TiiE OkeGON MIST. VOL. XV. EVENTS OF THE DAI Epitome of the Telegraph! News of the World. TICBSK TICKS FROM THB WIRES Am Iniareailng Collection ef Itetne Front tha Two Momlapheras FhmbM In Condensed Form. Win. Fink, farmer living near Ty, ler, waao., was killed by runaway wain. A oorpora! and three morolianla ol Qaantanamo wore arrested fur steal lug government aopplloi. The spruce lumber exhibit of the Clatsop Milt Company, of Astoria, hai been awarded the Drat prlae, a gold meilal by the Omaha exposition direct' ory. While gang of DO track handa ibi twoikon the Pennsylvania railroad line, near Jersey City, they were run down by train. Eleven workmen were killed outright and fix aerlonaly injured. Conductor William Hatfield and Brakeman Harry Crogln were killed In the wreck of caboose attached to a northbound train near Ardmore, I. T, 'Xhe caDooae lelt the track and waa overturned. There la leper aoare in Manila. Through neglect of Spanish officials nearly 800 lepera eacaped confinement. Ordera have been issued that all lepera be arrested and aont to a small unto habited Island aontheaat ol Luson. Advices by the steamship Empress of China tell of a terrible disaster on October 85, when the ateamer Kinahul Mara oame Into collision with the ateamer Myagawa Mam, off Takami, sinking the latter, seventy poisons were drowned. The secretary of the navy has ord ered a court of inquiry to nitwit at the navy-yard at Norfolk for the purpose of invoittgating the circumstances at tending the abandonment of the Span Hh crulaer Maria Tereia, with a view to determining the necessity and re sponsibility therefor. George V. Lako. an American, re aiding at Chemulpa, but been mur dered. Lake kept a big store near the Chinete consulate. The murderer en tered for the purpoite of robbery. With an Iron weight attached to a Chinese steelyard he killed Lake with one blow as he slept. Charles 8. Cross, president of the First National bank of Emporia, Kan., shot and killed himself near tlmt city. An, hour previous the bunk had been closed by order of the.contrullor of the currency. The failure Is a bad one, and all the county and city funds are iuvolved. An electric street-car of the Taooma railway- line wai dornilcd Ave miles from the heart of the city on the Stoila ooora line, by the controller refusing to shot off the current on a heavy down grade. The oar was smashed to splin ters by striking the side of a cnt 10 feut deep, through which it was travel ing. Seven porsons were aboard, and II received injuries. John Collins, an employe of the O. R. A N. Company, was fatally lnjuied by a prematuie blast near Meacham, Wash. War preparations continue at Hong Koug without abatemont, and the mines In the Lai Mum pass have beon charged. , . General Miles In a speech delivered at the New Yotk chamber of oommerce banquet, says the United States must protect the Cubans. The survey of the west entrance of . the proposed Nicaragua canal has been finished, and the map, with soundings, platted and the contours put in. The rumors circulated In London that the American fleet was on the point of starting for Europe, oausod great ex citement in commercial and social cir cles. Fumes of burning sugar on board the American ship Konilworth, from Val paraiso to New York, caused the death of three men and nearly that of a fourth. Baron Waldeok De Villamll, an Ans trlan nobleman, and a captain of the Seventh volunteer infantry (Immunes), is in disgrace, and has loft Lexington, Ky., for parts unknown. There Is a report in Washington that during the delay which has occurred, Spain has been able to form some sort of coalition with the European powers to back np the pretensions she has been making in the negotiations. An Inter esting feature of the matter la the re fusal of the authorities to order the muster dut of the volunteers who re cently retained from Porto Rico. There has been remarkable activity about the war department tor several days In the way of preparing the troops for service In lands beyond the United States. An order has been Issued di recting at' least ten regiments of the regular army now stationed in north western forts and posts to hold them selves In readiness for Immediate trans portation and sorvloe in tropical oil mates. Minor News Items. Husbands and wives traveling to gether in Norway, Austria and Hun gary pay only ono fure and a half on the railways. Mrs. Fred Douglass, widow ol the