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ST. HELENS, OltEGON, FKIDAY, DECEMBER 1G, 1898.
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EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIBEI
An Intareatlna; ColWollon of It ami rroa
tli Tw. Ilemlipharea rreientad
In Condensed Worm,
A dill will loon be dialled providing
fur the taking of the 19th census.
Assistant Naval Constructor Huliauo
will no to Manilla lo superintend tin
raining of the sunken war vessels.
Ttis steamer Itonnli, which has junt
arilvod from the town, on the Lynn
canal, report! tliat a thousand men
from Dawson are making tbuir wuy to
tli coait
Francisco do FranoM, who wan shot
dead by Anloulo Rosso after a saloon
quarrel In Han Francisco, la anid to
have been an agent of the uiuideroui
La Mafia Society.
One mote request of Hie Bpaniardi
wa negatived by the peace commls
ionera. Shins and proiluotf oi film In
will not he grantod the lame rights In
Cuba and Porto Woo aa thoie of the
United Stato.
From the war department oomes the
announcement that it la proponed to
end regular regiments to relieve the
volunteeera In Alnuila just a aoon aa
transportation can be ai ranged. Tha
volunteers will be returned to the
United Btatoa iu the ordor io which
they left.
The finding of the court of Inquiry
concerning the abandonment of the
Infanta Maria Teresa during the atorm
of October SO, baa been made public.
The court finds the abandonment waa
not due to any fault or neglect on the
part Of any officer of the navy, and
doea not think any further proceeding
thould be Instituted.
VVhlla.fightlng fire Id the dock of
the Lehigh Coal to Coke Company at
West Superior, Wis., a crew of men
waa caught by a bad cave-In. canned by
the weakening of the pile foundntion.
Four were buried under thousands of
tona of burning coal. One, John Mai
Inowakl, has been rescued alive, but ia
in a preearioua condition. The other
three have probably perished.
Of the emergency national defense
fund of 150,00.0000, the navy depart
ment got the largest nmonnt, via, 39,.
873,374. Tha war department expen
ditures of the emergency fund amounted
to (18,861.808. The state department
received 398,000 from the emergency
fund. OI Hits $100,000 lius been turns
feired to bankets for this department
at London for the use of the commis
sion at Paris, and f 80.000 was advanced
to the disbursing offloer for the com
mission prior to ita departure for Paris,
Over 800 Kentucky tobacco growers
met at Lexington to formulate a plan
of action against Urn Hunt, which, they
claim, threatena to deprive the grow
eia of their lust profit.
General Milea bus completed his bill
for the reorganiaation of the army. It
ia based on European lines and pro
vide for the orealion of throe new offi
cers, a general and two lieutenant-,
generals, and a total strength of 100,
000 men.
An explosion of ammonia on board
the marine hospital ship Bay State, as
ahe was lying at slip on tha Brook
lyn aide of the upper New Yoik bay,
killed Robert Twisa ami seriously in
jured 15 men. The accident occurred
in the ice-making plant.
Senator Hale has Introduced In the
senate a Joint resolution authorizing
the secretary of the navy to erect a
monument, in Havana, to the memory
of the sailors and marines who lost
their live by the .explosion ol the
Maine. The bill is recommended by
the navy department.
To ahleld the flag from desecration
ia the object of a bill to be presented
to congress by the American Flag As
ooiation. It provides for punishment
of any person using the flag for adver
tising purpose, for clothing or awn
Inge or In any other manner which
shall tend to its deseoratlon.
Ales Hanson, a fisherman, about 60
years of age, waa drownod In about
three feet of water on the ttdeflata n
iront of Astoria, Or. He was in a skiff
that overturned, and he made no effort
to aave himself, although ropes and
boards were thrown to him from a net
above. He left a widow and several
children.
The first of the appropriation bills,
covering deficiencies lor war expenses,
reported to the house Wednesday, car
, i m ..imi-lmflnt end Bun
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Urv establishments, 100,711,689; for
the naval establishment. 16,668,853; a
. m oen mi This amount.
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however, ia a reappropriation of fundi
heretofore allowed, but not available
. alter the close of the present year, ine
unexpended balance of these war funds
ia estimated at 194,816,165, of winch
the war department balanoe is (01,
818,281, and the navy ba ance (38,
669,908. The balances, therefore, are
considerably more than will be reap-
' propriated.
Minor Maws Items.
