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VOL. XV.
ST. HELENS, OllEGON, Fill DAY, AUGUST 2G, 1893.
NO. 36.
YIUM
DOmCS OF THE WEEK
What Has Happened In the
Civilized World.
OIVKN IN THE TURNS DISPATCHES
k Ooilii( HInw of the News at tho
-m novon i.ayi m ii.ii ani
All Foreign I.auds.
CHptaln Clark, of the battle-thlp Ore.
gon, It seriously ill, and cannot at pre
tint be removed (ram the auxiliary
cruiser St. laui. i ,
Tho prctldent lia directed that the
Twenty-third Kansas regiment, colored.
' te dispatched to Huntiflgo, to form an
army of ooojpaUon la Cuba.
Congressman Jamet O, Magnlre hat
boeu nominated for governor by the
Democrat! of California. The (union
plun carried almost unanimously.
Frnuk Gelding, an expert minor and
mineralogist, of Benton, Wit., com
mitted suicide by blowing himself to
a tome with dynamite io i powder
house. -
- Gen. Men Itt hat prepared a procla
mntion to the Pbllpplne natlvet which
provide! a scheme of government for
Manila and surrounding territory and
other islands placed in our possession,
Governor-General Blanco's ordera to
hia generals deoree that pioperty in
Cuba mutt bo , fully protected. Theau
thoritieaat the various towns are In
atracted to on-operate wiith the Amerl-
can military leaders for this purpose,
. and to prevent pillaging by Insurgents.
A lite baa been chosen at the Pre
sidio reservation, San Franclsco.for the
Red Croat convalescent hespital, wliicli
will aoon be erected. 11. O. Low,
Chinese consul, liaa forarded to the
Ban Francisco lied Croft Society 60,
contributed by the Chinese oigar
makeri' anion.
The government intends ' to take
vigorout meaauree to preserve pace
and keep order at Santiago and the
territory under United Statue oontrol.
The emphatic order Issued to Law ton
few days ago will be followed by or
del a Bending enough disciplined troops
to enable hira to carry ant the liietruo
tione of the tecietary.
A naval programme for pretentalon
to oongreta involving the iuiineJiate
conatruotion of 18 warships, haa been
adopted by the naval boards of experts,
to which tho subject haa been referred
by Secretory Long. It provide for
three battle-ship, three flint, three tec--ond-clest
and tlx protected orulsert,
each to be the finest and most foruilda
ble of its claat.
The name of tho men killed and
wounded in the battle before Manila
are John Dunsmore, First California;
Edward O'Noil, First California; Au
gustus Thoto, Twenty-third rcgularei
Clements Bauer, Twenty-third regu
lars; Archie Patterson, Thirteenth
Minnesota; William Lewis, Nebraska
regiment; Robert MuCanu, Fourteenth
regulars; Samuel Howell, Fourteenth
regulars. !
It hat been decided tocondoot the
final peace negotiations in Paris,
The London Times declares the carry.
Ing of Augustin to Hong Kong on
German cruiser an Irregular actand
nearly a breach of neutrality. . ;
lira. Olga Johnson has returned to
civilisation With 9,8l)0 in' Klondike
gold. She ia the only sucoewilul wo.
wan miner from the froaen noith, so
faraa known,
The Madrid government has denlded
to reject the retlgnatiout of the govern
or-general oi Cuba, Porto Rico nud the
Phllippinee, Tlie oortea will reastein
ble Hoptomber 18. ; , , j
. The Dominion customs department
at Ottawa reports that a quarter of a
million dollara was collected In dutioi
during the fiscal year just closed upon
mineis' outfits at the boundary line
on the White and Chllkoot paas,
loading Into the Yukon territory. The
collections were chiefly mado from
Americans, .-
It is rumored In Hong Kong that the
United States troops at Manila have
had trouble with tho rebel forces. Ac-!
cording to one account, the insurgents,
upon whom Tarious restrictions had
been plaoed by Morritt, mutinied at
not boing permitted to have any share
in the surrender of the city. It is re
ported that they attacked the Amcri
cans in the trenches. v
The apathy of the Spanish people ia
condemned by tlie conservatives, who
are enraged at Spain's placid accept
ance of her defeat. A stirring appoul
haa beou circulated by El , Tieuipo,
warning the people that unless they
louse themselves fipain as a nation is
doomed to oomplote extinction. Sil
vela, the conservative leader, is be
lieved to be the author of the article.
