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onn li is in-j : VOL. XVI. ST. HELENS, OREGON, Fill DAY, JANUA11Y 13, 1899. NO. 4. 3j' T ,- fi IT ll I V U M EVENTS OF THE DA Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRE, An Interesting Oullnotlon nf Itama From tli Two llemlspiiare Presented lit 11 Condensed Form, General Maximo Gomes, from h camp, 800 mile westward, near Nar euo, hat Isausd a proclamation to th Cuban arm advising against disband lug until tlx proceeding at Wishing ton regarding tin pay of tlie insurgent t loops liHva beon coiiipUitoiJ. , By the purchase of a largo block of took of the Calbarien railway, in Cuba, I Ruia & Co., bunker, representing English capitalists, have secured a oon trolling interest In tlmt lii a. The sum men have alao been laige pur chasers of Hie stocks of Sagua aud Cion fuego companies. The monthly treiiry atatement of the public debt ihowt that at the close of business, December 81, the debt, Ibm cash in the treasury, amountod to ft, 139 178,386, an increase during the . month of 11.703,799. Thi inoreaae ii due to the delivery of 8 per een , bonds of the new Issue, previously paid for. At Evsnsvllle, lod., Minor Garrett, Edgar Gardner, Elijah Boott, Fran Curl and William Morris, boy ranging in age from 10 to 12 years, were given a publio whipping in the police court xor Mealing lOine old waab boilers, Their parenta were given the option bv Judge Winfrey of whipping the boye or having them lent to the reform achool, Governor Roosevelt, Greater Mew York' new xtuotlve, hai estalblahed code of rulea to govern hit uonaidera, tion and determination of application! for pardon and commutation of ten- fence, II a will not exeicise execiliv . clemency In behalf of a man who haa been convicted of murdering or abualng hii wife, nor will he pardon any hub itual criminal. Hi mercy will be ahown only to those whose sentence aeeraa to have been Severn or whose commission of a crime wa the rvaul of luHuenoe. A moat remarkable wedding ha taken place at the village of Trail, U. four brother being married to four alt' . tar. The fonr knot were tied at the home of the brides, who are the duugh ten of a farmer named Jame Hooh tetter. Their age range from 18 to 38, and the ago of thlr respective hnsabuda vary only (lightly, The groom are toor aon of John Bummer, The ceremony of marylng the fonr couple occupied almost an hour, the imie clergyman performing all. The ..four brothera and their wive will liva within a itone' throw of each other, A dispatch from Borne auya a mob of 4,000 people had assaulted an internal teveitue aentry boa, and atoned the gendarme around Nisceuii, Sicily, aa A p oteat againat el xiinuiutiioation. A number of person wore wuunded. John Wellmer, of Lafayette, Nlool Intt county, Minn, was aliot In the bead and hip by two tramp, to whom he find given inciter. They bound Mr. Wellmer to a lounge with a clothe Una and escaped with Wellmer' team. The governor' office at the state- fiouie in Springfield, III., wa entered by partie unknown and $580 atolen from a drawer. The erime ia loiroond ed in mystery, ail floor of the build ing are guarded by watchmen. The theft wa discovered by Colonel J. M. Tanner and an investigation 1 pend Ing. . , . On of the moat notable eelebra tionn In the history of American col, lege , wa in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of Transylvania nni- vanity, at Lexington, Ky. It wa no, table on account of it ninny famou alumni, including Jeffaraon Davis, president of the Confederate etatoi, and Justioe Harlan, of the anpreme court of the united Statea, score of oon grosainen and men prominent in public life. , King Charlei baa opened the oortos gerare at Lisbon. In the course of hi vpeeoh from the throne, King Charlei aaicj that during the war between the United States and Spain, two friendly nation!, Portugal , proclaimed, and, aa waa her duty, maintained strict and absolute neutrality. His majesty laid ha greatly sympathized with the canr'a disarmament proposal, and made reference to the oolomes which appar ently disposes of the rumor of the al of Delngoa bay, , ' In China the Yellow river flood have destroyed the crop, and fumin has resulted. Thousand of native are starving. : Thooaandi of hungry and ragged refugeea are moving down the river In boats, only to find the walla of the cities loner down closed against the starving horde. The gov ernment appropriated 800,000 taala for their relief, but