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Interesting Collection of Items From
Many Placet Colled From the Treat
Beporta of the Current Week.
The work of raising the Cristobal
Colon has now been taken up by the
navy department.
' The steamer Rosalie has arrived at
Seattle witb 110 passengers from Klon
dike, and 40,000 in gold dust. ,.
A recapitulation of the reports of the
board of health shows a total of 124
cases in the state of Mississippi.
The war department will not enter
tain applications for discharge, ex
cepting they reach it through military
channels
Mews has been received from Ju
neau, Alaska, of the drowning of W.
Nutling, of Michigan, and W. H. Lock
wood, of California.
The Louisiana board of health makes
the official announcement that Frank
lin has had 101 cases to date. Five
persons have died there.
An official dispatch from St. Louis,
Senegal, in West Frenoh Africa, 'says a
force of Sdudanese sharpshooters in
the Frenoh service defeated an army of
Sofas under one of Somody's chiefs,
capturing 6,000 men.
The most beautiful of the souvenirs
of the great naval battle of July 8, off
Santiago, has reached the navy depart
mot from Uuantanatao. It is a bronze
bust of Christopher Columbus, taken
from the flagship Cristobal Colon,
which lies below the surface of the
ocean, 20 miles from Santiago.'
Advices frm San Franoisco say Gen
eral Shatter will soon return to resume
his station as commander of the depart
ment of California, relieving General
Meriiam, who will probably be as
signed to his former duties as com
mander of the department of the Colum
bia. At a meeting of the Frenob cabinet
Monday, all the ministers being pres
ent, a decision was taken In favor of, a
revision of the trial of former Captain
Dreyfus, and the documents in the case
will be sent to the court of cessation.
Crowds of people outside the ministry
of the interior, where the cabinet coun
cil was held, loudly oheered the minis
ters. The legality ot the proposed re
trial proceedings must be passed upon
by the oourt.
Mr. Angel), our late minister to
Turkey, reports that the sultan repudi
ates the Amerioan olaims, and recom
oiends a naval demonstration to bring
turn to time.
Major-General Miles, commanding
the United States army, has completed
hi plan for the reorganization of the
volunteer forces into corps, divisions
and brigades. This plan has been sub
mitted to the war department for op
provnl. It contemplates a reorganise'
tion the volunteer force whiob has
oot been ordered muBtered out.
Frank P. Myers shot and killed John
Lenhart, constable, and M. Kerns, by
etander, at Garrett, Md., while resist
ing eviction from a house whioh was a
subject of a family dispiute. He then
barrioaded the doors and windows, but
was finally oaptnred by the sheriff. As
he was being taken to jail, some one
in the orowd shot the prisoner and be
loll dead.
Aocording to speoial dispatohes from
Peking, members of the European com
munity there beliove the emperor of
China is In danger. It is added that
the dowager empress desires to place
Prince Kwang't grandson on the
throne. The emperor realizes the
strength of the conspiracy agaiiiBt him
and has ordered the guards ,at the pal
aoe strengthened.
A dispatch to the London Globe from
Hong Kong ports gives the dotails of
secret convention signed reoently at
Peking. It appears that the Chinese
thereby concluded an agreement with
St. Petersburg by which China ceded
Port Arthur and Talion wan, itipulat
ing that only Russian and Chinese
warships should enter or dock at Port
Arthur.
The steamship Topeka has arrived at
Seattle with 150 Klondikars, 90 per
cent of whom nave little or no dust
The passengers report that H. Fraser
-and E. L. Tolner, both of Scuttle, were
Jield np by two men near Haines' mil'
ion and robbed of $1,800 in gold,
The body ot Ike Martin was found near
the scene with a bullet-hole through
the head. He bad been robbed of
$1,000.
Agulnaldo and his chiefs have made
a plea to the powers for recognition of
belligerency and independence. An
gonoillo, his agent, who was a poesen
get on the steamer China, is on hit
way to Europe to submit the question
to foreign arbitration. Before proceed
ing to Europe Angoncillo will stop in
Washington and attempt to impress
the administration with his appeal,
No mention of the United States nor
any American force is made in the doc
ument which he carrios,
Minor New Items.
