Ti)
H
JL iLJL
XJA.
VOL. XVII.
ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1900.
NO. 44.
EVENTS OF THE DAY
Epitome of th.5 Telegraphic
News of the World.
1'KRSK TICKS FltOh TUB WIfiKS
da Interesting Collection of Items Pros
he Two llmnlapherea 1'reavjii 1
lit Coi")n.d Jrcvaa. V
Ilrynn concluded, his tour of lllluoU.
Cecil llhndoa will ra-eiilor politics.
Tlie empress dowager la said to b
111.
Robert will Hume til own suooe
tor. Col villi Indian reservation U opened
(or settlement.
. Roosevelt spoke to hq immense audi
ne In St. Louis. ,
Canada will mil crown mining
clam In Kloudik.
General Brooke urge reorganisation
of the army on modern line.
Conger baa prepared a list of Chinee
officials that alioald be punished.
Idnho SoMlurs' Home was destroyed
by lire. One inmate wi suffocated.
Tlie American Hihle Society fur
nish a list ol mlssionarl killed by
lloxera.
General MacArthnr reported to the
war department that the transport
Itoseuiaua and tlie trauaorl Argyle
arrived at Manila with Light Batteries
C and M, Seventh artillery, Majoi U.
O. Greeiiough.
P. II. GUhnoloy, cnnusal for the
Ellaahethpnrt, N. J., Blinking Com
pany, announced that William Kehiie
bur, a tniniing clerk of the lunik, m a
defaulter to the aniouui of foo.uun,
and that the batik director bad made
good the aumuiit of the shortage.
Lord George Hamilton, secretary of
a tit a (or India, hue received thn fol
lowing from Lord t'urxmi: "The gen
ral condition of crop In exrelhul,
nud except iu pait of linmtmy In in I no
conditioua are ritaiiiiiirarlng. The to
tal number on the relief lint baa fallen
to 2,746,000."
The American : Bridge . Company
cloned a contract to (iiruUh all of the
etructnral steel to be used iu the erec
tion of a big arseual at Kure, Japnu. j
The money value of the contract la be
tween 2M,000 ami :1(HI,0(I0. It
will require six month to liiruish the i
material, and It uiust be rivlivered at
Kure within a year.
Officials of the North German Lloyd
Steamship Company at New York City
have awarded a contract for a monu
ment to be erected In a plot owned by
the company iu a cemetery Iu North
Hudson, In memory uf the persons who
loat their Uvea iu the greut Ore that
destroyed the pier and steamer of the
company at Hubokeu, on Juno 8 J luat.
Bryan made 14 apeucbas In Southern
Illinois.
The Cblueae court rofuaea to return
to I'ekin.
Franco la an x torn to annex Ycnunn
province.
; Russian troopa may withdraw front
Mauuhuria.
Cbamborlulti ia mentioned at po
allile auocatir of Salisbury.
Tlie niiuUterlnl majority in the Brit
ish parliament will be from 150 to 180.
Tradoa Council order strike on Host
tie' buildings. Over 1,000 uiou are
idle.
The Boer now oconpy Wepuer, aa
well aa Kouxvllle and Fickshorg, in
Orange River colouy, and the British
are attempting to aurrouud them.
Five thonaand pilgriina nsmmihlod at
the St. Nlkaudui monastery, iu the
Porkhoff district, tit. Petersburg, for
rellKloua festival. During tbo night
one of the upper floor collapsed and
tnaiiy of those sleeping there fell npon
thoK below. A puniu wra unused ly
false alarm of Are, and four men and 88
women were crushed to death, muuy
others being aerionaly injured.
Arranifementa for Imlhlliijj 3,000
froiKht oara for the Iliiltiinore & Ohio
railroad by the rnllmtiu C'onipHiiy, at
I'utlman, III., baa been completed.
The contraot calla fur L'.MM) box oara,
each with a capacity of 00,000 pound,
and 600 flat cura. The tutu I coat of the
rolling atock will bo $1,8U3,000. Thla
ia the aeooud lurije order for freight
equipment given by thn Baltimore A
Ohio nianattemeut within the lust week.
Tlie flret order wits for 0,000 ateul car,
to coat f0.000.000.
Having found the native of Tututla
fit to aorve ua policemeu atid maintain
peaoe and order, Commander II. F.