less than one-fifth has been distributed. It is claimed dis honest official have pocketed the bal ance. A relief fund has been started at Shanghai. Rev. B, Craig Fatter son, of the Chian Kian miaaion,appoal to American friends for aid. Minor Mawt, Item. Sebastian Bach Mills, the well known composer and pianist, died in Wiesbaden, Germany, aged 80 year. The preliminary report of the Nlca ragua canal commission shows that it will require about fliiS.000,000 to build the oanal. Encouraging report of the condition cf affairs in Manila and Porto Rioo reached the war department from the officer commanding the troops iu those departments. LATER NEWS. At a Are which broke out In the Ho to! Richelieu, at Pittsburg, Pa., threa mints lost their lives and five people were badly hart. A Piuis paper any It learns from an Indisputable source that the oourt of cassation is convinced that Dreyfus was Justly condemned. Colonel Potter, apodal emiasary of General Otis to llo Ilo, reports that the rebels threaten to burn the town if the Americans bombard the place. Governor Lcedy, of Kansas, bus corn, muted the sentence of J. It. Colran, who, while cashier of the Sate bank, of Fort Scott, in 181)5, stole 93,000 of its funds. Four dead, two injured, one of these perhaps fatally, and the loa of proper ty of the Southern railway to the amount of about 123,000, la the result of a wreck whioh occurred at Knox vilie, Tenn. A heavy wind storm swept over the remote section of Scott county, Ark. At Boles, a tchoolhooae was blown down and throe pupils were killed, an other was fatally woimd, and a doaen or more sustained more or lea Injuries. A tremendous landslide occurred near finance' Bridge, on the Canadian Pa cific railroad. A mountain which ha long been an object of curiosity to traveler crashed into the Fraser river, damming it completely, and sending the water in torrent over the fertile Nicola valley. The course of the liver wa changed completely. The Sebastapool correspondent of the London Times, who has been touting In Eastern liussia for two 'month to discover, if possible, aome evidence on the part of tl.e Russian government to give effect to the disarmament propo sal of Emperor Muholas, says all bis observation were quite to the contrary, and that Russia la increasing her mil itary strength. .According to late adviois from Daw son, the United Statea government will be called upon to relieve Indigent min er in the Klondike, The Dawson Nugget fay there i a strong move. ment on1 loot at Dawson to semi a rep resentative to Washington for the pur. pose of enlisting the United Statea government iu the cause of aiding In remedying the great distress which prevails among the minora of the Yu kon. At tho annual convention of the Brotherhood of Sterna fehovel and Diedga Engineers and Cranosraen of America, hold in Chicago, resolutions were adopted, urging congress to pass the Nicaragua canal bill and also that a law should be passed making eight boor day' work on said canal, Res olution were alao passed urging con grass to para the river and harbor bill at the prnt session of congress. Con gies was also urged, to create a labor commission of three union men to see that the laws in the interest of work i rig men were enforced on all govern ment work. Senator Hale haa been renominated by the Maine Republicans.- . Hon. Joseph 0. Choate will be onr next ambassador to Great Britain. Dr. H. Seward Webb, president ol the Wagner Palace Car Company, is mentioned aa successor to Senator Mor rill as senator from Vermont. The first formal state dinner of the season took pkoe at the White Mouse Thursday, when President and Mrs. Molfinley entertained the members of the eabinet A sensation has been ereatod in Ger many by the publication in a Cologne paper of an alleged conversation had with the late Pnnoe Rismaiok, in whioh he predicted the fall of the Aus trlan empire. An American named Boynton, who ia trying to travel around - the earth without money, met with terrible fall Into a chasm while entering France by night through tho Pyrenees. He waa seriously injured. , , Another disagreeable consequence of the late war has been presented to the government of claims from the cable companies - for damages sustained through the suspension of their busi ness by the United State military and naval forces. The aggregate amount of these claims cannot be foretold. Representative Tongne, of Oregon, has prepared an amendment to the bill for