The North Atlantic squadron is to be
reduced from a force of about 100 vea
tela to 32.
A boner Durst at a sawmill near
Evergreen, Ala., and Bud Archer, the
engineer, bis wife and child and his
wife's sister were instantly killed.
A special train on the Chicago &
Northwestern railway established
new record between Chicago and
Omaha, making the run ot 493 miles
in nine hours and 89 minutes.
LATER NEWb.
The Dominion government has taken
Iteps to relieve the destitute prospeotors
on Ashoroft trail.
A member of the Spanish commis
sion says there are about 20,000 ill
soldiers now in Cuba. 1
The government at Madrid reconsid
ers the matter of the repatriation of
Spaniards in Cuba and decides to give
them a free passage home.
The sailing of the battleships Ore
gon and Iowa has been temporarily de-
ayed, in order that the eight-inch
juns of the latter may be tested. .
At a recent cabinet meeting Presi
dent McKinley stated .that he would
not receive Agonoulo, Aguinnldo s
representative, in any offloial capacity.
The transport Massachusetts has ar
rived at New York from Santiago. On
board . were Captain MoCoy, Second
United States volunteers, and a num
ber of clerks and stevedores.
Dr. Jose Congosta, one of the Span
ish peace commissioners at Havana,
declares that the reoonoentradoes are
all dead. He blames Toral for having
surendered Santiago de Cuba.
A total expenditure of less than
100,000,000 will be necessary, to build
the Nicaragua canal, according to the
figures of the eight government en
gineers who have been engaged on the
survey.
Judge Sbowalter, in the United
States circuit court at Chicago, upheld
the constitutionality of the provision
in the war revenue act requiring brok
ers to file a memorandum of sales.
The American peace commissioners
have begun their sittings at Paris. Gau-
lois claims to have information that
the members are divided on the ques
tion of disposal of the Philippines.
There has been a distinct breach of
the protocol terms in Cuba. The
Spaniards removed a rapid-fire gun
fiom Havana, and the American com
missioners promptly filed a protest
with the Spanish commission, to whioh
an unsatisfactory reply was returned.
The matter is still open.
The New York republican state con
vention nominated Theodore Roosevelt
for governor; lieutenant-governor, Tim
othy L. Woodruff, controller, William
Morgan; secretary of state, John T.
McDonough; state treasurer, John B.
Jaeckal; state engineer, Edward A.
Bond; attorney-general, John T.
Davies. !'V .
An explosion of powder in a St. Lonis
pporting goods store, set the place on
fire, caused its destrunction, and re
sulted in injury to a number of peo
ple, several of whom will die. The
fatally injured are: Kate Weldoo,
Kate Gaul, Pauline Bender end Flor
ence Higbee, employes of the McCain
Company. Those seriously hurt are:
Firemen Joe Detter. Frederick Bohly,
Geley, Gus Jansen.
General Sir Herbert Kitchener has
been elevated to the peerage by the
British . government as a reward of
merit. ' ' . . -
The Amerioan evaonation commis
fllon at Havana has been officially noti
fled that Manzanillo will be evacuated
October 2.
The Italian government has sent to
Russia a diplomatically worded accept
ance of the czar's invitation to take
part in the peaoe conference.
Damage to the amount of about $30,-
000 was caused by fire in the Hotel
Vendome, San Jose, Cal., which is one
of the finest hotels on the coaBt.
The New York transport Yuoatan
has arrived from Ponoe, having on
board 185 men belonging to the various
regiments sent home,for muster1 out.
The president has appointed Harvey
Humphrey, of Washington, special
agent to allot lands in severalty to the
Indians on the Colville reservation in
Washington.
The Farmers' bank in Flora, Ind..
was looted, the robbers securing about
$12,000. Cashier William Lennon,
who was aroused by the noise, was shot
and probably fatally injured. Blood
bounds were put on the trail of the
bandits.
