REBEL AGAINST MILITARY.

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 404, 4 February 1904, Page 3

REBEL AGAINST MILITARY.

feanuten In the Philippines Ohieot to Being Ruled by (Laws Governlns *he Armr.

The war department mail from Manila brings some interesting stories of a*rebellion started against military authority. Several civilian t&amstera employed by the quartermp.ster's department have been placed under arrest at one of the army stations by a quartermaster in charge of government work at that place. The teamsters have protested that; this treatment is illegal and that they are not under the same rules aaapply to enlisted men. It seems these employes were ordered to perform certain work, to which they objected, and they asked for their money and their discharge. This was refused, and. they were placed binder arrest. The action is in entire accord with the articles of war. Civilian employe* in a military jurisdiction come under the same regulations as soldiers. They may be kept in confinement not mora than eight days awaiting trial. The teamsters in the Philippine*, therefore, have no legal ground for complaint; ft Sells Historic Place. Alva L. Belmont, wife of Olivet H. P. Belmont, has sold her place on Paradise avenue, in Middletown, It. 1., known as Gray Craig park, to Sarah Wood Clark, wife of John Mitchell Clark, of New York. "Gray Craig" ia one of the best known places in Newport. There is nothing'but a modern farmhouse on the property, but Mr*. Clark will build a handsome yillajand greatly improve the- aiready.atlractive grounds. The propertyicqmprisei 105 acres and includes the famous "hanging rooks" under which Biohop Berkeley did mwh of his literary worki .. , - - Would mm Few Weddings, f Leslie's Weekly says the woman whft prides herself on her domestic incott* petenee and boasts of her inability to cook a dinner or scrub a floor has nt» right to geit married. If this dietunl were to be generally accepted, de-» clares the Chicago Kecord-Herald» fashionable weddings- would beooma tare and curious. ' Manufacturing in Rhode Island* - The eehsns returns of manufactures in lihpde Island show that the percentage of capital invested in manufac* turing has increased 40.2 per cent. since 1890, while the value of the products has increased only 29.5 per cent. Population at Dublin and Rclfasft; The population of the municipal area of Dublin, including the independent townships, is returned as-347,104. ami Belfast is 348,965, which gives the. northern city a majority of 1,861.