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CoVERACK, Cornwall, May 26.--A
supreme effort to i!oat the American
line steamer Paris, commenced at 5:lo p.
IN. to-day. Smoke was. then belchins
from all her tunnels and the tugs as
sIsting her churned the water Into
foam. The noise or the ,straining en-
glnes was audible afar a frcsh breeze
was blowing and the sea was rising ns
the attempt was made to reilon, tho
steamer.
When the tugs and the engines OF tho
Paris were going rull speed the latter
appeared TO be BwIyiHg trinc. but tho
leakage In the steamers engine room
was increasing.
AT 6;20 p. N, another attempt result
cd In another failure. The ParIs Is IN
the snme position. which Is now regard
ed as very critical.
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WASHINGTON, May 2G.-It Is learn
cd that the American delegates to the
disarmament congress ut The Hague
are acting In conformity with the in
sirnctions they originally received from
the state department. They have COM
municated so far but once with the de-
partmcnt their purpose then being SIM
ply to have made more clear certain de-
tails OF the instructions. They have
made no report to Secretary Hay of the
progress OF events ut the conference.
nor even mentioned the difficulties they
are reported to have experienced in Sc
curing proper consideration for the one
point deemed SO essential by the United
States. namely. the protection from
seizure OF individual property at sea.
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OUTCOME OF
PEACE CONFAB
VIII be Very Much What U. S.
Ambassador White has
Forccastcd.
THE ARMAMENT QUESTION
Will Result in Some Slight Re.
concentrations to Govern.
mcnts Participating.

THE HAGUE, May 26.-It can now be
stated with some degree of confidence
that the delegates to the peace confer
encc are gradually arriving at the be-
lief that Its outcome will be. very much
what Andrew D. White, United States
ambassador and head Of the American
delegation here, forecusted to the cor
respondent OF the Associated Press in
the Interview cablcd to the United
States last Monday.
So far rs arraments are concerned,
the utmost that 1t Is expected to ac-
complish Is some slight recommenda-
tions to the governments participa-
ting.
The various COMMITTEES have now set
tied down to work, and the delegates
have begun q formal exchange Of views.
1t was decided to-day to appoint COM
mittees to receive all suggestions, but
so far as is yet ascertalnable these will
be plgeon-holed without consideration
unless they come within the purvlew
OF the questions enumerated in the cir
cular of Count MuravIeT. the Russian
minister Of foreign affairs. In outlining
the subjects for consideration.
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NEW YORK. May 26.-InqulrIcs hnv-
Ing been made concerning the amount
OF money received and expended by the
jMta in connection with the recent
troubles In Cuba and war with Spain,
7. Estrada Palma, the delegate In this
country OF the so-called Cuban repub-
lie. In an interview. said: The !dea
that upward of s6coo,0oO was collected
for the Cuban cause and turned over to
me as the Cuban representative, Is rub
blsh, The estimate TINT Si.S00,000 was
subscribed by Cubdns In the United
States during the last four years is pre-
posterous. don't suppose 1t was much
more than half q million dollars, and the
total amount received by me from all
sources was probably less than sl,250,-
0cO, OF this. about $4,000 was received
from Cuban planters on account OF taX-
alton. though Cubans In Paris may
have subscribed $l50,0O0 md the private
contributions OF Americans and Cuoans
in the United States were probably less
than $4,000. I shall explain all o!
these matters at the proper time"
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BAR IRON
Subject Of Conference Between Manu-.
E,,furnr. n,I IL, A,,,l,,,,,,tn1

Subject of Conference Between Manu-.
ihcturors and tho Amalgnmntcd
q Associations.
DETROIT, Mich, May 26.-Rcprescn-
tntives. OF the bar iron manufacturers
to-day held their first conference with
the wage committee OF the Amalgama-
ted Association OF Iron, Steel & Tin
Workers, The pudding scale, which
the present amnlsamated convention In
creased a5 per cent ton, was consid-
cred.
President Shaffer. OF the AmaISamu-
ted Association. Secretary Mutt Of the
iron manufacturers. both stated that
the conference would undoubtedly adopt
wage scale wiihou. friction. However.
at present the two interests are good
ways apart and 4 scems likely that tho
conference Will continue for several
days
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DEWEY'S HEALTH
SHOWS Great Improvement Since he
has Landed In Hong IlonG-IIc is
Carefully Guarded.

