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VOL. XV.
8T. HELENS, OltEGON, FBI DAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1898.
NO. 40.
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DOINGS OF THE WEEK
What Has Happened In the
Civilized World.
6IVKN IN TUB PRESS DISPATCHES
A Couipleto Kerlew of the Mewe of thf
Fan Haven Da, a Thin and
All Foreign Land.
Secretary long ha Issued onleii dla
oaiiding the Kastern squadron.
Creation of the grade nt vice-admiral
ml IH bestowal UiHin Admiral Dewey,
li to be recommended to congress by
Secretary Long.
With the detachment of Comma
dora Wtoii (rum command of tin
.Eastern squadron, nil work In oonnoc
tlon with the rnlmlnif ot the Spanish
cruiser Cristobal Colon will cease.
Orders have boon tout to Chaplain J.
ft Mclntyre, formerly attached to the
battla ship Oregon, who, It If allcgod,
severely criticised Roar-Admiral Rump
ion mid Citptnln K. D. Evam in an ad
drest at Dourer, Cola, direotlng film
to proceed to Denver to await trial.
George M. Hunter, oompany if,
Firat Wellington volunteers, lina ap
plied (or a pension for disability in
curred while In the service in the war
with Spain. Mr. Hunter roocntly re
turned on a furlough, and ia itaying In
Salem, Or. Hit application ia proba
bly the flnt one growing out of the
Spanish war.
Major-Goneiai Davis, at Camp
Meade, has disapproved the findings of
the court-martial In the cane of Can
tain Duncan, Twenty-second Kaniiaa,
who was convicted of tamMtng with
the graves of Confederate soldiers at
Manassas, and ordered the captain re
leased fiom arrest and lestorad to duty.
The ttnamer Discovery, which has
JiihI arrived from Skagway, Alaska,
bringa advices from Dawaon up to Au
gust 37. It ii itated that the Cnna-
dinn police have completed a thorough
investigation ot the food supply for the
cowing winter. They report that the
amount on hand (a more than sufll
ciunt to cany the camp through the
winter. .
The boundary dispute between Chile
and Argentina aeemi likely to develop
Into a great Bonth American conniigra
tlon. It ia believed, aa a foundation,
that Bolliva haa aigned a ace ret treaty
with Argentina to make common oause
againat Chile. In oase of war, how
ever, Peru would checkmate Bolivia,
leaving Argentina to the caie of Chile.
This attitude of Peru ia aald to bo due
to the fact that Chile baa wined off
110,000,000 from the ransom for the
provinces retained by the protocol.
Chile la now completing her naval and
miliary preparations for a hoatilo cli
max to the negotiationa with Argen
tina. Four (jtiilliyuta Indiana died of the
black measles in one day in Puynllup
vulley and white hop-pickers are in a
state of teiror.
A Manila dispatch says the insur
gent! have evacuated the suburba ot
Manila. They did no in a grand march
in which nearly 8,000 men took part,
carrying rlllua, with colors waving,
bauds playing, and ' shouting "Viva
Amuriuauoa" and "Viva Filippiiios
libra'"-
'. The war and navy department!
strongly aaaert that Dewey lira never
aaked for help. Newspaper reports to
the contrary were all canards, ami much
annoyance has been caused by their cir
culation. The Germans are not pte
!aiing to make trouble at Manila, any
the department officials.
The Turkish government has sent a
circular to the powers, cluiming that
the British provoked the reoont disor
dera inCandiaand refusing to withdraw
the Turkish troops from Crete. The
circular haa made an Impression. The
haslil basouks have consented to disarm
provided their anna are delivered to
Turkish authorities.
The fate of the movement of the an
nexation of Jamaica to tho United
States 'is aeuled, says tho Kingston,
Jsmnica, correspondent of the Mow
York Times. A movement has been
inaugurated in Jamaica, having for its
phjont the annexation of the ialund to
hu Dominion of Canada. A change of
S rationality would thus be avoided, and
lutnnioa's troubles brought to ah end.
' Throo persona were killed outright
l.ml several others badly injurod in
Wichita, Kan., by a Rock Island pas
senger train, which struck . carry-all
at the Douglass-avenue mossing. In
the vehicle were 13 poisons on their
way to Buffalo. The carry-nil was go
ing at a rapid pace, and the driver
could not stop when he saw that the
train was upon him.
