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THE OREGON MIST. vol. xvi. ST. HELENS, OBEGOK, FBIDAY, JUNE 9, 1899. NO. 25. EVENTS OF THE DAI Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TKRSK TICKS FROM THK WIRES Aa IulerattlnT Calleetlon f Items Froir the Two Hemispheres Presented la a Condensed Form. E. K. liolllns, rancher atQulloene, Wash., win otushed to deulli by a tree fulling on him. Major Miirvhnnd waa welcomed wltb nthimluaia by tliu French ou hi ar rlvul at Toulon. At I'nr in ex-President Harrison de livered the Memorial day oration al the tomb of La Fayette. The United State orulier Brooklyn 'was damaged by striking a bidden ob at taction In New Yoilc liurbor. Frank Bouts, a biutal parent, wee killed while he elopt by liia two young clilKlrn, whom he bad almost starved to satisfy hie own wante. A tramp assaulted the 13-year-ohJ daughter ot F. VV. Mespelt. near 8clo, Or., ae elio wne reltuninii from school. The gill broke away and escaped. The winter wheat crop of Southern Ituaai hae been completely destroyed by a protntittod drotiht. The spiing wheat crop la a I no in Jeopardy from the Mme oauso. As a reault of the teata made at the Chicago atookyarde by the livestock cumuitaaionere and health officials, II hae been discovered that all of 23 cowi examined were suffering Iroui tnberou Inaia. M, de Ileaupre created a deep sensa tlon In the French court of aaaiae by aolemnly declaring that be had become convinced that the bordereau waa writ ten by Major Count Ferdinand WaUin Ester hasy. lioforra In tbe navy la being talked of In Washington. A plan for a leor gnniaation of that department la on foot. Dewey, it ia aaid, may be plaoed at the head ot a board to paaa on bu reau inatteia. A diipatch fioin Manila eave thai the men from tbe hospitsl-sblp Relief captured by the Inanrgenta off Para naqiie woie the third engineer, another oftluer and a boat' crew. They were ailing in a catboat, and native from the ahore aet out in boats and took them. Abruhain and Osoar Junttl, brothers, are the that Columbia river fishermen reported drowned thia season. Theii boat was oapslBd on Pescoik spit, and they Bank before the litesaving crew could reaoh tbein. Another fishing boat contain 1ik two men waa carried over the bar. The Point Adam life laving crew went out alter them, but waa unable to pick them op and re turned. What becuuie of the men if not known. The run ot salmon In tbe lowei Co lumbia is increasing. The total number of plague oaae re ported at Alexandria is eight. Two have died and two recovered. A Pari dispatch lay Dreyfus will certainly be acquitted at hie second trial. All hi aocuaera are dead, or have fled the oountry. Two score scientists of note, eon atituting the Ilanlmaii exploring ex pedition to Alaaka. have arrived in Portland. They will embark from Seattle on the alenuier Elder. ' Baron von Munchausen' Bperber bruder won the race for the grand prise of Hum burg, valued at 100,000 mark. The baron married Misa Net tie Ciosby, of Chicago, some year ago. President McKinley has lasoed the long-expected amendment to the civil service rule which he ha had under consideration for about a year. It re leaae from tbe operation of civil aery ico rulos about 4,000 office. An order ha been issued at Manila re-establisbing the Philippine court, whiih have been oloaed since tha American occupaton. It revive all the Spanish aystern not conflicting with tha sovereignty of the United States. Sooretary Alger has raoeived cable gram from General Otis in rosponsa to hia Inquiry, announcing that a ma jority of the Oregon regiment of volun teer at Manila have decided to retnrn hy steamnr directly to Portland. Tbe Washington regiment decided to oom first to Han Francisco. . Within ona week the atatea of Ne braska, South Dakota, Iowa, Wiscon sin, Minnesota and Nor thorn Illinol have experienced seven of the molt vio lent storms known in years, resulting in the loss of nearly a dozen live and doing damage to property and crop that will ran Into the hundred of thousands. Tbe atemner China, from Hong Kong and Yokohama, via Honolulu, brings news to Han Franaiaoo of the murder of an American soldier named George Byan, near Malolo. Hi frightfully mutilated body wa found on April 17. The body waa lathed to a raft floating In the river, tire