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DOINGS OF THE WEEK
A Complete Barlow of the TelegraaJale
Newa of This and All Vo
alga Lands. .
The naval station at Newport, R. I.,
.is to be discontinued. '
Fifty Spanish prisoners captured at
tho naval battle July 8, off Santiago,
have sailed from Jersey City on the
steamer City of Rome for home. The
men had been held prisoners at Nor
folk, Va.
Illinois has secured the commander-in-chief
of the G. A. R., in Colonel
James A. Sexton, of Chicago; and
Pennsylvania has secured the location
of 33d annual encampment at Phila
delphia next year.
. A dispatch from Manila says: The
attitude of the Philippine insurgent
leaders is daily becoming more danger
ous. So open is their opposition to the
American authorities that the situation
is strained and reconciliation, may be
difficult.
Texarkana, Ark., is oven-run with
idle negroes, who are said to have oome
. from the Northern districts of, Texas,
whence! they were driven by white
caps, who are alleged lo have made
Beveral murderous attacks on the
negroes.
At the Washington state convention
held at Ellensburg, Wash., the Demo
crats renominated James Hamilton
Lewi's for congress by acclamation,
and the silver Republican convention
lenominated Congressman W. C. Jones
by acclamation.
It is officially announced that Senator
George Gray, of Delaware, has been
selected as the fifth member of the
Paris peace commission. This com
pletes the peisonnel of the commission,
which stands composed as follows: Ex
Seoretary of State Day, Senators Frye
and Gray and Whitelaw Reid.
Two million dollars, for the purchase
of the Center Star mine, in Roasland,
B. C,, has beon deposited with the
cashier of the State Savings bank, la
Butte, Mont. The purchasers are an
English syndioate, of which Sir Charles
Ross, now in New York, is the head.
The stockholders who sell ojt are prin
cipally Butte people. ' ,
A dispatch to the New York Herald
lrom Ponce, Porto Rioo. says that ill
ness among the United 8tates troops it
increasing. There are now more than
25 per cent of the men unfit for duty
within a radius of a few mile of Ponce..
There are 1,000 soldiers in the hos
pitals. In some commands there' are
80 per oent of the men down with fever,
principally typhoid.
Thomas II. Wheeler, son of General
Joseph Wheeler, and Second Lieuten
ant Newton D, Kirkpatrick, First cav.
airy, were drowned while bathing near
the camp at Montauk Point.
Hawaiian aavtoos announce tho death
of Sergeant Ormond Fletcher, of the
Second Oregon volunteer engineer
corps. He was formerly county sur
veyor of Multnomah county, Oregon.
A cable from Hong Kong announce
that a committee of three Filippinos,
appointed by Aguinaldo, has left Hong
Kong to confer with President MoKin
ley upon the future of the Philippines.
Several salmon, averaging 28 pounds
in weight, have recently been oaughi
in the Suoramento liver. From the
fact that the adipose fin had been re
moved from each they were identified
as marked fish liberated from the hatch
eiiea on the Clackamas river, in Ore
gon, in 1897.
The president of the Cretan executive
committee has notified the foreign ad
mirals that in view of the massacre at
Candia it is impossible to continue the
effort to organize tho administration
until the Turkish functionaries and
troops are withdrawn. He demands
the convocation of the Cretan assembly,
and proposes to place a force of Cretans
at the disposal of the international ad
ministration. Joseph Chamberlain says an Anglo
German understanding has been per
fected, and a treaty has beon signed.
England is to support the Kaiser's pre
tensions in Egypt. Chamberlain also
gave it out officially that England
favors Amerloau retention of tho Phil
ippine. One thing the Continental
powers most foar ia that the United
States and Great Britain may enter
into an International understanding.
A report is published in London of
daring plot to assassinate the ozar at
Mosoow last week. The plan of the
conspirators was to allow gas to escape
into a house on the route of the czar'
procession until the atmosphere in every
twin was saturated. One of their
slumber was to remain in the house
aud strike a light when tho czar was
passing in the expectation that the
house would be blown to pieces and
the ozar killed. The conspirator
would perish himself as a sacrifice to
the catiBe, The explosion was nils
timed and RBtaff officer and his wife
were killed, togethor with the conspir
ator. Thirty people were Injured.
