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VOL. XV.
ST. HELENS, OltEGON, VRIDAy, SEPTEMBER 30, 1898;
NO. 41.
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DOINGS OF THE WEEK
What Has Happened in the
Civilized World.
GIVEN 131 THE riMCSS DISPATCHES
A Cuiuplota Review of tha News of tht
mat Savon Day In This and
All Foreign Lande.
Oambon, tha French auihiiajtudor at
Washington, Ih to bo transferred to
VlnH.
Oomoi lim Issued a general order to
the army under bia command to tli
effect that Hpanlurd mus,t liura con
idvration shown thoin, and American
orders obeyed.
The navy department hu ordered
400 gallon to lie rent to Admiral
Dewey' aqundion at Manila to take the
place of salloti wboae turmi of service
liuve expired.
Goneral Blunon has laaiiml in nrdnr
authorising the soldiers of the Cuban
army to travel unarmed on railway
iraina in me province oi nnar oci uio
ml Havana.
As far as new discoveries went, the
expedition sent out bvthe university of
Pennsylvania to studv North Ahuika
from a scientific taudpolnt has been a
failure." Three men of the oartv ie -
turned to Soattlo on the Exoelslor.
Kearly 18,000 specimens, weighing
1 1 yi tons, were biought back.
The report that, the hist Spanish grtr
rlson In the ielund of Luzon had siir
rendered is premature. The Spaniard
till hold seven seaports In A limy prov
ince, the principal hemp district.
The disturbances have alroady resulted
in the diminution of the output of Al
bay hemp by 390,000 bales, as com
pared With last year's figures.
Advici from the Orient state that
China and Japan havo been visited by
thunder storms and destructive floods,
in which many hundreds ot people have
lost their lives. The region north of
the Anshang mountains has been inun-
dated tor hundreds of miles by the Yol-
low river. Several hundred thousand i
persons nave peen piungeu . into ins
deepest distress, and many into abso
lute penury, which locul authorities
are unable to alleviate.
News received at San Frannlsco re
ports the loss ot the schooner C. O.
Funk, on Flunders island, on July 81,
with 10 of her orew. Only two seamen
were saved, and but one body has been
recovered. The list of the drowned is
as follows: Captain and Mrs. Kosson
and two ohildren, agod 8 and 5 years,
respectively; A. Hanson, chief mate;
J. Stump, second male; Charles Olran,
Peter Meilson, Charles Jonhanson and
Peter Anton, able seamen. The vessel
was di Iven ashore by a gale and went
to pieces in the surf.
The cabinet council bus reappointed
General Zurllnden, ex-miuistor ot war,
military governor of Paris.
James Wyland, living near Climax,
Or., committed suicide by shooting
himself In the head with a rifle.
A threshing engine on the Collins
farm, near Vancouver, Wash., ex
ploded, ' seriously injuring foul em
ployes. Calixto Garcia has arrived at Jlguanl
on his way to Santiago. He will prob
ably visit the United States, where
, his daughter is ill.
Kl Provenol, a 8antlago paper, de
clares that the fruits of victory elm 11
not be snatched from the grap of the
Cubans after they have fought and bled
for 80 years to obtain them.
The oonlmlnor's strike In the third
pool at Monongahola, Pa., is over and
work has been resumed In all the pits
pending a settlement of the differences
by arbitration. Two thousand miners
are affected.
The wreck of the American ship
Emily W, Whitney Is reported fioin
Shanghai, and a number of the crew
lost. Bho was lost in a typhoon, which
oauaod the abandonment of the Ger
man ship Trinidad.
Pittsburg conductors am! brakemen
are on the eve of a strike. They de
mand that their wages be Increnced
sufficiently to place them on an equal
ity of the pay received by their brotbern
in other parts of the country.
According to the report current it Is
believed at 8Smoa that if her majesty'
ship Ringdove had not been at Apia,
the Goumina would havo hoisted the
German flag there on Mulietoa's death,
and prooluiuiod the annexation ol Sa
moa. General Lawton intends to receive
Goneral Garcia as an honored guest.
As he now holds no official position in
the Cuban army, he will be treated by
the Amorioan commander as distin
guished private, citizen and a groat
oldler.
The southern part ot 8pain has boon
visited by terrible floods. At the vil
lage ot llerrera, near Cadi , 80 per
sona were drowned, and a groat num
ber of cattle perished. The olive harv
est is lost. This is especially true In
the provinces of Seville and Grenada.
