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, : ..