The Oregon mist. (St. Helens, Columbia County, Or.) 188?-1913, December 23, 1898, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextVOL. ' XVI. ST. HELENS, , OIlE(JOK, , 1.1 DAY, , DECEJMJEU 23, . 181)3 NO. ' 1. EVENTS OF THE DAY ' r :v;uo c.f th ? Telegraphic News of tho World. , i. ;:'!':. ':v , iii.r.i tub wir.rj H 1 Hitti--m ief 'N.l I r n of Itara Proa IUa Tim JUugttlMg, litters l'roanntad In a Comlmal Form,. (V.onol William J. Mr y in has da ', us'.l himself as opposed to expansion, Spaniards opened fire on a Cuban f own! procession In Havana, and wounded several. Op will probably Bv tlia explosion of a shell at Fort Cirnst- 'n, at CronstaJt, Kussia, Din sold it .Aere killed and three ofllcers ami t .en soldiers wounded. By an explosion In tlia grist mill at !' I'ysvillo, Nate Thomas and Clarence S'lmnons were killod outright and Will Murfcley was fatally injured. Chicago packers will upend a large mi n.unt of money in erecting Immense t- ; t-Htoniga plants in Santiago and Ha- vuiij for the reception and storing of Irutdi meat. Simon, the new senator from Ore gon, has been placed upon tlia follow ing committees: Mines andi, mining. irrigation, revolutionary claims, Foto- mao river front 'and tiespasecs upon Indian lands. . Five deaths' occurred . In Butte,, Went., which are claimed to liave been caused by the dreadfnt sulphur and arsenic fumes front tlxi smelters. Many people who can do so ara leaving the city to get out of tne smoke. It le probable that Secretary Bliss aill, -within a short time, tender bis icsignntkm. to the president. Ho has bad (he step undur consideration for some time, deeming it necessary that be should be free to devote mora tiu to uis large biMlness interests. - The Brooklyn, Texas, Castln and Resolute have been ordered to Havana. While there ia not the faintest desire to convey a threat In the dispatch of these warships to Havana, it may he tinted that when they lie within the bar Lor they will bold the town in per fect subjection. ' Tba Clear-water Short Line Railway Company, which is the official title of the branch ; Northern Pacific cut-off, bus filed certificates in the office of th secretary of state at Olyinpla, designat ing Thomas Cooper as its agent In Washington, and showing, th route of the proposed, road, now under construc tion. Word has been received from United States Consul Allen that John C. Flan agan, the confidential clerk of George W. Lake, a rich merchant of Chemul po, who was murdered August 29. has been sentenced by a consular comt to imprisonment for life. Flanagan bad been robbing bis employer systematic ally and committed the oriuie to cover op bis misdeeds. Two men were killod by the explo sion of natural gas at Cannonsvillo, lud. Henry J. NeHigan, cook, George W. Beverly, both of company O, First Florida, stationed at lluntsville, Ala., were killed in a Camp quarrel. Senator Pttvin, ot the Paris peao commission, i'jn an interview with a London Daily-. Mail correspondent, de clared in favor of a triple alliance be tween the United states, England and Japan, for tba protection of all their interests north of the equator, Charles - Tracy, aged 10, shot and Instantly killed Tim Connors, custodian of Greenlawn. cemetery, Indianapolis, Ind. ..Tracy with a nninber of other boys was near the cemetery throwing snowballs at pedestrians. Refutdng to desist be was killed by Connors. Tbe thirteenth annual convention of the American Federation of Labor met at Kansas City, Mo. About 150 dele gates from all parts of the country were present; also William Tborne and Wil liam Jnskip, of London, representing the British tiadet-union congress. The'British Columbian government lias made a crown receive of all town si ten and laud outside of the mining fluids in the Lake Atliu district. This was recently announced privately by Mr. C. tSettlin, premier of British Co lumbia, U) Gold Commissioner W. 3. Pant, who bus just arrived in Seattle from Ail in. '. ; ." : .' ' : ' ' KoHnlund's famous Le lloi mine Is at lact before London investors. Th Lomloti Globe Corporation and th British America Corporation have in Vit'id subscriptions to 200,000 share f 5 each in tiie LeUoi Company, ltd. The purchase prioo is 060,000. paya ble in cafh in fully paid shares, leaving 50,000 for the working capital. , 1 l . 1 ' ,. 