NO. 3. VOL. XVI. ST. HELENS, OEEGON, FtllDAY, JANUARY 6, 1899. EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FltOH THE WI11E3 All Interesting Collection of Items From ilia Two llemliuliere I'reionted In Oumluiii Form. , Admiral Dewey It now the tenlor officer of the American nuvv, having readied that position without eoiigres itnuul action through the retirement u( Atlinlral Bance. . 1 lie) American Newspaper Publish or' Association hit picsented to the Anglo-Amaiican joint high commission a carefully prepared argument lu Isvoi of free paper and free pulp. Senator : MoBihla has offered an amendment to the navul hill, which provides lor the construction o( a atone drydock on the Columbia river and appropriate- 200,000 for immediate use In beginning the work. One-hall the largest foreign order for finished steel ever aeitt to this country ha been offered the Illinois Steel Com pany, ol Chicago. The order amounts to 12,000,000, and is for water pipe to be used by the Australian govern ment The Carnegie Company will supply half tbe amount. Senator MoBrhle bus introduced bill eppropilating $1,000 for the pur chase or construction of a launch for the use of tbe customs official al As tori. A oraft capable of giving a good speed and one that will stand knocking about is badly needed in the custom service at Astoria, and Senator Mc iiride' bill i lutended to supply the deficiency. The German ambassador, Dr. Von llolleben, has returned to Washington after an extended ntwence, during which lie held seveial Important conference with the authorities at Berlin relative to American affair. It 1 expected that hi return will soon bring about exchanges with the state department, and perhaps directly with the presi dent, relative to a number of cuirent question In which both coun tiles are Interested. . William P. Moore, convicted of robbing Martin Mahon. a hotel-keeper of New York, by the "badger game," waa sentenced to 19 year in the state prison. The charge against Moore waa that he conspired wllh hi wife, Payne Moore, to lob Mahon, and that Mahon waa enticed by tbe woman to apart ment occupied by tbe Mooiea and there compelled by the husband to pay blackmail. Moore waa convicted on til second trial, the Jury in .the flist instance having disagreed. Payne Moore formerly .resided in Portland, Or. Admiral Sampson's daughter is to wed a Califomian. "Bab," tho well-known syndicate writer is critically ill at her home in New York. The O. B. & N. G.'s steamship Co liiinhla on hei last trip made the run from San Francisco to Portland lu it hours and 63 minutes. The Amei loan National bank, of Lima, O., waa robbed of 118,183. The money was taken froiu the big vault The robbery waa perpetrated in a skil ful manner, no dumuge beiug done to the vault. '' ' An express train and freight train met on tne same track near Vinoennos, Jnd., and three trainmen were serious ly hurt and a score or more puseeugor bruised and soratcned. . Captain K. D. Evans' name I pom Ineutiy mentioned as Kear-Ad'iiiral Bunco' successor In the Brooklyn navy-yard, now that it scorns to be de cided that Hear-Admiral Sampson will remaiu commander-in-chief of the Noitb Atlantio station, and Rear-Ad-miral Schley will be assigned to sea duty lu compliance with his request. The conference based upon the dis armament proposal of Einpcior Nicho las has been fixed for St. Petersburg about the beginning of May next, prior to which the Russian government will submit officially to the power a defi nite plan ol disarmament in order to enable ilium to form u lute modifications or counter-suggestions. A special from Dawson dated No vember 19 any: Keport from all creeks in tbe vicinity of Dawson indi cate that the winter' product of gold uill that of last vear by more than 100 per cent. Several persons are reported to nave ueen iroaen w uom. One of these was found In a kneeling posture beside hi sled and dogs, be tween Hunker and Dominion, at the summit. The navy department la going to be prepuied for any emergency thut may herealter ariao in the Atlantio and Pa cillc oceans by oarrying on hand the enormous stock ol nearly halt a million tons ol the beet steaming coal for war ships that can be procured. This sup ply of the nioflt Important of all sinews ol modern war is to be systematically distributed in Amerloan port most .uniiimittv Innnlel for the coalinu of ships lor any operation the navy may conceivably be ouiiea upon to unuor. lake. ,.tf.,. ..