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CITY PRE Te News'- While It is JVewa Leading 0fthe Paper., county vol. in. OltEGON CITY, OllEGON, NOVEMIJEU 9, 1898. NO. 12. OREGON DOINGS OF TIIEfEEK What Has Happened In the . Civilized World. GIFEN IN THE PRESS DISPATCHES & Complete Review of.lhe Mewl of the) Past Seven Days in This and All Foreign Lands. Western railroads have bofln'onjolnerl , from excluding Pueblo stool from I'aciflo 1 ' coast points. The transport Panama, which was rooorjed loft with.800 Uvea, lias arrived safely- In Havana. " Gormany's exports for the first nlns months of the fiscal year showed an in crease of 68,650,000 marks ovor 1807. .Tim v1nwlv.nrfynnl7.nfl 17pnnh nthlnnk . ,....,,',rtu tl.ot It will lkA fill IIVUIIVCD IMQI I TT 11 I DU l l'U (IIU rooit of cassation in the revision of the Dreyfus case. . . - n 1 1 . if - . 1 , the Visayas islands .. rebelled. Thoy were pursuod and several were Rilled. The rebellion is ended. ; In a speech delivered st Worcostor, Mass., Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts, expressed himself strongly opposed to ; the policy of expansion. J. Russia has declined to support France ; in the Fashodu affair, fearing that a ro opening of the Egyptian question would '; interfere with hor tremendous task in -. Ohina. ' ". Action has bocn taken by the admln- . istration looking to the maintenance of -;the status quo with respect to the con cession of the Maritime Canal Company for the ooustruotion of tbo Nioaraguan canal. M. Fontaine, of Minneapolis, who bM just returned from, the Stickeon route, sayB ho has discovered rich dig gings on an unexplored : creek on the Ilootalinqna river, lie shows a quan tity ol-denrrivgo'lrt as evidence. The war between England and France has been aveited. A general and, (Hitja- - factory ariangomobt is 6a Id to ' have boon effected in relation to the disputed ' Fashoda question' An official notohas been issued on the subject in which the British government announces that the situation is ameliorating. "The navy dopurtniont lias practically decided to abandon wrecking opera tions, under existing contracts on the cruisers Crislobol Colon, Vizcaya and , Almirante Oquendo, near Santiago, which have become enormously ex pensive to the government. A Swedish company has applied for permission to raise tho sunken vessels. Thn war department hflfl Ispnod s. general order for the movement of troops to Cuba. Tho first troops will leave on or about November 22, arid will comprise a brigade -under Brigadier-General Carpenter. The brigade will be. taken from the Soventh army corfis. The brigade will bo sent to Neuvitas, Puorto Principe. The business portion of Divide, Colo., has been wiped out by fire. ' A large fire at Sydney, Australia, which destroyed 20 large mills and - caused a hoavy loss of property. The Sixth, Virginia rogiment, com posed of negroes, has mutinied, and refuse 0 serve under white officers. Frightened sottlers are flocking in droves out of the Izoe conntry in East ern Oregon, fearing more Indian out breaks. ' The transport Peru has arrived In San ' Franoisco with 15 Biek soldiers' from Manila. Fiftoen hundred sick men are reported among the troops In the Philippines. Seven Californians lost their lives in a disaster in the north. ' The party wandered from the trail while en route to the Atlin gold fields, and unwitting ly walking into quicksands in ft swamp. All were engulfed. The monthly circulation statement of the controller of the currencv shows that the total amount of national bank ' notes in circulation October 81, 1808, was (239,648,281, an Inorease for the montli'd'f (4, 189,881,. and an increase for the year of f 9,499.018. The annual report of the general su perintendent of the railway mail serv ice shows that at the close of the year there were 8.074 oleiks employed, and that with the closed pouch and express pouch service the. grand total of miles tr&veled in the service was 285,665,843. General Leonard Wood, governor of the military department of Santiago, authorizes the statement that there has not been a case of yellow fever in San tiago city during the last CO days, and that the ordinary sickness during the same 60 days has been 90 per cent less than was usual at this season of the year. ' . The monthly statement of the public debt shows that at the olosoof business ! on October 81, 1898, the debt, less net 1 cash in the treasury, amounted to (I,- 110.960,922, an inorease for