1 . i 1 TT.jii,t Rt'otna nrvnmBnH tit aware that any asrangoiuent has been ' uM th appearance of tho great made for tha transfer of tho title of the "'I vigorous American nation" -among fiamoan islands to Germany, and being . oolonlzing powers. Bo said he one of the parties to tba tripartite hoPei1 "'at. in accordance with Dis agreement under which Samoa is now ,'mrel Principle, commoroiat (jtios governed, it is not conceivable that , wou!d kPt ttom iw.y change in the status ot the island '.political relations, for, if thi were ran be made without the knowledge of this government ,k i Miner Hum ttoim. ' - Tbe will of the lute Edward Austin, c.f Biiwtoii, -'-bequeaths (SI, 100,000 to' puljio ll .:. J The czar lias recently Issned an edict ordering a trial by jury in Silierl ' .' t Januaiy 1, i T!i B-ititi gwomment lias dectdw! ! to make a irmons grant for tho ilil c.f th) !'iU-":-fl and (hii;'.-:) emiwd by the r.-t liMriitKine i:i ti Weat la . LATER NEWS. At a mooting of the various religions denominations hold in London, tlia crar'a !ii,-.u inauiniit proposal Was ln dorsed. Four peison wore killed and other seriously injured in Far la bv tho col. lapse ot a house in course of construe, tion.. It is (pared tiiat five bodies still remain burled in the debris. Mrs. Maty Tntt Throckmorton, who in her early lilo was a loader In Wash Ing ton society, is dead from the effects of Inhaling illuminating gas which es caped by nouldent In her toom. She was 88 years of age. - . y , The British steamer Pawnee has ar rived in New York from Mediterran ean ports, and brought 10 ship-wrecked people, eight men and two women, who were taken from tho disabled schooner Deer Hill, of St. John's,. N. ii., in midocean. "-..': , The navy department baa made pub lie a report from Admiral Bohley cov ering that part of the operation and movements of th flying squadron from Ha (ailing from Key West for Cionfiiogo np to, bat not Including the Hrst bombardment. As a result of a coasting accident at Tin tie reek, eight mile from Pitts burg, Joseph West, aged 80 years, is dead and eleven others ara Injured, two seriously. The sled collapsed at the bottom ofastoep bill and hurled the patty with great force in every direc tion. - - . Thomas Jones, living near Greer, W. Va., attempted to light fir with crude oil. An explosion occurred, wrecking the room, and tbe, dresses of bis twin daughters', aged A years, 4g nited. Ho was too badly buruod to aaalt them, and they were so badly burned that both of them died shortly afteiwcrda. . ; , ' ! Export to Cuba are already begin-: ning to show the ciTeot of returning ; peace and the reopening of onr ports to commerce. The October figures of the 1 rr UP'"" " ' . Z . ... , Li . . . furu ui me unima Dimes K ouua 'I I.. .11 . ! 188, witb, October, 187 Tbe international a'ntl-anarohistio eonforenoa which ha been in session her for several weeks, has proved a success. Great secrecy it maintained regarding the proceeding and conclu sions, but the delegates seem satisfied that they have laid a splendid founda tion lor a uniform system of dealings ith anarchists. The conference de clined to recognize anarchist outrage as political crimes. ' Tlia drought In California ha ended and rainfall is reported from' nearly every section of tbe state. Pnget sound oystermen have formed an association, and will make an effort to secure needed legislation. Th war department has decided to have the remains of all sohliois who died in Manila returned to this country. Captain Knoott, custodian of the relics in the famous Luetgnrt case, i a victim of blood poisoning and may not recover. - Clyde Bennington, aged S3, has been sentenced to life imprisonment ia Ban r .: u:. .....t i iy n...i. ' v,.?.,wu .... VB,. . . emu ivuuoiw i The death sentenca of Private Lind- say, Tenth cavalry, baa been commuted bv the bresidnut to life imprisonment. ' on recommendation of General Wheeler. ! Since tha oeuiatlnn nf WiiHtlas this ' on.n1n..iit irxuit h,it tt onft (tun in f..nl no tha atarv nu Ciihana. ami t ha nrW ta mill iro!nnn urith nntirlim '. vigor. Tbe United States troops in Cuba and Porto Itieo have not beat forgotten. They will be sent for Christmas 10,000 ponuds of prima turkey and 8.0Q0 pounds ot cranberries. Tho body of an unknown man was found on one of tha bar of th Willam ette, three miles east of Monroe. Tba lead and feet were missing. There was no means of identification. ' v A dispatch from London say it 1 understood that th Prince of Wales has spoken approvingly of the proposed monument to George Washington to b placed In. Westminstoi Abbey. . The halibut schooner Two Brothers. ' plying in Alaska waters, bas been miss- ' inir nearly six woeks. and it is feared that she lias been lost with all on