-i,4t ,.0;.; " ' Minor News Items. Pi of. Kltrldgo, of Harvard, is said to lie the only man living who can read Eliot's Indian Bible. - . . The French vintage of 1808 Is offl- nlnllv aattmated at 83.283.000 heotO' liters, which 1 68,000 hectoliter be low the vintage ol last year. H Rnuthall. convicted of deal lug in fraudulent government time checks, wa auntenoed in St. Paul to stole's prison for 10 yean at hard la LATER NEWS. Secretary Hay has (Unapproved the Soryiuser Iluwuiiua cable concesiiiun, Tho Drltlnh government favor the canal being built by the United Estates with guarantees of It neutrality in cane ol war, , ' Ordres have been Issued for the dis patch of additional troop to Cuba to ustdat in the maintenance of good gov ernment there. A crisis la Imminent at Berlin. The emperor and chancellor cannot agree, and a new cabinet Is looked for. The principal trouble 1 over the wholesale expulsions of Dane and Austrian. Representative Nelson DIngley, of Maine, 1 critically ill at hi apart ment at the Hamilton boune.in Wash ington, with an attack of pneumonia. Because of hi age, inuoa concern I felt over his condition. V The new year brings Ireland the greatest experiment llnoe Catholio emancipation, namely, the initiation ol th local government act, whioh really, In many of it features, I an extension of the emancipation act and policy, ' ., i The war department ha come to tbe conclusion that It will be neocsearV to aocoid General Brooke, military gover nor ol Cuba, i he assistance of a special cabinet approaching' in function the late autonomist cabinet of Cuban ad ministration of lb civil affair of the island. The situation at Hollo I grave. Fif teen hundred native, fully armed, are at Melo, a anbnrb ol Hollo. Seven teen thousand more, it I reported, are waiting order to embark at several point on the Island of Negro, IS hours' sail from Iloilov AH the women have Withdrawn, and many families have taken refuge with the Amerloan. Unless congress should paw law authorising him to remain on tbe ac tive list, Rear-Admiral Dewey will be placed on the retired list on December 88, 1809. Only one other retirement will occur this year, that of Commo dore II. I Howlson, now commandant of the Boston navy-yard. There is strong sentiment . in . naval circle la favor of the passage of law whioh will permit the retention of Admiral Dewey upon the active list for 10 vear, as wa done in tbe case of heroes ol the civil war. The American line steamship Pail, which lias ar lived In New York from Southampton, alter a tempestuous pal sage, report that Tuesday, December 17, In latitude 40:29 north, and longi tude 81:20 west.at H8-.Q in the morning, she sighted a steamer flying signal of distress. She pioved to be the British tank steamer ; Vindobala, Captain Clark, from - Rouen,. France, December 15, for Philadelphia, in ballast. Hhe showed the signal letter, "Must aban don vessel. " The Pari rescued her crew, and ho live were lost ; William K. Vanderbilt, Jr., 1 to wed Mice Virginia Fair, of San Francisco. Only about 1 100 worth of property was recovered from tbe wreck of the Maria Teresa. Gold shipment from Australia for the year 16S8 amounted 13,820,000. Shipment to America increased by 3,000,000. A deficit' In the Gorman beet sugar orop of at least 850,000 ton is figured upon by United Slates Consul Diedrioh, at Madgebutg. He say that the back ward season resulted In deficiency. Negotiation aie progressing in the matter of the payment ol the Cuban tioops, so that on laying down their arm they may be enabled to enter upon civil ptiisuil and earn their living. Probably no further appropria tion by coneieas will be necessary to enable the president to oarry out the plan, If it should be decided, a the money will eventually come out of the revenue ol the Island. Immediately upon the ratification ol the peace treaty by the senate, the president will recommend to congress ihe enactment ol legislation looking to the settlement ol the olalins ol Ameri can oltiicus lor damage sustained in Cuba, Potto Rico and other Spanish possessions which formed the seat of war. Claim to the amount of 128, 300,000 on this score have already been lodged with the state department. Near Auatln, Tex., a passenger train escaped a serious wreck through the In tervention of a bird. Some one had lied a rail securely across the track, A few mile before teaching the apot a bird, blinded by the headlight, flew against the glass, Ireaklng