as usual in the from Tow of witness
seats, thus definitely setting at rest
the reports that he had fled. M. Paray,
the writing expert, was again on the
stand today to refute the system by
which NJ. Bertillon attempted to prove
Dreyfus wrote the bordereau.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-29
20 -
VOLUNTEERS ST ART.

San Francisco, Aug. 2S.-More re-
crUits are being prepared at the Pre-
sidio for transportation 30 Manila.
The Pueblo will sail tomorrow with
$50. The Warren will lenve on Sep
tember with 1900, and the Columbia
VIII leave about September 5 with 800
more. This will practically clean cut
the camp of easuals now at the Pre-
sidfo and it will prc5aI5ly include one
regiment Of .she four now on their way
here from the east.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-29
"A DEAD TERROR.

Santa Ana, Cal, Aug. 2S.-Thomas
Cook, known as the Terror of the
Peatlands," was murdered by his wife
early this morning. She shot him in
the head as he lay asleep. He had
boasted of his intimacy with the ser
want girl. Six months ago he killed a
neighbor, but was cleared in court
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-29
"A SHELTER BURNED.

Deadwood, S. D., Aug. 2S.-The
smelter and chlorination plant of the
Golden Reward company burned this
morning. 1t was the largest plant of
the kind in the hills.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-29
GOETHE'S BIRTHDAY.

Berlin, Aug. 2S.-The 150th anniver-
sary. of Goethe's birth was observed all
over Germany today by especial per
formances at the theaters, the erection
of monuments, and in other ways. The
most notable celebration was that at
Dusseldorf where an exhibition of
Goethe manuscripts and relics is now
in progress.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-29
PRESIDENTIAL PROCESSION.

Pittsburg, Aug. 2S.-President Nc
Kinley headed a procession that es-
cortad the Tenth regiment from
Allegheny to Schenley park today, and
along the fve-mile march he received
an ovation that was continuous from
thousands of persons along the route
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-29
A MILITARY MISTAKE.

London, Aug 2S.-The ST. James
Gazette says the inspection by Gen
eral JOubert, commander-in-chief Of
the Transvaal force, disclosed the fact
ths's nine-tenths of the reserve shells
and cartridges in Pretoria forts were
inefficient and an immediate order to
renew the supply was placed in Eu-
rope.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-29
EXCHANGING RIFLES.

Cape Town, Aug. 28.-According to
reports from Johannesburg the burgh-
tinis for Mausers. "A heavy lead of
ammunition, including 800 Mausers,
arrived on Friday from Utrecht, in the
NelnIa rlands
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-29
BASE BALL.
Where Games Were Won and Lost
Yesterday.

A. Cincinnati Cincinnati. 12; Bal
timore. A.
lat Pittsburg Brooklyn, z; Pitts
burg, 4.
At Louisville Philadelphia, II;
Louisville, 0.
At Ch.cago-New York, 6; Chicago,
4. Second game, Chicago, IL; New
York, 8.
At st. Louis Washington, II; St,
Louis, u.
lAt Cleveland-Boston, 6; Cleve-
land. 4
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-29
BOERS STAND PAT
Their Last Offer Sounds Like an
UifimafUm.

Cape Town, Aug. 28.-Replying 30
the latest proposition of the British
secretary of state for the colonies,
Chamberlain, the government Of
Transvaa1 notified him it adheFes 10
its latest offer and will not make any
further concessions.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-29
ADMIRAL DEWEY AT NICE.

Nice, Aug. 2S.-Admiral Dewey, ac-
conpanied by EieiWtenants Brumby
and Caldwell, arrived here this after
noon.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-29
THE GEORGIA WAR.

Darien, Ga, Aug. 2S.-There are no
new developments in the negro riot
situation. The soldiers are still here.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-29
COAL MINERS STRIKE.

Leavenwcrth, Kan, Aug. 2S.-Three
hundred miners in the Leavenworth
Coal company's shaft struck this
morning fer an advance of1amges.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-29

Continued on Eighth Page.l
Willmar tribune., 1899-10-18
GENERAL ADVANCE BEGUN.
+ ForwaFd-Heavy Fighting
~ SOoa Expected.

