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The Washington weekly post., 1899-05-30

The Hague, May 9-The drafting com
mittee, or Subcommittee OF the arbitra-
tion committee. met to-day. and discuss
ed the Russian scheme, adopting with
slight modification the first six articles.
Count Nisra, chief Of the Italian 5eleca-
ton, submitted proposal Of mediation
and arbitration. consisting OF six articles.
IN the form Of an amendment to the Rus
sian project
The Americans also submitted an
amendment, demanding that IN the event
Of dispute between two nations. each
should choose another nation 10 act to-
gether as arbitrators 10 settle the differ
ence without bloodshed. This must rot
be confounded with the proposal for
permanent arbitration tribunal which the
Americans Will introduce during tile next
week
The italian proposal includes a clause
providing that mediation and arbitration
shall not stop mobilization or prepara-
tionS for war. Neither the American nor
Italian amendment has yet been discuss
ed
The Washington weekly post., 1899-05-30

At this point, with the evident approvsI
Of all who listened, N. Ballot de Besuurs
quoted from VI Mornard's statement -
follows:
Although justice has been rendered
more or less impotent with regard 10 Fs-
terhazy by the latters acquittzi OF the
charge Of being the acthor OF the bordA-
reau. IL Is none the less the duty OF the
Supreme Court 10 restore 70 liberty a.
innocent man unjustly condemned. %
Prior 10 the adJournmeal u. Ballot de
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
GRADUAL PROGRESS.
The Boy Had q situation ana the Fa.
ther Was Going to BE an
Agriculturist.

Flows your boy doing?" inquired the
man whose business takes him occasionally
to a rural community where he knows all
the inhabitants. ~
"Fine." A2 a
"Has good job, has he?"
'He amt got a job. no more. He's got q
situation. He started in with job, where
be didn't get nothin' but wages-four dol
lars week. But he done SO good that they
boosted him right along, 80 that now he's
gettin' ten dollars week. That there ain t
wages. That's salary"
How are your own affairs prospering?"
"First rate"
"Still pursuing your old busihess?"
"No. I'm a farmer now" 49,
eWhy, isn't that what you always were?"
"No, Stree. don't fool myself with no
datterin' notions. Up to little while ago,
when the wave of prosperity struck, I
wasn't nothin' but common cracker But
I've bought an extra piece of ground an
lifted couple of mortgages, an now I'm
farmer. Eff the luck holds out I'll have
some money in the bank in few years.
Then I'm, goin' to buy three-minute hoss
and blackboard and NOV the grass in front
Of the house and be an agriculturaist." -
Washington Star. '
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
DEWEY TO WED.
Announces His Engagement to the
Widow of the Late Gen.
4A. w. ID. Haxen,

Washington, Oct. 31.-Admiral Dewey
announced to some of his more init
mate friends Monday night the fact Of
his engagement to Mrs. w. B. Hazen,
of this city. Mrs. Hazen is the widow
of Gen. Hazen, formerly chief signal
officer Of the army, who died about ten
years ago, andsis a sister of John r.
Mclean, democratic. candidate for gov
ernor of Ohio. Mrs. Hazen has no chill
dren, and since her. husbands death
has made: her home with her mother.
She is woman Of large means, about
40 years Of age, and popular in the best
society circles of Washington. The
date for the wedding has not been
fixed.
The admiral's first wife died in 1872.
She was the daughter of a. former gov
ernor of Vermont. One child from that
marriage, a son, is now living in New
York. Gen. Hazen, the former husband
OF, Mrs. Hazen, died on the 10th of Jan
uary, 1887, and son from their union
died last year.
Admiral Dewey on Monday took pos
session of his new home. The last of
the furniture was arranged in the new
house and the admiraPs trunks were
brought up from the apartments he has
been occupying at the Everett.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
THE EAST.