and extin guishing the light, which necessitated running slowly to the -next station. The train, at rediioed speed, Struck the obstruction, tearing up the track and damaging the front ol the engine, but no one waa injured. Part of Red Rock mountain, accord ing to a dispatch from Airolo. a village of Switzerland, canton of Ticino, ho lallen-into Airolo, destroying a hotel and seveial houses. The scene of the disaster present a terrible spectacle, the debt Is of the avalanche covering square mile. The hotel, with eight house and lii other buildings, wore swept Into great heap ol matchwood. A now terror was added by the outbreak ol fire amid the ruins. Tlnee dead bodies have been recoveied. It 1 esti mated that the damage will reach 40,000. The will of the lata Charles P. Wil dor, of Wellsloy Hills, Mass., be queaths 1103,000 to Mount Holyoke college. The shortage In the California wine crop of 1808 and the fulrly good demand Ilia, nas existed auring kib past year have resulted in advanoing prices. 1. Cumtfintin. a vonntz Frenchman of lfl, who lives in Paris, is eight foot tall and probably bigger than other man wiio nas ever liven. Me is per footly proportioned. A CHANGE OF FLAGS Spanish Gold and Crimson Comes Down in Cuba. A STIRRINO DAY 15 HAVANA several Cuban Generals Took Tart In , tho OeromonlM General ittooke'e Iteeeptlen. Harana, Jan. 8. The sovereignty of Cuba passed from Spain to the United State at noon Sunday. The form ol the transfer was simple, consisting of only fln exahange ol spenohes in the talon of the puhtce, tbe hauling down of tbe Spanish flag and the raising in its stead of the flag ol the United States on the flagstaff on the palaoe roof. Salutes were fired from the heavy gun of tbe torts and the warship before and after the change of flag, Tbe raising of the Star and Stripe wa greeted wilb olieeis by the people, who oovered the roofs of tbe building around the palaoe and plaza. No crowd wa permittetl to gamer in the streets In the vicinity ol the palace to witness the epoch-making function. At 0 o'clock, guard, composed of tbe Second battalion of the Tenth infantry, marched into the Plaza de Armas, un der command o! Captain Van Vleet, and formed around tbe square. Cap tain-General Caatellano watched them with Interest from the balcony of hi apartment a they entered the square and were stationed at all the streets approaching the plaaa. No one was al lowed to enter without a paw, and all the door of the palace facing the square Were ordered to be clored. Only those who could get on the loofs and balconies of house In the neighborhood aw what wa going on before the palaoe. With the guard wa the band of the Second Illinois regiment, which had been (elected for the occasion as the best band in the Seventh army corps. With the band weie the bugler oi the Eighth and Tenth inlantry. The weather wa warm, the un bunting at interval through the light aloud, and tbe soldier in blue, who were forced to stand in the sun, found the hea.V oppressive. Tbe troops were formed In extended order around tbe square, three pace apart, and the baud wa massed in front oi tne palace en trance aoross the street at the edge of the park. At 11:65, Major-Genial l-ee, military governor of the province ol Havana, with bis fctaff, joined General Brooke. Tbe latter then crossed the street to the palace, General Lee on one side ol him, and General Chaffee on the other, followed by the other American gen erate and the Cuban officers. The Cu ban wore dark blue uniform, brown felt bit and gray glove, and they car ried machete. .' A flouriah of trumpet greeted the procession and tbe Spanish troops pie tented arm a the American entered the palace. Tbe Cuban remainod out side until escorted in by members ol General Brooke' staff, the Spanish sol diery retmaning all the while at "pre sent arm." A soon a all were in, the Spanish troop formed a ooluinu of four and marched around the right aide of the plaaa to the dock, while the band of the Second Illinois volunteer piayea the Spanish royal march. As Captain-General Castellanoa wa eaoorted to the wharf to take his de parture the band; played the Spanish royal march, General Castellanos thanked the general accompanying him and as he stepped into the launoh he wept. Crowds of Spaniards all dressed in black, gathered upon the sea wall and silently watched the fleet pass out. Men and women wept together. TRANSFERRlibTO-DENVER. Oouorat Merriam Will Command