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Newspaper Page TextT5 TT I i i JUL ID JL VOL. XVI. ST. HELENS, OBEGON, FltlDAY, ArKIL 21, 1809. NO. 18. nnT JL EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic New of the World. TKttSR TICKS FItOMTHK WIBRS A Interesting- Colleetloa ef ItMM Wt the Tw. Henlaphera P rosea tod . ' la a Coadeased Wore, Th Cleveland carpenter' itrlko u allied by oompiouiiae. Th International Leagu nl Press Club M in convention to Baltlmoi. Th Amerloan Smelting A Refining Company organised in New York by electing director!. . , The Cuban railway strike has ndd. Trainmen, afraid to lose tliair job, surrendered without condition. President Barrow, of Oberlln col lege, announced tlia anonymous gift ( 150,000 (oi building and equipping a chemical laboratory. At Bridgeport, Conn., Dr. Nanoy A. Gull lord pleaded guilty to Dan laughter, and wa sentenced to 10 yeara' Imprisonment. . Ttie ratlfloationi oi the peace treaty nave been exchanged. Bella mr Btorer, now inlnlater to Belgium, will, be the new minister to Spain, ' The. Victoria trades and labor oonncil protests against the importation of SO men from Pennsylvania to work on a steamer at bake Bennett. In a souffle for possession of a rifle. Albert Pernberton, a pr irate of the Twenty-fifth Infatnry, waa killed at Fort Logan by a comrade, Peter lorn. John B. O'Brien, chief of the Santa Fe lira department, waa instantly killed by the California limited train as It waa pasalng through the yards In Topeke. Ex-Secretary Whitney baa orgs n lard trnst in New York to oontrol electrie transportation. It ia said the trust will in time extend Its operation to the Western cities. , Two thousand miners who went ont at Danville, III,, last week, have de cided to lay the matter before the state arbitration board, and will resume Operations. Five children of Ole Peterson, of Viborg. Turner count, 8outb Dakota, Were poisoned by eating wild parsnip. Two ar dead, one dangerously ill, and two will reuovtr. : John D, Sim and Leonard Hal ward drowned at Sborabar, Cel., on the north aid of Feather river. They attempted to cross the stream In can' Vas boat, which upset. . ' The private hank of L. P. linnsner and McKinaie, at Alma.Wis., has been olosed by order of the state bank ex aminer. The bank owes depositor 100,030, and na very little cash on band. . ' The Crook baa arrived at Ponce, where aha wilt receive the remainder of the dead sold lei s in Porto Rioo. The congress of universal brother. hood will convene tor seven day' ses sion at San Diego. v The San Francisco Examiner state there 1 a probability of combine among the redwood lumbermen of this coast. . . Wheeling, W. Va., street ear are atill tied np by the strike. Street-oar strikers at Bay City, Mich., drove ofl non-union men. Two cowboy at Alamo Uordo, N. M., held np the office of the Alamo Gordo Lumber Company and secured $60,000 worth of scrip. The overflow 1 of- the Yellowstone river caused by the gorging of the Ice I praotloally over. Twelve were drowned at Ulendlve. ; At North Enid, O. T., Postmaster W. II. Day waa out with hatchet and killed and the offloe robbed. There ia no clew to the murderer, The Twentv-first infantry has left Plattsburg for Manila. The soldier carried a silk Sag presented by Mr. MoKlnley two year ago. Geologists of the university of Chi cago , ai planning to spend a part of 1 the summer in Ariaona, to tody the , formation of that territory and New Mexico. At Bridtreton, N. J.,, 1.000 gists woiker (track for union wages and recognition of the onion. All the em ployes of the Star glass woiks, at Med fotd, also atruok. . Oilental advices state that a sensa tion haa been caused at Peking by an edict issued by the empress dowager, ac cusing LI Hang Chang and Chang Jumel, governor of Sbang Tung, with gross extravagance, Hon. II. A. W. Tabor, poatmaater of Denver, and ex-United States senator, "died at his home in that city of appen dicitis, after a three days' illness. He was born in Orleans county, Vermont, November 86, 1880. ' ' Advice at Lima In regard to the revolution In Bolivia say the situation at Oruro, where President Alonso has established base ol operations, la des perate. The federalists) or insurgents, are pushing their operations, Minor Raws Items. The Tennessee legislature has pasted bill making all eontruots entered into In the state payable iu any -.legal 'tea der. ; ; ' A popular actress, Lolo Bansolla, hot herself on the stage of a theater at Vienna, exclaiming: " "lis love that kill." Dr. Richard Garnett, the keeper of printed books in the British museum, says there are about J, 000, 000 book ia the museum, LATER NEWS. A Presbyterian Sunday school ha been established In Havana. : Barmainto, a Brasilian village, haa been destroyed by an earthquake. Three person perished. 