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Newspaper Page TextmmXT lVJIJLkj IL e -A VOL. XT. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1898. NO. 30. DOINGS OF THE WEEK What Has Happened in tho Civilized World. GIVEN IN Till PRESS DISPATCH KJ 4 Complete Review of tha News of tha I'Mrt Raven Pays la Thl and All Foreign Lends. Millioni of fcot of flno timber have beau destroyed by (or oat fires along the lower Columbia. Thomas H. Wheeler, son of General Joseph Wheeler, and Second Lleuten. tit Newton D, KIrkpatrick, flnit cav airy, wore drowned while birthing near the camp at Montauk Point. Hawaiian advices announce tlio death of Sergeant Orniond Fletcher, of tha fiooond Oregon volunteer engineer corps. Ho wag formerly comity sur vcyor of Multnomah oonnty, Oregon. A cable from Hong Kong announce that committee of three Fllippliios, apiiointod by Aguirmldo, has loft Hong Kong to confer with rrtwitiont MeKln ley upon the future of the Philippine. Several salmon, averaging 88 pounds In weight, have recently boon caught in the Sacramento ilver. From tha fact that the adipose flu had been re moved from enah tlioy were identified marked fish liberated from the butch er It on the Clackamas river, la Ore gon, In 181)7. .'. The president of the Cretan executive committee hat notified the foreign ad miral that In view of the massacre at Csndia it U Impossible to continue the effort to organize the administration until tha Turkish functionaries and troop are withdrawn, llo demand the convocation of the Cretan assembly, and propone to place a force of Cretan at the disposal of the International ad ministration, Joseph Chamberlain says an Anglo German understanding lias boon per fected, and a treaty lias Iwn signed. England i to support the Kaiuct's pre tension In Egypt. Chamberlain also gave it out officially that Kngland favor American retention of the Phil ippine. One thing the Continental power most fear i that the United State and Great Britain may enter into an international undemanding. A report 1 published In London of a daring plot to assassinate tha czar at Moscow last week. The plan of the conspirator wo to allow gas to escape Into a bouse on tha route of the caar'a procession until the atmosphere In every room was sat urn tod. One of their number was to remain In tho house and strike a light when tho czar wa passing in the expectation that the bonne would be blown to pieces and tho czar killed. The conspirator would perish himself as a sacrifice to the cause. The explosion was mis timed and a staff officer and his wife were killed, together with the conspir ator. Thirty people were injured. In a large Arc at Madalonl, near Casera, Italy, seven men, two women and two children wore killed. The International enoampmont of the Grand Army met in Cincinnati, O. Every section of the Union wa repre sented. It lias been decided that the govern merit resect which won fame in tha war will not be sold. The Gloucester, formerly Morgan' yacht Corsair, one of the Auxiliaries, wi)l be retained, because of her prominent part in the destruction of Cervera'a fleet. The official record of the war depart ment, as completod, shows that there were 88 officer and 881 onlistod men of the army, 804 In all, killed In battle during the war with Spain, These casualties Include alt the Uvea lost by the army In tho battle In the Philip pines, a well a those in Cuba and Porto Rico. Goneral Miles and part of his com mand have reached homo. The general confirm sensational report regarding himself and Alger, and rotors to two pointed snubs. The war department refused the requests of Mile that his force be allowod to parade In Now York, and that the Wisconsin regiment be allowed a few days In Now York before rotornlng to Its home stnta. A riot occurred In" the "Colorado Springs opera-house betweon S3 men representing State Chairman Blood and the Teller fuation of the Silver Repub lican party, and Sheriff; Boynton and Chief of Police Gustrlght, with about 78 men representing the Woloott-Kte-ven faction. Charles Hatrla, of Den ver, wa killed, and an unknown man wa seriously injured. The opera house wa then taken possession of by the police, deputy sheriffs and support ers of ex-Cluirman Broad. At Cincinnati, O., the middle-of-the-road Populists reorganized the People' party, renewed It former declaration ol principles, and nominated its nation al ticket two year and two months in advance of the date of election. The object of this