Tilley believe they would make excel
lent soldier to man the fortification
of Paugo Tango harbor. Iu private
letter to olllcera ou duty ho ha indi
cated that they would mako effective
artillerymen. To en list a regiment of
native. It would be necaeeary to ob
tain aieoial , authority from conn von.
The native who are acting aa poltce
men wore enlisted by Commander Til
ley aa laudamen. It ia likely, how
ever, that a forco of marines will be
permanently atutloned at Tango Pnugo.
White blaokberrioa and iireen rooa
have been propagated in Louaiaua tula
year..
Seventy-two new coal mine have
been opened in Prntaia this year, In
creaiug the output for 1000 by 8.800,.
000 ton. .
What promise to be the bent apple
crop in the hiHtory of Cnnudii not
merely the quantity, but qiwlitj U
now fast approaching the burveut sua
LATER NEWS,
LI flung Chang I in Pekln,
Boutbera rebels defeated General
flo'a army near Han Chun.
The aubmarlne boat Holland .bat
been placed in oommiaaion.
Kumta urge that the Chinese in
demnity question be arbitrated.
Coal miners In the state of Kanaaa
have won a strike and goue to work.
The member of the Chilean cabinet
have resigned, owing to a political
cause.
The National League baseball aeaaon
came to a clone with Urooklyu the pen
nant winner.
Charles Pargo, aeoond vice-prcnldent
of the American Kxpreas Company, is
dead at Chicago, ,
The Lorulne, O., plant of the Federal
Htoel Company baa been closed, shut
ting out 8,000 men.
The qncen regent of Spain will ar
bitrate the differences at preaent exUt
iug between Pern and Chili.
A clergyman of Hlair, Neb., convict
ed of bigamy, was senteuced to four
years in the peniteutiry.
Dysentery 1 raging among the troops
at 'l ien Tuin and the German conting
ent will transfer its headquarter to
i'ekin.
The steel plants of the Illinois Steel
Works, at Houth Chicago, were closed
down, 2,600 men being thrown oot ol
employment.
A minor official of the Vatican at
Home baa been arretted on the charge
of giving tlie thieves access to the
room from which thai sum of about
160,000 lire was recently stolen.
(striking ooal miner will accept the
10 per cent iucreaae in wages offered
by the operators if it liints all winter.
However, the men will not resume
work until ollloially ordered by union
ollluem.
. In northern Panay, October IS, Com
pany O, Twenty-aixth United State
roluiiUier infantry, was attacked by a
force of Tugala. The enemy lost 20
men killed and 40 wounded, while the
Americans bad two men wounded.
Twenty-two prisoners and 12 rifles and
a quantity of ammunition 'were oap
tured. A colony of 600 Sicilians from New
Orleans la to leave for Hawaii early in
January, under the leadership of Fatbei
Naaca, an Italian prieat. The colony
will be in the employ of an American
company, which has large sugar inter
eats in the Hawaiian iilauda. The
company wilt build a church, school
and homes for tlie Sicilians.
The United States baa answered th
French note.
Kooe velt denounced the Deomcratlc
tame of militarism,
British ministerialists hold 357 aeati
and the opposition 205.
Jloree buyers for (iermau govern
ment are in Kaatern Oregon.
A general nprising is expected in
the southern provinces of China.
Misr. Chapel Iu argue for retention ol
church property in the Philippines.
An eight-year-old boy cf Koseburg,
Or., wa killed accidentally while play
ing with a rille.
One man was killed and 12 injured
in a riot in the anthracite region at
liaileton, Pa.
Mrs. Ann Jane Darren, of Liberty,
Or., an aged and blind woman, was
burned to death. .
An aeronaut fell from a balloon at
t4ayV.Milla, Wir and was iuatautly
killed, it wa his 112 1st ascension.
Thomas Sheridan, 60 years old, a la
borer employed in a shingle mill at
Fairhaven, Wash., was run over by a
train and killed.
The American marines from Pekln
have arrived at Taku, where they will
be joined by the Tien Tsln battalion,
and sail on the Inditna for Cavite.
The wife of a minister at Atchison,
Kan., jumped into a cistern with her
8-yenr-old child and both were
drowned. The woman was insane.
The result of the first day of regis
tration iu Chicago for the preaideutial
election, which occurs next month,
show that 285,861 voters entuied their
names on the reatritratton books. The
llrrt day four years ago 803,607 voter
registered.