colored orator,, is to go on the leoture platform to deal with the history of the race In this country. Lieutenant Jules G. Ord, son of Gen eral E, O. U. Ord, who was killed in the battle of Santiago, was great grandson of King Goorga IV. LATER NEWS. A hlghblndor war has again broken out In Han Francisco. Four coin panics of engineers have been ordered by the war department to Havana. Ex.Queen Lllioukalanl has arrived in Ban Franoisoo on a visit to this oountry. The president has appointed John Morgan oallector of customs for the Southern district of Oregon. Policeman Luke Curry, of Great Fails, Mont, was mistaken for a bur glar, shot and instantly killed by Isaac Hiiaoner, meroiiant. . , Rear-Admiral Joseph N. Miller, who hoisted the American flag over Hawaii on August 13 last, has retired after spending 1 years in active service. The London Cbronlole criticizes the action of the United States in killing Cansdian shipping trade with Porto Rico, and speculates "as to the meanina of the action. Sixteen fumllles of Canyon City. Or.. loft homeless by the recent fire, are shelterless and in dire distress. A Portland evening paper is collecting contributions to relieve them. Acting on the recommendation of Captain Dickens, Sooretary Long has increased the age requirement in the case of apprentices admitted to the naval sorvloe Irom 14 to IS years. According 'to a plan of Secretary Gsge, paper money is to be made uni form, and bills of one denomination must all look alike. It is thought this will make easier the detection of coun terfeits. It Is represented by a dispatch from San Jose, Cel. , that the prunegrowers of (hat vicinity charge that Oregon prunes have boen sold there and shipped East as Santa Clara county prunes. The Sao Franoisoo Eaxmlner snys: No less than five new sugar companies have been Incorporated in the Hawaiian islands, and within two years from now the output of raw sugar will be in creased considerably. A Philadelphia dispatch says that American vessels are In scanty supply nd that shippers are forced to resort largely to foreign ships. Over 1300, 000,000 will be paid this year to own ers Of vessels nnder foreign flags by Americans. England Is rushing munitions of war to Esqnlmanlt. The Intention appar ently is in case Ol war to lit out war ships and transports at Esquimault for servioe in Eastern waters, and to draw whatever troops are needed for the British forces in India. Bloa. president of the Spanish peace commission, has refused to continae the peace negotiations, in view of the severity of the terms proposed by the United States commissioners. The American demands oall for cession of the Philippines and payment to Spain of 120,000,000, one of the Carolines and cable rights in other islands, and com pliance by Spain with all of these de mands not later than November 28. Dr. Stephen B. Tyng, president of the American Chamber of Commerce died in Paris. Trouble among the miners ai Pane, Ills., has broken out anew, and troops have been sent to the scene. The First Illinois volunteer Infantry, which aw service in the trenches at Santiago, has been mustered out of service. Advices received from Seoul say the Corean government has issued orders that foreigners are to be stopped from trading in the interior. The Canadian cruiser Petrel has seised a number of fish nets near San dusky, O., belonging to American fishermen, and which, It is claimed, were in Canadian waters. The four-masted schooner Talofa, Captain Fletcher, from Uuantanamo for Port Tampa. In ballast, ties Been totally wrecked on Coaumel island, off the eastern oosst of Yucatan, and the oaptaln and seven of the men have ar rived at Progreso, two of the men hav ing been drowned. The ship Atlanta, which sailed from Tacoma, loaded with wheat for Cape Town, ran ashore near Alsea bay. She had a crew of 87 men, only two of whom got ashore. The vessel was broken in two, and Is probably a total loss. She was commanded by Lsptain Charles MoBrlde. Two freight trains on the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific oollided at Moa- t 1 1 1 .i i cow, la. une man was nwn aim Ininred. A wreoklng train wnicn was about to start to the scene from Wilton run nto by a last mail train. The fireman of the mail train was bad ly hurt an 16 men ol Die work tram njured, some seriouaiy. The American and Spanish com mis- loners in agreeing upon January 1 as the date of Spanish evacuation oi Cuba