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JLIIOX.
VOL. XV.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOIIER 21, 1898.
NO. 44.
ATDT
FJLJDj
DOINGS OF THE WEEK
What Has Happened In the
Civilized World.
GIVEN IN TUB PRESS DISPATCHES
A Complete Ilerlew of tha Hewn of the
! Seven'Oay in ThU and
All Foreign Laud,.
Miinaiinlllo, Cuba, li now folly con
trolled by the American authorities.
A plan to dismember the republic ol
Swllxerlund la uirder discussion, in
Europe.
Twelve men, it Is said now, were
killed and S!8 wounded lu the riot at
Vlrdon, 111.
Mr. Nunoy Qoer, wife of the governor-elect
of Oregon, expired suddenly
of lieurt disease in Omaha.
AM Spanish civil courts in Philippine
territory now lubjoot to Amerioan con
trot linve reaumed business.
The government now lie 65 warship
in courae of construction. When com.
pleted, the United State navy will
rank third.
Secretary Alger Ira wired Governor
Tanner, of Illinois, placing the Fifth
Illinois volunteer infantry at Tanner'
order, In oaae the state militia ia In
sufficient to end the coal trouble.
The Spanish wall steamer Rein
Maria Christina has sailed from Ha
vana for Spain with 1,073 officers and
troops, OBI case of military archives
and a heavy cargo of ammunition.
Asa result of eating canned, lobsters,
shrimps, and claws, two Knight of
Pythias, J. I. Jorrn and Charles Young,
who live near Rainier, Or., are dead,
and Walter Vunow, of the same lodge
and town, Is oritloally ill from the same
poison.
Tire government ha apportioned the
prixe money fur the men of our war
ships. Sampson gets tire lion's share,
Dewey the next largest aura, while
Schley will receive less than some of
the captains. The men will receive
from 130 to 1800 each.
The imperial Chinese government
has granted to the Peking syndicate of
London the right to open and work
mines and to construct and operate
railroads in tire empire free from Ctrl
neae control. This is the first conces
sion ever granted by the Chinese gov
eminent to a foreign syndicate.
The annual report of Land Commis
sioner Hermann estimate that over
11,000,000,000 feet of pnbllo timber
has been destroyed by Are during the
past 25 years. Tire report eays forest
tire form the main subjeot for the at
tention of the land office, now threaten
Ing, as they do, not only the growing
forests but tire forest landa whose pro
ductiveness they retard indefinitely, ,
The report that the treasure of the
khalifa wa found at Khartoum and
forwarded to-Calro is without founda
tion. Alexandria advloe received at Loo
don say that the troops who have Just
returned to Khartoum are dying off
like die from enteric disorders.
Jesse James, Jr., son of thenotoriou
bandit, has been placed under arrest
for complicity In the many train rob
beries in tire outskirts of Kansas City.
The anniversary of tiro death of
Charles Btuart Farnell wra observed in
Dublin with a procession and exercise
at the grave of the home rule leader.
Marquis Ito, the Japanese states
man, has expressed the opinion thai
tire anti-foreign policy reoently adopt
ed by China would be modified upon
representation being made by the
power. '
An unknown white man waa burned
to death In a negro church at La Flore,
Miss, by tho nogroes, who thought
that because the man wa 111 be must
be affected with yellow fever, The
church waa entirely destroyed.
The Bear Island or Pillager Indian
will surrender; and the threatened
war has bee avertod. The roouloitrants
have agreed at a conference to come,
into the agencr a soon aa detail of
the term are arranged.
A terrible experience la related by
Samuel Knsign, an American. He
waa deprived of hi liberty for 18 long
yoara, and robbed of all hi worldly
posfesarona, and thrown into a Cuban
dungeon. He finally escaped and re
turned to hi native land.
Two bloodless uprising have occur
red at Guam slnoe American rule wa
established. Both were quiokly quel
led. Bpanish priesta Incited tire na
tives te deeds of violence. Tbo Amer
i,. ,. hniilnd down on each oo-
caslon, but soon replaced by the local
police. A young sailor ia now running
thinga for Unoie bam.
A rear-end collision between two O.
t m ,,; nnniitred at fiullivan'
gulohr'noai Portland. Two engine
,.-i,o,r fnnr hoi cars smashed
KOI. whjvjrvm, .v-- i
into kindling-wood and the caboose ol
.1,0 fW tn wroeliecl ana mruwu
down a steep embankment into tire wa- j
ter. Almost miraculously no live
were lost. The trainmen saved them
elve by jumping.
Minor Hew Items.
Dr. G. Q. Colton, the noted Amerl
can dentist who died In Eotterdam
aome time ago, had pulled over 1,000 .
000 teeth In the course of hi Pao-loe
and waa the first dentist to use "laugh
.ing gas" lu practioe.