8. W. Glnstesd, a Humboldt, Nsv., bank cashier, committed suicide, - His account were $10,000 abort, ' , ' The president has appointed Law renca Townsend, of Pennsylvania, to succeed Bellamy Btorer a United State minister to Brussels, Mr. Ida Ewlng, charged with hav ing murdered her sister-in-law, Mrs. Lixiie Ewlng, was acquitted by Mary tills, Mo., Jury. The sohooner Mary Bldwell, that left 81, Michaels, Alaska, in Anguat laat, for Alaska porta, has been heard from at Port Clarence, waiting to sail for the south. ; Arrangement have been completed whereby President MoKlnley will push an electric button whioh will start work on the San Pedro breakwater.- - Vice-President Hobart, who is sick at Washington, i holding the gain shown last week. He i able to par take of more hearty food, and alt np about half an hour daily. The American plan to trap Agul naldo by tending troop via the sea route to the north of him. Then be will be between two linea of Ameri can, and it may betult in bia capture, A verdict of $5,000 damage against T. J. Carson, Kentucky reoebor breeder, in favor of W. F. Singleton, photographer, who was abot by Car. on, waa returned at Lexington. By the exploeion cf a sawmill bolter, near Chippewa Fall, Wis.. Lem Wil cox, John Brisnols and William Olson were killed and Engineer P. A. Brigg and four other were injured. ' Naval order posted at Washington announoe the promotion to the rank ol rear-admiral of Sampson, Bob ley and Farquahar, the latter commandant of tb Norfolk navy-yard. The Madrid official gasette con tains royal decree appointing, the Duke de Arooa to be Spanish envoy ex traordinary and minister plenipoten tiary to the United Btates. The United States consul-general at Berlin, Frank Mason, baa revised fig ure showing that In the last three months there was an Increase Of $4,107,084 in the exportation to the United State from Germany. The tfith annnal meeting of the na tional conference of oharitiea and cor rections will be held in Ctrtoinnati May 17 to S8. Every state In the Union will be represented exoept per haps Idaho, Montana, .Nevada, Utah and Washington. : In order to controvert the claim of the Washington agricultural depart ment that German toys contain certain poisonous dye and paints, the German minister ol commerce has ordered an investigation to be made in all the toy making center of Germany with a view of gathering evidence to the oon trary. t. ,, .. . j , The hospital-ship Missouri ha ar rived at Fortress Monroe liom Havana, with 113 sick soldier. ,,- One thousand United State militia men will take pan In the queen's birth day oelebration in Kingston, Ont. , The sixth annual convention of the Association of Railroad Air Brakemen is in cession in Detroit, with about 100 delegate present. The British house of common re jected the bill providing for the com pulsory reinstatement of Irish tenant evicted line 1879. A miner has reaobed Dyea, Alaska, who claim to be , the survivor of party ol three, two ol whom were mur- derd by Chilkat Indians near the vil lage of Klukwan. The men killed ire Sidney Vanoe. an Englishman, and Chalrea Ericksen, a Swede. ,, .. In the battle between the revolution. ista under Pando and President Alon so's army, near Oruro, Bolivia, S00 were killed. General Pando occupied Oruro without confusion. President Alonso, with small body guard, i a refugee at Antofagasta, bay of Morena, Chile, Ensign Monaghan, who wa brutally killed at Apia, Samoa, waa bom at Chewelah, Wash., in 1878. He wa educated In private schools of San Franoisoo and Portland, and In Gon saga college, a Jesuit Institution of Spokane. Hia father 1 now a resident f the latter oity. The Maryland Steel Company at Sparrows Point, hat received an order tor 78,000 ton ol 67-pound iteel rails, for the Chinese Eastern railroad. The