THE
OREGON
MIST
VOL. XVI.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOIIER 27, 1899.
NO. 45.
EVENTS OF THE DAI
Epitome of the Telegraphic
Newt of the World.
TEK8B TICKS FBOM THK WIEKS
An Interesting Collection of Items F ras)
no iw. HniUphm. rnmM
la Uoadensod Worm
The liners marie three attack on
Mafeking mid were repulsed with a
heavy lost of 309 uieu. lb British
lout 18.
For a week a snow ttorui - hiu been
ragiug in tlis mountains surrounding
Learivillo, (Ail , something unprece
dented t this time o( the year.
The power am auaia wrangling over
Samoa, and there In talk of partition
ing the islands. England haa offered
i purchase Germany't Interest,
A baud of 300 Mayo Indian have
dued the Yatiuie lu their war with
lex loo. Heretofore tha Mtvot have
Jefused to aid tlie Yuqul trilni lu iti
"ebclllon.
Tha liourt soon rod tho telephone at,
llodder river aud attempted to speak
ith Kimborley, hoping to learn tha
jllapoattiou of the British forces there,
'llio maneuver waa discovered and frus
trated. 1 K tapper, editor of the Deutaohe
Agrai Correspondent, at Berlin, has
been sentenced to imprisonment in
forirea for nix month, on a charge of
leas majeete, for criticising Emperor
William.
An explosion of mine gat In a col
'liery near Pittaburg, Pa., resulted In
entombing 22 miners. Ten were re
scued alive, lint It li feared the other
re dead. Hie mine took fire fend it
burning.
The Columbia won the second race
with the Shamrock, Koon after the
ttart the Shamrock's topmast wat
broken ahd alie returned. Tho Colum
bia tailed over the course and wat given
the tace.
Hurgeou-Gcnerul Sternberg ' hat re
futed to rueoinuieud the building of a
large military hospital at Vancouver,
Wash., laying that the pott hiwpltal at
that plaoe It abundantly able for the
pro aunt needs,
Adlatch (mm Nogalc, Arlt., tayt:
A sheriff's potto bat encountered Mexi
can baudlts aud killed una and wound
ed another. Americau aud Mexican
ofllcora are now lu pursuit of Ave oth
ers, who escaped.
The smallpox ten re at Astoria, re
in lunt from the cane of Beecher D,
rilorp. hat almut died out. The patieut
It getting along nicely, and the attend
ing physicians have no doubt at to hit
apneily recovery. J
Hie British steamship Knight Baohe
or hat arrived at New Orleans froul
'Hamburg, Germany, with 73,507 bag!
of raw beet sugar, equal to 7,810 tons;
Thli It the largest cargo of foreign
lugar ever brought to New Ortuaut.
The Washington volunteer rogimeul
will be muttered out at San Francisco
ou the 3 1st iiist.
A new fast mall service bat been In
augurated lietweou Chicago and 8an
Francisco, the schedule time being 73
hours.
General William R. Rhaftar, who
for over a year hat had the position ol
brigadier-general of volunteers, hat
been retired.
Early la December the United States
will havit 70.0(H) troop In the Philip
pine Islands, aud 45 wai vessel lu the
Island's waters.
The Orange Free State troops have
out the telegraph wires and destroyed
the railroad track at Norvalsport, just
across the Oiauge Free Stale's southern
border.
Tho Boers have cut the telegraph
wires st many polntt. and reliable
news is hard to obtain from the more
liiirtaut allies lu the war districts of
South A fries.
Inho R. Dodnon, of Portland, has
written to fileuds Inmi Dawson City'
thst hn Is taking the consul of all the
people In the Yukou valley, Op Ameri
can territory. '
A dispatch from Caracas, Vsnusuela,
"saw that I'reildeut Audrade it preps r
lug lo leave the country, aud the lusur
gent leader, Uouetal Castro, It master
of the situation.
The Portland Press Club at Its meet
ing recently urged lis members to stand
by the 1004 exposition project aud to
do all In their power to bring the affair
to a successful conclusion.
A train of flat cart tootled with gravel
wat wrecked on Ihe Northern l'aoiflo
track on Jetfersou street. Olympla, de
iwtltshlng alHiut 100 yards of track.
The trainmen escted nnhurt.
The price of fall ohlnook Salmon,'
steel heads and ailverildea hat reached
the highest figure ever offered on the
Columbia: 4 cents a pound, and t
cents Is toiiig paid tor dog salmon.