A Ponoe dispatch saja tlie Porto
Rloans aie delighted At the ohange of
government. The maroh of the Ameri
can troopa through the island was
triumphal tour, and thoy woio ac
corded a hearty wlecome. Women
bombarded the soldiers with flowers,
men cheered them and alcaides of tlie
towns turned out to greet them. The
populace evidently does not desire the
indepndence of tho island. '
' Minor News Itnn. .
' Bismarok'i personal estate, it is said,
amounted to about 13,000,000. . , '
The Pennsylvania alien tax In has
been declared unconstitutional and
.: VOld,.
Twenty' aohool yards in Boston wore
oponed aa play grounds for children
during the summer months.
Cecil Rhodes Is trying to get back at
the polla in tlie South African rcpnb
lie the power he lost u the Jainoaon
raid. ... - - v..,. .) .
LATER NEWS.
The Manila cable is again wotking.
Major-General Miles is ooming home.
Accompanied by his staff he will leave
Porto Rico in a Jew, days. ,
Tlie natives control the water supply
of Manila, and refuse to allow the wa
ter to run except for fl few hours each
day. They have demonstrated that
they are incapable of self:government.
The president has promoted Captain
Charles D. Hlu.l
Handing the Bt. Paul, by advancing
him three numbers on the lint of oap
talna In the navy, for "extradordinary
heroism."
Dave Speagle shot and killed Bob
Ponix at Wilbur, Wash. Speagle is
said to have been too intimate with
Penix's family. Penix started out to
kill gpengle, and the latter killed him
in eolf-defense.
A tremendous explosion at the plant
of the Chattanooga Powdei Company,
at Coltowah Station, killed two men,
Lucius B. Kugan and Hurton Mortchke,
and Injured seriously, if not futally,
six others. Tlie plant was dcrtroyed
by fire.
A dispatch from Buda Pesth to tlie
London News agency says that while
regiment of soldiers were crossing a
pontoon bridge over the river Moras,
near Horn J, the bridge collapsed.
Three hundred , men were immersed
nd over 80 were drowned.
' Our warships may toon coal at
Pango-Pango. The contract for tlie
building of a ttation there is to be let
immediately. Work will be carried
forward rupldly and - oompleted next
year. . Naval officers declare tbe barbor
secured by the United States ia the
only land-locked port of refuge in
Samoa.
The monitor Monadnock has arrived
In Manila. On the way, over she
atopped at the Ladrone island of Uuam,
which had been seized by the first ex
pedition. She found that Spaniard
had repudiated Ameriean rule, and ael
op a government on bit own account.
Captain Whiting, of the Monadnock,
promptly Uaet thit new government,
nd made the usurper prisoner and
brought him to Manila.
- The hospital-ship Relief has arrived
In New ''York from Porto Rioo witl
sick and wounded soldiers.
A resort in Stockton, Cat., known ai
Jackson's bulbs, covering almost a citj
block, was destroyed by flro. Loss,
140.000.
Another dotachment of Spaniards an
off lor their Dative land. A steamei
carrying over 8,000 of them sailed from
Santiago Saturday, ,
The victorious fleets of Sampson and
Bob ley have arrived at New York.
They were accorded an enthueiastlt
reception by the populace. ,
' Tbe Cubans are to disband. Ordert
for the execution of tnch movement
have been tent to the Island emissariet
from the junta in thit country, . J
The hardest fighting at the battle ol
Manila was done by the Astor battery,
which led the advance r; Brigadier
Genera! MtArthur, . commanding th
brigade, complimented the men in th
highest terms right in the midst of the
battle for their valor and sucoets. ,
"A cloudburst ovflr a saw mill run in
r Ittcburg oaused . a tidal wave in tin
stream and endangered tlie lives of s
dozen persons. ' Five children wert
drowned. They are: Irene Loftua,
lies. is Loftus, Oenevive Bhanghnossy,
Margaret Shanghuesay and Nellie Sauls.
There ia considerable work ahead ol
the new Cuban commission. The ad
ministration of the affairs of tiio island
will be no easy tack, and the Cubans
most be held in check after the Spanish
troopa are withdrawn. Tlie notorious
practicet carried on under Spanish uile
re to be abolished and tbe co-operation
bt Cuban leaders must be sought.
Nathan Hollenbeck, a deputy pound
master of Oaklund, Cal., was shot dead
by (juang Mon, a Chinese gardener,
who watwttublng for .vegetable thieves.
Holleubock was passing tlurough oorn
patch, and was tired at four timet by
the Chinese, one of the shots proving,
fatal. The murderer surrendered him-elf.--
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A Madrid dispatch says the govern
menth aa resolved to insist that tht
capitulation, of Manila, after the sign
ing uf the protocol, shall have no effect
in the peuce negotiations unfavorabl
to Spain. In any event the government
holdtthat capitulation, algned by tin
commanders of the two forces, doct not
entail the aurrendei of tbe whole Phil
ippines. t ' , ; .;.