A cablegram received from Commit-sloner-General
Peck, at Paris, contain
an announcement M final result ob
tained at the exposition by tha coun
tries in the way of awards. The Unit
ed States received 2,476 awards; Ge
many, 1,826; Great Britain, 1.117
Kimaia, 1.418. The United States
leads not only in the grand total, but
alao in all grades of awards, from
graud prise to merely honorable men
tion. Referring to the mooted pnrohate ol
the Danish West Indie by the United
States, the Copenhagen correapondeut
of the Dally Telegraph says: "The re
newed negotiations will result, I be
lieve, in the purchase. The oppoaltion
party In the Danish parliament favor
the transaction, bnt urge the govern
ment to obtain a larger price than the
United State has previously offered.
It la understood that America wishei
to urie St. Crulx as naval coaling
nation." ' .
Koad improvements has begun in the
Philippines, with money collected
from customs at Manila.
Lorin Pease, of Ilndley, Mass., died
at the age of 100 His father lived to
be 00, and his six brother and sisters
all passed 70. r
James Kills Tucker has sailed for
Honolulu to revive the customs law
an I service of the Hawaiian ialnuds so
as to bring them up to the stundard of
those at home, -
IS ACCEPTED IN PART
State Department's Reply to
French Note. ;
THUEH RESERVATIONS AttK MADE
Aa to the Permanent Legation Guard,
DUinautlliig ut fort and Mold
lui f Koad to Fakln.
Washington, Oct. 18. The reply of
the state diieartment to the French
note, relative to the basis of Chines
negotiations, was made public today.
It reads as follows:
"The secretary of state to the French
charge d'Affalrs. Sent to Mr. Tble
baut, October 12, 1900. Memoran
dum: "The government of the United
States agrees with that of France in
recognizing as the objeot to be obtain
ed from the government of China ap
propriate reparation for the psst and
sulwtautial guarantee for the future.
"The preaident I glad to perceive ia
the baai of negotiation put forward
in the memorandum of October 4 tha
aplrit tnat bus animated the declara
tions heretofore made by all the pow
ers interested and would be pleaaed to
see the negotiations begun immediately
upon the usual verification of creden
tials. "It may be convenient to enumerate
the clauses of the memorandum and
to add some observations dictated by
tha attitude of the United States in tha
present circumstances:
"First The punishment of the
guilty parties who may be designated
by the representatives of the power at
Pekln. The Chinese government ha
already Indicated its intention to pun
ish a number of those responsible for
the recent disorders. The representa
tives of the power at Pekln may sug
gest additions to that list when nego
tiations are entered.
. "Second The coutiunsnoe of the in
terdiction againat the importation of
rm. It ia not understood that this
Interdiction is to be permanent and the
duration of it and the detail of its reg
ulation seem a proper subjeot of dis
cussion by the negotiators. -
"Third Equitable indemnities for
the governments, corporation and pri
vate individuals. This is an object
desired by all the powers. The Rus
sian government has suggested that in
case of protracted divergence of views
this matter might be commended to
the consideration of the International
;onrt of arbitration of The Hague. The
preaident thinks this suggestion worthy
the attention of the powers.
"Fourth The organisation in Pekln
of a permanent guard for the legations.
The government of the United State
fa unable to make auy permanent en
gagement of tins nature without the
authorization ol the legislative branch.
but iu the prexeut emergency we have
stationed iu I'ekin au adequate lega
tion guard, .
"Fifth The dismantling of the fort
it Taku. Tbe president reserves the
expression of his opinion as to this
-neasnre pending the receipt of further
Information in regard to the aituaiion
in China.
"Sixth The military occupation ol
two cr three point on the road from
Tien Tsin to I'ekin. The same obser
vation which has been made in refer
ence to No. 4 applies alao to this propo
rtion. The preaident is unable to
commit the United States to a perma
nent participation in suuh occupation,
but he thinks it desirable that the pow
ers shall obtain from the Chinese gov
srnment the assurance of their right to
fuard their legation in Pekin and to
have the means of unrestricted access
to them whenever required. .
"The preaident believe that the gov
ernment of France aud the other pow
er will see in the reservation we have
here made no obstacle to the Initiation
pf negotiations ou the lines suggested
aud he holies it will be found practica
ble to begin suuh negotiations at an
early date.
"Department of State, Washington.
Jotober 12, 1900."