The commission to investigate the
conduct of tho war department held a
socrot meeting Monday. Nothing can
be learned as to what transpired. The
commission decided to hold two 8es
lions daily, one from 10 A. M. to 12:80
P. M., and the other from 2 to 4 P. M
I He first word that has come to
Washington from the American mem
bera of the peace commission since their
departure was received at the navy de
partment Monday, being a cablegram
icquesting that Captain Bradford, chief
of the equipment bureau? be sent at
onoe to Paris to assist the oommision.
A new and highly important inven
tion has been tested at the German
naval maneuvers at Berlin. It was in
the Bhape ot a Greek Pboenioian fire,
invented by a Berlin engineer. It ig
nites on contact with the air or water,
and cannot be quenched by either
water or earth. It burns with a bril
limit flame, exoeeding big searchlights,
and it oan be sunk under water or un
dor ground, and, when brought to the
surface, instantly bursts into flame at
any desired point. It was tested dur
ing the night evolutions off the island
of Heligoland, and off Kiel, and proved
most eilloient in detecting the presence
or the enemy.
TRev. E. Fullerton, who has been ap
pointed United States consul at Naga.
iaki, Japan, is a Methodist missionary
The American Indies com nan v hi
beou formed in New York with a oapl
tal stock of $18,000,000. Its object is
to develop the resources of Cuba and
forto Kico.
1'resuient MeMnley and as many
members of his cabinet as oan do so
ill attend some portion of the peace
jubilee which begins at the Omaha ex
position October 10.
Army Officials . Put on th6
Rack ; by. Committee.
A STRING OF QUESTIONS
Bureau Chief Expected to Throw
flight on the Muddled , Condition of
Affairi In- the War Department.
Washington, Sept. 29. At the con
rlusion of the session of the war depart
ment investigating committee a letter
was addressed to Seoretary A'ger re
questing him to diieot the adjutant
general, quartermaster-general, commissary-general,
surgeon-general, chief
of ordnance and chief of engineers, to
furnish information as to the condition
of their several departments at the
time of the declaration of war between
the United States and Spain, and the
operation of those departments from
that time until the present. To Sec
retary Alger the oommission addressed
seven questions, as follows:
"What vyas the plan of campaign
pioposed immediately after the declara
tion of war?
"Was it intended to move at once on
Havana or that the campaign should
be postponed until autumn?
"When was the Santiago oampaign
determined upon?
"When vas Tampa selected as a base
of operations?
"Why were summer camps estab
lished at Femanditia, Jacksonville and
Tampa?
"Why was the Porto Rioo oampaign
determined upon?
Why were troops held on the trans
ports after the embarkation at Tampa
and not permitted to sail for several
days?"
The commission resumed its labors
at 10 o'clock in the Lemon building. At
the olose of the morning' session there
were given out a number of documents
bearing upon the work to be under
taken. These comprise a brief ad
dress to the public in the shape ot a
resolution and a letter to the secretary
of war. The resolutions adopted were
as follows:
"Resolved, First, that the seoretary of
war, adjutant-general, quartermaster-
general, commissary-general andsur-geon-general
be requested to transmit
to this commission all complaints that
have been received by them since April
1, 1893, touching upon the oonduct of
the war.
"Resolved, Second, that this com
mission invites and is ready and will
receive and consider any complaints
about the management of any of the
various brandies of the war department
from any person or persons.
"We respectfully request that suoh
complaints be made in writing, stat
ing the facts that a party may know of
his own knowledge, plainly and in de
tail, giving the names of any officers
or enlisted men who may be charged
with misconduct or incompetency, ad
dressod to the seoretary of the commis
sion, at Washington."
A number of questions of a similar
nature are also addressed to the medi
cal and-other departments.
GERMANY BACK OF IT.
Farther Beaton to Believe She Started
the Philippine War.
San Franoisoo, Sept. 29 The Even
ing Post reiterates its former stories
regarding the supplying of arms to the
Filipinos by the German government,.
and is positive that its authority is ab-
solutely oorrect.
The Post published an interview
with the gentleman today, in which he
Bays that be is in a position to tell the
full story for the reason that he is finan
cially interested in the plot and has
actually been a party to the soheme.
