VOL. XV. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, 8EFTEMJ.EU 2, 1898. NO. 37. DOINGS OF THE WEEK What Has Happened in the . Civilized World. GIVEN IN TUB PRESS DISPATCHES a. fJoinnlota Bovlow of tha News of tha I'M Boven Iay In This nd All Foreign Land. Secretary Alger, while on visit to Uamp Wikoll, ordeted a furlough for a sick souiler, , Acting Secretary Allen aya there la no prospect that tlio battleship Oregon will return to the Pacifio count in the near future. By tha explosion of the bailor of an engine nsed to operate athroabor-on the farm of J. F. Kirk, IS mile west of Eugene, Or., one man was instantly killed and five terribly scalded by escaping atoum. 1 : At Mlddletown, N. V., loo orcnm prepared with lemon extract, pur- ohused from a traveling salesman, caused the death of three person and I core of otltori are aick, and more fatal itioi are expected. Merritt cable from Manila announc ing the arrival of the transport Ilio Janeiro and Pennsylvania. All were well, and no casualties wore reported. exempting that Ptivato Wenks, First South Dakota, died on the voyage. A serious Iniurroctlon baa broken oat at Nudao, In the Interior of the Hainan lalandi. The Amorican missionaries and native convert have ecnght refuse In ante territory. The French may Interfere if rebeli are not (oppressed, TheThlnvall line steamer Norge, which haa arrived in New York, re porte that the sank the French flahlng schooner La Coquette, of Buyonno, , France, Saturday lust, on the Grand Banks;- The eaptaln and eight seamen were aaved and 10 went down with the vessel. Spain la apparenty willing thot Oer- vora's men remain In America. Sagas ta'i refusal to aooept MoKinloy'a offer la now regarded with suspicion, and tbe prlaonera In consequence may not fare eo well in tbe future. No omocr wtll be liberated anleea the Bailors accom pany them. Two passenger train oame together at Pott Huron, Mich., with aerlon re mite. Many poraona woro seriously bart A panto among the passenger followed the collision and In tha rutrh 'for the doora and wtndowa of the cart many women were trampled under foot, many alight Injuries being tboa In flicted. . , Tbe qucen-rogont of-Spain haa algnod royal decree, convening the cor tee September o. ' Cropa In aoveral province of Russia are woithleaa thla year and people are beginning to auk the government for re lief. A famine la feared. General Merritt luia aseumed govern or'a dutlea In the Philippines, and the command of the army at Manila baa been transferred to General Otis. Correspondence published bv Secre tary Long gooa to show that Commo dore Schley agreed with Admiral Sampson aa to the danger of entering Santiago harbor aa long aa the mine wore In position. , Advluoa from Honolulu, by the ateamahlp Moans, states that tho con gressional member of the commission to report on a form of government for the territory of Hawaii, arrived at Honolulu August 17. The coramla aionera met Dole and the cabinet, and proceeded to organise for business. Sen ator Cullom la chairman. Mud rid la Irritated at the failure of the Cubans to respect the protocol in Cuba. Trouble may possibly follow, and the Spanish government threatens to send the Spanish troops In Cuba against the lnaurgonts unless tho latter cease their reprehensible aotions and abide by the terma of tiro protocol. The first mustering out orders Issued include eight regiments of infantry, five batterlee and six troops of tavalry. Tho list ns made up by the wnr depart ment Include 88 batteries of artillery, nine regiments of cavalry and 63 regi ments of infantry, Both batteries of Oregon aitillory are included in the order. A Madrid dispatch aaya the govern ment has advices from Kios, governor of the Viscayas islands, and auccosaor of General Jaudonez in the governor generalahip of the Phillppinea, saying there has been bloody fighting between Spanish troop and insurgents, with an estimated loss to the latter of 600 men. Tho Spanish losses were "unimport ant." Tbe dlspatoh aaya a number of insurgent ohlefa were captured .and hot., A Manila dispatch anya that at a conference held between tbe Inaargeut ami Americans, the former declared emphatically they were wlilllng to co operate with the Amorican and to sur render their aims promptly if assured the Islands would remain either an Amerioan or British oolony, under the protectorate of either nation. Other wise tbe insurgent leaders assorted