A Ponce spooial eays: Reports an
oomiug In from ail direotlone of out
raget committed within the Spanis
linet. Doubtlese many of those are ex
ggeiated, but rumors of massacre at
Ciales are confirmed. Some ol the na
tives took lofuge in the belfry of
cathedral arid tired on" the Spanish
troopt, but they were overpowered and
machetod to the number of 80. ,
. u vi.nJIk. K Ik () I te tl .
Seattle, Aug. Sa.The latest Item-
pede from Dawson uuy is to n"'
fork of Forty Mile creek, on Amoricai!
aoli Thit news wat brought here to
day by parties arriving from Dawson.
The report it that on August 9 word o:
rich find on Forty Mile reached Daw
ton, and in U hourl aoous ouo peop
had atarted out for the ecene of the re
ported discovery.
By the bunting of a waterspout at
Madiann. Spain, 40 persons won
drowned.
The tug Nlmr'od went down In a gah
Off Cape Bt. as ami i
were arowneu. , , . ,
The emperor of Chine! hat to fast 84
days in eaoh year wr me saiitrui is
ton.
-mi.. .ti.'oi wined 'out the town ol
Center Bidge, Ark., with a populatiot
f 600.
REAR-END COLLISION
Frightful Accident on a Mas
sachusetts Railroad.
THE SIGNALS FAILED TO WORK
Haven I'opU Killad nd Twenty. Sli
. Wouull-Soiail hf Ecp
. In Bteoiu.
Sharon, Mass., Aug. 23 A frightful
tear-end collision occurred in ' the
Sharon station of the New York, New
Haven & Hartford railroad, at 7:80
o'clock tonight, when an expreaa train,
which was running at the second sec
tion ol a long train, orashed into tlie
first section, composed of local cart. ,
' As a result seven persotit were killed
and ti seriously injured. The injured
were nearly all removed to Boston on a
special train, which wat met by ambu
lances and surgeons. The rear car of
tlie local train was completely demol
ished, and portion of the second car,
while the engine of the express truid
was crippled. Tbe dead aret -
Franklin M. Waters, Somervillo,
Mass.; Mrs. W. J. FiUpattick, Boston;
Mrs. W. J. Fltzpatrlck's granddaughter,
Mary Fitzpatrick, 10-year-old girl;
Mia. Fitzpatriok't grandson. 15 yjars
old; woman, supposed to be Mm.
WaUon.of Westerly, R. I.; Mrs. H. 0.
Brisco, Revere, Mast.; C. B, Frye,
Revere, Mast.
The two ttalnt which were in tht
collision were usually combined Into,
one long train, but at tlie traffic today
wat to heavy, it wat divided, the first
section running at local aocommoda-1
tion, wlille the second, which started
from Mansfield 15 minutes later than
the first, ran at an express. : The looal
train due at Sharou at 7:02 wat 18
minutet late. " It left Mansfield on
time, making two stops, and had lost
the 18 minutet between Manafleld and
Sharon. It was due in Canton Junc
tion, the next station beyond Sharon,
two mlnutoa ahead Of the express
train, which should have passed, it
there. Sharon it eltuated on curve,
and both the outward and inward
trackt are protected by electric block
signals.
After the acoident it wat thought tht
block llgnal , protecting the inward
track wat tet at danger, showing, at It
wat intended, that there wat a train in
the station. There was no warning
given by the conductor of the Mans
field local, to show the approaching
train that the track wat not olear at
the station, and it was not until he wat
within 800 foot ol the ttation that tht
engineer of the expresa noticed any
thing wrong. He immediately tet all
brakes and whlatiod warning, but it
was too late to stop the express. It
crashed into the rear car,. splitting it
asunder and completely demolishing It,
with the exception of the roof. Its
speed waa not slackened until the
engine had penetrated fully five feel
Into the rear of tho eeoond oar. Tht
escaping ateam entered the car and
badly scalded a number of tbeooau
pants. The roof of the last car wat
foroed on top of the engine of the ex
prest, and remained there aa the only
portion of the car intact. " ' :
Engineer Getchell and Fireman
Holmea, of the express train, both
jumped, Getchell wat cut and bruised
about tbe head. He stated after the
accident that he bft Mansfield prompt
ly oh time and there waa no inoidunt
until be wat within 400 feet of the
Mansfield train. Then he taw the red
lights of that train and shut oft steam.
Meanwhile he had whistled for brakes
and used every effort to atop bis train.