De partment or tho Colorado. San Francisco, Jan. 8. Major-Gen- eral Henry C. Merriam, who is now in San Francisco in command ol tne department of California and the Co lumbia, I to be transferred to the de partment of the Colorado. His head quarters will be at Denver. Ha le oelved official instructions to this effect Irons Washington today. He will go to Denver on or aobut January 10 next, at which time General Shatter is ex pected here to resume hi own com mand In the department of California. General Merriam says he ha not the least idea who will be pieced in charge of hi old headquarter ol the Colum bia, the headquarter oi which are at Vancouver, Wash. Veil five Hundred foot. Ishpeming, Mioh., Jan. 8. A cage accident in the Lake Superior mine today caused the death ol six Finnish miner and serious injuries to three more. The dead are! Mattt Tarn- uiir.en. Takko Mikkala, J. H. Knjanp pa, J. W. Paavai, Alfred Sinn and Gust W. Johnson. The men were go imz down the ihaft In a cage to work. The enpposition . ia that something dropped on the cage, forcing one side ol the frame worlt down, so a to let tho men slide off into tbe shaft. Una of the wounded men said he thought a rope had broken. Another heard some thing strike the oago. Red Kev. Iml.. Jan. 8 An explo slon of gas, followed by Are, at the Ohio & Indiana Pipe Line Company's oomoresslna station near here oaused a loss estimated at 8100,000. Engineer W. F. Robinson wa badly burned Thirty or more town are deprived ol natural gas by the destruction of the station. . , . ' . When a young woman g"t a new hat she is never satisfied until the man she loves most and the girl she hates most have both seen it , PROSPEROUS lO THE END. The Old Tear Oo.i Out with Uo.ln Unomlnt;. " New York, Jan. 8,-Bradstreet's sayss Concisely stated, the report re ceived a to the year' busines in all sections ol the country point to an un precedented volume of doinestie and exoprt trade, which is reflected in bank clearance that break the high record of 180:1. Tho general level of price ol staple securities at the cloce ol tne year i at tbe highest point reached tor five vear past. Railroad earnings ex- coed all previou years, and finally there was a email number of failures, and lower liaibiltle than reported in any year for at least five year past. These gen, ral result in the country at large have been achieved, too, notwith standing the outbreak and conclusion of a foreign war, and in spile, also, ol unfavorable condition in ome indus tries, notably textile manufactures, which, combined with unfavorable weather early In the year, and the lowest price for ootton on record, exer cised an unfavorable influence. But the close ol the year find an im provement even in these directiqn. and returns as to retail trade and particu larly holiday business, are strikingly good in all sections. Hist report a to distributive trade naturally come from the graingrowing section of the country, which were the first to meet an improvement resulting from free foreign demand for our cereals, but in dication are not wanting that tbia im provement is gradulally percolating throughout the entire business com munity, and coupled with the' unprece dented export' trade in manufactured good, and the fact that we are selling $3 worth abroad for every dollar' worth we buy, renders possible tbe gain re ported in distributive trade of 1898 over 1897, ranging from 10 to .40 per cent, with likewise good export from the manufcturing center, excepting the textile industries alieady men tioned. ; The export trade ol the country for the year, as above intimated, is the heaviest ever known, and will probably exceed $1,350,000 in value, thus being nearly double the Imports. Our ex port trade in manufactured goods, it must be observed, I the heaviest ever known, and for the first time In our country's history exceeded tbe value of imports of similar good. There were 11.438 failures in tbe United State in 1888, involving liabil ities of $141,187117, a decrease from 1897 in number of 11.8 per cent, and lu liabilities of 9.5 per cent. Com pared with 1890 and 189S, the propor tion of decrease shown ia even larger, a compared with 1896, failures were fewer by 25 per cent, and liabilities smaller by 84 per cent Decreases are also shown when compared with 1891, a year of large trade, but of numerous and costly failures; but com pared with 1893 there is an increase shown ol 13 per cent In number, and 80 