they would not dare to disarm. Minor Hews Item. , John H. Lane, storekeeper of the United States transport Mlnnewaska, dropped dead on his boat at Savannah, Ga. The total earnings of 66 railroads for the month of July amounted to 34, 433,483, an Increase of 050,378 over the same month In 1807. . One of the first business enterprise! to follow the acquisition of Porto Kico is likely to be a new onble connecting that Island with the United States. LATER NEWS, Blanco proposes to regulate the duties st uuvana so as to make thorn conform with tho rates already in effect at San tlago. Russia's plan for an International conference to perpetuate universal peace is not likely to be favorably received at Washington. . It Is officially announced that there wore 8,800 deaths from plague last week In Bombay presidency. The epi' dcuiio Is spreading. Details of the homeward movement have bean practically completed. Gen eral Miles and his staff and eight oom putties of tbe Second Wisconsin volnn teers left Ponce Tuesday. A clash Is already imminent between Englum and Russia. The Chinese minister at St. Petersburg says the former government mado demands on the latter which will not be considered, Admiral Dewey says be wants to be at Manila In ease war is resumed, no will not attend tho sittings of the Paris commission unless positively command otd to do so, and has written the presi dent to this effect. Chief Wilkio, of the secret service, is informed of the arrest at Toxarkartn of two men believed to e imp I ion tod in a Oflttntorfeiting scheme. The arrest is the sequel of a case which the secret service has been working on since April last. ' ' The military commissions are to at-sume full control, and Cuba and Porto Kico will be governed like Santiago and the Philippines, ; The commissioners' Instructions, received from the pro: dent aro tits same as those given Bhaf- ter and Merritt. Control of the entire island of Cuba is to ho taken. Admiral Schley will keep his flag flying while serving In the commission. Owing to tho failure of the harvests in seven districts of the government of Kasar, mid In the provinces cf Samara, Saratoff, Hi berk, Viatke and Forma, Russia, where the crops are almost worthless, great distress prevails. An imals in great numbers are dying of starvation. Unless the promised gov ernment supplies are speedily sent, the suffering will bo ter ri bio. Lieutenant Haines, commanding an artillery platoon nnder Captain Potts, in Porto Rico, was wounded on August 13, the day the war ended. He Is now in St. Luke's hospital In New York city. He says the artillery platoon he commanded was In the thick of the conflict. Several men of bis command besides himself were wounded and two were killed by tbe deadly fire of the Spaniards. Camera's decrepit squadron, all that. is loft of Spain's nary, bus arrived at Fenol. Dewey has transferred his flag to the cruiser Baltimore, the Olympla sailing for Hong Kong to be docked and cleaned. The United States peace commission, is composed of Senator Davis, Senator Frye, Whiteluw Iteid, Justice White and Secretary Day. William K. Vandorbilt and the cap tain of his half-rater were thrown into Newport harbor by the capsizing of thoir craft, and bad narrow escape from drowning. Senator Hoar may be our next am bassador to Great Britain, President McKinley will, it is said, make tho ap pointment if given assurance that it will be acoepted. In a statement by General Shaftor he says the Santiago campaign was fault lessly conducted. And the man who so conductod It was Shatter, who is not too modest to say so, and incidentally to reply to some reflections which have been made upon bis method of doing things. . General Agninaldo, interviewed at Baooor, declared that he was anxious to support the authority of the United States in those isnnds, and be bad per suaded the other leaders to aocept his views. Once Spanish rule is ended, he favors the disbandment of the insur gent army. A translation of General Blanco's latest proclamation to the peoplo of Havana has reached Washington. It says: Property -owners in Cuba should refrain from all hostile manifestations and put t,helr trnst In the. United States, which will do them juetioe and protect them as regards their private interests. Tbe United Statos and Germany are not In harmony regarding the govern ment of Samoa. Emperor William, it is said, Is jealous. A desire to absorb tbe islands