Minor Mews Items.
When the trans-Siberian railroad
li completed it will be easy for a per
on to go from London to Japan In II
days.
At a tnoeting of tho executive com
mittee of Tammany Hall it was de
cided not to recognize the new state
election law.
The amount of gold coin in aotual
circulation in the worlJ is estimated
by the Bank of England officials to be
about 80S tons.
LATER NEWS.
The Madrid senate has definitely
edopted the Ilispano-American proto
col. . ' ' ;.
General Brooke reports that about 18
percent of his. command 'are sick at
Porto Rioo. '
Forty out of every 100 of the Fifth
regulars at Santiago are reported eiok.
Five deaths have occurred among the
immunes from malaria.
A 80-hours' rain in Texarkana, Tex.,
caused considerable property loss. A
train on the Texas & Paoifio roadf ran
into a washout and one man was killed
and six were injured.
Aside from the loss of her colonies
and the sihps destroyed in battle, the
war has cost Spain about $884,800,000.
Information to this effect has been re
ceived at the navy department from
the naval attaches of this government
abroad. '
The Cubans are out in a new mani
festo, and the necessity for organiza
tion of a new party is set forth. The
document appeals to all Cubans having
the progress and welfare of the infant
republic at heart to join with the
nationalists in putting the government
on a stable basis.
The Spaniards appear to be in nt
great rush to leave Cuba,' and the gov,
ernment has been urged to take vigor
ous measures to accelerate their move
ments. The charge is made in certain
quarters that the evacuation is being
delayed so that the Spanish govern
ment may continue to collect Cuban
revenues for a time.
Tire cutter Bear, with the govern
ment relief expedition, is back from the
North with the crews of the whalert
which were crushed in the ice. ' Three
phips were wrecked. The Oroa and
Freeman were lost last fall and the
Rosario last spring. All the crewi
were saved. Some of the men were
rescued by the Bear when on the very
verge of starvation. The Bear had a
narrow escape from destruction in the
ice off Point Barrow.
The navy department has arrived at
what it regards as a fair and satisfac
tory settlement of the question ol
awarding the contracts for the con
struction of th throe battleships. The
Cramps, the Newport News and the
Union iron works, of San Francisco,
will each secure a big fighting ma
chine. : The latter two companies will
be asked to amend their bids to conform
to the speed requirements of 18 knots,
as set forth in Cramp's plans.
Fearing a yellow fever epidemic,
half the? population of Jackson, Miss.,
have fled from the town.
The bitter passenger rate war is ter
minated.. All western roads have agreed
to a restoration of passenger rates, to
be effective September 21.
Captain James G. Blaine, assistant
adjutant-general, U. S, V., has been
discharged from the army for his reoent
flagrant escapades at San Francisco and
Honolulu.
Spain has lost another Paolfic posses
sion. Native forces captured the gar
rison of Ponape and took full posses
sion of the Carolines, whioh this coun
try had contemplated seizing had the
war Deen prolonged.
uovernor JLord, of Oregon, has com
pleted his investigation of theoondition
of the 830 recruits of the Second Ore
gon volunteers encamped at San Fian
Cisco, and has telegraphed to the secre
tary of war that he has found uverv.
thing satisfactory.
General Rios, governor of the Vi
sayas islands, and ad interim governor
general of the Spanish territory in the
Philippines, has wired the Madrid gov
ernment that he has arrived at "an
understanding with the American
authorities respecting Luzon island."
There is reason to believe that tbj
navy department has selected the Texas
as the future flagship of the Asiatio
station. The understanding is that
she will replace the protected cruiser
Olympia. which is to be ordered to the
United States as soon as her reliet ar
rives on the Asiatio station.
A Madrid diBpatoh says Spain is
ready to concede our every demand,
and the impossibility of resuming the
struggle is fully recognized. The gov
ernment is evidently of the onlnlon that
vhh a strong navy there might have
been a different story to toll of the out
come of the war with the United
States, and deplores the fact that she
has but few ehips left.
A Cuban patriot writes that misery
among the Cubans ia on the increase,
and that conditions in Havana City
and province are worse now than dur.
ing the war, with no relief in sight.