Eobert Roberts, an English wrltot
on religious .ffalra, the author of over
?00 book and editor of the Chrl.tadol
ohia, of Birmingham, England, wa
found dead In hi room in 8an Fianoia
oo from heart disease.
LATER NEWS.
The Drnrrnn Inulnluture adtonrned sins
dio Saturday,
A genuine blizzard visited the Middle
Western : states, doing considerable
damage.
A Polish priest ha sued the Cathollo
church for 50,000 for excommurrlcat
ing bim.
It is said In London that the French
must either withdraw from Faslroda ox
go to war with England.
The German government ba now
decided to appoint permanently a naval
atiaoire at waaiirngton, wirowrn reaco
hi post in January. ...
The British thlp Blongfolt, from New
York, burned off Margut, England,
early Monday morning. Eleven of the
crew, beside the captain' wife and
children, perished.
Seven barge, containing 800,000
pood of naphtha have been burned at
the petroleum port of Astrakhan, Rus
sia. Three persons were killed in the
conflagration, and several other in
jured. . - ' ' -
The war department has received a
detailed description of the fortifica
tions of Havana, Besides old gone,
there are 48 new guns. These gun are
principally of theHontoria and Ordouea
pattern, but there are few Kruppt
among them.
In a bead-end collision between two
freight rain near Great Falls, Mont.,
due to a misunderstanding of orders.
Engineer Charles Goddard and Brake
man Robert T. June were killed, and
Fireman A. L. Ritchie wa probably
fatally Injured.
The government will undertake the
transportation of Christmas boxes for
soldiers at Manila. A steamer witl
start from San Francisco early In No
vember, so package must be forwarded
soon. Only small quantities of sweet
thing villi be accepted,
It 1 announced that Montreal and
Quebec are to be thoroughly fortified
a part of the scheme for the defenses
of Canada. Colonel Dulton, chief of
the imperial defense commission, ia in
Montreal, completing plan for the
fortification of the cities.
A curious method of aiding charities
has been initiated In Paris, where, it Is
announced, the saloons of the high
aristocracy, which have hltborto bean
extremely exclusive, will be opened to
strangers, on reception days, foi
money consideration, whlob will be ap
plied to the charitable works of which
tire lady of the house is a patron.
A reception was tendered the army
heroes at the Omaha exposition.
Colombia will risk no future trouble
and diplomatic relation with Italy
have been reversed, '
It Is reported that Gen. Maximo
Gomes has been selected for president
of tire Cuban republic,
A military plot against the French
government was discovered and frus
trated by prompt action.
Tire International Typographical
Cnion in biennial session at Syracuse,
N. Y., voted to abolish the referendum-
A cablnot crisis ha occurred In Cape
Colony, South Africa, and the assembly
has voted a want of confidence In the
government.
TW iirtlnrnr John Miller wa banned at
San Quentin, Cal., for the killing of
James Chllds in San Francisco, In No
vember, 1898.
Tim American neace commissioners
were entertained in Pari with a pri
vate theatrical performance, arranged
in their Honor Dy urgsro.
Frauds amounting to millions of dol
lar have been discovered in the Chilean
hakiI. Rntinr Navarre, the chief ao-
oountant, has committed suicide.
The Paris peace commissioner can
not agree 6ver the Cuban debt ques
tion. The American claim the matter
is Irrelevant, beoause the United State
ia not annexing Cubar
It ia reported In Manila that Macab
ulons, chief of the five nortlrern prov
inces of the Blrilipplne Islands, ha
rebelled against Aguinaldo, and that
fighting haa token place between the
opposing faction.
Newa to the effect that large num
bers of political prisoner have beon
horribly tortured in Ecuador by order
of the government, ha been brought
to Ban Francico oy me "
ama, ; .
Han Ky, the Corean minister of
Justice, has been dismissed for having
pormtited the brutalities perpetrated
f... .1.. nnnnlu nn the bodies of the
men recently hanged for conspiracy to
poison the emperor.
Chief Sweenle, of the Chicago fire
department, while directing hi men at
work on a fire, fell into a manhole and
was severely injured. The enaineer of
u.o Kihlihff. John Meldrum, waa
killed, and two other men were scalded
by escaping steam. :
T.tautiiun ririands has written a let'
. (JIDUIQ UK" n
ter saying that the voyage of the Obdam
from Forto Rico was not fraught with
,r,... nr suffering. The sensational
i a of fire on the trans
. tn tha nffeat that the wounded
uorv -iiu w - .
-i,.tr .nhliera belns brought home
were badly fed, are denounced aa on
founded and riduiulou.
wheat arob ia estimated
at 128,000,000 hectoliter, the largest
since 1874.1 , .
in tha nvernroduction of yarn
the Ingrain oarpet spinner of the
Pennsylvania district have decided to
rliut down their mills for an indefinite
period.
i At hlte lake, near Forestport, N.