SHOWS Great Improvement Since he
has Landed In Hong KonS-IIc Is
carefully Guarded.
NEW YORK. May pa dispatch to
Inc Journal and Advertiser from Hong
Kong. says:
ADMIRAL Dewey shows great improve
htn' already. Installed spac!ously at
Inc Peak hotel. with lofeF windows that
eaten every mouthful OF wind from the
fea' he Is losing the air OF languor that
"c wore when he landed from his bis-
tered crilscr.
Il "cs rest that he ncsded-rest and
cooler air. He Is getting both. Society
"' the Peak Is we'll bred. There are no
disturbing factors there. It is here that
'"e English officers and their wives. the
toE"FHment officials. the rich merchants
",'' ' distinguished travellers take re-
.'Hn from the heat and noise OF the
,ggWn They ali feel Il deep interest in
WI nero OF Manila Day. but they re-
'r,,.' his desire for quiet.
'e mas become one of themselves
aHpndy. With the ease OF = polished
nan % the world he has dropped Into
~'N place In the little community that
Any resembles house party Mt mn
,'tNE!ish country residence. Strangers
w w lha, community cannot !ntrude upon
.t,n", however. The government detcc-
tSs's "" to that. SO do the detectives
T'su by Consul General Wildmnn. SO
W. ne swhrms OF Chinese servants.
"a NV fllpin0 iunta ever mGant moro
,,ihar hluster by lis hints OF agsasglna-
,,ion, Il has been thoroughly cowed by
N" British police. Howard Bray, tho
r"El!Sh confederate of the insurgents,
Hs Hts bcen suiienly struck dumb. So
nv nv hiS American fellow schemcrs.
'"ese people received brusquc warn
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towns THAT ARE CAPTURED
Cannot be Retained Owing to
Inability Of Commanders to
Garrison Them.
ONE OF The HARDEST FIGHTS
OF the Campaign Encountered by
the Third Rcgimcnt.-.Filip.
mos in Ambush.


MANILA Ma! -o'-lhe events OIL the
past week nave empAaSizea tne neea Oh
much larger army mere without
which' according 10 fne pesl uuthorities
In MANILA 1t would oe attempting the
!mpossloie 10 expect 10 estaolish
supremacy IN the fhiiippine ISLANDS.
The inausauney OF the american FORCES
Is said TO be Responsible for the large
total loss In the number Of small en-
counters without material results as
compensation. Most OIL the NShsing mas
been in territory which the Americans
had swept, but have been compelled to
abandon because they could not spare
The forces commanded by Generals
MacArthur and Lawton hold two I'M
portant lines of communication and
commerce, the railroad 10 San Fernan-
dino and the Rio Grande river. But.
much of the country they have swept,
including scores of the smaller towns
and SOME OF the larger ones have been
left uncovered simply for want Of men
10 hold them. and the insurgents have
returned and are occupying the towns
the americans abandoned and are
camping in the jungles and woods out
side of the others on the watch for
cha1ces to harass the garrisons and
~ hn i.psp M Ia
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HOPELESS STAGE

