VOL. XVI.
ST. HELENS, OIIEGON, FfclDAY, DECEJI15EH 30, 1838.
NO. 2.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of the Telegraphic
News of the World.
TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES
- A Interesting Collection off tame From
th Two Hemisphere Presented
lit Condensed Venn,
, r ....
Secretary Long will noon issue ad
vertisement culling lot proposal (or
raising the Maine and the Cristobal
Colon. In accordance with th daoislon
of th board of construction to which
tba natter bad been referred. ;
A financial statement Just Issued by
th Southern Pacific Company shows
that (or the month of October tha gros
aarnlnici of the oompany reached
18,668,735. Tlila la an IncreaM of
$1,116,701 ovei tha Mine mouth of lait
; ysr. "
Corliss, of Michigan, ha Introduced
a bill la tha bout to facilitate tha con
trnotlon and ' malntenano of tele
graph cable In tha Faelfie ocean be
tween tha United State and Hawaii,
tha Philippine lalanda, Japan and other
countries.
The agricultural appropriation bill
paaaad by eongresa contain retalia
tory olaoM authorising the secretary of
agriculture to inspect Imported artlole
dangetoui to health, and alio author
iaing the secretary of the tieaanry to ex
clude uob. article. The restriction la
designed to apply to a large number of
article imported from foreign coun
trle. '... ; , ..' " .' .'.
London advlcea jusl received bring
promise that tha Went Indian colonic
will enter upon the new year with
brighter industrial prospect, owing to
the tucceesfol launching of the West
Indian Co-Operative Cnlon, organised
on -the line of the California Fruit
Union, and th Irish Agricultural or
ganfxatlon, whioh achieved wonderfully
tapid aoooei.
Great Britain ha given another
(iriklng example of frlendiihip for tha
United State, and at the tarn time
baa taken action which la looked upon
In the light of a recognition of the
overeignty of tho United State over
tha Philippine. A filibustering ex
pedition organised to go to tha aupport
of Agulnaldo ha been upprsed at
Hong Kong by order of the British an
tlioittiea. The first order for an English railroad
to be received at tba Schenectady, N.
Y., locomotive work call for ten
mogul freight engine, which will be
built for tha Midland railroad; Th
machine will be of .American pattern,
with cylinder 18 inohes in diameter,
with Si-inch itroke, and fitted with all
modern appliance. The shipment of
17 locomotive ba jnt been ooinploted
for th Nippon railroad, of Japan, and
th woika are running night and day
With a fore of 2,000 men.
Ambassador Jule Cambon will tail
from Havr for New York on January
t, to resume hi duties at Washington.
Senator Hanna ha Introduced In th
aenate, and Representative Payne in
th bona, a bill to grant subsidies for
American (hipping.
' When the president in hi southern
tour readied Macon, Oa., groat entho
ilann wa shown and the Confederate
veteran tendered him a reception.
The National Casket Company, of
Pittsburg, Pa., ha received from tha
United State government an ordor for
4,000 eaaketa, th largest single order
of th kind ever given. The coffin
will be uaed for the purpose of bring
ing to thl country the bodies of all
th soldier killed in battle in Cuba, or
who died from disease there.
Rat Portage, Ontario, I in wild excite
ment, over a marvelous strike, made In
the Mikado gold mine. Tha core fill
a (tope 40 feet high and two and a
third feet wide, and tha richest ore I
worth, on a conservative estimate ftom
186,000 to 188,000 a ton in free-milling
gold. ' The ore I being put in barrel
and sacks, and men are guarding It.
The mine I owned In England. At a
low estimate there I now 1250,000 In
sight..', v .
A special from Washington, D, 0.,
aysi There are seer who predict that
Uncle Sam will become the hanker for
tha world. Two Old World govern
ment, Russia and Japan, have turned
their facee to the United States In
March of loan. Russia, at least, ha
had agent sound American financier.
Thl 1 the first time foreign nation
hav fought to float great national
loan in America, and the wise men
think it I the beginning of the now
r. .
At the Motor o Insane asylum, In
Havana, a horrible state of attulri wa
discovered. One bnndred and twenty
Inmate, emaciated and showing every
sign of starvation, are confined there.
Six month ago there were over 800 in
this asylum, but death and starvation
.have reduced their numbers toalnuit
one-seventh of that figure. The Span
ish government withdrew It giant,
and although money was raised for tha
Institution, corrupt official embezzled
most of It, leaving the patient desti
tute. , Minor Now Item.