I J deer hunter while sta'king ml- t
iook a moving objoct In the wood for
. . i a A i,llll.ii Inatnntlv his
t door an ui - - r
10-year-old on. 1
I PARIS' peacemakers!
First
Demand of Spain
Flatly Refused.
Is
SETTLED BY THE ' PROTOCOL
Amcrleana Posltlvaly Daallna to As
sam Respanitblllty far tbm Cnba
VsbS-Twa W.k.' Labor.
Purla Onf 1 Tlia Amarlnaii and
finatti.h nAana nmrnlNnlnn nlnfljMf their
,....... v
II I a. . v. v. .di;bb JX I.UUI ,
t . I . 1 - . I . l.irt!
ana tuo program uimuo nam uraa uunuj
by negative action, owing to the atti-,
tude of the Americans. I
The first article of the protocol pro-
vlded that "Boain will reliuuulsh all
claim to sovereignty over and title to
Cuba." The Americans opened tneir
case by the assumption that little or no
actios was necessary regarurng vuua tin .
tire ground tnat Its uisposrtion was
loflnitely fixed by the terms of the pro-
tocol. Notwithstanding at the meeting
last Thursday, the Spaniards submit- Warrener. -ted
suggestions and propositions The latest advice from Falmouth
amounting to holding that the United this evening say that 88 bodies have
States should take over an or pari oi
the Cuban dent. inesiiAy, euor jnon-
tarn Rioa. nrealdent of the Suanlnh com
mlu.Inn vnrhallv reneatad it at leneth.
and reiterated the same in summarised
form. - I
ill Americans at inerr own iwhsiuu,
Wednesday, took nn the Spanish pres
entation and determined the formula-
tnn ni tl.A .niw.ff nf tha TTInliAl RtatAL
Careful, exact, and full was the prnpara- j
.1.. ,Ua nn.wAv iltnrMfnrA It
ttnfim, lmnnuiihlft. a Intended, to!
serve aconv of it on the Spanish before
the hour of opening the session, so that '
tbe oral discussion might begin
promptly.
1 V r i .... A .at
uuniflver mmj imva .rtiijfiiTM m jj- (
terday'i wmIoii. whether th Spaniard!
A. atluissA.1 tkrat tltA
virjIQ vi niu uu v v ib.n i
ft xl Oiatam ilaaillnful tct aMtimtS thu 1
VllltVU Ur,na,ua uvweaaeuu w
Cuban debt, It may be distinctly laid
lliai WIWI flUUU US11 ww Mao. - (
TTnltuit Rtatas commission will consist-
ently and to the end refuse to assume
all or any part of the Cuban debt. The
Spaniards will, if Indeed it has not al-
ready oeen uune, dt. uupruairaj uyvn
them the fact that by the signature of
tbe protocol, they utterly relinquished ,
to Cuba. I
Tlma itvimlhlir nrntrrsafM had hAan
achieved negatively, for, with the pres-
..... . ...( .1 . -1 ! 1
l M uvvuBwev i.v.v - ,
ent light, tna American aeonoe, ui
will refuse the responsibility of a alngla
peseta 01 tneso-cauea aeoi.
FIRST AT SAN JUAN.
Maw Tork Beglment Sinter th Capital
- of Forto Kleo.
Washington, Oct. 18. The follow
ing dispatch was received at the war
department this evening:
Run .Inan. OrL 18. The FortV-
SOVOnm nuW airirmi a. o.u ,urh
. i wy . v 1. : I . (3 .. -I ..
at 6 P. M. EDDY, Colonel."
It la nroonmoH hv the war denart-
ment officials, inasmuch aa nothing is
. - . . -.... , . ''
said to tbe contrary, tnai me regiment
wa permitted to land at San Joan. It
waa feared objection might be raised by)
the Spanish offloiala to the landing ol
the regiment St San Juan before formal (
possession waa yielded to tire American
forces on the 18th insL The Forty-
seventh New York ha the honor ol
rutins tha first American oreanlzatita
to enter the capital of Porto Rico.
Command of th DUtrleU.
Ponce. P. R.. Oct. 18. The Star
uct. io. no mnr
and Stripes will be formally raise,! at back into tde neld boiore ne wiir sur
8un Juan Thursday. Brigadier-Gen- mit to disarming them while the Amer
eral Fred Grant will be given command, loan and Spanish soldiers remain in
nT ifiM fi im rrii?i til nnu siiittiia vuuiuuaiuii
the Jurisdictions of Arecibo, Bayarno
and Humaooa. with the adjaoent
Islands. Brigadier-General Guy V.