skull ornshed and both arm had been cut off at tb elbow. Minor N.hi Items Roosevelt' rough rider will bold their first minimi reunion on June 84 In New Mexico. ' The Woatlnghouse Electric Com pany has received an order to equip a trolley line between Philadolpiha and Atlantic City. Tha equestrian statue ot Major General John F. Hartranft In Capitol park, Harriaburg, Pa., wa unveiled With impress I re eeremonle. LATER NEWS. A printing ink trust I the luteal ttombine, Ta Filipino have been routed from (he bill and are being pursued to the lea, Canada ba asked for arbitration In the aettlement of tha Alaskan bound ary. . England having objected, British Columbia must tevok anti-Japanese legislation. At Unlontown, Pa., a blind man murdered the mother of the woman In wa courting. The Frenoh oourt of cassation ha rondered a verdict In favor of revision of tha Dieytu oaae, Germany ha declined to intervene In the Tramvaal dispute, and also wishes to see tbe proposed reform in troduced. Tha administration ba decided to reduce tha American armie of occupa tion In Cuba and Porto liioo in order to end additional troop to Genera) Otis, in the Philippine. There are now 848 prisoner In the stockade at Wardner, Idaho. Several new building connected with the prison at undei construction. All the im provement indicate permanency. The current fiscal year will break all record In our foreign trade, which now average f 100,000,000 a month. There I an unprecedented; demand in the world' markets for good of American manufacture. The business dlatlict of the town oi Republic, Wash,, haa been deatroyed by Hie. Tbe loas la estimated at $360. 000. The conflagration started from the explosion of a gasoline stove in tha Hiogel building. Tbe steamer Danube bringa itorle ol death and disaater to prospector a on the ill-fated Kdmonton trail. At least 60 boat, they ay, oapsixed on Great Slave lake (luce last summer. Many prospectors wen drowned. Representative David B. Hender son, of Iowa, ba received enough pledge by telegraph and mail to give hiiu 102 votes in the Republican cau cus (or speaker of tha national house. Thia will insure hi election, it I said. Ger many has purchased from Spain the Carolines, Pelew and Marianne island. Tha price 1 about $5,000, 000. Spain retain three coaling sta tions, and Germany will defend these station! in case of war Tbe transfer meet the appioval of the United States. While visiting Anteull, a suburb of Paris, President Lou bet waa atruoll with a cane by Count Christiana, tb blow landing on tbe president' hal without Injury. Egga were thrown at tire prealdent by tbe populate. Tin demonstration wat planned by tlx League ot Patriota and the Anti-Sem ilea, who were angered because they wei not permitted to receive Majoi Maiohand in triumph. Ban Franclsoo won three game from Seattle in telegraphic obese. Texa haa quarantined against New Orleans, The Southern Pacific i tied up. , William Bashnell and Otis Dodd were killed in Ohio by train running into a band car. Hignor Chinaglla wa elected presi dent of the Italian ohambex of depu ties. Confederate dead'a grave were deco rated by Union veteran at Philadel phia. The qneen of Spain ha appointed Martinea Campo to presidency of tba lenato. In Lower California miner are laid to be getting a high aa two ounce ol gold to the pan of dirt. Canada ha an eye on Skagway, if given tbe alightest encouragement to hope foi the concession of a port. Canadians claim they have discovered a document which obviate further question of ownership to Deaduian'l island. Tbe German ambassador at Wash ington ha protested against the Unit ed Statea lending another warship to Samoa. The state department ba made pub lic an official abstract of tha report ol tha Nicaragua canal commission. It estimate the cost at 9118,118,180. Duke de Arcoa, the new Spanish minister, has arrived. He says this oountry ia so powerful, the Philippine Insurgents will aoon ba oom pel led to surrender. Robert Crelghton, quartermaster's cluikonthe transport Sheridan, com mitted suicide by shooting himself through the templa with a levolver in San Francisco. lie recently arrived here from Manila. Dospondeuoy caused by ill health Is the lupposod oauae of his act. Four thousand of the volunteer now In the Philippine are reported to have