mills ar working day and night on large order of similar rail for the trans-Siberian road, of which the Chines Eastern will be a oontiunatloa. Prospectors who have arrived from Alaska bring news that that are at least 400 prospectors on the Edmonton trail between Deaae lake and the Hud son's Bay post on the Liaid river, most ol whom are. in destitnte circum stances. Many of the men ar said to be suffering from saurvy and frost bites. The sick cannot . receive proper medioal attendance, and many are dying. : ; ; ., By the will of Edward Austin, of Boston, Harvard collets receives 1500, 000 and th Massachusetts Institute of technology $400,000; Representative Landia, of Indiana, ha had one of the ball window of hi house at Delhi fitted with glass from i th Maria Teresa, v An Ingenious mechanical devioa paste label on 100,000 can In ten hour. Down a chut rolls a ceaseless procession of cana, and each can piokt up a label a It paste. TAKEN BY LAWTON Citadel of Laguna de Bay Territory Captured. 8KVE3 AMERICANS WEEK KILLEV General Wheeler Ord.r.4 to Maalla Balls Otis as Oevaraev Mae Ultr. Manila, April IS. General Law ton has captured Facte, the citadel ol the Lagnnna de Bay territory, eight miles beyond Lumbal!. Law ton's force was at Lumban, and tbe battalion of the North Dakota vol unteer mad a forced ' march of It mile from Pagasjdn. The troops made a forward rush, fording the rivers twioe and fighting in the jungle. Tbs column advanced and met a crossfire, end some of tbe Dakota troop were ambushed by rebel behind a sunken trench. Finally th trenches were taken by the rushing Amerioans with a loss of five killed and two wounded. The inaurgent loss wa small. Th gunboats shelled the Filipino an hour, and Anally eleared the trenches. - There are not enough men to gar rison the town taken, and they may be abandoned. . The launches captured yesterday arf worth $70,000. j :i i " f An Attack Haer raombaa. ;: " ' Manila,. April 15, At about 4 o'clock tbi morning a small body ol rebel attacked a camp of the Third ar tillery from th swamp near Paombon, a mile and a half west of Malolos. Two privates were killed and a lieuten ant and two other wounded. At day light th American force scoured th district, driving the rebels northwau and killing several of them. A private soldier of the Montana regiment war wounded. ..... ., , i Franoisoo Reyes, a man who recent, ly purchased Spanish gnnboata at Zamboanga, island of Mindanao, has received advioea to the effect that the fleet sailed for Manila, and returned a lew days later with the vessels stripped of their guns and ammunition. . The purchasers' agents and native orew of th vessels on board the American steamer Butuan were oon voyed to Zamboanga by tbe United State cruiser Boston, and instructed to await tbe arrival there of the United States gunboat Petrel. Instead of do ing so, alter the Boaton sailed for Zam boanga, the Spaniarda transferred their gunboats to the agenta of Senor Reyss, and the fleet left Zamboanaga unes corted. It soon returned and reported having been boarded by rebels, who re moved the gnnboata' armaments. If the instructions ol the American naval oommander had been obeyed their cap ture would nave been Impossible. Zamboanga is fortified and atill gar risoned by Spaniards, and the affair is regarded as suspicious. ' Vhuln Omi to Manila. . Washington. April 15. It is semi officially announced today on th best authority that General Joe Wheeler will be sent at once to Manila aa the military governor ol that city in order to relieve Otia of the detail and give him a obanoe to cbaae Aguinaldo and the rebels. It is said General Wheeler will leave with General Fred Grant, who haa been ordered home from Porto Rico to get instructions to proceed in bast to tbe Philippines. Oonri.t Laa'a IXntaad. Pierre, S. D.. April 18. Governor Ls haa written to President MoKin ley, demanding the return of the South Dakota volunteer from tbe Philip pines. He reoitea the facta ol enlist ment to fight for humanity against Spain, declare that "tb South Dakota volunteer have fulfilled every obliga tion which they owe to their country and it flag," and that they ahould b allowed to retnrn borne. . He says: "We view their present or future detention a unconstitutional, and as a violation of th law which