oudiflcation of the laws of Alaska, now pending in the house, providing for the licensing of main business con cur ns in the territory, and especially the liquor business. Mr. Tongue enys that the Treadwoll mines doe not pay anything iu the way of taxes to the sup port of th tertitorial institutions, and that from the region surrounding Ju neau about (6,000,000 in gold ia pro duced annually, and does not contribute cent to the government. . The Havana afternoon papers sent a tin ill through the city with a report that a tnrture and execution chamber had been found at the residence of the Spanish miltiary governor, adjoining: the palace. The papers declareed that there the Spanish officials questioned and murdered political prisoners. Ac cording to their accounts, the floor of the chamber was covered with dried blood, and ita walla were indented with machete strokes. An excited' crowd soon gathered outside the house which waa last occupied by General Parrado, Mrs. John Quark, aged 100 years, died at her home near Galena, III. Lieutenant Commander Sumner C. Payne, United State . navy, retired. died in Ashyille, N. O, James McDonald, agod 103, a resi dent of Chippewa Falls, Wis., died at St. Joseph's hospital, Milwaukee, v; ; A Pittsburg company has received a contract from the United Statea govern ment to re-equip Morro oastle in Qav ana. " . CLOUDS OVER AFRICA Tension Between England and France Increased. THUNDERER'S FIERY UNGUAGB Cromer's Plata Words at Khartoum-. Ilhodei Flans a Cap Town - Cairo ltallroad. London, Jan. 10.-All events seem to work together in European politics to Increase the tension between Great Britain and Franco, The past week has brought Madagascar and Egypt for, ward as irritants just when the mutual Irritability was subsiding, liven the most conservative observer begin to take a pessimistic view of the relations between -the ' two -powers Thi in slude those who up to the present hare considered the belligerency to be due to supersensitiveness upon the part of France and to the unnecessary gruff nesa upon the part of Great Britain in insisting on what she considers to be her right. ' - Th past 94 hours brought the pub' llcation of Madagascar blue book, which wa followed by a leading editorial In the Time denouncing France In lan guage ao fiery for that conservative newspaper that Frenchmen are reading the two together and are construing them a parts of deliberate policy in spired by one mind. That mind, in the theory of the man in the streets, t-Joseph Chamberlain, the secretary of state for colonies. Other paper may storm and scold and not be no. ticed, but when the Times becomes abusive, foreigner interpret it a being the voice of the government. In the present instance, some Englishmen will place the same construction upon It utterance, recalling how the Times led the "no aunender" cry over the Fashoda incident, nnder evident in spiration. ';.!-' One fact I certain, public opinion in Great Britain Will not sanction the government to swerve an inch to avoid war with France, thinking that if it must come this 1 the best time to have it out. Many people give importance to the issuing of the Madagascar blue book almost simultaneously with tbe quiet but unmistakable announcement at Khartoum by the British agent there, Viscount Cromer, In hia lemarka to the ihiekhs, that Great Britain baa set her seal upon Egypt. If there was a doubt In the minds of her European rival that Great Britain intended to fore close the mortgage upon which she has expended ao much labor and blood to eecure, it must have been set at rest by the utterances of Lord Cromer, in which' the ward "protectorate" was written in large letters, though the government a mouthpiece carefully ah atained from using that inoendiary word. A mora definite notice that Great Britain' tenure of Egypt is per nianent could not be asked. In the meantime an enterprise of the utmost moment in the furtherance of Great Britain's domination in Africa is about to be consummated. K Cecil Rhodes, the ex-premier and alleged In Btigatot of the Jameson laid, and the so-called "Napoleon of Sooth Africa, ia going to Kngland to arrange for pushing forward the Cape Town-Cairo railroad, ao long the dearest dream of imperialist. A definite proposition will be presented by Mr. Rhodes to London capitalist for an extension of the railroad from Buluwayo to Lake Tanganlka. Ha does not pretend it will be a paying investment from the start. Its