board. ' One of her boats was recently found In badly battered condition, Eight add itional survi vois of the orcw of the Sot sbipLondonian were brought into Baltimore by tho North German Lloyd steamship Maria Kick mors. They are: Captain F. B. Lee, Third Officer Joseph Cottier, Boatswain T. Behem, Quartermaster F. Carleen, Able Sea men J. Webb and W. Cadness, Becond Steward D. Darnell and Second Cook W. Martin, v. ' . ' In the German roichstag, Count von Kardorff, loader of the free conserva tives, condemned the sentimental Gcr Jan sympathy with Spain, and wol- O08 uerraany eoi taion very goou : terms wnu me wnneu rsiaies. , , ... i Leon Favier, who fought under the great Napoleon, has Just celebrated hi 80th birthday at Pljilndolphia. The president of the municipal coun cil of Paris has informed Slaio. Gars Bernhardt that the council has accept ed bor recent offer to take a lease of the Thoater dea Nacions. Preparations ate on foot In Honolulu to tent the applicability of the TJnKmi States immigration hi- to tho Hawa iian IhlamJs by the importation to the Cane Holds of 1 ,000 Corcan lobofe?.j. THE WORLD AT PEACE William T. Stead Writes of the Czar's Proposal. ' oiToirn NiiY foe -'amrkicans IuTincnt In Knjlun.t 111 Favor of an Jnlot'tmltoiiHl l!mtB utratlou . London, Duo. SO. William T. Stead, tvritinii to the Associated PrHS, says: "I have, seen the cznt. I have heard from his own lips tha earnest dunirn of hi heart that eoiitothinu praotical should be done, and that quickly, to divert to tho seivica of humanity soma of the many millions now devoted to preparations for war. - He has taken the Initiative in summoning tho confer ence. He is prepared to give an earn, est ot bis sincerity by arreatiug the future Increase of Kutsian armament. But unless ha is supported hy tha peo ples who detest militarism as well as by those who groan under its burdens, his weil-iueant, odavof will full.i "The American people can, if they will, prevent so fatal a catastrophe, As the greatost and lateat born ol the world's powers, they can,' If they choose, save this supremo opportunity of the century from teing sacrificed hy the skeptical apathy of the govern monts. But to do this, It will be nee easary to ant, end to act at once, VVha ia hoped of those friutida of peace an enemies of militarism who tnrn tliei eager eyes to tha great republic of the New World, Is that between now am! the end of January, the citizens of tli United Status will, by pubtio demon stratlons, formal resolutions and by Other method by which a democratic people gives expression to its convie. tion and it aspiiations, have manifest' ed to th wo! Id their determination to help ,he rut to pnt this thing through England, whera tha difllcnlties t - , u ,,.,. ,,.,,. v.,,,ft w muni tioon tha baleful legacy of the Crimean war, such a national emmnittoe Is al reaily in course of formation. By the etnl of next month, it Is expected there will not ba any considerable center of I population wbicli wilt not have ha . it pablia meeting demanding that en ergetlo support should bo given to tha Russian proposals. "What tba friends of peace in Eng land confidently calculate upon is that tha appeal in- tha caue of humanity will find tha American people ready aud able to respond. If so, the great est demonstration ever mada of the ' peace-loving passion of th English' , speaking race will ba within our reach. A joint Angto-Amorioan reprantitlon of, say, IS men and 6 women, chosen from tha foremost of our race, charged with tha mandate to proceed through Europe on a pilgrimage of peace to pre sent an address ot thank to th caar won Id rotma th continent, "Bound the Anglo-American doputa tion wouid group themselves, in the first place, the representatives of tha seven small state Sweden, Korwnv, ; nanm., P..l.l.1n, tLtltun-l Uu,(lJ,. v.B...., ............ .,r.,.T,.- jwnd ani1 Portugal, with an aggregate ,. ... n. ..n nnrt mm ri . ........... . w - 'J U-I--.....