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ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOJJEtt 28, 1898.
NO. 43.
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DOINGS OF THE WEEK
What Has Happened in the
Civilized World.
GIVEN IN THE TRUSS DISPATCH KS
A Com plot Review of the New of the)
I'm tod Days la This and
' ' All Foreign Land,
President MoKlnley addressed
large body of railway emplovo before
"leaving Chicago.
Adviue from Porto Rico says all
hitch official there have tuken step to
boome nattiraliced American. '
The British ahip UlonfoUl burned
at the mouth of. the Thame, river, and
14 of those on board lost their Uvea.
A French missionary' and several
Chinese Catholic intra been massacred
or burned to death In a chapel at Pe
king, China, by a tuob. France hua
demanded reparation.
Tlie Spaniard at Havana are becom
ing insolent, and disregarding the
American demand. Blanoo baa auo
tioned off ran non which rightly be
longed to the Uulted States.
In the annual report of the third
aalatant poatmaater-general , a atrong
recommendation la mado that negntia
tlona lie opened looking to the reduc
tion ol the international rate to 9 oent
bait ounce or Iraolion thereof.
, Id a tenlble typhoon off Formosa
. hundreda of Uvea were lost. Among
the ship loot was .the American bark
Comet. The orew wa laved. Homeward-bound
passenger ray they passed
numerous abandoned vessel, the loai
ol life nioat have been enormous.
Tho coal-mining town of Welling
ton, Vancouver island, baa been the
scene of several subsidence, and thore
la general alarm there owing to Indica
tions that another la likely to take
place. ' The whole town la under
mined, owing to tiie, extensive opera
tiona for coal mining.
A dispatch from Manila soys: The
Insurgent general, Flo Pilar, haa agreed
to evacuate Paoo Paco, the last aulmrb
of Manila hold by the Filipino Tues
day. This complete the American
conquest Of the olty. The last rebel
hits left Oavito and Manila, the rest of
the island of Lnaon being in the baud
of the insurrectionist faction.
Disastrous typhoons, aandatorroa and
floods iiavo caused fearful loss of life
dlntiiot watered by the river Feng, in
Japan, hundreds of Tillages have been
wept away and 1,000 people drowned.
Another report say 250 town are un
der wator. Thonaand of refugees are
flocking to the cities. The Ishkari
river ttiA nvnrfltiwAit. ftrnn-nlne Avar
1,000 people.
' Smallpox has broken out in Dawson
City. N. W. T.
A family of five were brutally mur
dered at Stuartburn, Manitoba.
Senator Prootor, of Vermont has heen
re-elected by an over whelming vote.
The dowager empress of China has
began instituting reforms on her own
account.
Withdrawal from Crete of all the
Turkish troops there lias been ordorod
by the aultan.
Emperor William, of Germany, was
personally received at Constantinople
by the aultan. '
Princess Kalalanl, of Hawaii, is re
ported engaged to be man led to Andrew
Adam, a reporter.
All trade at Havana ia said to he At
a standstill, awaiting the future des
tiny of tho island. ,
Alany officer oi the stau oi wenerat
Gome have resigned, owing to tho
trouble with tbolr chief.
During an Indian dance near Ard
more, I. 'P., one man was killed and
two wore wounded, one fatally.
Liberia, through lta special repre
sentative, Bishop Hartzoll, I abont to
ask to be taken nndor tho protection of
the United Stutce.
Blanco haa acceded to the roqueste
of tho American evacuation ootnnils
alonois that Bed Crosa supplies bo al
lowed dee entry to the ports of Cuba.
General Wood, in hTe oapaoity aa
governor of Santiago, haa ordered the
return to Jamaica of a largo uumber of
destitute negroes who had just arrived
from there.
A Now York World dispatch from
Washington says: The Uuitcd Stales
will assume the indebtedness of the
Cuban municipalities, but will not
agree lo pay or guarantee any portion I
of the goneral Cuban debt. It Is con-1
aidered a hitf concession on the part of
the United Stato and a partial victory
for Spain,
Three vessels were wreokeii in a ,
atorm off the English ooast. Tho Nor
weglali bark Frlvold stranded off Spurn- j
liead. Two members of the orew were
drowned. The Norwegian brlgatitine
Augvald was wrecked otT Uoudon liar
bor. Seven of the orew were drowned. '
The Russian schooner Wilhelin waa
wrecked off St. Andrew. Five of the
crew were saved, and one drowned. .
Minor New Kami.
