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ST. HELENS, OKEOON, Fill DAY, NOVEMBEll 11, 1898.
NO. 47.
VOL. XV.
DOINGS OF THE WEEK
What Has Happened la. the
Civilized World.
GIVEN IN THE FBKSH DISPATCHES
4 Ouinplete Review of tha New of the
rt Seven r.ttjr In Thli not!
All Foreign Lands,
Western railroads have linen on joined
from excluding Puoblo steel !rotu Pcctflo
eoast points.
Tlie transport Panama, which wa
reported loot with 800 Uvea, bat arrived
safely In Havana.
Germany's export fur lti first nine
mouth of this flrtcnl year showed an In
crease Of 68,069,000 mark over 1897.
The newly-organized French cabinet
announces that it will uppoit the
court of cassation in tha revision of the
Dreyfu ease.
Several companies of native troop In
the Vlsaya inland rebelled. Thay
wore pursued and soverui wore killed.
The rchulllon 1 ended.
In speech delivered at Worcester,
Man.. Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts,
expresaod hi instill strongly opposed to
the policy of sxpanalon.
Russia liai declined to support France
In the Fashed affair, fuaring that a re
opening of the Egyptian question would
Interfere with Im tremendou task In
China.
Action tin boon takon by the admin.
latratlon luoklng to the maintenance of
the itiitua quo with reepeol to the con
cession of the Maritime Canal Company
for the tonsiraotlon of the Moaraguan
canal.
M. Fontaine, of Minneapolis who
hai Just retained from the Btlckeen
route. y he ba discovered rich dig.
ginga on an unexplored creek on the
Hootallnqua river, lie show a quan
tity of ooarse gold a evldonoe.
The war between England and France
has been a veiled. A general and will'
factory arianiMiinnt is aald to have
been effected In rotation to the disputed
Fashoda Question. An otflclal note has
boon Issued on the subject in which the
British government annouucoa that the
aituntion i ameliorating
The navy department ha practically
decided to abandon wrec-King opera
tion tinder existing contracts on the
oruiaor Crislobol Colon, Viscaya and
Almirante Oouemlo, near Santiago,
which have become enormously ox
pensive to the government., A Swedish
company ha applied for permission to
raise the sunken vessels. .
The war department has Issuou1
general order lor the movement of
troop to Cuba. The first troop will
lrave on or about November 28, and
will comprise a brigade under Briga
; dier-Ueneral Carpenter. The brigade
will be taken from tho Seventh army
corps. The brigade will be out to
Nouvitus, Puerto Principe.
The business portion of Divldo, Colo.,
, ba been wiped oat by Are.
A huge fire at Sydney, Australia,
which destroyed 20 largo mills and
caused a heavy Jos of property.
The Sixth Virginia regiment, ' com
posed of negroes, ha mutinied, and
refuse to Rrvo under white officer.
Frightened settlers are flocking In
droves out of tho laoo country in East
ern Oregon, (oaring more Indian out-
breaks.- .
, The transport Peru hn arrival In
Ban Francisco with 15 sick soldier
from Manila. Fifteen hundred sick
won are reported among the troop In
the Philippines.
Boveu CalHornluns lost their live in
a disaste In the north. The party
wandered from the trail while en route
to the Atlln gold Holds, and unwitting
' iy walking intoqulokannd in a swamp.
All were engulfed.
The monthly circulation tatoment of
the controller of the currenoy show
that the total amount of national bank
note In circulation Ootobor 81, 1808,
was $389,640,281, an inoreaso for the
month of 14,189,881, and an Inoroase
for the year of IMOO.Oie.
The annual report of the general so
.uwinfnrident of the railway mall serv-
t. -I I
there were 8.074 oleiks employed,, and J
ivmt. with the closed nouch and express .
SlIOWS tliat SI Wie Close ui um
potwh service the grand total of mile
traveled in the sorvico wa 286,608,843.
General Leonard Wood, governor of
the millury department of . Santiago,
authorise the statement that there ha
of vellow fever In San
tiago city dming the last 00 days, and
lut thn ordinary sickness during the
same 60 day ha been 00 per cent lus
than was usual at thii season of the
year.
The monthly statement of the pohlio
debt show that at the olosoof business
on Ootobor 1, 1808, the debt, loss net
ntah lii the treasury, amounted to f 1,
110,908,928, an increase for the month
of $48,487,717. The Increase la ac
counted for by the issue during the
mouth of about 180,680,000 of the new
8 per cent bond, and a docroaeo of
about 17,838,000 In the cah on band.