aigned a petition to the president and sooretary of war, playing that they re ceive their discharges in Manila, in stead of at tha places of enlistment. It was explained that they believed that the Philippine ialanda "offeied rare opportunities for Industrious and enterprising Americans to make for themselves homes." The contract for distributing govern, roent seed this year has been let by the agricultural department to Cbarlea Parker, of Santa Clara, Cel., for $06, 800. For tha Drat time in IS yean, R. W. Wagner, a prominent oitixen of Bu oyrus, O., is able to speak. In 1885 be wa afflicted with Illness which left him mute. While holding a little child on hi lap recently be wa eiaed wltb a audden deaira to ipeak to her, and to hi surprise wa able to do io. TRADE WITH ORIENT John Barrett Talks of Possi bilitles in Asia. MANILA ONE STEP TO CHINA Add rasa Delivered Bator tha Maw Xork Chamber of Commerce Vaelfle Coast Intarasta. New York, June 8. The legnlar monthly meeting of the chamber of commerce wa held thia afternoon, and tha feature wa tha address of John Barrett, ex-minister to Siam, on "America' Interests in Far East." Mr. Barrett said in part: "If tbe Philippine, with their popu lation of 6,000,000 and area of 115,000 Kroare miles, are an Inviting field, China, with her population of 850,000, 000, and area of over 4,000,000 square miles, I far more so. While we wish to gain a large share of the foreign trade of the Philippines, which now amounts to 133,000.000 a year, and should reach, nnder Amerioin control, $100,000,000, we must have great am bition to seen i a the major part of China's commerce, whlcb Is now $350, 000.000 gold, and should aoon in crease, with 'open door' and freedom of trade, to 1350,000,000. "Add to this mm the trade of China proper, whioh Is separated from Hong Kong, and that of the other Asiatio countries, and we have an actual total of nearly 11.000.000,000. Are not these figure wbiob should make ni think twice before shirking our re aponaibllity? Shall we, in tbe face ol tbem, retreat and leave the prlxe to others, or shall we advanoe and win our reasonable share? "America ia today tha arbiter of China'a future. Tha Pacific coast ba's vast interests at stake in the develop ment of commeroe and trade in the Pa eifio and the Far East. Under such de velopment depend largely the future prospect of Calfornia, Oregon and Washington, three powerful giant of itatebood, whose wonderful growth and iplendid possibilities must appeal to you all. These state ask the East not to be sectional in thi question of meet ing our responsibilities in the Pacific They beg that New England and New York will recognize that aa Boaton and New Yoik city have built an enormous trade on the Atlantic, San Francisco, Portland and Puget sound cities wiab to rival them on tbe Pacific Ban Francisco would say to Boston, in tha latter' agitation of anti-expansion ideas: 'Remember, you are working directly against the interests of the Pa oifio coast by such agitation.' "To you business men of New York I say that the business men of the Pa cific alope are looking for your hearty ind effective support in the develop ment of commeroe and trade in the Pa cific, and in the holding of the posses lions we have legitimately gotten bold of, believing that you appreciate that tba prosperity of the entire country ia to be considered, when framing your policv, and not that of the East alone. "Yon of the East, you of New York, Boston, Baltimore, Philadelphia and New Orleans will have Cuba and Porto Rico all to yourselves; we of San Fran oisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Port land, Tacoma and Seattle, contend that yon should at least approve of our having aome interest and opportuni ties in tbe Philippine and in China, for wa recogniae that all may be lost if you do not join us in our effort to ad vanoe and protect our interest in tbe Pacific "Briefly summarised, our poliov in China should be directed, first, to tha preservation ot tha integrity of the em pire, with no further alienation of territory; second, freedom ot trade througbut all China, oomrponly called the 'open door,' as outlined in the old treaties; or, third, in the unavoidable delimitation of 'sphere of influence,' luch delimitation ae will not cloae the (trowing