took a preceuent irora mo mmj of peace entered into 60 years ago be tween Mexico ana me umiou ow when an agreement was made as to the date of the American ocoupauou w oenee. Then, as now, it was known that all the troops could not be em barked by the date agreed upon. The oretically the Spanish occupation will cease January 1. though it is believed that 85.000 Spanish troops will still remain In Cuba. Fifty-seven oflloere .of the regular army have sons In the service, and two generations of the same family are even . . i !,. nnwv. The Sel- M Z lfurn shes three genera- etitutlonal In an opinion given to the Sf-from lieutenant to an admiral, pre,, today by Judge Caldwell of the tions rrom i guprem4 court 0f th .late. The opln- The life Insurance companies doing Jm d60,are. that otgarettes are not le bnslness In Canada have agreea nere- j lt(n)flte article. 0f oommerce, because after not to accept risks on the lives oi Rre wi10ily noxious and deleter! married women, unless they ,lflPfn " 0us to health, and therefore are not be the breadwinners oi me in other words, wholly independent oi . their husbands. IN PLAIN LANGUAGE i m I ' Feudleton. I Pondleton, Nov. 83. This evening Spain Will Learn the Fate of8' e:80o'olofk n0,tber ho a",flr the Philippines. ULTIMATUM HAS BEEN PREPARED Amooat OSTered for tha Ialanda Will Probably Be Twenty Millions Vot Mora. . Paris, Not. J9. The Spanish peace commissioners nave been notified that tha United States commissioners will be ready to treat with tbem in Joint session tomorrow afternoon. Unless the Spaniards have an adequate reason for farther delay the two commissions will join in the most important meet ing thus far held. : ine American commissioners, in written communication, will declare that the third article of the protocol re garding tiie Philippines is oapahle of only one fair construction, that no arbi tration Is needed to elucidate its terms, and that the United States cannot ad mit any ether power to figure here purely as lexioologlst. They will maintain that the two oommissions are charged to determine whether Spain or the United States shall In the future own the Philippines. This will be aocompanled by the clear declaration that the United States will possess the Philippines. Following this declaration, the Amer ican commissioners will lay before the Spaniards two alternatives! First To accept a sum of money from the United States and to cede and evac uate the Philippines. Second To lose the Philippines to the United 'States by conquest, with the possibility of other territorial losses, or Indemnify the United States for the added expense of conquest. This communication may not be for mally designated as an ultimatum, but it will lack -naught of the conclusive ness Indicated by that word. This will be so plain that the Spanish com missioners will scarcely haggle for money on the first alternative, noi cherish any doubt of American action under the second, should the first be declined. No one here, exoopt the American commissioners, know how much will be tendered Spain as the cheapest and most humane way of settling tiie diffi culty. She is exceedingly anxious to escape the Philippine debt, and possi bly the sum to beofferod may be deter mined by an analysis of the debt, which consists of 140,000,000 in bonds, on whioh she realized 1110,000,000. Of the latter amount she is believed to have expended some 110,000,000 of 111,000,000 In fighting the United States and part in attempting to quell the Philippine insurgents. A reasona ble guess at the sum tor the tender would be 120,000,000, although it may fall below that The Cuban question may come again tomorrow. The American commission had thought the discussion on that point finished but the Spanleh commis sioners are reported to have declared last week that the mortagages imposed by Spain on the Cuban as well as on the Philippine revenues must not be impaired or questioned. This would compel the American commissioners soon and probably tomorrow to de mand whether Spain maims to repudiate the plain compact of the protocol to relinquish sovereignty over and title to Cuba. Three weeks ago the Spanish commis sioners accepted the Cuban article In the protocol without conditions save that ita embodiment in the treaty should depend on an agreement here on all the articles of the piotocol. Re cently, however, Spain's representa tives have said that the Cuban matter had only been, temporarily passed and was still In abeyance. DOING THEIR BEST. Spaniards Will Ba Out of Cuba by New Year's Day. Havana, Nov. 28. Captain-General Blanco received from Paris today a osble authorising him to draw on Paris for $3,000,000 gold, to be applied in the payment of the Spanish troops In Cuba. This amount is in addition to the proceeds of the draft for 425,000 by the Madrid government on London, which was sold here last week. The Spanish authorities are making strenuous efforts to complete the evacu ation by the end of the year.