Mluu Sw Items.
Student of Dartmouth college have
unanimously voted to abolish, hualng.
Jumes A. Davis, who died In Dor
chester county, Md., steered the ilist
gteamer that orossed Lake Krie.
John Hays, the disooveror of Lako
Superior' copper wealth, ha Just oele
brated his 04th birthday In Cleveland,
At an auctioivsale at Morria Park,
jj j t)ie great race horae and airo,
Meddler, wa sold to William O, Wbit
pev for HP.00O. ,
LATER NEWS.
David A. Wells, tho famoo econ
omist, died at Norwich, Conn.
Half the population of Qlbara, Cuba,
I said to bo aiilforlng from smallpox,
Major Uonoral Otis at Manila mparts
12 death among the troop line bis
last report.
Chi nose laundrymen of Now York
have formed a trust, and price have
been raised.
General Wade will have entire
charge of the government of Cuba, both
civil and military.
The Omaha exposition proved a finan
cial luoonss, and subscribers will be
paid back In full.
Troop at Manila ex poo t to see fur
ther figlit'.nu, as they think the insur
gents will make trouble.
A fire In the Hon thorn Paclflo rail
load shops at rlikcraniouto onuaud dum
Ngo to tho extent of 1300,000.
One on tire blook of buildings in Pit
kin, Colo., was destroyed by fire, be
lieved to be incendiary. The loss 1
$100,000. '
Philip Brognn, ,, a wealthy sheep
man of Antelope, Or., was stabbed and
killed by an employe in a dispute over
wage.
Antonio Slnckl, 18-year-old Italian
bootblack, wa brutally niurdured, after
namelosa crime had buea committed,
in Portland, Or.
The army Investigation commission
ha finished It sessiona'in this country
and will soon go to Santiago and prob
ably, though not certainly, to Porto
Bioo. ;
The news that the United States
now demand the whole of the Philip
pine Island ha created niooh Interest
In Berlin. The Gorman newspaper
comment unfavorably upon it
The transport Cltv of Puehla ha
ailed from Han Franoisco for Manila,
with the last of tho California heavy
artillery, the Nevada troop of cavalry,
mid a small detachment of recruit tor
tho Twenty-third infantry.
A cry for relief again oomc from
Cuba. Condition In Havana, it la
said, have become intolerable, and
severe criticism of America Is heard on
every band. While the commissioner
era waiting, crime, poverty, misory
and death increase.
The feature of President MoKlnloy'
forthcoming message to oongres will
be an appeal for immediate legislative
action looking to the oonstruotion of
tho Nicaragua waterway. Delay be
yond next 68sion will Jeopardise
chance for American control in the
future.
The latent telegram respecting the
rislnii in the neiubborhood of Chung
king China, state it la movement
against the missionaries on the part of
a marauding hand leu oy one xu man
Tze. The French ohnroh, hospital and
school, and alao the American Method
lt nlnirch at Hong Cbau, about 60
mile from Chungking, iitve beeu de
etroyed.
General Fitishugh Leo' mother died
at Richmond, Va.
A proclamation ha boon issued
hrinfflntr Banta Cm and other inlands
under the British Solomon island pro
tectorate
At Friday' aesulon of the Pari peace
commission the Spaniard rejuctea tne
Americans ' proposals, and relueed to
give up the Philippines.
Later renorts from the conflagration
at Hankow, China, say that 10,000
house were destroyed and 1,000 peo
ple killed and burned to death
Kills H. Roberts, treasurer of the
United State, in hi annual report,
show that the treasury was stronger at
the close than at the opening of the
fiscal year,
Senator Bedfleld Proctor In an ad
dress at Montnelier, Vt., declared that
there ahould be divided sovereignty and
ti.at tlm United States should retain
the entire Philippine archipelago.
The work of removing the bodies ol
11 Dovmnment soldiers buried in Cuba,
Porto Rico and Manila will begin in a
fw weeks. ; The expense ol tne under
taking will be borne entirely by the
government
Major Holbnrn's recital before the
war investigating commission, whilo in
session at Cincinnati, disclosed a ter
rible state of affairs at Camp tlioraas,
niiickamnuiia. duo to Ignorance and ne
olnnt. Theaiok soldier were treated
like dog.
The board 'of control of the Joint
Traffic Association
ha decided to ait-
j the organization
Iha nrirnniMtlon. Tlli action
wg ttlke because of the recent decision
by tho aupreme court that the efforts o!
the association to control railroad rate
wa Illegal.