The Kentucky oonrt of appoals holda
the separate ooaoh law valid. ,
. Commodore W. P. McCann says Gen
oral Blanoo il the mau who ordered the
Maine blown up. -
X. P. Gore, a blind man, haa been
nominated for congress by the Populists
of a Texas district.
Just at present two women Queen
Victoria and the empress of China
role over one-half the world's population.
LATER NEW3.
The last detachment of Spanish
troop) have nailed from Porto Rico and
evacuation I complete.
The Utab troop of oavalry, which has
been doing guard duty in the Yosoinlte,
haa boon ordered to the Presidio.
Major-Uenerar Wesley Merritt, U.
8. A.,, was married privately In London
to Hiss Laura Williams, of Cbloago.
News has been received in Washing
ton of the launching at Havre of the
cruiser Rio de la Plata, which la to be
presented to Bpain by the Spanish resi
dent of Argentina. '
The Joint trntTie association ha re
ceived a death-blow by the United
States supreme court, which has just
decided that Its existence la unlawful,
and the anti-trust law is being violated.
Subsidised British liner have been
ordered held ready for service. A num
ber of other significant orders have been
issued by the British admiralty tend
ing to show that Knglunj ia preparing
for war. .
A Madrid dispatch to the New York
World (ay that leading men at Madrid
concede that America will not assume
the Cuban debt, that the-Philippines
will probably be lost and that the
American commissioners' 1 demands in
all matter will be acceded to.
Secretary Long baa taken the Initia
tive steps to make Ban Juan de Porto
Rico the Drat naval station In the West
Indian water. Congress will be asked
to appropriate money enough' to make
it on of the best equipped naval sta
tion the United State ha.
Serious trouble It brewing among the
Comanche, Kiowa and Apache Indians.
For 80 years, since the Medicine Lodge
treaty, the government has fed these
Indian, but that treaty expired July 1.
They have commenced killing cattle be
longing to Texas cattlemen, and a
orlai I near.
The California an per lor court ha
decided that Mra. Botkin, accused ol
the mauler of Mra. John P. Dunning
and alster, of Dover, Del., ia not a fugi
tive from Justice of Delaware. Mra.
Botkin haa been remanded in custody
of the chlel of police of San Franoi.co,
and the date of bor trial will be aet
later.
The president haa approved the
recommendation of General Wade, at
Havana, that the Spaniards be allowed
until Deoember 1 to evacuate Cuba;
meantime, however, United State
troop now in Cuba and others to be
diapatobed will take possession of the
territory aa fust a tho Spaniards vacate
it, probably leaving Havana last. 1
' The lockout In the window glues
trade" at Pittsburg is ended.
Yellow fever haa been completely
tamped out at Ouautanamo.
Charles Kngadt waa hacged at Hous
ton, Tex., for the murder of his sitter.
Fully 10,000 people participated in a
reception to General Bhaf )r at Lima, O.
The independent battalion of Wash
ington volunteers baa been mustered
out. ".
Ex-Governor Charlos Sheldon, of
South Dakota, ' died at Dead wood of
rheumatism.
Superintendent Lokens, of the Chi-oago-Virden
, Coal Company has been
released from custody on bonds.
The wireworkerp' strike at Cleve
land, O., has failed, and a general re
sumption of work will soon follow.
The Colorado supreme court ha de
cided tho silver Republican factional
quarrel in favor of the anti-Tel lerites,
who are given the right to tho title and
emblem of the party. . :
An American syndicate ieprosentln
Detroit capital haa purchased a large
tract of land at Manxanillo, Cuba,
where they will develop aeveral good
Iron mine.
Battery B, Oregon volunteer, hat
been mustered out of service, and it
members returned to private life with
out having the much-sought-for chance
to battle for their country. .
Agoncillo, envoy of the Filipinos,
haa reached Paris, In reply to a Span
ish statement, the American peace com
missioners have declared that the
United States refuse to assume
sovereignty over Cuba. '
A Havana dispatch aaysi An agree
ment between the two commissions aa
to the date of evacuation again seem
probable. The American ultimatum
fixe upon January 1, and this date
will be finally accepted by the Span
iards. . '' ' " .
Lieutenant Peary 'a vessel is oaught
In the ice, and there is little prospect
that It will get out this year. The
present position of the steamer ia much
farther north than whalers usually go.
The vessel will return safoly next
spring after the ice thaw.