Henry will be given command of the
other portions of Porto Rioo.
THE
IIobloB .
CRISTOBAL COLON.
I Confident of llal.lng the
SpnMen vrair.
Santiago de Cuba, Oct. 18. Naval
Constructor Hobson, who has arrived
here from the wreck ot the Spanish
cruiser Cristobal Colon, will leave to
morrow for Guantanamo on business
connected With the Infanta Maria
Teresa, which he expects to get off to
the United States before the end of the
L. viAH , 1. n Aavm Iia ha
been engaged in preparing to raise the The plot against the kaiser ia hourly
Cristobal Colon, a work which is prao- proving more important, each arrest
tioally Impossible from the sea because ( disclosing new-ntmrficationa. Thedoo
of the dangerously heavy swell., Tha omenta found disclose a plot to kill
operations will, therefore, be conducted King Humbert already well matured,
from tha shore. Mr. Hobson has built ' Fifteen Dersons, all Italians, have been
, trolley line out to the ship, a distance
nf inn foot. wrltM a auanenalon bridle:
and the compressed air pump ia now in' minate of mercury on Emperor Wil
nnaltlnn tin hi retnm from Guan 1 lium'a nnrriaae in a narrow street of
tanarao he will push his operation vlg-
orously, aa befools absolutely certain
.;.: tha null unln-liirnil.
-, Mly i;tJ
, ...,.. .. - , - i plot during the dedication or tns uer
president to investigate disputed point. Cl h o 0n, Redeemer. 1 -in
the conflict whioh resulted in th
destruction of Cervera'a fleet, find that
"although the Amorioarr neei in in a
battle off Santiago on July 8 obeyed
the general orders ot Rear-Admiral
riamnaon. slven in advance to meet
Just suoh an emergency, it was essen-
. a .1 "a 1 a a ft..L
IUUV IV aaswa,
credit is given the battle-ship Oregon,
for its good worn.
Kleotrle Shook Killed Him.
Seattle, Wash., Oot. 17. Louis Kay
eer, aged 83, an engineer, was killed
this morning in the -Seattle steam
laundry, as a result of a shock received
While putting in an incandescent lamp.
Or Bargo Bank. - '
Chicago, Oot. 17. The barge Church
in with nrn frnm Dnlnth. Sank
in 'the rough water off Waukogan tr)
. , rr . M n... I . 1
day. uaptam Jtvane, oi vuiruit, a
deck-hand, John Hanson, were drowned,
The barge was valued at rjiu.uuu.
THE LIZARD WRECK.
Bodies or Many of tha VlsUins
Have
Hn Recovered.
London, Oct. ,18. The Atlantic
Transport Company issued the follow
ing statement this evening regarding
the fate of the passenger and crew of
the steamer Mohegan, which wa
wrecked last Friday evening off the
Lizard, between the Manacles and Low
lands: "Of the passengers, 11 bave been
laved, 10 bodies have been recovered,
and 88 are missing. Of the orew and
cattlemen, 80 have been saved, 14 bod
ies have been recovered, and 61 are
missing." ...
Since this statement was issued, nlno
other oodles nave been picked up, in-
eluding two that bave been identified
., . mi . .
luog, oi passengers, j ne rpon ui
the various correponderrts differ widely
as to the rescues, recoveries and losses,
thoueh none azree aa to the exact num-
. nf tl i aba SAVArl nr of the bodies re-
covered.
The bodies of the following passengers
have beon recovered: T. W. King,
jitina King, Master rung, Mrs. wener.
James Blackey, Alias 11. M. Uowen, JU.
Fallows, B. Franklin Fuller, Mrs. L.
M. Luke. Georee Seymour. Miss L. H.
been identified, mostly tire bodies ot
sailors. Four are as yet
unidentified,
inoliiilincr those of two elderlv ladies.
One appears .to be German. She wore
a watch and wedding ring, both en
graved "1871." The other wore a sir
graved "1871. The other wore a sir
ver brooch with the letters "U" in
pearls. This is probably the body of ;
Mrs. Charles Duncan. Nine of the bod-.
les have been brought to Falmouth;
the others wore taken to the village .
church at St. Keverirre.
lire rescueu passenger are uniug
sheltered in cottages along the shore.
and the crew 'at tho Bailors' home at
Falmouth. .