Bv the explosion of a boiler at the
Oil City (Pa.) boiler works, two men
t;ilA,l ttrn fntnllv iniured and
flown more sliirhtly hurt. Tho killed
ar9 ijcriard McCloskey and John Fraw
ley. The fatully Iniured are B. J. Gld
dors and Denis MoMuhon.
A recent discovery of bituminous coal
t Klondike region was made in
American territory about 100 miles
, Vielow Fortv-Mile. A tunnel ha been
' dug into the hillside a distance of 46
feet, and there the vein is six leet in
thickness. The ooul 1 Bald to be ot sa
porioi quality.
Amorioan pnlp making machinery I
' gaining considerable headway In Scan
dlnavia. . :
Geome Wilson Phillips, need. 79
who invented most of the machinery
which was used in the first match fuo
1 tory in the country, died at hi home
in Springfield, Alaes,
Trouble at Fort Worth, Tex., between
! whites and blacks over politics cul
' nilnated in a fight in which Hope
Adams, independent cant1 i Jute for
sheriff, was shot and killed.
MARIA TERESA LOST
Went Down During a
in the Bahamas.
Gale
ALL HANDS 05 BOARD SAVED
Tli Strain Opuned Leaks Which Could
Sot De Btoppod Ship Now Ll
Thre Miles Oeop.
Charleston, S. C, Nov. 8. Tho tug
Merrltt put into Charleston this morn
ing, and reported the loss of the cruiser
Maria Teresa off Ban Salvador, the
Bahamas, November 8, In the midst of
furious storm.
The cruiser left Cnimanera, Cuba, on
the morning of October 80 in tow for
Now York, fjho bad already passed
Caps Maysl and started northeast
around the Bahamas. A furious storm
overtook her, and in her condition she
was unable to weather the gale. The
strain opened rent In the hull which
bad been patched to enable her to make
the journey, and she began to iill rap-
Idly. The Merrltt took on lieutenant-
Commander Harris and crew from the
inkina shin end she soon went down.
The Morritt brought the officer and
men here. No llvo isore loBt.
This afternoon the survivors came
ashore. They lost all their clothing
and personal effects.
The Tereaasank 80 mile on Walling
Island at midnight Tuesday.. She met
the storm Tuesday morning and began
to (train. Parts of the hull thought to
be safe became weakened, rivets broke
and water made rapidly In the hold.
The boiler began to give way and
finally the water extinguished the fire
in the engine-room. The pumps would
not work. The whole vessel snowed
sign of collapse and the men stood
stripped awaiting order to quit tna
eh I p. The Vulcan wa towing the
Teresa while the Morritt rescued 114
of the crew, male up of volunteer
from the Cincinnati, Newark and Vul
can. Rope were cut and alio then rap
idly filled.
The Merritt tben beaded lor unariua-
ton with the rescued. The crew left
thi afternoon for Norfolk.
Opinion at tho Nvr Pepnrtmrnt.
Washington, Nov. 8. No order were
Issued by the navy department up to
the close of office hoars as to the dispo
sition of Lieutenant-Commnnder Harris
and hi crew, and Captain Ciowin
shield, of the bureau of navigation, said
no order would be formulated tonight.
It is the opinion of the navy depart
ment that the government nag lost, Da
Idea the value of the ship herself, only
the amount of the per diem of 1800 per
day through the sinking ot the vessel,
beoauso the contract appear to have
reaulred the deliveiy by the wrecking
company ol the vessel at the navy yard
at Norfolk. Aocordiiig to the contract,
salvage was to consist of such fuither
compensation over or above tne per
diem and stipulated expense as niinht
be awarded by a. board appointed lor
that Durcoso. consisting of a represent'
atlve of each party and a third party,
their survey to be made alter tho ves
sol' delivery at Norfolk. The first
thlna In order now is a court of inquiry;
in fact, tho department ba no option
in tire case of tho loss of a vessel under
such conditions. This court la re
quired to fix the responsibility for the
loss.