From Southampton to New York the
steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Crosse
made the trip in days II hours and 4s
minutes, breaking the worlds record,
AT the age of 81 William Henry Webb,
one of the country's' famous shipbuild-
ers, died at his home in New York.
During the year just ended 60 men of
the Gloucester (Mass.) fishing feet
were lost. They left As widows and 23
children. Fifteen vessels, valued at
$70,750, were lost.
In New York city Dwight. Townsend,
member of the. Thirty ty-ninth and For
ty-third congresses, died at the age of
70 years.
In collision the ferryboat Chicago
was sunk in midstream in the North
river in New York and four lives were
lost.
George Hermans killed Rhoda Horton
and her daughter at Stephenstown, N.
Y, and then killed himself. Jealousy
was the cause. %
Vice President Hobart's family say
that he is suffering from complication
of heart troubles and that he will not
again take part in public affairs, even
if his life should be spared.
Fire destroyed the Hackettstown IN.
~ seminary, the students barely escap-
ing.
Fire destroyed the new administra-
ton building at Sing Sing IN. " pris-
on.
The death of Henry Adams Neely,
bishop of the Protestant Episcopal do
cese of Maine, occurred in Portland. %
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
ENTERS CABANATUAN.
sistnnce from Insurgents-Ad-
81! vance of Gen. Young.

Manila, Oct. 31.-Maj. Balances bat
TALON of the Twenty-second infantry
entered Cabanatuan Monday, meeting
with no resistance. The natives well
coined the Americans, shouting viva
los Americanos." The einsurgentt troops
had fed to the mountains. Gen. Bates
will be appointed military governor OF
the Mohammedan islands, with head
quarters at Jolo, until Zamboangas'is
occupied. Gen. Fred Grant will COM
mond Gen. Bates brigade.
Washington, Nov. 1.-Cable advices
to the war department Tuesday indi-
cate that Gen. Young's column is stead
lily continuing its advance, in spite of
unfavorable conditions. A cablegrami
from Gen. Otis says: (.
''Young's advance north and east Ca.
banatuan; will occupy Talavera and prob
ably Aliaga to-day, objective San Jose
and Carranglan;~ wet season has rendered
roads in that section impracticable for
wagon transportation and progress diff
cult
Manila, Nov. All signs show that
Gen. Young's rapid advance is demoral-
izing the insurgents northward. Pris-
oners report them to be fleeing to the
hills. There are many deserters and
sick men, and the former are taking
their arms to. the Americans. The cav
alry's rapid movements are puzzle to-
the insurgents, who think that the
Americans, in striking so many places,
must have overwhelming forces.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
A DUST EXPLOSION.
1t Causes the Collapse OF building
in Chicago In Which Three
Persons Are Killed.

Chicago, Nov. 2.-Three men are
known to have perished and three others
are reported missing as the result of the
collapse of six-story building at 139
to III West Lake street Wednesday
evening. Considerable damage was
done to adjoining property. The loss
is about 100000. The following are
dead:. s g. M - o.4 h..
Joseph B. Doctor. barn foreman Of the
New England Milling company, caught In
building at the explosion: body recovered.
frankhns 5. Hanson, proprietor. body res
moved. badly burned. Harry Hilton. book
keeper, body under wreckage. 3
Missing-Charles Mullons, peddler. last
seen struggling to reach exit. buried in the
ruins; thought by some to have escaped.
Unidentified woman. said to have been
caught by falling walls, buried beneath
the debris. G. Williams, employe of the
Leonard Seed company, unaccounted for.
ln5ured-Patrick Peyton, blown into the
street. cut, bruised; w. B. Adams. saloon
keeper. head badly cut. Charles Henning.
badly bruised. A. j.: Kelly, bruised. j. c.
Taylor, bruised.
The cause was an explosion in the
four-milling establishment of T. S.
Hanson at 145 and lat West Lake street.
Accumulated flour dust was generally
conceded by Chief Swenie and others
who Investigated to have been the COM
bustible whose ignition by an unknown
cause resulted in the disaster.
The losers are S. T. Leonard, whole
sale seeds, 100000; C. T. Bowal, owner
of the building, $4,000; New England
mills, F. H. Hanson, proprietor, $685.
600; J. c. Meyer, dealer in pickles and
vinegar, $4,000.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
A DAMAGING STORM.
Carolina Resorts
Loss Is Very Large.