market to the pioducta of the United State. We should stand for the integrity ot China, because w bave much to lose and nothing to gain by it breaking up. If we retain the Philippine we shall be itrong in the south, but we must have, under tha conditions of China divided, a port In the north, if we would properly main tain our position in the Pacific and Fat East.' . TRAVEL PAY SCHEDULE. Gsn. Otis Ia Instructed aa to Amount Man Should Keeelee. Washington, Juno 8. Seoretary Al ger has oaused tha quartermaster-general to make a capful compilation ot mileage the Philippine volunteer from each state would be entitled to, should they be mustered out at San Fianoiaco. Thi Information wa em bodied in a message wiiich waa cabled to General Otis. Travel pay, exclusive of two months' extra pay whioh each shall receive upon muster-out, ap proximates tor Western state a fol low: Oregon, $33 to $51; Washington, $39 to $63; Idaho, $51 to $81; Montana, $53 to $84; Wyoming, $55 to $87. Each regiment I to determine by vote whether they shall muster out in San Francisco or in tha home state. Mrs. Maybrlok'e Freedom. London, Jane 8. The Daily Chron iole announcei that Mra. Florence Miy brick ia likely to be liberated ihortly, as tha result of tbe pressure brought to bear by Joseph H. Choate, United fltatea ambassador, in favor of reopen ng the case. Dewey Monum.nl. Chicago, June 8. The Lincoln Park board baa deoided to erect a $100,000 monument to Admiral Dewey, the amount to be raised by subscription. A PENNILESS WOMAN. Mrs. Stanford Has Transferred Ha Mm tlra Wealth to tbm University San Franclaco, June 8. -Mra. Jan L. Stanford, widow of tba lata Senator Stanford, ba formally transferred all of her vast wealth to tha university wbiob bear the nam of ber dead eon. Deed representing property valued at over $10,000,000 have been given in trust to tbe trustee of tbe Leland Stanford, jr., university, and this, added to it prevlou endowment of over $15,000,000, make it one of the rioheat institutions of learning in tba world. The property include stock of tba 3onthern Pacific Company, of the Southern Paciflo Improvement Com pany, the Market-Street Hallway Com pany; stock in Eastern railroads, in coal mine, in everything that might or might not pay dividend; real estate in California and elsewhere, and even ber jewels. It wa believed her jewel amounted in value to nearly $4,000,000, but thi ia denied. Tbey will amount to a goodly aum, but not lo tbat figure. There was $8,000 in war revenue tax stamp attached to tbe deeda of trust In turning over her property, Mra. Stanford read an add res to tbe true teea, suggesting plan for the future and advising aa to tbe present. . She asked that there should bo established courses in mechanic! training. Here after tha only control abe will exercise over her former vast estate will be tbat of a truatee of tbe university. MARCHAND AROUSES FRANCE. Ha tJneapeetedly Lashes tha Oavsrs. mant for tha BTaiuatlon ot Fashoda. Chicago, June 8. A special cable to tbe Chicago Tribune from Pari says: Major Marchaod'i speech at Toulon bas fallen like a bomb. Marcband'l previous attitnde and his frequent re protestations of loyalty to tbe govern ment gave no indication of hia inten tion to lash the government for tbe evacuation of Fastaoda. Tha speech li regarded aa seditious. Here is the inoriminatlng pbraae, spoken in reference to tba evacuation of Faahoda: "Seeing what a atate of division our country ia In, over an affair of whlcb I. need not speak, we comprehend tbat France could not make the supreme effort.. We felt that our country could not make a proud, energetic reply. Ten oentnriei ot history have taught her that peace was tha instant question. Happily, peace was maintained!, but I believe I can say that ot tbat sort of peaoe tbere bad better not be too muoh in Franca in the lame century." Aa a result of Maorhand'i speech, a group of city councuilmen today aiked tbat plane for the grand reception to Marohand at the Hotel de Viile be countermanded. Tbe prefeot of police has forbidden any one inside the sta tion to meet the hero aave government officials, who must be provided with apeoial permits. REBELS NOT QUIET. Opaa Up tha Summer Campalau at Sua Fernando. Manila, June 8. The insurgent! around San Fernando thi morning at tacked