called th organiaation into being, and feel that they should not be retained against their will, against th law and agaiust the moral sense of the people of our state, without offering soma satisfac tory reason for so doing." ALL MEMBERS NAMED. lam T.I Starnbarg lUprasaata Gar : many aa linwi Qnastloa. Washington, April IB. Tbe 8a- moan commission will sail lor Apia on the United States naval transport Badger, leaving San Francisco on the 25th . Inst, This arrangement was made today after Boron Speck von Sternberg, first secretary of the Ger man embassy, had called on Secretary Hay and advised him ol hi appoint ment a th German member of th high commission. This completed the body. As th plan to have tb mem ber get away on the Mariposa, sailing the 19, was no longer feasible, the transport Badger, now at Callao, Peru, on her way to San Francisco, was placed at the disposal of th commis sion. Thomas Freeman shot John a ad William Bills, notorious characters, in Steward county, Kentucky. The Bills were . approaching Freeman's residence to kill Freeman' father, who bad defeated them in a lawsuit. . I Offlolal Orot.t. Chicago, April 15. Clarence Eddy ha received tb appointment of ofS oial organist toi the United States to the Paris exhibition. Mr. Eddy for many years was prominent as a teacher, organist and oouoert-player in Chicago and the West, for th last four yeara has made hi home in Europe, latterly having chosen Paris as his place of residence. He ha made, concert tour through Germany, England, Franc and Italy. , TEN DOLLAR DINNER fanmaar's ObrvaM at tmKmnma New York, April 15. The dinner)! the ' Democratic club in honor of tbe anniversary of the birth ol Thomas Jefferson was held at the Metropolitan opera-house. Looking from the tiers to th floor of the vast dinlng-ball, the table seemed like great beds of roses. Tbe 89 tablet were on either tide ol the speaker's table. Either table wa piled with a mats of loses and ferna in tertwined. So abundant were , tbe flowers that some ol tb guest were hardly able to see eaoh other over th floral bank. Swans and vases of ala baster held flowers; there were cornu copias or horns of plenty filled with flowers and Iruit, and the scene was set off with ribbon of cardinal silk. Perry Belmont, Richard Croker, Judge Van Wyck and other prominent Democrat (poke. , , Jaffonoa Day a Mllwaakaa. Milwaukee, April 1 5. The Jefferson Club, ol Milwaukee, observed the natal day of the founder of Democracy in a most fitting manner by a banquet at the Plankington houae tonight, which was attended by over 400 guests. Col onel William J. Bryan, of Nebraska, wa the guest of honor, and delivered the piincipal address. Delegationa of Democrata were in attendance from many towns throughout the state, and nearly all th Democrata from tbe state legislature were present Col onel Bryan arrived early from Chicago, escorted by a large delegation from that city, and Mayor Harrison oame later, also- with a large number 61 escort. Tb banquet hall wa beautifully dec oratad with the national oolors. HAWAIIAN ENTERPRISES. Maw Sagar Compear' Tormad With ' Larsa Capital. San . Fiancisco, . April 16. Th steamer City ol Bio de Janeiro arrived today from Hon Kong and Yokohama, via Honoulu. ' A press representative t. Honolulu sends the following un der dt ol April 6: .. ,, ; , , L. A. , Thurston, A. W. Carter and other have scoured options on the large Grossman and other coffee es tate in Olaa, which they propose) to organize into sugar plantations. Tbe jonsideiation was In the neighborhood of $800,000. There aro 10,000 acres in the tract. The Nabiku Sugar Company, limited. with a oapital of $750,000, waa organ ised, and most ox the stock taken. Tb capital will be divided into 87,500 shares of $30 each. Of the stock $75. 