Admiral Walker, president of the
Nicaragua canal commission, has re
turned to Washington. The admiral
says that about 850 men are at work
along the line of tho proposed canal,
and they will stay there throughout
the rainy season. Admiral Walker is
confident that the commission will be
able to report to congress at the ap
proaching session. lie thinks the
project will be shown to be entirely
practicable and worthy of elocution.
Minor Mewa Itama.
The banking department of Low's
exchange in London has suspended.
xna electric locomotive neauugnt in-
vented by L. J. Wooley, of Springfield,
III., has proved a success and is now In ,
The electric locomotive headlight in-
use on the Big Four, Mew York Con
tral, and other railroads.
M. It. Todd, cashier of the wrecked
bank at Preston, Minn., was lodged in
nana, nt r ruaiuu, jluuiu., wmb wugmi 111
jail after a mob had gathered to lynch'
him. His defalcations are now said to
amount to 1116,000.
LATER NEWS.
The Spanish authorities at Ban Jnsn
have offered Admiral Sohloy 6,000 tons
u ooai at cu per ton.
The Italian government has brooosod
to the powers that immediate action be
taaen against anarchists,
Mail advices from Japan state that
snothor formidable rebellion against
Japanese rulo has broken out in For
mosa. '
Agulnaldo still maintains that his
government isvklndly disposed towards
ours ami tliat relations will continue
frlondly.
The president has appointed Fred
Pago Tustin, ot Oregon, commlsloner
for the district of Alaska, to reside
at Wrangot,
Tho London Daily Telegraph! Bt.
Petersburg correspondent says thatLui
ginl, the assassin of the Austrian em
piess, belonged to an organized gang of
anarchists, whose purpose is to lunrder
crowned heads of Europe.
The atreots of Havana are crowded
with begtfars since tho closing of tbe
soup kitchens. Thore is almost a total
lack of food and clothing, and men,
women and children are dying by
inches from disease and hunger.
With a fierce fire In Its hold, the
steamer Evelyn, Captain U. F. Horner,
from Huelva, Spain, heavily loaded
with sulphur ore. hat pot Into Its pier
at Locust Point, Md. It it remarkable
that tho ship and all those on board
wore saved from a terrible death in
mid-ocean. ,
The Spanish minister of war, Gen
eral Correa, haa Issued Instructions for
the return of the Spanish troops in tbe
West Indies, The sick are to leave
first and the archives will lie brought
to Spain frith the arms, ammunition,
flags and nmtoriul stored in Cuba and
Porto Rico,
It la no longer a secret that Germany
it the only nation from which the gov
ernment apprchemle trouble in the net
tlemoiit of the Philippine question,
and it ia to avert tho commitment of
an avert act that the president deter
mined to so strengthen Kear Admiial
Dewey's command as to make It atiier
ior to the Gorman fleet in Asiatic
waters.
More troops are to go to Manila at
once. The Fifty-first Iowa, Twen
tieth Kansas, First Tennessee, First
Washington and the Oiegon recruits
will comprise the expedition. The
late order of the war department on
the subject has been directly reversed.
There is much conjecture as to the
cause for the sudden change of policy.
The- war department announces that
the move is merely in furtherance of a
plan to garrison the Philippines, Cuba
and Porlo Rico. It is also said the
new plan includes 80,000 men for the
Philippines, 13,600 (or Porto Rioo and
80,000 for Cuba.
A Jesuit priest haa been shot for per
suading rebels to desert Aguinaldo.
At the coming meeting of rebel lead
ers at Malolos, the 'majority, it ia said,
will vote for autonomy under tho pro
tection of America.
An edict has been publlshod extend
ing the postal operations throughout
the Chinese empire, and replacing the
present system of government couriers.
Sagasta, at a council of ministers at
Madritl, diew attention to the desire
o( the Duke ot Vcfatfua, at direct de
scendant, that the remains of Christo
pher Colnmhua be roinoved fiom Ha
vana to Spain. u
Tho f onucr robe! chief, Isabelo Aits
cho, who waa condemned to death by
Aguinaldo for tiuachery lu May, and
was repriuved and escaped, it leading
16,000 men against Aguinaldo. Atta
che is backed by priests.
Secretary Long has directed that the
battle-ship which is to be built by the
Union lion works, Ban Franciseo, shall
bo named the Ohio. The Cramps will
build the Maine, and tbe Newport
Newt Company the Missouri.
Hopes are entertained that the sunken
Spanish cruiser Infanta Maria Teresa
can be saved. It it reported that her
bottom is firmly fixed on a rock and
the wreckers have been doing every
thing in their power to repair the hole
so that she can be floated.