-U, " with these reinforoomcnt tha areat in ternational delegation would begin it crusade throoali Eurnne. In four weeks, it would have shaken tbe conti nent from Center tQ Crc1tnf(JIencfl.' J-M movement in tavor 01 an inter- national ernuuiraiion in sniiport ui tba cxar' peace conference is taking practical snapo in ureat urttain, aniiit ; attracting mncli sympathy from the ( queen and other members of tha royal ( family, who ar Said to be awar of the entire slnoerlty 01 tne czar. .MORE HOBSON KISSING. Tba Menrlmao Her In She. Haads of .. Clilaago Itlrla. Chicago, Dee. SO. .Lieutenant Rich srd Pearson Hobson was heavily beta barded by a larga field of kissing gifls at tba Auditorium tonight, but a no ilialresa sluniti wara.hu ate,l after tha nua(iint. it is not believed that he wal seriously injured. Lieutenant Hobson lectured on "Th Sinking ot tho Morrlinuc," under the auspices of the Chicago Press Club, and after tha lecture, the member of the audience prssed forward for an impromptu ia- oeption. There wa much handshaking and applause, but mora interesting than either were 108 kisses given tha . Merrlmao's hero by as many girls. The lieutenant met the attack bravtly and even seemed to encourage It. ( " During bis brief stay in Chicago, , Lieutenant Holison was the guest of , General John AIoNulta, at tha Union I League Club. After tha lentnie ba I left for Kansas City, where be will I speak tomorrow ' evening. Tuesday evening the distinguished naval offi cer will face an audience in Denver, I whence be will proceed to San Fran cisco and sail for Manila December 24, on the City of Peking. Savannah, Ga., Dec SO. Nearly the whole of the business part of . the town of Tifton, in the center of tha peach belt,- was bnrned last night. 1 An oil lamp In a boarding house exploded, She Manonio batl and 10 stores wore . , . " '' " " """ii"1' ; liidlan 1(111 i'naamt Washington, Doo. 20. The house today gave its attention to th Indian appropriation bill, passing it BiiwW.im tinlly ao i e pur led. This is the third of tiie appropriation bills to pasfl, and it clears tiin calendar of the big snrply blShi, although another, tlia agrienl tnral, will ba ready mid kmnVing for attention by - Monday, Xiie jiouse pi.Ki'il the bill gtnntiiig a iljtbt of way thruuli tlio' hn iratioifco fornat re icrve to Iho f-lttglnaw bouthern railway Of Aiissotift, .L tli-AWMl of Authuriijr Havana, Deo. 30, -The ' fipjuiiuh (intonation ooniiiiissUiiinra Informed the American conimlesiotiefs tlila cvouing that the Havana subuibs of Curro ami Jeans del Monta had boon evacuutud. T!i tipimirh ttoops nvaeuuted Jetius del Monte at 6 o'clock this evfltilritf, imme diately afier which American and Cu ban HiiKH weie raiticd, crackers weie Hi oil, . and the usual demonstrations tnailo hy tha larga oiowd in honor of the event. At the hour of filing this dispatch, 8 P. M., It Is reported that some of the troops of the Cuban oial Mario Meuocal are entering Juius del Mont a. I'rob.ibly the United HtnteS foiees will be sent tloue tomorrow. The suburb if Curro was evacuated yesterday. American and Cuban Hans were displayed (torn the houaeS on Cal sada dL Curro, and crowds rtmhed through the streets shouting "Viva Cuba lib.' . -" ' AlHint 6:80 last evening, k 'crowd o Cubans of the lower olnss paused a bar racks ot engineers ou the lnlanU avtt. nun, slioulitijr "Long live Cuba!" and "Death to fpaiu" and firing shots Into tha air In 'luhratiott of the avaotiation ot CVrro,' The engineers did not lire, but the guard was doubled. Tiie crowd then passed on from the Calaad del Monte to th Calaadu del n, The treasury Is empty, and th Curro, stopping the street-cars and com- ( only means of replenishing it is a sys pelling iiaBsengnrs to shout "Viva Cuba tern of taxation almost to the verge of lilire." Among the demonstrator were ! conflHoatiori. There are no custom a number ot butcher, who carried pis tols and knives. Jose Gancedo and bis cousin, Teoduhj Ilnertls, who were on tha cars, were wounded with knives. Oanccdo died today, and IluorUs will probably die. , Later tho erowd met some anglnrer at tiie Esquina da Tejua and fired upon them, seriously wounding one. The engineers returned tlia. Are, wounding a street car couductort a civilian, Isi- doro -Itazols, and John Leonard, ooi ored man. Th rioting continued, ninny shot being Hied in front of the Casa do Socoiro, where the wounded wore aid!ed. Spanish soldier were ordered to tbe scene, and arrived about 9 o'clock, While marching through Cerro, they wr flred upon by men concealed o bind pillar. One KpanUb piivate full, wounded, and tho battalion fired into the air to scare the rioters. On rosmn log their march, they were again fired upon, and another man was hit; The Spaniards then tired and dlpered the rioters. Among tho wounded was col ored woman, and It I also reported that there wore sevoral other. The rioting caused great alarm in Cerro and along tha Calaada del Monte, wheie all limines have kept closed door since hut night. STUCK FAST ON A REEF. Aeeldotti to tha Cralsar Clneluaatl SnnlUlii Harbor. In Santiago de Cuba, Deo. SO. While tbe