importance for aome year will be political Instead of commercial and he hopes to persuade the British government to smooth- the way b? guaranteeing per cent interest on the bond to cover the cost of construc tion. But one barrier stands , in the way, in the form of the Congo conven tion, guaranteeing neutrality of the part of the continent about Lake Tang anyika, which even the autocrat of Rhodesia will find hard to force. Here Germany has the veto on Great Brit ain' advance, whioh she cannot be expected to waive without an indem nity. PASSED , THE SENATE. No Dabato on District of Columbia Dill Viral Appropriation Maasura. Washington, Jan, 10,At a brief session of the senate today, the first of the regular appropriation bill to be reported to the body, the District ol Columbia bill, waa passed, ' It carried a trifle over $7,000,000, and was passed practically without debate. The pres entation of a memorial fiom a camp of Confederate veteran in opposition to the proposition of Butler of North Car olina to pension ex-Confederate soldiers was made the text by Allen of Nebras ka for some remarks, daring the course of which he said that Butler, in making bis proposition, and the president, in suggesting that the nation care for the grave of the-Confederate dead, had been cairied away by their enthusiasm. The house was engaged all day on the legislative, executive and judioiacl bill and completed it substantially aa reported, exoept the items for the civil service commission, which went over. , Given TJp for X.oat. Boston, Jan. 10. The owners of the Boston brig Mary Gibbs, Captain Hor ace Coombs, now ISO days out on a voyage from Newport New to Para, Brazil, have abandoned all hope of the vessel, although they still believe there is a chance that the crew may have been rescued by some ship bound either to the Pacific or to some remote quarter of the globe. The Mary Qihhs carried eight men and a cargo of 650 tons of coal. HONORS TO A DEAD SOLDIER Sarvlea Over the Ramalns at Colonal New York, Jan, 10. A Herald dis patch from Havana says: The body of Colonel Muybry, of the First Texas, rested in state In tent near Lee' headquarters at Buena Vista on Thurs day, Short services were held at 6 o'clock by Chaplain Watson, General Lee, heifer and Ilasbrouck being pre ent. The body waa brought to Havana being escorted to the Almandarea liver by hi entire regiment. It will go to Miami on Friday to be forwarded to Texas. Adjutant-General Dorst, of the Fifth Bavaliy, is critically ill with malarial fever. Lee's former forces are being loseene day by , day. Four companies now doing provost duty in the suburbs have been detached from his command and ordered to report to General Ludlow. When the American occupation took place the membersof a lottery company that was famou a few year ago in a Southen city made an attempt to aecure a concession here. Local papers have apparently been subsidized, but Gen eral Brooke declares that so long a the American occupation lasts lotteries will be barred. Smallpox has become epidemic at Mariana, and General Lee has ordered a number of In footed house burned. Franklin Soott, a private of, the One Hundred and Sixty-first Indiana, baa the smallpox. Two hundred and fifty nanigoe arrived on Thmsday on tbe transport Covedonga, and were turned loose in a body. SANTIAGO'S TRADE. Oaneral Wwod'a Kapert Shows It Is on tha Incraaaa. Washington, Jan. 10. The trade of Santiago Is already showing a stirpr is ing growth under American adrairiis tration. General Wood has submitted a report to tbe war department, in which he statea that the policy of nou discriminative intercourse extended to tbe vessels of all nations in Santiago province has greatly facilitated the re establishment of commercial relatione and haa been one of tho chief 'features in the restoration of comparative pros parity in commerce, industry and agri culture. Outward cargoes of sugar and other products are being grandad? found for (hipping, but exportation from the mines of the province have contributed the bulk of the exports. "The fact," saya General Wood. that the mine were put into opera- tion at an early date after the capitula tion of Santiago was Important in that the employment of large numbers of native during a critical period wa stimulated by the facilities for ship ping ore." The division of custom and insular affair of the war department has re ceived from the collector of cnetoms at Havana, Colonel Lasker