There have been many deaths In other
paits of the flooded country.
Minor News tni.
Russia' common soldior gets $3.35
a year.
Our daily output of powder is 10,000
ton.
Cub ha 10,000,000 acres of 'i'Ul"
toreaU
War ha doubled tho price ot army
borsoa.
. , , . . 4.,!,i..
Italy's wnt department utill.se 45,.
000,000 year. ' . , ,
LATER NEWS.
The work of rnmlnu thu r",iut,.i,..i
'Solon lir.i now been tukou up by the
navy (li!inrliiiunt.
' Tbo steamer
Rosalia hill arrived at
Pc'Bttle with 1 10 passenger from Klon-
jiko, ami 140,000 la gold dnst.
A recapitulation of the niriort. nf the
u,mnl,0' "e"- "hows s total of 134
, iioo ui (no muie oi Mississippi.
Tbe war department will not enter
tain application! for dlsoharca. ex.
septlng they reach It through military
liiiMiineis
News has been received from 3a
neiin, Alaska, of the drowning of W.
Nutling, of Michigan, and W. H. Look-
wood, of California.
I The Louisiana board of health makes
tha olJlclul nnnounoemont that Frank'
,liu has had 101 oases to date. Five
persons have died there.
I Goneral Gome gives emphatic de-
nial to the published repot ts that he
bud piosented his resignation as com
nundur-ln ohief of tbo Cuban army.
An official dispatch from fl:. Louis.
Senegal, in West Frenob Africa, says a
rorca oi Soudanese sharpshooters in
; tlla Vntmh sorvioe defoated an army of
i ou,um um,er one 01 Bamody cineia,
, --i- a v,v
The most beautiful of the souvenirs
groat naval bottle of July 8. off
Santiago, Das reached the navy depart
: mnt "oul Guantanamo. It la a bronco
bl""1 ' Christopher Columbus, tukoa
I ,rom the flagship Cristobal Colon,
which lies below the surface of the
. o00""' 80 nlil"' frora Santiago,
Advlces frm Ban Francisco sav Gon-
eral Shatter will soon return to resume
his station as commander of the depart
men t of California, relieving Goneral
Men lain, who will probably be as.
signed to his former duties as com
mander ot the department ot the Colunv
bia. , ,;-.v.
The steamship Topeka has arrived at
Seattle with 150 Klondikors, 00 per
cent of whom nave Utile or no dust
The passengers report that H. Fraser
and E. L. Tolnor, both of Seattle, were
hold op by two men near Haines' mis
sion and robbed of $4,808 In Bold.
The body ot Ike Martin was found near
?oene w"n t-noie tnrougn
J
ie rioad.
He had been robbed of
4,000.
At a meeting of the French cabinet
Monday, all the ministers being pres
ent, a decision was taken in favor of a
revision of the trial ot former Captain
Dreyfus, and the documents in the case
wilt be sent to the court of cessation.
Crowds of people outside the ministry
of the interior, where the cabinet conn'
oil was held, loudly cheered the minis
ters. The legullty ot the proposed re
trial proceedings most be passed upon
oy the court.
Over 10,000 people witnessed the
opening Of the Portland exposition
Thursday night.
The state fair opened at Salem,
Thursday. Most of the stock, poultry
and exmuita aro on tne ground.
Fifty men wore entombed In a mine
at Brownsville, Pa., as a result of an
explosion of fire dump. Several bodies
have been recoveied. .
Mr. Angoll, our late minister to
Turkey, reports that the sultan irpudi-
ntes the American olaims, and recom
mends a naval demonstration to bring
him to time. ; , ' (
Major-General Miles, commanding
the United 8tatos army, has completed
liis plan for the reorganisation of the
volunteer forces Into corps, divisions
and brigades. This plan has been sub
mitted to the war department for ap
proval. It contemplates a reorganisa
tion of the volunteer foroe which has
not been ordored mustered out.
Frank P. Myers shot and killed John
Lenhnrt, constable, and M. Kerns, by
stander, at Garrett, Md., while resist
ing eviction from a house which was a
subject ot b family dispiute. He then
burrioaded tho door and windows, but
was finally captured by the shoriff. As
he was being taken to jail, some one
in the orowd shot the prisoner and he
fell dead.