-' Martinique has been selected as the place of rendeavons of the Spanleh navy lor evacuation purposes. The Spanish auxiliary oruisert Patriots and Meteoro, purchased in Germany before the outbreak of hostilities, are expected here on December 16, and will convoy the Spanish boats from Cuban ports to Martinique, where the Rapid io, Ponce de Leon and Concha, from Porto Rico, have already assomhlcd, and from which point all will sail for Spain. Victim of Klevator Fire. Toledo, O., Nov. 83. After two months' of search, and the recovery of 18 dead, the grain handlers at the Union elevator found the body of an unknown man today. His appearance indicated him to be well-to-do man, and it is supposed he was visiting the elevator at the time of the explosion. Anal-Cigarette Law. Knoxvill, Tenn., Nov. 88. The antl-ciearette law pasbed by the last I Tennessee legislature is declared con- witnin the provision of the federal oon- titnt,oa proteoting legitimate com- 1 merce. ST. HELENS, OREO ON, FRIDAY, THE MY8TERY DEEPENS. Shot Fired Kear tha Wallace Dona at family of Miss May Wallace, who was murdered a week ago lust Thursday night. The Wallace family gave np the house last Thursday.and P. H. Fee moved in with bis family. Fee is a brother of Judge James A, Fee, and oame here bnt a few days ago from Iowa. The first night the family oc cupied the house, he heard a noise in the back yard. Drawing baok a cur tain of the very window through which Miss Wallace was shot, he saw two men jump the fence and go scurrying away toward the woolen mills. He thought from their general appearance they were Chinamen. The next night he also saw men prowling about, and notified Sheriff Blakely, who detailed two deputy sheriffs to remain in the house all night, but they saw no one. Fee each time armed himself with two pistols and went qniokty in search, but found no one. By daylight he found tracks made by a No. 7 shoe, the ordi nary kind worn by white men. The affair has deepened the mystery of the shooting of Mies Wallace, and created most intense interest here. Were it not Sunday evening, when but few men are on the streets and in plaoes of re sort, probably an attempt would be made to clean out Chinatown. Feeling Is wrought np, and anger is shown to' ward the Chinese residents, although it la not positively known that those hovering about the house were ' Mon golians. ' , - AMATEUR TRAIN ROBBERS. One Bandit Killed aad Three Fright ened Away. Barstow, Cal., Nov. 33. The first section of west-bound Santa Fe train No. 81 was stopped two miles west of Daggett early this morning by men se creted in the tender of the engine, Engineer Bunnell was confronted by two 45-Caliber revolvers and ordered to stop, but this order was counter mended and the train proceeded for another mile and was then brought to a standstill at the command of the rob bers, who evidently expected to meet pals at this point In th is they were not disappointed, and tiie robbers or dered Engineer Bunnell to carry a 30 pound bag of dynamite to the express car. Messengers Hutchinson and Blake' ly appeared at the door of the express car armed with guns. The robbers fired at Blakeley, who locating them by the flash of their guns, returned the fire, killing one robber. The dead man's left eye and all that side!of his head was torn away. The other rob bers stampeded and made their escape. A posse is in pursuit and it is thought that at least one of them will be cap tared shortly. The dead man has not been Identified. It is thought that the men were novices at the train robbing game. They secured no booty. ; Brakemaa Killed in a Collision. Duusmuir, CaL, Nov. 98. A fatal railway accident occurred at an early hour this morning three miles east of Delta. The regular westbound height train, No. 89, had a pair of oar trucks off the rail, and while the crew was engaged in replacing the car on the