000 will be paid up and $876,000 will be assessable. At a meeting of th cabinet April I th contract with th Bcrymser com pany for a .cable between San Fran cisco and Honolulu , waa cancelled. Thia action was taken on a letter from th secretary of state at Washington, declining to consider tbe matter. The steamship Garonne arrived from Seattle yesterday altera voyage of 11 days. On the first day out from Seat tle G. W. McOinnia. passenger agent for tbe steamer, slipped on the com panionway and broke several ribs. His condition is serious. Marob 88 : the bottom of the great volcano (ell out, followed by great clouda of dust and smoke. Alarm waa felt by the guests of tbe Volcano house, occasioned by tbe noise and tbe frequent landslide which followed, but some of the guests became reas sured and started to investigate the phenomenon. A hole 160 feet in dia meter showed the extent of the cave in.' All attempt to locate the bottom of the crater were unavailing, and some authorities place it at 800 feet below the mouth of the orater. . FREIGHT TRAIN WRECKED. Waa Ova aa Embankment Maar t. ' iitoa, Idaho. Moscow, Ida, 10, April 15. At 9 o'clock this morning tb engine, ten der and four oar of a freight train on th Lew is ton extension of the Northern Paoifio ran over an embankment. En gineer Mat Ralston and Fireman Fred Lemon were killed. The wrecked lo comotive and car lie half Imbedded in the stream 100 feet below the track. Fireman Lemon waa killed instantly, and his body was shockingly mangled. Engineer Ralston wa (till alive when found. He said: "Hold my head for me; I am dying. Take my hand; I don't want to go alone." He was taken tj Vollmer, and died three hours later. . Hia body and tbat of Lemon were sent to Spokane on a special. . Balaton left a wife and child. Lemon had wife and two children living in Spokane. . . Th wreck waa caused by tbe recent heavy rain. Drowaad in m Basarvolr. . San Francisco, April 16. At Lake Merced, one ol th reservoir of tbe Spring Valley Water Company, today, two . lives, that of a little girl and her aunt, were lost. Th girl was playing on the edge ol th lake, and in an at tempt to secure mm object floating near the shore lost bar balance and tell into the water,. A party of. picnick er, one ot whom wa the littles girl's aunt, heard her screams and rushed to the lake. The aunt. Miss Katharine Williams, plunged into tb water to save her niece, but got beyond her depth, and both were drowned before aid could be procured. The child's name wa Clara Wood. Olymala Varast Baaorva. Washington, April ' 16. Commis sioner of ' the General Land Office Binger Hermann laid today that ap plication : had been 1 received from residents of th Olympic forestry re serve thrown open to settlement, for the reason that it ' ia improperly in cluded In the reserve. A number ot person hav objected to this oourse, and the superintendent ot the reserve ha been ordeied to ruaks an inveitiga- jtion. EXPECT GOOD SEASOB Salmon-Fishing on the Co lumbia Has Opened. A MOST rEOPITIOUS 0UTL00B Frieoa Are Kxeoptlaaallr Hl(h, a a Hvevv Baa la Leakod far ' ' Soma Statistics. Attoria, April 17. The fishing s on opened at noon yesterday, and pre paration hav been made by both flsb srmen and cannery men for handling tb largest pack put upon this river for years. An unusually large num. ber of boats went ont, and - every can nery is prepared to begin operationa on a large scale at once, and, with th ex ceptionally good prioea prevailing for both raw and canned salmon, every in dication point to a most successful season.... As to tb run of flab, ot course, noth ing can be foretold, but under natural conditions some decided results should be obtained from th artificial propa gation tbat baa been carried on more or lea successfully on th Columbia river and it branches during the paat few year. Last season a few of tb frv turned out from tbe hatcheries in 1888 returned to tbe river, and thia year the returns should be largely in creased. While th work of artificial propagation on a systematic basis ha but just commenoed on th Columbia, till it haa been carried on to some ex. tent linoe 1893, and during tbat time nearly 70.000,000 young salmon "have been plaoed in tbe river and ita tribu taries. Statistic gathered by the deb et ies oemmittec of th Progressive As sociation abow tiie amount of fry from the several hatcheries to be a follow: la l9ft and UHS rickina.......... t.Sfff.OM Kal.nUL , 4.000,01)0 'Total... , 7,687,00 In IMS and 1807 K .1 ama. . t,M2,ono . 2,3(10.000 , l.ouo.uuo Chinook.. Total .. ...12,142,000 In 197 and HMO Claekamai Upr Olackamaa........ Salmon River.. Little Whita Salmon Biver.. W.lam. ',300,000 6,O4.S,000 1,2I6.(K ..12.049.000 . I.M.OOO Imnook.. S,O0O,O0 Total.. J,910,600 . 7,S2S,S ... 