The 90th body from the wrecked
itearnar rortianu caiue aaiiuio . -
bam, Mas.
Racial Tariff Commissioner Robert
Porter ha. sailed from Cuba, for the
uniteu . e . v
labor.
ir-Ua Imnrlrfld and fifty men
K. York regiment have arrived
San Francisco from Hononlulu to
mustered out.
LAIfcR NEWS.
Three people were burned to death
a fire iu a Brooklyn flat.
Prealdn.it McRI
lour of Porto Kico and Cuba. .
Only two men were killed in the
Wardnor (Idaho) mine disaster.
and accident is the record of one Sun-
uuj in ureaior flow tora.
Germany la now said to be seeking
an ally and wanta the friendship of
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viiuw nu,. jviiijmi Auiunseauor vun
Ilolluben has been commissioned to
settle whatever differences exist.
An area of SO hlnnka n tha 9Rlh
ward in Brooklyn was inundated by
raging waters, which washed out the
llltrlnt Imta ,if linn.tt. Ia.. ilnmn ..nllntf
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and telegraph poles, iuiprisoned people
in their homes.
Chnrloa IV. Millar, nf rihlnaan In. I
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year's six-day champion, won the great
bicycle raoo at Madison-Square Garden
again this year, beating the world'
record (his own) by 84 miles. Ho made
8,007 miles, and rested but S4 hours
In the 143.
Unnrecdcntod secrecy obtains aa to
the conditions of the construction of
the Shamrock, the challenger for the
America's oup. Not merely are the
moat strict precautions taken to pre
Tent a lankaae nf ilia detallanf her con
struction, but even tha place where ahe
la being built is kopt secret.
The foreign exhibitors have been aeri-
oinl.v affected by the decision of the
Parte .nruml (Vinrt In rotar-tlnff the atlit
of a Swiss embroiderer against a French j
manufacturer who copied bis designs.
The effect ol the decision is that de-
alalia ami nultflrnl In tha fnr-f.iti'n ex
hibits of 1900 may he copied with im
punity by rrencn uianoincturers, uu
Icssthe exhlbitoi possess a manu
factory In France.
The battle ship Massachusetts struck
reef or snnken obstruction near Dia
mond reef, off Castle William, Gover
nor's island, N. Y., while on her way
from the navv-vard to the naval an
chorage off Tompklnsville, S. L The
damage wrougbt was considerably
greater than waa at first supposed.
and it la believed fully 80 days will be
required to put the vessel in condition
to go to sea, even if she ia not vitally
hurt.
' The authorities are making an effort
to break up witohoraft in Alaska. It
ia practiced among the Indians, who
are very superstitious. New from
Alaska says: Charles Watson, John
McCubin and John Halpin lost their
lives by the premature explosion of a
blast. They wore working on the
grade of the White Pass & Yukon rail
road, between camps 9 and 10. They
were charging a hole when the explo
sion occurred. Their bodies weie hor
ribly mangled.
A big gale in San Francisco harbor
caused much damage to shipping.
The pottery trust has completed it
organization under the law of New
Jersey; capital, (20,000,000.
Steamer Iioumunia has sailed from
Savannah lor Havana with the first
regiment, North Carolina, to help gar
rison the turbulent city.
The Paris court of cassation has
granted a stay of proceedings in the
Picquart trial, and thereby invoked the
fury of the anti-Dreyfus pros.
A mining suit involving property
valued at (3,000,000 has been entered
In the courts of California by a Mon
tana ayndioate against prominent Cali
fornia capitalists.
In a recent publio address in Wash
i n,....,f n rinntann said that the
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only good volunteer among the United
States troops during me laie war wero
the Hough liidora.
It is now understood that Major-Gen-eral
James F. Wade, president of the
United Statea eradiation committee,
will be appointed by President MoKin
ley military governor of western Cuba.
Tl.rt iinrnrvill milt t of Nebraska has
decided that tha bondsmen of ex-State
Treasurer Baitloy will have to inane
good that offloial'a hoitages and steal
ings from the state, amounting In all
to about (700.000.
D. H. Howard, a New Mexico cattle
dealer, with two detoctives, ia on the
trail of Gilett, the Kansas plunger, on
whom Howard is (40,000 short. How
ard will ask the governor of Kansas to
issue requisition paper for his extradi
tion to New Mexico.