Wilmington, N. c., Nov. 1.-Authori-
tative reports from Wrightsville and
Carolina Beach say the northeaster
which prevailed all of Monday reached
the height of it's fury in that vicinity
at four o'clock Tuesday morning. Much
property was destroyed, but no loss of
life has been reported. At Wrightsville
there are GO odd cottages, and of this
number Is are a total loss and others
badly damaged. The loss is estimated
at from $4,000 to $4,000. The ,trestle
of the Wilmington Sea Coast railroad
and track aggregating in extent about
three miles is a wreck, and the damage
is estimated at from $4,000 to $50, 900.
At Carolina Beach, near the mouth of
the river, there are about rs cottages,
boat and club houses, and also large
hotel. About 1s of these were totally
destroyed, and the remaining ones were
badly damaged. This loss is placed at
from $4,000 to $4,000. "
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
THREE MEN KILLED.
Hand Car on Which They, Were Co
ing for the Doctor Is struck'by
80 a Passengers Train.

st. Louis, Oct. 3o.--A special to the
Post-Dispatch from Carlinville. ILL.,,
says: Three men were killed on the
Jacksonville & st. Louis railroad be-
tween Barnet and Atwater, Macoupin
county, Saturday. James Bryant, fore
man; John Norvell, George Cramer and
Samuel Allen, members of a Quincy,
Carrollton & St. Louis section crew,
were on their way on hand car from
Barnet to Atwater to secure the serv-
ices of physician for q friend who
was very i'll. The men were in the en-
ploy of another road but took chances
in running over the Jacksonville G. St.
Louis railway to fulfill their errand Of
mercy, when they were run down by a
passenger engine. Bryant escaped by
jumping.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
DEAD LETTER OFFICE.
The Annual Report shows That Near
ly 100000 Pieces of Unclaimed
Mail Were Received. s.

Washington, Oct. 80 The annual re-
port of the dead letter office shows that
it received from all sources 6,s55, 1888
pieces of mail matter, nearly nine per
cent. increase over last year. OF these
over 145,ooo consisted of insuficiently
paid, mail, .25o,oo0 were unde delivered let
ters to hotel addresses, over 167, 1000 un-
claimed parcels and more than half
million pieces Of foreign mail. Mail
directed to fictitious addresses de-
creased by As per cent, indicating
notable restriction in operations of
fraudulent concerns. More than three
quarters of a million of letters and par
cells sent to the dead letter Office were
subsequently, delivered to the owners
unopened. Money, drafts, ETC., found
in the dead mails aggregate face value
of 1,16s, 1000.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
Bold Robbery,

St. Louis. Oct. 31.-Robert B. Jen-
nings, secretary and treasurer of the
Broadway cable line. was robbed of
$1,o43 in cash and two ichecks
each for over $4,000 while stand
ing on the rear platform of a
broadway car at Broadway and Wash
ington avenue at noon Monday. The
police attempted to suppress the facts,
and as consequence, the news was not
known generally until three or four
hours later in the day. The robbery,
committed in broad daylight, on one
of the busiest corners of st. Louis, is re-
garded as one of the most daring crimes
committed in the history Of the local
police annals. ~ -
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
MINOR NEWS ITEMS.