the month of (43.487J17. The increase is ao-1 counted for by tho issue during the month of about (36,680,000 of tho new 8 per oeot bonds, and a decrease of about (7,238,000 in the cash on band. Minor Mews Items. Students of Dartmouth college have unanimously voted to abolish hazing. James A. Davis, who died in Dor chester county, Md., steered the first steamer that crossed Lake Erie. John Hays) the discoverer of Lake Superior's copper wealth, has just oele- . bra ted his 94tb birthday in Cleveland. ' At an auction sale, at Morris Park, -N. J., the great race horse and sire, Meddler, was sold to William C. Whit ney for $19,000. I LATER NEWS. David A. Wells, the famous omiut, died at Norwich, Conn. econ- Half the population of Gibara, Cuba, is said to bejjufforlng from smallpox, Major General Otis at Manila roports 12 deaths among the troops since bis last report. Chinese laundrymon of New York havo (or mod a trust, and prices have been raised. General Wade will have entire charge of the government of Cuba, both civil and military. The Omaha exposition proved a flnan clal success, and subscribers will be paid back in full. Troops at Manila expect to see fur ther fighting, as they think the lusur gents will make troublo. A fire In the Southern Paciflo rail road shops at Sacramento OaUsod dam age to tho oxtent of (200,000. One ontire block of buildings in Pit kin, Cola, was dostroyed by fire, be lieved to be incendiary. Tho loss is (100,000. ; . Philip Biogan, sr.,.n wealthy sheep man of Antelopo, Or., was stubbed and killed by an employe in a dispute over wages. Antonio Sinckl, a 15-year-old Italian bootblack,' was brutally murdered, after a namolees crime had' been committed, in Portland, Or. , ' The army investigation commission has finished its sessions in this country and will soon go to Santiago and prob ably, though not cortainly,. to Porto Rioo. Tbe news that the United Slates now demands the whole of the -Philip pine islands has creatod much intorcst in Berlin. The Gorman newspapers comment unfavorably upon it, The transport Citv of Puebla has jailed from San Franoisco for Manlln, with the last of the California heavy artillery, the Nevada troop of cavalry, Bnd a small dotachmont' of 'recruits for the Twenty-third infantry. A cry for relief again oomos from Cuba. Conditions In Havana, it is said, have., become intolerable, and severe criticism of Amerioa is heaid on every hand. While the conimissioliors are waiting, oriine, poverty, misery and death increase. The feature of President MoKinley's forthcoming message to congress will be an appeal for immediate legislative action looking to the construction of the Nicaragua waterway. Delay he vond next session will jeopardize chances for American control in the future. The latest telegrams rospocting tho risings in the neighborhood of Chung king, China, state it is a movement against the missionaries on the part of a marauding band led by one Yu Man Tze. The French ohurch, hospital and school, and also the American Method ist ohurch at Hong Chau, about GO miles from Chungking, hive been de stroyed. . ' General Fitzhugh Leo's mother died at Richmond,. Va. A proclamation has been Issued bringing Santa Ciua and other islands under the British Solomon islands pro- tectorate.- At Friday's sossion of the Paris peace commission the Spaniards rejected the Americans' proposals, and refused to give up the Philippines. , Later reports from the conflagration at Hankow, China, say that 10,000 bouses were destroyed and 1,000 peo ple killed and burned to death, Ellis H. Roberts, treasurer of the United States, in his annual report. shows that the troasury'was stronger at the close than at the opening of the fiscal .year. Senator Redfield-Prootor In an ad dress at Montpelier,' Vt., deolared that there should be divided sovereignty and that the United States should retain the entire Philippinf.