OREGON CITY COURIER
OREGON CITY HERALD
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tCComprehenslve Kevlew of the Import
ant Happening of the fait Week
i Culled From the Telegraph Columns.
The British government favors the
canal being built by the UnituJ States
-with guarantees of its neutrality in case
of war.
A crisis is Imminent at Berlin, The
emperor and ohunoellor cannot agree,
and a new cabinet is looked for. The
principal trouble is over the wholesale
expulsions of Danes and Auetriuns. f ,
The new year brings Ireland the
greatest experiment since Catholio
emancipation, namely, the initiation
of the local government act, whioh
really, in many of its features, is an
extension of the emancipation acts and
policy.
The war department has come to the
conclusion that it will be necessary to
accord General Brooke, military gover
nor of Cuba, the assistance of a speoial
cabinet approaching in fnnotions the
late autonomist cabinet of Cuban ad
ministration of the civil affairs of the
island.
The situation at Iloilo is pravo. Fif
teen hundred natives, fully armed,
ere at Melo, a suburb of Iloilo. Seven
teen thousand more, it is reported, are
awaiting orders to embark nt several
points on the island of Negros, 15
hours' sail from Iloilo. All the women
have withdrawn, and many families
bave taken refuge with the Americans.
Unless congress should' pass a law
authorizing him to remain on the ac
tive list, Bear-Admiral Dewey will be
placed on the retired list on December
'80, '1899. Only one other retirement
will occur this year, that of Commo
dore II. L. Ilowison, now commandant
of the Boston navy-yard. There is a
strong sentimont in naval circles in
favor of the passage of a law which
will permit the retention of Admiral
Dewey upon the active list for 10
years, as was done in the case of heroes
of the civil war.
I The American line steamship Paiis,
wbioh has ariived in New York from
Southampton, after a tempestuous pas
sage, reports that Tuesday, December
27, in latitude 49:29 north, and longi
tude 81:29 west, at 83:0 in the morning,
she sighted a steamer flying signals of
distress. She pioved to be the British
tank steamer Vindobnla, Captain
Clark, from Rouen, Franoe, December
25, for Philadelphia, in ballast. She
bowed the sigiiHl letters, "Must aban
don vessel." The Paris rescued her
Crew, and no lives were lost.
! Only about f 400 worth of property
was recovered (rum the wreck of the
Maria Teresa.
' Gold shipmonts from Australia for
the year 1898 amounted 13,820,000.
Shipments to Ameiiua iuoroused by
2,000,000.
A deficit in tlio Gorman beet sugar
Crop of at least 1160,000 tons is figuied
upon by United States Consul Diedrich,
at Madgebuig. He says that the back
ward season resulted in a deficiency.
Negotiations nie progressing in the
matter of the payment of tho Cuban
troops, so that on laying down their
arms they may bo enabled to enter
apon civil pursuits and earn . their
living. Probably no further appropiia
tion by congress will be necessary to
enable the president to carry out the
plan, if it should be decided, as tho
mouey will eventually oome out of the
revenues of the island.
Immediately upon the ratification of
the peace treaty by the senate, the
president will recommend to congioss
the enaotment of legislation looking to
the settlement of tho claims of Ameri
can citizens for damages sustained in
Cuba, Poito Rico and other Spanish
possessions which formed the seat of
war. Claims to the amount of t'iO,
000,000 on this score have already boen
lodged with the stato department.
Near Austin, Tox., a passenger train
iDscaped a serious wreck through tho in
tervention of a bird. Some one had
tied a rail securely across the truck, A
few miles before teaching the spot a
bird, blinded by tho headlight, flow
against tho glass, breaking and extin
guishing the light, which necessitated
running slowly to the next station.
The train, at reduced speed, struck the
obstruction, tearing up tho Hack and
damaging the front of the engine, but
so one was injured.
Part of Rod Rock mountain, accord
ing to a dispatch from Airolo, a village
Of SwiUortund, canton of Tioino, has.
fallen Into Airolo, destroying a hotel
and several houses. The scene of tho
disaster piesonts a torriblo speotuclo,
the dobiis of the nvalnnohe covering a
iqnare mile. The hotel, with eight
houses and 12 other buildings, woie
awept into a great heap of matchwood.