It I reported in court circle that
' Pi Inoa George of Greece is engaged to
Princess Victoria of Wale.
Mr. Abide L. Marble, tister-ln-law
of th lato James O. Blaine, was killed
In a runway at San Lcamlro, Oil,
Gen. John J. Dtipoy, a prominent
ex-Con fed erate soldier, dictd In Mem
phis, lie was in all the battle of the
army of the Tsimensoa, and yuan
wounded four times,
LATER NEWS.
Judge Day, president of the Pari
pane commission, ha arrived home.
A loaded lumber sahooner I esbora
at Cuunon beach, near Elk creek, Or.
The recently appointed register of
the Nulato land office In Alaska I
missing. "''..'.
In a trainwreck near Lexington, Ey.,
nine trainmen were injured, two prob
ably fatally,
Importation of manufactures from
Great Britain into the United State
seem likely to show an nuosuaily small
total In th yoar 1808.
The Unltod State troop have begun
a regular patrol of the city of Havana,
In order to guard against possible dis
order. General Lee la arranging for
the evacuation day parade,
Publio men fa offlco, especially those
in congress, newspaper correspondent
and everybody who i nppoed to hav
Influence in shaping legislation or with
the administration are being flooded
with llteratluta from foreign countries
In relation to oar changed condition of
affair a a result of the American
8panlsh war.
Fir destroyed the house occupied by
Benor Don Carlo Morla Vienna, th
Chilean minister, at th comer of Con
necticut avenue and N street, Wash
ington. Th roof and top story were
destroyed and the furniture of th
whole hons wa ruined by mok and
water, entailing a loss of f 10,000. Th
minister and hi family barely es
caped. At Brookllne, Mass., by tha midden
breaking of the to on Loverett pond, In
the park system, 80 yonng girls and
boy were thrown Into eight feet of wa
ter, and though numerous spectator
and th polio worked bard to rescue
tha children, tore were drowned before
help could reach them. They were J.
W. Cltttenborgjr., 10 year old; Ar
thur Collins, 18 year old, and Emma
Miller, 14 year old.
Tha cotton receipt at Houston, Tex.,
Inoe th beginning of th present lea
con hav been 9,000,000 bale, a record
never equaled by an interior town or
port of th United State, and which
will ba celebrated by a banquet to
which all th th prominent civic offi
cial and cotton men will be invited.
It I estimated by Secretary Warner, of
the cotton exohange, that 600,000
bale will yet be received during the
remainder of the season.
Senator McBildeof Oregon, ha In
troduced a bill making Astoria tha ter
minus of the trans-f'aciflo cable.
According to a new time card of the
Great Northern to go Into effect Janu
ary 1, the transcontinental schedule
will be reduced 13 hour.
Congress ba adjourned until Janu
ary 4. After the holiday recess the
right of General Wheeler and other to
hold their teat will be inquired into.
Among a network of wirea SO feet
abov the ground, Roderick Cbitholm,
a Chicago electrician, was alowly
burned to death In tight of several
hundred spectators.
Colonel B. S. Barrett, national pres
ident of th Son of the American Rev
olution, wa killed by falling from a
window nf hla home at Concord, Mas.
Be wa 60 year of age. ...
In Louisville, Kv., it is estimated by
th health department that there ar
10,000 eases of grip. The ravages of
th disease have been so widespread
that in soma ease business ha been
seriously impeded. ,
Hereafter broom' will cost 1 cents
more apiece. Member of tha Broom
Manufacturers' Association of the
United States met in Chicago and de
oided to ndvano the prloa of broom 85
cents a dosan.
A rear-end oolllsion occurred on the
Phennsylvania railroad three mile
from Rah way, N. J., jvliloh ratal led in
the los of two lives and Injury to many
persons. Tha killed . ar William C.
Dewolf, railway clerk; and F. Knight,
a colored potter of the sleeping-car.
While examining state document of
the 16th century In the Vatican library
recently, Abbe Coznaluizi, assistant
librarian, found the original manu
atript of a treatise by Galileo on the
tides. The manuscript Is ell in Gali
leo' handwriting, and end with the
word written at Rome in the Medici
Gardens on January 8, 1619.
Th president has nominated Ethan
A. Hitchcock, of Missouri, to be secre
tary of the interior. Mt. Hitobcook I
at present ambassador to Russia. II
was appointed ministet more than a
year ago, and when the rank was raised
to an embassy, be was re-appointed.