The British Columbia mllla are again
...ii., Inmhnr orduia from Cape
Town, South Africa, alter a period ol
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two years, during wiilcn titue or no
lumber was shipped to that district.
Two vessels are at present under way
to Victoria to receive cargoes for Africa.
Sam Smith, tralnrobber, haa been
sentenced to be hanged at Eldorado,
Kan., for the murder of oitlaen Bel
ford, who waB one of a posse that resist
ed Smith and hi partner. Tom Wind.
Wind pleadod guiKy to aeoond-dogree
murder and waa sentenoed to 90 years.
The Spanish government ha Issued
the following semi-official note relating
to the president' reforenoe to the loss
of the Maine in his message to con-
aress. "Spain nas neen iroaiou u7 ...
conqueror witn uneiaiiiinou u.UD..j
is resigned to her fate; but she can not
tolerate Presidont McKinley' accusa
tion, for she is oonsoious of her com
plete Innooenoe."
Senator Hale, of Maine, chairman of
the naval affair committee, has Intro
,innH a hill to revive the giadea of ad-
I ...1 ..tft.a.lmlral of the DBVy.
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The United States government will
build a railroad and a wharf in Cuba
t once h wnar w . -..
,ted hi. oorla, and the railroad will exiena
I from that point to the military camp
. , at Kegla. seven miles away. This rail
,0,1t " road wll be the first to be built in
Ived in Aihr than English u-
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. vy u un tali-' v w v
j pices, baoked by English money.
IL0IL0 IS ASSAULTED
Insurgents Stormed City the
Night of December I.
CAPTURED ALL BUT OHE TRENCH
Aaaordlnc to a Rpanlih Report, Thar
W ara Finally RapuUcd With
Graat Lois.
Manila, Deo. 13. According to re
liable advices reoeived from Iloilo,
capital of the island of Panay, In the
Visayaa group, the insurgents attacked
Iloilo the night of December 1 and cap
tured all the Spanish trenches, except
one. They then notified General Iiioa
to remove the women and ohildreu,
and threatened to renew the attack on
the following night.
When these advices left Iloilo, Gen
eral Iiioa was expecting reinforcement
and field guns, and the plan wa for
the Spanish gunboats- to shell, if the
insurgenta effected an entranoe. The
foreign residents were greatly alarmed,
and all merchantmen have been ordered
outside the harbor.
Meanwhile the Spanish authorities
have been advised that the Tulisanos
troops are looting, in disobedience of
orders, and cannot be restrained.
On the other hand, the Spanish trans
port Isla de Luzon report that the in
surgents around Iloilo were repulsed
with great slaughter December 8, while
attempting to atoim the last entrenoh
nient. According to this story, 600
Insurgenta were killed or wounded by
the machine guns.
nautili at Manila.
Washington, Deo. 18. Major-Gen-eral
Otis, commanding at Manila, haa
made the following report of death in
bis command:
"December 8 Fred J. Norton, pri
vato, comany F. Second Oregon, dysen
tery; Frank M. Hibba, piivate, com
pany A, Second Oregon, dysentery, heat t
failure.
"December 9 Harry G. Hibbards,
porporal, company K, Second Oregon,
typhoid fever."
FILES HER PROTEST.
Spain AocepU tha Conaaqneneas 111
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Madrid, Dec. 18. The government
entirely approves the memorandum of
protest against the action of the United
Statea commissioners, filed by Benor
Montero Bios, at Pari.
The memorandum protests against
the refusal ol the American to surren
der the securities deposited in the treas
uries of Cuba arfd Porto Bico by private
Spaniards, remarking that "never has
a civilized nation committed such an
act of violence."
Secondly, it protesla against the ulti
matum demanding the Philippines.
Thirdly, it protests against the posi
tion in which those Spaniards are
placed who desire to remain in Cuba.
Fourthly, it proteeta against the ref
erence to the destruction of the Maine
in President McKinley's message to
congress. On this point the memoran
dum says:
"Spain has proposed arbitration, but
the United Statea haa refused to give
her the right which is granted to a
criminal; namely, the right of defend
ing herself. The Spanish commission
ers leave the care of fixing the responsi
bility for the explosion to tiie entire
world, which will Bay whether those
are reaponaible who desire the truth, or
those refusing to seek it."
The newspaper generally express re
lief at the signing of the treaty. The
independent organs, most of the provin
cial papers and the Carliet and repub
lican Journals attack both political par
ties, conservative and liberal, reproa th
ing them equally with having brought
the country to the present pass.