percent in liabilities. TEN THOUSAND DROWNED Another Awfal Calamity Ooeurrod at , Haokow. Victoria, B. C. Jan. 8. The steam er Victoria and Yamaguchi Mara have arrived with new from the Oiientup to December 18. - Another eer ions calamity, writes the Hankow correspondent of the North China Daily Newa, ha befallen the people of Hankow; about 10,000 of the inhabitants have met death by drown ing. About noon December 3 half the storehouses extending along the edge of the river Han suddenly broke away and tumbled into the watt-r on top of all the boat there. The houses and boats, with all tbe people in tbem, dis appeared ' In a moment. About 100 buildings and the same number of boat are gone. ' New comes of more murder of mis sionaries. The Japanese Herald say an English missionary ha been mur deied by natives and enldiers at Tsing Ping. A French missionary ha been burned to death at Swatow, nd a Ger man missionary baa been mortally in jured in Shan Tung. The murder of an American missionary, Mr. Butter field, of Central China, I reported. Advice tate that aince the attack on the Russian troop at Andijan some time back, discontent and dissatisfac tion have been rife throughout the province. This feeling has asumed such proportion that the Russian au thorities have already strengthened their garrisons. They have, rnoreover, occupied the larger village in force, and superseded tbe oivil br n"1'"" administration. Not more than 800 or 800 fanatic were engaged in the attack on the Rusians, yet more than 1,800 men were arrested on suspicion and floirired In order to extort information. Not only were the actual malefactor punished, but their relatives ofall de crees were also imprisoned. In addi tions this; a fine oi 800.000 rouble baa been Inflicted on the district. A pro.peroui Toar. Washington, Jan. 8. The published statement ol the government receipt and expenditure show that during the half year ending December 81, the rooeipts aggregated f340,oi,ou, againBt 1207,780,674, lor the ame per iod Inst vear.'" According to the treas ury these receipt are the largest since 1868, when they reached loos.uaa.oau, for the entire fiscal year, and 1897, wheu they amounted to f 400,8B,uiu. , nimtraoa San Vranolaoo Fir. Ban Francisco, Jan. 8. Fhe which started early tonight in the business building at 917 Stevenson street oauseu i. ann nnn hntnm . it waa M nn. ------ extinguished. Of thi amount about t40.000 fall on the Krouah Manuiao luring Company, maker of pumps and hydraulio machinery. The San Fran- oIboo artistic metal works, wnion oo Dupiod part of the, structure, were totally deatrovod. the loss being placed at $10,000. The origin Qf the Are is unknown. ' TRAGEDY AT SEASIDE Three Men Killed in a Des perate Fight. THE WORK OF A DESPERADO Chorion WlUard Mnrdorod ehorlff William, and Deputy Lamar., and Was Shot br Deputy Millar. Seaside, Or., Jan. 9. The burning of the Fulton oottage, at this place. last Wednendiiy morning, culminated thi afternoon in the bloodiest tragedy in the history of thi county, as a re sult of which three men are oold in death and one other ia badly wounded. The dead are: Sheriff J. W. William. Depnty Sheriff James Lamer and Charles Wil- lard. Dopnty Bheiiff A. E. Miller woe shot in the leg. ' , It wa considered certain by every one that tbe burning of the cottage was for the purpose of concealing a rob bery, and suspicion pointed to Charles Wil lard as the guilty person, particu larly a he wa seen a shoit time after the fire coming from the locality with wheelbarrow load of goods. Acting on the suspicion then aroused Sheriff William thi morning secured a aoarch warrant, and in company with Senator C. W, Fulton and other, went to Seaside to search Willard'a prem ises, and also all the cottage of whioh he had ohargeduring the winter season. About 8 o'clock tins afternoon, Sher iff Williams, Senator Fulton and Dep uties A. E. Miller and Jamea Lamer, the two latter being resident of Sea side, went to the rottags of Mrs. Susie Lewieton, where Willaid was living, to search It. On rapping at the door they were answered immediately by Willaid, who told them to wait until be dressed. but from subsequent events it i certain ' he wanted time to get hi gnns leady for action. Alter a few moments be opened the door, and on being told what was wanted, told the sheriff, in a polite manner, that he was welcome to search any of the residences iu hi charge. Leaving Fulton, Lamer and the sheriff in