track, a special freight train crashed Into the caboose, leaving the latter in halves on the bailor of the engine. One brakeman, J. U. Lewis, was in the ca boose. He was mortally wounded, and died while being taken to Delta for medical aid. There were no other fa talities. . The track was cleared for the Oregon express without the aid of a wrecking crew. 1 We Will Boy an laland. Washington, Not. 33. The acquisi tion of an island in the Caroline group, owned by 8pain, will be part of the work of the Paris peace commissiion. Cable communication between the United States and Manila via Bono lulu Is regarded as desirable, should we occupy the islands, and Guam island, in the Ladrone group, and one of the Caroline islands would be useful as intermediary stations. The aoqusi tion of one of the Caroline islands, con sidered suitable for a cable station, would involve a money consideration and the United States will pay Spain reasonable prioe for its relinquish ment. - Cuban Soldier Will Ba Palt. New York, Nov, 81. A Herald dis patch Irom Havana says: The Cuban army will receive one year's pay on December 10. Notes for the balance will be issued and the troops will then be disbanded. This information comes from an officer of General Garola'a personal staff, in whose word implioit confidence may be plaoed. From what source the money will come cannot be stated, but that the United States has guaranteed the loan Is almost certain. Baden-Powell Dead. -London. Not. 83. Sir George Smythe Baden-Powell, the eminent po litical economist and authority on col onial affairs, who represented the Eirkdale division of Liverpool in parl iament, in the conservative interest, since 1885, died today In his 51st year. Exploilon In a Rocket Factor j. Budapest, Not. 83. A dispatch to the Pester Lloyd from Nigolaief, Bussia, at the confluence of the Ingul and the Bug, says that 31 persons have been killed there by an explosion in a rocket factory. Trainmen Rub Down. New York, Nov. 83. G. W. Bogors, of Camden, employed as conductor on the Amboy division of the Pennsyl vania railroad, and H. G. Bue, bag gagemaster of the Bogers' train, were killed at Bahway, N. J., tonight. They had completed their run for the day, and were walking to the depot to take train for home, when they were run down by the Chicago limited, east bound. Their bodies were cut np and scattered along the traok for some dis tance. . ' . NOVEMBER 25, 1898. WRECK AT ALSEA BAY British Ship Atalanta in the Breakers. TWENTY-FOUR MEN WERE LOST aaTjr Shirf la Founding tha Veeeel to Placet Another Caae ef Reck teaa Navigation. Yaqulne, Or., Nov. 81. The British shp Atalanta, oarryng a crew of 37 men and loaded with 8,800 tons of wheat, from Tacoma for South Africa, was wrecked near Alsea bay yesterday morning, and so far as known there are but three survivors. ; The cause of the wreck of the Ata lanta and the circumstances attending it, produce a tale most harrowing. The mismanagement of the vessel by its officers Is ascribed as the cause of the disaster, and the crippling of the Ya qnina life-saving station by a penurious policy of that department of the gov ernment, adds horror to the situation. The only three survivors aver that some of their comrades on board the ship may yet be alive. While the members of the life-saving crew are in sight of the wreck, they are so far powerless to render assistance, owing to the want of apparatus. Meanwhile couriers scoured tha beach and conn- try adjacent for 10 miles, to procure norses to hnng up the lifeboat and beach cart. , The Atalanta lay about a mile off shore, in a field of furious breakers, Every swell passed over her works, Each boar a section of the vessel was seen to fall away, and the timbers float toward the shore. A strung and steady southwester aided the current from, the same direction to bear the wreckage rapiuiy to the beach. It was this pow er and aseney. and this alone that en bled the fliree sailors who survive to escape the fate of their brethren, lifeboat filled with water, partly dis abled with wreckage, and without oars to direct their craft, tbey were borne to terra firma, thus passing over a course oi nearly two miles. . One man, who was clad in simply shirt, more hardy than the others, made his way along tbe beach. He found a farmhouse and announced t) news, and solicited assistance for bis companions. When the unfortunates on the beach were reached they were so