He 1 a wealthy lawyer and business
man of St. Louis, and was for aoma
time an extensive plate-glass manufac
turer. He is a groat-grandson of Ethan
Allen, of Revolutionary fame.
The table . of proposed station of
United State troops, submitted by
General Wade, shows a total Of 60,000
troops, distributed a follow: Province
of. Finat del Rio, 8,000; province of
Havana, 84,000; province of Matantns,
10,000; province of Santa Clara, 10,000;
province of Puerto Prlnoipe, 8,000;
province of Santiago, 1,000. The
recommendations of the commission, If
oarrlod out, would requlr 46 regiment
of Infantry and live of cavalry, with six
batteries of light artillery, four, for
Havana and two for Mntanaa.
. The British government ha dooldad
to complete the Soudan railroad to
Khartoum, the distance yet to be cov
ered bolng 180 miles.
Forest Sales, a bellboy formerly em
ployed at the Planters' hotel in St,
Louis, 1b heir to 136,000, left him by
Jame T. Spauldlng, of Chtongo.
Th movements of rebels from Brazil
have been defeated by troop unt to
the frontier, and there seems to be no
further danger to the peno of th ooan
try. " ''
NEW WORLD ENERGY
The Nation of Shopkeepers
Astonishes Europe.
AFTEB THE WORLD'S MARKETS
Cngland Awake to the Agsretalre
Commercial Fro purity of the
United Btate.
London, Dec. 87 It I no exaggera
tion, to assert that the foremost toplo
coin palling attention in Europe I gen- ;
eral and in Gieat Britain lu particular,
overshadowing the dreary broils of do
mestio politics, 1 the remarkable ag-,
gresaive commercial prosperity which
the United Statos la manifesting. J
Hardly a newspaper review or a pnblio ,
speaker during the past month has
failed to notice with what giant stride
America 1 coming into tne first place
In the alignment of the powers. . It 1
certainly th chief eubjoct of conversa
tion on Lombard street and on th
Continental bourse.
Th manager of one of the greatest
London banks recently drew an Ameri
can business man into bis private
office, and said, in an awe-struck tone;
"This it tb first time in th history
of finance that New York ha been In
a posttlon to dictate money rate to
London, Berlin - and Paris." Tha
bank manager added that London'
purchases of American securities were
a feather's weight compared with the
balance of trade in New York' favor.
Jame Brice, in a speech before the
Lleoestnr chamber of commerce, sound
ed a warning to British manufacturers.
II emphasized the fact that the ex
port of the United State and Ger
many had Increased 34,000,000 and
81,000,000 respectively between 1891
and 1897. while Great Britain' de
creased 18,000,000. He further j
pointed ont that the business of the
United State was developing along
many Important line which Great
Britain, be added, should have held
against all competitors. Mr, Brice on-J
hesitatingly asserted that the United '
States could prod ace rail cheaper than
Great Britain, and fa aaid he saw no
possibility of opening new market ex-,
eept in China.
. Great Britain seems to have become ,
recouolled to the capture of the iron ,
markets by the United State. Aroeri-;
can nrm are umroriuiy sucoeaiuui in
bidding against British firm. The
Carnegie company and the Illinois Steel
Company have opened extensive office
in London and are making inros js
upon th British reserve. Colonel ;
Hunsaker, the Carnegie represents-:
tive, has contracted for 80,000 ton of
platea for the Coolgardia road, Austra
lia, and the company wa unable to un
dertake th eontraot for 80,000 ton
more. ...... j
A dispatch from Berlin lay it is a I
fact that the Russian government ha
ordered 80,000 ton of Amerioan rails,
and th pioipect of Amerioan competi- j
tion for tbe contract In connection
with Russia' extensive railroad
alarm manufacturer here and else
where. Consuls assert that all Europe
I ewarming, a never before, with
agent of American manufacturers of
ateel, street railroads, electrloal appa
ratus and all kinds of machinery, who
are leading the commercial Invasion.
Th attempts to float a Russian loan
In New York have been received skep
tically here. Several financiers have
told representative of th pros that
Russia tried to raise money in London,
Pari, Berlin and Amsterdam, and that
she seems to hav turned to the United
State at a forlorn hopo, possibly with
tha view of reaping Incidental political
advantage, i But, it is admitted that
it 1 a question of a short time when
capitalists will have to reckon with
New York a a competitor in high
finance. The Dally Chronicle com
ments upon the fact that American
capitals! "have the courage of their
flnanolal opinion If they think they
know tha European situation better
than the capitalists of tbe Old World."