According to spoolnl dispatches from
Peking, members of the European com'
inunity there believe the emperor of
China is in danger. It is added that
the dowager empress dosi res to plaoe
Prince Kwang'a grandson on the
throne. The emperor realize the
strength of the conspiracy against him
and has orderod the guards at the pal
ace strengthened. & :
A dispatch to the London Globe from
Hong Kong ports givos the details ot a
secret convention signed recently at
Peking. , It appears that the Chinese
thereby concluded an agreement With
6t. Petersburg by which China ceded
Port Arthur and Talien Wan, stipulat
ing that only Buasian and Chinese
warships should enter or dock at Port
Arthur. ......
Aguinaldo and his ohlefs have made
a plea to the powers for recognition ot
belligerency and independence. An
gonoillo, his agent, who was a passen
ger on the steamer China, i on bis
way to Europe to submit the question
I to foreign arbitration. ' Before proceed-
ing to Europe Angoncillo will stop in
I Washington and attempt to impress
i the administration with his appeal,
i N j mention of the United States nor
I any American force is made in the doc
ument which he carries.
America's wheat crop fot 1808 I esti
mated at 70,000,000 bushels.
I Every Spaniard is liable to be oalled
to military sorvioe on attaining SO
years of ago. "
I The annual report of the oommle-
; r9 B,88a 'pensioner residing in the
,tflte 0f Washington on June 80 last,
md they were paid 1780,877 during the
I year Just dosed. In Oregon there were
U.oas, who diew718,008 during th
embraced in the report.
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MARIA TERESA SAVED
Hobson Succeeds in Floating
the Cruiser.
TOWED TO GUANTANAMO BAY
lUpalrara mt the Vulona Ara Fatting
the hlp in Condition for
Hor Trip North.
Play del Krtte, Guantnnamo bay,
Cuba, Sept. 87. The wrecking com
pany engaged under Lieutenant Hob
ion in tha work of saving the wrecked
Spanish warships, has succeeded in
flouting, the cruiser Infanta Maria Te
resa. The cruiser, after being got
afloat, was tuken in tow by the Poto
mac, and convoyed by tho cruiser New
York, the Boorpion and the Alvaralo,
proceeded to Guantauamo bay, where
she arrived last night.
The suocessful issue of the attempt
to float her was greeted with the blow
ing of whistles, the fire of national sa
lute and by cheer in which the Cu
bans joined, disturbing the noon
siesta. " .. .--
Off Siboney, the barometer and the
wind indicated the approach of a hur
ricane, and the towing power was in
creased. The Newark, under Captain Good-
rloh, rendered valuable assistance in
the work of saving the Maria Teresa.
The cruiser is being put in condi
tion for the her trip north by tiie repair-ship
Vulcau. -
THE COMAL'S CARGO.
Rpanlah Aathorltlas Wilt Allow It to
Landed a Matanzas.
Washington. Sept 87. A statement
was issued by tho - war department to
night that the Cuban commission hud
effected an arrangement with the Span
ish anthoritios whereby the steamer
Comal, carrying a cargo ot supplies for
the Buffering people of Cuba, would be
permitted to land her oargy at Matau
tas free of duty. This indicates the
adjustment ot a question that promised
for several days to become serious.
The Spanish authorities still maintain
ing Spain' right of sovereignty over
the island of Cuba, refused to permit
the Comal to land at Havana without
the imposition npon her cargo of duties
amounting to 160,000. In addition to
this, the vessel's captain was fined for
disregarding some port regulations un
known to him.
Against the proceeding the Ameri
can commission stiongly protested, and
demanded the free importation ot th
Comal's cargo ot supplies. It was
pointed out to the Spanish that tiie
mission of the vossel was purely chari
table, and that, in any event, the posi
tion assumed by the Spanish official
was untenable, as it was not In accord
ance with the provisions of the proto
col signed In this oity by Ambassador
Cambon iu the name of Spain. The
incident resulted In an exchange be
tween the American commission and
the Spanish officials of lively notes.
and the question was finally referred
to Washington for adjustment The
arrangemont made effects the Comal
only. 6he I now at Kev West, and
will sail for Matanxas probably tonight
or tomorrow. . .
THE GREAT CONSPIRACY.
Brlttah Fleet Sails Suddenly Coder
Sealed Orden. ...