the house, he picked np his rifie, and telling Miller to follow him. he started for John L. Carlson's cottage whioh he bad in charge, and which he said some one had endeavored to break Into. There tbey were soon afterward joined by Williams and Fulton. The latter asked Willard to ooine back to the Lewiston cottage. He mode no objection. It waa on nesting tbe cottage the second time that the tragedy 'occurred. Senator Fulton had identified some shotgun cartiidges in the house as be longing to him, and began questioning Willard a to where be got possession of them. Thi nettled Willard, al though he answered that a friend bad given tbem to him, and be began to get ugly. Fulton and Miller went inside the cottage, leaving Willard. Sheriff Wil liam and Lamera standing ont.-ide. They had just proceeded to the rear room when two shots were heard in quiok luooeasion, and on running to be door. Sheriff Williams waa teen to throw up hi Land and full backward over the bank. In front of the bouse were Willard and Lamer, in a desper ate hand-to hand struggle, although the latter had been shot through the right groin and was fust crowing faint, and hi assailant was fight ina with te desperation of a demon. Falton sprung at Willard'B head, and pulling him to the ground jumped on his face. Miller wrenched the rifle from his hand. threw it on the ground, and taking out his revolver beat tbe desperado over the head. Senator Fulton, in the meantime, picked up the rifle and told Willard to remain quiet, or he would kill him. The latter, however, watched hia op portunity, and jumping to hia feet atartad to run away, when Fulton fired, missing him the first time, but strik ing him in the faoe the second time, carrying away the greater poition of his mouth and nose. Willard fell, ap parently dead, and Fulton started to obtain help to oaie for the injured men, leaving Miller on guard with the rifle in hand. Miller stepped back to aid Lamera, who was lying on the ground desperately wounded, when Willard waa noticed to be fumbling with hia belt. Quicker than a flush be drew a revolver and fired three bullets, the first one hitting Miller in the left leg, Just behjw the hip. Miliar returned the fire with the rifle, the first bullet inflicting a flesh wound in Willard' boulder, and tbe second hitting him lu the left side, near the groin, killing him instantly. By thi time help had arrived, and an examination waa made of the in jured men. Sheriff Williams was found to have been shot through the right breast, and although his pulse waa beating feebly when examined, he ihowed no further signs of life. La men was shot lu the right groin, and he lived about 80 minutes after being removed to Guinea' hotel. Miller, the other deputy, waa wounded In the leg, but his wound ia not of serious na- ture. '' ' ; ' , Dloeardott Womao'a Deed. Los Angeles, Cal., Jan. 8. George P. King, chief deputy In the office of Citr Engineer Dockweiler, was shot and probably fatally wonuded this evening by Theresa Kerr, whom lie bad cast off. Irxtradltian Treat With Bracll. Mutt, Vn.b .1m 9 ...A fliNnntfh to the Herald from Rio do Janeiro states that the Brazilian oongrcsu una ap proved a treaty of extradition with the United States. WANTS NO NICARAGUA CANAL, liutila Launehe Campaign Agalnat th Alnoriean Schema. ' New York, Jan. 9. A dispatch from Paris says; The Herald's European edition prints tbe following: Russia 1 evidently beginning campaign against tbe Nicaragua canal. The Novoe Vremya publishes an article not only warmly -advocating the Pana ma scheme, but filled With bitter dis like of the Dnited States. The writer says the predominance of tho United State would have been de sirable for Russia s few year ago, but all this has changed aince the last war. He goes on "to say that, having desixiiled poor Spain, the United State ha become a colonial party and an Asiatic power. "Forgetting the Monroe doctilne of America for Americans, which Implies the other doctrine tbat American do minion must be confined to America, the Yankees," be says, "aienow enter ing Into open competition with na in China and Corea. They have no scruples Over an alliance with their traditional enemy, England, and with Japan for this purpoee. Fortius reason Russian financiers and diplomats ought to give their sup port to the French .undertaking when it comes to seriously disoaiding the neutralization of tbe Panama canal and placing it under the general control or guarantee