The Boer war will cost Great Britain,
it is estimated, 0o,0OO,OOO.
Col. R. w. Huntington, marine corps,
has been retired, to take effect January
10 next.
Floy Sing is the first Chinese child
ever admitted to the public schools of
st. Louis.
Miss Eva Johnston is the first woman
in 20 years to be elected to professor
ship in the University of Missouri.
The national debt of Santo Domingo
is now about $25 100000 gold. The pop
ulation is somewhat less than 100000.
The first head of the Vanderbilt fam
lily died at the age of So, the second at
the age of 65 and the third at the age
of 54.
Although " years of age, John A.
Peters is still performing his duties as
chief justice of the Maine supreme
court.
Benjamin H. Lee, who wilk have
charge of the Connecticut exhibits at
the Paris exposition, held similar post
at the worlds fair in Chicago.
Emperor William will exhibit the
Frederick the Great collection of GU
rios, literary treasures and French
paintings at the Paris exposition.
The Kansas City & Eldorado railroad
has been sold to the Missouri, Kansas
& Texas Railroad company for the
amount of its bonded indebtedness,
1925, 900. .
Oscar Darling, a well-known civil en-
gineer and inventor, has become the
father of his twenty-third child. The
last arrival is son. Mr.. Darling is Sc
years old.
Wyoming papers predict that Hart
vile will become second Pittsburgh,
owing to the rapid development of it's
hematite ore beds, which ave the larg.
est i'm the world
$. S. Mcclure viii be the active man.
ager OF Harper g. Bros. Sweeping
changes hnve been made in the edi-
torlnl STAFF. y. i. Morgan has invested
$2,00O,O0O In the company. a
The house In Washington in which
Abraham Lincoln died hns been reno-
waited IN nceordance with the net OF
congress providing for ". II ~ now
used as u museum Of lincoln relics.
The Ohio supreme court bns rendered
u decision which has the effect of legal,
Wing the practice OF osieopa,by In Ohio
without tbs f0rnBlity Df securing u IL,
Nsnss from ibe state medical board,
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
4 WEEKS HISTORY
The Important Happenings Of a
Week Briefly Told.
On ALL PARTS OF THE UNION
All the Latest News of Interest from
Washington, From the East, the
West and the South. = /.
THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES
FROM WASHINGTON.

The dead letter Offices annual re-
port shows that it received 6,S55,9s3
pieces of mail matter in the last fiscal
year, nearly nine per cent. increase
over the previous year. ~
Admiral Dewey's engagement to
Mrs. W. B. Hazen, of Washington,
widow of Gen. Hazen, formerly chief
signal officer of the army,is announced.
In Washington the Philippine COM
mission held it's first meeting, but none
of the deliberations will be made public
until the commission finishes its labors.
At Arlington Gen. Guy v. Henry was
given military burial, the president and
his cabinet being present at the cere-
monies. -
The death of George Bartle, the old
est clerk of the state department,
Keeper of the great SEAL" and close
friend of Daniel Webster, occurred in
Washington.
In October the government receipt
were s47,533,5ss, against 1851 ,o51 for
the same month last year, and the ex-
penditures amounted to $44,O12,0 900,
against s53.oo3,oOO last year.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
WEST AND SOUTH.

In Baptist church he built 70 years
ago near Elizabethton, Tenn, Stephen
3. Lewis celebrated his one hundredth
birthday.
In San Francisco the Twentieth Kan
@sas regiment was mustered out.
The famous inventor of the Morgan
thaler typesetting machine, Ottmar
Mergenthaler, died of consumption at
Baltimore, Nd, aged As years.
The death of Maxium st. Martins oc-
Cured at Two Creeks, Wis, aged 1O7
years.
Near Atwater, ILL.,, hand car was
run down by an engine and John Nor
vii, George Cramer and Samuel Allen
were killed.
Heavy rains and winds for four days
did extensive damage throughout the
province of Santiago de Cuba.
Fire nearly destroyed New Boston.
suburb of Portsmouth, o.
In Alabama leading republicans met
at Birmingham and adopted resolu-
tions indorsing the administration of
President Mckinley and his foreign
policy in particular, and demanding his
denomination and reelection.
Flames swept away the entire busi-
ness portion of Horatio, Ark.
The death of Henry c. Harris, SUI
preme judge of Choctaw nation, oc-
CURED at his home near Harris, I. 7.
+ A mob hanged Tom Hayden (colored)
at Fayette, Mo-, for the murder of An
n raw Woonc 1.-hi&o NAV
In st. Louis Robert r. Jennings, Sec
retary of a car company, was robbed of
a package containing nearly $4,000
while boarding street car.
From Cape Nome goldseekers arrived
in San Francisco with $2,5oo,ooO and re-
ported that many fortune hunters had
died in quest for treasure.
Flames wiped out the business por-
ton of Fairview, Kan.
In the Cripple Creek (Col.) district
the October gold output was $2,oo1,-
600, breaking all monthly records.
At Weir City, Kan, George Wells, a
negro miner, suspected of having mur-
dered Gus McArdie, white man, was
lynched by mob.
At Richmond the torpedo boat Shu-
brick was launched in the presence OF
President Mckinley, many members of
his cabinet, Gov. Tyler, of Virginia, and
an immense outpouring of people.
Near Dennison, Tex, train robber
secured $4,000 from an express car on
the Missouri, Kansas G. Texas road.
Near New Orleans train jumped the
track and nine persons were injured,
several fatally.
In North Carolina storm wrecked 80
cottages belonging to summer resort
ers at Wrightvillc and Carolina Beach.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
Torpedo Boat Launched.