Wei-IIal-Woi, Sept. 87. The Brit
ish battle-ship Centurion, the flagship
ot Vioe-Admiral Sir Edward H. Sey
mour, commander of tiie British fleet
in Chinese waters, sailed suddenly yes
terday under sealed order, accompan
ied from Chee Foo by tho battle-ship
Victorious, the first-class cruisers Nicia-
sus, the second-class oruisor Hermione,
the torpedo-boat destroyers Fame and
Part, and the dispatch-boat Alacrity.
It i supposed their destination I
Taku, at the entrance of the river lead
ing to Tien-Tain, tiie port of Peking,
for the purpose ot making a naval de
monstration there.
London, Sept. 87. A special from
Shanghai says that Eang Yu AVol'i
brother has beon arrestod In Poking,
and condemned to death. The dispatch
also say that Sir Claude McDonald,
the British minister, gave instruction
that Eang Yu Wei should be protected
from arrest British consulate hold
hi baggage and documents reforring
to state secrets. The Russians are In
censed at the latter fact, and it is re
ported that Russia has offered the dow
ager empres the services of 10,000
troops from Port Arthur to keep order
n Peking if necessary. It is said that
the British fleet in Chinese waters has
been divided between Taku and Shan
Hai Kwan, under order to intercept
Russian transport in the event of an
attempt to land troop.
Spaniard Anxious to Go Homo.
Madrid, Sept 87. It is announced
here that 10,000 Spanish residents in
the island ot Porto Rico have refused
to live in the island under the Ameri
can Bag, and have demanded that they
te returned to Spain at the expeuse
of the government. The question of
reparation of the discontented Span-
lards ha been referred to tne state
council.
Depopulation or tha City Creed.
Jackson, Miss., Sept 87. Another
case of yellow fover has appeared, iu
Jaokson. This one Is a quarter of a
mile from the former seat of Infection,
and it is feared a new foci has ap
peared. The state health officer ad
vises tiie total depopulation ol that city.
Eruption or Venuvlns IneresatnsN "
Naples, Sept. 87. The eruption of
Vesuvius is increasing in violence, and
it is feared that it wilt assume tho pro
portions of that of 1873
OREGON LEGISLATURE.
Moth Houses Convened at tha State
Capitol Monday Morning.
Salem, Sept. SO. In obedience to a
call issued by Governor Lord, the Ore
gon leislature convened In special ses
sion at the state capitol today. The
attendance of members in both bouses
Is nearly full. Thus far the proceed
ings have been entirely harmonious.
A caucus of senate Republicans was
held early In the day, and the pro
gramme regarding selection of tempor
ary and permanent officers then 'formu
lated was carried out without a hitch
when the senate met
In the house temporary organization
was effected, and an adjournment taken
to give the credentials committee time
to formulate a report.
The senate was sailed to order at
10:10 o'olock by Taylor of Umatilla.
Temporary officers were elected upon a
strict party vote of 84 to 6.
A committee on credential waa ap
pointed, consisting of Ben Selling, G.
W. Proebstel and William Smith.
The senate adjourned until 10:48 to
give the committee on credentials a
chance to make their report. The re
port waa adopted when the senate re
convened, and the new members were
sworn In by Chief Justice Wolverton.
, The resolution providing for perma
nent organization ; was presented by
Reed of Douglas, and was adopted.
The election of officers proceeded,
with the following results:
President Joseph 6imon, of Mult
nomah. ' '
Chief clerk S. L. Moorehcad, ol
Junction.
Assistant chief clerk J. F. Yatxs, ,
of Multnomah.
Reading clerk J. D. Leo, of Mult
nomah.
Calendar clerk Frank C, Middle'
ton, of Multnomah.
8ergeant-at-srma Joseph B. ' Pur
dom, of Grant's Pass.
Doorkeeper W. W. Smith, of Clack'
a mas. . ,.
Mailing cleik V. H. Humphrey, ot
Salem.
Pages Harvey Bell and Frank Hart
man.
The minor officers of the senate were
then eworu in.
A resolution calling npon the secre
tary ot state for his report on the finan
cial condition of the state waa pre
sented and adopted.
The senate then adjourned until 8
P. M.
A will be seen by the above, Mult
nomah county had full sway iu the dis
tribution of offices. The only oppo
nent of Simon was Daly, ot Lake coun
ty. The vote for speaker resulted 84
to 6 in favor of Simon. The vote on
the other officers resulted practically
the same. '!: ;
Tha Lower Hoaaa.