El Imparcial alone publishes the
contents of the treaty, which produces
a leas unfavorable impression than had
been expected, owing to the commercial
and other concessions to Spain.
El Liberal says: "The Paris negotia
tions offer a far eadder spectacle than
the ships whioh are bringing back our
repatriated soldiers, deplorable aa the
condition of the latter is."
Several niemberBof the United Statea
commission were inolined at first to
publish the text of the treaty, but Sen
ator Frye made a strong plea yesterday
for the observance of courtesy toward
the United Statea senate, and his ar
lament prevailed.
Further details, however, have been
learned as to the wording of the treaty,
whioh provides that Cuba 1b to be re- transport passed down the river. Aa
linquished and that Porto Kico and the the tugboat cut loose, the airen taken
Philippines are to be ceded. The from the Spanish cruiser Almirante
Americans are to pay for the repatria- Oquendo after the battle of Santiago,
tion of the Spanish tioopa from all the uid now on the tug Cambiia, soreeched
colonies. The Spaniards are to return the Panama a parting salute. General
all prisoners held by them. They ara Lee wju remain outside of Havana un
to retain possession of all military til January 1, When he will enter the
stores and munitions of war in the oity. The Panama will land at Marl
Philippines, and of soon ships as have arm, Where General Lee will eatablish
not been captured. The commercial hia headquarters on the camp site seloct-
treaties between the two nations, which
tne war rupiumu, ia v .v...-.nw
the convenionoe of the two nation.
Arrowsmith. 111.. Dec. 10. The
private bank of Taylor & MoClure was
last night entered by robbers, who ee
tured $4,000 worth of negotiable paper
and esoapeih '
Newport News, Deo. 18 Henry Re
fit, nrivate. company I. Fiist Ken
, I . v.- mt.anorl I
tucky regiment, was killed, and Henry
C. Brebm, private, company B, same
regiment, was aeiiously wounded last
oight by a sentinel who was stationed
at the gangplank of the transport Ber
lin, which brought the regiment from
Porto Rico. The men started to leavs
the transport, but did not have a pass.
They ignored the injnnction of the sen
try to atop, and when they attempted
o paaa him, he struok each of them
over the bead with hia bayonet.
DEATH OF GARCIA.
fba Cuban Patriot a Vlntlra
of tha
Korthara Cllmata.
Washington, Dec. 18. General Cal
Ixto Garcia, the distinguished Cuban
warrior and leader, and the head of the
commission eleoted by the Cuban as
sembly to visit this country, died her
this morning, shortly after 10 o'clock,
at the Hotel Raleigh, where the com
mission has its headquarters.
The sudden change from the warm
jlimate of Cuba, with the hardship
lie had there endmed, to thft wintry
weather of New York and Washington,
I responsible for the pneumonia
which resulted in hi demise. He con
tracted a alight cold iu New York,
which did not assume an alarming
stage until early the part of lBSt week.
Lust Tuesday night, General Garcia,
in company with the other members of
the commission, attended a dinner
given in his honor by General Miles,
and it was a result of the exposure that
cnlminated In his death.
During the 13 hour or more preced
ing dissolution, General Garcia waa
unconscious most of the time. At in
tervals he recognized one or more of
tiiose about him. In his dying mo
ments, aa all through his busy and ao
tivo life, bis thoughts were for his be
loved country and ita people, and,
among his last words, were irrational
mutterings, in which he gave orders to
his son. who la on bis staff, for the bat
tle which he supposed waa to occur to
morrow, and in which he understood
there were only 400 Spaniards to com
bat. Just before he died he embraced
his son.
Bev. Father Magee, of St. Patrick'
church, was called in during the day,
and was with General Garcia until the
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Catholic church. Other members of
the commission and Mr. Bubena, their
counsel in this country, were also in
the bed-chamber when the end came.
The remain were immediately pre
pared for burial, and were placed on a
bier in the room in which he died. A
large Cuban Sag served aa a covering,
, and the head rested on one of smaller
dimensions. The face and bust were
left exposed to public view. The fea
tures had a remarkable lifelike appear
ance, and gave no indication of the
suffering whioh the deceased bad
borne. Just above the head rested a
magnificent floral piece of red and
white ribbon. By direotion of Major-
General Miles a detachment of soldiera
from battery E. Sixth artillery, nnder
command of Lieutenant Cox, was de
tailed aa a body guard for the remains.