He says that he is interested in the
Gorman Philippine trade to the extent
of nearly. $1,000,000, and that for 15
years Germany has been working among
the insurgents for her own benefit, and
he also told the Post that there would
never have been a revolution had it
not been for the German government.
Continuing, he said:
"The arms that have been supplied
came from the imperial government,
and were furnished through the trad
ing companies tn which I am interest
ed, so as to conceal the German hand
"Tho arms that are now being oar
riod in by insurgent and German ves
eels are from the same source. Agui
naldo, who accepted a petty bribe to
desert the cause of the insurgents, has
not the money to arm and equip a big
army, and it has taxed his resources to
furnish supplies alone.
"My information is absolutely an
thentio, as it comes from high officials
ot the government who have large per
sonal interests in the Philippines,
Germany is supplying the rifles, am'
munition and machine gune that are
being landed, and trouble will com
oience when the insurgents are fully
equipped.' America s safety lies in d is
arming the insurgents as a more to
ward the restoration of peace."
Washington, Sept. 29. Sepcial
Agent Murray, in charge of the seal
islands, reports that during the past
Benson 18,047 skins were secured. This
is a decrease of about 8,000 in thenum
ber taken in 1897.
Mechanical Hall Burned.
Corvallis, Or., Sopt. 89. The me
chanical hall of the agricultural oollege
was burned to the ground at 1 o clock
this morning. The loss includes ma
chine shops, forges, tools, electrical ap
paratus, waterworks and printing plant
ot the oollege. The building contained
the armory, with Its supply of guns
and ammunition. The loss probably
aggregates $25,000.
Cameron, Mo.,
ohickp"..
has four-legged
THE PEACEMAKERS.
American Commission Settles Down to
Work in Paris.
Paris, Sept. 29. While the reoep-
tion aocorded the United States peace
commission here is all that could be
esired, and while the French foreign
ce has taken great pains to treat tne
Americans and Spanish commissioners
n precisely the same manner, it must
admitted that the general atmos
phere of Paris, especially tne diplo
matic atmosphere, does not incline to
ward the Americans.
It is the general impression here that
the American commissioners have in
structions to provide for the retention
of
Manila and the island of Luzon.
'And for a commission to pretend to
negotiate is a farce," said a prominent
diplomat. He continued:
America will put herself diplomati
cally in the wrong when she exoeeds
the provisions of the protoool whioh
both nations have signed. 1 know the
Spaniards have come prepared to make
concessions, but if the Americans' in
structions are of an uncompromising
nature, which is generally believed
here to be the case, you can rest as
sured that the work of tiie oommission
will be futile. The Spaniards will re
tire and America will at least have to
threaten the resumption of hostilities
before she will gain her point."
French papers, beyond announcing
the arrival of the commissioners, make
no comment upon the matter.
The American peace commission, for
the first time since its appointment,
met as a body today for two hours at
the Continental hotel. The session
was devoted to the international affairs
of the commission and to the systema
tizing of the working force.
President Faure will receive the
members of the American and Spanish
comission separately tomorrow alter-
noon. In the morning, the American
commissioners will visit the grounds
of the Paris exposition of 1900, in oom
pany with Ferdinand W. Peok, the
United States commissioner to the ex
position.
Friday, M. Del , Casse, the French
foreign minister, will introduce the
members of the two commissions.
GEN. GREENE IN WASHINGTON.
Also Agulnaldo'e Confidential Agent,
Agoncillo.
Washington, Sept. . 29. General
Francis V. Greene, who was made a
major-general of volunteers for distin
guished services in the invasion of the
Philippines, accompanied by bis per
sonal staff and the delegates from the
Philippine insurgents, arrived here this
afternoon from Chicago, and went to
the Arlington hotel. General Greene
and staff called at the adjutant-general's
office this afternoon, and were
escorted to the White House by Gen
eral Corbin.
The Philippine delegates ore desir
ous of conferring with the president,
and the question of their reception was
under consideration at the state depart
ment this afternoon. There is no
doubt but that the president will grant
them an audience in their personal ca
pacity. The delegates were the center
of muoh interest at the hotel. Mr.