James Roach goes free from furthca
proHocution or even the Imputation of
gnilt of stealing cattle from hit neigh
bors, after a struggle In the courts
which has gone ou fur more than a year.
Charles Winters, of Jacksonville,
Or., a native of Sweden, aged 79 years,
who has been a resident of Jackson
ville for many years, died at Talent,
whero he had gone for a ihort visit
with friends.
Hardy Getty, a 10-year old boy,
while operating a stamping machine In
a Fairhaven, Wash., metal works, had
botn of his hands so badly mangled
that he will never be able to use them
Will,
LATER NEWS.
State election! will be held In 13
itates thtt year,
The navy department hss difficulty
a getting sufficient, medical men,
The "transport Senator list univol
lately at Kan Francisco.
General Miles wilt be ncoompsitltd
y his family and a few friend ou I. it
our to the PuulHc coast.
Secretary Long has lsned nu mrtor
assigning Admiral Dewey to special
luty at the navy yard department.
Fifty-three lloers were killed and t
large niimhor wounded In the en
jounter with Iiailea-I'owe'l'. furces it
Vfafnklug. -
An enth'intmUc meeting to promote
the movumeut to oroct a mnuumeut to
Parnell was held In New York. Over
110,000 was collected.
Sir Thomas Linton has the spirit of
a plucky sportsman and will challenge
us again for the America's cup. He
tart be cannot gt ready for next year.
but will be prepared lu 1901.
The strike of the ironmolders hik'
the coromakers at St.-Paul has ended,
and the men have returned to work.
Tho employers grant a slight advance
in wages and recognize the untou.
ft It understood that the president
has given to Archbishop Chapnllti defi
nite Instructions which will goveru his
actions relative to establishing ace
wilh the Filipinos, bnt these instruc
tions are to bo withheld from publica
tion. At Atchison, Kau., two roblwrs shot
snd killed ouo man and wounded an
other In a store, which they later rub
bed. Ihey were pursued by a posse;
snd they shot and killed a policeman
snd another man, both members of the
pursuers. v'
At a corollary of, the Pullman-Wan
ner consolidated deal, the readjustment
ol railroad stockholders on an euouuous
scale Is aald to be tho uextuiove nit the
boards. A welding together of tho rail
road properties controlled by the Her-riman-Gonld
and Yaudorbilt iutmesia
It ipoken of.
War between Americans and Mexi
cans broke out at Naco, Aril, with dis
astrous results. The fight started be
tween Mexican guards nnd American
cowboys, and at a result four guardt
were killed aud one seriously wounded.
An Ameiican named Ryan was instant
ly killed and a Bisbee miner was shot
through the leg.
Tha Canadian government has beeu
advised thst the United States nnd
British governments had given effect to
a provisional Alsikan boundary, which
was arranged Iwtwoen Sir Louis Pa
vies nnd Mr. Choatc, in London. This
arrangement makes uo change at Bksg-
way, but it nxet a point on the Dalton
trail. There it very little travel by
that rdute.
A new German warship hat been
launched. She was christened Kaiser
Karl dor Grouse, by lit. von Moncke-
berg, burgotnniter of Hamburg.
Tho Roert, according to a special dis
patch from Pretoria, repulsed a small
force of Cape mounted police neat
llcrkeloy, West Cape Colony, captur
ing two.
The dwelling once occupied by ex
president Martin Van Duren, at 37
Kast Twenty-seventh street, New York,
has been sold, nnd It U announced that
the property will be converted. Into a
buaiutsrt block.
Commandant-General Jonbert has
arrived nt Newcastle, Natal. He
found only 100 men there when he en
tered tho town. The report current at
Dolago bay that A.000 lloers have been
repulsed at Newcastle Is false. .
An Ashcroft, B. C, report states that
there was a )i robbery at the Cariboo
mine, near (jnesnelle Forks. The big
safe In the Cariboo Hydraulic Com
pany's office was blown open, and part
of the amalgam, worth $50,000, stolen.
The Great Northern rund has lately
bought 17.000,000 feet of Hr timber In
Washington, neai ty all of t for the
road's proposed ore dock Alloue
bay, on Lake Sursirlor. Nearly half
this enormous order hat been bought in
the past 10 days.