A ensational ttory comes from Ha
vana to the effect that Captain-General
Blanco together with other prominent
Spaniards, had formed a plot to et up
a republic In Cuba, and eventually turn
the island back to Spain. Their plans
were upset by the signing of the peace
protocol. .'
Rev. Chas. Heath, colored, la dead at
hi home in New York city, aged 101
year. The first notable event in hla
life waa In 1799, when his mother car
ried him to the funeral of George
Washington, so that he could always
say that be had attended the burial of
the first president of hie country.
Rear Admiral Phelpa is the only sur
viving member of the first graduating
class from the naval academy. There
were 47 member in the class.
The grand camp, United Confederate
Veterans of Virginia, bas plaoed itself
on record as claiming the right to se
cede from the union at will.
Queen Liliuokalanl will leave Bono
lulu for. Washington about the middle
Of November, it ia said, to present her
claims against congress for remunera
tion for the loss of her throne. ,
CUBANS IN MISCHIEF
Agitators Planting the Seed
of Discontent .
DIRFXTED AGAINST AMERICANS
Inaurgen Offlixra Irranliliia Holy
' War Asuln.t th K.-t!omin-Garola
Alio Denounced.
Havana, via Key West, Fla., Oct. 36.
Vij Llbertad, one of tho daily
papers of Cienfuegos, published with
the sanction of the government, prints
a manifesto with over 800 siguatrnes. a
great many of which are Spaniards,
openly proclaiming- Cuban independ
ence. :..,.
About 60 Cuban patriotic clubs have
been organized In Havana under ' the
management, In a large number of
cases, of physicians, lawyer and pio
fesslonal men. Many members of some
of the olnb attended the first meeting
wearing the Cuban and American flaga
orosaed. v The presiding oflloera of sev
eral of the clubs, noticing the insignia
in the buttonholes of the oOata of the
members, ordered that in future only
the Cuban flag ahould be worn. In
many Instances thi order was complied
With.
' The Cuban general, Rego, ha ar
rived at Havana from Puerto Principe,
and il preaching in the Havana cafe
and the insurgents' camps near the
city a holy war against the American,
lie ha interviewed many of the leader
bf the Cuban and haa urged the carry
ing on of war against Americana if in
dependence I not at once granted to
Cuba. .
, The Cuban colonel, Torriot, ha also
arrived from, Havana at the east, and la
carrying on a strong campaign against
the Americans and Culixto . Garcia,
whom ha professes to look upon as a
traitor' to the Cuban who has been
bribed by American gold. The col
onel, in an Interview with one of the
leading newspapers in Havana, made all
sorts of chargos against Garcia and the
Americans, but the censor would not
allow an account of the interview to be
published, fearing that it might give
rise to disturbances.
A secret circular haa boen sent to the
rirnaiiLitite nt nil the fliihen rintriutln I
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committees, donounoing a large num
ber of Cubans, who are looked upon as
traitoia. to the cause of Cuban inde
pendence, and are -charged with being
attached to the American. The circu
lar recommend a vigorous contest
againat not only Spanish residents, but
gainst the Americana aa well, "who
aie endeavoring to steal the Cubans'
victory."
: The Spanish colonel, Corvera, mill
Inrv governor of Mariano, pays daily
visits to the insurgent camps in his dis
trict, advising the Cubans not to sur
render their arms and to make resis
tance until the independence of the
island la declared. Colonel Corvera Is
an intimate friend of General Parrado,
president of the evacuation commission.
During the last two weeks, several
hundred Remington oarblnes and large
quantities of ammunition hare been
sent from Havana, it is presumed, by
some of the Spanish chiefs. The Span
ish resident, manufacturer, merchant
and planters are , somewhat alarmed
and criticise in very serere terms th
behavior of some of the Spanish chiefs,
who, it is alleged, are acting suspic
iously In many places, and are working
In favor of Cuban independence, advis
ing the Cubans to persist in their I evo
lutionary attitude. For this reason,
many of the Spanish resident bore
hate written long letters to frlenda in
Madrid in order that the home govern
ment may pe acquainted with what is
happening in the island, and have re
quested that OA behalf of Spain' Inter
est and the part of the Spanish rest-
Hnnte. thnevacnfltlOR mav be eomnleted
as soon as possible, so a to avoid pro-1
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longing ine exiaung nangerooa comii-
tion of affairs.