of the European power." The writer declare the Panama route would be more beneficial to Russia than the Nicaragua route. "Tin lattei canal," he add, "even supposing its completion possible, would be a purely A met lean undertak ing, whereas the Panama canal remain in the band of our allies, tbe French, or it may become an international en terprise with the addition of a strong American element to its shareholders. " The Novoe Vremya says: "Russia must therefore, be on her guard against the United Stttes. es pecially in view of the enormous wealth of its Pacific shores and strat egical position occupied by imerioans in the Sandwich, the Philippines, the Samoan and the Mariana islands." WILL NOT RETURN. General Merrltt's Official Connection With the Philippine Has Ceaoed. Chicaao. Jan. 8. Major-General Wesley A. Merritt and bride are in Chicago. They will spend the holi day here and then go to New York, where tbe general will assume nil po sition as commander of tbe department of the Eaat. The general asvs that his official connection with the Philippines has oeaced. He thinks this government should ignore Agonoillo, the Filipino representative. Aoooiding to the gen eral's belief Agoncillo ia trying to hold up the United State. General Merritt sinned wnen me question of "embalmed" beef was brought tip. "What fresh beef wa furmshert us at Manila came from Australia." Gen eral Merritt says, "but most of the meat furnished the army was canned, and a good ahare of it waa taken with us. We did not experience the least trouble with it. Myeell and my staff lived on canned meat part of the time, and we were in the beat of health." . MRS. BOTKIN GUILTY. Convicted of Murder In First Ttecree Life lmprUonment the Penalty. San Franoisoo, Jan. 8. Rather to the general surprise oi those who have t.illnxut tho Tint kin triai. and to the antira riiamaT of the defendant and her attorneys, Mrs. Cordelia Botkin was tonight found guilty of murcor In tne first degree for causing tne aeato ox Mm John P. Danninir. bv sending a box of poisoned candy to her in Dover. Del. The oondemnea murueress -win r antra,! an h?nominioua death on the gallows, however, the jury that found her guilty imposing also tne penalty of life imprisonment The verdict was unexpected. An acquittal wa cojtl dently awaited by the defense, while the prosecution feared a disagreement. Hlg Gold Strike. . El Paso, Tex., Jan. 8. Considerable excitement waa caused in mining and smelting oircle here today by the ar rival of authentic information ol one of the biggeet gold strikes yet made in Northern Mexico. E. U. Beauchamp, who arrived today from Beoereao, bo noro, by way of Casas Grandes, Chihua hua, reports the discovery of an im mense fissure vein of free milling gold n 9(1 miloa artnth of Bacereac. The ore is reported to contain 18 ounce of gold to tbe ton, and tbe vein na been traced for several miles. Amerioan prospectora in Casas Grandes and sur rounding distriot are arriving on the scene in large numbers. , Faateet Train la the World. Cleveland, O.. Jan. 1. As a result of a meeting of division superintend ent of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad, just held here to re arrange time-tables, it ia announced that the new fast mail, which ia to be started next Sunday between New York and San Francisco, will be the fastest regular train in the world. That i to ay, there ia no other train which goes ao great a distance in as short a time every day in the year. The total reduotion in time between New York and San Francisco over the present schedule is a . little over 13 hour. .' -' ' ' - Atlanta. Ga., Jan. 8. The memor able sentiment regarding the nation' care of Confederate dead expressed in President McKinley'e now famoua fra ternising speech before the Georgia leg islature haa crystallised Into an order to ascertain the location of all the Con federate burying grounds in the South, and this work has already begun. Georgia ha been called on for a list of tliene places, the sdjutaut-generul ol the state having received an official letter from Washington requesting a full list of the Confederate cemetwiea. LULL ROUTE FAVORED Report of Nicaragua Canal Commission. PHESE5T3 NO SERIOUS PROBLEMS lnereated Dimensions Are Made Mea- 1 msary by the Dauiamlo ef i Modern Commerce Washington, Deo. 81. The full text of the preliminary report el the Nica ragua caual Commission was today mult public It says: "The commission visited