United States cruiser Cincinnati was leaving port about sunset yester day, she ran full speed upon a rock clearly defined in the charts, but not buoyed. Last September, General Leonard Wood, considering that'th absence of a buoy there might luad to some accident, anchored a small one. the first ever placed there, but tbe Bessie, on entering the harbor one nluht. carried it away, and since then there lias been no buoy to murk the location of tbe rock. The Cincinnati probably I not seri ously damaged, at she is not making water. For the last 84 hours tha gov ernment collier Uotitbery and the May flower have been engaged in an effort to pull hoi off. Thu far they hare been unsuccessful, but it is hoped they will have better Itiulf tonight at high tide. The principal link now ia tearing a bole in the cruiser 'a bottom while she la pulling off. TROOPS . ON THE SCANDIA. Trnnanort. Bring tha Ramalalna Maw ' V Torkars From Honolulu. Ban Francisco, Dec. 20. --The United Slates transport steamer Bcandia baa arrived bere, 83 days from-Manila and eight days from Honolulu, She re mained several days at the latter port, and the now she bionght from the Philippines was forwarded by the steam er Alameda and Gaelic, which arrived during the past week., The Scandia brings the remaining companies ot the First New York volunteer 'regiment from Honolulu, All aie reported in good condition, five who were ill being now convalescent. Among her pnnaen pors from Manila are W. A, Walsh, of the Astor battery, and W. S. Colin, O. H. Herrman, W. H. Curran, of the Pennsylvania .volunteers, and several members of the First California regi ment. The Bcandia is in quarantine, and no mail or passengers will ba land ed tonight, neither will any one be per mitted to go on board. . Maritclnes for Troops 1b Cuba, gavannafa, Ga., Doe, SO. Major- General Brooke, who was appointed a military governor of Cube, arrived in the city this afternoon. Ho bad a con ference with the president and secre tary Alger this evening. After the confoionee Secretary Alger said General Brooke was tin his way to Havana prov ince, and had come to Bavannah upon telegraphic orders for a conference witb the president and tha secretary relative to affairs on the island. General Brooke Is suffering from a cold and lover. It was said Into to night that the fover was high, ami that probably he would not be able to leavo le city for a ween. New t!jfji'irnb Company. The Colfa Implement Company has bimn incorporated to deal in it i j r I - tilUira! i'liplcmetits at Colfax, Wash. he inoorporaloi and tnwinos are Aaron Kulin, J. W. Hereford nrid L. D. W'oodwortli. Tho capita! stock is f 100,000, divided 'into 100 share Kt Vi,Uw of H0:.) cub, A . 1MB PROVINCE , rinar del Rio Ravaged by Spanish Troops. HALF OF THE PEOPLE ARE DIJVP- (louvrnt lurli1 Itoiinrt on tit pl.triet lie Foiimt It t'ruelauiatlim to the t')le, Washington, Deo. 19. The terrible ttiilo of affairs exintlng in the western province of Cuba is shown in this report to the war department from General Davis: . "Pinar del IUo, Deo. 19.-Adjiitait-General, Washington: Arrived here hint night. Tho troops' a re comfortably encamped, and have all the required supplies'. We have been received with the gieiUeot eiithtiniiMin and rejoining. The civil governor left tha province when tiie Hpnnish troops retired. The alcalde called and tendered his services, A small Cuban foroe is in the town as police, and good order prevails every wheie, I shall ralwj the Csg touxirrow . in the prenenca ut the troops and oiti- jbousoaln this province. ... Th country Is one of great fertility and beauty, but has been ravaged almost to destruction. A Bill ni1U(i-u iy fvf'iKfttniMiu clleiB and foreigners that one-half the former popnlutlon bas been killed and starved to death. Colonel geyburn with battalions, is at Gimnajay tiered to occupy Muriel witb a detach' jmont. There is no sickness among tha troops. DAVIS." Swords Turnail to I'lotrtharos. ! Havana, Doo. 19. General Davis, tha American commander at Piuar del IUo, bas lesiied a proclamation saying that President MoKinley has directed him to assure the Inhabitants of secur ity of their live and property as long as they were orderly. General Davis further declares that lair taxes will be levied, and that no favoritism will ba shown. In conclusion, General Davi sayst - "Inhabitant ot Pinar del Eio I have com a a friend to help you in all which may contribute to the pros perity of this grcafftruntry, or Its gen eral welfare. There is very little I am obliged