" COAL MINE DISASTER.
tod Men Killed Vhrongh an USngl
neer Carelrsanete
Wilkesbarre. Pa., ; Nov. 8 Seven
men were killed and three fatally in
jured at the Exeter colliery of the Le
high Coal Company, at West Pittston,
today. Tne accident was one to trie ai
lesod carelessness of Engineer David
Price, who. acting In disobedience or
positive orders, oaused three oars to
mn in to trie ton ot trie sniui - inese
onra. loaded and welching 11 tons, fell
down the 860-ioot shait ana crnanea
with frightful force upon a carriage car
rvinB 10 men. Seven were almost m
stantlv killed. They are:
Michoel Smith, Andrew Tinko,
Mlohaol Podesabanny. Michael Bra
anke, Joseph E. Oulook, Michael Was
lokse. Joseoh Andrewaky.
The aooident occurred as the men
were iroina to work, and being sent
down the shaft In parties of 10. Prloe,
inoharReof the little donkey engine,
was shifting loaded cars from the new
red ash shaft ome distance away,
This truck approached tbe head of Ks
etor shaft, and at a dlstnnoe of 80 feet
from it curved gently to tbe right and
around the shaft to a breaker. At
point where this track commenced to
enrve was a switch and 20 feet of trac
leading to the head of the shaft, which
was used - for storing orippiea cars,
Close to the head of the shaft it wa
closed bv a head blook.
The train was eoina at good speed.
when, Instead of curving around the
shaft, the oar dashed into mo awitcn
which waeopon, struck the head block.
dashed through it, and three of theni
tonnled down the shaft. About 20 feet
from the bottom they struck the car
rlaae with awful force, completely
wrecking it. The maRa of wreckage
fell to the foot of the shaft, choking it,
and when, after hard work, the men
were extricated, seven were dead and
three fatally hurt.
A Murderous Bomtntf !n .
San Franoisco, Nov 8.Thero was a
aerioua row, almost resultng in a mur
der on the British ship PeUuw, in poll
here, today. Boatswain Charles Wil
son came aboard nnder the influence
of liquor. He ordered throe men to
waah down the decks, which work
they had just done, A quarrel ensued,
during which John Molntnah and
Michael Scott were stabbed several
times with a large sheathknife by Wii
on. Mcintosh ha a very alight
chance to recover.
GAS EXPLOSION.
Supreme Coort fluotn In National Cap
itol wreenea.
Waahinttton. Nov. 8. An explosion
nd fire at Si 1 3 this afternoon wrecked
the snpremo-conrt room and the rooms
immediately adjoining it on the main
floor of the capitol. Tbe damage I
enormona. "The entire central-eastern
part of the great marble pile from the
main floor to the subterranean base
ment, practically I a mass Of ruins.
The force of the explosion was bo heavy
that the coping stones on the outer
walls, Just east of the point where the
explosion oocuired, were bulged out
nearly two Inches, and locked doors
were forced open, from their hinges
quite 150 feot from the scene of it.
Fire followed the explosion so quicmy
as to teem practioally simultaneous
with it. ,
. The explosion shook tbe immense
structure to Its foundations, and was
hoard several squares from the capitol.
It occurred in a small room tightly
Ipulosed by heavy stone walls In tbe
subterranean basement. Immediately
below tho main entrance to the old
capitol building. In thi room was a
600-light gas meter, which wag fed by
a four-inch main.. Very little gas is
used in that part of the building, but
at the time of the explosion tlie gas bad
not been turned off at the meter. Tlie
meter itself was wrecked, and the gas
pouring from the main caught fire.
The flame originating from tlie explo
sion dartod up the shaft of the elevator,
which had boon completely destroyed
by the fence of the explosion, and com
municated with tlie recoid-room ox ine
supreme court, the office of the mar
shal of the court and the supreme oourt
library.
Before the flames could be subdued,
the pi Iculoss documents in the record
room had been almost totally destroyed,
and serious damage had been done in
the marshal s ofhee and some minor
room in the immediate vicinity.
The library of the supreme court, lo
cated Immediately beneath the su
preme court room, was badly damaged
by fire, smoke and water, practically
destroying the great oolleotion of law
reference books. The library contained
aliont 80,000 volumes and was need not
only by tlie Justices of the supreme
court but by members of congress and
lawyers practicing before tbe supreme
court.
The most serious damages, in the
opinion of the justices ot tho supreme
oourt. is to the records stored in the
aub-bnsement. These Included all ol
the record of cases and opinions ren
dered by the fathers ot the judiciary of
the governmont. Apparently the docu
ments In this room are either totally
destroyed or, so badly damaged by fire
and water as to be useless.
UNDER A FALLEN ROOF.
Collapse ol a Theatre Bollillnx tn De
troit Fifteen workmen Killed.