early action wa to head off any such fusion as that of 1800. The Western and Southern delegate nominated Wharton Barker and Igna-j tlut Donnelly for president and vice- president, and declared the principle of the re-organized party. The Eastern states wore not represented. ; , Minor Sews Items, ' ... .i . aL Il .1 wuen me irans-oioenuu rnitiunu Is completed it will be easy for a per. , son to go from ixinaon to japan in la days. . At a meeting of the executive com mittee of Tammany Hull it was do cldod not to recognise the new state election law. I The amount of gold ooln in aotual circulation in the world is estimated by the Bank of England officials to be about 80S ton. LATER NEW8. Fearing a yellow love;1 epidemic, half the population of Jackson, Mis., nave tied rrorn tne town, Tho bitter paiscngor rate war I tor minuted. All western road hove agreed to a restoration of iiassenger rate, tq tie etlectlve September SI. Captain James G. Blaine, assistant adjutant-general, U, 8, V., has bnon discharged from the army for his recent nagrunt escapade at Ban Francisco and Honolulu. Spain has lost another Puotflu posse' slon. Native forces captured the gar risen of Ponape and took full posses sion of tho Carolines, which this coun try had contemplated soiling had the war been prolonged. Governor Lord, of Oregon, ha oom pletod his investigation of the oondition oi tne uu recruits ol tlio BoooriU Ore gon volunteer encamped at Han Fran cisco, and ha telegraphed to the secre tary of wai that he has found every thing satisfactory, - General Bios, governor of the VI aayas Islands, and ad interim governor general of the Spanish territory In the Philippines, has wired the Madrid gov ernment thut ho has arrived at "an understanding with tha Amerlcun authorities respecting the Island of Luzon." There Is reason to believe that the navy department has selected the Texas as the future flagship of tho Asiotio station. The understanding Is that alio will replace the protected cruiser Olympia, which it to bo ordered to the United Btatoa a soon as her relict ar rive on the Asiatic station. A Madrid dispatch say Spain I ready to concede our' every demand. and the impossibility of resuming the struggle is fully recognized. The gov eminent is evidently of the opinion that with a strong navy there might have been a different story to (ell of the out come of tha war with the United States, and deplores the fact that she 1ms but tew ships left. - , A Cn an patriot write that misery among the Cuban is on the increaao, and that condition in Havana City and province ara worse now than dur ing the war, with no relief ' In sight The Spaniards, lie says, are reveng ing themselves for the loss of Cuba by robbing, maltreating and oppressing in every possible way the un fortunate people of the Island.. Chaos reigns and the public sei vice has been com pletely abandoned in all departments. Under peremptory orders from Gen eral Miles, preparations are being made sending home all the soldiers. The w ui w. up v 1. 1 1 1 ti ii i.uu a, uuw. hi new order confliots wltn one Irom the war department. Preparations are be ing made,' however, to abandon the camp In aoeord with the commanding general's order and in d I root disregard of that of the secretary. : Aiger, when questioned, passed the matter over by saying Miles' ordor was issued In fur therance of the department's plans. ' The naval station at Newport, R. I., is to be discontinued. ' Fifty Spanish prisoners captured at the naval battle July 8, off Santiago, have sailed from Jersey City en the steamer City of Roma for home. The men had been held prisoners at Nor folk, Va. Illinois has secured tha commander- in-chief of tho G. A. It., in Colonel James A, Sexton, of Chicago; and Pennsylvania has secured the location of 83d annual enoauupinent at Phila delphia next year. A dispatch from Manila says: The attitude of the Philippine insurgent leaders is dally becoming more danger ons. So open Is their opposition to the American authorities that the situation ia strained and reconciliation may be difficult. Texarkana, Ark., is overrrun with idle negroes, who are said to have oome from the Northern districts of Texas, whenoethey were driven by white caps,' who are alleged, to have made several murderous attacks on the. negroes. At the Washington state convention held at Ellensburg, Wash., tiie Demo crats renominated James Hamilton Lewi for congress by acclamation, and the silver Republican convention renominated