General Garcia, whose name will
ever be linked with those of other pa
triots who have fought against unequal
odds for the freedom ol his country,
haa had a most active and varied life,
most of whioh has been spent In fight
ing for the cause of Cuban liberty,
which he had the satisfaction of seeing
accomplished so abort a time before his
death. He was a man of cultuieand
refinement, of splendid education, and
oame from a distinguished family of
Jaiquani.of Santiago de Cuba province.
He waa born in Cogqnin, October 14,
1839, and was therefore in hia 60th
year. 1 - '
BRYAN'S RESIGNATION.
Chlnaae Dacoratloa. for I.autanant
Colonel Vlfqualn.
Savnnnah, Ga., Deo. , 18. General
Keifer, who Is in command of the re
maining troops of the Seventh army
corps ainoe General Lee'a departure for
Cnba tonight, confirms the rumor of
Colonel W. J. " Bryan' 'resignation of
hia command. Both General Lee and
General Kiefer endeavore.l to induce
Colonel Bryan to go to Cuba, but were
unsuccessful.
Lieutenant-Colonel Vifquain, of the
Third Nebraska regiment, who will
succeed Colonel Bryan upon the lat
ter's resignation, received notice today
from the Chinese legation at Washing
ton that the emperor of China had con
ferred upon bim tiie decoration of the
Order of the Double Dragon in recog
nition of his services to the Chinese
residents of the republic of Colombia,
when he was United Statea consul at
Panama. Lieutenant-Colonel Vitquain
is a graduate of the rojal military
academy of Brussels, and aerved in the
service of the present king of Belgium.
He aerved throughout the civil war in
the Union army, and waa breveted
brigadier-general by Abraham Lincoln.
RETURNS TO HAVANA.
Major-Oaneral !- Started I.aat Night
With Bit Staff.
Savannah, Ga., Deo. 13. General
Lee and staff sailed for Cuba thia after
noon on the transport Panama. Crowds
of people lined the wharves as the
ej by Colonel Hecker for the Seventh
ain there until he
corps, and will
entera Havana.
Iglealaa' Brotb.er-ln-I.an Arreated.
Ku VnrV- nan 13 Wm. P. T.vnn.
brother-in-law of Iglesias, president of
Costa Kioa, who came to thia country
with the latter, is nnder arrest here,
He is charged by F. S. husk, ol ImsS,
Wyo., with failing to aocount to him
for profits on a Costa Rican railroad
tcheme, Involving about tl 00,000.
Carl Deoker Sentenced.
San Franoisco, Doo. 18. Carl Deok
er, known to the police alt over the
country as the prince of forgers, waa
sentenced to serve seven years in San
Quentin today, for defrauding the Ne
vada bank of thia oity out of over 130,
000 by means of a raised check, which
be and three others presented to the
tank for payment.
THE! ARE NOT HOSTILE
Filipinos Accept the New Or
der of Things.
WOED FROM DEWEY A5D OUS
Anthorltlaa Look for Na Dlfflonlty
In
Ssonrlna tha Balaaaa af Span
lab rrlaonan.
Washington. Deo. 12. The navy de
partment has received a cablegram from
Admiral Dewey, summarizing the ex
isting conditions at Manila, and each
points in the Philippines aa have been
viaitod by his officers. Advice also
have been reoeived from General Otis,
the commandant of the United State
military fences in the islands, and they
both go to show a notable improvement
in conditions and the growth of a bet
ter spirit among those faotions of the
nativea which promiaed to give trouble.
This fact ia particularly gratifying,
as the United Statea government is al
ready giving considerable attention to j way for the control of the canal by this
the best means at hand to redeem the j government.
pledge it was placed under by th treaty So satisfied are the official on this
of Paris to secure the release of the point that negotiationa will soon be un
Spanish prisoner held by the Philip- der way which it ia hoped will cul
pine natives. There are about 600 minate in an agreement especially in
clerical prisoners, and the government tended lo give this government the
is confident that their captora will de- fight to construct and control the pro-
liver them upon proper representations 1
from General Otis and Admiral uewey,
made possible through Consul Wild
man. It may be necessary to call the
navy into service in this matter, ior
the reason that some of the prisoner
are held in captivity on other islands
than Luzon, which can be reaohed beat
and most effective by Admiral Dewey
ships.