Owing to the fact that Spanish offi
cers are selling commissary stores at
any price obtainable, the army supplies
are now drug on the market In th
interior, making legitimate trade im
possible It is asserted as the Spanish rule in
Cuba dtawa to a close, corruption and
robbery daily become more open and
wholesale. The committee on transpor
tation, charged witn furnishing pas-
sage tickets to Spanish officers return-
ing to Spain, are charging an arbitrary
rate of t4 each for a berth. If the vic
tim refuses to give op, he i made to
wait several steamers, the commission
claiming there is no room. Generally
the officer is glad to pay the tax in or
der to get away. This abuse is openly
Spoken of, bnt the present situation
ia free-for-all, grab-aa-grab-can ;
game, and everyone appears eager to
make money while the Spanish sun
hinoa.
The official report of the burials in
the city of Havana since the first of
the present year shows that there have ,
been 16,631 interments. The average
death rate keeps on ateadily at 47 per
day.
Great discontent pievailg among the
Spanish trooops because of nonpay
ments, in some cases for six months,
in others tor seven month", and in still
others for eight months, and the sol
diers fear that they will be embarked
for Spain without reooiviug their pay.
A Corrupt Chief or I'ollo.
Omaha, Oct. 84.-rThe jury in the
inquest over the body of William
ivaiaer, mo uniana prizengniei si ueu 1
in a fight at Jb.th Omaha by Andy
Dupont. returned a verdict today hold-
t.. n..JL..t -.:..in.i .-i ri.i
Walker, the Omaha prizefighter killed
Police Carroll, of South Omaha, accos- f
The tesUmony 'iiows that Carroll ao-
cepted money to allow the fight to pre,
coed. ' - ,
MAY BE TROUBLE THERE.
Attltuil or Philippine Inniirgeot. Ia
Menacing- 0wer and Otle Prepared
Manila, Oct. SB. The attitude of
the insurgent troops has become very
menacing. Their snppliesare growing
scarce, and they are becoming desper
ate. Their leader assured the troops,
who have had no pay for months, that
they will soon capture Manila. '
The Filipino newspaper Insist upon
absolute independence, and denounce
annexation to the United States or any
protectorate with equal energy. .
The American authorities, naval and
military, are taking precautionary
measures, although no immediate
trouble ia anticipated.
The commission of Spaniards sent
here recently by General Kioe, Spain'
ohief representative in the Philippine
and governor-general of the southern
portions of the archipelago, arranged a
temporary commercial convention. Ac
cordingly Inter-island truffle was re
sumed, hut it is now again interrupted,
this time by orders from General Kios.
The steamer San Nicholas, which left
Manila yesterday flying the American
nag, wa compelled to return by a
Spanish gunboat, whose commander
offered a a plea for hi action that the
crew consisted of Filipinos, who miKht
smuggle contraband articles. The San
Nicholas, after reporting her experience,
aailed attain, followed by the United
States gunboat McCulIooh.
The insurgent steamer Muirola en
tered tti harbor flying the insurgent
flag, which was promptly hauled down
by th Americans.
Yesterday the British consul at Ma
nila convened a meeting' of merchants
to discus the oommeroial deadlock.
British capital to the amount of (300,
000,000 has been lying idle here for six
month. In the existing conditions,
business relations with the provinces
have been In many cases directly aua
TwnderL The moM!n0 rAflnlved in make
' an nrgent appeal to the British govern-
ment to endeavor to hasten a settle
ment ol pending issues.
BRINK OF WAR-
Frenoe Preparing for Mr England Bend 7
Only Diplomacy Can Avert It.
London, Oot 86. Never since Great
Britain and France bjgan to dispcte
over Egypt, nor during the most aonte
stage of the Niger differences between
those countries, has the situation
looked so ominous as today. In spite
of the hope expressed in the journals
of both countries that the matter
would be aminahly arranged, it is a
faot that the French naval and military
authorities are making feverish prepar
ations for war, and, though calm reigns
at the British dockyards at Portsmouth,
Chatham and Devonpoit, it is only the
calm of preparedness. -; .
Significant orders have been arriving
there from the admiralty, indicating
that Great Britain and France are on
the brink of war. The admiralty bas
ordered every seagoing warship to have
it crew made up to the full comple
ment, as ordered in cise of mobilisa
tion. The order praotically mean the
complete filling prospectively of every
hip's company in detail. lanr torpedo-boat
destroyer which were about
to be fitted with new water-tube boilers
have bed their orders countermanded,
and will be instrnoted to redraw their
store. Officers on leaves of absenoe
and unemployed have been notified to
hold themselves in readiness to oom
mission reserves if required. , J
The French statesmen, however, still
oling to the hope that the Marquis of
Salisbury will offer some exchange.