New York, Oct. 12.-A special to the
Herald from Washington says: A gen
eral advance along the American lines
in Luzon has been begun and war de-
partment officials expect reports of
some heavy fighting within the next
few days.
Official dispatches resolved and not
made public show that both Gems. Law
ton and Macarthur are moving north
ward with their forces. the purpose be-
ing to get control of the railroad and
the important towns as far north as
possible. Eventually it is intended to
send an expedition by water to Lin
gayen. near the northern terminus of
the railway, so as to flank the enemy.
This expedition, however, will not start
until additional troops have arrived.
Meanwhile the divisions under both
Lawton and Macarthur will push to
the north as far as they can.
According to statements made at the
war department this advance is to be
made permanent. There are to be no
more towns taken and then abandoned.
With the additional troops which have
arrived during the rainy season. and
others to follow, Gen. Corbin says that
there will be sufficient number avail
able to garrison towns as fast as they
are. taken and still leave a formidable
force for continuing the onward move
ment
1t is this northward movement of the
American forces that probably accounts
for the recent great activity of the in
surgents south of Manila.
Willmar tribune., 1899-10-18

and hustle that have filled his ears
since his flagship Olympia came in sight
of Sandy Hook. The fact that the ad-
miral was really in Vermont was sig
nailed Tuesday night on tall mountain
peaks by bonfires and electric search
lights from one end of the state to the
other. Admiral Dewey is the guest of
DR.. w. Seward Webb at his magnificent
country residence, Shelburne Farms,
and will not become the states guest
until Thursday, at the capital, Mont
pelier. He came here on a special train
from New York city Tuesday morning,
occupying DR.. Webb's magnificent car,
the Elsmere.
BostoH Oct. 1.-The cruiser Olym-
pia, lately Admiral Dewey's flagship,
arrived in Boston harbor Tuesday after
noon, from New York, after run of
SO hours in foggy weather. The vesse!
was received very quietly and dropped
anchor off the Charlestown navy yard.
The Olympia will go out of commission
here. The stock exchange and banks
will be closed from Friday night until
Monday morning ON account of the
Dewey celebration.
Willmar tribune., 1899-10-18

war and will not hold itself responsible
for the consequences thereof and that, in
the event of any further movement of
troops occurring within the above-men-
toned time in a nearer direction to our
borders, this government will be compelled
to regard that also as a formal declara ton
of war.
II have the honor to be, respectfully
IF. W. RE1Tz. State Secretary"
London, Oct. 12.-If the latest re-
ports, which are confirmed from va
rious points in South Africa, are true,
the Beers have not waited for the ex-
piration of the time limit, but have al
ready crossed the border, as they would
be entitled to do both in virtue of the
notification contained in the last par
agraph of the ultimatum, and also of
the British acknowledgment, which
reached Pretoria so speedily as to JUS
tify belief, amounting almost to GER
tainty, that the war party in Great
Britain, while welcoming an act which
has deprived the country of all peace
full alternatives and given it the great
superficial advantage to be derived
from the fact that the adversary has
voluntarily assumed the stigma of vir-
tually declaringwa was eagerly await
ing its chance.
Willmar tribune., 1899-10-18
A SPLENDID PAGEANT.


Chicago Day Parade, with President
of the United States mt It's Head.
Before the eyes of the president of the
United States, his cabinet and host of
guests of honor, including the premier
of Canada and the vice president of
Mexico; before a cheering multitude
that packed the streets of the line of
march, peopled roofs and filled windows
with faces, the pageant climax of the
fall festival, the Chicago day parade,
took place Monday afternoon. Led by
President Mckinley, who received an
ovation all along the route, the impos-
ing procession wound through the
streets, resembling lanes, between the
gorgeously decorated sky-scrapers, ris-
ing like great, flaming towers, and
through the splendid court of honor.
Both war and peace contributed to the
long, brilliant column that moved in
martial fashion.
Grand Spectacle at Night.
While the pageant of the afternoon
was most brilliant and memorable, it
lessened in no degree popular curiosity
anu 1ulCt SoO LII IAC s SAdhu oPCSIoSu1aA
show of the festival, the parade of all
nations, which started at eight o'clock
at night. The Chinese dragon was the
most popular feature. 1t was 800 feet
long, carried by 200 men and emitted
fire, and this section showed lavish
use of money as we'll as a great deal
of thought and time. Led by platoon
of so police officers, the United States
section came first. Its float was Co.
lumbia. representing the original 13
states, brilliantly Illuminated. The
sections following presented floats
typical of life in the various countries:
Germany, Venezuela, Switzerland, Bra
zil, The Neither lands, Austro-Hungary,
Scotland, Armenia, Assyria, Belgium
and China.
Willmar tribune., 1899-10-18
THE BOLO OF THE FIL1PIN0S
fcfent Against Our Troops
and Their Arms.