Besides these clerical prisoner, the
Americans themselves hold nearly 18,
000 Spanish soldiera as pi isoners, men
captured at the fall of Manila. These
are actually on parole about the city,
and- the question ia how are they to be
returned to Spain. Tbie must be Bat
tled by the peace commissioners at
Paris.
TROOPS FOR MANILA.
Next Expedition Will Croaa tha Atlan
tic Ooxan Inatrad or Paelfla.
' New York, Deo. 13. A dispatch to
Hie Tribune from Washington saya:
The next regiments to start for Manila
will embark at New York about the
end of this month and will go through
the Suez canal. Tha expedition will
consist of three regiments of regular in
fantry, distributed between two of the
largest converted transports owned by
the government, with perhaps a oonvoy
of two warships. Arrangements are
now being made for this expedition by
Adjutant-General Corbin as rapidly as
possible, in view of its great import
ance, and especially as it involves oo
oneralinn bv the state and navy de
partment authorities, a well as tnoBe
of the war department. 1 -
The decision to nse New Yori aa tne
point of embarkation instead of San
Francisco, whence all the earlier forces
started for the Philippines.waa reached
by General Corbin after a careful re
viow of a number of considerations,
chief among which was the urgenoy
for haste. The early completion of the
treaty of peace with Spain renders in
dispensable a prompt increase of the
American foroes, hot only at Manila,
but to provide additional garrisona for
Important centera in the archipelago,
which will immediately fall nnder
American domination with its accom
panying reaponaibility for the security
of life and property.
At the present time the government
is wholly without available transports
in the Pacific ooean to meet tne emer
irencv. The dispatch of two vessels
from the Atlantic, it is believed, will
therefore be particularly advantageoue
for the double purpose of bringing
homo from Manila such volunteers as
can soon be spared, and increasing the
transoort fleet in the Pacific. The
three regiments of regulars have not
been selected, but as none but those
now in New York atataand other At
lantic garrisons oan be spared, the con
clusion waa forced upon the authorities
that economy aa well as rapidity of
action required them to be Bent by way
of the Mediterranean instead of Jour
neying across the continent and then
undertaking the trying and monotonous
voyage on the Pacific with no haven of
rest after leaving Hawaii.
Actual steaming distance for full
powered vessels from New York to
Manila, via SueB, is given by naval
hydrographers as 11,605 knots, while
that from San Franoisoo to Manila, via
Honolulu, is given as 7,050 knots. To
Manila from New York by way of the
Cape of Good Hope ia 13,585 miles, and
by way of the Straits of Magellan and
Samoa it is 16,900 miles.
Found In the Baldwin Bnlna.
San Francisco, Deo. 18 Another
body waa taken from the ruin of the
Baldwin hotel late last night. Wreck
era delving in the debria on the Hat-
frat.atrnnt aula tnrnna nrjacnarreu luasa .
of flesh, which at the morgue wae pro-
nounced to be the remains oi a numan
being. There was absolutely nothing
to indicate the identity of the corpse,
which is believed to be that of a woman
' Several letters were discovered near the
body, but they are not supposed to
throw any light on the mystery, aa they
' are directed to Mra. Benjamin vvetner-
bv. who. with her husband, escaped
from the building unharmed. The
Wetherby, are now on the r way to
Portland, Or.
man for a Massachusetts shoe house.
Spaniards From Manila.
"Barcelona, Deo. 18. Tha Spanish
steamer Buenos Avres. from Manila
i VnvumKa, o arrivp.l trtrlav with re-
patriated Spanish troops. There were room overturned, the wheels of the cat
60 deaths on the steamer during the , running on the i tracks by friction aet
T0,gge ltlna tb 8OW(3b 8tV
ENGLAND WILL CONSENT.
to tha Modification at tha Clayton
Bulwar Traatj.
New York, Dee. 12. A diapatch to
the Herald from Washington saya:
President McKinley is in favor of open
ing negotiations with Great Britain for
the puprose of modifying the Clayton
Bulwer treaty so as to permit the con
struction and control of the Nicaragua
canal by the United States.
Should congress during the present
session fail to enact the pending Morgan
bill the president also favors entering
into negotiations with Nicaragua and
Cosla Kioa looking to the construction
of the canal under the auspices and con
trol of the United States.