There I much interest here regard
ing the choice of a successor of Ethan
Allen Hitohoook a ambassador at St.
Petersburg. It 1 considered that the
post demands the presence of , the
strongest diplomat. In view of th en
trance -of th United State into th
East, Russia ba tent one of her
ablest men to Washington, though a
transfer from Washington to Constan
tinople or Madrid has hitherto been
considered in the servioa a being a
promotion. Russia expects President
McEinley to reciprocate. Mr, Hitoh
oook oarrles home with bim the oonv lo
tion that Russia la itili a stanch friend
of America, which ha ha endeavored
to imprest upon the state department
at Washington and on all influential
Americans be ha met abroad.
Boy Kills Two Brother.
Soooba, Miss., Deo. 87. Thomas
and William Brantley, brother, were
shot and instantly killed last night, at
Enondale, by Eugene Dennis, an 18-year-old
boy. The; biothera, accom
panied by their father, attompUd to '
enter the (tore of Dennis, It la said, in
tending violence, whereupon young
Denni opened fire on the Brantley
with the above result. The trouble
wa caused by liquor.
Amnio In tho Mill!.' -'-
New York, Deo. 87. -Adolph Neaf,
a bartender employed ny Mrs, Marie
Zischer, who keeps a small hotel at
Faterson, N. J., died today after luf
erlng great egnny.,. It I thought hi
duath wa caused by arsenloal poison
ing, and that the poison was placed la '
the milk used in the household of Mis,
Zischer. Mr. Zisober, Mary Duly, a (
servant, Frits Hagerman, an employe, ;
and Frtti ZeSen, wore also poisoned,
but will probably recover. The milk ,
will b analysed, I
NEGOTIATIONS A3 TO TERMS.
England A grots to Abrogation of tho
CIyto-Bolwr Trtjr.
New York, Dec. 20. A special to
the Hera'd from Washington says;
All danger of further friction between
the United State and Great Britain
over tlie construction of the Nicaragua
canal will shortly be removed by th
abrogation of tha Clayton-Bulwer
treaty. Sir Julian Pauncefote, tbe
British ambassador, has received or
will receive within the next few day
positive instruction to enter upon
negotiations with Secretary II ay for the
abrogation, of the convention referred
to, and tbe preparation of a new treaty
guaranteeng the neutrality of the canal.
The ohangeln the attitude of the
British government from it old voli
tion of insisting upon having a voice in
the construction of the proposed canal
it tho result of representations made to
Lord Salisbury by Mr. Henry White,
charge d'affaires of this government in
London. It is the understanding of
those who are aware of the change in
the attitude of the British government
that Lord Salisbury . will suggest
through Sir Julian the advisability of
th United State granting some conces
sion to hi government in return for
the relinquishment of the important
tight possessed by Great Britain in the
matter of a canal aaros the isthmus,
which for nearly 60 year have been
recognized- by tbit government in tha
treaty negotiated by John M. Clayton,
on tbe part of the United States, and
Lord Henry Lytton-Bulwer, on tbe part
of tha BiitiBh government. Just what
concessions will ba asked are not
known, nor will they be until fuller
and final instruction have been re
ceived by Sir Julian and communicated
to Secretary Hay. :
HAVANA'S DEATH RATE.
Botwoon Vlfty-8vo and Sorontr-avo Dl
laliy From atnrTntlon and Dltaaao.
New York, Deo. 86. A dispatch to
the World from Havana says: Ha
vana's death rate I astounding. There
ar between 66 and 76 deaths here each
day, the majority from malarial fever,
typhoid claiming the next largest num
ber of victim and pernicious fever
about the same.
The civil register today show a total
of 49 death in thl city in the last 24
hours, and two parishes where the
death rate wa usually high made no
report. The mortality last week was
at tha rata of 106 in every 1,000 of the
population. : This week it will be high
er. In New York the death rate la
only 23 death per annum for every
thousand population.
All the hospital are overcrowded
and no more patients oan be received.
The municipal hospital, organized a
an emergency hospital to care for sick
reoonoentrado, i taking oare of 808
patient with apace for only 160. A
urgeon in one hospital said today that
ha bad to leave sufferers lying in the
treat because there is no place to
oar for tbem.