tne outposts of the Fifty-first Iowa infantry, slightly wounding two men. Colonel Frenoh took the remainder of the Twenty-second infantry to Can dabs yesterday, tbe insurgent having appeared In force there. Genreal Lawton haa been given command of the defeneea ot tha city, and tha troupe forming lines around Manila, wbioh wilt be bia division. MaoArtbur commands tha ontlying garrisons and the troops holding tbe railroad and river. Til lay's Murdarnra Fnnlshad. Washington, 'June 8. The war de partment received tha following today: "Manila, June 8. Smith report from Negro that ba haa punished the Insurgent who murdered Captain Tilley; that tbe eastern ooast of the Island la now nnder the American flag, and tha Inhabitant aak protection agalnat robber band. The band pur sued into the mountain were aeverely punished. OTIS." The following is also from Otis: Missing, April 38 Captain Rocke feller, company B, Ninth infantry. Wounded Third infantry, Sergeant Hell Biege); Fourteenth infantry. Private Caster; Fifty-first Iowa, Pri vates Stevenson and Stretch, Corporal Comb. Paty Du Clam Arrested. Paris, June 8. Lieutenant-Colonel Paty da Clam, seriously implicated by the reoent proceedings before the court ot cassation, and tha probable instigator of some of the forgeries that have fig ured in the Dreyfus affair, wa placed under arrest at 7:80 last evening, and taken to the Chercbe-Midi military prison. The court of cassation at noon yes terday resumed hearing argument in th Dreyfus case. Dewey Taklna Ufa lasy. Hong Kong, June 8. Admiral Dewey Uvea quietly at the Victoria Peak hotel, and decline all aociety overtures. He takea abort walks, gen erally alone, and is recupeiating rapid ly. He insist upon giving the crew of the Olympia a good time on tbe Medit erranean, reaching New York about October IV Tha Damage to tha Brooklyn. Washington, June 8. The navy de partment haa been informed that it will coat $8,000 and require 80 day to repair the injuries austained by the Brooklyn in touohing bottom in New York harbor on Decoration day. Seattle, June 8. The Post-Intelligencer say that negotiation for tbe formation of tha Pacific Coast oraoker trust are off. Tha syndicate back ol the deal haa not made tba final payment. OVERLAND HELD UP! Bandits Rob the Union Pa cific Through Train. NEAR WILCOX IN WYOMING tilt Opaa tha Safe With ttyaaaaltt and Ara Bald to Hava Malta Blch Baal. Denver, Jnne 6. A special to the Times from Cheyenne, Wyo., ay: At 4 o'clock thi morning the Union Pa ciflo mail and expresa train Mo. 1, wat held up mile from Wilcox station, in thia state, by six masked men, evi dently profeasionals, who blew open tbe safe of the expresa car and carried away all it content.. The mail war not touched, on account of the faot that four armed mail clerka were in charge. The mail and expresa run a tin firat section ot No. 1, overland limited. The second section follow only fir minute behind. Abridge two miles fiom tha scene of tbe robbery wa fired to preveut the second section from com ing up luring operation. A bridge ia front of tba train wa dynamited. Tba trainmen were all covered with rifle, and the robber took their time. 'Th value of the plunder is unknown, but ia represented a light. Tbe sheriffs of Albany and Carbon countiaa,with posses and United States marshals, ara after tha bandits, wire are supposed to ba members ot the no torious "Hole in the Wall" gang, which baa terrorixed tbe state for year. Later advices say that aa the train reached tba biidge, one of tbe robber crawled into tbe cab, and at the point of a gun ordered Engineer Jonea to pull across the bridge and stop. Mean while, the otheu of tbe gang were at work iu the express car. Just as th engine pulled off the bridge tbere waa a tremendoua explosion that scattered the expresa car for a hundred feet in every direction. The end of tbe mail car was blown in, and aeveral atringeri knocked out of tbe bridge. Engineer Jonea waa injuted by the flying debris. Robhors Made a Big Haul. Salt Lake. June 5. A apeoial to tht Tribune from Bawlini, Wyo., laya: The Union Paoiflc robbers at Wilcox obtained $36,000 in money and $10,000 worth of diamonds, and a large amount of money in bills waa deatroyed by tbe explosoin. Onion Faelfla OOora Reward. Omaha, Jane 6. Tbe Union Paciflo Company