The steamship Gloucester, which ar
;ivod at Boston from Baltimore, re
ports that she collided with the Giou
seator schooner Alice Jordan off Mar
sha's Vineyard, and that nine of the
Jordan's crew were drowned. Seven
f the orew wore saved by the Glou
jestor. The insurgents are reported to have
:hanged their plant, and instead of
ivaouating all the snhnrba Of Manila,
is extracted by Otis, have moved from
Ennita to Santnpa, where they appear
to be concentrating. It it reported
that Aguinaldo ordeied thia place held
tt all costs. .
Joseph F. Villier, a street-oar motor
nan, his 8-year-old child and a woman
named Nellie MoGuffln were (ound dead
In a room in a hotel nt Louisville, Ky.
Prom notes found, left by the woman,
It was learned that she had given Vil
lier and the child morphine in wine,
but finding this would not be effective,
had shot him through the temple and
then turned the revolver npon herself,
death being instantaneous in each
oase. The child waa already deud from
the effect of the drug.
President MoKinley haa received a
letter from the Thirteenth olub.ot Mew
York, congratulating him on the fact
that he aigned the peace protocol on a
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JMij and proclaimed it to the world
18th ot tlie month-
The world's record lor nign aite.
flight was broken, at Blue Hill, Mass.,
one of a tandem of kites reaching an ,
altitude of 12,134 fact above the sea
, I
level, a height 827 feet greater than any ,
kite bat ever been known to have
reached heretoiore.
CLEARING THE ISLAND
Spaniards Will Leave Porto
Rico In a Few Days.
ONLY WAITING FOE TBANSF0BT3
radiation af Cuba Will Require
about riva Montha' 1 Tlma-Ta
Embark la SpenliU Veaeela.
San Juan, Porto Rieo, Sopt 20.
The preparations (or tbo embarkation
of the Spanish troops are reported to be
complete, although the American com
missioners have not been officially ad
vised to that effect. Two ships of the
Compania Tranaatlantloa aie expected
to arrive here on the 20th hint. Five
vessels will be required to transport
all the baggae and equipment. The
Porto Rican troops are to be landed
near Cadis.
The United States commissioner!
have agreed thatsuoli troops as di e! re to
remain here may do to, and all the
volunteers and -soma of the regularsTaud much of the Information . which
whose families and interests are here,
will remain.
If the necessary ships were here,
the island could be evacuated and
formally in our possession within three
days.
The American commissioner! are
highly gratified with the spirit shown
by the Spaniards. The nnexiieoted
has happened. Where It was expected
that opposition and delay would be
encountered, none has been' found.
In good faith, the Spanish commission
ers have met the Americans and ar
ranged with them the terms of evacua
tion. Oar commissioners expect to see
the American flag hoistod and the
Spanish flag hauled down forever with
in three weeks.
EVACUATION OF CUBA.
Will Not Be Completed la
Leee Than
five Montha.
Havana, Sept. 20. Rumors that
have been put in circulation to the
offeot that General Wade, president of
the evacuation commission, is ill with
yellow fever, may be denied absolutely.
General Wade is looking the picture of
health. The general health on board
the steamer Resolute is good.
An official meeting of the Spanish
commission was held last night to con
sider the form of evacuntiun by tbe
Spanish troops and with the object of
acquainting the Amerioans with the
positions and numbers of the Spanish
soldiers, and tho best method of em
barking them. r
This afternoon there wore tent on
board the Resolute scaled documents
supposed to contain tho statement of
the results of last night's conference.
It is understood that it is proposed to
start the evacuation from oast to west,
embarking the troops at tho points of
Gibara, Nuovitas, Cionfuegos and Haa
ana.
The official atatomcnt of the number
of Spanish soldiers in the island is
aaid to place tho aggregate at 100,000,
and it ia understood that it is proposed
that the men cany with them their
arms, ammunition, material and equip
ments. It is estimated that the end of Feb
ruary will have come before tho evacu
ation ot the island Is completed. The
soldiers must embark in Spanish ves
sels. It is suggested that this will be
an advantage to both countries, the
United States having an opportunity to
acclimate its men during the winter
months, and it ia proposed that the
American government shall land troops
to occupy each port simultaneoutdy
with its evacuation, not leaving any
post unguarded at any time.
A difference of opinion botween a
Cuban and a Spanish officer iu a prom
inent cafe here this morning resulted
in an exchange ot abusive Innguags
and a free fight followed. Tbe dis
turbance was promptly quelled by the
polioe, and the ringleaders were ar
rested. The disorder is said to have
been provoked by the Cuban.