Congressman W. C Jones by acclamation. It is officially announced that Senator George Gray, of Delaware, has been selected as the fifth member of the Pans peace commission. This com pletes the personnel of the commission, which stands composed as follows! Ex- Seorotary of State Day, Senators Frye and Gray and Whitelaw Reid. Two million dollars, for the purchase of the Cental Star mine, In Rossland, B. C, has beon deposited with the oashierof the Ptato Savings bank, In Butte, Mont. The purchasers are an English syndicate, of which Sir Charles Ross, now in New York, is the head. The stockholders who sell out are prin cipally Butte people. ,' A dispatch to the New Vork Herald from Ponce, Porto Rico, says that ill ness anfong the United States troops is increasing. There are now more than S6 per cent of the men unfit for duty within a radius of a few miles of Ponce. There ara 1,000 soldiers in the hos pitals. In some commands there ara 80 per cent or tne men down with lever, principally typhoid. The Manitou & Pike'a Peak cog rail way signed a contract for a largo ob servatory to bo built at the top of Pikn'a Peak, with a tower which can be seen forty miles. Mrs. Nancy Wellman, who died at hei homo near Louisa, Ky., at the age of 9B years, was the mother of 10 chil dren, 11 of whom were married. She bad 88 grandchildren, 102 great grand children and 81 great-great-grandchildren. She also raised nine orphan children. - - - v . IA DAY OF BAD FIRES The Business Portion of New Westminster Destroyed. THE LOSS OVER TWO MILLIONS ral Por.ont Parlnhad Arlxona Mining Town llurnad, With Lois or Mra-rira at llml muff. Vancouver, B, C, Sept. 13. The business portion of New Westminster was totally destroyed by Are this morn ing. The property loss Will exceed la.ooo.ooo. Despair and suffering are the lot of hundreds oi homeless people. Food, clothing and aid of all kinds Is being hurriedly dspatcbed from Vancouver to the ill-fatod "Royal" city. It ia not known how many people lost their lives, but it Is feared several have been burned to death. Campbell, a fireman, fell off tho root of a burning building and was killed. A woman dropped dead from fright. One woman, who bad been confined two weeks ago, died while they were moving her from a homing house, while another, suffer ing from typhoid fover, who bad been twioe removed from residences which were in the burning lone, did not sur vive the shock. So extremely floroe were the flames that apples on the trees on sides of tha street opposite the burning houses were roasted. Three river steamers were destroyed, the Edgar. Gladys and Bonaccord. Every Industry aave the big Royal City planing mills and the Cleve Can ning Company has beon wiped out. The Canadian Pacific railway station and bridge across Fraser river were also burned. The fire started ' about midnight on the river front, and was caused by a spark from a steamer. Fanned by a fierce gale, the flamea leaped with suoh rapidity that within three hours 10 streets were abalnzo. Tho fire was first notioed at Brackman & Kerr's wharf, on Front street. From there it spread down to the Canadian Paoifio railway depot and crossed the street at that point.- From there it went up the street, taking in the other side of Front street, and Uolurnba street, the oh lot business thoroughfare of the city. Block after block caught fire, and in a few hours there waa nothing loft of what had been the business portion of New Westminster. Tha wind was blowing furiously down Fraser river towards the mouth. If it had been blowing the other way the whole of tha Catholic church buildings, convent and hospital and other struc tures, would have been burned. This morning there was no water sup ply for the use of the burnod-ont citi- ens. There was not a single butcher, baker or provision Bhop that was not destroyed, and there was only one small hotel saved. Some of the burned-out people re tired In tha early horns this morning In the open air in front of tho school house. They oovered themselves with blankets and lay down to sleep under the sky. The loss Is roughly estimated at 19,600,000, and the insurance at f 1,- 600,000. Bank vaults withstood the fire. One insurance company's vault was blown up by gunpowder. A citizen s committee has been formed in Vancouver to give reliof to the anfferers. Mining Camp TVIpal Out. Prescott, Aria., Sept. 18. The town of Jerome, near here, was completely wiped out this morning by fire, entail ing a loss of over f 