Richmond, Va, Nov. 1.-The torpedo
boat shubrick was launched here Tues
day in the presence of President Nc
kinley, many members of his cabinet,
Gov. Tyler, of Virginia, and an i'm
mense outpouring of people. The dem
onstration was marred in some of its
features by a heavy rainstorm. The
civic carnival parade had to be aban-
doned for the day, owing to the wealth
.er. Thelaunching was a great success,
the boat being christened by little Miss
Carrie shubrick, of Rocky Mount, N. c.,
great-grandniece of Commodore Shu-
brick. 0l
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

In the vicinity of Ladysmith Gen.
White, Mt the head OF $4,000 British, and
Gen. Joubert, commanding 10000 Beers.
measured arms and the British claim
the victory. but another report says
that the whole British army surren-
dered and that the troops were prison,
ers of war.
Filipino cavalry made a fierce at
tack upon u detachment of the Thirty.
sixth volunteers That was reconnoiter.
Ing between Lubao and floridablanso.
ybe Americans stood their ground. and
before the insurgents retired ibe latter
had lost tbrsy officers and eight men,
OAs American was wounded.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
Twelve LO.t NJ s..

New York. Nov, 2.-~Word was re-
ce'ved In this city of the loss OF the
steamer George J., Colwell of the South
Carolina coast Twelve sailors were
'os', Capt, 0askeeI, Of the wrecked yes-
he'' SEPT u dispatch to the owners from
Charleston, y, &, saying br WAS the only
survivor % crew Of 10, He gave no
further daiajs,
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09

q Lord Wolseley, field marshal of the
English army, has had remarkable
career as soldier, and his advancement
has been wonderful. His army history
may be summarized as follows: En-
sign, 1852; captain, 1855; major, 1858;
lieutenant colonel, 1859; colonel, 1865;
deputy quartermaster general, 1867;
assistant adjutant general, 1871; major
general, 1873; quartermaster general,
1880; adjutant general, 1882; general,
1883. For his services in Ashanti he re-
.ceiyed $125,O00, and for his conduct of
the Egyptian campaign he was given
800, 900.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
slos.on WIN. the Mntch.

New York, Nov. 2.-Slosson won the
professional billiard match Wednes-
day night at Madison Square garden,
schaefer being beaten by 900 points to
1853. slosson again outplayed Schaefer
by 300 points against 262, and he there
fore increased the advantage which he
held when play began, by 3s caroms,
and finally ended with lead of 145.
Slosson's average for the full 900 points
was a shade over AZ, and his best run
OF the match was 81. Schaeferexceeded
this run twice, making Al and 80 in
Wednesday nights play. His average,
however, was little under four for the
full game.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
Ferryboat. Run Down.