The American answer to the Frenoh
note has given a aatisfaotory turn to
the Chinese negotiations and were it
not for the reports of military activity
in China on the part of some of the
powers the outlook would be excellent
for a speedy opening ol the long de
ferred peace negotiations. . In commu
nicating the memorandum to M. Thla
baut, Seorotary Hay added hi personal
congratulation on the course of tha
French government, which he look
upon a tlie initiation of a satisfactory
solution of the Chinese problem.
Situation I Critical.
Berlin, Oot. 18. Aoooiding toadia
patoh received by tbe German navy
league, the situation in South China ijl
exceedingly critical. The dispatch
aay that Chang Welh Hong, who ad
vised the empress dowager to enroll the
Boxers in tho army, has been appoint
ed governor of the new Chinese oapital,
Sluan Fu. It is further asserted that
many Chinese have been decapitated at
Chin Kinng, province of Kiang Su.
Finally, it is asserted that General
Yuan Shi Kai ha increased his army
to 40,000 men.
Nun Aorldentallv KllUd.
Helena, Mont., Oot. 13. Sister Ba
tista, teacher iu a Catholic aoademy for
boys here, was accidentally killed this
evening by- the discharge of an old
musket placed on the table by a small
boy pupil. She was 23 years old, and
oauio to Montana three years ago from
Leaveuworth, Kan. Her family name
was Flynn.
An abundant life does not show itself
in abundant dreaming, but in abun
dant living.
AQUINALDO'S PROCLAMATION.
lata lopa
rand It a a Clumsy
r.rf.r.
Colorado Springs, Col., Oct. 18.
Louis R. Ebriob, a member of the Na
tional executive committee of the An-tl-Imperialiat
League, today reoeived
a telegram from Sixto Lopez, in Bos
ton, one of the foremost Filipinos and
a man who stands near Aguinaldo,
denying emphatically the authenticity
of the proclamation purporting to have,
been issued by Aguinaldo in January,
1899. in wbicb the Philippine leader
instructed hi followers to occupy the
bouse top along the line which the
American soldiers should follow in en
tering Manila, aud urging them to
pour oil and boiling water on the sol
dier. The alleged instruction further
incited the Filipino to use epeais,
wbicb would leave the head of the
weapon in the body of the victim when
the shaft wa withdrawn, and urged
other and varied form of torture of
the American soldiers. Lopez's tele
gram is addressed to Mr. Ebrich and
read:
"Boston, Mas., Oct. 12. The proc
lamation to which yon refer is a clum
sy forgery, which is only believed by
bitter opponents. It is the work, no
doubt, of tbe Spaniard or the monk,
who try to create ill feeling between
the American and tbe Filipino to tbe
discredit of tee latter. No such dis
graceful or diabolical proclaamtlon
wa ever iasoed by Aguinaldo." ,
Sixto Lopez's telegram wa called
forth by a query gent to him by Mr.
Ebrich aa to the authenticity of the al
leged proclamation.
PECULIAR INSURANCE SUIT.
Maa Want to Recover Pulley on
Wife
Whom Ho Murdorod,
Philadelphia, Oct. 15 A suit to re
cover iniuranca upon the life of hi
wife, whom be killed December 81,
1893, ha been commenced in this city
by Professor 8. C. Sbortridge, who ia
now residing at Kennett square, in
Chester county. 1 Tbe suit, which is to
recover tlie sum of $77,022 from the
Provident Life & Trust Com pun v. is
one of tbe most remarkable in tbe his
tory of life insurance. The tragedy
wnicli ended the the life Mrs. Short'
ridge was enacted in Media. Several
yeais before Professor Sbortridge bad
come to Media with bis wife and fam
ily, and established what was known
a the Media academy for young men.
For several years the venture was suc
cessful, tbe school having a high-clas
patronage. Tben Mrs. Shortvidge died.
Iu November, 1893, Prnfeeaor Sbort
ridge married Miss Dixon Jones.
Shortly after his second marriage, the
profceBor began to act strangely. The
night of the killing, six weeks alter
the marriage. Professor Shortridge in
vlted hi wife to go out' with him for a
walk. A short distance from tbe house
be shot ber through the heart and tben
attempted suicide, but was disarmed.
In tbe trial which followed, Professor
Sbortridge was acquitted on the
ground of insanity, and was confined
in au asylum until a year ago.
ROW AT MATANZAS
General Fight Batweea Amerleaa Cav
alry and Cobao "Police.
