Show auk and katitus da titus washington nov 24 the annual report of the secretary of war shows expenditures and appropriations for the past fiscal year ap a for year the is adno mainly to tha reduction of in the public works liver and harbor estimates fur the next fiscal year the Sire tary concan in the recommendations of the major general commanding for the of the artillery making benn regiments instead of theand dropping additional first also a three battalin bt talin formation for the infantry Kt ferring to the retired list the secretary rails attention to the fact that now tony right olli cers are incapacitated who cannot he upon the limited retired list woich is lull the secretary that be list be extended to or a special act anther azine the retirement of fatty officers on the subject of desertions the secretary summarizes tie department reports given heretofore in these dispatches and calls attention to the fact that desertion from colored regiments in the past year was only two per cent as against from twelve to twenty em per cent in the white regiments investigation dies not diE Cluse that ill treatment prevails to any appreciable extent the employment of eulif led men in ordinary labor cannot ba wholly removed but recruits should be made fully acquainted with its existence ary restraint should he removed and a soldiers life in the post made as pleasant and com or lable as possible pos fible alit st and fire BOTTE nov 24 there were no new developments today to day in the mine fire the shaft ol 01 the ani booda is balk headed likewise all the levels if the st I lwrence it sl b licked lie carbonic acid gas which will necessarily ba generated in a too find space will eventually put the fire out whether the fire lias extended to the of the anaconda or not no one knob alie number acee lost it is believed will be niue two men are missing but for superintendent carrolla Carroll 8 work with tha operation cooperation co of jhb miners in the mines the alue of the vast interior with the immense ramifications would scon have caved in As it is no one can form the leau of the extent of the dama and before it will ba aae to open the mined again alia company other biccs these afi tre tr e smelter will oot have hoibo dobel down the future intention of the company however unk Donn in by nov 24 the w grocery lionso of janney A andrew burned aning rai raiding hing a loss of the burning pepper and bent up fumes which gr ettely interfered etli the work of the firemen and fin of them in the hospital are beine treated tor partial dunne the fire one of the walla ml catching CAtchi og igat creiner Cr eineo james was fatally injured another man had an arm broken white the remainder escaped with light injuries A wool warehouse next door received considerable damage by water |