The Spaniards, he says, aie reveng
ing themselves for the loss of Cuba by
robbing, maltreating and oppressing in
every possible way the uu fortunate
people of the island.. Chaos reigni
and the publio seivice has been com
pletely abandonod in all departments.
Under peremptory orders from Gen
eral Miles, preparations are being mads
to break up Camp Wikoff at once, by
sending home all the soldiers. The
new order conflicts with one from the
war department. Preparations are be
ing made, however, to abandon the
camp in accord with the commanding
general's order and in direct disregard
of that of the seoretary. Aiger, when
questioned, passed the matter over by
saying Miles' ordernvas issued in fur
therance of the department' plans.
The Manitou & Pike's Peak cog ralr
way signed a oontract for a large ob
servatory to be built at the top of
Pike' Peak.with a tower whioh can be
teen forty miles.
Mrs. Nancy Wellman, who died at
hei home near Louisa, Ky., at the age
of 95 years, was the mother of 16 chil
dren, U of whom weie married. She
had 88 grandchildren, 192 great grand
children and 81 great-treat-grandchil-drmi.
She also raised nine orphan
children.
DIVISION OF ISLANDS
The Spaniards Overlook the
Americans at Luzon.
DEWEY ASKS FOB MOEE SHIPS
Bays That He Consider the Situation at
Manila Critical Spaniards Ex
pecting Aid From Germany.
Manila, Sept. 14. Rfear-Admiral
Dewey says he considers the situation
oritical. ' He has asked for an addition
al cruiser and a battle-ship. The
Spaniards assert that Germany will
take a coaling station here, and that
Spain will retain the remainder of the
islands. The last Spanish garrison at
Ilocos and Lagunet have surrendered,
Bnd the whole island of Luzon is in the
bands of the insurgents, except Manila
and Cavite.
Aguinaldo went to Lelollos on Fri
day. He has announced hia intention
of convening an assembly of the Fili
pinos on September 15 in. order to de
cide upon the polioy to be adopted by
the insurgents.
The correspondent here of the Asso
ciated Press has had an interview with
Aguinaldo, who said there were 67,000
insurgents armed with rifles. He added
he could raise 100,000 men. . Indeed,
the insurgent leader pointed out the
whole population was willing to fight
for their independence.
Continuing, Aguinaldo said he had
9,000 military prisoners, including
6,000 in the vicinity of Manila, besides
civil prisoners. Later Aguinaldo said
the "provisional government" was now
operating 28 provinces. He asserted
that in August he appointed delegates
in propoition to the population.
As to the Americans, Aguinaldo re
marked, that he considered them as
brothers; that "the two sovereign re
publics were allied against a common
enemy."
When questioned as to whether the
future of the Filipinos' policy would be
absolute independence, Aguinaldo ex
cused himself from replying, and asked
what America intends to do.
The correspondent being unable to
answer this question, Aguinaldo con
tinued: "We have been fighting for inde
pendence for a long time. The natives
who profess to favor annexation are in
sincere. It is merely a ruse to ascer
tain American views."
Asked if the Filipinos would reject
the retention of Manila, Aguinaldo de
clined to answer.
"Would the Filipinos object to
Americana retaining a coaling station
if recognizing the independence of the
islands or establishing a temporary
protectorate over them?"
Aguinaldo again refused to answer.
Pending the conoluaion of the assem
bly, Aguinaldo said he was confident
there would be no trouble between
America and the Filipinos. . .The in
surgent leader denied having received
request from General Otis and Rear
Admiral Dewey to withdraw his troops
to a prescribed distance from Manila'
and Cavite, and he declined to discus
the effect of such a request. Aguinaldo
further asserted, that he had never con
ferred with the American authorities
since the capitulation of Manila, and
that he had never authorized the insur
gents to searoh or diearm Americans
crossing the line.
- - The correspondent closely questioned
him, about last Saturday's incident,
when the Pennsylvania troops proceed
ed to establish a new outpost. Th
Filipinos objected, and nearly preoipi
tated hostilities, ordering the Ameri
cans to withdraw in 20 minutes. They
issued ammunition, and intercepted
the American reinforcements. ' Finally
General Hale ordered all the Penneyl
vanians to advance and theiebels with
drew, i
The looal governor has explained that
the inoident was r, mistake, and has
repudiated his subordinates' aotion.