The tranpport.Peuator Is expected to
arrive from Manila next week. The
newt of the terrible experience nf the
steamship F.mproat of lodi.t causes no
alarm for thn aafoty of the Senator,
which la supposed to also have passed
through the typhoon.
A dispatch from Ladysmith says
that a letter was brought to the Brit
ish pickets by Bonr cyclists hearing a
white UttK, atgunfl ty me Newcastle
magistrate and soot by permission of
Commandaut-Genoral .Touhert. stating
that the British who remained in New
castle are well.
Throe hundred reornlts, undor com
mand of Ceptain W. N. Hughes. Thlr-
teenth Infantry, and Lieutenants w II-
son, raeeoe and Kinzie, have been as
signed to the transport Mauuense, at
Han Francisco, with two companies of
tho Thirty-first, under command of
Lleutenaut-Colonol Hayes.
Tho postmaster-general hat Issued
formal warning to all postmasters
..ralnst the lovviua of political assess
ments, and simultaneously the civil
' t l..nH Uam Mnlla.1 sttantinn
SOnvCU UUUJillio.iuu
to the law governing the subject, aud
of the commlsslou't Intention to on-
foico it.
L. D Carl hat returned to hit home
Dn..knro nr . after a 20 months'
1U t,ll- p, - - '
sojourn In the Alaska gold fields, dur-
in
which time lie is nam w uvo
cleaned op $20,000.
A few growers are employing Indian!
null, ton and load beats, sayt the
to
r ..ii-anfla Observer. It Is no uncom
mon thing to toe an Indian and Indian
wnmon drive into town in a iprlng
ck. purchase theit supply ol groceries.
and return to their work Indian la
bor la much preferred to Chinese,
BOERS STILL HOLD OFF
No Serious Fighting in Natal
as Yet.
MANY SKIRMISHES REPORTED
Tryburg Was Surrendered to the Bar
ghsrs If ore Particulars of the
UattU at Mafohlnf.
London, Oct. 21. The Pietermarltz
burg correspondent of the Dally Mall,
in a dispatch says:
The brunt of the fighting at Better's
Station yesterday was sustained by the
volunteer patrols. The fighting was
brisk. The Boers numbered 2,000.
The volunteers at one moment were in
great peril, being nearly cut off, but
the olllcers handled their men splen
didly, aud the Maxima effectively
stopped the Boers' rushes. The Boer
showing wat wretched. The volun
teers lost their kit, and altogether the
fight wat a pretty trying one. The
men were in the saddle three dayt and
two nights, with hardly a rest. Basn
to natives were lighting with the Boers.
It la reported that 16 Boers were killed.
Vrybarg gurrendarad.
London, Oct. 21. The Cape Town
correspondent of the Daily Mail, tele
graphing tonight, says:
"Vryburg surrendered Sunday. To-
night's dispatches from Kuruman, 10
miles east by south of Vryburg, state
that the police having withdrawn from
Vryburg, the town surrendered to the
Boers, the inhabitants fleeing in all di
rectiona, mostly toward Kuruman.
When the police withdrew, the Cape
Boers notified the enemy of the fact,
thna Inviting them to take possession.
There was a fearful panic. The Brit
lsh are wildly Indignant at this scut
tling."
Boer Army Trappod.
London, Oct. 21. The Daily Newa
Cape Town correspondent says:
It is rumored that news has reached
Deax Junction that the Boers attacked
Mafeking in force, but were repulsed
The defenders, seeing the enemy re
treating, pursued thorn for some dis
tance. Then a feint was made and
they commenced to retire on the town,
allowing themselves to be driven in by
the Boers, who, eager to retrieve thoir
position, again advanced to the attack
and were drawn over lyddito mines laid
for the defense of the town. It is ru
mored that 1,500 Boers were killed by
the explosions.
Patrol Fired Upon.
tsadysmith, Oct. 21. This morning
a patrol under Mojor Andy penetrated
the Boer outpost at Roster's Station,
and was fired upon but retired without
loss.
Dutch Kill Corp. Mutinies.
Ladysmith, Oct. 21. The Umvotie
mounted rille corps, which is largely
recruited from the Dutch colonists, has
mutinied.
The Coming Strike.