A new terror was added by tho outbreak
of tire amid tho ruins. Thiee dead
bodies have boen reooveied. It is esti
mated that tho damage will reach
f0,000.
Minor Nowa Items.
Sebastian Bach Mills, tho well
known composer and pianist, dieii in
Wiosbadeu, Uumiuny, aged 00 years.
Tho preliminary report of the Nica
tagua canal commission shows that it
will require about fl35.000.000 to
build tho oanul.
Encouraging reports of the condition
cf affairs iu Manila and Porto Rico
reached the war department from the
officers commauJing tho troops lu those
departments.
Later news.-
The monthly statement of the re
ceipts and expenditures of the United
States shows that the total receipts for
December were 141,404,798, as com
pared with 159,640,098 for December,
1897. ,
General Maximo Gomes, from his
camp, 200 miles westward, near Nar
ciso, has issued a proclamation to the
Cuban army advising against disband
ing until the proceedings at Washing
ton regarding the pay of the insurgent
troops have been completed.
By the purchase of a large block of
stock of the Calbarion railway, in Cuba,
L. Ruiz & Co., bankers, representing
English capitalists, have secured a con
trolling interest in that line. The
same men have also been large pur
chasers of the stocks of Snguaand Cien
fuegos companies.
The monthly treasury statement of
the public debt shows that at the close
of business, December 81, the debt,
less cash in the treasury, amounted to
fl, 129,176,286, an increase during the
month of $1,702,799. This increase
is due to the delivery of 3 per cent
bonds of the new issue, previously paid
for.
At Evansville, InJ., Minor Garrett.
Edgar Gardner, Elijah Scott, Frank
Curl and William Morris, boys ranging
in age from 10 to 12 years, were given
a publio whipping in the police court
for stealing some old wash boilers.
Their parents were given the option by
Judge Winfrey of whipping the boys or
having them sent to the reform school.
Governor Roosevelt, Greater New
York's new exeuotive, has estalbished
a code of rules to govern his considera
tion and determination of applications
for pardons and commutations of sen
tence. He will not exercise executive
oleniency in behalf of a man who has
been convicted of murdering or abusing
his vite, nor will he pardon any hab
itual criminal. His mercy will be
shown only to those whose sentenoe
seems to have been severe or whose
commission of a crime was the result
of influence,
A most remarkable wedding has
taken place at the village of Trail, O.,
four brothers being married to four sis
ters. The four knots were tied at the
home of the brides, who are the daugh
ters of a farmer named James Hooh
stetter. Their ages range from 18 to
28, and the ages of their respective
huBabnds vary only slightly. The
grooms are four sons of John Summers.
The ceremony of marying.the four
couples ocoupied almost an hour, the
same clergyman performing all. The
four brothers and their wives will live
within a stone's throw of each other.'
A dispatch from Rome says a mob of
4,000 people had assaulted an internal
revenue sentry box, and stoned the
gendarmes around Nisoemi, . Sicily, as
a protest against ex loinmunicatiou. A
number of persons were wounded.
John Wellmer, of Lafayette, Niool
lett county, Minn, was shot in the head,
and hip by two tramps, to whom he
had given shelter. Thoy bound Mrs.
Wellmer to a lounge with a clothes line
and esoaped with Wellmer's team.
The grip, and the ailments attendant
upon it, that are now included in its
train of ills, have piostrated an unus
ual number of residents of Washington,
D. C. An observant pharmacist esti
mates that 10 per cent of the District's
population is suffering in one way or
another from the new generic grip.
The governor's office at the state
house in Springfield, 111., was entered
by parties unknown and $580 stolen
from a drawer, Tiie crime is sai round
ed iu mystery, as all floors of the build
ing are guarded by watchmen. The
theft was discovered by Colonel J. M.
Tanner and an investigation is pend
ing. One of tho most notable celebra
tionis in the history of Amerioan col
leges was in commemoration of the
100th anniversary of Transylvania uni
versity, at Lexington, Ky. It was no
table on account of its many famous
alumni, including Jefferson Davis,
president of the Confederate states, and
Justice Harlan, of the supreme court
of the United States, scores of con
gressmen and men prominent in publio
life.