Havana, Oct. IS. At Matanxas yes
terday a Cuban policeman interfered
with two member of the Second Unit
ed State cavalry. Tbe quarrel culmi
nated in a general fight between tlie po
lice and soldiers, who arrived upon tbe
acene simultaneously. After the police
bad shot Trooper Turey, of Troop D,
one other soldier and one civilian, a
number of troopers of troop D tried to
bieak into the gun room to get their
weapons, but the quick action of Cap
tain Folts of troop D in forming troops
L and M in akirmiab order made it im
possible for the excited cavalrymen to
pas. Lieutenant Willard i said to
have been slightly hurt while endeavor
ing to quiet the mens Tbe troopers
declare they will have revenge, and
Captain Noiea has ordered all confined
to tbe barracks. The feeling is strong
between the Cubans and cavalrymen.
Tbe authorities here look upon the in
cident as a pay-day bght, but an inves
tigation has been ordered.
Oa Tank Exploded.
Albany, Or., Oct. 13. Stephen
Stolts was killed and Fred Keis severe
ly injured by the explosion of an acety
lene gas tank in the basement of Keis'
ea loon, at 10:30 this lorenoon. The
gas plant had not been used for a year.
Stolta, who wa a plumber, and Mr.
Reia undertook to lemove the tank
from the ground. Tbey carried a
lighted candle which ignited the gas,
which had formed in the tank. Stolta'
left arm was torn nearly off, the axil
lary artery was severed, and be received
Injuries from which be died halt an
hour later. Reia wa badly out and
bruised from concussion, but will re
cover. Stolta was aged 84 and leaves
a wife. .
Rebellion In tho South.
Shanghai, Oct 13. Cheng, the Tao
tai, has returns from General Lu, re
porting that a serious rebellion has
broken out in tbe southwestern part of
Kwang Se province, that hi 30,000
troop are Inadequate aud that the need
at least 100,000 to cope with the danger
whloh is directed at the Manohu and
threaten to be worae than the Tai Ping
rebellion. It i understood that the
Yangtse viceroy bave sent 30,000
troops to suppress the rebellion.
Coinage In India.
Simla. British India, Oct. 13. The
secretary of state has completed the
purchase of 1,000,000 of silver for
coinage into rupee, and 1,000,000 in'
gold is being shipped to London. Tbe
silver purchased replaces gold in the
current resjrve, under the recently
passed act. When the coinage of tbe
last purchase i completed, eight and
a half crorea of rupees will have been
added to the stock of rupee since Feb-
tuary.
CANTON IS ALARMED
Spreading of the Revolt
Southern China.
in
FEAR OUTBREAK IK THE CITY
Is IXatrleta In tha Wei Bel Wei Pre
fecture Are Hoar In the Band
of tho Rebel.
Hong Kong, Oct. 16. Tbe reformer
Sun Yat Sen, according to dispatches
from Canton, ba unfurled the reform
flag in the important town of Wei
Chou, on East river. This act has
given rise to considerable excitement
In military circle in Canton, as it 1
believed the objeot in raising tb flag
In Wei Chou is to denude Canton of
troops, so that they can lelze tbe city.
London, Oct. IS. The Time haa
the following from Hong Kong:
"The situation in tbe Wei Hai pre
fecture is serious. In six district the
cities are in tbe hand of tb rebel.
If an outbreak should occur in Canton,
Its suppression would be difficult.
Berlin, Oat. J S. A dispatch received
here today from Shanghai says a very
serious view is taken at Field Marshal
Count von Waldersee'a headquarter
In Tien Tsin, of tbe revolutionary
movement. At Canton a false alarm
October 1 oaused tbe Chinese officials
to protest aaginst any occupation of
Cbinseae territory. The Yangtse vice
roys, the dispatch adds, openly affirm
that tbey will oppose any advance of
tbe Germans into Sban Tung province.
CENSUS OF PORTO RICO.
Only S Per Cent of Population Kdaea
tlonnlly QuallHed to Vote.
Washington, Oct. 15. The recent
census of Porto Rico haa developed tbe
fact that there are 301,071 males of
voting age in the island, but that only
25 per cent aie educationally qualified
to vote. Tbe native-bom whites of
the islana number 120,995, and tbe col
ored natives 73,010. Tbe Spaniarda
who now live in the' island number
8,662, and-whites born In other coun
tries are 3,104.