Nicaragua, personally examined the entire canal region from ocean to ocean, and era ployed some 70 engineers, with their laborers and helpers, for 10 months, in making careful survey and examina tion of the canal region. The com mission belidfes that tbe construction of a canal across Nicaragua is entirely feasible. The estimates ef the best known routes have been nearly com pleted. These routes are known as the Maritime Canal Company's route and the Lull route. Their estimated cost is approximately f 124,000,00 and $126,000,000 respectively. "The assumed dimensions are con siderahly greater than ever before pro posed, both in length of locks and in width, depth and radius of curvature of canal. These increased dimensions have been made necessary by the de mands of modern commerce, size and draught of modern ships, etc. This has necessarily made a corresponding inoreasa in the estimated cost, and is in no way inconsistent with the esti mates made from former surveya, which contemplated a much smaller and chea'per canau ' "It is the opinion of this commis sion that of the two routes herewith estimated for, tbe one called tbeLuil route is tbe more desirable, because it ia easier of construction, present no problems not well within good engi neering precedents, and will be a eafer and more reliable oanal when com pleted. It also believe that the di mension and form of construction pre ferred by the commission are better than tbe cheaper form, as the smaller dimension would undoubtedly oall for exepusive improvements within a short time sfter its completion. Both of tbe routes referred to above admit of variations which may reduce the rout. These are now being considered by the commission. The work necessary for an exhaustive discns&ion of and report upon tbe entire oanal problem Is being pushed as lapidly aa its gi eat magni tude permits, and when completed the report will be submitted without delay. We are, sir, with great respect, your obedient servants, J. E. WALKER, "Rear-Admiral, U. S. N., President of Commission. "LOUIS M. HAUPT, 1 ' "Civil Eengineer, Member. "I concur with tbe other membei of the commission with respect to the construction work and feasibility of the canal, but I think, in view of the in- creased size of the oanal estimated for, and the difficulty inoident to work in tropical countries, thut the estimate ia lower than it should be by about SO per cent. "PETER HAINES, "Colonel Corps of Engineers, Member. " SUGGESTS INVESTIGATION. Dower Want a Flrt-Cla Statesman Seut to the fhlllpplnee. New York, Deo. 81. A dispatch to the Herald from Manila says Admiral Dewey considers it absolutely necesaary that a fiist-clasa statesman be sent to I Manila to thorongbly investigate the i situation there and asceitain the aspira tions ol the Filipino republicans. He further states that the United States must accept their responsibilities in the Philippines which have been ac quired by conquest. If they should shirk thia duty they would put them selves back 200 years in tbe world's history. The first republican government has lesigned over Ihe question of American intervention in the government of tbe Philip) inea. Owners of property desire American co-operation. The present temporary cauinet, whioh will exercise power pending the elections, is very anti-American. It allows no American co-opeiation what ever, and wants to declare a Iree repub lio and to consider Americana a alliea. It ia willing to grant liberal commer cial treaties, with a monopoly of. the mines and railways, and to repay the expenses of the American occupation of Manila.'' ' Trouble due to malcontents continue in the provinces of Tarlac and Pana gasiman. Republican troops have been sent there to quell the disturbance, y. Killed Three Men. West Plains. Ho., Dec. 81. At Am brose, in Ozark county, William Bar ton today shot and killed two men named Cobb. Sheriff Luna quicklv organised a posse at Gainesville and started out to capture the murderer. He was found near the scene of the tragedy, and before being arrested he shot and killed Henry Winge, a mem ber oi the posse, and then enrrendeied. Y.on Man Hartford, Conn., Dec 81.- Ben jamin R.WillettB, aged 23, was hanued at the state prison, Wetherelleld, at 18:80 tbia morning 'for the warder of D. 8. Lambert, of Wilier, hi former teacher, December 17, 1897. Willetts waathe jountcit im'-on ev rli I in the prison. Ban Ft m i ! 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