1,000,000 in prop erty. Eleven bodies have so far been recovered, while a aoore or more are said to be in ttie ruins or missing. Tho are originated from a gasoline stove in a cabin, and spread ao rapidly and fiercely that it was impossible to save even clothing. Flra at Red ninff. Red Bluff, Cal., Sept. 18. Fire broke out early this morning on Main street, and before it was extinguished destroyed an entire block of the finest buildings in the town. The loss to property-owners will be more than $100,000, on which the Insurance is probably half that sum. Tha origin of the fire is unknown.' The principal Snfferers from tha conflagration are Darrough & Fickert, Bank of Tehama, A. L- Hoffman, P. R. ICestuer, and D. B. Prince. Oasollna Kxploilon. Philadelphia, Sept 18. By tho ex- plosion of 60'gallons of gasoline in the cellar of a grocery store at 1444 South street, tonight four and possibly a doaen Uvea were lost. As an immed iate consequence of the explosion, the building where it occurred and those adjoining it on either side collapsed, and up to 10 o'clock, four hoars after tha occurrence, four bodies have been recovered from the ruins, and three of those Identified as follows: Samuel Schattenstein, keeper of tha grocery store; his 10-year-old son, Abraham; A 10monttis-old ohild, named Ma Goldberg, The fouith body was that of a girl about 10 year of age. ; -y A Kentucky Fire. ' Princeton, Ky., Sept. 18. The block of building on Main street, here, known a Bank hotol, were destroyed by fire today. Total loss, about $S0, 000. Newport R. I., Sept 13. The Ocean house, one of the largest and most popular hotels on tha Atlantio coast, was destroyed by fire this after, noon. Tha building was valued at 4100,000. Many of tha guests lost heavily, KNIFE OF AN ASSASSIN. Buiprats of 4 nutria tha Vlntlm at an . Italian Anarohlnt. Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 18. The empress of Austria was assassinated near the liofol Beatujpige this after noon by an anarohlst, who was arrested. It appears that her majesty was walking from her hotel to tha landing place of tha steamer at about 1 o'clock, when an Italian anarchist suddenly ap peared and stabbed her to the heart. The empress fell, and was carried to the Hotel Beaurlvage, where she ex pired. The stretoher upon which the era press was carried to the hotel was hast ily improvised with oars and sail cloth. Doctors and priests wore immediately summoned, and a telegram was sent to Emperor Francis Joseph, All efforts to revive her majesty were unavailing, and she expired at 8 o'clock. Tha medical examination shows that the assassin must have used a small triangular file. After striking the blow he ran along tha Rue Del Alpes, with tha evident intention ol entering the square Los Alpes, but be fore reaching it lie was seized by two cabmen, who had witnessed the crime. They handed him over to a boatman and a gendarme, who conveyed him to the police station. . The prisoner made no resistance. He even sang ss he walked along, say ing "I did it," and "She must be dead." At the police station be declared thai he was a "starving anarchist, with no hatred for ; the poor, but only for the rich." Later, when taken to the courthouse and interrogated by a magistrate in the presence of throe members of tha local government and the police officials, he pretended not to know French and re fused to answer questions. The police, on searching him. found a document showing his name to be Luigi Loa chinl, born in Paris in 1874, and an Italian soldier. A great crowd quickly assembled around the Hotel Beaurlvage, where tha officials proceeded after interrogat ing tha prisoner. The polioe searched the scene of the crime for the weapon, and the accomplices of the assassin. It appears that a boatman noticed three persons closely following the em prcsa, who waa making purchases in the shops. The local government, immediately on receiving the news of her majesty's death, half-masted the flag on tha hotol deville (the municipal office), and pro ceeded in a body to the Hotel Beaurlv age, a a token of respect. The excitement Increased, and many of the shop on the Kursaal were closed. The empress wound waa jnet over the left breast. There was hardly any bleeding. A priest was secured in time to admiuistor the extreme unotion. METHODS OF ALGER. Commission Selaotart to Tnvoatlgata Wai Iepartinant. Washington, Sept. 18. The prosit dent has urged tho following-named, among others, to accept