to do without your co-operation, bat witb your help I am sure of complete success. The trocbas and forts will be turned Into boirres, and the machetes will ba need for labor only. Your sacritims and hemic acts have been already rewarded. The past belong to the history ot tbe ocuturyi think of your future peace and prosper ity. This must bo your aspiration," The aaanlab Archive. Havana, Deo. 10. The -removal of the Spanish archives fioni Cuba to Spain lias been the subject of fieniient corresiondno between tbe American and Spanish military commissions. To day tho matter was satisfactorily ad justed. Colonel Clous, oil behalf of the American coiiiiuintiioners, had a long interview with General Jimine Castulhiuot, who had lists of the docu ment in each division of the various departments of the government All documents relating to tnunkipal and provincial affairs, as well as those necessary to administration, are not to be disturbed, but only such papers bora the governor -general's office and othof offices a exclusively relate to tha Bpan- lull government. For instance, paper regarding tha Cuban debt and the war expenses aie to ba sent to Madrld.whil on tho otber band the archive of th autpnnmist government are to remain practically intact. - Deeldad by m Saldlar's Tots. Topeka, Kan,, Deo, 19. The state canvassing board decided a tie between A. F. Scott, Republican, and L. M. Marks, Populist, candidate for , the legislature from Jefferson connty, by ordering the drawing of lots. Mr. Boott won, but did not demand bis certifi cate, going borne witb the expectation that it would be sent by mail, Before the ceitiflcate was sent, however, the' mid-Paoifla vote oast by ihp Twentieth Kansas, en route, tor Manila, was re ceived. Upon examination one vote was fonnd for Air. Marks. Accordingly the state canvassing board reversed it decision and issued a certificate to Mr. Marks. Transports From Havana, ' Savannah, Ga,, Deo. 19. The trans port Chester sailed today for Mariana, Cuba, carrying Brigadier-General Has- bronck, and the headquarters staff of the Second division of the Eleventh army corps and the Fourth Virginia regiment. The transport Minnewaska and Iloumanlan arrived from Havana today. Thov will take aboard the Forty-ninth Iowa and tbe Bixtb Mis souri regiments tomorrow and will probably sail the next day. Ootit liolt Ia I.rue. Spokane, Waah,, Deo. 19. There I great exoitement bore over repeated rich strikes in the Kepublio camp,- on the Colville reset vation. It ia now demonstrated that the gold bell Is at luast seven milos long aud three mile wide, and in that aieu rich cbutua are being discovered almost daily. Fatal Train Wrk In loritla, Jacksonville, Fla., Doo. 19. A rs- finger train on the Florida Central & Peflinsula 'railroad wan wrecked this afternoon near Madison, canavd by a, collison with oaf tie on the truck, hi person woie killed, as follows: E. H. Clmdlor, cngincar; . James Evans, cokued, fireman; John T. Rsllivan, of St, Augustine, Fla., attache to the army; Hov, S. II. Culoman, a colored preacher of Jacksonville;'' John A. Khoadea,, colored, Pensacola; Alfred Austin, colored, Cimirea, LOOKS BAD FOP! MKS. BOTKIN llamHu'liig v!ilst(m lttro1ucd at th Miinlfir Trial. Bun Fiamiisoo, Dco.'IU. The dufongo In the liotkin murdor trial today re ceived the wo.st set-back it has experi enced since the cum opened. Tha evi dence of two of the witnehses examined today was of such a convincing tmtura that the chagrin caused by its iiitrwluo tion was plainly written upon the faces of the aacimed woman anil hor counol. The evidence clearly showed that Mrs. Bolkin wiote the anonymous letter scut to Mrs. Dunning from tills city, apprising Mrs. Dunning of the ulifgmj mincimdiiot of her husband, and in foiuiiug hor that she bad grounds for coiiitnenciiia a suit for divorce. The handkerchief which was inclosed in the box of poisoned, candy .was proven to have been purchased in this' city by Mrs. Botkin, another link In tlia chain of the prosecution, DEFIANT ONLY IN TALK. Admiral Doway'a Oplnlnn of th I'hll. .. Jpplna Inaiirgents Manila, Deo. 19. Roar-Ad tiiiral Dewey, when a press correspondent called upon him today, wa courteous and pleasant, but absolutely declined to discutfg the politiciil situation in the Philippine i'bm.l", on the ground that bis sphere was purely naval. He then proceeded io cross-examine the corre spondent about everything ashore. He was glad to learn that the insurgents were releasing the eick fipanish sol diers they held a prisoners, notwith standing Aguinnldo's grandiloquent ,U..l ... J UA IPI.U .1.