New York, Oct. 31.-Run down by the
Savannah line steamer, City of Augusta,
the Pennsylvania ferryboat Chicago
was cut in two at IL: 30 o'clock Tuesday
morning. How many are lost is not
known. One body was found an hour
after the collision was reported. Esti-
mates OF the lost vary all the way from
two to 20. Even the number who were
on board the ferryboat is unknown;
many say 40, and the estimate varies
all the way up to 15O.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
The Engineering News has ia

The Engineering News has taken an
automobile census, ,and finds that there
are now 10000 of the new-fangled ma
chimes in Europe, 5000 of them being in
France, and third of that number in
Paris. The News says that there are
now 500 automobiles in the United
States, but that Americans have, their
orders in for 1000 machines, and hun
dreds oflothers would purchase the ma
chimes if-they could get them without
waiting several months for the factory
to fill the orders.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
"a New York woman has gone into re-

a New York woman has gone into re-
form in q novel way. She thinks the
way pies are now made is disgrace to
ciyiiization and she proposes to give
Americans real pie-thc kind your
mother used to make. The intention is
all right, but the fact is. when man
gets old enough to talk about the pies
his mother used to make he has lost
the appetite he had in his youth, and
that was whit made the .old-fashioned
pies taste so good. Pies will never taste
10 him as they tasted when he came
from school and drifted into the kitch-
ZEN for sssumpin to eat"
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
Ex-Govcrnor saunder. Deal.

Omaha, Neb.. Nov 2.-Ex-Gov. Alvin
Saunders died at an early hour Wednes-
day morning. He was one of the earliest
settlers in the state and during his en-
tire career was a prominent figure in
its political and business life, His
daughter is the wife Of Maj. Russell
Harrison, son Of the ex-president. The
infIrmiaes OF old nge were the cause OF
the ex-governor's death.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
Mig System. to Combine.

I. Philadelphia, Nov. 1.-The North
American says this morning: One of
the greatest financial combinations of
the century is in process of formation.
The organizers of the Continental Tele-
graph, Telephone and Cable company,
recently incorporated in New Jersey,
have obtained control of all the inde-
pendent telephone companies in the
United States and aim to combine these
with the great telegraph companies and
the five Atlantic cable companies.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
Cuban. show Improyement.

Washington, Oct. 3O.-Gen. Fitzhugh
Lee, who arrived in Washington satur-
day night from New York, in an inter
view said that the people of Cuba are
steadily improving under the existing
protectorate of the United States and
are slowly but surely rebuilding their
war-wasted homes and repairing their
crippled fortunes. Life and property
are secure in Cuba, owing largely, he
said, to the salutary restraint exercised
by American military authority. He
thinks the time not ripe yet, however.
for purely Cuban government.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
WORK at the MINT

Philadelphia, Nov. 2.-During Oc-
tober more than 2o,ooo,ooo pieces of
money were coined at the mint in this
city, representing a total value of 49,
26s,563.26. OF these 175,oOo were Costa
Rican coins, of 20, 10 and colone value,
worth altogether $69s,O23. OF United
States money there were 10000 eagles,
100000 half dollars, 3,36s, 900 quarters
and 3,s5O,000 dimes. In nickels and
pennies 11,25o,ooo pieces were cast, val
ued together at $304, ,450.
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
Eire I'M Chicara

Chicago, Nov. LA five-story build
ing at s9-43 West Washington street,
occupied by the Empire steam clean
ing works, NJ. McGregor G. Co., manu-.
facturers of machinery; Frank SWEET
d Coz, saw manufacturers, and Becker
brothers, electrical engineers and man.
ufactnrcrs, burned this (Wednesday)
morning. Loss, $l25,00o,
The Hope pioneer., 1899-11-09
DickIe Resigns.

Chicago, Nov. 2.-There is to be a
shaking upof officers when the national
committee OF the prohibition party
meets in this city December l3. Samuel
Dickie, the chairman, has resigned, and
Oliver w. Stewart, chairman of the Illi-
Dois state committee, is slated to take
his place. William r. Wardwell, secre-
tary of the nntional committee, has In
timated his resignation would be hand
ed In at the committee meeting.