Every one of the killed and injured
was on. the Mansfield train, and tht
only explanation of the fuot that the
numoer oi nummo-a iiu imgu. ,oj
that the pasiengert were all in the,
forward end of the car, and most of,
them at the time of the acoident were
either upon the front platform or stand
ing by the door. , . i r
Mary Fitzpatrick, 10 yeait old, wat
taken from the wreck unconscious, and
died just at the tpeoial train beaiing
the injured started for Boston. Twenty
one of the Injured were taken on thit
train. . ',' j
The scene about the little ttation at
Sharon was a terrible one. A large
oorpa of turgeont .and two undertaken
arrived toon alter the accident and ira- J
modiatoly tet to work to relieve the
tuffering and eare for the bodies of the
dead. There were very few lights about
the portion of the track where the ac
cident occurred, and the aurgeont were
com pulled to do their work in almost
total darkness, .' . ..
Fifteen ambulances waited the ar
rival of the train at the Park tquart
ttation, which brought the injured from
tlie tcene of the wreok. A great crowd
had assembled, and force of police
men were necessary to keep them from
crowding onto tlie traokt.
Lined upon the platform were 14
stretchers, while 80 hospital attend
ant! and number of turgoont were oo
hand. . ,1 ;
Daniel C, MoCann, an express mee
senger on the New Bedford train, had
his right hand and arm badly lacerated
and his right knee painfully injured in
extricating a man who wa pinned be
tween the engine't head plate and tlie
flooring of the talosooped I par, Just in
front of ; the t prisoner lay his wife,
crushed and bleeding, and be was un
able to move hand or fool to help- her.
The woman died in few moment!.
Steam ,wat arising at in a Turkish
bath. The heat from the esoaping
steam wat intense. Mr. McCann taid
that many people were slightly burned,
though in their heroic endeavora to
assist the injured the workers did not
know it. , , -
O. B. Frve. of Revere, Mass., one of
Uia In -hired broucht to thit city, it
dead, making the total number tevea.
REBELS VICTORIOUS.
Fifteen Hundred Chine. Troop Slain
and Itodlea Thrown In Klvor-
San Francisco, Aug. 88. Newt hat
just readied here from the Orient that
early iri July there waesbnttlo betwuenj
tbe rebels at Wu Chow and the Imperial
Chinese troopa, In which the former
were victorious. Over 1,600 of the
troops were slain, and their bodies
thrown into the river. The Do Sing,
under Captain Tboleman, wat engaged
to take about ,1,000 Chinese troojm to
the scone of the rebellion. i,
From tbe time tho Do Sing left Can
ton until the reached Wo Chow, 200
mites up tbe river, Captain Tholeman
had trouble with hit crew, tbe Chinese
sympathizing with the rebels. One, s
comprador, began Inciting them to mu
tiny, and the captain- alleges that in
self-defense he wat compelled to shoot
the man. Tlie comprador died from
burwound the next day. : ' ",-!. f ;
Captain Tholeman wat placed under
arrest, and. as "soon at opportunity af
forded .wat tent down the river' to Can
ton." On hie journey be was confined';
in an iron cage, and on arrival was
placed in the Britisli jail. ' f
On account of the claim of American
citizenship made by Tholeman, there
is a bitter feeling against all Ameri
cans in tliat district.
MILITARY OCCUPATION,
Oanoral Merrltt Has Proelalmad Gov
arnmant for Manila.
London, Aug. S3. The Manila cor
respondent of the Daily Telegraph, In a
dispatch dated Sunday, sayt: Gen
eral Morritt haa proclaimed a govern
ment of miijtary occupation. The
news of the armistice arrived on the
lGth. It it feared that the Amerloana
may restore the Philippines to Spain
and thut reinangurate a freeh period of
tyranny, extortion nnd rebellion.
Tbe Amerioant found 9800, in the
Spanish treasury- , ,,, ;
Foreign opinion it loud in praise of
tbe action of the American commander
in excluding armed rebels from the
city. It ia believed hit firmneet saved
Manila from pillage. A week ago
there appeared to be a possibility of
collision with the rebels, but there it
no danger now. ' Everything - it quiet
- . Mora Troops Arrlva..,.
Manila, Aug. 83. -The . American
transport! Peru and Puebla, having on
board General Otiaand General Hughes,
arrived here at 8 o'clock thit morning.
There wat no terloui illness on board
either of the vessels.
DEWEY AND MERRITT.
Heroes of Manila tn Congratulated by
- tho President.