Detroit, Mich., Nov. 8. The new
five story Wonderland theater building
is tonight in a bopeles state ol col
lapse, and 15 or more lives have been
sacrificed by an appalling accident
which occurred there this afternoon. :
Shortly before 2 o'clock, while,' some
85 men were at work in various parts
of the half-finished theater portion ot
the structure, the roof fell in without a
second's warning. Nearly every work
man wa carried down into the theater
pit. Tho top gallery was crushed
down upon the lower, gallery, forming a
sort of fatal hillside, down which Blid
broken steel glrdors, planks, timbers,
brick and a great quantity of cement
from tbe roof, and carrying along a
struggling company of men into the pit
below, very few of whom escaped in
jury. The front wall ot tbe building
remained practically intact, but the
east side wall bulged out and buckled
threateningly.
Notwithstanding the latter danger,
the work of rescuing the injured and
taking out the dead was rushed, and
good progress made until 6:16, when
the upper portion of the east wall foil,
a shower of bricks striking around the
crowd of laborers, officers and newspa
per men, extinguishing the temporary
electric lights and causing a stampede
for the street Fortunately none of
those' who were struck by the second
downfall wa seriously injured, al
though several were precipitated into,
the basement through the steel hoist,
over which only a few loose planks
wore laid. Mayor Maybury and other
oity officials, who were on the scene,
thereupon deoltl 3d not to further im
peril life in order to Bave dead bodies,
and the work was suspended until to
morrow. When the orash occurred two bodies
were visible in the debris, but they
were abandoned for the present. The
dead aie:
August Sullnch, George W. White,
Theodore Mortons, Martin Shatter,
Cornelius MuAiron, James Megersohke,
August Janusohowski. John Greselski.
Two other bodies had been 'discovered
in the debris at the time of tlie second
crash. ..
Tho missing ares Peter Connors,
Jneoh Lewen. Frank Wolf, Botts
and O. Mullim.
Twelvaalllenwwkmen wore serious
ly Infhreril. Ofllilcse it la feared that
Kdward Fislier. and J..W. Wilson will
die.. . '
Tho disaster Is supposed to have been
duo to the use of faulty iron beams in
constrnoting tho supports for the very
heavy roof.
;i The Vtes Were Obedient, i
Denver, Nov. 8. Game Warden
Swan returned from the wostern part
of tho state, and sftya there are no Utes
there: The troops had no dirllculty in
persuading tlie Utes to leave, as they
bad already killed all the game they
wanted. . -
Tamma. Nov. 8. Olof Alborg, an
employe of the Blaanwu salmon can
nery, was scalded lute yesterday after
noon by csoauing steam, caused by
carelessness.'
MAT REFUSAL GIVEN
Spain
Will Not Sell
Philippines.
:. ' ;..'' -
the
BAYS WE HAVK NO CLAIM
Accuses the United Stntes of Acting-
Bed Faith Not ftenotloned by
the Protocol.
Paris, Nov. 7. The Spanish commis
sioner. In the course of a two-hcnrs
session of the peace conference today,
flatly refusod to aocept Monday's propo
sition by the Americans to take the en
tire Philippine group and to reimburse
Spain for her "paoiflo" expenditure
there, ,.
This negative a'ction was expected.
Tho Spanish commissioners had also a
number of positive declaration which
filled some 87 typewritten sheets, in
this statement tbe Spaniards held that
the United State bad no ultimate
riahta in the Philippine Island, and
could have none save by the consent of
Spain in these negotiation and upon
terms satisfactory to her.
Aooording to the Spanish contention
In tbe formal statement, the United
States entertained no thought of annex
ing the Philippine when the protocol
was signed, or it would have been ex
pressed in the protocol as clearly as tbe
conditions regarding the cession of ter
ritory in the Antilles and the Orient
M. Cam Don, before the signature of the
protocol, received from Madrid, the
presentment alleged, cable message,
clearly setting forth that the mainten
ance of Spain's authority over the Phil
ippines should not be affected byh
protocol, to which reservation the
United fttate made at that time no
protest or objection. Thi dispatch to
M. Cambon, a the Spaniards claimed
today, embodied also the view that the
United States had no valid basis for
claims in the archipelago.
It was further held today by Senor
Bios and his colleagues that the capitu
lation of Manila, having occurred after
the signing of the protocol, and thus
after the suspension of hostilities, was
Invalid.
With all this for a gronndwork. the
Spaniards made their first positive
move against the Americans, and it
constituted their counter proposition.