planes on the committee to investigate the conduct of tiie war department: Lieutenant General John t&. Scho ileld. General John B, Gordon, General Granville M. Dodge, President D. C. Gillmnn, General Charles F. Mander eon, Robert' T. Lincoln, Daniel 8. La moot, Dr. W. W. Keene and Colonel James A. Sexton. The message which President Mc Kiiiloy addressed to eaoh follows: "Will you render to the country a great service by accepting my appoint ment as a member of the committee to examine into tha conduct of tha oom missary, quartermaster and medical bureaus of tho war department during tho war, and to the extent of the causes and treatment of sickness In field and camps? It is my desire that tire full and exact truth shall be ascertained and made known. I cannot too strongly Impress upon you my earnest wish that this commission shall be of auoh high character as will command the confi dence of .the country, and 1 trust you will consent to serve." IN SPITE OF PEACE. l'ho Flllpplna Stilt Wag-In; War Agalnat tha Spaniards. London, Sept. 13. The Manila cor respondent of the Times, telegraphing September Q, says: The insurgent con quest of the island Of Luzon is rapidly approaching completion. Recent au thentic reports announce the capture ol iucoesaive Spanish positions, and at present the rebels control every foot of tha island except Manila, Cavite and a small portion of the provinoe of Albain. They hold over 9,000 Spanish prisoners, and have recently captured several thousand rifles, soma cannon, a large quantity of ammunition, and several armed stands. The Spaniards held out valorously, but were fighting against tho inevitable. It is undeniable that tha action of tha insurgents in pursuing the cam paign after an armistice was declared has caused much useless suffering and dostruotioh of property, and has anni hilated their every claim to be consid ered In any respect as the allies of the Americans. Typhoon In Japan. Yokohama. Sent. 13. Tha central provinces of Japan have been swept by a terrible tvnhoon. which has osused heavy floods, doing much damage and destroying 6UO lives. Race War In Georgia. Borok Station, Ga., Sept. 18. The body of George Burton, a negro, who assaulted Mrs. Coggins, was found this morning in the Flint river about tbioe miles below Digby, riddled with bul lets. A rock weighing several hun dred pounds was tied to it. The new has reached here that 200 or 800 ne groes are marching to Digby, armed with guns and ritlos, swearing ven geance. Every white man in town il ajoing armed. TERRITORY OF HAWAII Official Designation of Our New Possession. TO BE SUBMITTED TO CONGEESS Farm of Government Deolded Vpom bf the Congressional Committee Tha Peelflo Cable. San Francisco, 8ept. 13. The steam er Coptio arrived from Yokohama and Hong Kong, via Honolulu, bringing the following advices from the latter city under date of September 6: Tha territory of "Hawaii" ia tha name whioh tiie annexation commission has decided to recommend to congress. Thus will be preserved in the president nomenclature from the United States the distinctive origin of this part of the United States. The history and tradi tion of the islands and the associations that new residents here want forgotten will go on in unbroken union with tha name. The form of government will be modeled on that of existing terri tories. There will be no further de parture from this form than local con ditions and national political consider ations make necessary. It is possible that in working out the details the form of government will not approximate so closely to that of state government as the ordinary form ot territorial govern ment does. But the ultimate possibil ity of statehood will not be barred. Still, there will be no District of Columbia or Alaska form of government proposed. Local self-government will be given through the extension of tha municipal idea. The islands will be divided Into municipal districts, having control, under restrictions, of purely local affairs. Honolulu, for instance, will be a municipal district, embracing the wbole of the island of Oaho. Ha waii may be divided into two districts, and Molokal, Maui and Nithau may be attached to some other municipal district,-. ' The question of a territorial legisla ture haa not been fully settled. There will probably be one, but with limited powers. All the attributes of sover eignty, however, will he exercised by the national government of the United States. The people of Hawaii will b