offers a reward of $1,000 a bead for tbe robbers who held np it train in Wyoming tbii morning. CEDED TO GERMANY. pain Gtvea Vp Hor Remaining Paelllt Fosseaelous. Madrid, June 6. In a speech from the throne at the oortee toOay, it was announced tbat the Marianne, Caro line and Pelew islanda were ceded tc Germany by the late cabinet. Charged With Foraory. Paria, June 6. The arrest yesterday evening of Lieutenant-Colonel Paty da Clam, who in 1894 was called to in vestigate the charge against Dreyfua, was ordered after the minuter of wai had consulted with Premier Dupuy. Tire prisoner ia charged with forgery. It is not yet known wbethei be will b tried before a court-martial or a dis ciplinary court. Tbe Petit de Bepublique haa a report tbat Lieutenant-Colonel Paty da Clam, who waa arrested and aent to Cbercba Midi prison last night, attempted to commit suicide in prison. Several pa pers announce that proceedings will be taken against Meroier, ex-minister ol war, and other officer. NO CALL FOR TROOPS' Cabinet Decides Moi Yolunteere An mot Needed. Washington, June 6. Tbe cabinet at it last meeting today deoided thera was no preaent necessity for the enlist ment of more volunteer. The situa tion wa gone over very fully before thia conclusion waa leached. Tht president stands ready to authorise thi enlistment of volunteers, should mora men be deemed necessary. ' A letter received from Geneial Wood, governor of Santiago province, wa read at tbe meeting, which wai considered eminently satisfactory. General Wood haa completed a tour ol the province, and ba found thing it admirable condition. TREASURE BOX GONE. Five Thousand Sovereigns Stolen From Steamer Alameda. San Franolsoo, June 5. There wai great exoitement on board the steamer Alameda, upon her arrival from Aus tralia today, when, it waa discovered tbat a box containing 6,000 sovereign! waa missing. Seven hundred and titty thousand dollars in gold had been aent nithei from Sydney. The money waa shipped in 80 steel boxes, eaoh contain ing $38,000 In British gold. Ona ol these boxes waa abstracted from tht steamer'a treasure-room during tba voyage. Tbe theft ia chrouded in tht deepest mystery. Look Very "Treaty." Washington, June 3. Bid were t have been opened by tha navy depart ment today for armor for tb battle ships, monitor and armored cruiseri now authorised by law, but no bidi were received within tba price fixed by congress. Tbe Carnegie Steel Com pany and tbe Bethlehem Iron Com pany submitted statementa tbat they were unable to furnish armor of th charactex required at tba prioe fixed by oonoresa. GAIET f AT MANILA. ffeaehlaai the Filipinos Our Meelal Oaa-toma-Oommlsaloners Oaa a Hall. Manila, June 6. The Philippine commission last night gave one of the most brilliant balls Manila baa ever seen. It wa one of a aeiie of enter tainment intended to foster friendship between the Americans and natives. Tbe commission ha the handsomest residence in Manila, overlooking the harbor. Tha ground surrounding it were illuminated, while the house itself wa decorated with tha American colors. Tha newly-appointed judges. Gen eral Otis, a number of other American officials and many wealthy natives were present. Tbere wa a display of gorgeous na tive toilet, and many jewel were worn, and the array of bandsom women aorprised the Americans. Hiere waa a long programme of Ameri can and Filipino dance, followed by tha rendering of several instrumental election, ending with "Tbe Star Spangled Banner." General Smith haa punished the in surgents at Kscalante, island of Ne gro. for the murder of Captain Tilley, of tbe signal corps, who wa fired upon by the natives nnder a flag of truce and out off from rejoining bia oompaniona on board tbe cable ship from which be bad landed. General Smith burned the town and killed a number of mem ber of the band of -insurgent whom he found in the neighborhood. Three member of the South Dakots regiment were wounded at San Fer nando in the encounter between in surgents and American outposts. SAM T JACK'S REQUEST. Weil-Known Aetor anC Manager Wills Hia Wire to Hia Brother. New xoik, June 6. Sam T. Jack willed hia wife to hia brother James C. Jack. The last testatment of the actoi and tbeatrioal managner, proprietor ol aeveral theaters, "Creole" and otbei burlesque oompanies, who