II. Bliss, un der date of December 89, 1898, his re port. Colonel Bliss saysihat the first seri ous embarrassment he met with on tak ing charge of the custom-house at Ha vana waa caused by the fact that the Spaniards had removed nearly every thing except the bare wall and floors. ia first official step wa to obtain a full list of employe in the custom-house. their salaries and nationality, and next information as to their general charaa ier and reputation for integrity. Colonel Bliaa saya that, aa was to be expected, the aeverai piacea in tbe cug. torn house when he assumed charge were ohiefiy held by Spaniards, the to tal number employed being 839. The problem ; that confronts him, he says, is how to repair a house from founda tion to roof without a material disturb ance of it occupant and without in terfering with thoir daily business. Under this condition, he remarks, he cannot of course begin by tearing the house down. - PUtrlmac Ended in Illot. Paris, Jan. 10. The socialist annual pilgrimage today to the tomb of Blan- qui, in the cemetery of Pere la Chaise, led to riot between rival partisans of Henri Rochefort, editor of the Intrans igeant, and M. Juares, editor of the Socialist Petite Republique. Many were injured, aud the police made a number of arrests. The wreath intend ed for the tomb was trampled upon. Inaurgente Repeet Earopaana. - Madrid, Jan. 10. Advices were re ceived here today from a leading mer chant at Ilo Ilo, to th effect that agri cultural operations in the vicinity of Ilo Ilo hove not been interrupted, and that all the insurgents respect the Eu- lopeans, both at Ilo Ilo and on the island of Negroa. I resent Release of Prisoner. '- Madrid, Jan. 10. Rios, the Spanish commander, telegraph ' from Manila that strained relations between the Americans and insurgents prevent steps being taken in favor of , the release of the Spanish prisoners in the Philippine stands. He adds that he will aot in that direction aa soon aa it is possible. Imuilvratlon at San Franolaeo San Francisco, Jan.' 10. The report of the immigration commission for December show that the total immi gration into the port of Sah Francisco was 420 persons, of whom 93 were fe males. There were 149 Japanese. Twelve assisted Japanese were deport ed, and 87 others were not admitted who could neither read nor write. Record Caieh of Halibut. Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 9. With her rigging and decks covered with ice, the steamer New England arrived in port early this morning with a record catch at the halibut banks off Queen Char lotte islands. The steamer bad 180,- 000 pounds of fish. ' During tbe three months the New England haa been en gaged this season she has brought to port 600,000 pounds of halibut. Medicine was the first profession to which women were admitted in Russia, AGONCILLO'S SERVE Hopes to Be Received Offi daily at Washington. TO ACT ON THE DEFENSIVE General Miller Haa Bean Ordered to Land His Troop at Ilo Ilo at Once. , Washington, Jan. 9. Scnor Agon- oillo, who i in Washington aa the rep resentative of the Philippine govern ment, has asked to be recognised by the United States aa such, and to be accorded the same rights a the other diplomats. Hia request is now in tbe hands of Secretary Hay. Today, Doin Sixto Lopez, the private secretary of Senor Agoncillo, visited the state department, and presented to the officials a letter to Secretarr Hay, requesting, on behalf of Senor Agoncil lo, an interview for the purpose of ar ranging to present hia credential to President McKinley, and inquiring when it would meet tbe convenience of the president to meet the Philippine representative. The letter of Senor Lopex further states that he is instructed by Senor Agoncillo, in view of recent develop ments, to urge the advisability of an nnderstading between the American government and the representative of the Philippine people as to the rela tion between the respective nation; such understanding to be reached either at Washington, through the joint rep resentatives of the two governments, or in the Philippine islands, in like man ner. The letter concludes with an ex preasion of the earnest hope that tbe friendly relations heretofore existing between the two nation "may ever be maintained. Accompanying the letter is a memo randum setting forth the establishment of the Philippine republic, and the provision for a detailed system of gov ernment. From the fact submitted. says Senor Agoncillo, "it