NINE BLACKS KILLED.
One White Man I. oat Bis Lira and Three
War Wounded.
Memphis, Tenn., Oot. 85. A special
to the Commercial-Appeal from Forest,
Miss., says: As the result-of an at
tempt to arrest a negro near Harpers
Title, Scott'conntr, In the eastern part
of the state, one white deputy was
killed, three wounded, and, aocording
to the latest report, nine negroes were
killed by the citizens of the Harpers
Yum neiKiiuurnuou anu uio sueuu
ville neighborhood
J .1. . -1
combined
1 The pursuit of about 60 negroes, who
had joined the original offender, with
the avowed determination to prevent
his airest and capture, and who am
bushed the party attempting the arrest,
continues, and by morning the number
of fatalities will undoubtedly have as
sumed large proportions. The whole
country la terribly aroused, and the
sheriff's posse haa been reinforced with
men from ail the neighboring towns.
scene, which is about 10 miles north of
Forest, the nearest railroad point.)
DIED ON THE VOYAGE.
Death of Bavea Sick Bold ten Return
Ing From Manila.
flan Francisco, Oct. 85. The United
States transport steamer Rio de Janerio
arrived here today from Manila, via
Hong Kong and Nagasaki. She haa on
board 140 sick soldiers, and 24 dis
charged men. Seven men died on the
voyage. They were:
Private Eliot W. Ordway, company
H, Second Oregon! Private Henry H.
Stube, company F, First California;
Sergeant John A Glover, company A,
First Nebraska; Private Frank W.
Tucker, company O, Twenty-third in
fantry; Private Lewis D. Passraore,
company lr Fnst Nebraska; Private
Henry P. Shuter, Astor battery; Pri
vate J. Fiske, First California
All the dead were buried at eoa, ex
oupt Ordway, Fiske and Shuter.
.''''""- Itaca War In Teiae.
Fort Worth, Tex.. Oct. 24. Trouble
between whites and blacks over politics
culminated 1n a fight in whioh Hope
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dam,' lpendon Relate for
Bhoriff "d leaf 1 thd,epTl8".
movement against the White Men'a
lnio? fr'l0?'!!
"' ha ! unable wder
nd wanU. lro0 Mnt to thtt ceM
wuve. . .,
L0STINN0RTONS0UND
The Steamer Abbie Rowe
, Wrecked.
WAS MAKING A SHOUT VOYAGE
Eleven 1'eraone Were on Hoard Search
for the Mlaalng Has Been
Uueuccesefai.
Tort Townsond.Oct. 84. T. Adney, a
correspondent of Harper' Weekly, who
arrived here Wednesday from St. Mi
chaels on the steamer Roanoke, brings
news of tiie probable loss of the small
steamer Abbie Rowe in Norton sonnd.
The steamer bad on board 11 persons,
composing the Abbie Rowe party, of
Boston. The party left St. Michaels
September 11 for Chignlck mission, lo
cated on Golofrim bay, about 83 miles
north of St Michaels. Barring aoci
dent, they should have reached theii
destination in three 01 four days.
Dr. Brigliam and wife, Mrs. Rowe,
Mis Blaine and another woman, mem
ber of the party, considered tbe Abbie
Rowe incapable of weathering a serere
atorm. and took passage on a schooner
which left a few days before the steam
er for Chignick mission,' where tbey
were to meet tiie remainder of the party.
After vainly waiting for some time,
Captain William A. Taylor, late en
gineer cf the revenue cntter Bear, and
M. F. Melsing, formerly of San Fran
cisco, began a search for the missing
teamer in the yacht Edith. They fol
lowed the coast to St. Michael with
out success.
1 Just before the Roanoke left St. Mi
chaels, Adney says, a party arrived
from the north with a -story to the
effect that the Indian had reported a
smalt steamer wrecked, stating that
they saw a small crowd of men on the
beach around a fire. It was generally
believed that thi must have been the
part from the Abbie Rowe.
Adney also report that while search
ing for the missing vessel Captain Tay
lor and Melsing pioked np a man In an
open boat several mi lea at sea. The
man had been without food or water
for aeveral days, and was near to death.