called on to consider themselves Amer icans, looking to the national govern ment as a source of national power. In internal affairs they will have the op portunity of exercising the high attrib ute of American citizenship, local self government. The form of government the commis sion will recommend will be one calcu lated to do away with the associations of national independence and to create associations and a feoling of union with the United States. It Is pretty clear, from what has been said by members of the commission from time to timo, that in framing a form of government for these islands they have also been charged by theadministrationat Wash ington with forming a model which can be adapted to Porto Riooand other new possessions tha war baa brought the United States. Tha Pacific cable may go around Honolulu. A shorter route by way of Alaska has been figured on. -General A. S. Hartwell said this morning: "By the last mail I received soma communications from the company conoerning the cable. General Schryrn aer writes me that his company is an noyed at the delay required by tha clause in the Hawaiian contract which gives the secretary of state six months in which to signify his approval or dis approval of the contract. He states that he has had some correspondence with Secretary Day on the matter, and has asked him to come to a finat con clusion at as early a date as convenient. "If the company shall not avail itself of the Hawaiian contract, it contem plates adopting the shorter Alaska route. General Schiymser writes me that a cable, with a landing in Alaska, thence to Japan, connecting with the established lines to China, Manila and Australia could be built for less than 15,000,000, as against 113,000,000 via the Hawaiian islands.' It is the present calculation to send tha United State ship Philadelphia back to San Francisco very soon, a Admiral Miller, having completed the mission on which he was sent by tha United States government, ia author ized to return. The transport Scandia arrived from San Francisco this morn ing, - Largest In History. New York, Sept. 18. R. G. Dun & Co. 'a weekly review of trade says: Tne volume of business is larger than it ever haa been. Investors acioss the water have caught the cue, and their purohasea of American bonds and stocks have been heavy for several weeks. Wheat has been about I cent higher for spot, with Western rooeipts only about as large as those of last year for the week. Failures for the first week in Sep tember have been, in amount of lia bilities, tl,t 11,698; manufacturing failures aggregated $334,603, and trad ing t703,991. Failures for the week have been 164 in tha United States, against 815 last year and 16 in Canada, against 88 last year. No Frtotton, Says Shatter. Mlddletown, Pa., Sept. 13. Secra tary Alger and General Shatter wore at Camp Meade today, and witnessed a review, of troop and Inspeoted tho camp. Alger left at noon for Dotrolt, and Shatter dopartod for Washington. Spcaking-&-his controversy with Miles, Shatter said: " "It la all poppycock. There is no friotion between Miles and myself, at least there was not when he left San tiago." A FULL TICKET NAMED. Complete Fusion Was ffffeeted at Kllensbarg, Wash. Elleneburg, Wash., Sept 18. Tho Populist, Democratic and Silver Repub lican state con ventlons.representlng tue sirvM forces of the state of Washing ton, formed a fusion today, and nomi nated tha following ticket; Representatives James Hamilton Lewis, Democrat, of Seattle, and W. O. Jones, Silver Republican, of Spokane. Supreme Judges B. F. Heuston, Pop ulist, of Taooma, and M. M. God man, Demoorat, of Dayton. Fusion was accomplished by the Pop ulists conceding to the Democrats one of the nominees for supreme judge. Joint Platform. The Joint platform committee report ed the following union platform, which was adopted by the Populists, Demo crats and Silver Republicans: "We demand the re-establishment of bimetalism by a return to the free and unlimited ooinage of both gold and silver into money at the present legal ratio oi 16 to 1, without waiting for the action of any other nation. "Wa demand that our money shall be Issued by the government only, without the interval. ,lon of banks of issue, as full legal-tender for all debts, public and private; that the volume of the circulating medium shall be suffi cient to meet the requirements of the business of the country, for the purpose of restoring and maintaining a just level of price for