Washington, Aug. 88. President
McKinley tonight cabled to Admiral
Dewey and General Merrltt hit and
tlie nation't congratulations upon their
capture of Manila. The text of the
diipatch to Admiral Dewey is as fol
io a: ;
' Executive -; Mansion, Washington,
Aug. 88. Admiral Dewey, Manila:
Receive . for yourself aud the ofilcera,
sailors and marines of your command
my thanks and the congratulations and.
those of the nation for the gallant con-4
dnct all have again so conspicuously
displayed. WILLIAM M'KLNLKY.
Following ia the text of the dispatch
to General Merritt: ' v t
Executive ' Manaion, Washington,
Aug. 28. Major-General Merritt, U.
8, A., Manila. In my own behalf and
for the nation I tender to you and to
officers and men of your command sin
cere thanks and congratulation! for
the conspicuously' gallant. conduct dis
played in your campaign.
WILLIAM M'KINLEY.
Tho'Arlsonn Off for Manila.
San Francisco, Aug.- 89. The trans
port Arizona, with Major General Mer
riam and staff and about -1,800 troops,
sailed for Manila via Honolulu just bo
fore noon today.- The Scandia, with
another detachment of soldiers, will de
part in a few days. It is understood
that General Men iam carries with him
plant and authority to construct Bar
racks and hospitals for the troops at
Honolulu, which port is now attached
to the department of the Pacific, of
which he ia the commanding officer.
- : Steamship K.OSS.
Falmouth,' England, Ang. 28.Tho
British steamer Toledo, Captain Wia
hart, which sailed from Galveston on
July SO for Rotterdamstruck on Grim
Rock, Sicily islands, last night in a.
dense fog and foundered almoat immed
iately in 85 fathoms of water. There
was just time to launch a large boat,
and al! were taved, many clad in their
night clothes only.
The Toledo wat built in Sunderland
In 1883 for John Tully. Her net regie
ter waa 1,818 tons; gross register, 8,843
tone. She wat 801 feet long by 48.1
feet in breath and 88.8 feet depth of
hold.; ,-. .
from Copper River.
Seattle, Aug. 83. One hundred and
fifty disappointed prospectors arrived
here tonight from Copper river, Alaska,
on the eteamer Excelsior. They
h.nnaiit with them onniua of a tet of res
olutions passed at a recent miner's
meeting, sotting lortli mat gom in pay-
I li.t... l.A.l MAOTA lu.n 4!..nv.
ing jquRiuinwn uu uo.o. uuu w.ow.
eretf in the vicinity of Copper river, and
that the vaitlet glacier waa impassaoit)
for large outfits. The resolutiont alto
censure the boom of the country by cer
tain transportation companies.
$ ,. Ml! J If II M. II I. .
. ' '. i. , Porto K'oo Tariff-Bate.
Washington, Aug. 83. The war de
partment bat promulgated tariff ratet
for Porto Rico. The rate ia the Span
ish minimum tariff heretofore inforoed
in the island. The tobacco schedule is
the same at for Cuba. ;:
; Shatter hat informed the war depart
ment that it will not be neeeseary to
tend any more troopa to Santiago for
the preservation of peace and good
order. t
NEW FOREIGN POLICY
Coming: Greatness Discussed
by National Conference,
THE NICARAGUA CA SAL FAVORED
Judf- prossonp Eloquently Pwells on
tho Glorloa or Conquoat and Ter
ritorial Vxpanalon.
Saratoga, Aug. 23. The national
conference on the foreign policy of the
United States opened here today, with
an address by Henry Wade Rogers, of
Chicago, chairman of tlie committee on
arrangoment. Rogers taid the confer
ence wat called to consider - tome
momentous questions In the history of
tbe republic He spoke of the war, and
returned prayerful thanks for the peace
now at hand. While peace has arrived,
he said, there were many teriout prob
lem! to be considered.
He referred to the close friendship
between Americans and British, which
would promptly lead to international
arbitration and finally to universal
peace. Tbe speaker spoke favorably of
the Nicaragua canal, which be argued
should be built and controlled by the
United Statee government. The canai
would shorten the distance by water to
San Franoisco by 18,003 miles. Tht
question of the Nicaragua canal wot
taken up, and Warner Miller took tbe
platform. Be briefly tpoke of hit per
eisteut advocacy of the canal.
Events of tbe past three months do-
Lmanded the Immediate construction,
and he believed all Americana were now
universally In favor of it, at waa also
all of Europe. He tpoke of tbe numer
ous surveys made of every proposed
route to pierce the isthmus, and taid
the route by the way of the Nicaragua
canal hat received great consideration
aa both feasible and desirable. Mr.
