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ST. HELENS, OBEGON, FltlDAY, ArKIL 21, 1809.
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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.