He was Sterling Martin, of Chicago,
who was left adrift on a barge whioh
was being towed from St. Michaels to
Golofrim bay by the steamer Fortune
Hunter, with a Chicago party on board
The Fottnne Hunter was caught in a
storm and was forced to cut the barge
loose. Several days afterward tbe For
tune Hunter was picked np by the
steamer Tillamook In a waterlogged
condition. An unsuccessful search was
made for Martin. After being cut
loose from the Fortune Hunter;, tbe
barge foundered, and Martin put to sea
in a amal boat -
STORY OF THE WAR.
Tragic Kndtng of a South Dakota Vol
unteer's Romance.
St Louis, Mo., Oct 24. A special
to the Republic from Deadwood, ft. D.,
says: Albert Martin, a lancher living
near the -Cheyenne river in Ziebeok
county, enlisted as a volunteer at the
beginning of the war and fought at the
battle of El Caney. After the battle
he met Ramona Perei, the daughter of
an officer of Garcia s command, and
they became sweethearts. Soon after
ward he waa attacked by fever and sent
home on sick leave.
He waa engaged before his departure
tor tne war 10 tne oauguier 01 a neign
boring ranchman, and arranged to be
married while home on his leave of
absence. Meanwhile the Cuban girl
bad learned of his illness and that he
had gone home, and she resolved to fol
low and nurse him. Dressing in her
brother' olothes, she crossed to Ja
maica and secreted herself on a fruit
steamer bound for New Orleans. Reach
ing there she tramped and beat her
way to ilermosa, S. v. When she
reached there she learned of her lover's
approaching marriage, and the shock
drove her insane.
At the same time the American girl
learned of her lover's flirtation, and
broke off the engagement , Martin be
gan drinking heavily and disappeared.
A few day ago bis body was found
floating- in the Cheyenne river.
Whether he fell In whilo intoxicated or
committed suicide is a matter of con
jecture. ; - -
ATTITUDE UNCHANGED.
American Commleatonera Will Not Aa-
autne Cnban Debt.
Paris, Oot 24. The United States
and Spanish peaoe commissioners held
separate sessions this morning.
The joint session lasted from 3 P. M.
to 4:80 P. M. During this time the
commissioners discussed the second ser
ies of written argument put forward
by the Spaniards for tbe purpose of pre
vailing npon the American commission
ers to assume the Cuban debt. No de
finite conclusion was reached and the
commission adjourned nntil Monday,
when the Cuban question will again
be. discussed. It ia piobable that this
feature of the negotiations will be dis
posed of next week.
Thus far there have been seven joint
sessions, four of whioh have been de
voted to the dieousslon of the first arti
cle of the protocol. In thin manner
two weeks have 'passed and no result
lias boon reached. The A merioan com
missioners have listened to ail the ar
guments of the Spaniards, but they
have not changed the position which
they first took.
Strangled Her Three Children.
Toronto, Oct. 84.1-A dreadful trairady
was enacted in the east end of the city
tonight, when Eliza Burrill wife of a
well-to-do mechanic, became demented
and strangled her three ohildren, aged
8, 8 and 11 years. The demented woman
gave a reason for her terrible deed
that she did not want them to grow up
Wicked. "
FIVE BURNED TO DEATH.
Uvea X.oat In a Hotel Fir la Cali
fornia Town.
Bnsanville, Cal., Oct. 24. New
just received here from Clairville, Plu
mas county, CoL, report the burning
of hotel and the loss of five live. The
dead are:
P. Pedrini, Carson Barney, Mrs. Oor
nado, Florence Roberta, 7 years old
and a woman, name not yet ascertained.
The fire broke ont at 4. o'clock thi
morning In Chat Roberts' hotel. Mr.
Roberts awoke in time escape by jump
ing from the second-story window, In
doing which he sustained severe Injur
ies. Tbe other occupants of the build
ing, witli the exception of those above
named, esoaped unhurt, but lost every
thing but tbe clothes they wore. The
five unfortunate people were suffocated
while they siept. The origin of the
fire has not been determined, but is
supposed to have been caused by a de
fective chimney. The property loss i
not great. ' "' ; ''
FOOD FOR HAVANA'S , POOR.
Shipload of Snpplle A re to Be Taken
to the Cuban Capt al.
Havana, Oct. 24. The Red Cross
Society's steamer City of San Antonia
sailed yesterday from Matanzas for New
York to bring a fresh cargo of supplies
to Havana. Her last cargo was all
landed at Matanzas.
The shipment of Spanish silver spe
cie, in anticipation of the American
regime, are ry heavy. Yesterday'
Spanish mail steamer, the jover Sorra,
carried 736,000 pesos. v
It is understood tliat the Spanish
ciuiser Alfonso XIII will leave Cuban
waters October 80.