Tugs have been cruising In the vlcin-
li 1 1 .1 J I At. & .. wiH.ilt
j nti uay, u tun put vuv toij iwuk-'
weather, in the hope of picking up
Aal.A
uaiic:i uvu icua v - -
TI.a rtsnaa nt (Ka ft an tit or romnlnsl tliA
IW wnl VI aw uaxvve -
profoundest mystery. Nobody . at-
lUIUIJlB W liyjlf w.,iuuin.u gw
an far north of her true course from
six to seven miles. Thee waa no fog ,
at the time, while tbe wind on her port .
quarter waa not sufficient to prevent
uer- nnrrwifiing me udiiu. una ween
suKgealed that her compass was faulty:
but daylight lasted long after Eddy-
Bay the fact tliat the Liaard light waa !
vtaihla ahrtrttil hatfA ttArvAtl to fiva tnB
- ' mm-- -
alarm.
GOMEZ IS OBSTINATE.
The Cabas. General ftefasea to Vl.bantf
; .... HI Army. ; ..
New York, Oot, 18. A dispatch
from Havana says: It is generally be
lieved a serious breach Iras taken place
between the executive department of
the Cuban republio and the leaders of
the military forces. Word was received
here that General Wood has received a
ouainiuiliuafciuu num a iimw. wnDov,
communication from President Masso,
advising that notbrng be done by me
Americans that can be oonstrued as re-
cognising the Cuban government.. Mas-
. . ... 1 L LI. II - 1
so lias oeeo joined oy ins cuiiengwa iu
declaring that the time haa arrived for
disbanding the Cuban forces. This
course will be vigorously com batted by
General Gome.
General Juan Ducasse, one of the
closest adviser of Gomes, ha arrived
in Havana to consult the opponents ol
Masso and all those who favor a Cuban
republic and oppose further Amerioan
intervention. General Ducasse declares
that Gomes will lead the insurgent
...- - . . ... .
rVilnnnl Warlntr's first inspection of
the city filled him with surprise. Con
ditions are much worse than he expect
ed. Everything Is favorable for an out.
break of fever. In normal times deaths
in Havana number about 800 a week.
They now average fully 100 aj day.
The deaths are mostly the result of per
nicious fever.
ANARCHIST PLOT.
r,..-. ltflmli.rt. aa Wall a tha
Bra.
neror, Waa to no Aainatea.
London, Oct. 18. 'The Alexandria
correspondent of the Daily Mail, tele-
l.t , V. a . ii r.iK i afr mint
against Emperor William,, whioh was
WwllaW ' MVII
arrested. The original plan was to
' thrnw a bomb of suncotton and ful-
Cairo. When the Egyptian trip- was
abandoned, elaborate arrangements were
I n.n.la ri tlia onnsniratorB to fiend 'COO-
derates to Jerusalem to carry ont the
Inauraento Overdo It-
Manila, Out. 18. The insurgetns at
Lasasni have prevented the Amerioan
Herinanoa from loadins or on
Inadinir. on the ground that there are
v . n . . .
Spaniarda on board. Ihey also relused
1 a 1 trxaaw nV ti tVlA mAtt Ot tllft UnitAd
' States cmiser Raleigh to land without
rwraio.iou -
THE PEACE JUBILEE
Opened With
a Bervto
Sll"S-
of Thank
ruinatrn. OiL 18. The national
peace Jubilee, of Chicago, was tonight
inaugurated with a thanksgiving ser
vice at. the Auditorium.' President
McKlnley attended and listened to ad
,irRB bv a Jewish rabbi, a Roman
rti.niin nrlmt. Presbyterian olerev
man and a noted colored orator, t The
applause for the president wa terrmo,
WRECK OFF THE LIZARD
Atlantic Steamer Foundered
With Great Loss ot Life.
0VEB 150 PERSONS
DROWNED .
Hohefsn, From London So Mew
Struck th Boeks la a
Terrible Gale.
York,
London, Oct. 1 7. The
Transportation Company's
Atlantlo
steamer
Mohegan, formerly the Cleopatra, of
the Wilson-Furness-Leyland tine,
i. : ..l. T 1.... Inm VA,lr ,-
teruay wrin ou passengers biiu a crow ui
1 50, is ashoro off the Lizard, between
the Manacles and the lowlands.
It is rumored that there has been a
treat loss of life
a -n.ri .nan miwaa.. ranArll that '
Vwaa- auu'u iii.u.'. . v.j-m. u -
the passengers are drowning
like ,
rats."
Another account says: "Bodies are
washing ashore, one being that of a
lady lashed to a plank, with both legs
severed." 1
Particulars of the disaster are diffi
cult to obtain.' It appears that when
the Mohegan strnck a gale wa blowing
and the sea was running high.
Lifeboat put off from the Lizard and
from Falmouth, one returning filled
with passengers. Several were drowned,
however, it is reported, on tbe passage
of the lifeboat to the shore. Another
lifeboat saved six persons.
The coast at that point ia extremely
dangerous, and ba been the scene of
numerous wrecks. Some years ago
there was a movement set on foot to get
a ligirtship plaoed .there, but it failed.