Aguinaldo declared to this correspond
ent that the Filipino who made the
trouble merely pretended to be an offi
cer, and is entirely unconnected with
the insurgent army.
Aguinaldo complained that the Span
ish were "disseminating these reports
for the purpose of fomenting antag
onism between the Filipinos and the
Amerioans."
The whole interview conveyed the
impression that Aguinaldo desires abso
lute independence, regarding the mis
sion of the Amerioans here as accom
plished, and expeots their withdrawal
"just as the French with Lafayette
withdrew after helping the Americans
in the war of independence, a war ol
humanity."
Just now Aguinaldo maintains the
role of extreme friendship.
Best Mines on American Side.
Vancouver,. B. C, Sept. 12. Among
the passengers from St, Miohaels on
the steamer Fastnet was T. Tredfold,
who was sent to Alaaka by the London
Mining Journal to examine and report
on the gold fields. He Bays that all
the recent rich strikes have been made
on the American side, and little, il
anything, has been said about them.
Outside of Bonanza creek there is noth
ing to approach them in richness, but
they are propositions requiring money
to develop.
Spanish Victories Again.
Madrid, Sept. 14. Captain Aunon,
minister of marine, received today an
important dispatoh from the Philip
pines, describing a conflict between the
Spanish gunboat and an insurgent
flotilla, in which the former success
fully prevented an insurgent landing in
the Visayaa. According to the dis
patch, the insurgents had five vessels,
all of whioh were sunk. The Spanish
had no loss, but the tolegram asserts
that hundreds of the insurgent are be
lieved to have periahr .
EIGHTEEN WERE LOST.
No Farther Doubt of the Fate of the
Steamer Jessie.
Seattle, Wash., ' Sept. 14. E. R
Wishaar, who arrived here today from
St. Michaels. Alaska, brings confirma
tion of the previously published report
of the loss of the steamer Jessie at the
mouth of the Kuskowim river in July,
with 18 lives. The news was brought
to St. Miohaels by a trader named Ling,
who said that "only one Indian sur
vived. The bodiuB of Captain Mur
phy and Rev. Mr. Weber had been
washed ashore. The passengers of " the
Jessie were known as the Columbia Ex
ploration Company. Rev. Mr. Wejber
had been taken aboard to pilot the
party up the Kuskowim. The Jessie
had in tow the barge Minerva, whioh
was washed ' ashore. Following is a
list of the Jessie's passengers'.
E. S. Lines, Seattle; A. C. Stetson,
Seattle; J. T. Murphy, Bowling Green,
Ky.; R. Pi Frierson, Gallatin, Tenn.;
W. T. Payton, Gallatin, Tenri.; C H.
Mitohell and H. C. Hart, Gallatin,
Tenn.; Engineer Kensler. Wisconsin;
Smallhouse, Louisville J Eli Knud
son, Genesee, Idaho; H. C. Hadren,
Seattle; O. E. Aurud, Seattle; Dave
Allen, Kentucky; Rev. H. Weber, wife
and child, Moravian missionary; two
Indian pilots; Japanese cook.
Mr. Wishaar also brings a report
that the schooner Louise J, Eenney
had been wrecked in Behriug sea.
TWO GHASTLY FINDS.
From Atlantic and Paclfio Come Stories
of Probuble Murder.
Bridgeport, Mass., Sept. 14. Two
packages containing portions of a
woman's body were found today in Mud
flats, an arm of Yellow milj pond. In
the packages were the head of a woman
cut from the body near the ear, and
the lower limbs, which had been sep
arated from the body, unjointed and
cut in two at the knees, then tied to
gether and wrapped in a strong glazed
paper. The head of the woman was
battered and jammed-on one side and
had a oloth tied over the mouth.
Oakland, CaL, Sept. 14. The arm
and hand of a woman who was proba
bly not over 25 years old were found ia
Lake Merritt last evening by two girls,
Irene Monroe and Bertha Waller, who
were strolling along the shore at Eighth
street. Taken in connection with the
recent discovery by some boys of a
woman's head floating in the bay near
Berkley, this ghastly find strongly
points to the commission of a murder
as yet undetected. I . ' ,
FIRED AT WILHELMINA.