Of the wbitea of Porto Rican birth,
85,397 were liteiate, forming 29.4 per
cent of this class. Of the colored, 13,
676 could read, or 17.2 per cent of the
race. ' Under the educational voting
qualification, therefore, the number
entitled to vote in tbe island would be
47,973, or 25 per cent of tbe native
born male of voting age, ana 24 per
cent of all males of voting age.
In the cities of San Juan and Ponce
i concentrated a consderable part of
the foreign element of the island, and
here, if anywhere, will the restriction
of tbe suffrage to the literates give the
foreign-horn an advantage It is well,
therefore, to examine tbe conditions in
these two cities. In tbe cities of San
Juan und 1'ouce the number of persons
31 years of age and over, and who can
read, are diatributed as follows: In
San Juan, 1,935 native whites, 1,100
Spanish-born, 692 born in other coun
tries, and 1,823 colored. In Ponce
there are 2,190 native whites, 409
Spanish-born, 368 born in other coun
tries aud 1,365 colored.
It appears that in the city of San
Juan the native whites and the colored
each outnumber the foreign element.
In Ponce this proportion is even great
er, tbe natie whites being more than
three times as numerous aa the foreign
element, while the colored ia double its
number.
ramlly Burned to Death.
Boston, Oct. 15. Three persons, a
father and two sons, were burned to
death in a shanty in Roxbury at 3:30
this morning. The victim are: Ed
ward Tousealin, aged 45; Edward
Tousealin, aged 37; James Tousealin,
aged 14; Tousealin bad lived in tha
place 10 years. He carried on tbe bus
iness of wood peddling and one side of
his abode bad a shed where he pre
pared the wood for market. The
bodies of Tousealin and his sons were
almost consumed. Several yean ago
Tousealin' wife was burned to death
in this same place, ber clothing hav
ing caught fire while she was cooking a
meal.
Locomotive Blew Up.
St. Louis, Oct. 15. A special tele
gram rom Mexico, mo., to tne rout
Dlspatch says: Engine 105, while
hauliug the east-bound passenger train
on the St. Louis & San Francisco, at
the usual speed, exploded at Cnny
ville, about 30 miles east of this city.
early this morning and was blown al
most to atoms. John Mason, colored
porter, of Roodhouse, ill., had his head
cut oft, and several others were in
jured. Fifty yards of traok was torn
up, and trains delayed for several
hours. It is not known what oaused
the explosion.
Mexican Major Bapolled.
Chicago, Oi't. 15. A specal to the
Record from Monterey, Mex., says: An
official oider has just been issued by
Secretary of War Bernardo Reves, ex
pelling from "the army Major Carlo
Glass, tbe grounds for expulsion being
that the officer made public statement
in tha presence of bis superiors deroga
tory to the institutions of Mexico.
Grain Gautblera Arrested.
Chicago, Oct. 15. Twelve promi
nent speculator in the Chicago Board
j of Trade were arrested today in tha
: raid made by the police on the open
j board. Among them were Charles Al-
bertson, president of the open board,
i Tbe general charge made ia "gambling
in grain." It 1 stated that 80 more
Warrants bave been issued in conneo
tlon with the attempt to suppress tha
alleged gambling in grain and previa
, ions.
LADRONES OF LEYTE.
Are Plundering and PollowlBa; OSTen
aire Taetle.
Manila, Oct. 15. The west coast of
the island of Leyte is in a state of tur
moil. Tbe reliel ladrones are actively
plundering, the disturbers following
offensive taoticr, raiding and attack
ing and then returning to tne garrison
ad towns, while tbe Americans pursue
them to tbe mountains. General H
jica' officers are lurrendering and hi
soldier, attempting to escape to Samar
in boats, are being captured, and his
organization broken up. Tbe captured
guerrillas and ladrones, when ques
tioned, stated that on tbe 6th instant
80 Americans attacked 45 rebels, rifled
their stronghold in Camarinea province
and routed them, killing 10. Two
American were killed and three
wounded. Twenty member of tha
Thirty-second infantry, in an engage
ment on the 10th instant, in Batan
province, had one man killed and four
wounded. . .
The Philippine commission, of which
Judge Taft ia president, today pasaed
eight bill of minor importance, one
providing for a civil increase of ularies
of several municipal officials, includ
ing school tiachers, appropriating $7,
600 in gold for the construction of a
garbage crematory at Manila and for
the reorganization of the aaditor'a
offioe. .