-ojchipolago. " ( The work of refripj.Vng the bodies ol all goveinment soldiers buried in Cuba, rorto Kico and JUanua wilb begin in a few weeks. The'exiensi) of the under- taxing win ue Dome entirely oy government. y" the Major Helbnrn's recital before the war investigating commission, while in session at Cincinnati, disclosed ater- rihle state of affairs at Camp Thomas, Chickamauga, due to ignorance and tie- gleot. The sick soldiers were treated like dogs. The board of control of the Joint Traffio Association, has decided to dis solve the organization. This action was taken because of the reoent decision by the supreme court that the efforts of the association to control railroad rates was illegal. By the explosion of a boilor at the Oil City (Pa.) boiler works, two men were killed, two fatally injured and a dozen more slightly hurt. The killed are Richard McCloskeyand JobnFraw ley. The fatally inlured are B. J. Gid ders and Denis McMahon. A recent discovery of bituminous coal .in the Klondike region was made in ' American territory about 100 miles 1 below Forty-Mile. A tunnel has been dug into the hillside a distance of 45 feet, and there the vein is six feet in thickness. The coal is said to be of su perior quality. American pulp making machinery lei gaining considerable headway in Scan dinavia. George Wilson Phillips, aged 79, wbo invented most of the machinery which was used in the first match fac tory in the country, died at bia home in Springfield, Mass. Trouble at Fort Worth, Tex., between whites and blacks over politics cul minated in a fight in whioh Hope Adams, independent canc'idate for sheriff, wai shot and killed. MARIA TERESA LOST Went Down During a Gale in the Bahamas. ALL HANDS ON BOARD SAVED Tbo Strain Openoil Lenks Which Could Not lio Stopped Ship Mow Lies Three Miles Deep. Charleston, 8. C, Nov. 8. The tug Mcrritt put into Charleston this morn ins, and reportod the loss of the cruiser Maria Teresa off Ban Salvador, the Bahamas, November 8, in the midst of lurlous storm. The cruiser left Cniinanora, Cuba, on tho morning of October 80 in tow for Now York. She had already passed Cape Mnysi and started norlheas around the Bahamas. A furious storm overtook her, and in bor condition sh was unable to weathor the galo. Tin strain opened routs in tho hull which had been patched to enable her to make tho journey, and she began to fill rap Idly. The Morritt took off Lieutenant- Commander Harris and crew from tl sinking ship and she "soon went down The Morritt brought tho officers and men here. No lives were lost. This afternoon the survivors came ashore. They lost all thoir clothing and personal effects. The Toresa sank 80 miles off Walling island at midnight Tuesday. She met the storm Tuesday morning and began to strain. Parts of the hull thought to be safo became weakened, livets broke nd water made rapidly in tho hold, The boilers began to give way and finally tho water extinguished the fires in the engine-room. The pumps would not work. The whole vessel showed signs of collapso and the men Btood stripped awaiting orders to quit the Bhip. The Vulcan was towing tl Toresa while the Morritt-rescued 114 of the orew, male up of volunteers from the Cincinnati, Newaik and Vul can. Kopes were cut and sue then iap idly fillod. The Morritt then headed foi Charles ton with the rescued. The crew left this afternoon for Norfolk. Opinion at the Navy Department. Washington, Nov. 8. No orders were issued by the navy department up to tho 0I06O of office hours as to the dispo eltion of Lieutenant-Commander Harris and his crew, and Captain Crovrln shield, of the bureau of navigation, said no orders would be formulatod tonight. It is the opinion of the uavy depart ruent that tho government has lost, be sides the value of the ship herself, only the amount of the per diom of (800 por day through the sinking of tho vessel, because the contract appears to have required the deliveiy by the wrecking company of the vessol at the navy yard at Norfolk. According to the contract, salvago was to consist of such fuither compensation over or above the per diem and stipulated expense as miuht be awarded by a board appointed for that purpose, consisting of a represent atlve of each party and a third party, their survey to be made aftor the ves sel's delivery at Norfolk. The first thing In ordornowls a court of inquiry; in foot, tho department has no option in tiro case of tho loss of a vessol under ench conditions. This court is re quired to fix tho responsibility for the loss. COAL MINE DISASTER. Seven Men Killed Tli rough an Engl. neer's Carelessness Wilkosbarro, Pa., Nov. 8. Sevon mon were killed and three fatally in; Jured at the Exetor colliery of the Le high Coal Company, at West Pittston, today. The accident was duo to the al leged carelessness of Engineer David Price, who, acting in disobedience of positive orders, caused three cars to run in to tho top of the shaft. These oars, loaded and weighing II tons, loll down the 8fiQ-foot shaft and crashed with frightful foroe upon acarriage car rying 