-. l,,-,,-,,,. ..li:,, VM 4 . .7 1' , ,,?i. 1. Zl " aplle of their defiant talk, Admiral Ta-t.tf tlwavi FknliAVArt tltat t' f the Insurgent were friendly, especial i n i ?tT ,y ,im:o 11,9 nrblp ot our fleet have visited the different porta of those islands, aud since some of our officer bave made tour Inland, carefully in vestigating popular sentiment and ju diciously preaching the gospel of peace ful settlement everywhere with highly satisfactory results. Hawaiian Bills. - Washington, Deo. 19. Th senate committee on foreign relations mada una progress today with the bit) re ' ported by the Hawaiian committee for the government of tha Hawaiian islands, but adjourned over without completing the work. The bouse com. ' mittceon merchant marine and fluhei j lo today ordered a favorable reort on ' a bill to extend the navigation laws of the United States to the Hawaiian islands. Kx-Cnnrdrat la ul4lar' lloroa. Washington, Doo.1 19. Repiesenta tive Kixey, of Virginia, today intro duced a bill tot the admission ot ex Confederate, as well a Uuion, soldiers, to soldiers' borne. ' Fear f arsons Killed bjr Train. New Tork, Deo. 19. A wagon con taining eight persons was (truck by a tiain on the Pennsylvania railroad to night at the Allen wood crossing, a few miles from Manasqusn, N. J., and four ! people were killed, two fatally injured, and two otheis seriously injured. The ; dead are: Mr. Ellen Allen, Bessie ' Allen, ber daughter; Miss Allie Alger, ' and Jennie Crammer. Tha fatally in jured arot David S. Allen, husband of Mrs, Allen, who wns killed, and Kate ' Allen, their daughter. Mr, Allan wa ot the family of which Allenwood take it name, and wal one ot the most prominent men in that part ot Mew i Jersey. ---., Ilylng" by Iflaaclrai. San Francisco, Dec. 19. On board the steamer Gaelio, which arrived from tbe Orient todsy, was Rev. H. W. White, a missionary. He bring newt of a terrible condition of affair exist. Ing in the Chin-Chow-Fa province, a section ISO miles long and TO miles wide, inhabited hy over 4,600,300 peo ple, mostly farmers. Owing to two successive dronght the crops have been failures, and the people ot the province are dying by thousands from starvation and the outlying provinces and the government are doing little to help the suffering. The people of Bhang-Tung province are also starving. -.- In some of tbe villages of the latter place theie are hundreds of deaths in a week' time. In Cbin-Chow-Fu there have been a many a 190 death in one day. . - ' Important Moxieaa ronnfiaalon. New York, Deo. 19. A dispatob to the Herald from Mexico City says: The lust act of the Mexican congress today wus the confirmation of one of the largest concession tor many years. The concession wa granted to Captain A, B. Smith, of Los Angeles, Cel., and bis associates tot colonizing, steamship and railway enterprises ot the first magnitude. The colony lands -Include many leagues on tbe Gulf of California, with the ocndltion that a canal be con structed from the lands to Yuma, Cal,, and a steamship service be placed from the bead of tbe gulf to the southern boundary. The service will also De ex tnndod to the Lower California points. The line will comprise six modern steamers, .' , -' ' ' Bound for Itome. Paris, Don. 19. The American pence commisBidn left for Havre and South ampton tonight, and will sail for New York tomorrow. on the steamer St. Louis, ' - ' Killed bj- a Falling Wall. Chicago, Deo, 19. Two firemen, Lieutenant Matthew Myer anil Truck- man Patrick O'JIorn, wore killed by tiie collapse of a wall tonight during a fiia in tho Palace livery stables, at 854 Cottnge 'Grove avenue, f-Vveral other firemen wero seriously hart, in chiding the following: Lieutenant Albert Lingenrmrge.r,'- log'.- fractured; Michael O'iiaro, skull fractured; Thomas Dillon, . skull fractured; Kd ward Crcuscuo, buck broken. Th pH'i ''-.y Ui'8 was about f ;iotooo. DROKH ALL RECORD: House Passed PenUotT E! Without Debate. DKI'ICIL.NCY BILL W THESESATS Was I'a-s4 Afl.r IMnjilno.lrig tha Kirov rasua fiwmit rtltt ivnalon mil '. . '.,., Cnrrl lS,3,il. Washington, Deo. 17. The bouse to day adopted the conference report on the bill extending tiie niarino Inspec tion laws lo sailing vennek of 700 tw.t and over, and providing for fieeiMii.g their second and third matus, Barney (ltep. Wis.), in charge of the pension appropriation bill, then called up this Dieiinoro and made a general ex-, planiition of its provision. -, Allen (Dum. Mius.), of the appropri ations committee, in teply to Barney, called attention to the fact that when ho Hmt came to congress. 