will appear that the Philippine government is now, and it has been practically ever since June 18, 1898, substantially in full possession of tiie territory of the people it represents." - WILL FORCE THE ISSUE. General Miller Ha Order to Proceed Against Ilo Ilo. Chicago, Jan. 9. A special to the Times-Herald from Washington says: President McKinley ' has decided to force the issue with the Filipinos. Hi iocision may result in a battle at Ho Ilo. It may lead to a harrassing war with the natives of the Philippine. It is hoped and believed that such calam ities will be averted, but it remains for the insurgents to determine what tha results will be. The president has oidored Geueral Miller to land his troops at Ilo Ilo. The order leaves the American com mander no alternative. He ia directed to be conciliatory toward the natives, but at the same time he is instructed to use force, if necessary, to effect hi landing and establish himself in the desired camp. Iu other words. Gener al Miller is to act on the defensive. He will not fiie a gun unless attacked by the Filipinos. STEAMERS MAY BE CRUSHED. Yukon Craft Will Be In Dancer Wheat th Ice Uroak. Seattle, Jan. 0. News from Dawson state that a number of Yukon river steamer a ill be lost when the ice breaks up in spring. Some were caught in very unprotected place, and can scarcely escape being wrecked. The Robert Kerr, of tbe Moran fleet, is stuck fast on a : bar 50 miles below Circle City. The fine steamer Arnold, of the Alaska Exploration ; Company's fleet, waa caught by the ice while fast on a bar some 80 milea below Fortv- Mile. A crack boat of the Empire line, the Seattle, is stuck 19 miles below Circle City. She ia on a bar and ice is jam med up all around her. The Taeoina and John C Barr are also fast in dan gerous positions. Gouiea1 Ambition. New Voi k, Jan. 9. A dispatch to the Herald from Havana says: A colo nel in the insurgent army savs that Gomes recently sounded the army on hia old ambition of uniting Cuba and Santo Domingo under one government. The wily old chief thinks that the United States can offer no objection to this plan, which, if accomplished, would create a state strong enough to absorb Hayti soon. ' With this done, Gomea believes the foundation wculd be laid foi a republic which would soon take rank in tbe Western world second only to the United States. Diftinitted Cadet. Richmond, Vs., Jan. 0. News is received from Lexington tonight that today tha superintendent of the Vir ginia military institute issued an order dismissing the entire first class of that institution, consisting of 85 cadets. The young men dismissed represent 13 stutes, and their offense waa a breach of discipline committed on New Year eve in the faoe of special warning. England Will Welcome Choate. Loudon, Jan. 9. The Dailv News this morning in an editorial welcoming the expected appointment of Joseph H. Choate, of New York, aa United State ambassador to tha court of St. James, says -. - ; "Englishmen will thank President McKinley for bia choice. Mr. Choate will have an easr and pleasant task. Be comes neither to take part in a quarrel nor to heal one, but to foster a cordial friendship into still mor friendly cordalitv " NO APPROPRIATION. Antl'Clvl! Aervlco Reformers Victorian In th Hons. Washington, Jan. 9. The anti-civil service reformer scored a victory in tbe house today. The executive legis lative and judicial appropriation bill wa taken np for consideration, and then, when the appropriation for the civil service commission wa reached, Evans made a motion to strike it out. This motion has been made annually for a dozen yeara or more, but invari ably failed. But today the opponent of the law laid great stress on tbe fact that they could not get a decisive vote upon the proposition, and were there fore' compelled to seek its nullification in thi manner. Even these appeals failed to bring out the full strength of the opposition, though tbe motion to strike out carried by a narrow margin, 67 to 61. This was in committee of the whole, where no record was made of the vote. Moody gave notice that he would demand at record vote In the house, where the friend of the civil service law expect to reverse tbe deci sion. ' ' When the senate convened today the resolution offered yesterday by Hoar, calling on the president for information a to the insti actions to the commis sioners who negotiated the treaty of Paris, together with all correspondence and report