Attempted Assassination of the Queen
of Mollaud.
Berlin, Sept. 14. The Lokal Anzei
ger says that a fortnight ago an at
tempt was made to assassinate Queen
Willielmina near Amersfort, province
of Utrecht, on the road between Castle
Soostdytand-Baar. A man emerged
from behind a tree and fired a revolver
at her majesty. The bullet missed the
queen, but plowed the cheek of a lady
in attendance. The would-be assassin
was arrested.- He is supposed to be an
, English anarchist.
The striutest secrecy has been main
tained hitherto as to the affair, in order
not to disturb the enjoyment of the en
Uironement festivities.
An Old Man Lynched.
Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 14. A spe
cial to the Times from Liberty, Mo.,
says: At 10:30 tonight Benjamin
Jones, a gray haired man, 68 years ol
age, was iaken from the ,Clay county
jail and swr.ng to an iron beam at the
front entrance of the courthouse. The
mob, which consisted of about 75 men,
quietly rode in horseback, finished theii
work in 30 minutes, and left. Jonei
committed a criminal assault on Annie
Montgomery, an 11-year-old girl, yes
terday evening,, and confessed his guilt
just before he .was hanged. '.
British Vice-Consul Killed.
fandia, Sept. 14. The British battle
ship Camperdown, having ou board Sir
Billotti, British consul at Canea, has
arrived here. Several other warships
have also reached the port, and reitf
forc?rnent8 of blue jackets have been
landed. '
The British vioe-oonsul, Mr. Cairo
chino, was killed during yesterday's
fighting.
The fires are being extinguished.
During the rioting the British and Ger
man consulates were burned.
EnlUting Men for Uewey.
San Francisco, Sept. 14. This weei
is expected to be a busy one at the
naval recruiting rendezvous in this
city. A large number o$ the men at
present with Admiral Dewey in Manila
have oompleted their terms of servioe,
and the local recruiting officer has re
ceived instructions from Washington to
enlist 300 men. Machinists, firemen,
yoemen, musicians, seamen and ordin
ary seamen are all wanted.
Three Men Burned to Death.
New York, Sept. 14. Three men
were burned to death today in a fire in
Max Steine & Co. ' whisky house, on
Vesey street, caused by the explosion
of a barrel of spirits of aloohol. The
dead are William Witt, Rudolph Scho
enberff and a man known as Paul.
The Corean Railroad.
Yokohama, Sept. 14. An agreement
bas been signed at Seoul, Corea, for the
laying by Japanese of the railroad from
Seoul to Fusan.
Oregon and Iowa.
New York, Sept. 14. Orders are ex
pected at the Brooklyn navy-yard any
time for the sailing of the battle-shipi
Oregon and Iowa for the Pacific.
Ammunition is being put on board of '
both ships, and they will begin coaling
tomorrow. They will be painted th
regulation lead color.
A g-eat ash tree in Sterlingshire,
Scotland, which was planted by Sir T.
Nicholson in 1596, is still in nourish-1
ing condition.
A DAY OF BAD FIRES
The Business Portion of New
Westminster Destroyed.
THE LOSS OVER TWO MILLIONS
Several Persons Perished Arlsona
Mining Town Burned, With Loss
of Life-Fire at Bed Bluff.
Vancouver, B. C, Sept. 13. The
business portion of New Westminster
was totally destroyed by fire this morn
ing. The property loss will exceed
J3.000.000.' .
Despair and suffering are the lot of
hundreds of homeless 'people. Food,
clothing and aid of all kinds is being
hurriedly dspatched from Vancouver to
the ill-fated "Royal" oity.
It is not known how many people
lost their lives, but it is feared several .
have been burned to death. Campbell,
a fireman, fell off the root of a burning
building and was killed. A woman
dropped dead from fright. One woman,
who had been confined two weeks ago,
died while they were moving her fiom
a burning house, while another, suffer
ing from typhoid fever, who had been
twice removed from residences whioh
were in the burning zone, did not sur
vive the shock.
So extremely fierce were the flames
that apples on the trees on sides of the
street opposite the burning houses were
roasted.
Three river steamers were destroyed,
the Edgar, Gladys and Bonaccord.
Every industry save the big Royal
City planing mills and the Cleve Can
ning Company has been wiped out.