General Blanoo has directed the mil
itary commander of- the Hotgnin divi
sion to distribute any surplus commis
sary stores among those of the popula
tion in that distiict whs have shown
the most friendship for Spain.
EXECUTION OF A FRATRICIDE.
George W. Clark Paid tLe Death rea.
alty at San Qaeutiaw
San Quontln, Cal., Oct. 24. George
W. Clark, the St Helena fratricide,
died coolly on tbe gallows today.
The crime for which Clark was exe
cuted was the murder of his brother
at St. Helena, Napa county. He lay
in wait for his victim and shot him
dead, after taking deliberate aim. A
fow days before the tragedy, be endeav
ored to kill his brother by poisoning
his coffee.
Tbe crime was the outgrowth of an
intimacy that had existed for 18 years
before the murder between Clark and
his brother's wife. Two days after the
killing Clark made a full confession.,
He then changed bis mind and fought
hard in the courts to set aside the con
fession. He waa convicted and ap
pealed to the supreme court Tbe de
cision of the lower court waa sustained
an-i Clark was sentenced by Judge Ham
to be banged today. Recently he made
a statement exonerating bia brother's
wife from all complicity in the crime.
Yesterday he accepted religions conso
lation from member of the Salvation
Army. '-
AN ABSURD REPORT.
Minister Wn Saya LI and the Kmprea
Wera Not Married.
Chicago, Oct. 24. Wu Tlngfang,
Chinese minister to the United States,
before his departure for Washington
said that the report of a marriage be
tween Li Hung Chang and the dowager
empress was absurd. The . ateamer
which arrived at Vancouver on Wed
nesday brought papers from Hong
Kong and Yokohama, publishing the
statement that" the dowager empress
had become the wife of Li Hung Chang,
"This ia the most abaurd of all ru
mors," said Wu Tingfang. "It is im
possible. No reliance is to be placed
in telegrams from southern oitiea about
what goes on in Peking. It i not
there like It I here. Your president
goe about shaking hands with the peo
ple. We have different ways. This
news could not oome from Peking. It
was made at Hong Kong. Tbe report
ia untrue."
MADRID PAPER SUPPRESSED.
Imprisonment of the Kdltor I.adatoa
Mlnleter'a Resignation.
Madrid, Oct. 24. El Nacional, the
conservative organ, wlbch is support
ing General Weyler, waa ordered sup
pressed for publishing an article not
previously submitted to the censor, and
it editor, Senor Figuera, a member of
the chamber of deputies, was imprison
ed. The affair has caused a great sen
sation, and the suspension order was
annulled. "
Senoi Gamazao, minister of public in
struction and publio woiks, has ten
dered bis resignation as a protest against
the arrest of the editor of El Nacional.
The resignation has been accepted,
Senor Sagasta taking Senor Gainasao's
portfolio ad interim.
The newspapers have addressed a
complaint to the supreme oourt against
the refusal of General Chinchilla, governor-general
of Madrid, to respect the
alleged inviolability of Senor Figurea
as a member of theohamberof deputies.
Boiler Kxploalon Killed Two.
Pentwater, Mloh., Oct 84. The
boilers of the Pentwater furniture fac
tory exploded today. L. C. Topper and
Miller Sorenson were killed. Two oth
er men wore fatally injured. .
Filipinos Enforcing Kxport Dnty.
Manila, Oet 24. The insurgents
are enforcing an export duty ot 33 a
ton on hemp from southern ports
brought to Manila. They are alao en
forcing 6 per oent tonnage on steamers
and 89 pot oent on freights. Tbe
American and British firms are com
pelled to pay these charges, though they
protest strenuously against tn arrange
ment all the more unjust because
goods are entering Manila by railway 1
from the north, which evade duty, and
can undersell the legitimate traJ I
SEVEN MEN KILLED
Frightful Accident on Tor
pedo-Boat Davis.
SCALDED IK THE BOILER-ROOM
Boiler Tub Blows Oat With Terrible
Beault Ho Fan It at the Con
tractor -Trial Trip.
Astoria, Or., Oct 23. Tho hnrsting
of one or more steam tubes In the for
ward boiler of the torpedo-boat Davis
while on her official trial trip yesterday
fatally toalded seven firemen.
The dead are: Charles Maneely, fire
man, married; Paul Luithle, fireman,
unmarried; Harry Wood, married;
William Wood, foreman boiler shop,
married; James Ryan, married: Axel
Johnson, married; Albert Baehl. mar
ried. The accident occurred at 11:40 A..