prompts bis course. Corre spondence now in progress between Washington and Berlin may lead to serious friction. The United States maintains a firm attitude with regard to the recent extension of tbe bounda ries of Apis district r 'There has been a serious clash at Cavite between United States soldiers and insurgents. The riot resulted in tbe killing of one soldier, and the sail ous wounding of another. The man killed was Trooper Geo. Hudson, member of the Utah battory. Dis mounted cavalrymen charged and final ly dispersed the natives, killing four and wounding several. . !. A band of natives engaged in plundering wrecked gunboat was charged by Amer ican troops, who killed one and wound ed another. ','' F. A. Leach, superintendent lot the United Statos mint in PortTownsend, Wash., estimates that the gold output of the Klondike this year has been only about 15,000,000.' The president has appointed Judge M Hi.lmnn. father of Lieutenant Hobson, of Merrlmao fame, postmaster st Greensboro, Alo. Mr. Hobson is a democrat, and the nomination was made at tho earnest request of his republican follow townsmen as a mark of good feeling. " CZAR IS FOR PEACE Military Powers Invited to a General Conference. REDUCE EXCESSIVE ARMAMENTS Proposition, Coming From Russia and. Apparently Sincere, Likely to Have Important Result. St. Petersburg, Aug. 80. By order of Eniporor Nicholas, Count Mtlravieff, tbe foreign minister, on the 33d, hand ed to the foreign diplomats nt St. Petersburg a note declaring that tho maintenance of peace and the reduction of the oxcessive armaments now crush ing all nations Is the ideal for which governments ought to strive. The czar considers the present mo ment favorable for the Inauguration of movement looking to this end, and Invites the powers to take part In an international conference as a means of thus insuring real and lasting peace and terminating the progressive in crease of armament. . : Text of tho Note. ' London, Aug. 80. The war's propo sition is likely to produce a sensatlor throughout Europe, and coming fronc such a quarter and with such Bincoritj of purpose, it 1 likely to have import ant effects. It is thought that France and Ger many will follow Russia. The text of the note follows: "Tbe maintenance of general peace, and the possible reduction of the exten sive armaments which weigh upon all nation present themselves in existing conditions to the whole world as an ideal toward which the endeavors ol all governments should be directed. The humanitarian and magnanimous Ideas of his majesty, the emperor, my august master, have been won. over to these views in the conviction that tbli lofty aim is in conformity with tin most essential interests and legitimate views of all the powers, and the im perial government thinks tbe present moment would be very favorable to seeking the means. "International discussion is the most effectual means of Insuring all people's benefit real, durable peace, above ell, putting an end to the progressive development of tbe present armaments. "In the course of the last 30 years, the longing, for general appeasement has grown especially pronounced in the consciences of civilised nations; and the preservation of peace has been put forward as an object oi international policy. It is in Us name that great states have concluded among them selves powerful alliances. It is the better ' to guarantee peace that they bare developed, in proportions hitherto unprecedented, their military forces and still continue to Inoreose them without shrinking from any sacrifice, Nevertheless, oil these efforts have nut yet been able to biing about the benefl cent result desired, paoifioation. "Tbe financial charges following the upward strike at the very root of poo- lio prosperity. The intellectual and physical strength of the nation's labor and capital are mostly diverted from their natural application and are un- productively consumed. Hundreds ol millions are devoted to acquiring ten 1- blo engines of destruction, sduuh, though today regarded as the lest work of science, are destined tomorrow to lose all their value in eonsequenoe of some fresh discovery in the same field. National oulture, economic prog ress and the production of wealth are either paralysed or checked in develop ment Moreover, In proportion as the armaments of each power increase, the less and less they fulfill the objeot the governments have- set before