: A secret meeting of tbe officers of
tbe Spanish warships now in port was
held at the governor's palace. The
object of tbe meeting is supposed to
have been consideration of the ques
tion of returning to Spain, which ves
sels and a portion of the armament
should be taken and which left.
Kruptloa of Veeuvlua.
Maples, Sopt. SO. A state of gloomy
apprehension prevails among the popu
lation regarding the eruption of Vesu
vius, which is hourly becoming more
active and menaoing. Streams of lava
are spreading In every direction. The
most threatening of these flows through
the Vedrino valley, which it almost
filled. , The observatory, which origin
ally stood at a height of 610 motors, is
now only ST meters above the sea level,
owing to the sinking of the ground.
Seven new oratera have formed around
tho central one, and this has not tend
ed to diminish the fears formerly felt,
which were bused upon tbo eruption of
stones and scoria similar to that which
occurred In 1803.
' ' Tonrlai and Ouida Killed.
Chamounix, Sept 80. An English
man named Binna and a guide who ac
uuuipail.uu JIIUJ, nuin auaaiug. .1.0 no- !,
oent of the Aiguille de Cbarmose, fellf
companied him, while making, the as
and both were killed.
. Chevallar M. rroskowlta.
Fort Wajne. Ind., Sept SO. Chova
Her M. Proskowlta, acting chief consul
of Auutria-Hurgary, at Chicago, lost
his life in Fort Wayne tonight, while
eo route to Mew York. He was a pas
senger on the Pennsylvania limited.
The consul was restless, and walking
through tbe train. He did not notioe
he dining-car had been cut off. He
stumbled headlong just as the baggage
car was being pushed back on tho train,
and was ground mi dor thewhoels, both
legs being frightfully crushed.
WINNIEl DAVIS DEAD.
Pasted A war at a Narraganaett Ilar
llotal.
Mairagansott Pier, R. L, Bopt 20.
Miss Winnie Davis, daughter of Mrs.
Jefferson Davis, died at noon today at
hotel here, to . which place she came
at a guest in the early part of the
pier'a tecial season. She had been ill
for several weesk.
Mis. Davit bad watched unremit
tingly at her daughter'! bedside, and
she Is now bowed with sorrow. The
physicians of Mit. Davis reports she is
holding op with groat calmness la her
affliction, and no feart are at present
entertained of hor health yielding to the
ttrain.
Misa Winnie Davis, the "Daughter
of the Confederacy," waa born in the
Confederate executive mansion, at
Richmond, Va., in 1808. She waa ed
ucated principally at home, owing to
the troubles surrounding her father and
the publicity which attended all move
ments of the Davis family. Miss Davit
attained her maturity at Bcanvoir,
Miss. Here she assisted her mother
in various ways and took her place in
the many sociul functions of the place.
She was her fatber'a constant compan
ion. She assisted hlin in all hla.woik,
wat required by Mr. Davis in hit writ
ingt wat secured for him by bis daugh
ter. Her strong charaoter waa marked
from yonth. She wat engaged to Mr.
Wilkeson. ot Syracuse, N. Y'., bnt
shortly after ber father's death the en
gagement was broken off. While nc
publio explanation of rupture was
given, it ia well known that it wat (oi
the purpose of maintaining her fathei't
name. She received the nam
"Daughter of the Confederacy" in
1880, when her father made his famous
trip through the Sooth. Mr. Davit
being unable to appear, Misa Winnie
waa brought before the thousands at
the different points along the route,
and introduced aa the "Daughter of
the Confederacy."
TORAL'S ARMY GONE.
All Bat a Faw Sick K pan I aril HaT
Loft Santiago.
Washington, Sept. 80, General
Lawton reports to tlie war department
tonight that all but eight of tbe Span
ish prisoners have , been shipped from ;
Santiago to hpain. following la tnf
text of General Lawton 's dispatch:
"Santiago de Cuba, Sept 20. Adjutant-General,
Washington: All the
Spanish prisoners have been shipped
except eight, one at Baracoa and seven
at Guantanamo, sick with yellow fever.
"LAWTOS. Major-Oeneral."
Captain Alljra Cnproa Daad.
Washington, Sept 20. Captain Al
ly n Capron, First artillery, died at the
his home near Fort Mjer, Va., today.
When General Shaftor's corps won I
to Santiago Capron accompanied it,
and hjs battery did notably fine work
in the battle of Santiago. During the
first day's fighting before the oity, Cap
tain Capron's son. Captain Allyn K.
