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    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. .