Vile stenches from the indescribable
dirtiness of aoma sections offer a her
cnlean task to the engineer officer pre
paring to clean tha city, making the
American here despair of any imme
diate lowering of the frightful death
rata. . '
A PERFECT SUCCESS.
Mora. About tho Balloon Trip Imn
. th Channel.
New York. Deo. 84. A dispatch to
the Time irom London says: The
Chronicle publishes an account from it
correspondent sent from a balloon trip
aeroaa the channel, showing that the
Andrea steering-gear wa tested with
perfect success. The sail used was 18
feet square instead of 18 feet, the one
need in the land experiment.
The aeronaut took their course when
tha 800-foot trail rope wa in water
and found they bad deflected three
point, or about double that obtained
on land in Essex several week ago.
This i not lurprising, for the frac
tional resistance of the trail rope in
water wa immense. Another test gave
tha same result, but this time the bal
loon descended within two feet of the
wave.
To keep the balloon at an even alti
tude wa a task of the greatest diffi
culty, and owing to cold air on the
water the sun-heated gas cooled with
lightning rapidity, demanding oonstant
expelling of ballast to prevent falling
Into the tea.
Tho balloon again rose 3.800 feet,
but dropped behind a thick cloud. The
udden eclipse caused a rapid descent,
and in a few minutea the balloon
touched the ocean. A wave struck the
oar. It Was an exciting moment foi
the aeronauts, their gum boots being
filled with water. Perclval Spencer,
the famous aeronaut, la charge, prompt
ly threw out ballast and saved himself
from sinking.
Tba balloon then roe 700 feet after
J earing the French cliffs, and landed
lafolr amid Norman peasant four miles
east of Havre, having in five hours cov
red 100 miles, of whioh 75 mile were
oyer tea. - - ,,. ;
Wraek In th North.
Victoria, B. C, Deo. '84. The
Rosalie, whioh ha arrived here from
Skagway, leport tha wreck of a sloop
whioh left Wrangel two week ago for
Skagway with a party of 18, bound tor
Atlin. The loop was found bottom
aide up by Indian, and it i feared
that ail hand were lost. , "
New i also brought of the wreck of
tba schooner Ohio, of Victoria. . No
Uvea wera lost. . ' , . 'v.- '
...v.. Texan On to Cuba,. " .
Bavsnnah, Ga., Deo. 88. The heaa.
quarter and first battalion of the Texas
regiment, together with Colonel
Wheaton' headquarters, sailed for
Cuba thi afternoon, in the transport
Michigan. Th other two battalions
of the First Tcaxs and the Seoond
Louisiana regiment will leave tomor
row oa th Mobile.
ANOTHER ISLE OCRS
fcpeck in Mid-Paciflc Will Be
Used for Cable Station.
OLD GLORY OYER WAKE ISLAND
Commander of th Bennington Will
Heeelve Orders to HoUt til
. Jriac There. ;
. Washington, Dec. 26. This govern
ment ha determined to hoist the Sag
over an island far out in the Pacific
ooean. and orders were sent out late
I tbi afternoon to the commander of th
! Bennington, Captain Taussig, to pro
ceed at once to take possession, in the
nam of the United State government,
of Wake Island, lying in latitutde 19
north, longitude 166 east. Itisdistant
abont 8,000 mile from Nihau, tha
westernmost of the Hawaiian islands,
and 1,800 mile east of Guam. It is
almost in a direct line between those
possessions of the United State, and
is admirably adapted for use a a sta
tion for a Pacific cable to connect tha
Philippines with Hawaii and the Unit
ed State. It i about three mile in
length, and inclose a lagoon of rait
water. The average height of the
island la eight feet above high tide. It
I scarcely capable, in itself, of sustain
ing life, but it Is expected that a cable
can be maintained without difficulty
by the erection of a condenser to sup
ly fresb water. Soma station in that
locality is deemed to be absolutely nec
essary to the maintenance of a cable,
and tor that reason the American peace
commissioner at Paris endeavored to
secure one of tbe Caroline island, but
without enooesa.
Wake island it laid to be by right
already American territory, for in 1861
Admiral Wilkes surveyed the place and
asserted title. It I not inhabited, to
far a known, at tba present time,
though in the past some guano gather
ers have temporal ily lived on the
island.
