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VOL. XVI.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, Fill DAY, JANUA11Y 13, 1899.
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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.