They ohargod upon the United States a
wrongful appropriation of public money
belonging to Spain by seizing the tariff
duties at Manila, and they formally
demand tbe return of these moneys in
tbe sum of nearly $1,000,000.
, On these same premises the United
States was alleged to have made and
held as prisoners the Spanish troops at
Manila, in violation of International
law, because done after the suspension
ot hostilities nnder the protocol.
A further charge wa that by the im
prisonment of tlie Spanish troops at
Manila the United States nad prevent
ed Spain from quelling the insurrection.
and bad thus contributed to the vio
lence against Spain after the cessation
of hostilities.
Today's Spanish presentment also
cited the refusal of the Americans to
consider the Cuban debt on the ground
that it was not sanctioned in the pro
toooL and demanded an adherence to
thfsT as a precedence to tlie discussion
of the Philippines, regarding a cession
of which the Spanish commissioners
held that the protocol made no men
tion. In euppoit of theae assertions,
arguments and demands, the Spanish
presentment invoke Spain record in
the correspondence by mail and tele
eranh. thoueh it is not known unoffi
cially whether tbe Spaniards produced
the message said to have been sent
from Madrid to M, Cambon at the time
the protocol was signed, in which, it
wa affirmed today. Spain reserved her
Philippine sovereignty.
The presentment was read by Inter
preter Ferguson, being rendered, from
the Spanish in which it was written,
Into English.
At the close of the reading, the
American said they wished to have
the Spanish statement rendered into
written English for more careful con
sideration, and an adjournment was
taken to Tuesday.
Fledged Their Policies.
Lincoln. Neb., Nov. 7. A remarka
ble petition has been filed in the dis
trict court of Lancaster connty by
Charles F.. David W. and George K,
Brown, to seek to have leceivers of tlie
defunct Lincoln Savings bank re
strained from selling to the highest
bidder Insurance policies aggregating
$16,000 on the lives of the Browns,
nlodired to secure a loan.
The novel claim is advanced that by
thus disposing of the policies the lives
of the plaintiffs are placed In jeopardy,
The policies may be paid only at the
death of the assured, henoe the claim is
made that by transferring them a dual
inducement is offered to make away
with the parties Insured, Judge
Holmes has assigned the case for hear
ins at the term of oourt which meet
thi month.
Disappointed tn Love.
Seattle, Wash., Nov. 7 E. . N
rioinrich. son of a wealthy Watortown
N. Y., Jeweler, committed suicide last
night by drinking acid. Disappoint
ment in love is assigned as the suuse.
Sighted a Derellek
Port Townsend, Wash., Nov. 7.
Captain John Hahn, of the Canadian
schooner Victoria, reports mat, Sep
tember 89, he passed within 10 yards
of a derelict. The croft had turned
turtle, and appeared" to be a vessel of
about 100 tons. The derelict was in
latitude 61 dog. 6 tnin. north, longitude
166 deg. 28 min. west, and in tne
direct track of vessels coming from
Behrlns sea. The dorelict is though
to be the British sealing schooner Pio
neer, whioh is considerably ovordue.
ON A BURNING SHIP.
tMiaster Overtook an Atlantie Coast
Steamer Five Fasseng-ere Perished.
Vineyard Havon, Mas., Nov. 7. A
disaster at aoa, fortunately with a (mall
loss of life, five person In all, wa
made known today by the landing bere
of survivor who esoaped from the
burning eteamer Ciostan, of the Clyde
line, bound from New York for Wil
mington, N. O.j and Georgetown, 8. O.
The dlsastor occurred November 1.
about 18 mile north Of Gape Charles,
and about 206 miles from New York,
from which port the steamer sailed Oo
tobor 81, with a general oargo and eight
passengers. At 8 o'clock In tbe after
noon, the burned hull of the- big
freighter sank beneath the waves. Of
tbe 27 persons who were on board, 23
have survlovd. Those passengers were
landed at this port this afternoon by
the schooner Alice E. Clark, of Port
land, Me., whioh was in the vicinity of
the Croatan at the time she was burn
ing. The Croatan's list of drowned la
as followst
Second Assistant . Engineer Jeremiah
McCarty, of Nova Bootiat leave a
widow In New York. Steward James
Curtis, of Jersey City! Mr. James
Curti, wife of the steward; Frank
an oiler; Jennie Willard, colored, Wil
mington, N. O.
FELL THROUGH A BRIDGE
Klghteen Men Freelpltated
Into the
Dee Chutes Hive.