M., while the boat wa westward bound,
off Tenos Illihee, near Cathlamet.
She had run-one of tbe required two
hour at full speedand was making
about 28, knots per hour, under a
steam pressure of 250 pounds.
Seven firemen, onder the direction
of William Wood, foreman of tbe boiler
shop of the Wolff & Zwicker iroa
works, were working manfully to
keep up the tremendous steam pressure
necessary to supply tbe flying engines.
Without a moment's warning, some
thing inside the boiler gave way, and
a withering blast of live steam, fire and
moke filled the cramped boiler-room
and overpowered the helpless workmen.
At the same time, the forward smoke
stack began to vomit fottb flame and
muddy water, and those on deck saw
that something serious had happened
below. Harry Burrow, a fireman who
was stationed at the tightly closed
hatoh of the boiler-room, threw tbe
door open, and waa thrown backward
on the deck by a rush of soalding steam
that seared bis mustache and hair like
red-hot irons.
At the same instant, Joseph Porter,
a machinist, and J. E. Wolff, yice
president Of the contracting firm, sprang
down the ladder and into the seething
pit regardless of the fearful beat that
almost overcame them. Together they
lifted Foreman Wood to the hatch,
where a dozen pairs of hands were
waiting to receive him. And then,
one by one, six more horribly mutilated
men were taken from tbe death trap.
Several of the most severely injured
walked nnaided to the after cabin,
where Dr. E. H. Thornton, tbe com
pany's physician, who accompanied the
boat, attended to them aa rapidly as he
waa able to do so. Few were able to
repress the groans that spoke of their
terrible suffering, bnt all bore them
selves with the fortitude that men in ,
time of war call heroism. The appear
ance of that giim procession, aa it filed
along the narrow deck, is not to be de
scribed. It was a sight that no one on
board will ever forget, and which none
would see again for any prioe that could
be paid.
Dr. Thornton set abont the work of
caring tor tbe Injured with coolness and
judgment, which the strain of a long
afternoon Aid not abate.' NaVal Con
structor Spear, of the trial board, stood
by his aide through it all, removing the
tattered olothing, ministering' to the
suffering men, as best he could, bind
ing np their burns and washing the
blaok soot from their faces. Lieutenant-Commander
F. J, Drake did like
splendid service, and, with such help
as the rest ot the orew could give, all
tbe sufferer were placed on cushions
in the after eabln and on deck, and tbe
worst of their pain allayed with hypo
dermic injections of morphine. But
they were past help. At 3:80 Maneely
succumbed, followed by Luithle an hour
latear. Harry Wood expired just as a
Btietcher waa laid to take him to a
more suitable resting-place. The oth
ers died In the hospital here, where
they bad been brought late In the after
noon. The steamer Harvest Queen
towed the Davis from the scene of the
accident to Astoria.
The accident waa unaccountable to
those on board. The contractors have
been careful and painstaking in the con
struction of the boilers, this being a
branoh of their work in which they
have always met with marked success.
They have conscientiously followed all
the rigid requirements laid down by
tbe government, sufficient proof oi
whioh is the faot that the boilers have
been constantly under the inspeotion of
officers of the navy detailed for that
punipose. Before they were placed in
the torpedo-boats the boiler were sub
jected to a water pressure of 860 pounds
to the square inoh, 110 pounds more
than that at which they were working
at the time of the aocident The orew
volunteered for the service, , They have
always been used with fairness and con
sideration by their employers, and not
one of the men on board bnt disclaimed
the belief that their employers wera in
any way responsible for the unfortunate,
occurrence.
Winnipeg, Manitoba. Oct. 83. Of
an estimated yield of from 26,000,000
to 80,000,000 bushels of wbeat, it ia
now calculated that only about 8,000,
000 will be threshed and the remainder
sianding in stacks and shocks, is threat
ened with total destruction.
Spanlah Frlaonera Paroled.
Washington, Oct 32. Tbe secretary
of war sent a oable message this even
ing to Major-General Otis, in command
ot the American force at Manila, au
thorizing him to parole 20 Spanish ofil
cers now in hiB onstody as piisonurs of
War. Applications for the parolo of
these officers waa made ty ii a St mt n
authorities to Genei I (' J i 1 ! - n -feriod
the question to the wr ;....!!
tt'.ent at WaKhiniiUHi. It n
the prisoners desire to art to .