10 rhen. Sovon wore almost in stantly killed. They are: Michael Smith, Andrew Tinko, Michael Podesabanny, Michael Bra' zuke, Joseph E. Culock, Michael Was lokse, Joseph Androwsky. The acoidont occurred as the mon were going to work, and being sent down the shaft in parties of 10. Price, in oharge of the littlo donkey engine, was shifting loaded cars from the new red ash shaft some distance away. This track approached the head of Ex eter shaft, and at a distance of 80 feet from it curved gently to the right and around the shaft to a breaker. At a point whero this track commenced to curve was a switch and 20 feet of track leading to the head of the shaft, which was used for storing crippled cars. Close to the head of the shaft it was closed by a head blook. The train was. going at good speed, whon, instead of curving around the shaft, the oars dashed into the switch, which was Open, struck the head block, dashed through It, and three of them toppled down the shaft. About 20 feet from the bottom they struck the car riage with awful force, completely wrecking it. The mass of wreckage fell to the foot of the shaft, choking it, and when, after bard work, tho men were extricated, seven were dead and three fatally hurt. , A Murderous Boatswain. San Francisco, Nov. 8. There was a serious row, almost resultng in a mur der on the British ship Peleus, in poit here, today. Boatswain Charles Wil son came aboard under the influence of liquor. He ordered three men to wash down the decks, which work during which John Molntosh and! Michael Scott were stabbed several times witb a large sheathknife by Wil son. Mcintosh baa a very slight chance to recover. GAS EXPLOSION. Supreme Court Room In National Cap. " ltol Wrecked. Washington, Nov. 8. An oxplosion and flro at 6:13 this nftornoon wrecked the supreme-court room and the room immediately adjoining it on the main floor of the capitol. ' Tiro damage is enormous. The entire contral-eastern part of tbo great marblo pile from tho main floor to the subterranean baso. nient, practically is a mass of ruins. Tho forco of the explosion was so heavy that tho coping stones on tho outer walls, just east of the point where the explosion occuired, were bulged out noarly two Inches, and locked doors were forced open from their hinges quite 150 feet from tho scene of it. Fire followed the explosion so quickly as to fcem practically simultaneous with It. Tho explosion shook the immonso structure to its foundations, and was hoard several squares from tho capitol. It occurred In a small. room tightly inolosed by heavy stone walls in the subterranean baErment, immediately bolow the- main entranoe to the old capitol building. In this room was a 500-liglit gas meter, which was fed by a four-inch main. Very little gas is used in that part of tho building, but at the time of the explosion the gas had not been turned off at the motor. The meter itsolf wus wrecked, and the gas pouring from the main caught file. The flame originating from the explo sion darted up tho shaft of tho elevator, wbioh had bcon completely destioyod by the foice of the explosion, and 00m municated with tbo recoid-room of the supremo court, the office of tbo mar shal of the court and the supreme oourt library. Before the flames could be subdued, tho piiceloss documents In the record room had been almost totally destroyed, and serious damago had been done In the marshal's office and some minor rooms in the immediate vicinity. The library of the supremo court, lo cated immediately beneath the su preme court room, was badly damagod by fire, smoke and water, practically destroying the great collection of law reference books. The library contained about 20,000 volumes and was ueed not only by the justices of tho supreme court but by members of oongress und lawyeia practicing boforo the supremo court. The most serious damages, in the opinion of the justices of the supromo court, is to the records stored in the sub-basement. These Included all of the rocords of cases and opinions ren dered by tbo fathers ot tho judiciary of the government. Apparently the docu ments in this room are either totally destroyed or so badly damaged by file I and water as to bo useless. - UNDER A FALLEN ROOF. Collapse of a Thentre Building In De troit Fifteen Workmen Killed. Detroit, Mich., Ivov. 8. The now five-story Wonderland thoater building is tonight in a hopeless state of col lapse, and 15 or more lives have been sacrificed by an appalling accident