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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11
GOMEZ WRITES A Letter.
Appeals to Cubans to Work for
United Cuba.


HAVANA, Aug. 1O.-In an open letter
published today by La Lucha, Gen. Ma
ximo Gomez says he has remained in
Cuba to fulfill a great duty. Now that
exaggerated and mistaken notions are
current regarding the state of Cuba, he
desires to explain the true situation.
1T is absolutely false he says that
great differences exist between the Cub
ans and Spaniards, or between the Cubans
and Americans, or among the CubanS
themselves. On the contrary, all is going
well. An old institution, the Cuban army,
Is being dissolved; the people think only
of absolute independence; g national
party, Which opens its arms to receive all
without asking questions as to where
they were during the war, is being
formed. More could not have been done
in so short a time.
THE impatient people do not realize
that 1t is not the work of a day to or
ganiZe society. Turbulence of highly
strung minds must have time to abate
in people thirsting for independence and
Tor liberty, restrained by rational pre-
cepts. There has been Intervention by a
foreign nation, for the sake of peace. and
now the moment is propitious. All who
were previously disunited could unite for
the same end, which is to form a coun-
Gil representing the soul of Cuba. In the
meantime, the intervening power will full
fill the obligations incurred, and the
Cuban people, will take the situation
calmly hoping and working for the in
dependence and liberty, which the future
will surely bring.
AS for the suggestion that the inter-
yening power contemplates robbing the
Cubans Of their own. / do not believe it.
such a rumor is a calumny against a
great nation. The Cuban left poor by the
war should dream only of place Let us
all let bygones be bygones. Let us all
work for united Cuba"
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DR.. BARROWs DEAD.
Minister Who Welded Perry Bel
mont and Mrs. Sloane Expires.

mont and Mrs. Sloane Expires.
NEW YORK, Aug 10.-Rev. D. Josiah
Strong today received kilograms annOunc-
ing the death at Mackinac Island, Mich,
of Rev. DR.. Walter Manning Burrows, Of
Greenwich, Conn, who married Perry
Belmont and Mrs. Sloan. DR.. Strong said
in an interview tonight:
'Dr. BarroWs was an extremely sensi-
tive man, and the Misrepresentation and
criticisms on his action in performing the
Bemont-SIoan marriage ceremony preyed
upon his mind, robbed him of sleep and
reduced his vitality. 1t is the common
conviction in Greenwich that it was an
important, if not the primary, cause of
his death. He was very much broken in
health, and on his vacation he went to
the summer home of his brother, Presi-
dent John Henry Barrows, of Oberlin
college, a few weeks ago. His condition
became so critical that Mrs Barrows
was summoned last Sunday from Green
Wich. A consultation of Chicago physi-
clans was held, but Notwithstanding the
best medical skill he continued to fail,
and died this afternoon"
DR.. BarrOWs was born and bred in the
west. His father was a professor at Oil
vet college, Mich. DR.. BarroWs was one
of the first missionaries to Utah for the
Congregational church. In 1881 he be-
came secretary Of the Home Mission So
ciety, New York city, remaining here un-
til he was called TO Rockford, H., as
pastor of the Congregational church
there. A little over a year ago he ac-
cepted a call for the pastorate of the
Second Congregational church at Green
wich, Conn.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11
STORM IN PORTO RICO.
Many Lives Lost and Hundreds Rem
dered Homeless.