Capron, of the tough riders, was killod.
The death of the son preyed upon tlie
fathei's mind, but he never aweived for
an instant from his duty during the
terriblo days that followed. The seeds
of disease wereown in his system dur
ing the Cuban campaign, and he re
turned to his home at Fort Myoi, near
thia oity, only to be stricken with ty
phoid fever. 1 .
Vha Sultan Ulvea In. i
Candia, Island of Crete, Sept. 80.
Tbe sultan has ordered Edhem Pasha,
tlie military commander in Crete. t(
accede to the demands of the British
admiral, Gerard Honry Noel, for dis
armament, thus complying with the
whole ultimatum of the admiral.
A British detachment today occu
pied the entrance to the fort, and it is
rumored that tbe Ottoman troops will
be withdrawn and a British force will
occupv the town.
Among the prisoners already banded
over to Admiral Moel aie two who are
accredited with being ringleaders in the
attack on the British oamp. ' .
Tho Bpnnlah laaco Commlaaloa. .
Madrid, Sept. 80. The official ga
zette publishes tbe announcement ol
the appoinment of Senor Monterc
Rioa, president ot tbe senate; Senor
Abarauza, Senor Garniga, Genera!
Cerero and Senor Villaurrutia, as th
Spanish peace commissioners.
Honors Du Bosc and Arangueren.
formerly secretaries to the Spanish le
gation at Washington, have been trans
ferred from St. Petersburg to Vienna.
Tlie supreme oouncil ot war bat de
cided to suspend Admiral Montoio and
Major Soatoa, director of the Cadis
arsenal. ' "' -
The Arclibliliop'a Vlewa.
; Manila, Sept 80. In an interview
with a press representative, Bishop
Dosal, of the Philippine islands, said:
"1 earnestly hope the islands will
not remain Spanish, because tbe rebels
are now so strong that such a course
would inevitably cause appalling
bloodshed. The reconquest of the na
tives is impossible until after years ot
the most cruel warfare." ,
i'haiiea for an Argument
London, Sept. 80. The Daily Mail's
Madrid correspondent fciya a long con-
ference waa held between Senor Sagas-
tn, tbe premier, and Senor Montero (
Rioa, the president of the Spanish peacd
conimiHelW today, which resulted in,
the decision that tbo peace commission.
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shall strenuously defend the retention
of the Philippine islands by Spain.
Cretan Imperial Guard a.
Yokohama. ReDt. SO. Advices from
Seoul lay that nine Amerioans, nine
British, five Germans, tbiee Drenoli
tnen and two Russians, who were en
cased at Shanshal aa imperial guards.
have arrived there.
The Anglo-Gerinaa Treaty.
Ttarlin. Kent- SO. The Vosaiche Zel-
tnns declares that -under the Alielo-
German agreement, Delagoa bay was
ceded to Great Uritnin commercially
and not politically
IGNORES HIS FRIENDS
Aguinaldo Says the Islands
Are for the Filipinos.
HE WANTS KO PROTECTORATE
Daelnraa for Nothing Hut Abaolnto In
diialiflnoa Vara of Fight-'
Ing for Fradom.
Manila, Sept. 19. Tho Philippine
genera) assembly was inaugurated at
Malo Los yesterday with great enthu
siasm. Thore wore thousands of visit
ors from the provinces, and a great dis
play waa made. Aguinaldo, at V
o'clock in the rooming, entered tbe
hall of the convent recently occupied
by tlie Spanish local government It
is an extremely plain room, adorned
only with some religious pictures.
The insurgent leader was in evening
Iress, according to the Spanish custom,
f ie others wore ordinary costumes.
' Aguinaldo, who was received with
eheers and also with cries of "Viva
America" by the large crowd of native!
inside and outside the hall, read a de
cree convening the members, who in
eluded several Spaniards. He next
read a message eulogizing the army,
and thanking tbe friendly nations
which had set tbe historic example of
liberty and bad assisted a down-trodden
race. Continuing, Aguinaldo
urgently and eloquently exhorted the
assembly to "follow the noblest prin
ciples" and invoiced the "spirits of the
martyred Filipinos.'
The assembly then adjourned for
the day. A Spanish delegate sug
gested that business be resumed in tlie
afternoon, but a Filipino objeoted, and
accused the Spaniar.l of attempting to
undermine the constitution. To thia
the Spaniard replied that be was a sin
cere republican, and that his own de
sire was tbe welfare of the conntiy.
Whereupon, the Filipino apologized,
and the proceedings terminated.'
