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.
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