labor and commodi ties, to a realization of all of which we pledge our representatives in congress. "We demand that thora shall be no further issue of United States interest bearing bonds. "We denounce government by in junction. "We demand tha election of United States senator by a d.;K-ct vote of the people, and pledge our members of con gress to nsa every means in theii power to secure the submission of a'conetito tlonal amendment providing therefor. "Wa take pride in commending the admirable record of Senator George Turner and W. C Jones and James Hamilton Lewis, our representatives in congress, and congratulate members of our party on the high station at tained by them in tbo councils of the nation. "Wa believe that the majority should rule, and upon all grave public questions the voice of the people should be heard directly; and for the purpose of securing this most essential reform, we pledge the legislature of the state of Washington to be elected at the com ing election to the submission of such constitutional amendments aa shall effectually secure to the people the power to Initiate, enact and repeal laws. "We demand adequate protection for the people of this state against railroad monopoly by the passage of just law governing freight and passenger rates; and we specifically demand a 8-oent-per-mlle passenger rata and a material reduction from present freight rates. "We demand that no public fran chise be granted withont adequate com pensation to the people, and favor the adoption of such legislation as shall so cure that result "We are in favor of liberal exemp tions from taxation and declare our selves in favor of a constitutional amendment to secure that end. "We demand that the rate of interest on state warrants be reduced from 8 to 8 per cent." HIGH-HANDED PROCEEDINGS. Recruiting Agents Impressing Employes of Foreign Residents. . Manila, Sept. 13. Recruiting agents of the insurgents are eausing further trouble. They have Seen impressing employes ot foreign residents, includ ing those ot the British consul, and several foreigner have complained that native grooms are taking their employ ers' horses and joining the insurgents, Ameiican army chaplains have insti tuted Protestant services in private buildings. Suoh services were never previously held in tha history of the Philippines. In conformity with the new regula tions, most of the Spanish stearnersare taking American registry. The native crewa refuse to serve under Spanish officers, and the insurgents demand that tne American authorities employ no Spaniards in any capacity whatever. The insurgents continue divided be tween those who advocate absolute in dependence and those who favor an American protectorate. Tha British cruiser Powerful arrived today and tainted Admiral Dewey. Genoral Otis responded from tha Utah battery in the citadel. It was tha first salute since the surrender. Board of Inquiry. Washington, Sept. 13. President McKinley has tendered places on the proposed commission to investigate the war department in relation to the con duct of the Hispano-Amejioan war to Major-General Schofleld, ex-commanding goneral of the army, and to ex-Senator John B. Gordon, of Georgia. Burled by a Cavo-In. Butto, Mont., Sept. 13. A cave-In of ground in the Ruby mine, just out side of the city, this morning,, buried Joseph Kutma and Harry Andrews. The men were working in the stops on the 150-foot level. Men have been working on tho fall ever since, but up to midnight had not recovered tha bodies. Both men were nnfharried. A Dearer Tragedy. Denver, Colo., Sept. 13. W. II. Lawrenoe, ot Cioveland, O., was shot and probably mortally wounded in a room at the Oxford hotel this afternoon by a woman who is known here only as Florence Richardson. The woman then shot herself in the heart, dying almost instantly. Mr. Lawrence was taken to St Lnke's hospital. The doc tors In attendance give no hope of his recovering. The ball entered his back and passed clear through tha body. coming out at the left nipple,. . TO GET AT TIIE FACTS Investigation Slay Be Ordered by the President, . t iLGEB HAS REQUESTED IT And Is Joined by Adjutant-General Corbln The President Has Hot Yet Made Decision. Washington, Sept. 10. Secretary Alger has requested the president to order a thorough end searching investi gation of the war department. In this request, the secretary had been jolnod by Adjutant-General Corbin. No de cision has been reached yet by the pres ident as to what course