Lopez said that no instructions had yet
been received from the Philippine gov
ernment, but these were expected very
soon, as a guide to the future move
ments of the delegates.
When Mr. Lopez was asked as to the
reports that the Philippines were so
liciting help from the European govern
ments, he deolared that such reports
were utterly unfounded and unjust.
They were acting in perfect good faith
with the Amerioan authorities. As an
evidence of this he cited the fact that
the German consular officer 6n the
island bad requested a conferenoe with
Agulnaldo, but that leader bad refused
to grant the conferenoe. Mr. Lopez
also characterized as unwarranted the
stories that Germany was secretly
equipping the Philippine insurgents in
order to bring about international die
senBions and embarrass American con
trol.
When General Greene reached Gen
eral Corbin s office be found awaiting
him a commission of major-general of
volunteers, dated so as to place him in
that grade from August 18 last. He
promptly took the oath of office, and
beoame a full-hedged major-ueneral.
General Greene brought from Manila
the offloial report of General Merritt,
and' inolosed with this were the reports
of the subordinate oommandera of the
United States army who participated
in the military operations before Ma
nila.
Guilty of Murder.
Fort Worth, Tex., Sept. 29. Rev.
George Morrison, pastor of the M. E,
church at Pan Handle City, who has
been on trial at Kernon for a week on
the charge of murdering his wife Oeto
ber 10, 1897, was today found euilty
and his punishment fixed at death
Morrison administered atryohnine to
bis wile after returning from church
The jury was only out two or three
hours.
Secured the Mahdi's Head.
London, Sept. 29. The Daily Tele.
graph's Cairo correspondent says: It
is reported that Major MauDonald has
reached Lado, where was located the
mahdi's tomb, and the body was de
stroyed. An enthusiast, it is said, se
cured the mahdi's head, and is sending
it to the Koyal college of surgeons in
London. The correspondent adds that
the natives ignore him.
Nicaragua Canal.
New York, Sept. 29. The prelim
Inary survey of the new Nicaragua
canal has been completed, and the en
gineors have returned to this country
and are going to Washington to make
their report to the canal commissioners.
The engineers arrived here today oo
the Atlas line steamer Altai. The
engineers said that the plan of the pro.
posed canal is a complete one, and that
their reports will show that the cu
oan be made quickly and cheaply.
Remains of Columbus to Be
. Removed From Havana. '
THE OFFICIAL EXHUMATION;
Witnessed
Church
pie of
' by General Blanco, the
', Authorities and the Pea
Havana. Havana, Sept. 28. At 10 o'clook
this morning the offloial , exhumation
of the remains of Columbus took place
in the presence of General Blanco, Sec
retary Govin, civil governor, Bishop
Dean, of the cathedral, and other au
thorities. The general public was or
dered out of the cathedral at 8 o'olock.
The entrance to the cathedral was
guarded by a force of "ordin publioo,"
which kept back the crowd whioh As
sembled in front of the edifice.
The remains of Christopher Colum
bus, which this morning ,were removed
from their niche in the oathedral pre
paratory to their shipment to Spain,
bad laid in their last resting place since
January 19, 1790, when they were
brought from Santo Domingo, that
island having been oeded to France by
Spain. Since the date mentioned, the
remains have laid in an open niohe in
the wall of the presbytery of the cathe
dral, a yard and a half above the
ground, between a pillar supporting
the main arch and the choir. In
1892, there was placed in front of the
niche a slab of doubtful artistio taBte,
representing in relief a bust of the great
admiral, and bearing this inscription
in Spanish:
"May the remains and image of the
great Columbus lie a thousand centu
ries preserved in this urn, and in the
remembrance of our nation." .
After the 400th anniversary of the
discovery of the New World by Colum
bus, the Spanish cortes included in the
Cutan budget large sums for the pur
pose of erecting a fitting monument
symbolizing the travels of the discov
erer, to be erected in the most conspicu
ous place in Havana, and the construc
tion of a mausoleum to hold the ashes.