them selves. - Tho economic crisis, due in great part to the system of armaments, l'outranee, and the continual danger which lies in this massing of war ma terial, are transforming the armed peace of our days into a orushing bur den, which the peoples have more and more difficulty in bearing. "It appears evident that if this state of things were to be prolonged it would inevitably load to the very oataclysm it is desired to avert, and the horrors which make every thinking being shudder at in advance , "To put an end to these incessant armaments and to seek the means of warding off the calamities which are threatening tbe whole." world such is the supreme duty today imposed on all states. "Filled with this Idea, his majosty has been pleased to command me to propose to all the governments whose representatives are acoredlted to the imperial conrt the assembling of a con ference which shall occupy Itself with this grave, problem. This oonferenoe will be, by the help of God, the happy presage for the century which is about to open. It would converge into one powerful focus the efforts of all states sincerely seeking to make the great conception of universal peace triumph over the elements of trouble and dis cord, and It would, at tbe same time, cement their agreement by a corporate concentration ot the principles of Eu rope and right, whereon rest tbe se curity of states and the welfare of peo ples." . 1 ; Found Hit Long-Lost Daughter. ; Hot Springs, Ark., Aug. 80. A. Hughes, a wealthy retired broker ol New York, while passing through the Arlington hotel dining-hall, discovered his own daughter, Who had boen lost to him for 80 Tears. Hughes' wife de serted him years ago, taking with her their only child, a little gtrl. The wife deserted tbe baby in Chicago, and it was reared by strangers. She was em ployed as a waitress in the Arlington when accidentally discovered by her wealthy father, TROOP TRAIN WRECKED. ro Boldlor Killed nd Five Uudty Hart.. . Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 80. Two enlisted men of the Sixty-ninth Ne York volunteers were instantly killed, and one was fatally and four seriously Injured in a wreck which occurred on the Louisville & Nashville, near here. tonight. The killed are: I'etor Far- loy, private, company G, New York city. Frank Glennon, quartermaster se-gcant, company O, nephew of Colo nel J. E, Duffy. f The train was carrying the Sixty ninth New York to its new camp at IluntsviUe. It left Fernandlna, Fla., at 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, three or four hours after the time set for its departure. The train wrooked was the first section. It was going at high rate of sjiccd. Ten miles north, the engine and tender lumped the track derailing five cars, which rolled down a steep embankment. Tbe soldiers claim the train was running too fast around a curvo. The injured" were brought hero, and are being given every attention at the infirmary. 8TARVING IN THE STREETS. Death ot tho Niece ol the Queen Urgent of Spuln. WashinRton, Aug. 80. Wanda Von Speno Bodenback, claiming to be the niece of the queen regent of Spain, the baroness ; and count of Stirenburg, Austria, and heir to the throne and sole heir to a fortune of 20,000,000 francs, is dead In New York. KaronP.de Lange, of Austria, is authority for this statement. He vis ited the Thirty-seventh street police station today and exhibited a certificate signed by Dr. McGregor to the effect that Wanda von Hpeno Bodenback bad died of heart disease Saturday morn ing. The br-ron explained to the police that two days ago he accidentally met Wunda Von Speno starving in the streets of Now York. The story he told was to the effect that the parents of the girl, who was 18 years of age, betrothed Iter from infancy to an old man. She ran away with a handsome young man, a member of one of the highest social families of Russia. In this country her lover deserted her. Not understanding English anj unable to make a living, site slowly starved to death. The Baron de Lange says the girl died of a broken heart. She had been so weakened by ber terrible experience that she could not stand the ordeal of meeting ber old friend. GOVERNOR MATTHEWS. Poesed Awtf Peacefully at Meharr? Uomeetead. . Ingnle, Ind., Aug. 80. At 6:80 o'clock this morning, at the quiet Me hnrry homestead, where he was taken Immediately after his sadden afflic tion, ox-Governor Claude Matthews passed