The Wright bill, asking for f 1.000,
000 in gold for the completion of
Spain' plans for Manila harbor im
provements, elicited comment from one
representative of Manila' Interna
tional Chamber of Commerce to tha
effect that, aa tbe merchants had long
been paying a special impost fund to
this end, the merchant should belong
to tbe board controlling the construc
tion; and that as the United State had
collected $3,000,000 since it occn pa
tio by imposts for harbor improvements,
be failed to see the necessity for tbe
appropriation of insular funds and" sug
gested tbe use of a cpeoial fund. The
discussion was deferred until Fiiday.
AN ANARCHIST'S CONFESSION.
Asamasta Breast's Accomplice Telia mi
tho American Plots.
New York, Oct. 15. A dispatch to
the Journal and Advertiser from Rome,
says: The anarchist Bertollanl, ar
rested at Milan as a suspected accom
plice of Bresci, has made a confession
about anarchist plota.
"I have known about these plota for
long time," he said. "It wa I who
cent tbe letter to the crown prosecutor
at Naples, warning him in advance that
Italian anarchists were coming from
America to kill the king, but they paid
no attention to my letter.. At an an
archist meeting in Paterson, JJ. J.,
seven men were selected to kill kings
and chief of Btates. One ot them was
alloted to kill McKinley or Bryan dur
ing tbe presidential campaign. I do
not know the name of the man who
was assigned to this duty. The recent
Chicago plot was independent of that
batched at Paterson. I believe other
plots having the same objeot, bave been
organized in tbe United States. An
archist have killed kings and queens,
now they should kill a president of a
republic to show the world that for an
archists there are neither monarchies
nor republics, and that a king is a
cheap a a president."
Transport Broke Down.
Seattle, Oct. 15. Major Rublen,
assistant quartermaster here, haa been
notified by the quartermaster-general
that the Kangtse. the freighter under
charter to carry animals and supplies
from Seattle to Manila, haa met with
an accident on binga pore, ana wm
probably not enter the government
service. She broke her shaft and is
expected to be laid up Ut at least five
weeks. As a result of tbe aocident to
the Kangtse, several additional vessel
will probably be at once chartered.
The Mogul haa alreaady been chartered
from Dodwell & Co., and will carry
part of the cargo intended for tbe
Kangtse. She will be loaded with for
age and will go under tonnage charter.
Tbe Mogul ia not expeoted to arrive
here until about November 1.
Flooda in. New Brnnawlck. '
St. John, NV B., Oot., 15. The
province of New Brunswick haa re
ceived a terrible drenching from a rain
storm which lasted 108 hours, and
which in amount equals 10 inches.
Not a train is moving on the Canadian
Pacific Railway between St. John and
Yanoeboro, or on the branch lines ot
tbe road to St. Andrews, St. Stephen,
Fredencton or Woodstock. The tie-up
is due to washouts. Conditions are
the woist which have existed in tbe
Canadian road' history, and thous
and ot dollars are represented in the
damage already dona and in loss of
traffic. ' : .
Burglar Rob tho Vatican.
Rome, Oct. 15. A number of the
paper here publish the extraordinary
statement that the securities valued at
857,000 lire, the theft ol which from
the Vatican was recently reported to
tbe Italian police, had been stolen
some time previous to February last,
and were sold in that month on tha
Paris bourse. Tbey were stolen, it it
asserted, bv order of an Italian capital
ist. If the story be true tbe mora re
pent burglary wa committed with tha
object ot deceiving tha authorities.
This theory ha produced a great Im
pression at tha Vatican, but it is not
generally credited.
Main Goes to Ragaaakk
London, Oct.' 15. The American
Ladle' oommittee has received a dis
patch from Wei Hai Wei, dated Wed
nesday, October 10, reporting the re
turn there of the American hospital
ship Maine from Taku with many in
valid on board, of whom two official
and 69 men are American, and 19 of
tha latter belong to tbe Ninth infan
try. Tho Main will sail for Nagasaki
today.
CAN'T GET TOGETHER
Mineowners Could Not Agree
Among Themselves.
SO CANNOT MEET THE STR1KESS
Statement Fro a tbe Standpoint of the
Irwners and OperatoreEnd of
Strike Kxpeeted Soon.