14 vmirs ao, the pension appropriation bill invalia lily precipitated a bloody-shirt discus sion, and ba congratulated the country that oongresa had progressed since then and that there would be no acrimoni ous disoiiesion on this bill. The coun try at least bad the gratifying informa tion that the pension roil had reached tha wasimtim. ' -- ----- . . , "And I consratulate the com, try lir this," said Allen, io conclusion, "that while one of tbe most gallant and des perate soldiers of the Confederacy (him self) ' helped to report- this bill, the meiderit of the United States Is down in Dixie doing honor to the Confederate dead. We ail have cause to rejoice." (Laughter and applansc). There was further debate upon the' bill. It was read through without a word of criticism and panned, the whole .time occupied in its consideration being ies than 30 minutes. This is the shortest time on rccoid for a general pension bill - The bill carries $H5,2!i3,b30, Tbe total num. hor of pensioners on the toll la 9113,714. In tho fleaata. , The senate decided upon convening today to take a recess from 1:30 until 6:80 o'clock In order to permit sonatois to attend tire funeral of Mrs. Bright, wife of tbe eigeant-at-rsns. - Morgan (Dem. Ala.) presented a memorial from the national board of trade favorable to tho construction .of the Nicaragua oanal, nuking that tbe document be printed ia the Congres sional Becord. Allen (Pop. Neb.) ob. jected.'and the objection provoked an animated discussion, involving tbe , rules of the senate as well as the wis dom of the (tonstmction of the canal. Morgan accepted tho objection a nn eort to obstruct legislation on the sub ject of the canal and prevent the coun try securing information on thesuhioct. Allen resented this Imputation, saying be was favorable Ui the canal on Ken- eral principle," though advocating gav ernmmit ownership. He predicted that the Canal would cost 1500,000,000. Without determining the waited point raised by Allen, tho senate, at Hale's request, took up the urgency deficiency appropriation bill. ;; , Cock roll (Dem. Mo.) addressed the senate in regard to the mustering out ot the volunteer soldiers, a large ma- jority of whom be said, wanted to be mustered out, and many of whom were making sacrifices by remaining in the service. ', Halo (Rep. Me.) said he bad no doubt that 'the rank and file of the army abtosd bad great desire to re turn home, and be expressed the opin-... Ion that they should be allowed, to do o. . ;. " Allison (ltep. Ia.) expressed sympa thy with the desire to have a large number of volunteers mustered out Huwell (Rep. N. J.) said the war de partment had for the past several" months been gradually weeding ont soldiers for discharge, and that ni;f;iy thousands had thng been relieved from this duty, lie bad no doubt that even without legislation 60,000 men would be released within the next six months. The urgency deficiency bill . was tnen . passed. ''., . ... At the instance ot Harris, tbe senate adopted a resolution calling apart the president for information as to the status of the report of the Nicaragua commission. , Kepalrlng tha Mainaohnutta. New York, Deo. 17. Tbe HernM lays; So serious are the injuries sua- -iained by battle-ship Massachusetts a result of the mishap several days a,;o that Naval Constructor Bowles esti mate that the cost of her repairs will ba at least (24,000, Requisitions cov ering this ainoi'it for material and la bor have boon approved, and opnir(i will he started at once. Constructor Bowles estimates that six weeks at least will be nececnary to complete the , Train Ran Into a Stxlgti. .. -Imlay City, Mich., ,Dc. 17.--A f?otvhbonnd engine, light, on the Pon tine, Oxford & Northorn railroad, to night struck a sleigh containing live people, throwing them out, seriously Injuring two and killing throe outright. The .dead arc: Mrs. Thomas Hoi h, of Lirn; Walter Bohb, her eon, aged 4, and Mrs. John Yerkes' km, agod 14 months. Grain Blockade at flu Iain. Buffalo, N, Y., Deo.. ' 17. The grain blockade at this port continues and is unprecedented.' At' noun, today- fully 80 larjjB Blftamers wore in the river waiting to be unloaded, or frown in. They cany about 9,Coi).000 bushels of prain, while in the different elevator 7,000,000 bushels are at present stored, Lima, Peru, via Oalveaton, Tex., Di.'C 17--A.iviot'a received horo today confirm tho report of a lovalutioa m the Bolivian rcpublio.