King Charles has opened the oortes
gerures at Lisbon. In the oourse of his
speech from the throne, King Charles
said that during tiie war between the
United States and Spain, two friendly
nations, Poitugul prool aimed, and, as
was her duty, maintained strict and
absolute neutrality. His majesty said
he greatly sympathized with the czar's
disarmament proposals, and made a
reference to the colonies whioh appar
ently disposes of the rumors of tho sale
of Dulagoa bay.
In Chuna the Yellow rivor floods
have destroyed the crops, and famine
has resulted. Thousands of natives
are starving. Thousands of hungry
and ragged refugees are moving down
tho river in boats, only to find the
walls of tho citios lower down closed
against the starving hordes. The gov
ernment appropriated 800,000 tnols for
their relief, but less than one-fifth has
been distributed. It is olaimed dis
honest officials have pocketed the bal
ance. A relief fund has been started
at Shanghai. Rev. D. Craig Patter
son, of the Chian Kian missiou, appeals
to American friends for aid.
Mrs. John Quark, aged 100 years,
died at her home ueir Galena, I1L
Lieutenant Commander Sumner C
Payne, United States uavy, retired,
died iu Ashville, N. C,
James McDonald, aged 102, a iesi
dent of Chippewa Falls, Wis., died at
St. Joseph's hospital, Milwaukee,
A Pittstmig company has received a
contract from the United States govern
ment to re-equip Morro oastlo in Hay.
sua.
IB PROTECTION If
Foundered in a Gale Off
Tillamook Rock.-
ONLY ONE MAN WAS DROWNED
Survivor! ricked Up 1T British Ship
Galgate and Brought to Astoria
Vessel Wat Loaded With Coal.
Asoria, Or., Jan. 5. The steam
schooner Protection, from Seattle, with
a cargo of coal for San Francisco, foun
dered and sank off Tillamook rock on
the evening of December 81. But one
man was lost, and he lost his life in an
attempt to lower a boat after it had
been determined to'abandon the vessel.
. The Proteotion, with a full cargo of
coal, including a heavy deckload, left
Seattle Thursday, December 29,. at 2
o'clock. While the vessel was heavily
lac' en, she made fair time, and at 5
o'olock on the morning of December SO
was off Cape Flattery. During that
day the wind was light, but there was a
heavy westerly swell that seemed to
strain the vessel, but it was not until
the morning of the 31st, when the
Protection encountered the southeast
gale that had been predicted on shore,
that she began to make more water
than usual. Chief Engineer George
II. Morse notified Captain Erickson
that it was necessary to use steam to
work the pumps, and the vessel was
partially slowed down to use the steam
on them. Captain Eriokson then had
all the available men on board throw
the deokload overboard, but the water
kept gaining.
It was not until late that afternoon
that the necessity of taking to the
boats became evident, and at the time
it was blowing a southeast gale. When
Second Assistant Engineer Ed Benson
finally left the engine-room to run off
the last cooks the water was up to his
chin. Then captain Erickson called
all hands together and told them that
the boats were their only oalvation.
He divided tho entire crew of 15 be
tween himself and First Officer J. il.
Giiffin, to go in the two boats.
In lowering one of the boats, First
Engineer Carver was knocked overboard
and sank almost immediately.. Assist
ance was impossible.
The boats were lowered, and, under
instructions from Captain Erickson,
both stood by the Protection for a time,
until she was seen to take a deep star
board list and get deep in the water at
the stern, but she was not seen to ac
tually disappear. As near as can be
figured, this was about 30 miles off
Tillamook rock. This estimate of the
survivors, however, is very uncertain.
The boatB soon separated, and neither
knew the whereabouts of the other,
and it was a bitter night.. New Year's
morning broke with their boats tossing
in the face of almost certain death.
In the afternoon, 20 hours after leaving
the vessel, the boat of Captain Erick
son sighted a ship and headed towards
it. From the ship the boat was soon
sighted, and the occupants were pioked
up and safely landed on board.
The first thing that Captain Erickson
did on going aboard was to tell the
master that his first officer's boat waa
in the neighborhood with seven men
aboard.
The rescuing vessel proved to be the
British ship Galgate, from Sun Fran
cisco for the Columbia river, and as
Boon aa her master heard that there
was another boat of shipwrecked men
near by, he sent a man aloft, who soon
reported them in sight and headed to
ward tho ship. The vessel was then
backed and filled, and awaited their
coming, and without an aocident they
were taken on board.