During the afternoon many Ameri
cans and Europeans arrived and Agui
naldo waa kept busy receiving visitors,
including tlie American oonsul.
The press correspondent -had a pri
vate interview with Aguinaldo, who it
extremely unwilling to compromise
himself with the natives, fie said
that a majority of tlie Filipinos had
been struggling for freedom for yeara
tnd centuries, and that they now be
lieve that their object haa been at
tained. Aguinahlo piofessed entire
ignorance of the autonomous system in
vogue in the British oolonies, of pro
tectorates and of American autonomy.
He aaid he was unable to understand
the idea, and only understood "ab
solute. independence." Personally ha
believed a proteotorate for the Philip
pine islands waa unnecessary, but ha
feared that the people would bo disap
pointed in this. He had not studied
political economy and knew nothing
about the varioua forma of government.
He inquired whether Australia was an
American colony, and said he had
never heard of a Malay protectorate.
Continuing, the insurgent leader
said there was no need of protection
for the Philippine Islands, because the
Filipinos were able to cope with any
army. He admitted that he had never
seen a foieign army, with the excep
tion of the garrisons at Hong Keng and
Singapore, and he had never seen these
troops on parade.
Aguinaldo declined to discusa the
American army and protested his un
dying gratitude to the Amerioans.
He said they bad come to the Philip
pines to fight tbe Spaniards only, and
now that they had finished the task, it
was to be expected that they would re
turn to America. He waa unwilling
to believe that tbe Americans would
demand a reward for an act of human
ity, and he declined tg admit the necea
tity of a quid pro quo.
Tbe Filipino leader expressed him
self confident that the newly founded
government would build a navy ulti
mately. In the meantime, be said,
the great nationa should protect and
aid any young nation, instead of grab
bing her territoiios. If the Americana
should refuse to withdraw, the national
assembly, he said, must decide tlie
policy to be pursued a policy which
he declined to forecast ,
Further conversation was prevented
by the strains of a brass band, but
General Aguinaldo wat interviewed
also by a dozon American journalists.
A Spaniard, supposed to be an officer,
ununiformed, traversed tbe town,
sneering at and denouncing tbe princi
ples of the Filipinos. On bis resent
ing a friendly remonstrance, ha wat
placed under arrest
Several Filipinos assured the corre
spondent that they have personally
witnessed horiible tortures at Iloilo;
the feet of natives hold to a candle
flame for hours, electrio currents ap-1
plied to tho most sensitive parte of the ,
UUUJ MI1U YOflUUB umitiuivuuio niruuiuuB
all intended to extort confession.
Thls ia aiarcely credible, but there are
numerous alleged witnesses of such
outrages, and several who show sores
0f recent origin and unhealed. Somo
9R they escaped only through bribing
the Spanish officials. It is natural
that there should be a yearning for re
venge upon the Spanish prisoners at
Malo Lot, but these are not maltreated.
The Captored Mauaere.
Washington, Sept 10. The war de
partment has directed that the Mauser
rifles, about 5,000 in number, which j
were brought to New York, having
been captured from tbe Spanish troi t
in Cuba, be turned over to the ord-
nance department. The latter in turn, '
ordered them shipped to the armory at
Springfield, Mass. Thoy will be
thoroughly overhauled and if possible "
placed in order, either for the jise of
ur own troops or for sale. '
OFF FOR PARIS,
American Cammlaalonara Take Tfcalr
Dapartnro From Washington.
Washington, Sept. 19. The peace
commissioners left Washington this
afternoon without any ceremonies.
The commissioners were accompanied
by a considerable staff of attaches, and
Savoy, tbe faithful and trusted mes
senger, who haa stood guard at the
doors of the aecretartea and assistant
secretaries of state for many yeara, and
who in Paris will still be on guard at
the doors of tho rooms which the com
missioners will take np at their head
quarters. Before leaving the state de
partment Secretary Day held a recep
tion and said farewell to all the em
ployes individually.
Captain Bradford, chief of the bureau
of equipment of the navy department,
was notified at the last minute that the
president desired bia attendance upon
the commissioners at Paris in the ca
pacity of an expert, (or no one in the
Unitou State! navy ia so woll informed
aa this o 01 cor at to the needs of the
navy in the matter of coaling and naval
stations. He will follow the commis
sioners on the next steamer.
tpanlaik Faaea Commlaaloa.
Madrid. Sept 19. The Spanish
peace commission haa been appointed.