Miller roferred to teveral canals that
have materially aided in opening up
tbe country. ; ; .
The Nicaragua canal would alone
save us 10,000 miles, and would be a
great outlet for those etatet on tho Pa
cific coast. The continent it gridironed
with transcontinental railroads, but
these do not alone afford the advantages
that could be secured by a canal. It it
a question of cheap transportation, and
the Nicaragua canal would solve tht
problem. Within 10 years after the
completion of tbe canal the population
of the Pacific etatet will have increased
to 10,000,000. One of the best results
qf the Spanish-American war is that.
it will compel tue bonding or me .Nic
aragua canal. :''
The annexation problem wat token
up at the afternoon session. Carl
Scbuiz, of New York, tpoke at length,
giving the views of the anti-expansloq-isttj
whose cause-he advocated. lit
Wat oppoted by Judge Grostoup, of
Chicago, whole an earnest expansionist.
Judge Groescop taid In parti 1 ,! '
. "I am among those who believe that
the people of the United States can,
Withoat breach of faith to the promised
of our past or teriout danger to the ex
pectations of our future, hold penna
nenly ail or a portion of the territory
that bat been occupied by our troopt
during the progress of the war. I am
ready to go a etep further and assert
that the obligations of our duty toward
mankind, and especially toward tbe
particular peoples who hare been
drawn within the aphere of our .opera
tlont, and toward the future useful
nets of ourselves, demand that we
should permanently retain to much of
these, tbe captures of war, as are need
ed to round out the moral purposes for
which it was inaugurated, and the
greater destiny on which, at a notiqu,
we are about to enter.
"At a people, we, for the first time,
look clearly over the empire of the
earth. Without the sacrifice of right
eousness or honor, but at tlie minister!
of both, tlie invitation comes to take
our share in tbe opportunities and re
sponsibilities of this wider field. The
immediate question, the one timt, by
ita solution, will either bring in m bat
out of thit larger national sphere, re
lates to the permanent occupation of
our 8paniah conquests. Tlie true
question ia not whether Porto Rico,
Hawaii and the Philippines are intrins
ically worth the responsibilities in
curred by their occupation, bat wheth
er their commerce and resources will
countei balance the new dangers that
their acquirement would introduce into
our politioal system. For I see behind
them, in the horizon toward which We
are heading, looming np from the Pa
cifio, mountainona interests and oppor
tunity, against which the outlines of
the Philippines are but a mere epeok
something more than islands, nothing
lie than a continent.
"Within Asia liea the interest and the
opportunity that, by itt largeness,
dwarfs every other prospoct. it- favor
the acquisition of Porto Ricb.-partly
because the moral purpose of this war
demands that it should not longer be a
political plague spot In the otherwise
purified. Caribbean tea, but ..chiefly
because it it at . the gateway to the
Caribbean a aea that when the com
merce of Aaia ia fully developed aud
the Nioaragua canal opened will, from
both a naval and commercial view, be
come the most important water on the
face of the globe. I favored the acquisi
tion of the Philippines, or so much of
them at may be needed, tolcly because
In the new career of commercial activ
ity upon which I trust we are about to
enter, we need olear aorost the Pacific a
line of naval atationa and home poits;
ttationt in every tense our own-, carry
ing under .the toil the American title
and over It the American ng."
The Spanish armada consisted of 130
ships. : 8,105 cannon, 8,708 sailors,
8.088 galley slaves, 81,855 soldiers,
1,855 volunteers, r
MUSTER-OUT TO BE3IN.
Corbln Will (and From 75,000 to 10t,
OOO Volunteer. Bom.
New .York, Aug. 23. A special die-
patch to the Tribune from Washington
lays: Adjutant-General Corbin taid in
an interview that he wat going to mus
ter out between 75,000 and 100,000 vol
unteers at soon, at practicable. The
selection of the regimentt will not be
made arbitrarily, but having In mind,
firet of all, the reports of the regular
army officers now with the volunteers.
Tbe highest consideration will be given
the wishes o( governors, at well at ol
tbe regiments themselves. The Inter
ests of tiie national government demand
the .disbandment of troopa secured un
der tht second call in certain instances,
and in other casea regimentt raised un
der tbe firet call, which have had ser
vice and which have been materially
reduced in efficiency through sickness,
will be the first to go.
It will not be feasible to issue a gen
eral order or, to prepare a complete list
covering all tbe forces to be mustered
out for tome time to oome. On the
contrary, aa toon as an agreement is
reached regarding any particular regi
ment, it will be Immediately sent to
the state camp, and as toon at ita prop
erty can be turned over to the govern
ment and its accounts settled, tbe indi
vidual records of itt officers and men
will be completed and they will .be dis
charged from service under the United
States.. -; .