Olvfflpia. Wash., Nov. 7. A crew
of eight men ant. a traction engine fell
through a connty bridge across the -Ues
Chutes river, near the, Waddell settle
ment, yesterday afternoon. They fell
about 16 feet. Three ot the men were
seriously Injured. Tire bridge had
been undergoing repairs. The con
tractor bad finished his work on it only
few momenta before the accident.
The notices for vehicles to keep off had
not been removed, and the county com
mission bad not accepted tbe bridge.
The engine and orew were about two
thirda of the way across when the
bridge fell, and the machine and crew
were precipitated into the river. The
engine is the property of Thompson &
Dutcher, who talk ol bringing suit
against the county if they are not re
imbursed for the damage done their
machine and the cost of repairing it,
which will be considerable. The names
of the injured men are Dutcher, Ben
Gibson and Pineri
Joseph McCarraghcr, engineer on tlie
steamer City of Olyropia, whioh was
built by a Joint stock company of busi
ness meh of this city, and sent to
Alaska for prospecting purposes last
summer, has returned on a short busi
ness trip. The steamer is in winter
quarters at Skagway. The erew have
18 good claims at Lake Atiin. winch
they will work In the spring. The
men have seoured a wood contraot at
Skagway which will keep them em
ployed till spring.
FASHODA INCIDENT CLOSED.
France Annonnees tha withdrawal of
Marehand's Expedition.
Paris, Nov. 7. A semi-official note
issued this evening says the government
bag resolved not to retain the Mar
chand mission at Fashoda, adding that
this decision wua arrived at by the cab
inet after an exhaustive examination
of the question.
London, No. 7. The most leliable
information from Pari confirms the
earlier report that M. Depuy, the
premier, has decided to wash hi bands
of Fashoda ai:. to recall Major Mar
chand, for whose mission h is not re
sponsible. This decision is, to some
extent, due to a desire to allow nothing
to interfere with the bucosbb ol tne ex
position of 1900.
ENGLAND'S WAR PREPARATION.
Said In Berlin to Be Connected With
the Philippine Question.
London. Not. 7. Tbe Berlin corre
spondent of the Daily New says: - It
is asserted in well-informed quarters
that the British war preparations are
connected with the Philippine ques
tion, in which the United States gov
era ment is working in agreement with
England. The rumors were revived
that the United State intends ceding
to Eneland some of the islands or
granting coaling stations there.
Haw Consumption Cars.
Chioatto. Nov. 7. Dr. J. B. Mur
phy' new treatment for consumptive
ha apparently worked us nrsi cures.
The patients are William B. Purcell
and J. C, Edwards, who have been un
dergoing the treatment for a little over
three months, roe treatment is mat
which ere i ted wide interest when pre
sented in a paper read by Dr. Morphy
before the American Medical Associa
tion at Denver this summer.
Fatal Miner's Riot.
Nanalmo, B. C. Nov. 7 A short
time ago the Union Colliery Company
imported hundreds ol Japs to worK in
the coal mines. Early this morning a
riot broke ont amonz them, whioh re
sulted in one having his head smashed
to pieces and another's abdomen being
badly lacerated. Latest leporls say
the injured cannot possibly recover.
Cleared lor Action.
Wei-Hal-Wei, Nov. 7. All the
British warships here are now fully
coaled. Their woodwork has been re
moved, and they are completely pre
pared for emergencies.
Two Fatal Accidents.
Brooklyn, . O., Nov. 7. Yesteidny
Otto Anderson was blown up by dyna
mite near hero. He was employed in
a railroad. A blast exploded prema
turely, Today John Olsen, in another
railroad camp, met death by a tamp-inff-rod
caseins' through hi head. It
was propelled by a premature blast.
Spain will permit her soldiers who
have served three years to remain in
Cuba, but they will receive but a email
portion of their salary.
MOVEMENT TO CUBA
The First Brigade Will Start
About November 22.
GEN. CAEPEKTEIf. IS COMMAKD
Neuvlta and Puerto Frlnelpe Will Be
First Cities Ooeupled Equipped
and Rationed for 60 Dare.
Washington, Nov. 5. The war de
pal tment has issued a general order for
the movement of troop to Cuba. The
first troops will leave on 01 about No
vember 22, and will comprise a brigade
under Brigadier-General Carpenter.
The brigade will be taken from the
Seventh army corp. 4.he brigade win
be sent to Neuvlta, Puerto Principe.'