2,S30.0110 sso.ouo l,7l,0n In IS and 189K Claekamai Upoer Clackamas Kiver Sandy River Little Whita Batman Kiver-. K.l.ma..... S.WU,0(IO Chinook.-.. BUO.UUU Total.. ..l,69S,S9t LOCATED IN A DREAM. km lavaatlaatloa Provod That Hra. Baud or "HuHon" Waa Straight. Chicago, April 17. Mrs. George Bander, whose husband deserted her at Quincy, HI., last September, has located him through a dream. Baoder spent last night in tbe county jail aa a result. Mis. Bauder applied to Jus tice Hall for a warrant, telling the fol lowing story: After ber husband left ber ahe moved to St, Louis, where ber mother-in-law, whom ahe had never seen, lived. She introduced herself as a fortune-teller. and told tbe elder woman the detaila of her son's life. Mr a. Bauder, sr., then admitted that be wa in Chicago. Th deserted wife then' moved to this oity, but coo Id find no trace ot ber husband. On Wednesday night, -however, ahe dreamed ahe saw him at work in a bioycle factory near an im mense building. Tbat day ahe passed Tattersall'a, and recognised it aa being tbe big structure ol her dream. Search ing tbe neighborhood, ahe soon found the bicycle factory. Satisfied that her husband worked there, ahe secured th warrant and visited the place with deputy. Bauder waa soon located. At first he denied hia identity, but later confessed he waa the woman husband. He will be given a hearing thia afternoon. WILL TOUR THE WEST, Aa Iatarestlnf Trip Fravldad tor the rra.ld.il tlal Party. Chicago, April 17. United State Senator Thomaa H. Carter, of Mon tana, ia at the Auditoiium Annex. H is n toot to Butte, Mont., from Washington. He said Pieaident Mo Klnley Is going to make a tour ol tb Western state during the month of July, and that hi atop in Chicago waa fox tii purpose of arranging a few de tail lor the president' aojourn in th city. " The plan aa outlined by Senator Car ter providea for an interesting trip for the president. Accompanied by Mrs. McEinley and a considerable number of intimate official associates, he will leave Washington about July 16. H will make a quick trip front Washing ton to Chioago, but from Chicago west to tiie Yellowstone Park the trip will be slow, and few' speeches may be made. ',;'' At the Yellowstone Park tb entir praty will "rough it" for a number ot days, traveling by stage. Alter leaving the park th presi dential party will visit some ot the principal points in tb Western state and then make a quick' return journey to Washington. h l Old risht. Columbus, O., A pril 1 7. Colonel Bryan, on his way to Naw York to peak at the dollar dinner, la an in terview tonight said: "It is a am thing that the fight la 1900 will be made on precisely tb same great monetary issue aa tour years ago. The silver plank will stand just as it was, ratio and all." It la believed hi speech In New York wilt in leality open his campaign for 1900. KEPT ON THE MOVE. Osaeral Lawtoa Mabaa It Warm for the ; aoathara Rabol. Manila, April 17. General Lawton I marching north along the. road be tween the hill and the lake, with th gnnboata Napidan and Laguna de Bay abreast ol hia troops. The enemy is retreating northward. , Wednesday the troop crossed the Pagsongan and concentrated at Lam bun, at the mouth of the river. After leaving two companies of the Four teenth regiment to guard the entrance of tbe ri rer, th troop marched to Longaa and found it deserted. Furni ture which had been dropped in the flight of the native was scattered along the trails leading into tbe hills. .Major Weisenberger' sharpshooters were sent toward Pacto Anoonteno in the afternoon. Tbey ran upon a nest of rebels in some thick bushes, which afforded a splendid cover1. ' Three men ot tbe North Dakota regiment were killed and four were wounded, two oi the latter dying after having been brought to Longas ohorch, wber Father McKinnon administered the saciament to them. The main body of American troops, wbile at dinner in Longaa, heard tbe firing and advanced to tbe tupport oi the sharpshooters. A scout from the hill saw th little fight and many whitecoata running into the bills. Th Laguna d Bay, at the beginning ol tb fight, (helled tb rebels, making it too hot for tbe enemy. j ' :: Baa Anion lo Captnrod. The Amerioans entered San Antonio at sunset without meeting with any re sidence. : Twenty unarmed prisoners bearing copies of tbe proclamation of tbe Doited States