A dispatch from Falmouth says the
Mohegan foundered and was probably
blown ashore by the heavy east wind
if ter her machinery was disabled.
All tbe Falmouth tugs went out but
were unable to approach the vessel.
A lifeboat has landed 80 of theMohe
gan's passengers and returned for more.
One lady died after she was brought
ashore: It ia rumored that tire position
of the Mohegan is serious and assistance
is urgently needed.
According to a dispatch Just received
from Falmouth, ont of 800 passengers
constituting tbe passengers and crew of
the Mohegan, only 81 have been saved.
Tbis intelligence was forwarded from
tbe "coast guard by telephone to Fair
mouth. The coast guards are watch
ing for bodies and wreckage. Tire life
boats bave gone intc fort uouaocav
The steamer Mohegan, then tbe Cleo
patra, arrived at New York on Anguet
ia last, on her maiden trio from Jbon-
don. Sire ia a single-screw steel vessel
of 4,610 tons register, 480 feet long by ing. They Bred the grass In tneaia
63 feet beam, and abont 88 feet in : trict for miles around. The result was
depth of hold. She had acoommoda- disastrous to the unscrupulous white
tion for 126 passengers and a capacity men. Their horses died of starvation?
f,,. Lin 1 OOO mil K.lllia tana ol
freiaht and 600 cattle. Her com-'
mander is Captain Griffiths, commodore
of the Atlantic Transportation Com-
nanv's fleet She Is one of the five
vessels reoently purchased from the
Wilson-Furness-Leyland line by the
Atlantic Transportation Company to
replace the Mohawk. Mobile, Mara,
Michigan and Missrssippi, which were
sold to the United States government to
be nsed as transports.
COMMERCE OF THE PAOIFIC.
Will Ba Inoreaeed by tha Detention ol
tha Philippine.
Seattle. Wash.. Oct. 17. B. E.
Brown, general agent of the Canadian
Pacific Railway & 8teamBhip Company
at Hong Kong, speaking today of the
growth of trade betweeen tbis country
and the Orient, said: ;.:;
The trade of the last five yeara
should more than double in the next
five years, owing, in the first place, to
increased transportation facilities, and
in the second place to the close rela
tions that will have to exist hereafter
tetween this country and the Orient aa
the
result of holding the Philippine
inlands. We are perfectly willing that
tha United States should hold on to
th Philinninn ialanila. and when once
the matter la definitely settled, and
business is again Id full swing, it will
not be long before the commerce of the
IrftCinG will DO BB KrUHl OB llink VI .lie
Atlantic. Especially will this be the
dase when railroads shall open up China
to the commercial and industrial world,
and make this Northwest coast ita
landing point" '
' Plot Aalna Kmpcror William.
Alexandria, Egypt, Oct 17. The
Alexandria polioe have arrested nine
Italian anrachists since last night, and
bave thereby frustrated a plot against
Emperor William, now on his way to
the Holy Land, to be present at the
consecration of the Church of theSavioi
at Jerusalem. The first arrested waa
a cafe keeper, a well-known anarchist,
in whose house the police discovered
two wire bombs of great strength and
full of bullets. This arrest was made
in consequenoe of the notification from
.1 T... i:.. . .nH.l.nniti'ol ol r!fllm Ilia t I
him imunu whdu.-bw'io'-' " .w ...
two anarchists bad left Cairo for Port
Said.
France Joins Abyssinia.
Home, KJVi. 11. lno Biaiu euo.
w - ,. Ar.i,i . tv viih
Ahv.i,,!n na.iinst Encland in the Fa-
.'lOUW CJ VUVIWM .a.,, - -
sboda affair."
Rushing Work on Gunboats.
Boston, Oct 17. The gunboat Wil
falngton has received sailing orders for
text Tuesday, and simultaneously the
tjavy-yard officials got word to rush
Work on her and have her ready by that
Sate without fail even if it was neces
sary to work overtime in all depart
ment to do so. Her sister ship, the
Helena, la under orders already to sail
for China tbe following Tuesday and
work baa been pushed on her rather
than on the Wilmington.
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cfHAFTER AT OMAHA.
be Told
How the Spaniard
LoS
.Santiago.
Omaha, Oct. 17. Majox-General
William R. Shatter was accorded a
moat generous welcome by Omaha to
jay. When his train arrived in the
morning a large number of people bad
gathered at the station to greet the
iero Santiago. Later, upon the ex
position ground, the mamiestauon oi
love and respeot for the general were
sverywbere in evidence. This after
noon, in the auditorium, General Shat
ter addressed an audience that filled
every Inch of available space in the
great building. His address was a
plain, matter-of-fact discussion of the
Hnhan Mi.nalirn and tlia iimnl, nrA.
sentation of faots waa far more effective
than the most exalted oratorical effort
from one wbo bad not participated in
tbe struggle.