Scranton, Pa., Oot 16. In response
to a request for a statement as to hi
view on the answer of tha United
Mineworkers to the operators' proposi
tion, T. II. Watkln, president of tba
Temple Iron Company, which company
1 largely interested in coal mining, to
night gave, out a somewhat lengthy
statement, in which he say in part:
"We will give our men reasonable
time to return to work, trusting tbey
will see tb mistake ot being guided
and influenced by men who, however
honest and sincere they may be in their
efforts to benefit tbe miners of the an
thracite region, are unable to advise
them intelligently and tor tbeir best
good.
"Mr. Mitchell apparently thinks that
the ccntrol of the mining operation
rest in the hand of one or two per-'
on, notably Mr. Morgan, or tnat there
Is a trust of some aort which can de
cide tbe whole question, when, a a
matter of fact, there are only three or
four of tbe transportation oompanise in
wbicb any one concerned ha any in
fluence, and thev do not represent 30
per cent of the whole anthracite ton
nage. More than 100 different com
panies and individuals are interested
in mining tbe total tonnage, and no
one man can control or have the slight
est Influence over their action.
"One thing the companies are ap
parently agreed upon is that they will
oot agree. Efforts have been made for
year to get some plan to wbicb all
could agree to control the tonnage, o
that fair price could be secured for a
product which require so large an
investment of money with such great
risk to tbe labor employed, a well aa
the capital employed, but effort after
effort ba fulled through failure to.
agree on a plan that would not violate
the law and to which all could agree.
"But Mr. Mitchell come here and
ay in effe t that no mineworkers
hall go to work until every operator
does just exaclty what the other doe
and tbat the Lebigh and Schuylkill
men must have a new basis before tba
men In tbe Lackawana and Wyoming
region can go to work.
"The United Mine worker will lay
themselves open if they have not al
ready done so to the charge of being
the largeat and most dangerous trust to
the public welfare tbat has ever exist
ed and tbe organization will make tha
mistake of all others tbat of going too
far and using its power to hurt tha
publio, as well as those directly inter
ested. "Out company will be glad to dis
cuss tlie matter with our employe
when tbey are ready to meet us with a
view of going back to work, without
regard to What Schuylkill operators
may do. The strike has already ot
us a great deal of money, and the men
much more, a well ua los of trade,
which we may not recover in year.
In the meantime soft coal mines are
working night and day filling the place
of anthracite coal."
STORMY AT ST. LAWRENCE.
Thirty Tesael Driven Ashore iteva
Scotia Swept.
Halifax, N. S., Oct. 16. Additional
disasters to shipping on this coast are
reported. The known list of vessels
driven ashore now number 30, mostly
owned in tbe province ami Newfound
land. The loss all over the country
and in tbe neighboring province
through terrific rainfall and washout
aud damage to orchard and building ,
by heavy winds will be very many
thousands of dollars.
Tbe Canadian Paoifio wires connect
ing Cape Breton with tbe rest of Nova
Scotia are completely broken at tlie
straits of Canso. where tbe cable wa
fouled by a cchooner dragging her an
chor In the recent gale.
Heavy rain ia falling again today
throughout Nova Scotia. River aud
lakes everywhere are overflowing and
destroying property. There ha been
no Canadian Paoifio train from Mon
treal in four day and a eriou wreck
ot tbe. Sydney axpres caused by a
washout i reported in Cape breeton.
The Gloucester schooner Mystery, at
Canso, report one man lost at sea.
Manila, Oct. 16. Captain Deve
reaux Shields, who, with 51 men of .
Company F, Tweuty-ninth reigment.
United States volunteer infantry, was
captured by the insurgents last mouth
in the island of Marinduque, was ies
cued yesterday by the American rescue
force with all the members of bis
party. '.
The naval board to examine the old
frigate Constitution has reported to
tbe navv department that It will cost
about $400,000 to place tbat vessel In
condition, such aa i contemplated by
the Boiton Patriotio Society, which ia
raising a tund for the rehabilitation of
"Old Ironside."
New Zealand Mall Service.
Wellington, N. Z., Oct. 15. The
house of representatives today approved
the postmaster-general agreement
with Messrs. Sprockets to continue for
a year the San Francisco mail service.
The vessels will run every three we4s
instead of monthly, beginning Kovini
ber 1. Tbe time from Sun 1'nn. ,
to Auckland will not exce.nl 1''. .
An amendment favoring a Van '--'.
crviS9 was curried without aii'-i