which occurred there this aftornoon. Shortly before 2 o'clock, while some 85 men wore at work In various parts of the half-finished theater portion of the structure, tho roof full in without a second s warning. Nearly every work man was carried down into the theater pit. The top gallery was crushed down upon the lower gallery, forming a sort of fatal billsido, down whioh slid brokon steel girders, plunks, timbers, bnok and a great quantity of 'ooment from tho roof, and carrying along a struggling company ot mon into tho pit below, vory few of whom escaped in jury. The front wall of the building remained practically intact, but the east side wall bulged out and buckled threateningly. Notwithstanding the latter dangor, the work of rescuing the injured and taking out tho dead was rushed, and good progress made until 5:15, whon the upper portion of the east wall full, a showorof bricks striking around the orowd of laborers, oflloers and newspa per men, extinguishing the temporary electric lights and causing a stampede for the stroat. iortunately none of those who wero struck by the second downfall was seriously injured, al though several wero precipitated into the basement through tho stool hoist, over which only a few loose planks wero laid. Mayor Maybury and other oily officials, who wete 011 the scene, thereupon dooid )d not to further im peril life in ordor to save dead bodies, and the work was suspended until to morrow. When the crush occurred two bodies were visible in the debris, but they were abandoned for the present. The end are: August Sallaeh, Georgo W. White, Theodore Mortens, Martin Shaftor, Cornelius McAiron, James MegorsohkH, August Januschowski, John Greselski. Two othor bodies had beon discovered n the debris at the time of the second rash. The missing are: Petor Connors, Jacob Lowen, Finnk Wolf, Botts and O. Mullim. TwelVn allien wnrkmon wore serious- ly injured!. Ofnilefie it to feared that Edward Fisher, and J.. V. Wilson will dio. The disaster Is supposed to havo boon due to the use of fuulty'iron beams in constructing tbe supports for the very heavy roof. The I'tes Were Obedient, Denver, Nov. 8. Game Warden Swan roturned from the western part of the state, and says there are no Utos there. The troops had no diflloulty in persuading the Utes to leave, as they had already killed all the game they wanted. - Tacoma, Nov. 8. Olof Alborg, an employe of the Ulaauws salmon can nery, was scalded late yostorday after- noon by esoapiug steam, caused by oareleieness. " I FLAT REFUSAL GIVEN Spain Will Not Sell Philippines. the 1 SAYS WE HAVE NO CLAIM Accuses tho TJi'-'ted States of Acting la Uad Fulth-Niit Sanctioned by the Protocol, Paris, Nov. 7. Tho Spanish commis sioners, in the course of a two-boors' eBslon of tbo peace conforonce today, flatly refused to accept Monday's propo sition by the Amoricans to take the on tire Philippine group and to reimburse Bpain for her ."paoiflo" expenditures thoro. This negative action was expected. Tbo Spanish commissioners had also a number of pj'lve declarations which filled some 87 typewritten sheets, In this statomout tho Spaniards held that the Unitod States bad no ultimata rights In the Philippines Islands, and could have none suve by the consent of Spain In throe negotiations and upon terms satisfactory to hor. Aocording to the Spanish contention in the formal statement, the Unitod States entertained no thought of annex ing tho Philippines when the protocol was signed, or it would have been ex pressed In the protocol as clearly as the conditions regarding the cossion of ter ritory in the Antilles and the Orient M. Cam Don, beture the signature of tho protoool, received from Madrid, the presentment allegod, cable message, dearly setting forth that the mainten ance of Spain's authority ovor the Phil ippines should not be affected by the protocol, to which reservation the United States made at that time no protest or objection. This dispatch to M. Cambon, as tbo Spaniards claimed today, embodiod also the view that tho Unitod States had no valid basis for claims In tbe archipelago. It was furthor held today by Senor Rios and his colleagues that the capitu lation of Manila, having occurred aftor the signing of the protocol, and thus after the suspension of hostilities, was invalid. With all this for a groundwork, the Spaniards made their first posltivo move against the Aniorioans, and It constituted their counter proposition They charged upon the United States