Reached In the Negotiations Between.
Canada and tho United States.
Dominion Wants n Slice Of Alaska.
LONDON. May 26-Thc foreign office
officials confirm the statements madu
by the New York correspondent OF tho
London Times to the effect that tho
negotiations with the Canadian gov
ernment on the subject OF Alaska have
reached an almost hopeless stage owing
TO the inslstencc Of the Canadians that
they receive Il slice OF Alaska, which
apparently precludes any agreement
being reached on the subject between
the American and Canadian high COM
missloners. The evening newspapers
have reproduced the New York dis
patch. with comment, generally regret
Ing the situation, but objecting to tho
conclusions that CANADA is blameable.
The Globe says: THE Canadians
would be far less patriotic than they
are II they yield TO what they consider
to be an unjust and indefenslble de-
mnnd, for the sake OF the establishment
of more friendly relations with their big
neighbor."
lllp tNut
the Times. "by publishing It's cores
pondcnt's unjudicial summing up, has
adopted the surest way to influence pub
lie opinion on both sides OF the Attain
tic"
The Westminster Gazette says: Eve
certainly hope that better face can
be put on things so FAR MS we are con-
cerned. but the deadlock seems very
serious"
The st. james Gazette thinks Amer
lean politics are playing an important
part In the situation, md says: Tho
Republicans are disposed to friendly
arrangement with England, but 1t must
be on terms so favorable to America
that the Democrats will have no excuse
TO say they yielded their interests to
Great Britain"
The treasury department has now
two courses opened both being retnlia-
tory. The first is the preparation OF nm
amendment to the tariff act, largely
Increasing the duties on lumber and
forest products imported into the Uni
ted States from Canada.
There is possibly another course. A
section of the DingleY act authorizes
the Uni,ed States government in cases
where governments Impose an export
duty to adopt the nd valorem OF such
export duty 10 the import on such goods
coming into the United States. The ca
madam government Is not Imposing In
so many words an export duty on logs
but 1t has prohibited their cxpor-
tatlon. The question before Secretary
Gage Is whether this prohibition may
not be regarded as in principle the
same thing rs an excessive and there
lore proh!b!tive export tax. II this
view is sound the treasury has already
In hand the measures of retaliation It
seeks In the shape of an order prohibI-
tlhS the importation OF Canadian logs
Into the United States, which would
bear very heavily upon other provinces
In Canada, outside OF Ontario.
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GRAND RAPIDS. Mich. May &C.
The Y. NJ. c. a. international conven-
tlon to-day discussed Forces which are
destroying young men," The subject
was sub-dirfded. Rev. Charles Erd-
man, OF Germantown, Pa. delivered an
address on Docs the All Around Work
OF the Association Increase Its Rel!g-
ious Efficiency and Iniluence?" The
speaker took the affirmative view OF the
question. The convention was then
divided into three conferences. one OF
which. led by W. D. Mural. of New
York. discussed "Biblc study" An
other. led by Bruno Hobbs. OF Kansas
City, considered "Religious Meetings."
and third. led by S. NJ. Sayford. OF
Boston. discussed Personal Work" for
an hour. The evening session was de-
voted to reports from field secretaries.
men who have charge OF the work In
various parts Of the world. describing
their progress, and mentioning the OBJ
stncles encountered. One Of the most
interesting addresses was that of Wm.
c. Weldon, president OF the association
lt Honolulu - ~
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DEWEY'S RETURN
To This Country Will be Delayed
Until October sat

To This Country Will bc DELAYED
Until October
WASHINGTON, D. c.. May 2s.-Ad-
miral Dewey telegraphs the navy de-
partmcnt that he Will stop at various
places on HIS way to the United States
and will reach New York about Octo-.
ber /.
Admiral Dewey's dispatch did not
enumerate the points where the Olyrn-
pia Will touch en- route to New York. It
may be that an effort will be made to
ascertain these for the benefit OF OIL
clals Of some OF the towns, especially
along the Mediterranean who may de-
eide TO take official notice of the visit
10 their ports OF the distinguished ma
val officer and his famous flagship.
some OF Dewey's friends in the navy
department suspect that the admiral
Is purposely evading statement OF his
itinerary, desiring to avoid as far as
possible, all demonstrations.
one result Of the postponement Of the
Olympia's arrival in this country until
October Will be the impossibIlity Of the
admiral's presence at the G. A. r. en-
campment at Philadelphia. His friends
here say that this after all was the only
occasion whick the admiral had posi-
lively promised to attend and they In
innate that. having been obliged by his
health TO decline to attend the dinner
at Hong Kong in honor OF the queens
birthday, very unusual decllnation,
Admiral Dewey will find 1t impossible
to depart from the rule he there estab-
l!shed and attend any banquet or pop
ular demonstrations in this country.
Most OF the time of Admiral Dewey
before his return, 1t is expected, Will be
PASSED In Mediterranean ports and n
generous part at Malta and Gibraltar
and perhaps coming by the southern
route the Olympia will touch at the
Azores and Bermuda.
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The Financial Question.