One or two statements made by the
general are new. He said that with
Ihn .nnlnM nf VA fknav Ih. Mmnalirn
(was practically over. It was simply
convince the
Spanish oommander that
his case was
hopeless. .. ;
"Why the Spaniards surrendered
when they could have abandoned their
position and kept np tire war," he
said, "I do not understand, but I be.
lieve it was because they bad been in
formed that the Spanish government
bad decided to give op tha fight and
uirender their soldiers in the eastern
part of the island."
Assistant Secretary of War Meikle
John made an able address, commend
ing Nebraska' part in the late war
and donouncing the tradooer of the
army. Wn Ting-Fang, the Chinese
mininster, was given a cordial recep
tion. Senator Thurston spoke elo
quently. ; '
DAWSON QUARTZ MINES.'
rntnre of th City Depend. Upon Their
Development.
Vancouver, B. O., Oct 17. J. H.
Hold, of Chicago, who is Just down
from Caasiar, says a gold strike has
been made on Friday river. Three
men took out fSS each from a river bar
In one week.
H. M. Sinclair, of Los Angeles, Cat.
wbo has Just arrived from Dawson,
says the future of Dawson will depend
largely upon the opening of quarts
mines. There "hive been upwards of
400 quarts claims recorded at Dawson
and some claims In the vicinity of the
city are attracting considerable atten
tion, not on account of the high' grade,
but of the immense deposits of gold
bearing ore.
C. C. Black, wbo has Just returned
from Peach rivet, states that several
prospectors up there stole provisions
cached by a tribe of Indians which had
alwaya been friendly to the whiten.
. The red men were not long in retaritrs-
ana. nau-starveu tnemseives, urey ueu
from the country and returned to Omi-
neca. Had they not loft the district
the Indian hostilities would have been
carried sun lurtcer,
What Ala.ka Need.
San Francisco, Oct 17. Thomaa 8.
Nowell, a prominent citlsen of Boston,
who has 'just returned from Alaska,
where he has spent four months an-
naully for the last IS years, says that
the district should have a representa
tive in congress and should have the
protection of adequate land laws. Be
also thinks that the prohibitory liquor
law originally, enforced to protect tbe
Indians, but now possible of evasion
with a great population of white men
and thousands of miles of unguarded
seacoast. should be replaced by high
license, produoing a revenue sufficient
to pay many expenses of the territory,
DARK DAYS FOR FRANCE.
Revelation Might Bring- oa War Wl
England. ,
UmAon. Oct 17. The aituation In
Paris ia regarded in well-informed
quarters as being more serious than at
any time since the commune. Ibe St.
James's Gasette this afternoon says:
I "A military revolution, however
peaceful, which replaces me frisson
oabinet with nominees of generals,
would imperil the relatione between
. u,I)Kimiu BUU wiiiio .iu,.3 w
the
breakina points Semi official and
partly inspired Paris papers ate still
pretending that negotiations are pro
ceeding between the two governments,
and France belreves it, although every'
body in England knowa the statement
to be ridiculous. Even supposing Major
Marchand is unconditionally wrtb
drawn from Fashoda, the difficulties
with Franee will in no way end. Be
bind it lie the whole question of Bahr
el-Ghasal, the richest prise in. the Sou
dan." -- " - '-- "- - . :" ,'
A. Southern Paelfie Brakemaa Killed.
Ashland. Or.. Oct lS.-rCharles Sny
der. of Ashland, a Southern Pacific
brakeman. was instantly killed at Zu
leka. on the south side oi tbe Siakyous,
near the state line, in California, last
nieht An extra freight train wa
switohing, and in Jumping'upon a mov-
ing car he missed his footing and was
thrown under the Car wheels, which
completely severed his head from his
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body, beerdes outting off one leg and
i - - M . . , . . . .
one arm ann otherwise snocaiuji.y mu-
tilating his body. .
Large A moon t of Bond Stolen
Minneapolis, Oct. 17. It ha Just
leaked out that a week axo buiglars
' broke into the office of the Consolidated
' Milling & Hardwood Company, and
1 after breaking open a safe, esoaped with
1 156,000 worth ot United States bonds
1 of the recent isbub. President George
1 Christian received a letter offering to
' return them if a reward was advertised
In one of the local papers. The matter
has been plaoed in tbe bands, of tha
1 local authorities. r
THE COAST DEFENSES
General Wilson's Statement
to the Commission.
WHAT THE ENGINEERS SPENT
Snrgeoa Hotr Testimony a '
Conditions Preralllng at
Camp Thomas.