wrongful appropriation of public money belonging to Bpain by seizing the tnriff duties at Manila, and they formally demand the return of those roonoys in the sum of nearly (1,000.000. On these same premises the United States was allegod to have made and held as prisoners the Snanish troops at Manila, In violation of International law, because dono aftor tho suspension of hostilities undor tho protocol. A furthor charge was that by the Im prisonment of the Spanish troops at Manila the Unitod States had prevent ed Spain from quelling the Insurrection and bud thus contributed to the vio lence against Spain after the cessation of hostilities. Today's Spanish presentment 'also cited the refusal of the Americans to oonsidor the Cuban debt on the ground that It was not sanctioned In tho pro tocol, and demanded an adhoronoe to this, as a precedence to the discussion of the Philippines, regarding a cession of wbioh tho bpanlsh commissioners held that the protocol made no men tion. In snppoitof theso assertions arguments and demands, tbe Spanish presentment Invokos Spain's record in the ooirospondonce by mall and tolo graph, though It Is not known unoffi cially whether tho Spaniards producod tho message said to have beon sont from Madrid to M. Cambon at the time tho ptotocol was signed, in which,. It was affirmed today, Spain reserved hor Philippine sovereignty. The presentment was road by Inter preter Ferguson, being rendored from the Spanish in which it was written, Into English. At tho olose of the reading, tho Americans said tlioy wished to havo the Spanish statoment rendered into written English for more oareful con sldeiatlon, and an adjournment was taken to Tuosday, Pledged Their Policies Lincoln, Nob., Nov. 7. A romarka ble potition has been filed in the dis trict court of Lancaster county by Charles F David W. and Georgo K, Brown, to seek to have teceivers of tbo defunct Lincoln Savings bank re strained from selling to the highest bidder insurance policies aggregating (15,000 on the livos of the Browns, pledged to socure a loan. The novel claim Is advanced that by thus disposing of the policies the lives of the plaintiffs are placed in jeopardy. The policies may bo paid only ' at the death of the assurod, hence the claim is made that by transferring them a dual inducement is offered to make away with the parties insurod. Judge Holmes has assignod the caso for hoar- ing at the term of court which meets this month. Disappointed In Love. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 7. E. N. Heinrich, son of a wealthy Watertown, N. Y., jeweler, committed suicide lust night by drinking acid. Disappoint ment in love is assigned as the oauso. Sighted 4 Derelict. Port Townsend, Wash., Nov. 7. Captain John Ilahn, of the Canadian sohoonor Viotoria, reports that, Sep tember 21, he passed within 10 yards of a derelict. Tbo craft hud turnod turtle, and appeared to be a vessol of about 100 tons. The derelict was in latitude 61 deg. 5 mln. north, longitude 166 deg. 23 rnin. west, and in '.he direct track of vessels coming from Behring sea. The derelict is thought to bo the British Sealing schooner pio neer, which is considerably overdue, ON A BURNING SHIP. Msnster Overtook an Atlantic Coist Steainor Five Passengers Perished Vineyard Haven, Mass., Nov. 7. A dlsastorat soa, fortunately with a small loss of fifo, five persona In afl, was mado known today by the Iafidlng here of survivors who escaped from the burning steam or Croatan, of the Clyde lino, bound from New York for Wil mlrigton, N. 0.,and Georgetown, S. O. The disastor occurred Novembor 1, abont 18 miles north ot Cape Charles, and about 206 miles from New York, from which port the steamer sailed Oo- tobor 81, with a general cargo and eight passengors. At 8 0 clock in the after noon, the burned hull of the big freighter sank beneath the waves. Of the 27 porsons who were on boaid, 23 have surviovd. These passengers were landed at this port this aftemoon by the sf hoonor Alice E. Clark, of Port land, Mo., whioh was in the vicinity of the Croatan at tho tune she was burn ing. The Oroatan'i list of drowned is as follows: Sooond Assistant Engineer Joremlah McOarty, of Nova Sootla; loaves a widow In New York. Steward James Curtis, of Jersey City; Mrs. James Cuitis.wlfe ot the steward; Frank, an oiler; Jennie Willard, colored, Wil mington, N. O. FELL THROUGH A BRIDGE Eighteen Hen Precipitated Into the Des Chutes Hlver. Olympla, Wash,, Nov. 7. A crew of eight