Tbe only mustering out ordera issued
up to the present time relate to the
First Vermont Infantry.
It wat originally proposed that the
regiments organized under the. second
call which had not left their 'states
Should be immediately ui-banded, and
thit plan will probably be WUowed out
with very few exception!.
Ordered Homo for Mnatev Ont-
Washington, Aug. 83. Odert - were
given today for tho return to their
statet of the following regiments:
First Illinois cavalry and Fi at Maine
infantry, now at Cblckamagua; Second
New York infantry, now at Fernanda,
Flo., and First Vermont infantry at
Cbickamanga. Similar orders will be
leaned from day to day to other volun
teer regimentt selected for mustering
out. , -
FOR HONOLULU.
Over Tbrea Band red Moo . Wedced
Aboard the Little Alliance.
Sao Francisco, Aug. 23. Three hun
dred and twenty-five officers and men
of the New York regiment embarked
on board the steamship Aliianoe this
morning and will sail for Honolulu to
day. The ladiet of h tied Cross 8o
eioty furnished the men with lnnoheon
before they went on board the Atlhnrce,
which la a very Btanoh little vessel, but
entirely nnsulted for t,be transportation
of eo many men. Merrlaro stated to
day that the Scandia tod Arizona will
probably tail soinjt time Tuesday fore
noon. In addition to their troops, tbe twe
transports will carry l.OOO.OOP round!
of sroh-.unltton for the Philippine forcet.
It ts now on the wav Iron the East,
and although tlie railroad company It
hurrying it westwatd, will not w
possible to get it all aboard the two
vessels. The troopt wili Mnbark ii
the afternqon, and tbe transports will
then anchor in the stream until theii
departure. '
fellow Jack gabdnefl.
Wonhinaton. Ann. 23. Tha war de-
o . " o i
partment it not alarmed about yellow
fever among the tioops in the United
States, but a close watch it feeing kept
at all points where there it the least
danger. Three casea at Key West wert
the only ones reported in the South,
and no additional casea have been re
ported in the last three day. , At
Montauk Point there are several sus
picious cases, but if it ia yellow- fever
it it of a veiy mild type.
- With Ameriean Content.
nAvlin Ano. fl -A rllannteh from
, o j
Hons Konir. dated August 19, and evi
dently official, says: The Kaiser Au
gusta, which left Manila with dis-
iiAt.-l.ua fmm A.tmirnl TliMlTtaha. after
the fall of that city, will return there
today. Augustin ana ui rurally ar
rlvA.1 nn hoard the cruiser. Von Died-
riohs, at the request of Augustin, gave
them passage oy arrangement wuu ma
American commander. Augustin has
left Hong Kong en route for Spain.
Slaughter In China.
London, Aug. 22. The Hong Kong
correspondent of the Timet tayt: "'The
slaughter in Southern China continues.
Corpsea float past Wu Chow daily. Two
hundred rebels who had entered Tai
Wong Kong were defeated by General
Mawho, who killod 100 of the rebels
and took 40 of them prisoiiore. The
gentry in the district! Of Paklan and
Wu Gun daily tend to tbe magistrates
between 10 and 80 rebels lor execution.
. Military Prisoners Eeeapa.
. Son Francisco, Aog. 83. Three pris
oners escaped from the military prison
on Alcatrat island last night. Ihey
secured a rowboat and ttarted for the
mainland at dark. .Sentries fired at
them, but no trace of the fugutivet hat
ye oeen qiecovomu. .
- Two Privates Killed.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 82. Al-
phonso Dayton, a private in the
Twenty-third Kansas volunteer infan
try, and another negro were run over
and killed by a Union Pacific passenger
tram west ol here today.
Injured t Bullfight. - '
r.n,lA.A AuO 9Q u.A fliannleli from
-'' , m 1
Madrid to the Timet sayt: It is re
ported that at a series of bullfights at
the village of Vicalvaro, four miles
from Madrid, on Monday, 88 persona
........ i
were injureu. ;
, Btoenzthenlnc the May.
Berlin, Aug. 23. The Russian gov
ernment baa ordered a 6,000-ton iron
clad vessel from the Kropp works at
Kiel and a similar vessel from, tbe
Vulcan works at Tettlln.
ALL THE PHILIPPINES
Dewey Secured More Than
the Protocol Granted.
JEN. MEliRITT'S ELASTIC ORDERS
Inatrnotlona Which Have in View tho
Further Expansion of Onr
FoaseHloaa,
London, Aog. 30. Tbe Hong Kong;
correspondent of the Daily Mail says:
"The terms of the capitulation of
Manila, at agreed upon Saturday be
tween Goneral Jaudenea and General
Merritt, includes the cession of the
Philippine archipelago to the United
States.