The Bennington i now at Honolulu,
and the order to her will go out by
steamer. , After hoisting the flag on
Wake island, she will proceed to Guam
and make a aurvey of tbe island, which
wa ordered some time ago.: She ha
already completed a auivey of Pearl
harbor, (even mile from Honolulu,
whioh will form th foundation of tha
government' plan for tbe enlarge
ment of tbe harbor there and the
straighten inn of the channel connect
ing the inner harbor with the ooean.
DISORDERLY INSU33tNr3. j
Filipino In ftuharb f Manila Can
. American Anxiety.
Manila. Dec. 28. The United State
cruiser Boston and the gunboat Petrel
have arrived from Chinese ports. Tbe
steamer Uinon, which ha returned
here from lloilo with native and Span
ish eoldiera, ba been refused a land
ing. Tha steamer St. Paul has arrived
here with Christmas mail. '
The first American Sag wa raised
over Malata school yesterday. It wa
sent by tha university of Pennsylvania.
The honor of raising the flag waa ac
corded to Father McKinnon, of Califor
nia, in recognition of hi service in
reopening the schools.
Native troop encamped in the sub
urb are again causing anxiety. Tha
attitude of the insurgent detachment at
Pandnchan bridge on Wednesday was
such that tha California, Idaho and
Washington regiment wera concentrat
ed in light marching order at Paco,
but trouble waa averted.
Lara-ofts Yotnrao of ftolns on Record.
New York, Deo.- 86. R. U. Don &
Co.' weekly review aays:
It i a yes? beyond parallel, and goe
to it close with tha biggest volume of
business ever seen. Enormous trans
action at tbe stock exchange, make
some difference.but when all the trans
porting and speculative interests are
eliminated, there is still much larger
business than in any other month of
any year. Last year the export were
in volume greater than in any previous
month in the history of the country,
but this year the three week reported
show an increase ot 86 per oent.asrainat
9 per cent in imports, which would in
dicate much more than $70,000,000
excess of exports this month.
Cancellation of Rovenn Stamp. .. .
Washington, Deo. 88. In view of
the fact that fraud bag been discovered
in connection with the cancellation of
documentary and adhesive internal rev
enue stamps, by which old stamp
were re-used, the internal revenue bu
reau today issued a regulation which
require all such stamp to be oanceled
with the initial of the user, together
With the month, day and year written
or stamped thereon. Hitherto the
month and day of canoellation baa not
been required.
Notorious Turk Killed.
Constantinople, Dec. . 28. Glianl
Bey, the sultan's aide-deoamp, waa
murdered yesterday by Ilafui Pacha in
a quarrel. Ghani Bey became notori
ous owing to hi lawless proceedings
in Epiritua. He also inspired terror
here by extorting money nnder threat
ot death. Officials of the foreign em
bassies have frequently demanded tha
punishment of Ghani Bey, but always
unsuccessfully,
Witt Buy American Kail.
London, Deo. 88. The government
of Victoria, according to a apeolul dis
patch from Melbourne, haa aocepted
th tender of , the Pennsylvania &
Maryland Steel Company for 85,000
ton of steel rail at f 76,000 below the
English tender.
Crane to Tax Foreign Securities.
Paris, Dec 88. Tha chamber of
deputies today adopted a bill imposing
a stamp duty of oue cent on toreigu so-
eyritlus.
OPEN DOOR TO ASIA.
Mi W. Hook waiter Ray It I Through
BnMln Obaorratlon In Siberia.
'London, Deo. 84. John W. Book-
waiter, of Ohio, who ha just returned
from a three month' journey through
Russia, told tha correspondent of the
Associated Press, In an interview to
day, that he enjoyed unusual facilities
for observing what I going on in that
country. He traveled 17,000 mile to
the terminus of the trans-Siberian rail
way, to the end of the line, reaching
tha frontier of Afghanistan, and to the
end of the one penetrating China
through Manchuria. All these are now
practically completed.
Mr. Book waiter wa allowed to go
everywhere, to aea everything and to
take hundred of photographs, thanks
to special permit issued to bim by the
minister of the interior on the applica
tion of the United States ambassador
at St. Petersburg. During hit journey
ba conversed with the governor of
provinces and with military and civil
officials of all rank.
"Everywhere I found," Mr. Book
waiter said, "the kindest and most
friendly feeling toward America and
Amerioan, and beard many expressions
of satisfaction over America's auocesa
in our war with Spain. To thi there
Was not a single exception.