St. Paul, Oct. 21. A general strike
oa the Great Northern will probably
oocur within a few days. It will in
clued conductors, engineers, firemen,
brakemen and switohmen, and the men
expect to tie up the road from end to
end. In the great strike of Ave years
ago, the conductors held aloof, but they
have been brought into the present
trouble by a recent order requiring
them to pay for bonds covering damages
to trains under their charge. The list
of grievances given by the men is a
Ions one, and they claim to have been
unable to secure anything liko satisfac
tion from tho management. Since last
Maroh gTievanco committees have been
almost constantly in this city trying to
roach some agreement with the railway
elli Dials, but without lesult.
The Eighth Yaoht Trlnl.
K.w York Oct. 21. Had the wind
held today, the Columbia-Shamrock
series for the America's oup would
have ended in three straight wins for
the defender, and the Irish cup hunter
would have sailed home without the
trophy, beaten as decisively aa any
former candidate. Oulv the failure of
the wind saved the Shamrock from de
feat more stinging than on Monday.
Trvrlav she was beaten on the run to the
outer mark 5 minutes and SI seconds
elapsed time, and on the leg home,
which should have been a beat, but
which, owing to a shift of the wind,
waa a broad reach, the Columbia sailed
away from hor like a witch. When
the race was declared off, about 10
minntaa before the expiration of the
time limit, the Columbia was leading
by about three miles, sno was men
fan. miles from the finish. Had the
race ended, the Shamrock would have
been beaten by at least 20 minutes.
Ke Frlotlon at Manila.
Victoria. B. C. Oct. 21. Althonsrh
Professor Worcesetr, one of the Philip
pine oommissionors, who arrived on the
Empress of Japan, refused to talk of
what he and his colleagues had done,
he denied that there had been any Mo
tion between Genreal Otis aud the oth
er members of the commission. He
said: "There was never an occasion
during our stay when our relations
with the general were other than most
amiable."
Ordered to Portland.
Washington, Oot. 21. Lieutenant 8.
Arnold. United States navy, has been
ordered to Portland as an inspector of
government boat maohinery at the
Wolff A Zwicker iron works.
General Henry's Assignment.
WaBhlncton, Oot. 21, By direction
of the president, Mojor-General Guy
V. Henry, on waiting orders, has been
assigned to command of the department
of the Missouri, with headquarters at
Omaha. 1
EZATA'S PLANS.
Wants to Turn Over Salvador to tn
Mexican Government.
Chicago,, Oct. 21. A special to the
Record from El Paso, Tex., says:
General Ezeta, ex -president of Salva
dor, and an exile from that country,
who disappeared mysteriously from
his home in Oakland, Cal., where he
had lived for three years, came to El
Paso Saturday last, and left over the
Mexican Central railway for the City
of Mexico, in company of J. II.
Holmes and C. 8. Greene. Holmes it
manager of the Iturbide hotel, of the
City of Mexico, and Greene in the city
attorney of Pasadena, Cal.
General Ezeta divulged his identity
to an official of the Mexican Central
road at Juarez, Mexico. The ex-presi
dent said he had. become tired of his
banishment from his native country,
and preferred to die in an attempt to
free his people from tyranny than re
main an exile for life. General Ezeta
said he and his party would confer
with the Mexican executive on the sub
ject of a revolution in Salvador for the
overthrow of the present administra
tion. It is understood that General Ezeta
will offer to turn over Salvador to the
republic of Mexico, in return for the
financial aid of the Mexican govern
meut in his venture. -
M'KINLEY'S MESSAGE.
No Doubt as to His Stand on the Phil.
Ipplne Question.
Washington, Oct. 21. President
MoKinley'a message to the next con
press is expected to be the most impor
tant document of the kind since the
civil war. After the president's West
ern trip there can no longer be any
doubt as to his intentions regarding
the Philippines, for it has been amply
demons tarted that be will recommend
that the islands become the permanent
property of the United States, leaving
their treatment to congress, but asking
that a policy be early outlined, in or
der to quench the Filipino hope that
there will be a change in public senti
ment in the United Staes which will
result in the domination of the anti-expansion
element.
Fears for the Senator.
Victoria, Oct. 21. The steamer Em
press of India, which has reached here
from Japan, has completed the rough
est trip of her 43 voyages. The second
day out from Yokohama she encoun
tered a typhoon which smashed all
telegraph communication between the
engine room and the bridge and de
stroyed some of the boats. The storm
continued unabated one day and night.
Fears are expressed by the officers
for the transport sterner Senator, carry
ing home the Fifty-first Iowa regiment.
She left Yokohama for Son Francisco
eight hours before the Empress, and,
having large upper works, woulfl fare
badly in a storm.