This mausoleum, the work of the Span
ish sculptor Melida, was brought to
Havana and placed upon a base erected
in the center aisle of the oathedral,
close to the main door. -
The monument, the work on which
was entrusted to the sculptor Susillo,
has not oome, and probably will never
oome to Havana. It was to have been
paid for bv an 'appropriation included
in the budget of the island, but circum
stances have overturned the plans made
on the oooesion of the celebration of
the 400th anniversary of the discovery
America, and it is probable that
both the monument and the mausoleum
will be placed in a fitting place in
Spain, where they will oe looked upon
as one of the treasures of the Spanish
nation.
BLOWN OFF THE ROCKS.
The Maria Teresa Was Floated by Use
of Dynamite.
Santiago de Cuba, Sept. 28. De
tails just received of the floating of the
Spanish armored cruiser Maria Teresa
show that with the help of dynamite
she was blown off the looks into deep
water on September 28, and proceeded
under her own steam soon afterwards
to Guantanamo, accompanied by one
of the tugB of the Meiritt Wrecking
Company. She will shortly leave for
New xork.
Naval Constructor Hobson Bays he
can raise the Spanish oruiser Cristobal
Colon, with the use of airbags, in a
week, if given authority to do so. Com
modore Watson thinks he cannot. The
Colon, it appears, was not seriously
damaged by shells, but her valves were
open, whioh caused ber to sink. The
other two Spanish oruisers sunk in the
battle of Santiago, the Almirante Oqu
endo and the Vizcaya, are useless
wrecks of melted iron. In answer to a
number of small capitalists who have
written here asking lor information
and advice as to coming too Santiago,
General Wood advises them not to
some until December, as there are no
facilities at present for the transfer of
property. After that time there will
be many opportunities for the use of
brains and capital.
The Buffalo Coming.
Washington, Sept. 28. The navy
department has decided to send the
cruiser Buffalo, now at New York, to
the Pacitio station. She will probably
go to Honolulu, and, in the event she
is needed to reinforoe Dewey's fleet,
she can receive orders at that place by
dispatoh-boat. The Buffalo goes out
under Commander Hemphill, late of
the navigation bureau, wbo has de
voted hinaelf to the conversion of the
vessel, which was lately attached to
the Brazilian navy, under the name ol
Niotheroy, into a modern and effective
crniser.
Shatter Will Ketnrn.
San Francisco, Sept. 28. Advices
from General Shatter to friends in
this city state that he will soon return
to res u mo his station here as com
manderof the department of California,
relieving General Merriam, who will
probably be assigned 4o his former du
ties as commander of the department
of the Columbia.
Soldiers' Homes Open.
Milwaukee, Sept. 28. Soldiers of the
Spanish-American war, when so dis
abled that tbey cannot care for them
selves, will be admitted to the National
Soldiers Homes. Senator John L.
Mitchell says that while the law pro
vides that national homes are for dis
abled soldiers of the Civil war, some
discretion is given the board of man
agers of the homes in a clause which
permits such other soldiers to be cared
lot as in the judgment ot the managers
is deemed right.
CYCLONE IN ONTARIO.
Three Killed irnd-Mfanjf Injured by a
; ,. xernue Btorni. - .,
St. Catherines, Ont.,v Sept. 28. A
cyclone struck Merriton, 10 miles
from this pity, with terrible violence,
this afternoonkilling three persona'
and injuring many . more. The dead
are: ., ", ' -
Clara O'Neil,' employed in the Lin
coln paper mills; Mrs. John Biokley
and Frank Moffat. , . . , , ,
The Lincoln paper mill was unroofed
and. badly wrecked, as-was the power
house of the Aoetylene gasworks.
Other prominent buildjngs unroofed
or partly wrecKea, were. tne. urange
hall, the public school, St. James
church and the Presbyterian ohureh.
There were 40 pupils in the public
school when it collapsed. The chil
dren were covered with piles of debris
and many were badly injured. Frank
Moffatt, one of the pupils, was dead
when taken from the ruins. Mrs.
John Biokley was killed just as she
was about to enter ' the , frontdoor of
her house, a flying piece of lumber
striking her on the head. In St. Cath
erine street the armory of the looal
militia force was completely demol
ished. Falling chimneys crashed
through the roof of the coljegiate insti
tute, narrowly missing a company of
students who were drilling.