A letter from Lieut.. William NJ '2opp,
of the Sixth artillery, who is on the gun.
boat Napidan in Laguna de Bay. gives
the following interesting information
concerning one phase of the fighting
with the Filipinos:
IAN odd trait in the character of the
natives is that they never leave one of
their dead if they can possibly get him
away. They leave more now than they
used to, for this reason: Formerly they
had at least five men for every gun, and
about all these men were good for was
to carry away the wounded and dead,
although they were armed with bolos.
These weapons were very effective
against the Spaniards, as the bolo men
apparently cared nothing for their own
lives, and the Spaniards did not have
the courage to stand when they
charged; so, of course, they were cut
to pieces, the bolo being without doubt
one of the most terrible weapons at
close quarters in the world. 1t is very
sharp and so heavy that it will smash
any sword in pieces that have seen.
They use them in the right hand, and
long, heavy dagger in the left. I had
one of the many amigos who could han
die the bolo go through the motions for
me, and it was truly wonderful. The
rapidity of his moves was such that the
eye could hardly follow them, and all
the time he kept constant guard. The
bolo is to cut, no point; the dagger is
used to stab, no edge. When these bolo
men tried the same tactics on our men
that they were accustomed to employ
so successfully against the Spaniards,
they were killed in large numbers, as
our men did not run, but simply shot
them. Now so many of these men have
been killed, there are fewer of them to
a gun, and they are not able to get the
dead away quite as well as they did for
merly. 4 4
IF your servant goes away for day
or two, you can be certain he is with
the insurgents and in some fight. It is
too common to excite comment here
when an officers servant, who has been
absent several days, is found in the in
surgents uniform killed or is brought
into our hospital for treatment IN. Y.
Sun.
Willmar tribune., 1899-10-18
A BOER MILLIONAIRE.
One Whose Entire Wealth Was In.
vested in the Paper on the
Walls of the House.

"While in Johannesburg saw sam
pie of what was probably the most val
liable wallpaper ever used in house,:
says traveller recently returned from
South Africa. 1T was share certif-
cate in one of the richest gold mines
of the Rand. In the early days an Eng
lishman who worked in one of the first
mines opened took his pay partly in
cash, but chiefly in script or shares of
the company. For many years the mine
yielded little, and the company was un-
able to pay dividends. After time
the Englishman got discouraged with
working the pick for these nicely en-
graved, but unmarketable pieces of pa
per, and left the place for another part
of the country, where he continued to
work hard for living, barely making
both ends meet. =,
"The miners wife used the share GER
tifcates, with some odds and ends of
prints from papers sent to them, in
papering the walls of their cabin, and
they remained there as grim remind
er of the hollowness of mans expecta-
tions. Things got worse, and the
miner and his wife were near starva-
tion, when one day a broker newly ar
rived from England hunted up the
cabin and made an offer for the wall
paper. The price he mentioned was SO
large as to excite the miners curiosity,
and on investigation he found that he
was large shareholder in one of the
most profitable gold mines in the world.
He kept his shares, and to-day he is one
of the biggest mining kings. But even
he probably has had no wallpaper since
that time that represented as much
wealth as did the covering of the walls
of his little cabin. .s-Cincinnati En-
quirer.
Willmar tribune., 1899-10-18
AT THE BANQUET.
President Mckinley and Others Z
liver Sh0rf AIdreaxe~

President Mckinley and Others De-
liver Short Addresses.
Chicago's great Auditorium, which
has been the scene of so many notable
events, never held greater gathering
than Monday night, when the Chicago
day banquet was held within it's walls.
The material part of the banquet oc-
cupied nearly two hours, and it was al
most ten o'clock before Toastmaster
Stone raped for order, and brought the
intellectual part of the programme to
the front in brief address, at the con-
clusion of which he introduced Gov.
Tanner, who, in a short address, well
coined the visitors on behalf of the
state of Illinois. After he had conclud-
ed, Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, and
Senator Shelby M. Cullom, of Illinois,
were introduced in succession by Mr..
Stone, the former extending to the vis7
itors the welcome of the people of the
city of Chicago, and the latter greet
ing them on behalf of the federal otti-
cials of Illinois.
Following the address of the pres
ident, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, of Canada,
was announced to speak on ''The Do
minion." The greeting which was ac-
corded the premier of Canada as he rose
to his feet was hearty in the extreme.
Cheer after cheer rang through the hall,
men rose to their feet and waved their
napkins frantically. .%.,
The welcome extended to Sir Wilfrid
Laurier was repeated when the next
speaker, Vice President Mariscal, of
Mexico, rose and spoke in answering
to the toast, ''The Republic of Mexico"
+ Secretary Long responded to the
toast THE Navy ''':rhe Glories of the
Grand Army Of the Republic were
dwelt upon by Col. D. 3. Henderson, OF
Dubuque, the next speaker Of the
national house Of representatives.
The last address on the regu-
lar programme was by Gen. Thomas
M. Anderson. u. S. A., commander Of
the department of the lakes.
After the conclusion Of Gen. Ander-
sons speech short addresses were made
by Gen. Wesley Merritt and Others.