benumbed with cold as to appear beyond help. It has required nearly 84 hours for one of them to regain his powers of mind and body. The resoued sailors have been taken into cabins along the ceacn- The most complete and reliable story oi toe wreck obtainable comes from Frank Fogarty, a member of the Yaquina life-saving crew, who has patiolled the beach in tbe vicinity tbe wreck. Captain Clark ordered him back to the station, which, had been entirely deserted, except by the wives or the orew, to guard there tonlsht "The officers of the Atalanta paid the penalty of their folly with their lives." said Dogarty. "Not one escaped, un less be is penned np in the forecastle, to be released tonight or tomorrow. ""lhe-survlvors have started the story down on the beach that the wreck is more the result of carelessness on the part of the captain than of adverse weather. It Is to the effect that the Atalanta was racing down tbe coast with another sailing ship to make bet ter time, and having a more advan tageous tack, against the southwester. he steered close into Cape Foul weather, Not seeing the lighthouse, he supposed the vessel to be some distanoe from shore. This caused him to continae his southeast tack too long. "Tbe logbook at the Iifo-saving sta tion shows that Thursday morning, be tween midnight and 6 o'olock, when the Atalanta was on this tack, the Cape coulweatner lighthouse was concealed by fog and heavy slieets of rain. Nev ertheless, the survivors, acaordine to report, do not excuse ;'the policy of tbe captain. Jdad not a race been on, tbey say, he would have taken no inch chances." Atalanta Sailed Fron: Tacoma. Tacoma, Wash., Not. 81. The Brit ish ship Atlanta left here last Saturday with $65,000 worth of wheat, for Del ago bay, South Africa. She was in command of Captain Charles MoBrlde, of Greenock, Scotland, where he has a wife. The ship left here with 87 men, the only names of those on record here being those of the captain and tbe fol lowing, who joined the vessel at this port as seamen: D. F. Green, A. B., 81 Chapel place, Dublin; J. Webber, A. 13., 133 Forty, second street, New York; S. A. Jacob- son, A. B., Stockholm; J. Smith, Fins bury; G. Covalis, Callao; J. Jones, Valparaiso; 14. Sorensen, Sergen; G, Fraeer, 839 Monroe street, Philadel phia; K. Codd, 74 Flanders ' street, lilverpool; J. Marks, Brtghtwood add! tion, Indianapolis. The Atalanta waa of only 1,698 tons register. She wasbnilt in 1885, owned by N. Hill, of Scotland, and was woith probably f.50,000. Captain Benny, Lloyd's surveyor here, thinks probably the lost ship is the German bark Atalanta, 8,300 tons, which he says is en route from Santa Rosalia, Central America, and more likely to be carried into the shore by the southwest wind that is said to have prevailed. Another German ship, At alanta, sailed from British Columbia November 4, in command of Captain Durmer, with salmon for London, but that ship should be past Oregon long before this. ' Ten Peraona Burned to Death. St Petersburg, Nov. 81. In a large fire, which completely destroyed an extensive shed, 10 porsons were burned to ashes. ' ANARCHY IN PORTO RICO. Brlaanda Firing Their Interior. Trade ta tha Washington, Nov. 81. The cabinet session today waa devoted to a large extent to consideration of complaints that have reaohed the war department. alleging that a state of practical an srchy prevails In Porto Rico. These complaints asserted that the lawless elements are committing depredations Of the gravest character, and the ten ousness of the situation is Increased by the fact that United States troops likewise have been guilty Of gross mis conduct. Secretary Alger has cabled General Biooke, Inquiring as to the accuracy of tbe complaints. The most serious allegations are against brigands and lawless elements in the smaller towns aw ay from the coast. It Is said that taking advent age of tbe unsettled state of the coun try, due to the transfer of the govern ment from Spain to the United States, bands of men have organized for rob bery and rapine, burning houses and piantataions and levying tribute upon toe people wherevei possible. In one case, it is said, tbey made a raid on small town of about 1,600 inhabitants 15 miles from the nearest troops, and burned and destroyed property to considerable value. AN APPEAL FOR HELP. Foreigners at Iloilo aik for American Protection. Washington, Not. 81. News of mixed character came to the navy