away peacefully, surrounded by his wife and all tbe other members of his Immediate family. There was a prayer' servloo, accompanied by the ainging of hymns, at the bedside of tbe dying ex-governor." ; Mrs. Matthews was very much affect ed, and stated that she Would give any thing in the' world if ber husband would manifest, by a single word, his faith in Jesus.., About 8 o'clock, the minister, In the course of tbe service, asked the dying man if he believed in Jesus, Tbe answer was as plain as anvone could articulate. It was "Yes."' The three physicians regarded this as miraculous, as all agroed that the particular brain affected by paralysii was that governing tbe speech, and the governor would have probably never talked bad be lived. It was the only word he spoke after he was stricken. He immediately lapsed into a profound coma, from which lie did not recover. SICKNESS IN THE ARMY. Effort to Improve tho Condition of the Soldier Governor Halting Plan. Cincinnati, O., Aug. 80. About tbe middle of last week, Governor Has tings, of Pennsylvania, raised $5,000 in cash in 80 minutes in Philadelphia to equip a hospital train to bring home the sick of Pennsylvania regiments from Chickamauga A train of 18 hos pital cars was equipped and started for Chickamauga.with astounding prompt ness. Tonight It arrived homeward bound with 811 Pennsylvania soldiers, 16 New Yorkers, one Ohio and one Rhode Island soldier, and left wth its overjoyed freight an hour later for Pittsburg. Both on the down trip and the return, Governor Hastings devoted his personal attention to all the de tails of transportation. Arriving at Cincinnati tonight, he filed 164 tele grains to friends of soldiers, and to those preparing for their reception in Pennsylvania. At Chickamauga yes terday be took the sick from hospitals, against the protests of officials, who wanted them to wait for a transcript of their mnster-rolls. Fourteen1 sol diers, too ill to leave, were left in the Red Cross hospital. . Poisoned at a Darbeeae. Hillsboro, Mo,, Aug. 80. Over 80 persons were poisoned at a barbeoue given at Morse Hill, and but for the orompt attention of doctors, it is prob able several deaths would have occur red. Over a score are in a serious con dition. It is believed someone placed paris green in the meat, , May Be Investigated.' Washington, Aug. 80. A report was In circulation today that Surgeon General George M. Sternberg, of the army, had asked Secretary Alger to or der a general investigation of the med ical department of the army. Secre tary Alger said tonight that such a re quest had not" reached him, and Sur-geon-Goneral Sternberg refused to aay whether be had asked or intended to ask for a general Investigation of hi department. ' ' ENGLAND AND CHINA Relations Strained . to the Point of Rupture. BRITISH KAVAL DEMONSTRATION Chlneie Foreign Offiee Acting Under Inatruotton From Eneela Ao Urlty at Port Arthur. London, Aug. 88. Tito Peking cor respondent of tho Dully Mail says: The situation has become acute. The relations betwsen tho tsnng-li yamen and Sir Claude McDonald, the British minister, are strained to the point of rupture. Sir Claude McDonald has in Unrated that any failure by China to observe Great Britain's wishes will be accepted as a casus belli. In support of Sir Claude McDonald, the fleet bos been concentrated at Wei-Hai-Woi and Hankow, and all the warships nnder 8,000 tons have been mobilized in tbe Yangtso river. The naval demonstra tion is solely directed against China, as it is seini-otTiclally stated that the existing relations with Kneels are cor dial. A spoolal from Shanghai says: Vio lent scenes are reported to have occur red between Sir Claude McDonald, the British minister, and M. Pavloff, the Russian charge d'affaires, owing to the tatter's commanding tbe tsung-ii yamen to revoke its agreement with the Hong Kong bank, nnder pain of the czar i strong displeasure. The Chi nese are inclined to obey M. Pavloff, seeing that the British confine them selves to verbal piotosts. The position is now worse than ever. All tbe JRus- slan ships have returned to Port Ar thur, while the British vessels are as sembling at Wei-Hai-Wei and Cbeo Foo. Extreme activity prevails ashore at Port Arthur. All the information obtainable tends to show that tbe dis patches sent to London from New York confirming yesterday' cablegram that England has been preparing for a na val demonstration in the