"America's beat open door to Central
Asia and China I through Russia.
Already all the locomotives and rolling
stock on the railway are of American
manufacture. Central Asia will, in
ti e near future, be the greatest market
In tha world for manufactures of all
kinds, and onr obtaining the virtual
monopoly of this market only depends
on our retaining the friendship Russia
now ba for us.
"America ha very little to gain by
an open door in China. That country
is an industrial one, and whatever we
may now be able to sell to them, tbe
Chinese will soon be able to make for
themselves. One day, and that day ia
tear at hand, whatever China buy from
the rest of the world will reach her
throngh Russia and Central Asia.
Russia in the last three years has done
more to open tbe door of China than
England and all tha rest of the world
baa done In 60 years. '
"1 traveled over 1,800 mile of rail
way which she has built from the Cas
pian sea to Tashkend, in Turkestan,
over a branch of this line which runs
to tbe northern frontier of India, over
another branch which goea from Merv
to the border of Afghanistan. Then
there are also Russian line all along
the Persian frontier, and projecting
into that conn try, either completed or
rapidly approaching completion. All
tbe work on these lines has been, done
by soldiers, who, in this way, are not
in Russia, as elsewhere, non-producer.
"All this tremendous Asiatic railway
system is owned and oporated by the
government. All the line are admira
bly built, and splendidly equipped.
Why, I aaw a bridge acrosa tha Awnd
aria, in Central Asia, at a point where
the river ia three mile wide, that cost
80,000,000 roubles, and is the greatest
piece of engineering work ever accom
plished. There is nothing like it any
where else in the world.
"Wherever I went I saw cities and
towns springing np, snob aa Askobad,
In Turkomania, for example, which al
ready ha 86,000 inhabitants. New
Bokhara, 13 miles from Old Bokhara,
ba 18,000 inhabitants. Where do the
people come from to inhabit these
townsT Why. from European Russia.
The government is turning her surplus
European population into Central Asia
just as the United States turned her
surplus population of her Atlantic
state into her great Western territories.
No human power oan stay : the onward
march of tbe Slav through Russia,
which will be the feature of the SOtb
century, just as tha march of the
Anglo-Saxon through America ha been
tbe featnre of the 19th,
"The United State will be commit
ting a woeful mistake if sire tail to rn- j
tain the friendship ot this great world
power of the luture."
MASSACHUSETTS MISHAP.
Hot Enough Water for a Battle-Ship
,. of Her Sine. .
Washington, Deo. 84. The naval
authorities have learned, to their dis
may, that it i not possible for one of
our big battle-ships, like the Oregon or
Massachusetts, to get out of New York
harbor during extra low water, such a
prevailed when tbe latter battle-ship
truck on Diamond reef a short time
ago. To aid the court of inquiry now
in session at New York, trying to ascer
tain the responsibility for the ground
ing, tbe navy department called upon
the coast survey for special measure
ments of the water in the harbor near
Diamond reef, and upon the rock itself.
The report of the superintendent of
the lurvey ha just been received. It
shows, in the opinion of naval officers,
that it i not possible for a ship of the
liae ot the Massachusetts and with her
maneuvering qualities to get out ot the
harbor without touching tbe bottom
when the tide is ebb and the wind
atrong. ( .
Bono and Mi for Manila.
San Francisco, Deo. 84. The bark
Taooma, with 111 horse and mules,
beside a lot of material, sailed for
Honolulu and the Philippines today.
She will stop at Honolulu and take on
the animals she left there on her last
trip, and leave some cf her present
cargo there instead.
; Predict Fence In Cuba. .1
London, Dec 84. Tho Havana cor-I
respondent of the Times, in the oouraej Smith, of Victoria, jnt out from A
of a letter published this morning, , brings news o! the discovery of
ays: President MeKinley will have an mora ..rich gold-bearing creek.
unfettered hand here. ' A majority of new finds have been christened ?
the Cubans are prepared to accept unre- and Goose creeks. Ha had bmh h
servedly any regime treating theut 'Iroxen and nearly loet hi Hla ;?,
Justly, and insuring the tranquility of way out
tha island.
A blind bat avoids wire aud obstruc
tion a easily aa if it could see j. r
fsctly. -
FOR THE MUSTER OUT
Hans Will Be Completed by
First of the Year.
HAKILA TROOPS WILL BE TIR3T
Vollowlae Their PUctaerr, th Tot
uteera In th Woat ladle Will
Be Sent Home.