WASHINGTON, May Ex-senator AL
tee on finance. has issued call for n
meeting Of that committee TO be held
mt the Fifth Avenue hotel, New York,
on the 9th of June. The meeting is cx-
pected to decide what course the COM
mlttee will pursue under the resolution
OF the last session of congress permitting
the committee to hold meetings during
considered probable that the committee
will authorize n subcommittee. con-
sistIng OF the Republican members. to
take up the financial question with the
view Of recommending n bill to the next
session of Congress. Some members
OF the committee are In Europe and It
Is not expected that full meeting viii!
In unnnrnl
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WASHINGTON, May 2G.-Thcre IL
little doubt that our government is to
inaugurato retalintory considerations
against Canada by the discouraging re-
suits Of the negotiations In London
looking to the clearing of the field for
the reassembling of the Joint Canadian
commission. 1t is gathered that tho
British foreign Office, which had seemed
dcsirous to meet Mr.. Choate's advances
In the spirit OF compromise that prom-
ised We'll, has been again Influenced by
less than concession of all of their
demands. which have stopped oil pro-
greSS,
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LONDON, May 26.-Thc morning pa
pers prominently discussed the future
of the Anglo-American commission,
with an apparent desire to pacify both
Canada and the United States. though
strongly d!slnclIned to give the colony
any lack OF moral support.
The Daily Chronicle says: "The whole
boundary dispute Is small. but there Is
much reason that the lumber quarrel.
the other cause OF friction, hns pro-
duced a needlessly hostile temper be-
tween Canada and Washington. Both
sides appear to be thinking OF perpetual
retaliations and reprisals. Such state
OF things is full of evil. AS the COM
mission affords an opportunity to give
and take, 1t Is urged that q settlement
should be achieved. Should this fail.
and should the NicarauSuan arrange,
ment also fail. very unpleasant reac-
tion might cnsue. a return to any un-
friendly temper between the two
branches OF the Anglo-SaXon race will
be disaster to everyone. and above
al Ito Canada herself,
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Southern prcsbytcrians.

RICHMOND. Va. May 2G.--The Pres
byteriar general assembly south was
dissolved after brief session to-nlght.
The moderator ordered the election of
anoti1e. assembly TO convene In Attain
ia. Ga. on the third Monddy OF May,
1900 AT to-nlght's session n resolution
to include Sunday newspapers and ex-
curslons In the list OF worldly amuse-
ments:: against which the pastoral let
ter Is to be directed, failed of adoption,
many OF the commissioners being alb
sent from the session. and 1t being in
advisable to reconsider the action OF the
full assembly
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OIL In Wild Cat Tcrritory.


BpncMI Dispatch &c tho InteIllSencer.
CLARkSBURG, W. Va. May 26.-The
Lynch oil well. one mile west Of Wolf
Summit, which came in a producer Fri
day. after being shot, affords daily
product of fifty barrels or more In prac-
tically wild cat territory. This we'll Is
a pleasing indicator of the prospects Tor
oil In that field. The South Penn is In
n happy mood over the result and will
develop the Lynch farm. as soon as
possible. Judge Nathan Cot will begin
the drilling OF n well on his farm Just
west OF the Lynch we'll, at once. and
vnrlous other developments ore prob
nIlla f.
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PRESIDENTS ORDER
In Regard to tho Government of the
5 Islands Which Have Conc Under
nur rnptpNI 4.H.s'g4 '-5s ~ .has

In Regard to the Government of the
Islands Which Have Come, Under
our Control.
WASHINGTON, d. c., May 2s.-on
Mag S, President Mckinley issued the
following executive order not hereto
fore published. for the government OF
the islands which came under control OF
the United States government as re-
suit of the war with Spain:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
WASHINGTON, May s, 1850
BY virtue OF the authority vested in
me as the comnnnder-in-chief Of the
army and navy OF the United States. I
hereby order and direct that during the
maintenance Of the military govern
ment by the United States in the island
OF Cuba and all Islands In the West
Indies west OF the seventy-fourth de-
gree. west longitude. evacuated by
Spain, there are hereby created and
shall be maintained the offices OF audi
Tor of the Islands; one assistant audi
tor for auditing the accounts or the de-
partment OF customs, and one assist
ant auditor for auditing the accounts
OF the department OF postotIices. who
shall be appointed by the secretary OF
war and whose duties shall be TO audit
all accounts of the islands.
There Is hereby created and shall be
maintained the office of treasurer OF the
Islands, which shall be filed by the ap-
pointment thereto OF an officer OF the
regular army of the United States. The
treasurer OF the Islands shall receive
and keep all moneys arising from the
revenues of the Islands. shall dlsburse
or transfer the Eame only upon war
rants issued by the auditor OF the Is
lands and countersigned by the COVER
nor general.
All rules and Instructions necessary to
carry into effect the provisions OF exec
utlve orders relating to said Islands,
shall be Issued by the secretary of war.
WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
A similar order was issued. eubstitu-
ting Porto Rico. and anothc: substitu-
ting the Philippines for Cuba, 30 that all
the groups are to be Identical as to gov
ernment.
Assistant Secretary Me!kel1ohn, who
has charge OF insulnr matters In the
war department, conferred with the sec
retary of the treasury as to the best
method OF carrying out the order and
after careful consideration decided that
the islands shall be kept autonomous
and that all affairs shall be under the
direct control OF the governor general.
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PHILADELPHIA. May &c. = United
States Senator Penrose. in an Interview
to-day. expressed himself as approv-
Ing the administration OF President Nc
Kinley and the suggestion for his nom
inatton to succeed himself By the Re-
publican convention. The senator de-
clnrcs his purpose to advocate the adop-
tlon OF n plank In the coming Republi-
can state convention endorsing the nn-
tionnl administration and emphaticnlly
declaring the sentiment Of the Repub-
lISans OF Pennsylvania in favor OF the
denomination OF the President.
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years 1850 to 1865 was. the nearest period
OF the church's history In which SO sr.,nli
a percentage Of gain appears while the
times OF commercial perp!eXity
through which the ration has passed
have usually been seasons OF exception
al spiritual revival, the report con-
tinued: The matter was referred 20 Il
Special committee. The report OF the
Allegheny seminary stated that the at
tendance had aggregated s!xty-eight
students. 1t deplored the action of the
last assembly In forblhd.1g members OF
the stu,inary's middle class to preach
during the term, Memorial services
were held this afternoon.
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UnitCN PrcShvtcrinna,