commiaion, wbich they had somehow secured, were after ward released and sent outside our line with bundle of proclamation to distribute. t. , The oouotry just occupied is thickly populated, and oroduee much fruit. MoKenna of tbeaignal corps, who enlisted at Portland, Or., ia indefati gable. He ran a wire through the hos tile country without having a guard with bun. v " - ; Bntreaehod Bobala Baatad. Manila, April 17. Starting in an easterly direction along , the road to Pagsangan,a party of 70 sharpshooters, under Lieutenant Southern, of the Washington regiment, came upon a trench-across tbe road about a mile out of Santa Crux. Lieutenant Southern was wounded. The Americana then advanced with mounted guns, and the Fourteenth in fantry battalioca in tbe center, Linck's battalion of tbe f irst Idaho infantry on tbe right, and Fraine'a battalion of tbe First North Dakota infantry on the left, both flanking. The trench was carried without loss to the Americana. Pageangan was found deserted. Four monuments on the border ot tbe village oelebiate tbe proclamation of Filipino independence, issued last year, and jlorify "Aguinaldo, tbe Liberator." , The troopa on enteiing the aban doned booses found them in perfect or der. A few guerrilla shots were ex changed and one member of tbe Four teenth regiment wa accidentally shot in th leg by his comrade. DEFINITE AGREEMENT REACHED Saamaaa Comml ..loner at Thraa Fearers ta Ba lastraetad Alike. Washington, April 17. After hear ing thia morning from tbe German and British embassies, the state department was enabled to announce positively and finally tbat the three patties to the Berlin treaty had agreed upon the in itructions to be given their Bemoan wmmissioners, and that it waa certain the commission wonld leave San Fran- isco April 25. , The instruction to the commission- ira are identical, the three governments having accepted a form wbich eom piomisea the differences which have sxisted np to thia time.' The commis sion will b empowered to deal with th situation a it find it :n tbe Samoan islands upon its arrival. This ipplies to tbe acta necessary to place the affairs of the islands in a peaceful ind satisfactory condition for tbe time being and subject to the approval of die three powers. DASHED DOWN A CANYON. Rotary Snow Flaw "IT rooked . , A.alaMcbo. Seattle, April 17. A Fost-Intelli- iencer special from Wellington says that white a lotary plow was clearing the Great Northern track tbi side of Madison it was struck by an avalanche and dashed 1,000 feet down a canyon. There were seven men on the engine in iddition to the regular orew. All hav been dug out of the snow but one. Four men were injured, three probably fatally. The injured are Pilot Jerry Morriaiity, bead cut, internally fault; George ' Hart, both legs and arms broken, injured internally; Thomas Sullivan, internally injured; Fireman Thomas Grant, head and hand out. About 170 men are searching tor tbe missing man. The injured hav been taken to Everett. It ia expected to have the track cleared in 18 hours. Revolution In Braill. Lima, Peru, April 17. A revolution has broken out in the province of Matto 9roaso, Biaail. It ia led by Jose Mar tinho, who was deeated or governot by Antonio Luia, Kt Miniate a Balalaam. . .Washington, April 17. President MoKinley is said to have decided to rend Lawrenoe Townsend. United State minister to Portugal, to tb Bel lian mission, - to ' eooceed Bellamy 3torrer, who goes to Madrid. . . A committee has been appointed by th Seattle chamber of commerce to urge that th $169,000 appropriated foi the building of a government dry- lock at rort Orchard ba put to use, ind th work ttarted at once. LAWTON IX MANILA Expedition Returns From Its Sortie Into the Country. ITS PURPOSES ACCOMPLISHED riliplno Iaaarcaat la the Lake 110 aloa Oat Taata of Amer ican. Power. Msnila, April 18. Major-General Lawton' expedition to tbe Laguna de Bay district re-embarekd last evening, anchored for tbe night at tb head of tb river Pasig and .reached Manila tbia morning, bringing all th men and the captured insurgent boats. Its ob jects, namely the capture ol . th insui fenta' boat and tb distribution ol th proclamation, emphasized by a lesson . of American power throughout the lake region, have been attained. General Lawton Immediately began prepara tions for an important expedition on land. There haa been no fighting on the lake for three days. 1 Lawton returned to Manila according to order from Otis. Lawton declare tbat America needs 100,000 men to pacify tbe Philippines. He says tbat with tbe present force be could go through all Luaon, but to maintain government the United State must gar rison alt the towns. It has not tbe men, "therefore the need of a large army. ;! '"?. '' All th towns in tbe La Gunda bay district captured moat be abandoned, much to Lawton' regret. They in clude Peats. 