,, On the authority of a high official of
the administration it ia stated that there
ia absolutely no foundation for the re
port that Great Britain, through Sir
Julian Paunoefote, baa protested to the
state department against that feature
ol the president's message dealing with
the canal question. On the contrary,
the authorities have every reason to be
lieve that the British government will
Consent to any reasonable modification
of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty that the
president may desire, so as to remove
the obstacles which it places in the
posed waterway,
STILL REACHING OUT.
Barala, Germany and France
la tha
Partitioning of China.
: Shanghai, Deo. 13. John "Barrett,
formerly United States mmiBter to
Siam, has returned here after visiting
Peking and the principal cities and
porta. He says the situation in (Jbina
is one of a most critical nature, and
Manohuria ia no longer Chinese, but
Russian territory. He asserts that
New Chwang, the chief northern port
for the movement of American produots,
ia also piaotioally Busaian, and ia liable
to be closed any day.
The only permanent safeguard to par
amount American and British interests.
Barrett says, ia immediate and united
action by the interested government to
defend their territory in the Chinese
empire, to force reforms in the govern
ment, to prevent further cessiona of
ports and provinces, and to insist npon
an "open-door" policy in all the ports
of China, including thespheieaof influ
ence of Russia, Germany and France.
Otherwise, Barrett contends, the im
pending partition of the Chinese empire
will seriously curtail the field of trade
by disastrously snooting American and
British influence in Asia.
WATTERSON FOR EXPANSION.
Whore Bngrlaad Has 8aeeeeded, Amer
ica May Experiment-
New York. Dec, 13. The Patria
Clnb held its fiiat meeting of the win
ter tonight, and entertained and listened
to Colonel Henry watterson, ol Xxmia
ville, the speaker of the evening.
Colonel Watterson spoke on "Our
Country; Its Dangera and Its Hopes,
Past, Present and to Come." He de
clared himself in favor of the policy ol
national expansion.
"I am not disposed," he Baid, . "to
agree with the optimistic young Amer
ican who believes that the United
States is bounded on the north on the
aurora borealis, on the south by the
equator, on the east by the rising sun,
and on the west by eternity, but still I
think somewhat that way.
"As for expansion, I think that what
England has done with safety, America
may attempt. If Dewey had only
sailed away but he did not, and where
be nailed the Stara and Stripes, there
they most stay. We must either go
forward or taokward, and we cannot go
backward without lose of eelf-respeot.
"The anti-expansionists ask how we
can take these new responsibilities
when our own government at home ia
' - .1 ...;..... I nn-.nr. fir, tha .triAv
band, we are a nation of producers hin
dered by overproduction. We must
have a greater market. Also, the Phil
ippine islands are not further from the
Golden Gate today than waa San Fran
cisco from Washington when California
was annexed. The centralized power
of modern civilization annihilated
apace and knits all together. All na
tional expansion for us is but America,
the' boy, grown to manhood and nat
urally reaohingoutj"
SEVERE WIND STORV
Oale Blew Klnety-SIx Miles an Uoor at
Polut Reyea.
Ban Francisco, Deo. 13. The storm
which raged all over the Pacific coast
last night and today was one of the
most severe ever recorded by the
weather bureau. It extended from the
northern border down to Texas and
from the Pacific as far east as Nebraska.
In thia city the wind attained a velocity
of 45 miles an hour, bnt at Point
Reyes, right in thcteeth of the gale,
the wind swept along at 96 miles an
hour. Considering the great velocity
Of the wind, the damage done to ship-
I nino waa aliobt. and tlO.OOO will nav
tor everything, including the cbargea
of towboat men for extrioating vessels
from dangerous positions.
A traveler oan
world in 60 days.
now go around the
Kxploaton at Powder Works.
Wilmington. Del., Deo. 13. Five
powder mills in the yard of the Dupont
, - - "1" ,
Wright and John Moore were killed.
Eight other men were seriously injured.
Michael MoCann, John Muthin and
Samuel Stewart are likely to die. The
explosion was dne tevthe fact that a car
jff powder being wheeled into the ptees-
THEIR W ORK IS DONE
Peace Commissioners Com
pleted the Treaty.
EMBODIES RESULT OF THE WAB
Spenlih Members Xxeee-llngly Bitter
Over the Onteome Would Not Bell
One of the Carolluee.
Paris, Dec. 10. The United States
and Spanish peaoe commissioners con
cluded their work today and finally
settled the terms of the treaty oT peaoe.