Salem, Or., Sept. 86. At 10:30 A.
M. Ralph E. Moody, member from
Multnomah and chief clerk at the
last two sessions of the house, called
that body to order. The following
temporary officers were named:
Goorge T. Myers, temporary chair
man. "
A. V. R. Snyder, temporary cleik.
Messrs. Hill, Hawson, Massinglll,
Nicholas and Gregg were appointed s
committee on credentials.
On motion of Moody the house ad
journed until 1:80 P. M.
The house met and organized at 1:80
this afternoon, wiith E. V. Carter,
Jaokson county, as chairman.
Chief clork A. 0. Jennings.
Assistant chief clerk A. V. R. Sny
der. ?"'.'.,.;... '
Sergeant-ai-arms Frank Mottor.
Doorkeeper A. D. Griffin.
Calendar oSerk M. P.Eisenberg.
Clerk D. B. McKay.
IT WAS FORGED.
Count Eatarhaay Wrote
the Famous
Bordereau.
London, Sept. 87. The Observer
this morning continues its Esterhazy
revelations, the mort salient feature of
which is Count Esteihazy's disolosure,
made, it is asserted, in the presence of
more persons than one, that he was the
author of the famous Dreyfus border
eau, which he wrote "at the request ot
Colonel Sandherr, now dead."
"It was intended," he said, "to con
stitute material proof ot Dreyfus' guilt.
It was known through a French spy in
the service at Berlin that certain docu
ments had reached the German general
staff, which Dreyfus alone could have
obtained. It was a list of these docu
ments which constituted the bordereau.
"Dreyfus had been tested in several
ways. For instance, a plan for the
concentration of the troops on the
southern frontier had been dictated to
him, which was quite fantastic. A
short time afterwards our spies in Italy
informed us that the Italian staff waa
making modifications in the fortifica
tions around Nice, which corresponded
with the changes announced in the
Imaginary scheme dictated to Dreyfus.
"I was attached to tne intelligence
department, my duty being to watoh
the movements of the military attaches
accredited - by the powers of a triple
lliunce. when Colonel Sandherr told
me to write out the bordereau 1 did so,
without the slightest compunction. I
am one of those men who, by profes
sion, cling to old mediaeval tradition
of military discipline. When I receive
an order I obey it implicity and with
out question. I wrote the bordereau
because Colonel Sandherr told me to do
so. I knew, of course, the purpose
it was intended to have. 1 knew it
was committing a forgery; but I, also
knew that all intelligence departments
In all countries were run on precisely
the same line, and that it was impossi
ble to achieve the results In any other
way.
"It was exclusively npon the evi
dence of the bordereau that Dreyfus
was condemned. The document pri
vately shown to the officers of the court
martial was fetched from the war office
during the huies odes, with the object
of convincing the judges. '.
DIM
Seventy Men Caught by a
Gas Explosion.
EIGHT WERE KILLED OUTRIGHT
Others Managed to Eecape, or Wore
lteaened Pearrul Been After .
tha Kxploaion.
Brownsville, Pa., Sept 86. Seventy
men were entombed today in the Em
pire mine ot Snowdon, Gould tic Co.,
one-fooTtti of a mile below town, a the
result of an explosion of gas, followed
by anothr explosion of fire-damp. Of
tho number entombed, all escaped or
were taken out by rescuing parties ex
cept eight, who were killed outright,
and three more or lesr hurt. The
dead are:
John Halston, miner aged 85, col
ored; leaves a wife and two children;
Salem Halston, miner, his brother;
Robert Davidson, miner; John Ben
nett, driver; William Prltcbard, miner;
Henry Hagar, drivei; J. Cartrigbt,
miner; James Hall, miner.
The injured are: George Baker,
miner; John Baker, slightly burned,
and Samuel Molntyre, cut on the head.
The explosion is said to have been
caused by the loosening of a largo
block of coal, whioh opened a pocket
of gas. Immediately following the ex
plosion of gas, there was a second ex
plosion of fire-damp. There were 70
men at work In the mine at the time
of the disaster, and at first it seemed
an impossibility for any of the 64 men
In mines No. 9 and No. 10, where the
explosion occurred, to escape. Four
men Jacobs, Davis, Wbeasea and
Walker, who were near the entrance,
managed to crawl out, and the others,
with the exception of those caoght by
the falling ooal, escaped by traversing
a mile and a half of underground pas
sages, coming nut at the entrance near
Lynn station. This point is four miles
from the opening of the mine.