What was done to them is best told
by the survivors. Without exception,
when asked about their experiences,
they first told of tho kindness of Cap
tain Griffiths, of the Galgate, and his
offioeis and orew. After 20 hours in
the open boats they were almost dead
from cold and exposure. They were
stripped, rubbed, placed in warm cloth
ing and then given something warm to
drink and eat, and made as comfortable
as it was possible. They are now here,
being hospitably entertained, but their
future movements lias not been detei
mined upon. Not one ia injured, and
all are in good health.
First Assistant Engineei Carver.who
was drowned, signed with the Protec
tion in Seattle, and little is known of
him by tho crew, except that he was an
English engineer, who but recently ie
covered his American papers.
The first thing that Captain Erickson
did upon reaching Astoiia was to re
port the circumstances of the wreck to
the oollector of the port and explain
that in tho haste of leaving tho vessel
his papers were lost.
The Protection was a steam schooner,
about 400 tons buiden, and was en
gaged iu running between coast ports
and San Francisco by tho J. S. Kim
ball Company.
Estimates for New Warships.
Washington, Jan. 8. Secretary Long
has completed detailed estimates for
congress for the 15 new warships he
recommended to be constructed iu his
annual report. The figures are for
armament and armoi for all the ships,
(14,168,400, and for construction and
engineering, $36,100,00.
Orders to the Oregon,
Washington, Jan. 8. Secretary Long
cabled orders today to tho Oregon, at
Callao, to pioeeed to Honolulu, taking
the distilling ship Iris with her. Tho
Iowa was ordered to San Fiancisco to
make repairs to her boilers and replace
a broken cylinder head. With her will
go the supply ship Celtic and tho col
liers Scandia and Justin. Tho Oregon
will get orders at Honolulu to proceed
to Manila, if the situation does not
change in the meantime. The gunboat
Custiue bus also beeu ordered to Manila,
WORKS SMOOTHLY.
Cubans Well Pleased With American
Kule at Havana. '
New York, Jan. 5 -A dispatch to
the Tribune from Havana says:
American rule in Cuba works smoothly
Generals Brooke and Ludlow are begin
ning the reorganization of the civil ad
ministration satisfactorily. The Cu
bans are well pleased. Part of tho
Spaniards are sullen, but tho commer
cial classes are satisfied with the new
regime.
The understanding is that no mem
bers of the former autonomist cabinet
are to be included in General Brooke's
proposed council of advisors. They
are all unpopular, and lack confidence
of both elements.
Civil Governor de Castro, by order
of the military authorities, has abol
ished the use of passports and of
stamped paper in the government office.
They were annoyances.
Prompt steps have also been taken
for improving the section of hygiene.
The chief interest on Monday cen-'
tered at the custom-house. Colonel
Bliss was assisted by the treasury ex
pert, Mr. Donaldson, wbo will be in
charge at Santiago. The merohants
had prepared for a change. Since noon
on Sunday 15 vessels had entered the
harbor with cargoes, for discharge un
der the American tariff. The first
vessel was the Norwegian sohooner
Kitty, from Mobile, with general mer
chandise. A Spanish ship, the Mexi
co, of Barcelona, arrived in ballast.
Among Monday's arrivals was the Seg
uranoa, from New York, with merchan
dise. American shippers seem to have
improved their opportunities. Some
confusion resulted, as no tariff rates
had been translated into Spanish.
That deficiency will soon be corrected.
The importers had secured Amerioan
money with whioh to pay duties.
The postoffice service for the oity and
foreign mail shows improvement. The
confusion still is due to inefficient em
ployes. The demoralization in the'
island service cannot be remedied im
mediately. Chief Director Rathburne'a
first order after taking charge was to
abolish the franking privilege, which
has beeu grossly abused.
A mistake made in Washington in
printing 2-cent stamps for Amerioan
correspondence has been remedied by
selling the stamps for two cents.
The police service is being slowly or
ganized. No general disorder exists.
Two or three homicides during the last
two days lae been of the ordinary
kind, and have had no significance.