died April 37, ha been filed for probate in tht office of tbe surrogate. It contai na tb ; remarkable provision: "It i my wish first and foremost tbat my brother Jamea and my wifi Emma shall become husband and wife.' Mrs. Jack, the "Emma" of the will, waa Misa Emma Ward, the favorite acteresa in the Lily Clay burlesque company, which waa playing at Niblo' in 1893 when Sam T. Jack married ber. James C. Jack wae asked if he would accept tba bequest of his brother, but be would make no state ment. Tbe estate ia valued at $75,000, of which $60,000 is aaid I? ba in banks in thia oity and Chicago. The testator left one-third of bis property to bis wife Emma, one-third to bia brother Jamea C. Jack and divided the re mainder among other relatives. HEAD OF THE NAVY. Dewey Will Hits Only a Lira Title la tha Houae of teem. New York, June 5. In order tbat it may be clearly understood whether il waa Admiral Upshur's intention, when be suggested a gift of a residence in Washington to Admiral Dewey, that the property purchased should be come hi personal property and paaa to bi heirs, or whether it waa bis inten tion that it should remain the per manent home of tba ranking officer ol tha navy, to be occupied by Admiral Dewey aa long aa be remained at the bead of the navy, and thereafter " tc pas to hi successors as time goes on, the department of history of tbe Unit ed Statea wrote to Admiral Upshur, asking for hia idea on the matter nn der date of May 39. The admiral replied a follows "Tour inference tbat it ia my prefer ence tbat a home be purchased by the free-will offerings of American for the admiral of the navy, abould be occu pied by Admiral Dewey aa long aa be remain at the bead of the navy and then to pass to hi anocessors ia en tirely correct." The Feaea Conference. The Hague, June 6 The special commission to which onoffloial project! have been referied baa decided unani mously to discard all projects not com ing directly within the precise aim oi tha conference. Tha third commission ha finished ita woik treating on good offices and mediation. It has welded the various project into one, whl-:h will be sub mitted tor disoussion Tuesday. When the discussion la concluded, the com mission will draft a icheme based on the various project aubmitted. Baltimore Shipbuilders Strike. Baltimore, June 8. Seven hundred anion men employed a shipbuilder and boilermaker in tbe various ship building plants ot the oity, struck to day, and aa a consequence, the ship building industiy ia praotioally at a ttandatill. Th strike resulted from tbe refusal ot tba employers to reduce the working hour from 10 to nine per lay without a reduction in pay. Will Oo to Pnget Sound. San Francisco, June 6. The battle ship Iowa I now taking on coal, pre paratory, it is presumed, to going to the Bremerton naval station on Puget aonnd, wheie she will be placed in the drydock. Steel bilge keels are to be fitted to ber bull to prevent rolling in heavy weather. Am Alabama Judge la Jail. San Francisco, June 6. Judge Frau ds Corbin Randolph, formerly an Ala bama jurist, la now aerving a 14-year sentence in a Colombian jail. He bought land from a German. The title proved to be bad, and during a quarrel be abol tha German in self defense, be allege. In letter to a friend in thi city b bitterly assail tba American consular officer in Co lombia, wbom ha declare bava not e erted themselves in his behalf. MARCH TO THE BAY Gen. Hall Whips the Rebels in Two Battles. MADE A GALLANT CHARGE Autlpolo, a Mountain Fastness, Which Cost Spain Many Llvea, Fell Without a Shot. Manila, June 8. Hall's column, In tbe movement on the Morong penin sula, completed the circle of 30 miles over a rough and mountainous country, having two engagements with the in surgents, one of them severe, and keep ing up an almost constant fire against scattered band ot rebel for nearly 34 hours, from 4 o'clock Saturday morn ing, when the oolumn left the pumping atation. The Filipino were driven in every direction, and the country through which General Hall passed waa pretty thoroughly cleared op. At 10 o'clock tbii morning the column reached a point a few miles from Taytay, where Geneial Hall wa met by General Law ton, who had already entered the town and found it deseited. General Hall's objective point waa Antipoio, 