relating to their work, was laid before the senate. : Chairman Davis, one of the commissioners, asked that it be referred to the foreign rela tions committee, but Hoar insisted that the senate bad aa much right to such information aa the member of the foreign relations committee, and that the president should determine whether tbe senate should have it. The resolution was adopted in secret session. In support of the resolution offered some time ago by Vest, in oppo sition to expansion, Caffery delivered an extended speech. At the conclusion of Ctffery's argu ment, Morgan announced, on behalf of the Nicaragua canal committee, the acceptance in modified Jorm of tbe amendments offered by Berry before the holid-iys to the pending canal bill. The amendments were not passed npon by tbe senate. MISSIONARY OUTRAGE. Catholic Priest Mrntallv Treated In a Chine Villas;. Berlin, Jan. 9. Letters received here from Kioo Cboti, the German fortified setlement in the province of Shang Tung, China, give details of an outrage upon Father Steni, the German Cath olic missionary, November 9 last. The missionary was abont to leave Tie-Tau, province of Shang Tung, owing to the anti-Chribtian feeling. Finding him self confronted by crowds of Chinese who were clamoring for the destruction of the Christians, be took refuge in a hut, but he was dragged out, his cloth ing torn from his back, and he was struck with sticks and piicked with knives and lances and hia beard torn out The Chinese threatened to flay him alive. The following day, his persecutors prepared to hang him by the wrists. Finally, a mandarin in terfered in hia behalf, but compelled him to leave the district with a prom ise never to return. Davi In Sao Franclaeo. San Francisco, Jan. 9. The United States torpedo-boat Davia arrived todnj from Astoria, via Tillamook, and after taking on coal pioceeded to Mare isl and. She proved to be a good sea boat, but owing to tbe heavy weather along the coast she did not attempt a greater speed than six or eight knots. The Davis crossed out ot the Colum bia about two week ago, but put inte Tillamook to -scape a storm, remaining there until Wednesday morning, when she again headed south. She was in command of Captain Thomas F. Neil!, and ArthurZwicker and J. E. Wolff, of the firm whioh built the vessel, were In charge of the engine and boiler rooms. ' V Ambassador to Russia- New Vork, Jan. 9. A dispatch tc the Herald, from Washington, says: The president has practioally selected William Potter, of Philadelphia, for ambassador to Russia. Mr, Potter wat formerly minister to Italy, having been stationed at Rome during the Hariison administration. Hi record during that period has boen carefully exam ined by the president and Secretary Hay, and both feel confident that he will satisfactorily fill the St. Peters burg post. Kxploalon la Shipyard. London, Jan. 9. A big boiler being tested in Hewitt's shipbuilding-yards at Barking burst today, and the super intendent, engineer and eight other men were killed. About 40 persons were injured, some fatally. The whole ship-building works were wrecked. A woman was found dead 300 yards from the scene of the disaster, A number of men aud boys are missing. Windows half a mile away were shattered. I.lf Imprisonment. Madrid, Jan. 9. Colonel Jul! son San Martin, who was in command ot the Spanish garrison at Ponce when tha United States troops under General Miles ianded on the island, and who abandoned the place without resistance, has been sentenoed to imprisonment for life. He will be incarcerated at Csuta, tha Spanish penal colony in Morocco, opposite Gibraltar. Morrill Successor. ' . I Montpelier, Vt., Jan. 9. Governor Smith has tendered the place in the United States senate, left vacant by the , death of Senator Morrill, to B.: F. i Fitield, of this city, not yet accepted. Mr. Fifield has Washington, Jan. 8. The bouse committee on Indian affairs today or dered a favorable report on the bill granting to the Kettle River Valley road a right of way thronch the Col vll Indian reservation, Washingtoa, BATTLE ON TIIE KILE Last Dervish Chief, Routed by the British. FIVE HUNDRED EERELS KILLED fifteen Hundred Wero Captnrad Lou on the British Side . Wa Smell. London, Jan. 7. Particulars regard ing the recent battle on the Blue Nile have been received in a dispatch from Cairo to the Exchange Telegraph Com pany. , : . Colonel Lewis, it appears, when he routed Emir Fedil, the fast remaining Dervish