Cubans and Spaniards are getting along
together pretty well. Some fears of
social demoralization, of which Ameri
cans complain, will be correoted when
the polioe organization is more ad
vanced. The military authorities do
not want to use troops for duty of this
kind.
INDIAN MASSACRE IMMINENT.
Chllkats ac Pyramid Harbor, Alaska,
Terrorising the Whites.
Tacoam, Wash., Jan. 5. Passengers
who arrived On the Al-Ki from Alaska
some of whom left Dawson as late as
December 8, report, that the Chilcat In
dians are terrorizing the white inhabi
tants of Pyramid harbor, near Skag
way, and have threatened to massacre
them.
The night before Christmas whites
appeared at the Chilcat village with a
big supply of whisky, which was sold
to the Indians without reserve. The
entire tribe got drunk Christmas, and
with knives and guns compelled all the
whites in that locality to leave. When
the Al-Ki left Skagwuy no blood ha:l
been shed, but trouble was imminent.
On reaching Indian river the miners
where informed that two men, names
unknown, had frozen to death on the
Yukon between Fort Selkirk and Daw
son. They were guarding a scow load
ol frozen dressed beef, and perished one
exceptionally cold night in November.
Several tons of mail for Dawson are
blocked at Lake Bennett, awaiting ice
transportation. The winter has been
so open that Lake Bennett remained
unfrozen up to December 23.
In October speculators cornered the
butter and tobacco market at Dawson,
and since then both articles have been
bringing from $2 to $3 a pound.
WILL BE MUSTERED OUT.
Sixteen Thousand Soldiers on the List
Which Was Decided On.
Washington, Jan. 6. Seoietaiy Al
ger today made publio a partial list of
the regiments and other organizations
which, as a result of the signing of the
Paris peace treaty, it has been decided
to muster out of the service. Tho list
includes 12 full regiments and two in
dependent companies and three heavy
batteries of artillery, approximating
10,000 or more men, which, with their
present location, are as follows:
In Alabama, Sixty-ninth New York,
Third Florida, boih at lluutsville;
Third Tennessoe, at Anniston.
In Georgia, companies A and B, In
diana colored infantry, at Chicka
mauga; Third North Carolina and
Sixth Virginia, at Maoon; Third New
Jersey and Fifteenth Pennsylvania, at
Athens.
In South Carolina, South Carolina
heavy battery, at Sullivan's island;
Fourth Missouri, at Greensville; Seo
ond Tennessee, at Columbia; Ninth
Ohio, at Summerville.
In Texas, Third Texas, at Fort Clark.
In California, Eighth California, at
Benicia barracks; heavy butteries B
and C, California artilleiy.
Chinese Imprison Catholics.
Cologne, Jan. 8. The Volks Zeitung
announces that it has received news
of the imprisonment of German Catho
lio missionaries by Chinese nt Ilia, in
Shan Zee, about 70 miles southwest of
Ping Yang.
The minority of the house military
committee has prepared an army bill
which provides for a standing army of
80,000 men, with an auxiliary force of
60,000 for the present exigencies.
TOOK THE M OF WHS
John C. Chase, First Socialist
Mayor Ever Elected.
HAVERHILL'S NEW EXECUTIVE
trill Use Hig Tower Strictly on the
Line of Socialism Specific Recom
meudatlons Made.
Haverhill, Mass., Jan. 4. John C.
Chase, elected on a socialist platform,
took the oath of offloe as mayor of
Haverhill today. In hja , inaugural
speeoh, Mr. Chase assured the members
of the city governmnt and the people,
that "every atom of power possessed
by the mayor would be exeroised for
the defense and support of principles
of sooialism, insofar as they may be ap
plicable to a municipality."
The mayor then referred to the de
sirability of preserving equal rights
upon which "the liberty and happiness
of every man, woman and child'' are
conditioned, and asserted that these are
principles of attainment "only through
the establishment of the co-operative
commonwealth."-. Continuing, Mayor
Chase said: ' , .......... .,...
"I believe that every power the mu
nicipality possesses should be plaoed
at the disposal of the people in the in
terest of civilization. With that aim
in view. I submit the following lecom-mendations-
"First The passage of an ordejres-,
tablishing the minimum wage for
street employes at $2 for eight hours'
work.