SAN JUAN DE PORTO RICO. Aug
1O.-A hurricane broke over the south
coast at 1 o'clock Tuesday morning and
swept northwest. There was no abate-
ment for nine hours, the greatest dam
age being done between s and 10 O'Clock
a. m. The wires are down and conmu-
nication with the interior for a time was
impossible. 1t is now chiefly carried on
by couriers. At San Juan four natives
were drowned i'll the harbor, eighty hous-
es were demolished and hundreds were
unroofed. The damage to property is
estimated at $5Q0,O00. Commissary stores
to the value of $4,000 were destroyed.
A cable from Ponce, sent at 10 o'clock
this morning, says the town was almost
destroyed Almost all the frame build
ings are down, the bridge is swept away
and there Is no communication between
the port and the city proper Two ma
tives are known to have been drowned
The records and property of the custom
house are ruined and all the vessels are
ashore.
At Aibonito little remains standing ex-
cept the cathedral and the barracks.
Four natives perished and three United
States soldiers were badly injured. AS
the town is without food government aid
has been dispatched thither.
Ell Cayey was leveled to the ground,
200 houses being demolished. Two United
States soldiers were injured there and
many cavalry horses killed.
At Catano the entire plant of the
Standard Oil company was ruined. The
loss on the property is 5000, 000
At Bayamon a majority of the houses
were destroyed and the rest were flooded.
Two hundred cattle were killed, and the
railway was seriously damaged The
village of Carolina was literally razed.
At Caguas four persons were killed
A courier, who has just arrived from
Humacao, capital of the province of that
name, on the eastern coast of the island,
reports awful destruction there The
loss to property is estimated at $500. 900,
but this is the least of the damage. The
courier brought an official report from
Capt. Eben Swift, of the Fifth cavalry.
who says:
''Humacao was totally destroyed by the
hurricane. Forty-six bodies have been
recovered, but there are many more in
the debris. Eight privates of Troop c
were injured, two fatally Sergeant
King, of the Eleventh infantry, was In
jured. North, a discharged private Is
missing. At the port of Humacao
eighteen bodies have been recovered.
Eight hundred people are starving
here"
Three persons were killed at Las Pied
ras and five at Juancro
COuriers from the other districts are
anXiously expected at the palace. The
steamer Slocum, Capt Thomas. en- route
from Mayaguez for San Juan, was caught
in the storm, but her passengers and
crew were safe, through the heroisln of
Mr. Single, the first officer. The coffee
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11

g points during July and on Aug. l it
was sc points higher than at the CORE
spending date last year, 48 points higher
than on Aug. 1, 1897; and S.3 points above
the mean of the August averages for the
last ten years. The averages in the prin-
clpal states are as follows: New York,
80; Pennsylvania, So; Ohio and Missouri,
W; Michigan, 100; Indiana and Wiscon-
sin, Sc; Illinois, 102; Minnesota, 95; Iowa,
81; Kansas, So, and Nebraska. 92 The pro
portion of the oat crop still in the hands
of farmers is estimated at G.9 per cent,
as compared with 64 of the crop of 1897
in farmers hands one year ago. and -10.1
per cent of the crop of 1896 in farmers
hands two years ago.
The average condition of barley improv-
ed 1.6 points during the month of July,
and on Aug. l was 14.3 points higher than
at the corresponding date last year, 81
points higher than in August averages
for the last ten years. The condition in
the principal states Is as follows: New
York and Minnesota, 80; Wisconsin, SO;
Iowa and North Dakota, 81; South Da-
kcta, "a; California, 81.
The average condition of spring rye de-
clined Z point during July and Aug. was
At points lower than at the correspond
ing date last year, and s. points lower
than on Aug. l, 1897, but still Is above
the mean of the August averages for the
last ten years. In Wisconsin, Whlcn state
produces more than one-half of the spring
rye crop, the condition Aug. 1 was SO.
Preliminary returns indicate an increase
of Z of per cent in the acreage of buck
wheat as compared with last year. There
is an apparent increase of per cent in
New York and of 2 per cent in Pennsylva-
MIA The average condition Of buckwheat
is points higher than at the correspond
ing date last year, II lower than on Aug.
l, 1897, and % points above the mean Of
the August averages for the last ten
years.
The average conditions of potatoes de-
clined 8 point during July, but is still
/ higher than on Aug. l, 1898, 15.I points
higher than at the corresponding date in
1897, and So points above the mean of the
August averages for the last-year.
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REPORT ON THE CROPS.
August Returns of Statisticfan of
the Department of Agriculture.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1O-The August
report of the statistician of the depart
ment of agriculture shows the following
averages of condition on Aug /: Corn,
g Ss.9; spring wheat, SS.S; oats. sos; barley,
93.6; spring rye, $50; buckwhcat, 93.S; po-
tatoes, $50; timothy hay, S6.7
The average condition of corn improved
3.4 per cent during July, and on Aug. l
it was 90 points higher than at the cor
responding date last year, 81 points high
er than on Aug. l, 1893, and 80 points
above. the mean of the August averages
for the last ten years. The averages in
the principal states are as follows:
Ohio so; Indiana, "a; Illinois, 81: Iowa
81; Missouri, IS; Kansas, JOG, and Nebras-
ka, 90.
The average condition of spring wheat
declined 81 points during July, and on
Aug. it was 1873 points lower than on
the corresponding date last year 81
points lower than on Aug. l, 1897, and 3
points below the mean of the August av-
erages for the last ten years. The con
ditiOn in the principal states is as fol-
lows: Minnesota, 80; Iowa. SO; Nebraska,
66; South Dakota, S4; North Da!Sota, Sc;
Washington, So, and Oregon, 81.
The average condition of oats imoroved
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11