They will meet once more in formal
session, when tha Spanisli comroiimiori
eiB sorrowfully and the Americans!,
with feelings of relief, will wiite their
signatures npon the doournent which
embodies the result of the war and ths
preparation of which haa consumed 11
weeks, a longer time than the war
itself. In the meantime the treaty will
be engroseed nnder the supervision ol
Mr. Moore and Senor Ojeda, the secre
taries of the respective commission.' .
The Spaniards are exceedingly bittei
over the result, though observing tiie
forms of friendliness and courtesy to
the end. Senor Montero Rios, whose
strong and persistent struggle to save
for hia country every possible asset from
the wreck of her colonial empire, has
commanded the respect and admiration
ot his opponents, went from the council
chamber today to his bed in a state of
complete collapse, as a result of the
long strain and bis chagrin over the
small fruits of his efforts.
Senor Ojeda has been prostrated since
yesterday, and was unable to attend
the joint session today.
The Spaniards charge equal blame
npon the European powers and the
United States for their downfall. One
of the Spanish commissioners said:
"The European nations have made a
great mistake in deserting Spain and
leaving her to spoliation by the brute
force of a oonoiencetees giant. They
all know that in the Philippines Amer
ica has taken more than she can digest.
She will ultimately sell the islands to
England or Germany, and when the
transfer is attempted it will precipitate
general European strife.
"We have lefused to Bell any island
in the Carolines. We never thought of
considering an offer. Nor bave we con
sented to negotiate upon any questions
except those directly involved in the
protocol signed at Washington."
The Ameiicanco'mmiasioneraentered
the joint conference today in a nervon
frame of mind. Tbey evidently had
reasons to believe that the possibility
existed that even at this late hour there
might be a rupture. Thia feeling of
apprehension was based on the temper
the Spaniards have displayed lately.
Thia week the commissioners of Spain
have not concealed the fact that, hav
ing failed to gain all important points,
they were indifferent as to whether or
not the conference resulted in the set
tlement of peace by the signing ot the
treaty by which Spain loses all her col
onies. Miscarriage of the negotiationa
Would leave political prestige at home
no worse, if notin better condition
than if tbey signed the treaty.
The Americans were anxious not to
give the Spaniards any pretext to break
off the negotiations, or take offense, so
far aa the exercise of patience and
diplomacy could steer clear of protests.
Madrid papers are disposed to revive
the question of the Maine and to excite
publio opinion against the United
Statea on account of the reference mada
to this in President McKinley's mes
sage. They report that Kioa mane an
impassioned denunciation of McKinley
at the laat joint meeting of the commis
sions. Rioa did refer to the Maine,
but only in calmly woided sentences,
expressing regret that the president
had so spoken.
Diplomatic oirclea in Paris predict aa
one of the results of the treaty a diplo
matic contest between France and the
United States, which will make an im
portant chapter in history. The French
government ia reported to have resolved
to take up the case of the Frenoh hold
ers of Cuban bonda, and it is believed
France will declaie for repudiation of
the bonds as the result of tiie treaty
which the victoriouB nation imposed on
Spain. They argue that the treaty re
sponsibility has been shifted upon
America, and that therefore the French
government will endeavor to exact
some pledge for payment oi guarantee
of the bonda.
Members of the commission say tiie
treaty contains little outside of the
scope of the Washington protocol, and
matters directly based thereon, like
provisions for evaouation of ceded terri
tory, transfer of public property therein
and guarantees of safety of property
and rights of Spanish citizens remain
ing there. Details of the last class of
questions oovered by the atatement
whioh the Americans handed to Rios
at the last meeting were considered to
day, bnt all the commissioner refuse
to divulge the details of the conference.
Several points upon which they were
nnable to agree were left open lor
diplomatic negotiations. s
The Spaniards refused to admit that
they had failed to respect former trea
ties guaranteeing religious freedom in
the Caroline islands, or that there was
necessity for suoh guarantees.
Mnrder in a Chureh. .
Missouri City, Mo., Deo. 10. What
will undoubtedly prove to be a double
murder was oommitted tonight in a
country ohnrch, two milea out from
Missouri City. Miss Delia Clovenr
was shot down, mortally Wounded, a.. !
her escort to the n.eeting-hooa, Gooiyr
Allen, waa instantly killed. The mur
derer was Ernest Clevenger, cousin to
the young woman. Tha tragedy waa
due to young Clovengor's iusuue j.'3i
eusy of bia cousin.