"Second Union wages and condi
tions to prevail in al' brick and stone
mason's work performed under the di
rection of the street department.
"Third All city printing to bear
the union label."
The mayor then took up the subject
of the unemployed, whioh he said had
developed from the displacement of la
bor by machinery and the concentration
of capital, and was a question which
no municipality could solve, as it had
become a national and intei national
one.
"Yet," he said, "some liftle relief
at least can be afforded by this city
government. I, therefore, recommend,
first that yon proceed to seoure a tiaot
of land suitable for the raising of food
products, and that such of the unem
ployed as desire may be permitted to
use this land, the city to furnish proper
seeds and tools; second, the enlarge
ment of the fuel yard at the oity farm
to such proportion as will permit all
who desire to earn, by their labor, such
fuel as they may require; third, the
appropriation of suoh an amount of
money as circumstances may warrant,
to be used in providing employment
directly upon publio works, not in com
petition with the regular employes of
the oity, but upon special works, two
kinds of which 1 herewith suggest:
First, improvement of the park systm;
second, construction of a system of bi
cycle patliB through all principal thor
oughfares." Mayor Chase condemned the system
of contracting with the lowest bidder
for city work, and said the system should
not be tolerated. He said:
"Low bids mean cheap work; cheap
work means cheap money and low
wages, and low wages lower the stand
ard of citizenship. The city should
perform its own work and furnish its
own materials, giving employment to
its citizens."
The mayor advocated increased ap
propriations for educational purposes,
and municipal ownership of the electric
lighting plants and street railways.
OLD GLORY EVERYWHERE.
Stars and Slrlpes Adorn the Wreek of
the Maine.
Havana, Jan. 4. It developed today
that the company of the Indiana regi
ment whioh waved the Cuban flags dur
ing the parade was not arrested, aa
oabled last night. Investigation
showed that the flags were distributed
to them by Cubans in tho crowd, and
the act of waving them was thoughtless
and not prearranged.
Twenty-five Cuban horsemen, well
mounted and armed, joined the column
at the Prado, rode to Central Park and
debouched into a side street. They
aroused considerable enthusiasm.
Three bluejackets from tho Texas,
at about 12:30 yesterday, rowed to the
wreck of the Maine and hoisted a large
Stars and Stripes to the peak of the
wreck. The flag was saluted by the
shipping in the haibor.
An immense Amerioan flag was als")
hoisted on top of a 200-foot spar at
the naval dock, where it oould be seen
for miles around.
Miners' Narrow Esoape.
Carlinville, 111., Jan. 4. Early this
morning the tipple and top works if the
Carlinville coal shaft, situated just out
side of town, took fire and burned
fiercely. There seemed from the very
start no chance of saving them from
total destruction. Between 70 and 80
men were in the mine, and it was only
after herculean efforts on the part of
the mine managers and those of the
miners who escaped at the first alarm
that the entombed miners were all re
leased from their perilous position. The
property losses aggregate only a few.
thousand dollars.
Australian Wheat.
Vancouver, B. C, Jan. 4. A fore
cast of the Australian wheat harvest
indicates a yield of 12,150,000 bushels
last harvest. One of the most interest
ing features of the estimate is a visible
surplus of 2,250,000 bushels available
for export, while 1,000,000 bushels of
old wheat remain on hand. The value
of tho wheat harvest on the basis of the
current market rates is given at 1,
837.600. The quality of grain this
year is said to be considerably better
than last.
DEWEY AND LEE.
Henry Wattersnn Names Them fo
President and Vice-Presidents
, Louisville, Ky., Jan. 8. Henry
Watterson, in a leading editorial this
morning in the Conrier-Journal, under
the caption, "The New Year's Outlook
for the Democratio Party," nominates
Admiral Dewey foi president and Gen
eral Fitzhugh Lee for vioe-president.
In part, he says:
"To oome down to hard faots, old
horse-sense sitting in the rocker, the
issue of free silver being relegated to
the limbo of busted shades, the tariff
issue peacefully leposing upon the shelf
where the Cleveland administration
left it to wait for free trade under naw
conditions the season of famine ended
and the season of plenty arrived what
are tiie Democrats to do for a national
platform and ticket?