The Canadian Pacific railway station
and bridge across Fraser river were
also burned.
The fire started about midnight on
the river front, and was caused by a
spark from a steamer. Fanned by a
fieroe gale, the flames leaped with such
rapidity, that-within three hours 10
streets were abalaze. The fire was
first noticed at Brackman & Kerr's
wharf, on Front street. From there it
spread down to the Canadian Pacifio
railway depot and crossed the streeet
at that point. From there it went up
the street,' taking in the other side of
Front street, and Columba street, the
ohief business thoroughfare of the city.
Block after block caught fire, and in a
few hours there was nothing left of
what had been the business portion of
New Westminster. t
The wind was blowing furiously down
Fraser river towards the month. If it
had been blowing the other way the
whole of the Catholio church buildings,
convent and hospital and other struc
tures, would have been burned.
This morning there was no water sup
ply for the use of the burned-out citi
zens. There was not a single butcher,
baker or provision shop that was not
destroyed, and there was only one small
hotel saved. .
Some of the burned-out people re
tired in the early hours this morning
in the open air in front of the school
house. . They covered themselves with
blankets and lay down to sleep under
the sky.
The loss is roughly estimated at
$3,500,000, and the insurance at $1,
500,000. Bank vaults withstood the fire. One
insurance company's vault was blown
up by gunpowder.
A citizen's committee has been
formed in Vancouver to give relief to
the sufferers.
Mining Camp Wiped Out.
Prescott, Ariz., Sept. 18. The town
of Jerome, near here, was completely
wiped out this morning by fire, entail
ing a loss of over $1,000,000 in prop,
erty. ' Eleven bodies have so far been
recovered, while a score or more ara
said to be in the rains or missing.
The fire originated from a gasoline
stove in a cabin, and spread so rapidly
and fiercely that it was impossible to
. tave even clothing.
Fire at Bed Bluff.
! Red Bluff, Cal., Sept. 13. Fire
broke out early this morning on Main
street, and before it was extinguished
destroyed an entire blook of the finest
buildings in the town. The loss to
property-owners will be more than
$100,000, on whioh the insurance is
probably half that sum. The origin of
the fire is unknown. The prinolpal
sufferers from the conflagration are
Darrough & Fickert, Bank of Tehama.
A. L. Hoffman, P. R. Kestner, and D.
8. Prince.
Gasoline Ezplosion.
Philadelphia, Sept. 13. By the ex.
plosion of 60"gallons of gasoline in the
cellar of a grocery store at 1444 South
street, tonight four and possibly a
dozen lives were lost. As an immed
iate conseqnenoe of the explosion, the
building where it occurred and those
adjoining it on either side collapsed,
and up to 10 o'clock, four hours after
the occurrence, four bodies have been
recovered from the ruins, and three of
these identified as follows:
Samuel Scbattenstein, keeper of the
grocery store; .his 10-year-old son,
Abraham; A 10-montbs-old child,
named Max Goldberg. The fouith
body was that of a girl about 10 years
of age. '
A Kentucky Fire.
Princeton, Ky., Sept. .18. The block
of buildings on Main street, here,
known as Bank hotel, were destroved
by fire today. Total loss, about $50,
000. .
Newport. R. L, Sept 12. The
I Ocean house, one of the largest and
most popular hotels on the Atlantic
coast, was destroyed by fire this after
noon. The building was valued at
$100,000. Many of th guests lost
heavily.
KNIFE OF AN ASSASSIN.
Empress of Austria the Victim of SD
Italian Anarchist.
Geneva, Switzerland, Sept. 18. The
empress, of Austria was assassinated
near the Hotel Beaurivage this after,
noon by an anarchist, who was arrested.
It appears that her majesty was
walking from her hotel to the landing
place of the stoamer at about 1 o'olook'
when an Italian anarchist suddenly apl
peared and stabbed her to the heart
The empress fell, and was carried ;&
the Hotel Beaurivage, where she ex
pired. " .' ' ,
The stretcher upon which the era
press was carried to the hotel was hast
ily improvised with cars and sail oloth.
Doctors and prieBts were immediately
summoned, and a telegram' was sent to
Emperor Francis Joseph.