chief, killed 500 of his fol lowers, and made many prisoner. Tha emir, however, succeeded in escaping.. An official dispatch from Colonel Lewis say that with a Soudanese regiment he attacked Fedil while he wa crossing tho Nile at the cataract south of Roseirex (Reseres). - The colonel's force stormed the island on which Fedil took his position, and some severe fighting followed. Event ually, Fedil fled with 800 followers aorosa tne river, where his force waa dispersed by the Maxim guns. On the British side Major Ferguson, six Egyptian officers and 18 men were wounded, and 87 men were killed. Cairo. Jan. 7. Coloenl Lewis defeat ed the Emir Ahmed Fedil on the Blue Nile December 38. His position was taken by storm and 1,600 dervishe were captured. PHILIPPINE INSURGENTS. Will Resist the Landing- of the Amer icana hy Fore of Arm, Paris, Jan. 7. An official telegram received by the Philippine junta bers dated Manila, January 4, says Agui naldo ha gone to Ilo Ho at the request of the insurgents, there to place himself at their head with a view to fighting the Americans. The dispatch also gives facts as to the antecedents of members of the new Filipino cabinet. The following hava accepted: President of the cabinet and minister of foreign affairs, Mabinii interior, Teodoro Sandico, a oivil en gineer, who waa educated abroad; war. General Balomero Aguinaldo, cousin of Aguinaldo, president of the so-called Filipino government; finance, General Trias, a close ally of Agui naldo;'public works, Gregor io Gonsaga, a lawyer, fotmerly Spanish attorney general of the Visayas. The cabinet is described as homo genous, every member being pledged, according to these advices to resist tha military occupation of the Philippine. Membersof tho Filipino junta here explain that Aguinaldo did not run away, but "left Manila for the moun tain region behind Cavite in order to make secret arrangements foi his voy avge to Ilo Ilo." ' The Filipino who furnishes this in formation also categorically and spe cifically asserts that the latest tele graphic advice declare if the Ameri cana insist upon tbe occupation of the principal cities by the American troops, tbe whole Filipino tribe will resist by force of arms. ; - SANTIAGO IS SATISFIED. Tha Castoma Receipt Will Hot Be Sen 'to Havana. Santiago de Cuba, Jan. 7. A dis patch was received from Havana today saying that the customs receipts may remain in Santiago. The effects of this information are good, and paiticu lailyso iaraa the laborers are con cerned. Senor Bacardi, the mayor, ha assured the laborers that alt work now in progress will go on, and, therefore, there ia not likely to be any imme diate trouble. Prominent Cubans emphatically as sert that if a Cuban government should assume to issue such an order concen trating tbe customs receipts at Havana civil war would break out immedi ately, ' It is hoped that a civil govern ment may be established in every prov ince, distinct from the rule of the gor-ernor-general, who should be merely the military chief of the island. "or Meritorious Service. . Now York, JanJ 7. A dispatch to the Herald from Washington niyss Governor Roosevelt, of New York, ia to receive the brevet rank of brigadier general for gallant and : meritorious ' service during the battle of San Juan. A board of officers, consisting of Gen erals Swan and Boynton and Colonel Carter,: adjutant-geneial, which f had been considering the question of the officers entitled to brevets for heroism, have recommended that Colonel Roose velt be breveted-' Secretary Alger has brought the recommendation to the at tention of the president, who directed tne nomination of Governor Roosevelt for the brevet grade. New Spauiah Cabinet. Madrid, Jan. 7. General Poliaveja, ; ex-govemor-general tf Cuba and of the Philippine islands, awl Senor Silveta, tho conservative leads, have agreed upon the) formation ol a new cabinet, and hava been summoned by the queen re&tns. Ttset early advent of the aon serwti'vea i power ia regarded as cer tain. Killed fe a Prl'iie-annt. New York, Jan. 7. George Tylur, 24 years of ago, was killed in an im promptu priae fight tonight iu JtSrao City by Thomas Foley, aed about 3J years. The two men had an uriuM-i!.-1- raoiory com a lew days as.:o and le 1 i edtO' settle it tonight. In-thn , round Foley hsnd.-d a uh: s -. ; s the point ot Tylot'a jow, i dropped, ami nftei luting cuiui' ,1 i- ,i Was taken to a hospital, wlu-m h v. pronounced dead- Jit &vi btvl -i.