Boilermakers' Strike.
San Francisco, Oct. tl. The boiler
makers' strike is over, and the men
will go back to work tomorrow. The
men have conceded the nine hours a,
day on all vessels not owned by the
government. On these latter the day's
work will be eight hours for 10 hours'
pay. - In order to make up for the ex
tra hour on outside ships, a slight ad
vance has been made of the men's pay.
As a result of the artisans going back,
to work, nearly all the transports now
In port will get away next week.
Newark Sails for Guam.
San Francisco, Oct. 91. The cruisei
Newark sailed today for Manila via
Guam. The transports Tartar and
Olympia will' sail in a few days for
Manila with troops. The charter of
the Tartar will expire in about SO days,
and it is understood the government
will buy the vessel outright. It is
possible the transport Monuense will
be used exclusively as an inter-island
transport after taking troops from here
on her initial voyage. .
Ticket Counterfeiting.
Denver, Oct. 21. The officials of the
Colorado Midland Railroad Company
have discovered a case of ticket coun
terfeiting which promises to prove one
of the most extensive ever discovered
in this country. The ticket counter
feited is what is known as a skeleton
round-trip form. The ticket is so made
that, with the coupon attached, it can
be made out to any point in the ooun
try and return.
Storms In Southern Italy.
Rome, Oct. 21. Serious storms, ac
companied by floods, prevail in the
southern districts of Italy, working
widespread damage. At San Giorgio,
a bridge and 20 houses have been
swept away, and it is belioved there
has been considerable loss of life there.
At Mounte Mesoula, a church was
struck by lightning during mass, three
persons being killed aud 40 others
more or less injured.
Hayos Join tho Taquls.
Chicago, Oct. 20. A special to the
Record from Austin, Tex., says: A
dispatch from Ortiz, Mexico, says that
a band of over 800 Mayo Indians has
joined the Yaqui rebels at their rendez
vous near Sahaurpia.
In the previous wars of the Yaquis
against the government the Mayos re
fused to become their allies, and the
present action of the younger Mayo
braves la strongly disapproved by the
older element of the peaceable tribe.
Suicide of a Cashier's Wife.
Colorado SDrines. Colo.. Oct. 21.
Mrs. W. S. Jackson, wife of the cash
ier of the El Paso County bank, of this
oity, committed suiolde this afternoon
by shooting herself. She had been in
nnnr health for some time, and it is
believed self-destruction was caused by
melancholia.
Austrian Bolohsrath Reassemble!.
Vienna. Oct. 91. The reichsrath re
assembled today with a full attendance. '
Dr. von Fuoba waa re-elected president. '
BOERS WERE ROUTED
They Lose the First Big Bat
tie to the British.
IT WA8 Alt ARTILLERY FIGHT
The Soliure of Dundee Hill by tho Boars
Wu a Surprise to tho
British.
Glencoe Camp, Oct. 28. After
eight hours of continuous heavy fight
ing, Dundee hill was carried by the
Dublin fusileers and the King's Royal
rifles, under cover of a well-directed
artillery fire by the Thirteenth and
Sixty-ninth batteries. The Boers, who
threatened the British rear, have re
tired. The fight wat almost an exact coun
terpart of that of Majuba hill, except
that the position of the Boer and Brit
ish forces were reversed. General
Symons was severely, but not danger
cously wounded.
The battle today was a brilliant suc
cess. The Boers got a reverse which
may possibly, for a time at any rate,
check all aggressive action. The Brit
ish artillery practice in the early part
of the day decided the battle.
The seizure of Dundee hill by the
Boers wat a surprise; for, although the
pickets had been exchanging shots all
night, it was not untill a thell boomed
pver the town Into the camp that their
presence was discovered. Then the
shells came fast. The hill waa posi
tively alive with the swarming Boers
till the British artillery got to work
with magnifioent energy and precision.
Directly the Boer guns ceased firing,
General Symons ordered the infantry to
move on the position. The infantry
charge was magnificent. The way the
King's Royal rifles and the Dublin fu
sileers stormed the position was one of
the most splendid sights ever seen.
'. General Symons was wounded early
in the action, and tho command then
devolved on Major Yule.
The enemy as they fled, were fol
lowed by the cavalry, mounted infan
try and artillery. The direction taken
was to the eastward. At the latest re
ports the cavalry had not returned.