10 milea off, and there wa desultory firing all along the Una ol maioh. Tbe gun boats could be heard shelling the bills in advance of the column. Tbe oolumn, after driving the rebels from tha foothills near Maria Chi no, about noon yesterday, with a loss of but two or three slightly wounded, pro ceeded with all possible baste toward Laguna da Bay, the Fourth cavalry in the lead, the Oregon regiment next, and tbe Fourth infantry last. At 8 o'olock these regiments fought their second battle of the day, and it result ed like the first in tbe complete rout of a large Filipino force located in tha mountain and having every advantage ot position. In tbia fight th Ameri can loss wa tour killed, three of the Fouitb cavalry and one Oregunian, and about 16 wounded. Tbe Filipino loss could not be ascertained, but the ter rific fire which tbe Americana poured into them for balf an hoar must have inflicted aevere loss. In thia engagement our troops made one of tbe most gallant chargea of tha war, and the enemy waa foroed to flee in the greatest disorder. It waa tba intention to press on to Antipoio last night, but tbia was found impossible owing to the two fights and the con stant marching for more than 13 hours, with nothing to eat sinoe morning, and no supply train in aigbt. Tha troops, however, suffered from tbe in tense beat, many being prostrated, and all greatly exhausted. The cavalry, the Oregoniana and two companies of tba Fourth infantry bad just crosaed a small oreek about 5 o'olock yesterday afternoon and entered upon a sunken road, from wbiob they were emerging upon a tma'l valley sur rounded on all aide by high and heav ily wooded bills, when tbe rebels, con cealed in the mountain on three tide of the plain, opened a hot fire, and lent showers ot bullets into tbe rank of tba Americana. Tbe latter deployed im mediately in three directions. Then followed a charge across the rioe field and ditctea and up the hillsides, from which the shots came all the time pour ing in a teirifie hail, while tha air re sounded with tbe constant rattle of musketry. General Hall's advance waa first mo mentarily halted after be bad crossed the firat range of billa to the east ol Monte, a town in tha valley at the edge of the bills. The insurgent were driven out of the town and it waa burned. Tbe Second Oregon volun teers pocketed the Filipinos on three ides, and a brisk fight ensued. Gen eral Summera threw a battalion on eaoh bill, and tbe American chased tba rebel for aome distance. Tba Oregon regiment lost three men killed and lix wounded. It is impossible, on accoant of tbe terifio fighting and tbe condition of the aignal wires, to get particular. Not even the name bave been sent to General Otia at this writing. The Fourth cavalry, being in th front, suffered aeverest losa when the attack opened, two ot their killed be ing aergeanta and tbe other a private. The natives were unable to atand th vigorous fire - of the Americans long, and at the first sign of their wavering the cavalry, Oregoniana and Fourth in fantry men broke into wild cheer and charged etill faster np the hillside, pouring volley after volley, until the enemy left the placea where they were partially concealed by tbe thicket, fled over the summit in the wildest con fusion and disappeared in the surround ing valley. After the fight waa over, the firing waa continued by tha Amer icana for more than an hour in clearing out the bush and driving away strag gling Filipinos. The troops, after camping for tb night on tba battlefield, atarted at S o'clock tbia morning tor Antipoio, where it waa expected a strong resist ance would be made. Antipoio ia a place far up the mountalna, which the Spaniards had said the Americana could never capture. It ha cost Spain the live of 800 troop. When tha troop reaobed Antipoio not a rebel waa visible. The Modus Vivendi. Washington, June 8. It is learned at the state departmenl that tba nego tiation now in progress in London be tween Ambassador Choate and Lord Sal isbury relate entirely to tba arrange ment of modus vivendl to avert tha danger ot a hostile collision on th Alaskan border during tba present ea son, at least. It is expected to resume th negotiations for settlement ot tha whole boundary question when Sir Julian Pauncefota returns Iron Tb Hague, : ..