Just above the entrance to the mine
there is an artificial plateau op against
the hillside. From the edge of the
plateau a good view of the tr-ck lead
ing to the mine could be had. Here
women stood wringing their hands in
anguish, weeping and wailing. The
hundreds ot people realized that they
stood at the entrance of a living tomb.
It was several hours later that the
tinkling of the electric bell in the engine-house
announced that a train of
ooal cars was coming from within.
The scene of the disaster is more than
a mile from the entrance. The, cars
are taken in and out .by means of heavy
iron cables, wrapped and unwrapped
by two large spools. It took about 10
minutes for the first load to reach the
outside world.
While the cable was winding the sus
pense bordered on the awful. No one
knew what was coming, but reared the
worst, in which there was no dlaap
pointment As one of the spools in
dicated that the load would soon arrive,
the suspense became all the greater.
''Here it comes" was an almost unani
mous whisper. When the little train
of cars emerged, a shuddei was visible
in the orowd. First there came two
cars loaded with coal. Then three
cars, in each of which there were two
bodies. In one were two brothers,
side by side, John and Salem Halston.
In the others were Robert Davidson
and John Bennett, William Pritohard
and John Cartright James Hall was
in the last car. .
When the bodies were brought up
from the mines they presented a ghast
ly appearance. Their faoes wore be
grimed with the nlack dust ot the
mines. Rehire they were brought out
the rescuers tied handkerchiefs around
their beads to give them a better ap
pearance ;-
' After the first lot of bodies bad been
brought out the excitement grew more
Intense. There were yet many men in
the mine, and there was more anxiety
to know who would be brought out
next During the entire afternoon
there was a desperate wait
' It was announced that many men
had come out from an abandoned entry,
nearly three miles distant This al
layed the fears of many, and as fast as
the men were accounted for ' to their
families and friends, rejoicings and
congratulations followed.
At 9 o'clock tonight, the last ot the
explorers from the mine came oul and
announced there was nothing living
or dead behind in the mine, leaving
the list of fatalities as given. Tonight
there is a constant stream of poo!e
passing in and out of the undertaking
establishments to view the bodies. -
Three Minora Bntombed. -
Hantiooke, Pa., Sept. 88. By a rush
of coal in No. 1 shaft today throe men
were entombed and probably instantly
killed They were George- Morgan,
John Shannon and John A. Jones. A
large foroe ot men are working on the
debris trying to leaoh the 'entombed
men.
Troops From Porta Rleo.
New York, Sept. 86. The transport
Seneca from Ponce, September 11, ar
rived this morning, having on 'board
170 member of the Illinois signal corps
and 100 troops and government em
ployes.
lalands Wrecked In tha Hurricane.
Kingston, Jamaica, Sept. 88. Mail
advicea which reached here today
brought melancholy relief to the sus
pense regarding the full extent fit the
hurricane disaster at the islands of St.
Vincent, St Lucia and Barbadoes,
showing that the first accounts were
not exaggerated. At ot Vincent, about
800 lives were lost, not counting the
loss of lifa suffered through thedestroo
tion ot shipping. The coast la Btrown
with the wrecks ot vessels.
WHAT A CHAPLAIN SAW.
hocking- Treatment ol Sleh atea la
Tolontaov Camp.
Philadelphia, fiept 87. Rev. Cyrus
L. Brady, archdeacon of th Protestant
Episcopal diocese of Eastern Pennsyl
vania and chaplain of the First Penn
sylvania volunteers, in a sermon to
night severely criticised the manage
ment of the volunteer camps which
came under his observation at Chicka
mauga, where his regiment was sta
tioned for a long time. He said the
medical, commissary, quartermaster
and ordnance departments were all to
blame, and continued thus:
"I personally saw men left in the
hospital in camp for 86 hours without
any medical attendance whatever.
"I saw men in those hospitals suffer
ing from fever with the rain beating
down upon them.
"I saw men committed to the care of
unskilled attendants when it waa abso
lutely impossible for them to receive
anything like the attention they de
served. "I saw men suffering from fever, ly
ing with their mouths open and their
mouths filled with flies."
In conclusion, the archdeacon said:
"I wonder if I dare, being still in
the government service, say more.