A rough estimate placet the British
loss at 250 killed or wounded, and that
of the Boers at 800.
Agreement as to Alaska.
Washington, Oct. 23. Mr. Tower,
British charge here, called at the state
department today and notified Secre
tary Hay of the formal acceptance by
his government of the proposition for
a temporary adjustment of the Alaska
(xrandary line proposed by Secretary
Jlay.
The state department it confident it
has conserved American interests in
the matter, without unjustly treating
Canada. The divisional line, bounded
on the west by the Dalton trail, Is
placed 22 miles above Pyramid har
bor, which is regarded under the. treaty
as a tidewater mark, so the Canadians
are not allowed to reach any point on
Lynn canal. Moreover, there is no
permission for a free transfer across
American territory of Canadian goods,
except miners' belongings. , These
matters may figure later, when it comet
to a permanent boundary line, but they
are not touched upon in this modus.
Strike Cannot Ba Averted.
St. Paul, Minn., Oot. 23. A Great
Northern official said today that the
conclusion had been reached by the
road that a strike could not be averted.
Higher officials will not talk, but the
wholesale merchants have been prob
ing into the situation, and their reports
confirm the statement that the Great
Northern is likely to witness the most
effective tie-up ever experienced in the
West. The jobbers will lose thousands
of dollars per day, and are anxious to
head off a strike. The recent order
making conductors responsible for dam
age to their trains it the last straw.
Every organization is involved, and
every trainman, from conductor down,
inoluding telegraphers, will go out if
the strike is ordered.
Tho Columbia Wins.
New York, Oct. 23. Through wild
and heavy seas, in a breeze that ap
proached the dignity of a gale, the gal
lant sloop Columbia today vanquished
the British challenger Shamrock by 8
minutes and 18 seconds actual time and
6 minutes and 34 seconds corrected
time, thus completing the series for the
America's cup with a magnifioent
rough-weater duel and a glorious Yan
kee viotory.
Crisis In Vonesnela Ended.
Caracas, Venezuela, Oct. 93. The
crisis is virtually over. General An
drade, the president, haa accepted the
conditions proposed by the insurgent
commander, General Castro, and will
go abroad, the presidency devolving
on the vice-presidency. Castro will
enter Caracas peacefully, thus avoiding
bloodshed.
Want Reciprocity.
Washington, Oct. 23.- Reciprocity
arrangements are sought by the island
oT-St. Kitta and Turk's island, British
West Indies. The arrangements so far
cover nearly all the British West In
dian possessions.
Library for Manila Soldiers.
San Franoisoo, Oct. 93. A commit
tee of prominent citisena headed by
Rabbi Jacob Voorsanger, and includ
ing among its members General Shat
ter, Mayor Phelan and Mrs. Phoebe
Hearst, has tuken steps toward the es
tablishment of a library in .Manila for
the use of the United States soldiers.
The project, which was originated by
the late Colonel Miley, has been taken
rm with enthusiasm bv men and women
who are determined to carry it into ex- J
eoution.
LAWTON AT SAN ISIDRO.
Hit expedition Moving North to Taks
Tarlae Heavy Rains Reported.
Manila, Oct. 23. General Lawton
and General Young are at Arayat with
a force of nearly 8,000 men. Tho gun
boats Florida and Oeste oro preparing
to move along the river to San Isidro,
which will be held as a base for opera
tions in the north. Extensive prepara
tions have been progressing for several
days, and the expedition, whose objeo
tive point is Tarlao, is expected to
start today. Supplies will be taken on
cascoes.
General Lawton's force consists of
eight companies of the Twenty-fourth
infantry, under Captain Kellar; eight
companies of the Twenty-second infan
try, under Major Baldwin; nine troopi
of the Fourth cavalry, mounted, under
Colonel Hales; a mixed regiment, con
sisting of one company of the Thirty
sevent infantry, six guns, commanded
by Captain Scott, one company of cav
airy and Captain Batson's Macabebe
scouts. The Third cavalry it equip
ping at San rrancisco, to join the ex
pedition.
Heavy rains, the first in weeks, be
gan last night, and have continued
steadily.
Evening Lawton is supposed to
have reached San Isidro. No commu
nication has been received from him
since he left Arayat this morning.
American lou Was Ono Killed.