event of grave Anglo-Russian com pleat ions, are merely gossip. ANGLO-EGYPTIAN ADVANCE. ttrltlah Force Within Forty Mile ol the Khalifa' Stronghold. Wady Hamld, Aug. 89. Yesterday, the gunboats with the Anglo-Egyptian expedition seized the Island of Gib-el- Boyan, opposite Elhajir, about 40 miles north of Omdarman, the capital of tbe khalifa. Tbe island will be nsed as an advance depot for stores. Tbe Anglo-Egyptian force began to advance yesterday, moving. In live par allel columns at deploying distance. They were led by Jaalm guides and by bands of pipers, who were playing. It was an imposing spectacle. Tire frlendlv natives on the oenoslte bank of the Nile indulged In deilgted war dances. Tbe camp is now a wilder ness ot broken biscuit boxes and other rnbbish. ,'''; . . : ''..-:'. The derivsh scoots are active, and It is rumored there is a dervish Joree on the left bank of the Emirs Seek! and Wabilshara. It is reported ' that tbe khalifa is preparing to make a etand at Eerreni, seven miles north of Omdar man, and will defend the JUahdi s tomb to the last. OUTBREAK IN HAINAN. Brltlth Conanl Looking Out for Ameri can Missionaries. London, Ang. 29, The Dally Mall's Hong Rons correspondent telegraphs: The British consulate at Eiaung Chan Hainan, has asked the American con sul at Canton to nrge the viceroy to send soldiers to Nodes, near Hoihow, to protect the lives and property of American missionaries there, who have been obliged to flee for tbeir lives from Nodea and seek the protection of the British consul at Hoihow. i The British consul appealed to the tao-tai to protect tbe threatened Amer icans, and soldiers were dispatched who suceeded in rescuing them and esooit ing them from Nodea to Hoihow. RELIEVING HAVANA'S POOR. Baiaar Inaugurated for the Parpoe ol Bailing Funds. Havana, Ang. 20. Last night, ; a bazaar was Inaugurated having for its object the raising of funds for tbe re lief of the poor. Tbe civil governor was one of the patrons ot the bazaar. The building in which the affair was held was filled to its utmost capacity, and a large crowd had assembled out side. An American merohant has given S5 barrels of potatoes, and Miss Clara Barton has offered 50 barrels for use in the free kitchens. ' Miss Clara Barton, accompanied by a number of ber party, went this morn ing to Matanzas. The remainder of the Red Cross delegation remained on board the Clinton nt Havana. teath of Peter H. Batch. Salem, Or., Aug. $7.i-The .death of Peter II. Hatch, which had beon ex pected since Sunday, when he was stricken with paralysis, occurred at 1 P. M. this aternoon at the family home.- For the post four days he bad lain in a semi-conscious conunion. The funeral will be held Saturday. nobs New Association. SprlngSeld, 111., Aug. 89. The seo rotary of state today licensed a new political body to incorporate the "Social Democratic Association." Eu gene V. Debs, Victor L. Bergor and Seymour Steudman are incorporators. Heavy Bask Failure In Oermany. : Berlin, Aug. 29. A report published In snina rtf tha miner that the .Alltrft- mine Deutsche Credit Etteoten Vorsisoh .ernngs bank bas failed, with liabilities of several millions, and no asmta, ...-. . y ' 1 EXPLOSION AT SEA. Stlckeen Chief Undoubtedly Lost With All Hand. , San Francisco, Au;r. 2. News bas been received here confirming the re ported loss of tho stem- wheeler Stlckeen Chief. A letter received from Juneon dated August 10 brings the confirmatory news, and futher says that tho disaster Was doubtless caused by an explosion, and that the crew and passenger, numbering 43 persons, were undoubtedly lost. The Dora saved a dog, which was fouijd floating on a piece of wreckage. That it was an explosion that caused tbe loss is inferred by the Dora's crew from tbe fact that most of the wreck age was broken into small bits. The wreckage was found In latitude 56.88 north, longitude 112.13 west, on August 6. ' ; MAKING A SLOW VOYAGE. Steamer Two Month Oat From Sn Franolso for St. Michael. San Francisco, Aug. 29. Tbe steam er Dawson City, whiob departed from here for St. Michaels more than two months ago, had a very Lad time of it on her voyage, and when last beard from had not reached ber destination. She was the smallest steamer ever left here carrying passenger for Alaska, and was intended to go up the Yukon, dredging the river to make it navigable aud also to scoop np gold. A letter from the steamer dated at Dutch Har bor