on rations during the months of April
and May of this year. Flour sold at $35
per sack; bacon at rs cents per pound,
and beans at 20 cents per quart This
made up the daily menu for several
weeks
Many owe their lives to the relief party
under Scott Simpson, sent out by the
Cosca Trading company. He reached
Laird post March IS. This daring party
left Laketon in March, and made a most
per1lous trip across Dease lake with dogs
AS the ice broke up one of the rescufng
party was drowned, and nearly all the
dogs and sledges were lost
The majority of the returning gold
seekers took the Mckenzie water route
from Edmonton.
Coarse gold was found in several small
streams, and gold cOlors were often seen,
though not in sufficient quantity to work
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11
81 died of hunger"

All along the route from Fort Simpson,
on the Mckenzie river, to Fort Laird,
men with frozen limbs were assisted.
while some too weak to help themselves
were necessarily left behind by those
more fortunate and able to struggle
along. While scurvy ragged in all the
camps more or less, there are few deaths
from this disease reported
A number of Canadians who attempted
to cross Cutlaud trail, from Fort Simp-
son to Fort Francis last fall, have never
been heard from, and it is likely that
they perished from cold. Beaupre was
she name of one of these men, and he
hailed from Ontario.
Provisions were so scarce and high at
all the military posts last winter, that at
several, including Laird post and Fort
Francis, even the post men were put
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11
BULLETIN OF
IMPORTANT NEWS OF THE DAY
Weather Forecast for Today:
Fair; Westerly Winds.

Weather Forecast for Today:
Fair; Westerly Winds.
1-Wheat Destroyed.
Thirteenth Sails.
Damage by Hurricane.
Horror In Alaska.
2-Cass Lake Claim.
Gen. Otis Condemned.
Railway Clerks Picnic.
3-MinneapOIis Matters.
Northwest News.
4-EditOriaI.
Trial of Dreyfus.
World Cycle Meet.
6-SpOrting News.
ST. Paul Defeated.
MiIIers Win.
6-Markets of the World.
Bar Silver, 60 7-Sc.
Chicago Sept. Wheat, 6S Csc.
Stocks Stronger.
News of the Railroads.
Taxes of JObbers.
SIN the Field of Labor.
st. Paul Social News.
Years Warmest Day.
Political Gossip.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11
Mr.. ALGER'S ORDER.
1t Is Said to BE Unsatisfactory Il
Gen. Miles.

II IS SAID to BE Unsatisfactory to
Gen. Miles.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Maj Gen.
Miles had a conference of more than half
an hour with the secretary of war today.
Secretary Root said that the conference
was devoted to military matters, but
would not speak definitely as to their
character. When it was suggested that
there were rumors that he was consult
Ing Gen. Miles with reference to a change
OF commanders in the Philippines, he
SAID he had nothing to say on that sub
Ject. 1t is known, however, that Gen.
Miles brought up the recent order of Sec
retary Alger upon the inspector gener-
ais department. That portion of the or
der which places the bureau under the
direction of the secretary of war and
omtts the commanding general of the
army, as was the. case in the former reg
ulations. is not satisfactory, it is said, to
Gen. Miles,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11
KILLED BY WATERS.
Prominent Texan Fatally Hurt
While Defending His Wife.

COLORADO SPRINGS, Col, Aug. 10
Gus Mckenzie, prominent cotton mer-
chant and a member of the school board
of Gaines, Texas, was killed in a row
with hotel walters at the Parker hotel
in Manitou today. Mr.. Mckenzie had
demanded an apology from the head
waiter for an alleged insult to Mrs Nc
Kemie, and in the fight which ensued
Mr.. Mckenzie was struck on the left
temple and died within a short time
George Mccormick, one of the walters
was arrested, charged with the murder
He was brought to this city Immediately
after being placed under arrest, because
the feeling of the Southern people in
Manitou was running high and a lynch
ing was feared.
Ex-Gov. Hogg was present at the in
quest this evening, and as he told the
coroner it would not be safe to allow
the prisoner to be brought to Manitou
tonight, the continuance of the inquest
was deferred until tomorrow morning
The body of Mckenzie was taken to Tex
as tonight.
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crop is ruined, and the loss Will reach
millions. Great injury has been done
also to the orange crop.
No definite returns have yet been re-
ceived from the southern section of the
island, apart from Ponce. Tt is certain
that the food supplies in the stricken dis
tricts have been destroyed and in these
quarters the quantity of government sup
plies on hand is small.
Relief wagons will be sent out toner
row morning in various directions. Gov.
Ger. Davis, military governor. has
cabled the war department an appeal for
assistance.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11
RARDSHIPS BEYOND BELIEF
SURVIVORS ARE PHYSICAL AND
FINANCIAL WRECKS, MANY PRE-
MATURELY GRAY
FACED GAUNT STARVATION
Were MisIed by Those Who Ex-
plotted the Advantages of the
Deadly Edmonton TraiI-One
Party Escaped Death From Hun
ger by killing and Feeding Upon
Bear-FrOzen Limbs Common.