Manila, Oct. 23. General Young 'i
advance guard of General Lawton's col
umn, left Cabio yesterday morning and
entered San Isidro. The American lost
wat one killed and three wounded
The heaviest resistance met with was
at San Fernando, where the enemy de
Etrooyed a bridge. General Rio del
Pilar arrived from San Miguel and per'
onally commanded the Filipinos. He
and the bulk of the enemy retreated up
the river. One Spaniard and 15 insur
gents were captured. The loss of the
enemy is not known. Tie town people
appear to be friendly.
Federation of Labor.
Washington, Oct. 23. The executive
council of the American Federation ol
Labor, at its session today,' voted that
,the federation financially assist the
jewelers of New York,- Newark and
Providence, with a view to more
thorough organization of the trade and
be helpful in every way to secure recog
nition of the union, as well as a reduc
tion in the hours of their daily labor.
Los. of tha Pelican.
San Francisco, Oct. 23. Advices re
ceived by the Alaska Commercial Com
cany indicate that there can be no
longer any doubt that the British
steamer Pelican, which left Puget
sound in October, 1897, for China,
foundered near the Aleutian islands,
and that her entire crew perished. The
message recived comes from the Alaska
Commercial Company's agent at Un-
alaska. It is dated October 6.
Dewey's Trip to Philadelphia.
Washington, Oct. 23. Admiral
jDewey last night met a select commit
tee of the municipality of Philadelphia,
headed by Mayor Ashbridge, who tend
ered him the hospitality of Philadelphia
during the latter part of this month.
Admiral Dewey accepted the invita
tion, naming October 81 as the date ol
his arrival, returning on the night of
November 1.
Males for South Africa.
Chicago, Oct. 21. A special to the
Times-Herald from Evansville, Ind.,
iys: An agent of the British govern
ment was in this city today and shipped
100 mules to St. Louis. They are in
tended for South Africa. There are
Several agents scouring the counties
of Southern Indiana and Illinois, buy
ing mules for the British government.
The Alaska Agreement.
London, Oct. 23. The British office
asserts that the verbi.1 changes in th
L .1 a , i i . ,
wruiB ui wie Auuua moaug vivenai art
of no praotical importance, and have
been readily agreed to, and that it it
assumed Secretary of State Hay and
the British charge d'affaires in Wash
ington will sign tomorrow.
Taqnlna Jetty Damaged.
Yaquina, Or., Oct. 23. A gale hat
blown for the past 24 hours, being ac
companied by heavy rain and thunder
and lightning.
The heavy sea carried away about
700 feet of the north jetty. The total
lenght of that jetty was about 2,800
feet, and it was part of improvement
that cost about 1700,000.
Thirty-Ninth at Vancouver.
Vancouver Barracks, Wash., Oct.
23. This afternoon the steamer Un
dine and Lurline, towing a large barge,
reached the government wharf at Van
couver barracks. On board were two
battalions of the Thirty-ninth, the
band, hospital corps and all theirbag
rage and equipment.
Xn tho Houto of Lords.
London, Oot. 23. In the house ol
lords, the premier, the Marquis ol
Salisbury, presented the queen's mes
sage calling out the militia and moved
an- address of thanks to her majesty.
The address was immediately adopted,
and the house adjourned until Thurs
day next. '
President at Washington.
Washington, Oct. 23. President Mc
Kinley and party reached Washington,
nearly an hour behind schedule time.
Mrs. McKinley's health has been Im
proved by the trip.
Germany Opposed to Arbitration.
. London, Oct. 28. The Times' Ber
lin correspondent says: The sugges
tion of submitting the Samoan ques
tion to arbitration does not meet with
approval in authoritative circles here.
Forty-nfth Starts Sunday.
Minneapolis, Oot. 21. The Forty
fifth regiment, at Fort Snelling, will
break camp Sunday morning and leave
for San Francisco, en route for the
Philippines,
INSURGENTS PARLEY
They Ask Otis for Another
Conference.
THE REQUEST TOO INDEFINITE
OrAcer Billed nnd Two Man Woaadod
la aa Attack a a Launch
Major Mosrard.
Manila, Oct. 1 1. An American
officer wat kilted and two men wounded
by the Filipino in . an attack on a
launch with General Lawton's expedi
tion in the Kio Chiqulta, Bear Ban
Isidro. The rebels fired volleys from
shore. ,
General Otit hat replied to the three
insurgent officer! who entered Angelet ,
last Friday with a, request, made
through General MacArthur, for per
mission for a Filipino commission,
eaded by a Filipino major-general, to
if tt General Otis in order to discuss
peace terms aud to arrange for the de
livery of American prisoners, that the
desired interview cannot be granted be
cause the suggested propositions of the
Filipinos are vague, indefinite and un
military, and because the Americans
must continue to decline to receive any
representative of the so-called Filipino
government. ,
Death of Major slewad.