saya that it took her 35 days to reach that port, which Iter commander expected to ma"ke in 10 days. BARK GUARDiANLOST. Old Lumber Drogher a Wrack la Alaska Water. Seattle, Aug. 29. News reached here this afternoon of the wrecking of the bark Guardian on the rocks off Tegal da island, Alaska. No lives were lost. Captain Eagles and tbe crew took to the lifeboats and pulled throngh tho fog 23 mile to Unaloska. , The Guar dian will undoubtedly be a total loss, as she was fast going to pieces when last sighted. Tbe Guardian was re turning from Eotzebue sound, where she bad landed a large number of pas sengers. San Francisco, Aug, 20. The Mer chants'' Exchange here has received word from Unalaska, confirming tbe report of the wreck of tbe bark Guard ian. The captain and crew have land ed fti Unalaska. The Guardian was bound from Eotzebne sound for Seattle, and ran aground during a fog on Togal da island. A RIOT AT CAVITE. One Cnh Soldier Killed and Several . Woanded by Katlvee Manlla, Ang. 29, Last Wednesday a corporal and two men of battery B, Utah artillery, after disembarking at Cavite were sent on an errand. While passing throngh the streets, Trooper Iludson discharged his revolver. It' was in mere fun. but tbe natives In tbe immediate locality were much alarmed for a time. Tbe natives immediately began fir ing. Dismounted cavalrymen - Were sent to quell the disturbance, but the natives misunderstood the movement, and the firing became general. Trooper Hudson was killed, and Cor poral Anderson mortally wounded. Troopers Laydon, Maohbar, - Connoly and Doyle, of the Fourth ?avalry, were seriously wounded. Four native were, killed, and several wounded. j Agulnaldo has expressed regret at the enconnter, and promises to punish the offenders. No further trouble I apprehended. Particular of the Clash. New York, Aug. 0. A copyright special from Manila to the New York Journal says: There hat been a seri ous clash at Cavite between United States soldiers and insurgents. The riot resulted in the killing of one sol dier, and the serious Wounding of an other. . George Iludson, member of the Utah battery, got into a dispute with a native shopkeeper. Fearing trouble be fired his revolver in the air to at tract the attention of eome fellow-soldiers." A great crowd ot natives ran to the scene of the disturbance, and began firing: their revolvers, killing Hudson, and seriously wounding Corporal Will iam Anderson, of the same battel y, who had hurried to the assistance ol Hudson. A detachment of the Fourth cavalry was called out and dispersed the Fili pinos, who continued to fire their re volvers as they retreated, but without doing any more damage. On the same night some of the sol diers doing guard duty saw a large party of natives stripping tho wreck of a gunboat which was lying in Cavite bay. A boat with an armed force was put off shore, and the sailors hailed the natives, who failed to answer. Then the soldiers fired a volley, killing one and wounding another. Hudson Cant From Baker City. Salt Lake, Aug. 29. The killing of Utah soldier end the wonnding of another at Cavite. as announced today, created fnnoh interest here. Both men wore members of battory B, under com mand of Captain F. A. Grant. The man who was killed was George 11. Hudson. He enlisted at Mercur, May S. His home was originally at Baker City, Or., whero his lather. Dr. Hud son, now resides. A Foolish Espedltloa. Atlantic CHr, N. J., Aug. 87. In a boat 18 feet long, well ; provisioned, Captain William Andrews haa sailed from Young's ocean pier for a trip to Europe. His boat, which is peculiarly constructed, is known as the Phantom Ship, Tbe captain expects to reach Europe within CO days, in spite of all Storms. Profesuor Hill, of the geological sur vey, says annexation is Cuba's ultimate destiny, . ' . ON THE AMERICAN SIDE Mines Better Than la the Klondike. BETTER FIELD FOR THE MINER Kstlmato of a Competent Man, Who 11 as Sacceeded There ft ort , Yukon Food Klot. Portland, Or., Ang. 27. "The man who can go into the Klondike country and succeed now would succeed if be stay at home," said 11. VI. Sheridan, who has just returned from that far land. He was formerly superintendent of a Kansas City railroad, but a vear ago be left Portland for Alaska, went over Cbilkoot pass and down the liver to Dawson, thence to Fort Yukon, where he spent most of the winter, then be returned to Circle City, and finally out