Washington, Deo. 24. The war de
partment has not yet made definite
plan for the roustoi-out of 60,000 vol
unteers, which wa dersided on at th
cabinet meeting yesterday, but it is un
derstood that work will be pretty well
mapped out by the first of the year.
The completion of tha muster-out will
depend on whether the department
adopt the plan of three month' fur
lough or immediate discharge, with
two months' extra par, as suggested by
Congressman Hull. It has been prac
tically decided to muster ont all tha
volunteer In the Philippine as fast a
they can be replaced with regulars, so
not to hamper tbe military adminis
tration of tha island. Following th
discharges of the regiments of the Phil
ippine stations, it is understood th
volunteer troops in the West Indie
Will be mustered out
Twentieth does en th Beandln.
Sao Francisco, Dec. 84. Major
Genera! Merriam ha ordered that tha
work of preparing tbe transport Sonndia
tor another voyage to Manila? be rushed
to completion. By tbe first of next
week be expect to telegraph the war
department that be wilt be ready with
in 10 day to have tbe Twentieth
United States infantry come bare from
Fort Leavenworth, Kan., to board th
Bcandia for the Philippines.
It is tbe belief at army headquarter
here that the First California volun
teers will be brought home on tha re
turn trip of tbe Scandia.
Two Regiment 6 Tin Rue.
Chicago, Deo. 24. Telegraphic in
structions were received today from tira
Ktcretary ot war, ordering the Fourth
infantry at Fort Sheridan, and the Sev
enteenth, at Columbus, to sail for tho
Philippines on or before January 15.
Ihe regiments will go via New York
ind the Sues canal.
MECCA FOR ALL RAILROADS.
PeelOe Coast Beeomlna a Calrental Ob
jective Point.
Chicago, Deo. 84. The Chronic!
ays: - There are atrong indication
that the Chicago, Burlington & Quiocy
nd the Chiaago, Rock Island & Pacific
road are figuring on extending their
line to tbe Pacific coast. The absorp
tion of tha Hawaiian and Philippine
Islands by this country, it is expected
by tbe owner of these roads, will opun
ap an immense transcontinental rail
business, both east and west-bound.
Tha recent doal by which the Rants Fa
will have its own Hue into San Fran
aisoo in the spring has awakened th
officers of the: competing semi-trans
continental roads. .An officer of one of
tha Western roads wbo has just coma
from the coast, and who takes a keen
Interest in railroad affair out there,
jays; .,
"1 would not be surprised to wake
op some morning and find the trans
continental situation further compli
cated by the announcement that the
Burlington waa to be extended to tha
Pacific ocean. The Boiliugton i
good deal nearer the coast than most
people imagine, and I understand that
this road haa been surveying throng
Idaho all summer one line thniugh
Nez Perces pass and another through
Lolo pass. I understand also that two
or three independent lines that are now
being built in Western Idaho and
Northeastern Oregon are intended
eventually to form part of the proposed .
Western extension of the Burlington.
"Another point of interest in hi
connection is the fact that the Burling
ton is a large holder of valuable termi
nal and dock property at Gray's harbor,
which would be of great value to the
wmpany were it to enter tbe Oriental
trade. , Such an extension would form
short route from Taooma to New Or
leans.' '
Denver, Colo., is now the Western
terminus ot the Rook Island, and Bill
ings, Mont., is the end of the Burling
ton' tracks. It has been reported that
the former company would soon pur
chase the Colorado Midland, which
would place its terminus 400 miles fur
ther west. Billings, Mont., the end of
th Burlington, is 1,020 miles from
Tacoma, or a little further than Ogden
is from Ssn Francisco. While Presi
dent Purdy, of tha Rock Island, dnuma
the report that his company ia figuring
on absorbing ; the Midland, noti:i(!,ij
definite can be learned regarding the
Burlington' intentions.
! Trnlnrobhers Failed.
Grenada, Miss., Dec. 28. An Illi
nois Central express train, southbound,
waa held up one-half mils south o!
Pope's station, by two men, nt 10:80
tonight. They suddenly appear" i r-:
the engine and compelled Use engl." -r
to stop, after which they attempted t
break in the express car door. Tim
fired several shots, but tailed to gsit
admission.. The robbers then fit,',
No one was hurt.
Two Dlaeoverle Reported
Tictoria, B. C, Deo. Si. I
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