PHILADELPHIA. Pa. May 26.-At
torday's session OF the synod OF the Uni
ted Presbyterian church. the report OF
tho committee on the state OF religion
aroused much discussion. The repor.
among other things said: The Increase
IN membership has been small, last
years percentage OF gain being so nit
lfnily email that 1t has been shameful,
There we're 96i more "re,novais" than
were reported last year. From tho
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Rig Scottish Iron Failure.

y GLASGOW. Scotland, May GA
sreat sensation has been caused by the
failure OF Nelson Brothers. an import.
ant firm engaged In the iron and steel
trade. They had long bearcd GLASGOW
pig Iron. and We're heavily oyersold
when the corner IN warrants was cprl-
ncercd, II Is calculated TINT the con.
Germ lost Si,?5o.OOO during the past year,
The total Of the liabilities Is unknown.
Ne!laon Bros, were the largest dealers
and exporters OF ship plates In Scotland,
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INCENDIARY FIRES

In Guadaloupc Burn ThirtY.onc Poo
ylc, Render Two Thousand Home.
less aud Involve Property Loss of
Over 81 100000
LONDON, May 2G.-AdvIces received
here from Guadaloupc, the French West
Indian island OF the Lceward group, re-
port recurrence OF serious rio.inG be-
tween the native population and Brit
lsh contract labor immigrants which
eliminated In the recent fire, Contln-
uous fierce fighting Is said TO have ia
ken place on the plantations and the
police and military, 1t appears, cannot
suppress the disturbance. Several ia
talitIes ore reported. AS result. the
British consul there has appealed TO
Great Britain for thut protection for
British subjects which the local gov
ernment is seemingly unable to afford.
The secretary OF state. 1t was an
nounced from Washington, received on
April Is. n telegram from Consul Ay-
mer. at La Pointe-A-Pitrc, Guadaloupe,
saying that fires. alleged to be OF In
cendlary origin, started at midnight.
April II and destroyed sixteen squares
In the vicinity OF the American consult
ate. The consul said that four hundred
houses we're destroyed. thlrty-oae lives
lost. mud two thousand persons render
ed homeless. The loss. he estimated,
would approximate Sl,0O0.OOO.
The consul added that though the fire
was out, great uneas!ness prevailed
among the people and that the COVER
nor had arrived at La Poln,e-h-Pltre
with ilfty soldiers.
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Col. Ma

COLORADO SPRINGS. Col. May %.
Admiral Schley and party reached the
summit OF Pixies Peak to-day. He
6rousht miniatures Of his flagship (tho
brookiyn) done in flowers. and placed
1t IN dry dock. as he smilingly remarked,
on the highest point renchcd by a rail-.
road In the United States. The party
We're the guests OF the Manitou and
Pixies Peak railroad committee. This
evening n public reception was given
Admiral Schley ut the Alta Vista hotel
in this city. and the admiral was greet-
cd by several thousand peonle ----