by way of St. Michaels, where he stopped several weeks. . "Yes," continued Mr. Sheridan, "a year ago a man stood good chance of striking something worth having, if be got in before the main rush reached the earn. But those chances were all taken long ago, and the man who suc ceeds now will have to be possessed of the qualities that would bring him suc cess anywhere. And in that cai-e, be would better remain in a civilized country." ' . Mr. Sheridan went In with a party of seven men, which was known as H. W. Sheridan & Co. After sizing up the Situation at Dawson, they took a con tract from one of the big companies for chopping 120 oords of steamboat wood, and delivering it on the river bank near Fort Yukon, and thither they went. The terms of the contract were that the company was to provide the necessary supplies for the woodchoppers and pay them $5 per cord for the wood. Sheridan swung a 4 -pound ax until the wood contract was filled, and then he took to trading, and found it a great deal more profitable and a great deal lees laborious. He bought and sold outfits or mines or anything that was an article of commerce In that country. Ha S'iid bis business brought him en tirely satisfactory returns, but declined to say just bow much rioher bis year's existence in Alaska had made him. "I will aay this," said he: "I cleared as much in gold in my one year in Alaska as I oould have made in 10 years railroading, and I have always commanded a pretty fair salary, too. Besides, I have two good claims there, in American territory. I shall return to them again." Mr. Sheridan bad some notable ex periences in Fort Yukon. Ho was brought to ibe front at the time of tho food riot and rendered valuable service to Captain Rsy. At Circle City Mr. Sheridan thinks present prospects much brighter than at Dawson. Tha Birch creek diggings cover a muob greater area than the whole Klondike country, though the claims there are not so fabulously rich as a few of the choicest Klomlikers, still many that paid (30 to $50 a day were abandoned for the Klondike rush and are now being retaken. Bestak ing is in progress all along Birch creek and Its branches, and a great many miners are going in there again.- As a permanent proposition those mines will bfat the Klondike. I regard it is a better field for tbe miner. Mr. Sheri dan says there are just four good mines on Minaak creek, and that tbe great furore over that creek is a systematic booming scheme for the benefit of cer tain promoters. - - ' ' DEATHS AT CAMP WIKOFF. Nino Sick Soldier Vnabla to Stand tb 1 a tense Heat. New York, Aug. 27. The heat is playing havoo with the sick men in Camp Wikoff, and is partly responsible for the following deaths which were reported today: . Private John Hullen, Seventy-first New York; Private Thomas Smith, Serenth United States infantry. Both of the above expired in the general bospitaL - Durand, a colored man of company A, Twenty-fifth infantry; Ausex, Lud ing and Duseh, troop E, . rough riders; August Shratter, orderly of company K, Seventy-first New York; John Simpson, company D, Tenth regiment regular infantry; Sergeant G. P. Brad ley, company F, Sixteenth infantry, at the detention hospital. There are 1,1)30 sick in the general hospital, and 336 In the detention hos pital. There are 210 cases of typhoid fever. One bundled and thirty sick of the Eighth Ohio voluntteers were land ed from the Mohawk today and taken to tbe detention hospital. Brutal Sport. Allen City, N. J., Aug. 27. While wrestling today at the Linet Park for the championship belt turned over to Klohard K. Fox by Ernest Roeber, "The Terrible Greek," Horakli.lcs, and "Tbe Strong Jap," Takezawa, be came involved in snch a heated strug gle that the former was rendered un oonscius by the fearful pressure exerted by tho Japanese wrestler. When the matoh was Btopped, the Greek was black in the face and was in spasms. Tonight ha lies in a precarious condi tion, and his death is expected. n. T. dag for Governor of California. Saoramento, Cal.i Aug. 87. -Horny T. Gage, of Los Angoloa, was today nominated for governor, Jacob II. Jsetf, of Placer county, ftr liotitemmt-iMv-ernor, by the Republican state conven tion. All the other candidates for governor withdrew before the tonven-. tion met, except Dr. tieorgo O. I"ht-U.w, of Oakland, whose name r v' bofore the convention, and who t!ua naked the delegate to crait a Bt!iiuiOJ vote for Ma ri val. .