There is much more that might be told
if it were proper to tell it, but perhaps
this will suffice. I hsd not intended
to touch npon this phase of our experi
ence at 11, but when I think that
these things have t.-ken place in this,
the richest, greatest and presumably
the most advanced nation on the face
ot the earth, I cannot hold my peace. "
AN EVENTFUL VOYAGE.
Senrry Killed Moat ol tha Crew of tha
German Uirk Olaa.
Philadelphia, Sept 87. The Ger
man bark Olga arrived at the Dela
ware breakwater tonight for orders
from Samarang, Java, laden with sugar.
She brought to a close a voyage of
strange fatalities, having only a few of
the original officers on board, Captain
Dreyer, her commander, and five oth
ers having died of that dread disease,
scurvy, which so often breaks out on
board vessels from the iai East The
Olga sailed from Somabava April 8.
When about two months out from port,
the disease first made its apperance,
and one by one the men were taken
ill, until the ship's company was re
duced to four men sble to be about
Captain Dreyer was among the first to
be stricken. He lasted only a few
days, suffering great agony. Then the
mate took charge, and he too, was
stricken down, leaving in charge of the
vessel men who had Utile knowledge
ot navigation. When St Michaels was
reached, a new captain was taken
aboard and the fateful voyage waa con
tinued. The Olga is now waiting orders, and
will probably come to this port to dis
charge her cargo.
TRANSPORTING BULLION.
Tha Oorernuieiit Will Ship Bilrot
aa Frelcht,
Chicago, Sept. 87. The Tribune
says: A train bearing 10,000,000
ounces of silver bullion from Phila
delphia is soon to mark a new era in
the federal government's method of
transporting the precious metals be
tween the mints. It has been known
for some time that such a great ship
ment was in contemplation, and the
appearance of Assistant Secretary Van
derlip, of the treasury department, in
Chicago was for the purpose ot making
the definite arrangements. Mr. Van
derlip was in consultation with West
em road officials, and the shipment Is
to be made on a special fast train
guarded by federal soldiers and detec
tives. It is supposed that hereafter
freight, and not express, will be the
method of shipment
The Philadelphia mint Is being run
to its full capacity coining gold both
foreign and domestic whioh has been
pouring in at a surprising rate, and the
intenttion is to transfer 10,000,000
ounces of silver to the Pacific const
This amount means ovei 800 ton, or
15 ordinary, average carloads. The ex
press charges on any- such quantity at
anything like schedule rates would be
an item which even the United States
treasury could afford to .figure on sav
ing. . 1 - -
Yacht Captain Murdered. ,.
Sausalito, Cal., Sept 87. Captain
Brooks, of the yacht Chispa, which
was anchored in tha stream opposite
this town, was murdered at 1:45
o'clock this morning by two bay pi
rates. They boarded the little vessel,
evidently believing it to be without a
watohman. They plundered the roof
ers and were about ready to pull ashore
in a small boat when Captain Brooks
and a com panion, who had been asleep
In the cabin, were aroused and made
their appearanoe on deck, A desperate
fight ensued, during which Captain
Blocks was killed, and the other man.
Whose name has not been learned, was
wounded. The murderers then made
their escape, pulling toward the shore
in the darkness. '
Banker Clark'a Charity.
Butte, Mont, Sept. 87. W. A.
Clark, the banker and mine-owper, has
given the Associated Charities 39,000
to establish in Butte a homo- or the
sick and indigent. It is to perpetuate
by name or in some other manner the
memory of the donor's son, Francis Paul
Clark, who died at college several year
ago. ;-. - ' ! ' '- - ..
Jumped From a Burning Hotel.
Minneapolis, Sept. 87. A Journal
special from Eau Claire, Wis., says the
Windsor house burned early this morn
ing. Several women jumped trom the
fourth story, and Mrs. Churchill was
so badly Injured that she is not expect
ed to live. A baby thrown from the
third story was caught by J. Charies,
and escaped, while Charles was injured.
If the sun was to be divided into
smaller planets it would make 1 a 10
each the size of the eaith.
HOLDING OUT FOR PAY
Philippine Insurgents Wait
ing to Be Bought.
AGUINALDO IS AFTFR OFFICE
Kamor Haa It That no Wlahoe to Oa
Gorernor of a Prorlnce Baal
neas Booming In Manila-
Manila, via Hong Kong, Sept 84.