de partment today from Admiral Dewey touching the situation in the Philip pines. Tbe admiral sent two of his warships, the Charleston md the Con, oord, some time ago, to the southward from Manila to ascertain whether there was troth in reports that the insurgents had extended their activities in that direction. Today he cabled as fol lows: "Manila, Not. 2L Secretary of the Navy, Washington: Charleston and Concord arrived today from Iloilo. Glass reports that tbe entire island of Fanay is in possession of insurgents. except Iloilo, which is defended by 800 Spanish troops. AH foreign citizens there beg for American protection. Tbe Island of Negros has declared in dependence and desires American pro tectorate. DEWEY. Glass is commander of the Charles, ton. So far, nothing has been done by tbe administration toward curbing tbe insurgents in their operations, save verbal representations from the Ameri can commanders to Againaldo, in which it has been pointed out to him that it would be good, policy, in view of the probability of the annexation of the islands by the United States, to pursue a course that would not be oh nozioue to the United States. But the situation Is now realized to be critical. So far as the Spaniards are concerned, perhaps they can be left to take care oi themselves, but the foreign residents at Iloilo are differently regaided. . MORE SHIPS FOR NAVY. Three Sunken Bpaniah Teaaela to Ba Balaed at Manila. Washington, Nov. 21. The United States navy will soon possess more than a sprinkling of foreign-built warships. Admiral Dewey has informed the navy department that he has contracted with a Hong Kong firm of wreckers to raise three of the Spanish war vessels sunk in the battle of Manila last May day. Tbe cost of raising the ships and put ting them in thorough repair will be tSOO.009. Tbe vessels to be raised are gunboats of large type, and, in tbe opinion of Chief Constructor Hichborn, they will be the very best kind of craft for the protection ef the United States' inter ests in the Philippines and along the Asiatic ooast. . Cauaed a Stampede f Spokane, Wasb.,VNov. 81. A Lew- ston special to the Bpokesman-Keview says: A great strike of high grade ore is reported near the Snowshoe pass, on the Warren trail, 80 miles south of Florence, Idaho. A big stampede from Florence is reported. The Florence correspondent of the Spokesman-Review reports that the strike was made between the now fam ous Buffalo Hnmp and Thunder moun tain. The great vein is from 80 to 90 feet wide, and carries an abundanoe of free gold. The Salmon river runs through tbe claims,and the country never has much snow. '. Toa Pawtuokee Launched. Vallejo, Cal., Not. 81. The United States steel tug Pawtucket waa launched at the Mare island navy yard today. She waa christened by Mies Heather Baxter, tha little daughter of Naval Constructor W. J. Baxter,, in the pres ence of thousands of spectators. The Pawtuoket is 103 feet long, is of 835 tons, and is expected to develop 450 horsepower. She will make 13 knots per hour. Her boiler and engines are almost completed, and the Pawtucket will be ready for commission by Janu ary 1. ' - ' i - Launching of tha Wlaeonaln. Chicago Not. 81. The Cni'd States battle-ship Wisconsin will be launched at San Francisco Saturday, November 86, and will be christened by Miss Elizabeth Stephenson, daughter of Isaao Stephenson, of Marinette, Wis. Graalng Bheep on Beaerratlone. Washington, Nov. 81. The right of the government to prosecute criminally persons grazing sheep on all forest res ervations, except in Oregon and Wash ington, was sustained in a decision rendered today by the attorney general. Secretary Bliss recently asked as to whether such prosecutions would lie under one of the series of regulations reoently issued for tbe preservation of the forests, and the decision holds that tbey will. RIGHTS IN THE EAST United States Must Make a Firm Stand. ADDRESS OF SENATOR LODGE Wa Wm Ba Foreed e Declare That tha Forte ol China Ba Opened to Alt ' . Katloaa or to Rene. Boston, Nor. 19. Senator Lodge, In an address at the Boston Boot and Shoe olub's banquet last night, said in part: ' "The success of tbe English-speaking race, which has carried it all over the world and made it the great industrial and commercial people of the earth to day, has been due to tbe principle of self help. But there are certain things which the spirit of American enter prise must look