The order looks to the oooupation of
two points to begin with, namely, Nue
vitas and Puerto Principe, butnhe oc
cupation will be extended as rapidly as
the Spanish evacuation prooeeds.
Tbe order diteots the movement to
begin at once, but according to tbe cal
culation of the department, it will
scarcely be possible to make the first
landing before Novcmbar 22. .
The headquarter of tbe, new corps
which has been created for the purpose
of beginning the occupation will bo at
Nuevitas, under command of General
L. H. Carpenter. The ordei follow:'
"Headquartee of six troops ot Eiahth
United States cavalry, and Third Geor
gia volunteers will be at Nnevitas.
Six troops ot Eighth United States cav
alry and Fifteenth Infantry at Puerto t
Principe. Kegimeat will be prepared
to embark at once and subsistence de
partment will arrange for necessary
rations. Command will be equipped
and rationed for 60 days.
"Brigadier-General L. H. Carpenter
Is assigned to the command of these
troops, with headquarters at Nuevitas.
Cavalry brigade composied of Seventh
and Eighth cavalry is discontinued.
The Seventh is assiiined to First army
corps, and the Eighth to Second army
corps. The Fifteenth infantry is de
tached from the Fourth army corps,
and an infantry brigade created, com
posed of the Third Georgia volunteors
and Fifteenth infantry, and designated
as the Second brigade, Third division,
Second corps." i
The order sending the Second brigade,
Third division, Second corps, to
Athens, Ga., has been revoked.
CENTRAL AMERICAN UNION
Its Constitution Modeled After That ol
the United States. . j ,
Washington, Nov. 5. A complete
transformation of the geography, ol
Central America occurred November 1
by the birth of new republic, the
United State of Central America, and
the disappearance ot the republics of
Nicaragua, Honduras and Salvador, ex
cept as states of tho new Union. Senor
Corea, charge d'affaires of these repub
lics during their transition stage, has
received detailed information of tbe
changes effected, and the form of tha
government ot the new republic.
As indicating the dignity ana im
portance of the United States of Cen
tral America, Senor Corea points out
that it has a population of about 2,000.
000, an area of about 113,000 squaj
miles, and a great stretch of seacoast
on the Atlantic and Pacific, anil the
site of the Nioarajtua canal, through -
which commerce will ultimately pass
from ocean to ocean. The general
character of the new government is
shown in a communication received by -
Senor Corea irom the general assem
bly's so iretary. It states the capital
is temporarily located at Amapala, on
Tigre island, lving in the Gulf of Fon
sica. The oapital wil remain there un
til the oongreaa selects a permanent
site for it.
The constitution provide for a presi
dent, elected for four years by the di
rect vote of the people, with a provi
sion against immediate re-election.
The president is made commander in
chief of tha army and navy, and his
functions are much tho same as those
of tbe persident of the United States.
The inauguration of tbe president i
fixed for March 16, next Meantime
the executive power will be directed
by a council of three, elected by the
general assembly. The presidential
election occurs the first Sunday in De
cember, and at the same time represen
tatives to tlie new house of representa
tives will be elected. The legislative
power is given to a oongress of two
houses, the senate being made up of six
senators from each state, and three ,
from the federal disttiot, while: the
house of reprsentatives has one repre
sentative from each 80,000 inhabitants.
The federal Judiciary provided by tlie
constitution is patterned after the sys
tem of the United States, and indeed
throughout the constitution there is a
close resemblance to the systems in this
oonntiT. The governments of Nica
ragua, Salvador and Honduras become
states, their present presidents giving
way to governors. ; '
A Significant S'.;n.
London, Nov. 6. The fact that coast
guardsmen throURhout the Unitfid
Kingdom bave been warned to be in
readiness for mobilization is rarjar'ietl
as a menacing sign. Many of them
have already joined thoir ships.
. Big; Storm on the Sound.
Port Townsend, Wash., Nv. 6.
The sevoioat storm of thawawin visi'td
this section List night. The hi-vlr
Maria Smith drags."! her anchor tor
quite a disiance.- 'Itie a'lati-i'iiit -if
the storm prevented her going BsSiOte.
The sloop Oisf J;.!';-.ifn. v ' -jm: ii
Whidby iiiiiD'l i-': is a c . ' ;'' v- -- ' .
'..'.. Cretan nein SftHeil.
Cattea, Crete, Sov. B, The fomi.
tional troops ocer.pied tha fotts i.i 9
I o'clock toia isoisitg.