Omaha, Oct. 24. A special . cable
was received here today announcing
the death in the Philippines on Satur
day of Major Guy Howard, tun of Gen
eral O. O. Howard. Th.. cablegrau;
wat received by Judge J. M. Wool
worth, father-in-law of Major Howard, .
and read at follows:
"Guy Howard killed in action to
day." Major Howard wat well-known in
Omaha, being on his father' stall wheat
the latter wat stationed here. , He was
married in this city 15 years ago to
Miss Woolworth, and Vhsvanptials were
a notable society function. ' Mrs. How
ard resides here with her thiee chil
dren. ANOTHER BATTLE ON.
Heavy Firing Reportoa From Ticlnltf
of Ud.
Cape Town, Oet. 24. A.Jlspatoh
haa just arrived announcing that tha
Boers are shelling DundeeeJ. east of
Gleucoe, at long range, but that theii
fire is ineffective. '
Met a Strung For..
London, Oct. 24. According to a
special from Glencoe cam p, she Brltlsk
cavalry, while pursuing the defeated
Boers, were engaged by a strong furut
of the enmy'on the north road. Fir
ing is now in progress.
Heavy Firing Is Taking Place.
Glencoe Camp, Natal, Oct. 24.
Heavy firing is now in progress lu th
northwest ol this camp.
f HE IOWAS REACH PORT.
Transport Senator Wentkorad tho Ty
phoon in Oood Shape.
San Francisco, Oct. 24. The Fifty
first regiment of Iowa volunteers, num
bering 704 men and- 46 officers, nudes
the command o I Colonel J. C. Loper,
arrived here today from Manila, oo
the transport Senator. There was na
sickness aboard. The only death re
ported is that of Edward Kisaick, com
pany F, of Oskaloosa, la., who died at
(iagaauki of dysentery. Tho only inci
dent of the voyage was an accident that
hapued to Kdwin Statlur, company
M, nnd Homer A. Kead, company A,
three days out from Nagasaki. They
were injured by the breaking of a spar,
which full ou them. Sutler's leg was
broken and Kead sustained a fracture
of the skull. Both men are doing well.
The Senator was caught in the tail
of the typhoon encountered by the
steamer Empress of Japan. She was
tossed about lively for several hours,
but suffered uo severe damage. So
serious did the situation appear to the
officers of the steamer at one time,
hat all tho passeugBTs were ordered be
.iw. aud tire hatches were battened
iliiwu.
The UooUly kValfe.
Lebauou, Or., Oct. V4. A serious
stabblug affair occurred at Sweet Home
last event ug. J. I', tlahn, tho Sweet
Homo merchant, stabbed and serrious
ly wouuded Albert Weddle, the saw
mill man at that place. The trouble,
aiose In the settlement of accounts be
twueu the two men. Weddle'a brother
owed Halm and II aim tried to work
the account In against Albert Weddle.
aud the trouble started. Weddle was
stubbed three or four times, one slash
being In the abdunieu and letting the
intestines out. A physician was sum
moned from this elty, ahd when he ar
rived he found Weddle in a, critical
cnudltion, aud there it but little expec
tation of his recovery. -
1 1 aii n said he waa coming to. Lebanon
to surrender himself to an officer, but
he bus uot arrived here. ' The feeling
at Sweet Home it bitter against him,
Ravoluttua In VolMiubln.
Colon. Colinbla. Oct. 4. 'Ihe revo
lution haa extended from Gundina
uiaioa to Lima. The Colombian gun
boat Moyaca Is about to leave for
Gauca, where an army of 10,000 men Is
'.eing assembled by the government.
Rear-Kud Collision.
Salt Lake, Out. 24. An air-brake
failure caused a wreck on the Oregon
Short Lint at Farmington, IS wiles
north of this city, this evening.
Fireman Harry Coleman Is painfully,
but not fatally Injured, and Engineer
Sim Pig man was badly shaken op.
Both saved their Uvea by jumping.
The wreck was a rear-end collision be
tween two southbound extra freights.
Trains to and from the north are tie
layed several hours,