WRANGEL, Alaska, Aug. (via Seat
tie Aug. 1O).-The Stickeen river steamer
Strathcora arrived here today with thir-
ty survivors of the Edmonton trail.
The unfortunates tell heart-rending sto-
ries of hardsh1ps endured, comrades lost
and abandoned, and strongly denounce the
trading and transportation companies, as
well as the Canadian officials and news
papers that so profusely advertised this
route as a feasible one to the Klondtke
gold fields. These men show plainly the
effects Of the awful suffering undergone
since leaving Edmonton eighteen months
ago. Most Of them are sickly looking
with unkept boards and greasy clothes,
and are financial wrecks. Several are
gray and bear marks of scurvy. A few
have just enough money to reach Seattle
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11
OCEAN LINERS.

NEW YORK-Arrived: Patria, Ham
burg and Boulogne. Sailed: Auguste
Victoria, Hamburg via Cherbourg and
Southampton; Friedrich der Crosse
Bremen via Southampton
R0TTERDAM-Saile Steamer Amster-
s0UTH1AMPTON-Arrived: New York,
New York.
LIVERPOOL-Arrived: Germanic, Liver
pool Catalonia, Boston; New England,
Boston; Pennland, Philadelphia
HAMBURG-ArriVed: Palatia, New York
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AND HE MAY RECOVER.
Desperate Efforts of GeOre NJ. Pat
terEOn to End His Life.

CHICAGO, Aug. 1O.-In attempting to
commit suicide George NJ. Patterson, a
cook Of Evanston, first drank quart of
whisky, then secured an old rusty sword
set the hilt against a bath tub, and fell
upon the point so forcibly that the blade
went nearly half way through his body
Feeling little pain, and being still able
to stand, Patterson again fell upon the
sword. His vitality was still strong,
however, and he placed the weapons S
point against his stomach and rushed
with the hilt against the wall. Still he
did not collapse, and, plucking the blade
from his wound, he set fire to the house
and crawled into a closet and waited for
the fire to consume him. He was rescued
by f1remen, however, and taken to the
hospital He may recover.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11
BERTHs FOR SOLDIERS.
Nebraska POpuIists Honor Men Who
Fought in the Philippines.

LINCOLN, Neb., Aug 1O-The fusion
county convention this evening named
for office of clerk of courts and sheriff.
respectively, Lieut.-Col. Frank D. Rager
and Capt. P. ]. Cosgrove, officers of the
First Nebraska, awaiting muster out at
San Francisco. The places rendered are
the best elective offices in a county.
Friends of the nomiees say they will
accept.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11
LOSS OF LIFE Was FRlGHTFUL
CHURCHES, ESTATES AND VII
LAGES WE'RE BLOTTED OUT
BY THE AWFUL STORM
MANY RENDERED HOMELESS
Terrible Distress Exists Among
Those Affected by the Hurricane
Eastern and Northern Districts
of Dominica FIOOded-PIantatiOn
Wrecked and Cultivation Ham,
pered-Shippers Warned.

ST. THOMAS, D. w. /, Aug. 1O-One
hundred dead and hundreds homeless, to-
gether with the total destruction of
churches, villages and estates, is the rec
ord of the hurricane in the island of
Mortserrat, British West Indies. Many
were injured so badly that they are in a
helpless condition, and the distress among
sufferers is great.
AS details come from Montserrat 1t is
seen that first reports only contained
a faint idea of the suffering of the people
by the hurricane. There are many ap-
peals for help.
At every point on the island of Guada-
loupe immense damage was wrought, and
according to a report not confirmed 1O2
persons were killed.
In the island of st. Croix, the largest
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11
BISHOP DETERMINED.