The only impediment in the way of
restoring absolute confidence is Agui
naldo, who has informed Governor
General Merritt that, in the event of
the United States holding the Philip
pines permanently, or at least formally
declaring a protectorate over it, his fol
lowers would lay down their arms, but
until that time it would not be safe for
him to do so.
While all this Is very plausible, It Is
the consensus of opinion among the
English-speaking merchants and resi
dents here that the rebels, and espe
cially Aguinaldo, are only holding out
in order to be bought. The fact that
one of Aguinaldo's lieutenants is i
thority for the statement that an agree
ment had been made with the Ameri
can officials, by the terms of governot
of a province and each of his officers
to be given minor positions, provided
his troops lay down their arms, would
tend to show - that this opinion has
some basis, particularly when Goneral
Merritt, upon learning of this state
ment, said emphatically that "no
agreement whatever had been made
with Aguinaldo upon any subject." -The
departure of General Merritt snd
his staff for Paris effectually disposes
of further negotiations with tiie insur
gents tor the present, whatever in
ducements may have been held out to
them secretly, for it is hardly to be
supposed that so delicate a duty would
be delegated by Merritt to bis deputy.
It is significant that coincident with
the departuie of General Merritt for
Paris the rebels should spread the re
port that three of Aguinaldo's trusted
lieutenant have already left for Wash
ington, with the avowed intention of
teaching the American capital ahead
of Brigadier-General Greene. Certain
it is that the Insurgents held secret
meetings in various parts of the city
yesterday for the puprose of determin
ing their future pirn of oampaign, but
the result of their deliberations was
carefully withheld from publication.
From an American point of view,
the situation here today is simply one
ot expectpjicy, the authorities awaiting
instructions flora Washington, and
their subordinates hoping for relief
from their onerous duties and a apeedy
retrun to their homes. 1
The Spaniards, firm in the belief that
Manila was surrendered after the peace
negotiation had been commenced,
swagger about the city with a feeling
of confidence that it will soon be re
stored to them.
The Filipinos, with characteristic
nonohalanee, are making hay while tbe
sun shines, relieving their American
friends of their hard-earned cash by
every conceivable means, snd wonder
ing how much longer their good for
tune, will continue. What the men
under Aguinaldo think of the situa
tion no one seem to know or care.
In accordance with the requirement
of international law, no change has as
yet been made in the customs regula
tions, hence the staff in force before
the war is (till maintained, and tbe
coffers of the treasurv are being replen
ished very materially. It was natural
ly expected that under tbe new regime
the import duties would be consider
ably reduced, and many merchants
laid their plans accordingly, but in
spite of exorbitant duties, the demand
so far exceeds the supply tha the mer
chants are only too glad to get their
goods through as fast as they arrive.
Several Amerioans have already an
nounced their Intention of embarking
in business here, and an American bi
lingual newspaper is among the possi
bilities in the near future.
Tbe reopening of the oablo to Hong
Kong and resumption of traffic along
the inter-island telegraph lines has
plaoed the merchant once more in di
rect communication with their agents,
but up to the present little. news has
been received, the small force employed
in the local office having been inade
quate to handle the volume of outgoing
messages filed every day.
General Anderson appointed, August
10, a board ot three officers, with Cap
tain Bridgeman, Sixth United States
artillery, as ohalrman, to investigate
tbe recent shooting at Cavite. The
report haa since been rendered, and is
unfavorable to tha conduct of the Utah
soldiers. All the officers are outspoken
In blaming our soldiers for the shoot
ing. . The four insurgent soldiers impli
cated In the shooting were court-martialed
by an insurgent board ot offioers
yesterday at Cavite. Three were ac
quitted on the ground of solt-defenBe,
and one waa found gailty and was sen
tenced to be shot upon tbe proceedings
of the court being approved by Agui
naldo. An invitation waa exteuded to
General Anderson and the other officers
stationed at Cavite to be present at the
trial of the prisoners. General Ander
son will ask that the man be not shot
Walla Walla, Sept. 84. Robert Ful-
! ton died today in the hospital from in
t juries received in a mysterious manner,
1 He was found yesterday lying beside
1 the railroad track a short distance frora
town, with his back broken and an si'r.
'ion on the head. lie never i .-ciiiio
I conscious enough to tell how he was
I hurt. As his poolcots wore turned in
!side out there is a suspicion of foul
play. Friends say ho had $100 the
day before, Fallon came fiu-ri I;-
i Dalle a few days tigx