Senor Montero Rioa, president of the
senate, will preside. The other names
are withheld until the queen regent
has given her approval. Duke Almo-
dovar de Rio, the foreign minister, and
Senor Moret, ex-secretary of the colon
ies, are engaged in drafting the instruc
tions ot tbe committee.
Tbe queen regent bat aigned the
joint bill passed by the cortea, anthor
izing the cession of national territory
under the terms of the protocol.
General Augnstin, ex-captain-general
of the Philippines, accompanied
by hit family, arrived today at Genoa,
and it about atarting to Spain.
MOB CHASED TORAL.
Sight of Spain's Returning Army
In.
: fnrlated tbo Teopla of Vigo.
Vigo, Spain, Sept 19. About 700
people besiged the house of General
Toral today, demanding that the troops
which arrived here yesterday from San
tiago de Cuba on board the Spanish
steamer Leon XII be immediately
landed. They proceeded to the quay,
cheering the troops, and were with dif
ficulty dispersed by the soldiers of the
garrison. Afterwarda a crowd of about
1,500 returned to the quay, and when
they saw tbe soldiers landing barefoot
ed and nearly naked, tbey became in
furiated and surrounded General Tor
al'a bouse, hissing and stoning the
building. Eventually, the Spanish
general succeeded in escaping to the
Leon XIII. On learning thia, tbe mob
gatbered on the dock and stoned the
steamer for half an hour. . Tbe Leon
waa obliged to leave the place where
she was anohored.
Five steamers are ready to transport
the returning Spanish soldiers and civil
officers, with the archives and muni
tions of war from Cuba, but it is be
lieved it will take font months and
cost 80,000,000 peseta! to bring the
troops back to Spain. ... ,
Newo From Daweoa. :
Port Townsend, Wash., Sept .19.
The steamer City of Seattle arrived
from Skagway with IB Klondikera, who
left Dawson September 8. . Tbe amount
of dust brought out it variously esti
mated at between f 160,000 and 200,
000. -
Leonard VVinbolt, purser ot the river
steamer Linda, committed suicide by
taking morphine while the steamer
waa on its way down the river. He
was a native ot London, England, aged
85.
The following deaths occurred at St
Mary's hospital, Dawson: '-.-. .r
A. Butan, Canada; Thomas Tennett,
London, England; James Sheehy, Vir
ginia City, Nev.; James Keys, San
Jose, Cal.
The recently organised Miner!' As
sociation held Its first meeting August
89 and drafted a letter to Sir Wilfred
Lanrier, appealing to him for tbe ap
pointment of a commission of inquiry
to inquire into the manner in which
Gold Commissioner Fawcett haa con
ducted bis otBoe, and also making spa
ciflo charges against him and other
officials. '
The Salvation Army has just com
pleted large barracks at Dawson, and
has already commenced the work of
taking oare of the tick and relieving
their distress.
Talo Not Half Told.
Kingston, Jamaica, Sept 19. Tbe
recent hurricane waa undoubtedly tbe
worst visitation of the kind exper
ienced by tlie West Indies during the
century. Two hurricanes swept along
the island chain from Barbadoes west
ward to St. Vincent, and thence north-
west to St. Kltts, where it wat last
heard from. Barbadoes suffered mostly
from tbe rain, which destroyed orops
and roads as it did at St. Lucia and
other islands, while the center of the
storm swept over St Vincent and
Guadaloupe. Details received from 6t.
Vincent show that great destruction of
life and property took place there.
Out of a population of 41,000, 800
weie killed, and 80,000 injured and
rendered homeless. .
Bloomfleld, Neb.. Sept. 19. A dis
tinct earthquake shock, lasting several
seconds, was felt here this morning, at
about 4 o'clock. The shock was accom
panied by deep rumbling..
Fear of An Indemnity.
Madrid, Sept 19. A painful impres
sion baa been caused here by a state
ment made by the Pais saying the
United States intends to demand t20,
000,000 indemnity in behalf of Ameri
can oitiaens who have suffered through
the insurrection in Cuba. The Span
ish peace commissioners will strongly
oppose this, it ia claimed; but fears
prevail that the United States will be
come pitiless and preaa its advantajt
to the utmost,
TO REINFORCE DEWEY
Oregon and Iowa MVil
Sent to Manila.
CAPTAI3T BOB EVANS EELmrED
Captain Sllaa Tarry Will lie tlie Next
Commander of the Iowa Naval
Inaoeetlon Hoard.