he will pursue. Ha lias the request of Secretary Alger under consideration, but has not yet de termined whether he will giant it or not. Secretary Alger had a long con ference with the president tonight, he fore he left tha city, and ' impressed upon him bis earnest desire that an in vestigation, such aa be had requested, be ordered. It now seems not nnlikely that the investigation will be ordered, but it is the wish of the president further to consider the matter before announcing a definite policy. The question probably will receive consideration at the cabinet meeting to day. THE RIOT AT CANDIA. Edhena Fasha Believed Be the Instigator, - London, Sept. 10. The correspond ent of the London Standard, telegraph ing Thursday from the British battle ship Oamperdown, off Cand'ia, says: The refugees tell ghastly stories of massacres. Thoy report that no fewer than 700 Christians are missing. Sev eral attempts were made la it night to set on lire the offices of the Eastern Telesraph Company. It has been as certained that all tho houses overlook ing the British oamp were loop-holed for rifle fire and barricaded. This sliows clearly that the outbreak was preconoooted. The behavior and attitude of the Turkish troops have been and still are inexplicable. Without going so far as to assert that they took part in tha at tack on our troops though many peo ple are ready to affirm that they actual ly saw the sultan's soldiers firing on our soldiers it is Impossible to con tradict the positive faot that they made no attempt to render assistant. Evory Christian survivor of the mas sacre swears that tho butchery was mostly tho work of Turkish soldiers, who first robbed and then slow their victims. Edhem Pasha ia the man who ought to be held primarily responsible. Had be wished to prevent bloodshed h would most certainly have done so. Not till the British troops under Oct onel Rold bad been fighting hard fow four hours did Edhem, with his Turks ish soldiers, arrive upon the scene. Ha then had the e (Iron try to say that h had only just heard that the British troops were being attacked by thou sands of bashi-bazouks. It is needless to comment on their brazen-faced ex cuse. It is enough to say that Idhem Pasha must have known what was hap pening from the moment the first shot waa fired, if, indeed, ha did not ar range the plot himself. To Farther Oar Trade. Chicago, Sept 10. At a meeting of the directors of the Illinois Manufactur ing Association, the plans for the in formal conference regarding the treaty of peace with Spain at the Union League Club, Thursday evening, Sep tember 89, were practically completed. The purpose of the conference is to as certain tha feeling among representa tive manufacturers and business men of - Illinois on the question as to what position this government ought to take for the furtherance and development of its trade and commerce in the forma tion of the treaty of peace about to be taken up by the peace commission. It is said similar meetings will follow in other states. - German Array Soandal. ' ' Berlin, Sept. 10. A painful scandal has arisen in one of tha regiments of the dragoon guards, where tha officers1 have been playing baccarat for high stakes ot late. Prince Albert of Saxo Cobnrg lost 3,000 and Lieutenant Goeta his entire fortune at one sitting. A quarrel arose between the latter and another officer which led to a chal lenge. The colonel of the regiment re ported the matter to the emperor. An gered by the disregard of his prohibi tion of gambling, Emperor Willhi'rn summoned Prince Albert to his pres ence and ordered him to take leave ot absence until September 80. Tha other two officers were cashiered. Mardered by Thieves. Cambridge, O., Sept 10, John Boyd, his daughter and son-in-law, liv ing four miles east of hero, were mur dered last night. Boyd's little grand daughter told tha fact to neighbors to day. The house was ransacked. Boyd was wealthy. A drug was used by the murderers. Police have gone to the scene. ' y Fanners Praying for Bain. Astoria, Sopt. 10 There is one vary remarkable situation In Clatsop county at tho present timo. The farmers ore actually praying for rain. Usually the prayers are for sunehino, but tha hot weathei ot the past wei-k has dried up tha ground and lnprfre.l p'-rlor-'iiy with pasturaga. 1'or't f -j l "-.i caused much damage, and u"i. i t a is rain within tho f.vt fi-w ', -., i y may sprad to dwigeroMi pr)it i k Indications tonight prorata )i'l!s,' monow. , .