Will Not Further Recognize the
BeIIeviIIe Seceders.
ST. LOUIS. Aug. 1O-Bishop Jansen.
of the Belleville, ILL.,, Roman Catholic
church, will accord the rebellious par
1shloners of St Patricks church in East
st. Louis no further recognition. A
building will be rented in the parish. and
Vicar General Cluse will be placed in
charge. The old St Patrick's church
will be no longer recognized and a new
church will be erected.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11
TODAY IN ST. PAUL.

METROPOLITAN. .NeiI Stock company
in Lord Chumley'' at S:15 p. M
Base ball, Lexington park, St. Paul and
Kansas City, at 3:45 p. m.
Como park, Danz orchestra, at o. M
Lake Shore pavilion, vaudeville enter
tainment, at p. M
Summit Lodge No. 1853, A. F. and A. NJ.
Masonic hall, corner Dayton and West
ern avenues.
Midway Lodge No. 1S5, A F. and A. NJ.
Masonic hall, Merriam Park.
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of the Virgin islands, the destruction was
appalling. 1t was chiefly wrought at the
west end, where the smaller houses are
in a tangled mass Of wreckage. Thirty
persons were killed and the inhabitants
are in great distress.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11
ST. LOUIS WANTS IT.
Will Work for the Republican Ma
t1OnaI Convention

t1OnaI Convention.
ST. LOUIS, Mo-, Aug. 10.-The Bust
ness Mems league resolved today to in
stitute a vigorous campaign to secure
the Republican convention next year.
and authorized President C. P. Wall
bridge to appoint special committee
for the purpose as we'll as to officially
notify each national committeeman of
the city's candidacy. The cooperation
of the mayor, merchants exchange and
National Committeeman r. c. Kerens
has been secured. It Is purposed to offer
the exposition coliseum for the conven-
ton, owing to its immense size and
abundance of adjacent rooms for com
mittees.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11
DOMINICA FLOODED.
Eastern and Northern Districts of
Island Suffer Most.

KINGSTON, Jamaica, Aug. 1O-Hurri-
cane bulletins report that the eastern
and northern districts of Dominica are
flooded, that Jamaica has suffered and
other West Indian islands have suffered
severely. Many inhabitants are homeless,
plantations are wrecked and cultivation
hampered
La Toita and st. Croix were the worst
sufferers They report many fatalities
ana distress among the survivors, be-
sides property losses
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Ran Into a Switch.

STAUNTON, Va, Aug. 1O-The Chesa-
peake & Ohio fast flying Virginian, -
while entering the depot today ran into
an open switch, striking some freight
cars on siding. Eight perEbns were An
jured, none fatally.
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possible to obtain a correct account of the
damage done, although it is thought
to be important. The railroad from Por-
to Plata to San Domingo is no longer
working.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11
GR0NDWET REVISED.

VoIksraad EndeavOrs to Improve
Upon Boer Constitution
PRETORIA, Aug 10-The Tolksraad
has revised the grondget Constitution
of the South African rebublic) by adding
two members to the executive council,
who compose the cabinet. The executive
is enlarged TO nine members. The pro-
posed increase in the representation of
the gold fields is also ratified.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11
Tremendous Storms In Chill

SANTIAGO DE chilli. Aug. 1o.-Wis
GaIVeston.)- A tremendous storm prevail:
throughout the country
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11
ATTACKED BY HOUNDS.
Boy So Badly Injured That He Will
Not Recover

Not Recover.
WINNIPEG, Man, Aug. 1O-(Special)
"A boy by the name of Field, while
herding cattle near Indian Head, was al
most torn to pieces by pack of hounds
running over the prairie The boy
fought the dogs for half an hour, but
finally fell exhausted. Some men pass
ing by heard his screams and drove the
animals off. 1t is doubtful If he will
live.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11
SCENE ON THE NORTH SHORE OF sANTo DOMINGO

wild and rugged point this
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-11
A MILLION BUSHELS RUINED By
WIND AND HAIL IN THE
NORTHWEST
PERCENTAGE OF LOSS HEAVY
IN SOME PORTIONS OF CASS AND
TRAILL COUNTIES THE DAM
AGE is TOTAL
SECTION TWELVE MILES WIDE

Embraced in the Path of the Storm,
Which Originated Near CasseltOn
and Extended Over Into Minne-
sOta-RepOrts Received Are as
Yet Meager-DetaiIs of Govern
ment Crop Report.