Ratcliffe's large ioehouse, on the
banks of the Welland canal, has com
pletely disappeared. The St. Cather
ine's house was badly wrecked.
FIFTY POUNDS OF GOLD.
Two Oregon Miners Seonred a Fortune
in Two Weeks.
Medford, Or., Sept. 28. The great
est mining excitement ever known in
Southern Oregon has been caused by a
rich Btrike just made in the Siskyoa
mountains, one mile from the Jackson
county line, on what is known as Ster
ling butte. William Angle and Jordan
Brown are the lucky discoverers. They
came to Medford last night with 50
pounds of gold dust which they de
posited in the Jackson County bank.
The ledge is of porphyry formation,
and is about 20 feet wide, the pay
streak being from four inches to two
feet in width. They have been pros
pecting for about six weeks, and struck
the pay dirt about two weeks ago.
They have taken out about 60 pounds
of gold, and are very enthusiastic as to
future developments.
Mr. Angle was formerly a merohant
in Medford. Two years ago, while
selling a bill of goods to a miner
named MoCombs, he learned ot the
nature of the country in which the
claim is located. He made several
attempts to get tracings, but did not
succeed until this season, when he took
Mr. Brown, a pocket-hunter, with him,
and within two weeks they made a find.
Mr. Angle calls the claim the "Klon
dike," and he says the country is a
fine one for prospecting. The mine is
7,200 feet above sea level. It is situ
ated 15 miles from Coles station, on
the Southern Pacifio railroad.
Gale at Tonawanda.
Tonawanda, N. Y Sept. 28. A ter
rible wind storm struck this place be
tween 4 and 5 o'clock this afternoon.
Houses and bains were smashed to
kindling wood, trees uprooted, and
many persons injured. It had been
raining for an hour when, at 4:15, a
regular hurricane swept across the Ni
agara river. Samuel Monnett, a milk
wagon driver, was oanght in the
storm. His rig was rushed along the
street at lightning speed until wrecked.
Monnett is believed to be fatally in
jured. Mrs. Charles Peters and Mrs. .
Henry Peters, the latter carrying an
infant, were picked up and hurled vio
lently against a building. Both wo
men were picked up unconscious. It
is estimated thedamnge to the property
will reach $100. v
Now Favor Revision.
Paris, Sept. 28. At a meeting of the
cabinet this morning, all the ministers
being present, a decision was taken in
favor of a revision of the trial of ex
Captain Dreyfus, and the documents
in the case will be sent to the oourt of
cassation. Crowds of people outside
the ministry ot the interior, where the
cabinet council was held, loudly
cheered the ministers.
The cabinet ordeied the minister of
justioe, M. Sarrien, to lay before the
oourt of cassation the petition of
.Madame Dreyfus for a revision of her
husband's oase. The court therelore
will deoide the legal question as to
whether the first trial of Dreyfus was
vitiated by the forgery committed by
the late Lieutenant-Colonel Henry.
Dying Man's Arraignment.
Denver, Sept. 28. Frank Fioka, a
private of the Seventh United States
infantry, baa died in this city of typhoid
contracted in the Santiago campaign.
Before dying he said he had been ill
treated and negleoted ever sinoe he was
taken ill and so intense was his feeling
against the war department that he
made a dying request that he be not
buried in bis uniform.
Jumped the Track.
Corsicana, Tex., Sept. 28. A south
bound Houston & Texas Central pas
senger, due here at 10:80 A. M., was
wrecked six miles north of this city to
day while going at a high rate of speed.
Two coaohes jumped the track and
went over a bridge. They were com
pletely demolished. No one was killed.
Iroquois for Honolulu.
Washington, Sept. 28. The navy
department has decided to send the big
ocean-going tug Iroquois, now at San
Francisco, to Honolulu, for the use of
the naval station to be established
there. This vessel was purchased by
the government during the war as an
auxiliary naval vessel, and it is said in
addition to regular service as a harbor
tug at Honolulu, she will be used as a
dispatch-boat running from Honolulu
to San Francisco.