men and a traction engine foil through a county bridge aoross the Dos Chutes rivor, near the Waddell settle ment, yestorday afternoon. They fell about 15 foot. Three of the men were seriously injured. Tho bridge had been undergoing repairs. The con tractor bad finished his work on it only a tow momenta before the accident. The notices for vchiolcs to keep off had not boen removed, and the oounty com mission had not accepted the bridge. The engine and orow were about two thirds of the way aoross whon tho brhlgo fell, and the machine and crew were preoipltated Into the river. Tho engine is the property of Thompson & Dutchor, who talk of bringing suit against the oounty If they are not re imbursed for the damage done thoir inaohino and the cost of repairing it, which will be considerable. The names of the injured men are Dutcher, Ben Gibson and Pipor, Joseph McCarrngher, engineer on the steumor City of Olympia, whioh was built by a joint stook company of busi ness men of thla city, and Bent to Alaska for prospecting purposes last summoi, has returned on a short bust ness trip. The steamer is in winter quarters at Skagway. The orow have 13 good claims at Lake Atlin, whioh they will work In the spring. Tho mon have scoured a wood contraot at Skagway which will koop thorn em ployed till spring. FASHODA INCIDENT CLOSED. France Announces the Withdrawal Marchnnd's Expedition. ol Paris, Nov. 7. A sanil-ofllolal note issued this evening says the government has resolved not to retain tho Mar- chand mission at Fashoda, adding that ihia decision was arrived at by the ouu- Inot after an exhaustive examination of the question. London, Nov. 7. The most tellable information from Paris confirms the oarlier ropoits that M. Dopuy. the promior, has decided towasli his hands of Fushoda and to leoall Major Mar ohand, for whose mission h is not re sponsible. This dooision is, to some extent, due to a desire to allow nothing to interfere with the success of the ex position of 1000. ENGLAND'S WAR PREPARATION, Said In Ilerlln to He Connected With the Philippine Question. London, Nov. 7. The Borlin corre spondent of the Dully Nows says: It la asserted In well-informed quartets that tho British war preparations are connected with the Philippine ques tion, In which the United States gov ernment ia working in agreoment with England. The minora were revived that the United States Intends ceding to England some of the islands or granting coaling stations there. New Consumption Cure, Chicago, Nov. 7. Dr. J. B. Mur phy's new treatment for consumptives has apparently worked Its first euros. The patients are William B. Purcell and J. C. Edwards, who bave been un dergoing the treatment for a little over three months. Tho treatment is that which excited wido Interest when pre sented in a paper read by Dr. Murphy before the American Medical Associa tion at Denver this summer. fatal Miner's Riot. Nanalmo, B. 0 Nov. 7. A short time ago the Union Colliery Company rnported hundreds of Japs to work in the coal mines. Early this morning a riot broke out among them, whioh re sulted In one having his bead smashed to plocos and another's abdomon being badly lacerated. Latest teports say the injured cannot possibly recover. Cleared for Action. Wei-Hal-Wei, Nov. 7. All the British warships hero aro now. fully coaled. Thoir woodwork has boen re moved, and they aro completely pre pared for emergencies. Two Fatal Aoeldents, Brooklyn, B. C., Nov. 7. Yesterday Otto Anderson was blown up by dyna mite near here. Ho was employed in railroad. A blast exploded preraa- uroly. Today John Olson, in another railroad camp, met death by a tamp-ing-rod passing through his head. It was propollod by a premature blast. Spain will permit her soldiers who avo served three years to remain in Cuba, but they will receive but a small portion of their salary. I MOVEMENT TO CUBA The First Brigade Will Start About November 22. GEN. CARPENTER IN COMMAND Nsovltns and Pnerto Principe Will Be First Cities Occupied Bqnlppsd and Rationed tot 60 Uays. Washington, Nov. 5. The war de put tment has issuod a general ordor for the movement of troops to Cuba. The first troops will leave on 01 about No vembor 22, and will comprise a brigade undor Brlgadicr-Gonoral Carpenter. The brigade will be taken from the Seventh army corps.