to the government to do. "You eannot expect men to carry yonr products and to' extend your trade by establishing themselves. in a distant portion of the earth unless you have a government that la ready to protect tbem at all times and at all hazards. . "We want no commerce at the can non's mouth, but we do want it under stood that wherever an American is en gaged in business he Is to be protected and that there is a navy of the United States big enough to goard him wLer ever he sees fit to go. Therefore I say that we need a large navy as a protec tion on the sea as well as on the land. "The question that confronts us is a larger one than what we shall do with the Philippines. Tbey say we are not an Eastern power unless we hold those islands. We are today the greatest power in the Pacific ocean. We hold one entire side of that ocean except the outlet which England has in China. We hold the half way house In Hono lulu, where all ships must stop when the Nioaragua canal is built, as it will be. Are we going to allow the porta of the east to be closed to us and open to Russia, France and Germany alone? Or are we going to stand np and say with England and Japan, tbe ports of China must be closed to all or they must be open to all? " 'It is going to be a struggle, in my judgment, between the maritime na tions and the non-maritime nations. It is going to .be a struggle to see whether the people who speak the English tongue are to go to the wall. or whether they are to have their share In tbe commerce of tbe earth wherever they fly their flag. I believe that the united States is entitled to its share of the world's oommerce. I do not be lieve that we should be shut out from it, and I do not think that there is the least danger of war anywhere if we are far-sighted enough to make it known to the world Just what we want and just what we Intend to do. Lot our govern ment have wisdom in its foreign policy and ita treatment of our merchant ma rine, and tbe genu Is Of American In vention and enterprise will do the jest." CHINA AND THIBET. Trouble Brewing Between tha TWO' Ailatlo Countrlea. Vancouver, B. 0., Not. 19. Accord ing to lata Oriental advices there is trouble brewing between China and liilbet A Yacbow dispatch says: 'The prefeet of Yachow has arrived from Thibet, whither he was sent to settle up troubles following upon the Chang Tonglin's raid into Chantui and Derge last year. The whole raided dis trict has been given over to Lhassaand Lam rule, a retrocession of annexed territory on the part of China that ia as little comprehensible as the 'abdica tion' of the Russians in Cores. There are those who say that China is appre hensive of hie growing independence of the Lamas shd as the treaty between England and Thibet expires this year. she is afraid the Lamas may open road for the British from Darieelinir to Lhassa." MANILA COURTS REOPENED. Spanleh Jodgea Bear Civil Caaea, Amer ican Judgee Criminal Caaea., Viotorla, B. O.. Nov. 19. AdTlces by the Steamship Empress of China are to the effect that the Manila law oonrts hate resumed business with Spanish judges to hear all civil eases and Ameri can judges to hear all criminal cases. Some disquieting news has been re ceived as to the health of the American troops at Manila. In addition to the great amount of malarial and typhoid lever prevailing, malignant smallpox has appeared. Deaths in hospitals will average about 100 a month. There ia leper scare in Manila. Through neglect of Spanish officials nearly 800 lepers escaped confinement. Orders have been issued that all lepera be arrested and sent to a small unin habited island southeast of Luzon. A. t.etter From Feary. Waterville, Pa., Not. 19. A letter just received fiom Lieutenant Kobert E. Peary, by J. F. Hill, says that prob ably no message wilt be received from him for several years. The Hope cleared the ioe field all right, but Lieu tenant Peary expresses fears that the Windward, may be delayed by the ice closing in. ".' Death In Fifty-Mile Rapid.. " Victoria, B. C, Nov. 1J. Passen gers of the steamer Dirigo, which ar rived tonight from Skftgway, bring news of the drowning of two men in tha Fifty-Mile rapids, on the Yukon. Four men left Lake Bennett on a scow Sep tember 31, with B0 tons of j rv:.k.t.-. When the scow reached Fifty-Mile) her seams opened and she sank. Two mi-h, Smith and llallowity, cwain strre, but the other two, whose nan, a si. unknown, wre drwaei.