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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.