All efforts to revive her majesty
were unavailing, and she expired at 8
u'olook. The medical examination
shows that the assassin must have UBed
a small triangular file. , After striking
the blow he ran along the Rue Des
Alpes, with the evident intention of
entering the square Los Alpes, but be
fore reaching it he was seized by two
cabmen, who had witnessed the crime.
They handed him over to a .boatman
and a gendarme, who conveyed him to
the police station.
The prisoner made no resistance.
He even sang as he walked along, say
ing "I did it," and ," She must be
dead."
At the police station he declared that
he was a "starving anarohiBt, with no
hatred for the poor, but only for the
rich." :
Later, when taken to the oourthouBe
and interrogated by a magistrate in the
presence of three members of the local
government and the police officials, h
pretended not to know French and re
fused to answer questions. The polioe,
on searching him. found a document
showing his name to be Luigi Loa
chini, bom in Paris" in 1874, and an
Italian soldier.
A great orowd quickly .assembled
around the Hotel Beaurivage, where
the officials proceeded after interrogat
ing the prisoner. The polioe searched
the soene of the crime for the weapon,
and the accomplices of the assassin.
It appears that a boatman noticed
three persons closely following the em.
press, who was making purchases in
the Bhops.
The local government, immediately
on receiving the news of her majesty's
death, half-masted the flag on the hotel
deville (the municipal office), and pro
ceeded in a body to the Hotel Beauriv
age, as a token of respect.
The excitement increased, and many
of the shops on the Kursaal weie closed.
The empress' wound was just over
the left breast. There was hardly any
bleeding.. A priest was secured in time
to administer the extreme unction.
METHODS OF ALGER.
Commission Selected to Investigate Wat
Department. , -
Washington, Sept. 13. The presi
dent has urged the following-named,
among others, to accept places on the
, committee to investigate the conduot
of the war department:
Lieutenant General John M. Scho
field. General John B. Gordon, General
Granville M. Dodge, President D. C.
Gillman, General Charles F. Mander
eon, Robert T. Lincoln, Daniel S. La
mont, Dr. W.' W. Keene and Colonel
James A. Sexton.
The message whioh President Mc
Kinley addressed to eaoh follows:
"Will you render to the country a
great service by accepting my appoint
ment as a member of the committee to
examine into the conduct of the com
missary, quartermaster ,and medioal
bureaus of the war department during
the war, and to the extent of the oausea
and treatment of sickness in field and
camps? It is my desire that the full
and exnot truth shall be ascertained
and made known. I cannot too strongly
impress upon you my earnest wish that
this commission shall be of such high
oharacter as will command the confi
dence of the country, and 1 trust you
will consent to serve." ,
-. IN SPITE OF PEACE. j
The , Filipplnos Still Waging War
Against the Spaniards.
London, Sept. 18. The Manila corv
respondent of the Times, telegraphing;
September 9, says: The insurgent con
quest of the inland of Luzon is rapidly
approaching completion. Recent au
thentic reports announce the capture of
successive Spanish positions, and at
present the rebels control every foot oE
the island except Manila, Cavite and a
small portion of the province' of Albain.
They hold over 9,000 Spanish prisoners
and have recently captured several
thousand riflos, some cannon, a large'
quantity of ammunition, and several
armed stands. The Spaniards held out
valorously, but were fighting against
the inevitable.
It is undeniable that the action of
the insurgents in pursuing the cam
paign after an armistice was declared
has cansed much useless suffering and)
destruction of property, and has anni-
nuarea weir every claim to be consid
ered in any respect as the allies of tha
Americans.
Typhoon In Japan.
Yokohama, Sept. 13. The central
provinces of Japan have been swept by
a terrible typhoon, whioh bas caused
heavy floods, doing much damage and
destroying 500 lives.
Race War la Georgia.
Borok Station, Ga., Sept. 13. The
body of George Rurton, negro, who
assaulted Mrs. Coggins, was found this
morning in the Flint river about three
miles below Digby, riddled with bul
lets. A rock weiirhinir snvnral hn.
dred pounds was tied to it. The news
uas rescneu nere that 200 or 300 ne
groes are marching to Ditrbv. arm,!
with guns and rifles, swearing ven
geance. Every white man in town if .
going armed.