"An American naval officer arrived
from Manila on the Zaflro tells me
that the Americana praotically walked
into Manila, The operations, he says,
were confined to the Malate aide of the
city, where the Spaniards had a fori
and two lint-s of trendies. The ttoopa
waded through the Malate river and
walked up to the beach at though going
to lunch, meeting practically no oppo
sition. .,, ;,
"I learn when General Merritt went
ashore after the capitulation Of Manlia,
he experienced gome difficulty in find
ing General Jaudenez, who ultimately
waa found in a church among crowds
of women and children"
OFFICIAL ADVICES.
Genera - tferrltt Informs tho Depart
ment Regarding the Kettle.
Washington. Aug. 20. The war de
partment haa received the following;'
"Manila, via Hong Kong Aug. 20.
On August T Dewey joined me In a 48
honr notification to the Spanish com
mander to remove the non-combatants
from the oity. On the same date a re
ply was received, expressing thanks for
the humane sentiments expressed and
stating the Spanish were without la
place of refuge for the nonoombatante
now within the'walla of the town.
"An August 8 wo tenia joint nota
inviting attention to the tuffering in
store for the sick and nonco inhalants
in case it became our duty to reduce the
defenses, also setting forth the hopelosa
condition of the Spanish forces, sur
rounded on all sides, the fleet in front,
with no prospect of reinforcements, and
demanded the surrender at due to
every consideration "of humanity. On
the same date we received a reply ad
mitting the situation, but statin- the
ooanci) of defense declared the requeat
for surrender would not be granted, but
offered to consult the government if the
time necessary for communication via
Hong Kong were granted. We tent a
Joint note in reply deolining.
"On August 18 I joined the navy in
an attack on the oity. After about half
an hour'a accurate shelling of the Span
ish linet, MoArthur'a brigade on the
right and Greene'e on the left under
Anderson, advanoed in a vigorous at
tack and carried the Spanish works.
"Our loss ia not accurately known,
but ia about 60 in all. The behavior
of the troops was excellent. The co
operation of the navy waa moat valua
ble. ' The troops advanced rapidly on
the walled city, upon which a white
flag waa shown, and the town capitu
lated. The troopa occupied Malate,
Binondo and the walled city of San
Miguel., All our centers are protected.
The insurgents are quiet. No disorder
or pillage. . MERRITT."
The war department haa mado puhlio
tbe order sent to Menitt last evening
regarding the occupation of Manila by
the American forces. The order fol
lows: ,, w.--r .. '
" "Merritt, Manila: The president
directs that there must be no joint
occupation with the Jnsnrgentt. The
Americans are in possession of Manila
city, Manila bay and harbor, and must
preserve peace ana protect persona wiui
in the territory occupied by the mili
tary and naval forces. The insurgents
and all others must recognize the mili
tary occupation and authority of the
United States and the cessation of hos
tilities proclaimed by the president.
Use whatever means are in your judg
ment necessary to attain this end. All
law-abiding people must be treated
alike. By order of the secretary of war.
"COKHIW,
"Adjutant-General.
A CORNICE COLLAPSED.
Four Men Killed and FIto Injured la
I-hlladelphta.
Philadelphia, Ang. 20. Four men
were killed and five othere badly in
jured thit afternoon by the collapse of
a cornice on a new building in the
course of erection, at 475 North Fifth
street. 1 The dead . are: Albert Green,
brioklayer; Thomas Lyons, brioklayer;
Christian Schoelter. proprietor of a ci
gar store neai by; Harry Evans, brick
layer, of Camden, N. J.
Green and Lyons were at work On a
scaffold directly beneath the cornice
and the othera were on the sidewalk.
The cornice weighed nearly 10 tons,
and in falling carried tho scaffold and
the men to the street Green and Ly
ons were instantly killed, and some
time passed before they and the othera
could be taken from under the debris.
Schoelter and Evans died in the hos
pital. Seareev Not Explained. ,
Berlin, Aug. 20. Official and load
ing papers display anxiety to show that
the removal of Governor Augustin
from Manila wat in no way Intended
to offend America, but as a more act o!
courtesy. The Kolniobe Zeitung and
the Poet follow the Nord Deutsche Al
gemain Zeitung in declaring tii.it Ad
miral Dewey approved of (ioneral Au
gustin's departure, but ail mi-official
explanations (nil to ewniuia Ly
much tecrocy wat gbrvc'l.