Washington, Oct 15. The state-.
ment made by General John M. Wil
son, the chief of engineers, to the com
mission investigating the conduct of
the war, waa made public today. Dur
ing the progress of the war, the follow
ing additions were made to the conn-
try armament:
Armament waa placed In positioin
for alz 12-lnoh guna, 29 10-inch, 68 13-
inch mortars, and 86 rapid-fire guns
and additional platforms were made
ready for a still larger number, and ad
ditional emplacements are under con
struction for still more. : According to
this report, when all the works begun
are completed, the armament Will con
sist of 80 12-inch mortars', and W-rwpioV""
fires. The emplacements were onder
construction at 86 different harbors
Anguet 81, and there were double shifts
working at each place.
Tbe total expenditures on account of
gun and mortar batteries during the
period of tbe war amounted to $1,821,-
600. . .
Among tbe purchases for harbor de
fense were 400 miles of cable, 160 tons
of high explsoives, 1,660 new torpedo
cases, 44 searchlights, etc. Twenty
eight barbora were mined, 686 mines
being planted. The expenditures on
harbor defense for the period were f 1,
661,000. Intrenching tools were pur
chased and stored at Willet's point
uffioient for an army of 80,000 men.
Hospital In Chlokamanga. .
Washington, Oct. 15. Lieutenant-
Colonel L. J. Iloff was before tbe war
investigating commission at me lore
noon session. He is a regular array
officer, and waa chief surgeon in the
Third army corps at Cbickamauga.
Heff did not consider the camp to have
been in the beet sanitary condition, but
expressed the opinion that it could not
be better, under the oircumatanoee. In
the beginning, the camp was short of
medioiil supplies, due to the expecta
tion that arriving troops would bring
supplies of medicines. .
Continuing, Dr. Hon: said tbe capa
city of the division hospitals was often
doubled and trebled. It sometimes oc
curred that there were eight , men in
tents which were intended to accommo
date six, because ot delay in securing
tentage to oare for the increase of dis
ease, which was unexpectedly rapid.'
On one or two occasions patients were
necessarily placed in beds made upon
tbe floors, because of a temporary de-
fioeincy in cots. As a rule the nurses
were without training, and this tact
occasioned some difficulty in dealing
with typhoid oases. Yet he knew of
no speoifio cases of suffering on this ac
count He specified the case of a man
afflicted with an infectious disease,who
had been compelled to lie in the open
air one night on account of lack o( tent
age. The doctor was sure that no in
Jury resulted, as tbe weather was pleas
ant Dr. Hoff said that the shortage
in medical supplies had continued for
several weeks, bnt there waa generally
sufficient to meet the immediate !do
mands. He also said that some requisi
tions had been, returned by the Wash
ington authorities because improperly
filled, and he waa under the impression
that there bad been complaints of some
suffering on this account There was
ooneidereWa duiay in eautag rtonuni ...
tor the tents. '. ;.- t
ORDERS TO DISBAND. '
Mama Will Send tho Cuban Soldiers
Rome by Beqnest of Colonel Bay.
Gantiaan ti fhlhft. Oct. 15. Senor
Bartolome Masso, accompanied by two
members of hft staff, arrived this morn
ing at Manzanlllo from Santa Crux del
Bur, in Puerto Principe, about 76 miles
from Mansanillo, where tbe Cubans
now have their headquarters, and
where, Oo'ober 20, the Cuban assembly
aril! mant tn Alert a new Dregident and
to decide aa to the plans for disband
ing tbe army, if disbnudment is con
sidered advisable, and aa to other im
portant matters. j t
He called at onoe on uoionei nay,
nrhn .anaivod him aourtaouslv. exoressed
pleasure at the opportunity ol an in
terview, and said no nopaa eenor aius
bo would arrange for disbanding the
Cubans under General Rios in the
neighborhood of Mansanillo, to that
nrtr In tha flflld Onilld besin. He
also earnestly advised the president ot
the Uu ban provisional government to
disband the Cnban troops at all points
now in possession of the United States
forces, in order that the men might
give the assistance so greatly needed to
place the country in a position to re
cover from the evils ot the three-year
war.:
Senor Masso readily agreed to oar ry
out Colonel Ray's request, and said
that General Rios Would receive order
immediately to disband his men. '
"I believe," said Senor Masao, In
terminating the interview, "that Cuba,
in two years, will be more prosperous
than ever before."
The interview lasted about an hoar,
and apparent!? was gatiafaotory to
both. Senor Masso leaves tomorrow
on bis return, going "by the ineurejot
steamer Fernando.
Blalr statue t-nveiled.
Lansing, Mich., Oct 14. Upward
of 80,000 residents of other porlW. l
the state were present today at na
veiling of a statue erected t- t'.-., m. .'o
orv of Austin Blair. Bid'. -n' f-ii-.
I wai governor. 0nrtU r -.:.ui-r !
f resent and received an -!'