- Tbe brigade will be sont to Neuvitas, Puerto Principe. The order looks to the occupation of two points to begin with, namely, Nue vitas and Puerto Principe, but the oc cupation will be extendod as rapidly as the Spanish evacuation proooods. The order directs the movement to begin at once, bat acoording to tbe cal culations of the department, it will scarcely be possible to make the first landing before Novembor 23. The headquarters of the new corps which has been created for the purpose of beginning the occupation will be at Nuevitas, under command of General L. H. Carpenter. The ordei follows: "Headquartes of six troops of Eighth United States cavalry, and Third Geor gia volunteers will be at Nuevitas. Six troops of Eighth United States cav alry and Fifteenth Infantry at Puorto Principe. Reglmont will be prepared to embark at onoe and subsistence de partment will arrange for neoessarv rations. Command will be equipped and rationed for 60 days. "Brigadior-General L. II. Carpenter Is assigned to the command of these troops, with headquarters at Nuevitas. Cavalry brigade composed of- Seventh and Eighth oavalry is discontinued. Tbe Seventh Is assigned to First army corps, and the bighth .to. Second army corps. The Fifteenth infantry Is de tached from the Fourth army corps, and an infantry brigade created, com posed of the Third Georgia volunteers and Fiftoonth infantry, and designated as the Socond brigade, Third division, Bocnnd oorps." The order Bonding the Second brigade. Third division, Second corps, to ' Athens, Ga., lias been rovokod. CENTRAL AMERICAN UNION. Its Constitution Modeled After That ol the United States. Washington, Nov. 6. A complete transformation ot the geography ol Contral America ocourred November 1 by tho birth of a now republio, the United States of Contral America, and the disappearance oi the republics of Nicaragua, Honduras and Salvador, ex copt as states of tho now Union. Senoi Corea, oharge d'affaires of those repub lics dining thoir transition stage, has reoeived detailed information of the changos effootod, and the form of the government of the now republio. As indicating the dignity and im portance of the United States of Cen tral America, Senor Corea points out that It has a population of about 2,000. 000, an area of about 113,000 squaie miles, and a great stretch of seaeoast on the Atlantic and Pacific, and tho site of the Nicaragua canal, through which commerce will ultimately past from ocean to ocean. The general character of the new government Is shown in a communication reoeived by Senor Coiea irom the general assem bly's so iretary. It states the capital is temporarily located at Amapalu, on Tigre Island, lying in the Gulf of Fon Bica. The capital wil remain there un til thn oongress selects a permanent sito for it. The constitution provides for a presi dent, elected for four years by the di- roct vote of the people, with a provi sion against immediate re-election. The president is made commander in ohief of the army and navy, and his functions ate much the same as those of the persident of the United States. The inauguration of the president ia fixed fur March 15, next. Meantime tbo executive power will be directed by a council of throe, elected by the goneral assembly. The presidential election occurs the first Sunday in De cember, and at tbe same time represen tatives to the new house of representa tives will be elected. Tlie legislative powor Is given to a congress of two houses, the senate being made tip of six senators from each state, and three from the federal distiiot, while tin house of repiesontatlvos has one repre sentative from each 30,000 inhabitants. The fedoral Judiciary providod by the constitution is patterned after the sys tem of the United States, and indeed throughout the constitution there is a close rosomblanco to the systems in this oountir. The governments of Nica ragua, Salvador and Honduras become states, their present presidents giving way to governors. A Significant Sign. London, Nov. 8. Thefaot that coast guardsmen throughout the United Kingdom havo boon warned to be in readiness for mobilization is regarded as a menacing sign. Many oi mem have already joined thoir ships. Big Storm onfthe Sound. Port Townsend, Wash., Nov. 5. The severest storm of the season visited this section last night. The sohoonor Maria Smith dragged ber anchor for quito a distance. The abatoment of tho storm prevented her going ashore. The sloop Olaf Johnson went ashore on Whldhy Island and la a complete wreck, Cretan Question Settled. Canoa, Crete. Nov, 5. The interna tional troops occupied (he fortress at 9 o'clock this moiciug- ...