8anta Crux, Longo, Lum ban, Pagasajan. A aeoond campaign is to be made in thia country in the rainy season, when boats of greater draught can operate in tbe lake owing to higher water, thus giving the boats a chance to help the army. Lawton' troop will be used in tbe operation north ward, and may bo sent around by boat to the north of Aguinaldo to cut him off and force him between two linea. With Lawton on aide and MacArthar a Calompit on the other. ,. . I THE RALEIGH WELCOMED." Grettt Kathruluaa at Hi York Over the Cruiser. .; 'y ' New York, April 18. The celebra tion attending the retnrn of the United State cruiser Balesgh from Manila, which had to be postponed yesterday owing to tbe warship's lata arrival, oc curred today. The fialeigh, accom panied by two small war vessels, cap. tured from the Spaniards last summer, and a fleet of about 25 excursion steameis and tugboats, paraded from Tompkinsvill to Grant's tomb and from there baok to anchorage in the Koith river, off Thirty-fourth atreet. ' A ateady downpour of rain fell from noon on. The air waa raw, and the officers and men of th Baleigb stood upon the deck three boor drenched to the skin and shivering with cold. Great crowd assembled in Riverside Park, overlooking the Hudson,, and men, women and children stood there for hour under umbrellas watching the vessels on their way np th river and on their return.. By far the greatest gathering of people waa in the vicinity ot Grant's tomb, Which was the turn ing point oi the paiade. A national salute was fired there by the Baleigh, and also by the captured Spanish prises, and the scene wa rendeied a memorable one by tbe shrieking of a hundred steam whistles from excursion boat and locomotive and cheers from thousands ot people on shore, and on the vessels in the river. SOLDIERS IN A RIOT. ., Bars Salaam W hero a Comrade Bad Beea Mistreated. San Francisco, April 18. Tonight 300 United State soldier are under arrest on tbe Presidio reservation. They are encamped On th open, and are guarded by cavalry and the Twenty- fourth infantry regiment, colored, . the force being in charge ot Adjutant Lieu tenant Harria. The offense of the men waa the burning of a saloon just out side ot the reservation lines, in whioh Private Charles L. King, company G, Twenty-third infantry, waa brutally beaten last night. ; . - Private Stark, of company F, also of the Twenty-third regiment, ia in tb guardhouse, charged with the assault, but tbe soldier assert that the saloon people are responsible, and claim that th proprietor, A. L. Behfeld, was the chief assailant of the injured man. . A report being circulated today that King was dead, the place waa set on fire tonight and destroyed a an act of tetribbution. ' ' Porta Rico Urt. ; . San Juan de Porto Rico, April 18. Tbe following general orders from the headquarter of the department of Porto Rioo were issued today: The war department having forbid den th issue of rations to Porto Bioans, commanding officer of post are authorized, to prevent nuffaring among the people in their respective localities, to purobase necessary ar ticle of food at a rat not to exceed 10 centavo a day for each needy pernoa and to send the bill for same to this office for payment from the moneys of the island, as directed by the authori ties at Washington. - - ' Bead May Ktilro. Washington, A pti I 18. The tr-ns that Thomas B. Heed will . rei't;i t'-3 speakership and will not be a ckjuS il ' -n for re-eieution gains credunoe here. It is said he will practice law in i' i York, and bo aiioceeded by s. ' . i roan Sherman, of that atata, who in McKinley'e cmdidato for that plstoo, The president has been i.v ) -tbe G. A. B, Mflampment at i phia, but hi Western trip r.- I ' 5 ills attendance.