Washington, Sept. 17. Captain
Robley D. Evans called at tho navy de
partment today and hod a long talk
with Secretary Long, the Immediate
result of whieh was tlie issue of an or
der relieving bim from command of the
battle-ship Iowa, which is now being
repaired at tlie New York navy-yard.
This waa done at Captain Evans' per
sonal request. He served more than
the period of time required by regula
tions and praotioo for a captain to com
mand. Secretary Long baa decided to
assign Captain Evans to duty as a
member of the naval inspection board,
and he will assume his new duties after
a brief vacation.
The next commander of the Iowa
will be Captain 8ilaa Terry, ol the re
ceiving ship at the Marfolk navy-yard.
He will take the ship around South
America and over to Honolulu in com
pany of the Oregon and some colliers.
It ia said at the navy department to
day that the orders to the battle-sbipa
bave not yet been issued, and that
when they are, they will ultimately
proceed to join Dewey's fleet at Ma
nila, if it ahould be deemed expedient
to reinforce him. But aa tbe journey
around South America will occupy
nearly four montha and many changes
in the situation aa to the Philippines
may be expected to occur before the ex
piration of that period of time, It can
not be certainly foretold whether or
not the Orergon and the Iowa will ever
reaoh Manila.
When attention wat called to tho
possibility of the dispatch of reinforce
ment to Dewey being regarded as a
technical violation of the truce now
pending, It was taid at the navy de
partment that that matter would proba
bly be adjusted before the ships readied
Honolulu by the action of the peace
commission at Paris. : Should this not
be tbe case, however, it will be easy to
intercept the ships at Honoluln by a
dispatch boat, which could make the
run from San Francisco in a week.
Am erf can and German Foree.
Mew York, Sept. 1?. A special to
the Herald from Washington says: So
tar as Germany ia concerned, the au
thoiitiea say there ia nothing in her al
titude to cause the belief that abe pro
pose! to interfere with any disposition
of tbe Philippines this government
may see fit to make. It is appreciated,
however, that it will be the part of
wisdom of the United States to put in
the Pacific a force so formidable aa, to
discourage even thia suggestion of inter
ference. Germany's force in the Pacific con
sists of the armored cruisers Kaiser
and Deutschland, the protected cruisers
Kierln Augusta, Irene, Princess Wil
helm, Geifbn, Cormoran and Falke.
The displacement ot Rear-Admiral
Dewey's present force amounts to 80,
833 ton, while that of the German com
mander reaches 87,881. Rear-Admiral
Dewey'a ships, however, are better
armed than the German men of-war,
and their men have tbe advantage of
having been under fire.
The monitoia Monterey and Monad-
nock are mainly serviceable for work
in smooth water, and if the German
ships should start for the Pacific coast,
as would be the case in the event of
war, Rear-Admiral Dewey would have
only bis protected cruisers and gun
boats to depend upon. With two battle-ships
at hit disposal, increasing the
tqiiuiga of his squadron to 68,859 tons, '
he would bave a most formidable force.
WITHDREW FROM MANILA.
Inaargeata Generally Complying With
Otla' Order.
Washington, Sept 17. General Otis
bat cabled the war department aa fol
lows: "Manila, 8ept 17. Affair! are
much more satisfactory. Our demands
tor the withdrawal of the insurgent
forces were complied with, and all wera
withdrawn or are withdrawing today
except Bmall foroea in tlie outlying dis
tricts, which are not obeying the in
surgent leader. Aguinaldo requests a
few days in which to withdraw them
by detachments, and punish their com
manding officers. Over 3,000 bave
already withdrawn. Mo concessions
fnave been granted the Insurgents, but
Strict compliance with the demands of
the 8th inst has been exacted.
"Manila is quiet and business is pro
gressing favorably. Mo difficulty la an
ticipated. We have been compelled to
con fine Spanish prisoners temporarily
within the limits ot the walled city."
' Mteelonarlea for Coba.
Kansas City. Sept. 17. The annual
convention of the National Colored
Baptist Association decided to main
tain a missionary station in Cuba. It
was decided to appoint two (nembera
of the church to go to Cuba before tho
year Is out and make tho necssary pre
liininaiy arrangements.
Barbadoes Hurricane
Trinidad, British West Indies,- Sopt
17. A steamer which has arrived hero
from near Barbadoes reports that tear
ful havoo waa caused there by the hur
ricane Saturday night The destruc
tion of property waa itDmense. It is
believed over 150 persons wore killed
throughout the inland, and numhers
weie rendered homeless and destitute.
The shipping suffered seriously, itmy
local vesaotg mere wrecked or blown
to tea.