"There is but one thing for them to'
do. The voters have about made up
their minds that party pledges ore fab
ricated chiefly to be broken. Let tho
Democrats, banking on this circum
stanoe, put up a ticket without a plat
form; let them nominate candidates
for president and vice-president who
are a platform in themselves; and, if
they oan induce the great admiral ami
the gallant general to accept, here is
the card to win with:
"For president George Dewey, of
Vermont.
"For vice-president Fitzhngh Lee.
of Virginia.
"Platform The- Stars and Stripes,
God bless them.
"Even now the -Republican leaders,
who rarely fail to take time by the
forelock, and who never let go their
grip upon the shore line, are planning
to make their oampaigu of 1900 on the
broad principle of national unification
and expansion. They are not going to
handicap themselves with any ancient
platform rubbish. High tariff is no
.'onger wanted by the manufacturers,
for whom it was invented. The bloody
shirt, having served its turn, has gone
to the old olothes basket. The presi
dent knows his business.
"At the opportune moment we shall
see William McKinley and Joseph
Wheeler march down to the footlights,
hand in hand, the flag above them
beneath them emblazoned on a strip of
red, white and blue, 'The land we love
from end to end,' or words to that
effect. And then what? What are
the Democrats going to do about it?
How are they going to meet it?"
GHASTLY SCENE.
Woman Deserted on' the Gallows Her
Lover Reprieved.
Prokuplif, Servia, Jan. 4. A scene
more dramatic than is often essayed ii
the most renlistio fiction was enaoted.
in the jail-yard here on Saturday.
A woman and her lover mounted the
soaffold to pay the penalty for the mur
der of her husband. The man was
sullen and allowed the noose to be
placed around his neck without resist
ance. The Woman was in hysterics
and had to be supported by the hang
man and his deputy. Just as the hang
man had finished adjusting the rope
around the man's neck and was about
to place the black cap over the head of
the half-fainting woman, a jailer
rushed out of the prison and up to the
foot of the scaffold and cried to the
hangman to stop, waving in his hand
a reprieve.
The man showed little feeling as the
rope was removed; the woman sobbed
with joy. But her happiness was
short-lived. The reprieve was for the
man only. When the hangman an
nounced the mossage the woman clung
to her lover in fienzy, but with a curse
he flung her off, refusing to bid her
farewell as he stumbled down the gal
lows steps.
The woman was then placed on the
trap and hanged.
RIOS' VANDALISM.
The Spanish Commander Destroys That
Whioh He Cannot Carry Away.
Madrid, Jan. 4. Rios, the Spanish
commander, cables that he has arrived
at Manila, after having completed the
evacuation of Visayas and the northern
part of the island of Mindanao and af
ter blowing up 14 forts and the fleet, of
gunboats on Lake Lani. Ho adds that
1,600 Spanish troops are concentrated
at Zaaboanda under the command of
General Montero. Official oircles here
are warmly discussing the attitude of
Great Britain, owing to her pressing
demand that Spain sell her a coaling
station in the Balearic islands and
other strategical points, bo as to render
Gibraltar unassailable. The negotia
tions on the subject have been in abey
ance owing to Premier Sagasta's ill
ness, but it is believed that Spain, in
fluenced by Russia and France, will re
Bist the demand of Great Britain.
Fatal Folding Bed.
Springfield, 111., Jan. 4. Mrs. Lu
oretia Kent, a widow, met her death in
a manner horrible in the extreme. Her
fate was revealed when a friend, enter
ing the houee, found her dead body.
One hand was pinioned inextricably
under a heavy folding bed. The body
was decomposed, showing that death
had occurred several days ago. When
found the woman's broken hand was
still clasped in the bed as in a black
smith's vise. How the accident hap
pened will never be known definitely.
The woman lived alone in the house,
and that accounts for the tardy dis
covery of the body.
A Soldier Murdered.
Huntsville, Ala., Jan. 4. Private
Starr Dare, company E, First infantry
whose home is iu San Francisco, died
at the second division hospital todav
from a gunshot wound received Chiist
mas night. Mack Lightfoot, Dare's
murderer, has been committed to jail
without bond.
pekin8. Jan. 4. The imperial gov
ernment will send 5,000 foreign drilled
troops to suppress the rebellion in the
province of Sze-Chuen.